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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
THE suLTAN's FAvoRlTE.
Abdul Handle Pet Workman Who Meas
ured the SultanH's Foot.

Abdul Hsmid's Pct Workman who Meas
urod the Sultanx's Foot.
Besides collections of stuffed birds
and impaled beetles OF modern arms
and costly mouth-pieces one Of the
Turkish Sultan's favorite 'fads" is
passion for art carpentry and wood.
carving. He has regular workshop
in which he practices both these handi-
crafts A Mecklenburg German. Carl
Jensen. owed his great favor to
Abdul Hands taste for fancy uphol-
stery. Jensen was an artisan. en-
ployed in the workshop which be.
longed to Abdul Hamid when heir ap-
parent to the throne. and his Highness
sole confidant-the most influential
parsonage in the household. Jensen
gradually developed variety Of other
talents-fitting MP looms looking
after the Princes wardrobe. grooming
horses. cleaning carriages. etc; in
short he became quite indispensable.
One day when Carl IS the Prince
always called him. had made An
unusually lucky hit in his pur-
chasca Abdul Hand resolved to
confer an unprecedented favor upon
him Tho Prince opened ono Of his
warLrobes with his own hands, took
therefrom some ..Frankish'' clothes
and gave them to Jensen Lst any
boly acquainted with Oriental eti-
quette just reflect for . moment what
an astounding condescsnsion It was
for an O.manli heir presumptive. upon
whose beck and nod hundreds Of
slaves were always waiting. to give
pair Of Paris-made breeches with his
own hands to . Giaour journeyman
carpenter
Such trust. however. had Abdul
Han,id in the honest Mecklenburger
that he even allowesf him T., en-er tho
apartments Of her Highness. the chief
Vile. Jensen had one day bought
so...e shoes for the Princess which did
not exactly fit. but were 50 well cut
and finished that the illustrious lady
could not bear to send them back
She sent for her husband. and. after
long discussion, Carl WAS called in
and requested to see for himscif yhers
the shoes did not exactly salt the Prin-
cess feet. 50 that he might bs.s them
ala red for kcr -Efon Reattss kinga-
toY's E0ok - :
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17

One night - we eat BY The Aro in
our snng parlor. it was shortly BE.
fore Easter year ago. mother said.
gently:
Eunice. dear. you have no mother.
I have NO daughter. / win gladly b
your mother If you will be my child. :"
/ knelt 1t her feet and said: :. For my
sake"
And 20 she staid The cottage whore
her mother died was rented entire,
and btousht her in enough means to
obviate any daily toll and when June
OF last year was brightest she really
hecems my mother's daughter and my
wife. -
There Is very little romance In al
this. you say. and that NO doubt il
the fact, and here Is whore it comes
in. About . month ago as l was
looking ever the exchanges in the Of
fice. l picked up the Leadville CASons-
Gle and read the following short para
graph: 81
"As Mr.. Robert Graydou, the owner Of the
famous Holy Cross mine, WAS descending the
shan tn the second level, the bucketrope part.
Cd when near the bottom, and he was thrown
violently to the bottom Of the shaft sustaining
injuries which IL 10 feared arc fatal d.. Wis
ner. who was called in. told the injured man II
no had any directions to give - to the disposal
OF his e0ects he had better db 20 at once. He
said his win and letter Of Instruction were u
Counselor Peters hands, and shortly after b.
came unconscious Ho Il not expected 70 live
through the night"
In tho next issue was this:
"Mr. Grsydon, Of tho Holy Cross mine, dice
shortly after midnight Counsellor Peters,
who held tho letter Of instructions in his hands.
which WAS In IN envelope Endorsed: To be
opened only after my DEATH" says that he
opened It In the presence Of witnesses, and thai
tho only instructions it contained were . 70
quest to ind II . Mrs.. Elinor Gray and heI
daughter Eunice were living 1t No. = Clermoni
avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, and in that event, T.
not ~ them Of his death, - they were his
widow and daughter. and that his real name
WAS Robert Gray. His will leaves that after
the payment Of his just debts, tho property 10
verts to the mother for her natural life, and ~
her death to 60 solely TO the daughter. Mr..
Graydon or rather Gray, had just sold . hall
interest in his mine to . St Louis syndicate fol
ae0o00Q and the transfer of the deeds vas tc
have taken place next Saturday"
I gave myself my own assignment
for that and many succeeding days
Eunice and l made the trip to Gun.
nison armed with the proper proof of
her identity, and carried out the terms
of her fathers contract The mine
pays hor about four thousand dollars
monthly; the firm Of which Mr.. Gray
was member has been paid in full
with interest and no longer fear the
frown of the city editor, but rather
patronize him when I drop in on him
and take him over to the Aston House
for luncheon. = Walter Cooper. in
BRAKES Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
A BRIDGE ROMANCE.
My Blunder and Apology, and
What They Led To.

When l come to think it all over l
hardly know where it began myself
Naturally, l am a very observing man.
and have "a nose for news" other
wise l should long ago have been
looked upon as unreliable. and would
have received notices in various shapes
that. lowing to circumstances. etc,
etc." but such has been my fate but
once, and that was the beginning of
my romance.
Notwithstanding my observative
habit must confess that there are
moments when l lapse into periods
of what might be termed thinking
back" and then 1 do not "Observe
more than half of what notice" 1t
was in one of these moods that left
my home. and. to this dag l can not
recall how l reached the Brooklyn
bridge. on my way to New York; but
/ suddenly awoke from the reverie 1
was in. and saw standing in front of
me female figure. My gentlemanly
instincts awoke at once, and / sprang
from the seat had occupied, and
with touch Of my hat said: BEG
pardon-take my seat"
The lady, for she was . lady, any
one could see it in moment as she
wore hat that you could look over
the top of. and you could pass around
her without disturbing her rearward
,drapery. looked at me in . half-sad.
half-quislcal manner. and ~ at the
same moment the shadow of the New
York terminus came over the cars, and
1 realized that We had reached our
journeys end. l am satisfied that
blashed, and said again: IL beg your
pardon. was preoccupied She
bowed to me and smiled in . sad way,
as much as to say She did not doubt
me. and we went our several ways. 1
was not 90 distract when 1 went down
the stairs leading to Park Row as not
to observe that she crossed the foot
bridge leading to the park.
In the confused moment that I had
to look ut her. my usual observative
habit came into play. and noted that
she wore gray stun dress, not 1t all
new. but we'll cared for and neat. and
not so tight in the arms as to pull out
in the back. and while she had on the
usual brown kid gloves, the backs
could be plainly seen through the
stitching. and the finger ends were
neatly darned and showed long and
constant wear. As I descended the
stairs. and she kept on the even foot
way could not help but notice her
foot. It befitted her height and must
have boon liberal three at the least
but it did not run back at the heel or
slope over on the outside. and had no
pinched look about the toes, while the
heel itself was low and broad. When I
reached the street l paused for mo-
ment for another glimpse Of her. but
failed to get i Is she was lost in the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17

A white man who owed . small
smount to . negro fab dealer sad who
had been repeatedly dunned. went into
TIE negro's fll-smelling place Of BUSH
ness. and handing over the amount OF
the indebtedness, remarked:
'.Hsrs's youp money. Casper. I sup
pose BY this time you have learned one
thing" So. (
..WAut's dat, sahr'
''You have learned that whom owe
you any thing ii Il Of NO use to bother
mo about IL
.'Yas, sab. Ts Earned dat. an. I tell
you. rs Earned ernudder thing" ~
whats thata'' y
II has Earned, sab. neber ter let you
hGb ernuddsr piece o fish tell you put
d money night dova zero on de slab.
OF, II er mighty ham ter rarn. / tell
YEN Tn Tarnins . fas' dat aftsR
vile 1olks'n pint sire an say. 'DaZs
de eddyc6tedost pgsogA IN Dis town.
~lEb9asae 1hou01es.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17

toReioss 0oss.P.
The Archbishop q Graa. Tie Ha.-
karlan pri,sstA has IN, income Of
600 600 = yesr:
The damage from the phylloxsra
IN Ffance 90 far Is estimated ct O. QUO !.
000 600.
The Spanish Government win sat
apart $780, 900 yearly until 1899 to
create . fund for the Christopher
Columbus celebration. 80
The Volunteer returns for the wear
1887 show the total enrolled strength
OF the British Volunteer army to be
298 OS8 In Scotland tho enrolled
strength il 81, 272
Tho so-called ..Amsricaa'' front
Is thriving in Norwegian waters and
attempts are to b made to acclimatixe
black bass obtained from America.
The Prince Of Naples. only son Of
the King and Queen Of Italy. is to pay
visits TO the principal European
courts next year. and it Is probable
that he will be in London in June
Baron Hirsch de Gerenth, who
has been raised to the Austrian
House Of Peers BY the Emperor
Francis Joseph. Is tho first Hebrew
to receive such nm honor. 1t cost
him go. 600, 900 in charity.
-Tennyson has large dairy, per-
sonally managed by Mrs Hallam
Tennyson, and the butter. cream and
milk produced therein are in great de .
mand in the markets Of the Isle of
Wright. i
The great financial king Of New
Zealand is Johnny Jones. Of Dunedin.
HIS wealth runs up into the millions.
and the greater part was made in
steamboating. He is . native. and
once earned scant wages as an oars
man on a ferry boat.
New hanson cabs in London arc
provided with small silver whistles for
the use Of lady passengers to direc:
the driver. One whistle signifies turn
to the right, two to tho left and so on;
something like tho pilot signal Of .
steamboat
There is "a tailoring academy in
Berlin at which public examinations
are now going on. and which was At.
tended last year BY 912 students of all
nationalities including Japan. Medals
and prizes are awarded to those who
eontrive to give the most artistic shape
to trousers or waistcOats
"A highly-important discovery has
been made at Athens In the south
eastern corner of the Parthenon a
large statue has been found. which
scientists think may belong to one Of
the missing figures which formerly
occupied positions ON the eastern
pediment of the temple. about which
many volumes of learned conjecture
have been written.
"A powder is used in the German
army tor sitting into the shoes and
stockings of the foot-soldiera It is
called '.Fusstreupulver." and consists
of three parts salicylic acid. ten parts
starch. and eighty-sevcn parts pulver-
lied soapstone (Speckssein). 1t keeps
the feet dry. prevents chatting. and
rapidly heals sore spots 1t is to be
to mountaineevS
Father Matthew Ryan. tine Cath.
Ollie priest of Herber,stown. Ireland.
who was recently sentenced to q
Imprisonment for supporting
the Plan of Campaign. was carried
away to Jail amid scene of excite.
ment seldom witnessed. Women cried
and kissed the hem Of his cloak. and
held up their children to be blessed by
him. 1t was with the utmost diffiucltY
that a collision with the immense
force of police and military was
n ~o;AaG
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17

~ L0e O. N66ssiG, eec., had speat fnar
yu1Eo 4 1naaio and GfboI3A, W1o thorouRhp
" coaveesant with ~ people and IL In,
GuAgot and ~ HoocAod H. ooac1usAon thah
tAo Russian 0oveInMent ha6 booa N0rep.
resented. an1 tAaS ~ exilo systom Of she.
HiA No. mt % terrible - Waa supposed
Knowing thAt n. XnnAA held these
visWs, tie HussiaA Government gave him
every facility for thorough
IXSRDC1l01 on NIx1D AND H11DoMD
u 6iboriA-tAo most, thorough that I'D
ever been made By traveller. Armed with
letters 1fum tie Russian Minister Of IL
lntsfior and otAee high olnOials, N. Ken
nan went everywheros Inspecting mines and
prisons. convict barGee end hospitals. and
travelling With chainsd exiles along To
great Siberian road. He made the infimasO
PeRooaal ec9uaintance Of more than three
many Of whom wrote ont their histories for
this searching investigation, were fae re-
moved from 0fr. Ke0nAr's pcecouceived
6eao, - this thrilling narrative Of 4fteen
months privation and adventure win show.
A ID already known, the publication oe
0r. KennAn's preliminary papers hAs n,
suited In hiD being plACed
on 1ND BLACK LIST
BY the Russian Government, and copies Il
2As C~tssy containing them have the OBJ
jectionable article torn out By the custom
ofncialS before being allowed to entor tho
Cars dominiona.
"Iexpected. Of course" says 1r. Ken
nan, IN . recent interview, ITO Be put on
the Rusoian black list The stable door =
locked, but the horse has bean stolen-and
I've rot him"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
FEEDING THE DEAD

New York ChlnaDoa Pay Tribute - Tho0
Departed Relatives.
The Chinese fed their dead recently.
The Evergreens Cemetery and Wood
lawn and other burying places were
alive with laundrymen. The wind
interfered greatly with their joss stick
burning. and they set up umbrellas
over the graves to keep of the strong
Southwestern, 80 that they could send
off properly their hosts of paper serv.
ants and hundreds Of yards Of prayerA
On golden-hued paper were the money
prayers, and the black paper prayers
were for cooking utensils.
To prevent the spirits Of their de.
parted relatives from constantly conn
ing home to see them. the Chinese have
an understanding with the dying that
once they leave their mortal coil they
shall '.stay out" ard that all the nee-
essari4s of life in the other world shall
be faithfully transmitted to them twice
. year. once at the opening Of spring
and once at the beginning Of winter.
It has been discovered that the way to
transmit servants. songs plays. books
and money is to manufacture them in
paper and burn them. But 0etual
eatables are carried to the grsvea.
Wagon loads Of roasted pigs. chickens.
ducks, Chinese and American sweote
meats and fruits went toathe cemeteries
yesterday. The food was piled before
each grave, amid burning red carrot
shaped candles and joss sticks. The
Chinese prostrated themselves before
their dead. begging them to rise up
and enjoy themselves. Chinese wines
were then thrown literally upon each
grave. Many graves received boxes
Of five-cent cigars, while others got
only packages Of cigarettes It took
about two hours to get the essence Of
the eatables conveyed to the essences
who were awaiting It. and then The
devotees gathered up the '.accidsnts".
and earned them homo again to feed
their own material bodies. But tho
cigars and cigarettes were burned on
the graves. Aome-mads heather spec.
tators tried to snatch them OF the fire.
but the devotee heathens stopped
them.-N y 6tsn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
THE WOMEN OF coREA

xuOy VAL xn0lf races ana Are V0QX0e
to Hold Their Tongues.
The Coreans are the shyest nation
on the face of the earth Until quite
lately they have abstained as much as
possible from all intercourse with
strangers, holding studiously aloof not
only from Europeans. who have sought
their hospitality. but also from contact
with the Chinese and Japanese.
Within the last few years. however,
their reserve has shown signs of thaw-
ing, and we are ct last able to form
some opinion as to the reason of their
shyness and to Judge whether a closer
acquaintance will reveal any thing
worth knowing. As to the first point
this shyness seems constitutional.
There IS limit to 1t, for, like most shy
people, the COreans are not injurious
A Dutch craft was wrecked near the
coast of Corea in the latter half of the
seventeenth century, and the sailors
whose narrative may be read in several
books of old travel found themselves
the object of much inquisitive
observation. Even the women
and children were eager to see
the outlandish navigators. more es-
pecially as the Dutchmen were re-
puted to be of q monstrous race who,
when they drank were obliged to twist
their long noses round their ears No
such report heralded the journey which
Mr.. Carries made into the interior, yet
he was received with polite alton
ton and interest everywhere. THE
more l have ssen," he says, ''ef
tho Coreans the more fully have
I appreciated their politcness
towards their guests and the dignity
of their behavior" But he saw next
to nothing of the women of the coun-
try. by whom he was carefully
avoided. Even some little girls. whom
he found swinging in u field. fed At
his first approach His inability to
tell us about the women of Corea Is
especially to be regretted, on account
Of the strange position they hold The
seclusion of women in this land Of the
shame-iaced Is carried to the utmost
limit. Ladies out-of-doors wear q
green mantel. which covers the whole
countenance except the eyes. Nor DO
they willingly let even their eyes lie
seen. 1T seemed odd" said Mr..
Carries '.that each woman we met
should have arrived at that moment at
her home; but a. We learned later on,
women have . right Of entree every
where. and. to avoid Us. they turned
into the nearest house st hand"
Other travellers recount that the
women are taught 70 shun the opposite
sex from their earliest gir:hood They
are even exhorted to talk ~ little Is
may be to their own husbands What
is still moro extraordinary il the in
nate modesty of the men. This senti-
ment impels them to work in jacket
and trousers in the hottest weather.
while the richer classes use kind Of
bamboo framework to keep the
clothes. otherwise unhearable. from
contact with the SKIN When an
Italian Prince visited Cores. . few
years ago. officials were sent to his
ship to protest against the indecency
Of the italian saiiers. which. for some
days. had prevented the villagers from
leaving their houses The sailors had
been bathing So james Gazette
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17

always want to be your friend. and
If I can be of any service in any way.
and do not sec it myself, you win. l
know, point it out to me" And then
we said our first ''good night"
Early next morning l told my mother
the entire story Of our acquaintance.
and begged her to call on Mrs. Gray
and see if any thing could be done to
relieve her in any way. which she
promised to do. Eunice had told mo
when we parted At night that she might
be late in going over. but ], could call
the next evening if l would - see how
her mother was. 80 did NOT wait 1t
the bridge. and took a lonely ride.
When reached home that night /
found note from mother asking me
to come at once to Mrs. Gray's. / ar
rived there only to find my worst fears
realized. The poor woman had had =
return Of the hemorrhage shortly after
my mothers arrival, the physician had
been unable to stop it, and her Life had
ebbed away.
There il no need to tell of the quiet
funeral. or Of the drive back from the
family plot to our own home. whore
mother insisted Eunice should stay for
. few days, until she had learned bet
ter to bear her grief The days grew
to weeks, and. every time mention
was made BY the poor girl Of the nee
essity of her going home and back to
her wqEk. mother said: '.Not yet
What Re IS there to tell how they two
grew tolove each other. or Of the state
Of my own heart for-l was wen aware
that Ennice knew. even il I had not
srokens
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-02
Educated Anarchists.

Senator Blair said something about
anarchy being the offspring Of iguor-
ance, and it seems to have made the
New Haven Uuion angry. Here is
what that paper says about it: every
one Of the Anarchists hanged ct Chi
cago was a much better educated man
than the Senator from New Hampshire.
It has been sueeringly said that ignor.
ance is the mother of devotion, but it
certainly IN not the mother OF Anarchy =.
A plausible argument could be made to
show that Socialism and Anarchism are
the direct results of the spread of edu-
cation. Both originates among very
highly educated men,"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-02


Again we ARG reminded Of the fable
Of tho frog and tho OF. A London dis
patch Of the 3lst ult. says: l. 9
l1itcheIl has at last spoken about his
fight with Sullivan, and he spoke his
mind very freely, too. He declared
that he was determined to fight Sulli.
van, but the latter was afraid of him.
He declared the fight must take place
inside of two months. In conclusion he
said: AS to the result I do not care
to brag or talk in advance. may not
best him, for he has . great advantage
in his superior weight, but John L..
Sullivan and every one else can put
down one thing as certain, will be ON
hand the day and hour, and when we
get through he will know he has been
to fight.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-02

Washington special to the Exam
liner, dated Jan. 80, says that there are
high hopes that the National Democrat
10 Committee. which meets on the 22nd
instant, will select Sun Francisco az the
lltce OF meeting of the next National
Convention, Members of the Commit
tea from the Pacific slope IRE confident
that Sun Francisco will get II votes on
tbs first ballot, and only "a votes are
necessary. The dispatch says:
If the assurapoes OF prominent
Nlemocrnts in Indiana can he accented,
the delegate from that State will vote
tor Fan Francisco on the FIST ballot
The delegate from Michigan strongly
fhvors the proposition to GROSS the
lluns. The vote cf .linois will beyond
a doubt also go to San Francisco OH the
second bnllot II IL look as II Chicago
cannot win. This will bring the fight
down between st. Louis and San Fran
o's6o, with the odds strongly in favor OF
ibe litter as a general proposition. It
can be predicted that II the votes now
pledged to Culifornia are cost on the
.hrSt ballot tho battle will end on the
se Old or third ballot, with victory
Prtohing on the Frisco standard"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-02
Express Doodle.

Chief Detective Hume of Wells, Farpo
l. Co.'S Express says that the express
oompany's losses by stAge and train
robbers during the year 1887 have been
greatly exaggerated by rumor, and that
the accounts published have given q
false impression 70 the public.
He snys Of their extent that during
the year there were SEVEN stage.robber
los and two attempts made. The total
plumber taken by the thieves amounted
to only $295. All th:se are known to
the officers M one-man robberies; that
L.. only one person was engaged in the
affair.
During the year 1887 the company
suffered by trnin-robberies ns fill nws:
April 81 The west.buund train of the
Southern Pacific Railroad was robbed
nsar Papngo. twenty-one mills west of
Tucson, OF $3,227 60.
june l8-The ensterly bound train,
nenr San Antonio and Houston, In the
vicinity Of the village Of Flalims. wns
robbed of So, 23O -.
August 10--The west-bound trnin.
near Papngo. $2,O33 10.
September 16-The east bound trim
Of thu Atlantic an | Pacific, near Navajo
Springs, was robbed of $2,7l9 SO.
The aggregate IF losses to the express
company was, therefore, Sl3, 21O 81 by
train .robberies.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-02
FEBRUARY 2, 1883 .
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.


The subcommittee Of the House
Committee on Public Lands has framed
= new land law, in which, among other
things. it is provided that timber land
shall be Withdrawn from the market.
On every forty acre tract the timber il
to be sold to the highest bidder, who is
to be allowed six years for its removal.
This has the distinction of being the
worst forestry measure that has ever
yet succeeded in getting itself proposed &.
Even the present system il less de-
structive. When a man owns the lnnd
lie has mt least n permanent interest in
it. and may possibly refrain from its en-
tire devastation. When he buys simply
bhs timber and must remove it within a
certain time, he IL sure to skin the land
TO the last tree. The proper course
would be to reserve large areas of tim
her land about the headwaters of
streams, and forbid the trees upon them
10 be touched. Then, with the aboli-
ton of the tariff bounty on forest de-
Rtruction, we might hope to transmit
something better than desert to pos.
tsrIty.-[ Examiner.