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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

The Partisan women have at last re-
volted. A League for Public Morals
has been formed to suppress impure
literature.
AN association of Lady Dressmakers
has been started in London in order
to provide work for a large number of
high school girls.
Mrs. SLOAN. nee Vanderbilt. is one
of the most charitable women in New
York. continually doing good quietly
and unobtrusively.
THE Workingwoman's Society of
New York has membership offull 200,
and one of its most active aiders and
promoters is Mrs. Mayor Hewitt
MUNICIPAL suffrage for women is
now pending in the Legislatures of
New York, Massachusetts,. Iowa and
Ohio. There seems to be a growing
conviction among the friends of suf-
frage that this is the next step.
public SPIRIT genuine interest
in all questions of National or social
Importance. is as essential a part of
true womanhood rs of true manhood;
and women ought not to be exempt
from the duty of voting.-Mrs. Charles.
The only living woman who has
ever held public Office in England,
save Queen Victoria, is Miss Frances
Lord. who was for years superintendent
of the kindergarten system. She is
now in Chicago conducting the Wo-
mans World.
The South Brooklyn Ferry Company
has substituted women for men as col
lectors on both sides of the river. They
work ten hours a day and receive
salary of $50 per month. They have
not only proved themselves as efficient
rs men. but more honest
Miss MARY L BOOTH has translated
more than fifty works from the French.
She earns IS. 600 year by her transla-
tons. in addition to her salary Of IS. 900
as editor of Harpcr's Bazaar. 1t is re-
lated that once when Scribncr was in
q great hurry for Angenor de Gaspar-
ms Uprising of Great People. Miss
Booth translated the whole book in FIVE
days
II is not true that in the ordinary
and honorable sense of the words.
| women arc represented. Laws are
made for them by another class. and
upon the theories which that class,
without the fear Of political opposition.
may choose to entertain. and in direct
violation Of the principles upon which.
in their own case. they tenaciously in
sist-Georgs WSlliam Csstis.
What peculiar right is there in Art
to enfranchise woman, and make thai
delicate and proper which custom for
bids to religion or public affairs? Is il
right to sing. and wrong to speak in
public! 10 it delicate for Jenny Lind
to confront i've thousand faces stand.
ing alone upon platform. and indeli'
cate upon her husband arm to 20 forth
70 the duty Of suffragei-Hessy Yer
Becker.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
A MODERN MAIDEN.

Tn . bud in philosophys school
Iheed not the thorns in LIES roses;
The life that Is guided by rule
In wisdom serenely reposes.
Not man with his smile or his frown
Makes my heart beat one atom the faster;
Thro' the world from the king 70 the clown,
I acknowledge no man Is my master.
There are plenty to smile when smile,
Or sadly to look when I'm grievtng;
All. little they think, all the while,
know they are only deceiving.
A man makes a very good slave,
Like f1re-though a cause OF disaster.
When once all deception you save
By calling his lordship your master.
IT'S better mid flatterers to rove,
II Establishments do not deceive you
Than to bask in the light OF a love
Whose tenderness wins but to grieve you;
Better live an unfettered old maid.
And die like an autumn-dried aster,
Than always to sigh in the shade
OF masculine who is your master.
Laura Beil in Yankee Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
HUMOROUS.

-Teachcr-''In what battle was
General Blank killcd?'' Bright Boy
- His last one. ''-Omn.a World.
:" She's still VIGOROUSLY in love-"
''And he?" "Oh. he's perfectly sub
missive, as becomes ten dollar man
with hundred thousand dollar wife"
-7oaon Topics.
IL wish my name was Notriety."
sighed a thirty-year-eld Mt. Washing
ton maiden. ''Why?' asked her
mother. because so many men court
notriety. "-PItsburph Commercial.
She with emotion) -..There's Mr..
Bangs. the poet; he seems to nc all
wrapped up in his thoughts" He
(frcezingly)-"Yest I think he would
look better wrapped up in an overcoat"
N. T. Sun.
The German workman when wash
ing his hands before eating his lunch
con of sausage, IS preparing for the
wurst. In fact the reason the Ger
mans are SO philosophical is that they
are always ready for the wurst.-7He
hooking Bird
One reason why burglary has not
made more rapid strides believe to
be because burglars do not advertise.
They rely soaely upon their insight
and keen penetration The result il
that burglars and burglary have fallen
of. do not believe in trying to help
profession 80 abundantly able to
help itself-BM Nye
She Was Fancy Free: "You sketch
with free hand. Miss Backbay." 10
marked the professor. who had been
critically examining her portfolio.
e Enirely frea. said the Boston young
lady. as she east down her eyes in soft
confusion and waited for the pr,-
lessor to follow up the opening. Chs
eogo Tribune
There are times in the life Of the
most pious man when he will take tho
edge Of his front teeth with ornate
and sizzling bad words. and ono Of
them i when be hunts around in tho
back yard until his north end b
hypnotized. and then finds that his
wife hss tied IN old-gold ribbon about
the snow-shovel and hung It In the
parloE Gull
Captain Hightone Cooking at NJ
Croesus' Aowersl are
these flowers. Miss Croesuse'' Mias
Croesus-"Oh. those bslong to The
orchid family" Nj. Croesus-. Orchid
family. indeed They amt NO Aowers
In this here conservatory bat what b.
longs 70 our own family. All bought'A
paid tex We dent do No boeryin'
frum the orchid family nor any otAsr
family. "-Bsoo1a be6eoM
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

Although Mount Hamilton is 200
feet high. the great Lick TELESCOPES was
mounted on hollow iron pier thirty
feet from base to top Owing to ito
marvellous magnifying power tho
telescope is 50 sensitive that the plac-
ing Of . mans hand on the hollow
iron pier is sufficient to thfow the star
entirely cut of the field. This can only
be obvisted BY the rc,aosal Of the
present pier and tho building Of .
solid pier Of brick or stone. or else
placing the base of the instrument
d irectly on the summit Of the mount
ain.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


The French law makes NO distinc-
ton of persons. allowing copyright to
. foreign as to q native
The New York World claims to
hsve ten men in its service who re-
ceive over 500 week salary each
Miss Booth. Of Harper's Bazaar. II
credited with earning 5000 year by
translating. besides her $1,000 as ed
itOr.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland Is
reported to have won both popularity
and substantial success as . school
teacher
Edwin Arnold. author of 1.-THE
Light of Asia" aud the translator of
many beautiful Oriental legends into
English verse. has been knighted by
Queen Victoria.
F. c. Burnand. editor of England's
greatest comic paper. Punch. was in
tended for the Romanish priesthood.
and. actually took minor orders. but
he soon discovered that he had ms
taken his avocation.
-Pailleron, the French dramatist
who forms one OF the immortal trio
whose names includes his own and
that of Sardou and Dumas. is man Of
great wealth and is entirely self made
in education and literary achievements
Richard Watson Glider. editor Of
the Century magazine. is forty-four
years old. He has been engaged in
literary pursuits since he was boy OF
twelve, when he published diminn-
tive newspaper called the ST. Thomas
LEICESTER. at Bordentown. N. J.
Mr.. Browning has added short
notice to the new edition of his wife's
poems just issued. 1t tells that Mrs.
Browning was born in Carlton Hill.
Durham. her uncle house. in 1906. She
was at the time of their marriage forty.
while he was her junior six years.
William Spencer. the author of the
opera. 1.-THE Little Tycoon" is a singu-
ly-nervous man, and is eterna!ly hum.
ming tune. When asked one DAY
about some business matters. he re-
piled: "Yes-m-Tll attend to-do I'll
me-that in the-la-mOrninS-t Ii
bizz!'
Charles Dickens says he has re-
fused several highly-flattering offers
from American publishers to write for
them new edition of american
Notes." Mr.. Dickens expects to re-
peat his visit at intervals of two years.
and does not want to kill the goose
that lays the golden eggs.
Charles G. Leland. famous twenty
five years ago for his translation Of
Heine and his Hans Breitmann bal
lads, is still living in London, and is
engaged in compiling q dictionary Of
American phrases. sayings and Slang.
He asks especially for the origin oi
Let her go. Gallagher: and any kind
Of eccentric expression that is really
American.
"A new fashion in bookbinding is
to have large sets bound in leather Of
different colors. A Boston man has
Just had Dickens bound in sixteen diff.
ferent colors, among them red. brown.
orange. light and dark blue. lemon.
fawn. maroon and black. Each novel
was bound in an individual hne. the
only duplication occurring when story
came in two volumes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

"A Boston gardener says that the
custom Of carrying a flower in the
mouth which has come into vogue
among the ladies Of some cities.
should b d:scountenanced He says
that dalmation powder and paris
green arc often sprinklsd over hot
house plants to keep OF the bugA and
that It b therefore unsafe to put tbs
stem a these blossoms in the mouth
- lip soreness IL liable to snsue y
nothing more ssEiouA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

CLEVELAND has . woman's press
club, Edith N. Thomaa tho poetesA il
= member Of IL
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
FiFTY.AcaE FARMS


How They Can Re MaAe . Pay . Faas
Ameant 81 Pre0ts.
The live stock of the 5O-acre farm
may b pair Of good breeding mares
and three colts. one colt to be raised
and one to be sold each year; Is cows.
5 yearlings and 5 calves. 5 calves to b
raised each year; 5 breeding sows may
be kept and 10 litters of pigs sold each
year. or the same value obtained by
faftening 10 pigs to the weight of $50
pounds each. In this section pasturage
can always be hired at a reasonable
rate. as some farms can only be used
for that purpose. The two oldest colts
and five yearlings can be so pastured
for $S5 the season. For mixed farm
ing. a dairy Of Holstein grades Of
q good butter family is. l think. the
best.
What can be sold from this farm
under the rotation and management
above stated?
Butter from Is COWS, 80 each ... $50
-Four acres OF potatoes, $50 per aero. 2G
Seventy-fve pigs, at from 5 to 10 weeks old,
Three-year-old colt lN
FIVE heifers or cows sold in spring. 49,. 1sc
Total amount Of sales q. ,ss
As there are plenty of large farmers
and others who do not raise their own
pigs. horses or cows. = ready market
may be always had for sucn stock. The
grain raised will be sufficient for the
team and colts. and perhaps more than
they require. as the team labor of this
farm will be light Grains for hogs and
cows can be bought The ten acres of
pasture above described will go far to-
ward keeping the sixteen cows. but it
will he necessary to cut two or three
acres of clover. and perhaps IN acre OF
peas and oats, and some of the corn
for part soiling during the summer.
Forty tons of hay can be stored for
winter use. which. with corn fodder
once day. will be found ample for the
stock named. If the farm is not suit.
able for potatoes. the whole field may
be sown to corn and more cows kept,
and the sales will be about the same.
But one of your correspondents says
that the grass seeding may fail. True.
but such thing has not happened in
my experience in IL or Is years. and is
not likely to occur on well-tilled and
well-manured farm. Another says that
abortion among his cows ruined his ex-
pectations. My dairy was formerly 60
cows. and with 80 years experience
with this trouble. can recall but one
instance in which it was necessary to
turn the COW because of failure to breed.
Some of my Holstein grades have met
with this accident, but their disposition
to give milk is SO great that the loss
resulting is comparatively light.
The farm expenses will be about as
follows:
Feed and hour bought. ....... &C
Black smithing, grinding and Insurance. "a
Grass and clover seed and seed corn... sc
Total farm expenses .................$ 5a5
0olsA1lCC. el,U
Eggs, chickens, milk, buttcr. meat
and potatoes, honey. berries and gar
den products for the family can all he
had from this small farm. If the pro-
prietor is not able to do hard labor.
few swarms of bees and half acre de-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

Eggs, chickens, milk, buttcr. meat
and potatoes, honey, berries and gar
den products for the family can all he
had from this small farm. If the pro-
prietor is not able to do hard labor. u
few swarms of bees and half acre de-
voted to small fruits. will provide
means for the payment of an extra
hand.
What can be saved from the net
thousand produced by the farm de-
ponds altogether on the condition. hab-
its and expenses of the family. 1t is
safe to say that young man with
small family. can. with good manage
mcnt save 10 per cent. or cost of farm
and stock at 500 per acre. In the
above statement there is nothing
strained-no large yields, no high
prices. no special farming. 1t simply
provides for keeping the farm and
farmer at work, and the success here
described, such as it is. is within reach
of all.-C S. Rice, IN Country Gentle
man
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
Safeguards Against lightning.

The Electrical World copies re-
mafkablc paper read before the Edison
companies at Nantasket recently. 1t Is
about safeguards against lightning, and
Is by Mr.. W, J. jerks. He holds to the
rule that lightning always chooses the
line of real resistance. Its speed is too
great and its force too fearful for it al
ways to follow loop, for instance,
when some easier route Is close by.
Eminent electricians have discovered
that when current starts in con-
ductor it begins on the outside, and
afterwards psnetrates to the interior.
A steady, or direct current flows uni
formly through the whole conductor,
but lightning is not such. The con-
drctor should be in the form of ribbon
instead of rod, and iron is preferable
to all other metals. The top of rod
or tape should have moro than one
point, and tho best points are copper
cones, heavily gilded. The English
Lightning Rod Conference of 1889 gave
the preference over all other forms oil
rods to the copper tape. The ground
connection of the rod is most important t.
One of the best earth connections may
generally be mado by a copper plate
from three to six feet square, and placed
at the bottom of a we'll or at the ter
minus Of drain, or in the bed of {
stream. A theory that receives some
ctedeneo Is that subterranean water
courses attract lightning, and to illus
trate this men with divining rods have
shown where lightning struck in years
past by using these rods in localities tc
which they were strangers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
GAS CHOKED THEM.
SIXTY-NINE MEN OVERCOME IN
HOOSAC TUNNEL.
Passenger Exprew Train Enters hui
IL Fiugged in Time.

A terrible disaster was narrowly ayerted
In tho Hoosac tunnel, Sixty-nine workmen
employed in the tunnel were overcome by
coal gas from passing locomotive and were
lying on the track as another train entered
the tunnel
The engine had lost steam, so that when
the train went into the tunnel the flrebox
was filled with new coal. The masons work
ing about 100 feet from tho west portal were
affected but little by gas after the train
passed. In short time the fllgman toward
the west shaft reported to Overseer McGrath
that the trackmen in the 5000 feet section
and the electric light men in the 000J fe.t
were overcome by the gas
Express No. SO had Just entered the tunnel
from the west, and McGrath ordered 1t
tagged, which proved wise precaution. He
then ordered all men from their work to
rescue the track and electric light men.
Push cars W ere forced into the tunnel, the
track, some partially and some wholly over.
come All were placed on the cars and
brought out into the open air. This brave
work was accomplished by John McGrath,
Edward Dolan, Patrick Shea and Eleazer
Wilbur, Dolan being so badly overcome by
gas that he lay all the afternoon in pre-
carious condition These men went clear to
thc ooOu iVcV WI MUS paw, ioSNhihS ~ nv
were unconscious when reached, nearly all of
them being on the east bounl track. Hal
the east bound express passed the masons'
flagman the slaughter would have been ter
rible.
When the tunnel was finally cleared of
workm n, rescuers and rescued were all
FRUSTRATED, some remaining in that condition
| all the afternoon. 1t is thought that two OF
the cases will prove fatal These are French
track layers whose names are unknown.
The express did not proceed un il the tunnel
had been cleared Of smoke, when track
walker went ahead to look for other bodies
but found none.
There are some days when the heavy at
mosphere outsids causes the tunnel to choke
up with smoke, but there seems to have been
peculiar atmospheric con iitions in the
tunnel, as the air outside was clear and
crisp, such as uld ordinarily clear the
tunnel qui,kl of smoke or gas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
Utility Of Oxygenized Water.

A German authority recommends n.y.
drogen peroxide for variety Of domes-
tic purposes. Being inodorous and
non-pois onous. it is desirable substi-
tute for chloride of lime and oxalic acid
for bleaching and removing stains of
every description. 1t whitens yellowed
fabrics and articles of bone or ivory.
1t is the best application for cleansing
and binding wounds and sores; and has
q most beneficial effect in diphtheria,
croup, whocping cough, etc. Bleeding is
stopped by its use. A weak solution
will remove disagreeable tastes and
smells from the mouth, or purify the
atmosphere of sick-room when sprayed
into it. Pots, pans and wooden vessels
may be freed from foul odors by per-
oxide of hydrogen, and it will swecten
and preserve butter and keep fresh
meat for long time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
A Narrow Escape.

A young husband came home from his
office tired and hungry, and the smell of
the supper was delicious. Just as he
was about t take a large bite of biscuit.
his wife remarked, with beaming
smile:
~ made those biscuits all by myself,
dear"
Pacing it gently a. far away as he
could. he said. with heartfelt gratitude:
'My precious darling, you have saved
my life. "-Epoei.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
Public Worship at Bear Gulch.

Brethren" said the Arizona minis
ter, pausing moment in his discourse,
"o save you the trouble of climbing up
on your Seats to LOOK out OF that win
dow every minute or two, ] will state
that / have here a written assurance
from tho Captain OF the Bear Gulch
Regulators that the hanging OF tho
horse thief who was caught yesterday
will not take place until 80 o'clock,
and it Is now only 11.30. There is no.
body in the ad Joining grove yet. II
there is any mole fidgetiug l shall take
UP collection. Inow proceed to tho
consideration of the third clause of my
text
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
How to Overcome the Dangers of Ex-
manure.

How to Overcome the Dangers of Elk.
pOsure.
Francis O'Reilly, the well known livery man
of No IS Prince street, New York, says of ALL
COCKS Porous PLAsTERs:
For the last forty-two years have been en-
gagged in the livery and hacking business.
am greatly aided by my four boys We are
much exposed to the weather, and we have
found ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs of very great SER
vice. We use them as chest protectors, placing
one on the chest and one on the pit of the stom-
ach. They not only ward off the cold, but act
as a tonic
We are frequently affected with rheuma-
tism, kinks in the back, and pains in the side;
but one or two of ALLCooK's PLAsTERs quickly
cure us. My wife and daughter have been
using ALLcoCK's PLAsTERs for weak back and
think the world of them. l have now been
using them for twenty years, and always have
q hoy in the house,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20

Many women are prevented by feelings of
delicacy from consulting a physician In those
disorders arising from functional arrangement
most serious results are often caused by this
neglect. To such persons Dr.. Pierces Favorite
Prescription is an especial boon. as it offers a
orders to which women are peculiarly subject,
while it saves modest girl or woman from the
embarrassment of personal consultation with
a physician. "Favorite Prescription" is the
only medicine for womans peculiar weak
nesses and ailments. sold by druggists, under a
positive guarantee from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. See guarantee on
h1tt1,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
ALMOST DROWNED IN A SEWER.

Plttsburg Officers Caught by q Flood
Igesulting from n storm.
Commissioner of Highways Andrews, City
Engineer Brown, Street Commissioner Hun
ter and three assistants had a narrow escape
from death in Pittsburg, Pa. Shortly be-
fore dark they entered large sewer on
Forty eighth street to inspect 1t:
When they started in there was no sign of
rain. but a few minutes later heavy storm
passed over the city. The party had pro-
ceeded about a thousand feet when they were
startled by the noise of rushing waters Be-
fore they could turn the water was upon
them and they had to run for their lives,
and by the time they reached the entrance
water was up to their waists. A moment
later the sewer was filed TO its utmost
capacity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
THE RECENT CUBAN HURRICANE
Loss of Life Eliminated at 500 and a
Money Loss of 81 500 900.

The first reports from Havana Of the dam
age done by the recent hurricane were not
exaggerated, In some localities along the
coast entire fishing villages were swept
away. At Sagus 100 corpses have been
discovered which were washed from graves.
Between Carapachos and Carahats 16 coast
ing schooners are high and dry in the woods.
At Isabella de Sagua, dead bodies continue
to be found along the beach, while many
were washed into the sea and others are in
the mangroves. Fish were killed in vast
numbers. Hundreds of cattle were drowned
in the river ind their putriI carcasses
now endanger the health of the city.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20
A Cool Inyesrmpnt

The Interstate Building and Loan Associa-
ton of Minneapolis, Mimi, an ASSOCIATE ion do
ing national business wishes to place so ne
OF its shares in the east. he demands for
money in the west an so great that We can
loan more than double our monthly receipts
at good interest and high premium. This as
SOC alton will matu e its stock in six years at
profit to the investor of about % per cent.
per annum. send for circulars. Good agents
wanted. Address, Interstate Blu lding and
Loan Association, 500, s09a, slOa Lu nber Ex-
change, Minneapolis, MINI. References:
Flour City Nat. Bank. Peoples Bank.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-09-20

Tonight and Tomorrow Night,
And each day and night during the week you
ran get at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get bot
tie today and keep it always in the house, so
you can check your cold at once. Price 800
and 81. Sample bottles free.