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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22
WENDELL ITEMS.

Flowing is the order Of the day in these
parts.
Messrs Porter and Wilson went to Oberiin
hast Tuesday after seed oats and corn.
w. H. Summer is looking for his father
from Missouri every day.
Tom bigger is building an addition onto his
house.
Bonds. Bonds! is all one can hear. For
our part, we would like to have the road. but
think that patent seats and railroad be nds
will rake taxes steep enough for . common
man. Anything for improvement.
Jim Beahm says he has Lizxie's picture. He
says there Is no use to keep it stili. for every
body will know II. Nov, don't you tell"
Mt, Munkres Is expected here with his fam.
ily and goods soon.
Our usually quiet ne;ghbOrhOod was thrown
into fever Of excitement over the collision
ct good baptist Brother" and one OF his
neighbors. They rartook in nice little
knock do IN. and the brother got II put al
over him. Pa always told me advic. was no
COED without practiced by the giver so. Jim.
yours is no good.
Election is over. Vote stands So against to
% for bends. We say. like . little man. let the
majority rule We are not that wav fh0ueh.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22
To the City Of Colby, Kansas, ON
MONDAY, APRIL ad, 1899.


This addition situated only blocks
Quoted BY the ticket holders and to be fair impartial
$50 lots and $50 prizes follows
PRIZE NO. 1.-Two story dwelling house. newly built and elegantly
finished with choice location of lots valued at o. 600
PRIZE NO. "a dwelling newly elegantly
with choice location of 2 lots, valued at $1,000
PRIZE NO. 3-Onequart block containing lots valued
so choice lots valued each at 10000
100 choice lots, valued each at $4,000
Realizing the advantages that the Colby holds
other cities natural railroad facilities
destined become the commercial of the and
desiring people from different this and other interested
laid
meiatey adjoining the business the beautiful
slightly location placed them the this
pleasant for home Colby already north and south railroad
operation and the Slna Lincoln Western placing the ground
material for the construction of their n forming junction
with the Oakley Colby Northwestern this place The Rock Island
expected work having located their
this The B. NJ NJ p and Santa Fe line
this Colby surrounded by her agricultural and grazing country
situated the ndest natural road world destined
become great lines
$50 90 each SOUTH PARK INVESTMENT CO.
We the undersigned respectfully represent listed
offered drawing
of Colby smooth level land without break
the surface and in all respects desirable The location mme
date adjoining blocks
located but block this addition The finest residences
located South Addition
capital prize this drawing have htancy certifying that
single lot offered cheap the which the tickets Sold
Sgned) -E A. Hail. Cashier National Bank j. McGonga
Joseph Gill; Editor Thomas CAT H. Martini President National
Bank Geo Kaub Merchant W. W. Walker G. W. Goodsoe Attorney
Cha Hovey County Treasurer w Wcoxon County Attorney
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22
We are in receipt of the following:
OAKLEY, KAN, March Is. 1a88.


MIR. EDIroR-SIR.-When my time is
up for the Car. (the Sd of May. please
stop it. as l wont support no man that
wonts to mortgage my land to Walstreet
million heirs. / came here to get home,
and now you and some of our county
officers are doing your best to brake the
hOmesteader up. If you tell trooth. Why
is farmers in Polk county, Nebraska,
taxed to death, and everywhere else that
bonds voted? You have all acted unfare
and unjust. You would thiuk hard of
us down here in Randle township if we
would ask you to vote bonds for q road
here NO BONDS IN THOMAS COUN-
TY, is the sentiment of the voters OF
Randle, nor no vote for the man that
wants them. W. w. GEORGE.
We want to say to Mr.. George as fol-
lows:
list. You have never paid one cent to-
ward our support. as your subscription
was paid to our predecessor.
I'd. This paper advocates what il
deems best for the county. We are sor.
~ that you have not seen this matter of
the county bonds in the right light, but
sooner or later you will see that it works
to your individual, interest, as well as to
the prosperity Of the whole county.
Sd. Polk county, Nebr., has 12 miles
or less of railroad to which she has voted
aid to the extent of -. 900 per mile. The
interest would be abont $1.440 per an.
mum. How then, can you claim that
the farmers there are taxed to
death on its account? The law in Ne
braska does not provide for stock in
the company to which bonds are given,
as in Kansas.
4th. Randall township is in one cor
ner of the county, and road there
would be of benefit to Randall township
only, or country adjacent. Taking Polk
county, Nebraska. as an example: The
Union Pacific runs through the northwest
township. but has no bonds.
9Th. We presume that if you are re-
publican, you will vote for republicans, if
a democrat, you will support the demo-
cratic nominees. In other words you
will vote your sentiments You say that
in Colby we have acted unfair. How?
Did not you, or whoever chose, 60 to the
polls and vote for or against bonds, as
you believed of interest to the county?
If so, what is unfair about the election :?
9Th. The county officials had nothing
to do, any more than as citizens, in this
matter of county bonds to the Rock Is
land. The question of giving or not Civ
ing aid to the g., K. s. N. Rsilway into
the county was wholly nOn-partisan.
Democrats and republicans alike, inter
ested in the welfare of the county as
whole, supported and worked for the
bond proposition.
9Th. Now, Mr., George. you have the
right to differ from us on any proposition
but we claim the right also to differ from
you. No one man supports a paper. and
as we have about 1, 800 subscribers. while
VIC are sorry to lose your name from our
list. We will try, after erasing your name
from our books, to get along with what
is left. although it may cramp us awhile.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22

ready q greater railroad mileage than
either of the great states of New York
Pennsylvania or Ohio.
And note this fact also: There was
built in Kansas last year 25S5 miles of
new road-double the amount built by
any other state in the nion.-Minneap-
oils Messenger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22
THE u. P. LANDS
THE MARKET ACTUAL SETTLEMENT.


% @ second ee s pnpal %
nnu be
McGONIGAL & SON, Agents,
COLBY, kAS
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Abiec. Peasants of Belgrade.

I doubt, however, If the Saxon villain,
even in the time of the early Norman kings,
was so thoroughly crushed a mortal as the
Servian peasant. The young MOBILES of Bel
grade who entertained Sveto2ar Igal aud
me, and drove US about the city and suburbs
in imported Viennese barouches, siashed tie
peasants with their long whips right and left
In wanton sport whenever we passed string
of them bringing their heavily laden wagons
into town They meant their blows 10 hurt,
too, slashing them. across the head and
shoulders, and laughing gleefuLy whenever
they made good hit.
The peasants lodged and bumped their
shoulders and ran of the road, but never
saw one of them show spark of self
assertion. As regards spirit, they seemed TO
me to be pretty much on a level with tho
pariahs that from Belgrade eastward begin
to swarm the streets. Like the pariahs,
.hoy are equal to a desultory squabble
occasionally among themselves, but kicks
and blows from their superiors ara re-
ceived with object submissioq The better
classes seem quite unconscious Of there being
any injustice in this insolence, or if they are
conscious of it they never show it. Our Bel
grade entertainers seemed generous, whole
souled fellows enough, but / never heard ono
of them attempt to check or chide another
for striking an inoffensive peasant. In one
OF the barouches was little boy, tho pct
brother of one Of the young men. A whip
was given to this youngster and be was en-
couraged to try his tiny strength and dexter
ity at scoring hit whenever we were about
to pass peasant. The small aristocrat
would wback away and chuckle loudly Mt his
own cleverness, precisely as though he were
pSacticing on some passing animal. Tho
women, too, seemed to be tarred with tho
same feather. The son Of ono of the wealth
lest and most eristocratic families in Bel
grade told his mother and sisters at the din
ner table about me shaking my head in dis
approval Of their wanton slashing of tho
whip. The ladies, gentle, refined and wei
bred, as such things go in Servia, smiled
amusedly at the idea; plainly they couldn't
understand why | or any one else should
object TO striking a peasant. - Thomas
Stevens in New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
rrodnction of .oId nIaster..,S

There is 10 doubt that in London. Paris
and elsewhere fraudulent pictures are
produced systematically and on an extern
sive scale One of our daily conteTnDo-
raries. dealing with this subject lately,
asserts that half the old masters which
go TO America are painted In Paris. These
manufactured pictures are not really the
work Of any one man, but are made up OF
that of several For example, one artist
will paint the sky, a second the trees. a
third the foreground and a fourth the
water. another will do the figures or cat
tie, and so on, according to the special
ties Of the different men Indeed. the IL
vision of labor is carried ON Ia making this
class Of picture as In any other ulanUfsc-
tUre. II is not TO say that because pic
ture is built up Of several peoples labor
that it Is necessarily bad ~ work Of art,
bat it Is certainly fraud upon the y1r-
chaser if it is sold as the work Of art of
one Of the old masters.-BritiBh Journal Of
Photography.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
carcu1aTIons or an observer.

An observant citizen makes the follow
ing calculation, which is given for what
it is worth: Out of every ten average
American men. one viii take the wrong
side Of tho walk, two VIII stand In the
door Of ear il there is no seat. three Will
sport toothpick in their mouths IN public,
four will expectorste in public places, FIVE
viii carry an umbrella horizontally under
their arm in the street. six viii cross their
legs in car, seven viii fail 10 remove
their hats IN down town elevator when a
LADY enters, eight viii forge. 10 shut a
car door when they 60 in or out. nine viii
risk their lives to catch q train when they
could just as well wait for the next oae.
and the whole ten viii growl al their
lives st p1blie nuisances without doing
anything to abats them--New YORK
yTS-h---a
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Simplicity of Danish Royaity.

Contradicting the current fiction that
the czarina makes the dresses Of her chill
dren, Mr.. Labouchere reInayks that the
czarins and al her sisters acted as their
own maids and dressmakers Ia early life,
simply because the present king and queen
Of Denmark coald not then afford either
70 buy their things or 20 provide them
with attendants. IS their income did Dot
exceed $1,000 q year altogether, and they
had SIX children, all Of whom have
achieved great marriages. the Princess of
Wales being the first 70 make = coup.
The sons have been as fortunate ss tia
daughters. for the crown p-tncess Of
Denmark, who WINS the only enid Of the
late king Of Sweden by his marriage with
the Princess Louise 81 he Netherlands.
Inherited o fortune which oould only ee
counted by millions from her mother; ard
Prince Wsldernar obtained q settlement
Of 500 year when be married the
daughter Of the Due De Ch>xtrS.-kew
Yexk Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Wasn't Csed TO It.

4 Traveller was eating supper Il TIA stEfy
saloon OF Chesapeake bay steamboat, aad
vixen BE had fnssSed toe r1ea. TIE winter
brought = finger bowl. win that extra touch
OF ooicrsd poiit@ssss which preceded tbs er-
rected fes. Tia guest nsStsssaed liz fingers
and lips from the bowl, and then look Of
surprise oversprsad hs facs. sEWha. IN
thar hs asked Water, SAL. 'Its ksro-
ssxae-s ''Water, sahT II seii yo1 its kero-
seoe,n sad tie guast aEErily, - sas fumes Ct
coal ol arose from his zss,ssschs szd flngsrz.
" = hat do yc1 take rzss Eo-f Do ycz thtzs
ry r1Eseachs Is = lamp wicki Maytc you
think want to be a sosch light EzosesssoaF-
''S=hF Taxa this stuff away, / tel you.'
thundsred tbs oa o5vegxd tourist Tho tor
rl3ed waiter ehesst, aid usos.sn. Later re-
appeared viii snoshsr bowl, .ssd :--Cs-
blngiy: Il recon yosl Vas T5gkt, ssh- ]
dose gave yea tee box3 WE. .ss lzsS- Dip
Ia eat. H-ISa Anss1gz. -
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
The PopuIasson of sfsriea.

Possibly there are I.59o. 900 white men,
properly so called. u MEXICO. snd, as I
have shown, they are differentiated among
themselves by climate Then tkers are
ni1ed hoods 20 tie number O. sbou.
2.5oo. 900 approximately. ard these. scat
tered oTsr he rePubhe. differ IA many
WAYS through climatic ea1zez- Tkea eo-ss
abou. e,0,0.0O Indians, scns very much
civilized. s1zzse ssr.s-civilizei ard others
bA-ba-o12 Of the bzxhGrozs Esdiars
some &c peaceful enough. AID others, Ike
tie Cls1 SAzts Cruz i-6.srs Of the 1acs-
t4n peninsula, are feres AID vsrlsEe-
The Fssuis Of Sonora na&y be tAkea a.
examples OF sez5-ciyiIszed fsdta-s- These
Indian races speAk d1Ecreat languages.
tho1gh many tribes use Spanish TO .
greater o- less extent according 20 tbs
Measure Of .As.- contact With HEs.s 2en-
Coz. Ecx:on Eernsd,
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17

A tevse3sr vito wa asked n 10 was .sy,sd
npon 70 furri15 syeciGl watch eas- e1sl<us for
ksz Customer replied: II should say So
VIA. class II designs, wei, rsoaoxrar.s
principally, while Eezt 70 seSss IN popularity
come cre<ts, Which ars 10 gfss. aszz2ri
azaczz that clssz n p@opss who 6el1sis n
initiating everything 'Rzg..ah, yoa kzsox'
O. course rzxzy Of tness psofss kasssf iss
fasutes. isss Shetbsy tsetr FAMILIES po-sezs
coa.s Of CITES or sot. t1+ IA. &c=<-.. s<OsSis
ts,eu ia ths Isa<.. TaSy sxlscs vEA;s<<<
c1s.sz hsszea % sxis tAc<r faec.as frusa .
book Of designs, Aa1 ere hxypy vssn sAsy
can pezrs &C: tzs 6sy.oss - ssa.r sx.z1s %
'oGr arrSors4l ce<r-2zn - GsZ'
-Trsrs -, however. 70 .--i: sSs1s vx<tsty
CT o<16aEsz q .sS 6sz-<-s Nc are Esxsd sOsz-
grave en- ussea eaaaA WY, O. e<Asr cAy
e gao broaxks - . vsev q k4z kozss ect
grounds. VITA Es wife al cAz.2sss as
er.rlnx n battle-ground. sad ~x-se6 3 ~
rroa zaed q t6s Es.cs O. "a ~asrA IL 20
Wa . e-.-cs.s oz-s, III We ssGsr-o1< =. El~i
t.rrat O., Ilos pssos 6: ~c<k Iss CD
to1e~ va ds.lgEts6 VIA &. stsS=<s ias
szExsylzx ouz. LA "a to rz4seS1rsSsa q
So Lax-.sss liz tsss ccc>s ksgS. .. s1--s
rzca.s zsx Tara HGz-s-1sHs.s<s UssxtA
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
TOBACCO CHEWING DECREASING.
Reasons Why Dealers Do Not Sell Much
.Chewers' SOlace" as Formerly.

Reasons Why Dealers Do Not Sell as Much
'-Chewers' solace' as Formerly.
When the elder Charles Dickens WAS In this
country on his first visit there was no one OF
the American habits which called forth from
the great novelist more condemnation than
the one Of chewing tobacco. But times
change, and national as well as personal
habits change with them America Is ID
longer nation Of tobacco chewers, and thss
manner OF using tobacco is gradually, Hyt
surely, passing away.
Every tobacconiSt recognizes the great
change that is taking place in what in one
sense may be termed the public taste A to-
bacco dealer whose trade IS not almost ex-
clusively among sailors says that he does not
sell one-haH as much chewing tobacco today
as he did ten years ago, and not more than
one-third as much as twenty years ago. Said
ono OF them a few DAYS ago:
1.-The falling off IN the use Of chewing to-
bseco IS great deal more apparent here IN
the east than it is in the south and west, but
it is noticeable everywhere, One cause for
tho decsdence of the habit is undoubtedly
due to the growth of public opinion that it 10
en- uncleanly habit, II is hard also for man
addicted TO the habit TO keep from showing
evidences OF it on his clothes and person
"But the principal causes are right here;
There is a great deal more dyspepsia and
stomach trouble in the country now than
there used TO be, and no person with a weak
stomach can chew tobacco. The action Of
the tobacco juice, which trickles down the
throat of chewer is to paralyze tho action
of the stomach. 1t viii accomplish that long
before tobacco smoke will leave any percepti-
be effect upon the lungs Then, again, the
cigarette has done great deal to put an end
to the chewing habit.
''The growth OF the cigarette practice in
this country is and has been phenomenal
The consumption Of cigarettes has multiplied
many tirless during the last fifteen years.
About seven out of every ten boys now grow
ing up smoke cigarettes After a boy has
smoked cigarettes for few years he has not
only no taste for tobacco in any other form,
but he has no stomach or constitution left 10
stand chewing tobacco.
''The sufferings which an inveterate to-
bacco chewer eldures when he first deprives
himself OF bis accustomed weed are popa-
larly supposed to be intolerable. Some eI-
chewers say they are, while others maintain
that they are nothing which resolute VIII
and clear head cannot easily master. All
agree however, that they have TO use some
substitute at first, be it only match or a
wooden toothpick. New FORK Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Tanning an overspirlted steed.

A gentleman stood looking ct a horse car
team the other day One OF the horses was
beautiful black, a high stopper, fiery and
evidently OF high pejigrea While tie gen
ueman WAS atnu'ing the animal friend
came by and remarked: DO Won know
whose horse that is" NO said the eeptla-
man. Well said Tire friend. THAT black
colt is the property Of Mr.. -" naming a
well known horse fancier. His horse r.n
away with him the other day. it has become
SO spirited that ne determined TO break him
down 10 hard work Every time ne gets q
horse that worries him ike that he lets TIE
street car company take him ard Use him
fer a few weeks. That takes the life and
spirit right out of him, and ne becomes per-
fectly tractable. After two weeks in the
street csr business he doesn't run away any
MORE 1t Is said that other horse fanciers in
this and other cities have similar way o!
breaking II Their aegy ssoeGs.-AIbany Jour.
IA.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Hoang flo. the Curse of China

During the last twenty-five centuries,
since the year 600 of the ancient era, Tho
lower Hoang Ho has completely changed
its COURSE ten times, cutting itself one or
severe new beds in the fertile plain, and
each time caused a partial depopuiation
of the country. The entire length of the
Hoang He is estimated at two thousand
seven hundred miles, and it's width from
FIVE hundred TO eight hundred yards. The
banks upon the upper river are high, the
country through which it passes being
hilly and In some parts mountainous.
Across the plains Of Ronan. Anhui,
Chihli, Shangtung and kiangsu, how
ever, both banks Of the river are diked to
keep it upon its course.
Boang Ho means Yellow river. and the
name is derived from the color of the
water, caused by the yellow silt which it
brings down from the Alaskan mountains.
The winter winds constantly blowing
from these mountains toward Kansu and
Shensi convey vast quantities of the finest
yellow dust, which. if taken up in the
fingers, is said BY travellers TO flow
through them like water. IL IS quite
evident from the journals of travellers
who have visited the river that it is in the
500 miles occupied by it in the vicinity of
the Monaghan sand mountains that it
receives its peculiar burden OF yellow silt.
This silt, which is kept in suspension in
the upper course of the river where the
current is swiftest, is deposited in the bed
OF the river over the plains where its
motion is sluggish. Thus, in the course
OF time, the bed is elevated above the level
Of the adjacent land, and is Only kept in
its regular channel by raising the embark
ments on both sides of the river to keep
pace with the annual deposit.-W. 81. Gil
Ger in Cosmopolitan
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
The LOOM OF LIFE.

todays fade into yesterdays. as each day kas
before,
The present, past and future revolving DER and
Ger,
Into q coming morrow, the next and then the
next
Weaving themes for story, for sermons many
text
Each day we number singly, gathering one by
The web Of life thus weaving, from threads dis
tinctay spun,
Sunlight and shadow shuttles throwing mingled
smiles and tears,
Life love and death for fllng-these form the
wool OF years
CLARK w. Bryan in Good Housekeeping.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
-<ax7,-..a-,e-.ssz5~
The aole
A SILHOUETTE.

l.
over the water the rising noonhoated her golden
hair.
That rimpled and CURED in the low blown winds
from the quays to her forehead fair.
And round each notch of the laden shore, where
the slim creeks softly bled
Their lives away In the strange wide sea, she
brodered golden thread.
And down where the long white fingered piers the
waves with cool tongues lap,
Two lovers were walking, who crossed the fields
> of the moons round golden map.
And midway the lunar meadows lengths their
inky shadows kissed,
Then passed like midgets, hand In hand, ON in
the shade and mist.
Ah! If lovers don't wish their trygsting known or
their kisses 10 gossips stTegn,
They must do their straying IN shady spots or
their kisses behind the uiooni
-Cornelia Laws ST. John ia New York World
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Skilinul FinancieEnS.

At the club:
Cbarlie-That was good game of po-
ker we had last night.
Hauy-First rate. How did You come
outI
CharEe-Ten dollars ahead
Harry-How do you figure it out that
way2 You borrowed twenty, didn't you,
TO begin on
CharIe-Yes, but I only lost so Of it.
Washington Critic.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17

Sir Francis Knolly's name for his newly
christened daughter might turn the ston-
sch even of an aristocrat He has called
her s.Louvina, as complimentary COM
bination representing Louise. Victoria and
Maud, the three daughters Of the Prince
# Wales.-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Neblsrncn Becoming Usefal.

PfGlsdelphia Dame-Where are you GO.
ing7
Husband-Dowr to Count Chspeza's TO
get shaved By the way. here comes Some
gentleman up the steps. Wonder who
he Isl
"0h, that's Lord Leslie, tho sewing
raehiae szszs. s-0maka World
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
A Heavy Domestic oGense.

Customer Some ehidren's shoes.
please
DeaIer-Yes, sir Now, there is an ex-
cellent make of shoa How old is the
ehildY
Customer with a sigh)-Childl have
nine of en-. Show ne TO the wholesale
department-New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17
Health and a Wet Soil.

Extended observations at Paris and at
Munich indicate that the sanitary condi-
ton of q locality depends on the amount
of wster contained in the ground. The
years in which there has been large
quantity OF ground water present have
invariably been the healthiest, while those
in which there hiss been a smaller guam
tity have invariably been the unhealth.
;aSt -p-,ki;o n-1,-s-,
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-17

Prevention is always better than eure, and
every doctor viii assure US that more than
two-thirds Of our children's illnesses Nigh.
have beer, entirely obxiatetl by iu(Iicious care