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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-31

ST. Louis Plsi- Dis a.. All fails fuss
about 8lr. Mils' district turniar against
him docs not disturb him in The la5t lie
seems 70 understand that it Is p.-t or the
desperate effort the Republicans atc making
10 get him 70 GO home and qui. making
thcso sledgc hammer speeches ti.at annoy
them 20 In the North
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-31
A FIRST STEP.

General IIarrison's Mist Ike in Assuming
That "a Reduction of the Tariff Means
Free Trade.
General Harrison in his letter Of accept
ance says in substance that the policy OF
tariff reform advo ated by the President,
If not itself FREQ trade. Is the first step
toward free trade. But This is plainly a mis-
take. \ tariff tax OF 80 or - per cent in
stead Of a. per cent. is obviously not free
trade. If the country should approve such
a tariff, and then free trade should be pro-
posed, the country would overwhelmingly
oppose It. It's approval Of one would not
involve approval of the other. How, then,
would the reduced tariff be first step
toward free trade.
Or, again, if the tariff should be reduced
in order 10 abolish the surplus, and the
country, upon further reflection, should pre-
fer frce-tradc policy. il would do so be-
cause 10 believed 10 TO bc for its interest
But it would not have been cntrapped into
il. If, as General harrison assumes. free
trade be a rUinous policy, the country,
which, upou the theory Of our Government,
knows what IL wants, VIII certainly reject
il. But because 10 does not wish free trade
IL does not follow that 10 wishes prohibitive
protection, and if It should deliberately de-
eide to reduce the surplus by lowering GER
tain duties, it would not be because it had
been inveigled into one perilous step which,
once taken, would compel it to take an
other.
General Harrison, in order to make his
statement an argument, must prove that
any reduction Of the tariff is necessarily
the beginning of free trade. Not only
could he not do it, says HdTpcr's WtehlB,
but, if he could do it, he would be forced TO
own that the same first step toward free
trade has been warmly advocated by Re-
publican leaders. 1t was proposed under
President Arthur by the Republican Com
mission, and four years ago it was recon-
mended by the Republican convention.
General Harrison is not a candidate in a
contest between protection and free trade,
but between the policy of reducing the sur
plus by freeing whisky and tobacco rather
than by touching any protective duty, and
policy Of surplus reduction by freeing the
necessarics of life and the raw materials OF
American industry.
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@ KoCIELL,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN a SURGEON,
ONCE East Side MaiH Street.
MED,CiNE LopUE, KANSAS.
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ATTORNEYS a COUEsELLoRs AT LAW.
once over Fir-t National Bank.
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frfouNEY a COuNsELLoR Ar LAW,
once rast Kansas Avenue, ncar Courthouse.
MEDICINE LODGE. kANs.
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gOCIETIEs.

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IN Wrgttlnr communication, hr-t ana
" " fhiid saturday evenings u each
M month L. ". STOUT, ".
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-31

Chicago Hesrs. The Senate's tariff policy
is another of those things witch no fellow
Can fRd cut
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Major General Commanding.
That is why Harrison is sad these days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-05-23
Of Solomon, on Mount Moriah, in Jerusa-
LEM, on which Phenician architects are


lem, on which Phenician architects are
said to have been employed.
The Temple of the Sun is the best pre-
served of the ruins of Baalbeck. It was
an immense rectangular building of CON-
manding height, with a majestic portico
and an ample colonnade around the three
remaining walls, supporting projecting
roof. The ceiling appeared to be frescoed,
but was in fact sculptured in the solid
marble, human busts and geometrical
figures being plainly made out to-day, after
"a lapse of period representing half Of the
age of the world itself.
OF the Temple of Jupiter six columns,
.snrmounted by their entablature, yet re-
main. These massive shafts and beauti-
ful capitals, so exquisitely crowned, have
soutlived the consuming flames and the
desolation of wars, and survived even the
of the pile of which they are eloquent
Witnesses. Of the great temple proper,
the foundations only remain, and it is
doubtable whether it was eyer finished.
8 In the outer walls of this temple, three
enoymous blocks of stone, a number OF
tiers above the ground, no less than thirty
feet from the surface, are to be seen placed
end on end. They excite the travellers
wonder. They are counterparts, but
slightly smaller, of stone lying in the
quarry from which these undoubtedly
came, half mile distant from the Acrop-
oils, on which the temples are built. This
unfinished stone is fourteen by thirteen
feet square, and seventy-one feet in
length-larger than Pullman or Wagner
car. Such gigantic building is unknown
in our day, and the ablest modern engi'
nee rs are not able to tell how these an
clients moved and placed in position those
ms Ssiye stones,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-05-23
THE SIN OF GOSSIP.

The Rev. J. B. Reimensnyder delivered
the third of his series of sermons on 'The
Five Besetting Sins" last evening at the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. James,
on East Fifteenth Street, his theme being
16: "Thou shalt not 60 up and down as a
tale-bearer among thy people,"
Gossipping, the preacher said, shows
littleness of character. One who revels in
trivial things delights in frivolous talk,
and those who have any degree of self
respect should be above so little an occu-
patton. Further it frequently exhibits a
betrayal of confidence. To utter fiattery
and insinuate ones self into another's
confidence to induce him to reveal all that
is in his heart, and then to betray that
confidence-how dishonorable that is.
Gossipping is generally attended with
exaggeration and undue establishment.
"We know how differently the same pic
ture will look in different Frame" said
the preacher. "And so the words or facts
given in a different frame, repeated with
modifying clauses omitted, or pronounced
with significantly altered emphasis, may
convey a very different impression from
their original intention. The result is
that the confding friend is misrepresented,
wronged, betrayed. By the time rumor
reconveys the story to its original author
he can scarcely recognize tit has been
distorted so.
"Gossipping too often discloses a bad
heart. The gossiPPer is the enemy OF ",
man whose friend he processes to be in the
eyes of others. He is envious of fair
reputation. He often estranges friends
and families and mars the victims happi-
ness and well-being for life.
"Does not this evil also beset society? :?
Why, it forms the chief occupation of So
ciety people.
"Nor is the Church exempt from the
evils of this sin. Even there it wi ii creep,
and serpent like-lying hidden where it is
unsuspected-do its evil work. How often
church members have sown the seeds Of
discord and strife by thoughtlessly acting
the part of gossippers! How often has the
Church been embroiled in the most un-
christian scandals by the gossipper Even
the pastor at times comes in for his share
of the evil effects of gossipping. Words
spoken, counsels given, evils denounced
by him in the confidence of his pastoral
visit are indiscreetly, inaccurately report
ed to his and the congregations injury.
''There are many here who will say,
How that hits so-andso y excepting them
selves. Now we are probably all more or
less guilty of this sin. Let me entreat all,
therefore, to apply to their own words and
practice this Injunction: Let US learn to
be more on our guard in respect to this
fault, for we often overlook the injustice
and abuse likely to flow from it. Let US
bear in mind the golden rule; for if we
consider it wrong to have our own words
to reach ears they were not intended for,
let US not be guilty of so unkind an act
ourselves. Let US practice manliness and
womanliness and shun the cowardice
which stabs a friend in the back and puts
on a friendly mask to his face. ."-Neo
York Herald.
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ALWAYS HOOK UP.

In crossing rushing stream do not look
down. Everything there is swirl, and
change, and roar. Your head grows diz-
~, your heart grows sick. your eyes burn
and turn and grow dim. You fall. There
is nothing stable to make your foot firm
and bring you peace. Look up. If it is
day, the blue sky is quiet and sure. If it
is night, the serene stars smile quietly
down upon you with their steady light.
You are soon over safely on the other side.
In crossing Times raging flood on the
narrow foot-log of the years, do. not look
look down to the changing, fretting, boil
ing feelings, passions and desires in your
own heart-you will grow dizzy and fall.
there to fix your eyes upon. Look up.
The sky is blue and the stars are bright
and shine with steady glow. Look to
Jesus. Our help is in him. Take your
weary eyes from off the changing waters
and swirling floods. Lift them up to
"the hills from whence cometh my help"
Think less of selfand more of Christ. All
attempts to walk over safely to Eternity
without Him who is 'the way, the truth
and the life," will be in vain. We slip,
We fall, we are swallowed up in the
floods-we are lost forever. Look up, not
down. Look forward, not behind. The
outlook to the skies is ever open and brings
sweetest rest
An ancient philosopherasked a friend to
visit him and see his garden. When the
friend came he found the philosopher
walking in a little highwalled space in
the rear of his house. When he found
that this space was the garden he was dis
appointed. But the philosopher said to
him: Despise not my garden for though
wondrous high. 1t reaches to the skies.
Look up!
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IMPERTINENCE OF LITTLE MINDs.-I
am free to confess that 1 love old clothes,
boots, hat and everything else, simply be-
cause I dislike the unmannerly remarks
of those I meet. So long as you wear
old clothes you are all right. But put on
a new suit and you run the gauntlet of
criticism. Everybody has something to
say about it, Let your beard grow and
you have 100 reflections. Cut it off and
you have 1000 more. Now, all this does
not arise so much from Intentional imper-
tinence as gossipy surprise. The common
mind hates innovation in creed, politics
or dress. TO escape criticism you must
avoid change and be an every day man.
Most people like light talk and so are in
terested in trihes. Half the so called wit
in ordinary conversation is personal allu-
sion. A true gentleman dosn't ask you
where you bought your hat or why you
do not shave. The scholar does not eth
er. The ordinary man will, because he
has little thought beyond his pantaloons.
Lancaster Examiner.
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weired sort of beauty and sweet voice,
that went straight to Johns heart. =,
AS gently as possible, he told her what

Welred sort OF beauty ana SWEEP VolCo,
that went straight to Johns heart.
AS gently as possible, he told her what
had occurred. =, :,
II am glad he is dead. He was called
nv guardian, but he starved and abused
me, kept me prisoner in the cellar, and
my money locked in an iron box-ten
thousand dollars. There it is," pointing
to the closet. "You may have it all, II
YOU will take me away from here" ana
She struggled to her feet. "Ugh don't
want to look at him." she said, averting
her face. ,,
Certainly not, my dear child!" said
John, stepping forward, and covering the
hideous face with his handkerchief. Iurn-
ing again toward her, a sudden impulse
seized him.
II will take you away from here.take
good care of you and your money-l1 you
will marry me-" he said: :,
She looked at him critically for a mo-
ment from under her long, black lashes,
and then said, simply:
Eyes, will"
The tragedy made only one more turn
in the always shifting kaleidoscope OF
New York crime. John NeWcomb's real
connection with it was never suspected !;
and, feeling innocent of the mans blood,
he made no special effort to implicate
himself. The murderers could not be
identified, but the ''pirates' retreat" was
immediate ly broken up.
John took his girl-wife and her ten
thousand dollars, which he found safe IN
the iron bo.r, and went West. Her phys
ical health was thus restored, and Johns
moral healtl, also. -,
Years afte erward, in the Western wilds,
he was forced to witness the execution
of a couple of horse thieves, condemned by
the stern court of Judge Lynch. And
when he recognized in them his two com
psnions of that terrible night, he felt that
if horse-stealing did not deserve capital
punishment, these two were only at last
getting their lust deserts.
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PERSONALITIES AND ILL-REPORTs.-
Keep clear of personalities in general con-
versations, says DR.. John Hall. Talk of
things, objects, thoughts. The smallest
minds occupy themselves with personali-
ties. Personalities may sometimes be
talked, because we have to learn and find
out mems characteristics for legitimate
objects; but it is to be with confidential
persons. Do not needlessly report i'll of
others. There are times when we are
compelled to say,"I do not think Bouncer
true and honest man." But when there
is no need to express an opinion, let poor
Bouncer swagger away. Others will take
his measure, no doubt, and save you the
trouble of analyzing him and instructing
them. And as far as possible dwell on the
good side of human beings. There are
family boards where constant process of
depreciating, assigning motives, and cut
ting up character goes forward. They are
not pleasant places. One who is healthy
does not wish to dine at dissecting table.
There is evil enough in man, God knows!
But it is not the mission of every young
man and woman to detail and report it
all. Keep the atmosphere as pure as pos
sible, and fragrant with gentleness and
charity.
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RAALBEK'S GRAND RUINS.

Baabek, the almost prehistoric city,
presents to the traveller magnificent ruins,
''footprints on the sands of time," left by
a people whose history is veiled in uncer-
tainty. The standard guide books and the
available books of travel are either too in
definite in regard to those ruins, or so con-
Trajectory as to be quite valueless. The
name Baal is said to belong to the Semitic
family of languages, and to have reference
to the worship of the sun, or other person
fled powers Of nature. No written re-
cords of Baalbeck appear, according to
Baldeken, before the second or third
century Of our era. From the records OF
Phpnician history it is not improbable
that the temples date from the epoch en-
braced in the years HOO to 1900 B. c.,
this being consistent with their apparent
religious use, and likewise confirming
their reputed architectural splendor. This
would make the age of these ruins three
thousand years or more. They are, there
fore, contempory with the original Temple
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A SWEET VOICE.-There is no power
of love so hard to get and keep as kind
voice. A kind hand is deaf and dumb.
It may be rough in flesh and blood, yet do
the work Of soft heart, and do it with a
soft touch. But there is no one thing that
love so much needs as sweet voice, to tell
what it means and feels, and it is hard to
get and keep it In the right tone. One
must start in youth and be on the watch
night and day, at work, at play, to get and
keep voice that shall speak at all times
the thought of kind heart. But this is
the time when sharp voice is most apt to
be got. You often hear boys and girls say
words at play with quick, sharp tone, as
if it were the snap of whip. When one
of them gets vexedyou will hear a voice
that sounds as if it were made up of a
snarl, whine and bark. Such voice
often speaks worse than the heart feels. It
shows more ill-Will in the tone than in the
words. 1t is often in mirth that one gets a
voice or tone that is sharp and sticks to
him through life, and stirs up ill-will and
grief, and falls like drop of gall on the
sweet joys at home. Such as these get q
sharp home voice for use, and keep their
best voice for those they meet elsewhere.
1 would say to all boys and girls: "Use
your best voice at home" Watch it day
by day as pearl of.great price, for it will
be worth to you in daysto come more than
the best pearl hid in the sea. A kind
voice is a lark song to hearth and home.
It is to the heart what light is to the eye.
Jewish Messenger.
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Then Griselda seemed to awaken from
"My child" she asked, excitedly.

"My child !" she asked, excitedly.
"He is gone," replied Charlotte.
Griselda flew to the chamber, where she
had left him. There stood the little era
die where he had lain, but the cradle was
empty.
"Who has taken him away?" cried
Griselda, sinking upon her knees and
stretching her hands in agony to heaven:
"Death took him away but an hour ago, u
said the nurse.
Then Griselda thought of his fevered
face and of his pitiful little means and
sighs-of the guileful batteries of Ambi'
ton that had deafened the mothers ears
to the pleadings of her sick babe-of the
brilliant theatre and the applause OF
royalty, and of the last moments of her
lonely child.
And Griselda arose and tore the kingly
Jewels from her breast and threw them far
from her and cried:
"Oh, God, this is my punishment! ]
am alone ~
"Nay, not so, oh, mother" said a sol:
ema voice; .ssL - saIazsi am With thee and Will
Griselda turned and looked upon the
tall, gloomy figure that approached heI
with these words.
It was the Spirit of Eternal Sorrow.
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LAUGHING AND SHOUTING.-There

LAUGHING AND SHOUTING.-There is
no question but that plenty of laughter
and even a great deal of shouting would
contribute largely to vigorous health and
longevity. Laughter is so hearty with
some persons that they laugh from top to
toe, it is real shaking laugh giving every
tissue of the body healthful motion, and
everyone witnessing it enjoys it. 1t is
catching. 1t preserves health, is an e4-
cellent prevention of disease and saves US
from the decrepitude of old age. If one
could 20 into grove and shout for half an
hour three times week there would be
no medicine like it. The practice of
laughing mechanically is excellent for the
health. 1t might be made matter of ed
ucation, the same as talking or singing.
1t is cure for the illness of the mind as
we'll as the body. Children should never
be checked from q reasonable amount Of
noise making. We should never get be-
yond the hearty enjoyment of innocent
games and plays. Laughing gives the
lungs full play which keeps them strong.
If you laugh sometimes at the expense of
your dignity, the gain will greatly exceed
the loss.-Healh and Home.
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SENSE SYMPATHY

Some experiments reported by Nature
as having taken place in Vienna 60 to
show that the senses act upon co-opera-
tive plan, and are mutually helpful in
their work. 1t was found that the awaken
ing of any one sense gave quickened ac-
tion to the others. The discovery brings
to light a sympathy and unity of action
which supports the view that our senses
are only varieties of one general sense of
touch. 1t was found, for instance, that
sensation of hearing sharpened the sight.
Colored plates were placed at such a dis
tance thatone could hardly distinguish the
colors, and then sounds were produced.
The colors became generally more distinct
in proportion as the sounds grew higher.
So, too, it was found that words could be
made out at distance while the ear was
affected by sound, although they had pre-
viously been indistinguishable.
In similar way sight reacts upon the
hearing. 1t is found that red and green
colors which tend to startle vision increase
quickness of hearing. On the other hand ,
blue and yellow, which are quiet colors,
produce the opposite effect. Different mu-
sicians, however, find the sense of hearing
variously affected by different colors.
The same law of sympathy governs the
green colors, or the higher notes of music
have tendency to make larger part of
the surface of the tongue sensitive, and
equally to affect the action of the sense OF
smell. In this view of the matter a we'll
decorated dinner-table, fragrant flowers
and pleasant music, do really increase the
palate's enjoyment of good dinner. The
conclusion naturally to be drawn from
these results is that the quickening of any
one sense must give increased activity not
only to any other sense, but to all the 9TH
ers combined. The reason this unity of
action escapes our notice is that our atten-
tion is divided, being given to but one
sensation at time.
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HoBsoN's CHoICE.-Thomas Hobson
was born in 1914 he was for sixty years q
carrier between London and Cambridge
conveying to and from the University,
letters and packages, also passengers. In
addition to his express business, he had a
livery stable and let horses to the Univer-
sity students. He made it q rule that all
the horses should have according to their
ability, proper division of work and rest.
They were taken out in regular order, as
they stood, beginning with the one near
est the door. No choice was allowed, and
if any man refused to take the animal as
signed him he might 90 without any.
That That G! or none; Hence the phrase Hob
In the spring of 1880, the plague broke
out in England. The colleges of Cam
bridge were closed, and among the pre-
cautions taken by the authorities to avoid
infection, Hobson was forbidden to 90 to
London. 60. .r
He died in January, 1881, partly, it is
said, from anxiety and fretting at his en-
forced leisure. Hobson was one of the
wealthiest citizens of Cambridge, and
did much for the benefit of the city to
which he left several legacies. His death
called forth many poems from the men,
bers Of the University, officers and stu
dents, among them two by the poet Milton,
then student at Christ's College, Vide
AUdke.
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Seletted gaetrg.

MERCIES.
Mercies are silently falling
Into our cup each day;
Softly they come, like snowflakes,
And noiselessly melt away;
Mercies like angel-messengers
From our good father above,
To brighten and gladden. our life
With whispered words Of love;
Mercies unnumbered, countless
As the stars which spangle the sky
Tightening the evening Of life m.
With heavenly lullaby;
Mercies of life and reason;
Of friendship, love and health;
Mercies of Gods providing,
Richer than jewels Of wealth.
May we be given grace
With grateful hearts to see
Thy memories, oh! our God,
And use them unto Thee.