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St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28

with . party OF cavalry was at once
sent to the rei1et of the beleagured lit
tie garrison. He reached there the
day after the Indians left and found
Maxwell and his party enjoying them
selves. He brought them back to
Miles City, where they We're Toasted by
the citizens and made much of. MI.
Maxwell gave up all idea OF
settling on the Little Mis-
souri, and became a citizen of
Miles City. He was the pioneer in
starting a line of stages from Miles to
Deadwood by way of the Tongue river,
and | think is running them still. l
got quite well acquainted with Max
keogh. He was d small man, very
quiet, and not over thirty-five or forty
years old. | often saw May and her
mother, and think they still live in
Miles, May was a pretty little girl,
and has since married.
Mr.. Maxwell lost twenty-six head of
oxen in the fight, but was only too
glad to get off with his life and the
lives of his little party. His was in
deed one of the most memorable bat
ties and sieges of a small party OF
white men with Indians that ever took
place in wi country, and will long be
remembered in the Yellowstone valley
of Montana and throughout the West.
Fort mckinney (Wy. TO Cor. Chi
cago Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28
The Care of Children.

Fever and restlessness in children
are frequently caused by indigestion.
If the skin of the little one is hot and
dry, remember, if you can, what she
ate for supper. Give the child a warm
bath, then give it a cup half full Of
warm water to drink. In a few min
utes the undigested food will be
thrown off the stomach, and then the
child will soon be sleeping soundly.
A dose of magnesia, about half a tea
spoonful, given in the morning before
breakfast, will probably restore to the
child it's usual health; but should fever
and nausea continue during the day
following the attack, send for a ply
stefan, who will undoubtedly approve
of what you have done, and should the
symptoms develop into scarlet fever,
measles, chicken-pox, or any of the
diseases to which children are liable,
the attack will probably be of a mild
Paul Pioneer Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28
FASHION IN BUTTONS.
A. Manufacturer Chats About the Ups and
Downs of His Business.

a. 4AaauldCluFcF Sndlb tAOOut Ia Ups IA
Downs of His Business.
There is nothing more noticeable to
me than the wonderful change in but
tons that women wear that has taken
place in two years. Perhaps l notice
it more on account of being in the
business, but it is so radical that any
n would perceive it if he had his at
tention called to it. Formerly the but
tons were fancy and large; now they
are small, plain and cheap. When
merchants can sell manufactured but
tons for 5 cents a dozen, it reduces
the profits of the manufacturer. Style
has decided that buttons shall be
small and plain. In consequence, it
is very seldom that a woman pays
more than 20 cents a dozen for
the buttons she uses on her dress, and
the majority use 5-cent and 1O-cent
buttons. But this style will not last
long; it will get around to the old
price where it was profitable to manu-
facture buttons. Two years ago the
style was to wear novelties, and the
buttons used on dresses never cost less
than so cents a dozen. The size OF
the buttons began to increase, and it
was not to see buttons 2
inches square on cloaks. Many ladies
paid as high as 81 apiece for buttons.
They were made in fancy shapes, and
there are few ladies who have not
pretty collections in their scrap-bags.
They will be useful some day, for the
fashion in buttons is always changing.
Our trade f~uctuates accordingly. With
improved machinery it is now easy to
make a cheap plain button. Bone is
the principal material for these but
tons, and vegetable ivory is also used,
as well as composition.-6. Louis
Glo5e-Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28
CHIVALRY.

Sweet Mary Page, the village belle,
While strolling on the rivers bank,
into the rapid current fell, -
And, in the usual manner sank.
A thousand times or more in dreams,
flor that gentle girl had died;
And but for those appalling screams,
To do it then I might have tried.
Twas not from want of sympathy,
For I q well and truly say,
That I was very glad to see
Young Roger Reckless come that way;
Who with a most ungraceful fling
I'm far from awkward, as you know
Amid the boiling food did spring,
Like arrow from a Bonded bow.
Exactly SO should 4 have done,
Had it beenI this thing to do.
And SO I'm sure would any one,
AS even nogs, for instance, you
He seized her round her slender waist
And rudely, too, it might be said.
Still, though 1t argued want of taste,
We can not all be gently bred.
He struggled hard though not a jot
OF science was there in his stroke.
And, though 1 say it, who should not;
Twas 7 who last the record broke.
Oh! Mary Page, what ! endured
This tongue of mine shall never tell;
And till your safety was assured,
1 felt decidedly unwefl.
I'm not ashamed to own a tear
Betrayed to all my mute despair
Forbear irreverent lips to sheer;
Twas very chilly standing there
And then when came a boat along
And you were safely brought to land,
No one amid that eager throng,
Was sooner there to grasp your hand.
Loud rang the welkin, louder yet
Was my congratulating voice;
And even nov I don't regret
That I sincerely did rejoice.
And yet. and yet. that very week
You married Roger. Never mind
Your happiness alone I seek.
/ can not, will not be unkind.
But I may say. oh, Mary Page,
That never heart could beat so true
In this, or that, or any age,
AS mine (ashore) did beat for you.
w. G. 0an 1asseI Sutphen, in Time.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28

Young ladies who feel tired after
a ball have good reason therefor. The
writer of a book on dancing estimates
that eighteen waltzes are equal to
about fourteen miles of straight work.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28

"A New York man is said to have
willed that his seysenty-one pairs of
trousers should be Sold at auction for
the benefit of the poor, and that they
should in no way be meddled with or
examined before the sale, and that no
person should be allowed to buy more
than n pair. The seventy-one pairs,
it is said, were duly sold to seventy
n different purchasers, and each
found one thousand dollars in the
pockets of his purchase.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28

The soup served in dining-cars IL
made in a mandatory, which fills
cans at.the rate of 5000 a day with
mock turtle, chicken, tomato ard all.
other kinds Of. palatable soup.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-28

"They are getting out of ammuni-
tion," said Maxwell. LET us give
them a bluff" and, jumping up, all the
men poured in a steady and rapid fire
for a few minutes, The reds fell back
and counseled again, and then one Of
them zane down and called out:
Goodbye; we are going now"
Don't" cried Maxwell. Give us
n 0 good fight before you go; do"
Then the Indian could be heard laugh
ing as he called back:
High! high! You are heap much
too braye!n
"Who are you people?" asked Max
well.
s'Sioux and Nez Perces," he replied;
"good men, but you are too tough for
US. Goodbye"
us it on the s~quare?n asked one of
the men of Maxwell.
81 guess SO" he said, s'but we will
take no chances and keep close"
The Indians then rode off. Maxwell
and his little party kept close to the
fort, but never saw an Indian again.
They had killed eight reds in the fight,
and only two of their men were
wounded. During the battle Mr.. Max
well had a close call, q ball cutting
away a lock of his hair and another
one grazing his jaw. Mrs. Maxwell
had a ball wound in her arm; another
ball carried away a part of her shoe.
The man Maxwell sent out on the
first night of the siege reached Fort
in safety, and Colonel 5aker
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
Why They Would Vote.

In the city of Buffalo. women are the
chief patrons of the public library. The
best managed philanthropies are theirs.
They are the rulers in the churches.
Whittier, even though slowly. does all
this broadening activity of woman tend?
Those who fail to see the drift OF events
are like that celebrated bird of the des-
ert who runs his head into the sand
and fancies that. because blinded him
self, no one else can see him. The
large majority of women do not care to
vote, or they would have done so long
ago. But some of the most wOmanly
of women, women to whom in no sense
does the adjective masculine" apply,
are beginning to feel that the duty of
voting is one which they will be oblig-
ed to assume in order to protect their
weaker sisters. The average yearly
income of the working-women of Bos-
ton from all sources is $269.O7; her
average yearly expenses for positive
needs, $26l.3O. leaving her but $7.0 as
a margin for illness, religious purposes,
books. Il was not
suffragist," said public school teacher
of this city not long since, '.until l
came to reflect that if it should be pro-
posed to cut down my salary I could
not influence this decision by a single
vote-nO, even though I have served
the city in my official capacity with the
best strength OF mind and body for
twenty years" ITO working-wOmen,
indeed" says Mrs. Livermore, 1.-THE
ballot is a necessity. "-Bu6alo Cour-
ier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26

bands put the mannish creatures from
the face of the earth.
But the woman with ideas said, I'VE
can wait;the oppressors are our strongest
allies; the ministers who refuse US seats
in conference help us on; intemperance
helps US on: our strongest foes are wO-
men who .recline in satin and lace and
for pure self love close their eyes and
ears to suffering humanity" And so
she waits at the gate And when a
poor half-starved woman passes in, when
corrupt politician swaggers through,
when fallen woman brushes by. when
a drunkard staggers past, she registers
her VOW fOur-fold, Il can wait: already
the gate is ajar, and mayhap. in the flu
ture, angels may roll the stone from
the gate away. '"-Amanda Htse, m
HOmdn'S Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
Woman As Reformer.

Perhaps the most notable feature of
wOman's work as a reformer is her sys-
telnatic method. This is what was least
expected. But it is hardly too much to
say that her great temperance move
lnent is the best controlled and most
systematic effort at reform that the
world has yet seen. And it may also
be said that this and other reform move.
ments and the great missionary enter.
prises are bringing into view more
notable class OF women than has ever
before crowned the generations. The
mastery management, the eloquence,
earnestness. faith and power which they
have brought to their work mark a new
era in the history of reform.-Rer. j. 4.
adams. IN .4drance.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26

slowly but steadily. Traces of it lin
gered nearly as long as native Ameri-
cans remained in the mill in any num-
Der. have known of one instance OF
q. very intimate friendship existing.
during the middle of the century. be-
tween two thoughtful women. one of
whom was the mill-Owner's wife and
the other an operative in the factory.
Just such friendship would be scarce
ly conceivable possibility under ex-
listing conditions. Only philanthropic
intentions could bring about even its
shadow.
Difference in wealth. with its inevi-
table result of difference in daily habit,
had already proved barrier between
employer and employed. when. after
the year 1850, greater distinction
arose. The mill population slowly al-
tered its character, and this change
naturally emphasized its distinctness
from the mill-owners, Foreigners be-
gan to come, and the Americans who
had hitherto worked in the mill rose
into superior avocatiOns. until few OF
the native women remained. and not
many men except those who were
overseers or superintendent. The
next generation accentuated the
change. The New England girls Of
this period did not 60 into the factory.
as their mothers had gone. They
sought higher employments dur
ing the interval between school
and marriage. The governing class
in the industry, including own
ers, clerks, superintendent and over
seers, was now of a different race and
religion from the workers. who so far
as many affairs were concerned had
become . governed class. do not
mean that such of the men as had the
were improperly controlled
in their political action. l do not be-
lieve that the manufacturers of New
are guilty of trying to unduly
influence the votes of their laborers.
It must also be noted, in this connec-
ton, that comparatively few of these
operatives can be Influenced in that
way, since none of the women and few
of the men are voters. When, there
fore, say they are governed by the
/ mean that the methods
of their daily life and work are under
B. Chace Wyman, IN At-
lantic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
COTTON.MiLL WORKERS,
A Glimpse of New England Factory Life,
Past and Present.

A Glimpse of New England Factory Life,
Past and Present.
Eighty years ago, when cotton manu-
featuring was in its infancy. an Ameri-
can mechanic would often start little
mill with few dozen employees.
Among them were probably his own
children and the children of his rela-
tives, the youngest of whom might not
be more than seven or eight years old.
1t was not an ideal state of affairs, but
every body shared pretty equally in its
unideal conditions. For twenty or
thirty years the mills grew in size and
numbers. but the operatives continued
to be of the same nationality and the
same class as the employers. Social
relations and intermarriages were not
only possible but actual facts. as an in
vestigation into the private history of
some prominent manufacturing fam
lilies would show. A caste feeling,
however. began to develop as the prof
its of the employer grew greater than
the wages of the employed, and the
property thus acquired by some sepa-
rated into classes those who a short
time before had been equal neighbors.
It became an objection to marriage, as
local traditions relate. that ''her"
father worked for ''his" father, al
though the youth in question might in
early childhood have worked in his
fathers mill, and might pride him.
self. in his successful old age, on the
fact.
During this early period it became
customary for the mill proprietors to
possess themselves of tracts of land
about the factories. and to build there
on tenement-houses. boarding houses
and frequently stores for the opera
tives. 1t was necessary that they
should do so, as the sudden growth
of the industry attracted into the
river valleys where the mills were
situated large numbers of people, who
must Immediately be provided with
dwelliHg-places and markets in which
to purchase food. The country was
young, and there were no capitalists
to hold the land and put up the houses
but the cotton manufacturers them
selves, the very men whose enterprise
had called to the borders of the
streams the sons and daughters of the
inland farms. The standard of COM
fort was low. The risks of q new
business must also be considered, when
We scrutinize the villages that were
built at that time. They were often
Tar inferior to those established in later
days.
The equality Of condition moderated
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
NOTES FROM THE FIELD.

OUT OF go voters at a recent election
in Cinarron, Kan, ninety-eight were
women.
WOMEN are the state librarians of
Indiana. Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Louisiana. Mississippi and Tennessee.
2. I. BARNUM has decided to turn
his handsome residence at Bridgeport,
Conn.,. into seminary for young
ladies.
An Equal Suffrage Association has
been formed at Kinsley. Kan, with
Mrs. Title Hine as president, and
Miss Lucy Noble as corresponding Sec
rotary.
OUT OF eighty-seyen candidates at the
last examination for admission to the
Royal Academy. only twelve succeeded
in securing admission as probationers,
and ten of these were women.
DIR. ANNE POMBERGER, of Philadel-
phia. bears the enviable distinction of
being the first woman in America who
was granted the degree oil ID. ID. S. by a
dental college. She looks hardly older
than %. is thoroughly wOmanly in her
ways. and earns an annual income OF
$1,000 by the practice of her profession.
The Woman's Medical College OF
Pennsylvania had in its last graduating
class. 1888. one student from India. one
from Australia. and two of African de-
scent. The last mentioned were the
fourth and fifth colored graduates Of
that institution. BY its 4S9 alumn4
there has now been formed a circle
nativity around the world. including
Japan. India, Syria, Russia, Germany,
Switzerland. Great Britain, and the
United States from Maine to Oregon
and California Friends Rerie,c.
THE women of New York who or.
ganized the Health Protective So
ciety.' not only personally inspect tho
cleanliness of streets and business
quarters. but they now propose to send
the STRENGTHENING commissioner to
Europe for three months, paying all
his expenses. so that he may examine
into the systems that make other CITY
streets. especially those of London, 50
clean. This is good; but the women
would have done better to send one Of
their own number Wonaam,s Journal.
BIZ Withholding suffrage from women,
we make them, it seems to me, poll
ticians of the worst sort We Justify
all the feminine pleas for acting on q
mere fancy in selection of candidates;
We encourage the abuses to which
those pleas lead. On the other hand.
II the Legislature frankly admitted
women to the exercise of suffrage, It
would. ! believe, gradually raise the
tone Of the whole land, by raising the
tone Of those who, often to their injury.
govern It's goyernmert.-Rsv. Fredwinh
Desisoa Moxrice. s.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
SELLING HER IDEAS.

How . Clever Woman Makes q Detective
Camera Earn Her Living.
An ingenious girl has hit upon an in
geni0us method of self-suppOrt. Some
time ago she was bitten by the anna
teur Photographic mania and became
an adept at catching picturesque views.
With one of those clever little detective
cameras she amused herself whenever
her fancy led her about the city pick
ing up here an old apple woman. with
skirts fluttering and cape bonnet blown
back by an unkindly breeze, there a
ragged news-girl with her bundles of
papers, yon a group of babies tumbling
on the grass in the park and some
where else an Italian with huge bag
of stale crusts balanced on her head.
full of artistic possibilities. The girl
had something of an artists temper
ament. and though she could neither
paint nor draw, she had an eye for the
essential features of a picture and for
what would or would not compose well.
Many of her photographs were really
pictures, and being caught instantane-
ously preserved all the spirit. action
and freshness of life. An artist friend
saw them one day, and to her surprise
offered to buy half q dozen of the best
for suggestions for studio work. Two
or three days dwelling upon the idea
thus given her bore fruit. She was in
want of money and resolved to turn
what had been play into work. She
and her camera are out every sunny
day, from ten o'clock until three nova
days, and an hour in the dark room"
Of an evening brings out some Of the
Characteristic scenes Of city life trans
ferred to her negatives and ready to be |
into cash. Her work has
quite q vogue among the studios, and
clever suggestions are often taken from
It She finds her best market for figure |
pieces. An attitude, . smile, an ex-
preston often serves rs . revelation Of |
some queer phase Of humanity and sup
plies the missing somewhat that some
body wanted to incorporate into q
picture. Sometimes IN artist gives her
. commission, naming tho subject he 10
q work upon and asking her to bring
In al the hints upon It that she can
ind IN Z Nal asd Ezpvess.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
HUMOROUS.

We are told that the wolves de-
YOUR twenty thousand Russians year.
This is the worst commentary We ever
heard on the wolf.-Puck.
He And what kind of an e1-
gagement ring would its little darling
like?" She-"Oh. solid gold one.
love; I'm SO tired of wearing imitation
engagement rings"
Brown finishing his story
"Now that is what call-well. grew
some" Robinson" Right you are.
old man; at least it grew some since I
heard it last. ''-New Harcn Ne,rs.
The tenor in fashionable church
choir found to his horror that his
voice all at once became unpleasantiy
thick. He strained it, but without any
good effect.-N T. Tribune.
Very few people Of the present day
ever saw or can tell what petard is;
but q politician knows it is something
a man can hoist himself with or by
N. o. Picayu'se.
How well / remember" said
Dumley, as he proudly brandished the
sword, 1.-THE first time that ever drew
that shining blader' Where did You
draw it, Dumley." inquired Featherly;
''at a raffle?''-N Y. sam.
-Mendicant-"W Will you please gim-
me few pennies. sir? l have blind
brother to take care Of" Gentlem6fc~
"A big, robust man like you odght not
to beg" Mendicant with dignity
I" l am not begging for myself. sir;
am begging for my blind brother. y
Epoch.
Lady Shopper-'.But aren't these
shoes awfully larger Salesman
They look large, lady, but that's the
style affected nowadays; they will pinch
your feet just the same a. those you
have always worn" "Oh. well, in
that case-yes, l suppose may as well
take them. "-Boston Transcript.
Stranger. just arrived in town
stepping into bank)-'I am looking
for Mr.. GAVIN. He's an old friend Of
mine. supposed he was still cashier
Of this bank. Has he left your en-
ploy? President Of Bank Cooking
at empty safe)-"Yes, sir.
He has left our employ. That's about
al he did leave. Chicago Tribune.
Yes, Stree! I'm q self-mads
man; and don't wish you to forget il.
Mr.. Filkin-s self-made man, sirr'
':Ah. indeed! replied Mr.. Filkin.
I'm really very glad to hear it, Mr..
B5ones- Do you know, l always
thought there was something amateur.
lsh about you. and / see now why II IL
didnt IKE 70 think that you were .
product Of nature '-Hapsr's Rsse,.