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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
AN HONEST woMAN.

How Long-Su6ertng LNndlady Yanfshod
Her Kicking Boarders.
II see you are advertising fine
creamery butter at thirty cents" said
an old woman who entered Michigan
avenue grocery yesterday. lis it but
ter or is it oleomargarine?"
Its butter. madame, and the very
best" said the grocer.
''Sure it amt oleomargarine:"
Perfectly so. I'll warrant it."
The woman turned TO 20, when tho
grocer asked:
won't you try few pounds:"
'.No, 1 don't want none. Ivant some
oleomargarine."
IL have that. too" said the dealer
put up in boxes and labeled"
How much is that . poundT
Eighteen cents"
THAT won't do Iwant to pay tus
n much for it as butter is worth.
''You can do that If you want to: I
amt sayin' . word. am II" said the
man. but why do you want to-"
well. you see, I've been givin' my
boarders the best butter. an they guy
me an call It oleo. / vow it's butter
an they ~ont believe me. Nov want
to get some oleo an tell 'em What e 8.
They'll think l lie an eas i for buttee.
But don't want 70 make . cent Gus Of
T. Tn - honest vouaAn-Dofroit
1too IroGa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
Secret Hiding Places.

One Of the most interesting features
at our country houses is the secret
hiding place. This generally has been
contrived with much architectural
skill. and in days gone by bafled dis
covery fiom the most obeervant and
experienced eye. In certain cases it
would appear that. for some reason or
other. the hiding place has been
specially kept . secret among menu
bers of the family. Thus in the North
of England may be mentioned Neither
hall. near Maryport. Cumberland. the
seat of the old family Of Senhouse. In
this time-honored mansion there i,
said to be = real secret chamber. jts
exact position being only known
TO two other persons-the heir.in-
Law and the family solicitor
According to the popular tradition.
the secret Of the hidden room has
never besn revealed to more than twe
living persous at time This myste.
rious room has no window. and desuite
every effort 70 uncover It has. Il q
said. defied the ingenuity of every NJ
itor Saying in the house. With this
secret chamber may b compared ~
ono at GlamaA the latter poaaeasfn1 :
window. but which ha6 aot La II -
1dsatincaaion q ~ nSsaesious -
-ivesPeel Csax3sr
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
Where Is the American Tar7

That large proportion Of the sea-
men on our men-of-war are foreigners
is q fact unpalatabie. but nevertheless
true. How much OF menace it may be
to the Nation in the event of war re-
mains to be seen. When the frigate
Constitution made her memorable
cruise under Hull. which resulted in
the capture Of the Guerrero, every
man. was an American sailor. the
great majority Of them belongi g
Marblehead But today there il NO
NEGATIVE for the average American
youth 20 adopt the sea - . profession.
There are NO ships. NO encouragement.
10 prospect. and they drift into other
pursuits Tho cruiee- Boston may Be
taken - . sample OF the nationalities
making up her crew. The pay-rolls
revealed out Of 200 men. "a claiming
American birth. or tho remaining
135 men. 81 were Irish. Is Germans.
II Sw~des. II English. II japanese. 8
Norwcgians, . Canadians. z Danes. 6
Dcotchmes. s from tho West In
1iss. 8 Firms. 3 Ro..;ans. and I each
from France. Italy. Belgium. Greece.
Assf0a, Wales. Australia. Madeira
md the East Indi6a-N. 7. World
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
Food for Reflection.

Tho New York World Of Febguary9 says:
Tho question ~ TO how much Of what
they pretend 70 know doctors really know
b really very Interesting one.
They possess exceptionally great facili-
ties for humbugging, and the presumption
Is that they are not proof in most cases, It
all times at least, against temptation TO
make use Of them. Their profession comes
a. near being IN es1teric one a. any that il
acknowledged to Be respectable. But the
revelation As to their views In the Robinson
arsenical poisoning cases in Boston is start
ling.
there were fve deaths from the drug,
and the doctors in their certificates attrib-
uted them respectively to pneumonia. IT,
phoid fever, meningitis, bowel disease and
Bvight's disease Of the kidneys. Tho truth
would have never been known but for sus-
picions with which the doctors had nothing
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
vsnoMous SNAKES.


xEe Constraetioa aaA Loeatloa u Their
Death-Deaiiss Peassa Fanxs.
II drop o: The oil from foul pipe
% placed in the mouth Of snake.t the
action 10 instantaneous. The muscles
bec'ame set in knotted Jumps and the
creature becomes rigid If much 10
given the snake dies. but If . small
amount only is placed in the mouth
the snake may be restored This. -
Mr. Oakley has suggested. may ex-
plain the stories of Indian snake
charmers being able to turn snake
into stick. This feat is performed
BY splitting in the snakes mouth and
then placing the hand on its head
until the reptile becomes stiffened.
The effect may be produced by opium
or other narcotic introduced with the
saliva They then rub the snake
between their hands. restoring it
to its usual animation. The sting of
snakes is neither in the tail nor the
tongue. The death-dealing organs are
the great poison-fangs. The fatal
wound is q bite and not sting. And
among all the special notifications Of
snake structure none is more remark
able than the development Of the
poison fang. In the harmless snake
there is a longish bone on each side Of
the upper jaw. which may be
armed with q dozen teeth or
more. But in the vipers this
bone is shortened to q wedge, which
bears only one great fang. though BE-
hind it there may be two or three re-
serve fan q. one Of which will rapidly
become attached to the bone should
the poison fang in use be broken. In
all snakes the jawbones are but loose
ly attached to the brain case. But in
the vipers this fang-bearing bone is so
hinged to its neighbors that. when the
creature is not reused. the poison tooth
can be laid back in the mouth and pro-
tected by q fold OF skin. Should the
creature. however. be enraged. and
the mouth be opened widely. its poison
fangs may be separated or simultan-
eously erected 30 as to stand out at
right angles to the jaw. In the less
venomous snakes the curved
fang is grooved along its anterior
margin; but in the cobras the groove
has sunk 80 deep into the fang that it
only opens by q narrow slit, while in
the vipers and the ring-hals even this
slit has closed. and there is . complete
canal running from the base OF the
tooth to slit-like orifice near. but not
quite. at the point Into this canal ut
its lower end opens the duct Of the
poison gland. q deadly modification Of
q harmless salivary gland. In fair
sized puff adder l dissected this was
about as large as bean. About half
, dram OF clear gummy poison may be
collected from q fresh and vigorous
cobra -Murray's Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
WEST INDIAN PIRATES.

How They Attacked Trading vesssls and
Divi.Ied the booty.
The West Indian pirates were COM
monty known by the name of flibus-
ters or freebooters. which some author
tiles refuse to trace to free" and
''booters." (or plunderers), and find
its original in the Flemish wlibot or
dibot, kind of small. swift boat, spe-
cially adapted to practical cruising.
The earliest flibusters were English
and French hunters, who lived by the
chase and by their plundering excur-
siOns in the sea of the Antilles In
order to provide themselves with q
common rendezvous and asylum they
made q descent in 1880 on the island OF
Tortuga. two leagues to the north of
San Domingo, and captured it, The
settlement which they formed there
increased rapidly in numbers. and was
divided into three distinct classes-the
buccaneers. who were engaged in
hunting oxen and boars, the hides of
which they sold when sun-dried. or
6uccaned; the inhabitants, who labored
at the tillage of the ground. and the
dlibusters. who pursued the avocation
Of pirates. The last-named were
recruited to a great extent from
the French marine, and obtained
their chiefs among the Knights Of
Malta But there we're large bodies
Of English seamen engaged in the Illicit
trade. and some of the most successful
and notorious buccaneering chiefs were
English captains Their ships, at all
events in the early years of West In
dian piracy, were small and badly
provisioned. and . notilla OF three or
four would not carry moro than $50
men. They took up their positions at
the mouths Of rivers. lying in wait for
the Spanish trading vessels When
one appeared they threw out their
graphing irons and carried il By
boarding. Then they repaired 70 the
nearest island and divided the booty;
or, if their prize proved to be vessel
Of importance, armed e - . ship Of
war. appointed 20 it . captain. and.
With the assistance OF half . dosea q
the foremost mon. arranged . plaa -
and. having settled every |
thing. each mans rights, the paxtistsa !,
- prize money. ana IL extra alleU- !.
ances In money or slaves for voun1D
received In combat hung ~ Dr.
pnnvas 20 tho wind. In tbs NJ s
lnbnstsss gradually (and eve n
10 replaced thsir tiny crah b vef- /
6eunA ships q goodly siss ana e1p
maak-Geal3analh 4aG1ainA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
IMPROVE YOUR LAWNS.

How to Make the Grou Ids Around Country
Homes Attractive.
Nowhere does individual taste more
clearly betray itself than about the
homes of the more or less well-to-do
people scattered all over the country.
Village improvement societies have
done something toward awakening
public sentiment in this direction, but
individuals can do more by making
their own grounds attractive and keep
ing them in order. Herein lies the
secret of success. No amount of elab-
crate designs can compensate for I'M
shOrn grass. untrimmed trees or neg
lected flower-beds. If only one of the
three essentials Of a good lawn is
practicable. namely. grass, trees and
flowers. by all means give US grass.
distant hills and plains may be made
beautiful by trees alone. but all near
grounds require this velvety covering
to render them attractive to the eye
and interesting to the mind" Indeed
It has been truly said that mo splendor
OF flowers or OF foliage would com.
peusate for the absence Of grass" in
which exists the unrest green Of vegeta-
ton We find. however. . poor and
Indifferent article on many country
lawns This Is usually the result Of
too much shade and . neglect to keep
up the soil The best way to remedy
the trouble. il mos and weeds pro-
dominate. i to pillow up and enrich the
soil Grade. IL necessary. and SOW With
lawn-grass seed. and take proper caro-
thereafter. II grass Is only thin. moro
food IL evidently wanting. An occa-
sional top-dressing OF some approved
fertilizer through the summer Il Cd
visable. but it should be pat on tud
befoee rain. A coat Of well-rotted
manure b beoe0cial in The fall When
his + raked % In the spring. grass
nd should Be sovn ~herever hare o.
Min places are visible This treat [
neat.. With IL frsqueat use of IL !
leaves little - b desired
= this dirsctiea -AmsrieaA Asrisals /
us3sk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-18
WOTdtO COnSuInDtiyeS

Il matters not II he dreadful disease b inhsrSeea
OF conerNc&ed ~ exp0saro. the effects 0f NAoRED
EMULSION VIII b apparent aftss . short eourse OF
ere stmenG WohAvo seen 20 many marvellous eusuD
wrought By ouP 8Hulsioa In nearly every fosu Ana
seaGo Of oonsumpeion. that ~ fsasiessly mainsain
that te 10 WIfu0Cr An BluAL to-day as . speea0e
for every Kind Of lang diAcalty. A patient vAo -
% mr. gone In consumption - 20 - unable 70 raeaiD
any oeher medicine On hi stomach. can take
MAcEE'S EMULSION
vtehoutt hease ineonvenieucs. This ve Rusrna.
tee. and what b more. authorize all drusxseD %
refund the purchase money to any patient Who isin
aressoneble condition. and VITO. after taking two
bodies OF our Emulsaoo. does NOT gain In weight Is
10 plain thAttf consampsivo patient continues %
gain IN weight. permanent ouro must result
A CASE OF HEREDITARY CONSUMPTION Craxp.
SYRAcUS1. NJ.
IA. 4AoI8 Z Co: Sirs-I have been q long anA
patient sufferer froo . luag dtmculsy; have taken
agreas amount Of medicine. and been under -
care OF several physieiAas. all OF which anally
failed 70 beneot ne. had lost two sisters ana one
brother from the dread disease OF consumpsioa.
and when the doctors gave ne mp I thought shoul6
follow them 6y the ravasss Of the same disease. I
vas terribly educed In weight scarcely Webbing
mpounds whore once weighed Ia I took your
Emulsion and Es once began 20 experience relief
Gained strength. and nov weigh Id pOunds No
othee medicine could have done - much for ny
lunts On sure. and can reco0meud is vishoxn
hssitaeioa on IT. own merits. Yours truly.
NELLIE NOLAN.
lee hat y00P OVO0y101 cells yoa oaly
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
a. o. u. w.
Important Observation-Disclosures Of Q veXed
Question-New Appointments.

Important Sesai0n-Settiement of . veXed
Question-New Appointments.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug sa-The So.
preme Legion of Select Knights of the
Ancient Order Of United Workmen held
important business sessions yesterday
morning and evening. The important
feature Of the days work va the consid.
GRAFTON Inc Anal disposal Of the trouble.
some question OF the advisability Of
making the Select Knights An indepen-
dem organization from the Ancient Order
OF United Workmen. The committee on
the good Of the order. to whom the
question had been referred submitted ma
jority n minority reports. and, after q
lengthy debate, the legion adopted the
majority report which provides that the
order shall be divided into three degrees:
Junior. Senior and Select Knights. ard
that persons not members of tie A Q. Z.
W. shall be eligible TO membership in the
two former degrees. The movement, while
not as radical as thai contemplated BY the
St Louis meeting, is. nevertheless. in q
MEASURE. q severance Of the Select Knights
from the A o. g. ".
Hon. George ". Reed, supreme COM
marder. announced the following ap-
ponsments: Supreme vice-commaader,
E n. Eorde. Emporia. Kan; supreme
standard bearer. Fred ". Avsrill. Kansas
City, Mo-; supreme senior workman,
George ". Linn Chicago. Ill; supreme
junior workmer. James A. Lindsey.
Bradford Pa; supreme guard. c. J.
Byrns. I,hpeminS. Mich trustees. R. D.
Cewdry. Topeka Kan, and James ".
Carr, Omaha, Neh
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
The Ticket Nominated at Dayton Headed
BY James +. Campbell

The Ticket Nominated at Dayton Headed
BY James r. Campbell
DAYTON, O., Aug. g II State Demo.
crate convention was called 70 order in
the rink by DR.. Norton at 10:l5 yesterday
mosniny. After prayer by Rev. Dr.. Nc
Fsrlin. DR.. Norton made q brief address
outlining the purposes OF the convention.
He made his speech the vehicle for 3
caus;ic criticism Of the Republican party
and Governor Foraker. This was followed
by Q eulogy of the Democratic party
and its principles His al'1sion to
Grover Cleveland as the MODEST and
greatest OF living Democrats was
marked by long continued ap-
p,ause. Hon n D. Harter. Of Richland
County. was elected permanent president,
Lewis G. Bernerd, Of Hamilton County,
gonery County. sergeant-at-arms. Nj.
Earter then o the chair and made 8
lengthy speech. Hon. John a. McMahon
read the report OF the commnlttee on res.
olu.ions. Tue report was unanimously
adopted Nominations for Governor We're
hex in order. Hon. James E Campbell. OF
Butler COUNTY: Virgil P. Kline, of Guy
aho2a, and lawrence T. Neal, of Ross,
County. were placed in nomination Camp
beA was nominated on the second ballot,
the vote being asfollows 1896 being neces.
saTy 70 q choice): Campbell, 3,..; Neal,
s39; Kline, % Other officers were nom.-
mated as follows: Lieutenant-Governo-
J. " Marquis, Supreme Judge, II D. Fol-
lett; Treasurer, William E Boden; Com.
missioner OF Common Schools. Charles c.
Miller; member Of Board Of Public Works.
Frank Reynolds; Attorney-General, J. n.
Lewis; clerk Of the Supreme Court 7. J.
Shoemaker.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
COMPLETING ITS WORK.

The National Eneaopneaf c0opletos the
Eleetioa of O0een-8esSlatioa Indors.
iag Commissioaef Taaner.
AMwArKEk, Wis, Aug 30.-At yester-
day mornings session Of the Nationa!
Enoampment the election Of officers for
the ensuing year was completed. DR..
Horace 2. Porter, Of Kansas Wa chosen
surgeon general ; W. H Childers. of Ken
lucky, chaplain and Comrade Lovett Of
New Jersey. vice-commander. The en-
campment refused 10 recognise the Sons
of Veterans as an auxiliary Of the g. A
because of . disturbing faction in the
former. Instead Of giving the two
womens' organizations-the Loyal Ladies
OF the G. A.. r, and the Woman's Relief
Corps-formal Endorsement which would
be contrary to the rules. il was recon.
msuded that the encampment bid them
God speed in the work.
General Alger, president of rhe Logan
monument fund. reported that the col.
lections to date aggregated $11, ll9 81. A
committee Of i've was authorized TO place
before Congress q proposition to set apart
q portion Of the $4,000 appropriated for
the site to be added to the fund for the
monument
General Warner left the chair and made
. strong appeal for the monument schema
He suggested that the committee be en-.
larged to include one representative from
each department., with instructions to
push the work until the monument was
finally erected at Washington
The chief event at the meeting Of the
Grand Array delegates Was . rsd-hos
time over resolutions indorsing Pension
Commissioner Tanner. Mr.. Perkins, Of
Kansas, introduced . resolution heartily
thanking the administration Of Presi.
dent Harrison for tho honor it
has conferred on the g. A. R
in appointing Corporal Tanner -
Pension Commissioner and heartily in.
dorsing his conduct OF the bureau, because
it vas erected for the benefit OF the sol.
disrs and'sailors Of the late war, and dc.
nounoing the bitter and malignant criti.
cism Of the press upon his Official conduct
Genera Barnum. of New York, offered
Q substitute to the effect that nOtWith.
standing the assaults Of an unfriendly
press, the encampment declared its belief
in the integrity Of Tanner and its approval
Of his efforts to do all for the soldiers and
sailors that the laws will allow.
At the afternoon session BArnum's rub.
stitute was redrafted to read as follows:
That We thank Pres ident Harrison for
the appointment Of our comrade. James
Tanner. As Commissioner Of Pensions, and
that Notwithstanding the assault made
on him, We declare onr complete conf
dencs in his integrity and our approval
of his endeavors to do all that can be done
under the laws for the veterans Of the
war. and in connection with him We ask q
full invest cation of his administration Of
the affairs Of the Pension Bureau"
II was adopted under suspension Of the
rules unanimously amid great cheering.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
Poisoned by the Elixir.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9-Last Wednes.
day week d.. Hamilton A. Leach, Of his
city, injected twenty drops Of the Brown
SeQuard elixir, prepared according TO
formula, into the left arm OF Hugh
Myers, a man in poor health, about
Fifty years old No results were
observed until Friday morning,
when he complained OF chills and fever.
This developed his attending physician
says. into typhoid fever and caused his
death last night Some Of Myers rela-
tor and neighbOrs think be would still
be alive mad a. not taken the elixir. A
~coroner's inques. AID post mortem exam
inacion Will probably be held 70 determine
the primary cause CT death
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

MONTREAL Que, Aug. 3l-Colouel
Thompson, secretary OF the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Company, is in the
city trying to y the movement Of
Manager Moore Who absconded with
$4,000 OF the company's funds In Feb
ruary last Moore Vas declared to have
been in this city, but the detectives dis.
credited the report and the sbscondsf was
not arrested. Ar. Thompson exAmised
the registers Of the Windsor ard st. Law.
renee Hotels, and found . signature which
he is sure is that OF Moore. By referring
to the books it appears he stayed It both
hotels in February for nearly . week.
The signatures were photographed for
usA
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
ITS WORK DONE.

Sketch Of the New Co0nAndeF-Clsso q
tie GfooA Army 8oea0p0o0e-Ih0
Coaneii q Admtnrstration-Ths Ladi0s'
Auxiliary.
xILwACKsE Wis, Aug. 3l-Following
il . brief biography of General Russell A.
Alger. the new Commsn1er.in-C Chief OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic
Russell A. Alger is nearly six feet in height.
but his weight viii probably rOs exceed LIS
pounds. He has an olive skin. with large. ex-
pressive eyes fog . man. and his general appear
Snee impresseS one that he is an ab>rainer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

NIsFoRTCyE In nine times out Of ten 10
simply another name for ~lsziness, or bad
management a it really isn't any thing
70 your credit to be croaking all the time
about misfortune.
If you have NO employment. or are being
poorly paid for the work you are doing, then
write 70 B. F. johnson T. Co, Of Richmond,
Va, and they will show you how TO trans
form 4iss-fortune into Aadame-fortuna.
Trit
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

yet published tor any blood medicine II the
pgiate5 GUARANTEES Of the manufacturers Of
DR.. Perce's Golden Medical Discovery.
which rayrants hat wonderful medicine TO
benefit or cure in all cases Of those diseases
for which It Is recommended, OK money paid
for it will be returned It cures all diSeases
arising from q tGrpid liver and impure blood
and their names are kgiOn- All Skin. Scalp
and Scrofulous affections, Erup;ious. Sores
and Sweilings, Sait-rheum, letter, Erysip-
elias and kindred diseases. are among those
in which the Discovery Effected marvel
Gus cures.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

The Michigan Central The Niagara
Falls Route" has published q remarkably
fine reproduction Of Graham's water-color
Of Niagara Falls. A limited number will be
furnished the public at 80 cents each. which
Is much less than their commercial OF
artistic value, but not more than two copies
viii be sent TO any one address. Send
postal note or money order for the amount
to o. ". RCGGLEs, GENT Pass. and Ticket
Agent, Chicago, Ii.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

The Governor came
nom old New England
stock. his father hav-
ing been . Connecticut
man and his mother .
of Vermont
Further back he traces
his family to Massachu
setts origin. The new
Commander in Chiefs
early days were spent
in Northern Ohio. Fifty
miles south Of Cieve-
iand, whittier his pa
rents had moved. Both
his mother and father
died b Governor Al
ger was thirteen yearS
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

And lmhibed with the water Of . malarious
locality, has still . certain aAtidote. Experi.
ence sanctions conddeace in Hos,etter's
Stomach Bitten - . preventive OF thin
0co0rge. An over this continent md in the
TROPICS Il has proved itself . certain means
OF defense, and an eradIcAnt Of intermittent
aad remittent fevers and other forms Of
miasma-b0rn disease. Nor - It less effect
i've for kidney troubles. constipation.
rheunatisn and nervousness
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

The fellow who writes, "And 20 I love
the old PIANO STILL voiced the sentiments
Of an sstonishingly large number Of people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

WuLIsroN, FLORIDA. Sept 18th. 1856.
Aessrs. A T. SHALLESBEa6ER & Co.
Rochester, Pa Ge~1.-I have tried
the bottle Of Pills, for Malaria, sent me,
with b most wonderful results; one dose
cured q cas- Of two months standing.
Please send me one dozen BY mail, i'm
medlateiy, with some advertising matter.
Very truly,
J. P. EPPERsoN.
Dealer in General Merchandise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

WHEN eggs are the sole object, no male.
are required Hens often lay better with
u than and eggs keep fresh longer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
A stre.tor Wreck Victim Dying.

OMAHA. Neh, Aug. 30-Hush Riley, Q
Grand Army veteran. who left this city
some weeks ego vas . passenger on the
Santa Fe train wrecked at Streator, Ill
His wife's first intimation Of the fact VA
. telegram last night asking her to 90 At
once to Beloit Wis, where her husband
vas dying from injuries received in the
wreck.