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Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
The Elections Bill Can't Pass.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., December 20.-The
fo-ce bill is dead. A poll of the republican
side of the house has just been completed.
1t shows that should the intended bill get
through the senate and return to the house it
could not now be passed.
But the bill will not come back from the
senate. A canvass made there shows erongh
votes pledged to put aside the force bill for
financial legislation just as soon as the
financial bill is agreed upon.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

A French attorney was writing out
brief. He was in splendid health,
only forty years old, and was writing
rapidly, when all at once he stopped,
and from that moment could not tell
his own name. Memory went out from
him like fash of lightning.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

The excavations of the Greek Arch
biological Society on the Acropolis of
Mycenn have been rewarded by the
discovery of some sixty different OBJ
iects of antiquity, among which are
bronze swords and knives, several
hatchets. razor, round mirror and
some gold ornaments.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Railway Methods.

KANSAS CIT1, No., December lit was
given out that the Missouri Pacific is about
to put on an cent rate on live hogs from
the Missouri river to st. Louis. The rate
was threatened during the meeting in Chi
cago, when it was attempted to equalize the
hog and packing house rates on higher
basis. The road then took the stand that
with an 1S-cent rate on hogs. the st. Louis
differential should be Scents. It is now pro-
posed by that road to prove this claim.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
A COmplete system.

TOPEKA, December 19.-Under the plan
for aiding western counties in need of help,
agreed upon at the conference of the gov
ernor, the railroad commissioners and the
representatives of the railroads, the board of
railroad commissionc rs have appointed l.. J.
Holcomb As aid commissioner of Norton
county and Frank d. Hensley as aid COM
missioner of Rawiins county. The railroads
will handle all aid consigned to these COM
missioners free of charge.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Vengeance Feared.

BIsMARcK, S. D., December 19.-Ths peo-
pie around Bismarck and the Standing Rock
agency are greatly wrought up over the kill
ing Of Sitting Bull and expsess great fears
e to Tie outcome. Thsy think Tie hostile
tbe police wil1 ksve, - - death song Win
continue some weeks
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

THERE is a married man in Atlanta,
Ga, who wears eye glasses with gold
rim. His wife wears eye glasses, too,
and the two pairs are just alike. They
are the parents of three children, the
youngess being ten years of age, and
each of the children is near sighted.
They wear eye glasses, too.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Fort Worth JubiIapt,

FoRr WORTH, TEX, December ia force
Of men has been at work for some time lay
ing out the yards for the Fort Worth a Den
yaT or Union Pacific road. near Fort Worth,
where the big shops of that system are to be
built. The materials for the tracks and the
timber for the building are now being re-
ceived on the ground, and contract has
inst been made for 100 car loads of stone to
be used IN the construction of the buildings.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
ceneral Brooke Hopeful.

CHICAGO, December 17.-General Brooke
telegraphs to headquarters as follows: "Ail
Indians who can now be brought in are here
Pine Rioge) or near here. leaving 200 bucks
in the Bad lands. who refuse to listen to any
one or anything. Against these hostiles
will send force sufficient to capture or tight
them. The Indians nov out have great
maay stolen horses and cattle with them.
hone TO be able to end this matter.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Drowned While Skating.

AURORA, ILL.,, December 20.-Three young
women. who were skating, broke through the
ice and two of them were drowned.
As they went through the ice their screams
attracted a crowd. which succeeded in res
cuing Miss Kittie Rider. but the other two,
who were daughters of Mrs. Kate Mclcher,
disappeared under the ice.
After a search of over an hour the police
found the body of one of them.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

SOME dudes, who were annoying
Chinamen at Sedalia, Mo-, were aston
ished when he suddenly mounted one
of their bicycles and rode away, his
que streaming straight out behind
him, as if Old Nick were after him.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Alabama Goal Miners.

BIRMISGHAM, Ala, December 2.-The
coal miners strike has assumed serious
turn, and one that threatens to close every
industry in this district.
The members of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron and Steel Workers held a
meeting and passed resolutions of sympathy
and pledged support to the strikers. They
refuse to work with coal mined by the con
vict or syndicate miners.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
A Gain for Prohibition,

BISMARCK, n. D., December 2O.-The liquor
of Senator Kinter, democrat, who states in
an interview that ne will vote to MAINTAIN
prohibition. He says that two or three other
democrats will stand with him. Several re-
publicans who were supposed to be for
license have declared for prohibition. Sena-
tor Worst, republican. stated that he thought
license men had a majority in the legislature.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

A YOUNG man of Menominee, Mich,
who surrendered So, 800 Of embezZled
money and was let off on account of his
friends, requested of his employers q
letter of recommendation to assist him
in getting another place.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
What VIII Result.

ST. Paul, December 1s.-The effect OF the
death of Sitting Bull is problematicaI. He
was not a cnlef in the 9>r.se of being leader
in battle. and had ..ever been addressed as a
chief by any alilitary commander. The
leaders hated aIm, and ~ill not attempt to
avenge his death. The ghost dancers may
attempt to seek revenge.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

tn French minister of war lately
offered prize for the swiftest bird in
fight from Perigueux to Paris, 80
miles. There were 2.749 entries, and
the winner did the distance in hours
81 minutes.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

THE number of males and females is
about equal and their average life is
about thirty-three years; onefourth of
:he inhabitants die before they reach
their fiftieth year. OF 1000 persons
,nly one reaches the age Of one hun
ired years; of every hundred only
six reach the age of sixty-five, and not
,ne in 500 live to see their eightieth
rear
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Charged With BoodlinR.

OKLAHOMA CITY. December 19.-The Even
ing Gazette says it has made a complete in
vestigation of the actions of the legislature,
and exposed several of them as receivers of
Doodle for voting on the various capital bills.
Altogether, says the Gazette, $35, 500 has
been paid out to bribe legislators.
The Gazette claims to be prepared to give
a list of the men who were bought, and how
much they were paid, and the names of the
men by whom it can be proved.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
To Punish Gambling.

WAsHINGTo;S. d. c., December 18.-Repre-
sentative Hopkins, of Illinois, has introduced
a bill making 1t unlawful for any person to
agree to sell at future time any gold or
silver bullion or certificates representing de-
posts of the same with any trust company
or bank, when at the time of making the
agreement the party is not the owner of the
property. 1t also prohibits any stock ex-
change from listing such gold and silver GER
tificateS
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Few of those who fasten their gloves
with the ingenious little snap button
in use for few Years past know the
history of the contrivance. 1t was in
vented by an American, who tried in
vain TO enlist in his invention the inter-
est of American capitalists. Nobody
could see any promise in the tiny bit of
mechanism, and the inventor finally be-
took himself to France. There he found
capital, and the invention speedily be-
came popular. Now the inventor and
capitalists interested are getting rich
out of the contrivance, and even the
American agency is proving a mint of
money. The fastener. at first applied
chiefly to gloves, is now affixed to um-
brellas and to dozen other articles of
daily use. Made of silver, it is put
upon ornamental pocket-books, port
folios and the like.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

A DOCTOR and undertaken heard of
man who was hurt near Menominee,
and rode to the scene of the accident in
the same rig, the former taking his pill
box and the latter his coffin. The doc
tor got the job.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Opposed to Home Rule.

DUBLIN, December 20.-Rev. Mr.. Park, of
the Presbytery assembly of Belfast, has is
sued an address to his brethren IN Great Brit
ain in behalf, he says. of million and quar-
ter of Irish non-conformists, who are unani-
mously opposed to home rule, except in a
shape OF local government engrossed by the
imperial parliament
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
COMMITTEES on Revision.

ToPKxA, December O.-Two years ago the
Kansas state senate appointed a committee
to revise certain portions of existing state
laws. This Committee is composed of five
republican senators-Murdock of Butler.
Harkness of Clay, Kimball of Labette,
Moody of Linn, and NJ. c. Kelly of Crawford.
Senator Murdock, speaking Of the work. said
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

FLORENCE BLYTHE, aged sixteen, of
San Francisco, who lately came by
way of the very toughest kind of liti-
cation into an estate worth nearly 81
100000, has asked the court for an al
towance of $1,000 month, or, in all,
about 100000, dating from her faith
er's death in April. 1888. The girl
pleaded that she needs about 81, 1,OO0 a
month for her maintenance and educa-
hon. The court finally allowed her a
back allowance of $500 a month, or
s30,0G1, and future allowance of
$500.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Increased Internal Revenue.

WASHINGTON, D. C., December 20.-The
total collections of internal revenue for the
first five months of the present fiscal year
show an increase of 81, ~, ,s59 over the cor
responding period last year. The increase
on tobacco is S1.3s2, 7S3 and on fermented
liquors 81, ,5OS, ,316.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

IF man eats pound of beef, NUT
ton or other flesh every day, in q year
he viii consume 365 pounds. and in sixty
years 400 pounds of meat. he viii
eat the same amount Of vegetables snd
quits Is mudh bread - Asrs ~ x&6e0
pounds more. he VIII drink every day
two quarts Of coffee. tea. wins, beer
or water, making total Of 10000 gal
Ions, or about one hundred and seventy
five hogsheads of liquid. This estimate
does not include the probability that he
will eat forty or fifty lambs, with mint
sauce, 1000 spring chickens, about five
hundred pounds of butter and 10000
or $4,000 eggs, and four hogsheads of
sugar. If all this supply were piled
up on the scales it would weigh over
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
No Military Honors-

WARRINGTON. d. C., December 2O.-The
military honors connected with the funeral
of the late General Terry, rendered by the
secretary of war and Major General Schofeld,
commanding the army, have been declined
by the family, it having been decided by
them not to have any military display.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Wants a Time IKE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December is.-Repre-
sentative Pierce, of Tennessee. has introduced
a resolution in the house requesting the ways
and means committee to report to the house
by Monday, January 5, the suo-treasnry oiii,
and that the Monday following be fixed for
its consideration.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Ar Holly Springs, Gs., dog fell
into a well and staid there fourteen
days before his owner found him. He
was taken out and is doing we'll
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

THE probable value of all the dia-
monds in the world, according to re-
cent estimate, is about LOCO, 900, 900.
The worlds diamond trade is car
ried on by about 5000 dealers,
With total stock of not far from $780,,
100000. The stones are prepared for
market by perhaps 4,500 cutters and
polishers, principally in Amsterdam,
Antwerp, Paris and the Jura.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
IdahQ,a Sana4ora

Boise CITY, IDAHO, December 0.-In joint
session the legislature elected Governor
George L. Shoup, ]. ". Mcconnell and
Fred 7. Dubois United States senator's,
Shoup and Mcconnell with short terms and
Dubois the long term
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
The Seventaen+h Irs.,

The Seventeenth Infantry.
DKxvKR, COL, December 19.-Seven COM
panies of the Seventeenth infantry, stationed
st Fort Russell. near Cheyenne, have been
ordered to leave Immediately for Pine Ridge.
North Dakota.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
SNOW BLOCKADE.
Heaviest Fall of Snow in Five
Years.

All Wires Down-Horses Killed by
Electric Wires-TraIns Delayed
lndefinitely-West Union Had
Not a Single Wire Out OF Pitts
burg.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
DENIED.
Tho Associated Press Inter-
view of Kansas Men.

Chairman Chase Says the Kansas
Delegation Would Have Been
Called Upon to Explain II They
Had Done Otherwise Than They
Did-General Rice Agrees.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Washing powders are strong alkalies, and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtalnable is
Soap has been acknowledged for "a years to
be the purest of all. Try it right away.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Mrs. Winsisw's Soothing syrup fer Call
dFen teething, softens the 9ums, reduces inham-
matioA- allays pain - viAd collie. sc q bottla.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY,
The Most Interesting Period of a WON.
ans Life

,IME was when to
be sixteen was the
best thing tn a t
could happen to a
young girl. 1t was
the age of dewy
freshness, of inno-
cent impressibility
and of all the 9TH
er delightful but
rather yerdant vir-
tues which have
won the heart of
the poet to song
and wooed the
mind of the sage
to something bet
ter than his phi
,,losophy. But sweet
sixteen is in short
dresses to-day and
still under the rule
of her governess.
Her a if e ctions 8
have not vet de-
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Garfield Tea has cured constipation of
twenty two years standing: housewives will
find it a priceless boon. Restores the COM
plexion.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Coughs and Colds. Those who are suffer-
ing from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, etc.,
should try BRowS's BRONCHIAL TRocHKs.
Sold OntV in bOres.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

joint committee on immigration vii begin
an investigation on the 23d Of this month
into the purchase of American industries oy
foreign capitalists and the effect thereof upon
the condition of American workmen.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

WAmmaroz. D. c., December 30-CoIlec-
tor of Customs Milne has seized the German
schooner Adele, which returned Sunday from
Behring sea, where it raided the Pribyleoff
islands, killing 400 seals.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
A Gross Exaeeeration.

ROME. December 1s.-The report of the
critical illness of the rope was gross exag-
geration. His holiness is suffering from a
slight cold, but he was able to give audience
to the cardinals.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

The nickel-in-t the-slot machine never robs
itself. When it is not working it keeps the
nickel
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

An uptown man recently left his family
and has not since been found, although his
nose turned up.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

fity-five tons, and Il stored would m
. cotton warehouse from floor TO
ceiling
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

The prospect is that potatoes will circulate
on par with silver dollars before snow flies.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
COLBY,

Bos1oN means to give John Boyle
OReilly a monument that shall cost
lot less than $4,000.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25


parted from her dolls, and she treats
the few young men of her acquaint-
with the simplicity of a child. 1t
was good thing once to be 16; it is
good thing now to be 20; to be %
is better still; but to be % Is to be
blest!
There is no time in woman's life
when she is SO delightful married or
unmarried, but particularly the lat
ter, said an observing man, "as she
is from % to 80 She still has the en-
thusiasm of youth, and much OF the
tolerant sense of middle life. Her
Judgment is mature, and her opinions
carry weight. The shyness and timidity
of her girlhood have passed into poise
of manner and gracious dignity that
places her friends at once at their easy
best. She has had experience, and
that experience has given her clear
understanding of the world as it really
is and of herself without illusions.
Therefore her estimates and criticisms
of life are sharp and sure, and usually
to be trusted, because she has no the
ories to bolster up and no illusions to
perpetuate."
But there is something to be said
on the other side" said a woman of 26
who heard him. at may look like
very smooth sailing from the outside,
but one can have little idea how much
tact it takes to steer straight in the
narrow path of the five years that lie
between 25 and 80. In the first place
q woman at that age hardly knows
where to place herself. She is neither
young nor old. She is what Julian
Hawthorne calls still young and the
little adjective adds ten years at a
stroke. If a woman who is only still
young takes the coy and kittenish role
she makes herself Immortality ridicu-
lous, and deservedly so. She has
sometimes even to fear letting herself
be spontaneous and natural, lest some
one shall dub her the 'girlish old girl
To be older than her years makes a
prig OF her at once, and men and gods
will shun her
10 the very young man she must
be grandmotherly without hurting his
dear little vanity by superior wisdom
and patronage To the middle-aged
uidu sue must IcSpOuu Will q IuoeuAAe.
of Judgment that matches his own, and
yet she must continually suggest the
innocence of 16. To the man between
the two she may perhaps be nearer her
natural self. and yet even with him she
has continually to remember that
she must never assume the equality of
knowledge or experience or judgment
which she is sure she really possesses.
She is often truer in her judgments
and wiser in her conclusions than he
is: he must never suspect it. She
may be cleverer than he, but she must
be clever enough to conceal it. She
must follow him always, but, like little
Iulus, it must be nth unequal foot
steps,, or his VANITY - wounded. From
25 to 30 . woman 1fhe most difficult
part Of her ifeto shs has to dis
i! i! =: ]! J! ] ! 8 s
The strikers 4 siia sent tsle-
graphic message q, fhGr brethren IN
London saving {hak thew reuujred
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

1t may be said of man who invests in
quarry that his lot is a hard one.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25
Parnell's Disgrace.

LONDON, December 1s.-The action OF the
Edinbura town council in striking Mr.. Par
nell's name from the Inst Of citizens OF the
town was taken q full meeting Of The
:: a = :; = ese5|e|es g =
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

The strikers n Aun>a aiia sent : tsle-
graphic message Is fheir brethren in
London saying that they required
500, 900 to win thin struggle against
their employers. They guarantee the
repayment of the money and say that
if it is sent to them the success of their
strike is assured. The London COM
mittee is considering the advisabihty
Of raising the amount desired and send
ing it to Australia.
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she elung TO Castoria,
When she bad Children, she gave them Caseoria,
Thomas County cat., 1890-12-25

Even the sage likes his own nonsense.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-10
The Wrong Approach to Browning.

IL may be that Browning can never speak
to the largest audience; but it is certain that
the audience TO hear him and know him will
not be as large even as it should be-as large
as, IL report be true, he himself felt with
some resentment that it ought to be-until
mems minds are cleared of cant about him.
What is the reason why men without touch
of the Philistine in them should aggravate
one by persisting in approaching Browning's
work as though it involved first of all some
kind of intellectual crux-the employment OF
some other faculties than those that common.
ly receive true poetryi
They would resent the imputation, per
haps, but have they not been made uncon
sciously to assume that the field is one OF
thistles by the wagging of some possibly
long cared head over "Sordello,n or the no
tion that he who enters here must swear full
allegiance to The Ring and the BookY" Not
every head is of that description that find.
interest even in the former of those two po
ems, and the latter and its successors have
their own great place and function; but why
insist upon opening at ''Sordello" or "The
Ring and the Book" poet who has given u.
between them a whole cycle of the most di
rect, human, living poems in tue language
Nobody insists upon our exclusive interest In
the second part of Faust. THE Point OF
View in Scribner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-10
Attic Emperor. Tomb.

BERLIN, March 10.-The impe la
mausoleum at Charlottenburg was dtdi-
Gated Sunday. The route To the tomb
was lined with sight, seers, who uncOv-
cred their heads as the imperial party
passed on its way to attend the cere-
mony. The services were OF an impres
sive character. and were conducted by
Court Chaplain Koegel. The knights
OF the Black Eagle were pres
ent, headed by Count Won Molike.
Prince Bismarck was absent. Before re-
turning TO the palace the emperor and
members Of his family placed wreaths up
on the collins OF William and Angus "a,
which were completely hidden from sight
by the quantities of fresh flowers Il at
were heaped upon them.
To mark the anniversary Of the des Ia
OF his grandfather. Emperor William l.,
the emperor today sent an aid de camp
To Herr Won BoettIcher. the minister Of
the interior. with the decoration OF
the order OF the Black Eagle. Accompl-
nyiug the decoration was letter In
the emperors's own handwriting. in which
be associates the honor with the memory
of the late emperor. to whom he refers as
the pioneer OF the social reform move
ment. which he says he has resolved to
pursue with all persistence. In his ef>
forts TO carry out the desired reform the
emperor says he has found Herr Won
Boettlcher his main supporter. The III
cident is much remarked in connectio n
with the rumors that Herr Won Boetticber
will succeed Prince Bismarck in the offlre
Of chancellor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-10
The Enssinn Method.

In tie course Of his tour of inspection
through the Caucasus this autumn Prince
Dondukoff- Korsakof passed close TO the vii
lage Of Starry Yoort, where ii native colonel
was not long previously murdered out of
revenge, and where the murderers were be-
ing screened from the authorities by the in
habitants. As they refused to give up the
assassins, the prince ordered all the iuhab-
itants of the village to be assembled on his
route two miles of. Here the prince refused
TO accept their greeting of bread and salt,
and rated them right soundy in the severest
terms Of the Russian vocabulary At the
same time he ordered their elders to be ar
rested on the spot and gave them one month
in which TO surrender the murderers If
they remained recalcitrant at the end of
that term, the severest punishment was to be
inflicted.
With the usual obstinacy of the Chechenlis
tribes, who continue their opposition to Russia
as long as, If not any longer than, any of the
other tribes of the Caucasus, the murderers
were not given up at the end of the month,
whereupon military execution" was or
dered to be made. AT daybrcak the village
was surrounded by a Gordon of troops, and
ali the inhabitants were disarmed and for
hidden to ever carry arms again. A detach-
ment of troops was then quartered in the
village, and 300 rubles was exacted for the
benefit of the murdered mans family An
elder was also appointed and sent by the au-
thoritles, with a salary to be paid by the
village Of 900 rubles year. The murderers
have now at last been surrendered, and the
troops consequently withdrawals. Peters
burg Letter