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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
Dumb as Cow.r,s.

The Republican State convention of Iowa
met at Des Moines and indorsed Senator
Allison for the Presidency, selecting dele
gates to support him in the National con-
vention- They were as dumb as towards.
however, says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
on the one great issue now before the coun-
try-that of the tariff. They dared not go
before the people of Iowa upholding the
present tariff, and they dared not breab
over the party traces and openly advocate
policy OF reform and reduction, in accord
ance with the well-lnown interests of the
Northwest. II this is the first note of the
Republican campaign, IL is so weak that it
can not be heard; and the Grand Old Party
begins the great fight in which it is going
TO do so much by iDgloriously taking to its
heels before its opponents arrive in sight.
No wonder Mr. Blaine was in such hurry
TO decline leading it this year.
Not content with deriving bankruprcv IN
an offer to accept any subscription be-
tween now and June 10, payable only when
James G. Blaine shall be elected President
Of the United States" the editor of the AL
legany County On. W 2epu6iicaa now de-
clares for Blaine or chaos.n He saws that
under no circumstances will the "tcns of
thousands of Blaine Republicans of New
York submit TO any attempt to defeat their
choice for President Having staked the
prosperity of his newspaper upon :. getting
there this enthusiast does not intend to
let the rest of tho world laugh about his
tottering fortune. If he can not have
Blaine, he win involve the republic In chaos
and dark night
The Nation has warning. Let 1t look "a
itself.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11

A compositor in the London establishment
Of the Messrs. Casseu, publishers, commit
ted suicide recently. He left the following
note, addressed to his foreman: Dear Mr..
Simmer: Please excuse my leaving without
the usual fortnight's notice. but have re-
ceived peremptory summons TO go to
Heaven TO get the title-page of the Book Of
Life Yours, H G. s. Agnew.- The jury
rendered verdict OF temporary insanity.
II, as has been held by the courts, a mans
legal residence is where his washing is
done. we can sec the msurmountable obsta-
cles in the way Of Anarchists and tramps
becoming entangied In the possession Of cor
ner lots.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
Cleveland Popular in West virginia.

Congressman Hogg DEM of West vir-
ginia, who recently made short trip TO his
home, is not frightened by the Republican
claims that they will carry the State against
Cleveland. "The President he says, SIS
very popular man all through my State.
1t Is the rank and file who are pleased with
him, and they are the ones who do the vot-
ing. They express great admiration for the
honest, sturdy manner in which he has con-
Quoted himself upon all questions that have
come before him. You can put this down
for sure thing: Cleveland will draw large
ly from the Republican ranks at the next
election in my State, and he will draw the
very best element to his standard"
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CHURCHES.


DAITIST. Preaching every I'd and 4th sun
ID day in this cicy. morning and night. AZ
kiowa every 1T and ~ Sunday, morning ana
night. by ltcv. W. a. Cane.
OHttSTtAN.-Prcac every sunday NJ
~ N O'Clock. a. m, and go y. m, by Elder
W H Emhrcy. Prayer meeting every We'd
ncsdny night. sunday school NJ 10 o'clock a. m.
every sunday.
METHODIST EPISCOPAI.-Scrvices every
1Nl sunday nt ~: 90 ". M. and 30 y. IN. Sun
dny schuul every sunday at lOa nm. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening NJ t;So
strangers invited. X. SANDEnsON, Pastor.
DHEsBYTFWGAN.-se every sunday at
u ~ u. IN. aud 10 y. m. sunday school at
10a.m. REv. MCELHOV, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services ON 2nd
sunday Of every month nc Sherlocks hall, nc
1000 ". m. HEv. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold roE-
" ular services at MinRona. Barber county,
the second aud fourth Sundays in each month.
AZ Forrest school house ON the second SUNDAY (;
.gcdnr Creek school house ON the third sunday.
fly Elders ShambcrRcr, Smith and Neher.
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Colonel Morrison Would Like to be Vice.
President.

William B. Morrison, writes well-known
Democratic politician Of Tuscola, Ill, in an
swer to direct question put TO the former
as to whether he wanted the Vice-Presi-
dency, that he considers the wishes Of In
diana should be first regarded in the matter.
If that State, says he, presents an acceptable
candidate in an earnest way, its wishes
should not be disregarded. If the position
goes to some man outside of that State,
Mr.. Morrison says, he may be considered in
the race in the fullest sense Of the term.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11

DURING the last century 100 lakes in tina
Tyrol have subsidized and disappeared.
THE single eye-giass Is worn ny tne
dude. The theory Is that he can see more
with one eye than he can comprehend.
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nnrhnr Counts omcers.
sOCIETIEs.

SOCIETIES.
AFNA A. ~. Delta Lodge NO. g.
N ilcEular communicstl9,ns,. Irs' an Each
M snnuth. I. W. STOUT, WIN
AMnnosE ALLES, Secretary.
CyPutrs CHATTER 40. Gl. n. A. ". meets
IN Mea"ni, unll every "a and 4th Thursday'
Visiting brethren cordially imNissn. ,v a. p
EP. P.CARuruERs, sec'y.
O. E. s. L3TEAISEG GsIIdi EGoGmMmapcaicq: GMAPFii 80 Ssi %
and fhird Monday evenings la each montn.
Mrs. r. II. STOUT W NJ
Dn. u. YANr. Sec.
DrtrIuA I.npGE No. 100, X. OF p TseSts ',,iIsn 3n
Monday evening of cuch week, AZ Ou1 t,,i
hall yisiil9S . Knights " = TTo%va vtsoTST. % Z. c.
HSaaT PEiaNAS. X. OF R.Ss.
I.O.O.F., Pioneer Lode
W. No. iIa.-Iicgular mectinEs
every Tuesday cven.ng.N :
~ 4 $;!S:aS $ss sssa2 .'c-' o.
D =. T.. ALLEN. Sec.
ENSIGN ESCAMPMENT No. G., 1. o. o. y
Meets fret AMI third Friday Ot cach .a',,d ,nondd"
Visiting PRtrinrchs cordially invited I" a't,h"'
l.. y. lruuNRD, ~: =; j. L. Nhi;s2S' y 81 q, az, -
AMBROSE ALLEN, :. W. .. = ~ '' :.
NAOMI MOST, REBECCA DEGREE, !. %. O:f'
Meets the 81 andtth Friday rgsts Sss@S sSSn NG. o
EN- BYEnLEY sccy.
G. A. r. 5LpEFS ISc l. Saturday R1Sa inc n caes 5 S
OF the court house Ia Medicine Lodge, NJ y NJ
All comrades cordially invited. .,..
o. &. HOWE, Post Commander'
~. n. GiLnERT, Adjutant.
40 u, W.. ESsi. ESS'y s1s4s Is9y' THURSDAY SSi %
night n. YAST, NJ. ".
JoIN DouREH, Recorder.
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DEfrIA LODGE No. 100, X. OF ~, T.,Sts ~
MONDAY evening uf cuch week, m Od1 rei'nw ~
hall. Visiting Knights IN Eo.a ~su.nu,"1 ~
.ed to attend. Y. Il iNShNi' - -
HNHnY PLNgMAN. X. OF X. X :.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

import atoms q rails from England Well, sup
pose they should attain IL. The men engaged In
the s. eel rail business nave just AS sha = eyes
70 their interests WELLINGTON X. Burt has 20
the salt interest m Michigan. What would
happen? Would IL not be the easiest thing in
the world for the fourteen steel rail manufactur-
ing establishments In this country to unite with
about tho same number that exist I'm Great
Britain and thus make the price OF rails what
ever they choose selling them all the time at
the highest price that the purchaser could bear,
thus illu stratng anew and afresh that IL IL free
trade an not protection that gives the wide. the
limiless field of operation through the system
OF trusts? For, L repeat, as intimated before,
hat International trusts on the basis OF n ee
trade cannot be dealt with and controlled as
domestis trusts that may grow up under the
protective system.
Finally, gentlemen, on the subject OF trusts
let say that with all Mr.. Cleveland's denun-
citation Of them. and all tho support his party
gives them. he failed and utterly failed, 10 strike
the point of objection 10 them. You will find
that described i'm language ms clear as amber in
tho letter of accepta nce OF Benjamin Harrison
our candida foc President, in which he neither
wiihholds nor exaggerates, nor sets down aught
in malice, but vindicates with peculiar power
end peculiar directness The position which the
ep iblican party has uniformly held on the
whole subject and i commend you. as close,
to n W reading OF the two documents-to Mr..
Cleveland frco-trade message and TO Gen. Har-
risOn letter OF acceptance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

ON certain raw materials. About s2t, $1,000
OF the cut In tho internal taxes would como
from tobacco. aud 81. 100000 from alcohol used
In the arts.
provides for 10 in sugar. On the average, taking
all the grades together, the cut on sugar 10
about so per cent. The changes In the wool
duties are slight. On some or Ades they are in
creased In a small degree, and ON others they
are lowered. The same is true OF wooden manu-
features. The duties on ready made clothing.
when altered mt all, are increased, while those
on earthen. stone. crockery. and glassware are
reduced There ARE some changes IA classifica-
tion made In the iron and steel schedules. but
the modification In rates which the me asurs
effects il generally toward lower range OF
duties. st oil rails, upon which the present inn
post is Sl7 ton, would come in for about Sl4
ton II this bill should become law. The duty
by the Mills bill Is S1l a ton. The reduction OF
the internal tax on tobacco permits a reduction
TO be made in the duty on that article without
injury to the domestic industry, and the duty,
therefore il lowered.
The Senate bill is neither so comprehensive in
scope nor so radical and sweeping in the altera-
tions which IL proposes so far as regards the
customs list, as the Mills bill The duty on no
important domestic product which the tariff has
adequately developed or which IL can develop Ia
reduced below the protective point. Wood, lnm-
Der. salt and other leading articles OF domestic
industry which Mr.. Mills and his friends put on
the free list, either untouched by TIE Re-
publican measure or touched but slightly The
articles from which the Senate strikes of all
duties are generally those not produced in this
country at all, or produced in very small guam
titles. The reduction in the Governments rev.
enue which the bill would bring about is about
S30J0,0J0 greater than that provided by the
House bill. That measure takes $50, 600 90 from
the customs schedules-S30 100000 by lowering
duties and S20,0J0,00D by removing duties alto
gether-and S.00,0,000 from the internal-tax
list. No more carefully drawn or sensible rev.
enue-revision bill than that just reported In the
Senate stands any chance OF passage in the
present Congress.
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set before them by Mills, OF Texas, at ST. Louis
on Sept -, when he said that IL the Democrats
win the coming election they will pass a tariff
bill that puts materials all on the free list,
and put our own intellig mt labor upon plane
Of equality with the laborers of other coun-
tries :" but most Ameri AN workmen know too
well what that means to feel any way encour-
aged by il.
To be put ION plane o. equality with the la
borers' of Great Britain the wages OF American
workmen would nosd 10 be reduced 70 less than
half Of what they average here, and father,
mother, and children would have TO live in one
room as the pigs huddle in sly in this country
and as human beings huddle in the miserable
homes Of ENGLISH and Scotch work people.
To bring them down to plane Of equality
with the work people of Belgium our iron and
steel workers would get but 90 cents a day in
stead OF 80, and laborers would be reduced TO As
cents day for men and % cents for women
and 20 put them on plane Of equality with labor
in Italy the pay of cotton hands would have to
be reduced to 80 cents day, OF marble and stone
cutters TO 80 cents, of lace-workers (women) to
10 cents.
And this is the prospect and the promise held
out by the spokesman of the Democracy TO the
workmen OF America il they will only vote to
keep the Democracy in places OF honor, trust,
and profit for another four years term.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

Democratic trusts We have now spoken of one
necessary luxury and one absolute necessity.
but there IL another rust welding moro politi-
cal influence perhaps than both OF them. re-
fer TO the whisky trust, which has absolutely
changed the politics and policy Of the Demo
one demand OF the Democracy, especially In the
south, was for the destruction of the internal
revenue system, and first ana last the out
rageous taxes on whisky and tobacco. They de-
people should submit in time OF peace. Well
gentlemen, the free traders, both North and
South, soon saw that II the internal rev venue
system were abolished the country would neces-
sarily rely for its revenue upon customs, as II
had done for more than a generation preceding
the war and that, II that were the case, ii
would be difficult IL not impossible 10 destroy
The doctrine OF protection q ld So under Mr.
Cleveland, they have completely changed
their ground, ana are for keeping up the in
the protection features OF the tariff. Tho
whisky trust has thus risen financially aud DO
litcally to nationally Importance ! state moth
ing OF its internal WORKINGS aud iJs DO iticnl
manipulations from my own knowledge. but 4
know Democrats who declare that Mr. Randall
the able, upright, and experienced speaker OF
the House OF Representatives was driven from
the chair, and Mr. john q. Carlisle. OF Ken
lucky, made hi successor By n DemOcr tic eau.
Gus controlled by the whisky trust and acting
under the whip and spur of its agents, Mr.. Ran
dali alleged otfense being that he would not aid
in suspen5ing he tax laws and postponing the
payment OF the tax On whisky IN bond when IL
seemed the interests OF the trust to secure n
pcstponement. Mr.. Randall did. not b lieve that
the laws of the United States should be admin
istered in such way as to promote u huge spec
ulation in whisky; and wish some inquisitive
reporter would interview Mr.. Randal's political
friends on that subject, ami then ask also how
much money the whisky trust ia con ribating to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
Democratic COnsistencies.

The following are n few OF the inconsistencies
found in the arguments advanced by our Demo
cratic friends:
Our manufacturers are monopoists and
thieves they make all the money and rob the
farmer and wage Garner.
Our manufacturers cannot compete with
foreigners. because they must Fay too much for
raw materials farm productsl and wages.
Our poor workngmen are living in novels and
starving TO death because the robber manu-
facturer does not pay them enough wages.
Our workingmen are too independent in this
they strike, whenever they have an advantage,
for more wages.
The war was failure; Lincoln and Grant
we're but cheers.
The war a success Lincoln and Grant
are the greatest and best men that ever lived.
OF course our Democratic friends do not use
all these assertions ut one time one place. but
are discro It enough to use them in manner
that is calculated to make votes.-Santd Bar
bdrd (Cdl) Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

REV. ROBERT NJ HATFIELD, ID. d., one OF the
leading Methodist preachers in the country,
gives a number OF reasons In n long letter in the
October Statesman, telling why he is Repub-
lican. AS n lifelong advocate Of temperance he
does not propose to throw away his vote or cast
il where IL will aid or comfort tho Democratic
party As between tho two loading parties he
is against Democracy because their candidate is
OF unsavory reputation; because they are wrong
on the tariff because they are putting forward
the men who once tried TO destroy the Govern
ment and who are to-day DISTINGUISHING hun
dreds OF thousands of voters i'm the South. He
is Republican because that party protects
American labor against the paupor labor OF
Europe because of its glorious history in fight
ing for Justice to humanity; beca Sc IL recog-
Mics the rights Of the colored citizen and il dis
posed 90 treat them fairly, and, finally. because
General Harrison's private character calls for
no vindication or apologies.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
MIR. wENTwoRTH's MONUMENT.
An Immense One Completed and Shipped
by the HalloweiI Granite Company.
rAugusta cNa talagrano1

The monument to be erected in a Chicago
cemetery by Long John" Wentworth has
been finished by the Hallowell Granite
Company and all the stone shipped The
material is white Hallowell granite, and the
monument is plain in design. The
base is eighteen feet square and two
feet thick. and is the largest
stone ever shipped in one piece. 1t could
not be transported by rail. but il was neces-
sary TO ship it by vessel 10 New York. and
thence by barge through the canal TO Chi
cago. The shaft is feet inches square at
the base. So feet high. and pyramidal in
shape. Its weight Is seventy tons. and two
special cars are being constructed at the
Portland Car Works to carry it. The cost
will reach $30OOO
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
AN EVENTFUL CAREER.
A REMARKABLE CHARACTER PASSES
AWAY In CHICAGO.

Brief Sketch OF "Long John" Wentworth'
the Famous Old Pioneer-The West Loses
weII-Known and Eccentric Man-He
Would Lead, Not Follow.
(Cnioago special
The death OF Long John" Wentworth
took place at the Sherman House in this
city after an illness Of about four weeks.
thus ending the life Of. in many particulars.
a remarkable man. He was feet inches
high. and his will was as imperious as his
stature. A thousand years ago he would
have been an Alfred or a Clovis. and would
have founded dynasty. His manners were
about as brusque and his spirit as domin-
eering as the old feudal despots. Though
born in one OF the oldest States-New Hamp-
shire-he came to Chicago at time which
developed forceful characters. The rough
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
SENSIBLE AND CAREFUL.
No Better Measure Has "a Chance Of Pass
ing the Present Congress.
IFrom DE So. I.ouis Globe- Democrat.l

from the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The reduction in the Governments annual i'm
come which would be caused by the Senate's
tariff bill IL IL should he enacted IL placed at n
little over S13OO ,O00. About Sl2 0O0OO) OF this
cut would be made i'm the customs list and S3l,-
90 0)O in the internal taxes. OF the customs
schedules nearly S2S,0cOOOO Of the reduction
would come from he lowering of the duties on
sugar, $50 OOOO from changes in other imports
aud 96,5O0,0)0 from the entire abolition of duties
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

QUEEN CHRISTINA of Spain is now 80.
She cannot be said to be pretty. writes
a correspondent of GalignSsei's Messen-
ger, but she has q pleasant smile, large
eyes and soft brown hair, which she wears
high with rather elaborate curls over her
forehead
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
Proposed
-. ATglN-

There are few OF the articles in the tariff
list which are placed ut higher rates of duty by
the House OF Representatives than they were by
the authors of the Mills bill It will be seen
from an examination OF the table that the free.
ira iers would have made n more damaging at
tack on the protective system IL they dared.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
THE FREE TRADE BILL.
what the Free-Traders Would Have Done
If They Dared.
Now York Mail and Express. ]

INUW TUX NIHII TAITbHHI
The argument that the Democratic party is
for free trade cannot be too often insisted upon.
The Democrats ASSERT that the Mills bill, as it
passed the House. is not free-trade measure.
We have answered that, but we wsnt to point
out now the fact that il the authors of the bill
had their way it would have been a much longer
step than it is in the direction of free trade.
the House made in the bill In the first col
umn of figures will be found the proposal of the
bill, and in the second the duty fixed by the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

THE Democratic papers have great deal TO
say about manufacturers coercing employees TO
vote the Republican ticket What have they TO
say about Democratic campaign committees
coercing Government employees TO pay assess
ments and discharging them II they refuse?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

THE Government employees In San Francisco
are being taxed months salary for political
purposes. They have been notified TO stand and
deliver, or be put on the black list.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

Truth should be the first lesson of
the child and the last aspiration to man
hood.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24

CAPITAL shut up in the vaults of
bank is worth more than the same capt.
tai exposed without n protector.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24


Mr.. Chairman and fellow-ctizens OF Indiana,
stop THE y is cry not entirely confined 10 ths
criminal classes. The counterpart of the trick
Is known in political circles, and is especially
noticeable in the present courss of the Demo
cratic party respecting trusts. In President
Clevelands famous free trade message of last
December he warned the country OF the dangers
OF trusts, and argued that they the offspring
and result OF the protective system established
by the Republican party AT the same time,
while assailing I'm the wide sweep OF his accusR-
tion almost every industrial interest in the
North, the President was particularly careful 20
be quiet respecting the enormous tnr.h on sugar.
Out Of S2l2, 100000 collected on impor atoms Of
every kind last year over S5s,OOl.,OO came from
sugar alone, which ia equivalent t. more than
one-fourth OF the customs revenue for the year.
When Mr.. Cleveland pennel his message no
knew that one OF the largest trusts ever organ
lied In the world-the sugar trust-was ia full
operation, and that II protectiv, tarih was
helpful To that trust he was giving Il all the
aid. both official and personal, in his power.
IL the words of his message are trde ne il HIM
self responsible for leyyins thes, countess mill
ions upon the pockets OF ali the consumers Of
this country for article OF uni 'ersal use
among the families OF the land. Nor was Mr..
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
A PLANE OF EQUALITY.
The Dlscoursgins Picture which Mr. Mills
Holds Up To Labor.
from the Brook

from the Brooklyn Standard Union.l
American workmen who do not know any
thing of the deg life that Is lod by working
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-24
THEORY OF STOP THIEF!
MIR. BLAINE's EXPOSE OF DEMO
CRATIC HYPOCRISY.

He shows That the Sugar. Salt, whisky,
Standard oil, and Other Trusts Are Fos-
tered and Controlled by bourbon Infu-
ences-A scathing Arrangement of Cleye-
land and His Free Trade Faiiacies.