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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20


Little Dick-"Won't you buy the .
big box Of firecrackers and a toy pistol
for the Fourth of July, r1antna?"
Mamma-'No, dear, am afraid you
will hurt yourself
Little Dick-"wolt, you viii get me d
lot of pinewheeis and rockets, won't
you?"
Mamma-"Why, the very idea horri-
fes me. You might set yourself on fire;
or perhaps the rockets wotid 20 of too
soon and carry yoti up.'
Little Dick-"You wifi take the on
an eAcdrsion anyhow, WON'T you.''
Mamma-Noi deafi you are SO reckless
you would be sufe to get drowned or
something"
Little Dick-"But what shall I do 10
celebrate the Fourth of JuyY''
Mamma-"Wcll, IL you are d rood
boy, / viii allow you to take on vow
NIutsf ffauBeisp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
The New York Herald.

Mr.. Tilden's candidacy would have
been given especially great prominEncy
in the canvass TO the villainy and cor
tuption of the republican party and
have made that the leading issue, and
his name would have had an over
whelming force as the champion of the
catise of the people against an official
oligarcy determined to hold on to pow
er at any price. For that reason it
%buld have been well if he cotild have
accepted the nomination, and we do
not believe that his age would have un-
fitted him for vigorots discharge of
the duties Of his Office. But IL It is
doubtful whether any other candidate
can call out so absolutely the whole
vote of the democratic party, it is Ger
tain that some others, Perhaps only q
trifie less satisfactory to the democrat
ic opinion, will be great deal more
satisfactory to vote that is to be of
much moment in this election-the
vote of the independent republicans.
Consequently Mr. Tildeii's refusal MAY
not prove an unmixed evil to the DEM
ocrats:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
Those Dooinsfs.

The boomers" have taken possess
sion Of the Hunnewell quatantine
grounds on the Cherokee Strip, laid
out and begun buildihg town, and in
fact simply took it Ill; as it were:
They have also taken i'll a PART of Theo:
Horsley's and Mr.. Foss' ranges and be-
9Th blowing and stalking out claims,
laying foundations, etc, in true sqtiat-
ter style. They tried to take up Mi.
Richtfiond's range in the same ifianner
but he quietly informed the woiild be
settlers tfiat his winchester Carried six
teen balls and his six-shooters twelve
and that bis belt was full of the same
calibre cartridges and that he would
turn loose his walking arsenal on the
fifst lay bit that entered his pasture
with pl6w or other farming implement.
They have given him a wide berth
since. These other gentlemen have
paid their lease money and are entitled
to the use Of these lands jtist ais rtiteh
as atty citizen Of the state has to his
farm. Fiyhe ftiay make his poor, sim
pie minded followers believe that they
will be able to 90 on the Cherokee
Strip and not be molested, but he
knows that the government will not
permit it, nor will the stockmen sub
NIT to it. He organizes these annual
invasions for revenue only" and not,
as he claims, ds public benefactor
and friend Of the poor man. There are
many htjfiest, hard working men among
that gang Of booffiers who can i'll afford
| to lose seasons work and attendant
expefise, that should be pitied instsad
OF censured for their foolishness. But
Payne and his co-workers, gatig of
worthless fascals, should be placed
where they will not be able to lead any
more booffilng parties for a few years
at leasts As we announced in these
colunits lately, Payne will be jumping
the fafitis I'm this county before long,
claiming that there was flaw in the
governments title to the land, and
hence it is the property of the Usage
and Cherokee Indians, and whatever
belongs to an Indian, it is his right, as
a white man, to steal from him If Ire
cau. Caldwell Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

The st. Louis Republican in referring
to Mr.. Tilden's letter, having interpret
ed it to mean that when Mr.. Tildcn is
nominated he will not refuse to be the
candidate of the democracy, the Even
ing Chronicle telegraphed to Mr.. Tilden
asking him if that was the construction
to be placed on his letter. The tele-
gram was referred by Mr.: :Tilden to DAN
iel Manning, chairman of the democrat
ic state central committee, and he sent
the following reply:
Mr.. Tilden's letter means what ii
says; his declination absolute. Under
no circumstances will he be a .candi-
date"
ISigned.l DANIEL MANNING.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Atchison Champion Mr.. John b.
Henderson, of Mo-. may I've a good law
yer, but as presiding officer he is the
most conspicuous aud humiliating fall
ure this country has ever known. He
knows little of parliamentary law, his
voice is feeble and lacks magnetism,
and he lacks the the force and vigor
necessary to the control of large body
of men.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

New York Times: From Abraham
Lincoln to James e.. Blaine, from
Charles Summer to Stephen B. Elkins.
from Thaddeus Steveus 10 T. G. Platt,
is long downward step. But one of
these days the republican party viii
send its unscrupulOus adventurers, its
star route thieves and its characterless
politicians to the rear. Great masses
of men never go wrong for long periods
at a time. III they did, democracy would
disappear from the face of the earth.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Piumes and helmets will be the only
wear for Republicans campaign clubs
this year. The plumes will be black
and white, for the "White- -Plumed
Knights" of Maine. and the BLACK
Eagle" of Illinois.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
The New York suA.

In words that convey as well as words
can the unalterabls resolution of
mind lofty III It's unselhsh patriotism
Mr.. Tildeh repeats his message Of four
3eats ago to the democratic patty. The
considerations that moved hlffi then
are those that now determined his
course. Not because he is Unwilling
to sacrifice what remains to him of
health and life. hut because he feels
himself unable to undertake and per-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Mrs. Garfield sent the following ap-
propriate dispatch to Mr.. Blaine after
learning of his nomination. -...--.... -.
CLEVELAND, June S.-To Hon. James
G.. Blame, Augusta; Our household
join in one great thanksgiving. From
the quiet of our home we send the
earnest wish that through the turbulent
months TO follow and in the day of vic
tory you may he guarded and kept:
lSigned.l LUCRETA r. GARFIELD.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

duced my action in 1880 have bsc6ffig
imperitive. ought not assume task
which I have not the strength to carry
through. Te reform the administra-
tion OF the federal governifient, to
realize my own ideal, and to fulfill
the Just expectations Of the people,
would indeed warrent, as thet cutild
alone compensate, the sacrifices which
the undertaking wotild Involve. But in
my condition of advancing years and
declining strength, feel no assurance
of my ability to accomplish those OBJ
jects, I am, therefore; constrained to
say definitely that I cannot now assume
the labors Of the administration or of q
canvass.
-valuing in r1d wise ttiat best
gift of heaven, the occasion and the
power sometimes bestowed upon a
ntete Individual to communicate an
impulse for good, grateful beyond all
words to- my fellow c0untrymen Who
would assign such berfifcent function
to me, am consoled by the reflection
that neither the democratic party nor
the republican, for whose future that
party is the best guarantee, is now, or
ever can be dependent upon any one
maufor their successful progress in the
path of rOble destiny. Having given
TO their welfare whatever Of health aDd
strength possessed or could borr8w
from the future, and having reached
the term of my capacity for such Ia
bors as their welfare now demands,
but submit to the will of God in deem
ing my public career forever closed.
SAMUEL j. TiLDEN.
Below will be found expressions
from the leading newspapers of the
country on the refusal of Mr.. Tilden
to be candidate for the democratic
nomination for the presidehcy:
The New York Times
1t would be but slight recognition
of Mr.. Tilden's motives and of the
circumstances under which his letter is
written to say that bis act is an un-
selfish one. 1t is more than unselfish.
In the present divided condition of the
republican party it is an act of great
momett and promise. 1t removes
from the democratic party a prospect
i've candidacy which it seemed to de-
sire and to consider inevitable; a cafi-
didacy sure to be welcome to large
portion of that party, but obviously not
equally acceptable to the independent
vote which the democratic party can
bring into alliance with itself in the
coming canvass.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
Total value.

Total value. ........:::.: .$75, 500 900
;, Seven hundred thousand dbllars only
lessthan the value of gold and silver
produced in the United States:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
Total. .s7e, ,2oO, 900

Iotal. ..................S .S76, 200 600
The State OF Kansas during the same
period produced $4,000, 5000 bushels of
wheat ahd l75, ,OOO, 600 bushels of corn,
besides, rye, barley, oats, sorghum, po-
tatoes, hay, ETC.; together with horses,
cattle and hogs by the ten thousands.
For comparison We take the wheat
and corn only:
Wheat, 81, ,0OO, 600 bG:, at T5c. ..S23, ,OOO, 900
Corn, LIS, 900 900 bu., at 36c:. .52, 600 900
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Commonwealth The director of the
Mint, in his annual report on the produc-
tion of the precious metals, places the
total production in the United
States during the calander year Of 1882,
as follows:
UOlu. O,OOO,0OO
Silver, at coinage rates. ...... .46, ,200, 600
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

truNE: '0ooD BrE Miss SUSAN jiSl."l
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Below will be found expressions
from the leading newspapers Of the
country on the refusal of Mr.. Tilden
to be canHidate for the democratic
nomination for the presidehcy:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15
Strawberries by the Barrel.

l do not claim the idea of raisin,
Strawberries from barrels is orlglna
with me, but as there seems to be ;
desire to know how to raise this luscious
fruit in this way, l herewith give the
naodas operdndi
Take an empty barrel of any kind, ex'
.cept salt barrel, and bore 1T full OF inch
] holes, commencing six inches from the
| bottom, and having the holes six inches
apart. The barrel should have one sound
! head in it. From IS to 100 holes
can thus be made i'll an ordinary sized
barrel. Next, procure a length OF old
stoyepipe, and punch it full Of holes.
Set this length OF pipe in the centre Of
the barrel, and fill it with sheep manure.
Pour in sufficient rich, mellow dirt,
around the pipe to fill up to the first tier
of holes, the plants being prepared by
cutting off all the large leaves, and the
decayed and bruised roots, leaving only
the green bud or crown. Thrust this bud
through the hole in the barrel from the
inside, spreading the roots out on the
dirt. After the first tier of holes are
filled, pour in dirt up to the next tier OF
holes, then set out another row of plants,
and so on till the barrel is filled, row
| OF plants being put around the top OF the
\ barrel, letting the crown OF the plants
project over the top.
| This completes the strawberry bed
All that is now necessary is to pour a
bucketful or two of water every other
day into the stovepipe containing the
manure. The advantages of raising
strawberries ON small scale, in this
way are manifold. Any one having
room enough to set two or three barrels
can raise berries enough for quite large
family, as vines cultivated in this way
will yield more bountifully than when
set in the open ground. Strawberries
thus grown require no after culture, as
no weeds or runners can grow SO as to do
any injury AS fast as runners make
their appearance they should be cut off
with the shears, as they exhaust the vi
tality of the parent plant. Berries grown
in this way are always clean and free
from grit. Plants can be set out at any
time when they can be obtained from
the runners, which are the only proper
] ones to use. Any family can have {
strawberry plantation, as the expense il
trifing. Whenever family wishes t.
move they can set their berry patch oil
dray and take it along with them.
j. S. TIBBITs,
Ia Pacific Rural Press.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15
Danger in Cooking Utensils.

Apart from the danger which, accord
ing to doctors, we run OF being poisoned
by nearly every description OF food we
eat, there is another risk quite as serious
involved by the consumption of cooked
food however wholesome of itself, which
has not yet received the attention it de-
serves. Its to be feared that a thorough
everhauling of kitchen utensils, even in
well regulated households, would lead to
some alarming revelations from
sanitary point OF view as to the condition
of these articles Some remarks bearing
on this point which may be of value to
those who are anxious to preserve life
and health are to be found in the report
of the Inland Revenue Laboratory for
the past year, Just issued. Speaking of
samples received at the Laboratory for
analysis from the Admiralty, the report
saws that special attention appears to
have been directed by that department
to the character of the enamel Innings OF
cooking utensils. 1t is well known that
most of the enamels contain considerable
quantities of lead and arsenic in a
condition easily acted on by vegetables
acids, and many of the specimens
analyZed consisted of the enamel and
glaze of dishes suspected to contain
those metals. The result OF the analysis
showed the necessity of the examination
for many of the enamels contained
dangerous quantities OF lead ant
arsenic, and proved that most of the
utensils could not be recommended to bt
used with safety, while few showed
that it was practicable to prepare al
enamel and glaze free from hurtfu
substances. The moral to be drawn
from these observations is: Look no
only to the food you eat, but also to the
vessel in which tits cooked.-St. James
Gazette.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15

the statement is not strictly correct, for
the entire digestion is done in single
one, that which is called the fourth, the
other three being only places for prepar-
atory work Their food is swallowed
without being chewed; the chewing is
to come later. When this unchewed
food is swallowed it passes directly into
the first stomach, to use the common
term; but the drink which is taken goes
straight past the entrance of the first
into the second. These two only serve
to soak and soften the coarse food. When
the first has done what it can, the food
passes out of it into the second, and
then the COW or sheep is ready to chew
the cud.
The second stomach, while busy at
work in soaking the food, keeps in mo-
ton, and gradually rolls it up into mas
SEES, so that in the small upper part there
is formed an oblong solid lump of the
size that we recognize as the ''cud"
This the animal throws up into the
mouth, and chews with evidently as
much satisfaction as the same act of mas
tication gives us when we put the most
delicate morsels between our teeth.
When it is sufficiently chewed, the mass
is swallowed, and its place taken by an
other which has been rolled up in the
mean time.
But the ''cud'' thus masticated does
not return to the second stomach from
which it had come. 1t passes smoothly
into the third, place for additional lu-
IRRIGATION, and then into the fourth,
where the true digestion begins and
ends
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15
Pennsylvania Roofing Slate.

This excellent roofing material is now be-
ing delivered at Jacksonville direct from the
qnarries, and we are prepared to supply
builders and Others promptly. Special ar
engagements in regard to freight enables us to
furnish the best roofing slate at prices very
little more than shingles, thus securing abso-
Lutte protection from fire and an excellent
supply OF purest cistern water. Orders re-
ceived by +. w. HITCHlNGS, where samples
can be seen, or II. NJ. SHOUSE,
Agent Pennsylvania Slate Roofing Co.
330.334 Jacksonville, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15
Chewing the Cud."

a very large tribe of animals, of which
sheep and COWS are only familiar exam
pies, are called in works of natural his
tory RitDai-aantia because they all rumi-
nate, they chew the cud. They do 50
because their peculiar organs Of diges-
ton require it. They can get their nour-
ishment in no other way. They have, it
is said in the books, four stomachs, but
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
Strawberry Plants For Sale,

Our rates for Strawberry Plants are as fol-
lows Mobile or Improved Noonans. per l00r
80 cents per 1000, So; per $4,000 1928; pc !;
100, 000 $500. Federal Point, per 100, 30 centsO
per 1000, So. Crescent Seeding, per 100, 8,
cents; per 1000. 81. Sand Hill, Mt Vernon,
Windsor Chief, Bidwell and other popular
varieties in limited quantities, per 100, 81.
SOUTH FLORIDA NURSERIES.
329-334 peLand, Fla
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31
THE RIVER PRESS.

The RIVER PRESS, Fort Benton, Mon
Farmer. Vol. 5, No. 6, is well made up,
we'll printed and shows that its manage
ment is in able hands.-NorthWest Far
mer.
John Cashier informs us That Murray
Nicholson and partner discovered new
gulch in the Little Rockies that promises
to be a rich one. It was too late to thor
oughly prospect it. but the indications
are it will be one of the richest in the
mountains.
From Tuesdays Daily.
It was 400 below zero this morning.
Gus. Ernst, Of Sand Coulee, was in
the city to-day.
Max Waterman has returned from his
trip to Maiden and the Judith country.
The sale Of the personal property Of
the late Dena Murray has been post
poned until Saturday, January 10, 1885.
Under Sheriff Wright has appointed
I'll. t. Forbes, Of Choteau, deputy sher-
if, to look after the peace and dignity
of that portion of the county.
The knights of Pythias will have a
public installation of officers next Mon
day night. to conclude with a social
dance and a good time generally.
The cold weather has now lasted for
sixteen days. We suggest that a COM
mittee wait upon Mr.. Lenoir and ask
him to invoke the aid of the festive
chinook.
Chas. Rowe received a telegram to-day
from Philipsburg announcing the dam
gerous illness of n of his boys and re-
questing him to come on at once. He
will leave tomorrow morning for that
destination, taking the coach to Helena.
From Max Waterman we learn that
the Day house at Reedsfort, was partly
destroyed by fire on Christmas eve.
The fire started while Mr.. and Mrs.
Day, as we'll as all their guests, were in
| attendance at the Christmas tree cele-
bration and got under good Roadway
before the alarm was given or the citi-
zens could gather to render assistance.
BY hard work the main building was
saved but II wing, together with the
contents, was totally destroyed. The
loss is 81, 200 or 81 500, with no insurance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31
He Saw the Brand.

A stock owner went out the other day
over the divide to see how his cattle
were standing the vigorous weather, and
found a large fine steer in his last long
sleep. The stockman had to roll him
over to see the brand, and he has re-
GREETED his curiosity ever since. He
told me that the brand looked to him
like a Roman candle making about a
thousand revolutions per minute. and
with 1877 more prismatic colors than he
thought were in existence. Sometimes
a steer is not dead, but is in a cold
stupor which precedes death, and when
stirred up a little and irritated because
he cannot die without turning over and
showing his brand, he musters his re-
naming strength and kicks the inquisi-
tive stockman so high that he can see
and recognize the features of departed
friends. That was the way it happened
on this occasion. The stockman fell in
the branches Of a pine on Jack creek,
not dead, but very Observation-Disclosures
Boomerang.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31
Choteau Cowboys.

The enterprising town Of Choteau,
the metropolis of the Teton, is the head
quarters of a number of cowboys. Some
of them have recently gotten into trou-
BILE and are likely to feel the weight Of
the strong arm of the law. On the night
of the 22d, two days in ad vance Of the
holiday season, about a half a dozen Of
the boys concluded to begin their cele-
bration which was done by Kidding the
doors and windows of the Valley house
with bullets from their trusty revoivers.
Fortunately nobody was hurt, but sew
eral persons were badly scared. A
warrant for the arrest of the guilty
parties was sworn out before Judge
Powers to-day and Officers Caldwell and
Forbes have gone to make the arrests.
We trust they will be taken in" and
punished severely. There is too much
promiscuous shooting at Choteau for the
good of the town and it ought to be
stopped. The way to do it is to invoke
the aid of the law as has been done in
this case.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31
Fun in the Northwest.

About two miles below Fort Macleod
on the Old Mans river, at the lower end
Of the bottom where j. d. Weatherwax
had his trading post, there was IN 1873
or 1874 a fort, owned we believe by Ill.
A. Kanouse, who was trading there that
winter. Quite a number of men were
employed, as in those days the Indians
were bad. A fight with the Kootnais
lasting several hours had taken place
one day, in which the Indians were
Worsted. OF course there was consider
able excitement among the party. The
report had reached WhooD-Up and five
men came up to hear about it. Tn the
talk which ensued, one eXcitable indi-
vidual whom we will call jack in
explaining how the affair happened
raised his gun and by accident it
went off and the ball crashed through a
key Of powder which stood Oh the coun-
ter. The result was the explosion OF
the powder and the partial destruction
of the building. No II was more
astonished than Jack he had nothing
to a \ kanouse had a sum of money
IN bills in his hand which he never saw
again. "A few months after the mount
ed police had arrived in the country,
and were camped above old Fort Mac
leod. Jack was in camp giving an ac-
count of the affair TO some Of the police.
He raised his gun and with the same
result; the gun went off, the ball passing
through the tent nearly hitting asentry.
Col Macleod hearing the shot sent out
to find the cause Of it. When told
that Jack was the offender he had him
brought before him and dismissed him
with instructions that If he ever came
into the camp he must leave his gun at
home, as lie did not intend 10 imperil
the lives Of his command by the careless
use OF firearms. The story is remember
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31
Letter list.

The following is a list of letters re-
naming in the Fort Benton post office
for the week ending December q, 1884:
Bannatyne Messes Kennett Percy
Belanger Abraham Majors Geo
Boyer Felicite Majors Mrs Louisa
Campbell H B Niman w III
DoWnie Chas A 3 Patrick TIC
Faisan J L X Selstrom Jno %
Harris Mrs Edw Smith S
Halbert Mrs Stedman Hatchard
Hickox III 0 Thornton Thomas
Henebery Todhunter III NJ
Irwin G. Woods Mrs Emily
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say "Advertised."
NJ. A. FLANAGAN, P. M.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-31

ed by old-timers who were residing
there during the winter, and to this day
has been a standing joke against Jack,
who is we'll known in this vicinity and
Withal a tiptop fellow.