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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
EXERCISE FOR GIRLS

6usgestions Relating to the Growth and
Beauty Of Young Women.
Shirley Dare has been writing of the
care Of children. and especially Of girls.
with reference to their growth in
beauty and health. Among other
things. she gives attention to their
feet. and warns parents against the too
great use of rubbers. Rubber boots. :"
says she, ARE all right when the
streets are afloat in a January thaw.
but for nine months Of the year moth
ing more is wanted than sandals for
short walks. or cork-soled, oil-leather
boots for the worst weather. / believe
that wearing rubbers too much is at the
root Of many common colds. A light
soled shoe with the thinnest layer of
cork is far pleasanter to wear. En-
glish girls of good family are bred up
to despise weather. but they wear cork.
soled shoes or waterproof feathers and
wool waterproof cloaks in place of
steaming themselves inside rubber
cloaks and overshoes. They know
that nothing softens compilations more
kindly than hours in moisture and
rain, or frightens the blood in the
cheeks better than q singing wind
faced for miles. Don't suffer them to
grow bilious, thin. pickle-fed, but send
them outdoors four hours every day,
and these disorders disappear. The
English schoolgirl is not allowed to
be a. much of an invalid as
her American sister often is.
The good looks are too valua-
bic, and every care is given to
protect them by a wholesome hardi-
ness Early hours for rest and rising
are her rule, remembering that plants
make most growth in the hours after
sunrise. She is not in dread Of con-
sumption or pneumonia if she happens
to be caught in a shower or upset
boating. She is not toadied to as ire
mendously as the American girl all her
life, and If she is not SO vivacious and
attractive at first she makes more of an
interesting companion when she comes
to be known. Spite of the opinion to
the contrary. there arc plenty Of good
points in which the American girl
might very well model herself after
her English sister. Shoe and Leather
Review.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
MONTE CARLO SUICIDES.

Gamblers There Do Not Risk Such big
Stakes ~ In Days Of Yore.
An American who has Just returned
from France says that the day he Wis
tied Monte Carlo happened to be the
day on which the annual meeting Of
the shareholders occurred, and that
after the meeting general gloom per-
vaded the entire surrounding atmn-
sphere. It seems that the profit and
loss account showed q profit indeed.
but q profit very much less than had
been the case in preceding years
After paying the expenses Of the o.
Enlistment only ESQ. 900. or 81, $780,
600. were left for those who held stock
in the company. A few years ago the
profits were double this sum. The
change is owing, 50 it is said, to q
growing conservatism among the
gamblers. both men and women, who
frequent this famous resort There il
just as much gambling as there ever
was, but the gambling for enorm ously
high stakes il not so frequent Men
and women now wager fve-frana
pieces instead of louis and bank-notes.
One interesting fact is that the sui.
cides are not a. numerous as they
used to be. There were nineteen sui
cides during the past year, men and
women both driven to the taking away
Of their own lives because of despair
over losing various divisions of the
ESQ. 900 profits of Monte Carlo The
previous year when the profits were
fS00. 900 the suicides numbered twen-
ty-five. The number of suicides and
the profits Of the establishment main
tain ratio, or seem to do so, from
year to year. The proportion is about
one suicide to every f12, 900 profit tc
the gambling establishment, which
means, of course, q corresponding
amount of loss to the patrons.
A study of the interesting nuctuatior
Of these suicides to correspond with
the gambling house profits would Ger.
tainly have delighted Mr.. Buckle
n Y. Mail and Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
TWO BALL DRESSES.

One . Dream Of Red Roses, the Other .
Vision In Tulle.
Rich red roses. large roses and clus-
ters of little roses, with buds and foli-
age. are put on the very edge of the
dress all round without any ruffle of
tulle, in such manner that il looks as
it the wearer had been wandering in
q rose garden. and had swept guam
tity of fallen flowers On to her trailing
skirt The dress is of apple-green
silk, with single vailing of brown
tulle, which goes right over the roses.
The skirt is quite simple and the low
bodice very elaborate. It is Of the
green silk with the light tulle fulled
on to it; the neck has rich piece of
gold lace turned down ali around it
Then there is an arrangement of rib
hons which appears to me to SAVIOR of
the miraculous. A broad dark green
moire ribbon edged on each side with
salmon color is drawn tightly around
the figure; it passes under each arm
and comes to the neck of the bodice,
both in front and behind. How this is
drawn tight by the bodice being worn
defies the ordinary intelligence, but so
it is; and the wearer looks as if tied
into the dress, especially as another
similar ribbon is knotted round the
waist. On the shoulders are high
pulled sleeves of the brown tulle, and
above those. higher still, row of up
standing bows of the green and yellow
ribbon.
One more evening gown I must de-
scribe, which to me is glorious in
color. The dress is all of pure daffo-
dil-yellow silk. vailed with tulle of
the same shade. A full tulle rufIle
goes all round the skirt. and on it lies
q wreath of the lovliest velvet pansies
great rich pansies of every shade
that grow in parsy petals, but with
the heliotropes and violets predom-
mating. All the rest of the dress il
the full yellow. except for the waist
ribbon. matched to the heliotrope tint
| in the pansies, and on to one long end
of which hangs q little empire pocket
decked with pansies, and for q piece OF
tulle of the same heliotrope, caught
by its middle under the ribbon band
at the back of the waist, taken straight
up to each shoulder and from there
allowed to hy loose like little wings =
Paris Cor. London World.
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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21

Prisoner" said the Judge, .shave
you any thing to say before the sen.
tence Of the court il passed upon you?''
II have. your honor" (Turnina
to his lawyer): you slick-fingered,
smooth ;jawed puddin' head! You billy.
be-dad-slammed hunk Of soap-fat! You
said you could clear me for twenty.
fve dollars. and took your money IN
advance. You hain't got sense en-
ough TO b assistant tanitor Of . corn
crib. you don't know = much Law q q
Texas horned frog and you haven't
the moral principle Of . blind OWL
Go ahsad. judge ~ Chicago Tribune
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
cooUETTE.

Hove her sol
Sae does not know
The ardor Of my passion.
Though she's divine,
Such love ~ mine
Is sadly out OF fashion.
She 10 90 sWeeti =
But though discreet
She's playful ~ kitten.
And I can 500
Shed laugh at mo
II she knew how I'm smitten
Shed laugh 1t mo q
Iplainly see,
For love II out Of fashion
With such as she,
She's fancy free,
And only plays with passion.
Yet, after all,
On earth's round ball
There's NO one ranks above her,
IWant her sol
BY Jove! TIL 70
And tell her how I love heri
louisville Courier-Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
MILITARY puELs



HOW Thsy Are Cena.stsd = eeas se ths
Crack 1sginsnts OF France.
The death Of young soldier Of the
Sixteenth Dragons from wounds 70
ceived in duel has led to lively dis
cussi0n In the French papers on the
practice of dueling In the army. On
this subject the Petit Parisien has an
interesting article. In some regiments.
it appears. duels are rare. owing to the
firmness of the Colonels. but In others
affairs of honor are matter Of daily
occurrence. In the cavalry regiments
especially this practice f0urishes.
When two soldiers have q dispute, so
long as they do not come to blows.
they need not fight unless they wish to;
but q box settles the matter. and.
whether they like it or not, they must
meet sword in hand the next morning
in the riding school. The Cap
tain. often without consulting the
parties interested. asks permission
from the Colonel for the rencontre,
and the latter nine times out
of ten grants it Nothing then
can prevent the duel. The adversaries
may be only too glad to be reconciled,
but it is all to no purpose; fight they
must The fencing master Is notified.
He has the sabers sharpened. Then
each unlucky soldier spends the even
ing in the sale dGrnses. where he re-
ceives counsel and advice from the
prevots, each one of whom has an in
fallible secret stroke or botse to teach
him.
1t is always in the riding-school that
the affair takes place. About eight
o'clock in the morning the combatants
arrive accompanied by their seconds.
Then comes the fencing master. fol-
lowed by prevot. who carries the two
sabers. This fellow always takes de-
light in informing the two adversari es
that the sabers are sharpened with
equal care. SO that one will cut just as
we'll as the other. Then comes the
Lieutenant charged with the duty of
conducting the affair. He never fails
to make light Of the situation
for the purpose of encourag-
ing the heroes. The surgeon then
comes upon the scene. He appears
with an air of i'll humor, as if he was
plagued by the thing. He is followed
by hospital steward bearing a lot of
bandage and lint. a big dish of water
with sponge in the middle. and set
of surgical instruments, enough alto
gether to scare the bravest of the
brave.
Can we begin?" asks the officer.
Begin" replies the doctor.
Then the gladiators take off their
tunics and shirts and appear naked to
the waist. no matter how cold the
weather is. They are placed in posi-
ton. The officer says "Go it," Then
the fight begins. superintended by tho
fencing master, whose duty it is to
parry the dangerous blows. At last
one of the men is hit, and the affair is
finished.
In the majority of cases the duel
ends by the defeated party's treating
all hands at the canteen. But when |
old soldiers are engaged. or Don-com-
missioned officers skilled in fencing,
the military duels too often terminate |
otherwise. Y. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Two LADIES have been elected bank
directors at Atlanta. Ga
A WOMAN's TRADE UNION has been
formed in Glasgow, Scotland. with
eighty-nine members.
FEMALE conductors and porters are,
it is reported, to be given trial on one
of the California roads.
THE Royal University of ireland
lately conferred the degree Of master OF
arts ON FIVE young women.
THERE are twenty-three women in
spectors in the New York Custom
house. Among them are niece of the
late Thurlow Weed and sister of Roe-
coe Conkling.
Mrs. KATE RICHMOND, OF Shulls-
burg, Wis, owns extensive lead mines
in the State, and has introdnced new
methods of mining, which are contribu-
ting to their value.
Mrs. Dr.. SMITH has contributed 81, :
900 for the purpose of constructing a
..play house" for the use of the children
of Newark, N. J.. WHO have no place
but the streets to play in
Ar recent large convention Of wo-
men sixty women reporters took their
places at the tables in front of the plat
form. There was only one man stenog-
rapher on duty. and he was said to be
employed by woman
Mrs. ZKRELDA G. WALLACE held q
series Of meetings in Little Rock. Ark i.
recently. speaking on woman suffrage
and social purity, to large audiences
composed of the most intelligent and 10
fined people Of the city.
II II said. that nine-teuths Of the teach
ers Of Kansas City are women. The
public librsry Of that place i managsd
by . woman. Who employs two ladies
= assistantA Nearly every newspapsr
IN 10 city hs tie work Of vomsn uDA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21

Sore Threats may Be prevented By
the continuous wearing Of from ten to
twenty threads Of Berlin wool. These
should Be kept round the neck except
during ablutions. and LETT Of gradually
- removing ono thread daily. The
remedy + supposed 70 cot upoa the
s1ng g skin - . slight eountsgizzi-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
scHool. AND CHURCH.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
lin South Africa there arc said to
be 22s Presbytsrian congregations and
81. 600 church members.
Tho Jews free school at Spital-
fields, Eng, Is said to be the largest
school in the world Il numbers $500
pupils-2. $50 boys and 1880 girla
"A. chair Of painting and wood
carving has been established in Do
Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind,
and Miss Louise Fisher, Of Cincinnati,
has been appointed to It
The school enrolment in the
United States in 1886-'87 was II. 49,
1913. an increase Of 2.718, SO7 during
the past ten years The cost of sus.
tanning the public schools for the same
year was Sill, us. 707, an increase Of
81. $50. 1913 over the year 1S76-'77.
"A new religious sect has been or.
ganized in Zwickau. Its members call
themselves Free men in Christ, sing
the hymns Of tho Methodists. reject
infant baptism. a. do the Baptists. are
like the Irvingites in believing in .
bodily return Of Christ, and In place
Of the Lords Supper hold y love feast
Upon the authority Of . Presby-
terrain pastor, who has collated the
figures. the comparative growth Of
four denominations in St Louis
from 1873 to 1883 is As follows: Con-
gregational. 160 per cent; Southern
Methodist 157; Northern Methodist
45; Presbyterian. nine-tenths of one
per cent
Fifty years ago seven shoemakers
in shop in the city of Hamburg said:
by the grace of God we will help to
send the Gospel to our destitute fell
low men," In twenty-five years they
had established fifty self-supporting
churches. had gathered out 10000
converts. had distributed 400, 900 BIZ
bles and 100000 tracts and had
carried the Gospel to so, 900. 600 of the
race.
"A very gentle form of hazing. the
New York Evening Post learns. is that
to which the fresh girl entering the
Women's College at Bryn Mawr. Pa,
is subjected. Two bundles of books
are hung around her neck and she is
required to ascend an inclined plank
that is very slippery. When, after
many slips. she reaches the top, she
is given q lamp. which she is told to
keep full. and the wick well trimmed.
SO as not to be caught like the foolish
virgins.
"A cOlored brother who has been
a pastor twenty-five years, we'll
known to many, writing from ono
of the Southern States. pleads
most earnestly for more missionary
work in q very destitute portion Of
the State, and adds the following sad
and suggestive testimony: 1T is not
a time to cease working among the
colored people In proportion as they
are left to themselves they are in
clined to recede from the light, to ebb
toward heathenism. Even among
those who have had some educational
we often find religion
part superstition and part Christiani-
ty. The subjective energies and
processes of our spiritual life are not
yet able to sustain US against the wiles
of the devil Home Mission Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21

Tho total school population Of The
United States d II. 76S, 172
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-03
NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT.

DURsUANT TO STATUTES AND TO RES
olution No; l,297 of the Council OF tae 1a
1882 directing this notice notice is hereby by
the 2lst day of January, 1889. opened,
examined and publicly declared all sealed
proposals offered for the following work, to-
wit:
1st Castelar, street, in the City of Los Ange
les from the north line Of Walters street to he
south line of Alpine street. To be graded,
graveled and curbed in accordance with plans
and specifications on file in the Office of the
Clerk OF the Council of the City. Of Los Ange'
les, for making gravel streets In the said city.
I'd. A redwood curb is to be constructed along
the line of roadway OF said CASTELAR, street, from
the north line of Walters street to the south
line Of Alpine street in accordance with plans
and specifications on file in the office of the
Clerk OF the Council of said city for construct
ing redwood curbs; and thereafter awarded the
contract for said work to D. F. DOnegan, the
lowest responsible bidder, at 81 Is per hpeal
foot as specified in proposal on file in the office
of the Clerk of the Council.
Los Angeles, Cal, February 2, 1889
M. F. STILES,
Clerk of the Council of the City of Los Angeles
f2-5t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-03
SUMMONS.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
i OF California, in and for the County of Los
Angeles
Dominique Laserre, Plaintiff, VS.. Eulalia
Higuerra de Laserre, Defendant. = Action
brought in the Superior Court of the State of
geles, and the Complaint fled in said County
OF Los Angeles, in the Office of the Clerk of said
Superior Court.
The People of the State of California send
greeting to Eulalia Higuerra de Laserre, De-
fepdant.
You are hereby required to appear in an se.
ton brought against you by the above named
plaintiff, in the Superior Court in the State of
California, in and for the county of Los Ange-
les, and to answer the complaint fled therein
within ten days exclusive of the day of ser.
vice., after the service on you of this summons,
II served within this county; or, If served else
where, within thirty days, or judgment by de-
fault will be taken against you according to the
prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain decree
OF divorce d1sBolving the bonds of matrimony
between the said plaintiff and defendant and
for the disposition and allotment of the COM
munity property of said mstrimony described
children of said matrimony and for general
relief. Reference is had to complaint for par
ticulars.
And you are hereby notified that If you fail
to appear and answer the complant as above
required, the said plaintiff will enter your de-
Given under my hand and the seal of the Su-
perior Court OF the State of California, in and
for the county of Los Angeles, this 18th day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty nine.
(sEAL.) CHAs. H. DUNSMOOR, Clerk.
By F. B. TANNING, Deputy Clerk.
SMITH, HOWARD & SMITH, III New High street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-03
NOTICE OF INTENTION.

NJ NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IT IS
IN the intention of the Council of the city of
Los Angeles to change and establish the grade
OF Twelfth street, from Main street TO San Pedro
street, as follows:
At the northeast and outheast corn ers of
Main street the grade shall be 231, 90, as now
established.
At the intersection with Los Angeles street
the grade shall be 228.60.
At the northwest and southwest corners of
Santee street the grade shall be 229 10, at the
northeast corner 2301O and at the south. asst
corner 230. 90.
At the northwest and northeast corners of
Maple avenue the grade shall be 229 40, and
at the southwest and southeast corners the grade
shall be 228.4O.
At the northwest and southwest corners of
Myrtle avenue the grade shall be 228 80, and
ana at the northeast and southeast corners the
grade shall be 228.9O.
At the northwest, northeast and southeast
corners of San Julian avenue the grade shall be
23O.OO, and at the southwest corner the grade
shall be 220 go.
At the northwest and southwest corners OF
San Pedro street the grade shall be 229 90.
All the above elevations are in feet and above
the sea.level datum.
All persons interested are hereby notified to
file any objections which they may have with
the Clerk of the Council within ten days of the
date of the first publication of thi3 notice.
By order of the Council of the City of Los An
geles at its meeting OF January %, A. D. 1889.
NJ. y. STILES,
Clerk of the Council of the City of Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles, February 1, 1889. fe1 lot
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-03
LEGAL.
SUMMONS.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE
i of California, in and for the County of Los
Angeles.
Fanny williams. Plaintiff, VS.. J. s. williams,
Defendant.
Action brought in the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the County of Los
Angeles. and the Complaint filed in said County
OF Los Angeles in the office of the Clerk of said
Superior Court.
The People of the State of California send
greeting to j. s. Williams, defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in an ac-
tion brought against you by the above-named
plaintiff, In the Superior Court in the State of
California, in and for the County of Los An
geles. ana to answer the Complaint filed there
in, within ten days exclusive of the day of
serv1ce). after the service on you of this Sum-
mons, If served within this county, or if served
elsewhere. within thirty days. or judgment by
default will be taken against you according to
the prayer of said Complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain the judg-
ment of this Court dissolving the bonds Of
matrimony now existing between the plaintiff
and the defendant, and awarding the custody
of the minor child of the parties herein to
her former name of Fanny McJonston, and for
such other and further relief as to the Court
may seeYH meet, and for costs of suit. Reference
is had to Complaint for particulars.
And you are hereby notified that If you fail
to appear and answer the said Complaint as
above required, the said Plaintiff will cause
your default to be entered, and will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in her Com
plant
Given under my hand and the seal of the su-
for the County of Los Angeles, this 11th day of
August, in the year of our Lord one thousand
tsEAI) " q. r. d: SG5NsMooR, Clerk
By F. B: FANNINe. Deputy.
IN
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-03
. OFFICIAL.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT IT IS
IN the intention of the Council of the city of
Los Angeles to change and establish the grade
of Eleventh street from Main street to San
Pedro street, as follows:
AT the northeast corner of Main street the
grade shall be 2.33, as now established and at
the southeast corner the grade shall be 232. 80.
At the northwest and southwest and south
east corners of Los Angeles street the grade
shall be 231 90, and at the northeast corner the
grade shall be 231 20.
At the northwest and southwest corners of
santee street the grade shall be 232. 90. aud at
the northeast and southeast corners the grade
shall be 232. so.
AT the southwest and southeast corners of
Maple avenue the rade shall be 232 go, and
at the northwest corner 232.70, and at the
northeast corner 23z.4 40.
At the northwest corner of Maple avenue the
grade shall be 231 80; at the southwest corner
231. 60; at the northeast corner, 231. 80, and at
the southeast corner, 231.70.
At the northwest and northeast corners of
San Julian avenue the grade shsll be 232 20,
1890.
At the northwest and southwest corners of
San Pedro street the grade shall be 23200.
All the above elevations are in feet and above
the sea-level datum.
All persons interested are hereby notified to
file any objections which they may have with
the Clerk OF the Council within ten days of the
date of the first publication of this notice.
BY order of the Council of the City of Los
Angeles at its meeting of January z8, A. D.
1889. M f. TILES,
Clerk Of the Council of the City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, February L, 1889. f1-10t