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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27
. WOMAN WORKERS.

GIRLS are trained to agriculture in
Denmark. the owners of farms receiv-
ing them as pupils.
DENTISTRY is another business where
the def handiwOrk of woman is evil
IDENTIFY useful There are several COM
petent lady dentists in Chicago and
other cities.
THE Safety Tdlre says that the chem
list OF the Alpha Oil Company, of Port
Sarnia. Ont. is a young lady. the
adopted daughter of Mr.. Hall, whose
process of refining is in use in the es-
adjustment. She is very skillful in her
profession.
A WIDOW runs a farm in Cypress
Township, Barnwell County, Ga. Last
year. unaided, she made thirty-eight
bales of cotton, besides raising corn, peas
and potatoes. She plowed with an OK
and did all the work of preparing.
planting. cultivating and gathering
She has bought mule for the farm
work this year.
AN eAAC S<AA1C NOIhAAA VA eAAO A>OAANVn
Times in which appeared the memoir
ial signed by one hundred and ninety
seven resident members Of the Cam
bridge Senate, against the admission
of women to degrees. were also printed
the lists of the London MatriculatioI
and of the Oxford University Examina
lions for Women. The good record O.
what women are actually doing made
an amusing contrast to the fears and
objections expressed by the venerable
.'remOnstrants.
A YOUNG woman near Troy, n. Y,
is making her fortuns at selling Dutch
cheese. A neighbor with stock farm
makes great quantities of butter. She
bought all his sour milk at q nominal
price and began making Dutch cheese.
She made it into little pats and sold
them at five cents each. She drove int
the city-eight miles-every morning
with q wagon full Of shallow pans.
Soon sha had q route and regular cus-
tomers- Then boy took her place II
the wagon, while she attended to tha
making Of cheese. She has Gncoeeded
beyond her expectation.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

An Agreeable Change in the Order of
.ThinEs-The blessings Of Employment
for Women.
Many years ago. a class of school,
girls about to leave school. listening to
an address given by their instructor for
their special editicatiOn, were told that
-'wOman's profession should be to make
Others happy"
II this is true of women. is it not
equally true of men? Certainly it is
the business of every gentleman to con-
slider and respect carefully the tastes
and feelings of those around him. Dis
regard for others not only betrays that
''deathful selfishness. which Ruski2
rightly calls ''vulgarity." but it shows
a want of good breeding which has
been we'll defined as 1.-The apotheosis of
self-restraint" Moreover, thoughtful
ness for others is prime essential in
that religion whose blessed founder has
said: "Inasmuch as We have done it to
one of the least of these. We have done
it unto me-" Furthermore. and as an
argument for that class of people whose
mental vision is too narrow to look be-
yond the things of time and sense. it
may be said that courtesy is not only
matter of principle and honor. but
Of policy. To honor is to be hOnored.
and he who disregards others can not
wonder if in the end he too is disre-
garded.
Without doubt it is the duty and the
privilege of every woman to do good,
to scatter sunshine in dark places. to
help those who need help. to make the
little world through which she moves
the brighter and better and purer and
more wholesome for having lived in it.
But why ROMANS profession? Why
not mans as we'll? The fact is, the
speaker had no idea of any other pro.
fessiOn being open to women. In those
days. it was generally supposed tina,
the chief end of woman was to be mar.
ried-to be a good wife and mother.
The many who failed to obtain hus-
bands were apt to be regarded with
pity or contempt, and designated ''old
maids" term of obloquy, that in thi:
enlightened age of women. is happily
going out of use.
In those days there were few employ
ments open to women. A young wo
man. compelled to earn her living
might teach, or sew. or weave. or dc
homework. What else? Really, there
was little else she might do. Every
other employment was considered un.
feminine. l remember. as a child
thinking how much better it would be
If women were employed as clerks ani
saleswomen in stores, instead of men
seemed 80 very effeminate to see .
strong. able-bodied man. wasting hi.
strength in measuring OF ribbons, o.
laoe or calico. But although It wa
considered quite right and proper To-
Mr.. A. to sell s'dry goods" or to pre-
pare prescriptions and powders In hi
large, handsome store. to have had hi
sistsr OF daughter d the Same wogl
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27
THE TOOTHSOME OYSTER.
Henry Ward Beecher's Theory Of How
They Came to lie Eaten.

Henry Ward Beecher's Theory Of How
They Came to lie Eaten.
Did it ever enter your mind to IN
quire how certain articles of diet were
first introduceds How about the frs
men? Did they go about tasting every
thing that they saw? or We're they in.
structed? When was the transition
made from cereals and fruits, from
roots and leaves. to flesh? That must
have marked an era.
But an oyster! that marvel of deli.
cacy, that concentration of sapid ex.
cellence. that mOu:hful before al
other mouthfuls, who first has
faith to believe it. and courage to exc
cute? The exterior is not persuasive
One would be as likely to gather stones
for a luncheon as the oyster shut fas'
in his shell. Imagine one opened
The long she'll contains this armless,
legless, eyeless pulp. without skin. hail
or bone, without motion or sense
What does it most resemble? Every
one will have his own imagination.
Even to this hour the first acquaint
ance with oysters is with much hesita.
ton and squeamish apprehension.
Who, then. first gulped the dainty
thing and for ever after called him
self blessed? l have my own theory.
Some adventurous sailors. probably.
were driven ashore. their boat
swamped. all their provisions sunk.
and half their company drowned. I'm
able to find root or acorn on the bar.
rem shore. afraid to venture back into
the country, where, perhaps, they
might have been served up for fOOc
themselves. they sat upon the beach.
disconsolate. Some dry sticks. which
the waves cast up. lay near them. BY
rubbing they kindled a spark. and built
a fire upon the sand and stones.
They saw oysters lying about cast
up by the violent waves which had
been so disastrous to them. Some lay
underneath the wood. some at the
edge of the Goals. The oyster, sur.
prised at such warm reception.
opened his mouth, and could not
shut it! From that moment the
world was richer. The hungry men
believed the benignant gods had
wrought miracle for their saliva
ton. The mOrsel looked unsavOry:
but if the divinities had wrought
food out of stones, what were they
that they should be afraid to eat:
No sooner had they tasted than they
were confirmed in their superstition.
This was the very food Of the gods.
A portion had been dropped down for
them!-N. Y. Ledger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27

-Bunco-Steerer Ito stranger)-
Isn't this Mr.. Staggles. Of Staggle-
town." Stranger-"Yep." Bunco-
Steerer-''I guess you don't remember
me; I'm Sam Waffies, son of William
Wafies." Stranger-"Wha-at? Are
you Bill Waffles' SON? Why. Sam, I'm
gosh burned eff Faint glad to see you!
How long you ben out?' Bunco-
Steerer Been out?" Stranger
Yep; the only son old Bill Wafles
ever had was sent up five year fer
hoss-stealin'. Life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27

Row. Dr.. Hall said every blade q
grass was . sermon. The next day he
Ms amusing himself By Clipping his
lawn. when . psxishonersaid: "Thafs
right doctor. cut your sermens sAeEt !"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-27

Ibid the close resemblance b.
tween q ghost and balloonist ever
strike your" asked the snake editor.
No." replied the horse editor. "How
do they resemble each other?' well,
. balloonist II IN seronauG" "Yes;
but what IL . ghosts'' Its IN airy
nought, too. Rittsbwrah Caronjcle.
, 1888-01-14

In regard to subjects, 1 have found it
a very wholesome and inexpensive plan
TO carry a little note book around in my
pocket. You will find this n very worthy
device. Set apart a pocket sacredly to its
use, and always have it there. If you
wake up at Il quarter of 0, and have to
be at he Office Mt s, and must needs
economic on your dressing time, just let
your suspenders and collar buttons go,
but be sur to have the book. Don't
leave sour room without it.
Into this book put every odd, whim-
steal or suggestive thing that you run
across, whether you see it, hear it, read
it, or whether it nm popping into your
head without apparent cause or reason.
You'll soon find that you have subjects
enough TO last the whole family for six
months. Then all you have to do, when
you feel the divine aflatus creeping down
your spine, and hear the inviting murmur
of the muse, is to seize your book, run
your finger down its pages till you find q
theme to suit your mood-humorous, re-
ligious, philosophical OF Walt Whit
maniacal, as the case may be, and then,
putting your best foot forward, follow it
up with equally good feet till the thing is
done. You will find, by adopting this
plan and putting in your odd moments,
and an evening or two, you can average
n or two pieces of rather $3.50 verse
every week.-John p. Lyons in The
Writer.
, 1888-01-14

Music is not published like n book,
with type or stereotyped plates, for there
are SO few fonts of musical type in ex-
istence that it would not pay to try this
method. A musical font is very expen-
sivc, as so many little points and marks
have to be used in q sheet of music that
it would not be worth while keeping
them where n great deal of music is pub
lished. Besides, such a person as a mu-
steal composition is scarce.
The way publishers do is to take n
smooth lead plate and have a skilled
workman etch and then route each note
and line after the copy furnished him. A
solid black proof, with the music white,
of course, is taken from the plate and
read. The corrections are made by fill
ing up the holes in the plate with metal.
Then the lines and marks made by the
etching are filled with wax and an ink
roller is passed owe the plate; a rag is
used to rub off the ink. 1t takes off the
ink from the smooth metal, but leaves it
on the beeswax, which absorbs the ink.
Then an impression on damp paper is
taken, and, of course, only the wax spots
are black. This gives the musical page
sold by dealers rs q song. The process
of printing is slow, as it is by hand press.
If a large number is desired an impress
sion of the plate is taken with transfer
ink and put on n lithographing stone,
when Autograph copies are printed
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-01-14

For some time past it has been III
mored that q new method in the treat
ment of the crown princes illness had
been adopted, and The Munich Neueste
Nachrichten recently stated that this new
treatment was based on a theory launched
by DR.. Freund, of Vienna, who found
that the blood of patients suffering from
cancer contained an abnormal quantity
of sugar, and that cancerous growths
might be destroyed by reducing the
sugar in the blood to its normal quantity.
This statement is brought into notice by
kilograms from San Reno, stating that
the crown prince began the new treat
ment on Nov. 20, and that since her his
condition has been steadily improving.
DR.. Freund is no specialist, and is still
q young man. He took his degrees last
year, but his name became known by n
paper published in The Wiener Medicin-
ische Blatter in February, 1885, in which
he proved the connection between sugar
and cancer. Another paper of his on the
non-coagulation of blood on oiled sur
faces was mentioned last year., and since
then lie has discovered that ~tuberculous
growths invariably contain cellulose.-
London Times.
, 1888-01-14
The Bobollnk,s f,nld on Rice.

The bobolink, transferred to the south,
lives daintily on the rice fields, and this
industry is actually crippled by these
birds, which appear in innumerable hosts
at seed planting and again mt harvest
time. No n would imagine that our
well favored Robert o. Lincoln" comes
to us from a most fearful raid on rice,
md departs from us with the same evil
intent. The rice crop by the last census
was valued at SO, COZ, 900, the product
being 10, 600, 900 pounds. The loss by
the rice birds ia estimated Mt 50, 900, 900
annually. Thousands Of men and BOYS
are employed to shoot these ~trespassers,
and the rice fields are Swallowed by n
''sulphurous canopy, as If some grand
battle was in progress. The last report
of the commissioner Of agriculture has
some startling facts ia regard 10 the
ravages of these birds. The nice planters
are in despair. Individual loses nre
often so per cent. Of the crop, and from
So to $40 an acre is not uncommon. The
flight of these birds is always in the
night. They appear in the spring in the
last half of April, and return punctually
in South Carolina on Aug. II and tho
two or three days following.-Scientif
American.
, 1888-01-14

It's the hardest thing in all legal prac-
tico to convict n banking criminal.
While the jury may be convinced that
he's q rascal and deserves conviction,
there are go many ways in which every
questionable banking transaction may be
made to look business like that the attor-
neys of the swindling defendant can
easily make it appear to n conscientious
jury that there is at least a reasonable
doubt in the case, and the prisoner goes
free. 1t is difficult, too, to make a jury
understand the points in a banking case.
The clearing house is the greatest puz-
zler of all.
In one banking trial 1 had / put n st.
Louis banker on the stand to explain the
clearing house system to the jury, and
although he did it in what might have
appeared to bankers a most lucid man
ner, you neve saw twelve men worse
muddled than these jurymen were when
he finished. That trial, by the way,
was one of those in which the criminal
escaped. After hard work, / convicted
the man on five counts, but the supreme
court saved him by deciding hat the law
he had violated did not apply to private
banks.-Bank Attorney in Globe-Demo-
Crat.
, 1888-01-14

simplicity in burials is coming largely
into vogue in this city" remarked an un-
dertaker to a reporter. at affects my
interests of course, but 1 am not com
planning. There has been too much show
in our funerals, and mostly N the part of
those who could least afford it. Inter
ment private is to be observed in the
advertisements of death almost every
day. Neither the hour nor the place nor
any other particulars are given. Those
whose presence is desired are notified
privately. There is no display of hacks
and flowers, and grief has a genuine as
pect. Huge funerals are moro or less
vulgar, and in thus honoring a husband
and father privation has been subsequent
ly endured for months. l advocate sim
pie burials, though l know many of my
craft do not."-Philadelphia Call.
, 1888-01-14

Switzerland has eco, 900 mich cows,
all of native breed, and divided into two
sharply defined races, the brown and tho
spotted. The former color varies from
deep fawn TO mouse gray, the latter
shade being held in the most esteem.
The brown race is short horned and con-
sidered as the original type. 1t CORE
spends TO the remains found on the sites
of the Roman cities of the Third century
Of our era. The skulls Of this race, fur
thermore, are identical with those found
in the Swiss lake dwellings. The spotted
race, peculiar to Berno and Fribourg, is
believed to be of Scandinavian origin.
From the milking point of view there is
not very much difference between either
race. The average daily yield is about
two gallons, or twelve gallons per 112
pounds Of live weight. The percentage
Of butter TO the milk varies from . "a to
4 "a per cent.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-01-14

The engineer on the Congo who has
been writing his experiences in Black
woods Magazine assures his readers that
with ordinary good care white men can
live there at least as conveniently and in
as good health as in Jamaica, and he ex-
presses the opinion that when they have
more home comforts they may enjoy life
with as much ease and safety as now in
India. The white men on the Congo
within the past two years have become
convinced that the great mortality during
the early years of Stanley's enterprise
was largely due to the privations and
hardships that his followers had to under
go. 1t is n noteworthy fact that at Bona,
on the lower Congo, which Stanley years
ago described as a pest hole, the sanitary
condition has been so far improved that
it is now the seat of government of the
Congo state. Among the thirty or forty
traders and agents of the Congo state who
are living at Bona, not n death has thus
far been reported this year.-New York
Sun,
, 1888-01-14

According TO its family statutes, no
member of the house of Hohenzollern is
to undergo N operation dangerous to
life, save on the battlefield or under like
urgent circumstances, without the for
NAL consent Of the king of Prussia for
the time being and his ministry of state.
This is the reason of The state council
which was held at Berlin to consider the
case of tho crown prince, Mt which the
prince regent of Brunswick and the
grand duke of Baden were present, Count
Stolberg-W ernigerode, minister of the
household, presiding. The Emperor
William and Prince Bismarck have, of
course, requested the crown prince to act
as he pleases Now York Tribune.
, 1888-01-14

Great collections nave had their day.
Formerly it was well to gather books as
memorials; books that were monumental,
and looked, with their gilt titles, like
tombstones with m epltaph; books that
came in sets of sixty volumes for an
author like Voltaire. Nowadays the
bihliOphilc's bookcase is a jewel casket.
There is now nc p%retension to being uni
versal. Quality is the requisite, not
quantity; and the b%ibliophile's aim is to
make the quality better as he goes on his
way. Wherefore several collectors have
limited their desires to a particular sub
ject. Prince Essling gathered the Chan
sons de Geste and books of chivalry;
Violet lie Due made an admirable collec-
tion of the ancient poetry of France;
Mr.. Henry G. Murphy had nothing but
Americana; Mr.. Jolly Bavoillot has a
complete collection Of the first books or
Victor Hugo and the Romantiques; Gen.
Rush c.. Hawkins is n collector of tho
first books printed everywhere in the
Fifteenth century; there are collectors of
books of Shelley, Swinburne, Ruskin,
Tennyson, Longfellow; the list is end
less.-Art Review.
, 1888-01-14

Col. Thomas w. Knox the famous
.''globe trotter" and author, delivered n
lecture in New York recently upon the
subject of ''How to Travel" "a light
heart and n thin pair of trousers" said
this experienced traveller, ''are the prime
requisites Of a journey, together with n
pair of eyes open TO every impression,
and a mind s%usceptive of gaining liberal
Vows" The genial colonel might have
added to this thin pair of trousers a
pocket well filled with coppers, for there
is nothing more useful during a European
trip.-The Argonaut.
, 1888-01-14
ooAJIRAs OF VENEZUELA.
Their Custom of fragment OF BIood.,'
Compensation for Accidents.

Their Custom of "PRymcnt OF Blood
Compensation for Accidents.
The Goajira Indians live on a PENN.
sula of the same name, which forms The
extreme northwestern part Of Venezuela.
They remain in almost pristine simplicity,
owing to their antipathy to the whites.
British Consul Plumachcr of Maracaibo.
however, has been allie to obtain some in
formation respecting their customs and
arts.
II is well known that revenge is n uni
versal custom and duty among savages.
If a man he hurt or kiilcd, his family,
clan, gems, totem, or tribe must take up
the quarrel, and demand blood o or
payment in kind.
The Goajiras carry this rule still far
ther. Mr.. Plumacher asserts that if a
man accidentally wound himself, break
n limb, or meet with n similar acct
dent, his mothers family Immediately
demand of him the payment of blood"
This is on the theory that, as his life is
not his own but theirs, he has no right
to impair it without making compensa-
ton.
h relatives of the father also claim
the payment of their tears" which is
of less value. This difference of the
child's relationship to father and mother
is a well known fact among the lowest
avages Even tho friends who have
witnessed the accident are entitled to
compensation for the grief into which
they are plunged at seeing their COM
panion suffer. The amount of the pay
ment depends on the character of the in
jury. A trii1ing cut of the finger calls
for a little corn, a kid, or something of
equal value, and, If tho matter is more
serious, nothing less than n goat or n
sheep, or perhaps a cow, can assuage the
sorrow of the sympathizing relatives.
If the injured party is too poor to
satisfy these demands, he must go beg
ging from hut to hut, and no one will re-
fuse to contribute his mite to assist in tho
performance of this recognized duty. If
an indian borrows q horse from his
friend, and is thrown, or in any way in
jured, his relatives demand compensa-
ton from the owner of the animal, alleg-
ing that the accident could not have hap
pened had he not lent it. In case n per
son is injured by his own animal, he
himself must compensate his relatives
accordingly.
The seller of an article is responsible
for its use, and for this reason traders in
rum go strongly armed among the Goaji
ras. If a person should be wounded or
lose his life while attempting to kill an
other, the victim must pay ''blood and
tear" money, as if he had been aggressor.
Should a child die in the absence of one
of its parents, the one who was present
can demand from the other payment for
the tears supposed to be shed over the &C.
currence.-O t. Mason in The Epoch.
, 1888-01-14

Some wiseacre has said that New York
wastes as much food as Paris-uses. This
is not altogether true, at least in our day.
We do not cook as skillfuily and frugally
rs the French, but we utilize our scraps
and remnants more carefully than of
yOre. The material sent AVA from the
tables of a big hotel is now in~dustriously
]garnered and carted oil to some of the
minor restaurants, where it is recon-
structed into toothsome and wholesome
dishes for habitucs who count their pen.
MES before investing in n meal. Many n
savory morsel that fails to tempt the
palate of n millionaire thus finds its way
under the belt of n tramp.
, 1888-01-14

The "maple sugar man" is q character
welcomed in the offices of many down
town business men. With his market
basket of five cent cakes of sugar on his
arm he travels from office to office tick
ling the sweet tooth of many a weary
clerk and employer. His sales aggre-
gate $50 to $50 daily in the busy season.
He orders sugar from Vermont by the
ton and car load.-New York Tribune.
, 1888-01-14
" r&co.
SPICxAI1srg.

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class Of
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
IS too wretehed to merit the sympathy and best
services of the profession to which we belong
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no less a
phllanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
THAI the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication excels in any other branch of his pro-
tesSion. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
is dawning when the false phiisnthrophy that
condemned the Victims OF folly or crime, like
the ieperS under the Jewish law. to die TncaTed
for. has passed AWAY.
, 1888-01-14

There are very few people in :he world
who haven't something the matter with
one or mort of their teeth.
The upper teeth are tho most liable to
decay every time. The lower teeth are
often perfectly sound when the others are
in n bad condition.
Rotting of the teeth usually COM
mences in the dentine of which the body
of the tooth is composed Immediately be-
low the enamel, a yellow or brown spot
indicating that the affection has begun.
, 1888-01-14
Eye shade for Night Work.

a good thing for those who write much
is an eye shade. The n l use is made
like a cap visor of light pasteboard
covered with black silk. Strings are at
tached to the points for tying around the
head. Do not use rubber, unless you
want n headache. This is better than q
lamp shade for night work.-''B. II.
A" in The Writer.