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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02
THE oNE-TERM PRINCIPLE.
President Cleveland Not Ineligible for
Second Term on Account OF His View
Previously ExuressesI


President Cleveland Not Ineligible for q
Second Term on Account OF His Views
Previously Expressed.
Not few of our Republican contempora-
ries, says the Chicago Herald, are exercising
themselves over the declaration of Mr..
Cleveland in his letter of acceptance that
he favored a constitutional amendment
limiting eligibility to the Presidency to q
single term. They seem to think that by
this suggestion he is now barred from
making another Presidential race, or at
least would be highly inconsistent in doing
so, which by no manner of means follows.
So long as the constitutional amendment
has not been made, tho Office is as open to
MIR. Cleveland as to any other American citi-
zen. OF course the solicitude of Repub-
ican editors is neither for the welfare or
consistency of Mr.. Cleveland, for which
they care not single penny, but rather
that they think some other Democratic can
didate would be more easily beaten.
The one-term principle is by no means
new idea in American politics. 1t made its
first appearance in the campaign of 1928,
when Jackson's supporters made it a party
cry against John Quincy Adams. They gave
out that jackson would serve but single
term, and in fact the hero of New Orleans
did enter upon his first term with that
avowed and often expressed purpose. In his
first three annual messages he recommend
cd to Congress the adoption of a constitu-
tional amendment limiting tho service Of
the President TO a single term of either four
or six years. When 1892 came around Jack
son found himself atdeath grips with Nicho-
las Biddle and the United States Bank, and
he very willingly accepted q nomination for
second term, and thereafter had nothing
more to say on the single-term question.
The Wings then took it up and Henry Clay
gave 1T his powerful advocacy, but jackson
overwhelmingly defeated him.
1t was again made something of a ques-
tion in lS40 against Van Buren,, but hard
times, hard cider, "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too," were enough without that, and Mr..
Van Buren was defeated. james K. Polk
did not seek a second term. Fillmore did
and so did Pierce, but both were beaten in
convention. Mr.. Lincoln was reelected at
the close of the civil war, in Difference to
the homely maxim enunciated by himself
which discourages the swapping of horses
while crossing stream. Grant served
two terms, and would have liked third.
Hayes came in distinctly announcing that
he would not be candidate for second
term, and no one ever had tho remotest
idea of giving him chance to refuse one.
Several resolutions have been introduced
in Congress in Jackson's time and since
that proposing one-term constitutional
amendment, but they never were moro
than referred to the committee of the
whole, where they were suffered finally to
repose.
There seems to be growing sentiment in
these days that two terms is about right
for good President, and hence the almost
universal sentiment that Cleveland must be
reelected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

The Worcester Spy Gscp): 1t would DC
good thing to employ some competent and
impartial European physician TO report on
Mr.. Blaine's health for tho information Of
tho American people. The contradictory
statements received on alternate days that
he has become aged aad' feeble in appear
snce. Is evidently very i'll and can scarcely.
live year. aud that he is in robust health,
full Of checrfulncss and yigor, are disquiet-
ing and irritating.
Albany AFJE1: Ino Dl1l1e men nave gonc
into Ohio and captured two delegates TO the
National convention from John Sherman
Mr.. Blaine may have withdrawn as far as
II IL In his power to do So" but 1t appears
70 be case where the spirit is willing, but
ths essh is weak ~~s-~~-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02
rr,c RnnnhIican rn,a

Take the actual Republican vote since the
last Presidential election Il was. in 1884.
5c2,ool; 1855, 490.33l; 1884, 4G0c37; 1857.
452,sil. With constantly decreasing Re.
publican vote, and a constantly increasing
Prohibition vote, the lattor of which is now
more than double, the only legitimate Re-
publican plurality in fifteen years, how can
any sane Republican doubt that there is lit
tie chance for Republican success this year:
especially when the attitude Of the mug.
wumps, an important factor not considered
in this article, is still favorable TO Cleye-
land, who has votes. Offices. power and near
" every thing else in New York at his COM
msnd. hEads'Paia Ntvs (is<p.l.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02
Ben Harrison,s EioCrapbx.

In long letter TO the Cincinnati Enquirer,
figuring out how Blaine and Harrison are
to be the Republican nominees next June,
that loquacious correspondent Gath,
gves this interesting biography of Ben
Harrison: al do not know him very well.
l know his wife, however, who is a good,
motherly woman. They have had two chill
dren, and one of them is married TO the
son Of ex-senator Saunders, of Nebraska.
and the son is married to the daughter of
merchant in Indianapolis.
His ancestry IS perfectly Republican, yet
perfectly fine. His father was member of
Congress. His grandfather was a Prcsi-
dent of the United States. His great-grand-
father was signer Of the Declaration Of
Independence. A little before that his an
cestor was General Harrison, who was one
of the chief Of Cromwell's men. and was
execated by Charles IL for participation in
the commonwealth revolution
OF a surety, Ben Harrison comes Of a no
BILE ancestry and has some hopes of poster
ity on his wife's side.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

Detroit Free Press: Judge. the nepupncun
Illustrated weekly, has not been impressed,
evidently, By the prctense that Blaine has
withdrawn for good. The last page cartoon
OF the issue for the current week represents
eight Of the Republican candidates in row.
each bearing p.acard announcing that he
Is candidate If Blaine is not The title is:
SIT Looks Like Blainc.n
Missouri Re7E5ticaH: The difference be-
tween the man who habitually tells the
truth and the man who does not was ef-
fectively illustrated by Phil Sheridan and
James G. Blaine. When Sheridan said that
he was not candidate for President, and
did not want tho Office, every body believed
him When Blaine said that he was not
"@r5ieate not one IN ten believed him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02
Level-Hcaded FcIlors.

The leading Elugwump newspapers of the
country admit that the commanding issue
in the Presidential campaign will be that Of
revenue reform. On that issue nineteen
twentieths ofthe mugwumps stand squareiy
on the Democratic platform. The New
York Times, the New York Post and HdYper's
Weekly are constantly dealing effective
blows at the spollation tariff. They will
support President Cleveland for reelection
because of his attitude on this question.
They admit that the civil service issue,
however important, is subordinate to that
of tariff reform, and besides they know
that Republican restoration means the re-
vival Of the spoils system in its NEST aggra-
waited form After all, the mugwumps are
pretty levcl-headed fellows. - indianapolis
Se1t,i5seI
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

Cleveland I'fcta Dedlcr; The ONO RepuD-
hcans ought to givc John Sherman loyal
support for tho Presidential nomination, but
they win do nothing cf the kind. Their
hearts are not with John, though their lips
may praise hin.
New York E-,a;n7 Pos: The census Of
the voters OF Baltimore Just completed by
the police department. shows q total Of g.
261, an increase of ISIS over last years
census OF these sS.Seo arc white and IA
43S are colored men
Brooklyn FaJlc: Senator ingalls, is to be
credited with having done more in one
speech to keep the Democratic party in
power than all bis party associates have
done for months. He should promptly be
chosen as Burchard's successor,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02
A Case of Lin Servira.


Senator Sherman has the reputation of he
ing very hard-headed man, says the De-
troit Free Press, yet he is so taken up with
the idea that he ought to receive a nomina-
tlon for the Presidency, and, as O matter OF
course, is entitled to the delegation from his
own State, that he accepts with the utmost
credulity the assurance that Ohio viii be
solid for him. Every disiDterested observer
OF the Republican gatherings which havo
been held in the Senator's State is i'm
pressed with the hollowness of tho sounds
which have gone up for him, and IS amused
at the necessity mon feel under of protest.
ing that this time the State will be in reality
for Sherman. If there were an earnest and
loyal enthusiasm for the Senator, thero
would be need to explain that the loud
cheering Tor Blaine was merely a way tho
delegates have of showing their devotion to
their own favorite son.
The Ohio State Republican convention,
which meets this week, will undoubtedly
declare itself favorable to the nomination OF
Sherman for the Presidency, but the onlv
man IN the country who will be deceived
by the lip service will be the Senator him
self. The friends of the absent leadero
and " foremost advocate OF projections
who will be at sea when tho convention
meets. will find nothing in the developments
OF the Ohio State convention TO prevent the
carrying out of their "hurrah scheme.
That can be blocked only by sending men
who, in addition to being nominally for John
Sherman, are actually against james @.
Blaine.
Says Washington special to the Pitts
burgh Press A lady went 70 the White
House recently to obtain the Presidents
autograph. Handing Mr.. Pruden, the Ex-
oio rly brirr -la oh ~ 4fx.fa
note paper with her monogram upon il, she
requested that gentleman TO ask Mr.. Cleye-
land to inscribe his name thereon. Mr.
Pruden, always obliging, went to the Prcsi-
dents private Office TO secure the favor for
the lady. Returning in few moments he
said: ssThe President sends shiscomplimcnts,
and says that if you viii bring your auto
graph album he will be glad 10 write his
name in it, but be never puts his signature
upon blank sheet Of paper"
The lady was rather taken aback, but,
thanking Mr.. Pruden for his kindness, re-
turned home to bring her album. The book
being triie dingy in appearance, and also
quite full of autographs, she determined to
purchase new one and have tho Prcsi-
dents signature to start it," Proceeding
90 book store, she bought a newand hand
some album, and repaired TO the White
House, arriving there within twenty min-
utes from the time she had left. Mr. Pruden,
smiling, took the book and repaired to the
President to obtain his autograph tor the
persevcring lady Returning, he gave the
book TO the lady, who, thanking HIM, left
for her home. Upon arriving there she
opened the album TO gaze on the valued in
scription and found the following:
woman's name-hers but TO giyo awayi
A mans. his ell; II should not 60 astray.
nrtr. n Rvr A NrTa
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STATE Omcnrn.
Medielne Lodge omeers.
SOCIETIES.

SOCIETIES.
AF& A. ~, Delta Lodge No. II
~ neggl%r co%@unIes,i9,ns, ,, frst .I,, and
" month. I. W. svoUT, w.M
AMBRosE ALLEN, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 81, II. A. NJ, meets
in Masunic Hall every "a and tth Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
GEO. X. STONE, VI. II.
r. P.CARUrHERs. scc'y.
n U q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. ~.
VI ns -, Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings " each month
DR. u. YASr. Sec.
DEtPHIA LoDoE, No. 40, x. Of p, meets on
Monday evening ot each week, Ht Odd Fellows
ss s@ 10 vs9E S,.ans Knights y oG4 TrsSsST .tnSs@ G.
IISRaT PLioAAS. X. OF Il. IS.
LOO. v, Pioneer Lode
No. i5g. -Regular meetings
ASS every Tuesday evening Vs
R-SA - ing cordially invited;
~ \. 4. ALLEN. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. Os, I. OF
Meets nrst and third Friday Of each month
Visiting Pntrinrchs cordially invited to attend.
T.. v. HuBRARD, n. Y. J. l.. NELSON, q. II.
AMHuOsE ALLEN. =. W. J. y. HALL =.
NAOMI No. o., REBECCA DEGREE, I. q. OF.
Meets tn" I'd and 9Th tTaay siEsis ssSh HoG.n
E.M BYEmET. socy.
u, a, h, the las. Saturday in each month
OF the court house ia Medicine Lodge, at =. n.
All comrades cordially invited.
J. w. UrrERMAN, Adiutant.
A. 0, U, w. ESsi. ESSsl'' gyS9s FS9y' FSsr:Say SSi S
JoIS DonuER, Recorder.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

DELFHIA LODoE, No. 40, X. Of r., meets on
Monday evening of each week, ~ Odd Fellows
hall Visiting Knights IN good standing invt-
led to attend. y. r. NTNCEST. q. 4.
HAHHY PLAgNAN X. OF N. as.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-02

n U q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. ~.
VI ns Ds Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings In each month.
Mrs. r. II. STOUT, W. NJ.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26

Society proffers its highest honors and
rewards to its inventors and disc0verers;
but. as a matter of fact, what each in
ventor or discoverer is unconsciously try
ing to do is to destroy property, and his
measure of success and reward is always
proportioned to the degree to which he
effects such destruction. IL tomorrow 1t
should be announced that some one had
so improved the machinery of cotton
manufacture that 10 per cent. more OF
fiber could be spun and woven in given
time, with no greater or less expendi-
ture of labor and capital than heretofore,
all the existing machinery In all the cot
ton mills of the world, representing an in-
vestment of millions upon millions Of dol
lars, would be worth little more than SO
much old iron, steel and copper; and the
man who should endeavor to resist that
change would in face of the fierce COM
petition of the world, soon find himself
bankrupt ana without capital.
In short, all material progress is effected
by displacement Of capital equally with
that of labor; and nothing marks the rate
of such progress more clearly than the
rapidity with which such displacements
occur. There is, however, this difference
between the two factors involved. Labor
displaced, as a condition of progress, will
be eventually absorbed in other occupa-
tions; but capital displaced, in the sense
of substituting the new for what is old, is
practically destroyed.-Hon. David A.
Wells in Popular Science Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
A Romantic sraiaen,s Mistake.

She was very romantic. Her father
was a millionaire. whose life had been de-
voted to sausage raising. He was very
practical naturally, but all the poetry OF
her family was right In her. She was be-
loved by another milIionaire's son, butt she
had been reading remances and stuff, and
when he proposed to her she declared he
must do something poetical for her.
dearest, what can dor"
stBecome poor artist. =
81 couldn't be any other kind of an art
ist.'
ST mean you must pretend to be poor
artist. Pa does not know you You
must come and make love to me and
win fall in love with you. Pa viii object
and make row. We viii el0pe and get
married, and when It's all over we'l tell
him. and IL viii be delightful"
And SO he became poor artist and took
d poor studio and daiibed on canvRses and
pretended to paint pictures. And there
was another mllIIOnaire's daughter got 20
coming TO his studio and sitting for her
picture. In those delightful little tete-a-
fetes he forgot oil about the romantic
maiden. and when the romantic maiden
came one night III peasant costume as
sweet surprise TO run away with him she
fouzd be was married TO the 0the girl and
had gone off on his honeymoon, She
thinks that ronOnces are all lies now, and
that nothing happens in real life as It hap
nens In BOOKS. She's about right. --San
francisco Chronicle sfUndertUues- /"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26

''Do consanguineous marriages neces-
sarily lead TO diseases in the offspring" Is
q question which has been argued pro and
con for great many years. Alfred Henry
Huth has furnished a very carefully con-
sidered answer in the negative In his work
entitled 'sThe Marriage of Near Kin"
Q.ondon: Longmans, 1887. Mr. Huth
examines, In the light of all the known
facts, first: Whether consanguineous
marriages are themselves, by the mere
fact of consanguinity and irrespective OF
any inheritance, injurious to the Off
spring; whether in a marriage between
two relatives who are both perfectly
healthy, who live under healthy coRdi-
tions, and whose families are perfectly
healthy, the children born will probably
be unhealthy. And, second: Whether
consanguineous marriages give greater
proportion of unhealthy children than
non-consanguineous marriages; or, in
other words, whether it is fact that con-
sanguineous marriages, through intensi-
flcation of a previously dormant heredi-
tary family faint, give a greater proper
tion of unhealthy children. His conclu-
sion, substantially, is that providing both
parents are healthy, no harm need be ex-
pected to result to the children of such
marriages; while if both parents exhibit
q proclivity to any particular form OF dis
ease las, for example, scrofula), the ten
dency is likely to be exaggerated in the
children. This accords with the prac-
tical, everyday experience OF the stock
raiser and horse breeder.--Chicago Her.
ald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
PRICE ONE CEN


Every steamer which enters or leaves
New York should be provided with the
necessary ice boxes and other accommo-
dations for keeping the remains of passen-
gers who die en- route, and the latter
should be conveyed to port and delivered
to those who have the right to dispose of
them. Even il the passenger dies on the
first day out, his remains should be kept.
The running time of the majority of
steamers plying between New York and
England or France, is seven or eight days,
Some of the German lines require from
from twelve to fifteen days, but their OBJ
legations to land their passengers, dead or
alive, are just as great as those OF the conf
panies which make quicker time.
/ could cite number of narrowing
cases, which show the inhumanity OF the
custom of burial at sea, but every reader
can form notion of how he would feel
If informed that his mother, brother or
sister, whom he awaited on the pier, had
died on the vessel and had been wrapped
in a winding sheet and dropped into the
engulnng waters. Coupled with the hor-
ror of such news is the aggravated con-
sciousness that the captain and his officers
have overstepped the bounds of duty in
thus disposing of the remains of one
whom the bereft person would rather see
dead than not at all. There is an in
tensely gloomy sentiment in the fact that
our friends-those whom we most love
and cherish--are filing nameless graves
And 1t is beyond reconciliation to think
of them anchored TO the bottom of the
deep, the bait of marine scavengers.-
Leon Mead in The Epoch.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26

The circumstances under which malaria
prevails as a local disease though suffi-
GENTLY marked are yet in some degree
complicated and perplexing. 1t is certain
that the exciting cause Of the disease is
something present I'm invisible effiuvia
from the surface of the earth. It seems
almost as certain that decomposing or
decomposed vegetable matter is the source
of the infection; yet the appearance of
malaria in such q place as the rock of
Gibra1ter, which Is characterized by an en-
tire absence of vegetation, presents On ap-
parent exception which prevents us from
definitely deciding that vegetable matter
alone can produce the malaria1 infection.
Moisture IS necessary TO produce the
poison; yet moisture alone, or ever with
the necessary degree of heat, is not sniff
cient; on the contrary It appears that IL
only the soil whence malarial efi1uvia have
arisen could be kept permanently soaked
with moisture there would be no In
fecti0n.
The soil must flrst be Tor while sod
den with moisture, then dried, before the
invisible efE1uvia--tiie marsh 1niasma--
become dangerous The heat necessary
to produce the poison must be somewhat
greater .thau GO degs. and somewhat less
than 90 degz: between these limits, but
net outside. them, heat does It's poison
generating work. We have in these con-
diti0ns alone q certain power Of inhuenc-
ing malaria, as has been shown by re-
peated examples. Richard A. Proctor in
Inter Ocean.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
FOR SALE

Tho DWELLING on the corner OF Church
and Green streets with stores attached. Good
ocation- Apply on the premises. 3-l3w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
WANTED.

Honest. pushing WOMEN in your vicinity;
special inducements now; fast St-selling special
ties. Don't delay. Salary from start Brown
brothers, Nurserymen, Rochester, N. Y.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
MORTAR AND PEsTLE.

Long into the midnight hours my gar
rnlous companions sit around and talk
and smoke and eat peanuts. Mosquitoes
likewise contribute to the general induce
ment to keep awake; and after the others
have finally lain down my ancient next
neighbor produces a small mortar and
pestle and busies himself in pounding
drugs. For this operation he assumes q
pair of large, round spectacles that in
the dimly lighted apartment and its noe
turnal associations are highly suggestive
of owls and owlish wisdom. The old
quack works away at his mortar regard
less of the approach of daybreak, and
then pausing to adjust the wick in his lit
tie saucer of grease, or to indulge in the
luxury of a peanut.
The proprietor of the hittim seems
overjoyed ut my liberality as / present
him ten cent string of tsin for the
nights lodgings. Small as it sounds,
this amount is probably three or four
times more than lie obtains from his Chi
nese guests
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
ANNAPOLIS. ND. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 2e 1888.


We will insert in this column advertise
ments Of Wants, For Rent, For sale, Lost,
found, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less. for 25 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
SHORT-HAND-

A limited number OF PUPILS will be given
lessons in short hand by ]. DUFNY. For
terms apply at log King George street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-26
Ar ANOTHER HOTEL.

The hittim Of Lo-pow is somewhat SUI
perior to that of yesterday; it is two
storied building, and the proprietor hus-
ties me up stairs in short order, and locks
me in. This is to prevent any possible
hostility from the crowd that Immediately
swarms the place, for while in his house
he is in a measure held responsible for my
treatment. The bicycle is kept down
stairs, where it performs the office of a
vent for the rampant curiosity of the
thousands who besiege the proprietor for
peep at myself.
A little cup and teapot of hot tea is
brought me at once, and my order taken
for supper; the characters on n limited
written vocabulary proving invaluable rs
an aid toward making my gastronomic
preferences understood. A dish of boiled
fish, picked ginger, chicken entrees,
young onions, together with rice enough
to feed q pig, form the ingredients of q
very good Chinese meal. Chop sticks are,
of course provided; but as yet, my dex-
terity in the manipulation Of these articles
is decidedly of the negative order, and so
my pocket knife performs the dual Office
of knife and fork; for the rice, one can
use, after a manner, the little porcelain
dipper, provided for ladling an evil smell
ing liquid over that staple.
Bread, there is none in China; rice is
the bread of both this country and Japan.
During the night one gets reminder Of
the bek-jees of Constantinople in the per-
formances of night policeman, who
passes by at intervals loudly beating a
drum This, together with registering
mosquitoes, and a too liberal indulgence
in strong tea, banishes sleep tonight
almost as effectually as the pounding Of
the old drug vendors pestle did at Chun-
Kong-hoi.-Thomas Stevens in Outing