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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
About Labor.

Railroad companies are like con-
tented folks, in that they tIke life
easily
Ex-Gov. JOIN p. S.. John, prohibi-
tionist is out in an open letter to Gen.
Weaver, in which he advocates COM
bination of all labor and reform organ
iZations to hammer into smithereens
the growing power of plutocracy. The
rank and file is willin'
Thousands of hungry men have left
the western states and are tramping
towards the east. st. Louis and Kan
sas City are said to be swarming with
idle miners These poor devils, in
years gone by, used to tramp up to
the ballot box with republican or
democratic ticket in hand AMI endorsed
system of government which leaves
them to day-beggars!
The Cleveland Citizen says: Here
tofore the Citizen has tried to give a
fair account of reductions in wages
from week to week in these columns
so far as OBJ ainable, but at the pres
ent time it is simply impossible to
mention anywhere near the reduc-
tions that are Icing made each week
During the last twenty years since
the panic of 1s73-labor organizations
have spent millions of dollars in Sc
curing increases in wages and reduc-
ton of hours, and, Judging from the
reports of the last few weeks and the
outlook for the future, the sacrifices
of the past will have amounted to verv
little. 1t is discouraging to the
stoutest heart to see the work of years
annulled by acts of legislation-the
patience, sacrifice and ambition of
honest effort wiped out by a few
strokes of the pen.'
An intimate friend of Gov. Altgeid
says the latter is preparing pamphlet
in which it will be shown that the So
called anarchists were tried by pre-
JUDGED judge and jury, selected to con-
Wet. He will outline in detail the
alleged conspiracy to manufacture
evidence and procure witnesses to tes
tify against Spies and his comrades
He will make public certain informa-
tion concerning police methods in his
possession, and challenge denial OF
their truth He will print the ,names
of rich men who contributed to Sc
cret fund to be used to aid the prose. u
ton, and the amounts they gave re-
spectively. He will assert that an
immense sum was to be divided
among certain parties in the event
of conviction of the anarchists, and
that no means were left untried bv
some of the parties in crested to earn
this rewar1. He will slap the Supreme
court of he ate little harder than
he did the first time, and, from
lawyers standpoint, will criticise the
court vigorously and fearlessly, show
ing, among other things, how the de
cision was he personal work of Judge
Magruder. in which the other con-
Cured through courtesy. Gov. Alt
geld thinks be has the facts, the law
and justice on his side. and he wants
to fight the matter to finish, making
it the issue on which his political
future will he staked.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
TIE efforts of the silver me

TEE efforts of the silver men to have
the peoples party drop every other
issue but free coinage of silver will
not only fail, but is calculated to dam
are the cause of free silver On prin-
cple. the majority of the members of
the peoples party are opposed to both
gold and silver as money. They in-
sist, however, that as long as we have
metallic system of money we should
have both gold and silver. They favor
more money and hence are in favor of
free silver. They will fight with The
silver men for free coinage, but they
will take no step backwards on any
other issue.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
Confined Sound.

The intensity of confined sound is
finely illustrated at Causbrook castle,
Isle of Wight, where there is well
two hundred feet deep and twelve feet
in diameter, walled and lined with
smooth masonry. Although this is an
unusual depth for well even in the
British isles, yet when pin is dropped
into 1t the sound Of striking the sur
face of the water one hundred and
eighty-two feet below can be distinct
ly heard. In the cast-iron water-pipe
of Paris, which forms a continuous
tube, with only two slight crooks, and
those near its middle, the lowest
whisper at one end may be distinctly
heard at the other, although the pipe
is three thousand one hundred and
twenty feet in length. When some ex-
periments in this line were being con-
Quoted, pistol fired at one end of the
tube actually blew out lighted can
die held at the other end and violently
elected the shavings, feathers, paper,
etc, which had been placed in the end
of the pipe by the experimenters-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

THIS farmer is giving two to three
times as much lab now for dollar
as he did twenty-five years ago The
bondholder. banker, broker money
lender, lawyer, government official
and salaried officers are receiving
twice or three times as much of the
farmers products for their dollar as
they did twenty-five years ago. That's
what the matter with the farmer in
a nutshell.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

TIE EGlobeDemocrat suggests that
Spea' er Crisp ''can do the country
good service by steadily refusing to
recognize members whom h has rea-
son to suspect of being loaded with
long and tiresome speee hes on finan-
cial topics" OF course it will be the
policy to refuse to listen to the peo-
pies representatives.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

THE Globe-Democrat SAYS that ''sen-
sible republicans would rather vote
for n democrat than populist-" The
CD. can't forget the ''scrimmage"
the populis IS gave the g. o. p in the
northwest in the last campaign But
then the democrats and republicans
are so near together why shouldn't
they vote each others ticket?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
A WOMAN COWBOY.
She 1s Only Eighteen Years Old, But Has
Full Charge of the Cattle.

She Ii Only Eighteen Years Old, But Has
Full Charge of the Cattle.
A Chamberlain Is. d. correspondent
of the ST. Paul Pioneer Press tells
about an interesting and picturesque
character in that neighborhood. West
of here, in the ceded Sioux lands, is a
female cowboy, he writes. Her name,
Is Gertrude Petan, eighteen years of
age, and she formerly lived with her
parents near Kimball, this county.
Upon her parents moving to the ceded
lands she accompanied them, and has
since remained at their new home on
Bull creek, Pratt county. Her father
Invested in about three hundred head
OF cattle. AS her only grown brother
works on an adjoining ranch, the duty
devolves upon her to take care of the
cattle owned by her father. She does
not simply take the cattle to the range
and leave them there, but remains with
them all day, and takes care of them
as well as could any cowboy. Her du-
ties frequently take her from thirty
to forty miles from home, as the cattle
must be kept moving in order to feed
well all day. Frequently some of the
cattle become mired in the mud along
the streams where they Craze. And
then comes the hardest part of her
work. She must rescue the cattle from
their perilous positions. This she does
in the true cowboy fashion, by fasten-
ing lariat to the horns of the mired
cattle, with the other end of the rope
fastened securely to the horn of her
saddle. Then a strong, steady pull by
her pony draws the imprisoned cattle
to place of safety on dry ground. The
young lady has been named 1.-THE Lady
Cowboy" by the cowboys in that Sec
ton. She wears a wide-brimmed,
white felt hat and long gauntlet gloves,
carries lariat coiled about the horn
of her saddle, is provided with brand
ing irons, and rides the widest broncho
on the range. She has full charge of
the cattle on her fathers ranch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

MosT of the public Office are held
by men who do not live by manual
labor. Why is this? Lean over this
way. honey. and we'll tell you. 1t is
because the laborers vote for them.
But why do they vote for them? Sim
ply because they are nomir ees of the
party. only that and nothing more.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

ONE of the candidates for chaplain
of the house displayed card on which
was printed this inscription: my
platform one minute prayers. Un-
less this congress does bett er than its
predecessors for twenty years. any
kind of prayer in thas body is q
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

The reason the people don't get re-
lief from oppressive class laws is sim
ply because the plutocrats don't want
them to have it and have made part of
the people believe they don't need it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

IF the Mckinley tariff is such ter
rible thing as the democrats said it
was, in their campaign speeches. year
ago. why don't they repeal it They
could have done it Eve months ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
CHURCHES.

Regular services. each alter
~ nate sunday at IL n. m. and Z ID. IN. Sun
day school every sunday at 10 a. IN. Pray
ermeetng Wednesday 80 p. IN.
JIG. IRWIN, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Servicescv every
AVA SUNDAY at II 200 a. m. and 80 p. IN. sun
day school every sunday ut 10 IN. Pray eI
mCetiu1 every Thursday evening at Z :JU.
strangers invited. J. NJ. ARCHER, Pastor.
DREs N.-Services everySunday at
II u. IN. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School al
10 "A. IN.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services once every
~ month in the Gobicle building on North
Main street REV. o. HARA. Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST TBRETHREN-Holdr reg.
" ular services at Mingoaa, Barber county,
the second aud 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.
CT. MARKS MISSloN-Sunday School at
~ $3.50 O'Clock on every Sunday afternoon in
thS G.. a. Il. hall. Children please come.
PAPrIST. Preaching st and 3rd Sunday II
LA IN Rad st 500 p., every Sunday. Sunday
school at 10 O'Clock, "A. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. W. A.
Cain. Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

There is plenty of labor to sell in
this country. but it don't seem to
be bringing much money, This fact
demolishes the theory that if you
have anything to sell you can get the
money for it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

THE proposition to change the ratio
of the silver to gold by increasing the
size of the silver dollar should be
frowned down. If the ratio is changed
at all let the gold dollar be cut down
in size.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

Tom Watson.s campaign in Georgia
is grand success. He is greeted with
perfect ovation everywhere. His
aud 'ences range from 1000 to 5000
people. In one year from now Geor-
gia viii be populist state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

SECRETARY CARLISLE thinks that sill
yer is all that will be discussed in this
extra session. Of course, the tariff
won't be in it. That was all farce
an expedient to help democratic poll
ticians into office
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

The workingmen may not be expert
fnanciels, but they can best all such
financial management as that which
has brought the country to the verge
of ruin and bankruptcy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

IT took $4,000 to secure the de-
monetization of silver in 1873. It is
thought that $4,000, 600 will be re-
quired for that purpose now. Watch
your congressman. If he sells out
give him a coat of tar and feathers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

A single gold standard not only
means a reduction of wages and pro-
ducts, but a perpetual Indebtedness,
increasing each year. and entailing a
system of industrial slavery upon the
ne0y,1e
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

THE managers of the two old parties
stand ready and willing to bribe men
to commit treason to their constituents,
and Grover Cleveland is chief among
sinners of this kind.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

TIE plutocratic papers harp about
honest money, yet they either do not
know honest money when they see it
or are in the paid employe of the gold
bugs to disseminate falsehoodS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

If THIS session of Congress don't do
something to relieve the people you
won't have to put your ear to the
ground to hear the mutterings of a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's tactics to
induce congressman to support him in
his war upon silver by his distribution
of patronage is likely 10 be thwarted
by the senate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

SENATOR VEST thinks the ratio
ought to be changed to "a to l. Sena-
tor Vest ought to be changed from an
Office holder to private citizen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

n II G LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80
W. LIS DI Regular Communications, first
aud third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. FRANCIS ELLIS, W. NJ.
NANNIE V o. BRYAN, Sec.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

CYPRUS CHAPTER No. %, r. A. M, meets
In Masonic Hall every I'd and Attn Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER /. LONG, II. p.
Il. II. PECK. SccY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

Railroad Commissioner Reagan of
Texas favors government ownership of
railroads. He is in a position to know
that is all the way they can be con
trolled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

CARLISLE knoweth his masters crib
and even Gresham doesn't propose to
serve two masters, at the same time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

4 4. i. " \. NJ, Delta Lodge No =
M - Regular communications, first and
" ~ third saturday evenings in each
w month. All afiliating and non-affii-
1ting nasCns in good standing, cordially in-
Vited TO attend II. A. BURNETT, w. NJ.
I.W. STOUT. Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

DELPuIA LODGE, No. 40, X. of p, meets ON
Monday evening of each week, at the X. of Z.
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
ted to attend. ROBT. MOUNsEY, Z. g.
i. w. LoNG, X. OF X. & S.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
SOCIETIES..

QUALITY TEMPLE. No. 2s, Pythian Sisters,
~ meet regular every 2Id Hnd 4th Thursday
evenings. All members requested TO attend.
Mics. MAMIE O'BRYAN, Nj. 4. G..
MRs. a. -. CBEws, II. X. and c.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
state OmcerE.
Barber County omsers.
PKYsIoIAEs1N MEDICINE LODGE.

g Koc:1iL,
HOMEOPATHIC PII TSICIAN & SURGEON,
Office on Kansas Avenue next TO Index office.
MEDICrSE LOEGE. KANfAs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

NAOMI MOST. REBECCA DEGREE. |. o. o. F.
Meets the 2d aud4t W cd. nights, each month
Mrs. r. Nj. ALLEN, N. q,
MRs. AUG. SCMIDT, Secy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

n x D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
VI IA M 2d & ith Saturday in zach month
tthe court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. NJ.
Allcomrudes cordially invited.
l.. II. WILLIAMS, PostCommander
JOHN W. UPPERMAN, Adjutant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

In England $4,000 velocipedes are
turned out annually. In Coventry 1s,-
oeG workmen are employed in the busi-
ness. In France. where the machine
first appeared, its use was limited
tn cugh prejudice; people laughed at
it. Now there is an army of 100000
proprietary whceImen IN that country,
wi shout counting the immense number
of amateurs who hire machines. In
1872 the Paris police authorities issued
II 9e0 licenses to wheelmen; now the
number of yelocipedists is estimated at
so nething over 10000. In 1sg2-95 GO, GOO
NJ .chines were sold, and it is believed
that one-half Of them arc used IN the
city alone,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

n TT NKI Fidelity Lodge No. sO.-
a, VI " EY ~ Meets I'd and 4th Friday
night. T.. NJ. BYERLEY, NJ. W.
j. W. SINGER, Recorder.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

Q N LOREN EDWARDS CAMP, No l52
OI Y :. OF v, meets on LIST ana 3d Satur
day evenings of each month, in their hall on
North Main street.
J.U. RonG, Commander.
J. II. WILLIAMS Adjutant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

ENSIGS ENCAMPMRNT No. Sc, I. o. OF
Meets first aud third Friday of each m on
Visiting Pntriarchs cordially invited to attend
s. l.. ALtEN HIP. q. Il. HARRIS, q. p.
W. n. ROUSE, =. W. j. G.. WAISTAD, ).
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
Looking-Glasses.

The annual manufacture In Europe
at the present time, according to the
latest statistics, Is something like
1850, 900 square yards of looking glass.
In the mirrors of to-day the light is
reflected by a layer of silver or an
amalgam of tin, but proportion of
the light is lost In the process of refec-
ton, and the image is less luminous
than the original The value of
looking-glass is usually estimated by
the thickness of the glass, because the
thicker they are the stronger they
must be: but, speaking scientifically,
thick glasses are defective, because the
outlines of the image reflected are less
clearly defined. There are really three
reflections, and, consequently, three
images in every glass mirror, one
from the upper surface of the glass,
the second from the lower surface, and
the third from the metallic layer at
the back An ideal mirror is one with
a perfectly fat surface, but 1t is only
possible to obtain this result In COM
paratively small glasses The larger
glasses do not reflect a true image, be-
cause it is not possible to make them
quite fat.
The Republican papers of Kansas
have been driven TO desperat on and
are making use of language for which
men Ike Herr Most would be put in
jail.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
Polly Was Pleased.

While young woman was on train
on her way to Greensboro, n. c., with
her parrot several days ago two elder
ly ladies belonging to the Salvation
Army began to sing Is preparation
for revival meeting. After they had
finished the first hymn and were pre-
pairing to preach a sermon Polly
thought there was something wrong
and began to yell at the top of its
voice: go aheadl Go aheadi That's
all right" which broke up the meet
infT In that car
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

Col. Charles H. Jones, formerly ed
itor of the ST. Louis Republic, has
taken editorial charge of the New
York World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

The Great West notes two instances
where, under foreclosure of mortgage,
the mortgage refused to accept bank
notes because they were not a legal
tender. In one case the sale went on,
and in the other the mortgagor rustled
around and got up the legal tenders.
We don't know what he got. but 81
cent silver dollars would have done the
work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
@THE BEST MEDIUMS
-:FOR:-:-
All Kinds Of Advertising.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

p tH-fueS .... GROVER CLEVELAND
tuators L.......... John Martin
pt ........W. A PETER
g tDn.rgss. .th Dist Jerry Simpson
,i.l iuliciu 'ist..... C W. Mckay
auior. Seth Dsiuct. ...... H. :. Lanris
.ft.Nr Oth District WIN Garrison
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

More than $1,000 people recently at
tended populist picnic at Blossom,
Texas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13
ATTORNEYS IL MED1C1NE LODGE.

OHEsIER I. LONG,
ArT1GNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Oalee over First National Bank,
. M'tdieino Lodge, knns.
VIII practice in all the courts of the State
T. SANFIE,
tTrlNNtY x COUNSELLOR AT Law.
DJlcc over First National Bank,
Mcdicme Lodge, kans.
900 practice IN the courts OF this and ajoin
ing counties.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

1t is reported that Secretary Gresham
is Cleveland's choice for next Presi-
dent 1t must be a mistake, for Grover
will certainly be Cleveland's choice.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

Paper money was worth more than
gold in New York city, recently.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

The National Economist is a good
paper to let alone. Let us make that
Macune sell out at dear bargain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-13

From July 10 to July 81 there were
1927 business failures in the United
States. yet during the whole time the
plutocratic papers kept announcing
that the panic was over.
The Lamar register., 1893-09-23
stTTLEO ON THE STRIP.
lslnri- q ffsme->~~k~rs EsEs<s In
ths Great Ilsss FOR . Lot
or T4rm

zosi tsgaar<ahic race eEer witnessed
iia'r 90 ,hs eorirrs q the Cherokee
4 uooa oa the is,h- Aboat oo,coo
-; o1i As ball, from Gziiins s.a
asul ilr dear life for sosne polat In the
1rI skleh 10 thcm seemed most de.iF-
loz'zaioa rslgned everywhere. 50
Ferr Contestants paesrd together
= fsa-t 80 hazardous oas. Hor-e-
~ u-seAtod. ~Sgoas oycrthso-a and
srszs 7fustrklea 10 the mad ru.h 10 be
~ sfies Of lagered uen ningied sith
sgtiss Of pAnle-strieken horse The
Se'iss rAecrs. the elailer OF boots, the
= Z E1<ons and the shriekinE o, loco
- slablaei In roar similar 10 that ae-
iiyzg The progress o, a tornado.
= s71at Of the signal gun everybody
- Iho>e mounted on fast horses shot
iat coon disappeared In cloud Of
IAossaads OF prairie sehooners fol
al nAay mea and women on foot
'sissd The race for homes fov themselves
~ dspshient ones,
- 7oint the ooHboys on their sturdy
|niqS The lead In the race. They had
| ~ a short distance When they spread
NJ he prairie aud, dismouRtiag, set Ore
fAlsS prairie grass, hoping thus To ,Ura
4 H5.e Hho rerr following. The Ares
+ a7iiiy At fret bat the Wind Sas blor-
p the north and, driving the flames
ary Sere .oon stopped By deep gull
p parallels the Cherokee line three
ength Horses could not be urged through
Pee and many were turned back. No
r. ras done by the names so far as
p .Erther than destroying the grass and
Fsss The racers
|esy The railroad tracks the boomer trains,
+ 10 the guards with townsiters are
Fay Along At snalrs pace, it seems to
sIi1u, passengers, while heet animals
p the mighty iron horse, handicapped
30 forbidden to exceed twelve miles an
The horsemen shout derisiycly as they
n trains, and some of the more hot
7. Passengers pile OIL the cars forthwith,
'Ser distance into the prairie and squat
As trst vacant patch OF 100 acres which
{ IN their way.
'iiraln pulls into townsite or county
disyorges Its load and the townsiters
: over the land like an army OF ants.
'''o, of ground which fifteen minutes be-
sAs nothing but surveyed patch of
e With not an inhabitant, becomes
e'a' community. Innumerable disputes,
lhiercations and some fights take place.