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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
ORIGIN OF ELEPHANTS

L
4 Race Of Mammals That First Appeared
In the Mlocens Period.
The origin Of the great proboscidian
race in general, and Of the mammoth
and elephant group in particular, like
the early history of Jeames de Ia
Pluche, is ''wrop in obscurity." All
we can say about them with any conf
dence is that they form q comparative
ly late order of mammals. whose
earliest recognizable representative in
geological time is the monstrous dino
therium. an aquatic animal with long
trunk. and with two immense curved
tusks. projecting downward paradox
ically from his lower instead of his up
per jaw. The dinotherium makes his
first appearance upon this or any
other stage in the Miocene Pc
Rod; but as he couldn't of
course. have appeared there
Qike Aphrodite and Topsy) without
any parents, and as he was then al
ready fairly specialized and highly
developed animal. we must take it for
granted that his earlier ancestry,
though ancient and respectable in its
own time, had long passed away, leav-
ing not wreck behind. so far as yet
known. in the matter of tangible geo.
logical vouchers. These unknown an
cestors, in all probability, gave birth
during their earlier :and more plastic
stage-for species. like individuals,
are most readily nodded in their green
youth-tO three main family branches.
The senior branch produced the di-
notherium. a vast brute, who, finding
the world too full to hold him about
the close of the tertiary period. de-
missed. suddenly without issue, leav-
ing the honors of the family in SUBJ
sequent ages to the junior mem
bera The second branch pro-
duced the mastodons, huge Great
ures of elephantine outline and ma
jestic tread. most of them with tus ks
in the upper and lower jaws, though
the under pair were always the small
est. The third branch produced the
true elephants, including both our
modern Indian and African species, as
well as the mammoth himself, and
many other extinct congeners. All
the elephants proper have but one
solitary pair of tusks, and that pair is
quite correctly located in the upper
jaw instead of the under one. Thus is
Evolution justified of all her children.
The true elephants made their first APP
pearance, as far as known, in the
Pliocene period-that is, the epoch
preceding the Great Ice Age. They
blossOmed out at once into an alarming
of species.-Cornhill Maya
zine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
The Mail Service in ITS.

When Benjamin Franklin was ap-
pointed Postmaster General of the Col
onies in 1775 he went down to the Office
in Philadelphia, hung his coat on a
peg behind the only door of the one
room which constituted the depart
ment, and went to work. He procured
small book Of fifty-three pages, in
which he opened an account with each
postmaster for the forty odd post
Offices in the thirteen colonies, and
kept it himself. Unlike the present
Postmaster General, the old Pennsyl-
vanian was not bothered to appoint
assistants, and as for clerks, he did not
have any. At odd times, and when he
was feeling lonesome because some
of the neighbors did not come in to
bore him to appoint John Smith post
master at Juniperville. Franklin would
go down to the city post-ofice and as
sista to make up the mail, which left
by stage coach every week. In q glass
case in the Post-ofice Department the
curiosity seeker can see the old leath-
ern bound book in which Franklin kept
the accounts of the Government The
transactions for three years-from 1776
to 1778, inclusive included in its
fifty-three pages, and the mail trans
actions seem to have cut but an In
significant figure You can also SEQ
tho record Of the uncalled for or mis-
directed letters that were returned for
the eleven years from 1777 to 1888
Tho book covers forty-Sour pages, and
during that time SIS letters were 70
oeived. The number of letters re-
turned to tho Dead Letter Once daily
now. Averages 1A0oQ = Washingtno
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
Chicago in the Soup.

Housekeeper Gin Kansas City,
don't want nOthin'.
Peddler Il am not anxious to sell. ]
only stopped to remark that Chicago.
where I've been peddling, can't hold q
candle to Kansas City.
''Don't believe it kim"
mo. indeed. mum; Chicago is goin'
to the dogs. fast People there are
awful poor. while in Kansas City
find every body is just rollin' in
wealth, and real estates q boomin'.
Fast trains from Kansas City to New
York won't stop at Chicago in another
year."
What have you got to sell?"
Soap. Something new. Orly ono
dollar q cake.'
'.pll take IN. 7. Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
Extraordinary License.

at seems to me-" remarked one OF our
citizens the other day, ''that physicians are
allowed extraordinary license in the man
ner in which they juggie with the welfare
of their patients"
Snow here is DR.. - who was attending
Mr.. - up to the time of his death, and il
he treated him for one thing he treated him
for dozen different disorders. First the
doctor said pneumonia was the trouble;
then it was consumption. Then the patient
was dosed for heart trouble. and so on un-
til just before he died it was ascertained
that disease Of the kidneys was the real
trouble, and that which had been at first
treated as pneumonia, consumption, heart
disease. ETC., were but the symptoms Of
kidney disease.
''But then it was too late.
"ThIs is only one case in hundred, and
am beginning to lose faith in the doctors
altogether. In fact haven't had any need
for their services since began to keep
Warmers Safe Cure in my house, little
over three years ago. Whenever I feel q
little out OF sorts take q few doses Of it,
confident that the source Of all diseases Is
in the kidneys, which know Warmers Safe
Cure will keep in good order, and viii Grad
icate any disease that may be lurking there.
Had Mr.. - followed q similar course, I
have NO doubt that he would be alive to-day;
but Of course all people don't think alike.
"One thing Is certain, however, and that
Is the doctors are allowed little too much
freedom in the way they have Of pretending
70 know that which they really know moth
ing about II they don't know what il the
real trouble with the patient, they should
admit it and not 20 on and experiment It
the cost Of the patents life"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
TRANSFORMING TEETH

BOOSTERS Supplying Molars Tor Bostonlanl
Who Have None.
| One of Bost0n's most eminent dental
surgeons maintains hennery in his
backyard, on fashionable street. fol
| q purpose that is at once curious and
interesting. Perhaps it would be more
accurate to designate the affair as q
! cookery, since every one of the twelve
fowls kept is rooster. They are all
brown Leghorns-a breed distin-
guished by an unusual development OF
comb-and the row they up keep with
their fighting and Growing is said to be
simply awful Nevertheless. it is their
mission to assist in scientific task of
utmost importance to human comfort
The proprietor of this mOnastic fowl
colony is New England's most skilled
expert in the art of transplanting
teeth. 1t is only recently that the proc
ess of ENGRAVING new molars and
incisors in empty sockets has been sue
cessfully applied. Now, however, it
has been brought to such perfection
that no difficulty is found in equipping
the most toothless person with full
set of upper and lower grinders at a
weeks notice. The operation is ex-
ceedingly simple. Local an@sthesia
is first produced by the use of cocaine
in twenty per cent. solution, and. hole
being drilled in the jawbone, the tooth
is carefully fitted into it and rendered
secure by means of ligatures. If the
patient is young and vigorous. the
osseous structure soon closes up around
it and by the time the gum is healed
the fresh tusk is as serviceable as if it
had grown originally in its new situa-
ton. In the case of feeble or elderly
person. it may be fastened in place by
silver wires passing around the jaw
bone.
1t has been found that real sound
teeth extracted from healthy gums are
best adapted for transportation. The
roots of such fresh-drawn eating in
struments are covered by delicate
membrane, the vitality of which ma
terially assists the wished-for cOmbin-
ing of the tissues. But, unless the
good tooth is transferred directly from
one jaw to the other, the vitality of
the root-covering membrane must be
artificially preserved. and the best
way of accomplishing this so far dis
covered is to literally graft the
grinder into the comb of a chicken.
That portion of the bird is we'll fed
with blood, as may be seen from its
redness, and thus the bit of uproOted
ivory is kept in vitalized condition
until the time comes for using it.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
Cure for earbed-wire Wounds.

For healing cuts and flesh wounds
OF all kinds in livestock. especially
from barbed wire the following lini-
ment has no equal. and flies viii not
trouble . sore when It Il used: Raw
inseed oil. sixteen ounces; ssltpeter.
powdered. one ounce; sugar Of lead.
powdered. ono ounce; sulphHrio'
acid. one ounce; carbolic acid.
one-half ounce. Mix the oil with the
saltpeter and sugar Of lead. and. slowly
add the sulphuric add. stirria3 con
stantly. When cold pous Of from the
dregs and add the carbolio acid. An.
ply with > feather twice daily. Do
not wash the soso at all Keep . sup.
ply oonstantly O hap1 70 be ready ID
easunltiss -Home JouEual
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
WOMEN IN BATTLE.
French Ladies Who Have Been Decorate
with the Legion Of Honor.

French Ladies Who Have Been Decorated
with the Legion Of Honor.
Truth is stranger than fiction. and
when next you hear or read an impos-
sible story, instead of exclaiming, like
well-known authoress to the narra-
tor at a London dinner party. Go it.
Ananias," you had better quietly OBJ
serve. Il suppose it's true" Anyhow,
We are apt to scout the stories of
women who have concealed their sex
the better to perform doughty deeds
of valor, and 10! here are French sta
tistics, with their dry facts. coming to
prove that what novelists and poets
have written has not been evolved
from their inner consciousness. but
from the romance of history. Thirty
four French women have been deco
rated with the Legion of Honor since
the order was instituted. and of these
seven distinguished themselves on the
battlefield. Two women soldiers were
decorated under the first empire, one
having dressed as man to replace
her delicate brother, her sex only be-
ing discovered when she was wounded.
after attaining the rank of sergeant
The second heroine took to fighting
because she liked it. and distinguished
herself at Yemmaper. Austerlitz and
jena Save for one brave vivandiere,
there was blank from 1915 to 1851, and
then came more military women, whose
exploits would read like an after-din-
ner story. Whether these women
we're or were not unsexed by thus
abandoning their proper sphere is not
the point at all; the fact remains that
women have military qualities capable
of efficient training should need arise;
and in q country where the perils of
war. the lack of an army and the vol
unteer question are being debated, it is
just as well to recognize the fact that
If National questions are at stake it be-
comes perfectly possible to double the
volunteers of the army by including
both sexes. = Sydney On. S Wy
Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
Mr.. Billus' Apology.

Mr.. Billus was standing up in .
street-car, holding tightly to . strap.
The car gave sudden lurch. he lunged
forward. and an exclamation Of pain
came from the lips Of the lady sitting
next to Mrs BflluA
IF you didn't keep your great. big
ho0fs sticking out 90 carelessly !
wouldn't stumble over them" growled
Ar. Billus. .sWhen woman hasn't any
more sense--I beg your pardon sim
eerely. madam. ] thoueht + was my
wiie's foot I stepped o1.-Chicage
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16


New Soldiers Felt Whsn They Rnterss ~
Their Elrst Engsgensat.
We had been held In reserve for Eve
long hours while cannon Numbered
and muskets cracked spitefully along
the front q mile away. A procession
Of dead and wounded had fled past us
until we were sick with horror. Shot
and shell and bullet had fallen upon N
behind the woods until the dry. dead
grass bore many stain of blood.
attention! Forward-guide right
-march!'
Our brigade was going in at last,
and there was look of relief ON tho
face Of every officer and man as we got
the word.
As we swung clear Of the woods q
gust of wind raised the smoke for .
minute. and I saw the plain in our
front blue with dead and wounded.
Away beyond them was line of earth
works. and l had one swift glimpse Of
q thin blue line kneeling behind the
cover.
STEADY! Right dress! Double quick
-march!'
The air is alive with the ping Of
bullets and the whizz and shrek of
shot and shell. We bend our heads as
if breasting fierce gale laden with
icy pellets. There is a wild cry-a
shriek-a groan as men are struck and
fall to the earth. but no one heeds
them-no one hesitates. 1t is hurri-
cane of death. but we feel wild
exultation in breasting it. Men shout,
curse, sing, swing their hats and
cheer.
We are driving through the smoke
cloud when there is a flash of fire in
front. seem to rise into the air and
float hither and thither. and the
sensation is SO dreamy and full OF rest
that wish it could last forever. It is
suddenly broken by the sound OF my
own voice. Is it my voice? Itsounds
strange and afar off tom Why should
l cheer and curse by turns? What
has happened?
All! now come back to earth again!
Above and around me is the smoke
the earth trembles under the artillery
men are lying about and beside me
Where is the brigadep Why did I
drop out 1 am lying on my back. and
l struggle to sit up and look around.
I rise to my knees-weave this way
and that-tOpple over and struggle up
again. There is red, fresh blood on
the grass-on my hand-on my face.
l taste it on my lips as my parched
tongue thrusts itself, out in search Of
moisture.
Who is grooming? Who is Shrek
ing? Who is cheering? And why
should laugh and exult? Have we
held the line against a grand charge?
Did we scatter and descimate the
legiOns hurled against us? Have We
won a great victory to be flashed over
the country and cause the bells to ring
with gladnessp Let me think. Give
me time to remember how it all hap
pened. Strange that my thoughts
should be so confused. and the desire
Of sleep be so strong upon me when I
should be up and doing. I will shake
it off I will spring up and follow on
after the brigade. Here"
''How do you feel?"
My eyes arc wide open. and / am
ying on cot in large room. see
people walking about-other people
ying on cots like my own.
II feel all right. Why?"
"You were hard hit in the hight four
lays ago. my boy"
$50 there was battle?"
Eyes"
"And was wounded?"
Had your left arm shattered BY
)iece of she'll and we had to amDlltaA0
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

In reply to the question: "Shall
we smoker" DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes says in recent magazine:
Certainly not Smoking Is liable to
impure the sight, to render the nerves
unsteady. to enfeeble the will and enc
slave the nature to m imperious habit
likely TO stand in the way Of duty =
b performed
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
MY FAN.


1have friend, . little friend,
Who lives upon fan;
Perhaps he Is . woman.
Perhaps she is man.
Her clothes they are 20 very queer.
So gerry queer, in so0th,
Isometimes call him Lovely Maid,
And sometimes Gentle YOUTH
His hair is combed back smooth and straigh,
Above her pretty face.
Her looks are full of friendliness,
His attitude Of grace.
And every morning when wake,
And every eve ming. too.
She greets me with his pleasant smile,
And friendly How-d'ye-doy
She wonders why lie in bed.
He thinks my wisest pl an
Would be to come and live with her
Upon paper fan.
But that, alas may never be!
And SO never can
Know whe Their he's woman,
Or whether she's man.
Laura f Richards. in YOUTHS Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
What They Are Doing.

Mrs Longshore Potts, the distinguished lee
turess, is telling Poop whas to eat and how to
eat it, and, of course, that is important for
humanity. The + r Collins Manufacturing
company, of East HOustO on str ct, ace engaged
u work equally important. which prac-
bcally is what to grow and how to grow it.
There is no question of one thing: that is that
right here in Texas almost anything that can
be grown in temperate or tropical climate
can be successfully cultivated here. The only
difficulty has been the want of moisture or
rain. Nature is, however, as she ALWAYS does,
adapting itself to the wants of civilization
and there is a gradual but sure increase of
moisture and rains that indicates in time
this evil will be so mitigated as
to be practically of no consideration
In the meantime science is rectifying the ap-
parent failings of nature and in the hands o.
the F. Collins Manufacturing company
great good is done. The farmer secures water
enough for convenient irrigation, for bis cat
tie, and his necessities, and the ranchman has
at all tines a plentiful supply of water and
grass for his cattle. Men, thus fortified, do
not fear the drought and are prosperous
These are facts, and those facts patnly indi-
cate that those who have not the Collins sys-
TEN should call at the office, get an under
standing of it, and secure the same advan-
tage, as their more fortunate neighbor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
ALI Petered Out.

Private sdvices from San Diego, California,
from parties who have just returned from the
mining district In Lower California. represent
the boom as magnificent SELL The prospect
ors are returning as fast as they can secure
the means and many of them are footing it
back. The set back that San Diego has thus
received is very d-sheartening The bottom
had fallen out of her b JOm but it was hoped
and confidently expected the mining excite
meut would prove durable and thus prove
source of stimulation to San DegO which as
base of supplies would have picked up bust
ness rapidly. This hope fails and the letters
received here in icate that the San Diego
boom has died out for many moons to come.
This will be hard times for hundreds who put
good cash into property there at boom prices,
and find their investments permanent. Some
of these are Texans and they heartily wish
themselves back again the in old Lone Star
tarn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
A Lucky Haul.

Learning a few days ago that lottery light
ming had struck Marlin to the tune of 5000,
and that Messrs. J. E. johnson and Matt.
Walker were the lucky individuals, a Ball
representative proceeded to ascertain the
truthfulness OF the matter. We met
Mr.. J. 4. Johnson in town last Saturday
There was nothing unusual in his cOunte-
nance or demeanOr, and he did not hesitate to
state the facts. Mr.. Johnson is a young man
enga ed in the service of Mr.. Walker, on his
ranches; for two years he has been investing
small sum in the Louisiana State lottery,
but the tickle goddess did not smile upon him
until last month. On Saturday, before the
drawing. Mr.. johnson and Mr. Walker put up
Us each and purchased 80 fractional tickets
ice mOneg was sent by Wells Fargo Express
and reached its destination promptly before
tie drawing, in due time the tickets were re-
Ceived, and on examination it was found that
they held one-twentieth Of ticket No. Ga. 100,
which drew the second capital prize of $780,
600 The ticket was placed in the bank of
Marlin for co lection and was promptly cash
ed on presentation, Mr.. johnson receiving
$3.50, and Mr.. Walker $500. Mr. johnson
says he proposes to continue investing a
small amount every month. Mr. Walker has
been twice lucky having drawn 5 25O in
August last.-Marlin Tex Ball, February %.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
ON TIME.

Since 40 years it has been the study
If our most accomplished moulders to
perfect Cooking Stove, which could
oe equally as we'll adapted for coal or
wood.
The problem has at last been solved
and samples of remarkable beauty
and finish can be seen at III. Schultze
Jr., pa E. Houston street.
Ladies are invited to inspect the
stock, no trouble to show goods. The
Twin Burner Gasoline Stove, finest in
America, is in full operation.
A $500 Cook Stove is on exhibition.
Steam Egg Poacher at Csc each; Tin
Ware, Roofing, Repairing, in fact
everything in this line can be bought
for less money at
H. SCHULTZ, JR.,
oian elsewhere. Remember the "On
Time" Cook Stove.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
Real Estate Sales.

William Fielder to August Rehburg, lots l, 2
md 3, in block 5. $3.50.
Daniel and Anton Oppeuheimer to August
Hehberg lots =. and 4. block 2, on east side of
San Antonio river, $500.
J. b. Enrich and Mrs. Hattie Smith to b. r.
Frees part of west half of lot l, range =
district 3, tor 5000.
Anthony Deffeubaugh to A. E. Habicht, 220
acres of the eastern hall of survey No. 81, for
$500.
Thomas J. Devine to Bart j. Dewitt, lot 2
in block 8, near the 'Old race track" for $50.
Sam NJ johnson to w. A. II. Miller, trustee,
lots and g. block 81, in WOOdlawn subdivision,
for 500.
Sam NJ. johnson to NJ. II. Martin, lots |, and
=, block II, in WOOdlawn subdivision, Tor $50
+. Teich to Charles Puppe, lots ~ and 20, on
Olive street, for $500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
Mrs. Dr.. Potts.

Mrs DR.. LongshOre-PottS again lectured at
the opera house last night. Her audience
was smaller than has been previously, but her
lecture was none the less entertaining and
the handling of the subject of the Lungs and
their Diseases" was very able, instructive,
andinteresting. This afternoon she again is
lecturing to the ladies and great numbers
flock to hear her. No lecture will be given to-
night, but tomorrow night her lecture on Love,
Courtship and Marriage" will be given.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
Auction Sale.

1 will offer for sale at aution Mou-
day, April 1st, 10 O'Clock a. m. at No.
IA, east side of Main plaza, a consign-
ment of clothing, boots and shoes,
jewelry, notions and hardware, for
whom it may concern.
Sales daily morning and evening
until closed out.
JOHN II. BOLTON,
3-2S-tf Auctioneer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-29
WASTEIOF THE CITY's MONEY.
An Incident that Excites Some
Comment on the Public
StFaatS

There is rather peculiar waste of the
city's money going on that should have been
avoided, and that should be known to the cit
liens in order that they may know what is be-
ing done with hundreds OF dollars, obtained
from them in the way of taxation. Now it has
been known fact that the city council have
for months been engaged in an endeavor to
secure an amended charter. This, as was eX-
pected has been obtained, though not eX-
acty as the mayo wanted it, but for all this
fact the city council has had a large number
of books printed containing the old charter
and the city ordinances corrected to date
Some of these are handsomely bound
in black Morocco, nterleaVed for
annexation, and bearing the name of
the persons they are intended for in gilt let
tiers. There was, the LIGHT is Informed, no
immediate necessity for this publication, and
now that the new charter will become law, ii
fellows as matter OF course that these books
VIII be .seless or must be so "bOtched" as to
deprive them of their beauty. No ordinary
business, contemplating such a material
change, would have had the books printed
but have waited until they could have been
done in proper and complete way; but then
the business men handle their own money,
and handle 1t carefully. The city council has
charge of other peoples money, and there
fore are not so particular, but incidents like
these make people think a heap even If they
don't say much.