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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
CAT SUPPLEMENT.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1855.

This Office has just turned out neat
four page pamphlet for that entcrprising
real estate and loan man r. l.. Riddle.
who while advertising his business is
also advertising Thomas county and Col
by.
Says the Logan Republicans: 1T Is al
ways best to treat criminals humanely.
bit. as the Thomas Cat intin,ates, they
should before committing crime have
considered the fact that prisons are not
provided with beds of flowery ease
There is talk in Graham county of the
commissioners offering bounty of so
cents per acre for breaking prairie. This
no dOub; would have u tendency to hold
much of the rainfall that now runs off
into draws and streams. The plan looks
feasible.
In selecting your christmas presents
don't forget the poor The scriptures
show that it pays in the long run 10 re-
member them. BY the way we are poor,
very poor. Almost anything will 10 us.
Don't bring around the earth. our stock
ing is not quite large enough to hold it.
A revivalist asked all the congregation
who paid their debts to rise The rising
was general. After they had taken their
seats a call was made for those who did
not pay their debts one solitary individ-
ual arose and explained that he was IN
editor and could not pay because all the
rest of the congregation were owing him
on subscription.-Ex.
The young man who earns his liveli-
hood by hard, earnest toll is of u great
deal more worth TO the community than
he who lounges around street corners
and INDUCES in silly remarks and idles
away his time. Time should he cOnsid-
cred an important thing; age will soon
creep on and those who have been I'm
dustrious will surely enjoy life better
than he who spent his best days in in
d0lence.-Paola Times.
The farmers who supplied the Fort
Scott sugar works with sOghum cane this
year cleared $lS per acre over and above
all expenses of cultivation and delivery,
allowing good wages for everything done. |
aud 81 dollars per acre rent. Where the |
farmer does all the work himself and !
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
A WONDERFUL ANALYSIS.
A Simple Physical Trouble Shown I
bo the "Beginning OF the End"

What is coughY 1t is an irritation of
the throat and lungs. What causes 1t?
Congestion. Stop the cogestion, the irri-
tation ceases'and the cough is cured. But
how to stop the congestion! All, there is
Just where physicians have always been
puzzled. But II must be checked or pneu'
monia, quick consumption or some terri
BILE pulmonary disease will follow. Some
doctors give cod liver oil, Others cough sy-
rups, but the most advanced prescribe
stimulants. Nature must be assisted. Pure
whiskey will do 1t. See what. physicians
say:
Professor Austin Flint of Bellevue New
York; College says: "The judicious use o
alcoholic stimulants is one of the striking
characteristics of progress in the practice
Of medicine during the last half century
Professor Henry A. Mott Of New York
says: "The purity Of Dufy's Pure Malt
Whiskey, as simple analytical tests will
readily convince physician or an expert,
should certainly recommend II to the high
est public iavor''
DR.. VIM. T. Cutter, State Chemist Of
Connecticut, says: "Dufty's Pure Mali
Whiskey contains no deleterious or inju
rious qualities, and Its absolute purity, ai
we'll as scientific mode of manufacture
must commend il to general use and favor
Dufiy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is certain
cure and preventive of congestion, and
should be kept in every family. II is solo
by all druggists and dealers. Be sure and
secure the genuine.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
THE ONLY FEMALE MAYOR
How She Was Elected and why She
Fails to Please.

Fails to Please.
"Female mayors are no good" said the
ex.City Marshal of Argonia, Kan. "Why,
Mrs. Salter has just killed Argonia. used
TO have hotel there, and was the City
Marshal but couldn't stand it, so l just
scooted, and expect I'm to blame for her
election, too.
|. "You know she wasn't nominated in
any of the conventions. About o'clock
on lection day all us boys were feeling
gay, and agreed to meet at hall and
nominate o candidate to knock out Will
son. Jack Ducker-he is the toughest
man in the place and the undertaker-got
up in the meetin and nominated Mrs.
Susanna Medora Salter for Mayor, and
the nomination was made unan-
imous. We rushed into the streets
and commenced to work for our candi-
date. At noon her husband came to us
| and begged us to quit the racket, sayin' 1t
was an insult to his wife. We wouldn't
| do it, and the voters commenced to come
our way in clusters. We got full of
| whisky and enthusiasm, and at o'clock
| every one was votin' for our candidate.
| Well you know as how she was elected.
| We had a jollification, and when she took
her seat like man all our fun was busted.
| ~ sent up to Kansas City for some crab
| uppiSSAuSi Juso W plcuoC eiS pOgos ohC
heard of it and asked me to stop Il. You
can't fight woman and she the Mayor.
Then started little poker room, more
for sociability than anything else. Chips
were only ten cents. She heard of it and
| came to me and l had to stop. Then the
| druggist before she was elected, used to
keep blue grass bitters, lemon rye and ex-
tract of malt and a few other things like
| that. He don't do it now. The Mayor
heard oft. Then the two billiard rooms
were running They're closed up now.
The Mayor don't think tis fashionable to
push the iyories. That's the way it is
with everything just couldn't stand
the town and so came up here"
shes the only woman Mayor on earth,
is she not ?"
"Thats just what she is. You ought to
see the letters she gets, foreign letters and
the like, askin' for her autograph, and
askin' her if it is true that she is the
Mayor, and all questions like that. When
/ was Marshal / used to act under her.
and manys the letter she has shown me
from abroad" Indianapolis Journal.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
The Girl Graduates.

What becomes of the pins2 is an old
question that has never been satisfactorily
answered. Those who have asked what
eventually is the career of the "sweet girl
graduate" whose artless smile beams
upon us each commencement, are In a
better way of having their question an
swered OF the total number 1871 per
cent. marry, 1924 per cent become
teachers, while 20.6S per cent live, like
the lotus eaters, careless of mankind. No
doubt Of the proportion who become
teachers many marry later in life, some
after they have long passed from the
sweet girl graduate ranks and been en-
rolled in the blood-curdling ranks of
'spinsters." Yet, to tell the truth, the
showing is creditable one for the girls
That 3S1 per cent, of the whole number
should marry, thus fulfilling the obvious
duty Of womanhood is creditable enough
in itself, but that an almost equal number
should become instructors of the youth of
the land entities them surely TO a full
measure of public esteem. II may be
doubted, indeed, whether as fair q show
ing is made by the other sex of graduates,
which in its assumed superiority, rarely
neglects to sneer at its better, even on
graduation day. ~ Brooklyn Citizen.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
SOME DAY OF DAYS.

Some day, some day of days, threading
the street,
With idle, needless pace,
Unlocking for such grace,
! shall behold your facel
Some day, some dayof days thus we may
meet.
Perchance the sun may shine from skies
in May,
Or winters icy chill
Touch Whitley vale and hill.
What matter? ] shall thrill
Through every vein with summer on that
day.
once more life's perfect youth will all
come back,
And for moment there
I'll linger, young and fair,
And drop the garment Care;
Once more my perfect youth shall moth
ing lack.
] shut my eyes now, thinking how Z viii
be,
how face to face each soul
Will slip its long control,
Forget the dismal dole
OF dreary fate's dark, separating sea.
And glance to glance, and hand in hand
in greeting
The past with all its fears.
The silence and its tears,
Its lonely, yearning years
Shall vanish in the moment of that meet
ing, --[Anonymous.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
HOW BEEF is MADE TENDER.
Points in Regard to Steaks That Ar
Not Generally Known.

Points i'm Regard to Steaks That Are
Not Generally Known.
AS prominent beef dealer in this
city was showing reporter over his
place of business in Faneuil Hall
Market the other day, says the Boston
Herald, he discoursed interestingly
on the best method Of preparing beef
for the family or the hotel table. SIT
is not generally known" said he,
'that meat kept for day or two is
vastly superior to that which is abso-
lutely fresh. Here is some beef" he
continued, as he lifted cloth cover
from some loins of meat in the bot
tom recesses Of the cellar, (Which has
been kept by me nearly three weeks
for one of the most famous steak
houses in this city. See what diff
ference there is between this meat
and that upstairs, which has just come
from Chicago This looks dark and
rancid, and almost unfit to eat,
yet it is vastly superior to
that which has just come in. The
average family man will not buy meat
that is not absolutely fresh and bright
red in color, but the knowing hotel
man wants his beef three or four
weeks old, providing, of course, that
he can get beef dealer who will keep
it that length of time for him.
"You may have noticed that the
steak which you order in a first-class
restaurant in the city is usually much
more tender than that which you pur-
chase from your provision dealer and
have cooked by your wife at home.
Perhaps you have wondered why it
is SO, when you have always been
very particular to order the very
freshest and tenderest beef that your
butcher had in stock, without regard
to the price. Well, the reason is that
the dealer knew right well that your
family would make great kick if he
sent home beef that had 'rotted' for a
week or two, and had become nice
and tender, and would declare that he
did not keep fresh meats. They
would, in that case, be perfectly right,
but beef cannot be perfectly fresh and
be tender at the same time. To be
really good this variety of meat should
be kept in q refrigerator for at least 10
days or weeks. In that time, how
ever, it loses its bright, rosy color and
turns dull red. The hotel man to
whom / referred, and whom this beef
is intended for, will not take beef
from me unless it is at least three
weeks old, and if, at times, there is a
short supply of beef in the Boston
market, and find it impossible to
keep beef for him as long as he desires,
/ am compelled to 60 outside
and purchase 'old' beef some
where in the market. In the future,
when you want to buy a real tender
| piece Of beef, do not be afraid TO pur-
chase piece that has been kept for
two or three weeks. You will find it
greatly superior to fresh beef, despite
| the fact that it may not look quite so
inviting before it is cooked. do not
intend to give hotel business secrets
away, as usual thing, but would
like to have people learn that they
must not blame the provision dealer
if, when they order their beef to be
| perfectly fresh, they fail to find it as
tender as they expected when it is
| placed on the tableD
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
AT EvENTIDE.


/ am too tired to sew; upon my lap.
Weary and spent, my idle fingers lie;
The needle is too heavy for my hand,
! fold the tiny dress and put 1t by.
The little maid, so weary OF her play,
Must wear her faded frock another day.
Here, close beside me, lies my dainty
book,
With quaint bright iancies mid its
flowing rhyme,
Waiting through all the full and busy
hours
For one short space of free, untram-
meled time.
touch its covers with tender hand
My brain is dull; ] cannot understand.
am too tired to pray, o plying Lord
/ only know the days hard tasks are
done.
/ bring my burdens--Thou canst count
them DER;
lay them down before Thee, every
one;
only long for sleep, to still my pain,
And strength TO take my burdens up
again
--[Mary Riddell Corley in Boston Tran
script.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
WWNANMSy0W2

II you have all, or any consider
able number of these symptoms,
you are suffering from that most
common of American maladies-
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liv-
er, associated with Dyspepsia, or
Indigestion. The more complica-
ted your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity
of symptoms. No matter what
stage it has reached, DIR. PIERcE's
GOLDEN Medical Discovery will
subdue it, if taken according TO
directions for a reasonable length
of time. If not cured, complica-
tions multiply and Consumption
of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart
Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Dis
ease, or other grave maladies are
quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce q fatal termination.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

DIR. PIERcE's GOLDEN MEDICAL
Discovery acts powerfully upon
the Liver, and through that great
blood-purifying organ, cleanses
the system of all blood -taints and
impurities, from whatever cause
arising. II is equally efiicacious
in acting upon the Kidneys, and
other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their
diseases. AS an appetizing,
restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, there
by building up both flesh and
strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has
gained great celebrity in curing
Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred
diseases.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

day after never said I. So away |
walked. Iwould sell it for $50, which
is very cheap
81 looked at the coat, which he un-
folded from a pap, ,.
Guess IL will fit my son. said ].
H'll try IL on and we'll see.
80 It did.
""Then, said /, now, you see, do
this to make up to you, as far as ] can,
for that other fellows rascality.'
You are an honest gentleman
said he, and l will repay you by a
great bargain. must sell my solid
silver spoons, / meant to melt them,
not to expose my poverty, but you
shall have the dozen for $10.'
"Well, of course, / jumped at that"
Mr.. Christy here laid the spoons on
tie table-"and took out little $50
bill.
q" Forty said I, but he had some
thing else
"My wife is trying to sell her
shawl, he said.
"Well, looked at the shawl he
shook out.
"You shall have it for So, as Il sam
pie of my generosity" he said.
"Well, I knew you'd like it, my
dear. 1t looks like one used to adj
mire you in when ] courted you-red
centre, cashmere border" and Mr..
Christy shook out the folds--the old
shawl Mrs. Christy had exchanged for
the vases that morning. She knew
that at once. She could not mistake
it. But as she looked at her husband,
beaming and twinkling with good
humor, she could not bear to utter the
truth outright.
'Thirty for the coat, and ten for
the spoons" he said, merrily, "and
five for the shawl; and this is all |
old fellow The last five he had in
the world, he said. Hullo What is
thisp' Mr.. Christy put on his
glasses and looked at the bill. "Your
name is written on it in red ink, my
dear-Caroline Christy. All This
is counterfeit Why, what in thun-
der''-
"Ohp' cried William, at this mo-
ment entering at the door. "That's
bill mother took long while ago
q counterfeit"
"And it has come back to me-" said
Mr.. Christy. "You never passed it,
Caroline. Perhaps some servant
took it. What fool / was not to put
on my glasses.
WE both need spectacles," said
Mrs. Christy. "My dear, neither of
us can laugh at the other. We are
both completely sold \" and when
she had told her story it became very
plain to all of them that the peddleI
who had stolen the coat, spoons and
the counterfeit bill from Mrs. Christy
had by chance entered Mr.. Christy's
Office in his business travels; that he
had sold him back his own stolen
coat, his own plated spoons, under
the guise of wonderful bargain in
solid silver, and that for the shawl
which had been part payment foi
vases not worth three dollars he had
received five.
Happily the Christy family were
tolerably well off, and could afford tC
laugh at the farce in which they ha6
taken so prominent part; and Mrs
Christy declared she was glad to re
cover the shawl that her husband re
membered her in in courting days.
A member of the police force called
shortly after to state that the THE
could not be traced, and was no doub
q very cunning fellow. But the
Christy family did not confide theil
joke to this worthy officer; they KEEP
it in the family.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
| A TERRIBLE
| AFFLlCTI0A.
CONSUMPTION, WEAK LUNGS, SPLITTING OF BLOOD

wonderful combination of tonic,
or strengthening, Alternative, or
blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pee
toral, and nutritive properties, is
unequaled, not only as a remedy
for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Diseases of the Liver,
Blood, and Lungs. For Weak
Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Bronchitis, Chron-
ic Nasal Catarrh, Severe Coughs,
Asthma, and kindred affections, it
is a sovereign remedy. While
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
4 BAD Ulcer.

GOLDEN MEDICAL Discovery
cures Consumption (which is Scro-
fula Of the Lungs), by its wonder
full blood-purifying, invigorating
and nutritive properties. From
its marvellous power over this ter
ribly fatal disease, when first Of
fering this now world-famed rem
edy to the public, DIR. Pierce
thought seriously of calling it his
"CoNsUMPrIoN CURE" but aban-
doned that name as too restrict
i've for a medicine which, from its
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
"FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."

Thoroughly cleanse the blood,
which is the fountain of health,
by using DR.. PIERcE's GOLDEN
MEDICAL Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant
spirits, and bodily health and
vigor will be established.
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
cures all humors, from q common
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst
Scrofula. Salt rheum, "Fever-
sores," Scaly or Rough Skin, in
short, all diseases caused by bad
blood, are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigor-
ating medicine. Great Eating
Ulcers rapidly heal under its be-
nign influence. Virulent blood
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

poisons are, by its use, robbed Of
their terrors. Especially has it
manifested its potency in curing
letter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous
Sores and Swellings, Hip joint
Disease, "White Swellings,"
Goitre, or Thick Neck, and En-
larged Glands.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

Do you feel dull, languid, low
spirited, lifeless, and indiscribably
miserable, both physically and
mentally; experience a sense of
fullness or bloating after eating,
or of "goneness," or emptiness of
stomach in the morning, tongue
coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizzi-
ness, frequent headaches, blurred
eyesight, "floating specks" before
the eyes, nervous prostration or
exhaustion, irritability Of temper,
hot flushes, alternating with chilly
sensations, sharp, biting, transient
pains here and there, cold feet,
drowsiness after meals, wakeful-
ness, or disturbed and unrefresh-
ing sleep, constant, indescribable
feeling Of dread, or of impending
calamity?
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

Mrs IDA NJ STRONG, of AinsIoyth Ind, writes
UIp nlpT my little boy had troubled with hpioin
HiE VViNt disease When he commenced the
l ncr Icr 81 your Golden Medical Discovery
uSEASk. Pellets, he confined his bed, could
t--~l be moved without suffering But
your Discovery he s able to all the time
can with help critches He
pain well 1t has only
months since commenced using medicine
find words with which TO express gratitude for the
benefit he has received through you"
y..uu----nx Skin Diseasc.-The Democrat and News
I Trnn,n, of Cambridge, Maryland, Mrs
tEhhIbL6 ANN POOLE wife of Leonard Poole, of Wul-
I 1 idnSblTg Dorchester Co.. Nd, has been cured
uFFI nT1N of bad of Eczema by Dr. Pierces
eS'' .e.e"s Golden Medical Discovery. The disease
peared first in her feet, extended TO the knees,
covering the whole the limbs knees
and became
After being by physicians year
commenced medicine above. She
began and is well and hearty Mrs Poole thinks
the medicine saved her life and prolonged her days
Mr. L. A. AYREs, of East NeD Mdrhe Dorchester County, Nd,
vouches for the above facts
Fever SOres.-ALICE II. CRAWFORD of S0r Rapids BIcnd
IOCd writes Sx years cured of Fever
by Pierces Golden Medical Discovery"
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
MAlderney Dairy Wagons"

Fresh a ~ butter churned every
morning n the cred in 4 ID "Wardn
prints, 46c.i early Y Also cottage cheese,
buttermi' eet milk, &c. per at.
Cream,
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

it promptly cures the severest
Coughs it strengthens the system
and purifes the blood.
The nutritive properties of ex-
tract of malt and cod liver oil
are trifling wheneeompared with
those possessed by the "Dis-
covery."
1t rapidly builds up the system,
and increases the flesh and weight
of those reduced below the usual
standard of health by wasting
diseases.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04
Coke, Coke, ana Fire.

Burn Washington Gas Company's Coke
Still selling at summer prices, johnson
Brothers, sole agents.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-04

tryman such as / had known. More
than that. There was something in
his face and in his gait, as he moved
among the cattle, which seemed to
appeal TO me for recognition. A few
minutes later the door Of the house
was thrown open again, and little
golden-haired boy, half dressed,
sprang out into the snow. His arms
were full of Christmas toys
and his face was radiant with
Christmas Joy. He waded through
the snow to the barn, and clam
bered about his fathers knees,
and, climbing half way up and half
pulling him down upon q pile of hay
that lay ready for the cattle, got his
arms about his neck and hugged and
kissed him. Then, in the sweet
tyranny of childhood, he made him
sit down beside him while he spread
out all his wealth of simple toys and
candies, and pointed at each one and
seemed to name the giver, and now
and then kissed again the bearded
face that beamed by turns with ad-
miration and with wonder, but all the
time with love.
with that expression on the face ]
knew il, and i knew the boy. had
seen the same loving eyes and tender
face of my father, and the child
beside him was his only child, my
own self, as j remembered my face
from the picture taken on my sixth
birthday. My mind reeled with the
thought of knowing myself to be in
one place, and yet seeing myself in
90 L.
opened again and q woman
came out. She ran to the
barn, snatched up the child and
his Christmas treasures as though
with reproof for his venturiDg half
dressed out in the cold. AS she cud-
died MIN to her breast her face was
turned toward me. AS the child
leaped into her arms, so my spirit
| sprang toward her--my mother! Her
face, the barn, the city, all vanished
from my eyes. The impulse brought
me back to earth, and saw you sit
ting here alone watching out the night
beside coffin, saw my own face in
the coffin and my name upon the
plate, with the added line:
DIED,
| December oath, 1887,
At the age Of 56.
"Then, like flash, / understood it
all. / cannot linger over the explana-
ton, for the approach of dawn
warns me away. You know as well
as that light travels at fixed rate.
When j died my spirit was instantly
transported to new habitation in
!. space so far away that it takes light
fifty years to reach it, The ray of
light which came to my spirit eyes
brought with it the picture Of the
earth, not as l left it an instant be-
fore, but as that ray of light left it fifty
years before-brought with it the
Christmas of my childhood"
The sound of the voice died away.
1t was dawn, and the morning light
touched the dead face in the coffin
with radiance like the smile of a
child. George II. Welshons in Pitts
burg Bulletin.