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Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31

The gross earnings of the entire Atchlson
system for the month Of July We're S2,o32,
S07 an Increase of 1886 015; the operating eH-
peuses We're 81, SIG 269, an increase of $27l,-
543; the net earnings Were S2lG,d39 an in
crease of $2li,5S2.
Central Traffic Association roads have
louisville september II and H. in conuec-
tiou with the G, y, Il. encampment there
The trips viii be made 70 points within
faro for the round trip,
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31
\ smcItcr for Joplin, Mo.

Webb City, Mo, Aug 2o-(Speclal) Mr..
j. Il Sargcaut has broken ground for a
large lead sm,,'Hr to be erected near the
Memphis railroad. contracts for the ma
chinrry have been awarded ana the entire
work win be pushed forward TO completion
as rapidly as possible wing 10 his proN-
unity to the mines, Nj. Sergeant expects
to be able 10 pay higher prices for ore
than can be paid where it is shipped to
distant smnltnrs.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31
Via Alton q BnItimore q ohio.

Mcpherson post No. 4, Farragut post No
3 AND George ii. Thomas post No. s, C. A.
r. have arranged 10 20 10 the national
eAcan 7men. 1T Louisville via the Chicago
4 Alto and Baltimore 4 ohio railroads.
ana the committees from these posts have
announced a. special train, consisting of
baggage, reclining chair and Pullman
Weeping cars, to from Kansas City to
louisville wltho, hange, leaving at 5;45
m. Sunday, Sci lember s, and arriving at
louisville at II a. m. September o.
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31
cuhnn symrathIzer. in oklahema.

Guthrie. o. r., Aug. 80-lspoolal) A
Cuban meeting was held AT the court
room Tonight, addressed hy General IVAN
bley and Hon Il. O. Cassiday, Resolu-
tions OF sympathy with Cuba We're adopted
and a Cuban Sympathy and Encourage
ment League organiZed to help Cubans In
their struggle for Independence ana TO Gre
ate sentiment in favor or cuban anneXa-
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31

press will leave a p m. instead of 6:55
p. m. The local express viii leave at 800
p. m. and arrive al 600 p, m, instead Of
$3.50 p. m. The Fort Scott n Joplin express
will arrive AZ $40 p. m instead of $40 p, m.
The New York fast express will arrive at
! 20 p. m. The 81. Joseph Il Central Branch
S:35 p IN. The mail and express wlu arrive
at 7:2o a. m. The fast mail leaving 81.
Louis at 3 a. m. viii carry a sleeper from
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31

Indianapolis Ind, Aug S0--The supreme
court this afternoon declared the law
passed by the, last legislature, changing
ents, to be uncons titutional. Had the law
not been knocked out, seYenty-hve Re
publican superintendents would have been
elected Tomorrow instead of the Demo-
Gratis, who now hold Office for TWO years
longer
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31
1T MAY BE {. 7. JEFFERY,
RtMoRs As TO TnE REORGANiZED
SANTA tE's PRESIDENCY.
some Say lie VIII Come From tho Denver
4 Rio Grande Doubtful Discussions
of JcfrcrS's sprospects-Othcr
Railroad News.

Chicago Aug Gothic Dauv News
cave. ,t.s,,,rJ ~ tc,,,. r,,t,,,,,.
-, =, . ~
ana seherai Han'Fcr OF the b'hNer
lilo Grande railway, u is Understood,
will be the president of the reorganl2cd
Atcbisun Topel,a 4, Santa Es railway
resigned the presidency and senior re-
ceivership OF the company since that
limo tho ,ecsi,.ers ma .om,4,ls b,vc
-. ., -
t"v ""t "l'""u, i'''i"'i''
MT JeherF mas an ms Ire been con-
Snccted with railroads. For u long time
I he was associated with tho Illinois Con
f-,i road ss ,,,,,.,rat ,,,,,,,,,,ru
iteVt'Nef -N'u"Ct r Ndiher' ot tHc
1hison, Topeka 4 santa Fe, said to-
day; THE persons who would have TO
derida vbatbar there sb,ui1 bn "a nrasi
don't ar rot ,,,1 ,,tetbnr b,t rresi.
49,. - -
should not be Edward r. Jeffery, have
not given the matter. so far as ] know
n single moments consideration There
&, a., .,,,,,,, ,,,,,,.,,,,.,, ,,t,, ~. st,,,t,
',V '',,',,' NV w. Wy ,'''.
10 So lor TWO OF lhIe' months 10 come
The company has not been reorgani2ed.
Not even the first steps have been taken
in that direction 1t is all rumur and
speculation"
Topeka, Aug 3n.-CSpecialO None Of
the Santa Fe niclals about Topeka be-
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31

Richmond Dispatch; CFoss-eXaminer-
Have you ever had any business dealings
with Lawyer Gouger%'
Witness-"In one matter only. sir Tie
was the eXecutioner of my fathers Will"
tor"
Judge-"No, he doesn't ! know Gouger."
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31
Missouri Pacific Time Card Changes.

A number OF changes will be made in the
arrival and departure of Missouri Pacific
row. The New York fast express will leave
at 80 p. m. instead of p. m. The Atchi-
son, ST, Joseph & Central Branch express
will leave at 1910 a. m, instead of 1880 a. m,
The Fort Scott, Joplin 4 Texas express
Will leave at 1920 a. m. instead OF 1850 a.
m The locas Atchison q ST. Joseph ex-
Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-31

Washington, Aug. S0-(Special) Henry
l.. Hatch and Wife, of Kansas city, arrived
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
IN TIE PASTURE.
Story of Blind Mare and Her Equine
Friend

Story of a Blind Mare and Her Equine
Friend
will tell yon little incident that
came under ny observation when l
was taking my vacation last summer.
! stopped at a farmhouse and the farmer
was the owner of pair of chestnut
horses named Doll and Jack He had
raised them from colts, had always
stabbed and driven them together aid
they were consequently much attached
to each other. LAST summer he turred
them out to pasture and while wander
ing around the fields / noticed the in
cident. Doll has been blind several
years, but she never betrayed it by her
gait when travelling. In the pasture
she would sometimes become sepa-
rated from her mate and as soon as
she discovered it she would COM
mence to search for him. Some
times she would whinny aud he would
respond to her, when she would go
directly toward him and when she
found him they would rub their noses
together At other times Jack would
not answer, but would stop eating.
raise his head and watch the course his
blind mate would take back and forth
across'the pasture, each time turning
toward the left and nearing the fence
at each turn. frequently she would
stop and listen. If she was nearing
the mischievous Jack he would stand
perfectly still, but if she was some dis
tance away he would stamp his feet
two or three times when Don was lis
tening. She was always sure of find
ing him, though sometimes it would
take an hour TO do SO, and then they
would GO away, side by side, cropping
the fresh grass. When they went
to the spring in one corner of the lot to
drink Jack always led the way and he
would stand beside the trough and call
to his mate until she stood beside him
and both would drink together. One
day a terrible racket was heard in the
pastures, and it was kept up so long that
one of the men was sent to see what it
was all about. Doll had got one of her
feet caught in the spokes of an old
wagon wheel that lay in the pasture.
She stood very still and quiet in the
trap into which she had walked, while
Jack was thrashing around the pasture
and neighing as though he had been
hired to rouse the neighborhood. Doll
was release I, while Jack stood by and
watched the operation with apparent
delight that was manifested with wild
gallop around the let when she was
once more free. Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

TIE law passed by the legislature re-
Gently to furnish the farmers of the
western counties with seed and grain
Is weak and of no benefit to the farm.
ers whatever. 1t is grand good thing
for the railroad commissioners but no
one else will feel any of its proposed
advantages. The law empowers the
railroad commissioners to superlntend
and do the buying and shipping of the
seed stuffS without restriction as re-
CARDS price or quality-in short every
thing is turned over to the board of
railroad commissioners with the way
LETT open for big rake off, and the
board is composed of men who will not
be slow to take advantage of the legis.
lature's invitation. The sensible thing
TO do would be to provide food and
clothing for the destitute instead of
legislating money into the pockets of
MorrilPs pet rascals
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
THE PoRCUPlNE'S DIET.
The Only Living Thing That Eats IL
Enlio,-n of the DarnInoIr

The Only Living Thing That Eats the
Foliage of the Hemlock.
You don't have to sl1irmish around
much to get feed to fatten one of these
hemlock porcupines on" says an old
Potter county woodman. "Just sprinkle
some salt over stick of cord-wood, or
a saw-log, for that matter, and he'll
eat the whole business, and enjoy it
like you would mince pie"
The usual diet of these animals,
though, is hemlock browse. They
make themselves home in a hollow
log, or under the roots of some old tree,
but always in reach of big hemlock
The hemlock is their pasture and they
make beaten paths going to and fro
between the tree and their home. The
porcupine climbs the tree as readily as
squirrel would, provided you don't
slip up and cut his tail off while he is
going up. Somehow or other he can't
climb a tree without tail, nor will he
come down without it.
If you catch one of these porcupines
climbing a tree and chop off his tail
close he will stop right where he is, and
will stay there until he starves to
death, unless he is taken away Once
up tree the porcupine goes out on the
big limbs, and pulling the small
branches in with one paw, browses on
the pungent leaves. In going through
the woods you will find little piles of
these fine leaves on the ground under
hemlock trees. That means that a
porcupine is feeding in the tree, the
leaves on the trrOuDd beinr droDyad
from his feast. Sometimes porcupine
will remain in hemlock tree week
at a time, hugging close to the trunk
at night and feeding during the day.
This curious little beast is the only
known living thing that eats the fon-
age of the hemlock.-N. Y. Dispatch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
PUFF ApDERs.
The Great Abundance OF venomous 81

The Great Abundance OF Venomous Snakes
in South Africa.
South Africa is what psychologists
call erich in snakes and especially puff
ladders, which, on account of their size,
are among the most dangerous. During
the warm months scarcely day passes
without puff-adder incident being re-
corded. And il consequence of the
towns spreading sparsely over wild dis
tricts with detached residences and ex~
tensive gardens it is no uncommon oc-
eurrence to see puff adder meander-
ing down the street
Happily, in the majority of cases, the
people know how to avoid them or deal
with them, but, Notwithstanding pres.
ence of mind and good coarage, fatal.
tiles do occur. The reptile even gets
into houses sometimes as do the cobras
of India.
A gentleman was walking across his
dining-roon, when he felt something
against him, and looking down he found
puff adder hanging on to his trousers.
1t had struck at him, but most provi-
dentially the fangs had only caught the
garment. The astonished wearer, to
shake off the reptile, performed, as he
afterward declared, 1.-The most vigorous
hornpipe that ever was danced" until
he got free of the snake, which was
then quickly dispatched.
Dogs become frequent victims through
their keen sense of smell and their de-
termination to investigate. One splen-
did large dog and two fox terriers met
with their death last summer near Port
Elizabeth through the bite of puff ad-
ders.
Though there are other highly venom
GUS and equally abundant snakes at
the cape, they are more of the active
cobra kind; while the puff adders are
extremely sluggish and inactive rep
tiles, which do not get out of the way
but lie half hidden among the heritage
or among roots and stones, with which
they assimilate in color. By their hiss
they betray themselves when danger
threatens and that is all Happily
these great serpents are not aggressive,
and do not attack unless provoked
Waverly Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

IT is amusing to note how some re-
publican editors will keep tab of every
little mistake that a populist official
may make and then spring it on the
public and shrek out, 1T is such cases
that condemn populism," especially
when a republican in the same Office
has made precisely the same error. The
fact that populist, through mere for
getfulness, may make slight error is
no indication that the cause is wrong.
If an occasional error by republican
official were the worst that could be
SAID OF the republican party there would
be no occasion for populism; it is the
everlasting hostility of that party to
the rights of the American people that
condemns repubicanism.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

THE State journal received letter
from Tim Burke, a saloon keeper of
Leayenworth telling that paper to
wheel into line'' with Morrill, aud the
republican party on the whiskey ques-
ton. He says that Morrill, pledged him
self before the election that the whiskey
men should have it their own way if he
was elected and that he got the entire
rum vote on the strength of that prom
ise. lie says farther that if it had not
been for Morull's friendship to The
whiskey element he would not be gov
srnor to-day. Morriil's appolntees on
the Leavenworth metropolitan police
force verify these statements, WHAT
DO our prohibition friends who voted
for Morrill, think Of it anyhow
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
Instinct In Cobras.

1t Is common belief In India tina,
u a cobra Is killed and the remains ara
left In bungalow, others of the spe.
sizes will be attracted to the spot. A
correspondent of the Pioneer Mail
records an incident which appears to
indicate, as he says, that there is some
truth in this theory. About nine
months ago Col. Ilderton killed a very
large cobra In the compound of his
bungalow at Dinapore, and had its
Skin stuffed and set up by native mo-
chez. Since then the compound has
been infested with these snakes, and
no less than eight full-grown cobras,
measuring from four feet eight inches
to fvo feet four inches, have been
killed there, one of which was sittina
up, with its hood extended, oontem.
plating the house where the remains
Of Its preserved friend were. 1t Is a
eurious feet that every saake when
found was making in the direction OF
the bungalow, and most of ther
showed fight when tackled The last
two were within = few feet of each
other when Col. Ildert0n killed them
with stick, and were advancing us
the carriage drive together. No ccbras
have been seen In other parts of the
station.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
STRANGE sroRY.
OF the Notorious Black Cansa -

Lyons.
Tie death is announced In Paris Of
Able Bonllan, the famous - or An.
fanous-defroque the Black Canon
Of Lyons, the real hero of "La Bas,"
says correspondent. Though he
makes but rare appearance in NJ. Hugs
mans romance, his influence dominates
the boob from beginning to end. And
well it might, for In truth he was
among the strangest spirits of his gen.
Grafton La Figaro says: ITO the cum
ning of an impostor he added a pro-
found and devious scholarship. Magic
and the arts of darker age hid no se-
crets from him. When he renowned
his allegiance to the church the arch.
bishop of Paris, unwilling to lose so
learned a colleague, sent two worthy
canons to reason with him But he
sailed down SO many devils upon their
heads that they were only too glad to
leave him in peace. For many years
he has devoted himself to the practice
Of his art and profited greatly thereby.
1T was his won't to administer IL
unesse noire, with all its obscene rites,
In private chapel beyond the heights
Of Mont Parnasse, and from many dis
traught soul he exercised totmentine
demon. He died at the zenith of his
power. 1t IL but q few months ago
that he was called upon to relieve an
unfortunate lady from a double spell.
Not merely was the victim harassed
by physical pain, but trees and plants
Withered upon her estate.
1.-THE Black Canon by his incan+a.
lions, instantly cured the bodily
anguish and would have restored the
leaves and blossoms Of the lady's qar-
den had not she too suddenly closed
her purse. A strayling from tho mid.
sIe ages. he leaves none to inherit hir
oscult power, for he would have de.
1pised the experiments of so patent an
amateur as Col do Rochas. Was he
the slave OF superstition or reason
able and contemptuous cynic? For the
sake of humor and his own peace of
MUD, it Is trusted the latter"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
Of GENERAL INTEREST.

AT the outbreak of the revolution
airy contest the fishing towns were rich
and populous In IT'S, in the hope of
starving New England into submission,
the British parliament PASSED the act
TO deprive the colonies of the right of
fishing on the banks of Newfoundland.
The breaking-out of hostilities, which
soon followed, nearly destroyed the
fisheries for a time.
"A curiosity of this years peach crop
on the Delaware peninsula is the fruit
of tree in the garden of Colin Siam,
at Chestertown, Kent county, Md. All
the peaches on this tree are in twins or
triplets A twig one foot long was
found to have sixteen twin peaches.
An occasional double peach is not un-
usual, but such fruit seldom reaches
healthy maturity.
-Sterilized milk is very modern de-
vice for infants and invalids 1t sells
as high as fifty cents a quart, and Is
bought sometimes IN quantities to last
the individual consumer year. 1t is
even sent to customers in Europe. It
is shipped in Theoretically sealed YES
sells, and may be Kept like any other
preserve. Specimens have been found
sweet and wholesome two years after
leaving the COW.
1t was a Chinaman who, nearly five
thousand years ago, discovered the prin-
ciple of a water clock. Remarkable to
state, the inventors name, Hwang Tt,
has been preserved. The rude original
consisted of two copper vessels, one
above and one below, the former having
hole in the bottom through which the
water percolated into the latter, where
there was float, the gradual rise Of
which indicated periods of time-In-
ventive Age.
What did the poet mean when he
sang of ''the stag of temp" When a
deer is five years old, he should have
what is called his rights" that is,
says the countess of Malmesbury, the
brow antler, which is nearest the hase
of the horn or burr: the bez or bay, an
inch or two higher up; the beam or up
right (main shaft of the horn; the tray
or tres above that and finally, two on
top, or two points on one of his antlers
This constitutes stag of eight points,
that will, in another year, have two on
top on both sides and SO become ''a stag
of ten" points. Most of these terms
are derived from old French hunting
terms.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

TIE labOrers OF the eastern states are
suffering more than the people of the
droughty West. And the East is the
place where the protected manufacture
ers hold forth; it is the place where our
boosted protection should manifest its
superior traits if it has any. But the
suburbs of the cities of that part of
the country present hideous spectacle
"a condition that Is heartrendlng in
the extreme. This IS a natural out
growth of modern o-republicanism
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

DIR. MILLER wearies the public in n
lengthy article in the Cresset of last
week. lie is particularly anxious to
Vlndlcate the sugar mill company at
the expense of the farmers, but we
who are acquainted with the facts in
the case know the motive of the parties
better than foreigner can tell us. 1t
would seem that man of DR.. Miller's
age and experience ought to oe possess
cd of sufficient reasoning power to
get at the real cause of the existing in
dustrial depression without tantalizing
the intelligent farmers of this county
who have done their part to rectify
these evils. OF course, if the govern.
ment would deliberately put up $2O,-
600 every time our English friends de-
mand it we suppose the institution
would be bowling success with the
accent on the howl. 1T the company
must be given an eXor5itant bonus
simply to induce it to pay its honest
debts, we think it high time the bust
ness suspends. Even DR.. Miller ought
60 know this much. But then the ven
cradle Doctor is just where good
many other old foggies are, and he is
to be pittied more than to be blamed.
The trouble with this class of people is
that they are too narrow to embrace
more than one idea and nine times out
ten they get that idea Wrong. We
maintain, as we have all along main
tanned, that IN so far as right and JUS
tice is concerned, the government has
no more right to pay or cents bounty
to the sugar monopolies than 1t has to
pay the farmer 25 cents for every BUSH
Ell of wheat raised. If one is right the
other is right. You can't tax one in
dividual to enrich another and call it
right.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
PATIENTS
1851 First Published Jan %, 1895.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Kansas, County of Barber IS.
TreadWelI Cleveland nlaintiR
1851

State of Kansas, County of Barber IS.
Treadwell Cleveland. plaintiff.
VS..
Peter j. SchlOsser, +. C. Hubbell. and -
Hubbell his wife whose first name is to the
PlafntfH unknown, j. w. McNeai, - Nc
Neal his wife whose first name is to plaintiff
unknown. S. b. Hunt, G. w. E. Griffith. de-
PENDANTS
pY virtue of an alias order of sale issued out
II of the District Court Barber county Kan
sas. In the above entitled action, and to me di-
rected, will on
Saturday, the 23rd Day of March,
1895, at two O'Clock in the afternoon of
said day. at the front door of the courthouse
in said county, offer for sale, at public auetion
and SELL without appraisement. TO the highest
and best bidder. for cash in hand to satisfy
said order of sale. all the right title and inter
est whatsoever of the above named defend
ants, and each Of them. and Of all persons
claiming under them. in and to the following
described tract, piece and parcel of land, lying
and situate in said county of Barber. to-wit:
The northeast quarter of section thirty-thre
33, township thirty one 81, south, range fifteen
Is. west of the 9th p. NJ.
Together with all ard singular the
tenementS, hereditaments and appurte aances
thereunto belonging or in anywise appertain-
ing.
Given under my hand, at ny Office in the
city of Medicine Lodge. in said county, this
l4th day of Feb, 1924. o. MILLS, sheriff
GEO. j. BANKER, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27
we are told that silver and col

We are told that silver and gold
was the money of Isaac and Jacob, sew
eral thousand years before the Chris
tan era. True enough, and in those
days the grist of wheat was ground be-
tween the upper and neither mill stone
by the hands of the women of that
time and the water was drawn from
the well with pole. We grind the
wheat different. use other appliances
with which to raise water, and in other
directions have made some improve
ments. Why not make some progress
IN the matter of ey.-0berlin lKan-l
Herald
a Bad slip,
Dora-And so your engagement with
Mr. Hardhead is off?
Clara-Y Is, sent him flying.
Dora-Mercy! What did he do?
Clara-In looking for something in
his pocket, ne dropped little clipping
from some newspaper, but did not no
tice it, and after he had gone, picked
it up What do yon think it was?
Dora Horrors. I'm sure could never
guess. Tell me quick.
Clara-It told how 70 clean rag car.
pets. IN. !. Weekly.
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

CLEvELAND's $500, 100000 bond
scheme was defeated in the house.
Nearly all the republicans aud not
quite half the democrats voted for the
bill. The populists voted solidly
against it. 1t would have passed by
n change Of II votes. Gear" Reed
voted and worked for the Infamous
robbery measure.