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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
Fashions Freak in Paper.

Mahdi paper-that scarlet abomina-
TOMS very fashionable in Paris. and
four times the price it is in London.
Trce, it has large gold wafer stamped
on the top of the note paper and on
the overlapping fold of the envelope.
St. George and the Dragon and other
heraidic devices are chosen for the
stamp. which are hardly in keeping
with the name. and suit better the
dragon" paper, figured all over with
repetitions of this tabled monster in
pale gold, or silver, the heading being,
of course, to correspond. St. George
likewise appears in silver or gold on
plain paper. But if the Mahdi station
cry is dear, the Pompeiian outdoes it
in this respect. as it does in prettiness.
Each sheet is tinted by hand-marbled
in various shades of terra-cotta. as if
by the action of time and damp. Let
ter paper is also to be had of deep
lapis-lazuli blue, soft ibis-pink and
pleasant moss-green shades. thick and
rough in the edge.-Delineator.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
HOME AND FARM.

Farmers can raise their teams
cheaper than they can buy them
Exchange.
Fig Cake: Make an ordinary layer
cake. Stew the figs until tender. then
lay them between the thin cakes.-Bos-
ton Budget.
Amateur joiners may derive conf
fort from the knowledge that nails and
screws. if rubbed with little. soap, are
easily driven into hard wood.
Apple Tapioca Pudding: Pare and
core enough apples to fill dish; put
into each apple bit of lemon-peel.
Soak one-halt pint topioca in one quart
OF lukewarm water one hour: add =
little salt; flavor W tn lemon; pour over
apples. Bake until apples are tender.
Eat when cold with cream and sugar.
The Household.
In cloudy weather grass dries but
slowly, and is liable to be stacked or
housed without sufficient curing. 1t is,
therefore, the part of wisdom when
practicable to cut meadows in fair
weather. The precaution should also
be observed of cutting only as much
grass at one time as can be properly
handle l.-Detron Post.
Look after your mirrors. Never
hang them where the sun shines direct
ly upon them, or they will soon become
rough. misty or granulated and no
longer give back a correct likeness.
The amalgam, or union of tin-foil and
mercury, which is always spread on the
glass to make a mirror. will be speedily
ruined by direct and continued eX-
posure to the sum-. y Post.
"A new way to make an apple pud-
ding is to make batter of flour, sweet
milk and one egg. with baking pow.
der in proper proportion. Pare and
core six tart apples, stew them in q
very little water until they are quite
soft; then beat the apples into the bat
ter. This is to be baked in buttered
earthen pie plate; it should be deep
plate. This is to be eaten with cream
and sugar. or if cream is an impossi-
bility, use butter instead. Chicago
Tribune.
"A cream puddisS: Make a nice
paste. as for any other padding that is
baked in plates. Line as, many pie
plates with it as will serve your fam
lily. For each pudding take a small
tablespoonful of butter. Break it into
very small pieces and dot closely over
the bottom of the pastry. Sprinkle
well over with white sugar, then with
sifted -four. Repeat until the plate is
nearly full. and then cover it with new
milk into which youhave poured tea
spoonful of extract of vanilla. or any
other seasoning you prefer.-PhiladeL-
altin Call.
The Scientific american gives the
following novel plan: The best remedy
for bleeding at the nose. as gwen by
DIR. Gleason in one of his lectures. is
the vigorous motion of the jaws as if
the act of chewing. In the case of a
child a wad of paper should be placed
in its mouth. and the child should be
instructed to chew it hard. 1t is the
motion of the Jaws that stops the
flow of blood. This rtmedy is so very
simple that many will feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been known
to fail in a single instance, even in
very severe cases.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
Plantation Philosophy.

De man whut's got er whole lot el
little 'complishments doan ermount tel
much, De trick mule ain no count
ter work.
1 ain gwine ter leabe my britches in
reach o. de man dat is all de time fol-
lerin' me up an teliin' me dat he wants
ter do me er faber.
Oar ain nuthin' more deceibin' den
SCUM. Oar ain nuthin' more pityful
den de cry o er wild cat; but. oh,
Lawd. whut er mouf an claws dat var.
mint hab got!
Err man wild er appetite stronger den
his will ain gwinter mount ter nuthin'
in dis worr' chen eff der 'tracted meet
in an 'vival season wuster come roun'
ten times in err year.-Arkansaw Irac-
eler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
SENSE OF SIN.

The Disturbance Of Conviction-"Blessed
Are They Which Do Hunger and Thirst
After righteousness"
A man who rarely thinks of his relig-
ious state may often have sort of
peace and satisfaction which is I'M
known to those more thoughtful. The
coarser outlines of common morality
arc familiar to him. They stand like
mountain peaks around him. and he
easily keeps within them. Name over
the points in the DecalOgue and he can
say with the man in the Gospel: "All
these have kept" He would not steal
or kill or defraud. Beyond these he
has never seen. He has never even be.
come aware that there is anything be-
yond. Let him 60 little higher and
look out and tho whole world of finer
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
SABBATH-DAY READING.
RECOMPENSE.

If am sad and heart-weary,
Ny neighbOr beside me Is gay:
If feel the night-dews falling,
He sees the promise of day.
Shall choose to stumble in darkness
When Christ 10 the light and the ways
II the clouds hang pail above me,
Somewhere is the Rlad sunshine;
II drink Marah's waters,
Some soul drinks lifcs red wine.
Shall poison my neighbours life-draught
Because of the bitter in mine?
II I shudder in cold and darkness.
Shall envy his sunlit days,
Though WALL in thorny deserts,
And he in flowery ways!
II wear the garments OF mourning,
Shall pluck off his robe of praise!
Nay, God stitch in Heaven
Making the balance good,
And unto the least of the creatures
He giveth It's daily food,
And over me and my neighbOr
Is His infinite fatherhOod.
He knows, in the high blue Heaven
BE the blessing less or more;
He heeds the bird that is wounded,
Though it never will rise and soar:
He knows who're each ocean billow
Will break OF the far white shore.
Ay, ard He hears and heeds US,
Whether we laugh or moan,
Ard perchancc some songs in Heaven
Began on earth in q groan;
And the tears we shed may blossom
White flowers before the thronei
Mary 5. Croker, in Illustrated Christian
Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
Forest Leaves. and Forest Mould.

The trees of the forest, by their an
nual deposit OF leaves and fruits. and
finally by the fall and decay of their
trknks, prepare valuable beds of humus
or forest mould for the use of gar
deners and farmers. All who are wise
avail themselves of this decayed vege-
table matter, which is a wonderfully
recuperative agent and greatly priced.
specially by market gardeners and
florists. Leaf mould, notably that of
hard wood trees, such as oak, hickory,
beech. walnut and others. contains
valuable fertilizing material and is in
excellent condition for the ameliOra-
ton of the soil. 1t is not as fertilizer
alone that it benefits the land; it tends
also to mellow the soil and open it to
the action of the rain and the sun, as
well as to the roots of plants. Leaf
mould has been found especially useful
on close clay soils that need aerating.
as well as on light lands destitute
of the required amount of humus.
Sorest leaves that are freshly fallen
rom the trees, are also of use; and
when the farmer has leisure teams and
his boys leisure time. it pays to gather
and haul these for covering, as a pro-
lection against frost and to mix with
manure in the hot-bed, &c. Many
gardeners employ forest leaves for
mulching their strawberry beds and
for covering celery pits and hot-bed
frames. In this connection it may not
be amiss to remind readers that the
refuse around wood-piles is good
material for mixing in the compost
heap.-M Y World.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

Good actions enn oble us, and we are
the sons of our own deeds. Ceramics.
The old, old fashion, Death! Oh,
thank God, all who see it. for that older
fashion yet-of Immortality. -Dickens.
Our faith is. if l may say so, like a
burning glass, which concentrates the
rays of the Divine love upon our hearts,
and focuses them into a point that
kindies our hearts in to flame. If we
have the confidence that God loves us,
in any real depth, we shall answer by
the gush of our love to him.-Rer. DR..
Alexander Mac Ldren.
The nature of Christ is, grant it.
from one end to another. a web of mys-
etries: but this mysteriousness does
not correspond to the difficulties which
all existence contains. Let it tie re-
jected, and the whole world is an enig-
ma; let it be accepted. and We possess
q wonderful explanation of the history
of mau.-NdtOle0n Bonapdrte.
If people did not act more stupidity
and unreasonably about church matters
than they do about matters of any
other kind. they would know that not
one mar in thousand in any walk of
life is strong all round. Why should
every congregation expect perfect
minister? Is it because they are per-
feet themselves? The congregation that
expects a perfect minister is as stupid
as the minister who expects q perfect
congregation.-Cdmada Presbyterian.
According to a recent report of the
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics. 40. IA persons. of whom la :
1873 are women. are habitually emplo y& I
in secular labor on Sunday in tina.
State. Workingmen. so-called. of ev-
cry class, would do well to ponder that
statement It has q deep significance
for their children. Do they wish the
Sunday rest to be abolished? If not.
they must do their part toward main
tanning its sanctity not only As q daJ
of rest, but as day Of worship--N y
Examincy
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
SAVE THE STRAW.
fiS N<s0truction in Former Years the
Cause of Many Mortgage.

liz Hr,atruction in Former Years the
Cause of Many Mortgage.
The burn NC straw stack is getting
to be rare spectacle even in the
wasteful Northwest. However bounti.
full and lavish nature may have been
in her gifts to this favored sect on,
she never intended to have them
abused in wantOn and reckless man.
ner. Man has no moral or natural
right to impoverish the land he &C.
cupies. He has no right to defraud
those who are to come after him. His
successor to the soil have rights that
he S bound in natural justice to re.
spect. There is a penalty attached to
the violation of all natural laws This
may not always fall directly upon the
offender. We are told that it NAV
fall 'even upon the third and
fourth generations" But it is very
probable the present offenders will have
20 bear their share of the
penalty attached to such wasteful
Cr.:Slacss. The men who burned THEN
straw stacks ten years ago are to-day
paying Ne penalty. Where then they
reaped ti'.ty bushels OF wheat from an
acre they au now hardly get fifteen.
Many of these farms ays now heavily
mortgagcd and mary more have
already passed under The hammer.
"Willful waste makes woef.l want"
1t is a Just retributon, and one from
which we may deduce useful lessen.
The strawstacks may no longer be
burned. but it is pla MY to be seen
that they are not cared for and utilized
in the best possible ma liner. Reform
here should beg n at the tail-end of the
threshing machine. Pu; some OF the
best men on the stra'!stack instead
OF putting small bo,s and worth ess
hands there. as is too Ofe1 done. Straw
should be stacked, not piled up The
main lea with some is 20 get the straw
back out of the way If the machine.
A huge fiat pile is usI ally the result
Straw Is not of nature to shed rain
well at the best, an( this form of
structure is calculated to very much
aggravate the evil. 1t is not
an uncommon occurrence for al
strawstack to be- wet clear
to the bottom and fir ,eze in a solid
mass. "A "CAi'eopPCu JuS StAoWSIoSAA III
something of rarity. In the old coun-
tr es straw is as car efullv housed or
stacked as any other product of the
farm. In strict econ omy it would be
better to stack part of the hay and
have room in the barns for the straw.
for the hay can be put in such shape |
rs to suffer but little loss by exposure
out of doors. The strawstack might
DE put in much better shape than it is.
If we'll built there VIII be but . small
percentage of loss at the top. If topped |
out with a load or TWO of wild hay |
this loss might be re iuced to almos
nothing.
While the convertin of every straw.
stack into good manure is a prime con-
sideration. we ought hot to lose sigh,
of the fact that we car make it serve
another purpose by K. eping it in good
condition to feed out 10 stock, and thus
render us a profitable return while we
put it in an immed ately available form
for the land.-K. D. Boynton, in West
srn Rur~'
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
TWO NOTED MINISTRIES.
We 0avO Won Fortunes and What Tho
ny About Stage Life.

From Stage WA1spers.
Billy" Emerson has recently made .
phenomenal success In Australia, and il
rich.
Emerson was born at Belfast in 1876. He
began his career with Joe Sweeney's min
strels in Washington in 1857. Later on he
jumped into prominence in connection with
Newcomb's minstrels with whom he visited
Germany. He visited Australia in 1874
and on his return to America Joined Haver-
ley's minstrels In San Francisco at $500 .
week and expenses. Win this troupe he
played before her majesty, the Queen. the
Prince of Wales, and royalty generally.
After this trip he leased the Standard
theater, San Francisco, where for three
known to minstrelsy. In April last he
went to Australia again, where he has
" beaten the record"
Billy" is q very handsome fellow, an
excellent singer, dances gracefully, aud is
. true humorist
ayes, sir, I have travelled all over the
world, have met all sorts of people, come
had all sorts OF experiences. One must
have Q constitution like q locomotive to
stand it.
ayes, I know / seem to bear it like q
major and do, but tell you candidly
that with the perpetual change of diet,
water and climate, If Ihad not maintained
my vigor with regular use Of Warmers
Safe Cure should have gone under long
ago."
George II. Primrose, whose name ID
known in every amusement circle In
America, is even more emphatic, If posi-
BILE, than " Billy" Emerson, in commenda-
ton of the same article to sporting and
travelling men generally, among whom il
is q great favorite.
Emerson has grown rich on the boards
and so has Primrose, because they have
not squandered the public's ''favors."
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
A Wonderful Freak of nature

is sometimes exhibited in our puhic exhi.
bitions. When we gaze upon somo of the
peculiar freaks dame nature occasi onally
INDUCES in, our minds revert back to the
creation of man, who is so fearfully and
wonderfully made" The mysteries of his
nature have been unraveled by DR.. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, and through his knowl-
edge of those my steries he has been able
to prepare his "Golden Medical Discov.
ery," which is specific for all blood taints,
poisons and humors, such as scrofula, PIN.
pies, hlotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors,
ulcers and kindred affections. By druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
Young Men, Read This.

The voLrAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoL-
rAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
matism, neuralgia, paralysis and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured. as 30 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
Men Think
they know all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not to know y
not to have.
CANCER Of the TONGUE.
Case Resembling That Of e,ne.al Grant.

Some ten years ago had scrofulous sore on my
right hand. and with the time treatment Ii healee
mp. IN March, 1852 IL broke out in my throat and
concentrated in cancer, eating through my check to
the OF my left cheek bone and mp left eve
gone could not talk. On October first, 1854, COM
mcnced taking Swift's SPECIFIC. In month the eat
fearful aperture in my cheek has been closed and
firmly knitted together. A new under lip Is pro-
gressn2. and IL that nature IL supplying
tongue. can talk so that my friends can readily
derstand me. and can also eat solid food again. I
Of this district, andto Dr. Brsdheld of LAGRANGE.
Ga. MRS. MARY L. COMEFS
Lagrange, Ga. Nay ~ 1855
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer s, Atlanta, Ga
n. 7, Isl W. sd St
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
CREAM tirs sALmCAIARRH

when applied into the nos
trtlA win b absorbed. Of.
fectually cleansing the
head Of catarrhal virusL
causing healthy score
lions. It allays inhammA-
ton. protects the mem
brane from fresh colds,
completely heals the sores
and restores the senses Of
taste and smell.
NOT ALOUD or SNUFF.
A few applications re.
neve. A thorough tpe0t.
nsent tciH cxr2 Agreeable
to use. Price 80 cents BY
mail or 1t druggists. Send
ELY BROTHERS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29
95oO Not Called For.

It seems strange that It 10 necessary tc
persuade men that you can cure their dis
eases by Offering q premium to the man
who fails to receive benefit. And yet DR..
Sage undoubtedly cured thousands Of cases
of obstinate catarrh with his "Catarrh
Remedy" who would never have applied
to him, if it had not been for his offer OF
the above sum for an incurable case. Who
il the next bidder for cure or cash.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

Rupture, pile tumors, fistulas,
and all diseases Except cancer) of the
lower bowel radically cured. Book of par
ticulars two letter stamps. Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

A VETERAN traveller saws the reason so
many railroad trains are having centen-
NAL celebrations is to enable them to work
off the sandwiches their boarding houses
have been accommodating since the towns
were established Wllidmsport Bsedkfass
Table
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

THE man will make a fortune who in.
vents q mental corkscrew-one that will
enable q lawy er to draw q conclusion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

THERE are sermons in stone," says
Shakespeare. And a Broadway cOniec-
toner advertlses lice cream in bricks."-
NJ y Graphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

A sCHooL.BoARD examiner in Boston
lately asked the following questions of a
little girl: what is the plural of mani"
''Men." "Very we'll! Aud what is the
plural of chiid:" Twins" was the tri-
umphant response.-GOlden Days.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

A BALLEr-girl Is somewhat of philos.
opher; she believes in gauze and elect
OIL City Derrick.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

Mosr kinds of roots and barks are use,
as medicines now. except the cute an.
square roots and the bark Of . pup.-M !
Nescs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

LITTLE JACK: "My mammals new fap is
hand-painted." 'Little Dick: "Pooh
who cares: Our whole fence is."-N y
Independent.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

Or . man suddenly struck dumb it may
be said that his melancholy daze has come.
Washington Hatchet.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

"CAN you tell me what . smile is, little
maidsn?" Eyes. sir; it's the whisper Of q
laugh. "-Golden Days.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

Non = defauiting bank officer in Canada
has taken the smallpox. What is small
p0x good for, auyway!-BOStOn Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

ENGAGED couples can now kiss withou:
holding their breath. The onion crop is a
failure this season.-N Y. Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

THERE is one man in the country who
never believes Q circus advertisement. He
Is the man who writes it-PucA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

II ahiicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thomps0ns Ere Water. Druggists sell it "a
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

ADOLPHUs, you are wrong. An artist
does not always hang his picture. But he
frequently butchers it-N. !. Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

"a SPOTTED ADDER" is name ;Srimly
given by the Boston Record to defauIting
cashiers.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

A RoUsINa Observation-Disclosures Z
growing boy out Of bed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

FIrz has good looking daughter who he
Aays u i'll never marry o dude. Dudes usu.
ally dislike Miss Fitx-Chieago Later.
OcecR,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

"THE canny Scot" ought to go into
the fruit-canning business Washington
Ratchet. 81
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-29

PIKE's TOOTHACHE DROPS cure In minute &c
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. &c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Buttons.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-08-28

APPLE TREE BORERs IN BRIEF
There are three prominent and very de-
structiye apple tree borers in the United
States. Superda candida and Saperda
cretata are much alike, live as grubs each
three years, boring through and through
the trees. and often so weakening the
trunk that the tree becomes a victim to
the first hard wind. The beetles lay their
eggs in June and July. The big headed
borer or grub-bores on the south. west,
or southwest side of the trees; lives but
one year; works just under the bark which,
turns dark colored without the excava.
tiOns; works on branches as well as trunk
and is more apt to attack trees of feeble
growth, hence more to be dreaded after
hard winters, and the first year after
planting. These beetles also lay eggs in
June and July. The remedy for all these
insects-cheap, sure, and easy of applica
tion-is to glove ones hands and rub the
trunks and main branches with soft SOAP,
This ought to be d. ne early in June, and
three or four weeks later, though one an.
plication is often effective. 1t is aston.
ishing to note how the trees. by their add
ed vjgor, thrift and hsalthful appearance
endeavor to thank us for this excellent
use of little soft soap. For young orch
ards this is specially desirable. The soan
kills the egg or prevents oviposition An
Apple Gro;ying Eatonaologist,