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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21

Mr.. EDIT0R. .es-t-s--r ~
Not seeing any items in your valuable pa
per for long time. thought would write q
few. si Eaf
The literary social at L. X. Clark's on last
Thursday eve was well attended.
Fl Craig has had a well put down. Am
suse he win not know what to do II he does
not have to haul water.
Mrs. e. &. Smith has returned from Nebras,
kA. GHf
Frs. E. J. Montgomery is ON the sick list ct
present.
The literary social will lie at the home Of
Mrs. Dunegan next Thursday evening.
Dance at G. w. Shill's last Friday night.
More snow We think the ground will be in
good condition for spring blowing.
Little Carl, son of S. d, passed., is quite sick
with cold on his lungs.
P. McCue went to Atwood to mill, Monday.
Mr.. vanEpps went to school Monday.
Tony Fannell has put down a well on his
farm. Has plenty of water now.
Mr. VIM. Bogart and Miss Jennie Dunegau
went to Atwood to be married Monday.
Mrs. H. S. Hazelton. who has been sick for
some time, is now cOvalscent.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
PJ-LINE
Gilmore Items.
The buffalo grass looks natural.
Fall wheat is looking fine.

The buffalo grass looks natural.
Fail wheat is looking fine.
Well. boys it will soon be Valentine day.
| want to send one to Ricon. representing q
road supervisor; one to Harner. performing
ceremony; one to Jensen. representing one
of the committee: one to Morris, preparing to
be an editor; and one to CIssOn, on debate.
But keep quiet let it be n surprise.
e. Kemire is having well put down, If he
finds water at reasonable depth. 1t will be a
little closer than hauling from his neighbor.
Mr.. H. Larkins has made application for the
Gilmore school and we hope he will be accept
ed.
Sam WATSON edited the Gilmore Gossip and
read it to quite an audeaIce Fed. 4. He was
cheered at times so he would suspend reading
until the echoes died away in the crevices of
the wall. Same way with him on harangue, he
may place both hands in his pocket and rear
back, and his hearers will give way to laughter.
They know it will be good.
ITO the many readers of the Thomas Cat,
who live out side of this fOrestless track, you
have, no doubt. noticed in the Quickville Clip,
that the boys since the snow had quit picking
up chips. 1t is somewhat tiresOme, but if you
will give me the time I will tell by and
by how these things come around. In the early
spring when the grass gets green, the cattle
will first Craze on the Solomon and Saline, and
there is the place where they find these things.
am no prophet, bui if was it would cause
less CHANGING at the neighbor boys.
One day last summer, while the sun shone
hot. and l wondered if it would create
drought. was somewhat surprised for just at
hlU I hear n q hi linz nOis ptSiIa
my room. My old neighbOr know had predict
ed this, for saw his boys in all directions
picking up SO called by the ladies, buffalo
chips. Along later the rain was perfect sue
cess. The draws and lagoons were filed to ex-
cess. And all kinds of grain did bountiful
yield; it livened up the grass and killed lots of
heas. And all OF the farmers were very well
pleased. J.B.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
QuiCAvi:ie News.

MIR. EDITOR. we hope you will excuse our
nOnappearence for the last two weeks but
we got hard up and had to go and board with
Ourwife's folks while.
We have another beautiful snow up here.
and guess will have TO put those runners on
our buggy.
A. j. Taylor has returned from his visit to
Rawlins county, and says there is no place like
home.
w.O. Vanorsdal made trip to Oberlin last
week. Willie" did mother whether you
could go or not: for you know there is small
pOX there.
''Brant'' and Emma Rawson went to Colby
Saturday.
John Knudson has returned from Nebraska
looking fat and hearty as ever.
Miss Jenie Sturgeon, who has been staying
at Brewster this winter, returned home Mon
day. And, Oh. what will the butcher do now
Charles Rawson, who has been at work in
Nebraska for some time, is at home again, but
expects to return in short time.
Tom Sturgeon went to Brewster the first of
the week.
Bonds! Bonds. is all you can hear in town
now, But we don't think Barrett will ever
vote bonds under any consideration. If all the
precincts in the county had voted last March
as Barrett did, we would be better off to-day,
as any man with any brains knows. If capital
lists want to put in sugar plant in Colby, we
say let them go ahead and build it with their
own money We think that farmers are very
fOolish.to vote bonds and increase their taxes
for something that will not benefit them one
fota, unless it be few who live in the neigh
borhOOd of the plant. They set forth that it
will increase the value of our land, and bring
money in the country. But say, did the Rock
Island h. X increase the value of land in
Thomas county? We all know that It did not
Did 1t bring money to our county? No; but it
took it away from us. Where is our cheap
coal that they blOwed SO much about; can
you sell Colby property for as much as you
could before the road came in? Milky" boys,
you know you cannot. Farmers, If you have
money spend it for something that will better
enable you to raise crop, for on that one in
dustry alone depends the future development
OF this country.
The teacher had q little lamb,
Its fleece as black as a crow
And everywhere the teacher went,
The lamb went too, you know.
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule.
A banker and a feed-stOre man, .
ssrhey said he was one fool
But he said he did Mt give a. nohow.
Any one wanting parrot can find one at
the Brewster Office. 1t has the same name of
all others of its specia, but is of different va
riety.
Several parties from this place attended the
dance at Brewster Thursday night.
Your correspondent was present At the thai
OF Frank Allison, Friday. and we must say We
were surprised at our County Attorney. We
thought he did know something, but after
hearing him 20 bear US away On your snowy
wings" &c, &c.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
Pleasant valley ltems.

How long till the next snow storm.
Mrs. Flora Austin is the champion chicken
raiser of the neighborhood having already got
q brood of i've.
GIN. Strain has invested ina new well and
windmill.
The Pleasant Valley broom factory is now in
full blast. Dan Souder's chief engineer.
Mr.. Dave Norris is having good luck poison
ing wolves. At least the dog crop is falling
short.
TWig Trotter and family have been visiting
with Dan Souders and Sands Austin. s>Get
there, Wmie!"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
HARRY MOVER,

\ MANUFACTURER OF BOOTS SHOES
nj All the latest styles in pegEed and seNed
ivv shoes and boots. Repairing promptly
q years experience in the business, can SAFE
IL guarantee satisfaction,
Shop two doors north State Bank, Colby, Kas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
New York Graphic
A New and Influential Factor in
Republican Politics.
Complete Reorganization. New
Management.

As vigorously Republican newspaper the
GRAPHIC appeal to Republicans all over the
country for support. The new ownership is
daily making better paper in news and Illus
trations and proposes to aid sound Republican
principles with progressice pen and pencil
paper in the world, and offers the best record
of passing events for out of town readers
through its pictures and news columns.
The GRAPHIC now has a news service and
staff of writers unsurpassed by any other eve.
ming paper in New York.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
NOTICE.

All persons KNOWN themselves indebt
ed to Kaub & Co. are requested to call
and settle their accounts in order that the
books of the firm may be closed up.
KAUB s. Co.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
The BELLS OF JAPAN.
Their Deep and Wonderful Sweetness
How They Are Sounded.

Their Deep and Wonderful Sweetness
How They Arc Sounded.
The bells of Japan are among it's lowell
est possessions. One of the sweetest OF
them rang out many times every day into
the waiting air, in this far away little city.
Its tone was intensely thrilling and pathet-
ic. The bells are not sounded by clapper
within, but are struck from the outside by
a sort of wooden arm, or battering-rRm.
Being withdrawn to the proper distance
and released, it strikes the bell once-aad
the strokes are allowed to succeed one
another only with dignif1ed and stately
regularity. Tradition says the finest bells
have much silver in their composition,
which may account for their deep and
wonderful sweetness. Whether this be SO
or not, the bells make profound impress.
sion upon all sensitive or musical organiza-
tions heretofore accustomed to the more
discordant church bells of a newer civ
ilization.
And never did the lovely temple bell in
Shirakawa ring out so sadly and delicious
ly as one night when a great fire laid
waste q portion of the city. Thirty or
forty houses made fine blaze for two or
three hours, and we watched it from the
castle wall with pity and interest The
cracking of the flames as they licked up
one little matched roof after another was
terribly audible; so, too, were the helpless
cries and shouts of the surrounding
crowd-while the red c:nders were whirled
far aloft and fell even around us But
through the confusion and tumult. the
calm bell rang out its indescribably beau
tiful note-in quicker succession than
usual, but losing none of its dignity and
sweetness, for all the discordant sounds
so near.-MdbeI Loonlts Todd. in 81. Nicholas.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
coNTAGIous DISEASES.
A Doctor Tells How Easily They Can Z
Carried About q City.

A Doctor Tells How Easily They Can Do
Carried About City.
"How much danger every one runs each
day of catching malignant disease is
very little known said a doctor recently
phobia, are only conveyed by coming in
direct contact with an abraded surface In
other diseases it is wonderful the extent
to which the communicating particles can
be carried. Persons have taken the small
pox mile distant from the hospital Scar
let fever is very contagious. A dress fold
ed up at the bed of a dying patient and
placed in a trunk has conveyed the poison
to family of children four miles distant
when the dress was unfolded in their pres
ence after three months time has elapsed.
Whooping-cough and diphtheria are prob
ably never conveyed except by the breath
of the patieat Measles is communicated
a great distance and is communicated by
the clothing and carried about by persons
visiting the sick room. 1t is certain that
many diseases have been contracted by
attending the funeral of some person who
has died of a contagious disease. Too
much care can not be taken in dlspOsing of
that has been near person suffering with
a communicable disease. After patient
mas shown the first symptoms OF scarlet
fever it takes forty-nine days before the
patient is free from infection, small pox
fifty-six days, measles twenty-seven days,
diphtheria twenty-eight days, mumps
twenty-one days and typhoid fever twenty
eight days.''-N. Z Mail and Express.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
COLOR-BLIND sEAMEN.
An Addiction That Is More General TIL
Is Generally Supposed.

An Addiction That Is More General Than
is Generally Supposed.
The assistant secretary of the ma
rine department of the board of trade
has just issued a-repOrt embodying
many curious facts revealed by official
examinations for cOlor-blindness dur
ing the year ending with last May. The
Importance of such examination of
those whose avocation on sea or land
requires them to distinguish between
signals of different colors is strikingly
shown by the fact that out of $50 men
examined at Tilbury docks between
January and May. Is of them, or no
less than five per cent, were found to
be incapable of discriminating be-
tween green and red in the degree
requisite for safe navigation. Yet it
would appear from this report that
one of the great steamship companies
has deemed it worth while to test APP
plicants for service on board their
ships in this respect.
The reasonable probability is that,
out of every hundred men employed
on the ships of all the other COM
panies to keep a lookout by night,
five of them are physically disqualified
/ for the efficient discharge of this mo-
mentous duty. Details of q large num-
/ Der of examinations are given, and
among the cases mentioned are a great
many such as that of man who had
been eighteen years at sea, and yet,
/ when put to the test, described pink
cord as blue, and drab as green. Vari-
| Gus shades of green and of yellow he pro-
nounced to be red, and different shades
of neutral tint and of blue he classed al
together as green. A man thirty-three
/ years of age who had been over four
! teen years at sea, and aspired to be-
| come second mate of a vessel, pointed
out standard green as a red and
| standard red as green. Bottle
! green he took to be red, and pale
/ blue as red and green. 1t may be pre-
| sumed that none of the men examined
were fully aware of their visual de-
| ficiency, and probably few if any of
/ thcm had any suspicion of their short
coTings. 1t is thing not easily test
ed. A man who is blind to red may,
nevertheless, manage to distinguish
between a green and red light,
shown simultaneously and with equal
illumination, by the apparent superior
brilliancy of the green. But his
power to do this, though it may ordi-
narily disguise his iuiirmity even from
himself, would not in the least help
him to pronounce upon the color of a
single light. The report expresses
the hope that other important compa-
MES may soon follow the praiseworthy
example of the Orient in requiring all
deck-hauds to pass the color test. -
| London Dqi7u Ne3rS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

It Is said that no two blades of grass
resemble each other, but occasionally
two people are to be found so ex-
tremely alike that very regretable
mistakes ensue. A case in point is
that of a young Frenchman named
Tiquet, who was sentenced at a Paris
police court to one months imprison-
ment for defrauding several persons.
He earnestly protested that he was in
nocent, and that he was the victim of
some mistake; but his accusers posit-
lively swore to his identity, and he was
condemned. 1t CHANGED, however,
fortunately for him, that on the fol-
lowing day another young man named
Fillateau was brought up on similar
charge, and at once admitted his guilt.
The delinquent presented so wonder
full resemblance to Tiquet that the
magistrate, perplexed, remanded the
case for week, and sent for the i'm
prisoned man to confront him with his
second self and his accusers. The lat
ter. in the presence of the two young
men, we're entirely taken aback. one
of them, however, frankly admitting
his mistake, and stating that it was
Fillateau, not Tiquet, who had robbed
him-an assertion which the former
confirmed. The upshot is that Fila
teau has been sent to prison for six
months, and an appeal has been lodged
with the court that condemned Tiquet
to get him out of jail.-Loudoqs Stand
ard.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
cANAL-EoAr LIFE.
Something About the Most Peculiar p
ton ~ ~ NZ-.-n-,n r,-...i-aa..

Something About the Most Peculiar Por-
tiOn OF New York's Population.
The inquiry is sometimes made: 'sWhat
kind Ct people live on canal boats4" To
find out for myself, spent some time on
the piers and the boats, and had several
interviews with boat owners and their
families. I found any amount of practical
good sense among these people, and de-
gree of intelligence quite equal to that in
ordinarily well-to-do communities. The
majority Of them own their boats, many
own two or three, and few are largely
interested in this way. not only owning
many boats, but warehouses and piers.
which they let for general wharfage pur-
poses
"TFere are men, remarked one Of the
most successful boatmen, ''who spend all
of their lives on the canal, and die poor
but this is by no means the fault of the
business Such men are always found
among strikers and malcontents, or they
drink or gamble, or have tired SPELLS and
lay off q few weeks, perhaps in the BUSH
est season. All of the boat-owners learn
their habits, and will not employ them ex-
cept in cases of necessity. Then they
grumble and declare that ''the life is a
dogs life, and no man can get on in it ex-
| cept he is lucky On the other hand, a
man who is industrious and sober can own
his own boat in a few years, and be indie
| pendent"
/ thought, as I turned away, that it was
the same old story. The lucky man is, all
things considered, the one who learns his
business thoroughly, and attends to it with
promptness and fidelity. In the ranks OF
the unlucky are those who waste time, and
assert that ''any thing is we'll enoughif ii
will pass muster. democrats Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
A BUSINESS INCIDENT.
How a Merchant ThoughtIessIy SOured
q Boys Disposition.

How q Merchant ThOughtIessly SOured
Boys Disposition.
A prominent Detroit business man sat in
his office, talking with lady who was ne
gotiating some matter with him He
touched bell and a boy answered the
summons. The lady knew the lad and rec
ognized him with a kindly nod.
Here, take this down stairs and bring
me the package you will find on the base
ment table"
ut isn't there, sir" said the boy.
'How do you known answered the mer-
chant. sharply.
81 think Mr.. put it away"
t'WelL you're not paid to think" was
the angry response of the employer. THE
next time you volunteer any information
wait until you are asked.p
The boys eyes flashed and his cheeks
turned red, but he made no answer to the
rude and unnecessary language Of the man
who looked at him as if he were culprit.
The lady was embarrassed and sorry that
she had been a witness to such a scene.
She knew the lads mother, knew he had
been well brought up, and that he was q
delicate, sensitive boy, and she wondered
if his spirit was to be broken in this way
as a part of his business training
And the boy Rage, modification, de-
fiance, were all aroused like a troop Of
angry demons. where one kind word would
have made hum the life long friend of his
employer and quickened every natural
perception into a more ardent appreciation
of duty.-DctrOtt Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11

texts, the culprits fearing his scythe
might strike something richer th an the
earth As soon as the matter could be
arranged, the money was exhumed,
and conveyed across the river to the
Surrey shore, concealed in two large
black panniers, and from that time was
lost. Where it went, no one but those
concerned knew, or who prOfited in the
possession of so vast a sum. The monk
Alexander of Pershore, who carried it
over, returned to his place in the alb
hey, and waited with the others the
bursting of the inevitable storm. In
consequence of rumor, or to draw out
further sums, the Kings officers soon
after the removal came to the treas
ury; and what confusion met their
eyes-broken boxes, jewels lying about
broadcast, papers and seals strewing
the floor, the whole of the contents up
set, and, to crown all, the treasure
gone!
The subprior and sacrist were exc
cuted; and to mark the enormity of the
| Offense, tradition AYERS the bodies were
iayed-let us hope after death-and
the skin nailed to the door of the chap
ell as a warning to those who might be
sacrilegiOusly minded. There is no
doubling that human skin was attached
to the doors. for portions were submitted
to a celebrated surgeon during the re-
stOration of the abbey, and he pro-
nOunced them human. Whether the
skin once covered the unfortunate sub
prior and sacrist remains doubtful as
some think the owners were certain
Danes who troubled English peace for
a time.
After the steed was stolen, the stable
door was locked; double doors were
put up and five or six locks added for
| security. Iron bars were fixed to the
windows, and the chamber reduced in
size by a thick wall built across it.
After the Reformation the regalia
were removed to the tower, where
they can now be seen under the guard
ianship of stalwart beef-eatars in their
quaint costumes, or the more prosaic
blue-coated police. The ''relics" were
probably converted into mundane coin
by the reforming spirit of the time.
The name pyx is derived from the
box or case in which are deposited the
coins. specimens of the coinage Of the
realm, called trial pieces. Once in
every five years certain officers, APP
pointed by the Chancellor of the Elk
chequer and the Lord Chancellor, and
constituting jury, visited the chapel,
whose doors with the numerous locks
were opened by attendants bearing
mighty keys. The duties of the jury
were to inquire into the purity and
weight of the coinage by assay and
weighing, and give a written verdict
testifying their satisfaction with the
work of the master of the mint. On
arriving in the chapel the coins were
taken out of the pyx, placed in paper
parcels, sealed and taken possession of
by the jury. Coins were selected at
hazard for testing by fire and scales;
and after these operations, and in the
afternoon Of the same day, the verdict,
written out at length, was handed to
the Lord Chancellor. The document
became a state paper, and probably
the curious-minded may see them in
the record Office, or wherever such pa
pers are deposited. Chambers Jour
sy,ty
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
Maehlne-Made Gun Barrels.

In the old days-that is, when your
son-in-law was a ''lid''-it took a gun
smith days to rifle out the inside of a
gun barrel, so that one could shoot a
squirrel through the head without kill
ing any body in the next town. But
now the slow gun-making process of
''afore de wah" has given way to the
genius of machinery. It is said that
by the methods Of recent improvements
made In the manufacture of rifles as
many as 120 barrels can now be rolled
in an hour by one machine. They are
Strengthened cold and bored with cor
responding speed, and even the riding
is done automatically, so that one man
tending six machines can turn out 90
or 40 barrels per day. With the old
riding machine 20 barrels was about
the limit OF a days work. but the inn
proved machines attend to every thing
after being once started, and when the
riAing is completed ring a bell TO call
the attention of the workman.-M T.
telegram.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11
aovere Cases Of blood PoIson.

Thousands suffer from blood poison, who
would be cured if they gave B. B. B., (Bo-
tanic Blood Balm) a trial. Send to the
Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ca, for book OF
wonderful cures, that convince the most
skeptical. 1t is sent free.
J. Q. Gibson, Meridian, Miss, writes
"For number of years I suffered untold
agonies from blood poison. Several promi
nent physicians did me little if any good.
began to use B. B. b. with very little faith,
but, to my utter surprise it has made me a
well and hearty person"
z. T. Hallerton, Macon, Ga, writes: 81
contracted blood poison. I first tried ply
sicians, and then went to Hot Springs. Ire
turned home a ruined man physically.
Nothing seemed to do me any good. My
mother persuaded me to try b. b. B. To my
utter establishment every ulcer quickly
healed.''
BENZ. Morris, Atlanta, Ga, writes: 81
suffered years from syphilitic blood poison
which refused to be cured by all treatment.
Physicians pronounced it a hopeless case.
1 had no appetite, had pains in hips and
joints and my kidneys were diseased. My
throat was liberated and my breast mass
of running sores. In this condition / COM
menced a use of B. B. b. 1t healed every
ulcer and sore and cured me completely
within two months.n