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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20

az a rule. stay away Will 60 wnen
wives. sisters and daughters go.
The Boston Transcript makes the
following significant inquiry: "a
rs It to be given to women to arouse ING NV
emf interest OF men in matters political. possi'
bly to create il outright! In home IN bos'on
there are English parents. . daughter dorm on
English soil. q son born in this country. Inc
father has not interest enough in the lana tna'
supports him to become a citizen; the son. VINO
is a citizen by birth, has not enough interest," N
his country to use his vote in UNFOLDING IT. tae
daughter. busy woman, has found b0tn time
and money (Which is not plenty in the nome)
to take out naturalization papers and qoanly
herself to vote. SO far Us the laws Of sumaee
permit. II this is not the sole CASE Of the k1no'
and il is fair to assume 1t may not be. the votes
of women will mean something besides mere
increase Of numbers, duplicating the votes OF
their fathers brothers and husbands"
To make men fill their political duties
a political revival is needed. There
can be no revival without women. 10
elevate politics we must make voting
fashionable. There can be no fashion
in voting while women are excluded
Romans Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
Archaeological Discoveries.

A discovery OF great interest has
been made in the tidal river Handle,
near Botley. Hants. England. A boat
house is being built at the point of the
junction of the Curdridge creek with
the river, some little distance above
the spot where there is still existing q
wreck of a Danish man-of-war. In re-
moving the mud to make sufficient
waterway something hard was encoun-
tered, which, on being carefully I'M
covered. proved to be portion of an
ancient canoe. II is q few feet higher
up the river than the old Roman hand
way or landing-place. and was evil
IDENTIFY sunk close to the shore. It is
about twelve feet long by two and q
half feet wide. beautifully carved, and
in q fairly good state of preservation.
Some question of ownership Is likely
to arise, as it was discovered below
high-water mark. The adjacent land
teens with fragmentarv specimens Of
Roman pottery. bricks. ETC.. and it is
expected that the explorations will
lead to further discoveries. m +
Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
A Scientific Solution.

Recognizing heredity as the distinct
i've attribute of the female sex, it be-
comes clear that it must be from the
steady advance of woman rather than
from the uncertain fluctuations OF man
that the sure and solid progress OF the
future is to come. The attempt to
move the whole race forward by elevat-
ing the sex that represents the princi-
pie of instability has long enough been
tried. The many cases OF superior
men, the sons of superior mothers,
coupled with the many more cases OF de-
generate sons of superior sires. have
taught us over and over again that the
way to civilize the race is to civiliZe
woman. And now, thanks to modern
biologic science. We see why this is SO.
Woman is the unchanging trunk OF the
great genealogic tree. while man, with
all his Wanted superiority. is but the
branch, a grated scion, as it were.
whose acquired qualities die with the
Individual. while those of woman are
handed on to futurity. Woman IS
the race, and the race can be raised up
only as she is raised up. There is no
fixed rule by which Nature has intend
ed that one sex should excel the other,
any more than there is any fixed point
beyond which either can not further
develope True science teaches
that the education of woman is the only
sure road to the evolution of man.
Prof. Lester F. Ward, in the Forum.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
A TRAGIC AFFAIR.
The Horrible Sight Witnessed by EN-
press Eugene In 1869.

The Horrible Sight Witnessed by EN-
press Eugene In 1869.
The accident which happened to
Peronnet, the crocodile tamer," at
Bona, in Algiers, will be capital ad-
vertisement for the poor fellow in
France should he recover from his in
juries. 1t appears that, as he mounted
on the back of one of the animals and
engaged in feeding them with raw
meat, he suddenly turned his head
round in order to reach out his hand
for more food, when the most ferocious
of the saurians seized him by the
stomach. Peronnet beat the animal
with his stick; but he would have been
devoured had not an assistant of his
menagerie, as well as some spectators.
prodded the reptile with iron spikes
and made it relinQuish its hold on its
victim. The occurrence recalls a
tragic affair which happened at Suez
in 1869. when the Empress Eugene was
out there for the Inauguration of the
Suez canal. Under her Majesty's win
dows in the Palace of Ghezireh was
tank containing an enormous
crocodile, twenty-three feet long.
and said to be six hundred years
old. and the animal was fed every
morning with big lump of meat
by a little boy about ten years of age.
One morning the lad in stretching
over the tank overbalanced himself,
and to the Empress horror, fell in.
The gigantic saurian tore the body to
pieces in the space of few seconds.
and her Majesty fell back fainting
from the palace window at the hor-
rible sight.-London Telegraph.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Will Carleton attributes his es-
cape from carly death by consumption
to0daily and persistent imitation of tho
lungs with fresh air. He is now forty
two years old
Mrs Frances HOdgson Burnett
the well-known novelist, signed q
contract with New York weekly pa
per to write story. for which she will
receive $4,000. This is the largest
sum ever paid > woman for any single.
story.
Miss Charlotte NJ. Yonge. the nov
eilst, IS member of the Church of
England. With the proceeds Of her
novel, 1.-The Heir of Redclyffe." she
ntted out the missionary schooner, the
Southern Cross. and 10000 from the
profits of The Daisy Chain" have gone
to the building of missionary college
in New Zealand.
-'Howells writes until early after
noon. and then. laying aside mis- pen.
gives the afternoon to recreation and
the evening to social pleasure or to
reading. He is a slow producer. yet
Is able to write coupe of novels q
year. in addition TO performing good
ly amount of miscellaneous literary
work. He revises good deal. fire.
quently rewriting whole chapters.
John Banvard. he historian. poet
and artist, who achieved fame and
fortune many years ago by his panora-
ma OF the Mississippi river. is now liv-
ing in humble circumstances in Water
town. d. I. Mr.. Banvard claims the
honor of having originated the idea OF
canal around Island No. 10, by
which the capitulation of that rebel
stronghold was compelled and the
upper Mississippi wrested from the
Confederates General Fremont bears
witness to the truth of Mr.. Banvard'S
claim.
Mr.. Chauncey Depew. in his re-
cent visit to England. had an hours
talk with Gladstone. who said to him:
"Sixty years ago read Chief-Justice
Marshall's life of Washington. and I
was forced to the conclusion that he
was quite the greatest man that ever
lived. The sixty years that have
passed have not changed that impress
sion. and to any Englishman who seeks
my advice in the line of his develop
ment and equipment. / invariably say:
Begin by reading the life of George
Washington.
Tom Hughes is as popular rs
county court judge as he is as the author
of tom Browns School Days" He
is now past middle life and has the
British robust figure and the British
red. round face and small eycs-in
fact, he bears an excessively jolly APP
pearance Mr.. Hughes is an ardent
co-operator and after heavy days
work in court thinks nothing of travel
ing some thirty or forty miles into the
heart OF Lancashire to address a CO.
operative meeting. He is very quiet
speaker and general favorite with
his audience.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
WHAT THEY ASK.
Simply FrsadOm-TEc Privilege OF Voting
If They Wish is All That Women Want.

Simply Fro adom-Tl.c Privilege OF Voting
If They Wish is All That Women Want.
1t is notorious fact that a large part
of the people are 50 afraid of offending
the masses that while they believe a
thing is right. yet they can't get the
consent of their mind to belong to the
side which is in the minority. They
want to be popular and therefore they
must be on the popular side. am
aware that nowadays if man dares
to come out of the rut and advocate
any reform against popular opinion he
is at once pronounced crank. But
thank the Lord for just such cranks.
If we had one or two of them in every
city and town in the United States at
the head of the press. our political
systems would be turned upside down
and inside out until the rOttenness and
corruption that would come to the sur
face would astOnish even a railroad at
torney.
do not propose to thrust my wife
into the jury box. neither do propose
to thrust any one else into the jury box.
suppose that when society is purified
and elevated as it should be, that
judges will be elected because of legal
abilities and moral character, and that
juries will be drawn because of their
special fitness. intelligence and integ-
rity. And should it become necessary
at any time to try one OF the cases that
occasionally come up from the lower
grade of society, simply because
my wife is allowed the privilege OF
voting it does not follow that she must
be drawn on that particular jury.
Then. il ninety-nine hundredths Of
our women are cOntented with their LOT
and do not want to vote. why are we
afraid to grant them the privilege:
That is all they ask-simply the privi-
lege to be free to do as they wish. No
body wants to force women into poll
tics. simply allow them to exercise
their judgment The assertion tina
none but bad women want to vot,
being only an assertion. no argumen
having been produced to prove it, it i
unnecessary to disprove it-A. q
Dale, tn Western Rural.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
General Suffrage.

How to secure q full vote of men in
election is one of the most important
questions in practical politics. All the
meetings, professions, torchlight ban
ners, music circulars, and newspaper
editorials, are only means to secure
that end Yet, in spite of all these,
one quarter to One-third of our voters
fail to vote on election day. And the
a5sentees, as rule. are men of more
than average intelligence and property.
Suffragists have always claimed that
tho voting of women was the lever
with which to overcome this masculine
indifference, and that the men who now,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
A MAgnanimous Maiden.

She-This is leap year. John?
He--Yes, dear.
She-And it is going fast?
He-It will be over directly.
She-Well. there's one thing I've
got to say about it
He-Yes.
She-I have never proposed to you.
He-You have not.
She-And don't intend to.
He-No?
Certainly not. Ny dear John,
let me tell you that will never do
such a thing. I'm not going to lei
you have it to say in the years to come
that l proposed to you. No. sir. ]
want you to have it to say that you
courted me in q leap year. and you
proposed to me yourself. l want you
to have it to say that l never gave you
the least hint that wanted you. No,
dear John, l leave the proposing tn
you entirely.-Boston Courier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

Woman Suffrage I'm Austraiia-Report OF Q
Recent Interesting Meeting Of Leading
SufraEists in the Great Island.
A late issue OF the Woman's Journal
contained the following:
The Australian House has bill be-
fore it which proposes to extend the
suffrage to all women, married or SIN
gle, who are twenty-five years OF age
and WHO have property qualification.
The women of South Australia held a
spirited meeting at Adelaide, on July
20. The discussions were shared not
only by women. but by clergymen and
members of Parliament Rev. j. T..
Kirby moved THAT a wOman's suffrage
league be formed in order to obtain leg
islation giving women the franchise on
the principles adopted at the meeting
of ladies and others held at Gawler
place on July 49," This was seconded
by Mrs. .. Lake. and supported in a
lively speech by Mrs. NJ. Lee. who said
that two thousand women OF South Aus
tralia had petitiOned the throne for the
relief of cruel evil in India
An amendment was moved by Mr.. j.
Il. Sellar, that the suffrage qualifica-
tons for women should be the same as
for men. He saw no reason why there
should be four years difference between
the sexes. After some discussion it
was resolved not to divide the meeting,
but to pass the original resolution.
which was accordingly done unani-
mously. DIR. Stirling, NJ. p. was
chosen chairman of the league. Mr.. b.
Gould, M. p. said he would do all he
could in the House to fix the voting age
at twenty-one. In an excellent speech
the chairman said:
at was the most obvious thing in the
world that the good government OF
the country concerned all who lived in
it alike, whether men or women;
and the equal liability of women
with men to all the burdens and
all the pains and penalties of the
State demanded corresponding rights
and privileges, amongst which the
most important must be the privilege
to take share in the selection of those
who were to make the laws that all had
to obey. That was a proposition he
had not yet heard refuted. He was
quite old enough to remember when
all the things now said in opposition to
the granting of the suffrage to women
were said when it was first proposed to
give them sound. substantial and
liberal education. He had seen the
students of Girton and Newman Col
lages He found them far more intel
ligent and better companions than
those who had not received the same
education. He reminded gentlemen
that the suffrage bill had majority
vote. and said he was quite certain he
saw a change coming"
From the spirit of this meeting and
from the cooperation of members of
Parliament. there seems to be a good
outlook for woman suffrage in Aus
fralio
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
FARM APHORlSMS.

Agricultural Wisdom snd Wit In Homeo.
pathic Doses.
Kind treatment is an equivalent ia
food.
The greatest enemy of agriculture Is
ignorance.
The mule is hardy and handy, if not
handsome.
If you would have your boys profit
by your mistakes. don't repeat them.
Some farming is like an old jacket
-frayed at the edges and very thin
elsewhere.
Growing boy on the farm is a
mighty good foundation preparation
for him for any honorable business.
There is this difference between the
poor and the good farmer: One COM
plains of the bad seasons, the other
rejoices in the good seasons.
Two horses of one kind will do as
much work as four horses Of another
kind. and it ought not to be hard to
determine which is the more profit
able.
When a man comes half mile to
borrow a hoe or fork. you may de-
pend on his coming some day to Dor
row money. but never coming to pay
it back.
The farmer candidate may not give
you as much ta6y as the city man be-
fore election, but he Is more apt to
consider your interests after he is
elected
Perhaps it can't be remedied. but it
Is, nevertheless. pity that the Great
urs aattered by the nod of q politician
eaats = vote that counts as much as the
ballot cast by . true man--ADerieos
Agriesltnrist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
ALL TAKE A REST.

some Sensible and Some Nonsensical
Post-Electi0n Thoughts.
There are good many things that
can take a rest, now that election Is
over. First and foremost are the
candidates; then the campaign orator.
who has been shouting and gesticulat-
ing from platform. stump and barrel
heads for 10 these many weeks. His
throat is raw and infamed. his eyes
weak and watery from the smoke of
campaign torches. and he is carrying
his voice in sling.
The campaign song singer is SINH
larly worn out and needs a long rest.
He has sung in every kind of key. not
excepting whis-key, and sounded all
the notes of musical electioneering.
He and the campaign song writer can
60 off and recuperate together.
The campaign editor can rest, too.
from the exhaustive task of exposing
and thwarting the tricks of the enemy.
and inventing and flooding the market
with roorbacks of his own. If it be
his candidate that is defeated he will
write an editorial showing how it was
done, and then throw down his pen in
disgust and go of and soak his head.
The man who plays in the band is
resting, too; and the torch bearer Of
the procession, and the fellow who
hurrahs. and the army with banners,
and the horses of the parade, and the
boys who follow professions and yell
for all candidates with cheerful inn
Partially.
Then the people who do not march
in professions, who do not attend po-
litical gatherings and who take no spe-
sial part in a campaign. are glad Of q
rest, too. They tired of the whole
thing long ago. They could find noths
ing In the papers but politics. politics,
and their ears were stunned by the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
WHITE HOUSE PETS.

Creatures Dear to the Hearts OF Ladies
Of the Executive Mansion.
Nellie Arthur had q spotted Indian
pony for the apple of her eye.
Mrs Pierce was very fond OF the
black nag that her husband rode.
Mrs. Monroe brought the first white
rabbit to the National premises.
Harriet Lane had a large stag
hound that was presented to her in
England.
dolly" Madison's particular pet
was a fine saddle nag. At Montpelier
she had pet sheep.
Mrs. Adams had a great goldfish and
one of q blush tint, sent her by New
England sea captain.
Mrs. Hayes had magnificent inn
ported Japanese cat that was presented
to her by a naval officer.
Martha Washington's chief pet was a
beautiful green parrot Mrs. WASH
ington was also very fond of a fallOw
deer.
Mrs. Grant had a strawberry ROAM
COW that was a superb mixer and sup
piled her table with milk and cream.
Mrs. Bliss, President Taylor's
daughter. who presided over the White
House until her fathers death, had a
splendid white owl.
Miss Cleveland's pet while at the
White House was beautiful rose
which she found in the conservatory
and which now bears her name.
An eagle occupied cage ut the
mansion for part of President Fill
more's term, gift from q political
admirer, and the noble bird was often
fed by Mrs. fillmore.
Mrs. jackson never presided at the
White House, but large black and
white coon that had been caught when
young and trained by one of her faith
full slaves had the run of the household.
m y Graphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
NOTABLE WOMEN.

SUSAN P. ALLYN. founder of the
Allyn House at Hartford, Ct, has left
$4,000 to the Connecticut Industri-
al Schools for Girls.
Miss ELEANORT. WRAGG. of Charles
ton, S. c., has become well known as
an engraver, and her productions are
in demand by Northern publishers.
DIR. KATE l. KELSEY. of Menomonie,
Wis. has been elected city physician
and poor commissioner for the third
time. Her present reelection is unan-
imOus.
THROUGH the efforts of Miss Floretta
Vining. large property owner at Hull.
the Government has concluded to estab-
lish a life-saving station at Nantasket
Beach.
Mrs. HODGsON BURNETT. author of
"Little Lord Fauntelroy." was lately
welcomed in Manchester, Eng. Cher ma
tive city,, reception being giveu In
her honor.
Mrs. ORMIsrON CHANT. in speaking
to the British Women's Temperance
Association, said that American women
organize better than English women,
but English women work better than
American women.
MRS. S. NJ. WAITE. of Whitmore
County. Washington Territory, having
some funds of her own. purchased land
for town site about two years ago
and with her husband, decided to make
a prohibition town. Generous offer.
are made to such as may be interested
in building up = temperance town, and
the village ''Elberto1" is growing in {
degree that promises to make the en-
terprise success.
Miss BLODGErr, who has charge O
protective work among young girls il
Boston. has aided more than six hun
dred of them since the Young Womenl
Christian Association employed her t,
undertake the work year ago. Sh.
aids unprotected girls arriving by coas
or foreign steamers, helps them to fini
their friends, warns them of the dan
gers of great city. and finds then
low-priced but respectable boarding
houses.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20
HUMOROUS.

AT the Ball.-Miss Keane to hand
some young physician-"Oh doctor.
how do you do? You look killing this
evening"" Young physician Quietly
THANK you. but I'm not; I'm OF
duty. don't you know" = BRAKES
Magazine.
In speaking OF the girl to whom.
Re was engaged he referred to her rs
his " financee." "YOu mean your
Eancee. suppose? 1t is pronounced
feeahn-say." Il don't care how it IS
pronounced; this girl is my financee.
She is worth a hundred thousand dol
lars"
Citizen Ito milk dealer)-"Whatl Las
become of Jim, y.mr delivery boy9'
Milk Dealer-'I discharged him.
Citizen-''Wasn't he faithful?" Milk
Dealer-"Yes, Jim was faithful
enough; but he would go driving
about the streets. N the early morning.
singing The Ole Oaken Bucket y
~ y Sun.
Mrs. Haysecd-" reckon thar
young Virgins that comes to see
Mirandy amt so well of rs he was.
Mr.. H. -''What makes We think so.
mother?" Mrs. H-''Why. he used t,
wear a pair of specs; but since he wen:
to college see he can only afford to
wear one spec. Seems queer economy.
too. "-Amsrica.
MIR. Padup-'.Mrs. Hashcrost. this
pie positively excites my admiration.
Can't you let me have a whole ons
just like it?'' Mrs. Hashcroft-..O.
Mr.. Padup. you're a sad fiatterer. Il,
afraid" Mr.. Padup-.'No. I'm il,
earnest about it. want the crust :"
bottom one of the Office chairs with
-Tsrre Aamte Ezpresa
Farmer Ryestraw (sett.ing hotel
billy" Say. young man. what doe.
this mean-four dollars and ninety
cents extra fur gasp Clerk"
let the gas burn all night. didn't VOTE
F. R" Well. if that amt nice lar
out! Put up sign, Don't blow on.
the gas. and charge man for le:tin.
it burnr'-Golden Days.
Miss DeSmith-..I envy you YOU
lover. Nellie. He is my beau ideal OF
q man. l suppose he always antici-
pates your slightest wish?'' Miss
Travis-''Well-yes in every respec.
but one" Miss DeSmith-'.Wha: j,
that?' Miss Travis-..When he sees
me pickering up my lips and looking
roguish he doesn't seem to catch on.
Burlington Free Press
Maud (who has answere. tho
door-beA HERSELF" George, you mus.
not come into this house tonight. If
you love me. darling, fly at once, and
do not let my father discover your
presence." George (tragically)-"Oh.
Maud. my darling! What serpent has
entered our Eden to wreck our happi-
ness? Speak. girl, speak," Maud
(tearfully)-" Father has Just come
home with the gas in'-Lo,oen CHI.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-20

clash of music in the streets. the crash
OF professions and the general Wild
hullabaloo. To them the rest Is doub-
~ grateful
And come to think of it, we will take
q rest ourselves SJ1ings.
, 1888-08-18

PREACHING and practice don't always
dovetail. A few weeks ago ex Governor
Warren returned from the East loaded
down with protection arguments. His
talks OF the wool business were particu.
larry eloquent. The Mills bill, he was
free to confess, knocked the everlasting
stufing out of the wool business and unless
the tariff of 'G7 was speedily restored
every man who owned a hoof OF this sort
OF stock might Just as we'll 80 into imme-
date bankruptcy. This was preaching.
As for the practice, the eloquent ex-gov-
crnor has just bought another big, bunch
of sheep in Colorado.