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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The camel is beast of great strength
and endurance. Nothing hurts it until
the proverbial last straw" is added
to its burden. The human digestive
system Is very much like camel. 1t is
really astonishing how much ahGse it
will stand. Sometimes, however,, sons
thing worse than usual will be eaten,
and will go through the stomach into
the bowels, and there it will stick
that's constipation. Nine-tenths of all
human sickness Is due to constipation.
Some of the simplest symptoms are
coated tongue and foul breath, dizzi-
ness, heart burn, fiatulence ,sallowness,
distress after eating, headaches and
lassitude. A little thing viii cause
constipation, and little thing will 70.
lieve 1T. DIR. PIerce's Pleasant Pellets
are certain cure for constipation.
They are tiag, sugar coated granules.
mild and natural in their action. There
is nothing injurious about them. Sold
by druggists. Address with II cents in
one cent stamps. to cover cost of mail
ing only, Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, =. y, and get
free copy of the People's Common Selse
Medical Adviser,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

FREE silver is repudiation!''yelleda
man. Il say it IS repudIationl' The
free silver editor of the village stepped
up and looked steadily for a moment
into the speakers eyes. The speaker
fled. He owed that editor six years
subscription.-W Eagle.
The above might have been penned
more as mirth-provoking squib than
anything else but it carries with it
some weight nevertheless. We could
name some men in close proximity to
whom the above would be peculiarly
applicable but then somebody would
write long articles to the Cresset and
accuse us of making personal and un-
guarded attacks" on men whose names
should be reyered by all humble people
and who should ever be recognized by
the common herd as something super
human and too good to be criticised.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
SEXTON.

1t IS warm ana getting dry. If the
voters are leaving Mckinley as fast as
the moisture is leaving the soil he will
not have many electoral votes next No
.vember.
We are afraid the Cresset has lost
faith: the Mckinley rains have stopped.
James Stotler and Geo. Roth have
moved in to their new quarters on the
formers land.
j. T. McGrath and others expect to
start to the Salt Plains soon, The
above named gentleman will probably
try to burst the combine Oh salt.
There have been weddings and rumors
of weddings in this neighborhood, but
we know so little about them that we
will say nothing.
The school meeting in this district
moved off smoothly as it always does
Mr.. j. w. FINLEY was elected treasurer,
which position he has held for ten
years, ghie,l speaks well for him, that
he has msde.a good and efficient officer,
We have no bonds IN this district and
eur school tax is mills. The township
tax is one half mill. Who can beat it?
The school house viii be moved to the
southeast corner OF the 4. &. ii Of
section 5. They voted to have four
months school, to be taught by fe-
male teacher. Here is chance for
sone pretty school teacher who is tired
of single hiessedEess as there are five
bachelors IN this district and all havs
plenty of this worlds goods.
1t is watermelon time; We editors step
over some evening and help us to de-
your one or two.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The Board of County commissioners
is making the tax levy this week. Yes
terday afternoon they convened in
special session as board of commits
sioners and a petition signed by 30 men
of this city was presented asking for
t1iG;ciie Wright's release from the coun-
ty jail. Wright was convicted at the
May term of court for violating the
prohlbitory liquor law and was SEN
fenced to Jail for 39days and fined 500
and costs. MIR. Wright has been in Jail
since that time and says he is unable to
pay the fine and costs. After receiving
advice as to the law in the matter the
Board ordered him released on condi
ton that he refrain from violating the
prohibitory law for the space of FIVE
years. He entered into an agreement
to that effect.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

In his speech at the court
house last Friday night,
Chester l. Long said he is op-
posed to the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l for one rea-
son only, to-wit: that the val
lie of the gold in a gold dol
lar is worth more than six
teen times as much as the
silver in a silver dollar. He
said if the value of silver
were to advance to it's former
level of $l.29 per ounce he
would favor free coinage. If
that is all that keeps Chester
from favoring free silver, he
has no excuse. Open the
minis to silver coinage and il
will Immediately appreciate
In value. If il could remain
at par with gold at Is to l
and 16 to i from 1892 to
1873, there is no reason why
itcould not hold it's own now
if it were remonetized.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
BRABsTER VESTS LETTER.
How Eastern Newspapers Describe Pop
ulists and Silver Men-AnOther
Democratic Ticket With Cleye-
land for Nominee Probable.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July "A. 1896.
At this writing the Populist conven-
tion is still in session, so do not know
where we are at. do know, however,
that the gold democrats in Washington
are greatly interested in the outcome of
the deliberations of the Populists. In
administration circles it is generally
understood that il the Peoples party in
dorses Bryan, the gold democrats will
vote for Mckinley. If it noroInates a
separate ticket, then the gold Demo-
Gratis will hold convention and put up
Grover Cleyeland.
1t is most irritating to read the ac-
counts OF the Peoples party convention
published in the eastern subsidized dali
ly papers. The Washington Post said
of the delegates:
Out of every county in the South
and every township in the West there
seemed to have been sifted out every
crank, every man of wild ideas and still
wilder appearance. They were all men
of low degrees, with ill-fitting clothes
and countenauces marked with the
scars of many battles with the world.
lone thing about the personnel of the
convention was remarkable. Nearly all
of the delegates were old men-men
with long gray struggling boards and
long gray hair. The convention seemed
to be, in fact, one enormous aggregation
of life failures. This was the pitiful
part of 1t. 1t was plain to see that
these men are Micawbers and the jim
giles of actual life. all going down the
hill of life with nothing gained in the
past and nothing to hope for in the tu-
ture. All of them, or nearly all of
them were drowning men grasplng at
strawS."
The New York World said: 1.-The
sun grew hotter and hotter, and the
wild ass of the mountains and the coy
ote of the prairie brayed and yelped in
unison. The vast hall was full of
whiskers. 1t was degeneration howl
Ing for regeneration"
Other papers said that every face in
the convention was symmetricaI; that
there was not one which did not show
signs of moral degeneration. of laZ:ness,
and dishonest intent.
Being personally acquainted with
many of the delegates, being Western
man myself, and knowing the sturdy
honesty of the Western farmers and
Southern planters who have endured
spoliatIon for years rather than resist
the usurers and monopolistS by any
other than constitutional means, such
deliberate lies, such shocking insults to
an injured class of people make my
blood boil. / wonder how your readers
appreciate them. | believe that the in
sulting tone of the subsidized press is
part of the scheme, of which [ wrote
last week. to eXasperate the people, to
provoke riots and thus brighten away
from the reform cause the timid people.
We shall see. There never was a
brighter outlook for the cause of re-
form, and | only hope that next year
the House of Representatives may be
filled with the men whom the Eastern
papers now delight TO insult
BRABSTER WEST.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

CONGRESSMAN LONG says he
favors a bankruptcy law and
believes it will cure the pres
ent ills of the people. He
boasts that he helped to put
such a bill through the house
audit is now awaiting passage
by the senate. The bill pro-
vides that a creditor can at
any time secure a debtors
possessiOns-everything he
he has-and the debtor is
then relieved of his debt.
For example,a Kansas farmer
is indebted in the sum of
$4,000 and has 1000 bushels
Of corn. Longs scheme
would be for the creditor tC
take the corn at five cents
per bushel and release the
farmer from the 800 debt
This, according to Mr.. Long
would be a loss to the credi
tor, and the debtor would
havelifted his debt honorably
How many of you farmers
are stuck on Longs remedy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
CARD OF THANKS.

I hereby wish to tender my heartfelt
thanks to those citizens of Medicine
Lodge and vicinity, who have acted so
generously and kindly in my behalf,
and especially do desire to thank the
Board of County Commissioners for
their eEceeaing kiaagess to me gnd I
beg to assure them that shall never
cease to be truly grateful for their
friendly action toward me.
{. w. WRIGHT.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
We invite the attention of

We invite the attention of
those republicans who say
the Peoples party this year
confines itself to the single
issue of free silver, to the
Populist National Platform
in this issue. 1t covers all
the questions of the day and
is a fearless exponent of the
peoples rights. In other
words it is a re-affirmation of
the declaration of indepen-
dence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

THE man who says that the
Peoples party issue was free
trade or tariff at any time, in
any sense is untruthful in
the extreme. The Peoples
party holds that the tariff
question is not the issue and
it has SO held ever since it's
organization. Chester I. Long
to the contrary notwithstand,
ing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The sound money" demo
Gratis have concluded to name
another ticket on September
2nd. We hope they will vote
for the man they nominate.
This will keep enough states
out of the republican column
to elect Bryan and Watson.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

No TRUE Populist desires
to see Tom Watson's name
taken from the ticket. Bryan
and Watson represent the la
borers and producers of the
south and west. They will
lead us to victory. To
slaughter either would be
suicide.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BARBER co.

IT is to be hoped that the
democratic party will with
draw the name of Sewall and
substitute that of Tom Wat
son. In view of the strength
of the Populists all over the
country this is the only wise
course to pursue.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
PEACHES By THE WAGON LOAD.

l can furnish peaches in any quantity
in boz OF in bulk at 81 cents per BUSH
Ell, net. Will receive paymentin labor,
posts or any thing of value. Call on or
address VIM. e. Williams, miles west
OF Medicine Lodge, south nf the river.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The congressional conven-
ton of this district convenes
at Larned next Saturday.
The indications are that Hon.
Jerry Simpson will be- nomi-
mated on the first ballot if
not by reclamation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

List of letters remaining ancallea for
III the post Office at Medicine Lodge,
Kansas. FOR week ending Aug. l 1896:
Mr.. Howard Mosher, Mr.. Travis u.
Bickel, Mr.. Herman ~ Angle. T. A.
McClearey, p. II.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

FL. II. Case went to Topeka on Sun
day on business. lie will probably re-
main until after the republican conven-
ton which assemblies in that city on
the 18th. III. II. is delegate from this
county
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The Populist state conyen.
ton meets at Abilene today.
The candidates mentioned
for governor are L. D. Level.
ling, OF Sedgwick; w. a. Har-
ris, of Leavenworth; John w.
Leedy, Of Coffey, L. p. King.
of Cowley; Geo. M. Munger,
of Greenwood; = - Camp
bell, of Labette, Lewelling
and Harris seem to be in the
lead, but a prediction as to
who will be the nominee CAM
not be made with any degree
of certainty, For congress
man-at-large, Rev. j. D. Bot
kin will undoubtedly be nom
mated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

One Dollar viii get the sArkansaw
Kicker. :, a weekly paper and the $ Buzz
Saw a monthly paper, both published
at Hardy, Arkansas, for one year. Sub
scrlptions will be taken at this Office.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

We have before us a letter from N
b. BlantOn, of Hazelton. Mr.. Blanton
party is devoted to principle as much as
it is to party it Will withdraw the name
of Sewall for vice president. That's
the way most all Populists feel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

John Macdonald. editor of the West
ern school Journal, of Topeka, Kas.,
will lecture to the Normal students at
the court house, on Thursday evening,
August 9th, 1896. Everybody cordially
invited. Lecture free.
F. M. SHELL. Co. Supt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Charles p. Dawson, superintendent
OF Reno county, was visiting the nor
NAL institute last Thursday and Friday
Mr.. Dawson is the Seventh district
member of the State Teachers Reading
Circle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Get prices on hats. dry goods, grocer
les, etc., of .Glasier s. Co.. as they are
cheap and of good quality. Read
their advertisement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Mrs. John Mcdaniel was uuite sick
on Monday bat is slowly improving at
this writing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Frank Lewis came in yesterday
morning on his bike. He rode the
whole distance from Denver. John
Brown IS also on his way home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

S. }. Sterling was up from the Hardt-
ner vicinity on Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

VIM. Halnes who has been confined
in the county Jail for stealing wheat
was released last week. having paid his
fine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Ralph Currie and Noah Myers re-
turned from Colorado on Sunday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

The colored brethren celebrated
Emancipation day at Elm Mills yester-
day. @. NJ. Martin addressed them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Fine sugar drip syrup 40 cents per
gallon at Woodward's.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
Sheriff Mills left yesterday for Abb
lene to take in the state convention.

Mrs. j. 5. Runyan and Miss Matte
Thayer returned from the 3. Y. p. y.
convention at Milwaukee, yesterday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Tom Doran and little daughter came
up from Woodward On Sunday evening.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

J. IL. Blickensderfer, of Denver,
came in on Thursday to visit with his
daughters, Mrs. l.. E. Beals and Mrs.
j. U. Romig. He expects to spend the
remaining portion of the summer here.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

j. A. Mccoy was down from Elm
Mills yesterday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
J. T. CUSHENBERY.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Special attention to diseases of Women and
Children.
Store. ~ '' DuS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Mrs. M.Doran is visiting with friends
in the city.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-08-05

Neat. clean and comfortable IN
appointments. Our table IL
set with the best OF tae
market. when in
Town
The herald., 1896-11-28

of discomfort in Havana as the reason
of his hasty return is too absurd to
find believers The truth of the matter
is, public opinion in Havana and IN
Spain drove Weyler to the front, where
he was thrashed in the first engage
guise that fact.
What Weylers next move will be to
keep the Madrid government from re-
calling him remains to be seen, but in
asmuch as Spain has no other general
who is bloodthirsty enough to deal with
the rebels, the chances are the cowardly
butcher will have to be retained in COM
mand of the army of occupation. 1t
transpires, however, that Weyler is not
the bold rider and dashing officer that
he was supposed to be. 1t took public
opinion nearly a year to drive him out
of his fortified castle in Havana, and
when he went to the front he ordered
the army to advance, but forgot to order
supplies of food for the expedition. and
consequently his tiOoPo NOiC tiiiA y 81.
hours without so much as a cracker to
eat Then when prudence overcame his
valor he rushed for the nearest landing
and hastily took ship for his castle, leav-
ing his army in the hands of generals
who have made it their business ever
since the war broke out to avoid the in
surgents. In truth, there never were as
many incompetent and cowardly gen.
erals huddled together as Spain is main
tanning in Cuba
In view of recent events 1t Is hard
to see what excuse President Cleveland
can offer in his message to congress
for not recommending the immediate
recognition, not of the belligerency but
of the independence of the Cuban repub-
lic 1t may be that there have been
reasons hitherto for the United States
maintaining a neutral attitude, but now
that Spain has made the long promised
supreme effort and failed utterly, II
does seem that this country would not
be true to the principles of its own gov
ernment were it to longer delay giving
the Republic of Cuba the right hand ef
fellowship.
The herald., 1896-11-28
HUMOR OF THE HOUR

Broker Ito his valet-John, 1 have lost
lot of money and have to get an in
ferior brand Of cigars Do you intend to
remain with me?-Fliegende Blatter.
She-Dear, l want you to get me one
of those lovely picture hats. He-I don't
think [ can afford it, Suppose l get you
q print gown ?--Ciifcinnati Enquirer.
Maude-Belle Thompson is going to
marry Harry Jones. Mabel-Oh, I'm
so glad; OH so glad Maude-Why are
you so pleased? Mabel-Because I de-
test both of them.
Frustrated. What are you doing
with Turkish lounge in this coal Of
ce? our bookkeeper writes poetry,
and we had to fix up place for him to
lie down when his manuscripts came
back."-Chicago Record.
And now, little Children said the
Sunday school superintendent. IF you
are good children some day you may
wear golden crown '"PaW's got one in
his tooth now" chirped the smallest and
newest boy.-Indianapolis Journal.
What would you say to good, steady
job of work." asked the kind woman.
What would ! say to a job Of work ?"
repeated Perry Patettic; "missus, it
would be impossible for me to repeat to
a lady what would say to London
Figaro.
Apprehension.-"Dear mel" said Will
lie Giggs. Il hope that chrysanthemums
The herald., 1896-11-28
A DASTARDLY SCHEME

If the plan of the Republican leaders
to retire the treasury notes and green
backs is carried out the volume of the
country's circulating medium would
be reduced $500, ,00o, 900, and the bonded
debt increased in like amount. That is
to say, to thus abruptly put the country
square and fair upon a gold basis and
make the silver dollar mere token mon
ey, the per capita money of the country
would have to be reduced about 80 per
cent and the bond debt increased $780,
COO 900,
1t is not the purpose. however, to
make the reduction in the volume of cur
rency permanent. The plan is to let the
national banks have full swing at sup
plying the people with paper money,with
ample authority to say how much and
how little money shall be in circulation.
To the average mind this looks like de-
liberately laid scheme to turn all the
business interests of the people over to
the tender mercies of the money syndi
Gates. The industrial trusts and the
monopolies of one kind or another would
never want for money under such an ar
rangement, for the relation between
them and the banks would be
very intimate, and naturally their
wants would be supplied at all times;
but the commercial borrower would
never know whether he could rely upon
discounts or not, and hence he would
have to restrict his operations to mar
row limits.
No doubt the retirement of the treas
ury notes and greenbacks would work
great hardship to the people, and most
earnest protests should be made against
it, Aside from the misery that would fol-
low such a reduction of the circulating
money of the country, making the ma
how much money shall circulate in the
channels of trade would be most vio-
lent twisting OF the constitutional rights
of the people into cords to bind them
to the banks. At best it is a dastardly
proposition, and all the more SO be-
cause the "erdless chain" they talk
about could be broken in one minute
by the treasury paying claims against
the government in silver dollars.
The herald., 1896-11-28
THE WHlPPINGS AT WHITTIER

The community is intensely interested
the allegations touchins the cruel treat
ment of girls at the Whittier reform
school, That this is so is evidenced by the
examination of the veniremen at the
beginning of the trial yesterday of the
officers of the school who are charged
with battery on account of having
whipped the girls with leather strap.
Out of the forty-eight persons examined
touching their capacity to act as Jurors,
was a unanimous opinion against cor
poral punishment of girls. This GER
tainly is true index of the feelings of
the community on this subject. Cor
poral punishments, by whipping with
the lash, have been abolished in the
army and navy and about all penal in
stitutions for adults, and the whipping
post for even wife-beaters exists in only
one state IN the union. Therefore, it is
time it was abolished in this school,
which is supposed to be a reformatory
for juvenile delinquer.s.
From the time this school was first es-
tablished rumors OF scandal after scan
dal have prevailed in the community.
First of extravaganza in the buildings
and furnishing, then extravaganza in
the management, and later brutal treat
ment to the inmates. The time has ar
rived when a thorough examination of
all the facts about the mismanagement
of this institution should be siftcd and
the responsibility placed where it be-
longs. And if only a small part of all
that is rumored about the conduct of
this institution be true, a change in man.
The herald., 1896-11-28

won't go out Of fashion all of sudden.
as they threaten to do What differ
ence does that make?' "If / take mine
off now | know l shall take cold
Washington Star
Suffering somewhat acutely from the
effects OF having just previously had s.
spear about the size of a center pole
crowded through him. the knight lay
supine. AS for his triumphant opponent
he just stood there, gazing into the
knight.-Indianapolis Journal.
Bayville Visitor-"I would like to get
you to teach me to sail a boat" Boat
man-"Sail boat? Why, it's as easy as
swimmin' Jest grasp the main sheet
with one hand. an the tiller with the
other, an if flaw strikes, ease up or
bring 'er to, and loose the halyards; but
look out for the gaff and boom, or the
hull thing'll be in the water, an yell
be upset; but if the wind is steady, y'r
all right, unless y'r too slow in luffin to-
cause then yell be upset sure Jump
right in and try it; but. remember, what
ever ye do, don't jibe!"-New York
Weekly.