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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
.nSnS reports

Do not misapprehend what is here
meant by laborer 1t not only includes
the employees in manufactures mines
and shops, but also in the field 1t not
only includes the tenant and laborer on
the farm, but every person who devotes
his time to it-all except the non-pro-
ducers.
To show the appalling net results of
the present ahominable system of ex-
ploitation and robbery, ! append the
following statement clipped from cir
culsr letter, recently promulgated by
the Western Economic association.
While reading bear in mind the fact
that in 1861 the people were compara-
lively free from debt and owned their
own homes.
Three years ago the &sSter4i Economic asso-
ciaiiOn Gf St LoRis appealed 10 the voters oi
the United States TO petition congress to have
the eleventh census snow the mortgage iRdebt-
edIesS and tenure OF farms ana homes tho ar,
eumCnt being that s1ch an inquiry would tend
to give the ratio of the distribution of wealth
The nvesiiS Ition is nearly finished and il VIII
have the percentage OF owned and rented
homes and farms in ever! city and county
in the United States. Enough data bav
already been published 10 predict
s.l'ltl Startling SHOWING. Briefly stat d
lhset-feurth5 sf tie eity population live in
rented houses, and in some cities and states il
runs as high as % per cent OF the remaining
fourth gpe half own their homes, but undes
mortgage TO their tuii cresit value, that is they
are virtually tenants 1'nis means taat uudas
the indus trial feudalisTn now developing seven
eixnthS Of our city population are liable to be
turned out Of work Ut the end OF the week and
with their families into the street az the end os
toe Ldo1a,h
The condition 0i the aglieuItpFalist IS but lit
tie better one-t third OF the farmers OF the cd
tire country are tenants one third own Their
farms, but under mortgage to their fun credit
value. thus rendering them virtually telaE -,
and only third own their farms free from
debt by Comparison with the census OF lssl
there has been an alarming increase IN tenant
farmers. In Illinois, for example, the growth
9gas lrcIn q per cent in 1870 TO 81 per cent in
1894 and ia Mon ana it was tenfoll In evers
state in The union the percentage las increased
IN The last decade and more starting Stili, the
absolute as wei IS the relative number oi
farms has decreased though the acreage has
increased. showing the concentration of farms
In fever haniS AID the remorseless reduction
OF the real tilers so tie condition of serfS- The
investigation demonstrates the truth Of The as
sertion that the rich are growing richer and the
Poor pooreT. and that the American working
mar is becoming tbs American slave, and the
American fIrn-cr the American peasant
trust that there has been submitted
sufficient evidence to prove that there
is a labor question and that involved
therein are mighty problems of grave
pqrteRt- upop wise solution oe which
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
usr Faalt.

Miss Munn-'I refused yon once, Mr.
Spetts. Why do you ask me againsr
Spatts-''It was your own fault. dear.
IL you had not refused me would noi
be asking you now, would I?r-Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

a 4. L. & a. NJ, Delta Lodge No. -
~ Regular communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings i'll each
w month. All aiilintins and non-Hfili-
eting mnsons In good standing, cordially in
Viied to attend II. A. BURNETT, w. NJ.
l. W. STOUT. Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
SOCIETIES.

QUALITY TEMPLE, No. ~, Pythian Sisters
" meet regular every End and 4th Thursday
ovonlngs. All members requcAted to attend.
Mus. MAMIE o BRYAN, NJ. f. &.
NRS. A. ID. CREWS, NJ. X. and &.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 30.
OI uI NS Regular Communications, FIRST
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. FRANCIS ELLIS, W. NJ.
MAMIE v. o. BRYAN, Sec.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

The Pennsylvania railway system
has been discharging many union men
lately without good grounds and filling
their places with non-union men. This
is causing much complaint on the part
of those remaining, and genera al strike
is feared
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
Tom Watson is now contestinp +

Tom Watson is now contesting the
election of Black to congress in
Georgia. The most damaging testi-
mony is being brought out Whole.
sale repeating, bulldozing and buying
votes is sworn to, but the democratic
press persists in belittling every thing
that makes against the grand old party
The case is called by these parrots for
plutocracy, the "forlorn hope,'' "Wat-
sons farce, " "a case of ill-temper," ETC.
The attorneys are resorting to every
possible means to retard the case
Fort Worth TEX Advance
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

F,E1PHIN LODGE, No. l40, K. of p, meets ON
Monday evening of each week. at the X of p.
mnll VISITING Knights in good standing invi-
ied to attend. JAMES II. MINICK, q. &.
JACOB c. wALsTAD, X. OF X. s. ).
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

ENSIGN ENCANiPMENT No. 62, !. 90
Meets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to attend.
=. l.. ALLEN. II. u. G.. X. HARRIS, &. L.
". Il. ROUSE, :. w. J.C. wAISTAD, s.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

CYPRUS CHAPTER No. G3. Il, \, ~, meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER |. LONG, II. z.
L.. b. PECK, Sec'y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

K J. y. .. f., Pioneer LODI
A&&N< No. l5B.-Regulnr meetings
(lIA SFtF 49, every TuesllAy evening V e
itingbrethren In good stand
ing cordially invited.
X. w. CAMERON,
Noble Grand.
J.. W. moore, Reading Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

TAOMINo. 81, ,REBECCA DEGREE. 1. o. OF
Meets the 2d aud 4th w ed. nights, each month.
Mrs. NJ. ALLEN, N. q,
Mus. AUG. SCMTDT, Secy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08
state 0mcers.
Barber County omcers.
PHYsICIANsIN MEDICINE LODGE.

s. KoCIELL,
homeopathic Physician & SURGEON,
Onice on Kansas Avenue, next to Index Office.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANfAs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

W D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
al Ra N I'd S 4th Saturday in each month
ot the cou-s house I'm Medicine Lodge, at Il. N.
All comrades cordially invited.
l.. r. WILLIAMS, Post Commander.
JouN W. UPPERXAN, Adjutant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

The ring politicians of both old
parties are beginning to wonder where
they are at" They were astonished
beyond measure when Harrison ap-
pointed Jackson, of Tennessee, a rock
ribbed democrat, to the supreme bench;
and completely paralyzed when Cleve-
decided to make Judge Gresham bis
secretary of state. The populists sim
ply smile at such things and remark:
1--WE told you so. There's no differ
ence between 'em. They're twins -
Lincoln (Neb. Alliance independent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

x " LOREN EDWARDS CAMP. No LIZ
VI :. OF ", meets ON LIST and ID Sstur
Slny evenings of each month, I'm their hail on
NortA Main street.
J. L. RoNIG, Commander.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-08

II, go 900 families Total -. Sj2 0O1. coo, 900
That it is strictly true that the priv
ileged few have absorbed the total net
product of the nations toilers is shown
by the following tabulation from the
limited StataS cansps ranorte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

In Its movement toward an extension of
the water-meter system the District gov
eminent should be careful not to adopt
measures that will interfere with the gen.
erai welfare. There are many objections to
the Introduction OF water meters in this or
any other municipality. One of the primary
necessities in every city Cand in many re-
spects the most importanO is an abundant
supply OF pure water. and one of the things
upon which the apostle of hygiene insists
is liberal use-externally and internally
OF that same healr h-giving and health-pre-
serving fluid After many years of mis-
sionary effort tie laws of cleanliness are
now fairly well understood by a reasonably
large proportion of this country's popuIa-
ton and 4 gratifying amount of obedience
Is rendered these statutes. but if the water
meter idea is TO prevail generally, enforced
economy Will diminish cleanliness and the
result Will be a relapse into conditions from
which millions have been rescued by ap-
piled science. AS things now are many
PEOPLE of small means do not use as much
water as they should and teachers who are
anxious only To do good are continually in
eistinS on the benefits to be derived from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

Rapid as Is steamship communication with
Europe today IL is far from probable that
the limit Of speed has been reached, al
though several naval constructors have
expressed themselves as of the opinion that
greater speed would be possible only to
larger ships fitted with more powerful ma
chmsry, and these cannot be until the en-
frances to the principal harbors are con-
e.derably deepened- The latest rational eff
fort to revolutionize vessel propulsion is
that Of a resident of Williamsport Pa. Mr..
Richard 3. Painton- Describing his revolu-
tonary propositions, Mr.. Painton SAYS that
he would ut each vessel with a number of
propellers, operated on shafts that run
through the vessel from side to side the
first pair being pretty well forward, the
others located under water line at equal
intervals of about one hundred feet so that
q vessel 800 feet long would have five sets
OF projectors. The claim Is made that a
vessel so equipped could make the voyage
10 Europe In three days. If the claim be
made good then the individual who makes
Two blades OF grass to grow where but one
grew before Will be but a minor benefactor
when compared with Mr.. Painton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

1t Is evident that President Cleveland,
placing implicit confidence In the Biouns
report. believed that the so-caIIed provision
al government had no life or strength except
what was derived from the supposition that
this republic was behind the revolutionary
movement. He thought that when announce
ment was made that the support OF the
United States was withdrawn from the pro-
visionai government the queen, backed by
the people OF Hawaii. would at once resume
'the throne, and every one concerned In the
provisional government would at once throw
up his hands and plead for mercy. He
therefore announced to the ex-queen that he
was going to restore her on condition that
she would not cut the threats OF the revo-
iutionists. But the ex-queen knows the Ha-
waiian conditions better than Mr. Cleveland
She learns that maintenance of her on her
throne after restoration by the United
states Is unnecessary in view of the Ha-
waiian situation as MIR. Cleveland under
stands 1T, and is not contemplated by him.
She declines to be restored. Mr.. Cleveland
thinks that the refusal is due to her un-
willingness to promise that she will not cut
the threats OF the revoIutionists Other
people will think that she recognizes the
superior power of the de facto provisional
government from which she has obtained
protection in answer to her personal appeal,
and that 1t is her own safety which concerns
her. In either case the United States should
not interfere-neither to promote the de-
struction OF the members OF the provisional
government nor of Liliuokalani. The ex-
queens behavior. so inconsistent with what
Mr.. Cleveland assumes to be the facts OF
the situation. ought to have put him on his
guard against implicit confidence in the
existence OF these facts; but it has not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

Ordinarily there Is nothing humorous in
the proceedings OF those who operate winter
race-meetings. but Philan thropist Engeman
did a really funny thing on Saturday when
he ordered or authorized the posting up Of a
notice in the Baltimore and Ohio station
that because Of the inclemency of the
weather there would be no racing that day.
To the uninitiated the cause for laughter
may not at once be apparent but the man
who knows how and why the pool-room
races are run cannot help cackling nightly
over the idea that any meteorological condi-
tons would be permitted to interfere with
even single race. Rain may fall with vio-
lence such as has not been known since
Noahs experience with precipitation, snow
descend until the air is a cloud impenetra-
bic to the average pair of eyes. ice render
the track dangerous to the safety of horses
and riders. but the program is always car
ried out in it's fuilness, the real spectators
being not the shivering few at the race
track, but the pool-room gamblers in the
various cities of the country. The real rea-
son why there Were no races at Ivy City on
Saturday did not have its origin in the very
small quantity of rain that fell prior to the
posting of the notice. but in the knowledge
OF the fact (carelessly guarded that a raid
had been planned and would be executed
BY this time it should be evident to the
Engennan following that District Attorney
Bfrney means business; that he will enforce
the law without fear or favor; that he will
not try his cases after the fashion suggested
by those whom he so properly proposes to
raid and prosecute. and that every decent
citizen will support to the utmost every
effort made by Mr.. Birney to rid the Dis
trict Of Columbia of the withdrawing army
which has invaded it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
Stra bismfc Justice.
From the Chicago Herald.

from the lineage Herald
A South Dakota cowboy named De
France, out of work, rode into Chadron,
Neb., and in order to get food held up and
robbed mail carrier. He got just 1 cent.
Judge Bundy. at Omaha, sentenced the poor
fellow, on his plea of guilty, to imprison-
ment for life. The same judge, some time
ago. sentenced Mosher, the Capitol National
Bank robber of Lincoln, who had stolen
nearly $1,OOO.OOO, to the penitentiary for five
years. IL the old adage be true: 1T is a
sin TO steal pin, 1t is a greater to steal a
later Mosher should be live to be as old
as Methuselah and serve that life's SEN
tence. If the sentence of both these men
is strictly according to law, and Judge has
no discretion in extraordinary cases. either
Of premeditated and deliberate crime or OF
offenses of impulse the result of desti-
tuition, then the law should be speedily
changed. Abuses like these destroy all re-
spect for law. and go far to explain If not
to excuse, the claim that so-called legal
justice among men is fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

personal and frequent Intimacy with the
essential liquid, but If municipal authori-
ties strive to make cleanliness more ex-
pensive they will surely undo much good
and give encouragement to the diseases
that have their origin in filth. At no time
since its foundation has this city been
cleaner than it now is, nor is there present
possibility Of epidemic, but with anything
like notable extension Of the water-meter
system would come changes that could not
but operate to the disadvantage of Wash
ington's reputation. This city's water sup
ply should be more than sufficient in vol
ume to afford each household even an ex-
travagant quantity and at the least pos
sibie cost Pure water for household uses
ought not in the public interest, to cost
more than fresh air. Large consumers, es-
pecially those who make business use of
the Potomac water, may well be held in
check by water meters, but anything like
general extension Of the system should
not be, and doubtless is not contemplated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
4 Conspiracy.

Say" said the man with the gaudy shirt
collar and the big diamond pin, Il under
stan dat deys quit de winter racin.''
Sure"
"Whut dye reckon's de reason?"
"A feny what knows. says 1t was troo a
put-up job dat dey discovered jes' in time
ter pervent some rank outsiders comm in
an swipin' all &c stakes"
You don't say sou
"Y-a-a-s!'
How was dey gointer do it?'
You know de snow plows dat de street
car company's use?'
"Certn'y.'
"Dey wus goin' ter buy de horses dat pulls
'em an enter 'em In de races. You see
dey've had practice in de beautiful snow
steps. till dey could swipe anything else or
de track. dead easy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

President Cleveland persistently declines
to see things as they are In Hawaii. This
deliberate limitation of visual power Is con-
spicuously apparent in the message which
the President today sent to Congress. Touch
ing upon the task with which Minister
Willis was burdened. the chief executive
says that the minister was empowered ito
advise the Queen and her supporters of my
desire to aid in the restoration of the status
existing before the lawless landing of the
United States forces at Honolulu on the
10th Of January last, If such restoration
could be effected upon terms providing for
clemency as well as justice to all parties
concerned. The conditions suggested, as the
Instructions show, contemplate a general
amnesty to those concerned in setting up
the provisional government and recogni-
ton OF all its bona fide acts and obltga-
tons. In short. they require that the past
should be buried. and that the restored Gov
eminent should reassume its authority as
N its continuity had not been interrupted"
But the ex-queen would not be restored, or
as the President puts it: These conditions
have not proved acceptable to the Queen.
and though she has been Informed that they
will be insisted upon, and that, unless ac-
coded to. the efforts of the President to aid
In the restoration of her Government will
cSaSe, nave NOT tlluS Tar ledTneu tndt she
Is willing to yield them her acquiescence"
What an extraordinary tableau is here pre-
sented! The President of the worlds great
est republic using all the power at his COM
mand to restore one of the most vicious of
monarchs and at the same time pleading
with his female protege to spare the lives
OF those who were powerful enough to
shorten her reign and to whom she has
since appealed for protection. Was ever
greater absurdity offered so seriously as
Is this assumption that Liliuokalani declines
restoration because she has in her but little
of the quality Of mercy?' Willing to be
queen once more. but stubbornly refusing
proffered assistance that makes terms in the
interests of humanity Anxious to grasp
the scepter and control the treasury. but SO
thirsty for blood that the voice of vengeance
will not be hushed. this ex-ruler Of the
Sandwich Islands proudly disdains an ally
whose friendship is encountered with peace!
How supremacy ridiculousi Does not every
body know that fear for her own safety
and not a consuming desire for the blood
of others restraints Liluokalani from assent
ing to restoration without assurance that
she will be retained and protected there
against her unwilling subjects by the arm
ed forces Of the United States or Great
Britain?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
Johnny's Woe.

Johnny's Woe.
Curly headed Johnny had tear-drop In his
eye;
Curly headed Johnny couldn't speak with
out sigh.
And the Christmas preparations that wer,
round him everywhere
Had not the least effect upon his melan
choly air.
~Oh, what's the use of hanging up my stock
ing" he would say,
There's nothing to look forward to, for me
on Christmas day;
He'll scratch US of his program when b,
bitches up his team,
For Sanity needs fireplace. and they hea
our fiat by steam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

A MfsanthrOpe's Opportunity.
cherish for my fellow man a hatred most
sincere.
Had the might I'd doom him without SYM
pathy or fear;
There's but one way for me to show just
what my feelings are
I'll go and be the motorman upon a trolley
car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
HusiuesS-Like,

$50 you've caught the Infection" he re-
marked to a man who had blue ribbon
with bright yellow pin fastening it, con-
spicuously displayed on his coat lapel.
Are you talking about this badger?
yes"
'Oh, L took ten dollars worth of them"
isn't that going in on a rather large
scale?"
Purely a matter of business. You see
when The Evening Star Santa Claus
Club was first organized. my sympathies
Joined the movement right of, and thought
L might as well pay the ten dollars in ad.
vance to keep my sympathies from being
posted for dues"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

President Cleveland in his desire TO bury
the past in Honolulu possibly did not take
into consideration the extreme liveliness
that was likely to attend the wake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

The President has. as yet, neglected to
report the case of Liliuokalanf for the CON-
s!deration of The Evening Star Santa Claus
Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
SHOOTING STARS,

People never know what embarrassment
OF riches" means until they are examining
the purchases which they made while under
the mysterious influence Of the auctioneer
at the dead letter sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

Mr.. Cleveland has consented to hang
some Information on the Congressional
Christmas tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

1t Is now Mr.. John L. Stevens turn to
contribute to the observation-disclosures joint
debate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

France is kept very busy with its efforts
TO take care of a CONSPICUOUS overproduc-
ton in the bomb crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

BY desiring to be a mere governor, Buffalo
BIZ viii sink very much in the estima ton
OF the average small boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
A Dire Prospect.
ey York World,

From the New York World.
1t looks very much as If Boss McKane
would be compelled to hire thirty days
substitute to look after his Sunday school
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

Human Nature.
Man wants but little here below
Is soothing as to sound,
But doesn't count. most people know,
When payday comes around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18

The lot of a New York policeman is in
deed mot happy one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
A Chriafmaa GIFT

Are you going to give Herbert Christ
mas present. asked her confidante.
Yes"
II thought that your engagement was
broken"
1T is. I'm going to send him all his let
rers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-18
LAMSBURGH & BRO.
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