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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24


severely as that sown on old ground.
and this area, even in exposed fields,
VIII make fair crop. The condition
Of the living plant is 76 per cent as
compared with last year. The y per
cent winter wheat killed IS being plOw-
ed up and the area put to spring crops.
The indications now are that the pre-
duct Of 1885 will not exceed Iiper cent
Of the crop Of 1854. Eighteen per cent
OF the crop Of 1854 is still in the coun-
ties where grown, awaiting better con-
ditiOn of the market. .ll.. sf1
There have been during the fall and
winter, heavy losses among cattle.
There is hardly,a county in the state
that does not report serious losses from
turning cattle into stalk fields. where
an insufficient amount of water and
salt was provided. I'm the western
counties range cattle Suffered heavy
loss from exposure and lack Of feec
probably the largest for several years.
owing TO the unusual severity of the
winter Cattle We're particularly free
from disease during the past winter,
the only los being from bad manage-
meat, as above stated. They are in fair
condition at present, although unusual
ly thin in flesh, resulting from the seve-
rity of the winter, and the lack of sufIi-
cient food and shelter rl
Sheep ON the western ranges are in
poor condition, owing to insufficient
food aud shelter. A very large per
cent OF lambs were lost from exposure.
The scab has not been as serious as in
former years, but slight loss is being
reported from this cause. T
Nearly every county in the eastern
two-thirds of the state reports more or
less cholera among hogs In nearly
every instance the cause of this disease
Is traced directly to importation from
the stock yards. Along our eastern
border 20 per ceut of the young pigs
died from the effects of the extreme
cold.
Correspondents report apple bulls gen.
orally alive and promising fair crop
of fruit. Peach buds were killed by the
extreme cold in all portions of the
state, except in the southern and cen
trail, where the promise for full crop
Is encouraging. Pears and cherries
promise an average yield, except in the
extreme northern counties, where they
We're considerably damaged during the
winter. Blackberries and raspberries
suffered from freezing, and will not
make an average crop. The harder
variety of grapes promise abundant
yield nall sections, while strawberries
viii make a half crop. TIE prospect
for a fruit crop is much more enaourag-
ing than was anticipated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24

Wisconsin has joined the high license
states, its Legislature ldst week having
passed bin providing that in future
the cost for license shall range between
$500 and $500. .....r +.
There are twenty persons whose gifts
TO colleges aggregate 10 over 81. .OOO, 600.
Three Of these rich men-Stephen Cir
ard, John Hopkins and Ara Packer
gave over sl4.OOO,O0.
IL Is stated that the irrepressable B.
=. Butler is getting ready Co enter pol
itics again. Some people are disposed
toregard this rs a threatening sign; but
II does not seem that they have any
reason 10 object. II amuses BENJAMIN
and IL does not hunt politics to any
great extent.
Mr.. Cleyeland's slOwnesy I'm making
appointments has compelled the con
gressional delegations from several
states To reconstruct their plans for
securing patronage. Some Of them try
To explain this delay by saying that il is
an opportunity given the republican
oilicehOlders tO resign.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24
RATSI
A Township in Pennsylvania Overrun
With New Breed OF the Rodents.
TTOWanda 1a Snes,ial

A Township I'm Pennsylvania Overrun
With New Breed OF the Rodents.
GTowanda PaJ Special
Anumber of years ago farmer living in
Burlington Township, this county. received
as present from a friend in England
pair of peculiar rats. They were about one
third larger than the common mouse, and
their fur was a dark blle color. The farmer
Kept them in G large cage, where a large
litter of young was bora. t
These scattered over the premises. and
in year not only the farmers place but
the whole neiShborhood was ove.run by
the rats. All attempts to exser!ninate
them failed until pair of pet Norway rats
belonging to another farmer escaped with
q large family of young from their Gaze.
These rats also increased rapidly. and cc,n-
menred at once a warfare against the En-
glish pests In short time the latter were
entirely externinated.
About year ago farmers in diffaren.
parts of the township nosiced now and
then rats of enormous size and OF a breed
never before seen in the county about their
premises. They were nearly as large as
muskrats and of bright gray color. They
exhibited very little fear, and at times
boldly disputed possession of barns and
outbuildings with their owners. These
rats are now swarming the vicinity in i'm
mense numbers, and have become source
OF much terror and apprehension to the
inhabitants.
They undermine cellar floors and walls
and foundations of buildings, and have de-
stroyed many cisterus and ruined milk.
houses. Manv farmers have had to abau-
don their cellars. Granaries and barns
swarm with them day and night. Farmers:
say damage TO the amount of thousands
Of dollars has been done by The pests this
season. A farmers boy entered a corn
crib in which he had discovered number
OF the rats and attacked them. They
turned upon him and fought him so fierce
ly that he was compelled to retreat after
being badly bitten about the legs and
hands.
A farmers wife was awakened one night
by screams issHing from a room where two
of her small children were. sleeping. She
found that the rats had. attacked. the chill
dren while they were asleep. The rats.
stood their ground when the mother came
to their rescue, followed by the father.
who killed two OF them. fhs children
were both bitten on the hands and in the
face The Inhabitants of ftheneighborhood
are so much alarmed by tie bold and de-
struetiye ineursions Of These rats that they
intend 90 hold msttfngs TO devise some
means to nd the community Of them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24
chiekons Coming Home.

81. Joseph Gazette.
" last the saloon men of Kansas
and the men who believe in a sensible
and practical licensing of the liquor
traffic, are getting the hot end of the
poker. IL is well. They made their
own bed aud they should lie upon IL,
procrustoan rs il IS, and as ful! of. tor
meut.
They had Moses and tine prophets.
They had line upon line and precspt
upon precept. They knew what Puri-
tanism had been in all lands and. under
all skies, and they knew that prohibit
ton was the misbegotten bastard of
puritanism. They daIlied with each.
however. Tire party which might have
saved them they deliberately ham,
strung. They believed, or they mag
ined that they believed, that is they
would let things drift along quietly.
That ii they would force no issue po-
litically upon the whiskey question.
That If they would frown upon Click
and speak softly to Martin under the
rose. That il they would stand as a
line of hostile bayonets against CIeve-
land, and open wide their arms TO re-
ceive Blaine, all would be well, and the
white and gliStening teeth of the puri-
tans crossed upon the jayhawkers
would be no longer be whetted and
sharpened to deyOur them. ss.
Vain hope! The only way ON this
earth to resist successfully the robbery
and intolerance of prohibition is to
take II by the throat. No matter in
Wlrat guisc it comes, take Il by the
bArOat. Any compromise with IL means
ultimate destruction. In Missouri a
lot OF Democrats are eternallg plead
ing for vote on a prohibition amend
ment TO the constitution. Submit 10 IL
you dare. but before your do choose
some administrator to administer upO,l
the effects of the democracy. Do Il if
you dare, but before YOU do. take one
last look at The workings of this spawn
OF New England in Iowa and Kansas.
It's making men liars, sneaks, hypo-
critics and law breakers. The cause of
real, sure enough temperance is vastly
damaged. just as much whiskey is
drank as ever. but the drinking Of il
driven from the licensed saloon to the
jug house, the hOIe-in-the- wan. and the
brothel. Governor Martin is forcing
the fight all along the line, that Goyer-
nor Martin who was good enough for
the Lord and good enongh for the devil
III political way last November. but
who now appears to belong solely 10 the
devil. i
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24
BARBER COUNTY INDEX,
Full Account Of the
Terrible Flood on the
Inside.

G. G. Carpenter writes letter 20 the
Oklahoma Chief, published at Arkansas
city, In which appears the following
statement, over his signature: Last
fall n syndicate was formed and ar
rangements made, If Blaine was elected
TO lease all the Indian territory for 30
years. They were To pay tine Indians
Sl.25 per acre, the Indians 10 pay back
to the government the amount Of money
that had been paid them, with interest
from 1885, up to date, thus giving the
Indians S7,0OO,OOO more than they eot
from the government. The syndicate
men were then To release the settlers
and cattle men at from S5 To so per
acre, giving them clear profit of over
$50. 900. .OOO.1
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24
A RIVAL TO THE "Kazoo."s
The "HevEag' the Latest Novelty
Among. sfusfca1 Tnstrumcnts.
Tpbtf,rlcIr,,fa r,,x,ss .t'

The "HewEag" the Latest Novelty
Among Musica1 Tnstrumcnts.
philadelphia Press
. The "hewgag" is the -ntess novelty
among musical instrun .-Its 1t must be
seen to be appreciated; it must be heard ia
be praised or condemned. It is twin 10
the ''kazoo," but it is bigger, costs more,
and looSs Ike an internal machine. The
"hewgag" was intended to be a modifica-
tion Of the banjo. - 80 = 'TN'l-
Attached 10 an ordinary banjo drum at
one point in its eircumfsrence.is Is a bar hav :
ing tea piano-like keys, Banning beneath
the keys and the drum is. a single string Of
catgut, fastened to the extreme end of the
bar. of piano keys, AL to. the opposite
point in the circulnfercisce of the drum.
Parallel with the strfsif stretched across
the under side of the drum is a slender
shaft OF wood. which can be turned by a
handle projecting frpms the edge of the
drum The shaftof wood has on 1t a toothed
wheel. As the shaft turns the teeth strike
the string and cause the Vibrations The
sound emitted is c-oss between the fling
Of a saw ard grinding q eofree-nniif. Ptes-
sure upon the piano-ke5 s, IEhfls the shaft
is being turned, varies the notes. t..ss. :.
Altogether, the ''hewgagY is a comph-
Gated instrument, aad needs skiilfuI ma
nipulation to be played with success. The
ciaimis made forit that it is a. Legitimate
musical instrument, resembling greatly
the banjo, and harmonIzing with the pf-
ano- But in the hands Of the sasaH bow. il
VIII be a thing Of torture. 1T would be
worse than the '.kazoo.9 and no crowd
could hear its music without wanting torun
away. & 's,
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Squire on the back and cries, "Splendid.
I'D be willing to pay SIS to the man who
would do it." Squire Brown receives $50
from the stranger, but the proprietor, upon
his return, refuses to sen the horse to
Brown, saying: "This won't do. That is
not your own money. Hand him back his
money and pay me with your own. That
will clear NY conscience and you can fix il
afterward between you.p fr an4 20
Squire Brown thinks the plan all right,
returns the $50 to the stranger and parts
with S2Je of his own money, the stranger
sappeariug, in the meantime. he gets
receipt for his $3.50. Then he begins to
suapect that all is not right and demands
back his money. The proprietor will not
return it. Brown goes for a policeman and .
the proprietor goes through back window.
The Squire then exercises the four horses
he has bought. Two are ba1ky, another is
wind broken and the fourth Is vicious.
They are turned over TO ths Society FOR the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The
Squire returns to Saugerties 500 out.
These two cases are not exaggerated.
They are cases that have actually come up
in the police courts. A Connecticut JUS
tiee OF the Peace not very long ago came TO
town and purchased horse represented
sound for $50. He got the animal as far as
the corner when it stopped and began TO
die. In this case the horse sharper was
convicted of false pretenses and was sent
to State Prison for two years and half.
One poor German from Bethlehem Centre,
Albany, County, finding himself swindled
out of $3.50 in this manner, was so distressed
about it that he swallowed some tincture of
aconits. The sharper, frightsnsd at the
result OF his fraud returned the German his
money. In course of time the would-be sui
eide, with the assistance of the hospital
surgeon recovered. $50 f sfs Gs -
Once in a while the horse sharper finds a
victim among the residents of this city
One New Yorker bought horse at a stable
and paid $50 for it. It was a ine-looking
animal but when the purchaser exercised
1T he found that it had to stop every few
steps to breathe. He gave the horse back
and got worthless note in return. An
other man bought hose for 500 The
animal was guaranteed to trot inside of
2;5o. When the purchaser exercised it he
found that it trotted with its fore legs
and ran with its hind legs, and that its
speed was about a mile in five minutes.
He also got worthless note upon return
ing the horse.
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THE BARBER COUNTY INDEX.

Tho fNDEx n progressive uewspnror. pub
hahcd ~ the county seat. and j. 'hC Official pa
por 81 the county. n tho especial adyocnte of
tho Live Stock Industry in tho Southwest, and
numbers among ita Uatrona every utnChmun
~ importance IN this seciion OF the HruxinE
district u rcuChcH nearly every Cuw-Cnmp iu
tory aoufh Of herr, and has n splendid circula-
non afnonn the stockmcu 81 the Eastern states.
As an advertising mosiilin u has no eupcriors
and few EQUALS amuuR Western pcr1odicals.
sfolltic ically. the tNDNN ~ Democratic. and viii
ever d, found advocating the principles laid
down by Jcfcrsou.
lta columns will at Rll timcs contain choice
ana aclcsi family reading matter, and nothing
90 offend tho uiuaf fustidious.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24

Tie champion rider on the bicycle at
New Orleans is from Topeka, and Kan
sas farmers took 500 OF the 81 900 pre-
miums on Short horn cattle at the expo
sitiOn. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24

Ile spring freslIet, with destruction
and dire desolation, visited this section
on Monday morning at about . O'Clock
Read the account OF the loss Of life and
property, on the 81 page.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-04-24

The Oklahoma boomers at Arkansas
Clty have passed a series of .resolutiens
severely denouncing Senator's Plumb
and ingalls, calling them traitors. sc
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-29

according to the ritual of the Dutch church
He begged them to be seated for minute
while he filled out the certificate. This
made it necessary for him to return to the
study.
"a runaway country couple?'' said Mr.
Leigh.
81 can't swear to the country part" the
parson answered, as he drew /; certificate
out of his desk.
"I wonder you are willing to perform the
ceremony" Mr.. Leigh remarked. "Ishould
think it was a great risk to marry runaway
couples"
"The risk is greater without it," said the
parson. "If don't tie the knot, somebody
will, and it is generallya satisfaction to one
to know that the knot is tied. In this case,
however, am quite sure am doing right. D
He went back to the parlor with the GER
tiicate, taking pen and ink, so that the
witnesses might sign their names. Mr..
Dunbar shook him by the hand, leaving a
note in his palm. The bride smiled shyly
upon him, and the elderly woman bowed ;
but the elderly man, who so far had not
spoken a word, said, suddenly, II will tell
you, sir, that you will never regret having
helped this marriage"
II don't believe I could have helped it,"
said the parson, with droll glance at the
new-made husband. 81 might have been
the means of deferring it, but Mr.. Dunbar
intends to take his wife to Europe in spite
of dozen tyrannical guardians and a dozen
more reluctant clergymen. God bless you
and make you happy" he added, taking
the young wife's hand.
Her eyes filled with tears, but her hus-
band drew her hand through his arm and
led her away.
Two carriages were waiting outside. One
went to the north, the other to the south
but the parson watched the one that went
to the south, for in that sat a man and
woman whom he believed he had made
happy for life, so far as welded bliss brings
He returned to the study and gave the
wedding fee to his daughter, who bore it
off in triumph to her mother.
"Does this sort of thing happen often?"
said Mr.. Leigh.
"Not precisely this sort of thing. The
bride and groom were not girl and boy ;
neither did they belong to what you would
call the common class. By-the-Way, it was
Philadelphia party-a William Dunbar
Mr.. Leigh started from his chair: "Dun-
bar !" he repeated. "And the girl?"
Mr.. Leigh stared at him vacantly. "My
ward !" he cried, in sudden anger. "And
after all 1 told you! Why didn't you call
me in there? ?"
"How was I to know that?'' said DR..
Melton. "You never mentioned the name
of your ward or her lover. You simply
called him the hardware man.
Mr.. Leigh walked out of the library, took
his hat and stick, struggled into his over
coat, and left the house without vouchsafing
another word to his host. The parson show
ed him out, and looked at him walking
swiftly down the moonlit street. When he
went to his study again he had by no means
the craven air of man who has done a
dastardly deed. On the contrary he laugh
ed outright as he sat down at his desk,
whereon lay the notes of his sermon.-Har-
Der's Weeklu.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-29
THE FORCE OF HABIT.

We have never seen this story in print.
It is attributed to Col. A. S. COyar, OF Ten
nessee, and is illustrative of the force of
habit:
A well-tO-dO old farmer, in one of the best
counties ofAIiddle Tennessee, owned large
number of slaves, and among them one old
darkey about his own age, and whom he
had known all his life. In fact he was one
of the "old family negroes" brought out
from Virginia. Old "Sam" was a faithful,
docile creature, great favorite with his
master, and sort of privileged character
on the plantation. The old fellow was in
dustriOus and exemplary in his behavior all
the year round, except during that period
dating from the time when roasting ears be-
gin to ripen and the earliest appearance of
frost. Sam was invariably seized at that
period with an invincible desire to run
away. 1t recurred as regularly as a fit of
"hay fever" was as incurable, and like that
disorder, could only be treated by change of
air and locality. Sam, understanding this,
preferred to take his case in his own hands
and administer the treatment in his own
discretion. Of course, in such case, the
usual punishment inflicted on RUNAWAY
niggers' was not to be thought of. Remon-
STRANGE was unavailing. Sam declared,
"He jes' couldn't hep hisself," and it be-
came settled and understood arrangement,
that he should go, and that the neighbor-
hood should condone his raids on corn-felds
and potato patches. After many such es-
capades, his old master asked him on one
occasion, when the matter was under dis
cussion:
"Sam, you really enjoy running away ?"
'Deed, Marsc John," said Sam, 81 does.
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THE LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE.

The insufficiency of information in the
Bible concerning the condition of the future
life formed the basis of recent sermon by
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. There was no
evidence, Mr.. Beecher asserted, that the he
roes in the Old Testament believed in i'm
mortality. Only the poets of the Old Tes-
lament touched upon Immortality. The
Old Testament, he explained, treats of the
secular benefits of life; the New Testament
of the spiritual benefits. Beyond proving,
however, that another life is in store for the
people of earth, the New Testament throws
no light upon the forms and relations with
erything concerning the details of future
state of existence is left entirely to the i'm
agination. The New Testament through
out gives sense of the great brightness and
peace and JOY of the future life, but contains
nothing but vague and unintelligible i'm
preSsiOns.
After reading from the twenty-second
chapter Of Matthew of the woman who had
married seven husbands, and who upon ask
ing whose wife she would be in future
state, was told that all would be like the
angels, neither marrying nor giving in mar
riage, Mr.. Beecher said "But what are the
angels? We are nowhere given the means
Of knowing. Imagination is all that is left
to us, and any man may create his own
ideal heaven, may be his own artist, and
with his own palette and brush paint his
own heaven in as glowing colors as his fam
of the spiritual knowledge that we have,
that love is eternal and that what is purest
and loftiest, the noblest aspirations, the
highest aims that man can conceive of,
must enter into its composition. The grand
panorama laid before us in the Revelations
Symbolic the war waged with sin and the
perfectness of the life hereafter. Our pow
er perception is ssimply impressed. Moth
ing definite is given u.s."
Mr. Beecher then spoke of asceticism as
taught in religion, showed how mistaken
and erroneous was the idea that joy was to
be eliminated from this life and sorrow only
to have place in it. While people are to
prepare for perfect joy in the future, yet it
is their duty to partake in all the lawful
joys that this earth can give. In conclusion
he said:
''That dear old man that has gone up
from among those who loved him leaves be-
hind his Cardinals throne, the purple OF
his robes and his tiara. 1t was we'll enough
that he should have them and the symbols
of his authority, but the moment that he
emerged into the other life he stood alone in
his spiritual entirety, where his temple was
his Lord. When he lifts his venerable
head there he will be young, young in the
presence of his God, and he will remain
with those he loved and with those whom
he has consigned to destruction, for they
will be there, too. 1 rejoice in his trans
mission as l do of all the saints. This is
the testimony of a Protestant Remember,
YOU could not make a Catholic out of me
any more than you could make an eagle,
chained in barn-yard, lay eggs"