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stick to Your Party.
'Stick to your party!"


stick to your party!"
Don't 60 into politics!"
Yes, stick till the last COW is mort
gagged or the sheriff gets the harness
onto you, and shows you over the hills
to the poor house.
Yes. stick until wheat is twenty-five
cents bushel and corn nickel, and
you are not worth penny.
Yes, stick until your children grow
old enough to discover that their father
voted slavery upon them and curse you
as an idiot.
Oh, yes, stick until Pinkerton's army
comes to discipline you and make you
take your med cine in silence, while in
answer to your prayers for relief silver
is demonetized, the gold standard es-
tablished and the gold shipped to
Europe.
Stick, boys. until your teeth and hair
drop out Of their places, and still rum
BILE out between your gums praises Of
the dear old party that made life on
earth one long punishment for you and
yours Iowa Tribune.
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NO. 24.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCES.

AIR: WAIT FOR THE WAGON"
Come, all ye honest farmers.
And help to right the wrcng;
Come, join the Farmers Union,
And push the cause along
The trusts and politicians
Have formed q mighty ring,
They rule the land with iron
Monopoly Is kingi
Come. Join the Alliancei
Join the Alliaacei
Join the Alliancei
And help to right our wrongs.
From pine clad Maine TO Texas,
From East and West. and South,
From Huron's heaving waters,
To Mississippfs mouth,
Is heard aswelling a mnrmur,
A low, but ominous sound
The farmer hosts are gathering
Upon the battle gronndi
Our fifteen million farmers
Are rising in their might;
They're girding on their armor.
And training for the fight;
They II teach the politician
In legislative hall,
They must respect the farmer,
Who clothes and feeds them ALL
Mount Zion, Pa f. GRu MBINE.
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An Absurdity.

The Colorado Democratic State con-
vention opened their exercises with
three cheers for Grover Cleveland, the
dyed-in-the-wool enemy of silver, and
then proceeded to pass free coinage res
olutions. for the purpose of deceiving
the voters Think of the friends of the
free coinage of silver cheering for cleye-
landi What an absurdityi Silver men
will not be deceived BY it-Exchanee.
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Rarhsr County Omeers.
POSTAL.

pos,ofice at Medicine Lodge open from A
L d, PM Sundays one hour on arrival OF mail.
Money order, open A. NJ. TO P NJ. Satur,
days p. o. open until p. NJ. Eastern mai
"'''09 l.. NJ. AxhINE, p. NJ.
IT A. BROWN Assistant.
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-chauncey Chase Captain. q the

-Chauncey Chase Captain. q the,
hunt-seyereiy)- knew Just
what would happen whom Ponsonby
invited that Englishman to Join rs"
Ponsonby (feeblyl-.'Why. captain, he's
q regular fox hunter, and" Chauncey
Chase lsavagely)-.I know iti He has,
killed our fox and broken up the ciubE''.
-Lippincott's. ,
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CHURCHES.

DAPTTST-Preacning each sunday at II a.
DIM and at go p. m, at the courthouse. sun
day school at 10 o'clock, q m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. W. a.
Cain, Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave-
and Cherry Streets.
STIAN.-Preaching every Sunday at
~ IL o'clock, a. M, and 1880 p. M, by Elder
j. z. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night Sunday school at 10 o'clocka m.
every Sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sonage study at the chapel,
METHODIST EPIsCoPAL:--servicese every
N1 Sunday at IL 100 a. m. and 80 p. m: Sun
lay school every Sunday at 10 a. m. Prayer
.neetin- every Thursday evening at 80.
strangers invited. d. w. PHILLIPS, Pastor.
nRESBYTERIAN.-Se Services every Sunday at
7 IL a. m. and 1880 p. m: Sunday school at
M n. m. j. b. NOKTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
sunday of every month at Sherlock's hall, at
IO:OO a. m REV. BITTER Pastor.
n OERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
CI ular services at Mingona, Barber county
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second SUNDAY
Cedar Creek school house on the third sunday.
BY Elders Shamberger, Smith and Neher
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LIngered in Inc Pan.

Old Gentleman That young man
who calls on you is rather slow Of
speech. isn't be, Clara2
Clara-Why, not bit. What makes
you think so?
Old Gentleman-I noticed last night,
that it took him about forty-flve min.
utes TO say goodnight when he went to
the door to go.-Boston Herald.
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MORTGAGE INDEBTEDNESS.

synopiis of tho County Alliance Commit
tees Report of Mortgage Indebtedness of
Lyon County, Kan, as shown BY the
Records.
Number of uncanceled real estate
mortgages from January 1, 1885, to Sep
tember 1, 1890: First mortgages 4,555:
second mortgages. els; total 5.470, en-
numbering 8, 876 town and city lots, and
500, ,432 acres Of farming and other lands,
and calling for the sum of So. 724 $50 of
first mortgages, and for the sum of $780,
S63 of second mortgages on farming and
other lands; and for the sum of 81, 1885,
79s first mortgages on tow1 and city
lots, making total of $5,1l0. 291 of un-
Cancelled real estate mortgages from
January l, 1885. to September /, 1890,
period of five years and eight months.
Chattel mortgages fled for record
from January 1 to September /, 1890,
300; number of same released during
the same time, 179; number unreleased.
LII, calling for the sum of s47s, S6a
Whole number of unsatisAed mort
cages, real and chattel, 8, 5S1; amount
of same. S5, Sss. 660
Statement showing the percentage Of
Indebtedness to assessed valuation for
1890, etc:
Number Of acres of uncultIvated
lands. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. 964, 900
Number of acres of cultivated lands I4I,s73
Total. i.............,.,.... 6O6, ,67s
Assessed valuation of lands. ....... 81. ss4 1886
town lots. 100, s96
ASSESSED valuation Of personal pro-
..-....................... ,367 ,659
Asses ed valuation of railroad -. s6.i14
Percentage of lands mortgaged, 66 per
cent
Percentage of town lots mOrtgaged, %
per cent
Percentage of Indebtedness to total
assessed valuation, 70. 25 per cent
Percentage Of real estate mortgages
to assessed valuation, 100 per cent
Percentage of chattel mortgages to
assessed valuation of personal properly,
"a 25 per cent
Railroad Indebtedness is not included
In any part of this report
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TRANsFER LINE.

j. b. Gano is the manager OF the Sout
western Bus and Transfer Line. Buses ans.
baggage wagons meet every train. pasSenger
and freight, Delivers freight aud express l.,
any part of the city. Leave 0roers at the
Office of II. o. Brian, Or at the bus barn on
KansasaYenue, west.
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SOCIETIES.

a A F. A. M, Delta Lodge No. u
~ Regular communications, first and
" " third Saturday evenings in each
M month. All af1lating and non-athli-
sttDy masons I'm rood standing, cordially in
vtied 70 attend FRANK BEERS, w. N.
II. NJ. INGRAHAM, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 63, R. A. M, meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited
CHESTER l. LONG, FL. p.
u
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DELPHIA LODGE, No. 140, z. of p, meets on
Monday evening of each week. at the n. OF r.
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing lnVl-
Jed to attend. L. y. MOLLOH, " u
OTIs LoRToN, K. of r. & s.
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No: 49,
VI Lis % Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings in each month
Mrs EVA L. MERRELL, W. Nj.
MAMIE " o. BRYAN, Sec.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
WINTER CARE OF BEES.

There is but little opportunity IN win
ter to give bees attention, and the pro-
per time to put them in shape is during
the autumn months. Feeding should all
be done before cold weather sets in, and
they should be settled in their winter
quarters before real winter is at hand.
1t often occurs that winter overtakes us
with colonies that lack food. In such
Ceases we cannot possibly use syrup for
food, as the winter is too cold for the
bees to seal it over, and unsealed stores
will not serve properly for winter. The
moisture which always arises from the
bees in cold weather enters the unsealed
honey and dilutes it, making it very I'M
wholesome. Our only resort, therefore,
for feeding in cold weather is to make
candy and use it. This is a very good
and healthful food if properly made and
administered. It is made from granula-
ted sugar by melting it, adding a little
water-no more than will thoroughly
melt the sugar-when it Is boiled a few
minutes and poured out into cakes or
states of three or four pounds each.
When cool this becomes very hard, al
most like rock candy. In feeding this it
is placed on frames just I'VE the cluster
of bees where they can have access to it
at all times. When in this position it
receives the heat arising from the bees
and they remain on it all the time. 1t
is SO hard that it will last them a long
while. This candy may be given bees at
intervals during winter, and colonies
may be brought through in good shape
that would have otherwise persisted.
This, or any other work that is necessary
to do with bees in winter, should be
done on warm days. It will not do to
modest them on a cold day, but it should
always be done on days when the bees
are fying.-American 4grieuhmist.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
SETTING TREES.

The principal objection to setting out
trees in the fall is the damage that is
often done through the winter by thaw-
ing aud freezing. If, however, the work
is to be done, care must be taken to have
the soil well prepared. Plow well, and
harrow until in a good filth. In digging
Or preparing the places for the trees, be
sure there is plenty of room for the roots,
SO that they Gamble spread out evenly and
naturally.
The soil should,be well loosened up in
thsbottom. If manure is to be applied
around the trees, care should be taken to
INCORPORATE thoroughly with the soil. 1t
Is not1a good plan, where it can be
avoided Mo have manure to come into
direct connect with the roots of the trees,
unless it be compost. Keep the roots
moist and see tsdat they are not, or have
moi been, iniureesSb frost. Spread them
out evenly and flssin with dirt After
the roots are well q covered, tramp down
well so that the soil viii come in close
contact with xthe roots. Fill up well
around the stemA of the trees
Il good phan' is to makel . mound
around the tree as this will MOT only aid
to protect fromA injury by thaWing and
freezing, but ba a help in preventing
mice from do~ingiEhaajury.
Good drainage must IN all caseslbe fur-
nished. Never akcw water tosstand
around the roots oSASany kind 9 ifruit
plants. The surest S{an Of avoidinglthis
Il to provide good draEuneagge in the fall.
After the ground frea s, q good mulch
should be put around leach tree. Old
straw, hagasse, or corn fodder, are al
GOOD materials. AS this is applied g
keep the soil at as ever q temperature q
possible, rather than as q protection. !
will be hest not TO apply tooAeaTly Y az
until the ground freezes harda5 anogtnen
apply.
Protection must also be given against
rabbits, and this should be- applied early
generally when the t~reessaretset out
Ia order rs lessen the risk.
Al plat should always be made OF tbs
orchard ii setting out the trees, 50 tna4
III case the labels should set lost, Their
viii be no danger Of the names ct 81
varieties being entirely Ipst + th'
work II eh
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
THE YARD.

1t has been thought Tor many years,
says a writer in the Country Gentleman,
that broken oyster and clam shells, if
not necessary, were beneficial to fowls
whether laying or not, and-some pro-
fessional poultry keepers to the contrary
think they are, for my fowls when let
out, go for the pile of shells and eat
them as they would corn, and | think If
the shells were not of some service to
them they would not do that, and ! also
think they are good substitutes for sharp
gravel, which cannot always be got as
easy as shells. Again, l frequently have
read that a yard of fowls having no cock
with them would lay more eggs and be
less inclined to set than where there were
cocks, and as l thought that would be a
saving of feed | concluded to try it, and
in each experiment have lost more than
ten per cent. in number of eggs compared
with other yards under same circum-
stances, except the company of male
birds,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
legitimate medicine, not a beverage: care
fully compounded by an experienced Phy-
organization. It is purely vegetable in
composition and perfectly harmless in any
condition of the system. Contains no
alcohol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar
to ferment i'll the stomach and cerango
digestion.
AS an invigorating tonic, it imparts
strength to the whole system. Fcr over
worked, "~worn-out," "run-down," debili-
tated teachers, milliners, dressmak"rs, seam
stresses, "shop- girls" housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women generally, Dr.;
Piercets Favorite Prescription is the greatest
earthly boon; being unequaled as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
"Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
PROVIDE SHELTER FOR STOCK.

Every farmer who keeps stock should
see that they are protected from exposure
at this season. As a rule good stock,
good feed and good care go together, and
wherever you see animals only half fed
and with little or no care, you will see
poor stock. Good shelter lessons from
one-fourth to one-third the amount of
feed necessary to keep the stock in a
good condition, while better health and
thrift will be maintained, and the best of
stock will not thrive unless good care is
taken. If stock are we'll sheltered they
will not only do with less feed, but in the
spring they will come out with another
coat, looking sleek and thrifty; whereas,
the same stock if left during the winter
exposed to the stormy and frigid weather,
would not only require more feed, but
come out in the spring with their hairs all
rough and coarse-ethus presenting any
thing but a thriving and paying appear
ance. 1t is a saving of dollars and cents
to provide comfortable shelter for all the
farm stock worth keeplng.-New York
Witness.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Irregular feeding makes thin hors"ee.s5
even if the quantity'given is goodst
A stiff brush in the stable, judicously
used on farm horses, is a good horse doc
tor.
A half a dozen varieties each of sum
mer and winter applestthat are adapted
90 the season and the market will pay
DETER than a great number.
Charcoal is much appreciated by the
fowls. The best isl formed of charred
grain. Corn roasted like coffee and fed
twice a week wouldtno doubt pay for the
trouble.
One serious erroriin, poultry keeping is
the custom of keeping,hens until they be-
come too old to be profitable, because
they were favoritesfor good layers. Dis
pose of them or you will suffer much
loss.
1t is a great waste to burn leaves gath
cred along the roadsides, for they make
excellent bedding for stables, and that
use served they are worth all cost OF
gathering if used as manure for garden
or lawn.
A warm stable need not be an expen-
i've one. You ,can stop up thefcracks
with laths, and line the inside of the
stable with straw, mailing on sufficient
laths over the straw to keep it in place.
This will make a warmer wall than a
double-boarded one, and be vastly
cheaper.
Gather fine specimens of hickory nuts,
butternuts, chestnuts, ETC., and either
plant them now where you desire them
10 stay, or pack themsin sand a little moist
and keep for springJplanting. There are
very many farms the values of which
could be largelylincreased by having on
them a thrifty growing young nut
orchard.
Gather the leaves which collect in the
fence-corners, aIetrash along fences, sods
which are slipping away into the road,
all the scrapings about coward, pigpen,
| chickenvard, ETC.. and place them in the
barnyard, to be Incorporated with the
manure. A large quantity of valuable
fertilizer can be collected on any ordi'
nary farm.
There is considerable nourishment IN
apple pomace, and it is worth saving il
| fed as It should be. It is not a perfect
ration, and to allow stock to eat a great
deal of it is to injmre them. But that
| also is true Of eating apples before the
| juice is pressed out. To granted stock
q little apple pomace fed daily is q good
!; thing. It keeps their appetite good and
| prevents overlooking Of grain from in.
juring them.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
WISE WORDS.

He who has neither friend nor enemy
is without talents, powers, or energy.
It is better to sacrifice ones love OF
sarcasm than to indulge it at She expense
of a friend.
A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a
good woman pleases the heart; one is a
Jewel, the other q treasure.
It is always a sign Of poverty of mind
where men are ever aiming TO appear
great, for they who are really never
seems to know it.
Sometimes it is hard to tell whether a
man is firm in principle or simply obsti-
nate; but the man himself never ex-
presses any doubt.
When we are most filed with heavenly
love, and only then, are we best fitted to
bear with human intirmity, to live above
it and forget its burden.
The art of putting the right men in
the right places is first in the science of
government; but that of finding places
for the disconnected is the most diff
cult.
L~aziness grows on people; it begins in
cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The
more business a man has to do the more
he is able to accomplish, for he learns to
economic his time.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
A Chinese Pill.

"If you wish to see a medical curl
osity," says a Cincinnati paper, ''step
into Appraiser Klimper's office in the
Government building and ask him to
show you a Chinese pill. He has q dozen
or so of them. They are as big as large
marbles, in fact, they are just the size Of
crab apples, and are coated with a semi.
transparent sugary substance covered
with flowers and gilt letters. Some OF
them have this sweet covering broken,
and you can see beneath the pill proper,
black as a ball of India ink, and the
very thought of masticating that mass in
order to get it down is an emetic. But
it must take an unusual amount of mora
courage in a Chinaman to tackle o pill
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
THE FARM AND r d
RATroNs FOR CALVES IN THE WINTER.

For the best growth of calves in the
winter they should be fed and treated as
the cows are. AS they are as quarrel
some as other animals, they should be
tied up each in its place, so that each can
get its share of food. An excellent food
for calves is made up of cut hay of the
best kind, wetted and mixed with-for
ten pounds of it-one pound of corn
meal and three pounds of bran. This is
enough for two calves per day, with as
much good clover hay as will be eaten
clean. Salt should be added in the same
proportion as for the cows..-American
Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

"ur,,uv, anu say: -lnau IS Jesus rne brides
groom? But the scar on His brow is covered
with the corouet, and the stab in His side is
covered with a robe.' and "that is the bride!
The WEAKNESS of her earthly woe lost IN the
flush of this wedding triumph
There will be wine enough at that we'd
ding; not coming up from the poisoned vats
of earth, but the vineyards of God will press
their tipest clusters, and the cups and the
tankartk will blush to the brim with the
heavenly vfntage, and then all the BAN
queters will drink standing. Esther
having come up from the bacchana-
liam revelry Of Ahasuerus, where, q
thousand Lords toasted, will be there. And
the Queen of sleba, from the banquet Of
Solomon, will be there. And the mother OF
Jesus, from the wedding in Cana, will be
there: And they all will agree that the
earthly f~easting was poor compared With
that Then. lifting their chalices in that holy
light, they shall cry to the Lord of the feasts
Thou hast kent the good wine until now"
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

is invaluable in a11aying aud subduing
nervous c~xcitahiiity, Tritahiiiiy, exbaus-
ton, prostration, bysteria, spas'ns and other
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
attendant upon functional and'organic dis.
ease Of the uterus, or womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
icty and dependency.
It is the only medicine for the cure of all
those peculiar weaknesses and ailments
incident 10 females, sold by druggists, under
a positive guarantee from the manufact-
urers, of giving satisfaction in ercry case
or price &l.90) viii be promptly refunded,
See guarantee printed on bo~ttlo-wrapPef
and faithfully carried out for many years.
Per a Eook of I'D pages on Woman: Her
Diseases, and How TO Cure them, tsent
scaled in plain eayelopa) enclose ten cents, in
stamps, to WORLDS D~1srENsAHT MEDICAL
! Association, Cos Main st, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
How to Cure 4 .sCommon Cold.

1t may not be as widely known as Il
deserves to be that twenty grains Of sail
cyIic acid, given in Liz. acct.
three or four times a day, will SO far con-
troll a common cold that the aching Of
the brow, eyelids, etc, will cease IN =
Flew hours, while the sneezing and run
ming from the nos will also abate, and
viii disappear in . fen days; and, more
fortunate still, the cold viii pass off and
not finish up, az is customary, with 9
counh.-Britssh Medical daraaI.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
Dnn'G Fool

away precious time n money and triaA
with your health experimenting with I'M
certain medicines, when DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is so positively certain in
its curative action as to warrant its manu-
facturers in guaranteeing it to cure diseases
of the Hood, skin and sale, and all sclo'u
fu,tSal
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
Pains and Aches

In various parts of the body, more particularly in
the back; shoulders AMI joints. a e the unwelcome,
indications that rheumatism has gained a foothoidr
and you ere "in for it, for a longer or sho rte
period. Rheumatism is caused by Tactic acid in the
blood, and is cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. which
neutralizss the acidity and eradicates every impuT-
ity from the blood.
81 suffered from acute rheumatis n induced by .
severe spratn Of a once dislocated ankle joint,
which eausei great swelling and intense pain One
bottle OF Hoods Safs ipsriiia restored circulation
cleanse the blood and relieved the pa n so that !
am nearly WE'LL. T.. HuSr. Springfield, 10.
Hoods
Sold by all druggists. 81: SIX for s. Prepared only
oy G. i. HOOD & CO, Apetheearies, Lowell, Mass.
100 Hoges One Dollar
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, g

IUCAS CUUNI1
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY
& Co, doing business in the Ci y of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
fir "a will pay the sum of ONE HCz.gRED
DOLLARS Tor each and every case of Ca
tar,h that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J.. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this the 9Th day of December, A. D.
1894
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly upon the hood and mucous sur
faces of the system. S nd for Testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
U~sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

OreROn, The n OF FMFWeFH
Mild, equahIe climate, certain and album
dant crop. Beat fruit, grain. grass and
stock country IN the world. Full informa
ton free. Address, Oregon immigration
Board, POI tland, Ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

$500 Reward offered for an in cureble
case of Catarrh by the proprietors OF DR..
Sage's Remedy. so cts, by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-15

in good season, and properly protected,
fall-planting will succeed fully as well as
spring; but considerable loss is often oc.
casioned by carelessness in this work.
Prairie Farmer.