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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08
ANOTHER SOCIALIST.

Banker Clews, the Emineut Finaucier, Adj
vocates the Standardization of Coal
Mines.
In recent issue of the Chicago Inter
Ocean was given a two-column expires.
sion OF opinion concerning the Reading
coal trust, by Henry Clews, the New
York tlnancier and banker.
After reviewing the birth of the trust
through the consolidation of coal cor
porations and exposing the corrupt
methods which have made its funded
debt "a financial nightmare" Mr.
Clews says:
But in view Of the complications
which threaten society in the future
from similar or other combinations of
coal land owners and carriers. it NAV
be worth while to consider whether it
may not become the duty of the state
OF Pennsylvania to condemn and take
at fair prices all the land within its
borders that is underlaid with coal, and
to offer its anthracite on royalty during
fixed terms, to whoever will deliver it
at tidewater, at the lowest prices to
dealers When it reaches dealers, com
petition will do the rest In this there
CONSTITUTE
tlonal rights; the state always possesses
the right of eminent domain; it can
condemn and take at a just price any
land, anywhere, for public USE
''The main reason why it does not
cost less is that trade in coal is not
strictly free; nearly every ton that
comes to market is loaded with a tax
that is imposed upon it by the necessity
of paying somebody interest on the par
bonds that were sold from 80 per cent
all the way down to so to raise money
to pay schemers' prices for coal mines,
coal and iron companies and worthless
branch railroads
''Over the great antracite deposits of
Pennsylvania has been erected during
the slow years rickety mass of cor
ruption, reckless financiering, insol-
vency and ultimate conspiracy against
the rights of the public To attempt to
reconstruct this topping edifice would
be useless, and the efforts of syndicates
and bankers to lift it up into symmetry
and strength resolve themselves into
mere stock jobbing tricks, with cupid
1ty as the jackscrew. But the deposits
themselves are perfectly honest and
healthy There they repose under the
earth's surface, untainted by fraud, and
the firm friend of the people. The state
should own them and should farm them
out to those people who will distribute
them to dealers and consumers at the
lowest competitive prices"
Can any socialist, or nationalist, or
populist demand more? Can any one
of them, or all of them, denounce in
palmer or more fitting terms the con-
spiracy of which Anarchist Mcleod is
the head? And, finally, is it not to be
reckoned among 1.-The curiosities of lit
erature" that Banker Clews has, from
whatsoever motive, contributed this
quota toward the indictment of that
business system upon which his own
financial interests, no less than those
of the Reading trust, thrive?-Van-
guard.
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The Earliest Hnrk-Nntes,

The earliest issue of bank-notes, so
lar as known, was in that country of
antiquities the Chinese empire. As far
back as B. c. 2697 the Chinese treasury
issued bank-notes, some of which are
still in existence. The treasury then
did banking business. which. however,
it soon turned over to private enter
prise, the Chinese banks being then as
now under government supervision and
control. SO far AS essential particulars
were concerned the notes issued at that
remote date did not differ in any mate
rial respect from those of to-day each
bearing the name of the bank. the value
of the note, the place of issue, the date
and signature of the banks officers.
The Chinese call the bank-notes Giving
money" and regarded them as superior
to the precious metals on account of the
greater facility of handling. Many of
these early notes are still in existence
and may be seen in various European
museums.-St Louis Globe-Democrat t
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LET US HAVE PEACE,

Let the Masses of the People Dwell To-
gether in Harmony-Fisht the Common
Enemy Only.
We regret to see disposition on the
part of several of our exchanges to keep
some of our friends in hot water and
trying to stir up strife with each other
Now, brethren, let us dwell together in
harmony. Nothing can be gained by
saying harsh words against one anoth-
er. We have common enemy to fight
we are enlisted for the war and if we
quarrel with each other that is Just
what our enemies most desire, for when
we are fighting each other we are not
only hurting each other but are weak
ening our own forces We are men,
bers of the peoples party, and members
of the alliance, and we think the inter
ests OF both are mutual, and should, in
their respective spheres work harmo-
niously. Unless this can be done we
shall lose thousands of our members
and fail to get new recruits. We
cannot afford to waste our strength
in finding fault with each other. The
Toiler will not take sides in any con-
troversy where it believes the interests
of either the peoples party or the alli-
ance are imperiled. While our friends
may fall out, we will not fan the flame
of discord to prove either side right or
wrong; we know the parties to the late
unpleasantness and believe that further
discussion is uncalled for and should be-
dropped for the benefit of all There
is plenty of work for all of us to do
without criticising our friends, and if
we devote our time to criticism we
might soon find that we had beam in
our own eye. ITO err is human, to for
give is divine" Let us all at this sea-
son examine our own hearts and do our
duty in the great cause of humanity,
and with charity for all and malice
toward none" carry out as far as lies in
cur power the doctrine taught by Him
who died on Calvary two thousand
years ago, of "Peace on Earth, Good
Will to Man. ."-Nashville (Tenn.)
Weekly Toiler.
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Think Fnst.

Do you think straight ahead for your
self that gold is not money; silver is not
money; paper is not money; copper is
not money; nickel is not money That
we use all these substances to imprint
or stamp the money quality on is true.
If any one of them were actual money
then all the rest would lack that quail
itv
What is money? 1t is the measure of
values. Metal cannot measure values.
Corn, wheat, oats, rye, cotton, iron, no
material can measure value.
How can it be done? The human
mind measures value. Human laws are
DEGREES of the human mind. A meas
ure Of value is decree. Human law is
a decree of men. 1t is the fat ldecreel
of power Money is the fat of the law
making power. All money is this, or
nothing but so much material The
money value may be less or more than
the material value. Think this out and
sec what your decision is.-Fayetteville
lark LibePatOr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

The alliance is not a political party
and never can be, but it is a school
wherein you study political economy
and the science of government. The
best rules by which to govern a nation
in accordance with the law of Justice
are sought out and analyzed. In the al
lance men learn to think and act for
themselves They have already
tralnpled down sectional prejudice and
have built road of fraternity which
has astonished the world and fright
ened the old political bosses
who have been keeping up sectional
strife at the bidding of Shylock's min
ions that they might perpetuate the
rule of money by dividing the people
whose interests are the same, and now
they have turned their fiery darts and
poisonous tongues against labor organ
izations of every kind and swear that
you shall not live to learn the truth
concerning their past history. The
answer is with you. Shall it be aeath
and servitude or life and freedom? Now
ia the time TO give your answer. Your
actions must speak. What shall they
say?-Brookfield (Mo) Union.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

Wall street, through Congressman
Harter and Senator Sherman, has ar
ranged to flood congress with letters
and kilograms from all parts of the
country asking for the repeal of the
Sherman act which compels the pul'-
chase of 4,5OO, 600 ounces Of silver each
month. This is the same that was in.
augurated by Bean-soup Atkinson to
defeat free coinage. Every banker.
money shark, nearly every lawyer and
doctor will doubtless respond to this
call as they did to the other. The
Grand Army members will under pres
ent conditions be a little shy since the
pension business needs friends just now
instead of enemies. In fact, an effort is
being made to array the consumer
against the producer, the town against
the country, in order that greed and
avarice may reap fresh harvest each
year. ar.-National Watchman.
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CHURCHES.

NHRISTI AZ. .--RcRular services, each alter
~ nate sunday az III n. m. aud p H. sun
day school every Sunday at 10 a. IN. Fray
ermcetiug Wednesday : ~ p. IN.
J.U. Irwin, Pastor.
METHODIST AL.-Serviceseyery
1N4 Sunday Mt IL 20 a. IN. and Z go j.. M. sun
day scbNul eveIy sunday at 10 X. m. Prayer
meetine every Thursday evening At 80.
RtyAngers invited. }. NJ. ARCHER, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-S Services every sunday at
L IL 4. ID. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School AT
80 q. IN.
NATROLsC CHURCH-Serviccs once every
~ month in the CGbele building ON North
Main street. REY. O'HARA, Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREE-Hold reg.
LT ular services at Mingona, Bsu6sT county,
che secoud and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest schoolh house on the second Sunday
Cedar Greek school house on the third Sunday
10y Elders Shamberger, Smith and 1her.
CT MARB's MISSION-Sunday School at
- 3:3J O'Clock og every Sunday afternoon, III
she G. A. Il. haH. Ghiidren please come
RAPrisT.-Preacnin st s8d jrd sunday II
LA. IN aLd at 500 p, every SnntfS. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, "A. m. Prayer Etsstie2
"Wednesday evening or each week. Rev. W. a
Gain, Pastor. Residence on Cor, Lpcoln ave-
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AN INTERESTING STUDY.

Tho LAID Question Reduced to Cold
Mathematical Proposition.
1t is better TO be right than to hold
an office. A true evangelist of the gos-
pei of humanity will continue to cry
aloud against the present system Of
land tenure, and denounce landlordism
and land speculation, though every
land owning populist becomes bis
enemy. One cannot have great deal
of faith in those who denounce all evils
except the evil they are addicted t0
themselves Land owners, who defend
the present system because they are
landlords, have not yet become enthpsed
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

ours, and until recently it has appeared
that America would be laggard in the
glorious race. The prospect has
changed of late. America aroused in
time to recognize the falsity of its
democratic pretensions, will yet be first
to touch the goal of true liberty,
equality and fraternity. Bel
lamy, in New Nation.
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EQUATION OF DISTANCE.
Equal Rights to All. Special Privileges to
No"e-Trausportation as Factor o
Cost.

Equal Rights to All. Special Privileges to
No"e-Transportation as a Factor of
Cost.
| Mr. A. j. Gustin, of Kearney, Neb,
has written an open letter to the inter
state commerce commission, from which
we clip the following extracts:
referring to the third annual re-
port on statistics of railways, page i2,
! in tabulated groups, we find the aver
age gross revenue per ton per mile for
the whole United States to have been
nine and forty-one huudredths mills
G941). On page 5S, same report. the
average haul per ton is shown to be one
hundred and nineteen and seventy-two
hundredths miles Q19.72). Multiply
gross average revenue by average haul
and we eliminate distance and classifi-
cation. This shows that if one dollar
and thirteen cents Isl 13) per ton, or
five and sixty-ive hundreths cents
(.0565) per hundred weight, had
been exacted from all shippers, the
same as = cents per ounce is exacted
from senders of mail, the roads would
have obtained the same gross income
they did and every citizen, commodity
and locality would have been treated
alike. 1t would mean a protective
tariff to the small man with no in
ducement to cut rates TO the big man,
with free trade to all, and reciprocity
clause between legitimate transit and
its patrons. the consuming public, build
ing up industry and business enter
prise, limited only by mans capacity to
work. 1t will make practical the claims
60, 10 l<N,. hxy
who are brave enough to fight for equal
rights, and just enough to allow all
others like consideration.
THE writer disclaims any attempt of
discourtesy or impassioned reference in
this to any such managers of transit as
are really desirous of protecting them
selves from impositions by surrendering
opportunities to impose upon others.
Noting the grouping of this coun-
try into ten divisions reminds one of
the conceding of rights to petty duke
doms by a monarchy, and denotes a
progress in freedom of commercial in
tercourse closely analogous to political
evolution. Cause for making these di-
visions is set forth to your body as
marking various physical influences in
operative service, but which, to one no
better posted than is the writer, seems
to have been drawn largely from such
physical (?) forces as were exercised
by the late lamented Mr.. Jay Gould
and present promoters of traffic agen-
cies in after dinner speeches, long
haul competition and the like.
But accepting the divisions as made,
and the facts as reported to your honor
able commission, using the postal basis
or general gross average of reasoning,
based on facts shown on pages - and
SO, we find that the gross revenue from
each ton transported it's average dis
tance was as follows:
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Rrsineas-IiI.a Of Hin

lyon girls needsi't be sa hard on Mr.
Callowhill for marrying Miss Mum so
soon after his frst wife died" said Ma
bel.
Why aot?" asked Ada.
Il hear that was the emily way he
could get any money to pay Mrs. CAL
lowhill's funeral expenses, Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

--''fhis isn't the tirst time you have
come in contact with the police, said
the lawyer to the witness "No, sir" !"
was the reply. what, may ask, was
the result of your former encounter?"
~ awoke him Washington Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08
Professional Gossip

DR.. Squylles-Why don't you order
that AIRS. Fayling to go to California;
She could afford to go.
DIR. Pylles-Yes; but couldn't afford
to let her Collie.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08
SOCIETIES.

QUALITY TEMPLE, No. -, Pythian Sisters,
" meet regular every 2nd and 4th Thursday
evenings. All members requested to attend.
Mus. NANNIE q BRYAN, NJ. l.. G..
Mus. a. d. Crews, NJ. X. and &.
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short Enough.

Blinks-I hear the cabmen are go
ing to strike for shorter hours.
Minks (who sometimes ridesl-why.
goodness me. their hours are not over
forty minutes long now.-N. Y. Weekly.
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n II q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
W liz DS Regular Communications, first
n nd third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. FRANCIS ELLIS, W. NJ.
MAMIE V. O'BRYAH, Sec.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

DELPHIA LopGE. No. 40, X. of p, meets On
Monday evening ut each week, ut the h. of Z.
hnIl. Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
sed to attend. JAMES VI. MINICk, G. &.
JACOB &. MALsTAD, N. of X. Il ;.
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a 4. f. & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. =
IN - Regular communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings in each
w month. All athliating aud non-aftli-
qting mnscns ia good standing, cordially in
vited to attend IL. y. BURNETT, W. NJ.
Wv. STOUT. Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 63, II. A. Nj, meets
I'm Masonic Hail every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER !. LONG, II. L.
". B. PECK, SCc'y.
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with the spirit of the crusade OF the
nineteenth century.
A simple table will suffice to prove to
all doubters that the present system
must finally result in the building up
OF an aristocracy of monopolistic land
lords. Assume that each man in each
generation rears to manhood two sons.
Start with only one hundred men in a
county containing two hundred and
fifty thousand acres of land, and see
how many generations it Will require
TO exhaust the sunnlv of land
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

50 l. q. q. f., Pioneer Lodge
acITSSNN& No. l19.-RcgulHr meetings
ks<A ~ .5ZSAy, every Tuesday evcn.ng.N Is
iting brethren I'm good stand
SSC91 ing cordially invited.
Il. w. CAMERON,
Noble Grand.
Nv. MOouE, Reading Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. -, I. o. o. +
Meets FIRST aud third Friday of each month
Visiting Patriurchs cordially invited To attend
\. l.. ALLEN. III. 4. u X. HARRIS, =; r.
W. Il. ROUSE, y. W. D.. Z. w ALSrAD' ..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

NAOMI No. g.. .REBECCA DEGREE.I /. O. IF
Meets the "a and 4th We'd. nights, each month
MRs. II NJ. ALLEN, n. G.,
Mus. AUG. SCMIpT, Secy.
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state Officers.
Barber County Officers.
PHYsICIANsIN MEDICINE LODGE

s. KoCIE L,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Il SURGEON.
Office on Kansas Avenue. next to Index office.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANrAs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

n . ELDRBD POST, No. ia, meets
vi A. M I'd \ 4th Saturday in each month
All the court mouse In Medicine Lodge, at r. NJ.
Gll u0uirutcs cordially invited.
l.. 4. WILLIAMS, Post Commander.
JouE W. CPPERMAN, AdJutant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

If labor ever expects to retain iss
manhood in this nation it must get to-
gether and act soon,
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ATTORNEYS IN MEDICINE LODGE.

CHESTER l. LONG,
ATTORNEY g. COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OHico over First National Bank.
Mudicine Lodge, Kans.
viii practice in all tho courts OF the State
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08

q II LOREN EDWARDS CAMP, No. l5s
., Y : of ", meets on lst spd 81 Satur
cnv evenings of each EaOnth, in their hall on
&OVth Slam street.
j. l. RoMIG, Commander.
J. H. WILLIAMS, Adjutant
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T. .EoN BEALs,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Will practice In all the courts the state.
Collections made. Taxes paid .or non-resi-
dents. Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
ON % with County Attorney.
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LOOKING BACKWARD.

B. A. KELLER
Secretary Western Economic Association
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n II III Fidelity Lodge No. So
A. VI u, w !, Meets ~ ana 4th Friday
night. Il. NJ. BYBRLEi, NJ W.
j. W. SINGER, Recorder.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-04
BegOnIas.

BegoniaS for winter and summer are
very fine, they being free from pests.
Amy florist Will tell YOU What kinds do
best in d sunny window or which to put
i'll d north exposure.
Begonia kubra is beautiful with It's
red flowers and glossy green leaves.
Those with smaller leaves Velned With
req, and having red stems, bearing pink,
white or red flowers, are easily grown
from cuttings, and yield profusion of
dainty flowers. They stand the cold
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very well and the soil may get very dry
and not injure the plants.
Begonias DIS rule should not be wat
cred too much; a good soaking one day
and then left to dry out until the earth
rubs into dust when examined to see how
ing.
For shady places, or partial shade,
begonas are good; likewise cOleus, pan
sizes and naSturtiumS. IRIS.
OhjO
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On Trial.
Lake Helen, Fla.

That's a good way to buy medicine.
but it's pretty hard condition under
which to sell it. Perhaps you've noticed
tnat the ordinary hit or Dliss medicine
doesn't attempt it.
The only remedy of its kind SO remark
able in it's effects hat it can he sold on
this 1lan is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery ablOOd-cleanspr, strength
rpStorpr, and flpsh-builder. there's moth
ing like it known to medical scieDca. In
every disease where the fault is in the
liver or the blood, rs Dyspepsia, lndiges-
tion, B,lousness. and the most stubborn
Skin, Scalp, aud Scrofulous affections, it
ia guaranteed in every case to benefit or
cure, or you have your money back.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-04

There is no schoolYn the United states With a
more distinguished Board of Trustees. We name
them with pleasure:
DR.. H. Nj. Caldwell r. F. Manly,
Bolton Gilreath, DIR. B. ID. Gray,
Major JOS. Hardee Mark \. Wyatt,
DR.. L. T. Hale, E. K. Campbell
Frank V. Evans.
BIRMINGHAM.
Gen. j. T. Morgan, Col W. G. Oates,
Hon. r. J. REYNOLDS
ALABAMA
Gov. w. NJ. Fishback, Hon. l.. A. Fitzpatrick
ARKANSAS
Gov. H. l.. Mitchell Ex-GOV w. D. BlOxham
Attorney General W. B. Lamar.
Gov. w. J. Northern. Gen, John B. Gordon,
GEORGIA.
Col. W. II. Jack.
State Superintendent of Education,
LOUISIANA.
Gov. }. NJ. Stone.
MISSISSIPPI
Dr.. G. a NunnalIy,
TENNESSEE.
DR.. S. A Hayden.
TEXAS.
Send for Catalogue.
Name this paper.
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AS any on an altar laid;
Or make it more exact, I'll say,
AS warm as ninety in the shade.
Around the lake are cows galore,
TIE streets, the fields, the woods are full;
And every day Pope II. or S.,
Issues to a branded bull.
G.. =. RUSSELL.
Lake Helen, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-04

TO every sufferer from Catarrh, no mat
ter how bad the case or os how long stand
ing, the proprietors of Dr.. S sCatarrh
Remedy say this: elf we can't cure IT.,
perfectly and permanently. we'll pay you
$500 in cash" Sold nv all druggists.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Lilies.

It will soon be time for the flower
lovers to secure their lily bulbs, and early
orders receive the best attention. 1t is
so disappointing to send in an order and