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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17
How to Abolish War.

On Thursday, August 20, at Mystic
Gown Mrs. II. L. ormsby. OF New
york CITY, addressed the Universal
peace convent ON on the subject OF
Nsw Way to Abolish War" The audi,
.nce before whom she spoke numbered
ten thousand people. She argued tna1
The nrivate ownership Of land has ever
been the curse of the land, and she ce-
cIared it to be her belief that II the SIN
ole tax were enforced, there would DC
. universal brotherhood, and war wouio
disappear Mrs Ormsby is one OF the
hest known mem bers of Sorosls' ana
,,yv that she has become interested IN
the subject will be sure to have the SIN,
ole tax discussed ia that distin uisheo
bodv during the coming winter. She Is
ons ~ the most influential women CON
nected with that body, and her ,nhu
ence reaches beyond the United states
Three of her cousins are married x
peers of the British realm, one OF .nea
|, r. a nephew of Lord Salisbury. Sne
. a most intellectual woman, ana Is
: graduate of Vassar college.
8 Fond Parent--''What are the ere.
{ tee studies at your college, Walter'
: Walter-nPoiitical economy ! cues
4 Thsts about politics. and s.ections IN
. such thinGA Isn't ~
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

A BRIDGE should never sr pc Pc, cp niersmTeIa.
til it has been tried by i's piei
Siftings.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

Rrc.rsE n man shakes in his shoes - no
-. he has a fit-Boston Transcript
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

.I FEST G 20 Pemsen HicEsr' Second Cen
erat SnerStor-"No; nc has 'rung on
Rrooklyp Eagle.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

..wha,,. the difference between
..n.So,nr silver watch and this I'VE
dollar silver watchr'-Je"e!er laosen1
nindediy)-"Fivc dollars"
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

,.,v forcer is always careful to get gooo
,amn -Binphamton Republican.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

HELPING hand-one with money IN IT,
W ashi n Qtou Star.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

CAN n man who falls OF the roof be cailSa
an caves dropperl-Bingha"'oh i>ep00
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

THE coming man will never get tnere'-
n o. Picayune.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

the head and lungs." Would no Pose /,
none cutting them until a comProm.se
p,,cht be made with somebody else.
whose sacred privilege OF picking .ne
HELPLESS mans pockets would be there.
nv i,ivested of its value? Or wou,u NO
give his und-shouldered orother ii
ev leaving nature to do the rest.
we find men bound down by sr"n. ..
..str;ctions which DIR. Buckley must
have seen when he denounced To" pres.
ant system of land tenure as out 0.
harmony with both philosophy ano
rel,0ion. and spoke of himself - com
inc into the world ''handicapped. ne
canse 1.-The land was all held in Private
ownership by some one ehs>" THESE
are the gives with which the masses o.
men nre fettered. Some, like De Buck
lev. NAV release themselves, ss some
slaves, by extraordinary effort ana "n.
con,non luck, were able to buy tnell
freedom. But the great majority are
helpless; and SO, with deep poverty ~
the midst of abundant wealth ana sun
more abundant opportunities LOT plo
ducing wealth, society seems 10 ~
) round shouldered. Single tax men az
not propose putting it in q wise ~ ~
socialism that proposes this slnei'
tax men would simply cut tho gives
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-10-17

| 5er which masters will be cofnpehsa'"o
to, the loss of what in justice they can
ro+ own. than to abolish slavery re-
,,ordless of the interest of masters. In
Ether words, the legally purchased
mower of one man to levy tribute upon
j. another is more sacred than the aaturai
| right of every man to retain the P''-
ducts Of his own labor.
Itmay be inferred, however, as LIE.
Rucl,ley uses the following ILLUSTRATION,
that the question of expediency, rather
!, tina, that of Justice, was, after all, the
. r-incinal one in his mind; and we quote
Il it for whatever in that respect IL may
d be worth:
4 .It is a bad thing for man to bt
n round shouldered. but that does no
"a prove that it would be right to put hin
" into q wise and straighten him IN tha
way; such a process would result II
In the absolute injury of the heart an
at lungs. This single tax movement Is
ne case of Strengthening up q condition @
rHaira that have been round-shouldere
MS for ages"
h. But the illustration is chiefly vaiu'
rs BILE as showing how utterly the docte
no misconoeives both the disease ana tn
sI remedy he so fippantly discusses q
% would not put q round-shouldered ma
into a wise and straighten him IN IN
way: neither should we. But If tt
man were bent double with gyv
twisted about his hands and feet VIII
ws9ld DIR. Buckley do? Would he
frnin from cutting the Ryves lest tn
"wopld rseult 10 the absolute injury
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
APPALLING FACTS.

Alarming Statistics as to Business Failures
During the Past Nine Months.
Bradstreet reports the failures for the
past nine months at s, 1866; for the cor
responding nine months of last year
1855, an increase of 1, ,32S; total liabili-
ties for nine months this year, $13S, S11,-
SO; last year for same period, 1872, ,541,-
$50, an increase of $40, 200, 800 These
figures seem to indicate condition of
prosperity with a vengeance. 1t should
be remembered that these figures apply
only to business failures, and only
part OF them Mortgage failures, deeds
OF trust failures, chattel mortgage and
bond failures are not considered in this
statement There has doubtless been
1000 or more absolute failures during
the time named, with liabilities more
than double the amount given.
Yet under such conditions the
two old parties contend that
times are good and prosperity
waits upon the efforts of the people,
This statement is enough to fill every
honest man with alarm. Who is safe
under financial conditions that have
driven nearly 5000 business men to
bankruptcy and destroyed values to
the amount of $13S, 900, 600? Whose
turn will come next, and what kind of
business enterprise will stand the
shock? Is it any wonder that four
per cent United States bond, due in
fifteen years, whose ultimate payment
and guarantee of interest is predicated
on the taxing power of the government
is at premium of eighteen per cent,
while mortgage upon a good farm
for one-half its value, at ten per cent,
where payment of interest and princi-
pie depends upon the prosperity of the
people, cannot be negotiated for one
half that length of time? In this man.
ner the taxing power of the nation is
placed at a large premium over the
prosperity of it's Industrious people.
1t is time that every honest man began
to consider this matter earnestly.-Na-
tional Economist.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
The PRussIAN WAY.

The Prussian Way of LoanIng Money to
Farmers Under Frederick II.
Hon William Wayne, now a mem Der
of parliament at Ossawa, Manitoba,
but formerly member of what might
be called the "Iand-loan bureau of
Prussia" gives the Farm and Home an
outline of the method employed in
Prussia long ago:
After Frederick II. of Prussia had
finished the ''seven years war;" he
found the newly acquired provinces of
Silesia in frightful state; farms were
neglected, the private loan societies
charged from 20 to so per cent interest,
and everything was in such a state
that, without prompt action, famine
would be the consequence. To save
the people from this impending ruin,
Frederick the good king, established
what might be called mutual real
estate banks, and he had the real
estate OF the province classified into
three classes Or grades. and valued ac-
cording to its productiveness. On these
lands the money was loaned, the farm
er paying au annual rate of five per
cent OF this, one per cent was held
as a sinking fund and went to the
liquidation of the principal, so that in
forty-three years, says Mr.. Wayne, the
whole debt v-as paid.
This system, Mr.. Wayne declares.
has been the making of Prussian agri-
culture, and would make it easy for
the farmers of the United States if
properly handled In Prussia these
mortgage bonds are mostly above par
in the money market Mt Vernon
Ill.) Progressive Farmer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
ANSWERED..
The Economist Answered an Inquiry as to
the ub- Treasury Plan.
A correspondent asks;

The Economist Answered an Inquiry as to
the ub- Treasury Plan.
A correspondent asks;
''Will you please give me full ex-
PLANTATION on the proposition in the
sub-treasury bill providing for the
notes that are to be returned to the
agent of the sub-treasury; how they
are to be destroyed; what becomes of
them, etc? / understand that this is
detail, but ] want your version of it on
this particular points
The treasury notes issued against
the farm products are new issue and
constitute an actual addition to the
volume OF money in circulation, which
is at this season necessary to prevent a
contract of the relative volume of
money which depresses prices. As the
crop Is gradually consumed the extra
demand for money to handle the crop
diminishes and the necessity for the ex-
istence of the auxiliary volume to main
tain the relative volume declines in the
same ratio. The retirement of this
auxiliary is provided for in the plan with
great certainty and accuracy by the
return of the treasury notes to the
treasury as fast as the crop IS demanded
for consumption. The treasury notes
so put out and redeemed are a full
legal tender and when redeemed are de-
stroyed- They are really promissory
notes of the government and it is a
simple matter of justice to the people
that the government should aIwavs
issue new ones, and it also prevents
any possibility of fraud in the issue or
TedemPtion by government employees.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
AGENTS WANTED.

The autobiography and personal rem
iniscences OF Gen. Ben. F. Butler, Civ
ing a complete history of men and
measures in the United States for the
past Hfty years from his standpoint,
will wake up the statesmen, politicians,
journalists, military critics and the peo-
pie generally to an extent never before
witnessed for many years. 1t VIII cleo
trlfy the living and wake the dead. We
can give instructions to intelligent peo-
pie without experience that will sna-
BILE them TO make brilliant success of
this canvass from the start. Canvass
ers who are looking for a bonanza
take notice. Apply for territory to 5.
F. Junkin s. Co., 90l Olive Street, St.
Louis, Mo. 21-t5
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
CHURCHES.

DAPTTST-Preacniug eaon sunday at II a.
om. aud at 30 p. m, at the courthouse. sun
day school at 10 O'clock. a IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. y
Cain, Pastor. Residence ON Cor. Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
OHRISTIAN.-Preac every Sunday at
~ II o'clock, a. m, and 1880 D. m, by Elder
j. &. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night. Sunday school at 10 oclOck q. IN.
every Sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sonage study at the chapel,
AEETHODIsT EPIsCOPAL.-Servicese every
N1 Sunday at ll:O0 a. IN. and go p. IN. sun
day sch0Ol every Sunday at 10 a. IN. Pray or
meetinn every Thursday evening at Z 20.
Strangers invited. ID. W. PHILLIPS, Pastor.
nREsBYTERIAN.-Se Services every Sunday at
i III a. IN. and 80 y. m. Sunday School at
10 q. IN. j. Is. NORTH, Pastor.
OATHOLIC CHURCH Services ON 2ud
~ sunday Of every month atSherlock's halt.
at 1880 a. IN. REV. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
" ular services at Mingona. Barber county, 4,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house ON the second Sunday I;
Cedar Greek school house on the third Sunday.
BY Elders Shamberger, Smith ana Neher.
ct. MARKS MISSION.--Sunday school at
- $3.50 o oclock on every Sunday afternoon, ID
the q. A, r. hall. Children please come.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
M v. Marshall, in Greensburg
(Pa- Independent.

The sub-treasury plan over which
the opposition are endeavoring to sepa-
rate the peoples party is one that
should cause no dissention whatever.
Plenty of money and cheap money is
the object sought The sub-treasury
is the only detailed plan with that OBJ
ject in view. 1t is like projecting q
railroad to certain point, the point
being the object sought; there may be
a dozen surveys to that point. and each
one may be rejected when the road IL
built The same with the sub-treas-
ury. It is a survey to cheap money,
but the survey may be changed It
would be remarkably strange If the
plan proposed by the sub-treasury
scheme did not need altering in many
ways, but the fundamental principle is
indorsed by all members of the alli-
ance and the peoples party, and further.
it is one that the old parties dare not
question in manly way. they only do
it by slurs and insinuations -Minden
Workman
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
HIS WAR RECORD.
Some Official Documents as to Col PoIk's
War Record.

Some Official Documents as to Col PoIk's
War Record.
None of those who heard Col. Polk's
statement of his war
record, and his emphatic denial of the
charge of cruelty to union prisoners at
Salisbury, need any further evidence
Of the falsity of ths charge, but th,e fol.
lowing is official and Conclusive:
EH.GUTIvE DEPARTMENT, }
RALEIGH, n. G. Oct 5, 1891.
This is to say that Col. L. L. Polk
was never more than a lieutenant in
the confederate army, never had charge
OF the confederate prison at Salisbury,
or any other prison. do not remem-
Der who had charge of Salisbury prison
all the time, but during the latter part
of the war it was in charge of Major
Gee. THOMAS n Ho,T
lSeaL Governor of North Carolina.
The following is the statement of
Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, Mr.. Polk's SUI
perior officer:
RALEIGH. n, C., Oct 5, 1891.
MIR. L. l. Polk was lieutenant in
the Forty-third North Carolina regi-
ment, which commanded as its col
onel, and was never in charge of any
prison that ever heard of. He never
held any other position in the confed-
crate army than that of lieutenant I
make this statement at his request.
THOMAS s. KEENAN,.
We trust that the peoples party pa
pers throughout the north will give
this evidence publicity in their col
umns.-Iowa Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04

In case the crop prouucus snouId be re-
deemed with gold or silver, or coin GER
tiicates, they of course would not be
destroyed. but would be exchanged for
the proper amount of treasury notes,
which would be destroyed. This
feature of the plan makes it absolutely
safe and conservative, and guarantees
no disturbance of the relative volume
of money at all seasons of the year.
National Economist
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04

Iii Is very posslnie 70 De TOO poor TO
practice economy. For instance, at
this time of the year people who have
money are filing their cellars with
coal; they are buying it for about eight
or ten cents per bushel. and are putting
in enough to last all winter. But peo-
pie who have no money and no cellars
to put coal into. are not putting in any
coal. Consequently, when cold weather
comes on they will buy coal by the
bushel and pay perhaps as high as
twenty-five cents for it OF course
they could economic by buying coal
while it is cheap, but they are poor and
cannot afford the luxury of such econ
omy. Moneyed people call this shift
lessness. but could they do any better
without their money? With money to
use at the right time, money can be
saved, but the moneyed people alone
are able to save it, while the moneyless
ones must lose it-Living Issue,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04
Coal C0alu

1 am in the Coal business, and will
handle all kinds of coal. Have orders
now on the road, and will soon be sup
piled with an abundance of hard and
soft coal. Don't place your orders
without getting my prices.
Is F. F. MULLEN.
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State Omcers.
Barber County OMcers.
SOCIETIES.

a A. f. * A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. r
IA Regular communications, first and
Z x third Saturday, evenings in each
w month. All aftliating and non-affili-
tting masons in good standing, cordially in
vited to attend II. A. BURNETT, w. NJ.
/. w. STOUT, Secretary.
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Her Choice.

81 wouldn't marry the best man on
earth," she said vigorously, with a
touch of malice in her tones |
And why not?" inquired her COM
panion-
Because" and she. smiled. .I
wouldn't know wtet to do with him.
One that isn't c1uite so good would suit
me better, I think. Detroit Frse
fress
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04

DELPHIA LODGE, No. 140, K. of p, meets on
iOnday evening of each week, at the X. of z.
Iall. Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
ed to attend. j. Il. GANO, &. &.
IRWIN n. STAFFORD, X. of X. & 5.
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. SO, r. A. NJ, meets
n Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER L. LONG, II. Z.
K. b. PECK. Sec'y.
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n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
W Liz Ns Regular Communications, first
md third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. FRANCIS ELLIS, W. NJ.
MAMIE V. O'BRYAN, Sec.
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\ N LOREN EDWARDS CAMP, No 152,
D. Y S. of ", meets ON LIST and Sd Satur
day evenings of each month, in K. of p. hall.
e. w. SNoDDY, Capt w. G. Matthews lst Lieu.
RoDT. CAMERON, 1st Seargent.
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ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 81, l. o. o.
deets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited TO attend
3 L. ALLEN HI G.. X HARRIS, &. =.
w. T. ROUSE, ). w. j. e. WALSTAD, ).
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Y K ? ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
u A. M I'd & 4th Saturday in each month
u the court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
l.. Il. WILLIAMS, Post Commander.
JOHN w. UPPERMAN, Adjutant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-11-04

-Perdo-sI heah that the Anglo club
fellaws talk of expelling Gawge Van
Leah fab oawwying . pewkage on the
avenoo." Cadley-"Ah, but that's of.
y know. The pawlaRe turned out to
be sick fawx terrier rolled up in
blawnket. Truth.
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NAOMINo. 81, ,REBECCA DEGREE. 1. o. OF.
fleets the I'd and 4th We'd. nights, each month.
MRS. T. NJ. ALLEN, N. q,
MRS. AUG. SCMIDT, Secy.
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The Herreshofs, of Providence, z.
l., have launched a yacht for E. d.
Morgan, of New York, which is con-
tracted to steam twenty-seven miles an
hour. As the Javelin, which is the new
boats name, is only nsty-eight feet
long, fve-day transatlantic steamer
ought to be in the range Of possibility.
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A. o. U. w. Hsss Elssf$ "a LSnS' SnG 4tS S?i Friday i
hght. +. NJ. BYERLEY, NJ. w.
j. W. SINGER, Recorder.
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1,o3l A WEEK.

The above figures repre-
sent the average weekly
circulation Of the Index"
for the month Of October.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

PdEsIDRNT. NT............. BENJAMIN HARRISON
Kansas. ...... W. A. PETER
Member Of Congress. 9TH Dist Jerry Simpson
iudge Of 24th judicial Dist ......G ". Mckay
tate Senator. 3Sth District. Chester l. Long
representative. g0th District .... f. w. Hickox
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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-05-21

Leola Northwest:-Farmers assert that
late sown grain is not making progress
and needs rain to start it. Early sown
grain is doing finely.
Dell Rapids Times:-Corn planting is
generally finished throughout this section.
The weather is very fine at this writing.
but some more rain is needed.
Montrose Herald:-A Glorious ram
shower visited this section Friday morn
ing. Grass, grain, Vegetables, trees. and
everything is growing satisfactorily
Aberdeen Sun:-The hot weather of the
past few days had its effect upon wheat
fields. Farmers report this as splendid
corn weather, The ground. is in good
condition.
Plankton Standard:--What's the use
of all this bellyaching before you are
hurt The ground is well supplied with
moisture and the crops are doing nicely
considering the cold weather which has
been general all over the northern states.
Alexandria Henld:-T The prospect for an
abundant crop of fruit is very good.
Fruit trees Of all kinds are loaded with
bloom. Our merchants will have big
trade this fall if the crops turn out as good
as present prospects would indicate.
Scotland Citizen:-Farmers have been
kept very busy during the past two weeks
planting their corn acreage, but now, with
very few exceptions. it is all planted.
A big soaking rain is now needed, and
many fields would grow in day.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-05-21
THE VALUE OF RUTs.

Fl. A. Burrell in Washington. 10. Press:
II isn't work that is bad for people-it's
holidays; it's getting off their accustom-
ed beats; it's worry, its ambition, it's van
ity to shine. and all that sort OF thing.
People wear out lots faster from 1S to IS
than from 35 to so. Because they haven't
struck their gait, haven't got into theiI
natural groove, Their river hasn't form
ed a bed to run, TO lie In. Blessed is the
man, blessed is the woman, who has
found rut, and got comfortably In il,
No matter what so 1t is a rut. Small
show for them to be bored withennui
They always know what to do with them.
selyes II is the accustomed thing. the
thing they have always done. Blessed
fortune, If it be nothing more than dish
washing, or churning, or sitting cross leg
ged on a tailor's bench.