Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-01

step toward the practical appllcatlOn
of the Bill of Rights.-Luey Stone, IN
Woma,a's Journal.
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
! MADAME FAvRE has completed .
translation of Emerson's works into
French. 1t will fill eight volumes.
Her husband was the well-known Be-
publican statesman of France.
Miss CooPER-PA grard-niece of
, Fenimore Cooper. has made her debut
on the stage in England as the heroine
of o new play called ''Sidonie. She
is described as tall. handsome. grace
full and fairly good actress.
ANNA DICKINSON has just put the
finishing touches to an historical drama
called "Aurelian,'' upon which she
has been engaged for years. Those
who have read the manuscript pro-
nounce it not only good reading but q
good acting play.
BARONESS DE RoTHsCHILD is SO fond
of cruising about Lake Leman in her
yacht that she goes by the nickname
of the "Swiss Admiral" The lake is
subject to sudden and dangerous
storms, but the Baroness is a good
sailor, and knows how to manage her
yacht.
Mas A. G. FROST. superintendent
of franchise for the Ohio w. G. T. u.
made at their recent annual meeting
an exceedingly earnest appeal for
woman suffrage. pointing out the fall
lacies of the arguments brought
against it. and the urgent need there
is of woman's ballot.
Mrs. NJ. G. C. LEAvIrT. the Round
the World missionary of the w. c.
L. u. is now in India She says: I'm
every town have visited have seen
more soldiers than ever saw in Amer
lea. except during our late war. or
than any tourist would see in travelling
over the entire country"
Mrs. THEODORE F. C. DEMAREsr,
whose maiden name was Mary Lee,
died at Los Angeles. CAL. a few days
ago. She was the author of the popu-
lar song. MY Ain Countree," and
published volume of poems some
years ago. She had been an invalid
for several years, and was in Cali
fornia for her health. She leaves no
children.
Mrs. HENDRICKS is said to be a thor
ough woman of business. She has
gone to California to look after her in
tcrests in certain mines, on which her
husband. the late Vice President spent
$1,000 There are $4,000 acres in
the Hendricks tract, and she proposes
to make careful examination of it
to see whether it is good fruit-growing
soil. Mrs. Hendricks has been presi-
dent of the Indiana State Prison Re-
formatory for fourteen years.
Miss ORMERoD. the distinguished
English cntomo ogist, has published a
pamphlet OH the Hcssian Fly, which is
declared to contain the most cur
Gus and interesting information that
has yet been obtained with regard to
that pest" Miss Ormerod has
Matched out a number of the parasites
which came with the fly, last summer,
and these have been identified by Prof
Riley and DIR. Lindeman as all of Rus
sian origin, and as comprising all the
seven known species.
Miss SoRABJ1, young Parsee
woman. is the only "girl graduate -
in the Bombay Presidency, India. She
has distinguished herself throughout
her university course. and has won
scholarships each year. In 1885 she
was declared Havelock "prize-man." "
and gained the Hughling scholarship.
besides being at the head of the list Of
competitors in English. She has now
graduated in the first class. Only six
students in all. of whom the remaining
, five were men, succeeded in obtaining
this degree.
: Miss MINNIE FREEMAN, the youne
teacher of the Myra Valley, Neb., dis.
trict school. has thirteen pupils. from
: six to thirteen years old. A blizzard
lately struck the schoolhouse, and the
= building was unroofed. Miss Free.
, man tied all the pupils together by
the arms with Irvine three abreast.
The youngest child she took in
her arms, after tying the Irvine
around her own body. Selecting
, her way carefully. she led her
, little charges. with words Of en-.
; enlargement. through deep drifts and
> binding Slizzards to = farmhouse.
, three-quarters of . mile distant. and
all were saved.