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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-19
II Cleyeland succeads.

New York World: ALBANY, Sept.
Mrs. IIoyt, the governors sister,
does not reach the standard of an ultra
fashionable woman. She is a thorough
cOmmon-sense woman, imbued with a
strict view of honor, religion and phi
lanthropy. She is fine-looking lady
of gentle, feminine ways, dignified and
intellectual rather than naughty and
pedantic. She is kind friend to the
poor of every nationality and creed,
but she does not permit public an
nouncements of her liberality. Doubt
less she will set many examples of
economy, domesticity and humanitar-
ianism for our American women. 1t is
said she is particularly kind to poor,
friendless emigrants who come from
abroad to seek their fortunes here, and
it would not be matter of surprise if
she yet founded public institution for
the improvident people in the city of
New York. In attire she is simple and
stylish, her favOrite costume being a
plain black silk. She seldom wears
any jewelry, save tiny solitaire ear
rings and her plain golden wedding
ring. She is an easy, sympathetic con-
versationalist.
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RntlAr in KansaG.

Ben. Butler spoke at Topeka last week
and very seriously Disconnected the re-
publicans by advising the reelection OF
Gov. Click. A report of the meeting
says:
"After the republican party, he ad-
dressed himself to the democratic par.
ty, but didn't know whether he could
say very much for it or not. But very
little had been expected from them fol
the last twenty-five years, for the reason
that they were out of power and had
nothing To give. f
The democratic party, nevertheless,
had grand old record, but it was faI
back beyond the time of Lincoln, away
back to Jefferson and Jackson. "WOuld
to God we had jackson now who
could come out and say by the Eternal
these wrongs shall be righted." he
had hoped to do something for the dem
ocratic party. and wefft to the Chicago
convention, hoping that he and his la
boring friends would be taken into the
party and help to make it the anti-mo
nopoly party of the country. But ht
got left. said then, ''this is not The
place for me and went away. 1 dom
know what we will do to get man lik,
Jackson" Somebody said vote for ole
Ben. This idea he discouraged by say
ing that it was useless to throw thei
votes away on third party which ha
no hopes of winning. He could ge
along well enough without an,
party. There are good men AM
there are rascals in both of then
probably few more in the repub
lican party becarse they have tn
Offices and are tempted, but it seem
that the others are doing all that the
can to be tempted. "There is ON
thing" he said, ''that ought to hav
occurred here to-day. Your governor
George W. Click, is present, Iwant t
say something about him that he shoul
not hear. I understand he is demo
crat, and il you people don't elect hir
again, by the Eternal. you ought to b
crushed beneath the heel of oppression
because his administration has been
the interest Of the people,
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Kiowa.
From the Herald.l

rom tue ftcttiu-I
We are informed that the govern
ment surveyors moved the lines q
rods east and rods south in township
80.
The z. r. surveyors arrived Monday
and at once began the surveying of the
new town. 1t will take about ten days
to complete the work.
We would like to ask of the foreign
editor of the Creesst how long it has
been since he procured his last natural
ization papers.
Splendid water has been fotnd upon
the new town site at depth or 40 feet.
1t was test well and is satisfactory to
all.
Drumm & Nay sold 40 head of three
year-old steers to Sherby & Donally, of
Oxford, for $40 last week. Seventy
head Of these wers bought by Mr..
Drumm only a week ago for $3S per
! head.
Jas. Dwyer, of tie Kiowa house is
found to be the first mover from old in
to New Kiowa. He is making all nee
essary preparations to serve next Sun
days dinner at the new town.,
The Sharon News is making q good
fight for it's candidate VIM Garrison
and asserts that he (Garrisonl was
promised the nomination this year il
he would withdraw in favor Of Geo
Orner last season. If such a promise
was made we say fulfill il" but at the
same time we would like to know who
has the audacity to promise nomina
tions without the peoples concurrence
Who promised? Let's hear.
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caldwell.
CFroru The JournaI.1

The bull-fight on the 7th and sth of
October, during our fair, is an assured
fact. 1t will be conducted. separately
from the fair, however, and only those
so desiring need see it.
There has been string of improved
cattle cars here at our yards all summer
and none Of our beef men have cared
to trS Them The Santa Fe furnishes
just what our shippers want, but they
don't seem to want those. ...,r /.
There still remains upon this market
about 200 head of through Texas
mares for sale! But few sales have been
made lately until the latter part of last
week; when Mr.. Burns, Mr.. Edwards,
and Dorsey 8 Campbell, each sold nice
punches to dealers for shipment.
The Kiowa Herald of a recent date
states that sufficient money has not
been raised to pay the. south state line
rider for his work in k,eping back the
through Texas and Arkansas cattle the
present summer. 1t appears to us as
though the Barber county stockmen
are pretty niggardlY in this matter, as
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For Women Only.

Winter fashions for ladies are to be
eminently Russian and nothing il not
overwhelmingly.
The Boston girl is considered accom-
plished when she can sneeze without
dropping off her eyeglasses.
Many of the next winters fashions
will be almost an exact reproduction of
the Styles and patterns OF the year
1860.
A Connecticut woman sues a bride
groom for S35 for securing him bride.
Thirty-fve dollars is a big price for q
Connecticut girl.
Blondes and brunettes are to be aeFed
to stand aside in favor of the girls with
the auburn hair. Men who make q
speciality of hair dye say that they can
ptoduce the fashionable tint.
Gold -colored silkstockings, with low
cut 'Ellen Terry" half shoes or sandals
Of black satin, are considered very chic
accompaniment to a toilet of black
lace or jet-embroidered tulle
China will adopt postal cards next
January. China is always doing mex
plicable things. What earthly or un-
earthly use is postal card in a country
where there isn't single postmistressP
Owing to notions Of propriety. ladies
at the great majority Of fashionable En-
glish watering place are not allowed to
bathe even with their male relatives:
How would the freedom Of American
seaside resorts Strike these English
prudes2 go. .---
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II anyone who has travelled much in
the summer has encountered fashion
able summer resort hotel without its
widow it is very exceptional. The wild
ow is inevitable to the surroundings,
She is always interesting, generally has
fine eyes and dresses well and wears
diamonds. But it is her manner, as a
rule, that is most attractive. In nine
cases oat ioften she has little girl
whose early retirement to the arms Of
Morpheus is her greatest anxiety, or
rather one Of her greatest, for she seems
anxious sometimes if left alone even
after reiieved'of this annoyance. Her
manner is usually brilliant and ELUSIVE
and almost always insures her the no.
tice and attention of gentlemen. She
does things, as a matter of CO urse, that
the young unmarried ladies are forbid
den by their mothers to do, and the
mothers have hard time explaining to
the daughters why what is right for the
widow Is wrong for them. The moth
ers take revenge very often by misrep-
resentipg the widow and telling the
daughters to have nothing to do with
her. But the widow has a good time
and very often the unmarried girl don't
Still, according TO her own standards
she keeps within bounds, and no matter
how hardly pressed is generally mistress
OF the situation. This is the gay young
widow. OF course there are others who
are saints in department.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-19
Dodge City
From the Globe


Through stock on this market are be-
ing rapidly disposed of. There are now
less than 1900 head on the market un-
sold. cr.-
r. Kirk, of Larned, and member of
the Comanche County Pool, sent out
four cars of beeves from this place dur
ing the week.
Mai. Colcoid one of the oldest stock
raisers in Comanche county, made a
shipment of three cars Of beeves from
our yards on the I'd inst.
VIM. Maher, w. j. Gregory and J. NJ.
Rawlins, all holding stock with the
Comanche Pool, each sent out two
cars of stock from this point on the ID
inst.
Last Saturday was lively day in
and about the stock yards, eighty-one
cars of beef cattle were sent out, num-
bering in all LISP head. Pretty good
for one day. ID
The total shipment OF beeves from
our stock yards for the week ending
September Sth, 1884 is one hundred and
twenty cars or 2,650 head.
The horse market for the past week
has been rather quiet. A number of
sales were made but all in small lots.
Through Texas horses, like cattle, are
pretty well closed out.
Col. r. j. Hardesty on Thursday last
shipped from Lakin, Kansas, $50 head
of beef cattle, which he brought up
from his extensive range on the Beaver.
Among the number were 800 head of
spayed heifers, all rolling fat, and Il G
finest beef critters that ever left this
section of the country, besides being
the first large shipment of spayed heif-
ers ever sent to market from the west
ern plains.
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Scandal in the Campaign.

American Literary Journal: Moth
ing can exceed the wickedness and cru
city of the Cleveland and Blaine ''scan-
dals." They are base and malicious
attacks upon the private character of
public men, men who are the represen-
tatives of great parties in the state /;
but more than this, they are cruel and
cowaIdly attacks upon women and
children, and they are authorized con-
tributiOns to the indecent literature
which modern legislation has in vain
tried to suppress. If every nominee
for high Office in tue State-or even in
the church-is to be required to prove a
large number of universal negatives
and to be held up to public odium as a
filthy scoundrel If he fails to perform
this impossible feat, high Offices will
soon be appropriated by the very Off
securing of society.
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this mans work has probably saved
them $4,000 worth Of cattle this sea-
son. They should pay him at once and
not kick about the price per month,
either, if it was anything under s1s5
per month, as he has more than earned
it if the work has been done.
C. c. Clark, of Treadwell & Clark,
was in the city on Monday in peck of
trouble. The parties who were holding
big lot Of through yearling steers
which had Just Been branded at Hun
newell, drove them to the west side Of
the quarantine grounds, and thihking
they had struck the east line of Gar
land & Cotzine's pasture, pulled up a
couple of posts Ind turned the cattle
into the pasture. 1t, was after dark
when the cattle reached the fence,
hence the mistake. Instead Of its be-
ing the beef pasture, it was Treadwell
& Clark's stock cattle pasture, in which
were grazing several hundred fine half
breed, domestic and Thoroughbred cat
tie. The next morning the mistake
was discovered and the through cattle
removed, but not, however, until they
had thoroughly mixed themselves up
with the pasture cattle. Some Of them
remained in the pasture two or three
days, and the. result cannot even be
guessed at now. ,.., .,.., ,...
The loss of fully two-thirds of the
pasture cattle. may follow, and then
again, none Of them may become af-
fected with the fever. It is impossible
to tell whether TreadweIl n Clark will
lose SO, 900 or nothing by this unfortu-
nate mistake. The ranchmen and dro-
vers cannot be careful about mixing up
through and wintered cattle this sea-
son, as the Texas fever appears to be
worse than usual, and more deaths
have occurred by it this year than ever
before. Mr.. Clark will watch his cattle
closely for the next ten days.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-19
schurz on Cleveland :
tc-o~.E "a Z

In justice we are bound to say that
here is man whose ideas of honest,
intelligent, and efficient administra-
tion are remarkably clear and correct |;
who has not only promised but per-
formed; whose performance, i'm fact,
went ahead of the manifesto; who has
proved himself to possess in an emil,
nent degree the principal requisites of
executive efficiency, which are incor-
ruptible integrity, a clear head, a we'll
informed mind, a devotion To- duty,
shrinking from no labor, a cool judg-
ment, high sense of official honor; a
keen Instinct Of Justieei and that rare
courage which, whenever the public
good requires it, firmly resists not only
the opposition of a hostile party, but,
which is more difficult, the entreaty of
party friends. You fear that another
party coming into power will, in its
eagerness to get possession of the Of
fees, turn out the good men together
with the bad, and you ask whether
there is man, who as president, would
be strong enough TO withstand the
pressure Of his partisans. admit you
can not find many strong enough to az
this, but do not think risk any
thing in saying that Mr.. Cleveland is
one of the few. / should not be sur
prised If he were, the strongest Of
them all. AS to the higher spheres
of statesmanship, it may be remember
ed that in everyjposition of power as
signed to him he has shown an ability
to refOrmaits duties beyond the expec-
tations of his friends. And when he
now says, as hei did in accepting the
nomination, that he considers himself
pledged to give to thei,people "the ut
most benefit Of pure and honest .ad-
ministration of national affairs" we
may recall tbs fact that so far not one
of his pledges has remained unfulfilled.
Indeed, man with just such a public
record and just sach qualities might be
seen in the presidential chair with
out alarm, whateveri party name he
may bear, for he teeds only follow his
own example i'm order to adopt from
any party what is good and to reject,
even coming from his own party; what
is bad. He would be Especially what
the hour demands-the representative,
courageous conscience in the adminis-
trationlot public affairs.
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The grand jury of the United State.

The grand jury of the United States
district court, at Wichita last week, re-
turned an indictment against u. l..
Payne and eoHspirators. The indict-
msnt is long covering both the attempt
ed settlements on the Oklahoma lands
and the Cherokee strip, covering all the
questions at issue between the boomers
and the general government. Wade
Mcdonald, of Winfield, will appear
for Payne ct al, and United States At
torney ]. r. Hallowell, for the govern
ment, and the hearing is set for the 18th
of November, in Topeka, before Judge
Foster, at chambers.
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MEDICINE LODGE. BARBER CO. KANSAS. SEP, 49, 1884

The Ieayenworth Standard, a paper
that is fast working UP as a leading
democratic organ, furnishes the follow
ing interesting political news:
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood promises
every woman an Office IN the event of
her election to the presidency. If she
had only promised sealskin sacque
what boom Sue would have.
1t is noticeable that every time some
Of the ardent supporters of John A.
Martin take a drink, they insist on
raising his imaginary majority another
thousand. That is the way they work
him up to the old time Republican ma
jority,of fifty thousand.
While we take no satisfaction in see
ing any nationality or race in this
country arrayed on one side of the po-
litical line, we are glad to see the
Irishmen showing intelligence and
character enough to resent the imputa-
ton that their support is to be won by
suchfimsy pretenses as have been put
forth in behalf of Mr.. Blaine.
Albert GRIFFIN, ,one of the high priests
of prohibition, and John A. Martin,
candidate for governor, are swapping
gum drops through their newspapers.
1t is an interesting spectacle. Two
years ago each had poor opinion of
the other. but being interested now in
the common job of strapping prOhibi-
tion to the back of the republican par
ty, there is fellow-feeling that makes
them wonderous kind.
The pttiful begging for resubmission
votes for John A. Martin which is now
going on is a piece of sickening political
duphcity. Why should resubmission-
ist vote for Martin? His election,
pledged as he is TO prohibition, will be
hailed as great prohibition victory and
will serve to fasten that heresy all the
more securely upon the state. 1t will
result in a renewal of crusades upon all
the towns and localities Where prohibi-
tion is not enforced. War on business,
and social strife, win be the orders of
the day. What voter with the welfare
of city or state at heart desires that
condition of affairs.
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Hszleton.
IFron the Express.l

Hazleton is not Head as has been re-
ported, but has on a good head OF steam
and is ready to buy, sell, give or take
IN all the commodities Of the day =
Mr.. Knowles, of Wellington, was in
this part OF the county last week, try
ing TO buy cattle. 1t fakes 5000
pounds OF beef week to run his shop
in Wellington, and in order TO keep i'll
running order, buys stock in considera-
BILE numbers, sometimes putting them
on the range 20 fatten.
j. w. towe came back from his
western trip last Friday. He reports
things booming, and lots of folks look
ing for land. He came home By the
way of Medicine Lodge, and his sister
came down from there. with Tim. She
has been at her fathers visiting and at
tending the Normal 80.
And now it viii be in order for par.
ents with families of growing children
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-19

Some curiosity is exhibited to know
how the farming profits of this country
compare with the manufacturing prof
its. Our high tariff system taxes the
farming states and classes to build UP
favored industries in the manufacture
ing states; and the farming classes in
the west are just now inquiring wheth-
er this is exactly fair or not. A care
full comparison between Massachusetts,
and Illinois, the one a manufacturing
and the other a farming state, will
throw some light Oh the subject.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, in a
recent speech, boastfully presented
these facts in proof of the industrial
prosperity of his state: The number
of persons engaged III manufacturing
work in Massachusetts in 1879 was
$4,000; the capital employed $500 ,OOO,-
600; the wages paid, Sl5S, 1915, 900 or
SA9 per hand the value of materials
used was $3.50, 900, 900, and the gross
product OF manufactures was S6Sl ,OOO,-
600. Add the value of materials 1885,
,OOOl and the wages paid ISIS, ,OOO,-
OOO) together and we have $644, 4,315, 900 ;
and deducting this from S6S1 600 900,
we have SS7, ,OO0, 900 as the net profit of
the manufacturers. This is % per cent.
on the capital of $500, 100000.
Now take the state of Illinois. It
had in 1879, 2o5, ,741 farms, worth, with
their buildings and fences, 81 ,0O9 ,OOO,-
600. Add to this the value of machin-
cry and implements, $33 900 600; and
the value of live stock S132 900, 600
and we have 81, ,744, ,0OO, 900 as the total
capital invested in farming in the
state. The gross value of all farm
products in 1879 was S203, 900 600. But
from this must be subtracted the wages
paid and cost of fertilizers. The whole
number of persons engaged in farm
work was $4,000. These were not all
hired hands; they were both hired
hands and farmers the former were
paid regular wages with board, while
the farm owners received no wages. II
we estimate the value of each ones
work and board at $500 a year, we have
for the 436, 600 farm hands S130, SOC, 600.
Add to this the amount paid for fertil-
izers, $4,000, 600; and we have Sl36, ,OOO,-
000--and this is what it cost the farm.
ers of Illinois to make their crop in
1879. The gross value of the crop was
sos, $50 900; the net value to the farm
ers was, therefore, $67 1900 This is
about As per cent. .r p
So while Massachusetts manufactrr.
ers make % per cent: OH their capitsl l.
Illinois farmers make less than 6 IN
theirs. The former business is five
times better than the latter, and both
Mr.. Blame and Gen. Logan have trutk
fully asserted in. their recent letters
and speeches that atmanufacturing rapid
ly multiplies the wealth of the local..
ties i'll which it is pursued.
But what shall we say of po'icJ
that taxes farming to build up manu-
featuring THAT taxes a business which
pays As per cent to encourage ons
that pays % per cent. a year ?-thai
takes money from the Illinois farmer:
hard-earned hoard and adds it to tn,
Massachusetts manufacturers flowinI
Golfers.
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Didn't Want the Paper. ANYWAY


Erie Dispatch: George, dear, be
sure to bring the paper home with you
tonight" s
"Why, my lover"
"Oh, because want TO read Mr..
Cleveland's letter Of acceptance. 1 be-
lieve every wofnsri should keep fully
informed on national political affairs"
'''very well; but I hardly believe the
letter will interest you" ep
Doesn't he explain about-that-
George how provoking you are to be
surel You know what men,
"IIe is absolutely dumb about the
scandal: IL that's what you alluds to-"
Then you needn't bring the horrid
old paper home. There never was any
thing in it but pieces abont the tariff
and liver medicine advertisements
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Words Of Tariff Wisdom.

The last census shows that Pennsyl-
vania, the second manufacturing state
in the Union. had S474 ,00O, 900 capital
invested In manufactures; that $50, 900
persons were employed in mantifactur-
ing; that Sl34 ,OO0, 900 was paid out a
year in wages; that $465, 600 600 was
paid out fori materials; and that the
value OF the gross manufactured prod
ucts was S744, 100000. If we divide the
amount of wages paid out (Sls4 .OOO.-
OOO) by the number of hands employed
1886, ,OOO) we have $347, as the yearly
eafhings of each person employed.
This is less than 81 day, and it cer-
tainly does not show that a high pro-
tective tariffshas the effect of securing
such liberal wages to the laboring
classes after all.
But it does have the effect of secur-
ing Every liberal profits to employers.
Add the wages paidl tslS4 ,0OO, ,OOO) and
the cost of materials used (S455, ,OOO,-
COO and the sum is S599, 600 900. Sub
tract this from the value of the gross
product tS744 900, ,OOO) and there is left
Sl45 900. .OOO-which represents the net
profits of the business. 1t will be OBJ
served the net profits (S145, 900 ,OOO) is
greater than the total amount paid out
in wages 1874 600, ,OOO).. The wages av-
erage SS47 per hand and the profits sv-
erage 1877 per hand. The Pennsylva-
mia manufacturers therefore made a
net profit of SAT- on the labor of every
one of the $4,000 hands employed.
Each hand earned S724 year; but the
manufacturer allowed him only S347
for a living, and kept the residue, S377,
for himself.
Plainly. then, the person protected"
under the high tariff Is not the work.
ingman, but the employer, and it is no
wonder that there is almost perpetual
discomfort among the laboring men of
the state, when the employers take
more than half their earnings for their
share of profits.