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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
The Real Martha Washington.

Martha Washington, as we read OF
her, was a good deal of a nonentity-
or, perhaps, we should say, merely an
addenda to the immortal George. Man
and wife are one is set forth in the
learning and wisdom of law made by
men for their own advantage, and the
man is the one This was plainly true
as regards the Father of His Country.
He stands in history alone; she adds
nothing 10 his name or fame. Like
many of the Queens of old, her name
appears in the history of the country.
not from personal talents or eminent
qualities. but simply as the rich widow
whom Washington married, and who
thenceforward sewed on his buttons
and managed the housekeeping at
Mount Vernon in true Southern shift.
less style, if all the stories are to be
believed. Tradition has it that when
they lived at home they kept fifteen
COWS, and yet had to buy butter, and
that with farm of more than two
thousand acres and several hundred
slaves they could not make both ends
meet in the way Of expenses. But
still Martha was very busy woman.
In her day women did not read and
but very few wrote. It is doubtful,
says recent biography. if she ever
read book through. for reading on
the part OF women was considered
idling precious time away.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
AMERICAN FABLES.
Three Little Stories with Morals for q
Young and the Old.

Three Little Stories with Morals for the
Young and the Old.
THE GOOSE AND THE EAGLE.
The Goose Whose Heart was Fired
with Ambition decided to become an
Eagle. and She left the Farm Yard one
Morning and Wandered off into the
Hills as Starter. She was presently
Espied by an Eagle, who bounced down
and Seized upon her as a prize.
What Means this Treatment!' de-
manded the goose. Il Came here to
be one of you!"
las Fowl at Home you were Sue
cess" replied the Eagle, ''but as q
goose abroad you are n. g., except to
furnish a dinner or some Bird with
More Sense"
MORAL-When a Mechanic quits his
job to become politician it is not the
politician who is Eaten.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
A FRlGID RECEPTION.

Ono Of tho Experiences Of the Persian
Minister to Washington.
Hadji Hassein Ghooly Khan, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tertiary from Persia. is one of the
favorites in Washington society. and
he is very fond of going out and CALL
ing on the ladies, and is always most
Hospitality received wherever he goes.
That is almost always. for an expert
ence he had last Sunday afternoon
proved that he was not as cordially re-
ceived at one house as has been his
won't in the past Ghooly hhan started
out with the purpose of making a
round of calls. 1t is his custom to pay
his respects to TIE ladies of the fash
ionable world On Sunday the same as
ON week days. Sunday being an ex-
tremely pleasant day. his landau was
not brought into use. He walked from
his residence on NJ street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, in the neighborhood
of Fourteenth street. where the object
of his first call resided. Walking up
the stone steps in an indolent fashion.
he reached the door and rather timidly
touched the electric bell. After linger-
ing some moments. the servant ap-
peared, and before Ghooly Khan could
utter a word she shouted out: THE
ladies are all busy. and can not be
bothered with you now"
WELL" said the Minister, complete
" nonplussed. there must be . mis-
take; take in my card"
.'Oh! don't worry them now"
answered the servant not allowing
him to finish his sentence. They are
all about going to dinner and don't
care for any one to see them at this
time-you'd better come again in the
morning; and the side-door is always
the handiest place for such as yez to
CALL"
The Minister waited for no more.
The rebuff he had received at the
hands of the unr:lly servant complete
~ paralyzed him. He made no moro
calls that day, and had about con-
cluded that he had had sufficient dose
of American society. The like of that
greeting he had never experienced be-
fore, and what was more, he deter.
mined it should never occur again.
But the next morning every thing
was fixed up quite satisfactorily
and agreeably to all concerned
when the mistakes and errors had
been cleared away. The servant Of
the house who was detailed to wait on
the door happened to be absent from
his post on that Sunday afternoon.
When the Persian Minister'S ring was
heard. ono Of the Mattresses down.
stairs was called into requisition 70
perform the functions Of the abs6nt
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
HUMOROUS.

The girl who can't play on the
piano, and wont play on the piano.
deserves a brass medal, anyway, for
not trying.-Some rvil.e Journal
Young doctOr-''Well, I've got q
case at last" Young lawyer-"Glad
to hear it. When you get him to the
point where he wants a will drawn,
telephone over. Life.
Mrs. d. Lane (calling)-"Is your
servant girl a good laundress?" Mrs
p. Kay-"Well, no. she doesn't wash
and iron very we'll But, oh, she
hangs her clothes out so artistically"
Boston Herald
An editor in reply to q young
writer who wished to know which
magazine would give him the highest
position quickest, advised "a powder
magazine. especially if you contribute
a fiery article"
"A messenger "boy." aged seven
ty. is in the employ of the Western
Union Company at Bradford, Conn
A messenger boy Of that age has prob
ably gone on at least dozen errands
in his career. Chronicle
Telegraph.
The good old times" Ge0rgy,
were the days when your gre at-grand-
father was working fourteen hours q
day to get corned-beef dinner and
pay the mortgage on the farm you
have cut up into city lots. Cincin-
natus was q better man than Nero;
but he didn't have SO much fun
Puck.
Mr. Younglove-"Why. my dear.
what makes you look SO miserable?
Is there any bad news in the paper?"
Mrs. Younglove-"N-no. not exactly
bad news; but oh, George, don't you
know of any of our relatives who ara
in poor health? / never saw such
bargains in Grape in all my born days"
America.
They had been engaged to b
married fifteen years, and still he had
not mustered up courage enough to
name the happy day. One evening
he called. in peculiar frame Of mind.
and asked her to sing something ten
der and touching. something that
would ''move him" She sat down at
tho piano and sang, Darling. am
growing old"
Sermons at Home.-Real good man
Ito his minister)-'It seems to me that
take cold when In church-used 70
warm. dry. sunny rooms. you know,
and If you don't object should like
the privilege Of having . telephone
attachment made to your desk 90 that
when fear to venture to church can
ct least hear the sermon" Minister
(delighted] = Certainly. certainly.
Have Il fixed at any time" Real good
man (the following Sunday)-.Jason.
what Il that talk?" Jason q valet)
-'The sermon In your sounding
telephone. SIR" s.Oh. / forgot Put
= blanket over it"-Philadelphia
Record
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
THE wHELPiNG ICE.
Hunting the Seal on the Tfeaehsrou
CuAst Of NeWfoundland.


CUAst Of Newfoundland.
Thousands of seals are found in
patches on the foes, but when one
patch is exterminated the men often
have to wander far from the ship in
search Of more prey. and it is then
that their early training in copying
comes in advantageously. Occasion
ally the sealers go eighteen or twenty
miles away from the vessel over the
ice, and in all places it may not be
equally strong. Sometimes the pans
are scattered; then the experienced
copyist will use slab of ice as raft,
guiding it into the desired position
with his gaff, and SO ferrying himself
across the 'leads" or open water. At
other times the dolly" or ''sludge" is
soft, but will bear just one foot
at time, SO the hunters spring rapid
ly over till they find q more secure
pan on which to take breath.
When they have gone far and have
to drag their flows" of skin a
considerable distance back to the ship.
it may happen that where the ice has
been all secure on the journey out the
sealers find a gap too wide to jump ly-
ing right in their homeward path. But
even if no floating pans are within
reach, they are at no loss what to do;
the ''tows," each containing five or six
sealskins with the 5lubber attached,
are flung into the water; the blubber
causes them to float and the men use
them as stepping-stones across the
open water. Accidents, of course, oc-
cur from time to time, and men often go
through the '.lolly" or miss their foot
ing and come in for cold bath, which,
considering their filthy condition.
may not be altogether an unmitigated
evil; but it is rarely that any of them
are drowned. as help is always at
hand. Occasionally the whelping ice
approaches so close to the shore that
the landsmen come in for their share
of the spoil, and then even the women
and children eagerly join the scene of
carnage. In the spring of 1883, at a
place called Belts cove, one woman
secured fve-and-thirty seals in one
day, and at Twillingate many women
killed heavy loads of seals, the people
going twelve miles from land on the
ice to reap this harvest. When the ice
remains tightly packed for any length
of time in the bays the seals some
times crawl on to the land. and at
Bonavista Bay it has happened that as
many as 1900 seals have been killed
among the bushes on one of the
islands. A few years ago the seal ice
came close to the town of St. Johns,
and the inhabitants sailed out to reap
the benefit. As they went seward in
the morning some of the hunters saw
a man with his gun beside him sitting
on a hammock of ice not far from the
mouth of the harbor. At his feet lay
a dead SEAL They went on in quest of
their prey, and walked so far out that
it was late in the afternoon before they
returned. Happening to pass by the
same spot they saw the man still sit
ting on the same humm ock and the seal
lying as before. They went up to him.
The man was dead, sitting upright
stark and staring. frozen hard as the
ice on which he rested. - Nineteenth
Century.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

How . Chicago Sleuth Obtained . Glow
to . Mysterio US Crime.
"I'll follow him to the ends of the
earth! He shall not escape mer'
The tall, powerfully-built man,
attired in suit of dark blue. who
Kissed these words through his Set
teeth stood in the shadow of q one.
story coal house in q dark, noisome.
Philadelphia-like alley, and watched
with widely-staring eyes figure
moving slowly along down the Hong
Kong district of Clark street
The watcher was wide awake, and
the saloons had not yet closed for the
night
1t was evident he was not police
man.
Emerging from the alley he fol-
lowed stealthily the object of his pur-
suit, like sleuth-hOund on track of
its prey. Moving along in the shadow
of the buildings and halting now and
then, but never relaxing for one in
slant his eager watchfulness, he kept
his man in sight for nearly an hour.
Down Clark to Harrison, west on
Harrison to the river, across the
bridge to Canal, up Canal to Monroe,
and westward on that street for many
and many weary block moved this
singular-or rather plural-proces.
sion.
HE little thinks he is followed"
muttered the relentless pursuer. III
shadow him to his lair now if it takes
till the next centennial"
At last the man whom he was fol-
lowing halted at a modest dwelling,
opened the gate that afforded entrance
to the little yard in front, and as he
turned to close it his face, plainly Wis.,
ible in the glare of a street lamp close
by, was for one brief moment exposed
to the hawk-like gaze of the mysteri-
Gus pursuer in the dark blue suit, who
had crouched in the shadow of a friend
ly Indian cigar sign across the way.
The next instant he had disappeared
within the house.
With smothered cry Of exultation
the eager watcher took out note
book and pencil and jotted down
memorandum. His fingers trembled
with excitement.
II saw his FACET he said, in hys-
terical whisper. Il was not mistaken.
And now have his street and number.
At last am on the trail. If he finds
out any thing about that mysterious
disappearance I'll know just where he
goes to get it Ha! At last! At last!'
He was a high-priced detective
shadowing fifteen-dollar a week
newspaper reporter to see if he could
find some clew to the latest mystery
that was battling the entire force
Chicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Scientist Chevreul il better known
to fame for his great age than for all
his valuable contributions to human
knowledge.
1t is said that Henry George fire.
quently finishes writing an entire page
for his paper without once rising from
bis chair.
Hon. Chauncey NJ Depew recent
~ received letter which had been
mailed at Melbourne, Australia,
simply addressed to his name without
further direction. which goes to prove
what is in q name.
The body of William Bradford.
the FIRST United States Government
Printer, and the man who started the
drst newspaper in Pennsylvania and
the second newspaper in New York,
lies in a grave ten feet from the North
ern entrance to Trinity Church.
Janet Hamilton, the Scotch poet
ess to whose memory Mr.. Glad
stone has helped erect q fountain in
her native Langloan, was in youth
wholly uneducated-was married at
thirteen, and was more than sixty
when her first volume of poems was
given to the world.
The Empress of Haru, of Japan,
is an ardent friend of all schemes for
advancing the social and legal stand.
ing of Japanese women. She has
literary tastes and writes poetry. 1t
is never published. but appears in
autograph form on screens used in her
private apartments
Bancroft, the historian. is nearing
ninety. and is losing his memory.
especially for names and faces. as
Ralph Waldo Emerson did in his later
years. and who, after gazing awhile at
the face of Long!ellow as the latter
lay in his coffin. turned to a friend
and Observed: He was sweet and
beautiful soul. but have entirely for
gotten his name"
There IS a story told of Mr.. w. d.
Howells to the effect that on one oc-
casion he attended costume party
wearing the conventional evening cos
tune of the present, where every guest
was required to appear in the dress of
enc of the characters in the novels of
Scott. On being brought to book for
this irregularity, he justified his garb
by the plea that he did represent one
of the chief characters in Scott. the
often-appearing ''gentle reader"
Speaking of Mrs. John Chanler,
formerly known as Miss Amelie Rives,
the Richmond Dispatch critically OBJ
serves: '.Her eyes have been compared
to two great double blue viOlets, so in
describable is their hue between pur-
pie and blue. and the color of her hair
can be only described as that Of bur
nished gold. Her voice is very sweet,
and her unspoiled and perfectly nat
ural grace could only be the reflection
of a warm and generous heart. which
those who knew her best accord to
her."
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
ABOUT GOLD WATCHES
me Demand for Then Growing In An
Parts Of the Country.

i The Demand for Then Growing In An
Parts Of the Country.
! 'G0ld watches are 90 common now.
adays that men don't take a. much
pride in wearing them as they did 6
few years ago." said q Fulton street
jeweler the other day. The individ-
ual who could sport gold watch and
chain q dozen years ago was consid-
cred q person Of wealth and property.
But he isn't now. Why. you will find
gold watches in the pockets of our
street-car conductors. and have even
known them to wear handsome dia-
mond rings. Did you ever notice the
ostentatious manner in which q young
man handles his first gold watch? It
is rather amusing. Usually he carries
it in a chamois leather pouch, and 10
very careful not to breathe on it or
touch the case with his fingers. He
consults it every fifteen minutes for
the first month. but he soon tires OF it,
and then considers it horrible bore
to be asked for the time. The demand
for gold watches was never greater
than it is to-day. Watch companies
are kept very busy filling orders. anG
we retail jewellers do a good business
in this line"
"Why is it that watches are so much
cheaper now than few years ago2"
''Well. for one thing. the watch
movements are great deal cheaper.
Gold is just exactly the same price per
pennyweight. The reduction in price
is confined to the movements. The
watch movements of the standard
American m AXE are very cheap
Those in common use in gold watches OF
the cheapest grade are from $40 to $40
each, and some of the best movements
are worth at wholesale $25 to $50.
There is, however, high-priced. fine
American movement which may cost
you $75. but they are not put in Ordi-
nary cases. A watch that you paid
800 for few years ago you can get to-
day for 500, and this $50 watch will
have $40 or SIS movement in it. For
$50 you should get a movement cased in
solid 14-carat gold. weighing from IS
to so pennyweights. The purchaser
will get more service out of a 14-carat
case than he will out of an 18-carat"
'How can dealers offer the public
solid gold watches for $40 and $35?"
They are not solid by any means.
There are some unprincipled makers
who will mark a case of 10 carat out
side and 8 carat inside IA carat, and a
10 and IA carat would be marked Is
carat There is no law in America
to prevent this. The case is made of a
composition which holds a gold plat
ing finely. This composition is some
times very heavily plated. and will wear
for several years without showing the
base metal. There is little difficulty
in dispOsing of them as solid gold
cases, and in this way the price is sur
prisingly low. There is more oppor-
tunity for deception in the movement
and case of q watch than in almost
any other article. The amount of
money invested in a watch offers much
inducement to experiment The case
manufacturer is not necessarily obliged
to know much about the movement Of
watch. He makes his cases to fit the
standard American sizes of movements,
and most makers produce q uniform
size.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
THE FARMER AND THE JUG.


A Farmer who had filed Jug with
Cider and taken it into the Field with
him tore up the soil for awhile and
broke both suspenders, and then went
over to the jug in anticipation of a
Refreshing draught But when he
came to lift the vessel to his lips he
found that every drop of Cider had
Leaked out and been Absorbed by the
dry Earth.
''Ah! but this is the Basest Ingrati-
tude!' he exclaimed. as he flung the
jug from him.
But behold!' replied the jug a. II
split open and Revealed long -lost:.Will
made by the Farmers grandfather,
and leaving him $4,000 worth of real
estate in Chicago.
MORAL-H your House Burns down
and il not Insured you may, in Poking
around Among the Ashes. find twice
its value in Diamond Pins lost by the
Plasterers when the house was Built
THE FROG AND THE TRAVELLER.
A Frog who had his Home in Pud-
die by the Wayside Made such an Ado
one night a. Traveller passed that
way that the Man was Fain to stop and
Inquire the Occasion of it
Had not made such Noise you
would not have known Of my Pres
ence." replied the Frog.
But now that 1 do know. what Of
ltf" queried the Man
why, / am here.r
yes, but what are the odds to me
where you arei You are but Frog.
place yourself where you will"
Ao1AIcThe Man whose Mouth
snakes his Presence known h seldom
worth miadiDg. Detroit Free PreaA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20

I'm speaking recently Of his career
as surgeon and poet DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes said that he could
ae4 tell whether he had taken moru
pleasure in removing limbs than +
constructing feek
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20
On the Road to Prosperity.

Two lawyers meet upon the high.
way.
Ketcham-Hello, you're looking we'll
and prosperouI. What have you
struck?
Cheasam-I don't think I'll tell you
It's too good . thing to give away.
Ketsham-Last time saw you you
looked mighty seedy. What's your
lay now?
Ckeatam-rm working the railroad
depots of Chicago
Ketcham-I fail to grasp the scneme
Cheatam-Why. it's simple enough.
Whom through trains stop for few
minutes I arrange divorces for pas
sangers while they wait-AmericA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-20

Tho University Of Pennsylvanis
has added to ito many courses scheo'
Of journalism
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-20
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
TAKING EFFECT MAY r. 1890

Trains leave Baltimore as follows:
News Express daily for Harrisburg, Williams
burg, 4.30 A. NJ.
Niagara Express and Mail daily except Sunday
for Harrisburg, Williamsport, Lock Haven, Ell
mira, Watkins, Rochester and Niagara Falls, 800
A. NJ.
Chicago Limited daily for Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl and Chicago, with through sleeper from
Harrisburg, 10.45 A. NJ.
Fast Line daily for Cleveland, indianapolis,
st. Louis and Cincinnati, and, except SATURDAYS
for Chicago and Toledo; also connects, except
Sundays for Lock Haven, Elmira and Watkins,
10.45 A. NJ
Il Harrisburg Passenger, daily, except Sunday,
Western Express, daily, for Pittsburg and the
west, with through sleepers to Chicago and St
Louis, except Saturdays for Toledo and Cleve-
land, and for Cincinnati, Louisville and Mem
PMS. with through sleeper from Pittsburg to
Memphis, S.45 P. NJ.
Pacific and Northern Express, daily with
through sleeper to Pittsburg also connects daily
for Erie and Rochester, and daily except SatIlr-
days, for Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 1l.20 P. NJ.
York Accommodation, $50 2. NJ. week days.
Sundays, $40 P. NJ.
$50 and $50 p. NJ, daily except Sunday. Sunday
$50 and 1O.l5 A. NJ. and 130 p. NJ.
COckeySville Accommodation, 600. S.45, 1Ol5
A. N. and 30 2.3O 800, 80, 900 1000 and 1l3O
P. M. On Sunday, 1000 P. NJ.
For Green Spring Branch, $50 A. NJ, 80 and
$50 p. NJ week days.
FOR SPARROW'S POINT WEEKDAYS.
From Calvert Station, 6.1O, 1910 A NJ, Las and
5.OOP. NJ.
From Union Station, 6.l5, lO15 A. NJ. LEO and
sos 7. NJ. On Sundays, sos A. NJ and sos p. NJ.
From President Street, COZ A. NJ. and 4.57 P. NJ.
CHAS. E. PUGH, ]. r. WOOD,
Gen1 Manager. Gen1 Passenger Agt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-20
XHESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
COMMENCING JUNE 20, 1889.
Leave Hillen Station as follows:
nATV

DAILY
4IOA. Mast Mail for Shenandoah Valley
and Southern and Southwestern points. Also
Glyndon, Westminster New Windsor, Union
Bridge, Mechanicstown, Blue Ridge, Highfield
Blue Mountain, HagerstOwn, aud except Sunday,
Chambersburg, Waynesboro and points on B. &
9.G2 P. M.-Accommodation for Glyndon Reis-
terstOwn)
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
7.O6 A. M-Accommodation for Fairfield, Get
tysburg, Hanover and all points b. & H. Di-
vision.
sos A. M-Mail for williamsport, Hagerstown.
lime end b. r. ne se pedeT SR nam Fam
9.15 A. M.-Pen-Mar Express.
1000 A. M.-Accommodation for Union Bridge
2.25 P. M.-Accommodation for Glyndon (Reis-
800 P. M.-Express for Arlington, Howard
vile, Pil1esville, 0wings Mills, GIyndon and all
points on B. H. Division
lor car 5Oc) for westminster, New windsor,
Union Bridge, Frederick Junction, Blue Ridge
ton for Frederick.
400 p. M.-Express for Arlington, Mt. Hone.
Pikesville, Owings's Mills, st. Georges Glyndon,
len Tiass fMn6dsf0nTg PataRscS Carroto1
Union Bridge and Main Line stations west; also,
Emmitsburg and B. s. c. V.R. R.
5:l5 +. ACCOMMODATION for Union Bridge
and Hanover, and on Saturday for Gettysburg
6.22 T. M.-Accommodation for Union Bridge.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
$40 A. M.-Accommodation for Union Bridge
2.33 P: M.-Accommodation for Union Bridge.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT HILLEN.
Daily % and ll.lOP. N; Daily, except Sun
go, 7.05 and $50 P NJ '
Sundays only-At 9.O7 A. NJ. and 645 M
avenue and Fulton Stations. '"'''' am"
]. NJ. HOOD, General Manager.
b. H. GRISWOLD, GenN Pass. Agent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-20

IIstIIS ItsLNt I1dIIIIllOre as IOIIOWS.
Jews Express daily for Harrisburg, Williams
TT and Lock Haven also connects for Pitts