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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


An interesting copy Of Pickwick
in the original parts sold for fifty
pounds sterling. 1t was the first copy
from the press and was presented by
Dickens to Mary Hogarth.
MIR. Labouchere, of London Truth,
has discovered the exact weight OF
Ignatius Donnelly's cryptogram vol
ume. The book may be referred to as
six pounds OF Bacon.
of the original edition of the Som
nets of William Shakespeare, published
by George Daniel, of London. in 1909.
there are only two perfect copies. One
is in the British Museum. For the
other a gentleman of New York paid
five thousand dollars. 1t is a littls
book about seven by four inches in
size.
The most valuable manuscript In
this country, judging from the price
paid. is in the possession of John
Jacob Aston. 1t is the Sforza Missal,
for which fifteen thousand five hum
dred dollars was paid. 1t is dated in
the fifteenth century and comprises
four hundred and eighty-four pages Of
vellum bound in red morocco.
Miss Louisa M. Alcott. in a remin-
iscence of her childhoOd's days. says
that she came across Goethe's Corrr-
sp0ndence riM a Child in Mr.. Emer-
sons library when she was young
ster. and that she was Immediately
seized with desire to be second Bet
tina. She chose Emerson as her
Goete, and wrote letters to him which
she never sent, and sang songs. which
she hopes he never heard, under his
window in bad German.
"A rather novel but no doubt lucra-
tive business is one taken up by
Eleanor Kirk" 1t is located in
Brooklyn and called 1.-The Bureau of
Correspondence" This well-known
literary lady undertakes to read and
criticise the work of those who write.
Five dollars is her charge for looking
over manuscript, and one dollar 4
short story or article. So many de-
mands of this kind were made upon
her that she took up the business in
self-defense.
The Richmond Wing lately pro-
duced poem originally published in
the New York Home Journal in 1S49
and addressed to miss Amelie Louise
Rives on Her Departure for France
by John r. Thompson. at that tina
editor of the Southern Literary Mes
senger. The lady was the daughter OF
William c. Rives and aunt of tho
present gifted author. Miss Amelia
Rives. She was lost at sea on ths
voyage which the poem comment
crates.
John Habberton. author of ''Eelcn's
Babies" outside of his regular duties
as New York reporter. is not engaged
on any special literary work. He gen.
orally has two or three novels Sin tho
but never completes one until
it is wanted for publication, when he
revises it and gives it to a typewriter
to copy. He has no set hours or place
for work, writing only when plot Or
scene occurs to him. He uses any kind
Of paper that comes in his way, fire.
quently writing on the margin of i
where. he says. there IS
room for two chapters of a novel.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26


the man saw fit to come, they then jour-
neyed on. O, remarkable sight! o, more
remarkable man.! o, most extraOrdin-
airy woman!
By and by came a woman with a
brave. stern tread. but with gentle.
wOmanly face. and she had very
Strengthening burden. And when
they asked her what she bore. she said.
''Ideas." And then every one laughed.
Who ever heard of SO strange, so un-
w0manly . burden? When they said,
"What will you do with them?" she
said. "You shall see." Then strong
mon with broad shoulders and WELL
shod feet laughed aloud. the while they
disapproved. They said. Go home
and attend to your children" aud she
said. 81 have none" And the breeze
Of their disapproval waited the ideas
far and wide. What will you:" said
they. 81 would be gatekeeper." said
she. And they laughed her to scorn.
If l must pay toll. why shall not be
. keeper of the gate?" "You unsex
yourself" said they. And the women
whose burdens were husbands stood
very erect and joined her at tie gate.
The ideas spread far and wide. Men
with souls and large hearts and large
brains said, LET her tend the gate, il
she wishes to do 90" But the ideas
met with much disfav0r; and the Ane
ladies with the cushions and the can
opdes, and the strong right arm of their
Husbands, would have none Of it. They
aveEted their eyes; nor would they hear.
They said, I'VE are cosy; what care
- sor yoasn And they babe their hus-
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
A Wonder Bird.

l had not been many minutes on the
key before ] discovered large snow
white bird nest ng on the ground under
a spray of Rhacichalis. Its wings were
barred with jet black; its bill was
bright yellow, and tapcred to Il spear
like point, which forbade too close
familiarity. This proved to be the
yellowbilled tropic bird (Phrton tlavi-
rostris), and We afterward caught several
in our hand, taking them from the nest.
When held up by the wings they strike
Justify with their bills and utter pccu-
liarly shrill cry. The tropic bird lays a
single egg on the ground beneath rocks
or bushes. Ii is about the size and make
of the hens, and is finely sprinklcd
with iSh-brown, So a. To appear of
an almost uniform tint. One Of these
birds, which my companion shot and
slightly wounded, flew a short distance
and then alighted on the water AS We
sailed toward it, first one and then an
other bird came and h1vcrcl over it as
if urging it to take flight, which it pres
emily did, and with lis attendants soon
passed out of sight. These BIRDS resem-
bic the guls in many points, but are
distinguished from other sea fowl by
two long strelmcrs in the tail, which
wave behind them as they fly.-Ppuiar
Science 4NOnthly.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
Scenes OF Carnage ut the Pyramids

Long after Rameses H., Cambyses
came, and on the pyramid plain con-
quered the Egyptians, mutila;cd the face
Of the Sphinx and broke into the true
outlines of the pyramids con-
qucror, vandal aud destroyer that he
was. Twcnty-four centuries after, Ma
poleon, with his cOnquering hosts, met
the gold-covcrcd Mamclukcs, who, rid
ing as swift as the wind AID as flame
of fire, hacked the barrels of the French
guns with their blades of Damascus steel.
1t was like blazing volcano. All was
smoke and blood and mutilation, as
though an earthquake had Gomez
Dropping their heads to the sa Idle bow,
the fearless Mamc!ukes rode forward and
met the awful vollcys of the invader. but
only to sink in the sand. Without
horses then, and laying upon their
backs wounded, they cut at the legs of
the enemy with their keen sabres, never
yielding until conquered by death.
And there, close to the Sphinx, one
can see now the very place whence came
up the clouds Of smoke and flame amid
the yells of the demons who fought,
where lay the masses of dead and dying,
where the depleted ranks of the victims
moved along with bristling arms and
broken standards moaning aud swirlinS
like the sea that refuses TO be quiet after
the storms r,bner's
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
The Armies of EnrOpc.

"The bloatcd ornaments of the great
military powers of Europe display their
proportions in very striking manner in
Colonel Nogt's work on THE European
Armies of the Present" The mobilized
strength of France is set down at 2,051.
45S troops, exclusive Of the territorial
army, which is equally large; that of
Russia at /, ,922, 405; Germany, !, ,493, $50
and Austro- Hungary, 1,035, 955. The
military strength of Italy has now at
tanned proportions that would have been
deemed incredible ten years ago. Irclud-
ing militia, it is said to amount to ., ,3S7,
3D. men. If, however, a similar inclu-
sion be made in the case of Russia, the
military strength of that powe, will
probably be found to exceed even chat of
the Fren h republic. Compared with
these figures the numerical proportions
of the British army ought almost to sat-
isfy the members of the Peace Society.
Including our militia and volunteers, as
we'll as the Indian army, we can Just
muster 7SI, ,677 troops. And these have
to serve for the defence of territory dis
tributed overa very much wider area than
that ruled by any of the other powers
London Court Journal.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
RAYVIILE RICIILAND PARISH, LA FEBRUARY 25, N
MBER ..

The hair cutting was done in the
kings chapel by the family priest, after
which the little lady WAS bathcd in holy
water and ''clad in more gorgeous raj
meat than ever before" proclaimed n
woman"
Many other rites aud ceremonies arc
observed New Years, such rs the both
ing of the priests by the King and the
bathing Of his ml 'c,ty 10y the princes of
the minor princiralil:c-. the offering of
special obligations To- Ba,idha hy the
king for the welfare of his people dur
ing The new year, and the building of
new temples to h;s honor. Whatever can
be done to prop!tiate their deity !, al
tempted, and c:cry pleasure of which
the people can con. eve Is indul@cl IN
by them during this the great st festival
of the year.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
National Capitol Pages.

For years it has been the privilege Of
.hc pages in the Capitol at Washington
to make quite II lot ofpocket money each
session in collecting autographs. The
pages Of the Senate, for instance, will
collect the signatures of all the Scn1tors
III an album. turn the book over to some
youngstcr in the House, who gets the
COngrcssmcn's names, then To one of the
pages in the Supreme Court for the auto
graphs of the justices, and finally to the
riding pages of the Senate who are con-
stantly going between the Capitol, the
White House, and the several depart
ments and bureaus of the Government.
The latter get the names of the Prcsi-
dent. the Cabinet and the other promi
nent officials. For such Il collection the
boy who starts the book has received
whatever he could get out of his Gus
toner, trusting t. his own sharpness and
the lattcr's generosity. When he gets
his moncy-and 80 is the usual price -
he settles with the other pages who have
assisted him, on such terms as they were
willing to make. The ordinary terms Of
settlement have been 81 TO the con'rac-
tor, 81 10 the House page, 50 to the boy
who gets the President and Cabinet, and
81 to the youth in the Supreme Court.
But an equal division # profits is now
demanded by the boys. ltook an album
VIII :ch had been sent me by friend in
the West to one of the Senate pages the
other day. and asked him to get the au-
to.raphs of the statesmen for me as he
had done before. had formerly Taid
him $40 for such Il Job, but he informed
me that the boys had organized a union
and had advanced the price To So. He
said that the kids" in the House kicked
because the Senate boys were making
more money than they, and had struck
so it became necessary to organize and
have stated card of rates
"Don't you sec" he said, ''peop,e who
want autographs somehow always come
to the Senate first. We have got s. for
getting the names of scvcn,y.six Scna-
tors, and have given the kids in the
Senate 81 for getting 325 names. When
they happened to catch on to a job they
got the s. of course, and gave Us two
for the Senators autographs, but for
every one book they get We get dozen,
and they kicked about it. SO we had to
agree to pay them rs much as we got our
selves. They won't touch book less
than So. There was Il kid in the House
who cut under them, and got some names
not long ago for So, but when the other
boys found it out they got hold of the
book and tore out the leaves. ."-Nec
York Tribune.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
The Shah's Great Wealth.

What he terms h;> museum i, Il curious
| pace. II contains a Irulus on of costly
articles and objects of at such IL cNiNj
nowhere else ut the prc>cn, day, IT being
the opinion of well-lmormcd Europeans,
who have viewed thcsc treasures, that
their money value is pcIhlls twcnty.fold
that of the contents of thc.o called green
vaults at Dresden 1t is impossible ~
give exact figures, for they could only IN
obtained a'ter Il long and minute inspcc-
tion and valuation by experts but
roughly cstim1tcd, il is probable that
there is morr than $50 Goa. 900 worth of
Jcwclry, precious stones, >'O.ncd and un-
coined gold, costly Oy.t7 It. .cr", fine
porcelain and glassware, old weapons
and armor. tableware and ornaments of
exquisite Persian and lliHdu workman
ship, etc. The 50 called pcacDCk throne
IA part of the pundcr Nadia Shah car
red of from Delhi 5Oycars a.o) is alone
valued at many millions. even after IL
number of the LARGE, rough and uncut
jewels have btcn b oxen out aud stolen
1t is an incon"ruou' place, this mu cum.
There you will see vases o! agate or gold
and lapis lazuli, said to be worth mi lions;
and alongside of them empty perfume
bottles OF European make, with gaudy
labels. that can be had ut whOlcsalc for
about five cents apiece. You VII see
priceless moslics and cXQuisitcly painted
cups and cans and vases, which were
presented by some European po;entlte;
and side by side with them you will
notice horrible daubs. vcritablc lG-ccnt
chromos, picked up the Lor'l knows how
and where. You will perceive glass
cases filled with huge heaps of rubies,
diaTonds, emcralds, sarphircs, tar luoises,
garnets, topazes, lcryls, If all sizes and
kinds, cut and uncut; aud cheek by owl
with these your eyes vi see cheap music
boxes, Jews hlrps and squeahy hand
organs.
The Shah must a so b. I'M condition TO
" ball " the market on pearls, for here is,
for instance, a big glass case, twenty
four inches long by eighteen inchc, wide
and high, that is more than half filed
with beautiful pearls (mostly from the
Persian Gulf tishcriesj of all sizes and
degrees of !ovc,incsS. In separate long
case the orders and decorations of the
Shah, coming from rear.y e cry country
in the world, are kept on exhibition; but
the crown jewels are in Il lit c box that
is always locked and for which the shah
himself forever. waking or sleeping,
carries the keys. The contents of this box
aud OF the several vault, where he keeps
his piles on piles of bright, shining. I'M
used money. he never allows others to
view, although the mu,cum may he
visited once year by the European
diplomatists and the friends that they
vOuCh fol. -CJ,m0.oiitaH.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
A Great Stock Farm.

"You people in the East know moth
ing about stock FARMS" said John Mac
KEY. the California horscman, in the St.
James Hotel the other evening There's
ex-Gov. Stanford'> farm in san Matco
County as an example. lie hal 3iS
trottcrs and thorou.hbrcds on his farm
when left, and of tie lot 2Sj were
trotting-brcd brood mares He runs 10
trotiers and has been wonderfully sue
cessful at it. New Yorker, think of the
thoroughbred horse as the great animal
Of the stock fam, but the trottcr is in
reality the fellow who brings 10 the
breeder the hnndsomc,t returns after
ALL" Horses who can trot in 2:2j out
there, says this excellent authority, are
p'cnty as three minute horses in this city,
and the price asked for the former there
is about the same as can be readily OBJ
taincd for the latter here. a 3 or 1 year
old that cannot show better than 80 on
the road isn't worth owning in the
opinion Of these California hor, and
can easily be had from 500 TO $500.
Neo Tor1 Times.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25

heart and it plunged to the ground,
hurting the two men over its head.
White Buffalo lay where he fell, but
English Tom was up in an instant, and
standing boldly beside his fallen com
rade he poured steady fire from White
EuTalo's Winchester, which the latter
had slung 10 strap. The men at the
station heard the firing and came to the
rescue on the run. The Indians re-
treated on seeing their approach, but
fired a parting volley, and English Tom
fell.
They found him lying on his la k. \
ball had struck him full in the center of
the forehead. Tcnderly they carried
him to the station. They buried him
near the house. and mans an eye was wet
with tears as they hcapcd stones over his
grave. White Buffalo eventually rccov-
cred from his wounds. Nobody knew
the poor English boys true name, none
knew his people, but on the pile of stones
White Buffalo erected neatly painted
slab bearing these words:
: Here Lies the Boly of
. "ENGISH Tom
. He Was Only a Trndcrfoot, hut He
a: Lost His Life To Save Those
: Who Have Erected This
: Slab in Honor of
His Memory.
Sept. -, lNS7.
-Chicogo Nail.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25

pin her balcony where
Vines through the lattices run,
Splitting scent on the air,
Setting "A screen t. the sun,
Far as the morning is fair,
Sweet as blossom is sweet,
Dwells in her rosy retreat
Pepita.
often n glimpse of Eer face,
Whrn the wind rus'les the vine
Parting the leaves for =. space
Glatl.ens this window Of mine,-
Pink in its leafy EN- race.
Pink as the morning Is pink,
Swe t as a blossom | think
Pcpita.
20 dwell over the way
Watch where ] pita is hid
''afe from he Gl;,~c Of tire day
like an ey under its lid;
Over nd over say
Name lie tie song of bird,
Melody shut i'll word,
Pc, L."
look where the li.tle leaves stir,
Look, re green curtai ms are drawn,
The in a blcs,pmy blur
Breaks a diminutivc davp:
Dawn anI tn, Ink face of ircr,
Name like a / So of the s)uth,
Fit for roses smlll mouth,
Icpita
--Frdnt u. Sh 'rmdR, ia The C.aftrH
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
Paper window Glass" "

Paper window glass" is now said to
he an assured fact. As dcscrib I'll a
window pare is III olc Of white paper,
manufactured from cotton or linen, and
modified by chemical action. Aflcr-
ward the paper is d pped in "A prepara
tion of camphor and alcohol, which
makes it like parchment From this
point t can he nodded and 'ut into re-
markably tough sheets entirely trans,
parent, and it en- be dyed with almost
the whole OF the nniline C lols, the re.
suit being a transparent sheet. showing
far more vivid hues than the be glas'
exhibits
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
TIE MYSTERIES OF A DAY
NOTABLE EVENTS WORTHY OF
\ RECORD.
BuildinG a House They Want Pho
nccrs \ Handsome Gift - The
Gas Was Loose Hit With a Can
non Shot. E:c.. E;C.

y minister or
nissio i'll
La,pland is dis
turbcd by the
crying of in
iamts. neither do
the parents stay
way from
church on the
little ones ac-
count. All the
babies are left
outside buried in
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
Terms Of Subscription,

49, rSo,nmunications must reach this office by
T., IN ,s peiore Thursday mornings, if they appear
sai,,nst !Tst Issue after they are received, and
day noon. III oeioie FIJI
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25

Agents need not offer us anything less than
HE above rates.
10 cents per line, each insertion, for read,
nS matter or local notices. - per cent. ad-
lei 70 above rates for each cha 20 of yearly.
o'lf yearly or quarterly advertisements.
positively no reduction from the above
Ha'cs Tor the accommodation of any one
Casii must accompany every or.ler unless
We nVertiser or agent is known by tho pro-
'rietor TO be Il responsible party.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25
Table OF Advertising Rates

Table OF Advertising Rates
"ecoinmended by the Louisiana Press Asso-
ciation for adoption by the publishers of
country newspapers in this STATE. in ac-
cepung advertisements from advertising
agents:
., transient advertising, one inch, one time
sL'o; each subsequent time, 7jc.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-25

1 NO. 3 MOS. 6 HOS. 0 MOS. Il MOS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-17
IL. REFINERY.
AM. REFINERY.

Until recently the New York market
has been above the parity of our market,
consequently preventing any business an
shipments very far East. With the
above decline, we are now below the
parity of the Eastern markets. Buyers
exhibit considerable caution in purchas-
ing even at the decline.
The Pacific Coast Sugar Company OF
Alvarado has commenced marketing its
product, and same is selling readily at
18c. below Refinery prices.
The Refinery at jacksonville is also
working full force, and sending raw sugar
to this market daily. The outlook for
these Refneries, at present prices, is
favorable.
The Cuba basis, for delivery of Island
sugar under contract, declined to exc.
for SO test on the 10Th ultimO, and &c. on
the 10Th. Yesterday we were advised Of
a sale OF Cubas in New York 9512 test at
618c on the I'd instant, but same has not
yet been confirmed by the Refinery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-17
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Williams, Diamond s. Co.'s Circular, per
Australia.

Australia.
SUGAR.-Prices OF refined have de-
clined since our last report. There were
six changes in the price lists of our local
Refneries up to the Goth ultimo, leaving
prices en- that date on the basis of TIC.
for granulated. On the 30th ultimo both
Refneries made reduction of &c per
ID. all round again on the 31st ultimo
he, and on the 1st instant &c. On the
9TH instant the California Refinery re-
duced prices again &c. per ID. The
American Refinery have not followed
this reduction, however, and prices OF
principal grades are quoted to-day as
follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-17

For Corsets and Under Wear go to
Sachs store. There's where you viii find
what you want.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-10-20
CHAPTER XXVI.
ONE SHORT HOUR

It was a week later that the Breton ba
rouche came over the brow of the hill toward
DIR. Elingsworth's house, The bay span
never stepped so proudly, and certainly the
gold plated trimmings on their harness never
glittered SO brightly before. AS the carriage
had passed through the lower village the fac
tory girls had a rushed to the windows to
see the master and his bride, and for the mo-
ment the laborers on the foundations OF the
new mill stopped their work In one accord,
and were all eyes till the bridal couple were
out of sight Philips face was fairly radiant
with hope and love- and he could not teach
his eyes to look anywhere but at Bertha She
glanced idly on either side, at the white
gloved coachman Oil his high seat or at the
prancing horses, anywhere but into the earn
est, tender face, which might have been
constant reproach to her calm indifference.
Clearly enough, the clouds that had settled
so gloomly about his wedding night had
lifted: his love and the sweet reality of his
present life and his new sense of duty toward
the woman who now called him husband, all
helped him to put away her past, even to its
most terrible incident, and his healthful
mental nature was rapidly building up new
life which should have no faint in it. Philip
Breton made noble lover. Perhaps it was
because he was not great man. He was not
so wise but that he believed i'll the reality of
the sunbeams poets make their love songs Of.
He had many holy aspirations; he caught
now and then glimpses of ideal beauty and
truth In some vague way he fancied all
these were realized in Bertha. In her ne
loved all the harmones. In her he worshiped
purity and charity and all the graces.
Az for Rertha she continually found new
surprises in his gentleness and in his devo-
tion-surprises partly because she forgot
them each time. She really wished he were
not SO devoted. She wished he did not make
her feel as if she were forever posing in tab
leaux. She thought him inclined to be fool
ish. because he did not seem keen eyed
enough to see her most obvious faults-not
magnanimous enough herself to understand
that he looked at her through halo Of glory
his love had put about her. In spite OF her
self he could see something beautiful and
good in everything she could do or say.
"We are JUST passing my home" she said, a
little petulantly; ''can't you see anything but
meF'
"This is not your home now, my dear" He
corrected her very gently. AS he glanced
into the windows Of the parlor. where they
had been married, Jane Elllngsworth's dark
face looked out at them, cruel and malevo-
lent. Philip started forward In his seat.
Why, no, he must have been wrong, tho face
I'm the window, was wreathed in the most
charming smiles. She even kissed her fingers