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The Delta independent., 1896-04-15
Blair & Mastin
Real Estate Agents.
If you are looking for bargains
read this list over carefully.

No. 47-l6O acres Sls miles from Delta;
permanent water right; small dwell
ing house; 100 acres under cultiva-
tion. Price s25 per acre.
No. sS-16O acres G miles from Delta.
(south); dwelling house. stable. poul-
try house: acres alfalfa; II acres
orchard; perfect water right. Price
5000.
No. 1870 acres on Garnet mesa with
water right; II acres set to orchard;
farm house and all under good fence.
Price d 800. A big bargain.
No. 1850 acres miles from Delta;
s acres OF young orchard; water
right. Price 81 200.
No. 1910 acres close to to town with
water right; dwelling house; 10
grape vines; 27S apple trees; 211
acres alfalfa; all well fenced. Price
$3.50, and ea3O OF which can 60 to
Dec. 1899.
No. 1870 acres; J. miles from Delta;
good dwelling house; stable. carriage
sheds, granery, poultry house. cellar.
milk house; 8 acres in orchard partly
in bearing; Is acres in alfalfa; per-
feet and perpetual water right.
No. 1875 acre tract close to Delta;
with old bearing orchard; water
right; Will sell Tor vl.UOO cash down,
give time on the balance; or will
take some cash and Delta improved
real estate.
No. 1910 acres in North Delta. near
the Canning factory; water right in
Hartland ditch; will divide into 5
acre tracts. 10000 each. 4 cash
down, balance in 3 or years At 10
per cent. interest.
No. 140-70 acres on Surface Creek Mees;
perpetual water right; IS acre or
chard SGT to choice variety OF winter
apples; some pears; place all we'll
fenced. Price s2.50O. $50. cash
down, balance within 5 years.
No. 1910 acres Of Mesa land one milo
from Delta; good permanent water
right; acre orchard coming nicely
into bearing; plenty Of vines; blue
grass lawn; dwelling house and
other good improvements for 81 600.
siOO OF which can run about 3 years.
No. 170-l5 acres near Delta. nearly all
in old bearing orchard and choice
water right; will sell at . bargain on
easy terms.
IF you have pr
If with ia and We
The Delta independent., 1896-04-15

% you have any difficulty In pfocuFinx z your
soap. est oat this aotice and send IL with
yo0r oedof - yoar wholesale de- sIer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

Ing out the evolution of a tyrant, and
o. showing the transition from a con-
scientious, law-abiding chief magis-
trate to an arrogant and obstinate
ruler, who ignores the law and issues
bends at will. He not only issues
them, but does it secretly with his law
partner as a witness to the contract,
and has created the suspicion in the
minds of millions of his countrymen
that a president of the United States
can use his high Office for private gain.
The suspicion, like damned spot
ha- been burned into the brains of the
people and will no more out than Dun
cans blood could be washed from the
lily hands of Lady Macbeth
He predicted that he was the last of
the democratic presidents who would
be elected by the party as now organ
lied.
THE democratic party elected him
and reelected him and would have no
other leader. 1t must bear the odium
of his official misdeeds, his utter lack
of leadership. He has never been
democrat, measured by the standard of
Jefferson and Jackson. His opinions
and policy on finance have been those of
Sherman, who is not a republican
measured by the standard Of Lincoln"
He congratulated Sherman on his
victory in the special session, and said
he (ShermaD had the proud satisfac-
ton OF knowing that he has brought
the party which he so hates to its knees,
and has lived to see many of his old
antagonists enlisted under his banner
OF monopoly and class privileges.
If he (Cleveland) was honest In the
start and am willing to e. 1T that
much). his associations with Wall
street and his connection with wealthy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

The encroachments of the federal
Judiciary and the supineness and We
nality-corruption, 1 may say-of the
representative branches of this gov
ernment are causes of deep concern to
all thinking and patriotic men. We
are fast drifting into government by
injunction in the interest of monoro-
lies and corporations and the supreme
court, by one corrupt vote, annuls an
act of congress looking to the taxation
Of the rich.
You all remember Macauley's pre-
diction that some day government
would be put in charge of this country
by the commune. When that time
comes, God have mercy on you million
aires who have stolen so much Of the
peoples money.
"a day of reckoning will come, un-
less there is no longer just God in
heaven, and when it does come, woe
be unto those who have been among
the oppressors of the people. The
present struggle is unfortunately too
like that which preceded the late civil
war, inasmuch as it is sectional. The
creditor and the manufacturing states
of the north and east, those which
have grown inordinately wealthy at
the expense of the producing classes
OF the south and west, are urging this
policy with the besotted blindness OF
Belshazzer. The old slayenolders OF the
south were not more arrogant or more
determined. The sordid despotism of
wealth. to use the apt phrase OF Jus
tice Brown. is already felt throughout
the land.
And the new Mason and Dixon's
line which is drawn, not by the sur
veyor. but by the denial of the natural
and inalienable right to life
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

liberty and tho pursuit OF happiness
to u large majority of citizens. will
sooner or later bring together In the
bonds Of union the toiling md now
down-trodden masses of the cities and
the equally desperate masses Of the
country: agrarianism and communism
will join hands. There are millions now
on the march. and they tramp, tramp.
tramp: tramp the sidewalks hunting
work and tramp the highways begging
Tread. Unless rolief comes they will
somo day take q notion to tramp TO
Washington with rifles In their hands
TO regain the liberties which have been
stolen from them or which their repre-
sentatives have cold; and the hitherto
conservative force OF the republic. tho
weH-to-do agricultural class, will lift
10 hand to stay the march, but join It.
God grant that our country may be
spared the enactment OF such scenes
al were witnessed In Paris in 1889. But
the fair flower of liberty planted by
Jefferson in the immortal declaration
OF the 4th Of July, 1875, watered by the
blood OF our revolutionary sires under
Washington. cannot be uprooted or
smothered by the noxious weeds Of mo-
nopoly and class privilege without
bloodshed; and cataclysm which will
give Us military despotism or leave
the republic redeemed, regenerated and
and disenthralled is just as sure to come
as yonder sun shines in the heavens,
unless we do our duty here and take
the hands of these conspirators off the
peoples throats and give them an op-
portunity to breathe, to work, to live"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

tHt1on OF beeottod chief would have
paid out silver to protect the treasury
from the gold gamblers and bond gam
blers, as the law and his oath Of Office
required.
But, alas! the old breed of southern
statesmen. like Calhoun. who, after q
IlIe spent in public service, had to be
buried at public expense, and his debts
paid by the state of South Carolina. is
no more. No wonder the senator from
Massachusetts feels warranted In twit-
ing me with the decay of southern
craftsmanship and charging us with
dlshonesty. He charges it, however, In
another connection, and as aiding and
aoett1ng this Judas from Kentucky,
who, after brilliant career of twenty
years and more as leader and champion
OF the silver forces, has in his old age
come to this pitiful pass. And then to
think this Indictment brought against
whole section should have so much
color OF truth and OF fact to back it up
IN the apostacy from the principles Of
the two ether secretaries from the
south in the cabinet of president who
has SO disgraced the name OF democ-
rGcy-
THE south bows its head in shame
at this exhibition of moral cowardice
and despises the renegades."
The senator then asserted that Cleve-
land had not, during his term of office,
held the hand of a simple, square,
straight, honest toiler in the field. HE
knows nothing about farmers, and,
more's the pity, he cares nothing about
them
They are burning our candle at both
ends, robbing us on one hand with the
tariff and robbing us on the other hand
with the single gold standard. And
they have asked us like beasts of bur-
den, like dumb driven cattle, to bear
these things and say nothing but to
vote the party ticket"
He said, referring to Cleveland s
tariff utterances, that he had sung this
siren song with "damnable iteration
III the ears of the farmers He quoted
the messages for 'the purpose of point
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26
1t Ii Rusiueax.

Unjust appropriation of the wealth of
others is business.
Corporation cash spent for buying
senatorships is business
Cutting down wages to the lowest
Subsistence limit is business"
Giving as little as possible for as
much as you can get is business"
Applying machines to the produc-
tion of things. and letting men starve,
is business"
Trying to redeem $346, ,O0o, 900 of cur
rency with only $1O0. 0.000, 900 (and less)
OF gold is business"
Playing at diplomacy and shaking
the presidential fist at foreign nation
for the purpose of getting more soldiers
to use against our own people. is .busi-
ncss.''
Setting up laws above human rights.
property above man, wealth above
worth. greed above goodness, plunder-
ers above patriots. and fleecers ADORE
feeders, Is business. Coming Ma
tion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

and destroyed his sympathy with the
masses"
In discussing the gold standard he
said
"Rothschild and his American agents
graciously condescended 10 come to the
help Of the United States treasury in
has wrought the ruin, ard only charges
small commission OF $4,000, 900 or SO
Oh one little transaction. Great God,
that this proud government, the rich
est, most powerful on the globe, should
have been brought to so low pass that
London Jew should have been ap-
pointed It's receiver to have charge of
the treasury. Is there man here who
car think OF 1t without blushing?"
And what are the people going to
do about it? Why are these iniquities
permitted, and the Outrageous and un-
lawful actions of tbs executive un-
checked? No man hefE denies the as
sertion that it is unlawful to issue bonds
to pay the current expresses Of the gov
ernment, and yet 1t has been done.
There has been lame explanation at
tolnptSu, luul IeUeeIueQ gTe00DaCkS haQ
to go into the general fund and be reis-
sued, but If they were secured for the
gold which the bonds have been issued
and they were not used to pay current
expenses, where are they? The respon-
sibility of providing revenues and look
ing after the solvency of the treasury,
which rests with congress. has been
usurped by the president.
Now comes the crucial question for
the republican party. Why have you
not impeached him? You have nearly
three-fourths majority at the other
end of the capitol, which alone can
formulate articles OF impeachment.
Why have you not impeached him?
Because he is carrying out republic
an policies, and the majority in the
house OF representatives feel safe, the
| senators over here feel safe, and you all
believe that the republican party is GER
| tain to elect the next president and OBJ
| tain control of the government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26
Initiative and Referendum.

The Initiative and Referendum is
feature Of vital Importance TO the peo-
pie. Briefly stated. it means that by
petition certain per cent OF the popu-
lation can call for the enactment of any
law they may desire. This is the Initi-
ative. Then the proposed measure IS
referred back to the whole people for
their adoption or rejection by ballot
THIS is the Referendum. If we enjoyed
this privilege, how many bond bills
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

would pass? How long would it be un-
til we had free coinage and many other
measures of relief for tho people? The
Initiative and Referendum simply
means that all important measures
shall receive the approval of the people
before it becomes law.-Topeka CO.
Operator.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

One-tweutieth Of all the wealth IN
America Is owned by English capital
lists. This is worse than II England
captured all the republics in South
America. as far as ;eoparaizing our in
terests is concerned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26
His Great Speech Arragnng the Administration Of Grover
Cleveland.
PORTENTOUS WORDS FROM THE BRAVE SOUTH cAROLINAN,
Speech That Will Live The History Of Country Like TtOsa Lincoln cly
and Webster

God Forbid This Nation the Fate of France 19I the Monev Pow
Consprng Another AIsHo the Peonle
We're Deceived Into Voting Democratic Street
Behind the Old Parties and Is Contributing to the Cam
pagn Funds Of BOth-Hgh Time That the People Get
Party Of Their Own Good Reasons for 1Vo-
ing the Popuist Ticket
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26
"77" for GRIP.

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d rvzPxhxTs nAEps. Enlarged kR<~ss6s nAItzrr AZ
nrArHRErs. NEB. co., ifl Is nIIiss o.. xs~ Ir-s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

men have debauched hla conscience
and destroyed his sympathy with the
masses"
In discussing the gold standard he
The morning times., 1896-12-13

be bird, but the callofthe Black Douglas"
True, true, boy. He is up to all
tricks and calls and he has a thousand
signals, you know
Meanwhile Jamie, the Red, was fitting
the shaft to the bow, and having finished
he glanced upward once more.
IF l can only hit the turret near the
BARN nurse, said he, the arrow Will
fall broken to the parapet and some one
will pick it up, don't you see?"
Don't fail, Jamie. The lives of the
women aud little ones depend on your aim"
Jamie Strengthened in the starlight and
drew the 1.-THE shaft to its feather, while
he covered the stones above the girls head.
1t was a moment of suspense to the
breathless Robie, and the sudden twang of
the bowstrIug drew an exclamation TO
his lips.
Both boys leaned forward as the arrow
was released and watched the lighted spot
on the stones.
True. true"' shouted Jamie. THE maid
has screamed. She heard the shaft hit
the wall!''
The bows stood side by side in the st Ir-
light and looked up at the turret of Liddel
Castle.
The song had ceased and the nurse and
her little burden had vanished.
Look! the dukes retainers on the wall!'
cried one of the boys, and the other respond
ed with shout of delight.
Jamie turned to his young friend and
clutched his arm.
Now let the Black Douglas try to take
Liddel Castle tonight he exclaimed.
They could see that excitement reigned On
the lofty parapets of the old pile Lights
moved hither and thither and men moved
with them. But they had not witnessed
what had actually taken place after the
boy archer's shot.
The feasters at the duke S tables had been
startled blythe appearance of the white
faced nurse, and all stopped to look at
her.
In her hand she carried broken arrow
to which was attached bit Of paper and
this the duke took at once.
His friends crowded round him and wait
ed breathlessly for an explanation of the
mystery.
ITO arms,'' he read "To arms! The
Black Douglas is marching on the castlep'
ITO arms!'' repeated the duke, throwing
the paper among the glasses on the long
table. "TC arms! The Black Douglas may
be on the rocks nows'
Then there was grasping of arms Of
all kinds; the English sprang to their broad
swords and pixies; the arquebuses weretaken
from their corners and the Inhabitants OF
Iiddel Castle poured forth.
Jamie, the Red, was given a large tract
of land adjoining the castle. and his father
nd mother were taken into the service of
the grateful duke, who never forgot the
episode of the feast of Fastch' s-Eye.
The morning times., 1896-12-13
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THE MAGIC NAPKIN.
A GOOi After-dinner Trick for the Young
Folks.
CBy T. c. Beard.)

(By T c. Beard)
All the courses had been served, but
there were no nuts and rasins for the
small table at which the children sat.
Watt said Harold, Il must try my
magic napkin
More tricks said Tom.
Alice was silent She liked to make
believe that the magic was real, and so,
indeed, it was that is, as real as any
magic ever is. Harold drew in front OF
him the empty dish, which should have
contained the missing dainiies, and shook
out a large napkin, showing Alice and
Tom there was nothing in it. He then
drew the napkin over the dish and re-
peated the following doggerel lines:
by thy hidden magic power,
AS lift thee from this dish,
Napkin, pour US out a shower
OF the nuts for which we wish,
And whatever you have handy
In the way of raisins and OF candy!''
He then lifted up the napkin, which
moment before was seen 10 be entirely
empty, and to the astonishment of those
present, even OF Tom himself, sugared
almonds, nuts and dainties poured into the
dish until it was quite full.
The way in which IL was done is this:
a bag is made of a white handkerchief,
white cotton cloth will do, in the shape
OF a clowns hat or a cone, large enough
To contain all the nuts and dainties re-
quried for your purpose. A flap hangs
down from one side OF the bag and in the
apaX or top of-the former is cut round
hole, round hole Is also cIt in the lower
end of the flap. A bent pin is fastened
IN the table CiOlh on the side tnat is away
from those to whom the trick is shown
After the bag is filled the flap is brought
up over the mouth Of the former and to-
gether with the bag, is hooked through
the holes cut in them on to the pin hook
that is fastened in the table cloth The
flap keeps the contents OF the bag from
failing out When the napkin is thrown
over the disna part Of ii hangs over the bag
on the side Of the table ana when il rs
picked up with the right hand the bag is
lifted with it, but is hidden 10y the folds
of the napkin thai fall over it Even ii
the napkin does not entirely hide it, il
does not really matter much for the bag
being the same color as the dkerchief
is taken for part of it, The left hand now
employed TO press the napkin frees the
flap. dlSenga @Ing it. from the right hand nd
allows it to fall and out tumble the good
things into ht. dish TINS occrpies the at
tention of the company sufficiently to al
low the performer to dispose of the bag.
He ma y, if he chooses, wipe his lips with
II. anil return 1T TO his pocket as a hand
kerchief or drop il unseen into corner
The trick is extremely simple and easy
to perform, and the result never fails to
astoHiSii and delight those present espe-
cially The children s SIMILAR trick used
10 be performed by Houdin with a some
atelaborate apparatus Of fla tened match
springs and oambric handkerchiefs, but the
method here described is fully as effective
and much easier to prepare
The morning times., 1896-12-13

never finish her song exclaimed Robie.
''If we only could warn her, Janie!''
''She must be warned, ard the whole
castle, too was the reply,
Master BrameunsluDghis bow and hunted
for certain arrow III the pretty CULVER,
from which he had taken more than one
prize winning shaft.
The following moment he drew from his
bosom bit OF tough paper, which he pro-
ceeded to fasten TO the arrow just below
the feathers, and RObie watched him cu-
riously.
'.Isthat what you were doing in the cow
shed after supper" Robe questioned. II
saw you writing on a bit of paper with
sharpened lead"
III is u nile message | prepared
II for ali eincrgencyin case we spied out the
Black Douglas tonight Do you think |
can reach the nurse up yonccr?'
ITS long shot and the shaft will be
weighted with the message, Jamie"
= But the paper is light and the words are
few
With this Jamie, the Red, looked up again
at the castle and saw the maid StanCing
against the wall as she sang TO the child,
now and then glancing downward at the
darkening landscape below
1t was long shot for The castle was
perched high upon the rocks and the arm
OF man would be needed to send a
feathered shaft up TO where the tower
was.
Listen behiud us, Robie,'' said Jamie.
"DO you lear them now?'
Robbie bent forward with his hands be-
hind his ears and for some time listened
intently.
Il can hear nothing but a bird in the
forest said he. After all il may not
The morning times., 1896-12-13

coined IN many tent and van and gets
many lesson in Roman! III return; some
times he is offered n ore substantial fayors'
once he happened 10 stroll over To the Hamp-
ten races in England, the CoStcrmongers'
races, with only six shiilinGs lat out a dol
lar and a half in his Focket, meeting an
old gypsy friend he gave her shilling,
and said. ''I'll stand that for beer, IL other,
but that's All can do To-Day, for We come
out with only shave trim -eruShi.'
Old Liz t. Ok the coin and looked at IL
and then at the Rnmany Rye; at last she
Sho OF her head and said; "Itll never do,
Rye, you ought TO have more than five
Shilines To see the races through, reg lar
Romany Rye like you ought TO throw some
money n ound for the credit Of his people,
and if you want bar "a ound, or five dol
larsl, I'll lend il to you and never fear
about IL
Mr Leland said he'd pun through on his
five shilings, with all thanks to his friend,
but he was made very happy at having a
gypsy offer him charity Oh the lowest
race ground In England