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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
FASHION NOTES.
Midsummer Styles Tor Young and Middle
Aged, Ladies'.


The topaz is again in favor.
A large bow of white ribbon deco
rates the handles. of stylish sun UNI
brellas.
A new material of the pongee variety
is called silk long, cloth, and is wider
than pongee.
A white cancels hair gown, trimmed
with rows of black and silver braid, is a
novelty.
An exquisite tea gown is of change
able peacock blue plush over a silk
skirt of reddish tan color
Soft vests of sprinkled Japanese crepe
are very stylish with any silk costume,
and may be either in white or delicate
color.
Little bees. 50 made that they tumble
with the slightest motion of the wear
er, are among the new things IN French
jewelry.
Dressy capOtes are made of white or
black lace, trimmed with beads and an
aigrette of flowers. Black and yellow
is very happy combination.
Domestic surahs have become almost
as standard as domestic cottons, and
are made up plainly. or with little
lace, passementerie or embroidery.
Bows for the couture are made of
faille ribbon; flowers are entwined
with thera. the effect of coloring being
made to- correspond with the costume.
worn.
For young ladies of slight figure the
bodice finely plated, both back and
front, is very becoming. 1t is generally
worn with wide sash of faille or
MORE ribbon.
Soft silk Grape and crepe de chine
are in favor for fine bonnets, also va
rious gauze and grenadine fabrics in
plain goods. and in striped, cross
barred and waved frise lines.
Embroidered initials to marx hand
kerchiefs are usually worked in satin
stitch with cotton of the same shade as
the border. If the handkerchief il all
white the cotton is the same.
Novel feather fans are composed of
ostrich plumes, of all shades, with an
aigrette in the center, and bamboo
handles tied with ribbons; these usual
ly match the costume with which they
are worn.- Godey's Lady's Book.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
TRUE RELIGION.
What 1t Is and How 1t Msnifests Its Pres.
ence In the Soul.

What 1t Is and How 1t MonifeSts It's Pres
ence In the Soul.
Religion is like a sacrament; it has
its outward and visible signs, and its
inward fact or things signifed. OF
these, the latter is, beyond dispute. the
more important. Religion, the bond
between the soul and God, lives in the
habits, or acts, whereby the soul adj
heres to, and communes with, the in
finite source of life. It is made up Of
faith, hope and love, pouring them.
selves forth at the feet of the invisible
King; it is by turns aspiration, wor-
ship, resolve; it expends itselfin thou
sand unheard, unuttered acts. where
by the human spirit holds converse
with its Creator. Sometimes it has its
eve on the Divine justice, and it is
forthwith Cody fear; sometimes ON the
beauty and perfection of God, aud it
melts into love; sometimes on the souls
manifold sins and ingratitude. and then
it becomes shame and confusion; some
times on the promises of God 8 mercy in
Jesus Christ, and then tits repentance,
contrition, self-condemnation, resolu-
tons to amend. Religion. rs it be-
holds the transcendent majesty of God,
prompts the soul to'a thousand acts of
alteration. praise and thanksgiving; it
summons the angels and the SAINTS,
and the whole world of sentient and
even lnanimate creatures, to sympathy
and cooperation in the work of praise;
it bids the soul offer all that it has and
is to His service and His glory; it con-
graduates Him that He is what He is,
and rejoices that any other creatures
exist to set forth His praise; it desires
that all may be brought to know and
love him; it is full of zeal for the ad-
vancement of His kingdom, and the do
ing His will. Above all, religion is
humble and resigned temper, which
sees in the ills of life the just reward
of personal sin, and would take up the
cross, less from sense of necessity.
than from sense of Justice; its inmost
spirit is that of the psalmist: IA
broken and cont1ite heart. o God, thou
wilt not despise. DR.. Liddon.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE KINGDOM.
10 Kingdom of God ID within

~For behold the Kingdom OF God 10 within
Thy kingdom herci
Lord can 1t be!
Searching and seeking everywhere
For many ear.
-<Thy kingdom come mas been my prayer,
Was that dear kingdom all the while SO near
Blinded and dull
With selfish SIM
Have ! been sitting at the gates
Called Beautiful
Where Thy far angel stands and waits
With hand upon the lock to let me tnf
Yves the wall
Which barred the way.
Darkening the glory of Thy grace,
Hid ng the ray
Which, shining out as from Thy very face,
Had shown to other men the perfect day2
Was ! the bar
VIII CHI shut me out
From the full jOyaDcc which they taste
Whose spirits are
Within Thy paradise embraced
THY blessed paradise. which seems SO fur?
Let me not sit
Another hour.
Idly awaiting what IS mine to win,
Blinded IN wit
Lord Jesus rend these walls of self and sin,
Beat down the gate that 4 may enter in.
-ERJttst Pulpit
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

If allowance is made for the differ
ence in the water contained, it is seen
that one hundred pounds of dry matter
OF mangels or sugar beets is consider
ably more nutritious and valuable than
that of corn, and still more so as re-
CARDS oats. Besides the water con-
tanned in the roots and the soluble con-
dition of thesdry substance have most
healthful result in aiding in the diges-
ton of dry food, as hay or grain fed
with the roots, and thus the roots have
an indirect value, which should be
credited to them in addition to their
actual feeding value > z~x -.
For this reason every farmer should
grow as many roots as he can feed to
his stock, and if he can grow more il
will pay him to increase his stock for
the purpose of consuming his roots
probably. Sugar beets or mangels
are preferable to any other roots, be-
cause they may be fed to cows without
any injurious effect upon the milk or
butter. These roots May be .sown any
time in June, but the: earlier the bet
ter. The soil should be thoroughly
plowed and made fineT a liberal ma
naring is required for a isll crop, but
artificial fertilizers are even better than
manure, as they are wholly free t ON
weeds, and weeds are the greatest
enemy to all root crops, causing very
much extra labor in keeping the young
plants free from them. Clean eultiva-
ton is indispensable to- success, but
this may be secured with little trouble
by the following manner Of culture:
The seed, four to six pounds per acre,
is sown in rows, with hand drill,
twenty-seven or thirty inches apart.
AS soon as the plants are up IN the
row, or sooner If needi be. the
hand drill is turned into
cultivator, and by the use of the wing
scrapeEs, the rows. well marked
by the roller of the drill, are cleaned
and free from weeds. as soon as these
appear. When the young beets are to
be seen plainly. the hand cultivator.
set to cut eight or ten inches, wida,, is
run across the rows. thus leaving two
or three plants in bunch at this dam.
lance apart in the rows; the rows are
worked at the same time. as before.
Then the hOrse-hoe or cultivatOv is
used between the rows to stir the
ground and this should be done fre-
quently- A dress of six hundred
pounds of salt per acre is now given
with much benefit. If necessary sur-
plus plants may be removed afterward,
but as two or three will grow together
in company without damage it is rare
ly necessary to do this work, which
Will require the hand hoe. If the.sol
is not rich enough for a full crop,.a Sec
ond application of three hundred
pounds Of supherphosphate Or: ine
bone per acre may be given. before the
second cultivation. AS the broad
leaves grow fast once they have start
ed close wedding is rarely required. but
the hand cultivator may be run across
the rows alternately with the herse-
hoe until the leaves meet and close the
rows. Moderately small roots; are
preferable to large ones as being more
but it is not difficult to grow
roots weighing from ten to fourteen
pounds when the soil is in good coHdi-
ton and the young plants Lave rot
been checked by the overcroMding of
y Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

Although the rattlesnake Is found
in a list Of the animals of Long Island,
it is so rarely met with in that part of
the State that it is seldom thought of by
the residents as Long Island reptile.
Within few years, however. speci-
mems have been killed on the south
side. near Islip. and in the interior Al
the eastern part of the island.-N. r.
Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
HOME. FARM AND oARoEl6

TO remove iron rust take one ounoo
Of oxalic acid, one quart OF boiling
water; steep the goods, stirring until
it b all out, which will be in short
time.-1oledo Blade.
| Fix your fences before the cattle
get into your growing crops. It II
much easier to prevent cattle from be-
coming nnruly than it is to cure them
of the habit after it i once formed
Troy Times
Corn Starch: Two cups Of sugar,
one cup of butter. one cup Of milk, one
cup of corn starch, mixed well with
the flour. of which take two cups.
whites of six eggs and TWO teaspoon
fuls OF baking sowder.-Bosson Globe.
Cultivation has SO affected the to-
mato that the seeds are fast disappear
ing and bid fair tppass out of existence
entirely, as in the sase of the Ranana,
leaving the propagation of the plants
dependent On cutaagA-M Y Tele-
gram.
Did you ever try wetting strip Of
cloth and laying it along the edge Of
your pies when the crnsSs separate and
the sirup stews over. And also in sak-
ing bread from the oven, stand it On
end without covering tile it cooks, an
less you are going to cat it warm. DE-
you are, it is better to cover it-Chicaa-
90 Journal =
Little Holland Breasels: Mako
. dough of half pound of
Sour, half > pound of sugar, the
yeX of two eggs, table
spoonful of sour cream sAd table
spoonful Of ceriander seed. Break OF
litsle bits OF the dough, roll them in
round pieces and form thenn in little
breteels OF rings Boston Bu1get.
Young Beets: Cut off the tops,
not too near the root. wash. without
scraping or peeling, and cock from
forty minutes to an hour in hos, salted
dish, then cover therein with q dress
ing made by heating four tablespeonfuls
of vinegar with . keaping tablespoon
ful of butter; salt and pepper to liking.
Tribune
Cream Pres: Bake the crnsts semp-
ty; pick them with fork before put
ting into the over, III they blister pick
them again The cream: Put One.and
one half pints. sweet milk in pan to
scald; beat one egg. into this stir tour
Of sugar. four table
spoohfuls -four, and one-half pint milk;
turn this into the hot milk and stir
briskly till we'll thiekened; add one
lemon essence and putit
into the crusts. Ioleds Blade.
The Importance OF lime as plant
food, to be supplied bM1ss use as fer
tilizef, may be perceived bv the follow
ing figures Ia twenty 4sve bushels of
oats here are nine pounds of lime; in
irty-eight bushels Of barley, fifteen
pounds; in two tons Of Clover hay, thir--
ty-five pounds; in twenty-five tons off
turniPs, one hundred and forty pounds;
in two hundred and fifty bushels Of po--
tatoes, two hundred and seventy pounds
Of lime Western Rural.
Weeds ara, divided INTO ANIMALS.
biennials and perennials. Annual
weeds are largely confined to cultivat-
I'd areas, and should be closely
Biennial weeds, for the :
most part. produce no. seed the first
rear, but seed issoften produced quite
,arly in the second SEASON. Perennial
weeds are those the tops of which dio
Town on the approach of cold weather,
The roots remaining alive, sending up
rev shoots, year after year.-N. E.
Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

Robert Benton Seeley. of london,
who died the other day at the advanced
age of ei&hty-nine years, was common
II called the ''father Of the publishing
trade" He began that business sixty
years ago.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
Sunday-Schooi Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER

THIRD QUARTER
July 11-Jesus the Good
Shepherd. John 10:1-lS
July 1S-The death of Lazarus. John n:1-l6
July 25-1he Resurrection
of Lazarus -... John n:17-H
Aug. l-Jesus HOnored. John l2:1-l6
Aug. S--Gent,les Seek nag Jesus John 12:2O-36
Aug. l5-Jesus Teaching HUI
mility ................ John Bill.
Aug. 22-Warnng to Judas and
Peter. John 1S:2l-3S
Aug. e9eJesus Comforting His
Disciples. John H:1-H
Sept. 5rJesus the True Yine. John l5:l-l6
Sept l2-The Mission of the
Spirit. John 16:520
Sept. 19-Jesus Interceding %. John 17:1-36
Sept. H-Review. Service of Song; Mission
airy. Temperance or other Lesson selected by
the school
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14

1 wheel, the wheel being turned with one hand while the thread is manipulated with the other. The carding was careless and the thread uneven; the weaving was slovenly done in narrow looms which have not even
 the flying shuttle, and the rough gray cloth
 made has no sale in the large towns. There were, however, many excellent knitters, as the knitting industry, owing to the cheap ness of labor, had survived; but embroidery or 'sprigging' had been killed outright by
 Swiss machine competition. To make
 long story short I set to work to remedy
 these defects and then to find a market for
 the goocs. l sent yarn and wool and pat
 terms, with careful and minute instructions,
 into the mountain villages: established agencies in the most remote districts; in sisted on the exact fulfllment of orders and gave technical information about dyeing, washing, weaving, etc., and now, after near
 ly three years steady cultivation of these in- dustries, homespuns, made entirely by hand, are turned out of these village looms, which compete with the Scotch in texture, quality and price, and which bought by Poole and other fashionable tailors, as we'll as pa- tronized and worn by MT. Parnen. The peasants also produce hand-knitted hosiery and gloves, which have taken the highest awards; delicate hand-sown under-linen for trousseaux and outfits, and needle-point laces fit for bridal dresses. The benefit to the people is not only in the money which now comes into these poverty stricken villa ges, but also in the impetus thus given to Irish home industries and the encouragement to good work. These forgotten peasant folk have been brought into communication with the outside world; they have been lifted ont of their despair, and have been taught that by intelligent industry they also can claim a position as workers in the world"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14
EDUCATIONAL.

Seven million children attend school daily in this country and about six million wish they didn't have to.-Philadelphia Call. One of the things which women would like to vote on is the lumber question. They want all lumber dressed before it is sent to market Burlington Free Press.
 So Henry George is going to start new paper, eh! We'll; start it down hill, Henry, start it down hilI It will be easier and faster and won't worry you 50 long.-Bur- dette.
 The man who published a book entitled ''The Art of Living a Hundred Years" is dead at the age of thirty eight. It is believed that he never mastered the art.-Norristown Herald
 Mrs. Million has just come home from Yewrup, and assures her friends that, all though strong Congregationalist, she en- joyed herself immensely in the Catholic churches, especially when they burned in sects.-Boston Beacon.
 A left handed honor. Father-"Have you named your dog yet, Johnnys" Son-''Yes, thir; Pm going to call him after you" Father-''That's not very complimentary, my son." Son-''It'h all right; he won't know enough to care.'-Tid Bits.
 fStop smoking" said Boston doctor to an ailing patient the other day, land it will lengthen your days" The patient stopped.
  first day the patient declares was as long as his whole previous life.-Boston Post.
 Husband Grascibly(-"We don't need that rug any more than cat needs two tails. How often have told you, my dear, never to buy anything because it's cheap?' Wife (with an air of one who has got the better of the argument)-"But it wasn't cheap, my love. It cost forty dollars. "-Puck.
 A bit of boy who had bank book in his hand seemed greatly worried as he had seat on windowsill in the postoffice corri- dor yesterday, and gentleman made in- quiry: "Are you trying to figure up the in- terest, sonnya" No, sir. What worries me is that must have brought down the wrong book This is the one I started with ten cents, and man altered the fggers to $10,000 to show the neighbors. "-Detroit Free Press.
 'Ah, doctor, you see?' murmured Mrs. Rugefiz, upon coming to herself after 8 faint ing fit; :'I am indebted to you for my life ''Not your life, madame, "replied the doctor, with graceful bow, "but perhaps I have helped you in another way. All the women here declared you had tainted, but with your complexion, madame, the thing was absurd I therefore insist that you were rendered un- conscious by rush of blood to the head. ."- Boston Transcript.
 De big sunfower may rise above
 De modest 'tater vine,
 And brag about it's Sunday clothes
 An put on airs so fine;
 But when de winter howlS around
 And de snow lies at de doar,
 De big sunfower, oh! whar am he?
 De 'tater hez de 1oah."
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14
Burdette's Moral.


 Father" said Rollo, ''I see by the papers that the Democrats made unprecedented gains in every State that held an election this month, and have increased their strength in both houses of Congress" "Wells" said Rollo's father. "And I see further" said Rollo, ''that the Republicans gained sweep ing and decisive victories at every poll, and have increased their strength in the Senate and wrested the House from the Democrats. 7" "Welll" said Rollo's father. "Well, but cannot understand it at ail," said Rollo; "what does it meana' ''It means," said Rollo's father, "that you have been reading the papers on both sides and believe what they tell you, and you will never become an offensive partisanh ''What will I becomea' asked Rollo. ''You will become a mild, harmless lunatic,' said his father, afflicted with certain vague sentiments a little too limp for convictions and not quite fabby enough for drivel" Rollo looked imploring- ly at his Uncle George. 'tHe means" said Rollo's Uncle George, ''that you will come to be nugwump" And Rolio somehow got it into his head that his father voted per peEdicular ticket, but he couldn't guess which one
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14
Practical Help for Ireland.

In the Century for December Mrs. Ernest Hart, of London, gives an account of the establishment of cottage industries in Done- gal, from which we take the following ex- tract: 'A brave, simple, independent and penurious people are these Donegal peasan- try, and work we determined to give them; but howa Could poor, far-away Donegal compete with the thousand mills of Brad ford and Manchester Reflection on the pe- culiar conditions and capabilities of peas antry rooted in the soil, but willing to work at home industries, bade me hope; and in spite of wise political economists who told me could not put back the clock, that I was attempting the impossible, determined to try to revive, with the aid of the modern influences of art and science, the old cottage industries which once f1ourished among these people. A Donegal farm consists of from five to ten acres of bog land that has to be reclaimed, and the farmer migrates in the summer to England or Scotland as a farm 1aborer; if during the long winter months of enforced agricultural idleness he and his family could be employed at some industry that could be pursued at home, it would, I thought, be sufficient to lift the family out of destitution, and the recurrent spring fam ines would be forestalled. What could the people do2 They could spin, weave, knit, embroider, and make lace. Spinning was and is still done on the primitive large
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14
Happy old Women.

Boston Correspondence of the New York Tribune,
 At the Home for Aged Women in Revere street, which WAS organized in 1949, there are now ninety-fve old ladies. Two of these are over ninety years of age, the oldest in- mate of the institution being ninetytwo years and six months. The longest time during which any one of the present in- mates has been in the home is twenty-six years. There have been five deaths during the year from old age, but it is a remarkable fact that there has not been case of sick ness in the house since last December. ''Hew do you take care of old people so that they may achieve such wonderful record of good health2' was asked the matron, who has had an experience of over twenty years in the institution. ''I am particularly care ful in regard to their diet," she said. ''Old people should have plain food and this should be thoroughly cooked, and they should not be given too many kinds of food at one meal. I allow them to have one course of meat at dinner with vegetables and one kind of des- sert, not rich pastry. but fruit and pudding, and occasionally plain pie. The old ladies like to tske their dessert to their own rooms to eat at their leisure. They particularly like cheese and have to be careful that they do not eat cheese at night, when it would be indigestible Old ladies usually have good appetites and often need gentle restraint, but we are pleased to have them eat heartily. As soon as the appetite fails we know that they are losing health, and if it is not re- gained they will pass away. The great means of comfort to old ladies are the rock ing chairs and the pitchers of tea. On one Christmas each old lady given small decorated china pitcher for tea, and three times day the pitchers filled with tine cheering drink and carried to the rooms of the old ladies, to be enjoyed leisurely. Sew ing and reading, promenading in the halls and calling upon one another form peace ful routins of life. When visitor reads aloud to them some provides cert they are well entertained. In suitable weather permission is given to walk or ride out of doors, but the matron is obliged to be watehful lest some imprudent ones escape in severe winter weather. Upon cold or stormy days she takes the precaution to lock the door and. to announce at breakfast: ssLa- dies, I have the key of the door in my poek ct, and you will be obliged to find oecupa- tion indoors to day."