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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-24
The National Committee.

The peoples party national executive
committee held meeting at St Louis
on the Sth, the meeting being devoted
principally to talking over party mat
ters generally and campaign funds, and
prospects in particular A resolution
was passed authorizing the Alabama
state committee to at once put full
electoral ticket in the field. The recent
Alabama election was discussed at some
length, it being agreed that the result
augured well for the party's success in
that state in the fall. Another resclu-
ton was passed calling on Messrs.
Washburn, of Massachusetts,, and Nc
Parlin, of New York, to call meeting
OF the national committeeman of the
eastern states, at which meeting shall
be arranged a vigorous plan Of cam
paign Chairman Taubeneck announced
that his Colorado advices showed that
fortyfive papers in Colorado had de-
serted the old parties and were support
ing Weaver and Field. OF these, sew
enteen were formerly democratic or
gans and the others republican. En-
cOuraging reports were announced a'
having been received from all over the
south and west Regarding finances
Treasurer Rankin announced that the
people were responding literally to the
recent call for campaign funds.
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Up,o Is,s Business.

What is the most q-rious thing
bout a drugstore" asked Smarty OF
the junior clerk.
Why, q-bebs, of course" was tie
unexpected answer.-Pharmaceu
Err
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-24
a Genie Hin.

Uncle Jack-What will you do when
you get to be a man?
Little Jaclk-l'n give all the little
boys l know a baseball = Harper's
Young People.
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Needs Airing.

81 don't like him. He's Too fond If
airing his knowledge.
But consider how moldy most OF his
knowledge is."-Puok.
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nFFICIhL DIRECTORY.

President ..............B BEAJAMIN HARRISON
United states senators .........B. W. Perkins
of Kansas, ....-. W. a. PCncr
Member Of Congress. tth' Di 4 Jerry simpson
Judge Of 2ith judicial d st..... G. ". Mckay
State senator. jeth Di~iuoI. Chester Long
Representative, sofa Distrlct..-..t. W. HlckOA
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n II q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 30.
" liz D. Regular Communications, hrs'
aud third Monday evenings ia each mouth.
MRs FRSNCis ELLIS, ". Nj.
NANNiE V. o. BRYAN, Sec.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-24

"A A. +. x \. NJ, Delta Lodge No =
IN Regular communications, first ana
Xxx ,hga S"tpraq G(Sg"Tf og aad non-Si m SaiF
atiny mns,pS iu good standing, cordially in
Vitcd to nttcud IL. y. BURNETT, W. NJ.
|. ". STOUT. secretary.
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A Rebuke for Him.

Cumso las he and his wife were leav-
ing church) refreshing sermon
that was, wasn't it?
Mrs. Cumso (sharplyl--I don't know.
] did not go to sleep Detroit Free
Press.
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A solid Front.

The convention of the peoples partE
of Franklin county, Tex, indorsed the
state platform as adopted at Dallas
They nominated full county ticket Ia
opposition to the democracy. The con:
vention was large and enthusiastic
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-24

CYPRUS CHAPTER No. G3. X. \. NJ, meets
I'm Mnsonic Hall cVCry "a and lth Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited, - u
CHESTER J. Lose, III. p.
II. Il. PECK, Scc'Y.
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DELpuiA LopGE. Ne. ll0, X. of p, meets 4l'
Monday evening at each week, at the h. OF +.
hail. Visiting knights in good standing INV
tcd To- attend. j. VI. bAhEh' - -
A. NJ. HouCuIN, Is. of X. ~ =.
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! Izl149t 5s= ~
wealth we create L warn you OF a

wealth we create warn you OF a
threatening cyclone that is liable at
amy moment to sweep over the coun-
try" Col. Jones then proceeded to an
alyze the three distinct and important
factors of the government and all
society; namely, land, labor and capital
Land and labor are the creating
factors" he said. Labor and nature
cooperate to create wealth. Are the
creative elements adequate to the de-
mands? Most assuredly. America, the
blest of all nations of the earth in ma
tural resources, should not be to-day
groaning under oppressive burdens as
she is. Labor is fully adequate to the
demands of nature; yet, behold the
thousands of unemployed men, women
and children who are tramping the
streets and highways vainly seeking
employment! See the large number of
skilled mechanics in our manufacturing
districts who only work on half time.
Hence, we conclude that the general
unrest is not due to the want of labor
nor to lack of natural resources. 1t
is a fact that we may produce an
abundance of wealth, but without
adequate facilities for distribution
there will be poverty and stagnation in
some places, while superauity is found
| in other localities"
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IS YOUR TINE ouT3

If this noticeis marked with
an Y it shows that Spur time
has expired. Please heAfy us
of the fact if you want the "a
per continued.
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Solid For Weaver.

The national and state campaign was
opened for that section in Bachelor City,
Col, on the I'd A meeting of the local
silver club was called, and it was not
long after it came to order before the 400
miners in the hall were cheering loudly
and Justify for Weaver and Field,
brought to this point through the elo-
qucnce of Hon. Eugene Engley, the
candidate for attorney general on the
peoples ticket The miners of the
camp, while not having local organi-
zation, stand as unit for protection to
their interests. Messrs- c. j. Gavin,
Clint. T. Brainard, Sam Coffin, J. J..
Chapman and others, by their enthusi-
astic, well grounded white-metal argu-
ments, brought conviction to the audi
ence that the populist national nomi-
nees were the friends, staunch and true,
of their hearers. Never has such a
meeting been held in Bachelor, and the
close attention given the speakers and
the reception given the mention of the
names of the populist standard bearers,
was proof positive that the miners in
that town were safe for the ticket.
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CIRCULATION.

The Index" has, and can
prove the largest circula-
tion of any paper in Bar
beT county.
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Colonizing Voters.


A late Hutchinson, Kan, dispatch
says: There no longer exists the
shadow of doubt in the minds of the
peoples party state central committee
that a systematic importation of col
ored voters is being secretly carried on
by the republicans of Kansas. Enough
has been gathered by local committees
throughout the state and forwarded to
Chairman Bridenthal to warrant the
state central committee in adopting the
most vigorous measures to prevent the
polling of fraudulent votes Chairman
Bridenthal does not claim that any
considerable number of negroes has
been brought to any one precinct, but
his correspondents advise him that
from three to twelve strange colored
men have within the past month To-
Gated in each voting precinct in the
state. Reports indicate that the aver
age number to precinct is five, and as
there are $500 precincts, this would
make total of II, 500. To prevent the
polling of this enormous fraudulent
vote, the entire peoples party machin-
| cry will be utilized"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-24

WANTED 100 900 PEOPLES PARTY
w Speakers ior the presidential campaign.
How to educate them in time is the problem.
The solution is found in
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ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. IL, l.. O. O.
Mects nrst and third Friday of each month
Visiting Pntriarchs cordially invited t0 attend
= L. ALIEN. II. 4. G.. a. HARRIS, {. L.
W. n. RuJSE, =. W. j. I. AlSINp' D
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49, I. q. ~. T., Pioneer Lod c
= f%SfsS~S II No. l.g.-ItCgulNr meetings
kuFiX ~ 52gA-1 every Tuesday cVcu.ug.N {
itiuv hrvthrcn ugood stind
@Sp ing cordially invited.
A.J.JONES, n. 6.
Il. W. CAMERON, k. See.
l. W MOORE. Permanent SCCrCtat$-
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SOCIETIES.

QUALITY TEMPLt. No. *, pythian Sisters,
" meet regular every @nl aud ith Ihursday
e%eninps. All Imcnhcr. requested to attend.
MuS MAMIE - BRYAN, NJ. f.. G..
MRS \. -. CREWS. VI. Il. AMI &.
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NAOMI No. ~. .REBECCA DEG REEL f
Meets he "a aud ith wed. lights, each month
MiiS. r. NJ. ALLEN, n. q,
Mus. AUG. SCMtDT, Sccy.
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e. A. R y EhnhER 5 orry f0Sr Mo- .ass .t n%%1h Ss's
ot mo court house in Medicine Lodge, at T.. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
L. Il. WILLIAMS, Post Commando Z.
JOuN ". UPPEEMAN, Ad1uinnt.
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q " LOREN Epw ARDS CAMP, No. la
y, Y <. of =. meets un lSt aud ID SHiur
dnv cVCutn,,s ut each month, ~ their nail ON
j. a.. RoNtG, Commander.
J. n. WuIiANS Aojutaut.
n II WI Fidelity Lodge No so
A, v, w. W !, Meets "a ana llh r. id">
nIght 4. NJ. BYERLEY, NJ. W.
!. W. SINGER, Recorder.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
A Matter Of Place.

"Well, madam" says the head of the
house, who had apparently got out of bed on
the wrong side, "what have you got for
breakfast this morning?" Boiled eggs, eh 2
Boiled Erebus. And what else, madam, may
l ask ?"
Mutton chops, my DEAR" says the wife
meelly.
Mutton chops!" echoes the husband,
bursting into peal of sardonic laughter.
Mutton chops! l could have guessed i'll
Madam, if ever eat another meal inside of
this house. and jamming on his hat and
restaurant.
"What'll you have, sir ?" says the waiter
politely handing him bill of fare.
''Ah !" says the guest, having glanced over
it. "Let me see. Bring me two boiled eggs
aud mutton chop"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
She Knew Mr.. Simpson.

Two refined Hooking ladies sat in the mem.
bers' gallery of the House of Representatives
picking out the various statesmen on the
floor with the aid of the chart in the Congress
sional directory. A rather loudly atlired
young lady sauntered in and took a seat be-
side them.
"Do tell me where Jerry Simpson is" ex-
claimed the newcomer; II have heard SO
much about him."
One of the ladies pointed out the Alliance
Kansan in the arena beneath.
ooh, no, that isn't Jerry Simpson" protest
ed the loud young lady confidently. 81 would
know him because have seen his pictures. :"
"And have known Mr.. Simpson for some
time myself" replied the lady.
"Well, he does not seem TO be such bad
looking man after all ;" the vociferous young
lady commented, after careful scrutiny. 81
wonder if he brought his wife with him."
81 believe she is in the city," the quiet lady
answered.
Il would like TO see her, too. They do
ay.she isn't SO very awful. How do you
think she likes all the things the newspapers
say about him" And the fashionable maid
en- ratified away several conjectures in regard
to Mrs. Simpson.
"She doesn't mind it," responded the elder
lady.
"Do you know Mrs. Simpson, too2" inquir-
ed the young sightseer.
Every WELL" remarked the other, serenely.
81 am Mrs. Simpson.
The following proceedings were bereft of
interest for the one in modish array, who did
not stand on the order of her departure.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
VARIETIES.

--"Oh, mamma |" cried Willie, on seeing
zebra for the first time, "do come here and
see this poor little convict pony"
-"Gentleman," said an amateur farmer
just from this city, writing to the chairman
of an agricultural society,"" put me down on
your list of cattle for a calf"
-Timotby-"Why can't we settle this case
without any more litigatiqn?" Searles (de-
jectedly)-"The lawyers won't let us"
The phrase, "castles in the air" has been
attributed to Sir Philip Sydney, Swift, Field
ing, Churchill and Shenstone. 1t was first
used more than $50 years ago by Robert Bur-
ton in his ANATOMY of Melancholy"
"A philosopher who had married an ignor.
ant girl used to call her brown sugar, because
he said she was sweet but not refined.
Nothing is more disheartening to man
than the discovery that he has married q
woman who loves to keep his writing table
in order.
-He-"Another piece of sugarP do not
think would like to be the sweetest girl 10
the world" She-"Why mott" Hell
perfer being next to the sweetest"
Love is the meal of broken food bestow.
on the weary wayfarer. 1t has strangely
mixed savors, and heaven alone knows Of
what it is composed; but, like the vagrant,
we must not question-we are either TO take
it or pass on, still famished.
-"Pve been cudgeling my brain for an
hour over this thing" said young Detroit
attorney to the older one with whom he is
associated in a knotty case. "Be careful"
was the quiet response, cor I'll have you ar
rested for assault and battery. I'd be sure to
win the case, when man of your size would
jump on little thing like that with cudgel.'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Heaven Here,

We are too much in the habit of looking
forward to heaven as something that will be
an easier, pleasanter story for us to read when
we have finished this tiresome earth narra-
tive; a luxurious palace chamber 10 rest in
after this life drudgery is ended a remote,
celestial mountain retreat, where the restless
waves of humanity, forever fretting their
shores, will vex our ears no longer. And so
we stumble on, plying ourselves for the hard
times we have to endure on earth, and sing
ing our songs of "the sweet by and by" as if
there were some saving merit in having pa
thence with time and in dreaming of hsppi.
er and broader realm that we call eternity.
But the eternal issues are now and here, in
our thoughts and deeds in our simple, COM
mon, everyday relation to God and TO our
fellow beings. To-day or never, here or no.
where is eternity
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29

We quickly reached the foot of the redoubt.
The palisades were broken and the earth
! works shattered bv our balls. With roar of
"VivePEmpereur !" our soldiers rushed across
the ruins.
raised my eyes. Never shall forget the
sight which met my view. The smoke had
mostly lifted, and remained suspended like
canopy, at twenty feet above the redoubt.
Through blush mist could be perceived,
behind their shattered parapet, the Russian
grenadiers, with rifles lifted. as motionless as
statues. | can see them still-the left eye of
one soldier glaring at US, the right hidden by
his lifted gun. In an embrasure at a few feet
distant, man with fuse stood by cannon.
l shuddered. believed that my last hour
had come.
"Now for the dance to openp cried the
captain. These were the last words heard
him speak.
There came from the redoubt roll of
drums. | saw the muzzles lowered. ! shut
my eyes ; heard most appalling crash and
sound, 10 which succeeded grOans and cries.
Then looked up, amazed to find myself still
living. The redoubt was once more wrapped
in smoke. l was surrounded by the dead
and wounded. The captain was extended at
my feet ball had carried off his head, and
/ was covered with his blood. Of all the
company only six men, except myself, re-
manned erect
This carnage was succeeded by kind of
stupor. The next instant the colonel, with
his hat on his swords point, had scaled the
parapet with a cry of "Vive rEmpereur !"
The survivors followed him. All that sue
ceeded is to me kind of dream. WeIushed
into the redoubt know not how. Wefought
hand to hand in the midst OF smoke 80 thick
that no man could perceive his enemy. /
found my sabre dripping blood. I heard a
shout of Victory" and in the clearing
smoke l saw the eartbworks piled with dead
and dying. The cannons were covered with
a heap of corpses. About 200 men in the
French uniform were standing without order,
loading their muskets or wiping their bayon-
cts. Eleven Russian prisoners were with
them.
The colonel was lying, bathed in blood,
upon broken cannon. A group of soldiers
crowded round him. / approached them.
of sergeant.
"Who is the Oldest captain ?" he was asking !
The sergeant shrugged his shoulders most
expressively.
"Who is the oldest lieutenant
"This gentleman, who came last night"
replied the sergeant calmly.
The colonel smiled bitterly.
"Come sir, he said to me, "you are now
in chief command. Fortify the gorge Of the
redoubt at once with wagons, for the enemy
is out in force. But General c. is coming
to support you"
Colonel" asked him. "are you badly
"Pish, my dear fellowl The redoubt is
taken |"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Life Rests.

Ruskin has said, There is no music in
rest, but there is the making of music in it,"
In our whole life melody the music is broken
of here and there by "rests," and we foolish
ly think we have come to the end of the
tune. God sends time of forced leisure,
sickness, disappointed plans, frustrated eff
forts, and sudden pauses in the choral hymn
of our lives, and we lament that our voices
must be silent and our part missing in the
music which goes up to the ear of the Great
or. See him beat the time with unvarying
count, and catch up the next note as If no
breaking place had come between. Not with
out design does God write the music of our
lives. Be it ours to learn the tune and not
be dismayed at the "rests." They are not to
be omitted. If we look up God himself will
beat the time for US. With the eye on him
we shall strike the next note full and clear.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
2nett1a1.
THE RUDDER.
CELIA THAXTER,

Of what are you thinking, my little lad, with the
honest eyes of blue.
AS you watch the vessels that slowly glide DER
the level ocean floor?
Beautiful, graceful, silent as dreams, they pass
away from our view,
And down the slope of the world they go, to
seek some far-off shore.
They seem to be scattered abroad by chance, to
move at the breezes' will,
Aimlessly wandering htther and yon, and melt
ing in distance gray:
But each one moves to purpose firm, and the
wind their sails that fill
Like faithful servants speed them all on their
appointed way,
For each has rudder, my dear little lad, with a
stanch man at the wheel.
And the rudder is never left to itself, but the
will of the man is there;
There is never moment, day or night, that the
vessel does not feel
The force of the purpose that shapes her course
and the helmsmans watchful care.
Some day you will launch your ship, my boy, on
life's wide, treacherous sea-
Be sure your rudder is wrought of strength to
stand the stress of the gale,
And your hand on the wheel. don't let it finch,
whatever the tumult be,
For the will of man, with the help of God, shall
conquer and prevail.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
About WhimS.

1t is easy to recognize and be amused at
other peoples whims; but we are very likely
TO be ignorant of our own, and to be very
much grieved when they are crossed. What
we put down as whims, too, may have as
reasonable foundation as our own likes and
dislikes. Whether that be so or not, it is
certain that life could go much smoother if
we should regard the fancies of our compan-
ions and be less pertinacious about our own.
Being once told, it is far easier to avoid do
ing the annoying things than to prevent the
family jars which often arise from treading
on one anOther's "corns"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Literary Value of q Name.

A famous name in literature undoubtedly
counts for something. 1t is right that it
should. Fame is the result of work-often
the work of years. 1t carries with it COM
mercial value of which no fair minded person
can doubt the justice But that it is the call
essential" in a manuscript is utter folly. And
the best evidence of this fact is that each
week sees the articles, stories and poems of
our best known authors rejected in the edi-
torial Offices throughout the country. But of
this the young author knows naught. She
judges only from what she sees printed. She
is in ignorance of the fact that manuscripts
are often returned 10 the most famous names.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Like BegefS Like,

There are but few tobscco-usiDg fathers
who are pleased when their SONS follow their
example in that regard. But how can they
expect youth to have moral purposes sufi-
cient to resist the temptation to the "manly
vice" unless maturity is strong enough to
conquer an appetite which can only be ex-
cused and cannot be approved. Many faith
er counsels his son against smoking and con-
fesses his regret at having formed the habit !;
but such precept is not sufficient to outweigh
o daily example.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Seidlitz Powder Good for AsphyxiatiOn

1t often occurs in the various gas works of
the city that men working in the retort
are in danger of asphyxiation. There is a
uniform remedy for all such cases, and in 900
cases out of 1000 as soon as a man exhibits
symptoms of being affected by the gas he is
promptly given Seidlitz powder. This gen.
crates gas in the stomach, and as it is thrown
off it carries with it the noxious coal gas
which the patient has inhaled. Large sup
plies of the powders are always kept on hand
at the different works for use in such emer.
pencies
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
A Manly Quality.

"Grit" is very comprehensive word /.
When applied to man it means the oppo.
site of softness, and still it does not mean
hardness; it is the opposite of fear and of
faint-heartedness. Weknow ola man of grit
that if he is in a fight he may perish, but he
will never voluntarily surrender. He may
fall, but it will be with his face to the foe. He
neither surrenders his own, nor that of an
other which has been entrusted to his keep
ing. He holds life, however dear in itself,
cheap in comparison with fidelity and honor.
"Grit" is manly quality
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
Rather Obliging.

A good story comes to Us about a clergy.
man residing 10 Susquehanna county. Re-
Gently he was addressing crowded audience
and said: :.
II want everyone in this congregation that
wants to 60 to heaven to stand up" OF
course almost everybody stood up.
Then he said "Now want everybody
who wants to 60 to the other place 10 stand up.
At first no one stood up, but finally long,
lank and skinny individual in the back seat,
about as fat as an umbrella, arose and said:
81 don't exactly want to go to the other
place, but am willing to stand up rather
than let the preacher stand all alone"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-29
COlOrs of Women.

Balzac, the French author, says that wo
mans character finds expression in her fav
orite color. A woman who prefers orange
or green gowns is, he thinks, quarrelsome.
Those who sport yellow hats or who are clad
in black without cause are not to be trusted.
White should indicate coquetry. Gentle and
thoughtful women prefer pink. Pearl gray
is the color of women who consider them.
selves unfortunate. Lilac is the shade parti-
cularly affected by overripe beauties; there.
fore lilac hats are mostly worn by mothers
on their daughters marriage day and by wo.
men more than forty years old when they go
visiting.