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Have Heard 1t Said.

81 have heard it said, though 1 don't
know how true it is,"-thcn that is
just the place to pause. Don't repeat
a scandal or a gossiping story, which,
after all, may be wholly untrue. Don't
tarnish the name of fellow mortal by
circulating ill-sounding reports, which
may be the result of an enemy;
malice. and vastly exaggerated, or to-
tally false. Rather be careful of your
brothers good name, more willing to
excuse an error than to circulate a
bad report. and in this, as in all your
conduct, live up to the Golden Rule.
Never speak ill of another unless. by
keeping silence, you may bring harm
to some one else.-GOlden Rulc.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
Genuine Self.Control.

The law Of God furnishes the one alb
solute standard of uprightlife. 1t COW
ers all of life: not merely our religious
exercises, but also our work, our
pleasures, our habits, our secret and
public conduct. When self is cheer
fully subjected to that law, then self
control becomes not only genuine, but
also, and then only, really possible.
Self-mastery is not to be secured by
any mere will-power, self-generated
and self-sustained; for in old-fashioned
but thoroughly true speech: 1--WE are
sinners and prone to go astray." The
Apostle Paul, describing his own hope
less struggle against sin. while unaided
by consciously accepting Divine grace,
exclaimed: When l would do good,
evil is present with me" His confess
sion has been the confession of many a
soul before and after him. Horace, the
Roman poet, declared: what is law
full is displeasing to me; what is unlaw-
full ardently consumes me-" And
Ovid said: II see the better and APP
prove; follow the worse" But God
has not left us to ourselves, blinded
with the condemning splendor of His
holy law and helpless to obey it. He
has revealed himself in Christ in order
to create prevailing motive in us and
by His love and power to strengthen
us for righteous living. Christ takes
possession of the willing heart, and
Christ's occupancy of the heart is the
only true self-possession. Not good
resolutions alone, not bare, hard-will
work, will bring us into clear mas
terry of ourselves, but submission of
will and heart to Him who has power
to overcome sin in us, and, casting it
out, give us the power to live purely
and wisely in the midst of an evil
wOrld.-Rev. p. S. Moron.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
RELIGIOUS READING.
WHAT is RiGHT7


lis Sabbarh eve: the shadows of the night
Are gathering round;
HE mountains slowly vanish from my
sight;
hear no sound,
After the grateful lesson of to-day.
BY fading light
Sit and rest and to myself say:
Oh, what ts right!
hear the sermon from the sacred word;
It seemeth good;
try to practice that which have heard.
As Christian should.
As mountains are about Jerusalem"
The preacher cried
So will the Lord be fortress unto them
For whom He died.
Dear Lord, hear but do not understand.
Open my eyes.
That may see the over-ruiing hand
OF the All-wise?
That may bless the One who marked my
lot
Low in the dust - =
And be resigned because love, and not
Because must
Help me to say: ''Oh Lord, Thy will be done.
For 1t is right
And leave the wherefor to the Blessed One
This Sabbath night.
-Esther Fleming. In Golden Rule.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
When to Show Our Trust.

If we trust a friend, our trust will be
shown when he seems to fail us. 1t is
no trust to accept the plain evidence of
our senses. Only when it would ap-
pear, on the face of it, that our friend
is lacking in some of those character
istics that we have ascribed TO him, do
we have an opportunity of showing our
trust in him. Anybody will trust an
other-as far as he can see; but only
one who believes in another beyond
mere sight and sense will trust that
other-in spite of appearances. 1t is
we'll for us to recognize our duty of
showing our trust at time when trust
may be shown, rather than when there
is no call for trust. And this is alike
our duty IN the sphere of human friend
ship and of Divine. S. Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
The Author of Munchausen.

1t appears that some doubt still hangs
over the authorship of this celebrated
work. once the delight of my early
years. Ihave obtained the following
particulars of the author from friend
in Germany, which, SO far as they 60.
are interesting, and tend to confirm Sir
Charles Lyelrs statement: Rudolph
Eric Eric Raspe was born IN Hanover
in 1887; Professor of Philology in the
University of Marburg, 1867; Keeper
of Antiquities, Coins and Medals at
Cassel at later date, where, having
betrayed his trust, he was obliged to
leave Germany, and fled to England il,
1850. Here he was employed for some
time in the Cornish mines, and thence
went to Ireland. where, at Mucross, he
died in 1894. In Germany he is the re-
puted author of Baron MuAchausen's
Travels. Notes and Queries.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

ceiving the true the beautiful, and the
good. On the other hand, practical
goodness enlarges the spiritual vision.
AS the eye of the artist grows more
sensitive to form and color with the
defines of the hand, and the ear more
sensitive to harmony with the skill to
produce it, SO the soul attains higher
and higher ideals as the life reaches
those already perceived. Whatever
plan you set before you now will ceem
inadequate to you year from now.
You will grow in knowledge as you
grow in grace. Still, you are first to
form plan; or. rather. to set yourself
to understand the plan which Another
has formed for Christian Union.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mime Pa:t; knows forty-sevcn OPP
eras, and is still studying. SO she says.
-Moncure D. Conway curiousiy
names his new lecture adams Third
Wife"
Mrs. Nellie O'Connor, of Louis
vile, KY. is but thirty years old. yet
she has led six men to the altar
Louisville Courier-Journak
There is a man and wife IN White
County, Tenn, whose ages are the
same-both being born the same day,
month and year.-Chatta'soosa Times.
Mr.. Tilden once admitted that he
never once faced an audience or rose
in court that stage fright did not seize
him. He tried every device to cure
himself. but it could not be done.-M
Y. Herald
Princess Anna Murat, now Ouch
ess of Mouchy, is by birth an Ameri-
can. She first saw the light at BOr-
dentown, N. j., in 184l, and still re-
mains one of the handsomest women
in France.-N y Tribune.
Mrs. Nancy Rice, the oldest per-
son in Plymouth County, Mass. died
recently, aged 1O1 years 9 months and
q days. She was one of a choir that
sang at memorial service when Wash
ington died.-BoStoss Journal.
Ned Buntline, the story-teller, re-
Gently deceased, when receiving a sal
airy of ten thousand dollars year is
said by q friend to have been constant
~ in need of money and constantly
asking small advances from his em-
ployers.
There are seven papers in the coun-
try which have celebrated centennials.
They were founded as follows: The
Portsmouth IN. H. Gazette, founded
in 1856; the Newport Mercury. 1853;
the Hartford Courant, 1854; the New
Haven Journal, 1867; the Salem Mass
Gazette, 1858, and the Worcester Mass.
Spy, 1770.
Mrs. Sunderland. of Washington.
is famous for her diamonds and jewell
ry. She wears earrings with pendants
which weigh thirty-two carats, and an
emerald ring, set with diamonds, the
central stone being fully an inch long
and of proportionate width. She is
known as the diamond queen Wash
ington Star.
Ida Lewis, famous for her efforts
in rescuing the drowning at Newport,
R. l., is the only woman in the world
who holds the position of government
lighthouse keeper. Although past
middle age she is always on the look
out for any unfortunates needing her
help, and would 60 to their relief as
promptly as when 1.-THE and active
girl.-Providenc Journal.
Mrs. Braddon, the novelist, re-
Gently told Olive Logan that after she
took up writing. to work at it steadi-
ly as a profession. she deliberately
changed her chirography. because she
found that a large handwriting was
much more fatiguing than a small
one. Mrs. Braddon has desks and
chairs of different sizes in her literary
work room, and when she gets tired
of the sitting posture she takes her
manuscript and walks over to q stand
ing desk where she writes until ia
tigued of the erect posture.-M Y.
Mail
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
HUMOROUS.

-"Oh, what bird is that? l have
ust Joined the Audubon Society. and
am so interested in bird calls. THAT s
our goat Life.
81 say. Broom!'' ''Call me by my
whole name, if you please. 1t has a
handle to it, and it was meant to be
used. sir.' That's so. Well, Broom
handle, how are you?"-M' T. Tel
egron'.
-''Spell cat" said little girl of five
years of age the other day to a smaller
one of only three. II can't" was the
reply. "Well, them continued the
youthful mistress, ''if you can't spell
cat, spell kitten"
$50 the missus is to be married,
eh?" said the gardener to the cook.
"Yis; and in illigant stoyle, too. She's
goin' for to have dhress thray yarruds
long, and four pall-bearers ter kerry
it. "-Albany Journal.
won't you sing, Mrs. Money
bags?" II have not sung since l was
married" ''But you were perfect
nightingale before" "Nightingales do
not sing after they have made their
nests. To,on Topics.
--"How did you come to fall IN love
with Matte Cook. Fred? Her face ism t
the prettiest in the world" Il admit
that, Bob, but then she has lovely
character and such a pretty foot :"
''Oh! then it was her foot that led you
to adore Mat?"
He Gestingly)-''A fair hand, Julia
"a fair hand; but you know in these
days they make the most perfect
counterfeits out of wax or marble. Are
you sure this is not one?" She (arch-
ly)-"Well, if you think it's counter
felt, hadn't you better ring it?"
-"Why is an apple-pic," said Fogg,
cycling remarkably flat specimen be-
fore him, like spring." Nobody
ventured an answer, and Fogg was
forced to break the painful silence by
explaining that il could not rise higher
than its sauce.-Boston Transcript.
Small Boy-'.l want to get pres
ent for me mother Proprietor
"How would a pair of slippers do.
sonny?" Small Boy" Have you got
'em made of cloth and without any
heels?' Proprietor-"Yes.' Small
Boy (eagerly)-"Gimme a pair!"-
Prairie Farmer.
Faithful Omaha Wife-.Yes, it is
true. Ny husband and l are going
way out into the wilderness to take
ND homestead. Fair Caller-fDeal
me! How long will you kave to live
there?'' Five years" '.How pity
YOU. Is there any thing / can do to
soften your lot?" '.Let me see-you
might send me the fashion papers. -
Omaha World.
Prisoner. you are charged with
having created disturbance, and the
officer SAYS he arrested you. totally
drunk, engaged in attempting to clean
out saloon. What have you to say?''
81 was not drunk. your honor"
'sWhy, you're not sober yet If you
had not been drunk would you have
to clean out . saloon?''
.-Your honor. / am subject to fits Of
erysipelas Of the imagination. mag.
med / could do it IN 7. Sasn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

Miss Louisa vass. apopular young
!edy engaged il teaching school at
Asmet, Morgan County, Tenn. died
suddenly and under peculiar circum-
stances recently. About noon she
learned that her mother was i'll at
home and not expected to live. The
yourg lady ran the entire distance
home, nearly mile, and a. she was
ascending the steps she fell dead from
heart disease. Mrs. Vass also died in
. few minutes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
Growth Comes from Growth.

Our conception of character charges
Is the character itself changes. This
is one of the most awful as well IS one
of the grandest facts of human expert
ence. The man who habituaf1y lies
gradually loses the sense of truth; the
man who lives in vulgarity loses the
sense of propriety; the man who gives
himself up to self-indulgence loses the
capacity to even appreciate pure and
selt-denying ideal. To scott at good
ness is the last state of wickedness. A
cataract grows over the moral vision,
snd the soul is incapacitated from per-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
It Astonishea the Publia

to hear Of tho resignation Of Dr. Pierce -
. Congressman to devote himself solely to
his labors as . physician. It was because
his true constituents were the sick and af-
aicted everywhere. They will find d..
PieTce's "Golden Medical Discovery" q
benefcent use of his scientific knowledge
In their behalf. Consumption. bronchitis
cough, heart disease. fever and ague, In.
termittent fever, dropsy, neuralgia, goitre
or thick neck, and all diseases Of the blood,
arecured by this world-renowned medicine.
Its properties are wonderful, its action
magical By druggists
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
Sunday-SchooI Lessons.

THIRD QUARTER.
Eept 19-Jesus Interceding John 1928
Sept. 3S-Review. Service of Song; Mission
ary, Temperance or other Lesson selected by
the school.
FOURTH QUARTER.
Oct 3-JcsuS Betrayed John 1S:1-14
Oct l0-Jesus before Plate. John Is % 40
Oct. 1f-Jesus Delivered to be
CruciRed. ........... John 10:1-16
Oct. A-Jesus CrucIfed. John -: IL 30
Oct. 3l-JesuS Risen. John 0:l-lS
Nov. Thomas Convinced. John 30:l6-3l
Nov. 14-Peter Restored. ....... John 2l:4-19
Nov. 2l-Walking in the Light
.........1 John 1:5-10, Snd 2:l-5
Nov. 2S-JOhn' S Vision of Christ. Rev. 1:4-lS
Dec. 5-WOrshiping God and
the Lamb. Rev. 5:l-l4
Dec 12-The Saints in Heaven. ..Rev. s:y,l1
Dec l9-The Great Invitation. II Rev. xs:s2l
Dec. 2j-Review. Christmas EXcrcises. Mis-
siOnary. Temperance or other Lesson kelectGd
bY the school.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

SAFE, permanent and complete are the
cures Of bilious and intermittent diseases,
made by Prickly Ash Bittera Dyspepsia.
general debility, habitual constipation, iv-
er and kidney complaints are speedily Grad
icated from the system. It disinfects,
cleanses and eliminates all malaria. Health
and vigor are obtained more rapidly and
permanently by the use Of this great nat
ural antidote than by any other remedy
heretofore known. As blood purifier and
tonic it brings health, renewed energy and
vitality to worn and diseased body.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
For wears we

For years we have noticed that
apple-trees growing alone. or in one
row along the road or fence. would be
exceedingly thrifty and productive.
while those in the orchard on the same
farms or soils would prove unpro-
ductiye and unthrifty. The reason for
this Is the single specimens have plenty
of C&c09o JoUsa0k
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

WHY are teeth like verbs? Because they
are regular, irregular or defective!-N T.
Isleqran.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

GRAY or sandy boards are colored brown
OF black by Buckingham's Dye for the
WhiskerR
One bottle of Ayers Ague Cure will Grad
icate malarial poisons from the system.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
SAY. why Il every thing


Probably, my dear nervous sister, BE-
cause you are suffering from some of the
diseases peculiar to your sex. You have .
"dragging-down' feeling, the back-ache,
you are debilitated, you have pains Of va
rious kinds Take br. R v. Pierce's "Fav-
orite Prescription" and be cured. Price re-
duced to one dollar. By druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

A Pos1T1vB FACT Of the Age is the certain
~ of relief afforded in skin diseases by
GLENN's SULPHUR Soar.
Hills HAIR AND WH1sKRR DYE, Black or
Brown. Dc
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

WE know an engaged young lady wht
has parrot which has learned to make &
noise like the smack of a kiss. How il
learned it is q mystery.-N Y. Telegram.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

LAWN ORDER-"Keep of the grasx.
Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

P1HRCE's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets"
are perfect preventives OF constipation.
Inclosed in glass bottles, always fresh. By
all druggists.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

NAME cheap country seat-A stump
AZbdnU Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

''DRRAM Of eggs sign Of money" says the
dream-book. Perhaps that is the origin Of
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

A CORRESPONDENT writes: 81 am in love
with young lady, but too bashful to pro-
pose. Who can help me outs" We should
say her father could; that is, if you has
pen to stay too late.-Ye0 HaUen Ners.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

A BAD marriage is like an electric ma
chine-it makes you dance, but you can't
let go.-N Y. Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

TIE largest revolver known-Ths earth.
" 7. GrGphic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

CONSTANT READER."-Yes, you are right
Water can run and leap, but it can moi
walk.-Peck's Sum-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

GARMENTS without buttons are adver.
tised. We've got 'em. and SO has every
other bachelor.-Neao Hacen Neus
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

AN enthusiastic meeting-two girls who
haven't seen each other for an hour.-Bur-
lnQt0n Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

TIE Frazer Axle Grease Is the best In thu
world Sold every where. Use it
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

TIE St. Nicholas tells Of q dog that can
count. But it can't equal cat in running
up . column.-Te1os Siftings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

BLoBsoN says that he shan't purchase q
Thermometer until fall. The plaguy
things are too high now.-Burlington Free
Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

EVERY man is said to have his price, but
the trouble is nobody but himself knows
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

AGE before beauty-a piece of spring
chicken on q pretty girls plate.-Proci-
dence Star
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

SOME men are born great, but as gem
eral thing they soon begin to shrink.-Chi
cGgo Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

TIE fly is not much Of an astronomer,
he'll find out all about the milky way.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

A YOUNG lady in Boston recently tried
to put up her hair with honey-comb to
make it look sweet.-N Y Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

HE."Hiss Elsa, do you play On ths
single notA" He-"Elsa, love Io1m.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

WHAT time by the clock is best for pun?
A joke takes best when it strikes ONE
Prairie Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

If a watch company should get into
financial difficulties could it do business on
tiCkl
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

SPRAINs, burns bruises are promptly heal
ID BY St Jacobs on, the conqueror Of pain.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

WHEN . young man wants to protect Z
young lady he puts his armOr round her.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

I'm. and Just naturally life. energy and strength
are gained BY taking Hoods Sarsaparilia. The pc.
euliar toning. purifying and vitaizing qualities of
this successful medicine felt throughout the
tire system. expelling disease. and giving quick
healthy action to every organ. II you suffer from
any disease Of the blood. stomach disorder, or din
Guilty with the liver and kidneys. try the peculiar
medicine. Hoods Sarsaparills. Be sure TO get
Hoods. Take no other.
shave taken Hoods earsaparins for dyspepsia
and - tonic Alternative. with the most beneficial
results. I have also used IL for rheumatism with
the good effect IreEard It - one Of the very best
family medicines, and would not willingly b With
outit" A. b. CURRY, Providence. RI
"1hsve been using Hoods earsapari1la for indi.
gestion and liver trouble. It has greatly benefited
ne. and think it h fully Is good medicine -
claimed" =. 8. CHIsxBRo. chief engineer A1O
dept, etouinGton. Ct
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold By IN druggists. a; nix for& Prepared only
NC I HOOD 4 CO. ApotAecasies, Lowell. Aass.
100 Doses One Dollar
A. 10 % n DAY. 6ampaes worth size
-, xH.S ~
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07

RELIEF il immediate, and q cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 50oents.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-19
IN Iinrrcpnnhle PnsitIon.

in the issue between the President and
the Senate touching the right Of the latter
to have an opportunity to examine public
papers on which removals or suspensions
are based the Senate is clearly in the right.
There is nothing Of 4 partisan character
I'm the demand of the Senate for such papers.
1t would have been made just as promptly
and followed up quite rs vigorously If q
Republican administration had created the
necessity for such action.
The report Of the judiciary committee,
signed 10y Ncssrs. Edmunds, Ingalls,, Nc
MILAN, IEoar, Wilson, and Eyarts, the main
points Of which were given in the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN some days ago, is an uuan-
swcrable argument. 1t will stand for all
time as firm as the everlasting hills.
The Republican Senate does not propose
any invasion Of the Presidents preroga-
tivcs It calls for no private papers, no con-
ildential communications of any kind. 1t
simply asks for those documents, without
which 1t cannot possibly discharge its con.
stitutional duties. 1t asks for them, not for
the purpose Of reviewing the acts of the
President, but to guide its own acts. The
Presidents right of selection is not Ques.
toned, nor are his reasons asked for
The President has chosen at varlou:
times to make public declarations from
which the inference is Inevitable that many
Of the suspended officials must have been
charged with official misconduct orpersonal
dishonesty. The Senate has right to see
and examine such charges and 1t cannot
possibly consent to virtually indorse then
In ignorance of what they are, as 1t woult
do by blindly confirming the nomination.
for succession.
The resolutions submitted by the judi
ciary committee formulate an issue o,
which the Republican party may safely e
to the country.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-19
PERSONALITIES.

Mrs, JOnN MANNING and Miss Matte Man
ming, of Buffalo, are the guests of Secretary
and Mrs, Manning,
SENATOR LELAND STANFORD has been thanked
in a resolution of the ST, Andrews Chapel, \.
NJ, +, Church at NewDerne, ~ C., for his con.
tribution Of 5000 to Zion Wesley College.
MIR. AND Mrs, s. A. KENT ana Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Singer, of Chicago, are the guests Of
Mr. and Mrs. w, S, Lincoln, lij East Capitol
street.
Mr.. MANNING LOGAN, son of Gen. and Mrs.
Logan, who is in business in New York, has
been spending several days in Washington.
lie LETT last evening on a business trip TO
Chicago.
AMONG the Presidents callers yesterday were
Senators McPhenon and Sawyer, Representa-
tives Green, Fuller, Lyman Frederick, Lehl-
BACH wilkins, Matson, Pidcock, HALEY, Cur
tin, and Long.