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

and being carried In folds down thl
'front.' tapping TO tho left side at tne
waist ine. and finished there with :
rosette or flowing bow of ribbon. Fol
instance. dress Of Suede-colored Ben
galine has pa.e blue China Grape folds
in the neck; and another of gray vail
ing striped with poppy red has bright
red surah folds, with inside folds Of red
tulle next the open throat
Double-breasted eorsagcs are be-
coming to long. slender figures. as
they have the effect of making them
appear shorter in the waist Irregular
arrangements are preferred for double
breasted bodices, such as tapping the
right side nearly to the left armhole.
then turning over the top to form a
triangular revers. and sloping the
space below back to tho middle at the
waist line. Another fancy has the
doubled part only below the darts.
while the upper part has a gathered
plastron of silk or lace, edged by a
collar of MORE or of velvet. which
also crosses with the lower part to
the left side, where it is buttoned.
For waists tina: are too short, braces
or bretelles of ribbon are used to
give an appearance of greater length
Two-inch ribbons are folded narrowly
at the point of the front just beside
the buttons, and are gradually widened
until they resch to the collar. or else
to the shoulder seams next to the col
lar. when they again pass down the
back. forming point at the waist
line. Narrow. long vests and slender
revers are also becoming to those
with short waists. Dlamond-shaped
revers rolled over next . narrow vest
are in great favor at present; each
revers represents half an elongated
diamond. and may be made of velvet.
while the vest is of MORE. or the vest
may be covered with gilt beading or
galooD, or with lace, and the revers
be made of MORE.
For trying on waist lining it Is
well to merely pin the seams together.
and to put on the bodice with the
seams on the outside, so they can be
enlarged or frightened easily. The
fronts must be fastened by having tho
pins very close together TO keep them
perfectly even. Darts. or breast seams,
are now taken very deep at the waist
line, giving bias effect on the sides.
and are carried up very high, pushing
up the flesh. and making the figure
look slender-a fashion the Bazaar
chronicles but does not commend, a.
it is neither graceful nor comfortable.
When pinning the seams of the waist
the amateur should always begin at
the upper end of the seam, as at the
armholes for the side seams. and at
the neck for the shoulder seams.
When sewing together two pieces, one
of which is straight and the other bias,
always keep the bias side on top. to
ease it gradually into the straight side.
Sew waist seams it possible by ma
chine. as hand-sewing is not always
firm and even. Press open all the
seams of the waist except those curved
seams joining the side forms to the
middle forms of the back. The edges
may either be overcast or bound with
narrow ribbon. Whaleboncs neatly
covered are now bought ready for use,
and short strips of these bones are
sometimes placed diagonally on the
sides of the bodice to make it sit
-Harper's Bdzar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22

-"What a perfect night it is.
George" she sad. as they strolle,!
along, land the air is SO sweet and de-
licious one can almost fancy that It is
laden with all the perfumes of Arabia!'
Eyes. DEAR" assented George, who
was In condition to assent to any
thing; lit must be such night rs thew
have in Arabia have often heard OF
the Arabian Nights. "-Drake's Nigga
zine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22

No generous man would go to q
spiritual seance given by a lady me
dunn. and as the ghost is walking
about. while the medium is tied in the
cabinet, exclaim: There's rat right
by the ghostr' It spoils the effect to
have the ghost cry out and gather mp
its skirts and run.-London I'd Bats.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. in
spite of her advanced age, is fond Of
outdoor exercise. and walks from Eve
to seven miles daily.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-22

Louisa Alcott's books have been
translated into Danish
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
E. M, G. Seminary Personals.

Belle Bailey Buffers lives in FoNboro. Mass
Arthur :. Wil>oni> mate of the brig .Scream-
err
Mary J. Page has spent The winter in Milford,
Conn.
II. 7. Sil>by taught the winter term in Mill
bridge.
Tilcston Wadlin is clerk of courts for Waldo
county.
Samuel $. lIeagan is captain Of the >chr.
''llerald.''
Flora d. Marks is PreceptreS> of Freedom
Academy.
Frank Colcord is in clothing store in New
York city.
Frank +. l4innell taught winter term in
West Sullivan.
Loren W. Rumill is member of the board of
Seectmen of fremont.
Oscar Hill is u. ID. g. NJ. of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Maine.
j. Dan. Wentworth is in W. III. Morrison's
hardware store, Belfast.
Mabel Clay spent the winter and spring in
South birmingham. Mass.
NJ. II. Ridcout is employed at the Bangor
Electric Light Co.. Bangor.
Clement W. Wcstcott was chosen Supervisor
of Knox at last town meeting.
Bcrtie NJ. Kin.>hury is studying at the n i.
Conservatory of Music, Boston.
O>mond o. Cram is in charge of a ward in
Butler Hospital, Providence, X. |.
ErastuS J. Carter and Herbert X. Roberts
taught in Deer Isle the past winter.
Albert and Warren Hanscom are baskin" in
the balmy sun of Birmingham. Alabama.
Walter IIanScom is studying at the IIahnne-
man Medical College, Philadelphia Penn.
Miss Wilson lectured in Orrn@ton to a large
audience on the evening Of Friday, March rs.
Harry +. Bragdon. East Lamoine. has been
very sick with fever. but is now convalescing
Lucy j. Perkins is a teacher of considerable
experience in the common schools in this see
ton.
Arthur c. NickerSon is assistant book-kccpcr
with the house of Charles Hayward 4 Co.,
Bangor.
John ID. King. 4 former teacher in the Semi
nary, taught the winter term in District No. 10,
in this town.
Millard q. Dow is captain of the three mast
ed schooner "Nlaud Snare" bound from Sa-
vannah to New York.
E. O. Stevens is teaching free high >rhoo!
in North Hancock, where he taiigli; tI district
school the past winter.
Wclland +. Sargent, formerly of Sargent
vile, is now of Hyde Park. III. Civil engineer.
office, room $40, 2lS La Sale ST., Chicago.
Rev. G. \. Showers, 'jG. has been .ranfcrrcd
Franklin Avenue NJ. +. Church, MINNEAPOLIS,
MINI.
Charles Wesley Chase is Il lawyer in Kansas
Rooms 80 and 81, corner of Main aud MiSSi>-
avenues
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
The Irish for Blaine.

The New York Tribune prints long inter
view with Patrick Ford. from which lie fol-
lowing are extracts:
"Your preference for the presidential nomi-
nation is. assume, James &. Blaine
'Ies."
"Wi'l You please state why YOU specially IA
yOr Mr.. Blainc!'
Il favor Mr.. Blaine because. in my opinion.
the health of the nation the life Of the party
of protection, and the complete emancipation
from the slavery Of machine politics Of Irish
American voters, depend on his election
''You feel confident that Mr.. Blaine. if nonli-
mated. would be clcctcd:''
Il feel entirely confident that, If nominated.
Mr.. Blaine will be the next President Of the
United States.'
"WouId not another good man standing on
Blaine's platform commend himself TO the
Judgment of votcrs:''
''Enthusiasm plays as large part in can't
paigns as Judgment. Marry the two and the
offspring is u blessing. Many man might
stand on Banc's platform, but where is the
man with Blaine'S magnetism: If the conven-
ton shows Judgment the people will show en-
thusia>m, and they will show it the more he
cause the convention shows Judgment
"If Blaine is nominated, will Iri>h--imcri-
| cans support him in as large numbers as they
did in 'S4:''
.'They will support him i'll much greater
numbers than they did in 81. They who Were
undecided then are now outspoken. and those
who were pronounced ut that time are to-day
more enthusiastic than ever The al: is charge,
with enthusiasm for Blaine. This eXtraordi-
nary devotion to the personality OF this Won
dcrful man is a phenomenon. His name can't
be mentioned but the pulse beats faster. Per-
hapS no great man in all our history has had Il
stronger hold on the national heart
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
A Democrat on the Fisheries.

Judge Charles Levi Woodbury., the stoutcst
hearted, wisest and most loyal democrat in
Massachusetts,. concludes letter to the sun on
Mr. Chamberlain's fisheries treaty with these
words:
The consequence of adopting this treaty would
be the destruction of the fishery under the Amcri-
can dag the paralysis of our hope of naval power,
aud Il British monopoly of our markets, aggraniiZ-
ing its dangerous naval power. Let the treaty be
rejected.
This is first rate Democratic testimony to II
fact. Judge Woodbury. says what the Mail and
Express has been saying from the time when
the proposed treaty was first published that
the treaty is a surrender of every claim that
has been made by the United States. And, be-
yond this, the treaty would compel the United
States to purchase, by a change of the laws.
the common offices of humanity that are freely
given, without treaty, by all Christian and
civilized nations. The argument against the
treaty has been made. Intelligent Democrats
like Judge Woodbury. and MIR. X. $. Spotior,.
agree with Republicans in denouncing the
treaty as shameful surrender. The Demo-
crat> of the Senate who have been driven into
line and compelled to vote for the ratification
of the treaty are not ingenious Some OF
them, notably Mr.. Morgan, Of Alabama, have
already expressed an opinion hostile to any
treaty. Almost all of them have voted for the
retaliatory law which the President has refus-
ed to execute. They refused the Presidents
request for such commission as he after
wards appointed without warrant of law, and
if they vote for the treaty they will not only be
inconsistent. but inconsistent in such a way
as to seriously reflect upon their good faith.
n. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
Eighteen Hundred ard Ntar,e to Death.

Non" ut our readers rccoect the season rlcs-
rrihed below, amt all Win hope that it may not be
duplicated: IN tLs year 1916 there WAS Il sharp
frost in every month. Ii was known a. the ''ycar
without summer The farmers used to refer 10
II as Eighteen hundred and starvc to death" In
May icc formed haf an inch thick; buds and
flowers were frozen and corn killed. Frost, ice
and snow were common in June. Almost every
green thing was Killed, and the fruit was nearly
all destroyed. snow tcil tr the depth of three
inches in New York and Massachusetts, and ten
Inches in Maine. July was accompanied with
frost and ice ON the fifth, ice forue, Of the thick.
ness of window gla,s in New Nork, New England
ami PennSl INania, and corn was nearly all dc,
etroycd in certain sections. In August ice formed
half an inch thick. \ cold northern wind pre-,
vailed nearly all summer Germ was SO frozen
that a great deal was cut down and dried for fut.
der. Very little was rfponed in New England, and
scarcely any even in the Middle States. Farmers
We're obliged to pay 81 and - Il bltshel for corn OF
lSll for see0 for the next Springs planting
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
School Work at Home.

The amount of school work to be done at
home is a subject in which parents and teachers
are equally interested. Aside from the physic-
al injury already referred TO. caused by carry
ing loads of books to and from school, is the
time consumed out Of school hours in the pre-
paration OF lessons. No one with the least know
ledge of physiology will ccntend that ten hours
day of intellectual labor is a reasonable tax
upon growing child. The teachers them
selves are paid only for one-half of the time,
and some have even been known to rebel at the
occasional necessity of proonging their labor
two or three hours beyond the limit Con-
1inement at a desk in schoOl-rOOm should not
be followed by an almost equally close confinc-
ment at home for the rest Of the day and even
ing Fresh air and exercise are of infinitely
more consequence to the child, than the success
full reduction of certain number of pounds
to a certain number Of pence, or the ability to
recite the list of all the Kings of the Saxon
ueptarchy. Parents, too, have a right to pro-
test against being continually called upon, per-
haps in hours they themselves can i'll afford to
spare, to help their children solve problems or
write compositions. For such service are the
teachers employed and paid. As such work
belongs to the schoOl-room, it should be done
there. If, in order to get it done at ALL it must
needs be crowded into the hours rightly be-
longing to rest, recreation or home duties,
then less should be attempted that the teach
er may have opportunity to personally super
intend the labor which is legitimately hers.
from ''School Mothers and Home Helpers
by Caroline b. LeRow, in "Woman," May.
1888,
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
A Wretched Being.

iireathes there the man with soul so dead.
Who never TO his wife hath said:
"My dear,
The joyous springtimc is at hand,
The swelling buds are bursting. and
hear
The robns singing loud;and clear
nto their mates,
Which indicates
The merry month of MAY is here.
"The buttercup will soon be seen,
The trees put on their robes of green.
The earth
VIII clothe itself with ver,lurc rich
And in Il garb of beauty which
Our hearts will chcc!
VIII soon appear.
"\oW that
Recalls duty TO fulfil
Here is Il twenty dollar bill,
Go get yourself Il new spring hat :
If such theic BREATH with soul 50 dead,
Who never to his wife hath said
Something like that;
\ wretch Is he, unworthy, bad,
A selfish mean and stinyy cad
Accused by Fate,
Who, soon or late,
VIII surely come to some bad end.
W ho IL die without a single frcHi
To mourn
His loss or ever come to see
His lonely grave. Yea he shall he
Forever wretchcd and foroln
'. II. Hills in Journal ot Education
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
White Pigeon, Michigan.

In a letter to the Aroo,touk Times, Rev. W.
II. Williams gives The following description of
his new home in tie West:
White Pigeon is Situated midway between
Detroit aud Chicago, 1G4 miles from the for
mcr. 10 from the latter place. 1t is situated
en- the main lire of the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Il. r., the direct line between
Chicago and The East. The town is almost lev
q, YOU can ride for many miles in every dircc-
ton without coming to hill or seeing one.
The village population is a little over 1900:
tine town is six miles in lcngt. by four and a
half i'll breadth. \ stream of water runs
through the town and another but a short dis
tahcc from it, There is quite a business carried
on iii the manufacture OF carts and sukeys.
There is also Il flour mill auu other business in
1cre>t> in operation.
The school privileges are excellent. The
High School and Grammar being in the same
building. tine brick c,,itire three stories high.
There are six churches. re>bytcri;.n. Lutheran.
Reformed. Baptist. Roman Catholic and Meth
oIi>t. The Presbyterians have just erected a
new church and the Methodsts talk of building
in 4 year from now. Oh the site occupied by the
present ctlitice. The Parsonage of the NJ. +.
church i close to the church, with a nice yard
and garden, very pleasantly situated on one OF
the principal streets. near to the stores and
rost-utcc.
I'll" water supply for con>un ption is uniform
and abundant You drive down the "drve-
Well' to depth of - or Is feet and you have
a never failing supply of pure water. For fire
purposes however. the supply i perhaps lot
50 adequate.
Fruit is abundant, grapes, peaches, straw
berries. raspberries, pears. apples. Irish and
sweet potatoes, and nearly everything besides
adapted to such Il climate grow here.
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17

BROOKS. The series of meetings under the Ii
rcction Of Friend Sharplcss and Rev. Mr.. Gould
have closed. A Methodist class has been formed
ard 4 special prayer meeting for inquirers in re-
gard to the Quaker belief has been formed. Mrs
McTaggart with the children have arrive, here
from Dakota and again at the old home in
Brooks. lanes Slips into his old position as a rail
road man Tuictly and easily as if lie had never
been out ON the prairie farming. ......The farmers
are just getting at work. j. NJ. Dow sowed a field
of oats the .h inst, the land being prepared last
autumn. This is the latest date for years as they
are usually sown about April Goth. ..... The house
of Enoch I!all was burned May 7th. The fire
caught from spark the roof or around the
ciimney,as when first known the roof was ablaze
The shed was torn down by the determined crew
that gathered and the barn saved. Loss about 81 ,
800, insured for about 900. Hiram Pattee Is
having new room fitted up in the Rich building
Tor the purpose of manufacturing pants It Is
large and light and will make him a good shop
....Last week G. f. Lanes celebrated stallion
Harry L., reared and fell over backward killing
himself instantly. lie had a record of as and
was valued at S 900 lie has been kent for stock
purposes and has left fine colts in this yicn
ty. Mr.. Lane started the next day and bought
another stallion which he will keep Mt his farm
NJ. j. Dow has received a new stock of millinery
and dry goods and business is lively about the shOi
now ...Will White has received lot Of furniture
from the factory, which he will himself paint and
prepare for his trade.
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
The Shipping Interest.

All the coastwise business on the Atlantic
coast by steam and sail has seldom been more
prosperous than it is at the present time. This
is the result of the law forbidding foreign YES
sells from entering it. A corresponding degree
of protection extended to our shipping engag-
ed in the foreign carrying trade. as provided
for by the Tonnage Bill Mr.. Dunn smothered
in committee, would soon produce the same
degree of prosperity in that portion of our
commercial marine. Marine journal.
In January, 1881, a law was passed in France
giving bounties to the shipbuters and nayiga-
tors of the country. A bounty of 10 francs
per ton for wood, 40 for composite, or wood
and iron, and GO francs for iron or steel was
given to builders. The bounty on navigation
applies to ships of all description engaged i'll
long sea voyages only: it amounts to franc
and 60 ccntimes per ton and per 100 miles,
will be granted for Il period of ten years, and
is subject to a yearly decrease of Is per cent.
on iron and steel ships and of ) per cent. on
wooden or composite vessels during the same
period.
All agree that this law has given Il consider
able impulse 70 shipbuiding in France. and has
added materially to the CARRYING trade of that
country. Statistics show that in the first two
years the law was in operation the registered
tonnage of steamships owned in Marseilles
had grown to be one-thirl larger than it wa, in
1850. 1t has also led to the establishment of
large shipbuilding wards, and to the building OF
vessels at home instead of ordering them bililt
in England.
Under what is known as the Cummings bill
it was proposed to give to American vessels
engaged in the foreign trade bounty of 50
cents per ton for each 1000 miles sailed. But,
by the turning vote of Representative Morse,
Of Boston. free ship bill introduced by an
Arkansas Representative was reported from
the Committee on Commerce. Thus the repre-
sentative of commercial city whcl owes
much of its wealth and importance to the
shipping interest joins hands with the repre-
sentative of the ku kluN and backwood>men
of Arkansas, and both are acting in the inter-
est of Il British lobby which puts forth this
free ship bill as cover under which to rob liS
of pIIr POD,
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
Eastern Investments In The West,

G. NJ. G.. writes from Monango, Dakota, to the
journal "The story OF the Quaker. who swan.
ped horses and made five dollars apiece might b,,
repeated by eastern capitalists investing their
money IN the West | presume none of Your
Maine readers realize more than per cent ON
capital while the Dakota farmers are obliged to
pay 10 per cent on money secured by real estate
and to per cent a month on money secured hv
personal property. They usually get one or more
banks at every railroad station before they get a
scho"lhousc, because the banks are Indispensable.
The loan companies are liable to some losses ow-
ing to their agents not making distinction enough
in the quality of the land But there can hardly be
more risk in loaniGg money here than in the East
Tor this Is Il growing country. There We're two
railroads about miles apart built from the cas- t
here last fall The railroad companies seem to
have some confidence in the country"
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
Total loss To the wocl industry

N
II wool be placed on the free list our WOOL
Ell manufacturers will obtain their raw mate
rial Twenty-Five million dollars less than they
now do under protection. Will the people of
the United States get the full benefit Of this
sum in the chcapcning Of their Woolcn goods:
We think not: but at least OnG-laIf Of this
amount will 20 to the manufacturers and n!cr-
chants i'll the way of increased profits. and this
small sum of twenty-five million dollars is all
the saving which the manufacturers and mGr-
chants in the way Of increased profits. and the
| small sum of twenty-five million dollars is al
the saving which the manufacturers and peo-
pie can possibly make to Offset the enormous
>hrinkage enumerated above.
Very few carpet woods are grown in the
[ 'nicd States, and as their low value makes it
rather improbable to raise them, no great
harm would be done if they We're placed ON
the free list.
We are now growing in the United states
nearly a full supply Of the finer sorts Of wool,
and only require to import about thirty-thrcc
million pounds to give us a full supply Con
| tinue protection for Il few wears and We shall
raise all the wool we require, carpet woods eN-
ccpted.
The importation of wor>tcd goods at the
present low and UNI ,,st rate of DUTY has inili"t-
ed very serious loss on manufacturers OF this
class of goods. This should be corrected. and
worstcd should be made to pay the same duty
as wooenS.
The admission of ring, thread, rowing and
slubbIng waste under duty of ten cents per
pound, has caused most serious loss to the
owners of woods, for every pound Of this &C.
called waste takes the place Of a pound of fine
secured wool, and the extensive use Of it i
the principal cause of the large quantity Of
Territory, California and Texas wool now re-
manning unSold on the markets. 1t should
have duty laid upon it the same as secured
wool (Which it virtually i>l OF 80 cents per
pound
These two great companion industries the
growing Of wool and the manufacturing Of
wooden goods, are inseparable and should he
protected equally; the manufactures to the cN-
tent of the difference in the cost Of liantfac-
turing in Europe as compared with that Of
America, and The wool growers to the extent
of the difference in the cost of raising wool III
other countries and that of raising it i'll tie
United States, where land. labor and living are
SO much higher.
Competent Judges claim that the estimates of
loss given above might he increased one hum
drcd million dollar, without cNa@@crating the
facts.
The Republican journal., 1888-05-17
Tie Alum Baking Powders.
ACTION OF IliE MASSACHU SETTS STATE BoARI
OF HEALTH.

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''' n'7 ~ ,.,r A., W nnANi'n ~ n',Hi,,
ii'it ii. Mr- i,pi'S fn "ti' IL lnEi Ahn
N''-'' -N'' '-99i ~" NAi''>Ah ~ h''
r'''' Law
The Massachusetts state Board of health,
like the State Eccl Commission of Ohio. pul,-
,..lo. .ho o.. a.. ,,, ,.,.,.. td.,,
''' ''"'''e' VI ''' '"''' Po""''' io"''u
on sale within Its jurisdiction As the most cf-
frc;iye WAY 10 prohibit tl,e sale of what il
' ~ y '''''''''' 81 ''''' vi ioo'''
he report names tWcnty-SeNen brands or
aum baking powders detected. many of which
will IN. rcrne,,;zo1 law housolnanars WIN hoyo
hnnn I,.ine t;,n,,, ,,,,r thn rnnronnntatinn th,t
,hnr Morn ma 1yhn,nSn,p ,.o,, of t,.t",