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Msdiriaai.
IFRIGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.

-iupsIntense. Head nearly raw.
sa ''.', covered with Sores. Cured by
~ .,ntIeurA Remedies
i"' .rsrHESs \ BsuSER, Monroe, n. C.
~. ,..y.--Abont two months ago, on your
ma ,,FatinR. I bought y bottle Ot Cuticura
r1ol.''.t one rOX CutlcUra Sslvc, and one cake
Etso.N - snap y nv son, aged thirteeR years
o. VG.... S,,an afflicted with eczema for n long
$40 "a sTl ara pleased 10 say that believe the
EnlA ~. ST. sys cu, ell him. His Suheriogs were
't1cl' - bsai heing nearly raw, his ears be-
a'ees, sXcep. the gristle, and his body being
ioS SII' I'm Snres. His condition was trishttul
V,eINI ThgSe sores have now all disappeared,
DoShT"i healthy, eyes bright, cheerful IN dis
ss ! San aud is working every day, Ny neigh,
p0''o4.. ,,it0e>seS To this remarkable cue and
h'> ~ IN, ones are requested 10 call or write
1e. OF s"S VIM. 5. STEPHENSON.
,,..u.nr,,cr P. O., Union Co, n. e.
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FiNNCE AID TRADE.

Money at 2sPer Uent.-Govarnments Dull
and Stead-Stocks HIgher-Flour Quiet
and steadywheat Dull.
NEw YoB May Mooney on call
easy, rangingrcm to per cent. last
loan at % ptcent.; closed offered at q
per cent. prize mercantile paper 5a6 per
cent; foreignIehange quiet and weak at
4S6siS6t.
lSnyRRNNRhu- nnll and ataadv
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MUSTANG IMMINENT

MEXICAN MUSTANG LruMESr consuers SfAvH2
SCRATCHES and SPRAISs In HoRsEs and MULES /,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-02

,..-.-.r,. the grest skin Cure. and CUrICURA
@ psd 70 Sc H. nS Sx'T RI6a pS and Cu5 I'll
I'm, s-ra positive cure for every form OF
t.,,' Sl,,d disease, from piuples 10 Scrolula.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-02

.a,ryrryvncrc. Price, CUTICURA, Soc; soar.
lsNr, 81. Prepared by the PorrEE
5ss As aShREAL CO , ESNE skic Mas DISEASES E,
- Illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
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MUSTANG EMINENT

MExICANMUsTAEG IMMINENT, for Man and
BEAST. Greatest Curative discovery ever made
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CLEVELAND & PTITSBURa r. r.

Under schedule IN effect January ~, 1855. tfains
leave Bridgeport, Ohio, Central standard Time:
D. m. For Pittsburgh, io:i7 a. M Fot Wells lis
vile, Ala p. N. Far Steubenville, 8:SS a. m
For Martins Ferry, 6:45 a. m. Trains arrive 81
Bridgeport at 7:b3 a. m ln:32 q. NJ. 2:ts p. m,
tA p. M, b:H D. N, and 7:i7 D. m. my17
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MUSTANG MNIMEf

MEXICAN MUSTANG LNiMENr cures al
meuts of HORSES. MULES and CATTLE Rub
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WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS,

,,,prvS black heads, chapDei and oily skin
,-sr,nt,,l by CUrTCUEA MEDICArED Soar.
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.ATAR III
CAT ARRH

So disease OF The mucous membrane, generAlly
sy,ySnatipr In the uEsAl paSSsy., aud maintain
ins - stronghold in the k5Si. from This Joint
t..nis forth a ppisCrcrs virus into the stomach
E1i through the digestive organs, cOEfupnng the
nIooi and producing OtheJ Troublesome anc
dangerous symptoms.
ApSr,iele Is applied into each poStrn and Is
S7rr.she. Price % cents at druggists by mall
,sys;,sy.f 60 cs.nts ELY BROTHERS.. No. 2S5
E,aaap,ch street. New York. tSIeoirAg
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MUSTANG Eminent

MExUAN MUSTANG EINfNESr rsosed' N
,,vea many a valuable Horse and Mules limbs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-02

OHIO RIVER RAILROAD.
Time Table t,king effect April sth, 1853. Pas
sengef trains win run - fDll6ws-CentsA Time.
All trains daily except those marked thus I
which do no. run on Bunday:
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OfROfnnnHl

CINCINNATI, o., May LOTION
Steady and quiet. Flour-Strong. Wheat
Strong and higher; No. 2 red sSias9c;
receipts 1, 700 bushels; shipments 500 bush
els. Steady; No. 9 mixed 56aa57c.
Oats-Firm; No. 9 mixed 3aia35c- Rye
Quiet; No. CSC. Pork-Firm at S14 so.
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BALTIMORE, Nd, May Wheat
Western quiet and firmer; No. 2 winter
red spot 90aa904e; May 90sa90ic; June
9lla9l &c; July 9lsI9llc. Corn-western
dull but steady; mixed spot 63a63lc; May
6Ola6Oac; June 60a00ac. Oats-Firm;
western white 43a44c; do mixed 41si2c.
Rye-Firm aud higher at 75asQe. Hay
Firm; prime 10 choice western SIS 50a
II 90. Provisions Qaiet and unchanged.
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GovKRNMRs-Dull and steady.
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EIY'S

CleanSSs tns
Nasal Passa-
Vos,AllaysPair
and InfGrnnlA-
ton. Heals the
SOsos. Restores
the Senses o.
Tas / q O n G
Smell
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gnaiius DonnsIly's Book Soon Reiis for
the Public.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04

IT is astonishing with what rapidity
a farm in Barber county, Kansas, can
be placed under cultivation, and how
1t will pay for such cultivation, and a
handsome prof. besides. from the start.
We will cite as an instance farm be-
longing to w. w. Cook of this city.
The farm is prairie land, situated a
short distance north of Hazelton. MIR.
Cook had 107 acres of sod broke there
on, paying S2 per acre for the plowiDg.
Then he purchased millet seed and had
50 acres planted, paying cash for the
work. Then he contracted for the cut
ting and stacking, and found when he
had it all in good shape, that he had 156
tons. by measurement. This miilet
hay he sold ON the ground to w. w.
Fain at $3.50 per ton. The total of
S546 paid for breaking the l07 acres and
all other work. and for the seed, and
left balance of over 500 to the credit
of the farm. 1t must be remembered
that this was ON sod. which is never so
good as ground that has been worked
a year or two.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04

CIIAs. ARTERBURN lives live and one
half miles southwest of Medicine
Lodge, In Barber county, Kansas. Mr..
Arterburn came to the county in 1878
without any money and went TO work
on the range; I'm other words. worked
on the cattle ranches that were plenti-
ful I'm this country at that time. MIR.
Arterburn did not care for land at that
time, as Government land was then 50
plentiful that 1t was no object so
he worked with stock and at his trade
-carpentering-until 1884, when he
married aud settled on his present place,
which he has proved up and improved
some. Ills farm consists of 1885
acres is fenced aud cross fenced most
all tillable land; young, growing or
chard OF apple, peach aud other fruit
trees; - acres ofground in a good state
Of cultivation and he will break out
more this year. Much Of the time since
settling ON his farm he has worked at
his trade and as a consequences has not
50 much land cultivated as others. lie
has head OF cattle, 3horses, ard hogs,
chickens, etc. He values his place at
e, 100 and would not take that amount
In cash, rs be expects to make II his
home. has IL clear and does not have 10
sell. This is not bad showing for four
years uork-about 81 .oooa year clear.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
GOVERNMENT LAND.

Barber county is embraced in the
Usage Diminished Reserve and lands
here are disposed of by the government
under the pre-emption law, only. That
is, a settler can locate on tract of not
more than l60 acres and file his declara-
tion of intention to pre-empt the same.
AT the end of six months on making
proof of his settlement on and cultiva-.
tion of the land, under certain restric-
tions, he can pay one-fourth of the pur-
chase money the government requires,
$l.25 per acre, or $50 on his quarter sec
ton. He then pays the balance in in
stallments of $50 every year. or he can
pay the full amount at first and save
interest. He can not get patent un-
der two years from date of settlement.
OF the TBS, 900 acres in the county, it is
now estimated that but $4,000 remain
vacant. Much of this is, of course,
broken and unfit for cultivation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
church organizations, the usual secret

church organizations, the usual secret
orders, including G. A. r. Post Sun
City is supposed to be in the heart of
the coal banks known to exist in Bar
Der county and prospect holes are being
bored now. Near the town coal out
groupings have been discovered and the
citizens there are confident that there are
millions of buried wealth surrounding
them. Sun City will have railroad as
soon as the work of extension has again
been commenced by the great systems.
Land can be purchased on reasonable
terms surrounding Sun City, and lots in
the town can be procured almost for
nothing if the purchaser will agree to
build ON them.
Deerhead is post-office near the
western line of the county, in the midst
of productive and desirable section.
The town is already a good trading
point for western Barber county. Deer
head does not expect TO be a metro
polls. but substantial country village.
Isabel .is a railroad station twelve
miles north of Medicine Lodge, on the
G. X. & w. railroad, 1t is in Valley
township, one of the richest and best in
the county. Pratt county, north of Is
abel, will eventually make Isabel one
of its most important trading points.
Elm Mills is a lovely location for a
town, fourteen miles northwest of Med
icine Lodge, on Elm creek, and there is
the celebrated Elm Creek mills, a large
establishment that supplies flour to a
half dozen counties. The mills are run
by natural water power, the best to-
day in Kansas. 1t is predicted here
now that the water power at Elm Mills
will some day turn the wheels of inn
mense manufacturing establishments,
and that the town will be the home of
thousands of Industrious mechanics.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
ULTIMATE VALUE OF BA RBEh
COUNTY LAND.

We maintain that the test of the val
ne, real value, of land throughout the
county will finally be it's capacity t,
grow corn, and that this will be further
enhanced or diminished by climati,
and other conditions favorable or un.
favorable to stock-feedIng. Why?
Wheat can not, in any form for thu
markets of the world, be greatly reduced
imbulk, and must meet, in competition
the wheat grown by the ryot of India
the former ''serf'' OF Russia, or the still
greater production of the new wheat
lands being opened on the La Plata, iii
South America.
But with corn it is different. This
grain may be so condensed as to practi
cally annul distance in transportation
10y being converted into beef, pork o.
mutton; and nowhere are the facilities
for rearing cattle, and proper conditions
of soil and climate for raising large
quantities of corn, more intimatel,
combined than here. And there is this
further advantage that either may be
done at minimum of cost. In an or
binary year corn may be raised and
cribbed for n cents per bushel. 1t may
be because it has been.
1t is admitted on all sides that a steer
may be made good three or four year
cid, ready for the feeder" at less ex-
pense than nearly anywhere else. Then
let us take eighty head of feeders" on
on our prairies-and the feeder in Ohio.
central New York or Pennsylvania oh
tains his cattle either by first or second
hand from these very pastures. These
would be freighted as stock cattle il.
four cars, or as beef-cattle in i've. We
have difference of one car freight OF
the eighty head of steers; but 5000
bushels of corn have been fed. And il
is simply spipping 5000 bushels of corn
in a car designed to hold but 500. Let
the freight on corn to the sea-board-
for iIlustrftlOn only-be twenty cent?
per bushel, in feeding, there, the freight
would be only II cents. What can the
farmer in central Ohio do, in competi-
ton with this What further advan
tage do we gain ? Our late fails. mild
winters and early springs. Think OF
the feeder on the sea-board, with two
feet of snow in March, and stock in
Barber county at the same date sub
sisting on our wild grasses. An acre OF
land, in our climate, that will grow as
much corn as an acre in Ohio, is worth.
so far as net returns are concerned,
more than the same ground, with the
same yield in Ohio. And the farmer
like the balance of mankind, is ''after''
net results. LANDS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
BARBER COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA.

This is the motto of Kansas, ITO The Stars
Through Difficulties"
Where once the Indian skuIked tO see his foe
And herds of bison Numbered DER the plain
We've made great fields of rustling corn tn grow
And clothed our pHiries with our waving grain
Where once the coyote howlcd his hideous notcs
We sound the whistle of the engineer;
And where the cacti spread their thorny coats
We've made the flowers to blossom year by year.
Where once the prairie dog his dug-out made,
We've reared the school house for our boys anG
girls;
And where the thorn tree threw its scanty shade
We gather apples beauteous as pearls.
We've made the desert blossom as the rose,
Our herds are ding ON ten thousand hills,
The rushing river to the sea that flows
At our behest delays To turn our mills.
o! Kansas! Bright and beautiful and grand,
Nor spot por stain thy wondrous beauty mars.
The fairest sister in that sparkling hand,
Thou'rt ever mounting upward to the stars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
COME TO KANSAS.

If you are an old man, with the fire
dying out of your limbs; if you are
looking at the gray clouds overhead,
aud longing for a land where your fa-
ding life may pass away III peace, come
to. Kansas. Here the sky is as blue.as
the sky OF Italy; the air is full of fra
GRANGE; the land echoes with the voices
of happy thousands who work beneath
the glimmer of the stars.
II you are Young man, toilIn9 on as
your fathers toiled, In the worn out and
barren deserts of the east if you would
like to live where the soil rewards the
tiller; where the grain sparkles and
waves in the morning dew, and swells
in the cribs in the fall where the very
air breathes energy, strength and hap
piness; if you would like to live where
honest labor is rewarded, where the
banner of prosperity waves, and the
scepter of starvation crosses the line
into another state, come to Kansas.
If you are young woman, full of
golden visions, and would like to live
where your dreams may become real :;
where you can pick up husband on
every section line, come to Kansas.
There never was such a country for
the best brand of husbands. They run
loose on the streets and you meet them
everywhere. If you want one, put on
your beautiful garments, oh, daughters
of the east, and come to Kansas.
The country is filling up rapidly !;
they come In by old covered wagons {;
they come in by the rafting train they
come Oh foot and they come OIL horse
back. Before many months every quar-
ter-sectiOn will have house ON it, and
the hills that now know only the SPAN
gled COW, will echo to the tread of the
book agent as civilization sweeps on
ward.
This is the country where the sun
used to shine all summer, and the earth
dried up like brick in a hot furnace !;
where the hot winds swept up with
their deadly breath, and before them
the wheat withered and the corn fell.
Now the sun takes rest of an hour or
two. and gives the rain chance. The
hot winds have gone to New Jersey,
and the face of the earth seems to glow
with beauty and health, and the people
who live in this marvellous country go
around congratulating each other, and
trying to analyze their gladness. Even
the dogs are so overcome with Joy, that
they catch the hydrophobla, and 90 into
Mysteries over it.
Our cities are growing; the railroads
change their time tables every week to
accommodate new cities that were not
on the last one issued. There isn't a
man idle who wants to work. Farmers
pump water for their cattle with wind
mills, and do their plowing sitting on
spring seats. In the east they carry
water from the nearest creek, and walk
behind plOw until they have no dis
tinct idea whether they are showing the
T, machine or the horses are pulling it.
The man who can't thrive and grow
rich in Kansas would starve in ba-
kerry. If you want to see how much
truth this will assay to the line, come
to Kansas, and don't stop till you reach
Barber county, the king of all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
INDUSTRIES.

Most of the population of Barber
county is engaged In farming and stock
raising combined. There are thousands
of acres of land. uninclosed, and tins is
used by the farmer for grazing his
stock, while he cultivates his enclosure
or saves the grass therein for winter
range. 1t would be foolishness to say
that every foot of the county can be cul-
tivated, for not more than three-fourths
can be; but the remainder can be, and
is, grazed by cattle twelve .months in
the year. These same hills are suited
for vineyards, too, and produce fruit
unexcelled in flavor. Whether man
devotes his entire energies to tilling the
soil and raising grain, for which he can
get the very highest prices. or if he en-
gage in the cattle industry. he can make
more money here than in any country
in the world.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
COME WEST, YOUNG NAM

Come to Barber county because we
have the most fertile and beautiful land
in the state; because you can raise any
crop you wish to grow; because it is un-
surpassed for stock raising and dairying;
because you can raise more grain with
less work; because your land is rapidly
enhancing in value; because we never
have a failure of crops; because our
soil is of such composition that it will
stand more drouth and at the same time
more rain than any other county in the
United States; because we have pure
running water; because our drainage is
perfect; because we have healthy
climate; because we have excellent high
ways; because we can raise any kind Of
fruit; because we have good railroad
facilities. connecting us with the east;
because we can plant in season or out
of season and raise good crop; because
we have a live, wide-awake, industrious
class of people; because our laws are
wholesome and good; because our
schools are thoroughly organized, our
teachers efficient and our school build
ings models OF neatness; because society
is rs good as to be found anywhere in
the east; because we have better land
for less money than you can get any
where else; because Medicine Lodge,
the county seat, is the incest and best
city in Southern Kansas because Bar
ber county holds out inducements that
are excelled by none; because Barber
county is one of the best grain growing
and stock raising counties in the state;
because we know you will be pleased
with Sunny Kansas" and most of all
with beautiful Barber county.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04

WALDO Nj. CASs resides in Cedar
township, Barber county, Kansas, and
is the owner 160 acres of land that is
fenced and cross-fenced, and has S5
acres under splendid cultivation. Last
year Mr.. Cass had 60 acres in corn and
several acres in millet, and las. winter
fed 145 head of cattle and horses and
80 hogs. OF this stock IL head OF cattle.
10 head of horses and the hogs, be-
longed to him; the balance he was
feeding for other parties. Mr.. Cass
thinks the prospect for good crop in
'8S are splendid, and says he has in 20
acres of oats and will plant 100 acres
of corn and Is acres of millet. The
farm briefly described above is all prai-
rie land, almost every foot of which can
be cultivated the house. stabling, ETC.,
are good and substantial, a five acre
orchard of general fruit trees is getting
along nicely, garden is already plant
ed for this year and generally speak
ing the farm is in good shape and is a
representative of hundreds OF other
farms in our county. MIR. Cass values
his farm, exclusive of stock. at 5000
and does not want to sell. The above
will seem little strange when it is
stated that Mr.. Cass came to this coun-
ty from Iowa little over four years
ago, bringing with him his wife.
team, wagon and harness, some house
hold furniture and $2.27 in money. He
settled upon a claim, worked hard and
lived frugaIly, and as consequence is
rapidly growing wealthy. Write to
him If you wish the above substantiat-
ed or want information from practice
al farmer IN Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04

What a change in twenty-six years
1t seems hardly possible, but the above
figures present an array of facts unde-
niable.
Our rich and cheap lands, our splen-
did climate, our progressive people are
not the only incentives to the people of
older states looking for homes in Kan
sas. Our wise and liberal laws have
attracted thousands here. A safeguard
is thrown around the head of every
family by the homestead law. Kansas
has banished the dramshop, and it is this
fact above many other inducements that
has given to Kansas the most intelli-
gent, most temperate and the most pro-
gressive citizenship of the older sect
ions.
Kansas offers to the investor a rich
return for the capital invested; to the
manufactures fine field for operation;
TO the business man unequaled oppor-
tunities; to the farmer the richest soil
on the continent; and to the home
seeker a civilization as advanced and
progressive as can be found on the con-
tinent,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
OUR CHURCHES.

1t seems to be the idea of great
many eastern people that the far west
ern towns are destitute of church privi-
leges. remember when first thought
of leaving Vermont for the west, the
great objection had to encounter with
my people, was. ''your family will not
have the religious influences around
them that they have here" l am pleased
to say that after five years residence in
the west, would much rather bring up
my family out here in Kansas, than i'm
Vermont.
Medicine Lodge in no exception to the
towns of Kansas. Churches and school
houses are one of the prominent fea-
lures of the Kansas towns. Here you
will find Nj. E. church society, with
brick church in which to worship.
though too small for the present con-
gregation, but they contemplate build
ing in the near future. Their cosy par
sonage is located in the grounds ad-
Joining the church. The -Sabbat h
school is growing beyond the capaci-
ty OF their seating room. The members
ofthe Ladies' Aid Society of the church,
are good workers.
The Presbyterians, numbering over
sixty members, have a fine congrega-
tion and Sabbath school, with much
larger church building than the Metho-
dist. They have good, live Ladies'
Aid Society. Rev. j. G. McElroy is the
pastor.
The Christian socity have a good
brick church--though somewhat small.
The membership isquite large for anew
community. The Sunday school is in
a prosperous condition. The Willing
Workers are great help to this society.
The parsonage has been much enlarged
during the past year, making it a COM
Portable home Tor their pastor, Elder
w. III. EmbrY.
The Baptists have recently organized
society and engaged the Rev. w. a..
Cain, to be their pastor.
The Catholics have services here oc-
casionalIy.
The religious and moral element will
compare with any town east or west.
During the last winter large additions
were made to the Methodist, Presbyte-
rian and Christian churches.
REy. r. SANDEHs0N.
N. e. Pastor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-04
TAXABLE WEALTH.

The taxable wealth of Barber county
as shown by the returns of the town
ship assessors for the year 1887 was
S3,3O7 ,OlS, and to this was added the
taxable valuation Of the railroads
making the aggregate wealth S3. 800. 600
Then there were but twelve municipal
townships; but since then FIVE addition
al have been formed. The taxable
wealth was held i'm 1887 as follows: