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RISES TO EXPLAIN.
Our Washington Corrc> >pOndcnt Don't
Wish to be Misunderstood.
Especial Cor. STATE CHEoNIcLF

WAsHINGToN, ID. G., June 9 A prom
nent citizen, Of Fremont, n c., who wa-
born and bred farmer, writes me a- fol
lows: ''Some one called my attention r..
day TO a paragraph in the STATE CHHn>
ICLE in which you use Mr. Dortch name
as "a lawyers candidate The impression
is that You are trying to get up f'eIInS
hurtful to Nr. Dortch. &c."
Ny paragraph was merely au item of
news given me by several frcnd- IN C1l.
Green's Congressional Dist rict | am CDl.
Green's unswcrsng friend Il, long a- he
does his duty To b constituents. ! haze
known him many years and have never
known him To do anything dIocrcdItable
to his character as Il hIghtOucd gentleman.
or to his reputation as an efficient, cncr
getic and conscientious member Of the
House of Representatives.. But I would
not be guilty of the petty meauuea- uf
trying TO work up feeling hurttui t.
Mr.. Dortch. If he is the choice % the
people, hc Will come 10 Congress. and
while have never met Hon. IS. !. Dprtch,
my Fremont farmer correspondent tells
the truth when he writes nIr 10 ms effect
'sYou know that Mr. DortcA IS largely eN-
perienced in politics, that hc has good
common sense. that he j. firm and unyIcid
ing in what ne believes - be right, that
he is one Of the best Legislators the people
Of this section ever had, that hc has grown
in the affections Of the people Of this
whole State, and that many Of the people
Of this district would delight to give him
the nomination and elect him to Con
gress Mr.. DCrtch. assert, l. THE Farm
ERs' CANDIDATE. We have learned hi.
value, and We missed him in the Senate
because he always worked for the people.
The Fremont farmer Inu allow Inc tc
add that l do not think there Is position
within the gift of the people Of the statt
of North Carolina which Mr. Dortch could
not fill with credit 10 himself .. | the
Statp
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Total, l, ,23s
Prohibition majority, so.
Charlotte.

In Mecklenburg's capital the campaign
was also lively. The Anti's however sue
ceeded in marshaling the colored vote in
their favor The result was that Prohbi-
ton was defeated by majority Of 429.
A large vote was polled and much interest
manifested. At night the negroes marched
through the streets to the tune of Little
Brown Jug" The following was the total
vote for Charlotte:
License, 1,01s
Prohibition, $50
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Majority for License,
Durham.


The news from Durham, where such
systematic fighting for Prohibition had
been done, WAS surprise to everybody
At noon the news came that the 'drys"
were .5 ahead and that it would be i'm
possible for the ''wets' to catch up; but
they seem to have gotten there all the
same, for when the votes We're counted
the wires were touched and flashed forth
the news of 81 majority for License.
Henderson.
Early in the morning the Prohibitionists
in Henderson took the lead and maintain
ed it during the day, coming out when the
polls were closed A majority ahead. At
the announcement of which there was
great enthusiasm. The total vote was as
follows:
Prohibition, 216
License, 231
After the polls were opened it was found
that the poll holders had not been swoIn
in and for awhile there was considerable
excitement but no attempt at fraud could
be shown and the oaths being administer
ed the election proceeded without inter
ference with the following result:
Prohibition, 243
License, III
Prohibition majority, &C.
Reidsyille.
Reidsville wheeled in line with Durham
and Charlotte and gave a wet majority
of 76. The total vote being as follows;
License. PSI
Prohibition, Isl
GOldsbOrO.
There may be something in dreams and
they may sometimes be shadows that fore
tell coming events, but Goldsboro went
back on the vision of Bro. Robinson, of
| the Argus The campaign here was hotly
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| SAW many other things and heard
much else tnat | could write about bat
my time has expired, and -congratulating
the college and its friends OF a most pleas
ant aud interesting windup of the most
successful session it has ever had
VIII Close r Il A.
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The Vote in Raleigh.

The following is the official vote in Raj
eigh township. The First, Third and Fifth
Wards have large white majorities, while
the voters of the Second and Fourth are
mostly colored. At the two outside pre-
cincts the colored voters are also in the
ma iOritN.
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sensible enoughD TO array itself agalns
such a practice.
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tpin the Mountains.

Great excitement but good .,i,r pre-
vailed IN AShcNille Tho tuIc N.l~ j. barge
one and the interest maui,-fcI was lu
tense Prohibition Was defeated IS d. MA
JorIty of IA.
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The Summing -.
Flashes from the Unitichcid.

Where is the Asylum" jocuarly said
a wholesale dealer as he walked down
Fayetteville street. II must cithsr 20 cray
or commit suicide Don't do either. '
said another, take defeat like little
man, and when the time comes pick your
flint and go a. EN- again. But what
am | going to do in the meantime Live
on wind and drink at the branch Give
it up" said the other rs they moved of.
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'You have beat US SAID good natur-
ed young liquor dealer, 'and We feel very
bad over 1t, but there 5 no use grIeylug, a.
for me- | shall accept the result in the best
spirit possible, bow TO the will Of the ma
jority and try to make a living at some
thing else
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
CUPID'S FRANKS.
The Pretty and Encouraging Romance OF
a Coal Stove.

The Pretty and Encouraging Romance OF
Coal Stove.
One day last fall, after talking until
his throat was sore. 4 Detroit stove
dealer succeeded in selling widow a
coal stove, but it was with the proviso
that if every thing didn't work salts
factorily he was to make it. Two days
after delivering the stove he got his
first call. A boy entered the store and
said:
Mrs wants you to come up
and fix that stove. The house is full OF
smoke"
A man was sent up, and he found
the trouble to be with the chimney.
Only three or four days had passed
when the boy came in again and said:
''That stove is putting and blowing
and soaring the widow to death. She
wants the same man to come up again. y
He was sent. and it was discovered
that she didn't know how to arrange the
hampers and drafts. Every thing
seemed to run well for week, and
then the boy walked in to announce:
'.She sent me down to have you send
that man up again. The house is full
of coal gas"
The man went up and applied the
remedy. but inside of three days the
stove got to putting; two days after
that the fire wouldn't draw; then it
drew too much; then gas escaped
again. At length the dealer went to
the house and said:
Madam. You gave me thirty dollars
for the stove; how much will you take
for it?''
~ wouldn't sell it,"
''But can't be sending my man up
here every two or three days all win.
ter
You won't have to. I've concluded
to marry him in order to have some
one here in case of accident
And three days ago they were quietly
and happily married. -DetroI Free
Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
HUMOROUS.

The world moves. It probably
finds it cheaper to move than to pay
rent.-Boston Transcript.
Papa, baseball players ought to
be good skaters why do you think
so Charle?" Because they strike out
so easily. "-Piladelphia Gail.
New Water Works." says a black
head line in an exchange. New cider
works, but we didn't know that new
water acted similarly. Morristovn
Herald.
An exchange asks: "What is hos
tile furniture?" Don't know unless is
is armed chairs.-EransriNe argus.
A gold-plated harness comes pretty
near being boss style furniture.-Mara-
Mon Independent.
ELS there any danger of the boa
constructor biting me?" asked lady
visitor ut the Geological Garden. Not
the least, marm,' cried the Snowman;
che never bites-he swallows his whites
whole. ~. \. Examiner.
Customer Tin restaurant-Wait
this chicken soup has feathers in it.
Waiter-Yes, sab. If yo' want soup
made outen chickens dot am old 'nough
to be bald, sab, yO' III have to 90 to
some odder 'stablishment-N y Sun.
with population of about 30O,-
1900. China, has not single insane
asylum says an exchange. Exactly;
but, my dear brother, you should re-
member that China hasn't single
book agent, either.-NeUmdn Intie-
pendent.
The new servant-..You are sure
Mr.. Blowton is not at hOme?" swell,
l ought to be. He told me so when I
took your card up, and said if you would
call some time when he was out he
would be glad to see you. "-PhiladeL
fIsia Press.
Mrs. Homespun-''Our John is the
greatest fellow to put of you ever
saw" Mrs. Blank-'.He procrastinates,
ehp" Mrs. H-''Oh, dear, no; don't
think John would do anything so bad
as that. He only puts everything off.
That's the worst L ever heard anybody
say about him. "-Boston transcript.
-Amedical authority says: Persons
have been bitten by mad dogs and
have not gone mad Then the dogs
couldn't have hurt them very badly.
The man who is not made mad by be-
ing bitten by dog ought to be an
angel. He has too good temper for
this wicked world.-Ihe huge.
Seeking Biblical Information.
Bobby. MA. didn't Methuselah have
more'n one name?" Ma (reading)-
'Only one, of course. Now don't
bother me any more" Bobby CATER
long pause)-'.Ma, can't ak you one
more question: Ma--'Yes, yes"
Bobby-"Wa Methuselah his first or
last e?''-HarDer' Bazar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
INFLUENZA IN SHEEP.

Simple Remedies for the Cure of the
Troublesome Complaint.
In reply to a correspondent we would
say that influenza in sheep is not in
fectious. 1t is often supposed to be
because it depends upon conditions
that are apt to exist over wide range
of territory and hence many sheep may
be affected at the same time. 1t is an
inflammation of the membranes of the
nose and bronchial passages. The eyes
are red and watery, more or less fever
is present, there is marked weakness
and the system generally is out of or
der. The animal has no appetite, the
nose runs, there is cough. indigestion
and impaction. After cold and damp
weather, it is observable frequently,
and is always more severe on low, wet
undrained land. When sheep are
upon such land and are attacked,
they should be removed to higher
and dryer land. When possible they
should be given oil-meal. Again we
desire to say that Oil-meal is one of the
best things in the world to feed to
IL Id vii Soot lOou, Uut IL
is good medicine, as it acts as a tonic
and keeps the bowels and digestion in
order. If Oil-meal is fed feed it with
oats or rye or buckwhcat. If the dis
ease assumes q severe character give
the following purgative: EPSON salts
half ounce, ginger one dram. Give it
in little water. say quarter of a pint.
If flock is affected mix the medicine
in bulk according to the above pre-
scription and, taking a horn. adj
minister quarter of pint to each
animal. If any are very seriously af-
fected they will need something to al
lay the fever quickly and to stimulate.
In such cases administer the following:
tincture of aconite, ten drops; solu-
ton of acetate of ammonia, one
ounce. This ought to be given every
five hours, but the acorite should be
decreased bv one drop at every dose
until not more than five drops are
given.
Sometimes the eyes are so much in
famed that they require treatment. and
should be washed with a solution of one
grain of sulphate of zine and twenty
drops of laudanum in an ounce of wa
ter. When the disease has disappeared
feed loosening and very nutritious
foods, such as bran mashes. boiled
oats and little corn mush occasional
ly. The stimulants will need to be
kept up in some shape, and in the food
sprinkle a little powdered ginger or
gentian, or administer in honey, if the
medicine is not readily taken by the
animal in its food. Keep well sheltered
while treating the animal with this dis
eaSe.-JTeStern Rural.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
A WITNESS POWER.
Need Of the Oath in tho Various Courts q
Justice.

would abolish all oaths of Office, OF
"promissory" oaths. The only value
OF these, as it seems to me, lies in their
setting forth the nature and the duties
of the Office undertaken. and thus im~
pressing these on the mind of the per-
son undertaking it. But this end
would equally be attained 3y declar-
alton. while the failure to discharge
these duties is now guarded against by
ample powers of dismissal. There is,
in short, but one class of oaths which
would retain-namely, those taken in
courts Of justice or in those legal pro-
cesses which are connected with such
courts-aflidavits, sworn interroga-
tories and the like. And l would do
SO because court of justice is the one
and only place l know of where pow
er beyond all legal restraint, or at least
beyond all immediate legal restraint or
prevention, still remains, and therefore
still needs all the checks upon the ex-
ercise that we can devise. No barbar-
ian warrior with his foe at his feet, no
baron of the middle ages, with dun
geon keep and right of pit and gallows,
ever possessed more tremendous power
than that which is nowadays possessed
by the witness or the jurymen in a court
of law. A word from his mouth may
consign an innocent man to the gibbet
or to lifelong imprisonment; may
strip him in a moment of all his DOS
sessions or blast him with social out.
/ lawry as terrible as the terrOrs of the
accommodation of old. Against such
power as this We do well still to take
all the security that an oath can give
us. For this reason, and for this alone
would l, while abolishing all. or nearly
all, other oaths, retain this only. 1t i:
the only one which seems to me tc
completely fulfill the conditions which
make oath-taking expedient or even
morally right Contemporary Recie'0
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
SPRING MANAGEMENT.
A Problem for Bee-Keepers which Needs
Correct Solution.

0ee-neeRGf8
q Correct Solution.
The question of Importance, for
those who will be fortunate enough to
have any bees left in the spring, is
how shall we most successfully get
them in proper condition to be ready
for the incoming honey season. But
little, if anything. can be done now UNI
til the advent of warm weather, one
thing should, however. be assured,
viz: that the bees have ample stores to
carry them through. This is easily
ascertained, for we always have a few
warm days in March when the exact
condition of each colony as regards
stores can be found out by an examina-
ton. and. if any are found wanting,
their wants can easily be supplied.
When the balmy zephyrs of spring are
felt, and all nature begins to put on
her robe of green. the joyous hum OF
the bee is heard, and they are found
disporting in front of their hives. and
bringing in nectar and pollen from the
maple, birch and other early Towering
trees and shrubs. Then a careful ex-
animation should be made, and the exc
act condition of each colony ascer-
tanned.
Experience has taught us that it is OF
little use to unite small colonies at this
season; it is far better to build them up
by giving them a frame Of brood occa-
sionally from those colonies that can
well spare them. As it is fact that
bees are not wanted save in numbers
sufficient for self-preservatiOn, of each
colony until the honey crop is ready to
be gathered, it follows, that large colo
MES, save when the honey is to be
! found. are an expense rather than a
! benefit.
The rule then should be TO equalize
as nearly as possible all the colonies in
the apiary, at the same time getting
them in condition to bring in the nee
I tar from the field in large quantities as
! soon as it is ''ripe for the harvest" II
is quite easy to fill this bill, for we
know that it takes twenty-one days
from the egg to the worker, and about
( twelve to sixteen days for the Just
! emerged bee to become sufficiently
matured to begin work as forager.
Now as localities differ. it only re-
mains for each apiarist to find out
when the yield of honey in his locality
! is due, and to prepare his colonies to
gather it; bearing in mind one thing,
Viz. that the rule of ''keep your colony
strong is to be taken cum grano sails
and that it is useless to raise up horde
of consumers at time when they can
gather nothing.
am not now writing for the novice,
so will assume that the above is all suf-
ficient for experts. The novice will
perhaps read this article. and if so /
think he can readily understand it; but
whatever may be the case, it remains
still fact that we want at any time
only that number of bees in a colony
that Will give best results; and the in
dividual application of the above hints
will most certainly tend to bring abou:
good results.-Home-Fdrm.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
Valuable Sweepings.

1t is estimated that the value of the
sweepings of the floor of goldsmith s
workshop become worth about one hun
dred and fifty dollars per square foot
in ten years A tub. used in one of
these workshops as a receptacle for the
dust from one polishing lathe, yielded
fifty dollars in year. Of course where
such valuable prizes are to be got from
dust" tricks are not wanting to Sc
cure them. 1t is said that the work
NEIL sometimes oil their hair, and then
run their dusty fingers through it, and
that the gold-duss which then adheres
TO the hair is afterwards washed out.
One man carried off in few weeks.
on the moistened tip of his finger.
thirty dollars worth of gold filings
Christian at Work.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
HEADS AND TAILS.
How Tom Scott Came to Choose Rail
reading as a Profession.


reading Profession.
A friend of Tom Scott, the noted
president of the Pennsylvania railroad,
told me last night how SCOTS choosing
of railroading as profession hung on
the Tipping of penny. Said he,
"Tom Scott told me the story himself.
He was the toll-collector on the Penn
svlvania canal at Columbia. when the
railroad authorities, hearing chat ne
was bright young man, offered him
the position of station agent at Altoona.
Scott was very popular, and when he
told his friends of his offer they nrge;!
him to refuse it and stay on the canal.
He resisted their opportunities, but
finally, taking big red copper in his
fingers, said: Boys, will let the fates
decide. Heads is Altoona and tails
Columbia He tien threw the copper
into the air with a twist which sent it
into a doZer. somersaults, but it fell
and the lead was uppermost. The
boys then said that one trial was not
enough. 1t must be the best two out
of three. Scott consented to this and
threw twice more. His next throw was
heads, and so the railroad won. Had
the copper fallen on the other side who
can tell what his future would have
been? "--CleCeland Leader.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are one hundred and fifty
papers and magazines edited by col.
ored men published in this county,
N. Y. Mail.
The report that Anna Dickinson ia
wretchedly poor is denied. A friend
who saw her recently says that she was
happy and had ''lOts of money
Chicago Journal.
in England last year 4,307 new
books were published. Of these the
largest portion-6S6 volumes-were re-
igious. There were also brought out
l, 333 new editions.
Mason Evans. the Tennessee "wild
man of the mountains" who has been
living in a cave in the Chillowee mount
| aims for twenty-five years, was caught
recently and put in lunatic asylum.
1t has just been discovered that
James Pebbles, who recently died at
Oxford, N. H., at the age of one hun
dred and four years, was soldier OF
the Revolution and fought at Bunker
! Hill.-Boston Journal.
The richest men in Russia are two
Swiss brothers named Noble. They
bought up immense tracts of oil lands
and now control more petroleum than
the Standard Oil Company. There is
no way of computing their wealth,
which has been estimated as high as
$500, 100000.
Mr. John W. Mackay's grandson,
called the "young Prince Iolonna,"
was christened in grand style at cost
of six hundred dollars, which, says the
New York World, is said to be more
than the child's father receives in a
year for serving Us an officer in tho
Italian army.
A man must be very poor in these
days not to be able to own something
valuable in the way of library. An
English firm proposes TO make literature
cheaper than ever by printing a series
works to be sold at the low price of
three pence 4 volume. The books
will be we'll bound and printed.-Cur-
rent.
Three Senators have only three
legs between them-one apiece. They
are Butler and Hampton, OF South
Carolina. and Berry, of Arkansas.
Butler lost his right leg at the battle Of
Brandy Station, on the 9th of June,
1868. Berry lost his at the battle Of
Corinth, Miss, October 4, 1862. Hamp-
ton, after riding gallantly through the
war without serious injury. lost his by
fall from his horse.-N. Y. Post.
M. Paul Gibier, who has continued
his studies of hydrophobia in the
laboratory of Koch, writes to the
French Academy of Medicine that he
has been absolutely unable to obtain a
rabid dog in Berlin, and that the ply
sicians in the Imperial Veterinary
School in that city state that they have
not seen rabid dog for more than
three years. Nj. Gibier attributes this
condition of affairs to the fact that in
Berlin all dogs are muzzled.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
REAL AGONY.
Major Ben: Perley POOre Describes Soma
Scenes at His Wedding.

Major Ben: Perely PORES wedding
was & part of quadruple affair, his
brides sister and both of her two
brothers were all married on the same
day, and the Majors father-in-law thus
had his home depopulated at one
hymeaeal stroke. Poore says that in
his own case he was never quite GER
tain that he was married, there was so
much confusion during the ceremony.
He had passed the preceding night in
Washington, and he and his friends
had not inten ded to retire at all; land
SO" the Major says, ''when reached
the church and stood up to be married
i hardly realized what was going on.
/ was haunted by two awful thoughts:
was afraid that where there We're so
many brides might somehow be mar
ried to the wrong woman; and then
noticed that / was standing right over
a big open register in the floor, and /
was desperately afraid that when
took out the ring l might lose my grip
and drop it down that register. Dos
ton Budget.