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Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
MuooErs OF NEWS

Robert Browning. the poet, was NJ
ported alarmingly Ill at Venice on H.
10th with bronchitis.
Tho National League magnates have
commenced legal proceedings againae
tho Brotherhood ball players.
John holland, while trying to cxooD
the river at st. Joseph, Mo-, VIII
stolen goods, fell from his boat and
was drowned.
Chbborn and Booth, Socialist aRi-
tators. have been arrested in Geneva
Tor infringing the decree of their en-.
pulsiOn from Switzerland.
James Rankin, farmer living ten
miles west of Wichita, Kan, shot and
captured alive golden eagle, over six
feet from tip to tip Of its wings.
By collision between local freight
and a work train near Crawfordsville,
Ind, the other day fireman was
killed and three men badly hurt.
The Missouri Democratic State Gem
tral Committee met at st. Louis on tho
10th and elected Frank Walker secre-
tary. Walker is Francis or anti-Vest
man.
Representative Cochran, of South
Carolina, has resigned his seat in Con-
gress to accept a position as one of the
counsel of the Richmond & Danville
Railroad Company.
Mrs. Ed MOll, who eloped last sum-
mer with Joel Cochran, has returned
to Olathe, Kan. She was said to be
looking after her interests in the di-
vorce proceedings
Governor Humphrey, of Kansas, has
offered reward of $3.50 for William
Woody, now in the Indian Territory.
wanted in Lincoln County for shooting
Samuel Gilpin five times as the result.
of a debt.
Robert Snyder, who shot and killed
his wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Sarah Collins, at Eldorado, Kan, Au-
gust 10, has been sentenced to impris-
Onment for life at hard labor in the
penitentiary.
Municipal elections were held on tho
10th in Boston, Lowell, Salem,
Worcester, Newburyport and Lynn,
Mass. Boston showed a Republican
gain on decreased vote. License was
the principal issue in most placee.
The Farmers Exchange and Cooper
ative Association of Wichita, capital
SIC, 900, the Lyons Rock Salt Company,
capital 100000, and the Bank. of Dor
rance, capital s5O, 900, have filed char
ters with the Kansas Secretary of State.
A foundry man of Black Rock, N. Y,
while on his way to work in the NAL
leable iron works, found a package
$4,000 ON the railroad
track. He delivered it to the railroad
officials, who, it is said, identified it as
q package missing from the pay car.
Two thousand 'longshoremen of Sa-
Ga. went on a strike on tho
10th. Not a bale of cotton was loaded.
The trouble had its origin in the deter
of the stevedOres to stand by
the ship merchants as against the own
ers of vessels in the case of custody Of
customs fees.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

1t will be little hard on the con
gressmen if the Silcott defalcatior
shall keep them out of part OF thell
salary for a time. But the people
would find some consolation for the
hardship if it should induce congress
to shorten up the session in order to
save members some of their Washing
ton expenses. 1t is more to be feared,
however, that the members will pro-
vide for themselves in the deficiency
sill.-Kansas City Star.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Labor Commissioner Betton has
received . communication from Rob
ert p. Porter, superintendent of Gen.
sus, that four supervisors will be ap-
pointed in Kansas to take the national
census of 1890 in this state. For this
purpose he announces that he has di-
yided the state into four districts, and
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

ave hail with delight the peoples 8
emphatic approval of tariff reform, -
say the democratic minority IN con-
g ess. in a weird and impertinent "ad-
dress to the people,. This is the first
"dehght' the democrats have had
since they were showed under year
ago.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
FINAL PROOFS.

All final proof notices must be paid
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vance. The charge for publication is
$4.OO. Parties having proof notices
running in the paper should notify
us at once in case of mistakes In
notice.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

The Kansas railroad commission
has gwen to Kingman, Anthony and
Wellington salt producers the same
rate as is accorded to Hutchinson,
Nickerson and Sterling. The rate on
coal slack has also been equaliZed.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Congressman Turner, our worthy
representative at Washington, sue
ceeded in securing prominent sit.
TING. and ii is considered one of the
best in the house.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

The CAT is truly thankful for the
many expressions of good wishes on
our change to home print. If every
western city had the enterprising mer-
chants and business men that Colby
possesses, "patent inside would he a
thing of the past
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

An exchange says that Hanback,,
Holt, Turner and Ellis, will probably
be in the free-for-all congressional
race next fall. As for Turner, the
people will walk him back into the Of
fee again almost unanimously if he
desires to be reelected.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

During the session of congress the
CAT will contain full reports OF the
weeks proceedings, and now is your
time to subscribe.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

The Hoisington Bank Reporter says
the man who invests in Kansas real
estate now will treble his money in
the next twelve months.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

uncommon for the people Of his state
to bond themselves for wafer works
before Providence has furnished creeks
or rivers to supply them. There is a
zeal without knowledge in the moral
world. and it has It's counterpart IN
the material world in enterprise wltn-
out judgment.
1t should be the object OF the Board
of Agriculture at its January meeting
to ascertain just what has been ac-
complished by the sugar mills already
constructed in Kansas, and to what
extent they have justified the invest
ment required to put them in opera
ton. 1t is claimed that some OF them
have paid, and that others have lost
money. There has been so much
conflicting testimony in regard to the
whole matter that the public has not
been able to form any decided opinion
on the question and cannot do SO un-
til some more authentic information
than has yet been furnished is forth
coming. This it will be the duty of
the State Board to give to the people,
and it is highly important to the
state of Kansas that its testimony in
relation to the subject should be strict
ly in accordance with the facts, and so
reliable SIS to form a basis for future
operations.
Secretary Mohler has just returned
from tour of inspection among the
sugar mills in Western Kansas, and is
very favorably impressed with the new
roasting process which has been in
troduced at Mineola. 1t is the inven-
ton of Mr. A. J. Adamson, of Nema-
ha county, and it is predicted by per-
sons who have investigated it careful
ly that it will entirely revolutionize
the sugar business in Ka sas. 1t is
a simple plan by which the cane is
carried through a long oven, thereby
improving its quality and increasing
the percentage of saccharine matter.
The observations of Mr.. MOhler will
be laid before the board and the fruits
of Mr.. Adamsons S invention will be
subjected to close scrutiny. No ef-
fort should be spared to obtain the !
real facts in regard to the sugar in
dustry in Kansas, and the Department
of Agriculture could not direct its at
tention to more important subject. |
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

JEFF Davis is dead, and nothing can
be gained by assaulting his memory.
If the nsrth refrains magnanimously
from recalling the late unpleasanmess
of his career, the south will begin to
realize that it is time for the lost
cause to be forgotten.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

We believe now is the time for
northwest Kansas tG make a strenu-
GUS effort to secure candidate for
state office in the coming election.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

The presidents message suits the
Capital in about all respects but one.
When he took his pen in hand to
mention the worlds fair mt all, he
ought 20 have mentioned the fact that
Chicago is getting there.-Topeka
Capital.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

President Harrison certainly did not
spend his summer vacation. fishing.
His message evidences careful study
of the affairs of the nation, and is a
document for which his party need
offer no apology. 1t has the true re-
publican tariff ring, and the old sold
iers will know just where to find their
chief executive on pension bills, this
time. Each subject of immediate i'm
portance to the country was handled
in fearless, statesmanlike manner.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

fatal illness Mr.. Da-
Wis had insisted that
his case was nearly
or quite hopeless,
though the dread Of
pain or fearof death
never appeared to
take the slightest
hold upon his spir-
its, which were
;brave and even
ibuoyant from the
beginning of his at
tack. In vain did
the doctors strive
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Another new slang phrase is coming
in. The term "sp0ak easy applied
to drinking place without license,
has become popularized in Pennsyl
yania.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

O. D. Hoskins has started the Re-
porter at Oronoque, Norton county.
The first number makes very credit
able showing.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
THE LOST CAUSE.
Death Finally Claims jefferson
Davis. It's Leader.
He Dies at the House OF Friend IN New
Orleans--The Remains Viewed by Thou.
sands-The News 1t the War
Department.
Jensrson Davis Dead.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.-Jefferson
Davis died at 1915 o'clock this morn.
ing at the residence of his friend, J. U.
Payne. From the beginning of his
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

We should like to know why Kan
sas is considered 'in luck" by the ap-
pointment of G. S. Martin, of Salina,
as reading clerk of the house and the
bright prospects of several other of
our representatives securing import
ant offices. There is no luck about it.
Ability wins, and congress is not slow
in recognizing the competency of the
men sent by our great state as her
representatives to the national capital
to fill any responsible position to
which they may he elected.
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Christmas at Bayha's New York
Jacket. Don't fail to drop in and SO the
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12

Never before has Colby been honOred
with such a fine display of HOLIDAY
GOODS as can be seen now att Bayha'
NEW YORK RACKET"
Thomas County cat., 1889-12-12
Lying In State.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 8.-The re-
mains of jefferson Davis are lying in
state in the council chamber at the
city hall. The coffin rests upon cata-
falque and is devoid of much Orna-
mentatiOh. The casket has silver
plate, upon which is the simple inscrip-
ton: Jefferson Davis, At Rest" :"
with the date of death.
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should be appeal from the commissions
ers. He thought that returning to the
railroads the rights that are granted to
all citizens of free country would not
destroy the benefits of the railroad law.
He eaid he could not believe that the
bulk of the business men were repre-
sented by the remarks made by those
who had addressed the meeting, or at
least of one or two of them. He be
lieved that Gen. Pope had influenced q
few of the gentlemen to believe in
wrong way.
Mr.. w. r. Geddes stated the position
taken by Gen. Pope and wanted IL an
swered. Mr.. Robinson stated that the
commissioners would know of the I'M
equal rates and would make an order
equalizing the rates, the company would
take the case in court, and that If the
commission could in court show that Its
position was right, the court would up
hold the commissioners.
In reply to question whether the
bill could not be anne nded to meet the
objections raised, it was stated by Mr..
Body that it could not.
Mr. Hall moved that the Board re-
affirm the action of its last meeting.
Mr.. Body stated the work done by
Mr.. Hawley and the employees in circu-
lating the petitions was done honestly
and not with any purpose to mislead.
Mr.. Halls motion was carried unani-
mously.
Mr.. Farr moved that it was the sense
of the Board that it Is favorable to any
legislation that is an equitable adjustment
Of the matter without injustice TO en-
ployes or railroads, or the public. This
motion was also unanimously carried.
Mr.. Robinson asked that all in the
room be allowed to vote, in fairness,
as he had understood that it was to be a
public meeting.
The Board then adjourned and a vote
of all present was taken upon the APP
proval of the bill. The motion was lost,
rs to 10, the railroad employees voting
HvaaD and all ofhara Sno -
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JERRY RUsK.

sented the Sixth congressional district in
the Forty second congress and the Sew
enth district in the Forty-third and
Forty-fourth congresses. For several
years he was a member of the Con-
.gressional Republican committee and
was delegate to the National Republi-
can convention in Chicago in 1880.
He was appointed by President Gar.
field and confirmed by the senate as min
lister to Paraguay and Uruguay, which
appointment he declined. He was also
rendered by President Garfield the posi-
ton of chief of the bureau of engraving
and printing and the mission to Dem
mark. both of which he declined. He
was elected governor in 1881, and was
reelected in 1884, and was again re-,
elected in 1885 as a compliment for his
staunch maintenance of the law and or
der during the period of May, 1885. His
term as governor extended seven years.
which is the longest period of any exec,
utive of the state.
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Since SIX counties, including Stearns
county, fail to report on this matter and
rince the city of st. Paul is omitted from
The Ramsey county report, the actual
number of teachers and the per centage
is really much greater than the above
table shows. As to the normal teachers
in special and independent districts the
report shows that in 1885, $50 of the 1867
normal teachers, or 80 per cent. were
teaching In special or Independent dis
tricts, while in 1888, 648 of 1898 or 80
per cent. were in the special or indepen-
dent districts, showing a decrease of Z
per cent; therefore the entire and re-
markable increase shown in the above
table is in favor of the common rural dis
tricts. From the same table it appears
that in 1888, 1850 Tor 6S per cent of the
normal trained teachers were teaching
in the rural schools instead of almost
exclusively in the cities" Normal grad
yates do gravitate toward the special
and independent districts, but, as better
work is done in each succeeding class in
the normal schools, the undergraduates
become more and more valuable to
country schools. The normal schools
have not SO arranged their courses that
only those who spend several years and
graduate are directly benefited. The
opposite Is their settled policy.
ANSWER TO NO. TWO.
There are probably no schools in the
State which students may attend at 30
little expense as the normal schools.
Every effort has been made to reduce
the expenses to the minimum. The ay-
erage cost of good rooms and wholesome
board is less than So per week. The
fact that 80 per cent. of the students are
children of farmers, mechanics and la
,orers has led to such an organization of
he means of economical living at the
normal schools that no other schools cen
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IN RE CABINET.

N. Y. Sun: Well, it is very respect
able cabinet on the whole, and we con-
graduate President Harrison on the
shrewd political judgment evinced in it's
composition: Yet he should not forget
that experience is the test of all human
wisdom and all manly handiwork.
Chicago Tribune: The new cabinet
will be regarded by the country favora-
bly,. While it contains several men
who have had as vet no trial in public
life, it has no member oflow or doubtful
personal character and none who has
been without the experience of either a
political or business nature.
Boston Herald: Whether or not a ju-
dlcious choice has been made can be bet
ter determined a year hence than now.
Aside from Messrs. Blaine and Window,
the members are, from an administra-
point, of unknown capacity. Mr.. Wan
amaker is likely to prove the more eff
cient of them. Messrs. Proctor. Noble
and Miller are essentially experiments.
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sixty Millions

OF people is what we confidently expect
the next United States census to show
as the population of the Great Republic.
One fourth of the whole number live in
the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas
and Colorado that is, the States reach
ed by the lines of the great Burlington
system. In other words, if you want to
get to the principal cities and towns of a
section which contains one quarter of
cure your tickets via ''The Burlington"
1t goes everywhere, and offers to the
traveller the best accommodations which
money, taste and skill can provide. Its
lines pass through the finest and most
picturesque portions of the West. For
maps, time tables, etc, address w. j. G.
Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul,
MINI.
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SoktN W. NObi@h. pt. iVuAo IA Aoocs
Not meeting with success in the practice
of the law that he expected, he removed
the following year TO Keokuk, Iowa,
where he became prominent at the bar.
AT the breaking out of the war he en-
listed as private in the Third Iowa
cavalry. This regiment was actively
engaged from the beginning to the close
of the war, and distinguished itself in
many battles. Mr.. Noble steadily arose
in it until he became colonel. He was
in the battle of Pea Ridge, was present
at the surrender of Vicksburg, and took
part in the cavalry raid into Alabama
and Georgia. AT the close of the war he
was promoted to brigadier generalship
for meritorious services. He was mus
tered out i'm 1865. After the war Gen.
Noble settled in ST. Louis where. on the
recommendation of Attorney General
Stanberry. he was made United States
district attorney by President johnson.
He resigned his position in 1870 and has
since been engaged in the private prac-
tice of law. His firm is that of Noble q
Orick. He has lived in ST. Louis since
1857
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w. II. d. MILLER studied law at the
same time for two years. He was so
successful as teacher that many of his
friends tried to induce him to make it a
profession.
He preferred the law, however. and
soon entered upon its study under the
instruction of Judge Waite, of Toledo,
Ohio, afterward chief justice of the
United States supreme court. Complet-
ing his studies, he returned to Oneida
county, and was married to Miss Ger
trude A. Bunce, and they then removed
to Fort Wayne, Ind, where NJ Ter ens
tered actively upon the duties of his pro-
fession. Here he remained for eight
years, and three children were born to
him. The eldest is now 90 years of age:
the next, a son, is junior at Hamilton
college, and the third is daughter about
II years of age. Miller rose rapidly in
his profession, and soon stood at the head
of the Fort Wayne bar. His uniform
suavity of manner, his comprehensive
knowledge of law, his fairness in the
trial of causes, all tended to gain for him
the respect and esteem of his associates,
and he soon ranked among the first both
in popularity and amount of business,
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hope to compete with them in this re-
spect. No student is required either by
the rules of the schools or the arrange
ment OF the courses 10 remain longer
than single term. While il is, of
course, highly desirable to complete the
course, il ~ not necessary TO do. 80 TO
gain due proportion OF the benefits.
ANSWER TO No. THREE.
The total expense for running the nor
mai schools last year was $50, 900, IN
steni OF 10000, as alleged. AS shown
in the above table the country received
it's full share of benefit. In fact in the
case OF no other State institutions do the
cities contribute 30 directly and 80 much
for the support of rural interests as in
the case of normal schools. They are
empha;icaily the schools of the common
people for the common people.
ANSWER TO NO. -FOUR.
Az shown above, more than 26 per
cent of the teachers have been trained
in normal schools. Ii it were true that
| only 70 per cent. of the teachers in the
rural schools had attended the normal
schools, this would indicate that the nor
NAL schools had done great work, in
view of the fact that by a conservative
| estimate il requires $500 new teachers
each year to supply the demand in Min
nesota, cnused Ivy increase of schools
and the dropping out of large numbers
OF the 80 per cent. of unframed teachers
whose average term of service is about
two wears. That the normal schools
should have increased the per cent. OF
teachers in four years from Is per cent.
to % per cent. is fact that should bring
to those institutions the highest conf
dence and most generous support of all
those interested in the welfare of the
common schools. 1t should also be re-
membered that these schools have been
asking in vain during the same four
years for increased buildings, appliances
and facilities to enable them to meet the
increased demands.
| ANSWER TO NO. FIVE.
In view of all these facts and circum-
Stances, it is clearly the wisest policy for
the legislature TO grant generous support
to the schools already established by the
State for the purpose of training teach.
ers, so long as they realize, as they clear
lv have done, the needs of their crea.
ton. Their buildings should be in.
creased, their facilities enlarged and all
the needs of their rapidly increasing Ell.
roilment met before the State enters
upon any new and untried plan for train.
ing teachers. which at best would be
very uncertain in Its results.
| EDUCATOR.
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The Burdens of womanbood'

Thousands of women are silently suf-
fering untold misery, simply because
they shrink from consulting physician
in those numerous complaits arising
from fnctional irregularities and disor-
ders. Many modest glrl and woman
prefers to bear her heavy burden in 81
lence rather than to go to the family
physician for advice. All sufferers from
this class OF disorders can, however, find
prompt and sure relief in DR.. Pierce's
in such cases, and has frightened the
lives of countless women by restoring
them to perfect health.
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EXECUTIVE ADVISERS.
vven Who VIII Run The Various
Departments of the Govern.
ment Under Harrison.
Blaine, Window, Proctor, Tracey, No
bic, Wanamaker, Miller and Rusk
Are Their Names.
The Senate Unanimously Confirms All
the NOminatiOns-Sh Sketches
OF Their Lives.

WASHINGTON, March 8. The president
cent to the senate the following nomii a.
tons:
Secretary of state, James G. Blaine, of
Maine.
Secretary of the Treasury, William
Window, OF Minnesota.
Secretary of War, RedHeld Proctor, of
Vermont.
Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin, #.
Tracey, of New York.
Secretary of the Interior, john w. No
BILE, of Missouri.
Postmaster General, John Wanna
maker, OF Pennsylvania.
Attorney General, w. II. ii. Miller, of
Indiana.
Secretary of Agriculture, Jeremiah
Rusk. OF wisconsin.
The senate went into executive session
and the nominations were unanimously
confirmed
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REPORTS from Woonsocket, OAK,
give an account of the trouble of the Far
mer's shipping and purchasing agency.
Twas ever thus. The farmer should
stick to his calling and allow the legiti-
mate business men upon whom he
lives to do the trading. Nine times out
of ten where farmers go into concern
like this the management is left to some
sharp but dishonest fellow who takes
advantage of his employers inexperi.
ence to skin" them and generally a lot
of debts are left behind by him for the
stock holders to pay.