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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
THE POPULAR MAN.
The Person Who Is Successful in Social
and Business Life.

and Business Life.
The man who succeeds is the popular
mantle person who has hosts of &C.
uuaintances and who does not hesitate
to ask favor any more than he does
to do one. He cultivates his acquaint-
ances and blossoms out before each one.
He is always glad to see them and al.
ways has smile and pleasant word
Beyond certain point he is intimate
with none, knowing that man with
strong friendships is sure to have some
decided enemies, and an enmity often
is most inconvenient. There is moth
inc hypocritical in all this. The popu-
lar man is what he seems to be. He
wishes well to every one, himself in
cluded, and he would do no one an ill
turn. He wishes no one to do him
harm. His desire is to make things
pleasant to others, that others may
make things pleasant unto him. He
does not neglect the harder work of
life. If he is in profession he studies
diligently for some hours each day.
when there is no opportunity to culti-
vate the social part of his nat
ure or to render his relations
with others more friendly. If
he is in trade he does not neglect to
learn his business thoroughly from the
bottom up. What he does he does
well, no matter how small it is. Sucn
man is sure to command success
He is thorough, and can be depended
upon in purely business relations, and
in his social life he charms and attracts
his acquaintance, SO that every one
wants to help him. If he is young
lawyer the elderly men, to whom he is
always deferential in manner, think of
him first when a little legal business
comes in their way that will pay him
well but is too smaIlfor them. He gets
the job. If he is young broker, spec
ulators remember that he is 4 good
fellow, and knowing that he is honest
and capable give him their commits
sion, even in preference, perhaps, to 4
more repellant acquaintance who is
more conveniently at hand. If social
gathering is lacking in one member he
is always thought of as the one to I'LL
the vacant place. Women smile on
him, and his chances of marrying well
are tenfold better. even il he is poor,
than more sedate and quiet man of
possibly much greater force OF charac-
tern. Y. Telegram.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
"GINOOINE."
An Opening Chapter for a Work on HUI
man Meanness.

man Meanness.
Some one has suggested writing "a
History on Meanness. If such a book
should ever appear, the convert" who
is the hero of the following anecdote
deserves recognition in its pages. He
was an uncommonly stingy man: but
having expressed great anxiety regard
ing his soul, he Joined the Methodist
church ION probation" Shortly after,
a good deacon called at the new men,
ber's house, to ascertain if he wished to
subscribe any thing toward the preach
er's salary.
I'm a business man." replied the
new convert, IAN l don't want ter pay
fur no religion nor nawthin' else till I
know if it's ginooine."
The good old deacon listened in
panied surprise to this extraordinary
view of the mans religious obligations,
and then slowly replied:
Il hope you won't feel no further
anxiety about that piety of yourn bein'
ginooine; fur l kin say enthusiastically,
jedgen' from the symptoms, that it S a
miz able counterfeit. lackin' both the
form an power of godliness. don't
want yer to give cent towards the
preachers selery, but beseech you to
airnestly wrastle with yore besettin'
SIM
Then the good old man buttoned up
his snuff-colored o7ercoat and depart
ed.-IOuth's Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
FUR OUR YOUNG READERS.
WANTED.

Boys of spirit, boys of will.
Boys of muscle, brain and power,
Fit to cope with any thing:
These are wanted every hour.
Not the weak and whining droneS,
That ali trouble magnify
Not the watchword of :" can
But the noble one: - II n.y..
Do whate er you have to do
With q true ahd earnest zeal;
Bend your sinews to the task:
Put your shoulder to the whee.-
Though your duty may be hard,
Look not on il as an i'll;
II IL be an honest task
Do it with an honest Will
At the anvil, on the farm.
heresoever you MAY be,
From Your future efforts, boys,
Comes nations destiny.
Treasure Trore.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
-Wife-ssI think. mother

-Wife-'1 think, mother, we had
better be starting for our shopping.
BY the way, John, what are the wealth
er probabilities" John (reading from
the paper)-'.Heavy rains. followed by
snow. hail, sleet. billiards., cyclones.
tornadoes. simoons. hurricanes and
earthquakes. Wife-..H' m, how pro-
voking! Shall we venture out, moth
err" Enthusiastically. We are not
made of sugar. Life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
A GRUMBLE-MEETING.

Proving \ Failure, 1t IL Turned into a
Praise-Meeting.
81 don't see what mother wanted to
go off to the praise-meeting for to-
night, whined Tommy Trout, rub
bling the knees of his pants before the
blaze of the little sitting-room fire. 81
don't see what any of us have got to
praise God for anyhow. Here we are
Just as poor as | couldn't have a sled
this winter cause we couldn't afford it,
and mother has to pinch every way
now-ti,at-- Last year" Here a
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01
The latest instance of Enol;sb

The latest instance of English ig-
norance OF American geography il
rather fragrant one. The ST. James
Gazette. in an editorial On the Florida
land swIhdies, makes it conspicuously
apparent that the able editor believed
Florida to &c situated in Central Amer
lea
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-01

"A draped shaft of Italian marbl
twenty-five feet high is to be placed
over the graves of General Toombs
and his wife at Washington, Ga Ii
will be made in Italy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
A NOBLE BOY.
How He Made a Friend and Forty-Seven
Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents.

How He Made Friend and Forty-Seven
Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents.
One morning last week the engineer
of an express train on an Eastern road
was startled by the sudden appearance
on the track ahead of boy who was
frantically waving large piece Of red
flannel Interpreting this, of course,
as warning of danger, the engineer
Instantly whistled for 'down brakes. /"
Just then the train, which had been
going at the rate of sixty miles an
hour, turned a sharp curve. and a cry
of horror burst from the lips OF engi-
neer and fireman, for in the center of
the track, but few yards ahead, was
a large bowlder. In few seconds the
train came to stand-still, the cow
catcher almost touching the huge
stone.
A few moments later the boy who
had saved the lives of so many of his
fellow-creatures was surrounded by
the pale and excited passengers. who
were listening to the story of the
rescue.
81 was walkin' along the track on
my way to my Sunday-school teachers
house when seen that there stun on
the track" began the little fellow,
modestly, and if his grammar was not
of the best no one thought of criticising
it then. 81 knew this here train was
pretty near due, an l made up my
mind I'd have ter stop her. So looked
round an found this here flannel
it's piece of an old flag. yc see, that
some signal-man's fired away--an' |
run ahead with tan that's all there
is ter tell. +"
"You are noble boy" said an old
gentleman, in a voice broken with emo
ton. Friends, he added, turning to
his fellow-passengers, this little hero
must not go unrcwarded. / am going
to pass my hat around for contributions
for his benefit, and here is a five-dollar
note for my share"
Some of the passengers took their
departure in considerable haste al this,
but many remained, and in few min
utes heap of coins and crisp bank
notes was thrust into the hands of the
blushing and bcwildered little fellow.
Then the old gentleman who had
started the collection handed him a
card, saying: sss
"Here Y on have my name and ad-
dress, my lad, and if you ever need a
| friend come to me-"
Then, the bowlder having been re-
moved from the track, the train start
ed. The boy watched it until it had
disappeared in the distance; then he
sat down beside the track and began
counting his money. 1t was then that
five other boys emerged from behind .
clump of bushes by the roadside and
advanced toward the ex-hero.
"Yer done it bully" said one Of
them. "How much did yer get?"
"Forty-seven dollars and ninety-tive
cents" was the reply. "rll give you;
fellers yer share before we 60 home
Say, don't this lay over pickin' buckle
berries an sellin' 'em fer five cents ,
quartz Well, l should ejackerlate!"-
It'd Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
HOW 1T is WORKED.
The Big Diamonds Which Blaze on Hotel
Clerks Shirt Fronts.

Clerks Shirt Fronts.
"People get off great many very
ancient jokes about the big diamonds
worn by hotel clerks" remarked a
salesman at the Hotel Anderson, last
night, "and as result most persons
have gotten the idea into their heads
that those same diamonds are nothing
but chunks of paste"
'.Do you wish the great reading pub
lie to infer that they are anything elsep"
II do Just that. Most of the diamonds
worn by hotel clerks are genuine. Only
last week, while was at Atlantic City,
| saw hotel clerk from whose breast
one of the largest and purest diamonds
| ever saw glittered. But, of course, he
didn' pay for it, and TO tell the truth it
didn't belong to him.
'.'It didn't belong to him?'
"No, my dear boy, it didn't. He was
wearing it for an advertisement. A
great many jewelry firms advertise their
goods in just that way. Almost any
watering place you may go to you will
sec the hotel clerks blazing with da-
monds that will make your eyes bulge
out. It's good dodge for the jewelcr,
and it pleases the clerk. " -
"But how is the jeweler benefited
"Well, it doesn't cost any thing to let
a clerk wear a diamond few months,
and during that time rich visitors ore
sure to inquire about the stone, ask
where it was purchased, and so on. The
clerk, of course, tells what house it carle
| from, recommends the visitor to &c
there, and often gives him a card of in
PRODUCTION to the proprietor. See9"-
| PITTSBURGH DispGtch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
HUMOROUS.

The eagle is q tough bird. but
when it is put on the back of dollar
it is legal tender. Merchant Traveller.
An agent for new encyclopedias
tried to sell one to Western farmer;
bat he said he never could ride one Of
these pesky things without falling over.
-Prairie Farmer
The equine-ox is considered by
many to be the greatest vagary of nat
ure, but, after all, when you come to
think of it, it is not half SO strange as
burd -ocks.-St Paul Herald. N
"A Competent Cook. New Cook
"An' please, ma am, how shall ] cook
the clamsp' Mistress why, how
have You cooked them in other
plaeespn- isSure- -l-ellus made iyster
soup wild 'em. .''-Harper'S Bdzar.
"A Scotchman SAID to an inveterate
punster on names: .'You can't make q
pun on my name, sirs' What may
your name be?" "Dunlop, sir. "
'.You have only to lop off the last syl-
liable and it is Dun, was the instant
answer.
-Estelle "And are you gong to
leave me-so soon, -Augustus?" Au-
gustus-"My love, | would willingly
give ten years of nv life if could stay
longer. But if don't go l shall be
fined for being late at card party. y
The Rambler.
Hotel Man--''Say, doctor, that pa
tient of yours has an awful appetite for
sick man. What's the trouble with
him?" Doctor (confdentially)-"Bad
case of tape-worm." Hotel Man
"Tape-worm! III bet it's a ses-ser.
pent.n-Lo,oeH Citizen.
Mrs, De Wigs -.'What made Mr..
Homsn's house burn down, Jacke"
Jack-"Spontaneous combustion. be-
lievc." Mrs. De Wigs is that SOP
| heard somebody say il took fire of it.
self, but didn't believe any such nom
sense. - Tsd-Btts. -.
"A pupil in school read the expires.
sion 'arms of the sea-" in a very vague
fashion. ."What do you mean--any
thing given in charityP No, nm. :"
Firearms, perhaps'" "Yes, MN"
"Will you tell me (this rather impa-
tiently) any explosives from the sea?"
"Shells." He went to the head. T'ose-
do Blade.
"A barrister, noticing that the court
had gone TO sleep. stopped short in the
middle of his speech. The sudden
silence awoke the judges, and the law
yer gravely resumed las remarked
yesterday, my lords"-- The puz-
zled judges stared at each other, as
though they half believed they had
been asleep since the previous day
N. Il. Independent
"A little girl who is just at the age
when her table manners are beginning
, to be looked after, called out at supper
one night recently: ''Give me some
cake" How do YOU askP" said
mamma, ccrrcctively. Please give
me some cake" returned the little
/ miss, and added, unabsshed: Il didn''
: forget. Twas saving it up."-SpriEo'
fed Mass Repsblicau,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
Brief Condensation of the Theory Usually
Accepted by Geologists.


Accepted by Geologists.
Major Powell, Director of the United
States Geological Survey, says the OK
planation of earthquakes, usually ac-
cepted by geologists is something like
this:
The earth's surface is believed to be
formed of solid crust of rock of varia-
BILE thicknesses in different regions. This
crusts rests upon material in more
or less fluid condition, SO that it readily
yields to agencies of reformation like
water or molten iron. The reasons for
believing that the interior is in a some
what fluid condition are various. The
most important are:N
/. From very Many observations
made in mines, artesian wells, etc., it is
discovered that there is an increase of
temperature from the surface downward,
and that this increase is so great that a
degree of heat sufficient to melt all
known rocks reached.
2. By certain geologic genesis certain
rocks from below are brought to the
surface in mountain building, and these
| rocks show evidence of having been
| greatly heated and even of having been
| melted.
3. Molten matter in very large guam
titles comes up from the interior of the
earth through crevices and volcanic
vents. Besides these lines of evidence
there are many accessory facts which
tell the same story. The interior OF
the earth is constantly DOSING heat in a
variety of ways. A small amount is
probably conducted to the surface and
radiated into space. A large amount OF
heat is conveyed from the interior
through the agency of hot springs.
Such springs are found in many por-
tions of the known earth, and in few
districts are very abundant. Through
them much heat is conveyed from the
interior to the surface, which is there
radiated into space. The lavas that are
brought up yield vast stores of heat, all
of which is lost to the earth through
radiation. The secular cooling which
necessarily diminish the magnitude OF
the earth, and as it shrinks the solid ex.
terror crust must in some manner yield
SO as to conform to the lesser magnitude
thus produced.
The stress produced upon the crust ol
the earth by the shrinkingof the interior
is modified by another class of agencies.
The land surface of the earth is washed
by rains and rivers, and in the aggre.
gate large bodies of material are car
cd away and deposited in the bottoms,
which are gradually filled up, and espe'
cially deposited along the shores of the
sea. The unloading of land areas and
the overlooking of certain water areas
to large extent, localizes it. Again
the fluid or plastic material of the in
terror changes its position beneath the
crust of the earth and portions o.
it flow out as lava, thus an additiona
set of stresses is established. Thus
stresses are established through th'
agency of contracting interior
through loading and unloading at th'
surface, and through the flow of in
terror matter TO lava beds, where sucl
matter is poured out upon the surface
The stresses produced by the various
agencies thus described gradually be
come SO great that at last the crust o
the earth must yield. and earthquake
are produced - Toledo Blade.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
One Dollar Per Year.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


= Mr. George Jones'. proprietor of
the New York Times, is seventy-tive
years old.
"A Canadian great-grandfathe re-
Gently attended the christening of his
117th descendent
Mary Howett, the well-known En-
glish religious writer, has entered the
Roman Catholic Church.
A Mrs Sunderland, of W Washington,
because of the brilliancy of the pre-
cious stones she wears, bears the title
of the Diamond Queen"
Miss Lucy Torrey, of Cambridge.
Mass, was last summer persuaded to
marry an Australian adventurer, who
has fled with $4,000 of her money
Boston Herald.
Nathan Robbins, the veteran Bos-
ton banker, is eighty-three years old.
has occupied an office for sixty years.
and has been absent because of illness
only eight days boston Journal
Miss Nellie Welch has full charge
of the telegraph Office at Point Arena,
Cal. She is but eleven years old and
is probably the youngest telegraph op-
orator in the business. Chicago I'rtb-
une. ----es~
Nine gentlemen who were school
boys together in Granville, Mass,
over fifty years ago, had reunion in
that town recently according to an
agreement made years ago. The ages
of the company ranged from seventy
to seventy-nine and the average ago
| was seventy-three. Some of them
had not met for fifty years. Boston
| Post
| Among the incidents of Parlia-
ment is the nightly arrival of William
Archibald Macdonald, the blind men,
Der for Queens County. Mr.. Macdon-
aid is led up the members stairs to the
door of the House by his wife and lit
tic son. They return for him when the
House adjourns, waiting sometimes
till two o'clock in the morning. Mr..
Macdonald is an effective platform ora
tor.
Society is astonished, says the Bos-
ton Home Journal. to find that Mr.. Ed
win Booth is charming and delight
full man. For years he has been con-
sidercd morose and moody, never caring
to make the slightest effort to be
agreeable to any but his few intimate
friends, Within the last year he seems
to have turned new leaf, SO that now
it is very great pleasure to meet him
in society.
The test of good poetry, as of
good wine,, an English critic says, is
not analysis, but taste; and he adds:
"a collection of really good poetry
made by good critic--such as Pal
graves Golden Treasury more
to elevate the popular standard Of poet
ic excellence and to fix an absolute
standard than any quantity of ingen-
ious analysis, in the details OF which
probably no two critics agree"
Princess Bismarck is represented
by French correspondent as woman
of great worth and, though of some
what vulger manner, possessing good
heart and great amount of common
sense. She has the most unbounded
love and admiration for her illustrious
husband. She is not in the least proud
of her position. She is greatly liked
by every body around her, though she
is always brusque toward them and
sometimes even bearish.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
RESOLUTE COURAGE.
How a British Consul Subdued a Tyran
nical Tunisian Bey.

How British Consul Subdued a Tyran.
nical Tunslan Bey.
Sir Thomas Reade, British Consul
General in Tunis, was man not to be
awed by royal pomp. Several instances
of his fearless disregard of official man
dates have become part of Tnnsian
history. He had most determined will,
which was best manifested in cases
where injustice was attempted. He
would defeat the tyrant If he could.
This trait is well illustrated by his
championship of a Greek gunsmith,
who was pursuing his trade in Tunis.
One day an Arab brought gun to
this mans shop anil asked him to re-
pair it. When the gunsmith asked
him if the weapon was loaded, he an
swered: NO" and the smith forth
with pulled the trigger.
The poor Arab had been mistaken,
and in consequence received the full
charge in his head, which was literally
blown off. A crowd of natives at once
rushed in, crying that their country
man had been murdered by the gun
smith In vain did the latter explain;
he would have been speedily torn to
pieces had not the police come to his
rescue and conveyed him to prison.
The Greek community, in great
alarm, went to Sir Thomas Readc and
implored his aid. Sir Thomas at once
| J,a,,, - tI,o rov;Jonno of tl,o Ra,- a,d
told him that the occurrence had beer
accidental.
WELL" said the Bcy, "what do you
wantP"
II want the man." answered Sil
Thomas.
But have not got him here; he is
in prison at Tunis."
"Send for him, then, for l do no
bulge from here till | have him..
The Bey actually did send for him,
and Sir Thomas delivered him to hi
Greek friends, charging them to shil
him off at once. Such results may b,
accomplished by rcsolute bearing.
1t was the custom in Tunis, som,
years ago, to have great chair
stretched across The entrance Oh TN
Bey's palace, so that no one should ap
proach the august presence except oil
foot One day Sir Thomas Read
drove there TO see his Highness, and oil
arriving at the entrance to the palac
The carriage stopped.
"Drive on" said Sir Thomas to tht
coachman.
Il can't. Sir Thomas; the gres
chain is up.
Drive over it, then. or turn roun
and 90 home"
The man wheeled his horses am
started off at rapid pace. The Bey
meanwhile, had seen what was goin
on. and at once dispatched an aide-de
camp to beg Sir Thomas to return. an
to promise that the obnoxious chat
should be taken down. The Britis
representative was inexorable. saying
"Tell the Bey to have that chsi
down for every one, not for me only.
A few days afterwards he returned
and satisfied himself that the chain ha
really been removed.-Fouth's Con
P1nt9B
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-11-04
EXTREMELY THRILLING.

Experience OF an Arkansaw Legislator
who Tried to Curry Favor with tho
Governor.
The following letter, thrilling in every
detail, was written by an Arkansaw
legislator and was addressed to friend.
my DEAR HENRY-You know when
left Hominy Point was sorter nerv-
Gus about how was going to act down
here 'mong the big-bugs-havin' never
been no place but Gaines sto' an Sim
mons mill, but am gettin' the hang
O things putty well down here. At fust
l thought that l would git run over by
the wagins but am all right yit fur only
one o them struck me an as you
know yourself, no slouch o. q wagin
ken down me. see the Gov'ner
nearly every day, an he speaks to me
right along jest like he would the
Secretary O. State, but he is sorter
Gurus in his notions. I'll tell you why.
'Tother day Alb. Graves sent me pet
'cooE. Now thinks /, this here coon
will make me solid with the Govern
or so | tux the animal up to the
zeckative chamber. Governor, said
l, 'allow me to present you with a
coon. He looked at me sorter Curl
ous and lowed that he wished I'd
take that thing outdoors. l thought
that he was jokin', an was about to
put the coon on his zeckative table
when in rushed dog that belonged to
the Judge o the Supreme Cou't. The
dog grabbed the coon an the coon
nailed the dog, an right then an thar
they had it. You know yo'self that
the dog what can whup coon amt
no SLOUGH. Well, sir, | never seed
sech row, an fore l could say Jack
Robinson they had dun turned over a
Jug O ink an had spattered the Gov
ernor in shameful manner. 1t was a
long time fore peace was restored.
The Governor didn't peer TO like it
much, for he told me that if | didn't
take the coon away he would make it
one hundred and twenty in the shade
for both of us. This is what a man
gets by trying to curry favor with
high flyers.
ii made my first speech the other
day. When | got up l gun to talk
about the road law, but I'll be hanged
if know what talked about fore |
sot down. Every fool felier in the
house commenced to giggle an the
speaker mauled with his mallet, an
down l went. l got up an 'gunter
walk about an the fellers roared.
Ever time I'd turn around somebody
would yell. Airter while | diskivered
that some feller had pinned long red
rag on my coat tail. l despise fool.
II wush you could see how they
cook meat down here. They take a
piece O. beef, an. stead O. putin it in
skillet, with lot o. hog grease, they
put it on hot iron an scorch it.
Some folks never will be civilized no
how you can fix it Ifyou ever come
down this way drap into the Legis-
lature an see me. Say, l wush you
would send me a young fox, an
blamed if don't ketch the Governor
yit. Let ME tell you that man is
foolin' with good one when he fools
with me. ."-ArkanSdU Trareler.