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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
PAWPANS RIPE.

from the Troy Chief.
The sunny plains of Kansas dozed i
In SOFT October maze;
the waysiue leaves and grass disclosed
Scarce sign OF autumn days.
The corn stalks bent their ears OF gold,
10 list the cricKet an;
And nelds Oh sprOuting wheat fOretOld
The farmers iducu Dan.
Many movers caravan
stretched WESTWARD iar away,
As they had moved, since spring began,
10 where the hOme>IeuuS Jay.
Their wagon SneeIS were snowy white,
iIICir cattle sleek a,iu stout;
Their ciiluren 5 MERRY i;lceS bright,
With blooming health SlIOne out.
But no! what apparitiOn queer
Is this tnat looms III SignU!
Has hip an Wrinkle wandered here,
Just from his waking plight!
Has one OF the lost tribes come back,
With remnant OF his Dand,
And eastward turned once more his track
10 seek the PROMISED Land!
Beneath yon shade I'll sit me there,
Upon that bank or grass,
And inventory, as it were,
IheSe nOrnadS, as they pass.
Tney may he reason wise ana strong,
Unknown to US, why they,
VI all the steady moving Inrong,
Are on the backward way.
wagon Of past ages, built
On mOdellOSt to art:
dirty, ragged, faded Quilt
Supplieda covers part.
wheels OF four sizes, tireleSS now, "
VITA many missing spoke:
tnfee-iesSed mule, Il One-nOrned COW,
Iugeed slowly in the YOKE.
A man of five and forty years,
with beard OF grIzZled brown,
"A Di1mIcsS hat sat on mis- ears
His hair Strayed through the crown:
his pants or dIngy butternut,
His coat of tariIished blue;
HIS feet with no lncunDraEce but
Mismated boot and shoe. =.
Six hungry ours of low degree
Sneaked at their masters heels
Or. underneath the aXle-tree,
kept measure with the wheels.
Packed in the feeding-bOX behind
A time-wOrn jug is spied, - i "a
whose corn-cob stopper hints thekipd :,
Ut nourishment inside.
Nine boys and girls with rheumrcyes
Slowed in with beds and tins,
Were ali so nearly of a size, 49, !
Ihey might have well been twins.
FOR loss OF youth and hope
Seemed to have vowed, long years before
10 fast from comb and SOAP.
"HailoO, my friend. brood like that
Should head the other way:
The land is broad and free and fat
Go take il. while you may -
Ralsfng his glazed and dirty sleeve
he gave his mouth a wipe,
And answered with siHhinp heave.
stranger. pawpaws is ripe!'
Don't tell me of your corn and wheat
What do care for SIGH:
Lon say your schools is hard to beat
And Kansas sile is rich,
stranger: year been lost by me.
Searchfn your Kansas siles
And not pawpaw did see
For miles, and miles, and miles,
"Xissouri's good enough for me.
The bottom timbers wide:
The best of Twin thar is free. II
And spread on every side Z
In course, the health amt good for so,r, | q
But We re not Of that stripe. !
hsy! bet and lobe, we're GWEN bomo, 5
Gilt up! Pawpaws is ripe! 9
He cracked his whip. and OF thev van, {
me mule, and COW, and dogs.
MoicheG them till they ali wert, blan%
VITA distant haze and fogs:
AndaS the blue smoke heavenward curlaua G
Up nom mis- corn cob pipe,
he dreamed not of that better world tQ
s"E nefe psWpaWs were ripe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

TO THE VOTERS OF THOMAS COUNTY:
Gentlemen: would respectfully offer my
self as an independent candidate for the Of
fee of county superintendent. Should / be
% fortunate rs to b, elected promise to
faithfully and conscientiously perform the
,.uties Of the Office.
/ Lam respectfully.
MARY A. HAY.
ctterbourne, Oct. 9Th.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

The Car came to Thomas Co. when
the county was in it's infancy, publish
ed it weekly in a sod house for three
months and has done a good deal to
build up Thomas county. Now that
a metropolitan young town is built,
a new enterprise appears, and claims
all and more from the people than the
CAT has ever asked. "a new broom al
ways sweeps clean is the old expires
sion. But bear in mind that the CAT
Headquarters are at the old stand.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

We understand that w. H. kingery
is in the field for sheriff. \ great
many Of Dir. K s friends who support
ei him and endeavered for his nom
ination, regret this move, as politically
it will injure him for all time to come.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION No. 3ss

Land ONCE at Oberlin. Kans.
Oct. 30 1885,
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
20 make nnal proof in support of his claim
ana that said proof will be made before Reg
isrer and receiver at Oberlin, Kan. on Ian.
= 1870. VIE: J. c. Crane, H. e. No. $780, for the
sw Qr sec Town 6 range u west
Smtn ID. 8. on same LAND is notified
ID. 8. will be cancelled. 80
ne names the following witnesses to prove
~ continuOue residence upon, and cultiva-
z. Ladd. o. P. Bailey, ], w Stewart. aiI OF
QutckvtLe, Kansas
go AL PATCHIN. Register.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
Election November 18TH.
CITIZENS TICKET.

For County Commissioner-lst District,
NJ. W. wITHAM.
For County Conmissioner-2d District,
FRANK PINGREE.
For County Commissloner-3d District,
ORRIN BAILEY.
For Sheriff.
C. PASSELL.
For County Treasurer.
N.D.BEAN.
For Clerk District Court.
Ell PAINE.
For County Clerk.
JAS. FIKE.
!For Register of Deeds.
JAS. AULD.
For Probate Judge,
J.R. COLBY.
For County Attorney,
w. G. PORTER.
For Representative,
VIII. COPELAND.
For County Superintendent.
W. w. WALKER.
For County Surveyor,
TIP. CHAMBERS.
For Coroner.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

| am a candidate for the Office Of Register
OF Deeds Of Thomas county subject to the
decision of the legal voters at the November
election. J. W. IRWIN.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

VI. DOneian as q candidate for the Office of
county treasurer subject to the decision Of
tie voters at the polls.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

The friends of L. Sims hereby announce his
name for register of deeds subject to the de-
cision of the voters at the polls.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
NJ. McGREEvY.

The man has not been heard from
that wants to trOt Jas. Fike race.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
W. H. Copeland's majority in til

W. H. Copeland's majority in the
convention was 112, and yet
it is alleged that his two-thirds vote
was illegal. This is a statement that
carries falshood on its face and we
hardly believe an intelligent voter in
Thomas county will believe that the
l12 are rogues and the one an honest
man.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

Some people seem to carry the idea
that B. +. Heastan was candidate
for commissioner before the cOnven-
ton. This is an error. Mr.. H. had
enphatically declined to serve, and
the votes cast for him were BY his
Jealous friends who wanted to force
him to serve whether or no. He is
supporting the straight ticket.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
H. B. VANCE.
BLACKSMITH!

Shop first door north of CAT office. Gener-
al blacksmithing and repairing done on short
notice. HOrseshoeing and pillow work epe-
cialty. All work guaranteed. Give me call.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
No Hod- Carriers.

So there are no hod>carriers in Gers
many, for the simple reason that a hod
is as unknown there as an lrishman is,
each brick must pass from hand to
hand again. The higher up the brick
layers are the more men are required
at toss the bricks. Two men to story
is about the average, with enough more
to lead from the front of the building
to the place wheYe the bricks are need
ded. Thus | he seen three men on
the ground, eigh N the front Of the
building, az five on top, making six
teen men t. 1ugh whose hands each
brick passc 'efore it reached its place
of destinat;".i. / have frequently
stood and watched a single brick go
climbing up the front of building,
leaping from hand to hand, and l have
wondered every time why in the world
hods, horse power, or steam engines
we're not used.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
Beware of Mercury and Potash.

Mercury is more destructive to hui
man health and life than war, pesti-
lence and famine combined. So said
a distinguished writer years ago, and
it is as true today as then. The poor
victim of Blood Disease is drugged
with Mercury to cure the malady, and
then dosed with Iodides to cure him of
the Mercurial Poisoning; but instead
of any relief, the first breaks down his
general health and makes him a Grip.
pie, and the other ruins his digestive
organs. Mercury and Potash are dan
gerous even when administered by d.
rections and under the eye of good
physician, and when put up in nos
trums, often by incompetent persons,
are apt to produce evil consequences.
Be careful of those poisonous mixtures
or you may regret it. Swift's specific
is entirely vegetable preparation, and
should not be COMPOUNDED with the va>
rious limitations, non-secret humbugs,
"Succus Alterans,' etc., all OF which
either contain Mercury and Potash, or
are composed Of old remedies which
have long since been discarded as OF
no value in the treatment of Blood
Diseases, and none of them contain a
single article which enters into the
composition of Swift's Specific. There
is only one Swift's Specific Is. S. S.
and there is nothing in the world like
it. Be sure to get the genuine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
Infammatory Rheumatism.

| have been afflicted for nearly four
teen years with the severest form of in
fammatory rheumatism. For large
portion Of the time was confined to bed,
and suffered the most excruclating
pain, my legs badly swollen. My case
was thought incurable by the physi-
clans, and | have often hoped that
death would ensue and relieve me of
pain. Last month | secured, at the
suggestion of a friend, one dozen bots
ties of Swifts Specific, and after using
about six bottles / am entirely free
from pain, the first time in nearly four
teen years. My joints are becoming
more supple and the swelling gone. l
am ready to answer any inquiries as to
the facts in the case.
G. w. Stellar.
Cabot, Ark, April 10, 'S4.
Treatise on Blood and SKIN Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
Contentment.
RATTLER.

Contentment is illustrated by a story
told of house in Denver. On cer>
tains street is stone mansion of sur
passing elegance, which, with its
ground, cost nearly 81, 100000. Di-
rectlY opposite, on vacant lot, is a
tent, boarded up inside as far as the
angle of the roof. The back end of
it is pierced with stovepipe, and in
the front end door and window. In
the window hangs curtain of costly
lace and in the tent is a piano of ex>
quisite tone. The tent itself did not
cost over 500. The piano, upholstery,
and furniture inside are said to have
cost over $4,000. The owner planted
his tent here over twenty-five years
ago, and is one of the moderately suc-
cessful Colorado miners, being worth
about $4,000. He prefers his tent
to any dwelling house, and says he
would not exchange it for Windsor
Castle.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
The Camphor Trees.

Camphor laurel is a native of China,
Japan, Formosa, and Cochin China,
the tree from which most of the cam.
phor of commerce is obtained. has re.
Gently been introduced into California.
1t grows to considerable height and is
valuable tor timber, the wood being
light and durable, and not
liable to injury from insects, and much
in favor for carpenter and cabinet
work. Every part of the tree, and es
pecially the flowers, smells strongly OF
camphor. With respect to the growing
Of the camphOr tree in California, it is
said that it is easily propagated from
seeds or cuttings, and. does especially
well along the coast. A tree at Sacra-
mento has attained a height of thirty
feet. The cinnamon tree is another
species of laurel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
How to Make Money.

Twenty FIVE cents worth of Sberi-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders fed
out sparingly to a coop of twenty-five
hens will increase the product of eggs
% per cent. in value in thirty days.
For large fiocks buy 81. 90 cans.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28
Worth Knowing.

One bottle of Johnson's Anodyne
Liuiment will effectually cure bronchi-
It's, infammatory sore throat, sore
lungs, bleeding at the lungs, chronic
hoarseness, hacking cough, whooping
cough, and lame stomach.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-28

and would lead Oft the brothers in the
following truthful lines, always sang to
long deep measure, which can be found
by reference to the 1st chapter, Sd
verse in the New York Tribune:
"Little drops of water, little grains
of corn )" make the festive whisky and
the early morning horn; and the little
cocktails, humble though they be, make
sore heads, and gil the peni>ten~tia.ry.
But if duty should place me on the
alter OF my country as an applicant for
State or county Office. then would
throw off my prohibition robe and
thoroughly annoint myself in red IL
quor, so the voting boys could catch on
to the whisky breeze, and trail me into
office, which they never fail to do,
when they catch the breath of a wild
cat liquor candidate. So please don't
ask me just now how / stand in the
liquor fight, for might speak up in
self-defense and boldly say it stood in
me. Isuppose i am like all other
men who have grain of manhood's
pluck when endangered, | will defend
myself the best | can. So when any
of the little mountain streams of alco-
hol comes bounding out of Lincoln and
Warren county coves along side of me,
l just light right in, and drink up the
little fiery branches to keep from get
ting drowned, and l think in such
cases the temperance and prohibition
men would do humanity kindness if
they would lap up few miles of such
wild cat stream. 1t would check the
force of the angry torrents, and keep
many innocent families from being en-
tombed under the roaring waves of al
cohol. My plan to stop the manufac-
ture of whisky is now hanging on the
vine; dead ripe and ready topull.
don't like to ask our Legislators to
take this liquor question IN the caboose
of their brains, because | know the
clear skies of their brain pans have
never been clouded by the vile stuff.
But they are our legal luminaries of
undimmed luster, and must pass our
laws, even if they have to wade in
whisky up to their lips to do it, and to
stop the liquor traffic our legislators
must pass and strictly enforce a law,
not only throughout the United States,
but across the frog ponds, making it a
capital offense for any man or woman
to plant corn, rye, wheat, barley, sor-
ghum, peanuts or any species of grain
or vegetation that will ferment or make
sour mash. They must 60 further and
tackle the gardens and even into the
botanical world, for they will find
work there to do before the evil is
stopped. They must dig up all the
rose bushes, fill up all the fresh and
gay flower pits, destroy their buds,
germs and leaves, for some wild cat
man of science will extract from them
Intoxicating liquor. Every fruit and
berry bearing tree on earth must come
down; every orange and lemon tree in
the South must come up by the roots
the blackberry briars, straw and rasp.
berry vines; persimmon and mulberry
trees must be dug up and thrown over
the fence. All must be legislated out
of growing existence, then and not
until then, can the whisky evil be
checked. The world, right or wrong,
will have liquor, even If they have tc
extract it from streaks of moonshine.
RATHER.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24

The proposal Of writer in the Lon
don TEmss that England, Holland and
Belgium, the only remaining free trade
nations, shail form customs union
lanllar TO the ola anien Of tbs North
Gierxnan States. 10 important as indicat
Inc The progress u thu protectionist re-
action in Europe. Forty years ago,
Fhen England. under the influence Of
Golden and Paimersaon, adopted free
trade. II was scarcely doubted that
within shart time the rsfosna would be
secsptsd BY the entire world. sueh an
s,stcone would, of COURSE. have bean Of
The greatest beastli 10 England In every
way. % l, would have been IN easy mat
asr for the principal commercial and
manufacturing nation 10 monopoIize
almoat oempletely the markets Of
The world. ooald 10 have been foreseen
that forty years after the Inauguration
u The great rfernl. England would
s4and practically alone and isolated.
even Golden might have hesitated in
srRing upon her the acceptance Of his
theories within The Tass few years the
aeacsion has mads Germany an ultra
Erotecsionies nation and has carried
Anssia far on the Same read. To-day
KaalAsd. Holland and Belgium ara the
snly nations Of any financial or poiiti-
aai Importance that do not maintain .
gscaective tsfia. ThhA then. 10 the re-
salt Of cobden's experiment after =
taai Of forty years. IL Il any wonder
that The rising school Of political eoono-
niisss maintain that the experiment has
hliieif Witheus considering its posi-
Utilities Of working good or evil 10 the
human race. IL mas, nos BE- scknowi-
edged that the world d nos prepared for
free Trade and that itsI aniversal sdop-
lion appears much more improbable 10
aay than ~ any time since the days Of
Adam Smith.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24
ORDINANCE No. $50.

An ofafnsnee 20 provide for LICENSING and
regt'sting the keeping Of gaming tables and
bowling slIsys.
The City Of seattle does ordain Al follows:
section l. Tn & any person desiring 9 u.
cense 20 J eep one or more bow ing alleys
billiard tables. pool tables, pigeon hoe ta-
bles. OF JeBf y Lind tables. for hire, ehali FIRST
pay INTO the City Treasury license fee
there or, as follows: For each boz ling aliey,
ct the rate Of twenty.fv dollars per annum.
For each billiard table. at the rate OF gwenty.
ave dollars per annum. For each pool table,
st the rate OF twelve dollars and Fifty cents
per annum- For each pigeon hole table, al
the rate OF Twelve dollars aud fitv cents per
annum. For each Jenny Lind tsble a. the
rate Of twelve dollars and hf'y cents per an
mum. And upon nling the freAsurer's receipt
for the smo1nt of any uch license fee for Z
period Of not less than three months with
the City Cierk, said Clerk shall Issue the
proper license p. rmit for such period Of no;
less than three months.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall keer
any billiard table, bowling alley, pool table
pigeen-hoie able. Jenny Lind table. OF
other gaming table in q drinking saloon OF
house, or in = room or bulldog adjoining OF
attached thereto. and shall allow the same to
be used by two or more persons to determine
BY play thereon which OF the persons 30 Dlay.
Jog shall pay for drinks. eigArs or other arti.
eles for sale In such saloon or drinking
house, shalt within the meaning Of this or,
dinsnce. be deemed to be keepiugths same fol
hire. and shall be subject to license a. in thil
Ordinance provided.
Sec. 5. That every person who BY himself
or aoy agent or employee shall. within the
limits Of the City Of sezttl,. keep any bowl
ing alley billiard table, pigeon. hole table, poo
table or Jenny Lind table without iic-ns.
therefor. shall be deemed guilty Of misie
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall b.
nned in any suna not less than ten doilarE moi
more than fifty dollars.
Bee. 4 Tbs; this ordinance shall taks effsc,
and be In force from and after the expiration Of
i've days after the same shall have been pub
lished.
Passed by tina Common ooaneil Of the City
Of Seattle Janusry l6, 1855.
Approved January IL. 1855.
JOHN LEARY, Mayor
Filed January II, 1855,
Z. 8. OSBORNE. CLERK.
Published January II, 1855.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24
ORDINANCE No. 63s.

An Ordinance TO repeal Ordinance No.
$50. OF the city Of Seattle. and TO declare
forfeited the franchise and privileges
thereby ETs 1ted.
WHEREss. fhe city Of Seattle. by Or
Ginance No. tsa entitled g. An Ord nance
suthoriziaz the construction and main
tenance Of q street railroad in the city Of
Seattle" approved October Is lisa grant
ed 70 J. B. Metcal c. James Mcknight,
James NJ. Colman and J. Furth. and their
associates and Sss gns, the right to lay
Gown. maintain and operate an iron rail-
road within the city Of seattle. upon Ger
tain public streets OF said city. upon con-
ditions specified in said Ordinance and,
Whsre&s. The grantees Of said rights
and privileges have tailed to perform the
conditions upon which the saFS were
granted by said Ordinance. in This, that
the said grantees have nOt commenced
the construction Of said railroad within
the time limited and specified therefor in
section 5 Of said Ordinance. which time
has ROW elapsed therefore,
The city Of Seattle does or6Ain as fol.
lows:
sscTIox 1. That said ordinan G No. Isa.
o. the city Of Seattle, entitled, An Oroi-
nance authorizing the construction and
maintenance of q street rail DAD in the
city of Seattle De aud the anne is here
by repealed, and the franshise and al
rights and priv eyes granted by said Or
dinance No. $50. be and the same are
hereby. for the causes stated in the pre-
amble. forfeited
Sec. 2. That this Ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after the
expiration Of five days after The same
shall have been publ he'd.
Passed by the Common Council Of the
city of seattle the 10th day Of January
1885.
Approved by me the 18th day of Janua
ry. 1885.
JOHN LEARY. Mayor.
Filed January IL, 1885.
L, s, OSBORNE, Clerk.
Published january u, 1850.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24

Our foR A DRnt---The Fire De.
rartmens sas called out by Chief Nc
heon yesterday aiternooa for a drill
No. 2's engine worked from one Of the
Spring Hill water CompAny's nre pings
On the corner Of Mil and Commercial
streets. and Company No. l's hose was
attached 20 a Ore plua on the corner Of
Second aud Washington streets. and
two lines OF hose were attached to the
plug opposite the ATiingtos Hotel, thus
making tour lines Of hose. and foar
streams Of water-thres directly from
the Ere plugs and one pumped thfon2h
No. s's engine. Daring tue dstll. which
listed an hour or more, several very
spirited arguments took place b<tweeu
the advocates Of fire PLUGS and the ad-
voeascs Ct steam Ore engines, and al
one time tae excitement raa 80 high
that Il was found necessary 20 trra the
hose en- the csewd IN order 10 dispeFss
u and possibly prevent trouble. The
engine worked arst class and 30 did ths
tire plnga. which were working ON thu
usual pressure Of between 10 and =
paunds.