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The bee., 1884-06-21
WHY STAND YE IDLE?

can acknowledgements nave peeu
chosen, the slogan has sounded,
and already we hear the battle
cry, and see the forces forming
for a desperate and prolonged po-
litical contest. As yet, the color
ed people have not manifested
any lively interest in the success of
the party which has hitherto
characterized them, and the rea-
son may be, because it Was against
their first choice that the candi-
dates have been named. But such
reasons is as idle as "the phantas-
tastic visions of the evening" 1t
is enough that men, who like
Curtis, Schurz, and others,
who have nothing to lose by a po-
litical revolution, should become
soured by disappointment and
spurred to opposition by 'the con-
scionsness of the depravlty of Re-
publican politics. Their rights
are secured. They walk upright,
invested with all the boasted
and unrivalled habiliments of
American citizenship. They are
scholars and capitalists whose con-
ceit and sore-headedneSs can be OF
no harm to them. They can af;
ford 10 talk Of "reform Of the
revenue" and show their bias for
English institutions and English
interests. 1t may be right and
proper that they should "bolt"
the regularular nominees of the
Republican party.
The cnlored people of this coun-
try, however, have no such rea-
sous. 1t has Eeen through the
Republican party that we have
been brought TO our present plane
of political recognition. And 1t
is through the Republican party,
alone, that we may hope to become
panoplied with the fullne,s of citi-
zensbip. Hence it is not ours to
halt, to bolt, or 10 become surely.
As the lines are drawn, as the field
is now surveyed, there are but two
roads to take. One leads to the
certain defeat of all our hopes of
the early recognition of our God
given rights; a roa d torturous
and difficult and uncertain of pas
sage, along which We can behold
the skeletons of our murdered
brethren aud the bloody track of
the negro-hater and the rebel. The
other road, though occationally
marked with a broken plank,
which was placed in the platform
upon which the colored citizen
was to stand redeemed, has never
theless, now and then a hospltable
inn whereat the colored man may
rest his weary bones, and receive
the sympathy and some support
of his fellow travellers. The road
is less torturous and i'm the dim
vista Of the future we may behold
the destination we SO much desire
TO reach. Shall we take this road
or that? Or shall we prefer TO
follow the delusive beckonings Of
the Independent crank, whose
lamp is the igais tutn.ts, and whose
destination the attainment of the
impossible! Or shall we halt, and
while the contemplating forces do
yeoman service for political su-
premecy, lie down and sleep, to
awake only to find ourselves des-
pissed and supremely ignored? Let
Others do as they may, but it is
our duty to follow the standard
bearers of the Republican party,
and work for success, and the
eventual overthrow of the forces
which now operate against US
and make us nothing less than
citizens. Blaine will choose the
plain, and Logan will sound the
slogum, and We will fight hard and
60 marching on.
The bee., 1884-06-21
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The bee., 1884-06-21

Blaine and Logan will sweep
the country in November next
Carlo Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

Kowa Herald We have been in
formed that cattle belonging to A. J.
Crewdson, Mrs. w: w, Woods. Mr..
Derrick and Mr.. Jones have been found
on Schoonover's place with holes in them
administered 10y some one with q shot
gun. We are not prepared to say who
did the shooting, but the cattIemen are
somewhat excited ever it. Still we
trust it Will be settled without recourse
to the methods used upon the cattle.
The Kiowa House after at eventfnl
career in Kiowa was taken (very gent
lyl Oh wagons TO the new town site this
week and will there try and perpetuate
the good if has continually done for
the past twelve years. a sigh escapes
from the frontiersman as he sees this
relic OF Indian days and the fortress for
many defenceless one moved to new
quarters. We can't refrain ourselves
from signing when we think of the
many bed bugs that feasted on many
weary traveller who sought repose with
in IFS walls and who will never again
be given an opportunity ofplaying even
to procure satisfaction for the anxious
and sleerless nights which they spent
battling in the dark with their tormen-
tors. The house will be remodeled by
its present proprietor and will in 4 few
days be ready for occupants.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10


Dodge City Cowboy: Charles Good
night has sold 800 head of two-year-
old steers to r. l.. Harper, at SO a
head, to be delivered next spring.
Thirty-fve thousand beef cattle are
said to be lying in the Chicago stock
yards, waiting for an advance in prices.
About eight thousand head of beef
cattle are grazing in the vicinity of
Dodge City. Their owners are waiting
an advance in the eastern market be-
fore shipping.
Hunter s. Evans shipped fourteen
carloads of dry cows to st. Louis last
week, and were fortunate enough to
sell them before the market dropped,
and realized good sum from their
sale.
]. C. Becker has purchased 200 head
of cattle ttwos) at $50, and 400 head of
threes at Si2.50- each, of j. NJ. Day.
They have been taken-to Butler county
for feeding. The cattle are half-breeds.
BinneY BrintoIl has established a
ranch on Nickson's draw, in Ness
county, four miles south of Pawnee,
and stocked it with 700 head of horses.
He is investing 5000 in sheds and
buildings. Mechanics from Dodge
City are doing the carpenter work. = Mr..
Brinton has fine range and has locat-
ed his ranch in a splendid stock
country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
What Prohibition Prohibits,

Itprohibits the state from passing
any law regulating the manufacture or
sale of Intoxicating liquors.
1t prohibits the state from deriving
any revenue from the liquor traffic.
1t prevents courts from attending to
the civil business of the country by
oyercrowding the docket with cases for
violating the obnoxious law.
1t prohibits for the same reason the
trials of other criminal cases.
1t prohibits the reduction of our tax
es, because so much is necessary to de-
fray the expences of the liquor prosecu-
tions.
In short it prohibits all il was not.in-
tended to accomplish; and it makes
that free which it was intended to pro-
hibit, namely, Free Whisky.-Topeka
Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

And now it comes to light that accor-
dions were first manufactured before the
Christian era, We always thought as
much.
y correspondent wants TO know how
to make henkeeping profitable. There
is but one method: Don't keep hens.
Candidate st. John is doomed. 1t
has been discovered that only six years
ago, while on visit to the state he
actually went fishing in the Brandy
wine.
"Why do they call Butler the green
back candidate, fatherp Is his back
green?" mo, my child, there is moth
ing green about Ben. only his hackers
are green.
New York millionaire-'Are the
girls locked up for the night, wife?''
Yes" "Coachman chained?' Yes
.'Has tho patent butcher-catcher in
the front yard been oiled so that it
works well?" "Yes.'' ''Well. we might
as well chlorform the gardner and go to
sleep"
Did you write UP this article for
Snooks, the grocer?" asked the city ed
itor of contemporary of his assistant.
eyes, sir.''' "Well do you consider it
just the-thing to announce that his fresh
eggs can't be beat; his cheese goes off
of its own accord, and his butter occu-
pies strong place in the regard of the
public -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

The Hon. John A. Martin will come
to Winfield to make 4 republican speech
in his behalf. lie will ask the people
to elect him governor of Kansas because
the boys in blue whipped the boys in
gray, but he will say nothing. about
the odiOus law which has caused and
is causing more lying, cheating, law
breaking stealing, ,sneaking, false swear
ing, and hard feeling than any other
one cause in the state of Kansas. Nine
tenths of the people Of the state are az
rayed against each ether in acrimoni-
Gus opposition on the question of re-
submission of the prohibition amend
ment to vote of the people, but Col
John y. Martin will not inform the
people Of Winfield how he stands on
that question: If he does, somebody
please make note Of it.-Pelegram.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
Governors Proclamation.
NIAIE OF hANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
TOPEKA Sent 2O 1894

TOPEKA, sept. ~, 1881.
WHEREAS, 1t is shown by the statis-
tics of the state of Kansas that there
are in the state of Kansas over two
million head of cattle, valued at over
fifty millions of dollars; and
WHEREAS, y very contagious and
alarming disease, known as contagious
pleuro-pneumonia, or the lung plague,
has been prevailing for long time in
that portion of the state of New York
south of the south line of the
state of Connecticut, that portion
of Pennsylvania lying east of the Allie
ghany mountains, and all portions of
the state of Maryland, New Jersey and
Delaware, the District of Columbia,
MAMA county, Ohio. and several
counties in the state of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The livestock sanitary
commission and the veterinary surgeon
of the state of Kansas have specially
called my attention to this matter, and
requested and advised that quarantine
regulations be established against the
introduction of cattle from any of the
infected portions of the United States
where said disease is prevailing in cpl
demic form and
WHEREAS, The said sanitary COM
mission in their advice and. request to
me make the following statements !:
whereas, a considerable number of
which have been exposed to the conta-
gion of this disease have been shipped
from Illinois to the states of Kentucky,
Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska, where
they may possibly spread the disease to
an unknown extent, and Whereas, The
immense cattle interests of this state
| are endangered by the probability of
the introduction of this disease, sooner
or later, from some of the many infect
ed localities unless proper precautions
are taken to prevent it, and Whereas,
The appearance Of this disease among
the cattle of our state would prove a
serious menace to a most important in
dustry, and entail a serious loss upon
cattle raisers;" and
WHEREAS, have been requested and
also advised by large numbers of per-
sons engaged in the livestock indus
tries of the state that their cattle inter-
ests are being endangered by the intro
duction of cattle from the localities
named:
Now, THEREFORE,, In order to pro-
tect tlse cattle interests of the state of
Kansas, and to protect those raising
stock and preparing and shipping it to
market against the Introduction or
dissemination of the disease known as
contagious pleuropneumonia, or the
lung plague, I, G. w. Click, governor
of the state of Kansas, under and by
authority Of IAN act for the protection
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
Gong 70 Pieces

Chicago Heraid:A long man with lin
en- duster on entering the democratic
headquarters, and throwing thin car
pet sack on the floor said:
Its mighty strange how people are
voting this year. believe the old par
ties are all busted sure. If you fellows
want to steal march, you want to call
another convention and reorganize. Ey-
erything is going to. pieces
They are getting a little tired of
cranks down at the democratic castle,
but one of the watchers asked wearily:
whats the matter now?"
Matter now? Matter enough. /
just come in on the Lake Shore train,
and as we were rolling through the city
l took vote. This is how it came out:
Henry Ward Beecher,1; Charles j. Gui-
teau, 3; Boss Tweed. 1; st. John,1; Adj
miral Courbet,l; Chinese Gordon i;
Breadwinners,l; L; John Sullivan, 2; Don
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

The Medicine Lodge INDEX proudly
lifts up its head when it makes the fol-
loving statement:
The brick work of the new hotel
building is about completed, and the
expression heard on every hand is.
"Well amt it daisy" Here in Il town
35 miles from railroad, is a building
55X9i, practically four stories high. con-
tanning over 50 rooms, built up in the
modern style of architecture The
best building in southwest Kansas any
where; better hotel than Wichita,
Winfield, Wellington, Harper, Cald-
well or Kingman has. 1t will be the
making of the town.
The INDEX is right. The hotel will
"be the making Of the town." 1t is a
well known adage that "first impress
ions are the most lasting" When
strangers are about to be introduced it
is the ambitionof each to make IA
vorable impression upon the other. A
person in a strange city receives his i'm
pressions of locality from his sur
roundings. Heis Influenced the most
by the character of his temporary
home, which is presumably hotel. If
this home is neat and attractive and
possesses all of the features that con-
sutute frst-class hostlery, the tran
sient guest cannot help having warm
side for the place where it is located.
If the hotel is repuISive he becomes
disgusted with the town and departs
therefrom rs speedily as his clrcum-
stances will allow. Nothing gives so
much tone and character to town as a
good hotel.-Dodge City Cowboy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

The editor of the Kansas Cowboy
took ride of twenty-five miles over the
smooth prairies of Finney county last
Saturday, and reports that he never
saw finer cattle than cover the plains
and sand hills of that county. The
grass has never been better. Cattle eat
till their hides seem stretched to their
utmost, and then lie down and blow
and fairly groan with fullness. The
calves are taking on fat in a manner
seldom paralleled. The grass is curing
splendidly on the ground. And besides
this the stockmen are laying up plenty
of hay, sorghum and milet. The.prob-
ability is, that unless we have very
severe winter, the feed will not be
needed. But 1t is very handy to have
it ready.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
Range Cattle Trade.

Kansas City Indicator: Trading in
range cattle, during the season draw
ing to a close, has not been so active or
satisfactory as had been expected,
which was owing to the financial furry
in the east in May, which had the eff
feet of tightening the money markets
of the country, and which is still being
felt. On the open market, that is trad
ing i'll cattle on the range, the close
money market was particularly felt, as
it. prevented the obtaining of short
time accommodation expected by those
who were looking forward to making
purchases.
The season was backward and grass
cattle were little late in being sent to
market, still shipments this year were
commenced earlier than they should
have been, caused again by the desire
to realize money. The quality of the
cattle marketed early in the season, to-
gether with the large numbers, caused
a decinedly dull and unsatisfactory
state of affairs. Since then the quality
of the supply has exhibited some i'm
provement and prices paid were salts
factory, but the trouble has been to dis
pose Of what are known as canning
grades Of cattle, in consequence of the
reduced demand for that class.
The fact that there has been less
satisfactory market for range cattle
this season than last, has not and should
not have a discouraging effect npon
those engaged in the trade. There was
but one cause for the condition of af-
fairs which existed and that has been
the close money market, which is not
likely to be the case another year. AS
an illustration of the confidence still
felt in the raising Of cattle on the
range may be- mentioned the trade
whereby j. p. Wiser & Son paid Grego-
ry, Eldred & Co. $5O, 900 for their lease,
running years from October lst, of
100, 900 acres on the Cherokee Strip in
the Indian Territory. New cattle com.
panies are being formed from week TO
week, and as the area for cattle pro-
ductiOn on the ranges of the west is be
coming more circunlscribed year after
year, those who have their money in.
Vested in range cattle need feel no un-
easiness if the business is being prop.
erly managed, for, as in other pursuits
of life, cattle raising requires exper'
fence, energy and close attention te
details.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
Against Alarmists.
Cor. Kansas City Live Stock Jour-

Cor Kansas city Live stock Journal.
LEXINGTON, Mo-, Sept. %, ISL
Your valuable paper is received Tegu-
larly and is very. welcome visitor
We haye had great deal of rain, which
has retarded the sowing of fall wheat
and has damaged the corn TO some ex-
tent. / see in your last paper. sub
scriber from Schell City, Mo-, inquiring
if there was a state veterinarian for
Missouri, andsays he has lost some
cattle from some disease. / am very
| thankful that this state has no veterIn-
arian employed, as we need none. Kan
sas and Illinois have a surplus, and can
spare some. when they get through
| slaughtering few dairy cows which
| have pneumonia in chronic state. l
am well satisfied that all this reported
cattle disease is a humbug, and it
should be stopped, as it is a great dam
| age to the cattle interest in the West
ern states and Territories, and it is all
done to keep up excitement and give
few unimployed so-called veterinary
doctors a chance to get work. You will
find that they all make as big a noise
as the Neosho Falls scare was last
March. Dr..IIolcombe made n grand
failure of the foot-and-mouth disease,
and L am satisfied that he don't know
to-day what caused the disease, nor
what name to give it, but he managed
to get position to practice at good
salary. Now, if the government would
pay these men to stay at home it would
be worth thousands of dollars to the
cattle trader. The health of the cattle
in the = estern-states never was better
than at this time. We lose some cattle
every year with different diseases, some
from dry murrain, some from bloody
murrain, some with chronic consump-
ton. The men. employed bt state or
government should be watched closely,
for, as rule, they are humbugs, and
the sooner people find it out the better
it will be for them. r. NJ. SPARKS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
NO. 49,.

of domestic animals, do hereby order
established and declare quarantine
to exist against all the said territory
hereinbefore mentioned and described.
except the state of Illinois, against all
such. cattle from the localities named
coming into the state of Kansas; unless
they are quarantinei al the point ., To-
cality of introduction for period of
sixty days, and retained there until
they shall receive a certificate of health,
signed by the.veterinary surgeon of the
state of Kansas, orsome duly author
lied deputy under him.
l further order and declare 4 quaran-
tine against the introduction of all
Jersey cattle from any and all of the
United States until the first day of jan
uary, A. d., 1885, upon like terms and
conditions as hereinbefere mentioned
of being properly quarantined; and re-
naming in quarantine for a period of
sixty days, and not removed until they
shall receive a certificate of health from
the veterinary sturgeon of the state of
Kansas, who is hereby directed and re-
quired to make such examinations as
may be deemed necessary of all stock
coming into the state of Kansas, and
quarantired as herein provided. And
enjoin upon all county attorneys and
sheriffs to aid the livestock sanitary
commission and veterinary surgeon in
the enforcement of this quarantine,
and request all county attorneys and
sheriffs to render all the assistance nee
essary to enforce the law until this
quarantine is removed; and l hereby
specially direct and require the county
attorneysand sheriffs of the counties of
Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth,
Wyandotte, Johnson and Bourbon to
give special attention and assistance in
the enforcement of the quarantine reg
ulations hereby established.
In testimony whereof, have hereun-
to subscribed my name,, and caused 10
be affixed the great sell Of the state.
Done at the city of Topeka, the day
and year first above written.
II. S. G.W. CLICK.
BY the governor: JAMES SMITH,
lOlicial. Secretary of State.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

Leo Schreck and wife, and John
Flicke, of Erie. Pa, had Sis deposited
in the Erie County Saving bank when
the bank suspended. The loss of the
money drove them insane. They were
committing great SINS They inflicted
fiagellation. October Sd two officers saw
the man and wife digging grave in
the back yard. The house was entered
and itwas found the people intended
to enact thedeath Of Christ, to be fol-
lowed by killing children to repre-
sent Herod's slaughter OF the innocent.
All were arrested:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

Crooks of butter to keep for several
months should never be packed upon
the cellar bottom. This causes two de-
grees oftemPerature in the crock, which
will be at the expense of the quality of
the butter near the top. The crooks
win keep their contents much better if
placed at least foot from the bottom
of the cellar upon a bench and a thick
wooden cloth thown over it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
EHE BARBER COUNTY INDEX.

srho INuex Il prugrsssivc nCwspapor, pub
iiahed vt the county s.at, and y the othctnl pa
psr of the county. II the o-Pc,inl advocate 81
the live Stock industry In the Southwest, ana
ntirtbora among IL patrons every rnnChmnn
~ iwputHnCu in this seciion 20 me EroliiiH
diatris,t n rpncheS nearly cvery cuw-Cump tn
thiz ss.Cttuu Uf the state anu M iidihn Icrtl-
49,, s,s,th of here. aud has o. splvudid Circuln-
tion atnnnV tho ocknCu ~ the Ehsturu state.
A an adv,gti-iug mc.iiuin u hns un superior~
ant few equals among western pcrinnlchis. a.,
Politically, the tNpTN y Democratic. and VII
svor h. found advuChtng tho principles laih
d@wn by Jefferson.
Ita r-llumus will AZ al timcz contain cnVce
Ondsolpyt FIRMLY rnndinT ulut'f ei1 hohlhk
NJ IIll- II-IL II IluII.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

In selecting breed of COWS for milk
do not pay any attention to the qualities
of the breed as beef producers. In
fact get as far away. from the.aptitude
to fatten and fill upthe carcass as pos
sible. The food cannot make both milk
and beef. Breedfor a single quality
only instead Of several. A COW that is
easily fitted for the butcher is seldom a
good mixer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

"Put None but Americans on Guard"
This settles the matter. 1t is also
susceptible of proof that Blaine wrote
the Madigan Circular in 1875, when he
appealed to the voters OF Maine to re-
ject a candidate because he was an
Irishman and Catholic.
No self-respecting Irishman can vote
for such candidate, even though he
sympathize with the general principles
Of the republican party.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

Atchison Globe: The story that In
gals is confined to his bed in this city
with sore throat, lacks confirmation
The Onlv throat difficulty ingalls, is suf-
fering from relates to lack of DISPOSE
tion to make speeches in the interest of
q man who carries prohibition plank
around with him which causes the peo-
Dle tO hiss
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10

Here is the kind of encouragement
Delaware offers to horse thieves: Ed
ward Redden, a horse thief, was senten-
ced to pay the costs of prosecution,
500 restitution, $500 fine, one hour in
the pillory and to receive twenty lashes
and serve eighteen months imprison-
mPnt