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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23
TO REDUCE DISCOMFORT.

How Ladies and Gentlemen ehould Con-
duct Themselves in Public Places.
Do not carry your umbrella or cane
so that the person behind you is
threatened with the loss of an eye, or
must dodge to avoid thrust in the
face or ribs. Be especially careful not
to carry it under the arm at an angle
of forty-fve degrees going up stair
ways.
Do not wait until in front OF rail-
road ticket window to consult the time
table. Do not wait until in front of the
ticket-seller before your pocketbook is
found. Try to have the money ready.
the exact change if possible. and re.
member that. while you may have
plenty of time. every one following
you is not SO fortune.
When entering a pew in church, do
not sit down in the aisle end. and COM
pei each person to crowd past you. Go
through to the end. and remember that
to be polite requires that the least dis
comfort and excitement shall be caused
by your acts. Brigands, robbers. or
Indians are not likely to make descents
on public places Of worship or amuse-
ment in our day, and women may be
trusted to sit in the aisle end OF the
pews and seats.
When there are no reserved seats,
and the whole house is sold at q uni
form price. it is hardly fair for one
person to 60 and reserve three or four
seats for her friends. saying 1.-The seats
are engaged to those who. more just
and polite. refuse to question the in
justice. and unquestioningly take less
advantageous seats, though they sacri-
feed time to secure better, and are dis
turbed. after the performance or lect-
ure has begun, by the late arrivals
who had used friend to defraud the
public
II you meet . friend In . store. do
not forget in your own joy Of meeting
her. that the clerks time il paid for.
and that you have no right to monop-
Ollie it to the exclusion Of othcr trade.
In leaving church or any public
hall. do not stop in the aisls-ends Of
seats, preventing other people from
leaving the building who may have no
time to spend that way.
To reaaember that there are other
people Who have their own STAIRS that
need immediate attention. Who make
engagements for certain time which
they expect to keep. II to be simply
Just TO clog little = possible the
currents Of tfavsl + tho part Of every
sonaidsrats - and veaan Chris
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23

'but why did he not tell me or some
one!" asked. passing the question.
''Wanted to catch the scamp, of
course. And there was no danger.
really. They did every thing in first
class style"
worthy the Chidester Brothers,"
said. with little sheer.
Brothers? Why. they are cousins
double first, to be sure. and enough
alike to be brothers. Rich - Jews
both Of them. too.l
Then. why are they dentists7" !
asked.
'.Dentists?'
Jim's tone brought me upright in
bed.
Eyes. dentists. And travelling dem
lists at that
never heard any one laugh as Jim
did. waited and waited for him to
get through and tell me the joke until
l was fairly cross At last he wiped
his eyes. and with only an occasional
chuckle out it came.
They had laid wager that they
could leave Boston in their own car
riage and drive for six months east,
west. north and south. just as they
chose. taking no money with them and
sending for none, but living honestly
by their wits.
''Not soul in Boston believes they
ara koonino tn tho <orrns NJ tho wooar
They had not heard of them for a
month when their letter came to me.
What pair they are! The idea Of
Sgd and Cyril! They have had larks!
Wait until see them tomorrow! But
you had better get some sleep. I am
glad mother missed this. Good night"
OF course, did not sleep until day.
light. And, of course, Thought of the
Chidesters.
We did not see them the next day,
They went off in answer to a telegram,
leaving a note for Jim. The other
Chidester Brothers. the real ones.
their respective and respectable ia
theirs, had found them out and issued
an edict of recall They entreated Jim
to keep their secret until the excite
ment passed off," and to make their
apologies to me. ''And pray tell her
she was quite right thoroughly re-
spect her for her refusal to counte-
nance the Chidester Brothers. the
note ended.
THAT last was Cyril" said Jim.
He is rather the finest nature of the
two. He could never have thought Of
such trick. But sgd can start them.
l would like to see Lucy's face when
this came out at home. 1t is Lucy
Thorne I mean. She is their cousin"
Lucy Thorne is now Mrs. Jim. Aud
when the Chidesters came back-as
they had to, to the trial of my burg
lar Well, 1 might as we'll tell it in a
world belong to one of them. Cyril
Chidester found respect a very good
foundation for a warmer feeling. So
he asked me to overlook his folly. and
sink the remembrance of it in his fame
as "a rising lawyer" l overlooked
it. And ! am rising with him.-Theo-
dore March, in Leslie's Newspaper.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23
FAMOUS WOMEN'S HANDS.

Bits Of Gossip Evidently Collected BY .
Bright Newspaper Woman.
Mrs Langtry's hand is as delicately
veined as a leaf, and makes one 10th to
part with it after clasping it.
The hand of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
looks as if the good, hard shake OF q
brawny hand would crush it, bones
and all
Despite its Jewels. Modjeska's hand
shows marks of early struggles. 1t
is strong hand, however, full of char
acter.
The symmetry of Adelina PATHS
hand is lost sight of in its dazzling dis
play of jewels. She spends fortune
in gloves.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has slen-
der hand. with shapely digits. which
are daily manipulated by manicure.
When Marion Harland'' puts her
plain, honest hand in yours she seems
to say: ''Here's my hand. and my
hearts not far off.
The only marked difference between
Sara Bernhardt's hand and skeletons
is that one is invested with flesh and
blood and the other isn't
Miss Frances E. Willard has good,
honest hand. whose hearty grasp
seems an echo of the cordial greet
ing which she bestows on all whom
she meets
Mrs. Frank Leslie has q sensitive
hand. whose touch makes the blood
bound faster through ones veins.
She is authority ON the subject of
gloves
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison has good.
motherly hand, made for use. 1t has
been true and trusty companion in
its family relations. Christening as well
as caressing.
So soft and sensitive is the hand Of
the pretty Mrs George Gould that it
seems formed to minister to grief and
pain, as veil as to the wants Of her
two young Wall street magnatea
A manicure to Miss Chamberlain Is
~ great necessity as q well-fitting
gown. and every tiny halfmoon on the
pink-tinted nails is a. jealousy pre-
served as if it was . diamond crescent
Mary Anderson never tries to
squeeze her hand into q No. glove.
believing that there is more comeli-
ness in q hand which preserves the
form intended by its creator than ono
in aperpetual squeeze Chicago Jour
nal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23
AN AMUSING CASE.

French Widows Glass Eye Creates Coa~
siderable Merriment In Court.
A very curious cause lately came be-
fore the justice Of the peace of Neuilly.
France. Some time ago Madame Plu-
yette. widow of fifty, but who still
attaches much Importance to personal
appearance, had the misfortune. in
playing with lap-dog. to receive from
it so severe q wound in one Of her eyes
that it came out of the socket. Hav-
ing heard much Of artificial eyes, and
being recommended to apply to an exc
pert manufacturer in this way. named
Tamsier. she gave an order for q glass
eye for which the optician charged her
100 francs (f2O. Refusing to pay THE
charge, the manufacturer summoned
her before the justice Of the peace.
Madame Pluyette having appeared.
holding the glass eye in her hand, the
judge asked her why she refused 70
the bill which Monsieur Tamsier had
sent in?
For . very good reason" replied
the defendant; II can see NO more with
this eye than could before"
..What!'' said the judge. did you
really imagine that you would be able
TO sec with . glass eye?"
Did / think so?' retorted the angry
dame. Certainly did Win you b
90 good q to tell me what eyes arc for
except to see with? ordered the eye
for use, and until Monster Tamsier
makes me one with which can 80 ]
will not pay him . sou"
The justice Of the peace endeavorsd
TO convince Madame Pluyette that giass
eyes were for others to look q. and
not for the WeAreF 70 look through;
but finding all appeals 70 her reason a
NO avail. he condemned her to pay he
plaintiff the amount Of his demand
When the defendant heard the decision
che becamo furious With anger, 81
after dashing her eiass eyeca H. 49,
sheyu1Aea ct g eouEt aml1 ~ lanG<
80 ~ uou1r~ML Io1rpes
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23
'se'lLiN. fHs WATER.


Maine Girs's conmsats Upes sse,ax .
sssan Fire Easias.
1t was not many years ago that Ka-
tury Barker. q brisk and laxative
Maine girl. came up from York County
20 Boston to look for household en-.
ployment- She found 1t in family
where the people were willing to sub
NIT to her talkativeness and familiar
ways-she had no idea that she was in
the family on any other than equal
terms-for the sake of getting capa-
BILE and Industrious helper. One after.
noon Katury was sent by her mistress
to the square to get some thread which
vas very much needed.
The errand was not likely to take
more than fifteen minutes, and Katury's
mistress did not think it necessary to
tell the hustling Maine girl to make
haste. But after q long time had
passed. and the girl did not return. the
mistress began to worry.
''What can have happened to the
child? I have never known her to
loiter."
Soon after. however. the girl came
in. red and breathless with excitement.
why. Katury, where have you
been?" asked her mistress.
"Been! My goodness, ma'am. there's
fire down t the square-the awfulest
tire you ever see! More'n five bundled
folks stan'in round lookin' on. an the
craziest lot O. fools-my! Why. what
do you think they're a-doin'?"
What, Katury? Putting out the
ire?"
mo, and that's the wust ont. There
they be, fellows with big hats on an
red shirts. an their sleeves rolled up.
stan'in' round kind Of a b'iler, pilin'
on coal, an bilin' that there water be-
fore they put it ont the fire!''
Boiling the water! Why, Katury. it
must be a steam-engine!"
''Steam-engyner l guess not! Them
fellers they jest went to work. kinder
cool an collected. an got q lot O. coal
an stuffed it in underneath their b'iler,
an there they was, b'ilin' the water
an not goin' step toward that fire!
jest stepped up t the policeman that
stands there, an says I: May be they
call US folks from Down East green,
but if that ere amt the greenest thing
I ever see, my name amt Katury Bar
kerr says l.
Green? says he. kind O. careless
What's green?'
.A-stoppin' to bile that water fore
they put it out the fret says L No.
SIR says l, we don't ketch the folks
down in Maine doin' a stupid thing like
thatr An that policeman he laughed
right in my facer'
The joke was so good that the family
were soon all in possession of it. and
finally an anecdote based upon it crept
into one of the newspapers. This
printed anecdote was shown to Katury.
'Oh, dear! dear!" she exclaimed.
eth get copied into the York County
papers. an what'n do then?"
20 Katury," said her mistress. to
reassure her, '.you see there is no
name given in this story; it just says
"a country cousin Nobody could tell
it was YOU"
LANDS sakes, ma'am." said Ka:ury,
shaking her head sadly. 1.-The minute
they see thaa down in York County
they'd Jest know twas me!"-Youth's
Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23
CHIDESTER BROTHERS.
What They We're, and Who They
Proved to Be-

Chidester Brothers, Molly Hayes
spoke of them to me. Have you
seen the Chidester Brothers?" she
asked. never giving me a chance to
answer ''Oh, Jennie. they are too
splendid for any thing! They are as
handsome as they can be-
who are they?" l asked.
''Oh. they have been in town about
a.week. They are at Tomlinson's. and
they drive beautiful pair of blacks in
light wagon"
but who are they? declare. Molly.
you never stop talking long enough to
say any thing"
Molly laughed. She has the sweet
est temper-and did stop moment
They are''-she said. slowly-''oh,
I don't know who they are, except
just the Chichester Brothers; nor what
they are, except-dentists."
'.Dentists! exclaimed.
''Yes. dentists. They are travelling
from place to place in their own
carriage and practicing as they 60.
They enjoy travelling, and like to
study the country and the people. you
know. They have two offices at Tom
linson's. but they drive out into the
country ami call, and they will go to
any one who sends for them. 1t is
very convenient, now, isn't it?"
but never heard of such thing!
At least, not among real dentists.
Who told you about them?"
Told me? Why, they told me-"
molly Hayes! Do you know
them?'
''Yes, indeed! I was introduced to
them at church last Wednesday night,
and they have called twice. Aunt
Eliza has ordered a set of teeth from
them. l wonder they have not been
herev'
They need not trou BILE themselves"
I said, dryly.
Molly blushed crimson and changed
the subject Soon after she went
away.
Well, that was the beginning OF it.
The whole country went wild ON the
Chichester Brothers after that and
every one who came near me had
something to say in their praise. The
very fence-rows seemed to whisper of
new teeth. l was busy just then, for
mother had been quite ill. and, when
she was able, father and Jim had taken
her away for a trip. l was keeping
house and ruling over the boys
doubtless with wisdom, and certainly
with great wear and tear of mind and
body. We lived two miles out of
MeadOwside, a lovely old country
town, and although the girls we're
very good in coming to see me, and
sending me notes and books and pat
terms by their brothers. little and big.
/ was not lin the swim" of the busy
town life and fun as usual. had to
rely on the gossip of callers
Molly Hayes did not come after that
first mention of the Chidester Brothers,
but l heard, from her brother George
and from the other girls, of her being
often with those gentlemen and very
much pleased with their attentions.
To every one except George 1 freely
expressed my opinion of such chance
acquaintances.
Il don't like strangers. anyway;
but when it comes to strangers you
don't know"
"Hello. Jennie! Got you there!'
cried Jack the cavalier. They
wouldn't be strangers if you knew
them, would they?"
'.And who are q sort of twin Cheap
John BESIDES" went on. superior TO
the interruption Il can't understand
any girl receiving their attentions, or
even ranking them among her 90
Quaintances
'.But Jennie thsy ars % pleasant
~
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23

The temperature OF water for
horses il not so much Of an object -
the purity Of It While it Il best to
have the water cool. It Is moro impor-
t~nt to have Il freefrom al Impurities.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23

AIC0r Lucy udO CrOSSoU Tue OOOreSt0p i
saw him pause aud glance back at the
hall and the stairway. 1t was a pc
culiar and searching glance, and gave
me chilly sensation of fear and
dread. My suspicious were all re-
newed and strengthened. For. l will
confess, the mans noble face and bear
ing had Influenced me, even in the one
interview.
Under the effect of that last glance.
however. had all the silver gathered
up most carefully and packed in sew
eral baskets, and concluded to sleep
in mothers room instead Of my own.
Moreover. I opened the doors between
the nursery and our rooms Twas not
at all mindful Of the delights of such
utter loneliness went back and forth
several times to the tumbied beds in the
nursery. envying the rosy sleepers,
and it was late. indeed. before Joined
them.
Almost instantly, It seemed to me,
WAS broad awake again, and looking
straight before me at terrible, terri
BILE sight
There was light In the rooms
pale. uncertain. pickering light which
streamed upward from the hoor 1t the
foot Of the bed. and cast strange shad-
| ows on the ceiling. The door into my
room was shut. but the ono into the
hall waD vide open, - we'll q the
window beyoad + opening upon the
porcaErook I 1slt - nieAt-wina ftcu
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-23

AeOuCu vi 4OA L WSsO A4UCAOOs
now that il was all over. Nurse did
her best for me by sending the boys to
bed and keeping the doors closed BY
the time Jim tapped for admittance l
was quiet and ready to hear his story.
well. Jennie. we've made . big
haul That rascal is the master-epirit
of the gang which has been at work
round here for a year or two. He's an
old hand at it. and his engagement
with Mr.. Brown was one of his clever
lodges. He Is druggist, as he is hall
. dozen other things. but his letters
were forged. The Chidesters saw him
once in Boston when he was on trial,
and they knew him at once when they
saw him here. They are wide awake.
both of them. About a week ago they
heard something-I haven't got at the
bottom Of it yet but two men Who
came to Tomlinson for the night had
something to do with it-which put
them on the track Of tonight. and they
wrote to me, but they had 70 make it
q cautious letter, and asked me 70 hold
myself in readiness for . telegram.
but not to come without one. was ct
their cousins. They telegraphed last
night and met me at the train at the
next station. sgd says he Was here
last evening. for he WAS half afraid I
might not get home. and he thought
he bad better look round . hit + 60
any thing should come OF - f4Gh1ea
yeA By the way. leu = & yua nevee
- bs1pret" e q;
, 1889-05-15
Publication,
Trans lation.

NgNPHEREAS Mr.. F, LUNNEY,
WV who at the election on the
9th of April last had been elected
member of the Colonial Council for
the Country District Of the Juris-
diction of Frederik8ted, has refused
to accept Of the same, and as his
reasons have been considered valid
by the Elective Board, a new cleo
ton of a member will according to
order from the Government take
place at the Court house on
SATURDAY the 18th instant.
The polling will commence at
II o'clock noon and close at 3
o'clock p. m.
The Elective Board for the Country
District of the Jurisdiction of FredeIik.
sted, Sth May 1889.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1889-05-15
Acknowledgements

SlAA Planter F. LUNNEY, der
49, we'd den d. 27de find. afholdte
Yalghandling blew valgt til Medlem
at Colonialraadet for st. Croix for
Frederiksteds Jurisdictions Land
districts Yalgkreds, har erklaret like
at vile modtage Valget og Valgbe
s~tyrelsen har fundet hans Undskyld,
n%ingsgrund fyldestgj6rende, vii if6lge
Gouvernementets Ordre, nyt Valg
hnde Sted paa Thinghuset LOR-
DAGEN den 18de dennes f0rstkom,
mende.
Valghandlingen begynder midday
XII. II slet og suites samme Efter-
midday XII. 3 slet.
Valgbestyrelsen for Frederiksteds Juris-
dictions Landdistricts Valgkreds, den SIDE
Mai 1889.
r. PETERSEN,
, 1889-05-15
N T E.

kGRELABLE to orders from the Govern.
n ment Of the Danish West India Islands
tuc supply of a number of
, 1889-05-15

AAN'SS "S AA VIZ hhS dL4G WCOu
i" the streets or places of pub
lie resort will, if this Law be
carried out, be liable to u fine of 3f
to 35f. Here Is a pretty lookout for
the people who are in charge of
Jwre0uD de tabac, as well as for par
ents at large! AS a matter of fnct,
The average Partisan Juvenile does
not take ms early to the use or abuse
Of the plant abhorred BY The First
James Of England as his contempor-
AIRY IN some other countries, though,
OF course, there are exceptions but
the streets will now and then pre-
sent an amusing appearance when
some lad, detected by The police in
The act OF comforting himself with a
cigarette, is stopped, Intercepted as
to bis age, and perhaps marched off
to the nearest station. Young men
OF very youthful mien will do well
to take their walks abroad with Il
certificate Of birth in their pockets,
while the vendors Of tobacco will find
their existence a burden, and live
In daily terror of a succession of GlO
fines.-Daiy Telegraph.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia
will visit Paris in State during the
Exhibition. The Oriental p%otentate
has alrepdy started on his travels,
and left Teheran for St. Petersburg
last week, accompanied by his princi~
pal Ministers aud a large suite. His
Majesty is expected in Paris by the
middle Of June, and ii is intended
TO give HIM an imposing reception
OF The official order, comprising t6tes,
fireworks, and IL Review of troops
at Longchamps. Parisians will thus
have two Reviews-one in June and
another on July I4-and the grear
military displays will serve to remind
many of them of old Imperial times.
There has been considerable contrO.
verSy respecting the choice of a resi-
dencc for the Eastern monarch, and
the Louvre, rs well as the big Palace
al Versailles, has been thought of. 1t
has, however, been we'll and wisely
considered that these places were too
remote from The most animated and
attractive part of Paris, and it is pro-
bable hat a comfortable house will
be found for. his Majesty in The
Champs Elysees. 1t is proposed to
decorate and furnish the place select
ed Tor the Royal visitor with articles
taken temporariIyfrom the Palaces Of
Compiegne, Versailles, and Fontaine-
blcau. The Shah-like all foreign
ers who pay periodical visits to
Paris-enjoys the EIysian Fields
immensely, and on the occasion of
his last s%oiourn in the French capital
was an assiduous lrequpnter of q
oncesfamous pleasure resort-now de,
funcl-which, then existed moi far
from the Palais de PIndustrie.-lbd
, 1889-05-15

more, it will be observed, than the
total of the suffrages cast Yesterday
for Mr.. Phip~on Beale. The con
stituency, in the meantime, has in
creased from 1928 10 11,754.
, 1889-05-15
ISIS pairs Of Shoes
for gymnastic s

loq0Ircd lor The Military forces on the
Islands IN the year 1889 is hereby put mp
T. public licitation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-30

DENVER, Diet. s.-Thc engineers this
morning elected E.B. Deitrick of Altoona,
Pa, second grand assistant engineer. tai
ill the vacancy causcd 10y the rc.i IL nation
of Cavancr. of Chicago, AMI A. n. Butler.
of Pittsburg, Pa. third grand assistant
engineer. The convention decided tn hold
the next convention AT l'ittsbtirg. Pa.
There were ten candidates for tn. honor,
PitfshurG. Portland. Naioc, Grand RaI Lids.
Louisville, Washington, Atlanta. ~. Louis,
Sioux City, Giicsb,irg AMI Cincinnati.
At the afternoon session George X. Ga
lc,io was neglected grand chaplain. and
w. B. Huskcy. of bloomington, ILL.,. grand
guide. This completes the election of Of
ncers. Tomorrow Chief Arthur will uoini-
nate the chief executive conIiiitt," aud
present the names to the convention for
approval. after which resolutions will bs'
taken mp.
While or the excursion over Marshal
pass Saturday T.. Mccormick. a. delegate.
from Boone. Iowa. was so affected u. the
high lltitu,ls. that lac WAS taken seriously
i'll. He was brought back to- Denver and
every effort made to restore his health.
He. however, grew rapidly worse and died
tonight. Heart trouble. WAS the cause.