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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-09
WALL STREET PIRATES.

a Glimpse OF the Power the RepublicratiC
Party Works In the interest OF
A glimpse of the men for whom the
Kansas republicans so gallantly fought
and conquered at the late election.
ought to be of the highest interest at
this time. Our masters, the eastern
capitalists. have been dragged from
their dens In Wall street and held up
to the inspection Of mankind by Edgar
Fawcett in the November Arena.
Some time ago his "Plutocracy and
Snobbery in New York" attracted wide
attention for its lamentable truthful
ness and scorching realism. He now
turns his trenchant pencil on 'The
0GmblOrs' Paradise" that is, Wall
street. and lets in flood of light on
that cavern OF iniquity.
Let the farmers and workingmen of
Crawford county and Kansas who voted
the republican ticket, now. that cleo
ton h over, gaze on the men and the
system which they sustained by their
votes. Speaking of the habitues Of
Wall street, he says that their 'reck-
less license and odious libertinage of
venture shame republic never tired
of vaunting its virtues to the trans
atlantic monarchies."
Mr. Fawcett declares that in the
display of human selfshness, avarice
and vicious vulgarity, Wall street is
worse than any gambling den on earth.
Here greed holds its most sickening
revels, sending ruin and desolation to
countless homes. A man entering up
on this life soon loses all the finer quail
tiles and higher aspirations. Books
and culture cease to charm him; he be-
comes incapable of true friendship.
and Is lost in soulless egotism. His
brilliancy as 6nancier is like that of
the successful housebreaker. His
tricks and schemes for amassing money
through the downfall of others shows
q revolving inhumanity."
"If he achieve great success" saws
Mr.. Fawcett lit will be a Titantic
power to torture and alright his fellow
men" He compares the Wall street
operator to spider weaving his bale
ful web out of perjury and robbery, its
fibers being the heartstrings torn from
the breasts of deluded stockholders,
and glittering with the tears of widows
and orphans Horrid tricks of chilean.
cry from the rungs of the ladder on
which these "kleptomaniacs of finance"
seek to mount Families robbed of
their all, forgery, embezzlement dis
grace and suicide result from the crimes
of these ''czars and tycoons of finance" ("
Years of Imprisonment would be too
good for them, but the law cannot
touch them.
The air Of Wall street is foul with
the mephitic exalations that arise from
the dead and rotting principle" says
Mr.. Fawsett, in conclusion SIN the
garden of our western civilization, Wall
street towers to-day like a colossal
weed with roots deep-plunging into a
son they dessicate and defertilize.
When and whose will be the exter-
minating hand?"
We answer the people. but when?-
aye. there's the rub
Never so long as farmers and wage
earners cast their ballots for the poll
tical parties that called them into be-
ing, that has maintained them, and
that still fight their battles Pittsburgh
Kansan
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FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

1T Is more honorable to be defeated
In good cause than to be victorious In
. bad one
Remember, alliancemen, in 1922 we
want to rebuke the repudiation Of our
cause in is9I.-Weekly Toiler.
The banks are tumbling In the
United States and in Germany. Some
Of these days the burnt child will dread
the fire, and have the people do their
own banking. National Advance.
The latest news indicates that the
peoples party will hold the balance Of
power in the Ohio Legislature That
means help for Foraker, for they can
not consent to the return of Sherman
Pacific Union Alliance
More evidence Of prosperityi
BrAAstreets gives as failures for the
past week and 161 for the correspond
ing week In 1890. If such are the
fruits OF tariff discussion would it not
be well to adjourn?-National Econ
omist
In Barber county, Jerry Simpsons
home. a most desperate effort was
made to down the peoples party. The
old parties fused and elected three,
while the people elected four of the
seven officers voted for. We've got
'em.-Pittsburgh Kansan.
1t Is only matter of time when
the great mass, the rank and file Of
American citizens, will rise and in one
voice demand the disarming of plu-
tocracy. The tide of reform has set in
and it may be temporarily diverted,
but permanently impeded never
Weekly Toiler.
The great republican party, which
but short time ago carried Kansas by
81, 900 majority, is growing to-day over
getting majority of the district judges
in Kansas by fusion with the demo-
Gratis, and electing supreme Judge in
Nebraska with q paltry majority of
1000 or 8. 600 and that with democratic
aid. How are the mighty fallen!-Iowa
Tribune.
If every body in the country, north
and south, would read carefully and
thoughtfully President Polk's address
1t would do moro to wipe out sectional
prejudices than anything that as vet
appeared In the language and with
the sentiment of thoughtful, far-see-
ing statesman, he has clearly outlined
the duty OF every patriotic citizen
Nonconformist
When the union arms met with re-
verses during the war the army never
once thought of disbanding. Earnest
men eontending for principles do not
4alter and relax their efforts when OBJ
stacles and difficulties obstruct their
pathway. Tho history of reforms
prove that the pathway Of the reform
er IL Gtrewn with thorns-not roses
Even II the peoples party in Kansas
had not won its splendid victory at the
late elections, It would go on as it had
been doing before-agitating and edu-
eating. Alliance Tribune
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spi ders Good Authority.

good story is told on one of the
weather observers, gentleman who
understands his business thoroughly
and uses great deal OF practical sense
in making his calculations He was
making up a forecast one evening
when all the reports indicated rain the
following day. He was dubious him
self about the correctness of his fore
cast owing to an incident he had OBJ
served the same evening at his resi-
dence. In his yard there was a grape
arbor, and as he was leaving home he
observed spider energetieally at work
spinning its web. The observer knew
that the spider would never spin in the
face of approaching foul weather, and
whether to follow his reports or the
spider was the question that puzzled
him. The report, however, indicated
that the spider did not know his busi-
ness, and the forecast was made out as
the reports suggested, modifying and,
saving clause thrown IN. The next dav
showed clearly that the spider was
right and the guessing apparatus of the
forecaster wrong.-Washington Post.
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Impression. That upon which tha
stamp Is placed is called coin; the coin
may be metal. parchment or paper.
The value is the stamp. and not the
metal or material" In Appleton's
Cyclopedia we read: Money, the cur
rency of the realm or country; the
standard of payment, whether coin,
circulating notes or any other com.
modify. Anything which freely cir
culates from hand to hand, as a COM
mon, acceptable medium of exchange
In any country, is, in such country,
money, even though it cease to be-
such, or to possess any value, in pass
ing into another country. In word,
an article is determined to be money
by reason Of the performance by it of
certain functions without regard
to its form or substance" Aristotle
says of money, that 'it exists not
by nature, but by law" How true is
this doctrine, or at least, how potent is
the law under a civilized governments
in imparting the quality of acceptable
ity for the payment of debts and the
purchase of commodities to that which
! it recognizes as money, is clearly proved
by the operations of the bank of Venice
during several centuries, throughout
which time its deposits were never pay
able but only transferable on the
books of the bank, were at a premium
over coins, because they were the
| standard of payment furnished by the
state and used for all large transactions.
Indeed, this bank money was that
which esta blished the money of account.
and in which the value of all coins was
expressed. Further, on the testimony
! of Thomas Barring, we are assured that
it was found impossible during the
crisis OF 1S47 in London to raise any
amount of money whatever on a sum
OF 10000 of silver. During similar
crisis in Calcutta in 1864 it was equally
impossible to .raise a single cent on
$50, 900 of gold The former was not a
legal tender above forty shillings,
while the latter was not so for any
sum whatever. A valued exchange
very pertinently inquiries: What was
the matter with this intrinsic value"
money in London In 1s47 and Calcutta
in 1864? We would especially draw at
tention to the bank of Venice, estab-
lished by the Venetian governments
during the war with Greece, in 117L,
WHICH AOI ONOI OOV years LSSueu au r.
redeemable paper currency, never re-
deemable in anything and which re-
mained during all that time at a
premium above coin. During the fore
going period the prosperity of Venice
was the envy of all nations When
Napoleon conquered that city the bank
issue was over S16, 600, 600 of govern
ment credit and Napoleon failed to
find a single ducat of "intrinsic value"
money in its vaults (Ore.)
Aduonoa
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The MONEY QUESTION.

All Theories Based ''Intrinsic Value''
Have No Foundation in History.
One of the leading issues Is the
money question It seems that every
body, from the possessor of nickel to
the capitalist who counts his money by
the millions, has contributed his fund
to the general discussion, and yet. we
have the honest dollar" the eighty.
cent silver dollar" and the fiat
money"
Advocates of the single or gold stand
ard profess to see in the silver ollar a
rival that will revolutionize aud bring
into disrepute our entire monetary sys-
tenn. With all due Difference to this
pessimistic view of the finance ques-
ton, we venture to dissent from it in
toto. We not only assert, but we can
prove that all theories which are based
upon intrinsic value" have no founda-
ton in history and can furnish no
better precedent than the dictum
of some gold worshiper. We quote
from Judge Tiffany's constitutional
law. There is, legally, no such, thing
as gold or silver money, or paper
money Money is the sovereign
authority impressed upon that which
Is cana Die of taking and retaining the
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BE A MAN.

President Polk's Paper Gives Allianceman
Some Sound, Patriotic Advice.
One of the greatest drawbacks to the
alliance Is a lack of courage. Not SO
much of physical courage as moral
courage. Have courage to do right.
Be man. If you are not satisfied that
the alliance is a good thing, that the
Ocala platform is right, withdraw from
the orga1ization at once. If you are
satisfied that it is right, defend it, stand
by your leaders and your reform papers.
Be maa; be woman. Work for its
success; talk for it; encourage the
weak; secure recruits. A dead alliance
man and dead member of the church
are to be despised If you will not
stand by your religion and your honest
convictions as citizen, you are a blot
on civilization.
Be man. Don't let the politician
with two hundred pounds of stomach
and two ounces of brains warp and
bias your mind. Don't let the editor
who is the paid tool of monopoly and
plutocracy frighten you when he de-
clares that you are on the wrong track.
II you agree with such people and
speak through their trumpet you are
simply one of them. If your reform
ideas do not correspond with theirs
in every particular, that ought to be
emphatic evidence that you are right
When bad man opposes you, smile
and say: Now 1 know I am right:
I'll stick"
The professional politician or the
partisan editor may not be bad man.
He may have some good stuff about
him, but his teaching has been bad; he
has been in bad company; he has
taught false doctrines so long that he
can see nothing wrong in it. man
can believe bad thing il right so long
that he becomes thoroughly convinced
that it is right Hence the world is
worse off for such men having lived in
1t. Don't measure the situation by
what any man may say. Think it out
for yourself. If your financial con-
dition is all that it ought to be, if you
are getting good prices for your labor
as farmer, don't complain. But if
you are not, then kick and howl until
you get what you ought to have
Progressive Farmer.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
An Inquirer Gets Some Valuable Inform
finn.

An Inquirer Gets Some Valuable Informa.
tion.
William Beals, of Wisconsin, writes:
Il would like to know the exact status
of silver under our laws now. Is silver
a legal tender for every thing that gold
is, or not? I would like to know how
much silver there has been purchased
under the limited coinage acts, and
how much money (coin and certifcate)
has been issued since their passage"
The latest law about silver, that of
July IA, 1890, is full of John Sherman's
dirty tricks For instance, they are
made payable in coin"-to leave it
optional AS to silver being q legal
tender, notice the snake he runs in to
please the gold bugs in section 9. s'Such
treasury notes shall be legal tender
in payment OF al debts, public and
private, except 5ere otheracise erpressE,
stipulated in the contract, and shall be re-
ceivabie for customs, taxes and all
public dues"
See how deftly the old gold bug slips
in that italic clause, as if it was not of
much consequence so long as he makes
these notes receivable for all customs,
taxes and public dues. He did the
same in 1878.
The exceptions on the old green
backs, you know, that plunged the ma
ton into such misery were as to GUS
toms and interest on public debt He
makes great parade of removing those
exceptions" and then claps in this
about stipulation
1t is on this that so many traitorous
gold suckers are making contracts for
payment in gold
You ask about the issue On the sill
yer certificate act of February %, 1878,
there has been issued 1924, ,936, $50. On
the act of July IA, 1890, S64. PSI, 1870 up to
September, 1891 These are called
treasury notes Sentinel
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DON'T SCOLD.
Much More May be Gained by Being Pleas.
ant.

Much More May be Gained by Being Pleas.
ant.
The most deluded mortal in the world
Is the woman who fancies that much in
gained by scolding or whining or conn
planning. She may seem to gain her
ends for awhile (for at first one will do
most anything to avoid swallowing a
bitter dose), but If she would stop to
consider she would soon discover that
every day she has greater cause for
scolding or whining or complaining,
whichever method she adopts. and that
as the months roll by an ever-increasing
amount is required to accomplish the
same result.
The scolding woman never has things
her own way without a vast expendi.
ture OF nervous strength much mora
than the object to be gained is worth.
Why can not she realize that, and adopt
some pleasanter method?
There is, in this city, merry little
woman who is never obliged to asle
twice when she wants anything. She
isn't one of the meek women who never
dare to have an original opinion. or to
lndorse one unless husband has first
indorsed it. She says what she thinks.
but even if it is a criticism it is given
with such good nature that no one can
take offense. Very often things donot
go 70 suit her, but she has the good
sense to realize that scoldinp or com.
planning or whining will not help mat.
ters.
If she is too angry to laugh, she keeps
still until she can control herself. If
very angry she shuts herself up in her
room alone, for few moments. She
says that an angry woman seems to her
to be so repulsive an object that she
can not bear to have those whom she
loves best see her in any such charac-
ter. She never seems to command. and
her husband imagines that he always
has his own way. She never disputes
the point. yet they who know her best.
know that there are few questions that
are not settled to her entire satisfaction.
She will appear young when the
scolding women of her age are consid.
cred old, and she will always have an
influence for good where they have NO
influence at all-The Houselkeeper.
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The coming wear will be crowded with

The coming year Will be crowded with
events of absorbing interest. Congress
will be in session, with a large demo-
cratic majority in the House, and re-
publican majority in the Senate. The
national convention will meet to nomi-
nate candidates for president and vice.
president, followed by one of the closest
and most iotly contested political cam
paigms in the history of the country.
During this time, every citizen must
take some live and progressive news
paper. Any of the metropolitan week
lies may be had for one dollar q year,
but why subscribe for one of them when
you can get the St. Louis Republic
twice every week, for the same price
1t is issued every Tuesday and Friday,
and gives the news half a week ahead
of any weekly in every state of the
Union. Subscribe now, and get it from
the beginning of the pending session Of
Congress, until after the election Of
1892. Sample copies will be sent free
on application to The Republic, st.
Louis, Mo.
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FOSTERS FALsEHooo.

In the Interest Of the Gold Bugs He For
gets Portion of n witness Oath.
Secretary Fosters antipathy for tell
ing the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. when speaking
about our financial condition and reRu-
latlons, was again manifested in his
letter to the recent bankers' conveu-
ton at New Orleans In detailing the
provisions OF the act of July IA. 1890.
providing for the purchase of $500. 900
ounces of silver month and the pay.
ment therefor with United State.
treasury notes, he says:
The notes to be full lesaI tender
for all debts. public and private, and 10
be held by any national bank assoOia-
ton as part of its lawful reserve"
In this statement. Mr.. Foster, though
using no words that do not appear in
the bill Itself, Is guilty Of 6agrant
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WHY Reduce 1T?

The politicians tell US that the object
of the recent tariff legislation was to
reduce the revenues of the government:
that the government was collecting
through this source more revenue than
was needed, and the surplus so collect
ed should be left in circulation among
the people. This is certainly a very
proper thing for the government to do
leave all the money possible in active
circulation. But this same class of poll
ticians tell us that these imports are paid
by foreign importers and not by the peo-
pie of the United States. If that is true.
the money derived from these duties is
not drawn from the people of this coun-
try at all, and hence the diminution of
these revenues cannot leave money
among our people If the money is not
paid by our people but by foreigners.
let it come. the more the better; and If
too much of it accumulates at Wash
ington, let it be used in such a way as
to diminish taxation. We wish the
politicians would not contradict them
selves so much. Mt Vernon nl) Pro-
gressive Farmer
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CHURCHES.

PAPTlST-Preacnlng eacn sunday at II a.
A)m. aud at 80 p. m, at the courthouse. Sun
lay school at 10 O'Clock, m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A.
Cain, Pastor: Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
NHRISTIAN.-Preach every Sunday al
~ III o'clock. a. m, and 1880 y. m, by Elder
>. T. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday night. Sunday school at 10 o clock a. M.
svery Sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sonage; study at the chapel,
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Services every
AVA sunday at 200 a. IN. and Z 80 ID. m SUN
lay school every Sunday at 10 a. IN. PRAYER
neetinA every Thursday evening at T::N
itrangers invited. ID. W. PHILLIPs Pastor.
BYTERIAN.-Services every Sunday ai
III a. m. and so p. IN. Sunday School al
. a. m. J. B. NORTH, Pastor
NATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
- sunday of every month atSherlock's hall
ia 1000 a IN. Rev. BITTER Pastor
n nERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg.
u ular services ut Mingona, Barber county,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday
Cedar Greek school house ON the third Sunday.
BY Elders Shamberger, Smith and Neher.
GT. Marks MISSION.-Sunday School At
~ $3.50 O'Clock on every Sunday afternoon, in
the q. a. 4. hall. Children please come.
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Fanny Peterby-Mamma, Tommy can
stand on his head so nice May 1 stand
on my head?
Mrs Peterby-It is not nice for q
little girl to stand on her head.
Fanny-Well, suppose I'll have to
wait then until Pm q big girl.-Texas
Siftings
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eaarsd aravaa.

The belief in tree-nymphs and haunt
cd grovea apparently still fingers in the
highlands Of southern Europe. During
trial for arson in village of Trasos
Monte. Portugal. the plaintiff took the
judge aside and insisted that the ap-
praAssRs had failed 10 recognise tf-
real extent Of the asmags. The con-
Aaer1tion, hs said, Had destroyed q
grove which for tea years had been a
favoFits haunt Of dryads or forest
faiTiss. and he haA reason to believe
that gOod luck had left him since the
aegtructisa ef thsir senctuary.-The
VOAO0s ,
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Heard In Boston.

Mrs De Hubb-You say you paid only
fifty cents for those shirts. You
shouldn't have purchased them. You
should not encourage those manufac.
turers. /
Mr.. De Hubb-Why not?
Mrs De Hubb-You must know by,
the price that they are the product Of
the perspiring system.-N. Z. Weekly.
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They are paying their mortgages
off down in Reno county, too, as we'll
as elsewhere. The Interior Herald of
Hutchinson in it's issue of October 3oth,
had thirty-eight sheriff sales on fore
closure. Another paper In the county
had seven, and still another paper had
six. making total of ffty-one in one
week in that county. At that rate it is
estimated that over $500. 900 worth of
land will change hands in Reno county
In year, bnt the trouble Is the sheriff
does all the business Topeka lKan. }
Alliance Tribune.
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THE STAR,

bUUWHU tea ch any fairly intelligent person of sh'r
AIIUWN seu, who read and write, aud who
RNaNUIUIN amer Instruction. viii work ndustHousiy,
VVVV Vhor 20 Three Thousand Doiiur. r.
Tear In their localities wherever they ive Will slso furnish
ths stuaton which that
No money successful above I4sy quickly
learned desire but worker from eHch dist-f
have already taught aud provided with emI oymcn re
number, who making over $4,000 yearcayh It. NIEy
N. q. ELLEN. BOx ago. Augusta, AAs.ine.