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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
How IL Works.

The State Temperance Union, at the
annual meeting at Topeka last week,
received reports from number of the
counties showing how the Prohibition
law works. The substance of the re-
ports is published in the Atchison
Champion as follows:
Atchison county-Rev. DIR. Krohn re-
ported that prohibition did not prohibit
there.
Brown county-No saloons.
Douglas county = Twenty informa-
tions filed for the next term of court.
Dickinson reported the law a success
Ellis. Jackson, Johnson and Jefferson
gave favorable reports
Leavenworth-"At terrible condition
of things existing.''
Labette--Gl loomy."
Linn-No enforcement"
Lyon-Reported enforcement of the
law.
Marion-Saleons closed. Out Of sew
enteen cases, there had been fourteen
convictions.
Marshall-Saloons open in Marysville
The brewery still runs.
McPherson-..The lord still reigns, -
but "quiet violations going on"
Miami-"PoOr condition Of things. y
Nemaha-Law not openly defied.
Osage-Enforced in some localities.
and not in others.
Saloon keepers under
arrest at st. Marys.
Rice county-'sLot Of whisky"
Riley county-Liquor difficult to get.
Sedgwick Plenty of saloons.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
The Indian Territory.
Committee on Invitation

l.. G. Hardesty, in a letter from Oar
llngton l. T., dated Sept. 16, to the Kan
sas City Indicator has something to say
about Barber county citizens. He says:
''The Indian Territory is fast filling
up with cattle and is, comparatively
speaking, running over now. Among
the lucky ones coming ia with cattle are
w. L. Havard and Ed. Giiroy from the
upper Medicine country. They have a
fine herd of some 5000, having left quite
a lot of fine beeves on Medicine and
Turkey creeks to fatten a little longer,
and wait for better beef market.
They are both experienced and cner-
getic cattlemen and will make their
mark. Quite number of cattle have
just moved up from the Panhandle of
Texas. 1t is, as the old story goes: Six
or eight years of hard grazing plays out
the best of ranges. The Territory is
now about filled up and the question
naturally arises: Where are the balance
or the boys on played out ranges going
to find room? 1t is gloomy outlook.
The only way is to reduce your stock by
selling off dry COWS and everything that
will make beef. Messrs. Havard and
Gilroy have moved into splendid range
and they will doubtless prosper. More
OF the boys, for instance, Brisbin Bros,
were also glad to move off the old worn
out range on Medicine river, which, by
the way, was one of the best ranges in
the West, but has had its day. Last
winter proved that to stay longer was
ruin, hence they pulled off,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
Noah's Ark Discovered.

A Constantinople contemporary an
nounces the discovery of Noah,s Ark.
It appears that some Turkish commits
sioners appointed to investigate the
question of avalanches on Mount Arar-
at suddenly come upon gigantic struc-
ture of very dark wood protruding from
a glacier. They made inquiries of the
inhabitants 70. l,725 in their report.
These had seen it for six years, but had
been afraid to approach it because
spirit of fierce aspect had been looking
out OF the upper window. Turkish
commissioners, however, are bold men,
not deferred by such trifles, they deter
mined to reach it. Situated as it was
among the fastness of one of the glens
OF Mount Ararat, it was work of
enormous difficulty, and it was only af-
ter incredible hardships that they sue
ceeded. The Ark, one will be glad to
hear, was in good state of preserya-
tion, although the angles-obserye, not
the bow or stem-had been a good deal
broken in its descent. They recognized
1t at once. There was an Englishman
among them who had presumably read
his Bible, and he saw it was made of
the ancient gopher wood of Scripture,
which, as everybody knows, only grows
on the plains of the Euphrates. Eff
fecting an entrance into the structure,
which was painted brown, they found
that the Admiralty requirements for
the conveyance of horses has been car
ried out, and the interior was divided
into partitions fifteen feet high. Into
three of these only could they get, the
Others being full of ice, and how far the
ark extended into the glacier they could
not tell. If, however, on being uncov-
cred it turns out TO be 800 cubits long it
viii go hard with disbeIievers in the
book of Genesis. Needless to say,n
says the Pail Mall Gazette, ian Ameri-
can was on the spot, and negotiations
have been entered into with the local
pacna for its speedy transfer to the
United States
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
Sumner County Politics.

The Republicans of Sumner county
met last week and nominated a, full
county ticket, such one as the Demo-
Gratis have strong hopes of beating at
the election in November. The Cald-
well Journal says of the proceedings:
The committee on resolutions report
ed set which endorsed President Ar
thur, the entire Kansas delegation in
Congress, in favor of the strict enforce
ment of all laws, and went on with the
usual clap trap which party conven-
ton thinks it must always put forth.
Then the balloting began, lasting un-
til after four O'Clock, and resulted in
the Matching of the following ticket.
For Treasurer-D. w. Swan, of We'll
lington; for Sheriff, Frank Henderson,
oI Wellington; for Register, Z. C. Fer
guson, of Wellington; for Clerk, w. Ii.
Berry, of Wellington; for Surveyor, Or
vile Smith, of Wellington; for Coroner,
Il. w. Stevenson, of Wellingtion; for
Commissioner Third District, j. G.
Newbold, of Chicaskia.
1t is proper TO say here that had not
the law prevented, the commissioner
would also have been selected from
wellington. OF course there is con-
siderable kicking on the part of republic
cans, but the democrats are jubilant,
anticipating an easy victory this fall
They may obtain it, but if they do, they
will have to borrow little wisdom
from the blunders of Tuesdays conven-
ton.
If Bill Mcdonald can't beat more sense
into the head of his party than was ex-
hibited at Wellington last Tuesday,
then he ought to lay aside that cane and
reduce the altitude of hat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28

The following facts and figures are
Cleaned from the last report of the
State Board of Agriculture:
For the first time in the history of the
state, the numbers of other cattle have
reached million. The increase over
1852 is 162,036, or over 10 per cent. This
increase is largely due to the western
counties, where the grazing of cattle
and sheep is fast supplanting all other
industries. Nineteen counties made
each a small decrease, but all other
counties made marked increase. As
the advantages possessed by Kansas for
stock raising become more generally
known, the number of cattle will con-
tinue TO increase, and the state will, be-
fore many years, be at the head of the
beef-prOducing states. Pasture is now
in excellent condition, and this, in con-
nection with the large corn crop in pros
pect, Will insure the good condition Of
cattle for the remainder of the year.
No epidemic diseases are reported by
correspondents, although in some local
tiles, stockmen have disease in some
shape to contend with.
There are few isolated cases of dis
ease reported among live stock, but
nothing in epidemic form. The general
opinion OF correspondents is that live
stock has not been in better condition
for ten years. There has been during
the year between March 1st, 1882, and
March 1st, 1888, very fiattering increase
in all classes of stock. The extreme
western portion of the state is increas-
ing in number very rapidly, and farm
ers are turning their attention more to
stock raising and less TO general agricul-
ture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28

Maud s., the trotter, got her name
from beinga pet of Maud Stone, bright
little daughter Of Capt. Stone, who FIRST
discovered the merits Of the horse. Jay
Eye-See, that now aspires to tho cham
pionship, got his name from the initials
OF his owner, J. l. Case, of Racine, Wis.
The general belief is that Maud viii
have to look to her laurals and par the
strirtest attention 10 hcr legs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
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MEDICINE LODGE. BARBER CO, KANSAS SEPT 28, 1873


Miss Henderson went to Pierro, Da-
kota to DE married to J. B. Scott, but
Scott died before the time set. At the
funeral Miss Henderson told the sympa-
thizing friends that Scott was the fourth
man TO whom she had been engaged,
and that all had died before the time
fixed for the nuptials. Courier.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28

There lives in North Haven, Conn,
within a distance of three-quarters of a
mile. SIX widows whose combined ages
amount 70 5l2 years, an average of 9O4
years apiece.-Ex.
Well, that's nothing. We know of
six widows who live within distance
of half mile of this point whose COM
bined ages amount to only 80 years, an
average of l6a years apiece.-Seneca
Courier.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11
The American Oyster Trade.

Oysters are planted and grown in
the bays, deltas and river inlets of more
than three thousand miles of the At
lantia coast. Three thousand acres are
so occupied in the Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries, These Cheapeake beds
yield to our commerce over twenty
five millions bushels annually.
In the one city Of Philadelphia it
is estimated there are over four thou
sand places where oysters are sold for
consumption on the premises. One
Philadelphia oyster cellar, three years
ago, sold seven thousand oysters on the
first day Of September. Twenty
dollars would be moderate average
for the sales Of all these four thousand
oyster restaurants, saloons and cellars.
This would bring the total daily sales
up to one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars day. Multiplying the
daily sales by two hundred and forty
days would swell the yearly aggregate
to thirty million dollars a year for
oysters in Philadelphia And yet this
estimate is probably considerably be-
low the actual fact
New York city probably sells twice
as many as Philadelphia; and Boston
and Baltimore together more than
New York again. Aside from the
home consumption, the shipments to
our inland, Western and even Pacific
States are enormous. The appetite
of all inland and mountain men for
all sorts OF shell fish is something
huge. Baltimore employs more than
fifteen million dollars in the canning
Of oysters. More than twenty million
bushels Of oysters are canned in that
city.
On account Of their superior excel
lence American oysters are now ex-
ported in vast quantities to England,
France, Germany and other European
countries. These expectations are now
mostly in cans, but immense guam
titles are now shipped abroad in the
shell. The total Of our oyster trade
approaches much nearer our annual
crop Of cotton and wheat than any one
who does not make these things a
special study would be willing to
credit. Our total oyster trade. do
mestic and foreign, is said to exceed
three hundred million dollars a year;
while the total annual consumption in
this country, ana our shipments
abroad, would exceed the amazing
total Of fifty thousand million oysters.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11
The PaImy Days Of WhaIinc,

An old watchman was telling his
adventures in a casual way the other
day. He was a bronzed old fellow,
bearded like the pard and, in true
sailor fashion, was logged out with
new suit for on shore He had been
round Cape Horn ten times, he said,
in the ship Syren, and had been to sea
forty-seven years, and his remarks
carry weight. 81 sailed out Of New
Bedford, my native place." said he,
"with the finest crew of whalemen
that ever cruised. ] was a young fell
low, and in those days whaling was
the business. We took two thousand
barrels of oil once in forty-seven days
and squared away for home We
didn't have 70 sleep to speak Of, either.
L have seen men drop down on deck. too
sleepy to work. One shipmatefell off the
main-yard-forgot himself and went
to sleep. We had to work when we
worked. There was ship not half
mile from US that time; striking
whales all day long and not whale
did they get. Every strike down
they'd 60, and then they'd cut the line
Could see whales all around US with
the irons in 'em and ropes flying from
'em. They didn't understand il.
Everyone went whaling from New
Bedford in those days and all didn't
have good crews. Ours was proper
crew. We filed up that time and got
home. If we hadn't done it we'd had
to stay another year. Whaling's no
business for me now. I'd rather
smoke my pipe on Shore The old
fellow had his name and date of birth,
1921, ON his hand in India ink.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11
NUMBER 20.
" FUN.


In these speculative times even tho
poor farmer, who owns only one share
in his plow-may be detected water
ing his stock.
IL is said by those who know him
best that mules ears are never colds
but this is no consolation to man
whose cars are.
Il aim to tell the truth" Yes
interrupted an acquaintance. q and y0:s
are probably the worst shot in Amer
lea - Saturday Night.
The bey Of Tunis has 900 wives and
is both near-sighted and deaf. And
the extent to which he is swindled and
fooled must be something appalling.
A restaurant adyertises its sausages
as @unapproachable. Just as If one
were going to like sausages they
couldn't get right close to. Boston
Post.
Professor Proctor stiIl sticks to il
that this earth was formed at least
60.OOO,0OO years ago, and yet We all
love to talk about our grandfathers
days.-Free Press.
Most men win chin aud dodge and
come back on you on any argument.
but no man will allow another to split
hairs on the question Of s'Nextl" in
barber shop when it's his turn
The king of Burmah paid 81, ,00O, 900
for cradle for his son. and the young
ster was not a week old before the
king wanted to trade that cradle for
ten cents worth Of soothing syrup
A new hymn has been written en-
titled ''Never Give Up" The choir
leader who selects that for singing
while the contribution plate Is going
round win be fred out by the deacons.
-Ptcayune.
1t is said that Austin. Texas, has .
female deputy sheriff, and when she
tells man she has an attachment for
him, he don't know whether to blush.
and try to look sweet, Or light out 70.
the Chicago Eye.
"Yes," said young Mr.. Guy, of The
Rickerknocker club, Eyes, | was en-
gagged to her, but I've broken il off,
you know, until / see whether she
going to be successful in breaking +
uncle's brothers viii, you know" n
1t is estimated that 5,000.O00A
balls are manufactured in thads sz;s
every year. Until some pIaizlu0aasa5Sss
the old ones and palming then
Goldfish balls is discovered this Htsss
Of baseballs viii seem like an awfs
waste Of good material.
John Bulmer. a quaint writer Of tb
seventeentlr century. especially recon-
mends the following three dinner rules:
Stridor dentium-Allum silentium
Rumor gentium; which has been
humorously translated. Work for The
iaws-A silent pause-FrequentE
Ha-has r.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11

Professor Finkelnburg attempted to
show, in paper read at the recent
sanitary congress in Cologne, that cit
les are not Of necessity less healthy
than country districts, and that,
where they appear to be 50, the fact
can generally be attributed to local
influences affecting the hygienic or
economical condition of the popula-
tion. The analysis and comparison
of adult male and female mortality
and infant mortality bring out many
interesting facts. TIE male popula-
tion of the cities IS described as being
less healthy than the female popula-
ton. and liable to consumption and
affections of the heart, brain and kid
neys. In Cologne the mortality
among women over thirty years of
age is not only less than among men,
but is less than the death-rate among
women of the same ages in other parts
Of the Cologne district. Similar re
suits are shown at Bonn. The deaths
Of men from consumption show
marked predominance in the
centers of the textile and
metal industries. The fact
that similar resultappears in country
districts where labor of similar char
acter is carried on is presumptiye evil
dence that the mortality is associated
with the industrial activity of the
towns. Epidemic diseases seem to
show an excessive urban mortality
only in the sase of young children. In
fant mortality appears to reach its
highest point where the population is
most dense, and the proportion of
female labor in the factories is most
considerable. A more favorable con-
dition, however, seems to prevail in
those districts where domestic labor is
general. 1t is proved with certain
amount of clearness that infant NOR
tality varies according to the dwelling
accommodation in towns and the
amount of parental care which circum-
stances permit. This result is not a
sure guide as to all diseases, for which
diarrhea and similar disorders con
tribute notable proportion to urban
mortality in general; deaths from
diphtheria and whooping-cough in the
Rhine provinces are more numerous in
the country than in the towns. Pro-
fessor Finkelnburg also notices that
the mortality in cities increases in the
summer and fall, while the increase
in the country takes place during the
winter and spring.-Popular Science
lHonthly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11
matrimonial Stories.

At recent fashionable wedding,
after the departure Of the happy pair,
a dear little girl, whose papa and
mamma were among the guests, asked,
with a child's innocent inquisitive-
ness: q Why do they throw things at
the pretty lady in theearriage ?" For
luck, DEAR" replied one Of the BRIDE
maids. eAnd why" again asked the
child, "doesn't she throw them back p"
"Oh," said the young lady, "that
would be rude" aNo IL wouldn't, h
persisted tho dear little thing, to the
delight Of her doting parents who
stood by; ma does"
"Do yen pretend to have as good .
Judgment as I haye?" said an enraged
wife to her husband. 4 Well. no. he
replied, deliberatively; our choice Of
partners for life shows that my judg-
ment il not 70 becompared with yours .
In matters of controversy, however,
the woman usually has THE bcst of II.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11

The sun W s bright, and the sea was bland,
And the tide danced in as merrily,
When a sailor pushed his boat from the
sand;
And the waves kept time with his homely
glee,
For the sailor hummed, Two fleets there
be:
And one sails over the sun-lit waves,
And one lies under the somber sea-"
The sea was bland, and the sun wa bright,
And favoring wind blew fresh and free,
And the less'ning sail disappeared from
sight;
But the odd refrain still remained with me
Which the sailor sang-"Two fleets
there be:
And one sails over the sun-lit waves,
And one lies under the somber sea-"
The tide danced out with the freight it
bore;
All, the tide came back soon smilingly,
But the sailors boat never touched the
shore;
And sing to myself, for cannot fee
From the haunting strain, "Twe fleets
there be:
And one sails over the sun-lit waves,
And one lies under the somber sea-"
So one by one from the shining world
The fleets sail down to the dismal lee
To the fleet where every sail is furled;
And my heart keeps time to the mystic
key,
While drift and sing, "Two fleets there
be:
And one sails over the sun-lit waves,
And one lies under the somber sea-"
So little while and he who sings
Shall hum no more his songs to thee;
So they who watch his sun-lit wings
Shall hear, perchance, when they cannot
see
The lips which sing, 1.-TWO fleets there be
And one sails over the snn-lit waves,
And one lies under the somber sea-
Eugene Boites, in Harper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-01-11

a witty old author advises men to avoid
arguments with ladies, becausein spin
ming yarns among silks and satins a
man is sure to be worsted and twisted;
and when man is worsted and twisted
he may consider himself wound up.
The above retort might be matched by
dozen others culled from domestic
controversy in which the woman has
come off triumphant. Really, my
dear" said friend Of ours to his better
half, "you have sadly disappointed
me- / once considered you jewel of
woman; but you've turned out only
q bit Of matrimonial paste" "Then,
my love-" was the reply, "console
yourself with the idea that paste is
very adhesive, and in this case win
stick to you as long as you live
"See here" said fault-fnding hus-
band, Eve must have things arranged
in this house 50 that we shall know
where everything is kept" with all
my heart" sweetly answered his wife,
"and let us begin with your late
hours, my love. | should dearly love
to know where they are kept" He
let things run on as usual. 1t is not
often. however, that one comes across
such a crushing retort as that which
Sheffield husband received from his
wife the other day through the me
dunn of the public press. He adver-
tised in one of the local journals that
he, Thomas A, would no longer be
answerablc for the debts incurred by
his wife, who seems to have been a
truly amiable creature, if one may
judge from the advertisement which
she published next day in reply ::
"This is to notify that /, Elizabeth
A, am able to pay all my own debts
now that have got slut Of Tommy =
Some husbands would be obliged to
confess, if they told the plain, I'M
vanished truth, that when they led
their wives to the altar their leader
ship came to an end. "Your future
husband seems very exacting; he has
been stipulating for all sorts of things"
said a mother to her daughter who was
on the point Of being married. 'Never
mind, mamma" said the affectionate
girl, who was already dressed for the
wedding, these are his last wishes"
This is a complete reversal Of the rule
laid down by the old couplet
Man, love thy wife thy husband, wife, obey.
Wives are our heart; we should be head al
way.
IN many instances the state Of the case
is rather something like the following:
"If I'm not home from the party to-
night by 10 o'clock. says the husband
to his better and bigger half, 'Gon't
wait for me-" "That | WON'T" re-
plies the lady, significantly: '1 won't
wait. but I'll come for you" He is
home at 10 o'clock precisely.