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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22
Thanksgiving one week from to day.

Thanksgiving one week from to. day.
Smoke Long Jack, for sale by Huntley
& Behne 364*
The total vote cast in Decatur county
was el30.
Doc j. W. Weld visited Burlington
last week.
Fine cigars, smoking and oh. wing to-
baccos, at j, B. Bayha's.
]. B. Irwin Esq, is visiting old friends
in Jewell county.
w. s. Willcoxon visited Hoxie this
week on legal business.
Drugs at Colby drug store for the next
I'd days at st. Joe prices.
Revival meetings are in progress this
week at the Methodist church.
A pleasant call on Tuesday morning
from Probate Judge NJ. L. Lacey.
Neckwear :. Ill the various novelties
styles and shapes at Shimp's. 29.f.
Wallace county is pronounced by the
Supreme Court to be an organized coun.
ty.
Hon. Tully Scott. U g. Receiver Ober-
lin Land Office, was in the city on Tues
day.
Remember Bayha, the Colby Station.
err" for New Goods and Fresh Goods,
at lowest prices.
The Logan County Republican of Nov
18th says E. P. Hovey proved up on his
claim two miles east of Russell Springs.
The city bonds voted by Colby on Nov
10. 1883, are being negotiated at 81 O3-a
good sale. Two offers at that price have
been made.
, 1888-07-04

plentiful as blossoms in The month OF
Nav, the guillotine would not be
suffered 10 rust for van of use. At
Bastia, however, jnries have been
proverbially mercifnI, perhaps on the
spare the rod and spoil the child"
principIe-be this as it may, the
condemnation to death Of n ruffian OF
twenty-four years of age, named
Rocchini, who not only murdered a
man and a girl of fifteen, but
e~ndeavOured on various occasions to
make a veritable holocaust of the
island gendormerie, is regarded as an
extraordinary phenomenon in the
criminal annalsof the town. 1t appears
that for upwards of forty years no
Bastia jury had returned a verdict
justifying the death-penalty. lnciden-
tally it may be added that Rocchini's
father on the day Of the trial was
arrested rs he was taking a constitu-
tional in the lobbies of the court, a
revolver with its six chambers loaded
beng, as a matter Of course, found
on his person. 1t is possibly owing
to the arrest of his parent that the
jury "made so bold" as to pronounce
the culprit guilty of all the charges
laid at his door. The Vendetta,
after all, sometimes forestaIlS the
guillotlne and Rocchini the elder
might have prevailed" on some Of
the jury to stop long ere his son laid
his head on the block Telegraph
, 1888-07-04
NJ g co u s.
Spectator, June 9th)

General Boulanger on Monday
made his appearance in the Chamber
and amid incessant insults and inter
ruptions, to which he paid no atten-
ton, read a speech demanding Imme-
diate Revision. lie had, he said, no
hone of a vote; but he had a mandate
from his electors, who were weary ot
a Republic monopolised by a party
and whose sentiments, he believed,
were shared by a majority OF r'end''i'
men. He was the mouth piece OF the
popular will, and he condemned
Parliamentarism as a Seductive
system but unsuited to France, as it
implied the existence Of capable cleo
tors, able and respected Ministers,
and n President who was not a log.
The Republic now was an oIIgarchy
of DEPUTIES, who broke all their
promises, and made coalitions OF
which Ministers were the "servile
tools" He hoped the result OF
Revision would be the extinction OF
the Senate; a President elected by
the people, or IN the American way,
and possessed of the veto; Ministers
dependent on the President alone;
and a habit of using The Swiss Re-,
ferendum, or direct appeal to the
people, in important disputes, The
Disestablishment Of the Church, for
example, would be put 70 them
Failing Revision, he demanded DIS
solution. On the conclusion Of his
speech, which was written for him,
the General sat impassive under a
fire of attacks.
, 1888-07-04


lands side, rs they dread a calaetro-
phe to be caused by The overplus Of
revenue, which locks up immense sums
in the Treasury, and by the ever-in-
creasing accumulation Of silver coin.
1t must not be forgotten that, under
the American Constitution, each pow
er in the State is independent, and
that the Senate, which is Repub-
l%ican, may still remain SO.
The Indian correspondent OF the
Times states that the Iibetans are
only irritated by their recent defeat,
and are massing larger forces for a
descent through the Jalep Pass, in
which they have constructed a strong
fortress. Another attack was imme-
diately expected, this time by night.
1t appears that in the recent attack,
The Tibetan leader had 1900 men, all
well-built, powerful fellows, most OF
them belonging to the regular army.
They advanced within five hundred
yards, and displayed much courage,
but were hampered by the inferiority
Of their weapons, most of which were
matchlocks. In the next attack, there
fore, weipredict the Tibetans will try
to engage h%and-to-hand, and we shall
lose many more men. Nothing is
more puzzling than TO explain the
extreme inferiority of The Chinese and
Tibetan weapons. They are quite
aware OF their deficiency, which was
recognized by the Marquis Tseng
repeatedly in conversation ; they are
able to buy better rifles; and they
dispose of the most ingenious artifi-
GERS in metal in all Asia; yet the
defect is never remedied. Even
in Manchuria many of the Chi
nese soIdiery are bowmen, and
the rifemen let their weapons rust.
Either there is deep corruption INT
where, or, as we rather suspec', the
CONSUMPTION works badly, and the
unwilling recruits areonIy half trained.
We shall see Tartars in front OF us
Def ore we have done with Tibet
, 1888-07-04

There was a very interesting paper
in Tuesdays st, James'8 Gazette, on
the evidence that birds often carry
their young for considerable djstdnc-
e>,-for example, the guiIlemots car
rying the little guiIlomots from their
nests up ON The sea cliff down to the
water and back again, long before the
young ones are able to fly. But what
is most remarkable il il is the evi-
dence that the larger birds, like storks
and owls, are found Transporting
little birds of different species ON
their backs on rather long migrotions,
such as the passage ofthe Nlediterra-
mean from the North to Egypt in u
tumn, or from Norway to Eng
land. Evidence is given, for instance,
that an Owl arriving on the Eastern
coast at the mouth of the Tees, was
found to be bearing on It's back q
golden-crested wren. What we should
like to know, if naturaliSts could tell
us, is whether this sort OF charitable
aid is voluntary or involuntary on the
part of the larger bird. Was the
golden-crested wren an Old Man of
the Sea to the burdened owl Or was
he, like tne wounded mar whom the
good Samaritan transported to an inn,
a prot6ge towards whom the owl n
tertained the most disinterested and
benefcient goodwill? Or is it even
possible that the service was matter
of contract, and that the golden crest
ed wren had performed, or was ex-
pected to perform, some equivalent
service to the owl, by way of paying
for its passageY
, 1888-07-04

the Parliamentary term, ana not at
General B0ulangpr'S time, III. Gle
menceau followed with q determined
defence of ParIiamentarism, which,
he said, meant government by deli
beration, and could be accused only
Of one fault,-that it required time in
order to act well. The debate, if it
can be called such, was distinguished
by incessant Interruptions to General
Boulanger, who remained, however,
quite calm; and at It's conclusion,
his formal demand of urgency"
was rejected by 377 TO 1876, only p
of the minority being Republicans.
The Chamber then ordered NJ. Flo
quet's speech to be ~placarded in every
commune Of France. thereby, as Gen
eral B0ulanger observes, advertising
his proposal as he could never have
advertised it himself. II will be use
full to watch The effect of the placard-
ing on the election in the Charente on
Sunday week.
The tcctotal societies of London
had quite a pleasant afternoon on Sa-
turday. The day was exquisite
and they thronged Hyde Park to the
number, it is said, Of from $4,000 to
40, 900. They enjoyed themselves ex-
cetdiugly, for all the speakers scold-
ed the pubIicans to their hearts con-
, 1888-07-04

NJ. Floquet's reply was rather
spirited than able, and amounted to
this,-that General Boulanger spoke
in a tone which might have become
Bonaparte returning from victory
Ronapsrte, who before he reached
General Boulanger's age had ended
his career-that his plan was only the
Constitution Of 1852, and that he
looked to be a Caesar. Gle would,
however, only be the S'eyes of a
s,illborn Constitution" The Govern
ment Intended to propose a Revision,
, 1888-07-04

The Democratic Convention to So
lect the party candidate for the Anne
rican Presidency met at ST. Louis on
June 9th, and Mr.. Cleveland
was nominated by a unanimous vote,
the first instance of the kind in Amer'-
can history. The enthusiasm rose,
indeed, TO a high pitch, and is not al
together Ineligible, as Mr.. Cleve-
land, though an excellent President
has not had an opportunity of doing
any striking deed, and as the party
though disposed TO adopt his Free
trade policy, is not unanimous about
it. MIR. Thurman, seventy-six years
Of age, has been nominated as Vice
President. The Republicans have
not yet met, and are wholly uncertain
about their candidate, as they have
no man to produce who is at all
known to the general people. 1t is
nearly certain that Nj, Cleveland will
be elected but the great Protection
list Interests will make a deadly Strug-
Gle toavert their fate, andtheirstrength
IS not quite accurately known. The
fnancIers, however, are on Mr.. CleVe-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11
CINCINNATI RESPLENDEyT
win Her One Hundred D.y.. ,...,v,.,e.

win Her One Hundred Day. Festivities.
Cincinnati'e jubilee, in honor of the Tooth
anniversary of the settlement of the terri
aory, now comprising half dozen of the
most wealthy and prosperous States of
OF the Union, is in full blast, and the old
oity ID IN blaze of glory. Tho arrange
ments tof this notable Exposition, which
continues from the Fourth of July until the
9th OF October 600 days and nights), were
made on most liberal scale, fact due to
the grand iberality and business sense of
her monied men, who subscribed to guar
antee fund aggregating one million and
fifty Thousand dollars to defray expenses.
With portion of this sum immense build
ings, well-erected, which, in conjunction
with her permanent structure, known as the
Springer Music Hall, which has the largest
stage In the world, and an auditorium capa-
be OF holding 5000 Pc ople, gives an area of
forty-three acres of buildings under one con-
tinuous roof, and which affords nearly q
million square feet of exhibiting space.
Among the attra ctions will be a separate
display from dozen States, Government
exhibit from Washington City, an electrical
display of unexampled magnifcence and
brilliancy, and exhibits in Machinery, Horti-
culture, Agriculture, and an Art Collection,
the finest ever seen in this or any other coun-
try. All the railroads have consented to run
on excursion rates, and in consequence Gin
cinnati will be the Mecca of millions of Wis
itors from every section of the land.
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Never Find a Man Doing 1t.

@The trouble with women" said
Smitherimpkins, is that they want us
to have fun their way. They want us
to sit in the house and talk about the
weather, sir; and to read novels, sir,
and worship babies. They can't see
why man should want to, go to club
or public dinner, sir, or take in q
baseball game or horse-race. They
wantus to do as they do and enjoy our
selves their way, sir. But did you ever
hear of a man wanting woman to have
fun his way? No, sir; not much, sir.
You never heard of any mans trying to
persuade his wife to go around the
corner, sir, to nice quiet place, sir,
and sit up till the cock had made him
self hoarse with Growing. sir, and then
meander home singing. Did you ever
hear of any mans trying to persuade a
woman to have fun that way-his way?
No, sir not by jugful, sir. "-Harper's
Boar.
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HARRISON AND LABOR.

In 1878 General Harrison was q can
didate for no Office and was seeking no
voted, but in speech delivered at Rich
mond, Ind, he declared himself in favor
of laws making the wages of employees
first lien. He said: "There seems to be
no good reason why there should not be
given by proper legislation to the en-
ployes of all corporations and manufac-
turing companies first lien for wages
due. Such law might not be opera
tive in the full against existing mort
cages, but il would be as to all future
liens. Holders Of mortgage securities
would then have an interest to see that
wages were paid, while they could pro-
tec5 themselves against the mismansge-
ment of thcss who controlled the enter
prise by making the non payment Of these
labor liens cause of forfeiture of the
mortgage emitting the mortgage to
foreclose. If any railroad or other bust
ness enterprise cannot earn enough to
pay the labor that operates it and the
interest on the bonds, no right-minded
man can hesitate to cay which ought to
be paid first. The men who have invest
ed money in the enterprise, or loaned
money on its securities, ought to have
the right to stop the business when the
net earnings fail, but they cannot hon
estly appropriate the earnings of the en-
gineer, or brakeman, or laborer."
Throughout his career General Harri-
son has been consistent and persistent
advocate of the rights of labor. Work
ingmen have no better friend than he
has shown himself to be, and they
should not be deceived by the misrepre-
sensations Of the dep,agogues.
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Uncle Ben'S Butts,

Lay out work for tomorrow, but do
not idle away to-day.
Life is too short to engage in many
undertakings, but long enough to do
those well that are begun.
It is said: at takes nine tailors to
make one man, but one tailor can make
nine dudes, ad iaginitatm.
The American people are all making
a headlong rush after immense fortunes,
but which one of them can give better
reason for his conduct than herd of
stampeding Texas steers could?
Treasurers and bank officials are, no
doubt, as sorely tempted as Christ was
on the mountain, but they should not
forget that Canada is cold country,
and that the final change will be terri
ble
M. Quad said to me the other day
that he regarded Mr.. William Nye as
the greatest of living humorists, but 1
made him confess error" as the law
yer says, when I replied, Il presume
you have never read She"
When the leading newspapers shall
cease to make "human beasts" notorious
by mentioning them and their brutal
combats, they will die out, but the race
will have made grand step toward a
better civilization.
He who does right from fear of doing
wrong belongs to class that are in
great need of moral training, but he
who does right because in his soul he
loves it, will hold the key to all the
words that st. Peter knows.
Scientists claim that the flea can
jump about faster and further than any
other created thing in proportion to his
size, but I very much doubt whether
they have fully studied up on the or
binary Congressman when he is seeking
q denomination.
He who attends strictly to his own
business will eventually win the sup
port and patronage of the community
in which he lives, but he who is con-
tinually meddling with his neighbours
affairs, will, in the end, have to leave
town between two days or have trouble.
T1.0re5cy zoo
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The Old Doxology.

Good Bishop Ken ministered to
/ Charles H. when that dissolute monarch
was diving, and applied himself to the
awakening of the Kings conscience"
albeit with no great success; but the
holy bishop did not fail when he wrote
the morning and evening hymns, and
appended to them the doxology which
Americans sing in moments of special
gladness as their TIE Deum.
In April, 1865, a great crowd assem-
bled in Wall street, attracted by the
rumors that Lee had surrendered his
army to Grant. Every boy knew what
that surrender meant, and when the
telegraphic announcement that it had
been consummated was read to the
crowd, the pent-up feelings of the
throng, thankful for the dawning of
peace, found their only adequate ex-
preston in the grand song
PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow
The Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, In his
English Hymns" tells an anecdote of
the singular use of the old doxology,
which illustrates how natural it is for
Americans congregated in masses to ex-
press their feelings of joy by singing
this sublime ascription of praise.
On the evening of Wednesday, Octo-
Der Is, 1884, a great crowd of men filed
the street in front of the Republican
headquarters in New York waiting for
the news of the important election in
Ohio, and cheering whenever favor
able bulletin was displayed.
1--WE won't 60 home till morning."
was started, and sung by thousand
voices, as the crowd waited, long past
midnight. But at last the final bulletin
for the night was given out; it was
favorable, and the crowd cheered again.
Then, before the applause had subsidized,
the stereopticon threw upon the great
white screen the words: Praise God,
from whom all blessings flow. Good
night"
A deep-voieed man in the throng
pitched" the old doxology, and
mighty volume of song swelled upward.
Then the lights went out and the happy
watchers departed.
The same author tells the story of a
little girl who was taken by her father
to the top of Mount Washington. Where
they stood, above the clouds, all was
calm and sunshine, but below thun-
derstorm flashed and rumbled. Their
eyes could rest upon nothing but the
blue of the sky above, and few rocks
and MOSES beneath their feet.
well, Lucy" said the disappointed
father, gazing at the clouds which hid
the view, "there's nothing to be seen
here, is there?"
20 papa!" she exclaimed, Il see the
doxology. All around says:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here belowP"
Youths Communion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11
A RObber TruSt.

English travellers in Venice have dis
covered the existence of an organized
society for the plumber of all foreigners.
The plot is carried out by means of an
agreement between the conspiring
dealers or shopkeepers on the one hand,
and those persons with whom the
foreign traveller is especially brought
into contact-for advice, assistance, OF
service on the other hand. These, of
course, consist principally of thu pro-
prietors, managers, porters, and other
servants In the hotels; the recognized
guides or interpreters; the touts, mes
sengers, porters, or Wallets de place, and
the gondOliers and boatmen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11
TO CUT DOWN WAGES.

Workngmen can Judge for them
selves what chance there may be of full
filing the democratic promise that the
removal of the tariff Will enable America
not only to retain the home market, but
to capture the foreign market. It is q
very simple problem. England, for
instance, pays no more for raw material,
machinery or capital than we. So fer,
perhaps, the countries stand equal. The
one other item of wages costs her only
one-haIf as much. How is the United
States to sell goods cheaper than En-
gland when they cost this country more
TO produce themf The labor OF Germany
costs only one-third as much as that Of
the United States. Germany Is throw
ing of the old prejudioes against the use
Of modern machinery and modern meth
DDS. How will America compete with
Germany if America pays thrice as
much for wages and has no oompensat-
ing advantages?
II the tariff were removed we should
have to meet the products of this cheap
labor, not only in the foreign market,
but in the home market. We should
have to fight against odds for own trade.
The home market of America is worth
five times as much as the whole export
trade of the world at the present time.
How are We to keep the home market
under such conditions? Plsinly, there
IL but one way. We cannot get
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11

If there is such q close connection be-
tween a high-tariff and thievish "trusts''
as the free-trade democrats claim, then
why in the name of all that is good
didn't Mr.. Mills, the head apostle of
tree trade, insist upon reduction of the
sugar tariff? The sugar trust surely is
good example Of monopolistic extor-
ton for the free-traders to work on. The
fact is, however. as THE CON-
MoNwEALTH has before had occ-
ssion to explain, there is no
connection whatever between tariffs and
trusts, and no intelligent democrat be-
lieves there is. The monster anthracite
coal ring, one of the most arbi-
trary and extortionate cspitalistic
combines that was ever formed. deals
in an article on which there is not q
cent of tariff or import duty. And to
make q bad matter still worse this
ring is headed and largely controlled
by Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania,
the chief lieutenant of Free Trader Mills
in the attempt to cram down the throats
of the American people false and pros
perity- destroying doctrine. This fact
has been stated before, but it is one that
will bear frequent repetition.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11

"TrME," New York illustrated week
ly, has a picture that points q moral
and adorns tale" 1t represents Grow
er Cleveland in the character of jour-
neyman painter at work in his shirt
eleeves, standing on the democratic plat
form on the top OF the dome Of the Capt.
tol, brush in one hand and paint pot
labelled "Free-trade) in the other.
His back is turned to the spectator; the
sitting portion of his trousers is covered
with the British Union Jack, and in
front of him is our national cost-of- arms,
inscribed "United States Inn" surmoun-
ted 10y figure of the British lion, and
at the bottom. ~. s. Sam, Proprietor"
has been Cancelled by dash Of the paint
brush, and u. Bull, Successor" painted
in it's stead underneath. Over all is the
American eagle on perch. looking on
in very distressed state of mind; and
below all is a burly Englishman dis
playing q banner inscribed, "Vote of
Confidence from the British Nation to
G. Cleveland" The picture speaks for
for itself, and our advocates of free-trade
and bogus tariff reform will understand
it's significance.
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NFw YORK Press: The real question
which the republic has to face in not one
of sentiment, put Of practical economic
significance. The facts of the case are
briefly these: We are adding to our
population 100000 souls every year,
without counting the additions resulting
from immigration. Between 1870 and
1880 nearly 100000 immigrants found
homes on our shores, and the probable
number during the decade ending in
1890 will not be less, perhaps more.
The time has come when we must make
q patient and exhaustive inquiry with q
view to ascertaining the effect upon the
prosperity of the country of this mighty
shifting of the labor forces Of European
countries to the United States.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-11

TIE stete of New York finds itself
face to face with the Indian problem on
q small scale. At the last session Of the
legislature special committee Of the as
sembly was appointed which has begun
an investigation of the condition Of at
fairs on the Onondsga reservation near
Syracuse. They have already unearthed
deplorable condition of affairs. The
red men are degraded, pagan in their
observanoes ard wholly opposed to
progress, refusing even the boon Of free
education offered their children.