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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
Strength of the German Army.

By the new law. owing to the recent
threatening aspect of the European
situation in the East and the West. the
standing army of Germany has been
brought up to upwards Of 500, 900 men
or $50. 900. if the men ON leave, liable
to immediate recall, are added In case
of war this body can be brought up,
by calling in the first reserves, to up
wards OF 1.O5O, 600 men. For oper-
alive purposes a further addition of
upwards of 1.310. 900 men may be made
through the landwehr. If the supple
mentary reserve were put on its legs
this would give further force of L.
465, 900. Total in round numbers, 81
100000 men. But if the landsturm
also were called out nearly $500. 600
men would be under arms! The
prospect is a saddening one. At
Germany's eastern flank. however.
Russia processes to be able to raise an
army of 10. 900. 900 men. On Germany's
western flank France may call out
more than 1000. 900. Being between
two powers of historically aggressive
character. Germany can not disarm
before the others DO, though the
heaviness of the armor presses on her.
most weightily. 1t is for her a ques-
ton of national existence or extinc-
ton. NORTH American Review.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
Two Wonderful Watches.

John Huntington and his son, W.
7. R. Huntington. of Cleveland, own
two of the best watches in the world.
They are duplicates, and were ordered
by the senior Huntington in 1881 in
Geneva, Switzerland He agreed to
pay $1,000 in gold for two watches
that should combine every movement
then known to the art of Matchmaking.
A description of one answers for both
The case is of pure gold; the works
number 400 pieces On the large dial
appear four smaller dials. The one at
the top shows by a diagram of the sky
the changes of the moon. the firma-
men. being of lapis lazuli, studded
with golden stars. The next dial to
the right shows the leap year, the
tiny hand moving around the circle
once in four years, and an auxiliary
hand shows each month. On the dial
at the bottom is q hand marking the
quarter seconds. and one showing tho
day of the month. At the left. on tia
fourth miniature dial, is hand point
ing out the day OF the week. and
another the tide as it GIBBS and flows.
Around the large dial. besides the
usual hour and minute hand, moves a
second hand and an extra horse timer,
so arranged that the distance between
two horses at the finish is accurately
noted in quarter seconds. By pressing
button the past hour is struck on a
deep-toned bell, one OF a chime; the
quarters are more siyery note. and
rapidly tinkling companion gives
the minutes The watch is a stem
winder, and one spring furnishes the
motive power. Where there is fric-
tion the pivots are set in rubies n.
7. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

TwENTY-oNE trustees have been
chosen for the Columbia Annex, OF
whom thirteen arc women.
THE Utah women are organized to
regain the suffrage which they had for
seventeen years and which they were
deprived of by the Edmunds law.
The officers OF the Alumna Associa-
ton of the Harvard Annex for the
coming year are: President Miss Annie
l. Barber. of Meadville. Pa, vice
president. Miss Edith Stearns Cushing.
Of Cambridge. Mass; secretary and
treasurer. Miss Mary Goes. of Wor-
cester. Mass
The Primrose League. enrolling over
80. 600 ladies. and the more recently Or
gained Women's Liberal Federation.
now numbering $4,000. are organiza-
lions of no little force in the politics Of
England. the Primroses being intense
~ Tory and the Federation a. in
tensely Liberal
CERTAIN property-owning women in
Vermont-the Legislature having re-
fused women the right to vote in mu-
nicipal elections-have sent in q petit
ton declaring that taxation without
representation is tyranny" and asking
to have all taxes removed from prop
erty owned by women.
Miss MARY A. BRIGHAM has been
chosen president OF Mt Holyoke Sem
mary and College She was educated
at Mt Holyoke, has been for twenty
seven years associate principal Of Prof
Vests Brooklyn Heights Seminary.
and has twice been offered the presi-
dency Of Wellesley College.
The city editor OF the Muncie (Ind)
Evening Herald Is q woman-Miss
Minnie McKillip She is an energetic
newsgatherer. meettrains. getting inter.
views at the hotels and furnishing the
printers with moro copy than any
one else on the paper. Miss McKillip
Is eighteen years old. petite In dgur4
end u said 70 be quite pretty.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
Where's the Oifference7

Looked at with a view to fair play
and justice, the right of the women to
vote would be clear, says Lucy Stone.
To illustrate: In one town lives q
man who owns his house and land, and
who has a family of children. Next
owns her house and land, and who has
a family of children. This man and
woman have the same personal and
property rights, and the same family
interests. Is it not clear that by right
and fair dealing they should both have
vote on the questions that concern
them alike?
Out on a ranch lives a young man
who took up land. He has conformed
to the law. He has proved up" on his
land, owns it, and will make his home
on it But on another ranch lives a
young woman who took up land. She
has conformed to the law. she has
'.proved up on her land, owns it, and
will make her home on it BY all fair
dealing, the young woman should have
a vote as we'll as the young man.
Husbands fathers and widowers have
special interests to protect, and they
will have votes to protect them. Wives,
mothers and widows have special in
terests to protect In all fair dealing,
they should also have votes to protect
those interests The men who upheld
slavery are ashamed of it now. The
men who deny equal rights to women
will surely be ashamed of it in the fu-
ture
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
How to Treat Blind Staggers.

The disease commonly called blind
staggers is due 70 congestion of the
brain and is really apoplexy. Indi-
gestion is the most frequent cause.
and the remedy consists mostly in
prevention. The fit will pass of in a
short time unless the attack is acute,
when bleeding from the neck and ice
broken fine and put in bag applied
to the head and neck will afford re-
lief. As the original disease will still
continue this should be treated as fol-
lows. to prevent further trouble in the
brain: Give pound of EPSON salts.
followed by bran mash mixed with
one-fourth as much linseed previously
scalded and stepped twelve hours, I'M
til cool, and given once day; crushed
oats may be given in moderation; four
quarts once q day. and fresh erase
pasture and rest from work for few
days Sometimes the origin of the
trouble may be worms in the intes-
tines. when a pint of raw linseed oil
and one ounce OF turpentine NAV II
given an hour before feeding in tn
mcEsi2g. and in the evening give :
bran mash with one dram Of sulphaa6
OF iron and as much powdered pers
Wan bark ia iL--N Y. Times
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
New Occupations.

The righteousness of women ID prov
ing great aid to those who must be
self-supporters The alacrity with
which they see d. opening and
make business is well-as quick
as women The ''semi1 DIS" of the city
are good examples-wonen OF educa-
ton who post society women on cur
rent topics. literary. political and
scientific, enabling them to converse
intelligently. In London a number of
women are serving as guides They
are a wonderful Improvement ON the
usual parrot-like type. The general
governess is becoming an institution at
summer resorts She takes the child
ron oil the parents hand BY the hour,
and not only makes them happy and
gives the mothers rest. but earns . good
salary by ii. too. A clever young girl
with q camera picks up points here and
there which the artists and the illus
trated papers buy. Another clever
girl discovers that she can become q
caterers perhaps she makes only cakes.
perhaps serves whole meals. and thus
earns livelihood Another who paints
on china buys kiln and ire her own
and her neighbors wareA The sum
total OF the women earning eon1crtable
incomes in these odd ways : WJ larsa
-Chautauquan
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
WHAT IT MEANS.

The True Significance Of Woman Sunr1S@
Among the excellent articles called
out on this side of the water by the &C
ton of the English Remonstrants. was
an editorial IN the New York Home
Journal. which paper after re-afhrm'
ing its own steadfast loyalty TO the
cause. said:
woman suffrage is not the mere
privilege OF voting. 1t means social
revolution. reconstruction OF society
on a higher principle. 1t means-u
you will permit the word-the woman
izing of society. 1t is not woman who
by her entrance into political life Will
take the mold of society as it now Is.
but society that will be nodded anew
by woman. She will not lose thereby
her distinctive attribute and charm,
but will infuse into the social state the
warmer sympathies, the disinterested-
ness, the moral enthusiasm and the
profounder sense of justice that are
characteristic of her womanhood
I'm fine, the movement for woman
suffrage is but part of the general
drift of modern society toward higher
principle of organization than that
upon which it now rests, and its great
importance lies in the fact that it is an
essential step in this revolution-a rev.
olution which only with the aid of wo-
mans larger sympathies and finer sense
OF justice may be peacefully accom-
plished. And not until this profound
revolution has been effected may the
author of Robert Elsmere and those
who sympathize with her aspirations
for q regenerated society hope to have
their dreams realized.
THE Church Universal!-that was
no fiction in medieval times when So
ciety was constructed consistently
throughout on a basis of force. The
Church UNIVERSAL will cease to be
a fiction of modern times when society
is reconstructed consistently on the
basis of justice and that fraternity
which justice involves. 1t is to woman
that We look for this reconstruction.
1t is from her heart that the vitalizing
force must proceed. 1t is by her active
participation alone that the great work
can be achieved"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

streets. Arrests were made to put stoE
to the nuisance. At last flesh and blood could
bear no more, and, worn out with the abuse
shame and contumely heaped upon her,
woman yielded up the point and the bone Of
contention was buried forever"
We have reached the station, and I the
peroration ofmy speech.
Sand now,O man. I cry, looking upward
as we enter the dark building, and STUN
BILE over trunk that besets my victorious
path, s'dare not cast Q single stone of scorn
at wasp-like waists or any thing OF the
sortr"
We enter our train. I glance at Jim. He
has pinched look about the mouth ard
general appearance of thinness which it is
good to see in one Of his sex. He gives me
one reproachful glance, signs heavily and
vanishes in the ''smoker," leaving me to my
pleasant reflections.
JULIA II. THAfER.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
No Vote No Tax.

Miss Anna Smyer. who took up a
homestead claim in Dakota five years
ago. was warned recently by a county
official to pay her poll-tax. which drew
forth the reply: Il have just found
out that last year 8 assessor has charged
me with pcll-tax. think it is funny,
and If you want to mention the fact that
l object to working out poll-tax unless
l have the privilege of voting at the
next election you may. don't know
whether the man did it through spite
or through ignorance. If it was ig-
norance some one else may learn from
it. l am past twenty-one. and don't
deny it, but want the privilege of
voting as well as working. Dress this
up to suit yourself. and send me map
of our blessed Dakota"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
He Took Good C.reof Gr,c,x.

A bridal couple started out from tae Ma
tional Hotel one morning last w.ek 70
do the city Of Washington. They first
visited the depot where Garfield fell, then
walked through the Botanical Gardens, and
climbed Capitol Hill. 1t was nearly noon
when they passed the statue Of Chief Jus
tee John Marshall. The sun was doing an
honest days work, and it is safe to say
there were no flies on that SUM- The stall
wart groom held an umbrella over his wilt
ed bat buoyant bride. They entered the
Capitol, walked through the rotunda, into
the marble room, and, in fact, all over the
main floor Of the great edifice. One Of tho
guides asked Groomie why he didn't lower
his umbrella. and he said: Because I'm
afraid Oracle will take cold She is very
delicate" 1t is possible that next winter
Oracle will be hardened to this life, and be
able to get out OF bed before daylight, to 60
and gather chips, and make the kitchen
Dire wtile 0roomie thanks the Lord he has
such treasure
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

in the front row Of the dress circle.
sWhat beauty does goose see In
compression that sends her shoulders up
into the air and makes her neck, face and
arms look like boiled lobster, pops her
ewes half out Of her head and gives her a
general appearance of idiocyf' he continues,
taking advantage of the fact that the Or
chestra now gives him an opportunity to
speak in his natural tones.
"Hush! do be quiet" say: "some one
will hear you," but my words fall upon IN
needing ears, and he rushes madly on,
pouring cataract of invective over the IN
conscious little damsel who sits tanning
herself and chatting merrily with her COM
panion with an air of satisfaction that
seems to make up for any amount OF
physical discomfort.
81 haven't any use for girl like that
Suppose she thinks that fellow Of hers ad-
mires her. Bet he's ashamed of her and
would like to crawl through knot-hole II
he could. She's about as ornamental as a
bump on a log. II she was my sister
wouldn't use her for scare-crow in our
corn field?n
ssYou really shall not 20 on in this way
any longer / whisper at this last out
burst Il came here to enjoy the music,
ity Just wait until after the operas over
and ] will meet you On your own ground,
you cross old boy: have settler for you,
Ithink,"l remark significantly, as I open
my libretto and begin studying the argu-
ment.
Jim smiles, looks over my shoulder, and
we are soon lost in the mazes of a modern
opera plot. Miss Wasp passes from our
memory, and would, doubtless, never have
reappeared but for the fact that just as we
are about stepping into the aisle, at the
close of the entertainment, the offending
creature crosses our path again, brushing
hastily past Jim in her anxiety to make an
early exit
There's manners for you," breaks out
my irate companion once more, and there is
no calming him now.
''Do wait until we get out Of here, and
then you can say what you please" plead,
and he does manage to hold his breath un-
til we are in the outer air, and then Jim
bows himself in manly strength, grasps
the very pillars of the temple of fashion,
and down comes every frivolous daughter
of the Philistines in the general disaster.
"You women rave about classic beauty"
he growls, as we walk rapidly along toward
the station. You trot out your Venus Of
Milo on all occasions, and demolish every
adiec tvs in the language in your effort to
describe her 'lovely' form, and thcn you &C
and work the reverse lever and bring your
selves up standing, perfect monstrosity
TO the eyes of all beholders. What is more
inconsistent than a woman?"
"a man," reply, with coolness that
seems to nettle him for moment, then TIE
absurdity of such an assertion strikes him,
and he bursts into a hearty laugh.
"Yes, q man." repeat, with additional
>mphasis. you've had your say; now I'm
going to have mine. I feel that in the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

history Of the Mother Hubbard wrapper
woman has justified herself for all time,
and that man stands condemned By all
right-minded persons"
Ipause for breath, and Jim looks at me
in amazement, gets out Of step, and waits
for me TO continue, for evidently there is a
look of inspiration in my face that awes him
into silence.
LAS if to tempt man, in order to see If he
were indeed inco-ruptible, the Mother
Hubbard was invented" say, in oracular
tones. ITO be sure it had not the classic
sweep OF the flowing Greek robe, but as
man s..:ned not to care an atom for
looks was only an admirer Of good, com
nou sense and believer in the motto,
handsome is that handome does.' any lack
of grace was thought to be more than COM
pensated for by the purely healthful char
acter Of the loose garment, hanging from
the shoulders iRnocent of founces, ruf1es
and puffs. and allowing the free play Of
every muscle. a robe fit for Rygela her
self, CIRCULATED the large Drained woman
who invented il So thought womankind in
general, and forthwith it was universally
adopted by childhood, youth and old age
"'Ohl what a comfortr sighed the
maiden, as she loosened the long-strained
draw-strings and breathed freely for once.
d" We'll, if this isn't . reliefr exclaimed
the matron Of many cares.
"'What q blessing TO humanity cried the
sensible old maid. as she slipped it on in q
tree and went about her duties.
But there was one dissenting vo,ce-one
on!y-and, strange to say, il was . bass
enc.
q That outrageous looking mother Hub
hardr'' reared man. Take OF tina,
slouchy thingr Don't dare to appear in
that rig without string around your
waist and like vituperative remarks
saluted the feminine ear from every
quarter. Woman was joined to this idol,
however, and she was determined not &c
relinquish it without q struggle. But she
saw 1t branded with infamy; it became the
topic Of conversation on street corners, in
urawing-ro ana at the club; poetasters
ground out its imaginary defects, and the
facetious column teemed with irony at its
expense
1T was tarred, feathered and ridden on
the rail Of public ridicule. Tender fathers
grew stern when their daughters appeared
at the breakfast table clad in the tabooe6
garment Public opinion-man's opinion
At last ran 50 high in some Of our Western
towns that laws were passed forbidding the
wearing Of the Mother HnbbaEd' On the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
FOUR WEEKS OF IT.
u0w . Young Journalists Ambition Was
Soon Satisfied.

nov = Young Journalists Ambition Was
Soon Satisfied.
81 am a lawyer now, but have been
other things as WE'LL" said leading
lawyer.
'.How's that?"
''Well. balloonist. you might say.
That sounds strange, doesn't it?''
1t was admitted.
"Have seat, then, and l will ex-
plain how rose from journalist to
lawyer. and yet in the interim filled
the third calling of aerialist as well.
The story runs this way: When
l was boy l was ambitious to
be newspaper man, / left home
young and began to battle with
life. By hardlicks / soon accumulate
ed few dollars. That meant wealth
to me, inasmuch as it was the founda-
ton OF long-cherished hope-a news
paper. Well, established myself in
the town of Sink, place of some few
inhabitants. set squarely on the spot
where two public roads crossed. There
were, consequently, four ways of out
let from the town. On the first Mon
day morning after reaching there the
Spread Eagle came out bright and
new. On the lookout for news l had
visited festival in Sink On the pre-
vious Saturday night. At that festival,
while cycling the shady views, I
caught an item. l published it under
the flaming head: John Country's
Town Hog The Tuesday after the
Eagle was issued l received a letter.
1t stated that if ever came on. his
road again he would make me think l
had been Rugged by bear before /
got back. One road out of four being
thus denied me was not bad, so l cou-
tinued to fly the Eagle.
1.-The second week of the papers ex-
istence was marked by an article that
read this way: Good! Jack Corn shot
for stealing The next morning 1
got letter signed Jack Corn saying:
It's true am shot, but all care for
is to live to shoot one man. | dare
you out this road l was troubled,
but braced up and decided to let the
two roads fly. Killing my compositor,
We decided to let the Eagle sail as
usual.
II got information that white man
had married his servant l should
have asked the road it came from, but
l forgot l unfortunately concluded
~ L. of 1t-h ryiv Il
and so the Eagle headline said: "A
White Man Marries a Niger l got
my third letter the following morning.
1t said he would not come into town
after me, but would just watch the
road for chance. With only one road
left things looked blue.
THE next week was election week,
and so we decided that the Eagle
must show its wings. The big cam
vass was for sheriff. wrote the arti-
Gle early in the week, but was just
waiting for returns to head it /
poked my head out of the window of
my sanctum and heard from the multi
tude in a loud voice: John Ballots
got it, l called back to the press:
Head it that John Ballot got it. The
boy got that. but in the confusion from
the outside he also got it in the neck
The sheriff sent me a letter. but was
not there to open it. took the Eagles
wings and left Sink behind. When
/ landed had not one bit of newspa-
per in me, and ever since l have been
a happy man" memphis Appeal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

"A dozen cucumber vines will pro-
duce an enormous crop Of pickles if
looked over daily and the small cucum-
bers picked Oh. They grow so rapid
" that delay Of ono day will somc-
times render them too large for use.
II picked over carefully the vines win
continue to bear until frost
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

81 RE l. something
after all in the say
in g that clothes
make the man. 1t
is not easy to iden-
tify a man whom you
have never seen but
once, and then he
happened to be In
the water bathing.
One of the professors
of the Texas Univer-
sity at Austin can
corroborate this as
sertion if he is ques-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

Would-be PurchAser-These cigars azo
smaller than usual.
Tobacconist-Yes; you SEQ the cigar man.
ufacturer noticed that the last two inches
OF the cigars are always thrown away, -
he makes them now that much shorter.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
THE PROFESSORS FRIEND.
JULIA II. THAfER.

How He Made His Acquaintance and His
Subsequent RECOGNITION.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

TAXI back tho heart thoa e.yest me-" =
me man said when - dreW ono when b
wanted club to I'll
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

ny in heavens name
d oe s q W o m a n
squeeze up her waist
until 1t looks like
that 2" Indignantly
asks Brother Jim, in
dicating one Of our
Chicago young ladies
arrayed like a but
terfy and s b ped
like q wasp, who has
just passed down the
aisle and taken a seat
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
I" A SETTLER.

Brother Jim Criticises Woman's Follies
in Dress and Gets Worsted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-12
People Wonder

\AJHEN they find how rapidly health
w is restored by taking Ayers Sar-
saparilla. The reason is that this
preparation contains only the purest
and most powerful Alternatives and
tonics. To thousands yearly it proves a
veritable elixir Of life.
Mrs. JOS. Lake, Brockway Centre.
Mich. writes oliver complaint and
indigestion made my life a burden
and came near ending my existence.
Fog mere than Tour years i suffered un-
TOLD agony. / was reduced almost to
a skeleton, and hardly had strength to
drag myself about. All kinds of food
distressed me, and only the most deli
cate could be digested at all. Within
;lIe time mentioned several physicians
treated me without giving relief. Moth
ing, that l took Sc med to do any per-
mauent good unt.. began the use OF
Ayers Sa~rsaparilla, which has pro-
,!Iicel wonderful -esults Room after
commencing q .Ae the %. aparilla !
could see al