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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
WISE USE OF MONEY.

Why Every Young Man and Boy Should
Aim to Lay BY Small Weekly Savings.
But very few young people know the
true use for the money they earn. 1t is
first to pay for subsistence; second in
aid to those needing charity; third, and
last, as a source OF income or accumtt-
lation. TO spend money for any other
purpose is to waste it. Everything pur-
chased should be of real and subs,an-
tial value, convertible into other and
greater value if possible. No one can
afford to give his time and genius to
earning money and then eXpend what
he has earned for that which is not sub
stantial Far better is it to accumu-
late and hold ones earnings until the
time for death comes. and then turn it
over to some worthy charity, where it
may do good for the unfortunate.
Every one can earn enough and more
than enough to meet all his wants and
needs if they be as moderate As they
should be, and if he finds he has a sur
plus. which he is certain of. he can be-
stow it upon those who have been I'M
fortunate. In expanding money the
young man should always ask himself:
'.Do need this" He should not ask:
..Do l want this?' Wants are, too
often, the children of children. There
is nothing manly in giving away to de-
sres and being governed by them. 10
do SO is to become the slave Of morbid
appetite. How many men. in the
evening OF their days. looking
back can see that they have
earned Millions of dollars. even. and
vet have not managed to save to them
seves a single hundred. 1t is this
which embitters the close of life. The
man sees that he has been not only less
frugal than he should have been, but
wastefui. His hard-earned money has
slipped out of his hands in drblets as
fast as he could earn it. He has spent
it for useless things. He has even
damaged his health in indulgences
which were poisonous to his physical
and mental systems. When young
man secures employment he should
firmly rcsolve-"'out of my earnings all
necessary expenses shall be paid. The
remainder | will rigidly reserve for
aver tat all young men will meet
period when five hundred dollars would
prove the first step TO a competence to
support them in odd age. Then it
should be the aim of every mechanic
or other industrial TO secure that sum-
1t may take two or three years to secure
It If SO. all the more reason for Sc
curing it. Money TO one SO long ac-
cumulating such sum is of far greater
value tG him than to one who gets it
ahead in one year. But above all. the
pursuit of this course makes better C IT,
zen and a better man. IN all respects. of
the one engaged in it, than does the So
called liberal and open-hearted gen
erous" life. The latter is the life of a
spendthrift who becomes besmirched
with all the evils of humanity, and too
often ending in wreck. ruin and dis
grace. The popularity is among his
own class. and not worth haying. At
tdRy Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
same width all the way, it would still

same width all the way, it would still
look uneven.
In greater matters. the false report OF
the eye is greater. If tapering mon
ument like that on Bunker Hill OK ike
the Obelisk in Central Park, were made
with perfectly straight sides, it would
look TO uS-for. you see. We really can
not trust our own eyes-as if 1t were
followed in a little; or, as we should
say In more scientific language, its
sides would appear concave.
Those clever Greeks, who did so
many marvellous things in art, thought
all this out. and made their Architecture
upon principles SO subtle and so COM
prehensive that we have never been
able to improve on them since. They
found that their beautiful Doric col
ums, If made with straight sides, had
the concave effect of which | have
spoken; and so, with the most delicate
art in the world, they made the pillar
swell a little at the middle, and then it
appeared exactly right.
This swelling of the column at its
middle was called estasis. OF course i:
had to be calculated with the greatest
nicely, and was actually so very slight
that it can only be detected by delicate
measurements; but it added greatly to
the beauty of the columns and to their
effectiveness.
Then the lines which were to look
horizontal had to receive attention. If
you look at long. perfectly level line,
as the edge of a roof, for instance. it
has the appearance of sagging toward
the middle. The Greek architect cor
rected this fault by making his lines
rise little. The front of the Parthe-
non. at Athens. is one hundred and one
feet three and half inches long. and,
in this, the rise from the horizontal is
about two aud one-eighth inches. In
other words, there is curvature up
ward that makes it little more than
two inches higher in the center than at
the ends, and the effect of this swelling
upward is to make the lines appear per-
fectly level. Indeed. this same Parthe-
non the most beautiful building in the
wor.d-when delicately and carefully
measured was found to be everywhere
made little incorrect, so that it may
appear right, which is certainly what
may be called an architectural paradox.
The graceful columns, which seem to
stand SO straight, are made to lean in
ward little. since, if they were per-
fecuy true and plumb, they would have
the effect of leaning outward. The pill
lars at the corners slant inward more
than the others, and everywhere the
corners are made to look square by be-
ing in truth a little broader angled.
and lines are curved in order that they
shall appear straight to the eye.-ArIe
DateS in st. Nicholas
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Colonel J. Annoy Knox. one OF
the editors of Teras Sittings. is SAID 10
smoke twenty cigars daily. 1hat
what makes him so funny. IL
Times
The late Emery A. Storrs could
not save money. His annual income
was twenty-five thousand dollars a
year. but he left no personal estate
Chicago Ncrs.
Rev. Moses A. Hopkins. recently
appointed Minister to Liberia. used to
be hotel porter in Pittsburgh. and
prepared himself for college while IN
that employment. Pittsburgh Post.
Oscar Wilde has written Il poem
about his baby, beginning with these
| lines:
20 BABY boy. thine eres are like mine own,
As blue as heaven. us tender as tnc dove
Mr.. Spurgeon has at length con-
pleted The Treasury of David, wnich
he commenced to write twenty-ont
years ago. He has also in the press j
new work ent tied. Storm Signals.
They tell funny story in Hart
ford. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe.
speaking of the length CT her residence
in that city, said: Il don't remembez
when l came; do not live by years.
This beng repeated to Mark Iva Ii.
81 wish he observed, 1.-The tax col
lector would adopt that principle. y
Calvin f Stowe was a fine scholar.
the first in his class in college. of grea,
wit, a most attractive speaker and
once very prominent before the world.
But the fame of his second wife
author of "Uncle Toms Cabin'-be-
all out, and was finally only known as
Mrs. Stoves husband. '-Ecery Other
Saturday.
Robert Bonner is past sixty and
worth S5,000,00O or So. 100000. No
man is better satisfied with his paper,
his fortune, his Presbyterianism, his
horses and himself. And he ought to
be. having begun as a type-setter, with
out friends or influence, and having
achieved his present position by I'M
tagging energy and perseverance,
Y. journal.
Perhaps the most notable example
of a story which was offered to pub
Usher after publisher only to be re-
turned to its author. is that of Robinson
Cruso. 1t was at last printed for w.
Taylor, at the shop in Pater Noster
Row, MDCCXIX." 1t proved gold
mine for the plucky publisher. He
made profit of one hundred thousand
pounds out of the venture. 4.
Tribune.
Mr.. Spofford, the Librarian of Con-
gress, recently told a correspondent thai
literary activity in the United States is
on the increase. and that about one thou
sand more copyrights have been granted
during 1885 than at 4 corresponding
time in 1884. This increase is largely
due to the great number of articles
copyrighted by newspapers and maga-
zines. Of his american Almanac. >
MIR. SpoASrd said: ut has not very
large circulation. The library edition
reached last year about eighteen hum
dred, and seven thousand of the paper
edition were sold, the last, however, at
SO cheap price that they barrel paid
the cost of publication. ~ Y. Posi-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
HUMOROUS,

"A ''duck of a girl must be yer,
closely watched. or ten to one she'll go
off and marry some quack. Chicago
Sun.
Rufus Hatch says that the farmer
| is boss of the situation. SO he is, bu
still the boys will get away with the ap
piles occasionally. -Htiadetphia Cali.
The great advantage. of beng ricl
is that man can wear cd clothe
without exciting remark. There are
other tritling advantages, but no
worthy of mention just now Toledo
Blade.
IL can't make head nor tail cat OF
this letter from George" remarked Mr.
Porcine to his wife" I'm not sur
prised." returned that estimable lady
George shutters 50 badly, you know
Chicago Rdnb er.
-Passenger--Oh. Captain. Is there
any cure for seasickness? Captain
Oh, yes; sure cure. Passenger ,as
steamer pitches and rolls)-Glve me
some quickly Captain-Only cure
know of is to lie on your back on green
grass and look AT the stars. -Phila-
de fjItia Call
A dry-goods advertisement says:
."Every5ody knows that Faille Fran
caise is crowding hard upon gros- grain
lk." We beg leave to differ with the
statement. There are no doubt dozen
persons right here in this town vino
are not aware that such Il momentous
occurrence was eventuating.- NOrris-
torn HCrdtd.
Wife Cat a late hour) - We'll
where in the world have you been?
Husband-To tell you the (hic) truth.
m dear. some OF the (hic) boys at the
oils gone way on thic) vacations.
y'kaow. an--aD shorthanded, homes
truth. m dear, s help me. Wife
You seem 10 have filled the vacancy
pretty full.
-Nlaterfamilias TO Tommy, who is
helping himself literally to currant
jam at the supper table)-Tommy.
after the solemn warning l shou u
think you would not eat SO much pre-
serves. Tommy--What solemn warn.
ing, mamma? Matertamilias - The
death OF Jumbo; he died of too mucn
jam. You knuw.-PinsJurgh Chronicle
Ie.egrash
A Usefxl Tmepiece: 81 Jackson.
from the Dd Vale settlement came to
Austin not long since. and his first cal
vas en- q matchmaker. dis hean
watch has gstten sumtin' de mater
wild hit" The matchmaker examined
it carefully. asd asked how long since
it bad been running. '.Hit hahn be
running for NOAH den yeah" %" by
didn't you bring it sooner?" ''Bekase
l couldn't get asoag widout it"-Ie1ds
S4iings
-Erudite grocer balancing a can OF
peaches in his b.;Ea)-My dear mad
am. Gid you know that we really knew
nctiIxs about cann.ng fruit and vege-
tables antil the ruins Of Pompeii were
and SD endid spec mems re-
covered. canned over twenty centuries
ago? Snaptish lady customer No.
didn't know it But did know your
canned goods were very old. How
ong before you will have yenr stock
rom Pompeii worked OF? - Chicago
Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
THOSE CLEVER GREEKS.

How They Managed In Their Architecture
to Csuntsract Natural Fault sf the
Eye.
If you tura a book upside down and
look at the letters, every will seem
much smaller at the bottom than at the
top. although, when the book is prop
erly held. both halves sppear the same
size to the eye.
The upper par; of the type that prints
the letter 10 made smasler than the
lower half to correct the fault OF the
eve, which always slightly sxaggerates
the former, When the letter Is turned
over. this same trick of the sight makes
the difference seem greater than it real
u is; and. of course. were it OF the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
A LITTLE GIRL.

When mamma was little girl
Or SO they say TO me-.
She never used TO romp and run,
Nor shout and scream with noisy fun,
Nor Climb an apple-tree.
She always kept her HAIR in curl
When mamma was littse girl.
When mamma was little cir.
OF seems Z Ter, you see,
She never used to tumble down,
Nor break her doll, nor tear her gown,
Nor drink her papa tea.
She iearnei TO knit, plain, scam and
..-purl,'-
When mamma was a little girl.
But grandma Says-it must be true
How fast the seasons o or us whirl.
Your mamma. dear, was just Ike you,
When she was grandma Little girl!
-GIdce +. COotidgG, IN 81. -ItctotGs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

is possible, for short time, to the robust,
but the majority of refined persons would
prefer immediate death to existence in
their reeking atmosphere. How much
more revolving to be in ones self liring
se,cer. But this is actually the case with
those in whom the inactivity of the liver
drives the refuse matter of the body to
escape through the lungs, breath, the
pores, kidneys and bladder. 1t is aston
tshing that life remains in such dwelling.
DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery
restores normal purity to the system and
renews the whole being.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
Listen to Yonr Wife

one OF the ~
Windows
Looking on the woodland WAYS! With
clumps of rhodOdendroms and great masses
OF May blOssoms!! "There was an inter.
esting group
1t included one who had been "Cotton
Spinner" but was now SO
Paraiyzed.!!
That he could only bear to lie in a reclin-
ing position.
This refers to my case.
l was first Attacked twelve years ago
with "LocOmcteT Ataxy''
"a paraiytc disease OF aer, fioer rarel curetD
and was for several years barely aole to get
about
And for the last Five years not able to
attend to my business, although
Many things have been done for me-
The last experiment being Nerve stretchilS-
Two years ago was voted into the
Home for Incurab,es! Near Manchester,
in May, 1882.
/ am no "Advocate;" For anything IN
the shape Of patent Medicines?
And made many objections to my dear
wifeS constant urging to try EOp B:ttorS,
but finally to pacify her
Consented!
had not quite finished the first bottlo
when felt a change come over me. This
was Saturday, November Sd. On Sunday
morning felt so strong l said to my room
companions, 81 was sure ! could
walk!
So started across the floor and back.
hardly knew how to contain myself. Twas all ,ver
the house. am gaining strength each day, and can
walk quite safe without any
stick"
Or Support.
am now at my own house, and hope soon to he sbis
to earn my own living again. have been member
Of the Manchester
Royal Exchange"
For nearly thirty years and mos. heartily
graduated on going into the room on Thursday last
Very gratefully yours. JOHN BLACKBURN.
MANCHESTER (Eng0 Dec. ~ 1883.
Two years later am perfectly well.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

"Her face so fair, as flesh It seemed not,
But heavenly portrait of bright Angels hue,
Clear as the sky, without blame or blot.
Through goodly mixture Of complexion
due,
And in her cheeks the vermeil red did show. u
This is the poets description of a woman
whose physical system was in perfectly
sound and healthy state, with every func-
mon acting properly, and is the enviable
condition of its fair patrons produced by
DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
Any druggist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
AT A music teachers meet;

At a music teachers meeting one
level-headed man suggested that pu-
pills should use. at least for the mere
finger practice, a dumb piano. Mex,
TO the blessed memory of the man who
first invented sleep would be he who
should introduce dumb piano. Then
If Re would force steamboat men and
railway companies 10 use dumb steaf.s
whistles. and apply the same principle
10 tie tn ng babes life would again be
quite worth living.-CAicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

II when you call for Hop Btters the druggist hands
out anything but Hop Bitters with green cluster
of Hops on white label. shun that druggist as you
would a viper; and If he has taken your money for
bogus stuff indct him for the fraud and sue him for
damages for the swindle. and We will reward you
literally for the conviction.
See U. S: Court injunction against c. D. Warner
Reading Mich. and all his statesmen and agents.
Druggists, and other tmitators. take warning.
HOP BITTERS MFG CO.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

PIXIES TOOTHACHE DROPS cure I'm minute,25c
Glenns Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. PC
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Buttons
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
A YOUNG lady gave rs a reason for NJ
marrying man. that b. didn't suffer.

KARL went out with his mamma ona
morning to see a plant which had been re-
Gently set in the ground, and which was
dropping. Mamma" said he, ''you think
the little plant is wilted, but it isn't; it
hasn't walked up et."-Albdny Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

A YACHrSNAN who went to see what
color the wind was found it blew.-N l.
NelcS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

WHY is a balloon voyager greatly to be
envied? Because he rises rapidly in the
world, and has most excellent prospects.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
Throw Away Trusses

and employ the radical, new method,
guaranteed to permanently cure the worst
cases of rupture. Send two letter stamps
for references, pamphlet and terms.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

BANKER-Now there's that Snuffen-he's
a promising young man. Tailor-Yes, I've
always found him that.-Rochester E.1.
press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

BAsE.R.LL is curious game. So soon
~ a player gets out he is obliged to come
In.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

"A California farmer keeps five hun
dred hens which he houses in coop.
built Oh wheels, so that hs can move
them about his fields of whoa: stumble.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
StuMng Up.
For all forms Of nasal

For all forms OF nasal
:atarrh where there IL
iryness OF the air pas
rage with what is com
monty called "stufine
up," Ely's Cream Balm
gives Immediate relief,
Its benefit to me has
been pricelese.-A. G
CHASE, NJ. D.. Mill
wood, Kan.
Being q sufferer from
chronic catarrh. anC
having derived grcat
benefit from the use O.
Ely's Cream Balm l car
highly recommend It,
B. FRANKEN, Druggist
Sigourney. Iowa.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

No ONE ever hears any complaint of q
mlsfit when an old house tries on a coat Of
paiut.-ChtcagO Nail.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

TIE best way to keep hawks from chick
ems is to eat the chickens.-MacOH Iele
gfGph.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

A DENTIST advertises "Teeth inserted
without pain" This shows one marked
difference between a dentist and dog
". Y. Graphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

"WHAr is the worst thing about richest"
asked the Sunday-school Superintendent.
And the new boy said: "Not having any"
-,BOStOn Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

THERE was brief but heated contest be-
tween a Burlington woman and a book
agent the other day. The book agent used
explosives and the woman used hot water.
Huntington lFL) Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05
SCrOfuIa Of Lungs.

lam now 40 years old. and have suffered for the last
fifteen years with lung trouble. have spent thou
sands Of dollars to the march Of this disease
but temporary relief was all that obtained. ] was
unfit for any manual labor for several years. Afnend
strongly recommended the use Of Swifts Specific Is
S. 81, claiming that he himself had been greatly
benefited by its in lung troubled. Iresolved
totry 1t. The results remarkable. My cough has
left me. my strength has returned. and weigh sixty
pounds more than ever did In my life. 1t has been
three years since stopped the use Of the medicine.
but have had return Of the disease and there are
pains weakness felt In my lungs. do the hard
est kind OF work. To. HOLT.
Montgomery, Ala, June q, 1886.
Swifts Specific Is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and skin Diseases mailed free.
TEE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer s. Atlanta, Ga. or
~ W. I'D Street, N. Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

\ TERRIBLE scrape-a five-cent shave
Hartford Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

IT is school again these days. The same
thing may also be said of the nights.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

The scientific name for dentist is O.
Don't olosist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

How TO become practically acquainted
with the ''Rule of Tnree"-Live with your
wife, mother and mother -in-Ia-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

INQUIRER asks: What must do t. make
my hands soft! Do nothing.-BOstOn
COruier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

How To make slipper case-First catch
your boy and then
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

ALAS for the lass that is given to lassi.
tule.-Kentucky STATE Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

LISTEN to your wife," says \ medical
advertisement What terrible remediea
they do get nowadays.-BOstOn Tran
script.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

No ONE can surpass deaf mute in ex-
pressing silent contempt
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

AN authority on such matters says that
a woman may take a mans hand, but
must not shake it II she must shake
something she can shake the man.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

TIE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Zoe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

ply sician in . Southern city writes that he had
tried some Of the foods highly praised In the medical
journals for bis own infant; and, though some were
better than others, were right in their action
upon the bowels. The little one pinned, and they had
almost despaired Of its life, when Ridges Food
tried and the little one IT once improved and perfect
action Of the bowels resulted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
A Specimen Oregon Girl.

Portland (Ore.) Correspondence Kansas City Times.
The women are very expert horsewomen. The
writer recently approached a mansion situated
on Poverty Flat, and observed the daughter of
the house in the front yard, c~linching q mans
saddle on an Oregon horse that objected to this
proceeding. She was about the age where
standing with reluctant feet womanhood and
childhood meet" l offered my assistance as she
was hopping around on her right foot, her left
foot in the stirrup, while sho firmly grasped the
bride bit in her left hand. The cayuse mean
while was making bad bounds, believing as only
an Oregon horse can below. and standing first
on his hind feet and then on his head. mo.
thanks; | can manage him, " she said, and vaulted
into the saddle, not sidewise, but otherwise.
The instant the girl gained the saddle, and the
horse felt that she was there, down went his
head, an arch sprung in his back, and away he
went, jumping stiff-legged over sage brush six
feet high, until horse and rider disappeared in
the distance. After a while she came back at q
laundering gallop, and refined up at the door a
triae excited, but smiling.
You sit your horse like a centaur. Where
are you going, Miss Oregon?"
over to the Bully Greek Sunday-school. You
bet your life | can set him straight up, and don't
YOU forget it,"