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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

That's what we want, wide
awake examination of our
goods. They'll bear inspec-
ton of eyes, spectacles or
microscope.
Every garment marked in
plain figures.
We call your attention to
our line of UNDERWEAR,
which is still complete in all
branches. Prices, as ever, the
lowest.
With every purchase our
guarantee ticket, and to every
person satisfaction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

A FEW DAYS AGO, says the 81 James Gazette,
we we're able Co announce what should have been
tidings OF great JOY TO all elderly and delicate
ladies' who are Obliged TO attend court functions
in the bitter days Of an English spring. A draw
ing room need no longer be- as fatal as battle
field; will it be necessary for ladies' to SILVER
for hours with bare shoulders IN wind swept car
riages and drafty corridors. The queen has APP
proved high" dresses. The following Is the
official announcement whch will be cir
culated Immediately from tho Lord Chamber.
lain's office: Description OF high court dress
approved by the queen. No :. Bodice of silk,
satin. or velvet, high and turned back In front
with rsvors. High collar at back of neck, and
small rufhe OF lace inside, falling in a narrow
Vshape down the front. It has alto s fat
folded tichu on either side, which passes under
stomacher, such as was worn in the egh-
teenth century. Sleeves to the elbow, turned
up with small cuff below which fall long droop-
ing rutiies OF lace. No. ?. Demi-toiette bodice
of silk, velvet or satin. cut round at back three
quarter hight The froLt heart.slaped.
Sleeves to elbow, with full deep rufiss of lace,
Transparent sleeves may also be worn with
tais bodice. Trains, gloves and feathers, as
usual,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
EMPEROR WILLIAM.

00e.Heade4 Yong Nan ChaoG00 - .
Noralist and Diseipllnariss.
The industry and mental activity q
Emperor William are regarded b
some as abnormal Probably no. one
would entertain such an impression
were 1t not for the hereditary faint Of
insanity which has showed itself at
times in the family. But If this idea
san be put aside he presents by this
time promising claim to be added to
the list Of historical characters Of
whom Henry v. Of England stands as
type.
The sense of responsibility has
changed the Emperor from q hot
headed young man of loose habits to
not only q cautious, Woodworking
monarch. but apparently to q stern
moralist, as those who were once his
Falsta1f and his Poins have had occa-
sion to find out There is reason tc
say of him as Carlyle said of his pre-.
decessor, the great Frederick: Favor,
friendly intimacy. it is visible from the
first, avails nothing with this young
King; beyond and before all things
he will have his work done, and looks
out exclusively for the men ablest tc
do it." Events may change this view,
but so far it holds good.
The Emperor is strict disciplinarian
everywhere, even subjecting his own
children to a course of training 80
rigid as to call for a protest
from the tender-hearted. His early
ride, not long ago, to surprise mill
tary post. indicates the kind of surveil-
lance he exercises over the army
Recognizing the Importance of diplo-
macy at the present juncture of Euro
pean affairs. his first care is to estab-
lish personal acV,aintanceship in for.
eign courts and at the Vatican. In the
delicate International relations which
prevail he has. contrary to expecta-
tons. avoided mistakes.
There are harsh and unpleasant,
perhaps unfilial, sides to his character.
but it must be conceded that the young
man has compelled, by his careful at
tention to business and freedom from
rashness, reversal of the judgment
formerly passed on him and has excited
q respectful interest in his career.-N.
Y. World.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
CHINESE CHRISTENING.

A Peculiar Religious Ceremony Followed
by Sumptuous Dinner.
On a bed, spread with spotless GOV.
ering of white, lay the child. the
tlniest, most fragile bit of bundle OF
gaudy silk and Olive-tinted cheeks.
About his neck hung string of GOLD
beads. there was band of gold about
his diminutive head, gold bracelets
encircled his small wrists, while two
ivory rings with gold fastenings were
clasped around his ankles. beneath
which were beautifully embroidered
shoes, which seemed to be no larger
than a mans thumb. The guests
walked in silence before the bed, the
young heir blinking up at them with
all the wisdom of Confucius in his
face. When the last couple had filed
past the bed they gathered about the
center of the room and Win So, the
officiating priest. picked up the bundle
of silk and carried it to a place before
the guests. The mother stepped forth
and took the bundle in her
arms, while all those present
bowed low. As yet no word had
been spoken by any one. Then the
priest bowed almost to the ground
three times, his face getting longer
and longer until he let out string OF
Chinese words, first to the father and
then to the mother. This was to ask
them If they both wished their heir to
be named Mon Kee Sing. Both of them
nodded assent to this. The priest again
took the child and bowling three times
more, with him in his arms. pro-
nounced his name. There had been
stationed in the room three Chinese
musicians, and as the last words fell
from the priests mouth sudden noise
OF a screeching. one-stringed violin and
two piercing wind instruments broke
out This lasted only a moment, how
ever. and there was no Chinese drum,
this being used especially at funerals.
When the hideous music had stopped
all fell to chattering like mad around
the father and mother. Then followed
a dinner which lasted for two hours.
The whole ceremony, including the
''name-feast." as it is called. required
a trifie over three hours-N. Y. Trib-
une
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
The TransvaaI Republic.

Ten years hence the fate of the
Beers will have been decided. En-
glishmen already talk of the annexa-
ton of the Transvaal Republic by the
Cape Colony. and in their dreams see
the union jack floating from the Cape
Of Good Hope to the equator. and from
the Fuegos to the mouth of the Congo.
But the problem may be solved in a
very different, and, to an American, q
much more satisfactory manner. There
is no reason to suppose that the Eu-
ropean settlers in the Transvaal are
hostile to the present form of govern
ment- Like most new communities
they are intensely Democratic. end
the probabilities rather point to
the establishment Of . republic.
not upon the antique and semi-feudal
system Of the Beers, but upon the
lines Of the American constitution.
An Anglo-Saxon people, stiffened by
. strain Of Boer tenacity. courage and
puritauism. living under free institu-
lions. and in country and continent
Of vast possibilities would be more
likely to snnex or absorb the monarch
tcal colonies. ard perhaps repeat il
Africa, upon . smaller scale and under
somswhat different conditions. the
history Of the United States on the
Ausrican contipeut-N. 7. Sur
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
HOME AND FAaM.

-Ihe foolish farmer plants his crope
BY zOdiacal sigma; the wise farmer
plants his when the weather il suit
ssle and tho ground is in good CON
dition. *
Pigs should not be veaned under
eight weeks old; ten Is better. and Il
the sows are only bred once a wear.
twelve viii do better still-Swine-
herd.
| III you dissolve bones by boiling
them In strong potash lye and then
use dry earth or leached ashes as an
absorbent. you get fertilizer or COM
post rich in both phosphoric acid and
potash. It will contain also most Of
the nitrogen which was in the bones.-
Farm and Home.
There Is no color on the horse
which is 50 insensible to heat as the
sorrel. There is seldom any coat so
silky or responds so quickly as the sor-
rel. But more important still. there is
seldom any horse with such sound feet
and limbs. or possessing the endurance
OF the sorrel.-Western Stockman.
Nothing is SO disagreeable as ILL
smelling hair. and persons who use
pomades or great deal of water upon
their hair make themselves very Of
fensive to their friends. A very little
lavender water used as finishing
touch to the hair will keep it from get
ting sour or ill-smelling. if it is prop
erly cared for.-Farm and Fireside.
g-Grafting Wax: Melt and boil to-
gether three pounds of resin. two
pounds of wax and one pound of rem
dered beef tallow. When well incor-
porated by boiling together for few
minutes, pour it into cold water and
work and pull it as in the manner of
candy making. Some hOrticulturists
use linseed oil in place of the tallow.-
Orchard and Garden.
Home woven blankets, made in
two breadths with seam in the mid
die, are easily turned when worn, but
the factory blankets woven in one
piece are often neglected until worn
out. They should be cut apart in the
middle, the outside selvedges overcast
together with Saxony yarn. and the
cut-edges finished off by the above di-
rectiOns for the ends of blanket. It
is much nicer than a hem. and if one
is handy at crocheting. more quickly
done.
These are the boys and girls who
come nearest paying father and mother
for their ceaseless toll in rearing them.
The careful boy is the one who accu-
mulates and saves and thoroughly un-
derstands the business in which he en-
cages. The careful girl does her work
with neatness and dispatch. and is
mothers mainstay and fathers pride.
and in the end marries some good man
and has neat home of her own. while
perhaps some of her fairer and more
careless sisters are left to ''dance in
the pig trough"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
GOOD HORSE STABLES.

How They Should Be Constructed, Ar
ranged and Ventilated.
To have healthy and hearty horses,
due care must be taken to provide
them with suitable stables. These
should be warm. dry and well-ventilat-
ed. If the roof is of straw, let it be.
matched so that it does not leak. No
farmer can afford to have water Leak
ing down upon his horses. Have first
a roof that does not leak. next see that
the sides of the stable are free from
cracks, so that there will be no draft
upon the horses. Have the ventilators
so that they are under your control.
After you have good roof and tight
sides, properly ventilated and lighted.
it is proper to consider the floor
of the stable. This will keep
the feet of the horse in good con-
dition. and needs only to be kept
level by filling in the holes made by
the stamping of the feet of the horses.
If you have an earth floor he sure to
keep it free from ridge over which
the horse must hang when it lies down.
The next best floor is made of blocks
of wood, such as are used in paving
city streets. If the stable is not put
on the ground level, of course floor
will need to be of plank. OF whatever
the stable floor is made, have a drain.
This will facilitate keeping the horses
clean, and the stable clean and
healthy. Have the stalls wide enough
to allow the horses to lie down COM
fortably. It is well to have the parti-
tons high enough to prevent the
horses reaching each other. Be sure
to have no projections in the stable
upon which horses can hurt themselves
in lying down or raising their heads.
This will necessitate having the cell
ing high enough to clear their
heads when they jerk up suddenly.
Have the feed-box and rack just high
enough to allow the head to be In q
natural position while eating. Have
both these 20 arranged that there will
be no waste Of grain or hay. To save
time in feeding have grain bin and hay
handy to stable. When the stable is
made comfortable. convenient and
see that the surroundings are
the same Don't have . great pile Of
manure just in front of the doo-. Have
. small drain to carry the water from
the stable. 90 that It may be ap-
preached handily, and at the same time
more healthful. because free from stag
nant water. Spring II the best time
Of the year to put the stable In good
shape.-Agricultural Implement and
Hardware.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
"ONLY Ne I"

OUVGu "6S
Fair stood the city by the sea,
Teeming with health and life,
TIL fever-iaden grew the air
And pestilence was rife.
By scores and hundreds people ned
Some refuge safe TO ind.
While helpless. hopeless, poor and go
The many stayed behind
A few stood brsvely in thor plac~
Daring the fever's breath,
Sending tho printed record forth
OF each days woe and death.
A little lad came to them there.
And told his sobs between,
How "prother jim had died that morn
His brother. nged seventeen.
'ePlease put It in the paper, Sir.
For he was always good,
And, since our fathers death, TO 10
In fathers place has stood"
Next day he came with wistful face:
'1'his time it's Dick and Joe,
They will be buried in one grave,
For they are twins, you know"
A week passed by; he came again,
With faint Excuse me, sir.
But baby S gone! Icou!dn't help
But tell you about her"
Once more he came with weary step
Climbed the steep stair, and said
With quivering lip and faltering voiooS
'P.ease tell them mothers dead"
He turned about with puzzled look,
AS if some question vexed,
Then murmured softly to himself:
Il wonder who'll go next:"
':How many still remain" said ono
Who spake with kind intent,
While on the poor boys troubled face
A plying look he bent.
The well-worn cap was pulled to hide
A face twas sad to see
On one SO young; checking his sobs,
He said: There's only me"
Mrs c. H. N. Thomas. in Good Housekeoptn
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
REMARKABLE OLD MEN:
An Addition to the Paragraphs Publisho cd
in tho Daily Papers.

An Addition to the Paragraphs Published
In tho Daily Papers.
Jasper Sorethumb, of 10 Davies
County. ILL.,. will be one hundred and
five years old thirty years from next
Fourth of July. He is still hale and
hearty; and he sat cheerfully on fence
a few days ago while his wife chopped
a cord of wood. Old Jasper after
ward said that he felt no fatigue what
ever.
One of the most prominent cases OF
old age in the country is that of Deacon
Ananias Whopper, of Macon, Ga. The
deacon claims to be one hundred and
twelve years of age. and he is SO we'll
preserved that he does not look day
over sixty. The deacon is also noted
as liar.
Deacon Phineas r Shinbone, known
as the Sage of Greenpeas County,
Mass, died last week at the ripe age
Of one hundred and thirty-seven years
The deacon was strong and healthy up
to the hour of his death, which was
caused by buzz-saw. Mr.. Shinbone
did not vote for all the Presidents of
the United States, and ne never saw
Washington; this is where he was par
ticularly remarkable.
''Pomp" Cadwallader, an old negro
in Tennessee. is probably the oldest
man in America. He says he guesses
he is ''most free hundred While
he does not look so old as that, he
must be at least fifty-eight He was
a body-servant to General Washington.
Elder Bobea Snagg, of Salt Lake
City. 10 one hundred and twenty-o
years of age. He attributes his re-
markable health and advanced age TO
the incessant use Of whisky and to-
bacco. He is a very powerful man,
anu recently dug q we'll with his own
hands. Why he did not ute shovel
is not stated
Rev. Samuel Cotton (colored), pas
tor of the Bethel N. E. Church. Rome,
Ga, is said to be one hundred and
thirty years old. He is still hale and
hearty. and recently walked to the
nearest grocery. with his own hands,
and bought quart Of kerosene 70 aid
In lighting the ire His demise may
b. expected u any time.-America-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02

bangsp No. fond as am Of science.
could never abet It -
They talked gaily together till tho
sun SHE'D an arrow at them from un-
der the lowest branch of the great
maple. and Ruth rose to GO.
please cit q little longer. Ruth. I
have waited for days for q chance to
tell you something. and you would not
give It me. VIII you, aow?"
IL will listen. yes-a few minutes"
Il want to tell you how much 1 have
learned and am learning from you
You have given me new eyes. You
have TRANSPORTED Nature for me. and
made me In love with her, and, Ruth.
you and Nature are SO much alike
that in loving her. l have learned
Indeed, indeed we must 60 home"
Zone minute. Ruth. Stay, do you
know / sometimes think-I almost be-
lieve-that you have been. in man
ner. deceiving me little? Acting q
kind of part; making me- think you
could never love any thing but
science. Now, is it sop
A rosy flush swept over Ruth's face,
but she only shook her head and
reached across the grass for her sum
hat.
"You are not kind, Ruth. You know
what l want to say. Tell me, am I
right?''
Il don't know, Ralph. If any one has
deceived you. ] think it must have
been the-the other woman" She
pulled desperately at the grass-blades.
but would not look up.
"Well, then, if I were to tell tho
other woman that I forgive her for
fooling me, and ask her forgiveness
for having misunderstood her, tell her
that 1 love her-love her dearly, and
ask for q little corner of her sweet
heart, wonder if this woman's lips
would answer me?'
1t is supposed they did answer, but
for several minutes the voices were
too low for the birds to overhear.
Then louder: "And Ruth, you do care
for people in other ways than just as
aggregates of molecules. don't you?"
'Oh, certainly. Those who are any
thing else"
"And you don't care for ultimate
particles?"
mo. But dote on the fourth di-
mersion-"
"Hush! And you'v no faith in such
absurd, unchristian stuff as reincarna-
.tion?"
swell, really. r.
Eat all events, if you return to this
globe two times, or two hundred
times, you will be just the same Ruth
that you are now
''If CAM
'.And marry me every time"
20 Ralph!''
The tea-table was laid on the cool
piazza, as two Misunderstanding in
dividuals walked up and took their
places with apologize smiles.
Mother" said Ralph. when the
meal was over and he had followed
that busy matron about the house I'M
til he could obtain private audience,
mother, M predjudices are gone, de-
composed. dissolved, precipitated, tax
en- up into new combinations. Ruth
and have agreed to climb the hill of
science together"
I'm not surprised" the good lady
replied. wiping her spectacles with
an air of triumph. 1--WE been
thinking for some time past that the
Glacial Period was about ended. -
Helen Bostwick Bird. in Woman's
Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
The Wrong Door.

Mr.. de Spare-You have spurned
me with contempt and when / clos
this portal behind me, shall be loue
to the world for.r-r-ever!
Miss Cooldorf (quietly)-I think you
win. Mr.. dc Spare. II you 60 out that
way. Wolf hasn't had any breakfast
to-day.-Puck..
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02

When the weather Il mild, straw.
berries often Start TO grow too early.
and . late frost ip1ures the fruit One
advantags in muiching is that THE =
prevonted - . considerable extent
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02


have continued to fight, until
October, with her ha.r afiame,
Flushed brow, and purple finger tips
Across the Southern orchards came,
And touched the apple with her lips"
aad not an accident. a veritable acct
dent, happened to her sewing-ma-
chiue.
Strangely enough, Ruth began scold-
ing. not the machine, but the work.
oh, the supreme folly of modern
Dire 's-making! am so tired of hens
and tucks, bands and ruffies. puffings
and fittings! And now that the hem
mer will not hem. and the gatherer
will not gather, what can l do with
this mass of trimming? Auutie,
hope that if I ever come into this
world a second time a great wave of
reform will have swept away all such
flummery as muslin puffs and rufies. :"
"Same Of potato-bugs. murmured
Father Wakefield. sleepily, from his
chair.
A voice from the doorstep. II
hare no desire to re-appe2r on this sub
luisary stage when the curtain falls
upon my present mortal existence; and
l have no faith in Reicheebach's alb
surd doctrine Of re- incarnation. It
was Ralph
Ruth. who had Selieved the young
man WIS at the post-ofice, q miieaway,
give great start that threatened to
overturn the unfortunate sewfns-ma-
cline Bat she was not to be diseon-
corted. and answered promptly:
Are you sure of that? Nov, I can
not give this old world up 90 willing.
IL. like it It Il the only world /
know any thing about WANT to know
what will become Of the Anarchists;
and how long England win remait :
1aoAarchv. Then thsre i japan. qrav-
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-04

Our Washington dispatches out line an opposition to A. L. Morri son which, if true, must be an un- expected blow to that aspiring non resident. It is known that J. Fran cisco Chavez has been at the capi- tai for several weeks, and that his visit was more political than social in it's object. But, that the infu- ence of MT. Chavez was to be used against Morrison was known, prob ably, to very few, and certainly not to the governor seeker himself. His strong hold" has been the native population, his catholicism and his certificate of good membership from the archbishop, and upon these he confidently expected the governor ship of this territory. The Wash ington dispatch reads: "He"- Chavez-"presented protests from various religious bodies in the terri tory" That sounds badly for the eX-marshal's hopes, and bodes no good for him. So opposed is the statement to all preconceived ideas Mir. Morrison has studiously i'm pressed upon the coniding public, we are inclined to think the wires have made a blunder.-Albuquer- que Democrat.
 From all accounts, the residence of the aforesaid ex-marshal, seems to be buried as deep in mythical mystery as is ''Strabo's tower" By the way, the records of the United States land office ot this Territory, at Prescott, show the eX-marshal to be, so far as bird of passage can be, a resident of Apache county, Arizona Territory, having filed and proved up on 160 acres of land in this county. Can any one define the exact residence of wild goose?
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-04

FROM Phoenix exchanges it is learned that duriug the last hours of the legislature it passed the bill providing for holding a constitu- tional convention. The act provides for election Nov. 5th, 1889, to se- lect delegates, the convention to be composed of 42 delegates: Mohave, 2; Yavapia, 6; Apache, 3 E; Graham, 3; G1la, 8; Maricopa, 6; Yuma, 3 j; Pima, 6; Cochise 6; Pinal 4. In counties having six delegates no elector shall vote for more than four and in the other counties no elec- tor shall vote for more than two delegates. The election to be held in accordance with general cleo ton law. Returns to be made to the secretary.
 The convention shall meet in Ph9nix the first Tuesday of Jan uary, 1890, and organize, each mem- Der taking official oath. The con- stitution framed shall be submitted to electors for approval or rejection5 at such time as the convention may provide, and may also pro- vide for election of state officers at the same time.
 It is made the duty of the gov ernor to issue election proclama- tion at least 60 days before Novem- Der 9th, 1889.
 Delegates shall be paid $5 per day, for not to exceed 30 days ser vice, which expenses of convention shall be paid out of the general fund.
 Dorrington's re-apportionment bill was committed to the legisla- tive waste basket. The Gazette says that this bill was deceptive on it's face, and made no "change in ap- portionment, except to put Yuma county in a different council dis trict.
 The appropriation bill was num- bered 135, and the Gazette reports it among others as having been signed by the governor.