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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-17

snap his whip with such resounolng
crack that it can be heard for a mile
away in the pine woods. 1t is said that
these people get their name from the
skill which they have obtained in snap
ping their long whip lashes, and it
seems quite reasonable that this should
be true. One can tell the approach of
q cracker and his load of oranges by
the occasional swapping of his whip long
before he is in sight He plows his
fruit orchard with the aid of the same
slow team. Frequently he allows them
to rest while he walks around the place,
and in the middle of the day the sun Is
considered too hot for endurance. Man
and beast then rest within the shade
of some tree, while the croaking of the
bullfrogs and the cawing of the buzz
yards are the only indications of life
around Fortunately for the crackers
convenience, oranges are fruits that
do not have to be picked rapidly.
He can distribute his labor of harvest
ing over several months, and this
he generally does. The checks that
come back in return for the fruit con-
stitute about all the money the crack
OAS SSO Al CAS "hOAC Chis dhu SCACIdlly
they do not see much of this There Is
an account at the general merchandise
store in the village that has been rum
ming for year, and after this is paid
off the poor man finds very little left
But this does not bother him much. He
returns home to repeat the operation,
and to cultivate his groves so that he
can pay off another bill at the store
which will gradually accumulate again.
There is very little religious life pos
sible to those lonely people in the
southern pine woods In the smaller
places where a number of them are
gathered together minister OCCASION
ally visits them to preach, but out in
the desolate pine woods they are left to
their own resources Every day is
about the same with them. They work
a little, sleep great deal, and eat
when they are hungry. For pleasure
they go hunting and fishing, OCCASION
ally the whole family takes fort
nights trip in the big cart to some dis
tant lake, where they camp out This
is their only outing or vacation. Read
ing material is very scarce, with the
exception of the small county papers
the latter are very plentiful in Florida.
Schoolhouses are generally few and far
between, and they are mostly small log
huts that the crackers erect themselves.
IN. Y Post
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A POPULAR PRINCESS.
Alexandra of Wales in the Role of Grand
mother.

Alexandra OF Wales In the Role of Grand
mother.
Whatever the feeling of Englishmen
about other members of Queen Vic
toria's family, there is only one senti-
ment toward her daughter-in-law, the
princess of Wales. Not long ago the
princess became a grandmother, and
recently she has had a photograph
taken, in which she appears holding
the baby in her arms. This little great
granddaughter of Queen Victoria is
the child of the duke and duchess of
Fife, and the curious fact about the re-
cent photograph is that in it the prin-
cess looks very little older than she
appears in a similar photograph when
the mother of this baby was an infant
in the princess arms.
Another representation of the prin-
cess of Wales which Englishmen great
ly admire is a statue begun by Prince
Victor, of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and
left unfinished when he died. 1t has just
been completed. In it the princess ap-
pears in a scholars cap and gown, with
roll of music in her hand. Probably
no features have ever been scu1ptured
and photographed oftener than those of
this royal lady, and the reason is not
that her face is beautiful alone, but
that 1t also expresses goodness.
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JOHN cHINAMAN IN POLITICS.
The Aspirations of CelestiaIs Born In the
United States.

United States.
When interviewed about the matter,
says the San Francisco Call, Jee Ho did
not express decided willingness to
talk at first, but finally consented to
show the pictures of the officers and
give their names
C"You see," said this man of affairs,
''we have been striving for long time
to consummate this undertaking, and
now it has been accomplished"
''You are not a native son, Ho, are
you?" was asked.
mo, am not; but 1 have taken a
great deal of interest in perfecting the
organization. We have applied to the
Grand Parlor for a charter, and the
matter is now pending"
do you think that you will get the
dispensation?" was inquired.
"Well, hear that there is bitter op-
position to our admission into the
order" he answered. ''It comes from
race prejudice, of course. We antici-
pated very strong opposition, how
ever"
Suppose you are not admitted, what
then?"
VIC o44dAI 3 " d1Cdtt, dIi y way. 1HcT0
are at least twenty thousand native
Chinese in California, and we can ere
ate parlors in the various parts of the
state and also organize a grand parlor.
OF course none but natives will be ad-
mitted.
I'm this movement we have several
objects in view. Under our bylaws
each member pledges himself to as
sumo the full rights of allegiance and
citizenship in the United States
photographs and records of births
are to be kept by each party, so that
when members go to foreign lands and
return their identity cannot be dis
puted. Thus we will comply with the
provisions of the Geary bill and afford
protection to Chinese born in this
country"
Pretty soon you viii be putting up
some of your members for Legislative
and other positions, viii you not?"
Jee IIo smiled as ne answered:
THAT win come on later. In a few
years you may see an assemblyman or
two, senator and a supervisor from
Chinatown. Things are revolutioniz-
ing just now"
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CHINESE IN HOT PLACES.
Ihey Make Capital Firemen, for They Ar
Ohedienf aud PraciSo

They Make Capital Firemen, for They Are
Obedient and Precise.
John Chinaman makes a capital fire.
man. He performs his duties with ma
chine-like precision, and is obedient to
degree that is servile. It is doubtless
this quality of abject submission to
the commands of his superiors that
make him such favorite with marine
engineers
Though less turbulent, however, he
is less resourceful and plucky than his
British confere, and men who know
how to rule would rather have English
hremen than specially selected COM
plement of Celestials The Chinese
give a minimum of trouble. The head
man is first engaged, and he brings
along with him his own staff, SO that
the European engineers have that
worry taken off their hands But the
Chinaman has practically no indiyid-
uality. They represent in the aggre-
gate the stoking staff of the ship
Apart from that they are not considered.
A British vessel trading for fifteen
months in Chinese waters had a full
complement of Chinese firemen- At the
commencement of the voyage the
names were entered on the ships
books At the end of the voyage the
roll was called and each name was re-
sDonded to. Yet dsseTtiops and changes
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THE HEIGHT OF MAN.
Alarming Conclusions Reach ed After Muc
study by Statistician.

Alarming Conclusions Reached After Much
study by q Statistician.
A French statistician has been study
ing the average heights of men at differ
ent periods of the worlds history and
has reached some alarming conclu-
sions
three centuries. It is found that in
1910 the average height of men in Eu-
rope was nearly 5 feet inches. In
1890 it was feet inches. In 1920 it
was feet 5 inches and fraction At
the present time it is feet 3s< inches.
1t is easy to deduct from these figures
a rate of regular and gradual decline in
human stature, and they apply this,
working backward and forward, to the
past and to the future
BY this calculation it is determined
that the stature of the first men at
tanned the surprising average of 16 feet
inches. The race had already deteri-
Grated in the days of Og, and Goliath
was quite degenerate offspring of the
giants.
Coming down to later time, we find
that at the beginning of our era the
Ol udn Wd6 b 1cGL, ana
in the time of Charlemagne it was 8
feet 8 inches.
But the most astonishing result of
this mans study comes from the appli-
cation of the same law of diminution.
1t is conclusively shown that in 1000 A.
D., the height of the average man will
be but fifteen inches. and in a few
thousand years more the end of the
world will come, for men will get SO
short that there will be nothing left of
them
This is altogether the most comforts-
Bile solution of the nd-of-the- world
problem that has been presented. It
will be SO much more pleasant for the
coming man TO diminish out of exist
ence than to be burned off the earth
Buffalo Express.
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Missouri. with its grain warehouse bill.
had all the machinery necessary to the
operation of the sub-treasury plan, ex-
cept the United States postal banks to
furnish the money.
In January 1892, / published the fol-
lowing platform as good one to go in
to campaign upon:
(a) The right TO make and issue money i
sovereign power to be maintained by the people
for the common benefit; hence We demand the
abolition OF the national banks, and substi-
tute for national bank notes we demand that
legal tender treasury bills be issued in such
volume may be demanded, not to exceed .he
present assessed value OF improved. productive
real estate such bills 10 be legal tender in pay
ment Of all debts, public and private. aud when
demanded by the people to be issued to them at
a rate of tax not to exceed two per cent. per
arnum upon improved, productive real estate,
In sums not to exceed the present assessed
value OF such real estate
(b) We further demand the establ ishment of
United States postal banks in the cities and
principal towns, which said banks shall be
banks Of deposit, exchange and discount, ana
loan money at two per cent interest upon per.
soual security and upon storage receipts for
Ion-persGable products, issued from bonded
warehouses and eleva AorS b state inspectors.
(c.) We further demand that the treasury
bills heretofore specified shall be not promises
10 paV, Dut promises 10 receive. and shall read
as follows Tine people Of the United States
severally AMI collectively. promise to receive
this bill in payment OF debts, public and rri-
vate, ard in exchange for labor aud rroduc s. ~
and shall be fundable IA United States savings
deposit certificates OK convenient denoinina
tions, intercOnvertibe a. the pleasure CO the
, government or holder, ami drawing a rate Of
interest not TO exceed one per cent per annum
ID We demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, upon equal terms with gold, and
that silver coin be made full legal tender, in any
amount, for al debts, plJlic aad private
want TO keep lha foregoing p, atforn before
tn % Op'e / is at once 4 olmonation ana Il
compromise, ana is. and yet i not sub tire
U-y lAtfurm enlbodieS The land-basis fet
( ture OF the 7ub-treasury rlan and combines he
e sehiial features OF the noG-perLshabie product
stipulation Of such plan with the HUI banking
sye en-, AMI yet it gives TO the psopc c's banks
no more powers or l1titlio than is now given 10
national banks b. United States statute.
IT may be remarked in reference to
the free coinage of silver plank that
while metallism is a costly and useless
relic of barbarism," ," it is not positively
harmful, or oppressive, so long as paper
money is made absolute and not re-
deemable in specie, so that the so-called
base" is as large as the volume of cur
rency. l will also state that the land
/ loan feature was inserted in Difference
TO the present state of public opinion
concerning land tenure. Individually.
| am in favor of untared actual ''use and
occupancy as the only valid title to
land GEORGE C. WARD.
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Valuable Blankets.

The materials composing the strong
and beautiful blankets woven by the
Navajo Indians are now colored with
aniline dyes as the Turks now color
their rugs 1t costs years of patient
work to weave one of these blankets
on their rude looms, and they command
high prices among the red men as well
as among the white ones. A white
man viii have to pay one hundred dol
lars for good specimen, but an Indian
must pay for one two or three poniea
which comes to the same thing.
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WHERE OUR GOLD GOES.

Mr.. Sherman's silver Bill Has Nothing to
DO With the Expectation OF Gold.
Hon. Adoniram j. Warner, of Mari
eta, o., who is quite recognized
standard authority on money matters,
explained tine Egyptian policy of
financiering in Austria Hungary, in a
communication to the Washington
Post, before the expiration of the Harri-
son administration, in the following
language:
1T is well known that the Austria
hungary government has been prepar-
ing TO go to the gold standard. On the
4th day of February, PresideHt Kantz, of
the Austro-Hungary bank. stated that
between August II and November II the
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STAMPS AS WALL PAPER,
Valued BY q Collector at an Enormou,


Valued BY a Collector at an Enormous
Figure.
In certain old-fashioned house in
London there is a room about twelve
feet square that is entirely papered with
postage stamps 1t is estimated by Mr..
Palmer, the largest stamp-dealer in the
world, that those stamps would be
worth five million dollars but for the
unfortunate circumstance that not one
of them is genuine. Mr. Palmer ex-
tracted these forgeries from collections
that he has bought from time to time,
and, as rule, the people from whom
he bought them did not know that they
were forgeries. But no forged stamp
can pass as genuine when it falls under
the scrutiny of the expert Palmer This
crazy patchwork shows a specimen Of
every known stamp in the world. There
are seventy thousand stamps on the
walls of the room, and it took thirty
years to collect them. ITO make wall
paper out of them kept four pairs of
hands busy for three months They
are pasted upon canvas, so that in or
der to remove the stamps it will not bo
necessary to remove the building.
Paste, not gum, has been used, as gum
discolors stamps. Having been fastened
to the canvas, the stamps were treated
to coat Of shellac, and were then
vanished. In the Chamber OF
Philatelical Horrors as Mr.. Palmer
calls it, is fat-topped desk
Instead of leather the top is
inlaid with postage stamps. These are
genuine and they number one thou
sand four hundred and forty. Near
the desk stands a screen. It is about
five feet high and six feet long. Both
sides are covered with stamps. Sew.
eral persons have attempted to count
the stamps, but in each case life was
found to be too short The most valu.
able among the forgeries is Brattle-
boro, an American stamp of the face
value Of five cents II 1t were genuine
it would be worth two hundred and
fifty pounds A genuine Brattleboro
was sold by Mr. Palmer for that
amount If any of the inhabitants Of
Brattleboro, which is a small town in
the state of Vermont, were aware of
this they would Immediately petition
congress to have q new set of old Brat
tleboro stamps printed for export The
finest private collection in the world is
owned by NJ Ferrart of Paris It ia
worth about two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds Perhaps next to ft
in value is the collection contributed
to the British museum by the late Mr..
T. K. Tapling, NJ p. The duke Of
Edinburgh possesses q very good col
lection, and so does the duke of York
The young princes Of Siam are among
the keenest stamp collectors in the
world, and a very fine collection IL
owned by one of the Rothschild family.
The car of Russia used to take much
pleasure in his collection, and there ara
several collections of great value in
America, Germany and France Pail
Mall Budget.
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INDUSTRIAL UNION.

Shall An Glasses OF Industrial Workers
Hold a Conference and Form Union?
The St Louis conference demon
strated that the industrial people of
this cOIutry were substantially Il unit
not only in the essential Subjects. but
in the technical methods of reform.
Why therefore should there not be or
ganized grand central industrial un-
ion, in which all of the legitimate avo-
cations of the country shall have place
and in which all local organizations
shall he factors, to formulate a declar-
alton of principles satisfactory to all
OF them?
In such convocation some pre-con-
ceived ideas by advanced thinkers
would of course find scpulcher. The
would be laid upon the table, but the
pressing needs of immediate relief to
oppressed labor, to languishing pro-
duction and to mortgaged hometown
ers might be met.
All who are interested in the reforms
necessary to the prosperity of real
workers, as contra-distinguished from
the boodlers who find place in many OF
the industrial organizations of the
country, can easily find common
ground of agreement. when brought to-
gether.
We are persuaded that in vacation of
politics-when no political campaign is
on-would be the proper time to organ
ize such a union.-Missouri State
Union.
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sLow-ooINo "cRAckERs."
Ten miles Their Days Journey with .
Slaanv nv

Ten Miles Their Days Journey With .
sleepy Ok Team
None but a southern cracker" could
endure the long ride through the pine
woods behind the slow-moving oxen. A
whole day is commonly occupied by
them in covering distance of eight or
ten niles The animals have a lazy ex-
preston in their eyes and the old two
wheeled cart literally stands still at
times while the animals are drawing
one leg before the other. But cores
pondent says this is suited to the tenn
permanent OF their owner. He rides along
quietly, occasionally rousing himself to
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among the firemen had been frequent
during the voyage The mystery was
not explained until it became known
that each newcomer gave up his old
name and took that of his predecessor
among the stokers of the vessel He
answered at musters to that name, and
thus the nominal coherency of the
crew was maintained-ChasEbe Jour
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bank had Increased its gold by some
thing over 10000, 900 forms, or about
$40, 900, the greater part of which
consisted of American eagles.
ION the 18th of January last an
agreement was entered into between
the Rothschilds and the Hungarian
minister by which the Hungarian gov
ernment was to change certain paper
and silver loans, amounting to nearly
500, ,000,00 florins ($240, 900, 0OO) into
four per cent. perpetual non-taxable
gold debt. The old debts are turned in
at par for new bonds at ninety-one per
cent, which is the price at which the
Rothschild syndicate take the new
bonds. Besides this new gold loan to
take up the old silver and paper loans,
the syndicate undertakes to provide
gold for the redemption of the notes of
the Austro-Hungarian bank and the
state notes. The notes of the bank
alone amount to Ar 600 900 forms,
while the state notes, of which Hun
gary has TO provide 30 per cent, amount
to 343, 600, 900 florins, besides other
grades of currency.
son the 18th of January, or six DAYS
after the conclusion of the agreement
with Hungary, the same syndicate con-
cluded an agreement with the Austrian
finance minister to furnish Austria's
proportion, 20 per cent, of the gold re-
quired to redeem the bank and state
paper circulation. The syndicate agree
TO take at once and pay for in gold co.
OO0,0 fiorins Of per cents. at %; the
total amount of gold required for the
redemption of circulating notes is from
$3.50, 900 to 100000.
Besides supplying this amount of
gold the syndicate engages to convert
large amount Of Austrian silver and
puper rents into perpetual gold debt.
The gold for these loans was bought
largely in America, but some in En-
gland and some in France. The loss Of
gold by the German Imperial bank
would also indicate some drain from
Germany, and probably some from
other countries except Russia. which is
constantly increasing her stock of gold.
having, according to the recent report
of her minister of finance. already ac-
cumulated u war chest of nearly
$500. 600. 600.
This gold does not go from us in
settlement of trade balance, but is
bought or borrowed, regardless Of cost,
there being a margin of TO . per cent.
TO the syndicate. What has the pur-
chase of silver under the so-called
Sherman law to do with the scheme to
fasten perpetual gold debt on Austro-
Hungary?
The change of loans contemplated
in the agreement with the Rothschild
syndicate will increase the debt of Aus
tria-Hungary by 500, ,OOO, 900 at the out
set, which the syndicate will make out
right, besides the vast increase of debt
burden involved in a change to the gold
standard. This is but part of a gen
eral scheme to enslave the world.
Change debts to gold debts, then in
crease the value of gold by increasing
the demand for it. 1t is the Egyptian
financiering over again. will you
walk into my parlor, said the spider to
tL4s Auo'n
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Every Man whose watch

Every Man whose watch
has been rung out of the bow
(ring), by a pickpocket,
Every Man whose watch
has been damaged by drop
ping out of the bow, and
Every Man of sense who
merely compares the old pull
out bow and the new
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Gold money always hides itself
from view in cases of rebellion. foreign
invasion or serious trouble and green
backs are called in to do the business
OF the country in the emergency. 1t is
notable, also, that the emergency
money" always fills the bill, and that
happy, prosperous times ensue A
money that so nicely takes the place of
''goody-goody gold" in times of dire ex-
tremity, should fill the bill even more
perfectly in times of peace. Nobody
wants as an exclusive medium of ex-
change a metal that hides its head
when you sorely need it.-Indepen-
dent.
When it comes to the necessity of
treasurer of government having to
dicker with n handful of men in order
to relieve seeming financial embar-
rassment of a nation, there is something
radically wrong. a half dozen men
greater than nation-think of it! A
nation dependent upon the mercies of
a handful of men-think of that, Oh.
for a Lincoln. with justice enough in
his heart and backbone sufficient to ex-
ercise little of that power (the sole
ment has reserved to itself of making
money of its own! Away with the
money of a few schemers! Give us a
money of the whole people!-Emporia
(Kan.) Tidings.
The newspaper talk about the ship
ments of gold viii be interesting read
ing for the curious antiquaries in the
! days when the gold basis stupidity will
occupy place in the limbo Of exploded
| superstitions The world will yet be-
come wise enough TO wonder how
presumably sane people should have
tolerated a system which made its in
dustriai prosperity dependent upon the
presence or absence Of yellow metal.
In that day there viii be increasing
wonder. when i is remembered that
tn, presumably sane people tolerated
/ this systen whit they were quite aware
that the plentituin2ss and scarcity of
! rI!d was manipulated bv a few sharp
I cya bent on hlchinE from the people
I tucir earnings ournal Of Knights of
l a
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Egg Sandwiches. Chop hard boiled
eggs fine with cucumber pickle. large
or small, according to the number OF
eggs. Pepper and salt, adding little
made mustard, and rubbing very smooth
with silver spoon. Spread between
thin slices of crustless buttered bread.
Pils On plate On folded naplsjR.@
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why do you call your mule Time. >
Uncle Jasper?'' '''Kase you got to get
i'm by de forelock to stand any show"
Indianapolis Journal
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-"King writes me that he is doing
some very brilliant work now" s.Yes.
he is writing ads for a new stove pol
ish. Inter Ocean.