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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
MARlONETTES IN ITALY

How Political Matters Were Once Upon .
Time Criticised by Puppets.
In the olden days of petty princi-
palities the police and the censor were
nowhere more active or interfering
than in Italy. Thus. all popular opin-
ion being completely suppressed, and
especially on the stage, it followed
that the people turned to the puppet-
show for any thing like criticism on
political or social matters. This was
particularly the case at Rome, where
the subtle and keen-witted natives
recognized a whole volume in the ex-
pressive gestures of the burattini.
Ballet and opera, exquisitely and
deliberately performed in most COM
pick fashion, were made the vehicle
of cutting jokes leveled at the Govern
ment. and, indeed. served as. the most
available vehicle of public opinion.
In no country were there so many
grades of marionette performances,
from the box of homely puppets per-
forming by the roadside up to the COM
plete theater with seats, lights and
orchestra of the most beautifully
wrought, costumed and manipulated
figures. Whole operas - musicians
and vocalists of the first class being
behind the scenes-and dramas in five
acts were common achievements
of these aristocratic marionettes.
Their audiences comprised people
of all ranks. One of the learned
librarians of the Vatican, Aliaci, who
held that Office during the pontificate
of Alexander VII, was a constant
visitor to the mimic theater as a re-
Taxation from his brain work. Nor
were the Italian marionettes confined
to miscellaneous audiences. A prac-
tice grew up of engaging company
of the puppets to perform at private
parties. A wealthy entertainer con-
sidered his viands, wines and music
incomplete unless one of the best
troupes of burattini was engaged to
make mirth for his guests. On these
occasions brilliant hits at political and
social personages and occurrences
were INDUCED in. and so complete was
the manner in which the performance
was carried out that each popular
character put on the stage had the
words of the part spoken by special
artistic who could accurately initiate
the tones of the original. Another
great point in the Italian marion.
cites was their exquisite ballet dane
ing. Every kind of dance, every flour
lsh and p;rouette in which famous
living performers excelled was imi-
tated most accurately by the puppets,
and their bows in response to the
applause were as elaborate
as those of the originals. In fact. the
Roman authorities at one time passed |
what was practically the highest pos
sible eulogium on them, by making |
the mimic ladies wear cdlecons, much |
as the King of Naples did in later
days with his actual corps de ballet
Magazine
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

. twenty-fve-dollar pair OF vases. l
went into candy store to get pound
Of candy to take homo to mother. and
I'm blamed II didn't let the girl there
lure me into buying ten pounds Of
fruit candy and Eve pounds of assort-
ed, which, like all the other goods,
were forwarded by express 1 had
five hundred and thirty dollars when I
left home. and here I am without q
penny. But goshl supper will be .
luxury when get home this evening""
The reporter offered to stand tho
price of q lunch, but the young man
declined.
mo, can hold out It's but fair I
do little penance. hadn't got
through telling you how I was led
into buying what I should not have
bought But suppose I'm not tho
only victim of his own folly you've
come across"
/. As extraordinary as the foregoing
may seem, every statement is absolute
ly true, and no doubt there are
cases which greatly excel it in folly
and extravaganza where the parties
add drinking to their other faults. If
the fools were not many. how could
the thousands of sharpers thrive in
the great city. Full many a stranger
from the country has had swept away
in a single night the earnings of three
or four years, and esteemed himself
lucky that, in his drunkenness, he did
not commit some act that would lead
to his arrest and disgrace.-Chicag0
Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
AN IDAHO WONDER.

Discovery Of . Floating Island on the
Dome OF the Continent.
John TomlinsOn, of Bannack, Idaho,
floating island on Henry's Lake, Idaho.
The lake is situated on the dome of the
continent. at depression in the Rocky
Mountains known as Targee's Pass, in
honor of the trapper who discovered
it. 1t is oval inehape and has an area
of forty square miles. ''On first ap-
pearances." said Mr.. Tomlinson. ''the
lake, the waters of which are as clear
as emeralds. seems to have no outlet.
It is surrounded by solid ground on
which are groves of pine and luxuriant
mountain grass. On the western edge
lies what appears to be hollow pool
connecting it, and from this, obscured
in a growth of shrubs. rises a small
creek, the source of the moth fork of
the. Snake river. Now. on this lake,
and sometimes seen on the north
side and sometimes on the other,
is this curious floating island.
1t is about three hundred feet
in diameter, and has for its basis mat
OF roots, SO dense as to support large
trees, and a heavy thicket under
growth. Decayed vegetation adds to
the thickness of the mat and forms a
mold several feet in thickness. On
the edge of the floating forest. in sum-
ner time, may be seen q luxuriant
growth of blue-joint grass, the roots
of which form SO compact mass as to
support the weight of a horse. Any
number of men have no difficulty in
walking about on it. Further back
among the trees you might build big
house and make a garden and do what
ever you please. You would be just
as solid and safe as though there were
not fifty or one hundred or two hun.
dred feet of water under you. There
is a willow thicket near the center of
the island, and scattered among these
willows and contiguous to them are q
number of aspens and dwarf pines.
These catch the breezes which float
over the island, and act like sails on q
boat and move the three hundred
foot body hither and thither over
the forty square miles of water. This
shows why you may one day see the |
island on one side and the next day on
the other. It Is the queerest thing I |
ever saw. You pitch your tent some
evening on one side near the island |
and are pleased with the beautiful
prospect There is the island only .
few rods from you, covered with trees |
and grass. The next morning you
wake up and the island ID gone. You
look far away to the other side and |
there it is. its trees bending gracefully |
in tho wind Along in the afternoon
It returns, or it may take an easy jaunt
OF 1t IN oblique angle from you. Hem
y Lake Is exceedingly picturesque.
Around it rise snow-capped peaks.
among which are some Of the highest
Of the continents backbone, partly,
covered with = verdure q forest and
Grass and showing here and there for
nations Of granite and unique basaltic
eelnmns. "-San Tfancieee Examines. |
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
An Unsophisticated Young Mans
City Experience.
He Finds Accommodation and Amuse-
ments in Chicago Como Rather
Higt-HOw City Sharpers Man.
1gc to Thrive.

"If you tell me what time the next
train leaves. for Iowa without charg-
ing me for it I'll be much obliged"
said q stranger, evidently from the
country, to tie Herald reporter at the
Northwestern depot a day or two ago.
He was a young man scarcely more
than twenty-five, whose rather hand
some features were we'll Drowned by
the sun.
When the reporter had impaired the
desired information, the young man
continued:
MAY be you thought it strange
that l said without charge but if
you had had my experience during the
past two days you wouldn't wonder at
it. Besides, am dead broke, and if
hadn't taken the precaution to buy
a return ticket before / left Clinton
County I'd have to hoof it home"
you've been extravaganza. have
you?" asked the sympathetic reporter.
"Extravagant amt the word. 'tisn't
strong enough by half. I've been the
prodigal son, only I've got beyond
him. Tor haven't got the husks of the
pigs with which to fill my empty
stomach. 1t hasn't been my fault,
though, for if I'd been left to myself
I'd have been economical enough.
Come to think of it. it's my fault after
all. 1t all comes of my not being able
to say no. But never could. l do
honestly believe that if girl were to
ask me to marry her l couldn't re-
fuse her. even if were engaged to
another young lady"
The beggars took charge of you,
eh?''
II guess you'd scarcely call 'em so.
Let me tell you about it. 1t is my first
visit to this big city, and l came in for
good time. When I'm home shave
myself. My beard hadn't got twenty
four hours old. but my hair didn't
seem to set according to the style Ihad
noticed on the cars and along the
street as / had walked, grip in hand,
up to the hotel. So stepped into one
of the tonsorial parlors and took q
vacant chair, at which stood a rosy
checked fellow with baby mustache,
hair parted in the middle and lisp In
his voice When he had cut my hair
and as you see he has cut so close
TO the scalp that I'll not need comb
for three months-he wanted me to
stand q shampoo. l said l guessed
not, upon which he fired away. telling
me that he knew of this. that and
t'other one who got the cancer, bald
head. scald-head and other troubles
from failure to keep his scalp clean.
and added that mine was in the worst
condition of any persons he ever saw.
] told him to 60 ahead Til say moth
ing of the pain of that operation. for
It Is over now. and shall never try It
again. neglected to say that he
talked constantly. never stopping for
q second. He then forced a shave on
me, that he did. Bay rum. sir?' he
asked, when he had carried me
through that torture. I nodded. Then
he wouldn't release me until I had ac-
quiesced in demand that / have my
mustache dyed Most people would
think fellow would be satisfied with
that robbery. but he wasn't He lit
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Mennonites, q German -.
ligious dissemination. have decreed
that no person can belong to thas
church il he has a life insurance poll
icy hanging over his head.
The money annually raised for
carrying on Protestant foreign mis-
sions is a little short Of I'll. $50, 900.
or an average Of S7l cents per year
for each evangelical church member.
or less than one-tenth of q cent day.
Missionary Review.
People say q church is holy
place. So it is. If holy people be in it;
not else The kingdom is within you.
not in stones. Where is the holiest
place on earth? Where souls breathe
the hottest vows. and execute the most
heroic purposes.-F. w. Robertson.
"A Wichita (Kan. clergyman was
lately asked to resign because his ser.
mons were too long; and q clergyman
In q neighboring town was asked to
resign because his sermons were too
broad. Apparently, sermon to be
popular should be short, narrow and
shallow.
Rev. Sophie Glib has been pastor
of the Universalist church in Decatur.
Ill. for nearly six years. She breaches
twice every Sunday. is called the best
preacher in the city and is highly
esteemed. The church has never be-
fore experienced q period Of so much
success and usefulness
The late Prot. r D. Hitchcock, Of
Union theological Seminary, who
knew how to speak mot only with
light but with lightning" in one Of
his farewell addresses to q class of
students, closed with these words:
Dictate no terms to Providence. At
whatever cost accept the service of
fered you. high or low. far or near.
Then burn to the socket"
AT the late missionary meeting in
London a curious illustration was
given of the necessity of explaining
Scripture which might seem to require
such. A missionary referred to the
perplexity OF scme of his native Chris
tian friends on reading literal trans
lation of the words: Though your
sins be as scarlet they shall be white
as WOOL the fact being that the
native sheep were all black. Clearly
was in order and neces-
sary.
For many years the Russian
Church has been doing missionary
work in Alaska. chiefly among the
Thlinkets of Southeastern Alaska.
Sixty thousand dollars has been ap-
propriated annually for this work
from the Imperial Treasury at St.
but in spite of the labors
of large band of priests and deacons,
the success of the movement has been
small, and it is reported that "the
strength of the Russian Church seems
to be waning before the incoming of
American influences" whatever that
may mean.
According to recent intelligence,
the school board OF Vienna is placed
in a painful position with regard to
some of the school children. 1t ap-
pears that it is not uncommon for the
children Of poor parents to receive by
way of breakfast nothing more than q
glass of spirits, and even to appear in
he schOol-rOOm drunk. The menu
oers of the school board do not know
now to grapple with this terrible evil.
Is the parents of the children are the
.eal offenders, and the morning dole
If spirits is given as substitute for
God which the unfortunate parents
re unable to supply.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Good for rheumatism.

Winks--I forgot all about my rneu-
matism last evening. I went to tho
minstrels, and laughed straight along.
Didn't feel twinga Funniest end
man I ever saw. only b was awiully
hoarse
uinhs-H0arse chestuuts arc COED
fw rheumatism.-N Z. Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

at ALL"
'You proved good customer?'
II haven't come to the worst am
really afraid you'll think me an un-
qualified idiot when l confess that
was so carried away by the blandish-
ments of that fiaxen-haired, rosy
checked blonde, with her do take
this, or I'm sure she will be pleased
with that and this is the very latest
that actually let her stick on to mo
no less than nineteen cravats of all
colors and prices. the cheapest, how
ever, not less that seventy-five cents.
I'm habbergasted, though, how I did
come to let her sell me two walking
canes and three umbrellas. The four
dozen handkerchiefs and three dozen
pairs of stockings will come in handy
in time"
The reporter stared at the fellow in
undisguised pity.
''You see couldn't say mo- to save
my life. OF course knew / was launch
ing out too heavily; any body would
have known that. But those rosy lips
and those soft blue eyes led me on.
Yet i haven't even that excuse for the
purchases I made in that fancy goods
store OF course there were girls in
there. but . man waited upon me- 4
won't harm your feelings by going
into particulars. but bought II seems
70 me-. every thing from , iews-harpto
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-19
THE SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
DR.. J. 3. Read Reelected President
The Other Oficers for Next Year.

! Dr. J. 3. Read Reelected President
| The Other officers for Next Year.
The annual meeting of the Citizens SAM
| tary Association was held last night a
/ Metropolitan hall. DR.. J. B. Read, presi
dent, and large number of the member
! OF the assoc alton were present. a number
| OF interesting reports were made by the
! chairmen Of the various committees. anC
! considerable business was assigned 70 th'
| committee on increase of membership.
After some discussion it was resolved thai
| the assess ment of s. levied on the member
| ship in the latter part Of 1888 be considered
as covering all dues for 1899.
| A resolution was offered by DR.. Num- in
relation to asking the city council to reduce
| the rate Of water rents, inasmuch as the
mayors report showed a profit of over
! SIP 900 to the city from the water works
! department
Or. Falligant said that he thought il
would be wiser to request council to appro-
pirate the water profits to the extension OF
water mains over those districts of the city
where there are no water mains.
Ex-Alderman S. p. Hamilton, the father
of the artesian water system, agreed with
DR.. Falligant, and moved that DR. Nunn's
resolution be referred to the committee on
water, to report at future meeting of the
J
Col. John Screven read some very vivid
papers concerning the ballast taken from
the bay of Havana by vessels bound to
ports in the United States.
DR.. j. c. LeHardy, medical director,
made very interesting report from the
committee on public health, but the paper
is not in shape for publication.
DR.. Num- moved that the executive coun-
Gil be reelected as body, and the secretary
ipStrI pta6 n n c ha q DimOI19 hp llOt
of the association. Gen. E. 2. Alexander
having resigned from the executive council,
Capt. Henry Blum was elected to the va
cancy, and the position of consulting en-
gneer was left vacant to be filled hereafter
by the council.
DR.. George II. Stone read a facetlous and
rhythmic paper on domestic animals.
Charles n West, Esq, was added to the
committee on increase of membership, aud
the association adjourned.
Immediately after ad journment the ex-
ecutive council was called to order, and the
following gentlemen we're elected officers cf
the association for he ensuing year:
President-Dr. J. B. Read.
First Vice President-Col. J. H. Estill
Second Vice President-Col Jno. Screven.
Medical Director-Dr. J. c. LeHardy.
Attorney-Col. George A. Mercer.
Secretary-Dr. L. A. Faliiganr
Treasurer-Capt. Henry Blum.
Inspecting EngIneer-Percy Sugden.
The office of consulting engineer will be
filed hereafter. Mr.. S. P Hamilton hav-
ing declined reelection as treasurer, and
Capt. Blum having been elected in his place,
the secretary was authorized to return Mr..
Hamilton mis- bond as treasurer after Capt
Blum qualities and receipts to Mr.. Hamilton
for tae funds now on hand
The secretary reported S45 60 net proceeds
OF further collections of dues now in his
hands, beside the balance of $619 "a IN the
hands Of ex-Treasurer Hamilton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-19
UNsOUND MEAT CONDEMNED.
An Entire Beef Found Tainted and
Exposed for Sale in Market.

An Entire Beef Found Tainted and
Exposed for Sale in Market.
The sanitary inspector Of the Citizens
Sanitary Association, while making his
morning market inspection yesterday
morning, detected four quarters Of dressed
beef which had become tainted, sour and
unfit to be exposed for sale, and it was
promptly condemned. The meat was
hooked up over one of the stalls as limo
Gently as II it were not tit subject for Al
derman Wells crematory which the city is
in a fair way soon TO have.
The owner was countryman from ND the
river, who, after saughtering the aIimal,
brought IL t. the city in a boat, and he saws
that the unreasonable warmth Of Sunday
must have caused it TO heat, and he had
taken it up 10 the market VITA view of
Offering il in bulk to the butchers, and did
not discover the condition of the meat I'M
til he had hung it up in the market Hs re-
moved it promptly when the inspector called
bis attention TO it.
II is the rule in other cities where such
meat is discovered that the inspecting OIL
GERS take charge of IL, and see that It is de-
stroyed to preclude the possibility of its find
ing its way 20 other channels where it may
DO disposed of for consumption, and the fire.
quency with which unsound food produce
Is offered for sale shows that it should not
only be condemned whoa found but CON
tisCated Tor destruction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-19
KNEW LIE CARON IN DETROIT.
Savannah's Irishmen and Beach's Tes.
timOnV.

JlMOuy.
The Irish-American citizens Of Savannah
have been reading with great deal of in
dignation the news of Beacns testimony
before the Parnell commission, and they
say that it is false on its face. A gentle
man passing through this city yesterday
said that he knew Beach as having attended
the medical college in Detroit in 1872.
under the name of Henri LIE Caron.
While in Detroit lie Caron learned the
names of Irishmen whom he has since cen
nected with the blowing up Of the London
bridge, although some of whom he has
charged were dead at the time of the explo-
sion. A prominent official of the Gamma
Gael Of this city, said yesterday that the
statement of LIE Caron that the LomasneY
brothers of Detroit were dynamiters, and
that the widow of Mackay Lomasney is
being supported by the Irish brotherhood,
is false. A Detroit friend of the lady saws
that she denies the truthfulness Of LIE
Carons story, and says that her husband
was not dynamitsr, and did not believe in
the use Of dynamite as an aid to Irish
freedom.
las to the story Of how the poor woman
has been supported since the death of her
husband, said the Clan-na-Gael official, 81
| wish you would publish her stateme 1t in
the MORNING NEWS, SO that its many Irish
American readers can see for themselves
how we are belied; but if the
brotherhood did help the poor woman
| it is no more than they ought
to do for the suffering and distressed. Mrs.
! Lomasney said: IF it had not been for a
friend there she gave the name of Detroit
philanthropi y, | would have been in the
poor house long ago. He has a heart of
pure gold. Well do | remember when he
came to me one cold day on Michi gan ave-
nue.. There was no ire IN the stove, and be
| said: How can you stand it this way? l
said: Mr.. T, have coal, but l wanted
to save it,. He said in his rough, kind
| way: Il don't believe a word you say He
| went back to the coal shed, and, sure
| enough, there was not an ounce Of coal
! there. Then he went out, and in a little
while two tons Of coal were put in my back
she'd He took my oldest boy, Jerry, then
only IA years old, into his plumbing shop
as an apprentice, at SIS month. The poor
| boy had no education, and three months
ago he helped him TO enter college, and
yesterday my boy Willie, aged II, entered
the Jesuit college. l have four boys and
/ one girl, the youngest 6 years Of age.
| | do a small business which helps to
keep the wolf from the door, and while
friends have aided me, | have never re-
ceived AID from any Irish society nor from
any other organization ofany otner nation
ality."
THAT" said the official Of the Clan-na-
| Gael, "shows how the mere accident Of
LIE Caron knowing this poor irish family
in Detroit gave him the names of the Lo-
masneys to build foundation of falsehood
| upon"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-19
DIXEY AT HIS BEST.
The Theater Packed from Stage to
Gallery to See the "Adonis."

The Theater Packed from Stage to
Gallery to See the "Adonis."
The theater is seldom as full of people as
it was last night. 1t was damned all the
way from the front row in the parquet up
to the gallery gods roost. Every inch of
room was occupied. There was no kicking
against standing Those who were unable
to get seats were glad to get inside
and take their chances Almost as
soon as the doors were opened there was a
rush for the standing room aud long before
the parquet and dress circle were filed
there was a double row around the wall
under the balcony. 1t was the biggest
high-priced audience that Savannah has
ever seen. The treasurer's books footed up
somewhere between 81, 800 and 81 400.
The performance was Dixey, first, last
and all the time. 1t was more of a variety
show than a play The costuming and
stage effects were elaborate and in keeping
with the character of the performance
Dixey was Of course, applauded.
dis best acting was, if it could be
called such, In his character as a
barber. OF course he sang, ats English
You Know" and his dancing was just " hat
everybody expected. Miss Carrie Perkins,
"The Simple Village Maiden" divided the
honors with Dixey. The choruses and
dances were well executed. The greater
part Of the audience, it is safe to say,
thought they paid high price for what
they got, but they satisfied themselves that
they had seen "Dixey"