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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Lelandism.

Frank Elliott, in the Troy Times of
November 10Th, sizes up the Baker-Le-
land Republican Burton Sterne- con-
temptible-disgracef for power
and pie, in clear and concise state
ment of the exact conditions.
The Times says: "The strength of
Leland with Mckinley is something
phenomenal, and he has acquired his
pull in way that is now making his
enemies gnash their teeth with rage.
He has got the pull all right, and is
using it.
First he forced Baker, Broderick and
Curtis to endorse his candidacy for
pension agent to avoid a fight, and
then after he had landed the coveted
place, he commenced to weed out the
objectionables on the same slate. He
turned down Col. Titus with ease and
grace, and is now after Sterne. who
has been endorsed by Baker for U. S.
Marshall. Leland will surely beat
Sterne for the place, but whether he
will be able to land his friend, Lit
Crum, remains to be seem"
Mr.. Elliott is correct when he as
sumes that Mr.. Leland is still the rep
resentative Kansas Republican. His
methods have been for twenty years,
and are still, purely Republican meth
DDS; they are purely representative of
Republican principles and policies;
the same today, no better and no
worse, than through all the years the
Republican party has paid them hom-
age and has insisted to the people that
Mr.. Leland's system of trickery and
one-man government was the only
true and Democratic form of govern
ment by and for the people.
1t is true that some few who have
sought office in vain under Mr.. Lee
lands administration, and others who
have become afraid of the ultimate re-
suits of Leland's arrogance and bold.
ness, are raising the question of Mr..
Leland's Republicanism. But when
we look carefully over the history OF
Kansas Republication and Kansas
representative Republicans, we are
forced to the conclusion that their
premises are not we'll taken, but that
Mr.. Leland fittingly represents al
there is of the Republican party in
Kansas.
When a Kansas Republican denies
Lelandism, he denies the acknowl
edged basic principles of Republican
ism, and if he is wise in his day ant
generation, he takes the decisive steI
that returns him to the people and re
stores his manhood.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Mr.. dage's Gold Bond Scheme.

While President McKin1ey's BRINE
tallic commission was making a grand
stand play to catch the masses by a
junketing expedition to France and
England, his secretary of the treasury,
Mr.. Gage, was formulating plan for
ley administration, the outlines of
which are given by Frederick U.
Adams, editor of the New Time, who
declares that it was his privilege to
examine lengthy communication on
the subject from Secretary Gage to a
man prominent in the public service.
.ccording to Mr.. Adams, the plan as
resented for the coming session of
ongress will be substantially as fol-
)ws:
"The greenbacks and Sherman treas
ury notes are to be retired.
There is now outstanding $S47 ,OOO,-
600 in 4 aud per cent. bonds; $780,
600 900 of per cent. bonds expire in
1897; sol 200. 900 of per cent. bonds
expire in 1904, and $l62, 200, 900 of 4
per cent. bonds expire in 1928.
''Thcre will be issued 81 200 900, 900
of ~ per cent. gold bonds, redeemable
in fifty years, making a total debt of
g, 4OO, 900, 900. These bonds will be of
fered in exchange for those now out
standing, which have the advantages
of being payable in coin (silver per-
haps), and which will expire in COM
paratively short time. 1t is antici
pated that large percentage of these
will be offered for exchange with the
new gold bonds.
"With what remains after taking up
these bonds and retiring the non-inter-
est-bearing debt, the government will
purchase gold to strengthen the
treasury 1t is thought that there
will be from $50, 600, 900 to SOC. OO0,-
600 of these bonds, and MIR. Gage looks
to the Bank of England or the Roths-
childs as prospective purchasers.
"The national banks will then be au-
tborized TO issue as circulating me-
dunn non-legal tender bank notes to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

The order of the Patriots of America
has inaugurated a feature of its work
in which every loyal citizen should
take personal and active interest. 1t
has submitted to the people the official
ballot of the order, which is to be
voted at 8 p. m. on the second Tuesday
in January, 1898. The questions to be
voted on are as follows:
Are you in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver and gold at
the ratio of 1e to 1 by the United
States, independent of the action of
any other nation, and the issue of full
legal paper money by the government
in quantity, flexible, and sufficient to
maintain a staple currency system?
?. Are you in favor of paper money
being made redeemab1e in metallic
money?
). Are you in favor of the demoniti-
zation of both gold and silver and the
substitution of full legal tender paper
money, issued by the government?
4. Are you in favor of the retire
ment of greenbacks and the granting
of the privilege to national banks to
issue all forms of paper money, as
now being proposed by them?
5. Are you in favor of a postal saw
ings bank system?
6. Are you in favor of what is COM
monty known as the income tax?
z. Are you in favor of the single
tax, as defined by Henry George?
8. Are you in favor of socialism as
defined by Lawrence Gron1und?
9. Are you in favor of the prohibi.
ton of the liquor traffic?
10. Are you in favor of settling all
leading political issues by direct vote
of the people, and of making this prop
osition an issue in the next presi
Dental campaign?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Queer Advertisements.

A London periodical recently offered
a prize for the best collection of unin-
tentiona1ly amusing advertiser euts.
Here is a part of one list. It embodies
illustrations of the curious affect which
the misp1acing of comma, or a word
a sentence.
Annual sale going on. Don't go
elsewhere to be cheated come here.
Wanted, room for two gentlemen
about 80 feet long and 20 feet broad.
A lady wants to sell her piano, as
she is going abroad in a strong iron
frame.
Lost, coolie dog by a man on Sat
urday answering to Jim with brass
collar around his neck and a muzz1e.
Wanted, by a respectable girl, her
passage to New York, willing to take
care of children and good tailor.
Respectable woman wants washing
on Tuesday.
M. Brown, furrier, begs, to announce
that he will make up gowns, caps, etc.,
for ladies out of their own skins.
A boy wanted to open oysters with a
reference.
Bulldog for sale, wi11aeat anything:
very fond of children.
Wanted, an organist and boy to
blow the same.
Wanted boy to be partly outside
and partly behind the counter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

political economists stand around with
their plug hats on and say:
''See how England is dependent on
US for food, and how rich we are going
to be-"
We need money to use in building a
railroad, and instead of the govern
ment furnishing money of our own to
be used for that purpose we sell bonds,
and then American brains plan and
American labor builds railroad and
when we get through we find that the
foreign bondholders own the railroad
which American brains and labor has
built.
And the foreign bondholders take
the earnings of that railroad and have
it shipped across to them in the form
of beef and pork and potatoes. And
as these products of our labor leave
our shores to feed foreign p1utocrats
in idleness, our wise men and astute
political economists stand round and
say:
|
rich we are going to be-"
And as we are following this plan
more and more, of course the "balance
of trade in our favor increases. Only
part of foreign profits are taken
away, and the remainder is used to
gobble more land, seize more railroads
and buy more bonds.
| And as foreigners get to owning
more and more of our lands and rail
roads and bonds of course the "ba1-
ance of trade in our favor" will in
crease, for the balance of trade in
our favor" represents the profits OF
the foreign owners of American prop.
erty.
And if we keep on we will reach the
point where "the balance of trade
will be all Sin our favor,' for it will
take all the surplus of the country tc
pay the profits on foreign investments
and we will get nothing back.
And then we suppose the learned
doctors of political economy and the
brilliant politicians and bowling dema
gogues will stand around and say:
"Now indeed has prosperity come tc
us, for we are shipping abroad half Of
the total product of our peoples labor
and we are getting back nothing what
ever"
But some of these days the grea
body of plain American citizens will
catch on to the fact that the "balanct
of trade in our favor simply repre-
sents the amount of tribute that for
eign nations are 1evying on and col
Letting from this country.
And when the plain common peop1,
fairly grasp that fact, the learned doc
tors of political economy and the bril-
liant statesmen and the bowling dema
gogue will "hear something DROP
New Era.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
The Balance of Trade.

There is good deal of talk just now
about the great prosperity that is go
ing to come to this country because
the balance of trade is in our favor.
And we are told that this balance of
trade in our favor is getting bigger
every year.
Well, it is.
And the way we are doing business
it is going to keep on getting bigger
every year.
What is the ''balance of trader"
The difference between what we ex-
port and what we import.
When we export more than we i'm
port it is said that the balance of trade
is in our favor.
And the wise men stand around and
say, "See how rich we are becoming:
we are selling more than we are buy
ing!"
Let us see about that.
What we export is what we sell, you
say.
Very well, then what we import is
the pay we get for it.
Did you ever hear of a man getting
rich selling more than he got paid for?
What we export is what other ma
tions get from us.
What we import is what we get from
other nations.
Ever hear of any man getting rich
because other people got more from
him than he got from them?
'Oh, but" say the wiseacres, "don't
you know that we get the difference in
go1d?"
No, we just exactly don't know it,
because we don't do anything of the
kind. Instead of other nations send
ing gold to us we send gold to them.
We send them more merchandise
than we get from them and then send
them gold besides.
If farmer were every year to trade
a thousand dollars worth of farm pro
duce for eight hundred dollars worth
of store goods, and then at settling
time pay the storekeeper hundred
dollars in money, how long would il
take him to get rich?
But how does it come that we dom
get gold back for the difference be
tween what we export and what we
import?
Because as a nation we have beer
such consummate fools that we have
let foreigners get hold of almost ev
erythiug in this country that pays and
what we call 'oHr exports consist
largely of the foreigner taking home
his own profits.
An English lord gets hold of enough
good farming land to make fair sizet
county. He rents it out to American
farmers and they pay him one-third Of
the crop for the privilege of working
the land which their forefathers con.
quered from the Indians and the Brit
ish. And this English lord has his
third of the crop shipped over to him.
1t is loaded from an elevator owned by
a British syndicate and shipped to the
seaboard over a railroad owned by
British bondholders, and loaded into a
British ship flying the British flag,
and taken across to feed British sold
Iiers, and our wiseacres and learned
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

A story comes from Coffeyvil1e of
the capture of a wild woman by ]. r.
King, who lives about thirteen miles
west of Chelsea, I. T. Passing along
the bank of a river he discovered a
bundle of woman's clothing neatly
tied up, which had the appearance of
having laid there for several DAYS.
He then went but short distance up
the river when he heard a cracking
noise in the bushes behind him, and
turning saw woman coming toward
him. She seemed devoid of modesty
or fear; her eyes were red and g1aring
and her every feature those of mani
&C. She came up to him and snatched
at the bundle of her clothing which he
was carrying. After obtaining it she
Immediately decamped. King follow
ed, and after chase of about half a
mile, again discovered her in a cave,
where she was donning her lost ap-
paral. He then took hold of her and
led her to his home, where she was Of
fered food, which she eagerly devoured.
She has the appearance of being either
of Spanish or Mexican descent, and
possibly speaks one of these languages.
She is about . years old, has black
| hair, pleasing features, and despite
bruises and scars, is quite beautiful
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

Investigations relative to insuring
sch ,ol houses in that state. They
have some ten thousand. September
1st. he sent circular letter to each
county superintendent, asking for the
number of school houses in his county;
number insured and cost of insuring,
and number burned and amount of
insurance received. Up to date re-
plies have been received from about
half of them, covering 5000 school
houses, showing eleven burned or de-
stroyed in the first eight months of
1897; which would indicate a loss by
fire and wind of about 80 per annum,
or 80 to the 1000. Estimating their
actnal value at 81, OO0-a high estimate
the average loss would be S33. 900
per annum,-S3.33 or a of ore per
cent. per annum per school house.
would cover all cost; while un-
der the present system they are paying
fully four times as much as they get
back. He very pertinently inquiries
why, as the people of the state, or the
state, own the school houses, they do
not do their own insuring and save
this great difference?
We ask, why confine the benefit to
school houses? Don't we own the rest
of the property also? Let us make it
of universal application. Trusting
that some practical result may flow
from an intelligent discussion of this
subject this paper is respectfully sub
mitted.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
MEMS & BOYS CLOTHING.

Mems black cheviot suits in round cut
sack style, heavy weight, well lined, So 95.
Mems dark cashmere suits, strongly put
together, splendidly lined, a suit that will
give satisfaction, $500.
A great line of fancy cassimeres, black or
biue-biack cheviots, made up strong, good
Innings, in REFER style, 3 to years, with
large braided collar. Also in doublebreast-
ed styles, from to IA years. The best
value ever offered at $15O.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

outside, and did not return. Her par
ents supposing that she had spent the
night with Mrs. Jackson thought no
more of it and her absence was not
noticed until the following morning.
Later inquiry indicates that she took
the night train on the Rock Island for
the east, buying a ticket for Kansas
City. The girl was ido1ized by her
parents who granted her everything
within their power to add to her hap
piness.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Groceries,

70 pounds graduated sugar, S1.OO.
Choice Uncolored japan Tea, 10, 25 cts.
l 8-ounce bottle lemon extract. 10 cts.
Give US Il trial on the X. and p. baking
powder. one 25-ounce can, 15cts.
1 Id can Royal baking powder, 40 cts.
lbs, fair rice, % cents.
10 ID green peas, % cts.
Grandpa's Wonder soap, bars, 25 eta.
White Russian soap, bars, 25 cts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

Buelah Gutelius, of Mankato, has
suddenly disappeared from her home
in that city. She attended lecture
with a Mrs. Jackson, after entering
the hall she made an excuse to go
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
GODDARD CONVICTED.
Slayer Of Laundryman Jackson Found
Guilty of Murder.

Guilty Of Murder.
Kansas City, December GA YER
dict of murder in the second degree.
with punishment of sixteen years in
the penitentiary, was returned by the
jury in the trial of DIR. jefferson D.
Goddard for the murder of Fred J.
Jackson, at 1880 O'Clock Saturday
night. The jury was out nine and
one-half hours and took five ballots.
The attorneys for the defense filed a
motion for new trial, which will be
considered later, and if not granted,
an appeal will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
la Order Departmental
Dry Goods.

American light print cts, Calcutta fancies
3 cts, American indigo print 5 cts, Garner
Claaet cts, Garner Turkey red cts Pacific
Luster &C, Silk flush foulard &C.
Our 81 wrappers are something very pretty
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

Every man who has ever accom-
plished any great work for humanity
has been called a crank, fanatic and
luuatic
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
If free silver would benefit any hon
st man it would benefit every honest
an.

The post-office has one rate for all.
So would the railroads if they were
owned by the government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Chi1dren's Shoes,

Pebble Grain button, spring heel, solar
tip, sizes 5 to 8, 65 cents.
Fine Kangaroo, calf button, spring heel,
patent til, single sole, sizes to s. IS cts.
Light pebble grain button, spring heel,
solar tip, sizes 8115 to Il, SO SIS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

lieved that the true and economic
method was direct state insurance,
and the following bill, embodying this
view, was presented at the last session
of the Kansas legislature:
HOUSE BILL No. 6S9. introduced by
Mr. GRAv
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

INSURANCE.
Should be a Statutory Law Of
Kansas.

President Of the National Aid AssO-
citation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Wraps,

Lot 439 Child's jacket, light brown
check, large callar, Empire style,
price Sl.65.
Lot $40 Ladies' heavy black jack
ct, box front, high collar, pr. 800.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08
Ladies Shoes,

India kid button, square or pointed toe,
patent tip, sizes 2118 to 8, 50 cts.
Bright Dongola kid button, plain common
sense toe, sizes 211 to z, width Z, $I4S.
Wei kid button, square toe, patent tin.
cloth top. sizes 211 to 4, width ID or f., $I.48
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-08

TN. U-TOPEKA.-NO.s .-Iss7.
When answering advertisements please
mention this paper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-10
HEAL TIL DONT'S.

Don't neglect your honse drains, nor
the drainage about your house. The
first condition of family health is a
dry and sweet atmosphere. With dry
walls, dry cellar, and drains that
carry off refuse without letting in foul
gases, half the battle for good health
is won.
Don't let your wells or springs be
infected by drainage or from other
causes. Pure drinking water is inois-
pensable for health at home or any
where.
Don't keep the sun oat of your liv-
ing and sleeping rooms. Sunlight is
absolutely necessary for tight con-
dition of the atmosphere that We
breathe and for our bodily we'll be
ing.
Don't sleep in the same flann,ls
th.t you wear daring the day
Don't wear thin seeks or light -soled
shoes IN cod or wet weather.
Don t catch cold. Catching cold is
much more preventable than is genera
lily supposed. \ person in good physi-
cal condition is not liable to colds, and
will not fall a victim TO them unless
he is grossly careless. Keep the feet
warm and dry, the head cool, the bowels
and chest well protected; avoid ex-
posure with an empty stomach; take
care not to covl off too rapidly when
heated; keep out Of draughts; wear
f1annels; and with the exercise of
little common sense il various emer-
gencies, colds will be rare. If colds
were penal offense We should soon
find way to prevent them.
Don neglect personal cleanliness,
but use the bath with moderation and
in accordance with your general
health. The daily cold bath is right
enough with the rugged, but it is a
great tax upon the vitality of persons
not in the best health, and should be
abandoned if the results are not found
to be favorable, and tepid water used
instead. Each man in these things
should be a judge fer himself, that
which is excellent for one ir often
hurtful for another.
Don't have much confidence in the
curative nature Ct drugs. The above
is from the Phrenoloyical Journal,
which adds: Remember that Dr.
Good Habits, DR.. Diet, and DR.. Ex-
ercise are the best doctors in the
world.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-10

j. Il. HUTCHINSON, General Manoge'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-10

AGE OF ANI.N.1LS.

According to some naturallsts, the
leugth of life of animals is as TO-
lows:
The rabbit lives from SIX to seven
years.
The squirrel from sven to eight
years.
The fox from fourteen TO fifteen
years.
lie cat from fifteen 10 seventeen
years.
The tog from six cen to eighteen
years.
The bear ard wolf, eight en- to
twenty years.
The riroc, RS from twcr.ty TO TWEEN
ty-tso years.
The horse from twenty-five to TWEEN
ty-Gve years
The rorp,ise from tworty-tight tc
thirty Yeas.
The camel and crow one hundr, d
years.
The tortoise one hundred and ten
years.
The Gayle one hundred and twenty
years.
The elephant from three t. four
hundred years.
The whale one thousand years.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-10
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The fac n
! :!;iz

Take a quarter ounce Of altar Of
roses and mix with one quart Of strong
spirits Of wine. Put these into close
vessel, cork, and shake it, then in.
merse the bottle in deep basin full
if hot water. When the vessel is
warmed through take it out of the
water and shake vigorously until cold.
Add tea:poonful of calcined mag
nesia, shake again, and filter, lastly
through close muslin. A few drops
of this in basin of water makes d
pleasant washing fluid.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
Frances Population.

Although, contrary to the general I'M
preston, Frances population is neither
decreasing nor even stationary, and
never has been, yet something almost as
olninous is revealed by the census taken
IL last March, the results of which arc
now officially reported. Tt shows no sign
of q recovery i'll the birth rate. On the
contrary, the annual increment Of popu-
lation is declining i'll Il ratio which
seems for the last generation TO follow
q mathematical law of retrogression.
From 1891 TO 1896 the population of
France, with Corsica, but not Algeria,
has risen from IS, 342. 94S to IS, 517, 975.
The increase was 175, 600, or only 30,
600 year, about in /, 600. Allowance
must be made, however, as many more
Frenchmen are III the colonies as sol
diers OF settlers than in 1891. On the
other hand, the small increment of pop
ulation is distributed entirely among
the small towns, while the larger towns
are growing at the expense of the coun-
try. in 69 out Of 81 departments popu-
lation has actually fallen off. Paris
boasts an increase of SO, 600, like num-
Der being added to its suburbs. The
Paris district gains, in fact, more than
the increment for the whole country.
Lyons has grown by $4,000, and Mar
settles, which some day will become the
second city of France, by $4,000. The
number of foreigners fell from l, 115, PA
in 1856 to 1,101, 79S in 1891, and is
now at 1, OPT, 491.-New York Times.