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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
A POOR COUNTY,.
Some Vivid Pictures of Paraguay as 1t L
To-day,

Some Vivid Pictures of Paraguay as 1t II
To-day.
In steaming away from a country
which God has made a paradise and
man a hell, which has fair skies over
her head and heavy gloom in her heart;
untold wealth at her hand and empti-
ness in her treasury; which has so few
survivors to reclaim an area through
whose woods of rare quality swarm
monkeys, tigers, huge lizards, ocelots,
tapirs, ant-eaters, wild pigs, carpin-
choes, white herons, snipe and pigeons
throng her low-lands, and rattlesnakes
her vanilla tracts, a contemplation of
her retrogade is appalling. At times
tyranny has been helpful to her. From
1916 to 1910 she was under the despot
Francia, who, first Consul, wore for
quarter of century the title of 'Su-
preme and Perpetual Dictator" His
football walked a shudder, and the peo-
pie sought their houses when he ao-
peared upon the street Though he used
the public treasury as his own, and
levied at caprice upon the wealthy, he
raised strong army drove off agrees
i've Indians and compelled an admir-
able system of agriculture, which the
natives were not at liberty to abandon,
nor could they leave the country
There still seems to be a common be-
lief that whoever is in power may use
his opportunity to sordid ends, but must
pay out of his profits for and during bis
tenure. The present administration is
in disesteem, it's leading officials are
said to be rodents for revenue and to
have divided so unequally that certain
party chiefs are provoked to collect
their own share of spoils with the sword.
AS republic, land-locked Paraguay is
but a pretense. Her rulers are authen-
ticated by cabal, a ceremonious dec
laration of it's decision constitutes an
election" As power she Is weak
ling and her future is an uncertainty.
Argentine and Brazil, now allies, be-
tween which she lies, may find an early
pretense to divide her. She certainly
needs new blood and an energetic pol
icy worthy of her natural wealth. IN.
Y. Mail and Express
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
A STARTLING THEORY.
The Unique Cause For Cranlzs ExpOundeC
BY HOOSier AlIenIsts.

The Unique Cause For Cranks ExpOunded
By HoOsier Alienists.
The physicians of the insane asylum
at Indianapolis, Ind, have expounded
such unique cause for cranks that it
is worth while to consider the theory in
order to modify any existing Judgment
against this harmless but peculiar class
of individuals According to the ply
sicians' statement, cranks are caused
by Irregularities in the circulation of
the blood. They are the result of the
artiflciality and pressure of modern life,
causing an anatomical change of the
human heart Among the changes are
cited those by which the diameters of
the heart are becoming greater, its walls
thinner, its strength less, its beats more
frequent. From these changes is pro-
duced irregularity of the quantity of
blood through the weakened channels
that irrigate the garden of the brain.
AS the circulation is not normal, some
parts of the brain receive too much
blood and other parts not enough, caus-
ing irregular growths, and mental
obliquity, and cranks.
The expounding of this theory will
, , undoubtedly produce a change in pub
lie opinion in regard to cranks. In
stead of looking upon these eccentric
individuals as the products of nat
ural perversity and waywardness,
responsible for their own actions,
society will tolerate them with compass
sion. If crank is particularly cranky,
1t will be known that too much blood is
irrigating certain portion of the gar
den of his brain. Umbrella cranks, for
example, are simply victims of the
action of the heart which stimulates
with too much blood the idea of appro-
priating somebody's else umbrella.
Baseball cranks are suffering from ir-
regular growth of the gray matter of the
brain. 1t is not their fault but their
misfortune that their brain is mapped
out like baseball field. irrigated and
kept perpetually fresh by a constant
] supply of hearts blood. The cranks
that are always borrowing; the cranks
who want to know whether this is hot
enough for you;" all kinds of social and
political cranks are simply the results
| OF peculiar arterial circulation. AS thew
are the results of the development of
society and are innocent victims of our
social system, the injustice of making
them the butts of satire must be keenly
recognized. They are to be placed
among the worlds invalids, among the
MANNED and incompetent, and their
vagaries tolerated as signs of f1uctuation
! in the public pulse.-Boston Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
THE ELECTRIC AGE.
A Word About the Influence of EIectricit
in Modern Life.

A Word About the Influence of Electricity
in Modern Life.
The life of to-day has derived it's most
essential MISUNDERSTANDING ity-from
the wonderful natural force, electricity.
We are living under the sign of cleo
tricity, and yet the science that has
brought it about is very young. The
coming year will witness its twenty
fifth birthday only, for there could be
no talk of technical utilization of
electric currents prior to the invention
of the dynamo machine. And next
year will give us, as has been finally de-
cided, an international electr- cal exhi.
bition in Frankfort-on-t the Main.
Although Germany was the original
home of the telegraph, the methods of
quick telegraphy that have done more
than any thing else to create this age
of electricity have been developed in
England and America. In the past year
the Wheatstone apparatus which is
capable of transmitting from 40 to 600
words minute, was first introduced into
our country. Similar mechanisms are
in use in France, among them the Bau-
dot multiple printing instrument with
which from PIG to 252 dispatches Of 30
words can be forwarded on a single
wire; whereas with the Morse in
strument the limit was twenty
five, and with the Hughes
instrument sixty messages. These i'm
provements in the apparatus have been
accompanied by remarkable economy
in the wires since Siemens. Frischen
and Edison have developed the method
OF multiple telegraphy. 1t is now pos
sible to send several messages stimuli
taneously on the same wire, and even
in opposite directions. In short time
the entire globe will be encircled with
the telegraph, as the San Francisco
Board of Trade has resolved in favor of
laying Pacific cable by way of Homo
lulu and Tutuila-
Another memorable advance is the
bringing of widely distant places into
direct oral communication, as by the
Rome and London line, that has been
in operation since Decembe 1. 1889
During the year 1889 the number of
cities provided with the telephone in
creased from ia to 200, and the number
of telephone stations rose to IS, 769, an
increase of :, a.
For generating currents for electric
lighting throughout the world about
LOCO, 900 horse-powers are employed,
capable of total illumination
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24

had at various periods of his life and
under q large variety of circumstances
observed worse weather. AS he made
this observation he looked at the coun-
try curate. The latter, in q hesitatinq
way, agreed that there must have been
at various periods of England's history
worse weather than he saw in his vicin-
ity at that particular time. The we'll
TODD farmer joined in the converse ton
with a growL 1t might be fine weather
for people who had nothing to do, but 1t
was death to the crops. The modest
looking gentleman seemed surprised TO
hear this, and assured his audience that
he was perfectly willing to be soaked
through and through If the discomfort
attached TO such an experience would
be Of any value to the rural population.
The conversation then became gen.
eral but at the end of ten minutes
tagged. Then the understanding gen.
tleman drew from a pocket a pack of
cards, and amused himself by tossing
three Of them about in an apparently
aimless way, talking to himself as he
did So The well-to-do farmer stood this
sort of thing for few minutes, and
then asked what the game was The
modest-looking gentleman said 1t was a
little invention of his own. The point
was to guess the position OF certain
one of the three cards-the queen for
instance. The well-to-do farmer, after
noticing that it was possible to see the
faces of the cards while they were be-
ing manipulated, said he could place
the queen for q ''quid." His offer was
at once accepted. The well-to-do farmer
won, apparently much to the chagrin Of
the modest-looking gentleman. The
latter lost three sovereigns in quick
succession, and the ease with which the
well-to-do farmer pocketed the same ex-
cited the curate. who finally ventured
to wager a sovereign that he could place
the queen also. He did so twice, and
became quite hilarious as he fingered
his easily-acquired gains.
All this time the tall, slim young man
had been reading his paper. He hadn't
once looked at the game. Finally the
well-to-do farmer nudged him and
whispered that there was chance to
make a few sovereigns. The young
man paid no attention to the advice.
Then the curate suggested that it
seemed like flying in the face of Provi-
dence not to accept such chance. Still
the young man proved obdurate The
understanding gentleman then came to
the front He had lost five pounds, he
said, but still had confidence in his in
vention. He was willing to wager any
reasonable amount that the tall, slim
young man could not place the queen.
When the young man paid no attention
the understanding gentleman became
indignant, and was supported by the
well-to-do farmer and the curate. The
train stopped at Putney. The tall, slim
young man rose, and opening the door
Of the carriage, said: This is my sta
ton. was weaned on three card monte
several years ago." The trio who re-
NAMED in the carriage looked at one
another until the modest-looking gen.
tleman broke the silence with the re-
mark: That fellow is a Yank, and
probably chuoks the cards himself -
London Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
OF 200, 600. 600 standard candles.
The floating capital employed

OF 200, 0OO 600 standard candles.
The floating capital employed
amounts to $500 600. 900. In the
United States alone 1925, 600, 600 is in
vested in the electrical industries. In
electrical conduits Germany leads all
nations, even the practical Americans,
as no less an authority than Edison has
acknowledged. Central generating es-
adjustments exist in the great cities,
not merely for the purpose of supplying
illumination, but for conducting cleo
trical currents for other purposes into
the houses of consumers; and here
prospect is opened for electricity to play
an important part in the domestic and
social economy of the future. With the
growth in the number of consumers and
improvements in the insulation and
dynamos, the supply of power is becom-
ing constantly cheaper, and the time is
not Tar off when the artisan will be en-
abled to drive his little machines with
the electric current relieving his mus
cles and placing it in his power to de-
velop manual dexterity that in certain
directions can produce results 3eyord
the attainment of manufacturing pro-
cesses. Thus it is seen that there il
virtue in electricity to aid in the solu-
ton of some of the social questions that
are stirring the world.-Unsere Zeit
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
He WAS SAL UPON.
And So Was Bobby After MIR. NIilIIkin Ha,
Departed.

And So Was Bobby After MIR. MilIikin Had
Departed.
81 don't altogether like this young
man Millikin, who comes to see you so
often. l hear he is nothing but poor
clerk" is what the head of the family
said to his daughter one day at the din
ner table.
HE is very nice young gentleman, {"
replied the daughter; besides, he is
something more than poor clerk. He
gets large salary, and is manager Of
one Of the departments, and expects
some day to have an interest in the
business"
81 hope he may" responded the old
man; "but he strikes me as a very flip
pant, impertinent young person, who in
my opinion should be sat down upon"
"Well, have invited him to take tea
with us this evening"" said the daugh-
ter, and hope you will treat him po-
litely, at least You will find him a
very different person from what you
supposed him to be-"
"Oh, I'll treat him polite enough" he
said
That evening Mr. Millikin appeared
at tea and made a most favorable i'm
preston upon the old gentleman.
He is clever young fellow, after
all, he thought 81 have done him an
injustice"
1t was Just here that Bobby spoke out
Bobby was we'll meaning little boy,
but too talkative.
Papa" he ventured, you know
what you said to-day at dinner about
Mr.. Millikin, that he was an imperti-
nent young man, and ought to be sat
upon"
silence, sirr' shouted the father,
swallowing mouthful of hot potato
But the boy wouldn't be silent Its
ali right" he continued, confdentially,
in whisper loud enough to be heard
out of doors, 'he has been sat upon.
Sister sat down on him last night for two
hours"
After this tea went on more quietly,
owing to Bobby's sudden and very jerky
departure.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
THE FuerrIve.s CHOICE.
Hunted Negro Prefers Suicide to Death
BY the Rope.

A Hunted Negro Prefers Suicide to Death
BY the Rope.
It was down on the Great Jackson
Route. A freight train had met with
an accident, and so our train going south
was off-time and had to run in on a sid
ing and wait for the lightning express
coming up from New Orleans. Many of
US were strolling about, picking black
berries or gathering flowers when some
one suddenly shouted:
Every body keep quiet and listenl
Harkl"
1t was the deep, far-away bay of a
hound, and after half minute we real
lied that it was coming nearer.
The dogs are running deer!' shout
ed one of the men, land If we string out
We may get shotP'
Fifteen or twenty men, each with
revolver, strung out along the track,
and just then we heard the iron rails
began to signal that the express was
coming. Two minutes later we heard
her whistle. There were three or four
dogs in the chase, and as they drew
nearer it was evident that the game
would cross the track below the bridge.
We ran down to it, though no one cared
to risk the crossing. We were hardly
there when coal black negro, bare
headed and in rags, leaped out of the
brush on the track and stood facing
us. The dogs had somehow lost him,
and were baying in the thicket forty
rods away.
What his crime was we could not saw.
He was powerful big fellow, and as he
he Fol cd = iaA
ing breast his face had terrible look.
He was only pistol-shot away, but no
one raised weapon. On the contrary,
one of the crowd shouted to him:
''Off the track or you'll be killed!'
He turned and saw the express thun-
dering down the level stretch and then
faced us again. The engineer blew an
alarm, but he stood there like a rock.
The train was running over that stretch
as pigeon flies sparks of fire flashing
from the rails and great cloud Of dust
whirling behind it, and the speed could
not even be checked. The black man
looked neither to the right nor to the
left The dogs were coming nearer, but
they were too late. Those who did not
turn their faces aside saw the pilot fling
him fifty feet high, and as the body fell
1T splashed into the creek at our feet
and there, only half hidden by the shall
low waters-bruised, broken, dead. 1t
had scarcely struck the water when five
or six dogs broke from the thicket and
crossed the tracks and close upon them
were three or four men. But they had
arrived too late. The hunted man had
taken his choice of how he would die
Detroit Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
PROBABLY A YANK.
Story of a Three Card Monte Game on
Road Ont From London.

Story Of a Three Card Monte Game on
Road Ont From London.
Not long ago tall, slimly-built, fair
oomplexioned, brown-haired young man
entered first-olass carriage on the
London & Southwestern railway at
Waterloo station. He stuck his UNI
brella in the rack, opened his favorite
paper and began to all himself with in
formation. He looked up as the door
was opened by modest-looking gentle
man who murmured beg pardon" as
he passed to the end of the carriage
and ensconoed himself in a seat near
the window. The door opened again.
The new conner looked like a country
curate. He sat himself down opposite
the understanding gentleman and
looked out OF the window as If he we're
greatly interested in the advertise
ments which met his eye. The door
opened again. The new conner looked
like a well-to-do farmer. He sat down
alongside the understanding gentle
man. The train started. The modest
looking gentleman suRVested that he
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

She (nervously trying to break the
ice)-"Do you have reindeer in Cana
DAP" He (quickly)-"Yes, love; but it
sometimes SHOWS. Harvard Lampoon.
Average Wife-''My dear, aren't you
going to church with me this. Sunday?"
Average Husband-''Good lands! WHY,
went to church with you last Sunday"
IN. Y. Weekly.
DO you have listen to that idiot on
the next floor scraping continually on
that fiddler" eyes, since / have scru-
pies against killing him. He is nv
father. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Young Wife-''I want box of sar-
dimes. Are you sure these are fresh?'
Dealer-''Y Caught this morn
ing" Young Wife-"I think you'd bet
ter send two boxes. IN. Y. Sun.
Fogg-'1 don't believe i'll the benefic-
ial results of ocean bathing. had a
friend who was seriously injured by salt
water once" FenIerly-''Ho did it
affect him?" Fogg-'It drowned him. {"
America
photographer Ito young LADY,
There is no need of telling you to look
pleasant, miss. Such face can not be
otherwise than pleasant" Young LADY
(graciously)-'I will take two dozen,
sir, instead of one Dozen" Boston
Courier
Teacher latter explaining the points
OF the compass)-"Johnnie, step to the
window and tell me if smoke is coming
from any of the chimneys." Johnnie
tat the window)-"Yes,m arm." Teach
er-"Now, tell me which way the wind
is blowing" Johnnie-"Perpendic'lar. {"
Boston Herald.
Baroness Ito man-servant who has
just come in)-'Johann, do not whistle
in that abominable manner-and such
vulgar tunes, besides!.' Johann-"But
surely your ladyship does not expect one
of LISTS rhapsodies when I'm backing
the boots-thatn come on later when
I'm cleaning the silver. Ell Caffaro.
Mrs. Youngthing (woefully)-"O,
Clarence! the baby's hair is turning
red" Mr.. Youngthing-"Well, what of
itP" Mrs. Youngthing-''Why. how
dreadful it will be when we wear our
blue sashes to the ball game and cheer
for Yale! Have you lost all respect for
your Alma Mater?"-Burlington Free
Press
Benedict -'oome right in, old fell
low, and smoke cigar while 1 dress,
and l will go down town with you"
Bachelor-"I-I don't think your wife
cares to have me call at your house.
will wait at the corner for you" Ben
edict-"Pshaw! Come right in. She
amt here" Bachelor-''She's not at
home, then?" Benedict-"Yes, she's at
home, but she's out in the back yard
talking to a neighbor over the fence and
she won't be back for the next three
hours. boston Commercial Bulletin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
Registered Holstein-E'riesian
Bulls, Grade Heifers and
Cows For Sale

THE H0LSTEIN-FRIESIAE are the best
i breed of dairy cattle in the world. When
ever they have been brought in competition
with Jerseys GuernSeys. Ayreshires and other
dairy breeds they have taken the first and the
sweepstakes prizes for both milk and butter
At the New York dairy show in 1887 at all of
the state fairs during the past five years. at
the fat stock shows, at the Chicago, Kansas
Nebraska, Minnesota. Wisconsin, Ohio, New
ENGLAND and other state fairs, at their exhibit
in 1889, the Holsteins won the prizes for both
milk and butter.
The PIETERJE and NETHERLAND are two
OF the best families of this breed of cattle
Seven head OF the Pieterje family have recent
ly been sold for $4,000. an average of s., $50
each. We have in our herd two grandsons of
Pieterje Sd, the best COW of the Pieterje fami-
y. We have also a grandson of Netherland
Prince, one OF the most noted breeders of but
of Jewel who has q butter record of 81 pounds
in seven. days and who has won more first priz-
es as a mich COW than any COW i'm the world
We have also sons and daughters of DeBraye
Hendrix & and other noted families.
A grade Holstein is worth as much to the
dairyman as two common cows; a full-blood
is worth as much as two grades. We have
young bulls and heifers of the best breeding
for sale.
Prices range from $50 up. Will sell for cash
or for an approved Endorsed note on one years
time, or will exchange for steer calves mare
colts or brood mares. Address,
MEDICINE VALLEY STOCK FARM.
70 MEDICINE LODGE. KANs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24
SOLICIT TRANSIENT CUSTOM.
No. 1881. First Publication Sept. II, 1890.
PUBLICATION NOTICE

State of Kansas to Louis f. Shaw and Eliza
beth Shaw, his wife:
YOU will take notice that you have been
i sued in the district court in and for BARRIER
county, Kansas, by Elizabeth Marsh and that
unless you answer TO the petition filed in said
suit, on or before the Sth day of November
1890, said petition will be taken as true and
Judgment rendered against you accordingly
foreclosing mortgage executed and delivered
by Louis r. Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw his wife,
toJarVis-Conkin Mortgage Trust CO.dated Jan
lst 1852, on the following described real estate.
IN Barber county, Kansas. tOwit North half
4 or the northeast quarter and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter I and the
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter
OF section seventeen IL, township thirty-four
"a, range thirteen 13, west, and for the sale of
said real estate. without apDraisement, to pay
the debt secured by said mortgage.
Witness my hand and official seal, this 18th
day of Sept, 1880. FRANK HOLMES,
Gseall Clerk District Court
By S. l.. ALLEN, Deputy. I7t3
Beardsley Il Gregory, Attys for PIt'ff
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-24

--Tne rev rorK state Farmers
League was Incorporated by the Secre-
tary of State September g. The object of
the League is to unite the farmers of the
State for political action, and to secure
a federation OF all farmers organizations
in the State.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-11-15
THE ELECTION BILL.

"What about the election hill :" is
a question that has been asked very
often since the election, writes a
Washington correspondent of the
TINES. II do not pretend to speak by
authority, but judging by what is said
by Republican Representatives and
Senators now here, l think it will be
pushed through the Senate ut once.
However, nothing will be done unit!
caucus of Republican Senators has
been held, and as there are several
prominent Senators who have from the
start thought it unw,se to pass the
bill, it may be decided to let 1t drop.
The President will, in all probability,
make some recommendation regarding
thus bill in his message; he has been
generally supposed to be in favor Of
1t, but there are rumors during the
last day or two that he now thinks it
would be unwiss to attempt to pass it
through the Senate ut the short ses.
sion-nct that he does not think there
is necessity for such a law, but be.
cause he fears Democratic filibuster.
ing against it would take up so much
time that it would tie impossible to
pass the Congressional apportionment
BILL which will also be bitterly fought
by the Democrats. in both the House
and the Senate, and the thirteen
regular annual appropriation bills,
at the short session. 1t is perfect
~ natural that the President should
be averse to calling an extra session
of the newlv.elected Ffty>second
Congress in the Spring, and the fail
ure OF even one of the regular sp.
preparation bills to pass at the coming
session will leave him no choice in
the matter-the passage of all the
appropriation bills before the first of
next July is necessary to keep the
wheels Of the Government running.