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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-09

ltthe front, and held that position to
Tie finish, never once being headed.
laank Patchen kept leaving his feet, and
struggled home 9TH, Black Jake ID, Bes-
sic G. Sd, Rosie Pease 4th. Time, 2.3Si
Mr.. Henry Hess, was placed behind
Bessie G. in the Sd heat being believed
that she had not been driven for her full
worth in the second heat. In the 3rd
heat Woerner captured Black Jake on
the second half passed him, and although
the clark" horse struggled bravely to
regain lost position, he failed to do go,
and Woerner come under the wire first
in 1886, with Black Jake, I'd, Bessie G, 3D.,
Rosie Pease 18th, Frank Patchen 5th.
The fourth and last heat in this race
vas won by Black Jake aftera hard bat
lie. Time 2:4Ol. Much interest was
Manifested in this race, and had the track
ben in better shape, much faster time
would have been made.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-09

The I'd running race proved very ex-
citing for two heats. 1t wa3 half mile
heats, best two in three, with three start
ers. Boutwell, won I'd and Sd heats,
Jack Reber Cd money. Aracosia 3d.
Time 5li, IS.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-09
Thursday.

AAobAAs
The wagon rac4 hadfour starters, Belle,
Randalia Maid, p K O., and Sprig Tail.
Belle won in straight heats handily, Ran
DANA Maid I'd, b X o., third. Sprig
Tail hauled.off tho course at the three
quarter pole TIME S:l4, 3:lOl.
r
The 2;40 class had s horses to start.
Mollie Morrill, woA in straight heats,
Roam Ben, secondl Black Jake, third,
Lady Mascot fourth 1881, 2.342, 1881.
The $50 race was very prettily con-
tested from start to finish, and was won
by the black geldin& Dutchman, with
Peach Blow, second VIM. J. Woerner,
third, Orange Bloom, fourth, Time, 1881
2:33, 2:37. Peach Blow tried hard to out
trot Dutchman, but fell short every time
he made the attempt
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-09

The running race was spirited one,
am the interest from start to finish was
intnse. This race had four stai iers, and
was a mile dash. Boutwell,, Maggie A.
andRosette ran so evenly at times that a
blanket would have covered the trio.
Thebook-maker, dropped some money
and considerable experience on this con-
test. Time, 1:47l.
Thus ended the racing on the first day
Of the meeting.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
A PHANTOM.
KANSAS.

Z phantom there is which men call Death,
And he follows where Or we go;
And his eyes have snake-like glow,
And he follows hard. and he follows :.OSe
BE our footsteps fast or SLOW
He sits by the King in his chair of state.
And he walks by the plowman side,
For alike to him is the low or great
Mean birth or yaunted pride;
Impartial to all he follows al
With q neyer-tiring stride.
In tine hush of the calm, or storm,
In the deep, still night, or when danger S r.fe,
At evening. noon or morn
He walks he stands and he lies by our side,
This terrible phantom form.
He sits a. our board. and sits at our hearth,
As self-invited guest,
And often when loudest the strains of mirtS,
Or keeneSt the wit and jest,
ii SHADOW silently ia Is upon
Thai which the heart loves best.
He skaters at will mans best laid schemes
With Il touch of his SDectcr hand.
And he daShes to earth the brightest drea.oe
With Il wave of his unseen wand
And strive as we will we must obey
Whenever he gives commaBc.
Wherever thing of life has Ssen
On the lafid or in sea. or air.
Where virtue dwelS. or in the a3aunts or g. n,
His shadow has fallen there
Leading back the soul in peace TO God,
Or quilting III despair.
Oh a GRIM grim thing is this phsnt om Death,
And he follows where'er we &c.
Like the north winds blast Is his ICY breath,
And his eyes have u Snake-like glow,
And he follows hard, and he fOiloAsS close,
Be our footsteps fast or slow.
j. L. burgess, Ia Detroit Fsss Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
CONCERNING TEA.

Why the Finest Grades of Tea Arc
Rarely Seen in This Country.
It requires about four pounds of
fresh leaves to make one pound of dried
tea, and the yield is three to folr hun
dred pounds per acre. Bohea is the
coarsest of the Chinese teas. The best
quality of black tea is pekoe, which
consists of the very youngest leaves
while they are still clothed with down.
The finest teas, both green and black,
are rarely seen in this country, because.
if packed in large lots and conveyed in
the hold of ship. fermentation takes
place, which destroys their quality.
1t is mostly consumed by the wealthy
Chinese or finds its way overland to
Russia.
1t may be added here for the benefit
of the many who know not how to
make good tea that the quality of the
infusion is greatly influenced by the
character of the water with which it is
made. hard water never producing the
best effectin tea-making. The wealthy
Chinese make their tea in the cup from
which it is to be drunk. The proper
quantity of leaves is put in the cup,
boiling water poured over them. and
the cup covered with the saucer for u
while. A perforated bit of silver made
for the purpose is fitted over the leaves
in the bottom of the cup to prevent
them from rising to the surface. lea
should never be boiled. Toic:.o Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
PARAD!t= MYTHS.
The Peculiar ideas Entertained by Various
UnciviliZed People.

The Peculiar ideas Entertained by Various
| Uncivilized People.
| Paradise traditions seem to owe much
Of their local popularity to peculiar
local fitness. In a swamp village of
the upper Congo the brothers Rago-
zinski last summer interviewed woody
presbyter, who informed them that in
the far west, beyond the grave, there
was Il valley of peace, where good
spirits fit about, engaged in catching
mosquitoes and protecting the sleep of
the just. The paradise of the Boto-
GUIDES is a land of cool streams, shaded
by forests SO free from underbrush that
the blest departed can ramble for miles
without scratching their sensitive
skins. All desert-dwellers believe in a
.hickly-wooded hereafter. The Yakoots,
of Eastern Siberia, hope to find a
land of ready-lighted fires hung
around with bubbling kettles of
fish-oil. The natives of the lower
Carolines dream of an isle of souls SO
large that tipsy man can stumble
about all night without fear of break
ing his neck in the shore-cliffs. Our
Saxon forcfathers hoped to line their
TRANSPORTED selves with beer and pork
steaks, diet which would make Turk
prefer the other place. The spirits of
the Scandinavian braves slaughter each
other in the halls of Thor; and that the
Greeks were at heart less trrculent is
proved by the sentimental pastimes of
their elysium. Chinese paupers, pinched
by hunger and Buddhism, hope at least
for the advent of Il golden age, when
every mans pauncA shall be as convex
as prize pumpkin. Few Moslems
would accept It pass to Il paradise with
out hours. and a poor Esquimau, whom
Rev. Claas Hansen hoped to charm
with the prospect of a heaven without
ice and sea monsters. declined the offer
on the ground that Greenlanders can
not sabsist without wairus blubber.-
Chicago Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
a Great Telegraphing Feat.

A rough estimate made by the post
office authorities shows that the num-
Der of words s1gnaled out of London
on the occasion of MIR. Gladstone's
great home-rule speech was about L.
100000, being almost twice as many
as on any previous occasion, the high
est record hitherto being 100000. The
total number of words delivered at the
various offices in the provinces was.
however, very much larger. since
many of the reports were sent to
number of addresses. According TO
the post-office counting MIR. Glad
stones speech, verbatim, amounted to
"a, 700 words.-N Y. Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
A FAMOUS WOMAN.
Sketch of the Life of Laura Bridgman.
the Wonderful Blind Deaf-Mute.

| Sketch Of the Life of Laura Bridgman
the Wonderful Blind Deaf-Mute.
Laura Bridgman was born in Han
over, N. H.. December 81, 1929. Sht
was a bright infant, but in her secont
year had violent illness, which wholly
destroyed the senses of sight, hearing
and smell. and greatly impaired that Of
taste. Though her general health was
so shattered by this sickpess that she
was almost helpless for several years,
she subsequently recovered her strength
and had apparently so much intelli-
gence, though shut in a realm of dark
ness and silence, that she was in her
tenth year. put under the care of DR..
deaf-and-dumb school at Boston.
There she was taught to read by touch
ing raised letters; then these letters,
framed into words, were attached to
objects, and she thus learned to know
objects by their names. Thus far,
however, the work was only an exer-
else of imitation and memory, and was
like teaching clever dog variety of
tricks But all ut once the truth seemed
to fash on her that by this means she
could make known to others what was
in her mind. and this knowledge
seemed to change her whole being
Her sympathetic teachers procured for
her a set of metal types, with the letters
east at the ends, and board with
square holes for their insertion, so as
to be read by the fingers when placed.
In a few months she could spell the
names of the most common objects,
and in a year had made great mental
Improvement. She would amuse her.
self for hours with these letters. SPELL
ing old and new words. and framing
imaginary dialogues, and became much
happier and full of enjoyment in her
play. Her hand grew in accuracy as
her knowledge increased so that she
could recognize persons. fabrics. col
Ors, ETC., by the touch alone. In few
years she was able to receive lessons in
geography, algebra and history, and
learned to write fair, legible hand.
She carried on animated conversations
with her teachers and friends by means
of the finger alphabet. the move
ments being made by the hands of
others placed upon her own, as
she could not see them. She be-
came most skillful teacher of the
blind, and was for many years an in
structress in the Perkins Institution
for the Blind. in Boston. She still
spends much of her time in that insti-
tuition. She is very skillful per-
former on the piano, is quite dextrous
in many kinds of household work, and
S an adept in plain and fancy needle
work, and can run Il sewing machine
Is well as any one. In spite of her great |
,tfiiction Miss Bridgman always seems
happy and contented. Her case af-
ords one of the most remarkable illus
rations of what can be accomplished /.
~ modern philanthropic systems of
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
from the police court. "Only suppose
they should make an item of me and
poddy O'ROurki''

from the police court. ''Only suppose
they should make an item of me and
Paddy o. Rourkr'
The policeman assured her that there
was no danger. and she at last got ur
courage enough to follow his instruc
tons and seek seat. Tremblingly she
advanced down the middle aisle, look.
ing right and left for vacancy. When
near the front she was arrested by the
voice of the judge, who exclaimed with
startling severity: ''But, madam, VOC
are drunk"
Her dismay at hearing such an acc,e
other. the novelty of her surrourdin. "a
the perplexity OF her position, bcwit
dered our adventurer to such an extent
that she neglected to take heed # ncl
ways. She did 70. see that she was on
the brink OF step. and the next no
ment fell forward headlong, prostrat &c
before she assembled court. In he,
modification she would fain have lain
there forever. and it did not console
her anguish to hear voice from the
reporters tables say: 'Another drunk,
evidently. Respectable middle-a@cd
woman in widows weeds. A terrible
example q: the increase"
just heye she felt her arm pulled
and raising her head. found bloate
woman tugging energetically at her
arm. rs If anticipating some difficulty in
getting her upOn her feet. The dreadful;
suspicion conveyed by this intimation,
the .'hail-feEow-well-met" expression
upon the coarse features of her assist
ant, brought Mrs. Lightlace to her feet
in a second. Vainly she tried to shake
off her companion. She held her as in
a wise, and whispered, audibly: '.Niver
Rlind. hinny; hauld on to me: sich ak
serdunts will happen. fell joust here
meself six months ago. and got off with
ten DAYS"
The judge nerar interviewed Mrs.
Lightlace; Paddy O'Rourk was never
arrested by that lady. The tall officer
at the door bad vision of a female fit
ting past him; and little Alice, watch
ing. say her mother rush down the
steps s<s if she had lost her senses.
Flying to meet her, she cried:
Mamma, what can have happened?
Oh, what can it be?'
Don't ask me. my child. Oh, that
dreadful place! Your poor mothe. is
for life. Go at once, Alice
go at once to that wretch, Paddy
pay him all he asks. What
is money to such troubles as this9''
With such disjointed ordinations
the wretched Mrs. Lightlace pushed
Alice into street car, and hurried
hone.
The Hcrald Of She following morning
sported quite an interesting item,
which was read by Mrs. Lightlace
while at breakfast: "a respectable
looking middle-aged woman in widows
weeds fell in the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday in state Of
beastly intoxicatlon. She was assisted
to her feet by another female scarcely
better off. The shock seemed to re-
store her reason; she rushed from the
before any one could stop her
We could not learn her name"
Mrs. Lightlace will let brother James
assist her in moving hereafter. She |
ias no longer an ambition 10 prove |
herself managing, capable, independ-
mt wOman.-Aary Tucker .uagiN, Ia
L..lrper's Barr.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
A WEEPING GROOM.
The Bitter EecOllections Connected wild,
Colonel Stuar.'s Marriage.

/
Colonel Stuart's Marriage.
The following description of an
amusing bit of experience. is given in
"Reminiscences Of Soldier" a din.
ner-party was given to Colonel Stuart.
just before his marriage, by some
bachelor friends. In the hotel where
the young men assembled, mum Der
of clergymen Of the PresbytcrY OF
Aberdeen, then in session in the city,
We're staying. Bent upon having !;
good time. the young fellows irrev-
erently played what was termed the
cayenne trick upon some of the
worthy ministers. Colonel Stuart had
sent to London for new suit CT
clothes in which to be married. He
wore the suit on this evening. that he
mi CHIT do honor to his friends. We let
him tell the rest of the story:
After the dinner left Aberdeen and
went to England, to be married. My
father-in-law was so well known in the
town in which he lived that the roads
to the church were crowded on the day
Of the ceremony, and the church itself
was crammed. took my place with
my intended bride by the altar. and
the ceremony proceeded. The clergy
man had got about halt Through, when.
having occasion to use my pocket
handkerchief, put my hand into my
pocket, pulled it out and applied it to
my nose. You can judge what my
sensations Were when | felt my eyes
full Of cayenne pepper, the irritation
Of which was almost IntOierable!
On the night of the dinner at AOe,'.
deem had placed the paper OF cayenne.
with which we had committed th.
atrocities on the reverend gentleman.
into tie pocket of NY 1ress-coat. and
had thought no more 4 cout ii. On the
morning of my marriage. put clean
silk handkerchief in that pocket. no:
remembering what had placed there
before. The caye;ihe had got loose
from the paper, and. consequently.
when l applied The handkerchief to my
nose the miserable stuff flew iuto my
eyes, ard for 2 few moments caused
most eNcruciating torments. Water
ran down my cheeks in streams, and
dared not apply the handkerchief
again. for fear of getting another dose.
Meantime, the whole audience wa.
staring at me, and heard whispers.
Poor young man. how affected ne
isl and other sympathetic remarks to
the same effect.
| thought the ceremony would never
be over. and when it was finished, the
clergyman who married me came u..
and. shaking my hand, said:
"My young friend. l am sol.y to ses
you so affected on this joyous occa.
siOn.'
Forgetting every thing except my
agony. l replied: Affected? not bit! |
it's the cayenne pepper that / had IN |
my pocket"
may as well add. that suffered for |
two or three days in way l can not |
leaving son- bitter recOllec-
tons connected with the happiest day
of my life. and rs punishment. sup !
pose. for our trick upon the unoffcni. /,
ing clergymen.-IouA's CcmrGi.'a.s
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
The New York World learns tb.,

The New York World learns that
under an act of the Pennsylvania as
semblv of 1894 Luzerne County
justice OF the peace the other day fined
q profane Pole forty cents apiece for
twenty-six oaths. and in default of the
sum total of ten dollars and forty cents
sentenced the swearer to twenty.six
days at hard labor in Jail on diet Of
bread and water, as the old law per.
mitted. But an appeal and reference
to later law of 1860 showed that com.
mon swearing came considerably cheap
or. and the profane Polo was released
from custody.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
ENGLEW00D, KANSAS.

The Star OF the Western Empire is pic
turesquely situated near the wooded banks
of the Cimmaron River, in the center of a
large and beautiful yalley--the grandest
wheat, corn and grass gro wing country in
the world; destined to be the great rail-
road, commercial and manufacturing centre
OF sunny southern Kansas, because OF nat
u-al surroundings, beautiful location, and
the many railroads now projected and build
ing toward it, being Is it is the supplying
and Quitting point for the new Oklahoma
OF the west. The public land strip, (which
extends 100 miles 10 the south and west and
which comprises the most wonderful grain
and grass producing soil on the globe. is
the great cattle field in the west. No other
town in western Kansas is so favor
ably situated to become large city, and il
cannot be disputed that Englewood holds
the key to the commercial trade of a vast
area of untold and ever increasing wealth;
its prospects are unequalled. and its rise
and progress bids fair 10 he unparalleled in
the history ofthis western country.
EnglewOod viii not wait years for a slow
increase Of population TO bring it into no.
tice, as hundreds of other cities have done.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09

She has natural advantages. railroads are
coming. her destiny is stamped with prog
ress and success, and she intends that the
people shall know II. We want no broken
down bankrupt individuals. but we well
come live men and women with energy
and push from every land. and we will
make il their interest 10 east their lot with
Us. You may do well where you are. bat
you can do better here. We unhesitatiusly
state that EnglewOod is bound TO be the
next great cattle shipping point in the
west. The cattle kings of this section o!
country represent property worth millions.
We want wholesale and retail houses OF
every kind 10 locate at Engiewood. From
this point you can sell goods ioi a large ter
ritory south and west. Come At once. Do
not wait till the railroads, now building,
arrive. You can make money now. both on
goods and the rapid increase of all the real
estate you may buy al present.
We have an incorporated city OF the Sd
class, with Il population of about 300. We
have over 100 good buildings. some of which
are the best that can be found on or of the
railroad in wes,ern Kansas. We have now
under construction several good brick
buildings; one schoolhouse TO cost - .0cO:
bank building. jGxs0 feet; one business
house. 50xl00. two stories; one church
building, good size; 100000 brick
will soon be burned TO finish the build
ngs named. We have now completed one
hotel, with AZ rooms, costing s5,0e0, and
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09

enc opcra-house cost SS.0-Al, to-day
We are only one year old. We are proud
OF our success, and can faithfully say that
we have no rivals. II YOU desire TO go
west. come TO Englewood. where there are
excellent opportunities for business of all
kinds; where you can secure you home OF
town lot OF farm at fraction Of It's real
value. We say come TO Englewood while
the opportunity awaits you, and secure QUO
of the greatest OF all blessings good
home. Take the Engiewood stage ~ Dodge
CRY. and you will land in Ergiswood.
Fifiy-fye miles in ten hours. Stage runs
daily. Z. G.. Reynolds is proprietor Of the
stage line.
For information regarding the country
and city address u. Il. Bush. secretary OF
Englewood Town eopany, Clark county,
Kan.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
A Word On the Rag Question.

Here let me quote what an experienced
housekeeper writes me on this subject: Il
think It can not be too strongly impressed
upon the minds of the American housekeep-
ers that they should not allow rags TO 60 to
wastA Many person, burn their scraps,
and so much vaiual,le material is lost II
every woman would save the scraps there
would be small need of our importing rags
from the filthy peasants Of Europe and the
Orient | have made il a rule that rags OF
all sorts must he put in their proper recepta-
cles, and / will not allow my servants to
burn old cup towels or dish-cioths When
these things are no longer fit for use they
are carefully boiled and placed in the rag
bag. 1t may be readily seen that IL each
woman contributed her quota to the manu-
facture of paper, there would be small need
OF legislation, at any rate, against the i'm
portation of disease in rags "-Courier-
.IournaI
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
The Cruelty Of the City.

oh, no, my little country maid; stay
where you are, if you have q home and
friends Be content TO fish for trout in the
brook, without cruising for whales in the
SEQ A big city is cruel place for young
lives II takes them As the cider press
takes juicy apples. sun-kissed and favored
with the breath o. the hills, aud crushes
them into pulp. There is a little juice for
eech apple. bu. cider is cheap
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09

There are households where ma Is Q
boni-servant 70 the wilkins of husband and
children. Such case needs a course Of
swee.iy smiling indifference She should
give them what is good enough. thon re-
ceive their remarks as q feather bei does .
shower Of stones We sometimes see how .
quiet, imperturbable second wife reforms
srch family after they have worried 9
timid, sensitive little woman into her grava
Mary Ann Klaka
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
Long and Irritating Chapter.

Whenever an American ID met abroad
with the assertion that government in the
republic IL corrupt, he can safely say that
fos one ounce Of corruption here there II .
Q full pound avoirdupois In Britain; for
every job here. twenty yonder. Ons
aoblsman gets $4,000 CO., 600 Per annum
for walking backward before her majesty
upon certain occasioos: and % On through
. chapter Of -johs' % long and irritating
that no American could patiently rod
through it-Nf. Caxnsgis's New Book
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
EAGLE CITY.
Public Land Strip.

A government town site located tor the
Government Land Office Of a new district
10 be located shortly by Congress. IL Is a
sufficient guaranty of success to mention a