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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13
How 1t Works,

Straws show which way the wind
On Thursday, April, 2, there were two
petitions presented to Congress. One
Of them was from the Massachusetts,
State Board of Trade of Boston, and it's
object is the maintenance of the single
gold standard in coinage. The other
was from the Drill Press and Milling
Machine Union, No. 6505, American
Federation of Labor. of Toledo, Ohio,
praying for the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver The fate of these two pc
titions is highly complimentary to the
spirit of American fair play, the prin-
ciple of Republican justice, the theory
of liberty and equal rights for all,
which is by a somewhat fantastic flight
of the imagination supposed to pervade
this ideal land. The gold standard petit
ton was very courteously referred to
the Committee on Finance, and will
doubtless be utilized when needed in
the future to brace and sustain the rec
concentrations of that astute commit
tee. The other petition, that of the la
boring men for the free coinage of sill
yer on the same terms as are extended
to gold, was ordered laid on the table,
or in other words snuffed out of exist
eEce then and there. 1t is worth noting
too, as an instance of the irony of fate
that the plea of the iron workers was
presented by Senator John Sherman, OF
Ohio, himself the Judas Iscariot of fin
aDce, who has done more than any ten
living men to prostitute the coinage OF
the American Republic to the base uses
of European money lenders. There is
at the present time but one satisfaction
connected with this incident. and that
is the irony of fate in another direction
in casting down the amb: Gus and
withering the hope of the Ohio states.
man, whom nature generously enrich.
ed with gifts, whose life work was the
attainment of the Presidency, but who
is to-day standing on the threshold OF
another world, with the ashes of Sodom
in his parched mouth, with the honori
of the Presidency cut off by his perfidy
and with keen realization gnawing al
his heart that his treason to the honest
toilers of his native land, while 1t may
have made him rich, has also made him
more to be pitied in the evening of lif,
than the pauper dying in squalor and
rags.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13
Avoid Nagging.

]. r. Miller, speaking of this com
mon fault. says:
"Nagging is not a means of grace.
There is more excellent way-the way
of love. 1t is better, when we wish to
correct faults in others, to be careful
to let them see in us in strong relief
the virtue, the excellence, opposite to
the defect we see in them. 1t is the
habit of a certain good man. if one
of his family or friends mispronounces
a word in mis- hearing, never pedanti
cally to correct the error, but at some
early opportunity to find occasion to use
the same word, giving it the correct
pronunciation. Something like this is
wise in helping others out of their
faults of character or conduct. An ex-
ample is better than criticism"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13
. ...S12,646.O 600. 600

While such ruinous losses from fall
ing prices have bankrupted agriculture
and beggared labor, the value of bank
stocks has increased beyond the fondest
dreams of ayarice Chemical Bank
stock rising from 500 per share to over
$4,000 per share. First National John
Sherman's bank) from 500 to 81, 500
per share, and numerous others rising
from Ave to eight hundred per cent in
value
Again, we see that usury rolls aealth
so rapidly into the hands of the few
that they cannot find investment for it
all in loans. 1t has absorbed all rail-
roads, telegraphs, coal mines, oil fields,
lumber forests, and similar industries,
and by the enormous advantage OF i'm
mense combined capital has consoli-
dated the manufacturing and similar
branches Of business into three hun
dred gigantic trusts all controlled by
the few. 1t has thus swept the smaller
operators out of business and turned
profit from such business to the usur-
ers. This oligarchy, with control of
banking, transportation and the trusts,
increasing its income so rapidly has
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13

BLAINE WAS FOR FREE COINAGE OF SILVER AT is TOl,

b ~ own nwsae sum
g p sna throughout
gold ~ ~a arunou
uhr.
~
i a without
d + thousands
recognized h n it No
therefore, ~ ~demontz in mvoroa
% e I ii ~ o o~ enlarged
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13
Three House. Form rh,. Parish.

The changes necessary to the con-
struction of Queen Victoria street. Lon
don, have brought about a curious STATE
OF affairs. Piece by piece has been
taken from the parish of st. Mary
Mounthaw until at present 1t actually
consists of but three houses and yet it
is legally an electoral parish stilL-New
York World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13
NAME. RESIDENCE.

We hope that all men who are not
members of the Peoples party, and
who do not desire to join it, but who
nevertheless are in favor of free sill
yer, will cut out the foregoing petit
ton and pasting it at the top of a
sheet of paper, get as many signatures
to it as possible. I'D.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13

Tho Way
First find thou Truth, and then
Although she strays
From beaten paths of men
To untrod ways
Her leading follow straight;
And bide thy fate;
And whether smiles or scorn
Thy passing greet,
Or find'st thou flower or thorn
Beneath thy feet
Fare on! nor fear thy fate
At Heavens gate.
VIM. S. ShurtIeff
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-05-13

Exports of copper pyrites from Spain
last year fell OF nearly $1,000 tons az
compared with 1894, the figures being
5o4.407 tons and 54l, ,320 tons respse-
lively. ...-..-e.-.->---.---.-
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19

few Northern newspapers which reach.
cd the masses in tho Northern cities
were powerlcss to oblitorato tho i'm
preston. The Democratic party suf-
fercd, although it had rcpudiated both
Cleveland and his policy.
"Thcu tho unbushing use Of money
in unlimited quantities controlled
campaign of the Republicans was con-
Quoted by the Republicans with great
vigor by large corps OF we'll trained
speakers, many of them mon Of nation
III repute, while the Democracy, with
out means. relied upon volunteer
speakers and these could not cover
the field thoroughly us their oppon-
cnts.
"A third factor was the threat open
or implied, by thousan Is Of owners Of
manufactures and workshops that
3ryan's election meant the closing
down Of work. The army Of tho idle
were promised work il Mckinley should
triumph. Tho Republican masses in
the country or agricultural districts
wcrc promised Il return OF good prices
and prosperous times under ltepubli-
can tariff policy ana with u restora-
tion Of confidence. The natural AL
lance Of the South and West, though
not complete, has received an impetus
which cannot be stopped or prevented.
The issue Of financial reform and the
restoration OF the money Of the Con-
Stitution is not dead and will not down.
1--WE have broken tho solid North,
while the South is practically solid.
The tyranny Of the Federal judiciary
and the greed Of the putocrats will
drive the masses by the million to our
support in the next great struggle. JEFF
fcrsOn lost his first battle in 1896, but
won in 1900. The Republican party was
over whclminGly defeated in 1886 and
Lincoln was defeated for the Senate in
1898, but he was elected President in
1850. We will win in 1890. Mckinley
cannot give relief or restore prosperity
unless the law Of supply and demand,
rs it effects money, has been rcpcalcd.'
"Will the policy Of the party lead
crs lGoli to conciliatng the gold Demo
Gratis ~
10: they have got in the party to
which they belong and arc good rid
dance. There can be no step back
ward. The Southern people and the
Eastern Democrats are separated by
an impossible barrier, They arc our
Ia * masters anG' V, Hnnw II. We have
turned to tin" West aud must look and
work in that direction. II the Demo
Gratis had put up& gold platform. we
you'd not have carried II single State.
The men which claimed to be god
Democrats voted for Mckinley almost
5olidiy. There may be spasmodc
rise in prices and a resumption of busi-
ness activity. but il cannot last"
"What do you think Of David b.
iiill's future :"
"llili's a dead duck and will never
again rise to the suriilcc,' was the en-
phttic declaration OF Senator Ti]lman.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
'f'h SoLlD NORTH Is Hf;OKEN.
senator Til!mnn on the Election Re-
sults-ihe Democratic Party wou,d
Not Have Carried n Single State ON
the Cold Platform.

Senator Tillmau in an jptcrviow
says that Rryon will be the nominee Of
lhe Dcmocratic party in 1900.
The battle has been the most heated
ana hardest fought political contest in
our history aud the Democratic pariv
mas never shown TO better ADVANTAGE"
said Senator Tillman.
The issues have been clearly do
nncd and bravcly sustained, while our
great leader, Bryan, has covered him.
geai Dh WIN glory and lis the idol of the
democratic masses" 'No
Mo,ino what causes co you attribute
heM,,,,n,ley's ,,,,e triumph ?"
tho mere we're several causes. all of
noh @aa making q combination that #
Grs, ,nposstbio to overcome. In the
reo pace, the oaium attaching to Da'
mGiGfhaey ai from Cleveland is more 70 and and
SroSa e.. Sna' ~ implies drove from rs , hmn' %,u
tias t,oas OF thousands of men. 20 Hard Iu.i,
tames the Issue OF bonds SIN in t,mn mard n,
peace the so.called free traaa Ianto 10 o, sH
blll the loss Of employment; "an al, tSra1 tSeii
we're charged to the Democratt;ic, IT,, nae. Uaese
and tho Democratic speakers ''T ana 9arel ~
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
no relief II Mckinley Is. This po


mont cac't DO ruined by q change Of
rhl"rs. Tnc civil war cleaned up the
South pretty we'll. hut in ten years it
had rallied and in fifteen Years hardly
I. trace OF the war could be found. Then
let us not bo alarmed at tho situation.
III Mckinley Is elected and u Rcpubli-
can Congress, and something is not
done to relieve the people they will be
lgnominlously hurled from power four
years hence. Distress and discomfort
are growing things. While capital il
all the time concentrating to the few.
debt aud discomfort is spreading to tho
many. Capital will not turn a wheel
as long as it can bo loaued on mort.
cages at q good per cont A few months
ago some OF our public spirited citizens
determined to build q cotton ,nill that
would give employment to the children
oi tho poor. Tho stock was all sub.
scrlbed, but before any contracts were
made the times got harder and money
moro valuable, and SO ono by Que tho
stockholders dropped out md tho mill
died in childbirth
But why worry about these things,
Ihere Is no good sense in brOOding over
trouble. had rather read u good book
or plant out straw berries or play with
Il grandchild than to talk politics.
was In Atlanta yesterday and was in
Produced by u mutual friend to q mem-
Der OF the Legislature. He got the idea
that was an ollico seeker and asked
me what L was running for. Moth.
ing,' said I, "nothing at all" He
seemed relieved and said | was u
curiosity and asked me for my picture.
~, Will say this and Gun prove it
There arc better men out than in and
always will be. Whom nigger Bob
came back from the pcnitentiary, after
serving his time, he declared that "dar
was some as bad folks in dar as dar was
outcn dar and dar was some as good
people outen dar as dar was in dar."
Ihero are some mighty Clever mon
holding Office and the people were
pleased to honor them, but it is rare
thing for u modest gentleman to be
elevated. The day Of Cincnnatus will
never return. BILL. ARP.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
BILL ARP AFrEl, TAKING.
lie is Tired OF Elections and Saws
They Upset the People and Bring
on Mental WOrry

on Mental Worry.
1t is good time to write some more
cancellations among the tom bs. " or "au
ode to melancholy" or a few verses like
"This world is all flceting show ~
Ihc election is over and the bad news
keeps coming and the heavens are
weeping aud everything is going wrong.
Very early this morning | was swectiy
dreaming, when there was gentle RAP
at the door and thought that possibly
some friond or nabor had come to tell
mo that Bryan was elected, but the
voice spake and said "Mammy say she
can't come dis mornin'-shc sick.'
on, my poor, bleeding country. No
cook and the rain pouring down. Mrs
Arp made no sign, SO slipped out OF
bed and dressed and tiptoed out to the
culinary department. | fired up the
stove and put on the hominy and the
coffee and fed the COW and brought in
some moro wood and got everything
ready for feminine hands before awak-
ed them. In course Of time thcy came
and made the biscuit and fried the sau-
sage and scrambled some eggs ana We
had Il No. | breakfast and felt better.
Sorrow ondureth for Il night, bat joy
cometh in the morning about break last
time. | felt calm aud serene and did
Ilke OBADIAH oiIbuck al ways did when
oaa lucN overlook nam. put on hclcan
shirt and went down town to rejoice
with those who were rejoicing and to
weep WIN those wac "eEt. Several
u"ye ago l nag prepared my mind Tor a
uclea'. haa heuge1 so that the dis
appointing shock would not b. so shock
@ liiS WI, WIN ~ caliG, ouc Stl'l Sccretty III
nuiSGu nope CHat therc might be a
.;a .alusliur, an aVaithGnc, an lntcrposl-
Ilor VI proSiuehce IN Dryahs lavor. a
lnan may tnlnk nc IS prepared Tor the
worsc, ouI ne can onea1 2lmsclt out OF
LIS Mlsnes. NY on'iorI now Is IN SYM
pasnthlns W,th our nero, IN aunlring
i"oeua i,n'I a,o; oi Snc g, T'an VINO can now ilke
aul' GNI.ai'h' h nave ioagnt g0od
nsli!, l LAY" hop' IN" lalth' Inc
coilink iii HiS.ollah WI uo nun justice
., anu ~ "!li r'hh Win inc great men OF
'iio ha.ioh'
one Chihg / reJo!cc at, ana thatls the
ciecIioil Vi hepuUic"n congress 10
GIo'os'o'".c "iSh hchlh!cE: L9e thcrc
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
Cure for KattlcSnnkc Bite.
Grccnvillc NJ Mountaincer

Greenvillc Mountalncer
Please find space in your columns to
publish this extract from the Jackson
Vile F,a Timcs-Union. can certify
to ono case as to the beneficial effects Of
the remedy. My COW was bitten by q
pilot or coppcrhcad. Her legs and
head worc swollen very large, but one
application was enough. drcncheA
tho COW one day and you could not tell
it tho ncxt day only he" breast was q
little swollen. SUBSCRIBER.
81 send you q recipe for the bite Of Il
in nj nc ty.nine cases ont Oi every hun
dred. | ha g knOwn it tried for forty
years in Illinois, aud have used it. on
several animals that were bitten by
rattlesnakGs since coming to Florida,
aEd have never known it to fail in a
single instance. Thoroughly soak the
wound and the swollen part with pure
hogs lard and let tho patient drink
one half pint Of this melted lard. In
severe cases repeat in half n hour aud
give all the s"LC. u4.Ik that patient
can drink. This kills the poison al
most Immediately and the swelling will
disappear in few days. A horse or q
cow must bo dronched with q much
larger dose. But dogs will eagerly eat
lard and drink milk, evon when their
heads arc SO swollen that their owes
aro closed aud the yellow saliva Is run
ming ( ON their mouths. Don't call in
q physician If bitten by a ratt,er, as
they arc more dam rous than the
snake. Use the above remedy and I
will warrant u cure"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
The New Hook Spoon FREQ to All.

read in the Christian Standard thatMiss
a. NJ. Fritz. station A.. ST. Louis, Mo-, would
give an elegant plated hook spoon to anyone
ana found I SO useful that showed it to my
friends, ana made $la.Ge in two hours, taking
orders f0r the spoon. The hook spoon is IL
dish or cooking vessel, being held in the place
by Il hook on the back. The spoon is some.
thing that hOuSckccpcrs have needed ever
since spoons were first invented. Anyone can
Rctn sample spoon by sending ten cent
stamps to Miss Fritz This is Il splendid way
to make money around home.
lL [. Vow 1rIIlY. LEA NNEr,rE
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19

DRAWN toacher-Now this is
symmetrical figure. Can anyone tell
me what symmetry is? All |! there Is
little boy with his hand up. What is
symmetry, my boy? Sam Murphy.
Plaz', sor, it do be aplace where thoy
bury dead people.
O--lt is not tho people who shine in
sotlG'y' put tho eople who brighton
up the back par Or not the people
who are charming when they are out,
put the people who are charming whom
'they are in, that arc good to live
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
Hair Ecsorcd to NnuraI Color.

have used many preparations for rcstOr-
ing hair to natural color but never had salts
restore any hair or beard to it's natural color
in three weeks If it does not they return
your money, so YOU take no risks. People
who have never tried 1t can get a sample
package winch contains enough to restore any
ones imir to natural color, by sending two
cent StumrS, 20 pay postage, etc., to Wilson Il
CO., New Concord, OHIO.
The regular price is $3.50 por package, If it
does not restore your hair TO natural color, or
make any color OF hair darker in three weeks
they Will return your stamps. This PROPOSE
tion is so fair that thousands arc using it. 1t
money hc made by selling Zulu Nulcr from
house TO house?
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
a CHANGE TO MAKE MONEY.

read how one OF your subscribers made
money selling DiShwaShcrs; ordered one, and
my lady friends were charmed, aS they hate
dish washing. My brother and | commenced
selling them, and have made ST 100 after pay
ing all expenses. We don't canvass any. Our
sales are all made at home. People come or
il the best Dlshwashcr on the market. Our
business is increasing, and we are going TO
keep right on. until we make ten thousand
dollars. We sell from to 10 machines every
day. every h0usckccpcr wants one. There is
no excuse to be poor when SO much money
can to made selling Dish Washers. For iuil
part icul,rS, address The Mound City Dish
Washer Cos st. Louis, Mo. They will start
You ON the road to SuCCcSs.-A KCndcr.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19

Nos. i0i and i,2. 'Thr Atlanta Special"
Solid NcStibulc Train, with iuilctt Slccpcis
and Day Coaches between Washington and
Atlanta. Parlor and Dining Cars, New York
20 " Washington. Pullman Slccpers between
Portsmouth and Charlotte. open at Ports
mouth y p. III. Connecting at y tluntu Tor and
from Macon, Floridu. Chat tunOOgu Nashville
Memphis, Texas. California and the West.
Nos. ii and IS, The =. \. l.. EXDrcss." Sole
lrain OF Pullman SlccpcIS nd Day Coaches
between. Ports mouth, Weldon and Ntlansu nj
so New York To Weldon and Cape Charles
Connecting at Atlanta for and from Mont
gomcry, New Orleans, rcXus. Mexico Macon
FlOrtda; at POrihmOuth with Bay Line and
coaSt"iSc steamers and rail routes to the
North and East
No extra fare on any train.
For Tickets, SccpCrs and infOrnIa.
tion apply 10 ticket agents, or TO
b. y. NEWLAND, General Aren't,
Pass. Dept, Kimball House, Atlanta.
Ga.
WM. b. CLEMENTS, Tray Pass. Act,
kimball House, Atlanta, Ga,
E. ST. JOHN, Vicc-Prcsidont and
Gan'i Msr.
V. e. McBEE General Supcrintcn-
dent.
II. w. b. GLOVER, Traffic Manager,
II. j. ANDERSON, Gen'l Passenger
Agent.
General Offices: Portsmouth. Va.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
MIR. CLEVIiI.AND'S WORK.
, Democratic Administration That
,iclpcd to- Elect II Republican. Pres


Columbia State.
Tbc defeat OF BRYAN is us much th,
work of Grover Cleveland as OF MARI
llama. Not all the corruptlng mii
lions of the Republican fund couio
have prevailed against hlm nad hot IN
nI,,;nistration elected rs Democratic
"u' ;,nIIftn ri lc or ruin tho Democratic
party. l., .,is ,,o,if.stoa
;.s,m iusl wear in the promotion by
Mossrs Cleveland and Carlisle OF the
Infeat of the free silver Democratic
candidate for governor OF Kentucky,
and the prevention Of Joe Blackburn
rn.rlrction as United States Senator.
rho administration was behind the
ronsnirucy to turn kentucky over 10
Tho Republicans rather than permit
the Democrats to make effective tnclr
policy on the coinage question.
Ever since then President Cleveland
and his cabinet have been doing like
wOrk,fo for the Republican party. Ihcy
know that the masses Of the Demo-
cratic partv were for bimctalilsm, ana
they must have fOrsccn whht lntciil-
rcnt outside observers could readily
forcecr, that the party in its national
convention would declare Tor the lrcc
coinage q silver. But, realizing TINS,
they applied every official influence
possible to promote an oppoSiIion
which could,only have the cilec1 OF
dividing the party. tlad thcy really
been in doubt OF the dctcrnlnatlon Oh
the Democracy to insist upon making
silver the issue the result OF the carry
conventions must have satisfied tncn'
But they continued the struggle long
.Nf - n , D l,p
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
Marry This Girl, Somebody.

| have been reading in your paper about
several mon and woman that have been very
successful selling sclf-hcating iat-irons and
concluded would SEQ what girl could do.
l have worked z days and have sold l5l irons
and have2 dol lar lcfJ after pay ing all cX-
pcnscs. Everybody is delighted with the iron
and sell one almost every place | show il
as people think hoy can't afford to be with
out ono as they save SO much fuel and time
and don't burn the clothes. | k,.Jw ! can
clear tive thousand dollars IL a y,ur. How is
that fora gr2 Il r.RADUSTE
Splendid, my girl, splendid, you are a true
American girl Anyone can get complete m
formation about the self heating iron by ad-
dressing j. L. CASEY ~ CO., st. Louis. Mo
1t seems to be n winner, as every body so l.
ing 1t writes In les praise.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19

We Desire

,@ 10 introduce our furniture business /
y INTO every community in the South (
n crn states, and in order to do so in
III tnc quickest time, have concluded to +
81 make some very liberal offers in bed
eS room suites TO secure ut least one I
a customer at every pOst-Oilice in
81 the next 90 days. Please read this (
8 advertisement carefully ana send at 1
t5 once Tor one OF our special offers.
"a Our great Oiicr No. | consists of ono <
"A soma oak bedroom Suite with large
eH dresser with 2OX"i bcvcI mirror, one
fJ large Washstand, with double door
,a ana draWrr, one b-tooi Bcdstcad fun
M width. ihis suite OF furniture is
$1 "orln IN any IuInIillrc store not less Z
Ia than S'3. DO not thi.N i0r once that
Sa II Is u iittic cnrnp SUIT, lOG we assure r.
sJ So,, IT Is not but large, full-sizc e
"a suitreIlihI lonnythIng on the market,
Oh IN ofdcr TO start the sale OF these Z
Y. suites ana to ic"p our men busy and S
"a ihtrodtcc ourliI%incSS IN your neigh 4
81 hoihood. We agree 10 ship one suite |.
81 oniy 10 carh shipping point in the
: Wlih the order. Tins advertisement y
u VIII noNSlniy appear twice i'm this pa
~ Ipf. therefore ii you arc intcrcStc1 &
Il >Hl 'hiN OUT ana send with 4l6 and the y
i SUI" VIII |. shipped to you. If IT is (
y rot JHSl :" rprcsentcd you may re- z
fi turn the die at our expense ana b
a irSl5 will be refunded to you. Oar
y catalogue containing many iIllstru- Il
81 lioiS OF rare bargulns alId house illr- K
q nlShiu2 goods will hc scnt to you up
Il on application.
n me suite above described Is n spec I:
q lai hurHnin aud does not appear in the
a catalogue, therefore it Is useless to X
4 write tor illustrations of this suite,
ana whi!c you are delaying writing II
! some one ciSc may get the bargain. 4
4 we assure you that we will not 81 ip 4
y bEi one suite IN your nrighborhOod i
Il at thiS price. After one suite has been
(! shipped II tho ncIGhhOrhoOd the
! price will go to at least $40. q
I l. F PADGE 7
i $40 BROAD ST, AUGUSTA, GA. &