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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-23
GOING UP.
Eats Will BE Taller Than Ever During
Mld-Winter.

Hats unfortunately are taller than
ever this winter. When will they cease
to grow in height Surely the time has
come when such exaggeration should
be checked. Crowns now are too high
and massive; height was not so bad
when the shape was conical. To
add to the bad effect brims are very
narrow and are curled up at the sides.
In word, there is a strong resemblance
between them and a gentleman's silk
hat, by no means beautiful object, and
by no means so comfortable as might
be desired. This shape is the new ia
vorite for the new Jersey hats, which
consist Of buckram shape neatly COW
cred with fine silk stockingette. They
are also made in felt and in silk like a
gentleman's hat. Another novelty is
the felt or silk hat covered with a fine
silk network. The plain felt is prettier
on the whole, but at the same time it is
useful method of hiding the shabbi-
ness of last years felt hat, the shape
of which tAe owner likes. Both the
Jersey and netted hats are so neatly
finished that a band, where crown and
brim join, is not necessary and is rarely
employed. The only trimming gen.
orally is a plume of feathers and
ribbon bow in front. II
must be remembered that Jersey
hats can not be made by cutting out the
shape in stockingette as one would with
velvet; no, the covering is specially
manufactured to fit the shape, and the
only seam is up the center of the back.
Feathers are fashionable, but they are
principally placed at the back to droor
over the front Rich oriental fabrics are
employed for scarfs, and large variety
of embroidered braids and ribbons form
bows and draperies. Chaplet beads
| (the wooden beadS) are preferred to jet
for edging brims or embroidery mate
rials for bonnets and hats, being 81
hight, and having the sanctity of novelty
They are employed to embroider al
manner of jackets, mantles, and dresses
as well. They have put Jet and leat
beads considerably in the shade for
time. Ribbons, especially those EN-
ployed for millinery, are usually
beautiful and fanciful. There is pretty
gauze ribbon just out which has thu
usual satin edge on one side only, tn,
other side being finished with series
of scallops, embroidered with coloret
silk. A charming hat for young lady
is of beige felt; the crown is tan ant
pointed, the brim straight and wide, ant
lined with green velvet. A beige ostricl
feather is laid across the brim in front
on the left is a beige aigrette, and
large bow of green ribbon. This hat i
worn rather at the back of the head, 81
that the short, curled hair in front i
well exposed. The same hat is YER
pretty in black, with lemon-colored o
beige feathers and aigrette. Cooley
LGdyS Book
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-23
y TWO STRINGS.
An Enterprising Traveller Who Knows All
About His Profession.

An Enterprising Traveller Who Knows All
About His Profession.
A very dilapidated looking tramp
entered the counting-room Of one OF the
wealthiest merchants on Austin avenue,
and coming up to the desk asked;
"A'int your folks from Posey County,
IndianyP"
Eyes"
Sand your name is John Smith,"
eyes"
'Shake! You have at last found your
long lost brother Bill. l am in need of
money" -.
Here is a quarter Take it and go. y"
The long lost brother turned over the
quarter time or so, and then said
''Is quarter all you can spare for
your long lost brotherP"
That's all. Go, now, or I'll call a
policeman" said the merchant.
"Tll accept the quarter on account OF
our relationship. That is family mat
ter; but, besides being your brother, !
am a tramp and dead beat. Now !
apply to you professionally. Give me
another quarter. "-TeraS SJfttngS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-23

Two clerks in Texas dry-goods
store are engaged in a conversation.
'The boss said something to me this
morning that / don't like. ~ "He often
does that. He don't care what he
says" "Well, / don't like it, and II
he don't take back what he said to me
it will be impossible for me to stay with
him" What did he sayP" HE gave
me notice to quit on the first of the
10 nth. "-7erGS SGtings.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-23

An exchange says that Vanderbilt
left from $170, 900. 900 to 5000, 900, 900. :"
What if he didP There's many poor
devil who hasn't ten cents to bis back,
and If he were to die tonight he would
leave the whole orld.-NorriSIoIOn
Herald
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

Origin OF the Word "Queer."

THE word queer has q remarkable
origin attributed to it. Que night,
when the performance at 1lrury Lane
was finished, the celebrated Quin,
many of whose jokes are still remem-
bered, offered to be-. . young nobleman
one hundred ponnds that next morning
. word would be in universal use
which had never been heard before.
The nobleman accepted the wager and
left the theater. Then Gum summoned
all the 'supers.' who happened to be
very numerous, and gave each large
piece of chalk. He told them to 60
through the leading thoroughfares Of
London. and write at intervals on the
flags the word queer Quin's orders
were faithfully carried out, and on the
following morning, of course. people
were astonished-the word was in
everybody's mouth. The great actor
with little difficulty made good his
claim to the nobleman's bank-note,
while bequeathing new word to the
language. The story is good one,
but it does not agree with the diction-
aries.-San francisco Argonaut
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Truth IL the seed SvhereOf W elfare
is Sic fruit; Cor every grain of cru tn we
plant some osae VIII reap a harvest OF
welfare 7heodeas Parker.
You find Yourself raf reshed by the
presence of cheerful people. Why not
make earnest eaorts 10 confer thr pie as
IRE oH Others. Maria 4hild.
-TKIth may be called an exact SC
ence. By the application of which az
aiseho&d and imposition shall finally
b. detected and exilcd from the earth.
w L. Garrison.
He is che greatest man who chooses
the right with invincible resolution,
who bears the heaviest burdens cheK-
fully. and whose reliance on truth and
virtue is the most unfaltering.-W &.
Claiming.
Though Christian were to fail a
thousand times in the fight with evil,
he will never confess himself to be con-
qUered; as soon as he can get breath.
he will rise again and renew the fight
-ZiOH's 4idcOtdk.
When men do any thing for God,
the very least thing. they never know
where it will end, n,1 what amount of
work it will do for Him. Loves Sc.
cret, therefore. is to be always doing
things for God, and not to mind be-
cause they are such very little ones.
Cast thy bread upon the running wa
ters; for after long time tfh,u shall.
ind it again. y ~ FGber.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE coAMoN WAY.


49,, Oft fines we say:
would God our feet, SO world:worn, had boon
by higher paths; For tits SO hard to tread
Lies common way
NJ NJ sunlight seems to !esru its aid to break
AGE darkness and the gloom that chiefly
Life's common way,
And So we pray:
,How lore, o Lorsy' o let the days be few
1nat We must st@mble o Or the rocks that
Lies common way.
Our sITe-stained burdens down, LORI. in
Liz Thou US rss: O, set our fee. above
Life s common way"
II God would say:
no some sreat thing foe Me-sSnc great
deeds weave
e0t'of thy DIE" now quickly would We leave
Lies cOmaoa way.
JBut G I'd Says "Nay;
They serve Me best who do the work a.
With ws.iiag fseart: rho DO not common tint
Lies COMMON way
In the fierce fray
toreV'of rag ing twiN1 the rig!TtRnd wrong,
4ne ctSexice 10 rise comes as we pass alOnS,
Life common way.
And rinevl, some day,
Percfnncetthese careporn ,bEe-rs shall wsar q
crown:
LefEse hope cheer us we pass adowr
LifeS<ommon way.
W.T. H. s. Afki,ssOn, IN Chicago Inter Oe:dn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
Christian Conversation.

Etiis. sometimes said that CONVERSE
tlan is one of the lost arts. Instead Of
discussing great themes and great
cC,nmon, iRterestsswflen we meet, we
onlyrepeat stereotyped remarks about
the weather, or canvass the latest local
scandal oor newspaper report. We
tGss the oh topics to and fro with
ard catch athe same ball. hour after
HAIR. There is too much truth in this
cris And ut is emphatically true
G Christian conversation. We have
craEkS and bummers in many of our
congregations, and floating about from
church: to gchurch, ,sho give us any
amount of pious talk, Christian cant,
aan.tke frot'l of; a shallow religious
SentimentaliSm. Bet of men and
womes who can talk about Christ
1Sodsstly. earnestly and lovingly. SO Is
10 interest and edify- alas, how few
there arei ifsuch oniy are to be made
III asJiewels i'm that day, small indeed
vii! be the d;adcm representing this
gemerasiah.
G,utrreligien shalfreseal itself in our
conversation both negatively and posi-
lively. First ST all a Christian will
avoid .al irreverence. He will not
msAessacred things common. He viii
not repeai those silly Sests in which
Scripture ,wonls ana phrases are
trayestiei. Thea, he WEI avoid all in
sincerity. He vwill speak, always,
truth withflis nesghbor- He will not
tell E.hat are called s.uhite lies" in
business, orLn social life And above
all he willspeak 1.-The trGih in love"
He will be charitable. H. will have
not onNy an homes but "A benevolent
motive an al that he says. If he talks
with a sseighkor ora strsAgcr it will
be, not IL a.nsere pastime. hut with the
desire aHd praser that he my be able
- say Something that VII do him
good -IAsel.ior
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

His marriage brought him in contact
with men and " omea who led blame
less lives. who did good work in the
world, and who yet lived as if they
were in the presence of a Judge, q
Father and a Friend. His young wife
brought Linn face to face with a new
power, and discovered to him a new
motive of iife-personal loyalty to a
personal God. From the day of his
marriage he seems to have been swaved
by q motivc power that had hitherto
been wanting in his life-to do his duty
before the living God.
Foxr years after his marriage he
wrote his wife, from the scenes of his
former dissipation and folly:
Il can not understand how = man
who reflects upon himself asld who
neither knows God nor desires to know
Him-1 can not understand how such
. man can endure life so hardened
not tell how l used to bear it; if l were
again obliged to live ITS once did,
/ without God. without you and the chill
dren. really do net see why l should
not cast this life aside like a diItt
shirt"
Twenry-three years after, he wrote
her, in the excitement 1T the French
war:
IF l were not Christian, I would
not serve the King another hour. If
did not obey my God and put my trust
| in Him, my respect for earthly rulers
would be but small. If l did not be-
lieve in Divine Government of the
| world which had pre-destined the Ger
man nation to something good and
great, would abandon the diplomacy
at orce. l do not know whence my
sense of duty should come except from
God. Titles and decorations have no
charm for me. Take away from me
my belief in my personal relations to
God, and am the man to pack up my
| things Tomorrow, to escape to VarZin
(his country-seat, and lock after my
crops"
Doubtless, like all who'try to live by
faith in God, Bismarck. being a man,
has fallen short of his ideal. In the
opinion of many good and wise men,
he has again and again made serious
mistakes. But admitting these errors
and shortcomings, this significant fact
appears:
One of the greatest statesmen of the
age confesses that he has been swayed
in his craftsmanship by his belief that
he was carrying out q Divine purpose.
The most successful statesman of the
age says that thoughts of God and inn
mortality have lifted him up above the
praiscs.af men and the selfish gratiti-
cation of his pride ard all mere per-
sonal ambition.
Gladstone, like Bismarck, acknowl-
edges his reliance in the unseen and
directing hand. Faith is the strength
of trSly great minds, the motive power
OF unseltish action, and all truly great
and fruitful endeavor-
Trust in the God that made thee,
and follow the sea that is silent" is
the language which great poet
makes. the sentiment of Columbus. Ii
represents the purpose of the sound
Noind sad true! heart.-TOuth's C0as-
| nQ,lio.l
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
PRACTICAL VIEWS.

A,Woman Who Does Not Believe In Liv'
ing on Moonsiline and Shadows.
The poetical and the severely prac
tical are seldom united in one person,
and when the two almost opposite
qualities are brought in contact in two
individuals, they do not harmonic.
"A sentimental, gushing woman was
travelling over the Rocky mountains in
a -stage-eoach. Stopping for dinner
at "a stage-station. in peculiarly
charming and picturesque spot, the
poetical lady entered into converse.
ition with the matter-of-fact wife, of the
landlord of the little hotel.
,'tOh, those mountains!' cried the
traveller. clasping her hands and roll
ing up her eyes in ecstasy. Beauti-
full, grand. majestic!'
"'Yes, they're right purity" said
che mistress of the house; IAN there S
real good ,ros berries grows on 'em,
soO.."
's.fHow iliimitable, how vast!'1
:" Yes'm; they're big as all out
doors, that's So
'-'What lights and shadows; what
lofty summits!''
!" Yes, they're lofty enough, that's a
fact
They seem to lift me up to their own
heavenly heights"
->'Mell. l guess if they'd let you
drap. like they did an old cow of
our'n. you wouldn't want to be lifted
up agin."
- 1t seems to me I'd like to dwell
always inithe,s shadows of those mighty
walls
Nell, yousd find it mighty poky,
now ] tell YOU Lights an shadders
is mighty pore comp'ny."
--Ob. but I would commune with
myself! / shokid always have great
thonglIss amid slch grandeur
80 You would? What do You reckon
you'd eata Thoughts, Row, amt very
film. an she land round here won't
even raise turnips. an / s-eckon you'd
git sick enough of it il You had to
cook three meals a day ON little or
nothin'. ss-sl
'.Oh. see that beautiful little stream!
How it breaks around and over that
gray rock, and then ramhles on, sing
ing as it goesf'
Yes, an there amt even a catfish
n it, an never know whit minnit .
or somethm' is xoiu' to
lend it out of its banks clean nto nv
kitchen. I've E,opped up after that
raach rous little crick haf-s.do.en
INES now"
- fear you don't quite appnsciate
he b ,autiful."
'.M,bbe not. But know that
hem IL at wants to live here an rails e
family on moonshine an lights an
ladders an foamy waves kin do il.
We're goi,i' back to ole Miss0ury this !
all. if we b ave to walk ev'ry step Of
be wayr'-. Tonsh's COmpanion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
eiSMARck'S RELIGION.

Faith Ia Sod the Strength - Truly Great
Minds. and the Motive Power of Unselfish
Action.
Bismarck Sn his youthful days tried
dissipation. and abandoned S: because
he found il q WEAKNESS. He allowed
himself to drift in the currents of ca
Rrice and humor; until be became dis
xnsted with life. He had neve, come
aEto contact with religion. in the true
SeSse of the word. antil he met johann
M Won Putkammer. The acqusint-
anoe ripened into deep and Iastiag
affection. The Young lady's parents
were qsiet and religions persons. and
when fon1g Bismarck asked for their
daughters hand. they were greatly sur
prised. and knew not what answer to
Isturn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
For the Ladies'.

For tho Ladies'.
LaughterIs the poor mans plaster.
Making every burden tight;
Turning sadness into gladness,
Darkest hour to May dawn bright.
IT'S the deepest and the cheapest
euro for ills of this description,
But for those that w0Fnan's heir to.
Use Dr.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
Cures all weaknesses and irregularities,
clearing down" sensations, ''internal
fever" bloating, DISBURSEMENTS, inhamma-
ton. morning sickness and tendency to
cancerous disease. Price reduced to one
dollar. By druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

An honest dealer will do his buying and
selling by the same scales. There is no
two weighs about him.-N. o. PicdyuSe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

DAD said the bad little boy as his
parent was about to take him across his
knee to administer deserved punishment
'.let's arEitrate. "-Tezas Siftings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

We may perhaps be pardoned for sus.
costing that the place to settle the Boston
barber question is at the poles.-Loreii
(IHass.) Courier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

Mrs. P. was saying one day what gen
uemanly person her baker was. Eyes, .
said wag, "a thoroughbred gentleman
" Y Telegram.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

There are plenty of openings for poets
of real genius" said a writer. That is true.
This Office, for instance, has several win
dows and ,doors-N Y Telegrdm
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

A WOMAN at Peekskill, N. Y, tried ia
murder her husband. She threw a mince
pie at him.-Necmdn Independent.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

saw DoSrcHEwNo Edith, have just set
up for wit!'' No, Alfred l was not
aware of it; you had better sit down
again. "-Brookiyn Eagle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

A GROCER a6vertises something new in
coffee" We are glad to see that beans
have had their day, anyway.-BurliagtoH
Free Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

MAY an artist who sketches q heap OF
edibles be said to be drawing ratiOnsr-
st. Paul Herdid-.Lournal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26
HID q Dreadful Cough.

and matter; besides, was very thin, and
SO weak l could scarcely go about the
house. This was the case of q man with
consumption arising from liver complaint.
He recovered his health completely by the
use Of DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery." THOUSANDS of others bear similar
testimony.
The Indian smoke. the pipe OF peace; tho
1rishman the piece of pipe.-Burtinytos
Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

"WHY are newly married people referred
TO as the tied." Because matrimony is
the result Of eating some one on the
string"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

The man with No. Is neck and No. IA
collar, has a hard struggle to make both
ends meet.-Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

CARPETS; are lower than ever" says an
advertiser. How can that be! They were
on the foOrsbefOre.-N. Y Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

Never drive horse fast on full
stomach. Hurry BY going slow the
trst few miles.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

WARS THE Best DIsINTEcrANr and RENE
dy for skin limitations and defectsl GLRNN's
SULPHUR Soar. HnL's HAIR AND WHIsKKI
DYE, Black or Brown, Soc
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

HAIL's Hair Remover always gives salts
faction, and Is indorsed by our best ply
sicians. laz.
bowels, the safest remedy is Ayers Pills
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

FRAZER AXLE GREASE lasts three times as
long as others and saves horses and wagons.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

or female, however induced. speedily and
permanently cured. Illustrated book for
10 cents in stampa Works Dispensary
Medical Association, 66S Main Street.
Buffalo n Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

THERE II but one school Of journ alism, y
and that is-journaiism-BH Galo Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

A BAXo II sometAing to Q door-especial
~ when 1t i ON pretty girl.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

IT actually improves the bicycle record
to have il broken.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

The moth exhibits much taste In dress
Boston Transcript
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

PAT-'Be jabers, what harrud tonnes |!
II had me loife insured I'd take it,
Chicago Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

WHY IL . doctor never sea-sicka He 4
used to zee sickness
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Soc
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-26

TIE great trouble with Q bu1x-saw 10
that it never wears false eeth.-Losss0 CT
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26
what Gen. sedgwick SAYS.

EAfPoRIA, Kas., Aug. 19.-Gen. A. @.
Sedgwick passed through this city yes
terday, on his way TO Paso del Norte,
to investigate the status Of the alleged
Mexican outrages on Cutting and other
American citizens.
He said: ''I am acting only as an
agent for the government, and have no
power to arbitrate In the matter. My
instructions are to proceed to the city
of chihuahua and to their investigate
all the evidence in the Cutting affair.
What will be the result of the investi-
cation cannot be forseen; but II the
government finds that Mr.. Cutting has
been dealt with in an unjust manner;
If it can be found that the rights OF
American citizens have been at all
abused; il the investigation develops
that in this or any previous case Ameri-
can citizens have been wronged, the
people of America can rest assured that
the government will take firm stand,
and If war is found to be unavoidable,
then, without the slightest hesitation,
war will be decIared.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26
A Colnmbus dispatch to the CIeve

A Columbus dispatch to the Cleve-
land Leader says:
The farmers of Champaign county
are after the Bohemian oats swindlers
with sharp stick. A few days ago
they held a meeting and raised $500
with which to employ attorneys and
detectives to hunt down and prosecute
the rascals. The first move was to em-
ploy John T. Norris, the Springfield
detective, and he has gone at the work
with considerable energy. Those who
have been dealing in the notes for this
kind of business were visited, and in
many instances gave them up for fear
of prosecution. A large number were
seen in the hands of the detective, rep
resenting thousands of dollars. It is
said that Norris has gone to Michigan
witha large number of acquisitions on
the Governor of that State, and expects
to return with number of the offend
ers. Since the Ohio Legislature enact-
ed a law last winter making 1t q peni-
tentiary offense, with penalty OF mol
more than three nor less than one veal
imprisonment, or fine of not more
than five hundred nor less than one
hundred dollars, for dealing in seeds OF
cereals at a ficticious value, these ras
Gals have left Ohio and gone to Michi
gan.