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SUMMER RESORTS.

4 sBcRY PARK. Y. ]. THE BELLE VIEW
AAocean end of Wesley Lake: fine ocean A
View family house Artesau water; first WA
class table l.elO-tSl Mrs.. n TN IER l-.s..E Il
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

surd he may cross in safety the great MYERS
panned by Kansas iron bridge.
He may travel to the warm waters OF the
gulf, or even to the golden sands OF the
Pacific and eat bread of Kansas -four baked
opon Kansas stoves.
In the forests of Puget Sound he will hear
the shrill whistle of a Kansas steam enigne.
He may tramp his way over mountain and
plain, comfortably shod in Kansas shoes, or
any point in western land, 3 Kansas wagon
may be at his command.
If the development of Kansas during the
first twenty-five years, has been SO wonder
full, to what proportions may not this
young athlete attain before you and / are
called upon to attend its semi-centennial,
twenty-five years hence.
/ am, sir, not much of an enthusiast, and
do not wish to deceive myself or You by an
exaggerated description, of what this state
may be.
do not think, sir. that I indulge in wild
lights of fancy, when predict here and now
that before another quarter OF a century
shall have rolled by, that this commonwealth
will have more than 100000 people; that it
will be the leading agricultural state of the
Union, and among the greatest in manufac-
lures.
Here will be the center of pork and beef
packing, and the imperial granery of the
world, and from the banks OF the Missouri
upon the borders of Kansas, streams of traf-
&c will flow az great and resistless as are the
currents of the mighty river itself.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
The Deadly POgonip.
Virginia New Chronic c.

Virginia tNeV.1 CnroClce
This morning the cold vapor or fog,
called ''pogonip" by the Piutes, was seen
hanging almost stationary midway be-
tween the base and summit OF mount
Davidson and Cedar hill. At intervals
during the day it was so dense as to OBJ
scure the ray of the sun. This cold
' por is productive of pneumonia, and is
fatal to people afflicted with
lung diseases. During its continuance
the mercury hovers between 16 and 20
degrees above zero, and the cold is much
more penetrating than at times when q
lower temperature is registered in clear
atmosphere. The poginip generally lasts
three days, and is usually the prelude to
a snow-storm. During its prevalence the
wary Piutes lie close in their wick-ups,
being well aware Of the danger of inhal-
ing the icy vapor.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
The Rejected Constitutions.

The constitutions of Kansas vere an
outgrowth of the struggle between free
dom and slavery for the control of the in
cohate commonwealth Their genesis
was altogether POLITICAL; they were cisa-
dels around which the storm Of battle
surged. and we're occupied or abandoned,
as the varying fortunes of the great con-
test demanded. No study of these oonsti-
tutions, or indeed of the history of Kan
sas generally, can be successful or
do the slightest justice to the
subject, which does not recognize
in the beginning and at every step of the
discus si IN, the great controlling fact that
the master motive of the whole business
was the determination On the one side to
make Kansas slave state and On the
other free state. ANY other view de-
grades the subject and in effect fzlai6es
the history.
The overthrow of popular sovereignty in
the territory by the Missouri invasion of
March 80, 1876, left to the people two
courses to take; Ell her to conione the i'm.
measurable outrage by acquiescence in the
result and eonceding the validity OF the bo-
gus territorial legislature, or to Indignantly
repudiate the whole thing. Fortunately,
the people chose the latter course 1t would
have been a sorry day for republican insti-
tutions could any considerable number of
the American people have been found
ready to yield their local sovereignty t
insoent inavasion and overmasterinp forca
without protest and resistance, and the
most efficient measures to regain their lost
rights. To have conceded the validity Of
the Missouri elected legislature would have
been to confirm the robber in the posses
sion OF his booty. and to admit that the
pirate was the rightful owner Of the ship
he had captured. Acquiescence would
have been surrender in advance,
the giving up q campaign because
the enemy had captured an outpost. This
feeling found expression In the following
extracts tom . series Of resolutions ADOPT
d bv she frS& free state eonventioa g Bio
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

The girl fainting with fear for her
lover, sprang to her feet with the cry:
''If the men desert their posts the women
will take their places!" And instantly
every woman there enlisted under her
banner, and declared herself ready to do
and die for the cause. And what did our
distinguished middle-aged head of the
family do9 He fairly covered before the
storm that he had raised. looked asham-
ed almost abJect, and, whatever his opin-
ions, said never word pro or CON.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

its effect was almost magic: the spirit of muir
der was checked, but large bodies were SUBJ
sequently organized, and Forts Saunders,
Titus, Hickory Point, Franklin, Lecomptcn
and other places became the Notifications
and rendezvous of the pro-slavery forces.
Robinson, John Brown Jr.. G. W. brown. of
the Herald of Freedom, G. w. Smith. VIII
Hams, Jenkins and others were made pris-
oners on charges of treason. The free state
forces captured Titus, Saunders, Hickory
Point, Franklin and other strongholds.
Within the next year. 1851. the friends of
free institutions gathered such strength that
they carried the legislature, changing the
territorial government from propaganda
OF slavery to a government supporting and
sustaining the inalienable rights of man
That government abolished slavery already
proclaimed institution of Kansas, and the
slave and the slave master rs such were seer
20 more within our borders. The master
lied with his slave or the slave fled without
his master.
The conflicts of the r-r-.,nrial govern
ment had only practic;,lis ended when tins
result OF the check of siH~sr, was followed
by the war of the reh~lIlun. Indeed. wa,
had been waging-th- >AIne war. for tbs
same reaSonS-for nearly Sne whole perioc
OF our territorial existeuce. and il was onl,
because the blood on the frontier had no,
stained the lintels of eastern homes. and the
lurid flames of Kansas cabins had not cast
their shadows in the far off civiIization
that 1t had scarcely been realized
There were giants>in those dayS--iapts in
physical valor and giants in intellect. am
afraid to name them for fear of disparn,rp.
nsnt. Lane, Robinson, John Brown. w
Roberts. Holiday. and hosts of Others will
live long IN the memory of the men of the
times. and will have their rewards in history
have not spoken of the several governors
Who constituted part-rerhaps might say
a small part-of the territorial government.
1t WAS a trite saying of the times. that Kan.
sas was the "grave of governors" In n,r
short territorial career of six years. thrr.
we're nine of them. three of whom were nj.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

not come down with the dust.
The pioneer free state press of Kansas
showed what it was by the enemies i.
made. The ruffians destroyed the presses
Judge Delahay's at Leavenworth. two at
Lawrence, aud all again at Lawrence when
Quantrlll's assassins came in. The Park
vile Luminary, a Kansas paper on the
other side of the river, the paper of the
staunch Presbyterians. George Parke and
Frederick Starr, was destroyed. The FIRST
free state paper in st. Joseph. further up
the river. started by our Doniphan county
boys. and edited by your present talker,
was ruined by ruffians few years later,
and its owners left penniless, indicted as
criminals. Let those apologize who come
after US! Those who were there don't buy
brushes.
When your friend is away from home
you want to get letter-dn't you? Want
one every day. And when the letter comes,
bow happy you are; in what q friendly
state OF mind and heart! Well. that is
the paper. the weekly paper and the daily,
and that it is wnat they do for the mind
and heart of Kansas They make US pleasant
persons and helpful neighbors.
Some men take paper for no otner
purpose than to growl while they read it,
and, to them, the newspaper is a benefi.
cent visitor; if they did not growl at the
paper the wife and children would be
pouted at. But this subscriber. who reads
the articles aloud, who reads everything
in the paper, and finds fault with every
line and syllable, is one of our best pat
rons. He really enjoys the paper;
he would no more miss a number than the
constitutional candidate would do 90. He
calls promptly on the LIST of January and
pays his bill like little man. saying the
while, Your blamed paper gets Worse
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

er than an edltOr-waS the only parsonage
who has trodden these prairies and lived
n our cabins who bore about with him a
Irvine message and mission. When our
people build statues, Brown and Greeley
will enter the pantheon-the doer of the
word and its predicter and recorder.
The greatest editor. though he creates or
,mbodies the spirit and purpose of a peri
ID. is not equal to the executive mind of a
Lincoln. or to the prophetic and divinely-
driven Osawatomie Brown. If Brown was
insane, then he was also sacred, as the
,ncients had it. Some university profess
,ors, who took only a partial course in the
1umanities, think that Lincoln and Brown
we're failures; but their ads are marked
If" for the ages; and were paid for in
advance. in sacrihcial blood-an expensive
offering; it ''comes high" and is not ap-
preciated by pedants; no pedant has ever
spent drop Of it, and he does not know il
when be sees it.
1t may be remarked in passing that it
took two decades. from 60 10 IS. for
Quantrill to receive an honorary mantle
Of whitewash. No Kansas editor held the
brush; the eldest Kansas editor, who will
speak to you to-day, may no. have enjoyed
the picture, for two sons of John Speer
were murdered by Quantrill-and their
bodies burned to ashes. But, as Mr..
Toots said, Its of no consequence. The
"re-valuation" of history is of more i'm
portance.
The man who has the biggest chance to
talk to people, without any possibility of
4 reply is the barber, and that is the rea-
son that he is barber. If you talk back
to a barber you cut your own throat. For
q similar reason men become editors.
They want to write. If any man talks
back he cuts his own throat, in full view
of the public. And tbs editor sleeps well
that night. Sought to have known bNtte,
The Osceola times., 1886-11-20
FRENCH MONK LIFE.
Reminlsccnce of a visit to the Monastery
of La Grande Chartreuse.
tTcmnlc Rarl

Accustomed ns the Monastery OF the
irande Chatreuse is to receive the visits
Of strangers, there are some times as many
as two hundred in ngle evening during
the summer. had no need to say upon
what errand ! had come, and was at
once conducted by the "frere- -portier'-to
give him his proper tiile-to the reception
room, where another brother took me
in charge and tol me that was welcome
10 the monastery, but that the durat tion OF
the visit was always limited to forty
eight hours. As Twas not intending to
remain m ore than one night, this reguln-
ton did not in any way effect me. and the
long drive had given me such an appetite,
that ! was not sorry to hear that supper
was about to he served. The Little lag
gage which | had brought with me had
already been taken TO the cell which was
assigned to me, though "cell" is in truth
rather n misleading name to give to
what is in reality very pnssatlo bed
room. There was no carpet on the hoor, lt
is true: but when one has Travelled much,
one leans to regard carpets as lu1uries
which can easily be dispensed with, and
visitors contain every accommodation
which one requires. Looking round it as
| washed my hands before going down to
supper, found that it contained good
beds,ead, a large table and an ample cup
hoard, inside which the lay-brother VINO
escorted me showed me some plates con-
tanning biscuits, apples and raisins, to-
gcther with bottles Of yellow and green
Oh artreuse, which, he added, "are at your
disposal, should you feel faint during the
night" One thing the bed room did not
contain, this being looking glass; and
found that none Of them nre TO be seen in
the monastery, because they are supposed
10 minister toward vanity. Bat looking
glass, like a carpet, is not indispensable
to comfort, especially when ono has
reached an age at which regard for out
ward appearances shouli be waning, and
went down to supper with the feeling
hat my lines were cast in pleasant
plncaS.
The Osceola times., 1886-11-20
A MUSICAL PRODIGY.
SIX hear-Old st. Louis Girl Who Plays
Selections from Mozart.

lst. Louis Chronicie.l
The little lady, Alice Z. Barnes, /. on,y
SIX, and she Is a wonderful performer on
tne plano. Her little hands ripple over
the keys with the grace and precision of
an old scholar. The little prodigy was
asked TO play and, unlike her older sisters.
she readily consented, but remarked that
she had not been formally introduced to
all present. This ceremony was soon
gone through, and then her mother lifted
ner on the stool, and she played a selec-
ton from Mozart. Her hands are too small
to cover an octave, but otherwise her exc
cu'ion wns perfect.
| "You have not reached that age when
/ you object to telling 1t, have you, Miss
| Barnes"
NO, sir' rs des six years ol l.'i
"When will you be seven'"
Mex Disscember"
who taught you to play so beautifully
on the piano'"
81 dess nobody did tot me; dis tot my.
self.p
After the little blue eyed, blonde SHARED
mite, accompanied by her mother. had
executed n brilliant duet, the reporter
asked Mr.. Barnes for the child's history.
"Shs could play quite well when she
was three years DID," said the proud faith
er. "Wh'n she would hear some one play
piano she would repeat the tune almost
perfectly. She played all her nursery
songs, and when we would take her to tn =
opera she would return home and repro
duce many Of the orchestra scores. Now
she plays nearly ell the popular orchestra
music Of the day.
"On the 17'h of June we were on visit
10 her ndfather's, in Plymouth, Wis.
the occasion being a golden wedding
During the morning Alice went to her
grandfather AMI asked him il he would
like TO have her compose piece Of music
for the occasion. OF course, he told her
that he would g delighted, an the little
tot went TO the piano, and after putin on
one Of the most serious faces YOU ever
saw, she improvised a march. II is quite
credi'able piece Of music, and one Of tho
s.. Louis professors, who is a great ad-
mirer OF Alice, is going TO foll7w her over
the keys, write it out aud publish IT,"
The little wonder was requested t) pla v
her grandfather's welding march, which
she readily consented to do. 1t Is filled
with inspiration and shows what phe-
nomenal musical mind the child pos
sesses.
"Do YOU like your dolly or the piano
bestE" she was asked.
81 des like 'em boat. play TO put my
dolly to sleep, and den play to teep 1t
awake"
Mrs. Barnes remarked that the plan o
and her doll were her inseparable com.
panions. She will play for hours II not
disturbed, and while she is companionable
with other chill dren, she does not seem TO
care for the many pastimes incident to
the lives Of little ones of her age.
Mr.. Barnes is job printer by trade, and
lives al 209 South Twenty street.
He says he will not allow Alice to tax
any course of musical training until she
is at least ten years old when she will no
sent TO Europe to be given the classical
training which her ear now almost per.
fectly develops.
The Osceola times., 1886-11-20
now . squirrel Played the Craven.


"The queerest sight ever saw in the
early morning was one that / chanced TO
see one day last week." said Lewiston
man. II was going to work at $50 and
was walking down Lisbon street. Across
the street / heard great chatter among
the English sparrows and there, near
PauPs Block, was red squirrel sitting on
his launches fairly surrounded by En-
glish sparrows lowering over his head.
The squirrel seemed frightened. He would
run rod and stop. Every time he stopped
the spsrrows surrounded him again.
watched them from there to the corner Of
Ash street. The sparrows seemed to pick
at him. When they reached the corner OF
Ash street the bark of dog broke in and
the squirrel seooted down an alley"
The Osceola times., 1886-11-20
MY SPELLlNG-BOOK.

Y Auofreouentcd corner in the garrct dark
ah1 dsy Juss came across an ancient friend by
ena1S Ihd 1wSrinkled up his features, and his
lm' coat was worn aud rusty,
-, recogn zcd him at n single glance.
.Is bas iood OF recollection rushed al eddled
ia S1r panofamic vision Of boyhood passed
:, PeIUi P'eenderiy and carefully tho moths snd
,..n tbe comradc Of my school-days-my
blue-bacsed s2cl!lng-book.
a. a, age-colorcd Gy-lcaf, in n school-boy
hand was scrawlcd
Tho Injunction: "S cal not this book. my
honest fr end.
| ind the "houcst friend attention was par
70 tbe fact that "the gallows would surely
be his end
rhe listened to The tempter, and the honest
path fOrsOOk,
pr pbrIoIning from itsogner his blue backed
With rs rs modest alb ab," and It's meek and
lowy Abel
r tongue-twlsting "phthisics" and scriptur.
al "Zcrubbabcl.'
Glanclng through its well.thumbed pages
brought painful recollection
of the DAY / mangicd general with
al,
son of reelection
ON the sin of spelling colonel with
*,
While memory. with distinctness, brought
10 mind the teachers trown.
The sarcastic smirk of Billy Jones on the day
he cut me down;
OF how Kate Ross smiled on him and curcd
her lip AZ me,
lust because thought "Kenmcky" had its
starter IN n &c
All, me. my oldtlme comrade, in the years
forever vanished.
You have caused me trials and tribulations
sore:
but from my remembrance there shall never
more be banishcd
The winters day that ! obtained the
floor
And By happy hunder spelled correct your
hardest word.
From which fact the podagogue, in q little
speech, Inferred
That the time was surely coming when to
Congress ia De sent,
And ''astonish all the natives" by becoming
President
From the dark and dusty garret, where for
years the mice have rcveloi.
will place you in surroundings more re
fined;
md though with wrinkled features, ana
coat somewhat dishcVeled,
Your familiar face Will always bring to
he delightful, happy years, when no lower |
ing clouds of sorrow
Iingled troubles Of to-day with dark fOrebod- |
lngs OF TO morrow:
Ind when the brightly flashing eye and the I
cheek with healthy glow
iarktd the merry hearted sChoolhOy OF !
some thirty years ago.
p. 4. FOssstt, in Golden Days. /
The Osceola times., 1886-11-20
Propaga,c from the Best.

II isa great error and one lar toc
prcyaIent among our agricultural
brethren at the present day to select the
host and most valuable animals, seeds
roots etc. for the market, instead o!
retaining them to propagate from IN
This tbry disregard future advantages IN
the pursuit. OF immediate profits. IN, IN,
s,oad Of rsscrying those animals which
ore decidedly superior in size and sym
metricM Development to transmit ths
cxrellences to coming times and through
successive generations, which Pracilce'
Il systematically adhered to, WOULD IN
- gure a Gradual but constantly progress
siye Improvement they are so easily
t,scinoted with the hopes OF gam 'ha'
ihey willingly part with the very means mean,
Which alone can secure its acquisition,
and entail upon themselves eylIs from
wbicb n'IG il is impossible for them to eS'
no,c DctroR 7ribURe.