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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
Bungling Man.

If the history of civilization poin Is
any one moral so plainly that The who
runs may read" it is that moral degen-
eracy exists wherever men attempt to
Danish women from equality and re-
spOnsibility, weakening the race just in
proportion as the attempt succeeds.
do not think women are naturally better
than men; any apparent difference In
morals is purely and solely the result of
difference in education. But man aud
woman may be likened to pair Of
scissors. before whom nature has placed
the web of life to be cut into shape.
Joined together, each part Of this hu-
man instrument is able to do its share
deity and with good economic results.
Our present bungle arises from the fact
that in all public affairs man refuses to
be riveted to his better half, and clum-
silly and heavily tries to cobble out his
work alone.-Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrich.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
GRAY.HEADEO GAMES.
The Antiquity Of Chess, Marbles, Base !:all
and HOp-ScOtch.

The Antiquity OF Chess, Marbles, Base .sAIl
and HOp-Scotch.
Boys can not help being boys. and
if it is any comfort to them to know
it. they always have been. There is
NO reason to doubt that they have
played approximately the same games
for thousands of years. If flavor OF
antiquity can dignity sports. the fol-
lowing extract will satisfy many an
anxious parent that his offspring are
entirely respectable in their methods
of amusement
Sakya-Muni, the founder of Budd-
hism, who died probably four hundred
years before Christ gave to his dis
ciples some paragraphs on conduct.
He took a conservative stand against
certain games. The fact of his speak
ing OF them shows that they must
have existed long before his day.
He says that the true Brahman should
refrain from games detrimental to
progress in virtue; that is to say, with
board of sixty-four squares, or of one
hundred squares; tossing up; hopping
over diagrams formed on the ground;
removing substances from a heap with
out shaking the remainder; ..dicing;
trap ball; sketching rude figures; toss
ing balls; blowing trumpets; plowina-
matches; tumbling; forming mimic
wind-mills; guessing at measures;
chariot races; archery; shooting mar
bles from the fingers"
The reader will easily recognize in
this list games which he himself has
often played. The first is no doubt
chess; but can any reader tell what the
hundred-square game was? Is any
such played nowP After these come
hop-scotch. jackstraws. perhaps back.
CANNON, cup-ball and cartoon draw
ing.
To our surprise. We find that base
ball. the '.great American game" 10
BY no means . recent invention, but
rather q survival Of the fittest Cor
nets arc still . nuisance. and blowing
matches arc still heard Of once in
awhile out West Even in those days
cart-wheels were turned and other
frightful attitudes struck by. contor.
tionists."
Our boys mako mimic water-wheels
oitener than mimic windmills, but the
.,xuess" game IL still . favorite; horse
racing and archery arc modern diver
sions; and marbles arc - popular now
- when the first pair Of youngsters
vent to school Il II claimed that
chess dates hack about four thousand
years What reason II there 70 doubt
tha& hop-scotcA. hall and marbles ass
equally 0ti-Yeuthb CoapanisA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
Gaining Ground.

Woman suffrage. instead of losing
ground. is steadily gaining. Every
year shows some advance. and when we
glance over period long enough to
give fair perspective. the gain is very
considerable. Twenty-Five years ago.
women. with Insignificant exceptions.
could not vote anywhere. To-day they
have school suffrage in fifteen States.
full suffrage in one Territory. munich
pal suffrage (single women and wild
ows) throughout England. Scotland,
Ontario. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
British Columbia, and several of the
British colonies at the antipodes
Slowly but surely. the common-sense of
the world is evidently working around
to belief in woman suffrage.-Wo-
mans Column.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
THE Next CENTENNIAL.

.
What the Condition Of Public AAAlrs WIN
BE = Century Heaee.
The great Centennial is over. That
it was magnificent occasion goes with
out saying. Only one criticism will be
made when the scene is contemplated
in the perspective Of history-the
women-patriots were totally ignored.
The white male dynasty was at the
fore in full force. and even Whittier.
the noblest friend of woman that Amer
lean manhood counts. made no allusion
to US in his magnificent poem Of the
day. Men everywhere and all the
time; a spectacle Of halfness; of the
onesidedness that now imperils the Re
public; and with no realization what
ever of the absurdity of their position
in thus ruling the Lords heritage OF
humanity.
Their blindness to the real situation.
to the most significant feature OF the
century-''woman's discovery Of her
SELF" to employ Francis E Willard's
phrase-was after all the most inn
pressive feature Of the occasion. Its
only parallel is the sublime stolidity
of the Car. the Emperor and the King.
to the fact that the only actual King.
Emf@or and Gar, the people. have
taken up the calling. the divine right, -
by which these puppets Of an hour are
supposed to rule; the satanic wrong
of the century. to be put away before
another century gets itself we'll under
way.
But after all We must not blame the
individual representative of world-0ld
wrongs, whether he Is an Old World
despot or a male voter in our own New
World. They stand for all the past that
has placed them where they ara But
evolution has them in its blessed, yet
relentless. mill; Gods mill that grinds
80 slow and small. but with exactness
grinds US all. Evolution took material
forces, and developed from them the
stronger forces that are spiritual. Wo-
men to-day constitute three-fourths Of
the teachers, three-fourths Of the grad
yates from schools, three-f0urths of the
temperance army. three-fourths of the
church. Their day. dawns. and shall
rise to its zenith, when men and women
equally shall fill all places of opportun-
ity. trust and honor; when the poor old
world shall limp on one leg no longer,
but walk off with even tread. -WO.
mans journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
AND so THEY PARTED.

It Was Better That They Should Find II
Out In Time.
They had been engaged a week.
Together they had been to see Little
Lord Fauntleroy," and were returning
to Brooklyn on Bridge train. When
the train stopped Angelina got up and
walked to the front of the car. think
ing that Algernon was close behind.
Algernon walked to the rear door,
thinking Angelina was tripping along
at his elbow. Two blank faces, Q
hasty search and meeting on the
platform.
II thought, Algernon. that of course
you would follow mel"
''And l thought, Angelina. that Of
course you would follow me!'
Both fell to meditating as they
walked down the passageway and took
a Kings County elevated train. When
Vanderbilt avenue was passed Angelins
at last broke the silence.
Perhaps = AlgernOn -we-we-
might not-agree. Don't you think
you had better take it back?" and she
pulled . dainty little ring from her
finger.
Algernon hesitated. The train BE-
gan to slacken speed for Franklin
Then he took the ring In IN
absent-minded way IS they both arose.
Its 90 much better" Angelina
added. softly. ''that We should find out
In time" and they disappeared
through the door 7. Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Wise Sayings Which Fell from tho Lips
Of Great Philosophers.
Cowardice is the greatest giver OF
aims.
Spare moments are the gold dust OF
time.-COle.
He who is devoted to every body is
devoted to nobody.
If you note all the details you have
not seen the whole.
Deliberation, too far prolon ged.
defeats its own ends-Nelson.
Sands make the mountains-mo-
ments make the years Young.
Habit renders wrong-doing of any
kind a sort of second nature.
Nothing is degrading which high
and graceful purpose ennobles.
Truth has never yet proved fatal to
any one; there are too many antidotes.
To owe gratitude Expresses coarse
nature; to receive it oppre sses fine
one.
Socialism is the fantastical younger
brother of n nearly spent despotism,
whose inheritance he claims.
The gardens of modern poetry too
often betray nearness to the drains
of the cities.
There is not enough religion in the
world to admit of the humiliation of
religions.
For many natures it is as much .
duty of cleanliness to change opinions
as to change clothes.
Not when it is dangerous to tell the
truth will she lack prophet. but only
when it is tiresome.
Those things which engage US merely
by their novelty can not attract US for
any length of time
Man should command his flesh as q
slave his master. The dominion Of
the enfranchised is the most imperi-
Gus.
He that boasteth himself to know
every thing is most ignorant; and he
that presumeth to know nothing is
most wise. Plato, b c. 427.
Old age is the night of lite as night
is the old age of day. Still. night ID
full Of magniicence. and for many 1t
is more brilliant than the day.
If you have built castles in the air
your work need not be lost; that is
where they should be- Now put the
foundations under them.-Thoreau.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
THE BLACK LEOPARD.

How the FIercest Of the Cat Tribe Looks
When Connned.
In the menagerie in Central Park in
New York is black leopard. Not a
light or brown hair appears upon his
silky skin. He is as black as . dress
of black silk. He is probably native
of Southern Asia, and q rare speci-
men, though black leopards are not
uncommon there. Look him in the
face, and, cat-like, he shuts his green
eyes and turns his head. Rather under
the full size of the best Of leopards,
1.-THE of limb and powerful, this rare
beast of the jungle takes his prison
life with apparent contentment He
lies part of the time stretched out
upon the bottom OF his cage with his
eyes closed, but he is so nearly awake
all the time that soft touch of q
stranger hand would rouse him to
anger. This leopard does not change
his spots" yet he has somewhere.
probably, a brother who is spotted.
He seems to live happily with beau
tifully spotted leopard, little larger
than himself, with whom there ap-
pears to be no ill temper or family
quarrel.
lis he dangerous?'
The attendant replied: mot at all
when he is safely confined. but let him
loose and there would be trouble at
every jump"
''Is he ever in savage moOd?"
''Oh, yes; there are times when his
low, savage growl or purr-r is enough
to give one fair warning"
''But he is tame, is he nOt?'
Tame! That creature never will
be tame. He is under subsection only
when he is in close confinement One
leap into the open air and his savage
nature would burst out His move
ments are quicker than those of lion
and he could carry off two-year-old
buck"
'.Is there any other black leopard
in this country?"
Il believe not. and very few except
in Southern Asia This one is very
black and rare animal"
wonder if Sarah Bernhardt would
like him for a pet-she likes little
tigers
Sarah Bernhardt! Every bone in
her body he would crush as you would
crumble a peanut in your teeth. This
beautiful black bird is pet only
when he is very safely confined. See
how quietly he lies there now. but let
him loose upon that lawn and he
would be transferred into wild and
different animal in an instant. His
innate disposition is not of the lowell
est sort His affection is for uncooked
beef You had better not put your
hand through the bars to stroke his
fur; with one stroke of his paw his
long. strong claws would tear the
flesh from your bones. Cor. Cincin-
natl ENQUIRER.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
POULTRY CHOLERA.


How 70 Guard Against an Outbreak II
the Terrible Disease.
Very little seems to be generally
known of fowl cholera. as is shown by
the almost universal neglect to prop
erly guard against its outbreak. and
the frequently confessed inability t0
suppress it when once it becomes ca.
tablished in q flock. That the disease
is strictly sporadic will not be denied
by an intelligent observer of its incep.
ton and progress. That it is due to
local and preventable influences is.
think, equally true. That it can b
eradicated by removal Of the cause,
and not otherwise, l as fully believe.
Not all exposed fowls take the disease.
and not all attacks are fatal There
are numberless cases of recovery. APP
parently due to individual treatment or
change of food; but that they are really
the result Of such treatment is, to say
the least, not proven. So far as my
observation goes. the proportion Il
less than when the fowls are let alone.
and the treatment confined TO the dis
infection of their quarters ! have
abundant reasons for believing that the
disease is always traceable to faulty
quarters and the neglect to properly
protect their occupants against tho
germs generated by decomposition Of
their own cxcrements
l knew of an outbreak of it. several
years ago. in one Of the largest poultry
establishments in the country, where
it ragged with terrible virulence among
turkeys - vol as chickens. and tho
money lost ran we'll into four figures.
At last disinfection BY sulphuric acid
in . hundred times - much water was
resorted to with the most astonishing
effect Not . single now case was
known. and the establishment was en-
irely freed from It - soon ~ its
period Of incubation in the already af-
fected birds expired What means Of
prevention have since been resorted
to do not know, but no further
trouble has been experienced. though
many thousand fowls are huddled upoa
the Same grounds every year. ~
lieve NO other preventive II neess-
cary except 70 keep the dropping sov.
cred with dry earth. Tho saving In
manure generally wasted By lack ofpro-s
lection from the air win moro than pay
this expense. High psrches also contrib
ute 70 the safety ofthe fewlA promoting
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
Knew the Symptoms.

Wfe-Cyrus. I am sure young
Spoonamore is becoming serious in his
attentions to our Susie.
Husband-Nonsense! What nakes
you think 20?
He wears . new necktis every time
he comea."
do Jon think Susie cares any thing
for himf"
know Ghe doe. She hasn't eat
= n eaies this spsinG Chisags
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

THERE are 213 clubs of women II
New Orleans devoted to the study O.
political economy.
The Illinois Women's Press Associa.
ton has waxed SO strong that it Is t.
build house in Chicago. a feature Of
which will be lecture-room to seal
200 persons
A WORKINGwONEN's Society formed
in Detroit, Mich, ten years ago. ia
care for girls out of employment and
secure situations, has just dedicated Z
magnificent building.
The women of Delaware have united
to compel legislative action in the mat
ter OF the protection of young girls
The present legal limit Of protection ID
seven years. and the women Of the
State are demanding that 1t be raised to
eighteen years.
The more radical friends of the cause
say (what to an American seems almost
self-evident) that there is no reason In
the world why married women should
not vote. They even take the extreme
position that they will oppose the
passage Of any bill which does not in
clude married women.
AMONG the many good works Of the
Queen Of Saxony il her education Of
women OF al ranks to be nurseA In
1867 she summoned the women of Dres-
den to meet her In council and at the
end Of year there were I. 200 nurses
ready for service. They were called
Albertinerinnen. from the name Of the
then Crown Prince. Any one II in
Dresden sends request for = nurse 70
any hospital managed By Abertinerin-
nan. Under their charge = The Qnsel's
Hospital and convaleaceat1 homs -
Tie hanks Of the Ebe. which ~ Qpe0
purchased With Asr private msana !.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27

-Wife--..John. you viii be pleased.
/ am sure, to hear that Uncle Rufus.
who was here this Afternoon. thinks
our Tommy has decided musical talent
He has made him . present Of beau
tiful 6sgeolet. Tommy can already
run the scale on Where are you
going, John." Husband (savagely
Selling his haiti am going down
town to buy . bicycle for Tommy.
Chicago Tribune
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27
GA PETITE BONNIE. ;.


xofoooogo ~ 1mp0ftAn00 In the D0S0R .
81 Paris Society.
just as the Partisan woman cousti.
tutes distinct type in Europe Great
ure made up of charms and graces. Wit
and afiectations-so also does her serv-
ant The mistress is always success
fully photographed In the maid-the
higher creation finds its inevitable and
fatally correct expressio in the lower.
Only In Franca-only in Paris-is the
true femme de chambre found. It has
pleased US. here, to borrow . word
from the argot Of Paris fla petite
bonnie" which is applicable to the en-
tire class of female servants-whereat
the femme de chambre proper is the
only one member OF this immense FAM
ily-the type par excellence, found only
in the families Of the aristocratic cir
cles OF Partisan life. LA petite bonne''
bears no resemblance to the English
nurse. to the rigid German governess,
the Swiss ''b0nne." to the ''maritornes"
OF Spain. or tho ''cameristes" Of
1taly-all Of whom breathe the
atmosphere Of domestic service,
have the coarse hands and ill-shod
feet Of the lower classes and hold
themselves in q position of humility
and servility. suggestive of the serf.
dom Of antiquity. LA petite bonne''
of Paris Is q parsonage Of Importance
and Of rare elegance. Ellie est tree q
quatre epiugles. dressed simply, with
out the slightest pretenoe to luxury.
but with an exquisite and unfailine
taste. She cultivates her hands, man.
icures her nails and arranges her hair
in the most becoming and coquettish
style-with an eye to her hatless con-
dition on the streets. Unfortunately,
on her jour de congo. she hides all
this delicate simplicity beneath the
cast-off finery of her mistress, and she
is then neither lady nor petite bonne'
only atravesty on the former. LA
petite bonnie" walks with the undulat-
ing grace Of the ''bayadere. She af-
fects every new caprice of couture and
carriage-she knows every new Paris
ian fad by heart and keeps the run of
the fashions with the same accuracy
as the society woman who possesses
many millions. She takes the utmost
care of her teeth-which tare
always small. white and even-and
she cultivates the prettiest laugh in
the world. which displays two rows of
glistening little pearls set in their
shining coral. Her duties are to dress
Madame and to attend to commissions
of delicate nature, requiring tact and
skill. Therefore she must be, by
nature, clever and intriguante She
counts the linen, and mends the laces,
and keeps an attentive eye to Madame's
wardrobe. but she never soils her white
fingers with the dust OF grosser duties.
These she hands over to some mental
below her in the scale of servitude.
la petite bonnie" never marries the
valet nor the coachman in these days.
Her wise and cunning plans are laid,
to secure some well-to-do bourgeois.
It is. perhaps. unnecessary to add that
she always secures him. and then ia
petite bonnie" becomes ia petite bour-
geoise." There may be republicans
among the danes du monde of Paris,
but there are none among their serv-
ants. They are all aristocrats. Paris
Figaro.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27


Some old gardeners claim thas'
cucumber vines win bear better Il ther
are topped
Arrange to raise not only . good
variety. but also full supply Of fruit
and vegetables to use during the sea-
SON and to store for the winter.
To save okra for winter use. / cut
the pods while green and tender; cut
in slices string and dry them and put
in good paper bags Keep them dry.
and they are ready for use any time.
The snails may give you consider
able trouble when the roses start into
growth. but BY placing cabbage leaves
among the plants they may be readily
captured. IS they viii collect thereon.
and can then be destroyed.
There Is no moro durable wood
than the Usage orange, and all poles
from old neglected hedges should DO
saved for grape. bean and other
stakes. according to correspondent
Of Orchard aud Garden. who thinks It
would pay to grow the osage for such
purposes.
Perhaps there arc just as many
farmers who think that . COW having
the run Of q fair pasture in summer Is
well fed as there are who believe that
dry hay in winter is . liberal ration.
Whatever the proportionate numbers
may be the mistake Is about a. great
in one case ~ In the other.
Smoky chimneys" arc often
caused by being located on low por-
tons Of tho building. II adjoining
roofs arc as high or higher than tho
chimney. currents passing over are
apt to descend. One or two feet added
to the height Of such . chimney BY
pipe or brick will in most cases remove
the difficulty.
Pineapple Cream.-Soak one ounce
Of gelatine in water until dissolved;
whip one pint Of sweet cream to stiR
froth. Cut the pineapple fine. boil
with one-hah pound Of pulverized
sugar. strain through q colander, add
the dissolved gelatine. set on ice. and
when it thickens. stir until smooth,
then add the whipped cream and mold
Boston Budget
Press the garden seeds firmly In
the earth with the foot 40 that they
will be brought into close contact with
the dirt and they will be sure to
grow. whether tho season be wet or
dry. They will commence their
growth at once and will be much ear
lier. and have q stronger. more vigor.
Gus growth than seeds that have been
left loose in the ground -Western
Plowman.
The great danger of American
agriculture is the loss OF fertility-too
much cropping, too little manure
Thus our soils become barren and our
crops meager. What we most need
and must have is more fertilizers. and
the cheapest and by far the best for
most Of our farms is barnyard manure.
He who secures the most of this will
win in the race With ensilage properly
put up we can increase our stock ono
half; many say the stock can be
doubled. II this is so we score ono
and tremendo us one for ensilage;
double the stock. double tho manure.
double the fertility. and doubls the
production. Farm and Home.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-27

The New Century Guild of Working
Women. in Philadelphia. lately re-
ceived from the Society Of Colored
Working Women an appeal for an ex-
preston OF willingness to accept ~ 90
workers and treat with civility, q
clerks. seamstresses. saleswomen. etc,
etc. colored women whom they would
consider respectable in other respecta
An informal ballot. which il mot to bind
tae Guild. Vas taken. and resulted n
% votes in favor Of such recoenition
- Z against 4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-03-03
RIVIS1A Dbl HERCADo DR EURvA.YeRk.
Febrero 15 de 1889.

AsGcar. Despu6s de todo 90
han presentado los refiuadores, tan
to locales como de otros mercados,
q querer comprar azdcar, Y por
10 que vemos POGO consiguen sus
precios.
En- esta semana Sc anuneian ven
tas de 6, 700 sacos de Pernambuc0.
$40, a ALL I16-450 bocoyes Y 900
sacos mas abado.- Antillas ingle.
sas, $50, a 44-5 500 sacos del Bra.
sill, y una putida de bocoyes de
Demerara, de 10 que no 90 anun.
clan precios peroque de SECURE no
seran menos que los preci 8 antes
marcados. Sc dice tambi6n que
han procurado comprar otras parti.
das que Sc reservan, pero podemos
confiar en- que quedando muy fir
me nuestro mercado en- este mo.
mento y cotizandose a 1915 por
800, centrifugal y a 413i i16 por 88o,
mascabado, veremos mejores pre-.
clos para la zafra que a1n no llega.
Escrito 10 anterior, Sc dice de la
venta de 10000 seretas de Manila,
4 4.3I16-5,0O0 sacos centrifuga,
96o, a 9l16, y rumores de dos 8
tres cargamentos de centr,fuga, &
3.3I16 costo y fete.