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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03

that OF others. There is no place 30
well adapted to the cultivation OF
Christian character. What opportuni-
ties and what demand hourly in the
home circle for all the graces of the
! Spirit: meekness, patience. self-sacrl-
fcc, charity and faith. That care-wOrn
mother in the midst of her little ones
who are so thoughtless, SO fretful. SO
exacting. and yet whose tender spirits
can be deeply wounded by a hasty
word Must she not long for help
Divine? Must she not be ever lifting
up her heart to God in prayer? Our
Heavenly Father knew just what dis
cipline we would need and he placed
us in homes. that by the daily attention
Of their petty trials we might be pol
isfled for the skies.
We are often told by the pulpit and
the press that there is a sad decline in
family religion; that family affairs have
fallen; that home religious instruction
is obsolete; that parents are too busy
to study the Bible with their children.
or to teach them the Catechism; that
the Christian culture of the young is
turned over to the Sabbath-school,
which is held responsible, with the aid
of the minister or an occasional evan
seiist, for the salvation of their souls.
No doubt there is a good deal
of exaggaation in these state
ments, and yet there is some truth in
them. The good old way of our fathers
is not. popular in these days. They
used to regard the Christian home as a
church in miniature. The family was
a congregation for Bible study and for
worship. But now there is so much
ngrossing business for the father. so
many domestic and social claims upon
the mother. so many lessons to be
learned by the children, SO many ac-
complishments to be attended to, SO
much preparation for shining in So
ciety, that really there Is no time, in
many homes, not an hour, from Mon
day morning until late Saturday night,
for religion. 1t is relegated to the
Sabbath. But when Sunday comes
there is SO much dressing for church
that there is no time for family wor-
ship after breakfast. Church. then
Sabbath-school, then a late Sunday
dinHer, then every body is tired. The
older ones want to read the religious
newspaper. The younger ones want
to read their Sabhath-school books and
papers. The short afternoon is soon
gone. After an early tea the boys and
girls hurry away to the young people S
meeting, stay to the evening service
AID come home to go to bed. And so
the Sunday has gone, and all the piety
has been outside of home. If this is
the way we are drifting it is time for
fathers and mothers to stop and think.
We shall all have to give account for
our children as well As for ourselves at
the bar of Chicago interior.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
A SMART BOY.
He Writes an Essay on Columbus Which
Ought to Have Been Framed.

He Writes an Essay on Columbus Which
Ought to Have Been Framed.
The following story comes from a
school in the midlands. The master
told the boys of the third class to write
a short essay on Columbus. The follow
ing was sent up by an ambitious essay
list: Columbus was a man who could
make an egg stand on end without
breaking it. The King of Spain said to
Clumbus: Can you discover American
Yes" said Clumbus, If you will give
me ship So he had ship and sail
ed over the sea in the direction where
he thought America ought to be found.
The sailors quarreled and said they be-
lieved there was no such place. But
after many days the pilot came to him
and said: Columbus, see land Then
that is America, said Clumbus. When
the ship got near the land was full Of
black men, Clumbus said: is this
American Yes, it is said they. Then
he said: 1 suppose you are the mig
gers?' Yes. they said, we are The
chief said, i suppose you are Clumbus?'
You are right. said he. Then the chief
turned to his men and said: There is
no help for it; we are discovered at
last. '"-L0nd0n Standard.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
MORAL TEACHING.
To BE Most Effective 1t Must BE Vital.
lied by u Genuine Religious Faith.

To BE Most Effective 1t Must BE Vital.
lied by a Genuine Religious Faith.
1t is sometimes supposed that no eff
fcctire moral teaching is possible, save
that which refers to the Bible as au-
thority. This is great mistake.
Doubtless many of us would rather
have the Bible taught in the schools as
the textbook of morals-if it could be
intelligently taught-than any other
book. But this Is not possible. And,
although no other knowledge of moral
ity can be so good as that which would
be gained by a reverent and intelligent
study of the Bible, yet a knowledge of
the great moral laws and their penal
ties, sufficient for the practical guild
ance OF men in earthly affairs, can be
gained from the experience of men and
the study of human nature. The NOR
al laws revealed in the Bible are also
impressed upon the nature of man.
They were in full force and effect be-
fore the Bible was written. AS soon
as moral beings began to exist in their
present relations these laws began to
operate. The facts of morality are
stated in the Bible because they are
true; they are not true because they
are stated in the Bible; they were true
before word of tie Bible had been ut
tered. Every law of the decalogue. as
my old teacher of morals. President
Hopkins, always insists, is a natural
law. Surely there can be no objections
to teaching natural law in the public
schools; and of all natural laws, those
which relate to the conduct should
first be taught by the State. The neg
lect to provide this kind of teaching is
sheer fatuity; every citizen who is a
Christian, and who believes that right
cousness is the prHcipal thing, is
bound to cry out against it, and to de-
mand. increasingly, that this great de-
feet in our systems of popular educa-
ton be remedied without delay.
The systematic a.d intelligent teach
ing of morals in the public schools,
would, undoubtedly, accomplish much
good. Nevertheless the fact must not
be overlooked that truth of this kind,
to be most effective. must be vitalized
by genuine religious faith. Religion
is the inspiration of all highest moral
ity. And while religion can not be
taught in the public schools, those teach
ers who possess this faith, mag, with
out any dogmatic instruction, impart
it to their pupils. at is for the teach
ers," says Mr.. w. 7. Harris. mot to
claim to introduce formal religious
ceremonies, but to make all their teach
ing glow with genuine faith. hope
and charity, so that pupils will catch
from them their view of the world as
the only view that satisfies the heart
and the intellect and the will. Wash
ingtOn GLADDEN., in Century Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

1T is claimed that cistern wates
may be purified by hanging in it . bag
filed with charcoal.
No pruning at all is safer practice
than the putting a sharp knife into the
hands of an ignoramus. 1t requires
skill and knowledge of varieties and
their peculiarities, which few possess,
to prune apple and pear trees proper
ly. What would be good treatment
for one variety would be ruinous to
Others.-N. Y. Herald.
The garden should be cut down to
the smallest space consistent with FAM
lily needs and then take good care of it.
Thorough culture enables us to raise
more and better vegetables on small
lot than could be had from double the
surface neglected. So of seeds. One,
or at most two, unexceptional varieties
is better than an entire catalogue of
names.-San Francisco Chronicle.
-Currant Cakes: One pound flour,
one-half pound butter, three-quarters
pound sugar. four eggs. one-half pound
currants, well washed and dredged;
one-half teaspoonful soda dissolved in
hot water; one-half lemon. grated rind
and juice; one teaspOonful cinnamon
Drop from a spoon upon well-buttered
paper, lining baking-pan. Bake
quickly. -Boston Budget.
Boiled Shad: Wipe the skin Of fresh
shad with a cloth dipped in vinegar;
season the inside with salt and pepper;
lay it fiat on a well-greased gridiron.
boil the inside first, then the skin side;
while it is boiling mix together two
tablespoonful of sweet butter, one of
parsley, the juice of half lemon. and
a little pepper and salt; put the shad
on plate, pour over the dressing, and
place slices of lemon around it.-N E.
Farmer.
"A delicious prune pudding is made
by stewing apound of prunes till they
are soft: remove the stones, and sugar
to your taste; add whites of three eggs
beaten to stiff frOth, making a puff
paste for the bottom of the pudding
dish; after beating the eggs and prunes
together till they are thoroughly mixed.
spread them on the crust, bake for half
an hour, or until you are sure the crust
is done.-Exchange.
The location of a maple tree has
much to do with the increase or de-
crease not only in the quantity but in
the quality of its sap. Trees standing
on loY land, moist and having black,
mucky and rich soil, will run large
amount of watery sap, having less than
two per cent. of sugar, and that of dark
quality. On the other hand, trees
standing on high. dry and ledgy ground
will yield very sweet sap, having three
or four per cent. of sugar in it, and
will make very white product.-1roy
Times.
The Indiana Ftvnler would add
the garden to woman's work. 1t says
that the wives and daughters of farm
ers have work enough to do without
taking part in the tilling of the soil,
with their general household duties,
the milk to take charge of. and the
care of the fowls. Still it is likely that
the women on most farms would de-
rive benefit by tending flower, vege-
table and fruit garden. 1t furnishes a
change of occupation, and creates a
necessity for exercise in the open air
and sunshine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
RELIGIOUS READING.
CALLED HOME.

They are going-only going
Jesus called them long ago:
Ali the w.ntry time they re passing
Softly as the falling snow.
When the vioiets IN the spring time
Catch the azure of the sky,
They are carried out to slumber
Swcetly where the yio!etS lie.
They are gOing-only going
When with summer earth IS dreSt
In their cold bands holding roses
Folded to eacn silent breast:
When the autumn hangs red banners
Out among the harvest sheayeS,
They are going-eyer going
Thick and fast, Like falling leaves
All along the might, ages.
All adown the solemn time,
The have taken up their homewacd
March to that sercner CLINE,
Where the watching, waiting angels
Lead them from the shadow DIN,
To the brightness OF His presence
Who has called them unto Him.
They are going-only going
OUT OF pain and into bliss:
Out of sad and sinful weakness
Into perfect holiness.
Snowy browS-nO care shall shade them
Bright cyeS-tears Shall never dim:
Rosy lips-no time shall fade them;
Jesus called them unto HIM.
Little hearts forever stainless
Little hands as pure as they
Little feet, by angels guided,
Never a forbidden way!
They are gong-ever going
Leaving many a lonely spot:
But It's Jesus vino has called them
Suffer, and forbid them not!
Boston transcript.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Let no knowledge satisfy but that
which lifts above the world, which
weans from the world. which makes
the world a footstool.
One thing pride has which no 9TH
or vice that l know of has; it is an en-
envy to itself; and proud man can
not endure to see pride in another
Fetthdna.
He who has a settled regard for
what is real and true and abiding.
keeps cut of his future those very
things which bring confusion to the
wicked. Young.
"A tree will not only lie as it falls,
but it will fall as it leans. And the
great question every one should bring
home to himself is this: ssWhat is the
inclination of my soul? Does it, with
all its affections. lean toward Gcd es
away from Him.. j. Gur,sey.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
HOW WE ARE RATED.
Associations Which Keep Records o
Mems Careers and Deeds.

Associations Which Keep Records OF
Mems Careers and Deeds.
Every trade and profession has, be-
side its money-making quality. its
picturesque side. its point of dramatic
interest, which allies it to life and to
human nature. The educated carpen.
ter or builder will go back as far as
Solomon for the origin of his tools. and
the secret significance attached to them.
The lawyer is not concerned alone
with dry laws and statutes, but with
the hidden histories of families and the
tragedies of crime. The doctor. study
ing bones and nerves and blood, and
the effect of certain drugs on them, is
Knocked by that intangible mystery be.
meath his fingers called Life, which
comes and goes he knows not how nor
why.
Even that most prosaic of tradesmen,
the grocer, knows of a secret oracle
which he consulrs to discover the char
acter OF a new customer. This is the
Black List, which is issued yearly by the
Grocers' Association, and which con-
tains the names of all the heads OF
families in the cities and larger towns
in the United States who are ''bad
pay"
A similar publication gives the COM
mercial reputation of all business men
in the country. Should John Doe or
Richard Roe, from Western town,
60 into large mandatory or whole
sale house in one of the large cities to
purchase goods and ask for credit, he
would probably be detained by con-
versation with one partner for few
moments while the other consulted a
large volume, or telegraphed to the
agent of this protective association in
the town from which he came. His
character is known and recorded. No
protestations or appearances of hon.
esty which he may put on, will efface
the memorable black mark against his
name if it appears in the secret book.
After all, is not each of us, boy or
girl, man or woman, measured and
written down as honest or the reverse
in an invisible but always open book?
Every word we speak, every act of our
lives from childhood until middle age,
mean or noble, honest or tricky, kind
or cruel, makes a stroke there against
our names. Youths Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
SOWING GRASSES.
Mixed Seeding Recommended by Compe-
tent Agricultural Authorities.

Mixed Seeding Recommended by COmpe-
tent Agricultural Authorities.
The question of what grasses to cul-
tivate is an important one to farmers.
As rule we have too few grasses. One
grass is no more adapted to all soils
than is any other crop. Red clover,
orchard grass, blue grass and timothy,
for instance, are adapted to arabic,
well-drained soils-any soil good for
wheat. Alsike, clover, and red-tOp
take kindly to moister soils. Hence
each farmer must make study of the
grasses adapted to his soil as he would
in relation to the adaptation of any
other crop.
Upon the subject of mixed grasses
also there has been too little thought.
A larger yield can be had on any soil
from mixed grasses than from any sim
gle one. Grasses exclusively for past
ure should also be made study. The
professor of agriculture in the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin has made some expe-
riments in this direction. and resume
of his conclusions would be interest,"
ing:
''For the purpose of testing the adj
vantages of using mixed grasses for
hay and pasture four acres were de-
voted to experiments. The mixed
seed sOwn were timothy, orchard,
Italian rye, perennial rye, tall oat, red
top, Kentucky blue, with the clovers.
These grass seeds were in nearly equal
quantity, except that timothy and
orchard grass predominated; the whole
twenty-nine pounds to the acre. They
were sown in early May, on spring.
plowing and fine harrowing-a part of
the land to these alone and a part with
q light seeding of barley. The seeds
terminated and grew well. The adj
vantage of seeding to grass-seed alone
was very distinctly exhibited. We are
informed that this portion of the field
'fourished in most surprising man.
ner, while that with the barley
grew spindling and pale The
latter, however, did well after
the barley was cut, although the
difference was very visible to the end
of the season. So heavy was the
growth when seeded alone that over
three weighed tons of hay were taken
the same season from two and a third
acres. No hay was cut from the bar
ley-seeded part. After the moving,
hne pasture was furnished for several
weeks in autumn, estimated as worth
two dollars an acre for cattle at twenty
five ccnts week. Where the barley
was sOwn, the pasture was worth about
half this amount. The hay was worth
at least ten dollars an acre, at eloht
dollars ton. Prof. Henry, who con-
Quoted these experiments, is confident
that mixed pasture of this kind will
be worth three dollars an acre more
each year than a common clover and
timothy sod. The grass is more in
quantity, and the succession continues
longer. On the whole, 30 far as this
single trial goes. it furnishes good evil
dence in favor of mixed seeding, and in
sowing alone without the shade of
grain crops. barley being regarded as
one OF the best to seed with. ~ Chicago
zfibxne.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
On the downward path.-Old NJ,

On the downward path.-Old Mrs.
Bently-Do you know what's become
of young George Sampson, who used to
spree it so much last summer? Old
Mrs. B4owser-I hear he went West
an has become q confirmed teetotaler.
Old Mrs. Bently-Oh, dear, is it posi-
BILE? An he was such likely young
man, too. It beats all what people II
do when they once gets taste for rum.
Temperance Adc0cate.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03
international Sunday-School Lessons

SECOND QUARTER.
May lf-The Nobieman Son John 4: 1854
May 23-Jcsus at Bethesda. .. John 8: 5-1S
May 30-JesuS Feeding Five
Thousand John 6:1-2l
june 6-JesuS the Bread of
Life John 6: - 70
June I3-.JcsIIS the Christ John :: 3I-52
June 20-Jesus and Abraham
John s: 31-3S. and 44-i9
June 2s-Revicw. Service of Song: Mission
airy, Temperance or other Lesson selected
by the scnool
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03

-"John, it is quite dim il this room.
What is the matter?" II don't know;
1 lit the gas half an hour ago and i,
should have made plenty of light By
this time. - PecEs S1n.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03

her duties, meddling with outside mat
tiers. and besides, is casting reflection
on the manners of the people" Men,
beers of the board of education are con-
suited as to the limits of teacher 5
power The six members of the board
have all presided as teachers in the
town. and it is against the rules to crit
icise any thing out of school-hoars,
and surely it shows q great lack of ia
miliarity between teacher and pupils
not to say '.Hello!" Now, here is our
chance. We have always succeeded
in keeping city teachers out of the
place. We have teachers enough of
our own and need the money ourselves,
and we have quietly revoked city teach
er's certificates on two occasions and
they have been obliged to leave; so if
we can only manage this one success
fully, probably there will be no at
tempt at city teaching for some time to
come. We will not have any new meth
DDS introduced here.
The committee of the district is con-
suited, but says: "Not a complaint has
reached his ears from person whom
he considers competent to judge of the
merits of school. He has visited the
school. considered the teaching super
ior, discipline excellent, and every
thing satisfactory"
A meeting of the board is called in >
retired place and the certificate is re-
voked bccause''new methods" are in
troduced.
Is it to be wondered ct that in such a
district, with thirty families four of the
male heads of the families can neither
read nor write, and the generation
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-03

now coming on promises to even outdo
the former in ignoranceP-Hartford
COurant. ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-04-14
Poultry Manure.
By Our Agricultural Editor.

ny Our ASIioult!1al LuiIoi-
Few farmers appear to appreciate poultry
manure at it's full value. This fertilizer
say d in good condition, is worth as much
as an equal weight of any fertilizer or qua
no in the market. The good condition
means, purity, dryness, and the presence of
some absorbent to fix the ammonia, and
prevent its dissipation.
To husband poultry manure properly the
poultry-house should have hard dry floor
of clay or concrete, or better still good
plank floor raised off the ground. The
manure must not be subject to moisture, as
this is very injurious, causing it to lose
strength rapidly.
With good close-ftting plank floor and
roosts conveniently arranged, it becomes
easy to save the manure in good order,
pure, dry, and free from foreign matter
save the absorbent employed. As soon as
the house is ready for the fowls, and roosts
placed parallel on one side, cover the floor
to the depth OF an inch with land plaster or
charcoal dust-the first preferred-so that
the droppings Of the fowls will fall upon
the absorbent and mingle with it. Keep a
bag of plaster in one corner of the room, and
once day sprinkle a little over the drop
pings. Once a week, or two weeks, go in
with a broad wedding hoe and work the
mass over, so as to get the manure and
plaster we'll mixed. BY pushing it back
ward and downward under the hoe, and
and then raking it forward, this is quickly
and easily done.
The same material may be kept in place
after several workings, only taking care to
use plaster enough to keep the mass dry
When a part is reduced to perfect dryness,
it may be put aside ready for use.
Saved in this way all the ammonia is re-
tanned. The mass is dry, easy to handle,
and not offensive, and the plaster itself is a
valuable element, adding both lime and
sulphuric acid to the mass-Inder- appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-04-14
No Counter between you and yOur CustOm-
ePS.
BY It. DE WITT TALMAGE, D. D.

Do address one whose regular work in
life is to administer to this appetite? For
Gods sake get out of that business If a
woe be pronounced upon the man who gives
his neighbor drink, how many woes must
be hanging over the man who does this
every day and every hour of the day
God knows better than you do yourself
the number of drinks you have poured out.
You keep a list; but more accurate list
has been kept than yours. You may call it
Burgundy, Bourbon, Heidsiek, Hook. God
calls it strong drink. Whether you sell it
in low oyster cellars or behind the polished
counter of first-class hotel, the Divine
curse is upon you. tell you plainly that
you will meet your customers one day
when there will be no counter between you.
When your work is done on earth, and you
enter the reward of your business, all the
souls Of the men whom you have destroyed
will crowd around you, and pour their bitter
ness into your cup. They will show you
their wounds and say, "You made them;
and point to their unquenchable thirst, and
say, "You kindled it''; and rattle their
chains and say, "You forged them" Then
their united groans will smite your ear and
with the hands out of which you once pick
ed the sixpences and the dimes, they will
push you off the verge of great precipices;
while rolling up from beneath, and break
ing among the crags of death, will thunder:
'Woe to him that giveth his neighbor
drink ~