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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

Allen Williams, who resides near
Long Rapids, Alpeno county, is the
owner of one of the most remarkable
curiosities of which natural history af-
fords any description. Williams is a
Massachusetts, Yankee, and he tells the
story, or rather the Introductory part of
it, as follows, to gentlemen who re-
Gently visited him When / left Berk-
shire to come to this place my wife pre-
vailed on me to bring with us fine Jer-
sey heifer nearly two years old at that
time, and with calf from the finest Jer-
sey bull in the state. / thought great
deal of the heifer, and it was not hard
to persuade me to male her part of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

The Paola conference adopted a pro-
hibitlon report as follows LET God
be praised The good work goes on !;
prohibition does prohibit Public senti-
ment is rallying to the support of law
and order. The enemy's lines are brok-
en-, and those hitherto defiant are flee
ing before the faithful executors of the
law. Therefore be it resolved, That we
as church and people, will vigorously
oppose the nomination and election to
| Office of any man who is not law abid-
ing and not pronounced prohibition
ist." And yet, Bro. Elliott was not re-
turned to Medicine Lodge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

Everybody knows how easy it is to get
signers to petition, and the instance
recalled by Speaker Marden at a meet
ing of the New England club in Boston
the other day, affords a good illustra-
ton. An old petition for legislation in
the interests of colored children, which
was passed around and signed by gov
ernors. mayors, clergymen, lawyers, and
about every white person in the state.
read in this way: 1--WE, the undersign-
id, parents of colored children"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

The cost of maintaining the Brooklyn
bridge is about $3.50, coo a year. sThe in
terest on the bonds is very nearly $780,
600 yearly, and reckoning last years
earnings at S52l $40, it will be seen that
the concern is running more than $780,
coo behind annually. To pay its way it
must increase its daily earnings by
about $1,000. To do this the cars must
carry some II coo more passengers every
day than they do now.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

All gambling houses were closed at
Dallas, Texas, during the meeting of
the Northwestern Texas Stockmens'
convention, but a cock pit ran all She
week, with afternoon and night mains
The pit was located on the main thor
oughfare, and large transparency
showing two heeled game cocks eyeing
each other was displayed, with the in
scription I'VE fight all the week."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
The Kansas state school fund, pei

The Kansas state school fund, per
capita, is thirty cents. Missouri-''Poor
old Missouri" as the Kansas public
prohib reformer rolls under his tongue
and spits out upon every occaSion-has
S6O2.2 1858 to distribute among III 1893
state wards of school age, giving per
capita of seventy-eight cents, or 15O
per cent more than the rich young
Kansan.'o
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
LIVE STOCK INTERESTS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
3ER CO., KANSAS, MARCH %, 1884.

Gen. Bob Toombs, of Georgia, is a
Methodist after his own fashion. Meet
ing Bishop Pierce recently, he said +:
George, l want you to baptize me- i
have no religion, but am afraid some
of these young fools who prate about in
fidelity will say when am dead / did
not believe in Jesus Christ, and 1 wish
to avow my faith" He was baptized
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

Congressman Peters sent an order to
Mr.. Cowgirl for three hundred and
twenty-five sample boxes of sugar man
ufactured by the Kansas Sugar Compa-
ny, to be given to the members of con-
gress. The samples will be forwarded
Immediately.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
votes are almost equal as follows /:

Of these doubtful states the demo-
Gratis carried California, Nevada and
New Jersey in 1880, giving twenty votes,
while the republicans carried Indiana.
New York and Ohio, giving74 votes. 1t
will he seen that should the twenty-five
northern states put down as solidly re-
publican go that way, the republicans
will need ~ votes to reach the necessa-
ry POI. To secure this New York and
Ohio must be won. In all probability
New York will be the pivotal state in
1854.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

The Texas cattlemen say that the
number of cattle that will be driven and
shipped from their section the present
season will be considerably short of
what it was slast year. This will not be
due to lack of cattle but to scarcity of
money in the sections where the heavy
cattle buyers reside and do business.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

a correspondent seems to attach great
Importance to the fact that Mr.. Blaine's
front name is James and recalls another
fact that nobody was ever beaten fol
the presidency who bore that charmed
name. James Madison, James Monroe
James X. Polk, James Buchanan and
james n. Garfield were all elected, and
cur correspondent thinks James G
Blaine would be if lie should he nomi.
mated
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
THE BARBER COUNTY INDEX.


Ex-Governor John L. Routt, of Colo
rado, who stood as one of the famous
'3O6'' in the Chicago convention, has
adopted that historic number as his cat
tie brand on his ranch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

The Chicago Breeders Gazette thinks
that Texas may learn a lesson from the
outbreak, and thinks the representa-
tives from that state should not be so
fresh in opposing the animal industry
bill now before congress. That paper
says:
THE outbreak of foot and mouth dis
ease in Kansas is not so far from the
channel of communication with Texas
that 1T may not quickly reach it, if,
through an exodus of cattle, it should
become even slightly spread and once
on these lines, we can assure our Texas
friends the disease has no respect what
ever for states rights, and their little
''delusion' on this subject viii give
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
Foot and Month pisease

As there is still considerable excite
ment over the outbreak of this disease.
we think it but right that our readers
should have the benefit of all the devel-
opments that occur. We have no idea
that this section of the grazing country
will be affected by the disease, but in
case it should ranchmen should be well
posted.
Now here is man, Mr.. Quinlan. of
Denver, who claims to have had vast
experience in the disease, and he saws
the outbreak in this state is not the foot
and mouth disease. He said to repor-
| ter:
From what my examination disclos-
ed, there is no disease. Let me explain
! 1T to you. We will take for instance the
herd of Daniel Keith. He had herd of
l2l head, and has lost four during the
winter. Thirty of the living are render
ed useless through their hoofs falling
OFF. The first thing l did after getting
to Keith's farm and making a slight ex-
animation of the cattle was to get into
the cause. l made an inspection of the
watering place and the feeding yards.
The place where the stock obtained wa
ter was but short distance from the
| feeding place, and was several feet low
er. 1 watched the cattle go there to
drink, and wade into the water and soft
mud up to their knees. There was mud
several inches deep surrounding this
pool and the animals had some difficulty
In getting out. l examined this drink
ing pool. Taking a rail thrust it down
few feet and pulled it out and exam
ined it. found that the mud was thor
! oughly impregnated with ammonia that
had drained into it from the feeding
yard. 1t was very sticky, and, as a con-
sequence, the legs OF the stock, from
the knees down, was thoroughly plaster
ed with it, and had been accommodating
for some time. L took a fine looking
heifer that was limping about the prem.
ises, washed her legs with clean water
and cleansed the hoof thoroughly when
it had partially sloughed from the flesh
and applied the remedy. In the morn.
ing L got up early and saw the animal
walking around apparently as though
nothing had ever been the matter with
her feet. Iapplied the remedy and had
the satisfaction of seeing them all i'm.
prove. But they would go back to the
nasty pool, and in a short time the,
were as bad as ever"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
BARBER COUNTY INDEX

:, The INDEX is progressive newspaper pub
ished at the county seat. and is the ofIicial pa
per OF the county. It the especial edyocafe Of
the Live Stock industry in the Southwest, and
numbers among fts- patrons every .ranchman
OF importAnce in this section of the grazing
district. 1t reaches nearly every cow-camp in
toIy south of here, and has splendid circular
uoH among the stockmen of the Eastern states.
AS an advertising medium It has no superiors
ana few equals among Western periodicals
POLITICALLY, the INDEX is Democratic, and will
ever be found advocating tho principles laid
down by Jefferson.
Its columns will at all times, contain choice
and select FIRMLY reading matter, and nothing
to offend the most fastidious.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
Aavertlslng RatsI

rvorv aav we receive proposals for ndvertis
Ing epnsrn from patent medicine m"u. = WINS
machinc companies. book Publishers, WNe5tis-
lag agents, oti. To all such We Will saw lhe
spaCC IN this paper can hc uuol via hoih' ny,
v,rtiseturuts Al vuosi prices. We have good
Circulation among an intplliH'u Cl1-s % icuplr.
we have ~ foreign al in tn paper. Rni d"ii Z
cure tohavc unless they pay iu Cisn our roEuHr
rates. These are -. %.
! column, COR locgiloul, per year. s'is.,. No.
= hUD
900
Aur~adinr notices 10 cents per line EACH IN
eERTtuN .-.......-.
CAnH oUAprERLy ~ AnvA~Cr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

In the course of recent lecture In
gersoll threw in occasionally trite say
ing, anecdote or illustration, some of
which are recalled:
LLn.,.. ~
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

ar For the accommodation Of patrons of
the winnemucca Hotel, a new
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18
PREPARED HY

M. ). c. AsEE = CO, Lsw-m. .s.ss.
Soll by all OrIs yisss; 81. six bottles for sb
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

To the list Of extraordinary pension
bills before Congress should be added
the one giving pension to the widow
of Col Leet, who, it will be remem-
bered, was the favorite to whom Grant
caused TO be given a profitable public
storehouse contract in New York.
Und r it Leet made handsome for
tune. which was squandered. He was
cons spicuous for no military service,
cam out sound, and was specially ia
vorej after. II this is just bill, there
are thousands OF widows who are en-
titled to similar actions, The bill has
passed The House.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

Tns roll of British Lords Temporal
and Spiritual has jus. been issued, as Is
usual at the beginning OF new session
OF Parliament. 1t contains the names
Of 522, or rather 5l7. peers, five Of the
members OF the Government being men
ito I'd both in the places to which their
Offices ent.tle them, aud according to
the dates of the creation OF their titles.
The youngest peers, in point OF crea-
tion. are Bramwell, Fitzgerald, Alces-
tar, Wolseley, Selborne (earldoml, and
Teunyson.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

RATES OF ADVERTISING:
cne Square 40 lines) first insertion. 81 so.
Each subsequent insertion, per square. -. l 90
liberal reduction to regular advertisers.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

Hitherto, while dynamite and bullets
have been ieopardizing the lives of
otb,r potentates, the King of Bavaria
has been allowed, without molestation,
TO iJllow his own eccentric and expen-
aive will, but a member of the Assem-
bly, has lately taken the unprecedented
st Of asking for an inventory of the
ro} al palaces aud their contents The
works at his Maiesty's mountain palace,
hch have cost vast sums, are repor-
ted to have stopped for the present.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

An Eastern paper which advocates
The nomination of Tilden for President
by the National Democratic Convention
says; "Mr. Tiiden is younger and
stronger than was Theirs, who brought
liberty and law out OF Louis Napoleon 5
wreck. He is younger than Gladstone
whose genius yet guides the fate of
Bitain. He is far younger than vii.
liam, whose hand still grasps the sceptre
of Germany"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18
T. kANDULSKI.
M Il X G HANT TAILOR.
Bridge Street, winnemuecA, Nevada

.ss | have just received q ine lot WIN.
TER AND SPRING GOODS, and I viii
~ warrant to give the best of satisfaction
-IlH to my customers l intend to do busi-
ness only for cash, therefore | will do work a
the lowest possible price.
ja7-tf T. KANDULSKI.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CIGAR

d. P. and s. H. p. players can be accomm
dated at any time.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

Has been procured for their especial enjoy
ment.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

fwA luxuriantly furnished private CLUi
ROOM, for the use Of the Winnemucca Cincl
Club, with private entrance.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

nnTnn Send six cents for postage,
A UkIIA and receive, free, a costly box
n HILLS goods which will help you to
more money right away than
anything else in this world. All, OF either sex,
succeed from the first hour. The broad road 10
fortune opens before the jlworkers, absolutely
true. At once address TRUE 6 CO.,
d24 Augusta, Maine.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

MONEY LOANED WITHOUT INTEREST
There's millions In IT,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18
THE SILVER STATE.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING SUNDAYS
EXCEPTED By
j. j. III L L * CO.
TERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION:

One copy, one year, by mail. ............ss oo.
One COPY, SIX months, by mail ........... 90
One copy, three months, by mail. ....... 2 90.
Delivered by Carrier, % Cents per week,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

TO AND FROM THE DEPOT.
A GOOD TEAM is always ready TO take all
persons to and from the Depot and Hotel free
OF charge.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18
WENNEMECCA HOTEL.
Bridge street, Winnemucca,
DAVID CrROJx............P Proprietor.

Having built and fitted up in the most COM
modious style the largest and finest Hotel in
Winnemucea, with large and airy rooms, the
Proprietor is prepared to receive and entertain
the travelling public with accommodations as
good as can be found in this section of the coun-
try. The TABLE will always be literally sup
piled with all the substantials OF life, and with
every luxury that can be procured. Attach he'd
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-03-18

C. W. CRANE, 3ls Pine street and 10 Leides
dorf street. Room 80, San Francisco.
W. A. CAswELL, Sacramento, California.
b. F. RILEY is authorized to collect and re
ceipt TOR subscriptions to the SILVER STATE in
Paradise Valley.
s. K. YoUs6 is authorized to collect and
receipt for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE at
Big Meadows.
A. GINTz is authorized to collect and receipt
for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE in spring
City.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-22

PUNGENT PARAGRAPH

The shoemaker's is a heeling art
Out Of patients-A retired physics
Circuit Court Sneaking around \
house to avoid the dog.
A little boy was last week sent h, .
press from Boston to Pittsburg. IA
children, however, can't be too csrl
how they express themselves. --Jiao
IL you would woo a country maid
That dwelleth near the Hub.
just tell her fish-balls and baked bean.
Are the incest kind of grub.
Boston Gld
A Georgia man has paid for n
with the melons off it, to say nothiO,
the struggling young doctors be !
firmly established in business.-Il
Oitisen.
Mrs. Soilthworih's new story is cali
"Why Did He Wed her. We sum-
it was because her father was va
many shckels and was not awkward \
his feet. -Norristoson Herald.
Mamma said a little boy to !
mother, the other day, ''let me see \
break Maud SIS record, viii Nj
"What do you meanln asked the moth
ssWhy, said the boy, innocently; Nd
said you could talk faster than IA
could trot. Puck.
To 60 to sugar houses at night by d
seems to be the proper thing among
Louisiana young folks just now.
good natnred and generous owners
always ready to give the girls plenty
taffy, but the boys on these harm
little excursions generally raise cane
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
Oh, the girls, the beautiful girlsl
With laughing eyes and teeth of pearls
How they bewitch us by day and by nigH
causing our hearts to beat with delight
Pleasing,
Charming creatures
Bewitching smile Frightening their fealu
How they can deceive us, as oftimss the
With soft glowing words and eyes Of he
bluel
4t0W AA<7t4A ~ VIC ~ nc TIC O1sbubil0i HHhf
lar above rubies diamonds or pearls
How delightful we feel whenever we mei
The pretty loved ones on the busy stirred
Walking,
Talking,
Smiling SO sweet
Dressed in dresses made exQuisitely neat
But it beats the Old Harry what price
We men have to pay for those dresses son
Oh, the girls, the beautiful girlsl
How we love to finger their dancing cura
How we love TO see roses, fresh and iair,
Bloom on their cheeks while Love nsi
there;
Cooling.
Wooing
Evening hours away
Little dreaming Of the coming day:
Kissing is nice and squeezing Is sport.
Who wouldn't be q member of Cupid's Ca
"A. H. Isa
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-22


Obi the dawn Of the Christmas mokainei
on The ring of.the Christmas bells
Oh the Joy and the loving gladnea
Which the song of the steeple tellk
OH the laugh of the happy childrenl
Oh! the shine Of their sparkling eyesl
Opening out 81 the night times shadow
Into the light Of the Christmas skies.
OH the rows Of the stockings hanging,
Brimlning FUN of the dainty foysI
OIL the hurry, the rush, the scramble,
Here and there, Of the girls and boysl
Dear old santal = thousand welcomes
Greet thee ever throughout the land;
Thou, who goest with mirsh and gladness
Song and Enerriment, hand in hand
Obi ye steeples, be ever ringing
Your glad song Of the Christmas time;
And the music Of children's voices
Soft and sweet with the bells shall chime.
Peace on earth and good wiIlIn aye, tell it
Loud and clear, from the steeple's height,
TIL al hearts shall have caught the messae
Born with the Christmas dawn 20 bright.
Mary d. Brine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-22


How TIE Christmas bells are rinv,n.
And TIE time il loud with mirth.
Mothorl feel my arms arc clineing
Round thee at thy cheerful hear.h
Once more ak this hour l meet thea
Never hast thou known me mis-
Gladly, fonaly, let me greet thee.
With my longest, warmest kiss
Oh, how many precious blessings,
Heaven has given me Cor my pars,
And choicest Of these rich possessipo.
Il my soft half-woman heart;
This his made my life embanded
With the Ties Of genuine love.
Twinea BY friendship fcrvent haudaa
That death only can remove.
Now the voice Of each sweet sister
Joins TO make our Christmas clee.
Each sings sweeter since I've kissed i.
L.ov'd one. Let me sic BY thee.
IT'S q happy Christmas, mother,
Look at me and see my Joy,
Girls rejoicing ia their brother.
And the mother IN her boy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-22
The Deaf and Dnmb in Antiquity.

The ancients had the greatest horror Of
all that was feeble and infrm; with
them poverty was despicable and suffer
ing scandal. 1t is no wonder, then,
that among the beauty and pleasure
loving Greeks the deaf-mute was looked
upon as disgrace to humanity, and
under the barbar0us Jaws of Lycurgus
they were exposed to die. Nor was the
highly-cultured Athens less cruel than
Sparta toward these unfortunate crea-
lures. Deaf mute children were pitt
lessly sacrificed without voice being
raised on their behalf. The first who
seems to have seriously occupied himself
with this phenomenon of deaf mutism
was the philosopher Aristotle, and he de-
clared congenital deaf -mutes to be inca
pable Of instruction, and this was the
universal opinion Of classical antiquity.
The Romans treated these unfo-tunates
with the same cruelty as the Greeks. AS
soon as child was found to be deaf
and dumb it was sacrificed to the Tiber.
Only those escaped whom the waves
washed back to the shore. or whom the
natural love Of their parents kept
hidden from the eyes 0f the world Yet
in the centuries immediately preceding
the Christian era there was SEN
sible dlminutioa in the number of VIC
Tins Of these barbarous laws. although
about fifty years B. O., the poet Lucre
thus pronounced himself in favor OF
Aristotle's opinions regarding deaf
mutes. But * the course Of time GER
tain rights were granted to those deaf
mutes who gave proof Of ability such
AZ had 1,pan brought ~, rncrnflp he fi,osr
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-22

a London letter to the Philadelphia
Ttnies says: a list OF the foibles o.
our noted men was published = short
time ago, and the Ilst Ii being contin-
ually added TO BY those who wish Id
hand down to posterity the eccentrici-
ties OF genius Gladstone's rage for
cutting down trees Is well known; but
he also has mania for wearing baggy
pantaloons and abnormaIIy high col
Lars. which indicate his approach long
before his features are discernible.
Lord Salisbury Is noted for wearing
the shabbIest hats Of any man In LON
don. His ordinary headgear Is 50 bad
that q metropolitan cabman would not
deign to pick it up. AS q set-oh TO-
this, Edward Gibson. his faithful fol-
lower, is said to keep one halter con-
stantIy employed anyhow, he always
appears to have en- new and glossy
s.stovepipe." Chamberlain Is great
lover OF flowers, and bit Of dandy
to boot; nine times out Of ten he wilt
be seen with an enormous orchid In
his buttonhoIe, and when he is minus
that he is sporting some other expen-
sive flower. Childers always wears
kid gloves with light tint; he Il
never seen with uncovered hands, and
is popularity supposed to sleep in bis
gloves he certainly often eats with
them on. Sir Stafford Northcote all
ways wears loose. ill-htting coats with
long sleeves, within which it appears
to be the business Of his life to hide
his hands. Warrior is On inveterate
snuff-taIxer; he carries large box
about with him, and must snuff up
pounds Of its contents during ses-
sion. Seldom more than ten minutes
elapse between tie pinches, each Of
which averages teaspoonful Lord
Houghton is the champion sleeper;
some say snorer. He sleeps more
hours out Of the twenty four than any
other peer or peasant in England.
Lord Randolph Churchill, when not en-
gagged in worrying Mr.. Gladstone, Is
always employed in worrying his own
moustache, an ornament whose size is
d inverse ratio to that Of its owner
Lord Harrington always appears t
sleep In the House Of Commons, with
legs outstretched. head bent forward
and hat pulled over his eyes; but al
though he sees nothing, little escapes
his sharp ears. It is only "dogsleep'
after all.