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, 1881-11-08

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llosvoN, Nov. ?.-Tho stock market ln,lay was
Interest were tho movements III ChteaHu, tlur-
runer,l. and In LIttlu ltoel,,, ~htch declined,
u,I'ler tho ,ntlenee or tho nr1on NJ tho Att0r-
ney-annersll af !Arinuaal4 III lllnR m 1p,lit,sl
That tho railroads arr, llabfn for the payment Of
lhn hntlils delivered t,y tho Bsutu. CnIlnottbn
Valley was narD aptiye, GU shares belug s0l,
stphtson was shade stronger. Changes In De.
tHil, comparing tAtGat reGllnr snes: Adj
vancet!-t'hlcltHo. llllrl!t.1t1n s. Qu!nHy from III
tu I4!GDlitH; rights advanced tn 1114, allrs
'7'l s!,nrns; Atci,stn from III to Hi; rights
Aoltl nt lilo, $40 shares; MGxiEAn CclItrlt, n
hlnoAH. from ia tn lu: thfee blocks Wisconsin,
LeHiral. froiA II 7-li III :sr9, :!Utl shares. De
nitntn-l.ittlc ftool from ItIss t0 flH reruvbr.lg
n,s9. n1ld closing ut tst5. ,0,i0 shnros; Tnlc.iD
}r!phOs s. lhrlnRtun from Il t-lB to II, "
sllstrps; GanaNaky Trurn n tn.1N, :W0 slnrcs;
Phlladplphl1, Wilmington & ynltlllnr9 from f'I
II III, .003 shurcs; EAstcrn fr6nl % to IN. 100
shares; lsutlald preferred from III To ~; llDs-
tn Aihany from h!; e l94'l. Unc!,anxctl-
s;onnnstnM Valley nt=:, tE:0 rhares; Fast Tsnt,cs.
I'll bnttl9 tho (nluwIng wur9 tile cllRnges: A1-
vmncad-AtluutIn g. rucIl>p Ia from III 10 1s,;:
Old Co1nny III from ilG 10 ll7ss: New York &
Nuw EnEiunl n fran III to llN!s. DceIlllea-
Entineutiett 4 inssInpsfc ~ from lIEts tu ll1;
IIurtfUrd N ErIo n fratn GH To a7H; Little Knck
= frp1n 1lI,a 10 1l2s. t1nchan9cfi-sEexIcnil
Central u ut ~; Nurtheth Paol!lo O. ut l0lA;
l',ubln !; Arkn,isas Valley "a ut 1l9; Ugdens-
bnrI is Mt 1n0.
I.anu atocks wcro neglected. 1ioy1ston street
sold Mt l.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Gambling Farmers

Ex-Gov. Seymour belongs to the
large body of political economists who
would deny the wisdom of farmers TAX
ing speculative risks in disposing of
their produce. The following is from
late argument of Mr.. Seymour on
that head:
"The spirit of gambling is the great
est evil our farmers have to contend
with. Take hops, for instance. That
is an extreme case. More men have
been ruined by holding their hops for
higher prices when they could have
sold at thirty cents pound than have
been hurt by selling in season when the
market ruled at 10 cents per pound
So with wheat. Farmers are always
holding out for higher prices. This pc
culiarity seems to be confined to the
native or American farmer, and that is
the reason why they are put at dis
advantage when they have to compete
with German and other foreign-borT
farmers, who sell whenever thsy car
realize fair profit. 1t is astonishing
to see how rapidly the land is falling
into the hands of foreign-bOrn farmers
In New York the Irish are becoming
very large owners of farm lands, and
their possessions are increasing. No
until the American farmer rids himself
of the gambling mania can he cOmpet
on terms of equality with his neighbor
abroad. If ever deliver another ag
ricultural lecture, it will be on 9TH
Farmer as Gambler.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
A Discovery at Damascus.

Two correspondents at Damascus
send the Athenerm accounts of a re-
cent discovery. Workmen had to re.
move large gateway, built of stones
of considerable size. When removed,
these stones bore evident traces of hav-
ing been taken formerly from more an
cient buildings. The carvings found
on them were of two distinct periods.
On one side the carvings represented a
huge shell, evidently cut after the Mo-
hammedan conquest and occupation Of
this country, whereas the part walled
in had traces of the Greek Roman en-
bellishments of the best Antonine Pc
riod, of the same character as found
on the architrave of the beautiful gate
still preserved, and seen from the roof
of the Bazaar of the Goldsmiths. One
of the3e stones, six feet ten inches In
length, has a long inscription. From
this inscription it is evident that the
monument on which it was inscribed
had been erected in homer of three
men, namely: Titus, Aijon and
Righam, who are stated to have been
treasurers of the temple Itismuch to
be regretted that the beginning of the
legend Is wanting. which would, no
doubt. have informed US whether this
Intel belonged to the mausoleum Of
these three persons. or whether it once
adorned one of the gates of the famous
temple now converted into the great
mosque known by the name Of Jamia
el Ammavi- In It's immediate neigh
horhocd the stone under consideration
was discovered.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
President Hayes Danger From a
lunatic.

The Washington Critic tells the fol-
lowing story of the Inauguration of
President Hayes:
Just before the 4th of March, 1877. a
young gentleman of this city. Mr.. Ha-
gan, went to the Rev. Father Reyille
the famous Dominican pulpit orator.
who died from yellow fever about a
year afterward, during the Memphis
epidemic-and told him that he was
greatly worried over a certain matter
An acquaintance of his from Illinois
had arrived and informed him that he
proposed to assassinate Hayes. He did
not know what to do or how TO 90
about it, as the man was evidently in.
sane, and determined to carry out his
project. Father Reville, who was then
at st. Dominic's Church, Immediately
advised Mr.. Hagan, and they went to-
gether at once to Detective McDevitt's
house and informed him of the circum-
stance. McDevitt communicated the
facts in the case to Major Richards.
then Chief of Police, who directed the
detective to look up the man and exam
inc into the matter. McDevitt discov-
ed that the would-be assassin was at
the Imperial Hotel. On his way up
the avenue to that establishment, he
met two of the secret service men.
Anchisi and Maxwell, and suggested
to them that they should approach the
would-be assassin. They did; and the
mamie was quite a well-to-do man
from northern Illinois, Myers by name
gave Anchisi $40 gold piece with
which to purchase a pistol on his prom
ising to aid him in his plot. McDevitt
then arrested Myers and conveye him
to police headquarters. He found that
in his room at the hotel he was well
"heeled'' with an arsenal of weapons.
Myers did not deny his intention, but
said he intended to shoot Hayes, then
proclaim himself President, and be
sworn in amid the ringing of bells and
the firing of cannon. After due consul
tation the police authorities, convinced
of his insanity, remanded him to the
insane asylum. He was kept there for
about six months, and then sent home
to his son under charge of nurse.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
What Imagination Will Do.

They worked racket on young
Griph at his boarding house recently.
They detected him raiding the pie closet
and found that he got a mince pie,
some cookies, some doughnuts and
some cheese. The landlady and her
daughter together resolved on ven-
geance. They waited till Mr.. Griph had
devOured the food he had taken and
made his appearance in the sitting
room. Then, the landlady said to her
daughter: "Mary, you know the pie we
made out of the meat we bought of the
strange butcher, and which proved to
be mule meat?" "Yes, mother" What
did you do with itP" "Put it aside to
give to tramps." That made Griph,
who overheard, uneasy. "And Mary,
you know those cookies that the cook
carelessly spilled the kerosene over.
What did you do with them?" "Put
them with the pie" Griph recollected
that there was queer taste to those
cookies and kind of felt like man who
had just started in on the miseries of
his first sea voyage. But he tried to
shake the feeling off. "And Mary
continued the old lady, "you know the
cook carelessly used some very bad
eggs to make some doughnuts too.
Where did you put the doughnuts p
81 put the doughnuts aside for tramps
too; and guess when they come to
eat 'em, they'll think they've swallow
ed an earthquake" Griph felt that he
had. The seasick feeling seemel to
grow instead of shake off. He grew
pale and shivered. The ladies were
delighted. "Mary," said the old lady,
"when you give those things to the
tramps, don't give them the cheese
that's with 'em, for 1 put poison in it
to kill rats" Then Griph wanted to
be sick. With 3 melancholy howl he
sprang up, rushed to his room and took
an emetic that nearly brought his feet
up And he had chill and head.
ache and went to bed and stayed there
for two days. And most of the time
the landlady and her daughter laughed
cOnsumedly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Horses that Stumble

haturuay lscVicW.
In the matter of stumbling, Capt.
Hayes dn his new book riding on the
Flat and Across the Country'1 goes in.
to its theory, drawing distinctions that
may be very serviceable. He explains
that there are two kinds Of stumbling.
One is really dangerous, when the
horse is either weak in the forelegs. or
cramped in the action, or with phys
ical defect of too straight shoulders.
But when stumbling arises from the
knee being insufiiciently bent or the toe
unduly depressed, thereby catching up.
on any inequality in the ground, it may
be safely disregarded, unless the animal
Is intended for show rather than use.
We may add, for ourselves, that we
have ridden excellent horses with this
failing; that frequently as they might
trip or stumble, experience told us that
they were absolutely sure-footed; but
that what we chiefly objected to was,
that in cases when they were nervous,
each trip led almost invariably to a sue
cession of others. That such stumbling
comes of slovenly manner of going
Jnere can De no DOUBT
1t happens comparatively seldom in
exhiliarating weather OF when the horse
has been brought fresh out of the
stable; but when listless and languid,
or when fatigue begins to tell, then you
are quickly made aware of his condi.
tion by his laundering Capt. Hayes
chapters on hat-racing, steeplechasing
and training will be read with interest,
even by amateurs. He backs up his
own opinions and experiences on these
subjects 10y communications from we'll
known trainers and jockeys. As to
giving ''orders', in a race, his ideas
seem to us very sensible. With a
young hand, instruction may be neces-
sary, but IL the jockey be a fairly GOOD
one. the riding should be left to his
discretion. 1t is impossible TO foresee
ali possible circumstances, and decis-
ions must be taken ON the spur of the
moment. AS for starting. he calls at
tention to the necessity for getting or
as quickly as possible matter In
which, though it is obviously Of para
mount importance, some people would
appear TO be strangely Indifferent. As
he says, whatever distance is lost at
the start must be made up when the
horses are galloping, at which time the
effort to regain the lost lengths may
very possibly be equivalent to throw
ing awry an advantage OF as many
pounds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Making Drunken Descendants.

Drunkards are made in two ways
by habit or by inheritance; the latter
is the more hopeless form because the
appetite is more remorseless-moreu un-
appeasable-it is in fact a part of the
nature Of the unfortunate. Three
fourths of the idiotic children in Mas
sacbusetts asylumns were born of par
ents one or both of whom drank liquor.
But if the father and mother were
strictly temperate, yet, during the few
months previous to the birth of the
child the mother uses spirituous liquors
for any cause, just in proportion as she
does so the child viii inherit the ap-
petite for strong drink. But If the
mother is strictly temperate during the
whole time previous to the child's
birth, and yet il while she nurses it
she drinks ale or beer, or porter or
spirits, "to make milk" or for any
other cause, or gives the infaE1 food or
drink mixed with liquors. the child viii
have the love of it. Thusit is that the
surroundings Of the mother during
CESSATION and nursing. impress upon
the child ir2 physical and moral charac-
ter; hence the Improvement OF the
race must come from maternal infiu-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Saving Faith.

After Christ's discussion with Simon.
the Pharisee. respecting the loving con-
duct OF the woman that was a sinner"
he tenderly dismissed the woman by
saying: "Thy faith hath saved thee.
go in peace" Jesus had put her love.
tears, and benevolent Amounting of his
feet, in striking and beautiful con-
trast with the Pharisee's treatment of
him. She had heard the commenda-
tions. They might have proved her
ruin. The Pharisee depended upon
his good deeds. She might have mis-
understood Jesus. How he guards her
against that danger. His words were
as much as to say, after all the COM
mendation, "Not your love, not your
tears, not your humility, not your
wiping my feet with your beautiful
hair. not your kisses upon my feet be-
slowed, not the alabastar-box of
precious ointment saves you. There Is
no merit IN these. Thy faith hath
saved thee" This lesson needs to be
repeated in our day. Many imagine
that because they go regularly to
church, because they publicly testify
whenever an opportunity is offered.
and because they ill up the require
ments of the church, therefore they
are saved. Commendable as all this
may truly be. it has no merit. Christ
would say, "Thy faith hath saved
thee"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Queen Victoria's Ball.

Mr.. Labouchere gives the following
entertaining notes of the queens ball
at Buckingham palace, last Friday
fortnight.
The prince of Wales, who was at
tried in an uncomfortable looking
hussar uniform, danced throughout the
the evening aad the princess several
times-once with Lord Northbrook.
Lady Lonsdale and Lady Walter
Campbell were decidedly the beauties
of the evening, and Lady Hilda Higgins
looked remarkably well. The finest
jewels were those of the dutchess, of
Manchester, who literally blazed with
diamonds.
The supper is always most admir-
able at the palace, and the wines un-
exceptionable, notably the dry cham
payne. In this respect the queen sets
an example which might very well be
followed at other fashionable enter
tainments. at most of which the guests
are ruthlessly poisoned with the cheap
est denominations that can be bought.
Among the loveliest of the dresses
worn at the state ball was a gold bro
cade. with stomacher of yollow topaz,
the upper part of the bodice being also
thickly incrusted with similar gems.
The whole of the front of the skirt
was covered with yellow Marguerites,
a wreath of the same being worn in the
hair.
A green velvet bodice was embroid-
cred in emeralds in the form of sham
rocks. Large white and yellow water
lilies formed the trimmings of the skirt
which was of pale green tulle, contrast
ing with the dark myrtle green of the
bodice. A water lily bud, with a few
leaves, nestled in the hair.
A brown tulle dress was caught
back with sunhowers. Another brown
tulle of a dark shade had the front
breadth almost covered with forget
me-nots, long trail of which crossed
the bodice diagonally. Flower tabliers
were seen in many instances but they
readily crush, and are affective only
i'll the beginning of the evening.
A beautiful white satin dress, trim
med with old lace, had the front en-
broidered with mother of pearl and
seed pearls, the effect being. in color,
like the back of a mackerel in the
sun.
A very tall girl wore blue satin, of a
very pale tint, scattered over with
punches and trails of hedge roses,
white and pale pink. This dress was
extremely effective beside the uni
forms, but for the most part, the white
toilets carried off the palm in this re-
spect. A cream-white Indian muslin,
trimmed with brown leaves and small
yellow blossoms was very successful,
and so was a combination of yellow
satin and white silver gauZe, worn
with opals and diamonds.
Flower fringers formed a graceful ad-
dition to many of the dresses. On a
pale pink silk a fringe of japonica
blooms looked well, but was open to
the charge of inconsistency, for the
stalks are far from limp, and could
never by any possibility hang down
when in a natural state. Such bios
-soms as buttercups, cyclamen, and
others of the non-wOody kinds are cor
rect enough. A very young bride
wore lovely gown of pale-pink satin
covered with pale-pink tulle, the fold
of which were held with apple bios
foms.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
The Ear.

The internal ear Is an exceedingly
delicate and complicated organ, and is
especially susceptible to disturbing
influences. Hence ear-aches; assesses
of the ear; thickening of the drum,
rendering one hard of hearing; burst
ing of the drum, causing deafness, and
gatherings within the ear of solid plugs
Of wax. The close connection OF the
ear with the brain very often results
in an extension of an Inflammation
from the former to the latter.
Ear troubles begin early. The child
is inclined to put small things into it
such as beans, coffee kernels, pebbles,
etc. These irritate and infame the
ear, and may become sources of most
serious mischief. Older persons are
hardly wiser who pick their ears with
the head of pin.
The ear-wax should be let alone, ex.
cept In cases when removed by an ex.
pert physician. 1t is needed where il
is, to prevent the ingress of small in.
sects aE6 dust. 1t commonly takes
care of itself.
AuC OobuCA SOO oACcu uOco ulHlScll
serious mischief by allowing water to
enter the ear. Thousands of bad cases
occur yearly from this cause. The
trouble is increased if the water is salt
and its absorption leaves hard, iTritat.
ing crystals behind. No one should
ever dive; and the onset of the surf
should slways be received at the back.
In cold weather the steady blowing
Of strong current of air upon the ear
is dangerous. II penetrates to the
bloody, warm exterior, congesting and
infiaming it It is not always easy to
avoid such current, and It would be
well, when likely to be exposed, to wea,
In the external ear little wad of cot.
ton Excrutiating pain and perma,
nent harm may be prevented.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04

ence. and hence the hope of mankind
for the amelioration of the condition
OF society in the future, its improve
ment in the physical constitution, in
mental vigor and moral power, are
founded in the proper education of
daughters or maternal and domestic
duties, and a higher appreciation of
their vast responsibilities in the direc
tlons above suggested. On the other
hand, man comes in for his share in the
great work, as father and husband,
by giving mis- cordial cooperation to
the same great end by all the means
possible to him in labor, self-denial,
and generous sympathies.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
VOL. ii.
"keEP A STIFF UPPER LlPr

There has something gone wrong
My brave boy, II appears,
For see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears.
That 10 right When you cannot
Give trouble the slip,
Then bear u, still keeping
"A stiff upper llpr
Though you cannot escape
disappointment and care,
The next best thing 30 do
u 20 learn how tO bear.
IL when for life's prizts
Your running your trip,
Get up, start again
Keep a stin upper lip"
Let your hands and your conscience
Be honest and clean;
Scorn 20 touch or 90 think Of
The thing that u mean;
But hold ON the pure
And the right with firm grip,
Aud though hard be the task,
Keep a stin upper lip"
Through childhood. through manhood.
Through life On the end,
Struggle bravely and stand
liy your cOiOrs, my friend.
only Yield when you must;
. Never, give up the ship"
but light on tO the last
with n still upper lip
-PhoHn CdI.y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Eccentric Requests.

A Manchester lady bequeaths sur
geon 5000, on condition that he
should claim her body and embalm it,
and that "he should once in every year
lOok upon her face, two witnesses be-
ing present" Another lady, of an
economical turn of mind, desires that
if she should die away from Brank-
come, her remains, after being placed
in a coffin. should be enclosed in plain
deal box, and conveyed by goods train
to Poole. "Let no MENTION" she states,
''be made of the contents, as the con-
veyance will not then be charged more
for than an ordinary package" A
French traveller, recently deceased, de-
sired to be buried in large leather
trunk, to which he was attached, as it
"had gone around the world with him
three times" and an English clergy
man and justice of the peace, VINO, at
the age of eighty three, had married a
girl of thirteen, desired to be buried
in an old chest he had selected for the
purpose. Tastes differ in the matter
of burial. One man wishes to he In
TERED with the bed on which he was
lying; another desired to be buried far
from the haunts of men, where nature
may "smile upon his remains;' and a
third bequeathes his corpse for dis
section, after which it is to be put into
deal box and thrown into the
Thames. One man does not wish to
be buried at all, but gives mis- body to
the Imperial Gas Company, to be con.
sumed to ashes in one of their retorts,
adding that should the superstition of
the times prevent the fulfllment OF
his bequest, his executors may place
his remains IN st. Johns Wood Gene
terry, "to assist in poisoning the living
in that neighborhood." A person may
approve himself of cremation, but it is
little hard when he requires his rela.
tives to approve of it also.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
Hofored and BIest.

When board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by
combining some well known valuable rem
edies' fhe most wonderful medicine was
produced. which would cure such wide
range of diseases that most all othe7 RENE
dies couId be dispensed with. many were
skeptical but proof Of its merits by actual
trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the
discoveries Of that great naedtctne, nop
Bitfers.care honored and blessed by alias
hanefaf0rs-.I eu1OcrGt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04
There are five cities In the world having

There are five cities In the world having
a population of over 100000 inhabitants
one each in Great Britain, United States,
German and Austria. Then there are
nine having more than 100000 inhabitants
three in Great Britain, three in the Uni-
ted States, two in Russsa and one In
Turkey. OF the cities having between
10000 and 100000 inhabitants there are
2o-six in the United States, i've In Great
Britain, four In Germany and in Italy.
three in France, two In Spain and one In
RUSSIA, Austria, Belgium. Holland and
Portugal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04

A French electrician, has devised q
method OF applying the electric current 10
the propulsion Of boats, and experiments
on the Seine have been eminently satisfac-
tory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04

Colorado viii produce sS5,0OO.Ooo Of the
pSecious metals during the year 1881, and
Is at the he'd Of the silver producing
states.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04

The Philadelphia mint, last year, han
died 296k tons CT gold bullien-valued At
SIR, $4,000
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-04

Circus men turn everything to their own
adyanta0e-eyen q handspring.