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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
THE CRANK DISCoURAGER.
A Railroad Official Who Deals PRINCIPALLY
m Camille

A Railroad Official Who Deals Principally
in Gentle Sarcasm.
Bothered by cranks and inventors" re-
peated the railroad man; ''well, should
smilel They will average three per week
the whole year round, and their inventions
outnumber the stars"
''The man with the car-coupler turns I'D
pretty often, 1 supposed" queried a New
York Sun scribe.
"Twice a week on the average, but I've
known six of them to be in this Office at
once"
do you make test of every invention!"
'Nearly every one. That's what l am
here for. The correct title of my position
is, The Railroad Invention Tester and Crank
Discouragerp When a chap comes along
with patent car coupler 1 always take HIM
down into the yards and give his patent a
trialn
"And you hit a good thing now and then,
do you not?"
Never. The car coupler of thirty years
ago is the best in use, and indeed about the
only one. You can get nothing better. How
ever, you have got to prove an invention
worthless before you can choke off the in
ventor. If there is any cost to attach it to
car he pays for it. l had one here last
week with a patent freight-car coupler
which was to be worked by lever, thus
rendering it unnecessary for the brakeman
to place himself been the bumpers l saw
half dozen defects, but he was enthusiast
tic, and so l had it put on to couple OF
cars. We went out into the yards, hitched
to suitable engine, and made trial. The
brake failed to work, and the inventor
stepped in to toggle at it, and he was caught
between the bumpers and smashed so fat
that he covered whole door. He was No.
80, believe"
"Thirty-six what!'
''Victims since January /. keep mem
orandum of them. Most of 'em were killed
outright, but some went home to die. 1t is
all done by their own inventions, and we
can not be held responsible keep an old
door and four yard men handy to carry of
the body, and that's all they can reasonably
expect. All but here comes man with
patent draw bar. If you can come around
about day after tomorrow I'll be ready to
try it, and it's ten to one you'll see him car
ried of. Had six draw-bar men here last
month, and five Of 'em were shipped home
by the undertaken"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
SIMPSON ON POPULISM.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec s jerry
Simpson made his first appearance at
the capitol today, and although still
far from well, he was IN greatly i'm
proved health Like Moore. his p0pu
list colleague, he sees nothing IN the
result of the November election TO at
fright or disturb. The pOpulist par
ty,' he says, never was in a more
healthy condition. Two Years ago we
DolIed IN round numbers | million
votes Our aggregate strength at the
last election was Il million. an increase
OF 20 per cent. We are told that we
are dead in Kansas. but our vote there
this year was rs 900 as against JOG, 0GO
four years ago. Two years ago we car
ried Kansas with l62 600 votes, but
that was because of our fusion with
the democrats. Fully 40 600 of the 20.
OO1 democrats supported the republican
candidates, which enabled the republi-
cans to sweep the state. The repubi-
can success this year was not so much
an expression of belief in their primer
pies as ii was disgust on the part of the
people at the failure Of the democratic
party to remedy the troubles of which
the people complain. The populists
also came in for a share of this popular
condemnation. inasmuch as we were
regarded as part of the majority in
both houses. The populist party will
live so long as there are popular griev-
ances To remedy; so long as times are
hard and men are out Of employment,
and so long as capital continues to be
concentrated IN the hands of a few peo-
ple.'
AS to the future of the populist par
~, MIR Simpsons sanguine faith holds
out the most comforting and agreeable
promises. when times improve he
says, when Idle men find employment
aud better industrial conditions pre-
vail, than the populst party will cease
to De. 1t VIII have no excuse for liv
ing, and 1t Will go out of existence 1t
VIII have fulfilled It's mission. 1t has
already been able to accomplish great
deal. The income tax. which is a part
of the new tariff law. is a populist
measure. and was a plank in our plat
FORM two years ago. We have done
that much at least. But We have done
more, all though there are but a dozen
or us In the present House. We have
been able, in quiet way, 10 influence
legislation for the people in many di
reetlons. Our influence has been none
the less effective because it has been
quiet"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

The Woodward News of last week.
published by W L. Bolton who also
runs republican paper in Greensburg.
this state, contains the following
The millionaire who murders his
tellOw man or who couSpireS to detraud
him OF his earnings by trusts and com.
Dimes, should be hunted down with as
much unrelenting vlgoI as the DaitOns
or the Cook gang. or published with
the same severity that attends The pros
ecntiOn of a common swlndler or for
ger"
This is from the pen of republican
and not an anarchist and "lawless"
pop. We cheerfully refer the Cresset
to the above quotation and inquire if
IL Is suitable material "to live or die
by
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

lived about three miles apart. think tne
name of the keeper in question was Paine.
He conquered the English feet with a canoe,
rawhide and crew of one Indian. 1t
came thus about:
The English had come ashore in their
boats and killed one of the cattle in his
charge. They wanted fresh meat and
they got it. Mr. Paine did not propose
that his herds should be thus ravaged with
impunity. He armed himself with raw
hide. Next he found an Indian. He i'm
pressed the Indian with his rawhide and
forced him to paddle off to the AdmiraPs
ship. Mr.. Paine was hailed from the ship
and asked what he wanted He said he
wanted to come on board. He was allowed
to come on board.
He was then asked what ne wanted. He
wanted to see the Admiral. What did he
want to see the Admiral for? To be paid for
one Of the cattle in his care which had been
slain by the Admirars people What was
he going TO do about it in case he was not
paida they inquired. Well, he was going to
take it out of the English feet. What was
he going to take it out with2 With his raw
hidei
The Admiral was informed that Yankee
was on board threatening to lick the feet
with an armament of one canoe, one indian
and a rawhide The Admiral was not
alarmed, but he was amused and interested.
He came on deck in his cooked hat and
epaulettes and ali the glitter and glory of
the titled British tar of eighty odd years ago.
The Admiral and Mr.. Paine confronted
each other Mr.. Paine did not back down.
He repeated his demand and his threat.
"Well," said the Admiral, you are the
bravest Yankee I've seen YETI
He ordered him to be paid. Mr.. Paine re-
ceived the value of the slain beast in hard.
shining, yellow, British gold. Then with
his force he rowed ashore, having gained q
brave but bloodless victory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

We wish to call the attention of our
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the American Nonconformlst.
No poDulist paper has so many able
or so large a circuIa-
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no expense is spared to make it the
best, most reliable paper in the coun-
try. The fraud and rascaIity (winked
at and unpublished by the old party
papers,, unearthed and exposed by its
Washington correspondents during the
last session of congress was a revela-
latIon to every honest man. Its scath,
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to evil doors. Every one of our readers
who wish the news of the whole Pop
pulst movement should subscribe for
this great paper. Price S100 a year
Send direct to Indianapolis, Ind. Sam
pie copy sent upon request.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

"A SEDGwICK county farmer bought
what he supposed was an empty barrel
from a Wichita joint. He took il home
and found some whiskev in it. He
soaked some corn with the whiskey and
scattered it on his wheat field. The
wild geese ate the corn and got drunk.
The farmer caught sixty seven of the
geese, rlucked the feathers from all
and killed enough for himself. his
neighbors and protracted meeting
festival in the Eeighborhood. In relat-
ing the circumstances, he said: Il paid
50 for the barrel and sold 10 the factory
in West Wichita Sll worth of feathers
and consider had S25 worth of fun,
and as five souls were baptised aud con
fessed the Savioar of the universe, |
consider that the 50 1 spent for the
whiskey barrel resulted in more good
than though had spent $50 for mis-
siOnary purposes. Advocate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
THE PARROT scoUReE.
1t Is Almost as Destructive to Sheep
Australia as the Rabbit Pest.

1t Is Almost Destructive to Sheep in
Australia as the Rabbit Pest.
You have no doubt heard of the great
rabbit scourge in the provinces of Australia,
and how the Government of New South
Wales has offered a reward of SIPS, 900 to
any one who will invent some effectual
means OF Kidding the country of the pestif
erous little animals. Thomas W. Knox,
in his last book of travels, tells US acout the
parrot scourge there, which is almost as
destructive to sheep as the rabbit scourge.
When the sheep farmers first established
their stations among the mountains there
were flocks Of green parrots living in the
glens and feeding entirely on fruit and
leaves. They were beautiful birds and no
body suspected any harm from them.
After time it was discovered that many
Of the sheep, and they were invariably the
finest and latest of the flock, had sores on
their backs, and always in the same place,
just over the kidneys. Some of the sores
were so slight that the animals recovered,
but most of them died or had to be
killed to end their. sufferings. The
cause Of these sores was for some
time:a mystery, but at length herdsman on
one of the high ranges declared his belief
that the pa riots were the murderers of the
sheep. Investigation showed that in the Sc
we're winters the parrots had come at night
to the gallows where the herdsmen hung
the care asses of slaughtered sheep and
picked on the fat from the mutton, showing
a Partially for that around the kidneys.
How they ever connected the carcasses
with the living sheep is a subject for nat
uralists to puzzle over, and especially how
they knew the exact spot where the choicest
fat was to be found in the living animal. It
seems that the attacks on the sheep began
within few months after the parrots had
first tasted mutton at the meat galIows
They are gradually being exterminated, but
the sagacious birds that formerly came
without fear into the presence of man now
venture out only at night.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
LARGE HOUSEHOLDS.
Advantages Of Life In Families Made Uu
of MANY Mar w..

of Many MeI.s's--s.
There is no cheerfulnes2Jn The world COM
parable to that afforded BY ~ daily lie OF
large family, says Harper Bazaar. II
may be an equal amount of happiness \
small family, there may be depth of /
where only two are together of which
life lived by ten or dozen could afford a.
idea; but for the cheer of varied interests,
OF lively voices, of going and coming, of
song and laughter, of moving figures, of the
sense of action and life, what can be desired
better than a family where father and
mother and grandmother, aunts and chill
dren, make the round dozenl In a small
family 1t is difficult to keep up the wide in
terest in people and neigh borhood which
does great deal to promote cheerfulness;
it is difficult to keep up such interest In
more than a very few, from the mere
want Of time, from the difficulty of getting
about, and the impossibility of being in
more than one place at time, if from no
other reason. But where there are a num-
Der Of people under the roof, that answers
every purpose, as each one bringing in keen
feeling for the affairs of several others, the
whole together maintain wide and deep
connection from which cheerfulness is pre-
cipitated like salt from its component
gases.
But, apart from the cheer derived from
intercourse and relationship with the out
side multitude by means Of large family's
varied acquaintance, comes that derived
from other sources in consequence of our
full circle. This member of the large house
hold is the one devoted to charity; all the
rest do great deal of vicarious charity as
we may call it, through that channel, and
feel content with satisfied consciences in a
sense Of duty done, which sense whether
1t contributes to virtue or not, does, at any
rate, to cheerfulness, and it is cheerfulness
OF which we are speaking. This other men,
Der Is the student of science, and out of the
thance conversation, the books, plates, ex-
Periments and experiences Of this in
dividual, the rest hive sufficient amount of
scientific honey for their own uses, and are
enriched with learning without the least
eXertion of their own, receiving it, as it
were, through the pores. These others,
again, do the gay society business; and
those of the remainder who are quietly in
clined 90 to all the routs and drives and
sails in the gay ones enjoyment, see what
the bellies wear and how the beaux behave
and never have to leave their tranquil cor
ner at all. And this last one, with scraps
Of singing and scraps of piano-playing, and
mornings of practicng and evenings of
mirth, Yields every thing together in a sort
OF perpetual ringing of joy-bells. In short,
In large ia mily the whole world comes to
every memb er of it, and in a small family
only narrow segment of it can come.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

SAMUEL &. SEELEY. book keeper
In the shoe aud Leather National
Bank OF New York. has succeeded in
stealing 1891 600 from that institution
and getting away with II. Three hun
dred aud tifty-four thousand dollars is
whole lot OF money and tue gay and
festive Secley will no doubt compro.
mise for % cents on the dollar, join the
church, the law and order league. the
Chamber of commerce and get into the
SWIM. Only the poor devil who steals
"A ham learns to appreciate how heavy
Is the immaculate hand of 'justjce''-
Denver Road
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
charged his shotgun full at the aovanc,ng

charged his shotgun full at the ADVANCING
mans heart.
The Confederate fell upon the ties, and
his body, resting for moment, finally
tumbled into the river below. the burly
watchman's gun was empty and he had shot
away all of his ammunition. He dubbed
his gun, and in the lurid light, already far
ing about him from the fired bridge, he
faced his enemies, resolute, defiant to the
last. They rushed upon him and he was
overpowered. His gun was wrested from
his hands, and stout rope was wound
about his body, fast inclosing his arms.
"What shall we do with him?" asked the
leader.
He should hangl Hang himp' echoed
the chorus
ITO the cedar grover' was the order, and
those grim guerrillas, with the bound
Waterman in their midst, marched back
across the bridge, now sheet of fame, and
through the town, to a dense grove of
cedars on the ridge beyond
Here they halted, and the leader of the
band, addressing the prisoner, said:
Its the verdict of the crowd that you be
hanged. Have you any thing to sayl''
Nothing! ~ was the defiant answer 'sYou
are whelps and / am a Union man Do
your worst
''String him upl'' ordered the leader, and
rope was produced and knotted about the
patriots neck.
He was allowed minute for prayer, and
his white lips were inaudibly voicing last
petition to the great Father, when a slen-
der, girlish figure, attired in snowy white,
burst tn ugh the grim throng and threw
her arms around the doomed mans neck.
With nervous fingers she undid the moose,
and, forcing the stern-visaged crowd
aside, cried out in ughterly indignation:
''For shame! You are fifty to one, and
you would commit murder. This is my IA
Their. If you hang him you shall hang me
also.n
The guerrillas were abashed at this bold
defense, and for time said nothing. Final
ly one man spoke, and he evidently voiced
the sentiments of his fellows, for his words
were wildly cheered.
"Now," said he, ''let's adjourn. JEFF Davis
Is free man"
"Aye ayer' was the answer, and they
skunk away, leaving father and daughter to
make their way back to the little town,
which now was photographed against the
sky's background by the lurid glare of the
burning bridge.
Father and daughter still live in Union
Depot, and every night the brave girl, now
a matron with children about her knees,
gathers up her two bright tin buckets and
journeys to the spring below the town,
chatting gayly with her neighbor women.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
SAVED HER FATHER
How . Brave Girl Put tn sba 70,

HOW . Brave Girl Put to Shame Fiftv
Blood-Thirsty GuerriIlas.
The neighborhood of Union Depot. Tenn.
was distracted with feudal troubles during
Sne war, says correspondent of the Phila-
oelp4ia inquirer. Colonels Snap, Ledhetter
ana Lelth, of the Confederate forces. with
.neir partisan bands, ravaged the country
rom one end to the other, and were met
WIN stern resistance by the Union Home
GUARDS AT the beginning of the hostil,-
ues the bridge across the Halston, above
Union Depot, was fixed upon for destruc-
uon oy the Confederate officials.
a band OF men under Colonel Ledhetter
was sent up from Knoxville to fire the
structure. They arrived in the town lust
alter sunset, and proceeding to the bridge
found it guarded by two men. One of these
guards ran away when the Confederates be-
gan TO smear the bridge with coal oil. Int
the other remained, and, shotgun in hand.
opposed the marauders. As they advanced
ne retreated, fighting them stem nv stem
sno several of the guerrillas, Shot dead
1ell from the bridge into the tnrbnlent
stream and were carried on down toward
the Tennessee
Finally the brave defender was oyertaken
ana one OF the Confederates, who knew
MIN, cried out, with musket cooked and nre-
sented to his heart:
surrender, or you are dead man.
NEVER" cried the Waterman, and he dis
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
THE HOoSIER WON.
How an Ancient Indiana Ananias Victim
lied a Practical Joker.

How an Ancient Indiana Ananias Victim
lied Practical Joker.
We were standing one day in front of a
small country store in one-horse town in
Southwestern Indiana, says writer in the
American Commercial Traveller We had
made the rounds and were waiting for the
train. The conversation turned in some way
to the subject of eyesight. An old Roosier
farmer who had been listening to our CONVEX
sation lounged up and said: g reckon view
fellers air right smart chaps e-gallivantin'
roun' through the kentry like heern tell yew
dew, but I'll low, b'gosh, at kin see furder
an draw bead finer nor airy one o. ye
Jes' las week IWus huntin'-me an nv
gal wus-daown on the mash over yon, an
TUX up my gun tew shute. What dye
see, dadF my gal SEE, SEE she. Seer SEE l;
'kain't We see thet squirrel oaown thar?
No. SEE she; Il KANT see no squirrel
kin see Oh stump daown thar bout forty
rod SEE she. There's a squirrel on that
stump SEE 1. An l pulled my oil gun up
to my shoulder an Ilet Ter go. Well, Wien
we got daown thar, sure huff, stranger.
thar warn't no squirrel thar. 'Twan't
nothin' 'cept tarnal little chipmunk bout
half IS big IS my ham. But he wuz ded.
stranger. There KANT nuthin' git away
frum me wen I shute.'
very acute eyeSlgnC, remarked.
"Cute?" the old Hoosier answered.
oval, dunnos thar war nothin' SO very
cute bout it, but 1 reckon it war right
smart seein'.''
All through this wonderful recital George
B., who dearly loved practical joke and
never missed an opportunity to perpetrate
one, had stood gazing fixedly off toward the
northern horizon. When the Hoosier had
finished he remarked: eyes, uncle, that
was mighty good 'seein',' no doubt; but I'll
go you big, round dollar that you can't
tell me the number of geese in that flock up
there" pointing in the direction in which
he had been gazing. We all looked, but
could see nothing. George winked The
old man shaded his eyes with his hand and
said: wal, 1 reckon l kin see the geese
easy huff. hain't right smart on countin'
nohow, stranger, but l ca'late they's bout
thirteen in tibet air flock, z / kin see IN
now.' We all strained our eyes and pres
emily flock hove in sight. They came
nearer and nearer. We counted just thir-
teen. "Thunderr said George, as he
handed over one dollar, ''where in blazes
did those geese come 'FRONT.' 1 didn't see
them before" They had come upon the
scene just in time to win one dollar for the
HooSier.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

The Wichita Eagle spouts viciously
and raises Old Ned generally because
the farmers will probably get voice
in electIng 2 successor to Major Laur-
ence, who died since elected to the leg
islature. If the Eagle had its say. the
farmers would he DISTINGUISHED before
tomorrow sun sinks beyond the hori-
zon. But then the Eagle don't control
the entire solar stem; If 1t did, The
farmer and Iaborer woIld have to "gIt. ;"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

The old party sages are trying to
make light of Senator Peffer's reso-
lutions introduced at he beginning of
this session of congress If the senate
was made up of more PETERS and less
Germans and Shermsns, the country
would be a great deal nearer the people.
One of the resolutions referred TO, in
qmreS into the legal authority under
which Carlisle made the last two bond
issues: the other arraigns the President
for ordering the troops to Chicago dur
ing the strike. The resolutions are
worthy of consideration and would re-
ceive hearing in any body except one
in which corruption reigns supreme.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12
THE Hillman case, somewhat familiar

THE Hillman case, somewhat familiar
to the pioneer settler of this county
will be heard by the supreme court at
Topeka. next mouth. IIilIman was ae-
cidentally killed on Elm Greek in this
county several years ago. He carried
a heavy insurance and his widow began
proceedings TO collect the same The
company maintained that the body
found was not HIllman's, but that an
other mans life had been sacrificed by
Hillman and his friends for the insur-
ance. Ever since Hillman's death the
company was in active pursuit of him,
but have thus far failed To find him.
Their latest find was a man in Arizona.
a native of Kentuckey. He was Identl-
tied by his old Kentuckey friends and
the company's scheme was again frus-
trated No one doubts that Hillman
is dead, but the company will do its
utmost to evade the policy.