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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

on the temperance question fairly, and
in a manner altogether too plain to be
misunderstood. In view of the interest
with which Kansas people are watching
the political contest in Ohio. we give an
extract from Gov. Hoadley's speech,
showing the attitude of the democracy
on the subject of temperance in the
state of Ohio:
There is one political error have
never committed, and don't propose
ever to begin, now that 1 am sixty years
Of age. conceal no opinions; dodge
no issues; l shirk no responsibilities.
There is no fence in Ohio that propose
to straddle. tGreat laughter.l l am
mot for nor against license" Zap
plause.l am against prohibition and
for license. [Renewed applause.l Ev-
ery5Ody in Ohio knows that. don't
believe that the principles of regulation
and taxation are eternal. I don't be-
lieve that there are any such principles.
Regulation is a necessity which the
wise statesman enforces Just as little
anti just as briefly as he can, by no
means projecting it into eternity.
[Laughter.l Taxation is odious to me,
however beloved by our brethren of the
republican party, and want as little of
1T as l can have. If the good tlme-the
millennium-shall come, when there
shall be no taxation, my saddened breth-
rem of the republican party would take
back seats on losing their eternal prin-
ciples, and l would go forward in great
joy. Taxation has not enriched this
country, although our brethren think
so; and, my word for it, on very linn
tied experience, taxation is not half so
good as self-control as a panacea for
drinking. The principles that are eter-
nal are those that lead to liberty, to
economy, to self-control. Applause. !
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
Te.ephOnic C Experiments.
IN. Y. Evening Post.I


British telephone experiments of an
important char cter were made recent v
by officials of the Pos office, and the
question as to whether oral communica: ::
tion between the great csnters OF COM
merce in the country is possible was
placel leyond doubt, the, result of the
experiments being eminently satistac-
tory. The trial was made between Ux-
bridge, fl teen miles west of London and
Liverpool, and the experimentalists were
Mr.. Woods, of Oxford, and Mr.. F. z.
Evans, of Birmingh am, superintendent
Engineer, the latter having charge
of the Liverpool station. The Cover
Bell Telephone was use1 for the purpose,
and connection was mads with a new line
Of telegraph. The distance between Liv-
erpooI and Uxbridgs Is 200 miles, and ex-
perts were doubtful abous the result OF
the experiments, this being the longest
distance ever tried in EaglWi for s,le-
phonic Communication. The test applied,
however, satisfied the operators that 1t IS
possible to communicate between centers
twice that distance apart A double wire
was used In this instance. ami conversa-
tion was distinctly audfbleg and Mr..
Woods, the operator at Uxbridge. ac-
knowledged that though he had been very.
sanguine of success. his expectations had
BEEN more than q ly r,aifsed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
Couldn't Leave the Game.


'The late Senator Nesmith made q Ma.
tional reputation" said an Oregon man,
"while in thu Senate. The world rang
with laughter at his speech Opposing
Sumner in the purchase Of Winnie Ream's
statue OF Lincoln, even as it wept when,
years after, he spoke his noted eulogy
over Summers dead body. He might
have.beeu returned to the Senate had he
been more Of a politician and less of-well.
less Of Jim Nesmith. The caucus were all
ready to elect him, the cards had been
fixed, and a party of the ringleaders had
come to have him make a rousing speech
to the caucus The delegation found him
engaged in little game of ven-up.
They told him what they wanted, and he
replied that he could not leave. They
could make him Senator n they wanted
to. II they didn't they could go to the
devil The delegation went on angry
They reported Nesmith's remarks, and by
. little exagg ration reused up such q SEN
timent against him that Grover was
elected, and he was let at home Ayear
or SO ter this Ne NTH was appointed
Minister to Austria, Lut the Senate did
not confirm hiuI- He was q member Of the
Forty-s econd Congress, and after this
service be went Lack to his farm In Ore
gon."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
PLUCkY.
A Veteran Anglers Persistency and How
1t Was Rewarded.
IN Y, Su,1

IL Was Rewarded.
IN. Y! SUM-
General Parsons, aged seventy-seven.
lives letween Sinclairville and Bemus
Point, on Chattanooga Lake Friday
afternoon last he rowed out on the lake to
troll for pickerel After CAPTURING several
fine ones he hooked one that it took him
half an hour to conquer. He landed it in
his boat without any aid. It was over
four feet long and weighed over thirty
pounds. He subsequently, hooked another
very large one, which he lost. Then he
went home. The disappointment he felt
after losing the last fish was so keen that
It was with difficulty that he could be In :
duced TO go to ted that night without
going to the lake again and try ng
to capture the lost fish. He finally re-
tired, but at mfdnight arose.
"There 10 no use talking" he said 81
can't sleep until get that pickere,."
His discrimination was 50 strong that
his family could not restrain b m. He
went back to the lake, rugged up his
tackle, and began trolling in the dark. A
half-hour aftsrward he returned home
with a twenty pound pickereI.
there's the cunning old rascal" said
the General. placing the big fish on the
Kitchen table. ''Fde could It sleep, either,
you see, knowing would come back and
give him another turn"
There was no way to tell whether the
twenty 'pounder was the on.s the General
lost or not. ut ho frmfy believed that Il
was, aud went e. bad aud slept like top
ali the rest Of the night.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
ALICE AYRES.
A Woman Who Sacrificed Her Life to SAFE
the Lives of Others.
tLondon Queenl

a woman Who Sacrificed Her Life to Safe
the Lives of Others.
tLondon Queen.l
In the roll OF noble women who have
sacrificed themselves to save the lives of
others no name sho1ld stand higher than
that of the young servant girl Alice
Ayres, who recently imp .ril ed and un.
happily lost her own life in the success 8 ful
effort to rescue the children of the family
in which she resided from death by
fire. On appearing at the upper
window of the burning house. >, the
lower part o. which was on fire, she was
called on to make the h1zar lous attempt
to save her own life by leaping to the
ground. BIt w tn a pres ,nce OF mir d
worthy of adm ration All an a Mount OF
courage above all praise shs hal d,ter-
mined to make the attompt to rescu, til g
children of her mistress. To throw them
on to the pavement from the heig ht at
which she was placel would have been
fatal; so, returning into thu room, she
dragged a be | to the winiow, AMI with
some difficulty forced it through.
Having thus provided the means of
breaking their fall, she went back for the
children, one after the other, and threw
them out on tho soft bel below. Before
she had rescued the th RI she W as herself
nearly suffocatsd by smoke and fame,
aud the child was so much burned that it
has since died in the hospital 1t was not
until she had rescued all the children that
this noble girl thought OF her own life.
r ihaus.ed by the efforts she had made,
blinded by th, smoke and fire, she leaped
Fl I'M the window, but unhappily missed
the means of safety she had provided for
others. and, falling on the hard pave
! mem, injured her spin, to SO great an ex-
tent that from the first hour OF her adj
mission into Guys Hospital her case was
deemed hopeless, and she died on Sunday
mornfnp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

The little nine year old daughter OF
Hicks Laub was bitten last Saturday
evening by arattlesnake that had secret
ed itself near the door of the residence
The little children had been playing
around the door all evening unaware OF
any impending danger. Shortly before
attacking the child, dog was bitten by
the same snake and only lived twenty
minutes. The little child, being the
next object of its attack, was bitten on
the top of the foot. DIR. HutchesOn
was sent for and did everything posi-
BILE to kill the deadly effects of its poi
sOnous fangs, but owing to the time
required in reaching the little sufferer,
his efforts were of no avail, and the
little one passed away in a sleeping stu
por from which it could not be rallied
just So hours later. The little one was
inferred Tuesday i'm the cemetery west
of town.-Lake City Prairie Dog.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Hutchinson News, August 9th: Mr.
ii. G. Core drove out yesterday, north
west of town to Mr.. Shaw'S farm. Here
he found the new hog disease in its
worst form. Mr.. Shaw has lost already
between 10 and 800 head of hogs and
expects to lose 80 more. The same dis
ease is prevalent all around the neigh
borhood. Mr.. Core says he has seen
many cases of hog cholera, but can see
no resemblance between the two mala-
dies. These hogs stand around stupidity
several days, refuse to eat and have
none of the symptoms of cholera, such
as vomiting, securing, etc. When
these hogs are cut open the lungs are
found to be rotten. One hog died while
Mr.. Core was present and it was cut
open while twas yet warm. The lungs
were found to be one solid mass of cor.
ruptiOn. The real name of the disease
has not yet been discovered.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
why the Children Prayed.

A young man recently fell into financial
difficulties AMI was compelled to sea his
household effects and fnd temporary
refuge, with his little family, at his faith
er's house after they had got fairly Set.
tied In their new home, tho children went
into the parior to play on the piano: A
few notes were struck and then all was
silent. The good grandmother peeped
silently into the room and found ths chil-
dren kneelfnlg around . great armchair
and the eldest was praying In earnest
tones: "Oh, Lord, be good to us and send
N q piano that has some music In it, hike
the ons We used to have"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Junct ion City Union: The Grand
Army posts make a good showing in
the matter of charities. The reports
show that there was expended for relief
from posts the sum of S6,O97.37. Out of
this sum CO. old soldiers and their fam
lilies were relieved -476 belonging to
Kansas posts and PIG outside. But five
other states in the Uni niJn-Massachu
setts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and
PenGsylvania-spcnt as much in this
holy cause, as grasshopper, droughty
Kansas did. We beat Illinois over
81 900; Indiana $1,000; Iowa over 81
800; Vermont over $500.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

KiOwa Herald: Friday night some
light fingered gentleman relieved Frank
Leroy of $50, which he carelessly carried
in his vest pocket. The officers were
promptly notified, but several suspi-
cious characters who were suspected
of the theft, made themselves scarce
and could not be found, consequently
no arrests we're made. For their own
good it is hoped they have left town,
for the city authorities will not allow
such crimes to go unpunished in New
Kiowa. We have no room for such
thugs and pickpockets.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

The Caroline Islands, over which Ger
many and Spain were about to have a
squabble, are located between the Chi
ma sea and the Indian ocean. off the
coast of southeastern Asia. They are
little more than coral reefs, inhabited
by people Of Malay extraction. who are
expert mariners and snbsist by fishing.
The Islands were discovered in 1884 by
a Spaniard and they have since nomi-
nally belonged to Spain. They are also
called the PhilliDine Islands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Assessors returns show that the num-
ber of sheep in Marion county, Kansas,
has decreased within the past year from
lS,OS6 to 1850 while dogs have increas-
ed from sos to 2,ll5, or say 40 pei
cent-a very healthy growth. This
leads the Record of that county "tO be.
lieve that many of last years immi-
grants came from Missouri in covered
wagons" "
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

The expulsion of Polish subjects from
the country of Austria has commenced.
All classes alike are expelled. Minister
Kiely, appointed to be U. s. minister to
Austria, and whose wife is a Jewess,
has returned home. He says that such
an action ''affronts the United States
and insults nineteenth century intelli-
1anca
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Kansas Cowboy: Several cases of
glanders have existed among the horses
of Great Bend for several weeks past
which have been under the observation
of DIR. HolcOmbe, the state veterinary
surgeon. The doctor arrived in Dodge
City OH last Monday and departed the
next day for the neutral strip, to exam
inc cases of Texas fever which are re-
ported to exist there.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
AN EQUINE LiLLIPuT:
The Smallest Horse Living Born In Des
troft and Named for It's birthplace.
inetroik post

detroit Post.l
On Monday night there was a birth id
this city which will find a place in stor.
ical records, according to the testimony
OF more than a score OF expert horsemen
who are up in equine lore The birth In
question occurred in Pros. Barthotomew's
Equine Paradox car, at the Michigan
Central Railroad Depot, and tn, parents
are respectively Pedro, Brazilian pony;
and La Petite. an East Indian pony. Pc
dro, the father, is nine years old and
weighs 3l5 pounds. Although he stands
tut forty five inch es high, he Is propor-
toned like q thor oughbred, and has Short;
fine hair, with light coat OF name and
tail. In color he is dark bay, with black
poi nts. La Petite, the maternal parent,
Is an East Indian, of much finer grade of
horse than the Shetland pony, and
weighs three hundred pounds.
She il thirty -sevea inches High, and
from the tip Of her nose to the end or
"dock" of her tail measures sixty six
inches. VI the two horses ab,ve de-
scribed, 1t may he said that there are but
very few Brazilian ponies in this country
or anywhere els Q outside of their native
country; and they are protected by the
Brazilian Government because OF their
diminutive, yet rerfect Proportions and
exceptionally intelligent and gentle dis%
positi IN. OF In Petite t is said that
horses of her lreed are very rare in this
country, and that the East Indian pony is
rated among importers as being many
points superior to the Shetland product.
With such parentage it is not strange
that the tiny colt born here Monday night
should be the dainty gem o; eduiue per-
fection that it is. Ihe color of La Petite
Is very dark gray, while the colt Is
brown, with black points. Prof. Barthol-
omew has named the colt Detroit, in ho1-
or OF its birthplace, and in order that
better estimate may be made Of the lilli-
putian proportions Of the youngster, he
has furnished the appended comparative
table of the meas surements Of the mother
and her off snrin1:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

When Ferd. Ward heard Of the death
Of General Grant, he remarked: Il am
sorry the old coon is gone" Yet this
Ward was one of the pillars Of the &. o.
p. in New York.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Barbed wire fences are much COM
planned Of by tanners and hide dealers,
on the ground that they inflict the sever
est injuries upon hides-injuries not
easily discoverable until it is too late.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

The Buffalo Evening Telegram. the
paper that started the scandalous story
of the Halpin affair, has ceased to be
published. The people refused to sup
port such a paper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
NEW DRUG STORE.

VIM. l. pdsey \ Co. have.opened n drug store
lst door north of Standiforci, Youinuns & Ell
drugs and medicines, with nc. Mot thor
ough druggist of fifteen years experience and
a graduate of the New York college of phaf-
macy, who has charge OF the dispensing de-
partinent. instiring the careful and acc,l, ate
compoundpg of prescriptions They also keep
a full line of wines ind liq'tors for mediciBal
purposes, artists materials and the best litie Of
cigars i'll town.
DR. H w MEINCKE;
Physician and surgeon, n graduate in medicine
and a well known and successful practitioner;
viii have his Office and residence in the rear of
the building. Professional calls will be anI
swered promptly day or night
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

The Harper County Enterprise an
nounces that daily paper is to be
published at Anthony.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
LEES SUMMIT
N u RISE RIES.

To our patrons. orchardists, and planters:
We respectfully cell attention to our heavy
supplies and excellent quality of nursery prtl-
ducts consisting of apple, peach pear, cherry,
plum, etc. berries and prape vines of the vari,
Gus sorts, shrubs. hedge plants, forest trees,
seedlings and evergreens from inches to- 1
feet; prices low. Special attention Is called to
the fact TINT our agents ARP furnished. with
written certificates OF authorized agency signed
10y MS. We insist on patroas requiring agents
TO show our certificates so as 10 avoid mistakes
attended To. BLAIR BROS. proprietors,
6S Lees Summit. Mo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

A stiAl better I lea may be gained by.
saying that the length of Detroits tail
dock harris but SIX inches; that the
length of his face, from poll to mouth, is
only nine inches, and that the total length
OF the little thing, from sh oulier to crup-
per, is but seventeen inches o. one and
half fest. The figures above given are
sufficient for believing that ,troit is not.
only the smallest specimen of the horse
ever seen in this country, but that he is as
small horse as was ever born in any
country. Last evening he was as Lively
as a cricket, and gave his proud mother a
great deal of anxiety by the familiar
manner in which he frolicked about the
stable car with four weeks'-oli puppy
bloodhound, which weighs twenty -nine
pounds, or six and one-half pounds more
than the colt. All day yesterday the car
was thronged by horsemen from about the
city, who looked upol the colt as a mar.
vel In horse history, and La Pet te was
rs disnifaed and patron zing toward the
visitors as the veriest aristoorlt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

In accepting the nomination for the
govemorship of Ohio for a second term,
Governor Hoadley planted his foot up
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
POSTAL.

PostUficc az Medicine Lodge open from A ~
To- ~. Sundays one hour ON arrival Of mail
Money order ufiico w. ID. NANSLYKE. Pm.
EnnA VANSLYKE, ASSISTANT.
The Mails:
From Attioa and all Eastern points, arrives
daily at Pm: leaves daily ut \ A ".
IRON sun city, Lake City, Soldier Creek, Red
cek HutChinSOn, kingmRn, Hruss KiOwn,
T. ~, arrives Mondays, Wednesdays nnd Fri
y ysatBPN. DcpartsTuosdays, Thursday and
Saturdays at SAN.
From iuka, Film Mills and SnratogR arrives on
Tuesdays and Fridays nj 3 Pm and departs on
Wednesdays aud saturdays at SAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
The Mails:
Democratic Central Committee

Loi9c. '''''
~. sTRoNu Secretary, Medicine Lodge.
ID. l.. PtEHCE, SUN city.
w. q. THOPNrON, Lake City.
q. ". RENER, kiowa,
J. y. HALL. Lodi.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
CHURCHES.

NHETHODIsT EPISCOPAL.-serviccs every
KN1 sunday nj l0:sD n. IN. and : % y. IN. SUN
day pchool every sunday at $50 D. IN. Prayer
meeting every Thursdny evening mt 7:30
Strangers invited. W. VI. GILLIAN, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se on second anil
y fourth Sundays Of each month. Sunday
school az p. NJ. A. AxLINE, Pastor.
NtHRIsTIAN.-Prea every lst and ID
~ Sunday at N o'clock. sunday school nj 10
JolOok every Sunday. Ef.D. ID. A. QUICK,
Pastor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04
SOCIETIES.

"A A. a A. NJ, Dclta Lodge No. Il
~ Regular communications, first and
Xxx third Saturday evenings in each
wv month. II. BLICKHAHN, w. VI.
n. n LNoRAHAM, Secretary.
= ORRAINE CHAPTER, Order Eastern Star
ARagular meetings first and third Monday
MKs. T. I. o'BRTAN, W. NJ.
Mics DELLA MooRE, secy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

Good building stone in large or email guam
titles, rough or dressed, furnished on short no
tice and at reasona. lie rates. 5-5l
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-09-04

10. q. F., Pioneer I,od q
~ No. IT9-Regular mectinRs
every Tuesday evcninH.V y
iting brethren In good stand.
Ing cordially invited.
l.. u. HuBBARD, N. g.
W. Il. ROUSE, Secretary.
n IT VIZ Fidelity Lodge No S0.-
night, J. w. SINGER, VI. w.
N X D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
", A. N, tho last Saturday IN each month
ol the court house IN Medicine Lodge, at p. M
AL comrades cordially invited.
Ell SMITH, Post Commander,
n. n. GILBERT, Adiutant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-08

New York Advocate.
Mrs. Browning: Whoever fears God, fears to
sin at ease.
Madame Swetchine: Devotion sweetens all
that courage must endure.
Thomas Kempis: All is not lost when any.
thing goes contrary to you.
Thomas Kempis: 1t is vanity to desire to
live long and not care to live we'll
Won Knebel: He who can take advice is somess
times superior to him who can give it,
Milton: There is no Christian duty that is not
to be seasoned and set off with cheerfulness.
Socrates: He is not only idle who does moth
ing, but he is idle who might be better employed.
Better is dinner of herbs where love is than
a stalled OK and hatred Herewith. PROV. XIV, II.
Daniel Webster: What man does for others,
not what they do for him, gives him immortal
ity.
Matthew Henry: No great characters are
formed III this world without suffering and self
denial
Moody: Lighthouses don't ring bells and fire
cannons to call attention to their shining;
they just shine.
Saadi: Watch we'll two points in lfe l
heard wise man say, tho beginning of each
labor, and the end of every play.
Charles Dickens: Father Time though he tar
ries for none, often lays his hands lightly on
those who have used him we'll