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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

He that brings most of use into
his life, lives the longest-Rer. C. L.
Guild.
The tinsel must be seen at a dis
lance, or it will be discovered to be
counterfeit. We may gaze on good
ness, and the more we gaze the more
it shines. W. Robertson.
Each day, each week. each month.
each year, a new chance is given you
by God. A new chance, a new leaf,
a new life, this is the golden. ,unspeak-
able gift which each new day offers to
you.-Farrdr.
May the Lord give me such an in
sight into what is really good, that !
may not rest cOntented with making
Christianity mere addendum to my
pursuits, or with lacking it as fringe
to my garments!-G George Eliot.
Eternity is crying out to you loud
er and louder as you near its brink.
Rise. be going! Count your resources;
learn what you are not fit for, and give
up wishing for it; learn what you can
do. and do it with the energy of q
man.-F. W. Robertson.
The weakest hand can take q gift
as well as the strongest Now, Christ
is the gift, and the weak faith may
grip Him as well as the strong faith;
and Chnst is as truly thine when thou
hast weak faith as when thou hast
come to these triumphant joys through
the strength of faith. Welsh.
"A good cause needs to have
the ablest and strongest morally the
ablest-men as its supporters and Id
vocates. 1t is sometimes taken for
granted that if an enterprise be a
worthy one. there is no necessity for
human help-that It will even flourish
on human lnfirmity.-Cnited Rfesly.
terrain.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
Story Of a Sailors Child.

A peculiar and painful incident hap
penet in the history of one OF Sears
ports mariners. His wife and family
accompanied him on q voyage. and on
the passage from San Francisco to
Liverpool, when in latitude so, longi-
tude %, q child was born to them,
which continued to thrive and grow
remarkably during the rest of the pas
sage and all the time the ship lay at
Liverpool, where she loaded to Yoko-
hama After being out few days on
the passage thence it was discovered
that the infant was sick, and it rapidly
grew worse until the ship reached the
exact latitude and longitude where the
child was born seven months before,
when it died. The strange circum-
stances so affected the wife that the
father dared not bury the child at sea,
and the kody was Theoretically sealed
in little tin box made for the purpose,
and after reaching Yokohama was sent
to San Francisco by steamer, thence to
New York around the Horn, and after
having been nearly twice around the
world the little stranger reached a rest
ing place in the quiet churchyard at
SearspOrt. Bangor Ne Commercial.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
OBSERVING THE SABBATH.

A Plea to Regularly Set Aside One Day
IN Seven. by - Noted SOcialist-His Arg
uments Based on Civil, Domestic, Moral
and Hysienic Grounds.
Nearly all the diseases-those of the
social as well as of the human body
have their crises, or points from which
they begin to disappear, and the
health of the patient begins to improve,
or to get worse and kill rapidly. AS
matters have seemed to be about at
their worst, we have, for some time,
been hoping that this Sabbath-break-
ing disease of our social system would
soon show crisis indicating that it
had run its course and that hereafter
the improvement of the afflicted pa
tent might be confidently expected.
While it may not be decisive-in fact
may not in the minds of many. be
specially promising, we think we find
a reason for fairly active hope in
this direction in a timely article in
the Church Reriesc, and from the pen
of Rev. John johnson, on Pierre
Joseph Proudhon's Plea for
the Celebration, or obser-
vance, of Sunday. This article
should, in some way, be published as a
tract and freely circulated among
members of trade unions and laboring
men of all classes. Proudhon was
Socialist His motto was: Property
is robbery motto which has since
been the rallying cry of socialism.
From Socialists. therefore, he should
have q candid hearing when he again
presents, through Mr.. johnson. one of
the strongest arguments recently
offered for the observance of the Sab
bath, and while he reasons with inn
passioned eloquence, for the restora-
ton of the Sabbath to the position it
once held, and still deserves, as q social
and moral conservator-mean the
Christian and not the Jewish Sabbath,
for he justifies the change made by
the apostolic usage. NJ. Proudhon
urges the hallowing of the seventh
day on civil, domestic moral and hy-
gienic grounds. and argues forcibly
from the standpoint Of each Speak
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
Do Not Trust Yourself.

Our lives are SO busy and our minds
so filled with cares, we almost forget
some of the sacred anniversaries, the
memory of which we once thought
could rever even grow dim. There
was day, for instance, when our
mother lay sick, the doctor having told
us he could do nothing MORE" and the
unmistakable signs compelling us to
know the end was near-all this fol-
lowed by the final struggle, the las!
long breath, and then the flight of the
spirit to the other world. AS we
stood there, thinking deeply in OUT
sorrow-more deeply, perhaps, than
we had ever thought before-living
over in intense meditation the past
when she was with us, and forecasting
the dreary future when we should bn
without her, it seemed as i,
that day of death. literally turned
into blackness, would remain distinct
ly dismal during all our lives. The
friend who would have suggested,
even if we knew it was for our comfort,
that the shadows would disappear un.
der other light, would have imperiled
his place in our affections; we would,
at least, have pitied his poor apprecia-
ton of our sorrow and fidelity. And
yet we live to see that just this has
happened. The day comes around full
of Joy and song. SIS not this the an
niversary?" We are not quite sure.
Yes-no; and we go to the family rec
ord to assure ourselves. o, poor
weak humanity! Do not trust yourself
too much; do not be sure of any thing
any thing but God and His holy pur-
poses. United Presbyterian.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
A BRAVE WOMAN,
Though Sorely Afflicted, She Sets an Ell
ample Worthy Of Emulation.

Though Sorely Afflicted, She Sets an Ex-
ample Worthy Of Emulation.
Over fifteen years ago, lady resid-
ing in Tangipahoa Parish, La, who is
still healthy. happy and the mother of
large family, was stricken with
paralysis. Till this great trial came
on her, pone knew The strength OF
character, the determined will which
underlay her quiet demeanor.
When the first effects of the stroke
had passed away, the lady, finding
that she could not recover the use of
her limbs, with noble fortitude ac-
cepted the situation. Her body, head
and left arm alone were under her
control, and yet this noble woman has
never been burden to any one. On
the contrary, she is the comforter and
the guide, not only of her own family,
but also of many of her large con-
nections. She taught herself, unaided,
to draw and write; cuts out and sews
for her children, and when sisters
have some bit of nice needle work to
be done, it is taken TO her.
At her table she presides, and pours
out the coffee and tea and slices the
bread with az much grace as any other
lady possessed Of both hands. The
preserves which are served at her table
are her own work, and she attends to
her household duties with regularity
and neatness that would put hundreds
of strong, active hOusekeepers to the
0nc IN h.
herself from room to room. and sees
that her orders are carried out.
The most wonderful thing which this
lady has done would, under any cir
cumstances. be a credit to her nerve
and determined will Two of her little
boys were cracking hickory nuts. and
one of them managed to cut off the
tips of his brothers fingers. Fright
ened and bleeding, the terrified child
ran to his mother for consolation and
help. Few men and fewer women
would have ever. thought of
undertaking what this brave lady ac-
complished. Hurriedly despatching
her only servant, negro girl. for med
ical aid, she set to work, made the lit
tie fellow hold the severed members in
the proper position, and with her left
hand and teeth sewed them tightly on
with silk, dressed and bandaged them,
in so mastery manner that when the
physician arrived there was nothing
for him to do but to express his pro-
found establishment and bestow his
praise on the brave and plucky mother.
Mrs. Blank is an exceedingly gentle
woman, seldom raising her voice above
an ordinary conversational tone, but
with q will as u2blending as iron. She
is id0lized by her husband and chill
dren. Who are devoted to her. and in
her quiet country home this bravest Of
women leads life Of quiet happiness
under An affection that would have
broken the spirits Of the strongest man.
transcript
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
RELIGIOUS READING.
A BLESSED PATHWAY.

They who keep their garments spotlcsS
From the so.iing of the way,
And whose feet are uncefi!ed
BY the paths that go astray-
They are conscious OF blessing
That the careless never know;
They are led through happy countries
Where the wander. ng never go.
They who know their lords command
mentS
And who humbly walk therein
They shall never feel the singing
of the adder-fangs OF SIN:
They shall have at each step onward
New supply of strength and grace,
They shall see within His statutes
The sweet smiling of His face.
In the day His truth shall Feed them,
In the night His word shall be
To their feet lamp unfailin2
By which they each step may see.
Oh the pathway of His precepts!
There is none SO good ss this:
All it ength is paved with blessing,
And its ending is in bliss.
Celia II. reynolds, in W'dtclimdn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

!" Fools Rush in, Where Angels Fear to
Tread"
So impetuous youth is often given to
folly and indiscretions; and, as q result
nervous, mental and organic debility fol-
low, memory is impaired, self-confidence
is lacking; at night bad dreams occur,
premature old age seems setting in, ruin
Is il tho track. In confidence, you can.
and should write to DIR. r. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, N. Y. the author of treatise I y
tho benefit of that class of patients, and
describe your symptoms and sufferings:
He can cure you at your home, and will
ssnd you full particulars by mail
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
Sunday-SchooI Lessons.
FOURTH QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER.
Nov. 14-Peter Restored John 2l:419
Nov. 2l-Walking in the Light
I John 1910, and 2:1-6
Nov. 2s-John's Vision of Christ. Rev. l:4ls
Dec. 5-Worshping God and
the Lamb Rev. s:1-1l
Dec. 12-The Saints in Heaven. Rev. 7:9-17
Dec. Ia-The Great Invitation. Rev. 22:S II
Dec. 26-Review. Christmas Exercises. Mis-
sionary. Temperance or other Lesson selected
BY the school
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

AMONG the people of to-day, there are
few indeed, who have not heard of the
merits Of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries, as
a household remedy. Teas and drinks have
been made of them for centuries, and in
hundreds of families have formed the sole
reliance in rheumatic and kidney diseases.
Prickly Ash Bitters now takes the place of
tho old system and is more beneficial in all
troubles of this nature.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

In letter from Hon. MRS. Perry, Castle
Grey, Limerick, Ireland, BRowN's BRoN-
CHIHL TRoCHEs are thus referred to: 'Hav-
ing brought Your Bronchial Troches' with
me when came to reside here, l found
that after had given them away to those
Iconsidered required them, the poor peo-
ple will walk for miles to get few" For
Coughs, Colds and Throat Diseases
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

-''Dear. let me read to you about
the logjam in the Northwest. :"
Thanks, John, do. And would like
to know how they make jam out of
logs. Wonder if they have to use q
pound of sugar to a pound of Logo"
And yet we wonder at the frequency Of
divorce suits.-Chicago Mail.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A HARD thing to sharpen-the waters
edge.-H0rtford Sunday Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

Cor. WIN. LOUIS ScHLEY, Grand Secre-
tary L O. NJ. Grand Lodge. Maryland,
found Red Star Cough Cure . perfect and
certain remedy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A. rAvoRI1E winter resortbefofs the
fire.-B0ston Post
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

suffering from functional arrangements or
any of the painful disorders or weaknesses
incident to their sex, DIR. Pierce's treatise,
Illustrated with wood-cuts and colored
plates (l6O pages), suggests sure means OF
complete self-cure. Sent for 10 cents In
stamps. Address Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

How TO take care Of your eyes-keep {
civil tongue in your head.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

TEE ages of spring chickens and wome
arc the most doubtful subjects on this Lii
tie earth.-4NeW Hdrea Necs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A TALE of youth. maiden and father
Scene one: gate. Scene two: gaiteI
Scene three: gait.-Tid-Bits.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

THH old chaps who wore arnor zero tn
6rst mail carriers Bx0etia.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

THE royal family always wears its trou
sers turned up at the bottom. because it il
rsigning in En2land.-Life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

FAIR Fashiouables patronize that standard
purifying agent, Glenn's Sulphur Soap. dilrs
Hair and Whisker Dye. Black or Brown, 5Oc.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A NEWSPAPER article is headed. earth
quake Lore" That is right, the lower the
better.-Puts6urqh Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A COMET is called a celestial visitor be
cause it must go.-Boston Transcript.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

ONE thing can be said in favor Of the ice
man. II he has any left over he doesn'
warm It up for breakfast-Dasvule Breeze
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

NoIAssEs is sometimes put on the tabl
syrup-dishesly.-At ZfrsssT.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

WoNEx are so fond of trimmings ant
1inery that they even have their temper,
rufled once in q while.-Nerchant Traveller
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

MOVES in the highest circlas-Sa:urn-
Roston Ballet;M.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

81 PASSED some queer and here am il
prison, all on accounterfeit," he sighed
Baltimore Neacs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

3 months treatment for Soc. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

TIE woman you can call q poem is moi
the woman you can call early in the morn
ing to get breakfast Warrington Critic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A RECENT comic song Is called Soap
It comes in bsn.-Binghanst RepsNieGs-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

IT takes an Eishman to pick his way
through the world.-Puck.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

"Do THE Tudors live herep' 'sNo, they
live Tudors below here"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
Hoods sarsapavllla

eur several years had been troubled With .
Kind Of asthma or catarrh In my throat and had
tried several kinds Of medicine but could ind moth
ing to help me. Ny wife wanted me 70 Try bottle
Of Hoods Sarsapaxilla. told the druGkist Of whom
bought II that had NO faith In It. bus would give
IL trial. which did. Imast soy was very much
benefited by using Il and would recommend IL very
highly" ELIAS p. DEvRIEs, arm Of Dsvries &
PoterSon. Omaha. Neb.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

"CAN you speak Spanish, Miss Stuckup!'
eWell. no; not quite. But can play tn
Spanish Dance on the piano."
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

A SPIRITED girl dstests tho cantaloupe
Che says she can elope Il she wants to.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
ISIS THERE no balm in Gileadi

ITO BE shaken before taken" The ap
plc ON lofty bough.-Ihe Rambler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

Is there no physician therea"
Thanks to DR.. Pierce, there is balm In
his Golden Medical DiscOvery"-a palm
coughs consumption, bronchitis, and all
chronic, blood, lung and liver affections
OF druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

"a Is A go-ahead letter. You often b,
Of "A leading industry"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

TIE whip belongs to the most common
variety of team stir.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

sy0P many yeass. begiuning % far beck 80
remember when. I had the catarrh In ny Asad. -
eonsissed Of On excessive low from my nose. rilU.
ing and burstng noises In my eazs and paine On IL
top Of my head Ny hearing was Affected In my len
ear. E1ve yeass ESQ began TO use Hoods SarsapO
rilla. was helped right away; but continued -
use TN felt myself cured Ny general health ha0
been eooa ever since the catarrh left me-" M
l. h. CAULYIELD, Lowell. AAss.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02
To Ladies

IMPOSSIBLE to fnd-lost time.-RarJord
Tinssa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-02

PLAIN English = the females Of that
country.-BOston Bulletin.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-07-14
SELECT sIFFTNGs.

An English experimenter finds that,
contrary to general opinion, growth OF
ivy over house renders the interior en-
tirely free from moisture.
The Malays, who freqently find an.
cient stone axes in the soil, call them
" thunderstones," believing that they
proceed from thunderbots.
BARRIERS near Mono Lake, California,
whose wator,is heavy with salts of sodium
and borax, use it as a natural shampoo
ing water, to the satisfaction of their
customers.
Georgia planters kill a good many
crows and the way of doing it is thus de
scribed: "Catch one of the birds, tie it
to your body, and walk through the
field with your gun cooked and finger on
the trigger. The cries of the bird will
cause Others of its tribe to flock around
you and they can then be easily shot"
The following process of preserving
flour is beng carried on near Utrecht,
Holland; The flour is placed in a large
vat or chest and heated to a certain tenn
perature by the use of steampipes. II
is then subjected to hydraulic pressure,
which reduces it to brick form. In
water-tight packages flour thus prepared
is said to keep fresh for years.
George E. PIN, of West Goshen,
Penn, has calf that has no eyes nor
the least sign of tail Where the eyes
should be there are two small round
holes or sockets, but no eye-balls.
Where the tail is usually appended the
skin is as smooth and even as on the
sides of the youthful bovine. It is per
fectly healthy, and appears to enjoy life
as well as any of the rest of the calves,
but has to do it in a more quiet way.
According to the american RdilrOdder,
it costs a little more than twenty cents
a mile to run a locomotive, on the aver
age. Nearly eight cents of this is for
fuel, seven and one quarter cents for pay
of engineer and fireman, one-half cent
for oil and waste and more than four and
a half cents for repair. A ton of coal
will run locomotive twenty-four miles,
a pint of oil will run eleven miles and a
pound of waste 1913 miles. The locomo-
tives of railway like the Northwestern
run half-million of miles a month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-07-14
Anecdotes of StOnewall jackson.

Col. Henry Kyd Douglas contributes a
paper on "Stonewall Jackson in Mary
land" to the Century, from which we
quote as follows: ''The next evening,
Sunday, he went into Frederick for the first
time to attend church, and there being
no service in the Presbyterian Church he
went to the German Reformed. Asusual
he fell asleep, but this time more soundly
than was his wont. His head sunk upon
his breast, his cap dropped from his
hands to the floor, the prayers of the
congregation did not disturb him. and
only the choir and the deep-toned organ
awakened him. Afterward l learned
that the minister was credited with much
loyalty aud courage because he had
prayed for the President of the United
States in the very presence of Stonewall
Jackson. Well, the General didn't hear
the prayer, and if he had he would doubt
less have felt like replying as General
Ewell did, when asked at Carlisle, Penn
sylvania, if he would permit the usual
prayer for President Lincoln-'Certainly;
I'm sure he needs it.
"The troops being on the march, the
General and staff rode rapidly out of
town and took the head of the column.
Just few words here in regard to Bar
bara Frietchie, touching poem which
sprang full-armed from the loyal brain
of Mr.. Whittier. An old woman, by
that now immortal name, did live in
Frederick in those days, but she was
eighty-four years old and bed-ridden;
she never saw General Jackson, and Cen
eral Jackson never saw her. was with
him every minute of the time he was in
that city-he was there only twice-and
nothing like the scene so graphically de-
scribed by the poet ever happened. The
story will perhaps live, as Mr.. Whittier
has boasted, until it gets beyond the
reach of correction.
"On the march that day, the captain
of the cavalry advance, just ahead, had
instructions to let no civilian go to the
front, and we entered each village we
passed before the inhabitants knew of
our coming. In Middletown two very
pretty girls, with ribbons Of red, white,
and blue floating from their hair, and
small union flags in their hands, rushed
out of their house as we passed, came to
the curbstone, and with much laughter
waved their colors de6antly in the face
of the General. He bowed and raised
his hat, and turning with his quiet smile
to the staff, said: we evidently have no
friends in this town.. And this is about
the way he would have treated Barbara
Frietchieln