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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29

The Short-hOm Breeders OF Jackson
county, made their tenth annual sale on
May 18th and l4th, at Riverview Park,
Col. l.. T.. Muir. auctioneer. Probably
Mt no time during his long and success
ful career, as seller Of i've stock, did
the Colonel so much desire fair prices.
He worked harder for them and found
more reluctant responses 10 his desires
and what his judgment told him was
reasonable, than on any former occasion.
The relief had became general that Mis-
souri, could get no legislative relief till
the "old knot now on the log. Is Topped
OF by that all-favoring leveler, time.
For the sale there had been catalogued
l5s animals. The unfavorable circum-
stances caused the Withholding Of some
Of the stock. The stock offered was
generally In good condition, mostly
young, and, for western breeders. very
desirable. ll5 animals sold for s.. .5a5.
average ss343; 30 females sold for
s3,9i5, average SlOO.S5; 10 bulls sold for
$3.50, average S7O.35.-K. G. Live Stock
Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
Kanaaa Omnns

Kansas letter In the Missouri Repub.
lican: Although Governor Martin has
almost two years yet TO serve, the ub.
iquitious politician aud the state Jour.
nalist are making up gubernatorial
states with the breezy western freedom
which Is so charming on account of its
persistency. Here is the latest batch
of names for governor: Ex-Governor
Click, ex-Mayor g. &. Burnes, and Col.
A. 5. Everest of AtchisOn; Mayor Nee
ley and Hon. Ed. Carroll Of Leaven-
worth, Mayor Cofeau and Judge John
Martin of Topeka, Colonel A. A.IIarris
of Fort Scott. IL is safe to say that
the next governor will be n democrat
also. The prohibition question in this
state has knocked politics ..'higher than
Beecher's Life of Christ" st. John.
once so strong In Kansas politics. could
no more be elected governor again of
Kansas than he could be president. Ev-
cry once in a while Blaiueiic organ
"yawps yawpt" at st. John. but the
father OF drug store saloon Keepers
stays quietly at his home in Olathe
when he amt swinging around the cir
cles making blood and thunder temper
ance speeches. st. John is first-class
fraud, and the majority of the voters of
Kansas think 30. lie is popular with
the females, and in his conceit actual
ly thinks he will be elected president in
1883. lie has everything cut and dried
and few cranks Of his ilk aid and
abet him In his woful delusiun.
4. Y. Ill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29

was advised not to try to ''braid this
mules tail"
This here's sleeping car, amt itp''
he at length inquired.
Yes
"Well, why i'm - don't you let people
sleep, then, when they've paid and gone
into your game? If you're aiming to
keep people awake and want company
just dance into the next car; there's lots
OF folks there who don't want to sleep
nohOw and II be glad to see you"
The conductor Withdrew. and my
friend pulled of his boots and stretched
himself, with many comments in an
undertone on the poverty of the sur
roundings.
In about ten minutes the erratic per-
son had his head out in the aisle.
Say, you, boy?"-to the porter.
"Well, sah2"
The porter drew near and was hand
ed pillow about as big as a pin-cush-
ion.
Take that gooseha'r thing away
commanded the cowboy.
Don't you want a pillow, sAh3'' ask
ed the porter
THAT amt no pillow, and I don't
want 1t nohow; I'm afraid it'll get into
my ear"
After this silence. and for a short
time slept. reused up, however, at
AN exclamation on the part Of my neigh
bOr.
III oldOn there, my son, jist drap them
boots"
II was only jest gwine to black 'em,
boss"
'Drap EN-"
They drapped.
"Jest gwine to pull them spurs,
reckon. Now, don't monkey around
my camp, taking things no more. II
you want anything speak for il. II yeu
cant speak make signs, and if you
can't make signs shake a bush. You
har me?"
yes. sah."
After this silence. The wheels and
rails again sang together. and the car
again kept approving time, and pres
emily / slept without utinterruption.-Ex-
change.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
A MOUNTAIN THAT MOVES.
An Eighth Wonder of the World, That
Sings a. Weirdly as the Sphinx.
Reese River ReyeiIle

Over in Churchill County. Nevada, there
is great curios ty, mentioz of VIII ch we
do not remember TO have ever seen in the
papers. This curiosity is nothing more
nor less than a travelling mountain of
sand. Tho winds have gathered together
a great heap of sand and keep it constant
ly moving ike an imn .nse glacier. 1t
crawls steadily along over valleys and
through canyons, never ceasing, the sands
N aking low musical ssund as they rub
against each other, much as they do
Mound the Sphinx every morning at sun
rise, which gave rise to theleeend that the
stony statue was greeting the morning sun
with a song.
But the moving mountain of Churchill
contains still another reculiarty. While
its sides are symmetrically formed and
lay in folds like solidified waves, there is
10 cone a. the top. Instead of it going to
a peak there is a hole made there by coun-
ter winds, aud whoever is rash enough to
scale the ridge and pass into that hole
pays for his rashness with b 8 life, for the
fickle sands yield beneath his feet. and
the more he struggles to get back the fas.-
er he sinks, until he is smOtaered to death.
The Indians tell of several of their tribe
having been thus swallowed up, and no
trace has ever been found Of them since.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
Author Of RAn., Arithmetic.

n gentleman visiting his old home
here from his ranch in New Mexico, was
entertaining u company Of friends to-
day with stories of bis life on the from
tier, and i'm the conversation asked
them: "DO you know Rays arithme-
ticr' Every one Of them did. and sew
eIs'l rubbed themselves in memory of n
vigorous effort which had once been
made TO introduce an understanding of
one Of the hard problems of the book
into the ciphers."
"Well, boys, you'll be sorry to hear
that the author OF that famous puzzle
book Is now broken down old man.
whom we are harboring in our camp. !
told him pleasantly when he strayed in
asking shelter and food, that there had
been n time In my school-bOy lite when.
III ] had met him and known him 10 be
the author Of all those problems that
were causing me such untold woe, |
should have murdered him. He an.
swered me pleasantly and at my invita-
tion took mp his life with us. His story
is sad though not unusual one. lie
was once n man Of means, derived from
the sale Of his books, but went TO Cali
fornia to double his wealth, and there
lost all. Then he drifted about the
west, first here, then there. Finally he
came To our ranch, which Is near Hills
boro, New Mexico. He was welcome Ia
us In that rough region. lie was per-
fectly destitute, but we took him very
gladly. Mr.. Ray has had what We had
TO eat. We have paid him for what
work he could do. lie made our even
ings pleasant lie II one of the most
highly cultured men I ever met. lie
knows everything almost. His knowl-
edge OF the details Of the uining and
land laws has been Of great Aervice To
us. He Is completely busted When
came ON here j made the best arrange
ment / could for him during my ab.
sonce.-Courier-Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
MEDICINE LODGE BARBER co KANSAS. MAY 29 1855

"Yes; the street-car business catches all
classes OF men. know two conductors
who were once quite wealthy. but went
under when the tidal wave We & the foun-
dations from under stocks on this coast;
and there Is one poor fellow-a relic Of
better days-who tried to be Captain of q
trans Atlantic steamship. He did not last
long on the. line for the flowing bowl
that kn 1cked him out Of his high position
followed him up and sent him down one
gra lie lower. It's fact that the business
catches them all-doctors, lawyers, mer-
chants and unfortunate representatives
;rom every one of the professions. Good
day; Pan going to hunt a job in lumber
yard or paint myself up and hire out as q
sign In front OF cigar store. Pm on the
black list and that means that can't
get work on any street-car line in this
city.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
bob Burdette.l

Spa" asked little Hyson of his melan-
choly parent why don't children get
marriedP "Becadse. my son." replied
old Hyson, 'the law, the State, recogniz-
ing their helplessness, their inability to
take care Of themselves, their ignorance
Of the wiles and snares laid for their feet
by designing wo-persons, throws about
their heiplessness the strong arm of it's
protection and keeps them from the
clui ches OF -" 'Keers. them from
whutI" q strident voice remarked from
the immed ate vicinity OF the kitchen door,
as tail, worslnly figure appeared, wip-
lag the dough from pair of gaunt arms
with sharp elbows. ''keeps 'em from
what" And old Hyson just sat there.
swailowed and breathed hard, aud thought
and thought and thought, and for the life
OF him he C a .dn't think what it was he
was going to say, or rather what It was
he wanted - substitute for what he was
going to say.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
THE BARBER COUNTY INDEX.

The INDEx n q progressive newspaper. pub
nshcd al the county seat. and l. the pficial pa
pcr ~ the county. IA the especial advocate 81
the Live stock industry I'm the Southwest, and
numbers among its patrOus every uinchman
OF importance In this section 90 the RraziuR
district. II reaches nearly every cow-cnmp ~
this section of the state and the Indian Terri
tory south uf here. and has splendid circula-
ton among the stockmcn Of the Eastern states.
As an advertising medium " hns no supcriors
aud few equals among Western periodicals..
Politically. the INDEX Il Democratic. and viii
ever bc fOuud advocating the principles laid
down by jefferson.
aud select family reading matter, and nothing
40 offend the most fastidlOus.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29

"where do I campY" he inquired,
and he was shown the lower berth next
90 me.
That's my pigeon-hole, is itg All
right, old son; just watch my motion
while ille myself in"
AT this junction he was desired to
turn over his revolver TO the porter.
which he declined to do In a most spir-
tied manner.
s"Old dad lhis Ievolver) and me always
sleep together, and we don't want mo
divorce, he explained.
Tho conductor demonstrated, but
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
SYMPTOMS:


Like other organic diseases, the first
symptoms To be noticed are the ordinary
signs of i'll health, viz: Staring condition
OF the coat. unthriftiness, separation
from the herd, etc; later, a short. pecu-
liar, painful cough may be heard occa-
sionally. especially in the morning,
after drinking, or when hustled. The
temperature may rise To lO3 degrees,
and as the disorder progresses may reach
l0l, l05, or more. \ slight crepitation
or mucous murmur may be detected in
one or both lungs. Later OH the animal
stands with elbow distant from the
chest; the cough is more frequent and
painful; the milk diminishes; the skin
becomes yellOwish and dirty; the back
is arched; the muzzle is protruded;
the nOstrils are dilated; the respiration
Is faster and the expiration is accOmpa-
MED by peculiar characteristic grunt.
BY listening TO the lungs we can deter
mine dullness in certain portions of
one or both, and sometimes in the larg-
est portion of them. This is due either
To the fluid in the chest or To the consol-
ldation Of the lung tissues. If one lung
only Is badly affected, we may hear a
louder murmur I'm the other. Sometimes
we hear friction sound" which indi-
Gates that the pleura or membranes
surrounding the lungs are also affected.
Occasionally the breath becomes fetid
and watery discharge, which gradu-
ally becomes purulent, takes place from
the nostrils. Finally debility, pallor of
mucous membranes, diarrhpa, swelling
retaining the impression of the fingers,
(etlematOusl appears and death soon
follows. However, the disease may run
its course more rapidly, and death may
occur from the effects of congestion.
TREATMENT.
The death rate in this plague varies
much; 1t ranges from 20 to 10 per cent.
according to the type of the outbreak,
and no treatment has yet been found to
diminish this percentage. Animals
that recover are apt to propagate the
disease during the period OF their con-
valescence. which may last over two
months. Therefore we see that II is
wiser TO sacrifice the animal at once.
InOculation has been tried as a prevent
i've treatment, and in some places it
was successful. but one of the great
disadvantages Of it is that an animal
which is inoculated may also propagate
the disease, and hence no animal should
be thus treated without being quaran-
tined against for about three months
treatment which would be too expen-
sive. Besides that, many accidents
follow that practice; for instance, gan
creme of the parts inoculated. The
operation is generally practiced at the
tip of the tail, and as a result it is not
uncommon to see the tail rot and fall off.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
Subscription Prizes. 90 A Yea
{. P. cARUTHERs, EpnOR Z pROPR.

Ex-Governor Click i'm an interview in
Washington made the following state
ment: "The federal offices i'm Kansas
have been a powerful political lever for
the republican party. The land Offices
alone support sixty odd republican
newspapers"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
Pleuro-Pneumonia Symptom.

st. Louis Republican: Although lit
Tie has been said of late about the pleu-
ro-pneumC mia, and there are reasons
for hoping that the diseace called 10y
that name has been extirpated in Mis-
sourl, still, the interest of farmers i'm
the subject continues, and many of theEa
want to know what the symptoms Of
the malady are. For the information
of these we append the following cx-
tract from a recent official bulletin of
Paul Paquin, state veterinarian of Mis-
souri,:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29

Large card signs, for stairways, doors
and windows printed ON short notice at
the INDEX office.
We have some novelties i'm fancy note
circulars that are new, neat and nobby.
Come i'm and see them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
rWd TombGnson.
NORWAY.

This excellent horse will make the
present season, commencing May 1st
and ending July lst, al the stables of
Mckinney Bros. Il Henkins, Medicine
Lodge, Kansas. Terms:-S5 for single
leap, SO for the season, SIS to insure.
Care taken to prevent accidents but will
not be responsible for any that may
occur.
NORWAY is dark dapple iron grey
6years old, II hands high and weighs
Pitts imported Norman stallion. La
clede, of Pontiac, ILL.,. one of the best
breeders in the state; dam by Napoleon
I'd; grand-dam by Belfounder, of Ohio.
40 T.. y. VANDIyER.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21
awarded to Miss Booher, and James Cronin,
Of Morris, took the prize for the best gentle
mans costume

The Wisconsin legislature has had bill IN
troduced, the passage of which Is certainly
demanded. The provisions of the bill require
that every pupil who has passed high school
course in any village, town or city and re-
ceiyed n certificate of his or Ler graduating,
such certificate shall be countersigned by the
county superintendent of schools to be recog'
nized as Il first grade certificate, and valid in
said county for two years from date; provided
that the applicant shall furnish satisfactory
evidence that he or she successfully taught
one term of school, at least. 1t deserves the
signature of the Wisconsin governor, and
just such bin is needed in this state. After
years of study and graduating with honors,
the certificate of the high school should obvi-
ate the necessity of being subjected to the
annoyance of examination, upon the presen-
taton of evidence that the applicant has
taught successful term Of school. Let
some one of our legislators frame such bill
aud press its passage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21

Prof, c. w. Tufts, in the Boston Journal OF
Education, in the course Of lengthy and able
article on the relations of the high school to
the college, says that the average number OF
young men who 60 to college is diminishing,
and that In 1910 there was one young man in
college to every 500 of the population, while
now there is only one to every 1900, and
thinks that the fault evidently rests with
the high school, though the college too is
somewhat to blame The professor deplores
the lack of such an educational institution in
this state as the famed Michigan university.
That state has, with only half the population
of Illinois, more than twice as many OF her
own sons in college, and in proportion TO her
population four times as many. 1t is true
that this state is in deplorable need OF such
an institution of learning as the Michigan
State University. There must be some rea-
son for this state Of affairs, though Mr.. Tufts
advances no theory as to why this is so. In
all the large cities of the state, particularly
Chicago, an attempt has been made in the
high schools to ape the curriculum OF the
colleges; in fact, the high schools OF the lat
ter city have been transformed into sort Of
college, contrary TO all intents and purposes
of the school law Of the state. Latin, Greek,
French, painting, drawing, music, and great
many ornamental branches of education are
taught there to favored few, while the mass
of the pupils in the intermediate and primary
grades frequently suffer for seating room,
and are often sent home at noon to give others
who were crowded out an opportunity to en-
ter in the afternoon Whether the school law
aims to make the high school college, to the
detriment of the lower departments, is q
question irrelevant to be discussed here, but
certain it is that the expense of maintaining
these high schools 10 such a standard is de.
cdedly costly, and may have much to do with
the absence of q state university. This coun.
try is full of self-madc men, persons who
never set foot within the walls Of a college or
university. What is more needed at the
present day is a good, sensible, practical,
business education, and the school, public or
private, which does this performs its mission
well. There is more of lack of this sort OF
education in the schools of the country than
a pressing need for university learning, with
all its degrees. The requirements of the times
need and demand more of the practical than
the college education. If the university Of
the future can combine this essential with its
curriculum of studies the state may be
brought to view it as a necessity. But as long
as people are oyer.taxed, as in Chicago, tO
support the high school system, the tax pay.
ers, at least the poorer ones, will look upon il
as only an additional burden.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21
The Fascinations of Draw Poker.
o wad some power the giftie gi' us
TO hold four aces when ithers see us.


TO hold four aces when ithers see us.
Last Thursday Joseph O'Meara instituted
suit against g. w. Holmes and c. Felter in
the circuit court, damages being laid at 5000,
for money claimed to have been lost at a
gambling resort attached to Holmes saloon
The suit was brought before Esq. Calvin, but
was dismissed on the above date and trans
ferred as above, the damages being sdded. 1t
seems that O'Meara has been freluenter Of
the gamblers resorts in this city for some
time past, having his percentages of losses
and winnings like the rest Of the fraternity
but he has now suddenly converted himself
into what is termed "squealer," and is sore
ly denounced therefor. 1t is claimed that his
winnings have been such that he was ena-
bled to keep himself comfortably all winter,
and that he was considerably ahead. This
luck came from single IS bill, with which
he won about $50, and as he was endeayor-
ing to make q raise to go to Kansas he ven
tured and lost, and hence the subsequent pro-
ceeding, which is destined to interest great
many in the city, il some influence does not
choke it off There can be no question that
if.the case comes to trial, which is more than
doubtful, great many of our young men and
private citizens will be brought up to testify
as to what they know Of draw poker. The
game has singular destinations for those out
side this immediate vicinity. About year
ago young dude from La Sale was roped in
to }he amount of g., 900 in a short time, and
business man across the river has sunk ev-
erything he could get his hands on to raise a
"stake," and the fraternity have now mort
gage even on his milk wagon. Young men
from the country, who come in and sell q
load of hay, corn or hogs, are known to de.
vote the proceeds to "quite soclable game
of draw and they 60 home minus the where.
with. A great number Of young men in this
city are being gradually drawn towards the
poker table, and have lost quite heavily under
the magnetic spell Of gambling. Whether OF
or not this suit may tend to break up the de.
plorable habit of gambling in our midst, can
not yet be determined. There will certainly
be no sympathy for the gamblers, and less
| for him who, after living by the game fol
months, then squeals to get few dollars
back. Public feeling will be excited against
one as we'll as the other.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21

had emanated from the pen Of andrew jackson
reddlck, "he editor of the dem,prcss, instead
of Harry Benton whose brains the aforesaid
Il. j. r. claims us his own because he pays for
their use in good money, let us hope,-all
would have been well. Having complimented
his serving man by announcing an authorship
not SHE EDITORS" a. ]. RS blood boils with
the grcen.eyed monsters gangrenous spleen
He charges us with plagiarism and threatens
therefore to cut us off his exchange list, fe
gods! consider the impudence,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21

Joliet Republic: Yesterday noon train
of hogs passed through Joliet on its way to
Chicago. While crossing Jefferson street,
slowly approaching the Alton Il St. Louis
crossing, boy stood on the walk with a
polo stick which is bent at one end, in his
hand, which he scraped aloug the side of
the cars where the pigs had backed up
with their tails sticking out. The lad was
scared when he saw three or four tails drop
off, but catching on he used his stick
again, and by the time the last car had
passed him he had over half bushel of
pig tails on the side of the track The
pigs had their tails frozen and were knock
ed off by the boy"