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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Equal in Bravery

In a recent number of the Woman's
Journal the following is related:
Mrs. Sarah A. Cogan, a young lady
recently married. aged nineteen. the
youngest daughter of John c. Hayes.
of Hull, Mass. has not received the
recognition which her courage and de-
votion deserve. On the 25th of NOvem-
Der, when a number of seamen were
rescued at Hull from a stranded vessel.
an attempt was made to reach them by
firing the Hunt gun. But the powder
was damp and the gun did not 60 of.
Mrs. Cogan was the only person pr esent
whose hand was small enough to g into
the barrel of the gun to remov. the
damp powder which had failed to ex-
plode after the lighted fuse had been
applied. At the risk of losing her life,
Mrs. Cogan thrust In her arm and re-
moved the damp powder, thereby en-
abling the gun to do its work, with the
result of saving some fifteen lives. Much
has been said of the heroism of the men.
to whom a large sum of money has been
presented. They have received medals
from the Humane Society and rewards
from the general public. But no men,
ton has been made of the heroism of
this woman of Hull who made the
rescue possible.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Mistakes Of Paris Experts.

The annals of the Hotel Drouot
abound in stories of queer mistakes
made by so-called experts; how one
mistoOk the title of a picture, ''Sal-
vator Mundi." for the name of ''Vene-
tian painter, rival of Salvador Rosa;"
how another attributed to Velasquez,
who died in 1860, q portrait of Louis
XIV, who was born in ITO; how an
other offered a picture of q woman
washing dishes as q Portrait of Ru-
bens' Wife, by himself" and volun-
teered the explanation that, las every
body knew, Rubens married his
cook" The men who are at the head
of their profession are incapable of
such gross ignorance as this; never
theless, even experts of the highest
grade are fallible. Thus quite recently
an eminent Partisan dealer offered
without hesitation 5000 francs for an
antique Persian mosque lamp. fabri-
Gated a few years ago at Vanguard by
the famous Brocart; aud still more re-
Gently the most eminent expert in
Paris asked in q sale the modest
sum Of 100 francs for hawthorn pot
which, to his establishment, sold for
1900 francs, and afterward went to
England, where it was resold to New
York collector for $4,000 Theodore
Child, in Harper's Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
SPANS QuEEN-REoENT.


= ~
a Thonght-Reader Extolls Her Deter
minedness Of Purpose.
have experimental with many
women of note-Empresses, Queens,
Princesses, great authoresses, artists,
singers, actresses, travelers-most OF
them women of known strong char
acter. but for downright concentra-
ton of thought and determinedness
of purpose l have scarcely met the
equal of the Queen Regent (Madrid).
The seance in the Palacio Real. to
which have already briefly referred,
was Of more than ordinary interest;
for the "subjects" with whom /
operated offered the widest possible
psychological contrasts. Two of the
most extraordinary experiments did
that day were performed with the
Queen-Regent and the Comtesse de
Paris. With the Queen the expert
ment was as follows: Her Majesty had
heard that l was able, by my process
Ut thought reading, to enact an
imaginary murder scene contemplated
by a person acting as my subject, and
she asked me If would give her an
illustration of this character. But
every one seemed to be timorous about
it, and the experiment ran the risk OF
not being tried for lack of q suitable
subject. "What!' said her Majesty,
springing to her feet, "can no one
commit murder? will" And she
seized an antique paper knife, shaped
like a dagger, and assumed an in
tensely dramatic attitude. At that
moment l took her Majesty by the
hand, and felt her whole frame
thrill with suppressed excitement
Her eyes were fixed and bright, an
her lips drawn firmly together, and I
was much impressed with the tragic
force she displayed. Then came the
experiment / was blind-folded. and,
taking the dagger in my right hand, l
moved across the salon holding her
Majesty with the left hand. Present.
ly we paused opposite lady of the
household. who was reclining on q
sofa Quickly bending forward, the
Queens left hand was about her
throat, and the ivory knife flashed in
the light; then down it came full in
the breast of the victim. A faint
scream of genuine alarm from the
lady. Tightening of the Queens
grasp for moment, followed by a
deep breath. and all was over. Then,
with rapid twist, our hands parted.
and the knife was sent Gathering
across the room; and, lifting my
blind-fold. saw her Majesty standing
before me. radiant with delight at the
success of the experiment. The
whole thing had been most dramat-
ically thought out and realistically
executed. and all that was strong and
determined in her Majesty came out
in that moment.-Stuart Cumberland.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

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male than to those II their female em-
ployes. and to pay to the former higher
wages than to the latter for the same
work equally well done This aiscrimiua-
ton on account of sex is the rule in al
most every kind of employment en-
gagged in by both men and women, from
that connected with professional life
to that of the least skilled laborers in
q factory.
The peculiar effect Of this unjust dis
elimination may be constantly seen,
and. it is surprising that it should be so
constantly overlooked. Not only do
women's lower wages cause suffering to
them. but their woes are shared by the
men, whom they are everywhere to so
great an extent superseding..
Capitalists and corporate bodies nat
urally employ those over whom they
can exercise the most authority and
who will work the cheapest. Women
are therefore slowly but surely crowd
ing out the men from occupations for
which both are equally suited. More
than this, woman's lack of law-making
power causes her to be fit subject for
the oppressor. More work is exacted
from her than she ought to perform,
and work. therefore, which should be
distributed among half dozen is often
confined to three or four.
A feeling OF rivalry towards work.
ing-women has blinded most working
men to the. cause of these economic
evils. They are apt to regard their CO.
laborers of the gentler sex as usurpers
and unfair competitors.
The degradation of labor by the ILL
paid work of women is no doubt uni
versally felt in vague way. Yet the
increasing power of capitalists through
the same means is apparently wholly
unrecognized by the vast majority of
people. A thorough awakening to
these two facts is needed if the boasted
dignity of American labor is to be
maintained. When the eyes of Ameri-
can men are fully opened to the cause
of many of their troubles and to tho
dangers that threaten them from wo-
mans political condition. they will
probably demand that women be
placed upon an equal footing, in every
respect, with themselves. They will
realize how much better it would be to
have women as free rather than as
slave competitors. Mary E. Cardwell,
in Indianapolis Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
POLITICAL ECONOMY.

The importance of its Study to Women OF
all Glasses.
To women really in earnest to make
the most of the precious time which
can be given to study, who wish to at
tain some definite. practical idea of the
real state of society, and the why and
wherefore of the social problems star
ing us all in the face and imperatively
calling for solution, no study can be of
more profit that of political economy.
Some women may smile incredulously
at this assertion. They will ask, ''Of
what use under the sun can political
economy be to women" They have,
perchance, glanced into some work on
that subject; it seemed to them dry, in
volved and tiresome; replete with UNI
familiar phraseology. and where they
could understand it at all, at war with
itself, authorities differing at every
point.
But the phrases. land and labor, cap
ital and labor, protection, tariff reform.
free trade. labor reform. higher wages.
strikes, cooperation. taxation. over
population, poverty and crime, restric-
ton OF immigration, anarchy and So
cialism, meet their eyes and ears
whichever way they turn, and some
form of the evils attendant upon all
these is constantly proclaimed in the
newspapers of the day. or brought UNI
der the personal observation, or into
the personal experience of women who
have no definite idea of the purport of
these phrases, nor in what relation they
stand to each other; and though they
would gladly understand their mean
ing, hearing men wrangle over them
imagine them beyond their comprehen-
sion. But women will find in political
economy key by which to unlock
these mysteries; and if undertaken in q
spirit of earnest inquiry they will find
its study not dry. nor uninteresting.
but strangely fascinating, suggest
i've, and helpful to an UNDER
standing of many sociological
problems. 1t will help the average
woman to understand better the fluctu-
alton in the price OF her household sup
plies, the laws governing the rate of
wages she must pay her servants, and
the price which her own work can COM
mand. It will give her an insight into
the hard conditions, which prevailing
by reason of the lack of right political
economy, gives birth to threatening
anarchy and dreaming socialism. More
over without an understanding of the
basic principles of political economy
and of its wide-reaching inclusions. no
woman can be equipped in any public
question or even of individual rights.
since political economy more than any
other study indicates the points where
individual freedom must yield to the
good of the whole community, as well
as where the community ceases to have
power over private rights.-Religio-
Philosophical Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
SUNSHINE OVER THE WAY.

Oh, why be down-hearted and fearful!
IT'S wiser by far to be cheerful.
Come. stir up TO fame joys dim ember!
Vain sorrowing never will pay.
While you walk in the shadow, remember,
There is sunshine just over the way.
Why let little worries annoy US!
IT'S easier. far. to be joyous:
There is happiness ever before US
For awhile, though our skies may be gray,
The clouds will soon pass that loom o er US,
Showing sunshine just over the way.
It seems like a Sun against duty
To be sad in q world full OF beauty.
All. life, il is well worth the living!
Enjoy every heartbeat We may.
Why our years to dark shadows be given
When there's sunshine just over the way?
George Birdseye, in Golden Days.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Some Thing. Worth Knowing.

There are 1904 languages in the
world. and its inhabitants profess more
than 1000 religions.
The number of men is about equal
to the number of women. The average
of life is about thirty-three years. One
quarter die previous to the age of
seventeen. To every l. 900 persons only
one reaches 100 years of life. To ev-
cry 100 only six reach the age of sixty
five, and not more than one in 500
lives to eighty years of age.
There are on the earth 1000. 900, 900
inhabitants; of these S,OS3, O33 die
every year. 81, 1924 every day, 8. $50 ev-
cry hour, and 60 every minute, or 1
every second.
The married are longer lived than
the single, and, above all. those who
observe sober and industrious con-
duct. Tall men live longer than short
ones. Women have more chances Of
life in their favor previous to fifty
years Of age than men have, but fewer
afterward.
The number Of marriages is in the
proportion Of Is to every LOCO indi-
viduals. Marriages are more frequent
after equinoxes-that IL, during the
months Of June and December. Chris
tian Union.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
THE WORK OF WOMEN.

DURING the past four years women
have been granted 1900 patents, and
have been the authors Of 1900 books.
THE growth of the past year in equal
suffrage sentiment in the country gen.
orally, is greater than during any
previous year.
THE New York Express says that the
credit OF securing women as inspectors
of factories. is due mostly to the Work.
ing Women's Society, which has found
that such inspectors are as necessary as
police matrOns.
PHILANTHROPIC women in Hartford,
Ct, have arranged classes in dressmak-
ing and commercial arithmetic to aid
young women in earning a living. A
skillful instructor in dressmaking is
employed. and the course includes thir-
teen lessons of two hours each.
In Windsor, Ont, January II. 1883,
nearly all the widows and single ladies
whose names are on the tax roll. voted
for mayor and other officers at the city
election. They were courteously re-
ceived at the polls, and. though the
election was closely contested, their
presence materially helped to keep
order.
The Women's Educational and In
dustrial Union. organized last March ut
Dunkirk. N. T.. has hired room for
headquarters and organized educational
classes, cooking classes and kitchen
garden. Mrs Townsend. president Of
the Buffalo Union, recently gave an in
formal talk in Dunkirk on the best
practical methods and work Of such .
union. After the meeting seventeen
new members joined, making in al .
membership of over one hundred.
NINE. JULES FAvRE. who il At the
head of the Superior Normal School for
Women At Sevres, State institution
which furnishes professors for tAe wo-
mems colleges throughous Franco has.
IN her leisure hours translated al Of
Emerson's writings into French The
manuscript is ready for the printer. but
Nine. Favre's friends oppose her pub
lishing Il at her own expense. - she p
not able. Theodore 6tantos urges
Hnersod's admirsrs IN this eounfzy 70
tnke up tho matter and secure Perfect
1xanoaatiouof O. Amseis1n poet-phnoo.
$3.50 writing into Htensh
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
THE SEAL OF BONDAGE.

The Danger Co free LABOR OF the Present
Political Condition Of Women.
Workingmen are becoming more and
more generally recognized as an impor-
tant factor in American politics. The
Difference paid by both political parties,
in the late campaign, to workingmen
proves conclusively that they are both
feared and respected. 1t may be said
of them that they hold the balance of
power in our Government, and if they
were, as whole, better educated, as they
will be in time, their words and opin-
ions might easily become the supreme
law of the land, and, as rule, it would
probably be wise and just law. One
other provision besides education must
be met, however, before laboring men
can gain so high a position in the
Nations affairs, viz, American labor
must be made and kept wholly free.
The abolition of African slavery and
the enfranchisement of the black man
elevated American labor to a place Of
respect it had never known before.
Since the emancipation proclamation.
labor in our country has been general
~ regarded as relieved from the stigma
of slave class within its ranks Yet
many thoughtful people are beginning
to realize that one class of our labor
ers is not Acknowledgements, whose
legal condition is the greatest menace
to American labor.
To term workingwomen slaves would
not be sensational nor a sentimental
expression. Compelled by necessity,
in most cases, to earn their bread.
workingwOmen are largely at the
mercy of their employers, who are too
often cruel task-masters, or tyrants of q
baser order. Multiplied evidences of
this fact might be given if they were
necessary. But every thoughtful per-
son knows that to be powerless where
the making and execution of laws are
concerned is to be deprived of the best
means of self-protection-a protection
so essential to every one in battle
with the world. 1t is this deprivation
of legal power which is filing Siberia
with political exiles. and is keeping the
great body of the people, the men a
well as the women. of despotic nations.
under the dominion of hereditary rulers
and privileged classes. Such depriv-
alton Is q seal of bondage, as perfect in
its ways as actual slavery.
Space will. not permit any further ar.
gument here concerning woman's help
lessness under man-made laws Amat-
ter Of still greater importance demands
general attention at the present time.
The effect Of this bondage. where work
ingwomen are concerned, upon the en-
tire laboring class can no longer be
safely ignored
Capitalists know what power there \
IN . worlZineman's ballot They know,
further. that workingwoman has no
such power. They realize fully that
through this power they are compelled
direotly or Indirectly. 70 give aroot9
sonsider1HiOa 20 thA interests q 49,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
GARGET IN COWS.

How to subdue the Two Prominent
Symptoms Of tho Disease.
Garget is very prevalent disease
in the best cows, and is easily pro-
voked by some simple neglect or over
sight. 1t is more prevalent in the
winter than in the summer because the
cows are fed more upon grain then
and are more easily attacked by in
flammatory diseases. The greatest
care should be exercised in increas-
ing the food of cows, for the limit Of
all but few is readily reached, and
to Overpass this is to bring on an at
tack of Inflammation of the udder.
Usually indigestion precedes this, and
the indigestion passes unnoticed until
it is too late. Consequently. great
watchfulness is required in feeding
cows, and the better they are and the
more responsive to rich feeding. the
more this vigilance is needed. Veter-
mary surgeons vary in their treat
ment Of this disorder. basing it upon a
mistaken theory. The use OF iodine is
frequently advised. while the nature
of this drug is such as to make it quite
the reverse of beneficial. Its prop
erty Of causing absorption tends to de-
stroy the diseased glandular substance
and to decrease the milking capacity
OF the udder; thus, while it may pre-
vent injury in one way it is injurious
in another. The very substance of the
udder by which the milk is produced
10 absorbed and destroyed in part and
the gland subjected to atrophy or
shrinkage Of its substance. So that in
q case Of this kind the use of iodine in
any form ia to be avoided.
Garget consists Of general fever.
with inhammatory complications in
the udder. Treatment which will sub
due both Il the best Consequently
no1ocal applications alone are to be
depended upon. but. the general con- !.
dition should b relieved by cooling
medicines and febrifuges. "A simple
cooling Alternative medicine. such a.
pound Of epson salts. given at the
onset, II usually effective, and after
It one ounce doses Of hyposulphite Of
soda daily for few days viii afford
fun relief An application OF tincture
OF lobelia. with a. much glycerine
mixed. to the hardened glands With
gentle continued rubbing and knead-
ing has been recommended By : we'll
known veterinary. hut this should
only b uaed suhsequeatly to the cool.
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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
To Get Rid Of Wart

I removed q formidable wa from
my daughters hand by the application
of simple lemon juice. which is IN i'm
fallible cure. The wart requires sat-
urating with the juice once or twice q
day for three or four days, or about q
week in some cases The wart dimin-
ishes gradually. and disappears alto
gether. without pain. and leaving no
mark. and without mourning any of
the risks mentioned in connection with
professional process. Another equal
" eficacious and harmless method is
to saturate the wart with potato water
daily for about q week; or. better still.
with the froth to be obtained from tho
water while the potatoes arc being
boiled. Good Housekeeping.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


On rainy days keep the fodder cut
ter in use by cutting all the hay and
fodder for stock.
lit is discovered that drained
willow swamp muck is exceedingly
favorable to the growth of white p0tar
toes.
Good fruit and good gardens add
to the comfort and health. not only for
your own family. but in many cases,
that of others
"A good appetite is a first-class rec
ommendation for horse or a COW.
Other things being equal. the hearty
feeding animal is the best to buy.
For feeding mich COWS corn meal
is good, as every dairyman knows. but
when mixed in suitable proportions
with wheat bran its effect is much bet
ter than when fed with coarse prov
ender alone.
1t is known that the turrip is
great user Of phosphate and also
nitrogen. Some growers of turnips
have found advantage from blowing
under in spring the tuEnip tops and
small turnips left on the ground as q
mulch during the winter.
-Suet Pie.-Line a deep dish with
pastry. put in thick layer of apple.
over this one-fOurth of a cup of
chopped suet; sprinkle with salt and
pepper, fill up the dish with apple and
more suet; sweeten to taste and add
spice, if you like it so. cover with top
crust and bake till well done. Eat
warm.-Farm and Fireside.
Barley Pudding. -Wash one ounce
pearl barley, let it soak all night in
cold water, put it into a dish with half
q pint of milk, two ounces moist sug-
ar. simmer until quite soft, from half
to three-quarters of an hour, break one
egg and beat it up slightly with fork
in a pie-dish, add the barley and milk.
stirring well together, brown in an
oven or before the 6re.-The Hearth
stone.
1T is not the freezing of root crops
that causes them to decay, but the
sudden thawing. A long period of
cold weather will not damage the
stored crops as soon as alternate
spells Of cool and warm weather. FOR
this reason all crops, such as turnips,
beets, carrots and parsnips should be
tored where the temperature is as
uniform as possible in order to avoid
chances of variation.
ANY litter free from weed seeds.
old hay, straw or corns talks are good
as a mulch for Strawberries. Moth
ing is better than few leaves. with
cornstalks or branches, to keep them
in place. Evergreen branches are.
perhaps, best but do not spoil good
trees in your zeal to protect your
plants. Too much mulch will smother
the plants; give just enough to keep
the plants shaded and the ground
frozen. Gardener.
If the garden or truck patch is not
as rich as it should be. look after q
supply of well-rotted manure to apply
on the surface and work we'll into the
soil. There is usually very little dan
ger of getting the soil in the garden
too rich, while, on the other hand,
many fail to secure the best results
simply because of a lack of fertility
in the soil. And as only wel.-rOtted
manure should be applied in the gar
den. it will be bestto plan ahead in or
der to make more of a supply.-West-
ern PlOwman.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

Say, Sam! When you proposed to
Miss Shekels did you get down on your
kneesf' mo. old man, I couldn't
She was sitting on them. Columbia
Spectator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-02
THE HARRINaroNs IN COURT.
Robert and Berrien Before U. 8. Con
missioner Lamar the Third Time.

Robert and Berrien Before U. 8. Com
missioner Lamar the Third Time.
The Harrington brothers, Robert and
Berrien, were again betora q. s. Commis-
sioner Frank Lamar yesterday and waived
examination, giving bail in the sum Of 5000
each on a charge of intimidating witnesses.
The HarrIngtons have been twice before
Commissioner Lamar on the charge of
illicit distilling in Emanuel county. The
first time they we're arrested the
deputy marshal who arrested them
was himself arrested for firing the woods
in the neighborhood of the Harringtons
place on the affidavit Of a negro in the en-
ploy OF the Harriugtons. He was also
arrested on the charge Of carrying con-
ceaied weapons, but whom he exhibited his
badge rs a United States deputy marshal
the charge dissipated into thin air. Alfred
Harrington. Esq, county attorney, a
brother of Robert and Berrien, had the
charges against the deputy marshal dis
missed. Mr.. Harrington has been counsel
for his brothers, but it is understood that
to-day he will be called upon to answer to a
like charge Of illuminating witnesses.