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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
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respond, like tunefuI harps. 70
an appeal to wha. is best and noblest
In them. You have seen the fields of
rlpening grain bent and swayed in
smoothest curves by the passing
breeze; and SO you have seen a village
gathering, a state, a nation, stirred
to its hearts core by some appeal to
love OF justice. to love of country. or
to deeper and broader love for hui
mainly. Some one man or some few
men have done this, have played upon
the fibres of the human heart. or
rather upon the emotions of the hui
man soul, as the musical genius does
upon the keys Of the organ or the
strings of the harp.
All these things ara illustrations of
a wonderful power, but they do not
reveal its highest potency nor measure
its grandest posi- bilities Let ten
thousand, hu ndred thousand, a mil
hon men, in this land, become i'm bued
with the spirit of brotherhood and
surrender themselves to u sublime i'm
pulse to regenerate the world AMI en-
throne love in place of hate,
harmony in place of discord.
Justice in place of oppression; let
them cease to count their lives dear
and welcome death itself. if need be,
in this conflict. as glorious martyrdom
here and the open portal to ineffable
joys hereafter, and there is nothing
they could not accomplish The
brides of the oppressor would be as
impotent before the spiritual forces
they would evoke as the autumn leaf
before the winters blast. You can
win this fight for all tkas is best and
most to be desired in this world o. ours,
and win it thus gloriously. if you will
but avail yourselves OF the power
there Is in human souls inspired by a
common purpose and acting and re-
acting upon each other under the sub
tie laws that govern in the higher
realms OF being. The world has seen
greater efforts and more costly sacri-
fees than it will require to purchase a
higher and a dearer freedom than any
past has known. Shall we prove our
selves worthy of our glorious heritage
BY moving forward to conquer q
grandeA destiny Tor mankindf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

With evident satisfaction,
the republicans gloat lover the
amount of money per CAPT.
ia" in the United States as
an indication of good times
and general prosperity. If
there was a million dollars
per capita in the country,
and a few men had it all,
what good would it do tn e
masses. There always was
plenty of wealth but the
trouble is that it is concen-
trated in the hands of a few
who use it as a weapon of op-
preston.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Among the candidates who
will be before the Populist
convention at Fort Scott
July "a, for governor and who
are in the race now, we be-
lieve Judge Dennison would
come nearest uniting the anti
republican forces and at the
same time make a model gov
ernor, if elected. Yet Brieden.
thai is far in the lead and if
he is not nominated it would
surprise everybody. But
with Leedy and his friends,
Lewelling and his friends and
Doster and his friends
against him, he Will be handi.
capped in his campaign. 1t
would be wise to nominate a
man on whom there is no
fight within the party, but
wisdom does not always go
In conventions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
A VERY LIGHT TAX.

The only apology ever offered for the
Porto Rlcan tariff of Is per cent of the
Dingley rates, or 40 per cent advalorem
is that it is very light" tax and it
VIII yield revenue for the government.
Commenting on this, the Chicago Inter.
Ocean sums up the fallacy in the fol.
lowing terms:
Very light taxes bid fair to turn
the loyal and long-suffering Porto Ri
cans into paupers, and perhaps into
rebels. About 125 years ago certain
loyal subjects of King George III, in
the town of Boston and elsewhere. were
made rebels IN law and fact by a tax of
3 pence pound ON their tea. Thew
freely admitted that it was a syery
light tax. But they also said it was
an unjust tax, and they would not pay
1t. They did not pay it, and the results
OF their refusal are too well known to
need comment.
AS Senator Proctor has clearly
shown, under the same pretenses of
very light taxes for the al
legged benefit of the taxpayers, we are
terating the Porto Ricans worse than
the British Parliament treated our an.
cestors. Do we wish to goad the Porto
Ricans into rebellion?
1.-The Porto Rican tariff is, in fact.
neither just nor light. What is the use
in trying to blind the voters with false.
hoods, when the truth is plain as print
in the records of congress and the text
Of the Porto Rican bill itself?n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The republican papers
have turned their soldering
machines toward Dewey sim.
ply because he has publicly
taken a stand against impe.
rialism and the policy of the
republican administration,
and aspires to the presiden-
cy. Such tactics ought not
to be approved by the pub
lie. This paper has never
approved of undue worship
in the AdmiraPs case, but to
begin to denounce him now
is wrong. He has a right to
be a candidate if he wants to
and in a free country like
this is supposed to be, he
has a right to have an opin-
ion on public questions.
One thing is certain: If he
were made president he
could not be a worse failure
than the one who is IN the
White House now.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
This Paper
One Year.
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Price of One.

we want 500 new subscribers to
our paper, and are going to do it If we
can; we therefore continue our arrange
ment with the Farm Journal by which
we can send the INDEX and the Farm
Journal 5 years, both for ST.. And we
make the same offer to all old subscrib-
ers who pay all arrearges and one year
In advance.
You know what our paper Is, and the
Farm journal is gem-practlcal, pro-
gressive-a clean, honest, useful paper
full of gumption, full of sunshine.
with an immense circulation among
the best people everywhere. You
ought to take it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The Cresset, by implica.
ton, tries to excuse Hugh
Rankin for his violating his
pledge relative to county
printing, by the action of
Commissioner Walker sever.
al years ago when he voted
to reconsider a motion to
let the printing to bids after
he had once favored it. The
difference between Walkers
and Rankin's action is this:
Mr.. Walker never pledged
himself and Rankin did.
Walker never asked to go on
record as favoring letting the
printing to the lowest bidder
as long as he is commissioner;
Rankin did. Or to put it
palmer, Walker did not lie;
Rankin did.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Chester [. Long was consti-
tuted the republican whip
when the final vote was tax
en- on the Porto Rican bill
last week. The title is a
very appropriate one even
when not congressionally
construed.And nobody knows
it as we'll as the Seventh dis.
trict republican politicians.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Senator Clark's seat was
vacated" and the notorious
legislative Spectator will re.
turn to his state, Montana,
for vindication. He was not
denied a seat because he
bought it-most senators do
that-but for raising the
price. When it costs from
$4,000 to 100000 to get a
seat in the senate chamber
the ordinary politician is
on the outside. Clark got
what he deserved, but there
are others.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The constitution extends to
our insular possessions when
the question Of taxation
is not under discussion, but
when that question is raised
the constitution is Temperate
ly suspended whilst this
great christian nation pro-
ceeds to levy a tax on them.
The difference between Span
ish tyranny and American
hospitality, in the case of
Porto Rico, is that the "hos-
pitality" comes five per cent
higher than the tyranny.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Judge Caldwell, who has
been prominently mentioned
as timber for the vice presi-
dency on the Populist and
democratic tickets, declines
to permit the use of his
name. He is, however, an
ardent supporter of Mr.. Bry-
an.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

When we mentioned the
senatorial candidacy of Fred
Ellis last week, we thought
it was a joke, but since that
time we learn that Fred real
ly has serious intentions. Ii
the leaders in Barber county
are in good faith they can
nominate him without diff
Guilty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The supporters of a protec.
tive tariff claim it is for the
purpose of creating revenue
for the government. They
know better, however. They
know that it's mission is to
increase the profits of trusts
by imposing a tax on the con.
sumers which they can not
refuse to pay.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Now let the senate follow
up its work and give Quay
the same dose that it gave
Clark. The fact that one is
a republican and the other a
democrat ought not to make
any difference.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The Porto Rican tariff bill
as amended by the senate,
passed the house last We'd
nesday by a narrow margin
of eight. Nine republicans
refused to vote for it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

A financial system with a
coin basis will always Cypress
the laboring and producing
classes. And as long as OPP
preston exists among the in
dustrial forces Of the nation
there can be no general pros
perity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

The Populist and demo
cratic congressional con-
ventions we're held at Great
Bend yesterday, but we could
not learn who was nominal
ed, before printing the pa
per.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

No republican has yet ex-
planned the difference in
principle between govern
ment ownership of canals
and government ownership
of railroads. Yet many re-
publicans in Congress favor
the former and are unquali-
fiedly opposed to the latter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
BIsmARcK's IRON NERVE

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
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Our object in making this sensational offer
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

1t was over a year ago
when the INDEX stated that
Admiral Dewey is a demo
GRAFT. The Cresset denied it
and asserted that he is a re-
publican. Who was right?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

w. IL. Shipman, Beardsley, Mimi,
says he suffered from dyspepsia twenty
years. Doctors and dieting gave but
little relief. Finally he used Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what he
likes and as much as he wants. and he
feels like new man. 1t digests what
you eat. j. r. Young Drug Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
DR.. 4. P. NELSON
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
GLASSES ADJUSTED
Suite No. 1. Zimmerly Block
2lO Douglass Ave., Wichita, Kansas.
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OSTEOPATH.
Chronic diseases a speciality.
CONVENTIONS.

The Populist, May Q. at Sioux Falls. South
Dakota.
The Democratic, July 4, Kansas City, Mis-
souri,
The Republican, June Is. Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
The Middle of the Road Populist, MAY 0. at
Cincinnati.
The Prohibitionlsts. June II. at Chicago, HI.
The American League, July 4, at Boston.
Mass.
The Democratic State convention at wichi-
ia. May "A. to select delegates to the national
convention.
The Populist State convention. July "a, at
Fort Scott.
The Democratic State convention. july "a
at Fort Scott.
The Silver Republican State conyen ton,
July "A, at Fort Scott.
The Republican State convention, May IS,
at Topeka.
The Populist convention to select delegates
to the National convention, April %, at Clay
Center.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Congressman Long will be
renominated at Hutchinson
today. 1t will be a very dry
convention-only a sort of
prearranged form of ratifica-
ton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Stanley is governor of
Kansas by virtue of the stay
at home vote in 1898.
There will be no stay-at-home
vote in 1900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Protection and gold mono
metallism have a powerful in
fiuence in building ana foster
ing private monopoly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
What did Dewey do to
them"

Dewey has declared him.
self in favor of free trade and
the republicans are bowling.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
Kidney or Bladder Troubles.
Stockton ATTENTION!

[ have feed for 400 head of cattle.
Plenty of fresh water and good range.
Call and see mt at the Orion Nursery.
miles southeast of Klowa, or address
me at KiOwa, Kans. F. B. ORION.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18
Liver Complaints and Nervousness
Cured

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

II. Clark, Chancey Ga. saysDeWitt's
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that had afflicted him for twenty years.
1t Is also speedy cure for skin diseas-
IS. Beware of counterfeits. j. &.
Young Drug Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

w. w. Hayhew, Merton, Wis. saws.
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most wonderful medicine. quick and
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that gives immediate results. 1t cures
coughs, pneumonia. colds, Group and all
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Drug Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

Old Papers for sale at this Office a
20 cents per hundred.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-18

bSE k IqV 55R Geo. W. Pitkip Go.
Fulton and Carpenter Streets,
srAn0n E CHICAGO.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31
How 1t Feels to Be Hanged,

In the Wide World Magazine, Rich
ard Hicks, an old-time actor, tells OF
his narrow escape from being hanged
on the stage of the Queens Theater,
Dublin. He was playing the part oil
Achmet, a particularly villainous
character, who, after a long career of
crime, is, to the general satisfaction OF
the audience, captured by two British
soldiers and promptly hanged. "One
night, while struggling with my cap
tors, the rope slipped from my Shout
ders and knotted itself round my neck,
tust as ! was being hauled up" says
Mr.. Hicks. Never shall forget that
awful moment. Directly felt the tug
at my neck | gave a convulsive kick
and tried to shout 'Stop!' but the
word could not escape from my witch
ing lips. | could only make a gurg1ing
noise. Frantically l kicked and strug-
g1ed. Pain there was none, strangely
enough, beyond a choking, suffocating
sensation, and | could hear the tu-
m%ultuous applause of the audience, who
we're hugely entertained with what
they imagined was my realistic acting.
Then a terrible sensation, like molten
lead rushing down my spine, per-
vaded my body, and thought my legs
were bursting. / gave another mighty
struggle and strove-ah! how I strove
to scream. / seemed to behold a
mighty rush of green water, and my
ears were filled with the roar of a
cataract. l have a dim recollection Of
seeing a great crimson sun shining
dimly from behind the waterfall, and
| can remember falling indefinitely
through space. Two days afterward I
recovered consciousness, and then l
suffered indescribable agony. The suf-
locating sensation still remained, but
it was accompanied by an unquencha-
BILE thirst, not to mention fearful pains
in my body and limbs"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31

Prince Louis EsterhaZy, military at
tache of the Austrian embassy at Lon
don, vas recently travelling alone on
an English railway when an elegantly
dressed woman entered the carriage.
Presently she dropped her handker-
chief and employed other expedients
to start a conversation, but without
avail, for the prince TRANQUILITY smoked
his cigar and took no notice Of her.
At last, as the train approached a sta
ton, the woman suddenly tore her
hat from her head, disheveled her hair,
and, as the train came to a %standstill,
put her head out of the window and
shrieked for assistance, The railroad
officials hurried to the scene, and to
them the m asserted that she had
been terribly insulted by the prince.
The prince did not stir from his seat,
but continued TRANQUILITY smoking his
cigar, and the stationmaster exclaim-
ed: what have you got to say to the
charger" Without the slightest ap-
pearance of concern the prince, who
was seated il the further corner of the
carriage, replied: Only this" and with
that he pointed to the cigar which
showed a beautiful gray ash consider
ably over an inch in length. The sta
tion-manter was wise in his generation,
and on perceiying the ash in the
princes cigar, he touched his hat, said
quietly. That's all right, sir" and ar
rested the woman instead.-Argonaut.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31

The present campaign in South At
RIGA is practically the first opportunity
the military authorities have had OF
putting the cycle corps to a real test.
AS scouts and skirmishers they have
proved most useful. The cyclist corps
attached to the Durham Light infantry
recently covered a route of ninety
miles in n day for the purpose OF
obtaining information Of the Boer
forces, doing no small amount of fight
ing on the way. The rapidity of their
movement startles the enemy, who
tactics a cycle corps adopts. They seem
able to get away with most anything,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31

From Judge.-My western friend, the
colonel, having seen the Illuminated
portion of New York, and done full
homage to the liquid delights of Broad
way, proposed to see Central Park. At
ter an unqualified approval Of Meow
ans pass tavern and the casino he
wandered about, gazing at the collec-
ton of efiigies which mar the land
gcape and listening in a bored fashion
to my hating explanations; but when
we hove in sight Of the memorial to a
great South American liberatOr his
eyes visibly frightened and he viewed
the rampant group with wide-opened
mouth. And that said |. lis the
statue Of Bolivar the Venezuelan"
"So?" he replied. "Stampin' fine horse,
that. Who in thundor's the jockey? ?"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31
DICK RODNEY;
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT.

ny JAMES GRANT.

palmettos, while watching the i"iis
that glided past the headlands of the
bay on their way to the Bahama Chan
mel or the great Gulf OF Florida.
This was my fayOrite resort. A wool
of cocoanut and other trees shaded the
place ard made it so dark that | have
seen the flre-fies glance about at noon
The coccas are about the height OF
Dutch popiars, and are covered with
oblorg leaves, which, when young, are
of a pale red. As spring drew on, the
branches became covered with scarlet
and yellow flowers.
Over these the vast corral tree
spread its protecting foliage, whence
the Spaniards, in their beautiful Ian
guage. name it La Madre del Cocoa, the
smallest of which has at times a thou
sand lovely scarlet blossoms.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-31

narrow escape OF Rislop, for whom W
had a great regard.
AYE, he has a hang-dog Look about
him that l V liked" replied the
latter. He seems to be always down
by the head, somehow. We should
have left him in his skif, just as we
found him. like a bear adrift on a graf
ing, or a pig in a washing tub"
On another occasion he injured VIII
White, one Of the crew, by letting the
topmaul fall from the foretop, where
it usually lay, for driving home the nd
of the mast.
His dreams again became a source OF
annoyance to all in the forecastle
hunks; and on being closely and Sc
verely questioned by Captain Weston
and the men as to whether he had
ever killed any one, by accident or
otherwise, after being tong badgered,
he drew his ugly knife from its shark
skin sheath and replied sulienly:
Only a Chiuaman or SO, when in
California"
We'll, | wish you would clap a
stopper on your mouth when you go
to sleep. or turn in out of earshot in
a topgallant studding sail-as far off
as you choose, and the further off the
better" said Old Roberts, sulkily, after
the rawlings of the Cubano had kept
him awake for several nights.
You seem to dream a great deal,
Antonio" said Weston, with a keen
glance, beneath which the Spaniard
quailed.
Isl, Senior Capitano," he stammered.
How is this?"
Il am very fond of Dreams" he re-
piled, with a bitter smile on his lip
and a scowl in his dark EYE.
Have you pleasant ones?"
81 cannot say hat they are always
so, but l should like to procure them"
Shall l tell you how to do so?'
shipmate?"
IF you please, senor," growled the
/ Spaniard.
60 to sleep, if you can, with thai
which is better than the formula OF
prayers, which at times you pay Out
like the line running off a log reel"
"And what is it you mean, milo cap
itano?"
"a good conscience" replied Weston
with a peculiar emphasis.
A black scowl came over the Span
iard's swarthy yisage, as he touched
the rim of his hat. darted a furious
glance at his chief accuser, the white
haired seaman Roberts, and to en[
the examination walked forward.
(To be c~ontinued.)