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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
a Type of the Tramn.
I (Pa.) Sun and Standard.

Whiamsport (Pa.) Sun and Standard.
A dirty, shabby, WORKOUT old man
came into our office a few days since
and wanted to know if we could help
him on his way to a distant city. His
tone was gentle, the exprs ssion of his
face seemed to indicate that he ex-
pscted nothing but rebuff, but, never
theless, he would ask. We asked him
to give us a glimpse of his life, to tell
us why he had been a failure, and why
at last he was wandering about like a
common tramp. 1t was the same old
story, boy with plenty f friends and
plenty OF money, boz who disregarded
the wishes of father, and the prayers
of mother, young man who knew
more than friends who had fought
many of the battles of life, a young
man who laughed at the counsels and
advice Of those he pleased to term old
fogies. A youth who wanted to enjoy
life and indulge in all the so-called
pleasures of the world, a youth to
whom women were as fascinating as
they proved false; man untitled for
reverses when they came, a man made
weak by the follies Of youth, man
deserted by men and without hope in
God; man despairing, HOPELESS, pen
niless. with no knowledge Of business,
no desire for work, no ambition to
overcome the obstacles in his pathw Y
and no hope for the future, his only
aim, his whole object, being to keep
from starving and to get enough money
to buy the accused drink, which was
fast becoming the only thought. the
only object of his miserable existence,
For him life might have been a sue
cess, ambition might have been graft.
Ted, home. friends, wealth, happiness
all might have been retained had he
not listened to false advisers and fol.
lowed course that the lower passions
dictated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
STRIVE. WAIT. AND PRAY.

Strive; yet do not promise
The prize you dream of to day
Will not fade when you think to grasp 1t,
And melt In your hand away;
But another and holier treasure,
You would now perchance disdain,
Will come when your toll Is over,
Aud pay you for all your pain.
Wait; yet do not tell you
The hour you long for now
vii! not come with its radiance vanished,
And q shadow upon lis brow;
Yet far through the misty future,
With a crown OF starry lighf,
An hour OF JOY you know not
Is win3ing her silent flight.
Pray; though the gift you ask for
May never comfort your fears,
May never repay your pleading,
Yet pray, and with hopeful tears;
An answer, not that you long for,
But diviner, will come one day;
Your eyes are too dim TO see IL,
Yet strive, and wait. and pray.
-AdeldtSe Il. Proctor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

Gone to heavenl How comforting
the thought those who don't expect
to get there. And then the funeral
services were so touching, so appro.
pirate. opening as they did with the
saints favorite hymn. what a Friend
We Have in Jesus Could anything
be more suitable to the sad occasion :?
The sermon by Rev. Martin followed.
and is said TO have been sweetly full
of the forbearance of Christ and his
willingness to forgive. The unique
services were closed with the hymn.
Where Shall Rest Be Found pan
inquiry that has been agitating the
people and authorities of states west
OF the Missouri for some years. Yes,
Jesse's in heaven now. He got the
drop on Peter, and had the door open
In no time. Sweet little Jesse is walk
ing the golden streets, and ali the
angels from Missouri are now holding
up their hands while he goes through
their pockets. Angelic Jesse! With
q palm in one hand and revolver in
the other he'll march right along with
the best of them. Dear children, do
right, be good-and may be you, too,
Will go to heaven and play with the
salnted Jesse till you can'G rest. He
will be disappointed if you fail to
come, and it will not do to disappoint
him."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
Us Boys.
Inter cean.

Inter Ccan.
"Now, boys, when 1 ask you a
question, you mustn't be afraid ia
speak right out ard answer me. When
you look around and see all the fine
houses, farms and cattle, do you ever
think who owns them all, now? Your
fathers own them, do they notp"
"Ies, sir" shouted shundred
voices.
"Well, where will your fathers be in
twenty years from now?"
Dead" shouted the boys.
"Thats right. And who will own
all this property then?'
"Us boys~ shouted the urchins.
Fright. Now tell me-did you ever
in going along the street notice the
drunkards lounging around the saloon
doors waiting for some one to treat
them?'
Yer, sir; lots of them"
well, where will they be in twenty
years from now"
Dead" exclaimed the toys.
"And who will be the crunkards
thenT
"Us boysp shouted tie unabashed
youngsters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

through the strangess pantomine,
laughing, putting his mouth into the
drollest shape, and then swinging him.
self back and forth in the limited
space as if he W re walking down
Broadway" full-rigged metropolitan
belle.
So ON we rolled into the depot, and !
placed myself on the other car, opposite
the stranger, who, with portmanteau
in his hand, descended, and was stand
ing on the lowest step ready to jump
TO the platform.
1 looked fro II his face to the faces
of the people before us. but saw no
sign of recognition. Suddenly he cried
There they are"
Then he laughed outright, but in a
hysterical sort of way, as he looked
over the crowd. L followed his eye.
and saw some distance back, as if
crowded out and shouldered away by
the well-dressed and elbowing thrcnr.
little woman in faded dress, and a
well hat, with face almost pain.
full in its intense but hopeful express
sion, glancing rapidly from window to
window as the coaches glided in.
She had not yet seen the stranger
but moment after she caught his
eye, and in another instant he had
jumped to the platform. with his two
pOrtmanteaus, and making a hole in
the crowd, pushing one here and there.
and running one of his bundles in the
well-developed stomach of a venerable
looking old gentleman in spectacles, he
rushed towards the place where she
was stlnding. ] think 1 never saw a
face assume so many different express
sions Ia so short time as did that of
the little woman while her husband
was on his way to her.
She didn't look pretty-on the con-
trary, she looked very plain; but some
how ! felt big lump rise in my
throat as watched her. She was try
ing to laugh, but, God bless her. how
completely she failed in the attempti
Her mouth got into the position, but
it never moved after that save to draw
down at the corners and culver, while
she blinked her eyes so fast that 1 ex-
pect she only caught occasional glimpses
of the broad shouldered man pushing
his way so rapidly toward her. Ard,
theo, as he drew close and dropped
those everlasting portmanteaus, She
just turned completely round, with her
back towards him, and covered her
face with her hands. And thus she
was when the strong man gathered her
up In his arms as if she had been a
baby, and held her, sobbing, to his
breast.
There were enough gaping at them.
heaven knows, and 1 turned my ewes
away a moment, and then 1 saw two
boys in threadbaIe roundabouts stand
ing near, wiping their eyes and noses
on their little coat sleeves, and burst.
ing out anew at every fresh demonstra.
ton on the part Of their mother.
When 1 looked at the stranger again,
he had his hat drawn over his eyes: but
his wife was looking up at him, and it
seemed as if the pent-up tears of those
weary menths of waiting were stream
ing through her eyelids.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
Jesse James In Heaven.

The only newspaper which has thus
far published an obituary of the late
Mr.. James which was in any way
worthy of the Importance Of its sub
ject is The Indianapolis Journal.
This notice which was evidently writ
ten under pressure of profound feel
ing, gives a short sketch of the
deceased, and closes it's account of his
imposing obsequies as follows: "The
mother Of this poor, prosecuted saint
was greatly broken up, but sought to
comfort those about her, saying: u
knew it had to come; but my dear boy
Jessie is better off in heaven TO-DAY
than he would be here with u.s. And
she was right. He is better off-oh
so much better of. And so are we
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04
Improvement of the Mississippi.

New ork inns.
There are persons who have made q
study of the river problem who main
tain that continuous system of levees
intended to confine the channel would
do more harm than good. In their
opinion it would have q tendency to
raise continually the level of the riv.
er's bed and necessitate periodical addi-
lions to the height and strength of the
levees. at the same time increasing the
destructive power of overfiows if the
bounds should at any time give way or
be overwhelmed. These persons as a
rule advocate a system of outlets into
large basins, which would not only
temporarily receive the surplus waters.
but would present wide areas to be
fertilized by the sediment of the
streams.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

CSilk culture is beginning in San Antonio.
The Chattanooga Times says the negroes
of that city are accommodating property.
and several of them are building houses
to cost from $4,000, to $4,000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-04

feet large enough to be seen, and then
they wouldn't be trodden upon.'
The following story is told of dis
tinguished Edinburgh professor: De-
string to go to church one wet Sunday.
he hired a cab. On reaching the church
door he rendered shilling, the legal
fare, to cabby, and was somewhat sur
prised to hear the cabman say, "Twa
shillin', SIR" The professor, fixing his
eye upon the extortioner, demanded
why he charged two shillings, upon
which tbs cabman dryly answered.
eve wish to discourage travelling on
the Sabbath, as much as possible, sir"
He was spending week at the sea-
side with his family, and had taken his
Children to the circus to see the ami
mails, and, when he came home, he
studied the show-bllls and began dis.
coursing upon the hiPpopotamus. "You
see," he said, "the hippopotamus is
pachydermatous mammal allied to the
hog, with this difference, that he is
amphibilious." "WhatT cried an
astonished listener. 81 said the hippo
potamus was amphibilicus, or. to make
it palmer to the ignorant''-and he
turned up his nose at the listener-"he
lives partly on land and partly in the
water. "Oh, ahi You mean amphib-
ious." Then the talker looked distu. bed
and agitated, and stopped his discourse
until he could 60 outside and study the
bill again in quiet, sequestered spot.
and call himself hard names for not
looking more closely at the big words.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
A Cheerful Word.

Did you ever go out in the morning
with heart so depressed and saddened
that pail seemed to spread over all the
world? But on meeting some friend
who spoke cheerfully for minute or
two, if only upon different matters, you
have felt yourself wonderfully tighten
ed. Every child dropping into your
house on an errand has brought ray
of sunshine which did not depart when
the child went home. 1t is blessed
thing to speak cheerful word when
you can. The heart knoweth its own
bitterness the world over, and good
words to such hearts tare like apples of
gold in pictures of silver" Even stran-
gers we meet casually 10y the way. in the
travellers waiting room ,are unconscious
ly influenced by the tone we use. 1t is
to the one with pleasant words on his
lips to whom strangers in strange lands
apply for ADVICE and direction in their
perplexities. "Take it as a compliment
if some wayfarer comes to you to direct
him which street or train to take; your
manner has struck him as belonging to
one he can trust" 1t is hard some
times to speak pleasant word when the
shadows rest on our own hearts; but
nothing will tend more to tighten our
spirits than doing good to another.
When you have an opportunity to speak
cheering word, you can often send a
full beam of sunshine into the heart of
some sorrOwing, absent friend, by sit
ting down and writing good, warm
hearted letter.-Merchant' Guide.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14

HAS SKIM MILK A VALUE?-One of
the perplexing questions that now agi'
tate the feeders of skim milk, is to ac'
count for the claimed nutritive value il
possesses. IL 100 pounds OF skim milk
is reduced to its digestible matter, it
will be found that it only contains 10
pounds of digestibie matter, 90 pounds
being water, while 100 pounds of corn
meal will contain about so pounds of
solid matter, of which ~ pounds is rated
as digestible. The claim that 100 lbs.
of skim milk and so pounds of meal
produce as much pork as 1e0 pounds of
meal does not seem to lack proof, but
why will it? Why should the ten lbs.
of solid matter accomplish it as the add.
ingof So ofcorn ? 1t is certainly a great
difference in the relative values of food,
and It's veritication will do much toward
the solution OF q problem that is soon to
be met In Ohio: what shall We do with
the skim milk? The high value Of all
kinds Of meats, and the low value of
poor skim cheese. raises an inquiry in
regard to its disposal that is of much
Inargaing this question
the mistake must not be made at the
start that two pounds of skim milk fed
alone possessed twice the value of one
pound of corn meal fed alone, or vice
versa. The full results can only be be
obtained by the combined feeding. The
starch and the albuminous matter of
the one, and the sugar and the casin of
the other. unite to produce a flesh form
er, that either fed alone does not pos
Sess.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14

CHICAGO, Dec. Tit was extremly
cold last night and to day, the cold snap
extending over the whole Northwest,
the thermometer ranging last night at
from zero to Is degs. below, the latter
at Sioux Falls, Dakota. This morning
it was from II above to Il degs. below.
the latter at Peoria. Here it was s be-
low early. The weather is generally
bright, the snowfall being only froEl two
to four inches. ~
ST. PAUL, Dec. THE severity of the
cold has perceptibly abated. In St.
Paul the lowest range of the mercury
at the Signal Office for the a hours was
1S1s degs. below zero, though some pri-
vate thermometers showed 25 degs. be-
low.
BUFFALO, Dec. IA severe storm, ac-
companied by Considerable snow, pre-
vailed the greater part of today. To
ward nightfall the velocity of the wind
greatly increased, and at night became
gale. The thermoeter ranges from )
to 10 degrees above zero.
SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Dec. THE bliz-
zard caught this place last night between
Z and O'Clock, after which time it grew
fearfully cold. At daybreak this morn.
ing thermometer registered 8 degrees
below zero, and at no time during ths
day has the mercury been above Zeru
The rivers are frozen over.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. THE change in
temperature in this city last night was
extraordinary. Ate:30 O'Clock last eve
ming the thermometer marked 81 degs,
and during the night it fell to degrees
below zero, a variation of IL degrees. 4,
11:3O o'clock today the thermometer rc'
corded 4-degs. below zere.
BIsNARK. Dec. 7-Yesterdoy was the
coldest day of the season. the thermum'
eter reaching 7 below zero There has
been but slight snowfall. and the
weather today is moderate, With tho
wind in thOuth.
DAYTON, Dec. 7-Phe thermometers
here haze ranged today from 4 degrees
above to below. according to the time
of day and place of the observations.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. THE cold has
been exceptionally severe today, the
thermometer ranging fromO o to 81 be-
low over the State this morning.
LA CROSSE. Wis. Dee. I'll was %
degrees below this noon. The ice is still
running.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
Communicated.
FLUSHING, ONO, 12-4, 1882.

,as,. FLUSHING, ONO, 12-4, 1882.
EDITOR CHRoNICLE-In view of an
article in last weeks CHRONICLE, over
the signature Of John Fiske, in Harper's
Magazine for December, and headed
-The Puritans and Quakers in New En-
gland thought best, in order to refute
the foul ISLANDERS and garbled statements
therein contained, and to show that the
principles and testimonies of the Socie
ty Of Friends were in strict accordance
with those held by early Christians, to
advance the following striking testimo-
ny of one not in profession with Friends,
and one who was remarkable for his
spiritual As well as his intellectual at
tainments, she gifted Thomas C. Upham,
who wrote as followe:
/ Il have carefully studied the Bible in
the original languages; l have visited
the Holy Land, the places remarkable
In Scripture history, and the earthly
life of Christ; and what is more impor-.
tant, have had many years experience.
The conclusion of the whole matter with
me is, an abiding eonrfction that Chris
tid1ity is true, and that the Society of
Friends have produced the highest and
best statement of spiritual Christianity
yet made Their spiritual view OF
Christ, their doctrine of universal saw
ing grace and light are yet in advance
of the age, and of the views entertained
by any other denomination on this i'm
pOrtant subject. l am an old man, and
could not at this time in life change my
denomination, either with profit to my
self or the cause; but l entertain the
views that were taught by the early
Friends"
Says an elderly man, minister Of
the establishment in England:
81 believe if it had not been for the
society of Friends the Church would
have been in papacy long since. 1 be-
lieve that the fact of a society main
tanning the uselessness and undesirable
ity of all forms in the worship of the
Almighty, has prevented US from going
to lengths to which we might otherwise
have gone, and l further believe that
the day is coming. when our affairs and
our crosses and our robes and our sur
plices, and much more of our parapher-
MALTA will go to Babylon whence they
came" He added, turning to member
of the society of Friends: "I can easily
see the way from us to yots, but 1 cannot
see the way that come of you are finding
from you to u.s."
Very respectfully, J.H.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14

A GOVERNMENT decree has just been
issued in France containing six articles
relating to the employment Of children
in French factories. 1t is absolutely
forbidden hsnceforth to employ children
in the manufacture of certain dangerous
chemicals, or to let boys under 16 or
girls under IS years of age do hand
work at mills. 1t is also made illegal to
allow boys or girls under certain age
to draw any trucks on public streets or
highways, or when inside the manufac-
tories to draw any vehicles which. to-
gether with their load, shall weigh more
than 100 kilogrammes: Neither must
children be employed in manufacturing
bone, horn, or mother Of pearl articles.
the dust from which is injurious to the
lungs, nor ia businesses involving risk to
life and limb. as, for instance, in stating
roofs. Proper ventilation Of the facto-
ries is, moreover, made compulsory
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
Seed Corn.

Bulletin No. XII of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station gives
the results of planting corn from the
tip, middle and butt of the ear. a sum
mary of which is rs follows: /. The tip
kernels were the most prolific of good
corn. 2. The butt kernels were more
prolific of good corn than the central
kernels. 8. The tip kernels bore longer
ears than the other kernels, the butt
kernels next, and the central kernels the
shortest. This fact was apparent to the
sight as the corn lay upon the ground
after husking. 4. The merchantable
ears from the butt were distinctiyely
heavier than those from the tip. and
distinctively heavier than those from
the central kernels. 5. The butt ker-
nels furnished more understandable
corn than did the central kernels. and
the central kernels more than did the
tip kernels. '
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14

THE receipts of Chicago dressed beef
now daily arriving in New York amount
to seven hundred beeves, contained in
twenty cars. and the retail prices are
from two to five cents per pound lever
than those killed there. Sixty different
cities in New England and the Middle
States are receiving this beef. About
two-thirds of the beef now sold in Bos-
ton is Chicago dressed. Large ship
ments to Liverpool and London are
making from New York, Boston and
Portland. To supply the enormous de
mand from 1000 to 1900 cattle are
slaughtered daily at Chicago. all for
consumption as fresh meat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
Colonel Ingersoll on Prohibition.

Colonel lngersOll on Prohibition.
The interviewer said: Colonel, what
is your opinion on the prohibition ques-
tion?" and to this was made the follow
ing characteristic reply:
81 can give my opinion best by telling
you this story. A strong Prohioiticnist
was discussing this question with a gen.
tleman who had not much confidence in
making people virtuous by law. The
Anti-Prohibitionist said: ag
How would you like to live in conn.,
munity where nobody drank any intoxi-
eating liquors where everybody was
perfectly sober?
4 would be delighted with such COM
munity,' said the Prohibitionist. saais
And how would you like to live where
everyone was ndustrious-where every
one rose early and went to their werk
and retired in season-wbere everyone
was at home in the evening. and where
no one used profane language? . 5s.
%, that would be perfectly splendid I
said the Prohibitionist. BE-. .1l 2 7.f.'
And continued the questioner, how
would you like to live in community
where everybody attended divine SER
vice every Sabbath? p ia ue
why said the Prohibitionist, such a
community would make almost beav-
en-: but there is no such community
o yes,' said the Anti-Prohibitionist
Il know several such communities
Where can find one?' said the tenn
perence gentleman. oitas,
And the other replied: in any we'll
regulated penitentiaryr-[St. Paul Pho
neer Press. is
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14

to coerce them into the ways of absti-
nence. For yenturing that criticism, |
was denounced as toddy-drinker; and
a crowded convention of reform clubs in
our town hall spplauded to the echo the
assertion by one of their orators that /
was worse than rum-seller.
II am not ready to come to. that cen
clusion," said Mr.. Peters. hen an
evil so great as the evil Of intemperance
exists in any community, it is humili-
ating to confess that the Christian peo-
pie of the community are unable to COM
bine against it""sIsia 7s ,fr 81.
"'Tis true, tits pity; and pity It's, tbs
true," said Mr.. Franklin" -it
But is there not one thing that can
be done ?" said Mr.. Peters, Can we not
unite in enforcing the penal clauses of
our present law against Yiolators of
them. Our law forbids the sale Of in
toxicating liquors to minors and to in
toxicated persons; it also forbids the
selling of liquor on Sundays, and be-
tween twelve O'Clock 1T night and FIVE
o'clock in the morning. To this extent
it is prohibitory law. Now, l am a
prohibitionist; and l see no reason why
should not take the amount of probibi-
tion this law allows me. We might en-
force these clauses if we would work
together; we could make it dangerous to
sell to boys, or to sell on Sundays. That
would be great gain; for it is notOri-
Gus that there is more drinking none on
Sunday than any other day in the week,
and that great many of eur boys are
forming the drinking habit" 4g--
THAT is good sense" said DR.. Strick :
land. Il am not prohibitionist; am
not total abstainsr; am one of the
men who, as Mr.. Franklin says, Mr.. Pc
ters seeks to put into the category Of
eriminals,-though | don't mean. to let
that slight circumstance mar our friend
ly relations"
Here Peters arose, and extended his
hand to the rector amidst much merri-
ment. a.-.f.4.f