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Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
THE KENTUCKIAN.
Description of the Typical Inhabitants OF
the Blue Grass Region

Description of the Typical Inhabitants of
the Blue Grass Region.
The typical Kentuckian regards HIM
self an American of the Americans, and
thinks as little of being like the English
as he would of initiating the Juies. In
nothing is he more like his transatlantic
ancestry than in strong self-content.
He sits on his farm as though it were the
pole of the hcavens-a manly man with
a heart in him. Usually of the blond
type. robust. well formed, with clear,
fair complexion. that grows ruddier with
aoe and stomachic development, full
neck. and an open, kind. untroubled
,.ountenance. lie is frank, but not IA
miliar: talkative, but not garrulous;
full of the genial humor of local hits and
illusions, but without a subtle nimble-
ress of wit; indulgent toward all purely
masculine vices, but intolerant OF petty
.rimes: no reader of books nor master
n religious debate, faith coming to him
Is naturally as his appetite, and grow
ne with what it is fed upon; loving
coast pig. but not caring particularly for
Lambs eulogy; loving his grass like
Greek: not because il is beautiful, but
because it is fresh and green; peaceful
man with strong passions, and so to be
heartily loved and respected or heartily
hated and respected, but never despised
or trifed with. An occasional barbecue
in the woods, where the saddles
of South-Down mutton are roasted on
spjts over the Goals of the mighty
trench, and the steaming Kettles of
burroO lend their SAVIOR to the nose OF
the hungry political orator, so that he
becomes all the more impetuous in his
invectives: the great agriculture fairs;
the race-cOurses; the monthly county
court day, when he meets his nelghbors
on the public square OF the nearest
town: the quiet Sunday mornings, when
he meets them again for rather more
clandestine talks at the front door Of the
neiohborhood church-these and his
own fireside are his characteristic and
ample pleasures. You will never be
under his roof without being deeply
touched by the mellowest of all the
virtues of his race-simpIe. unsparing
human kindness and hospitality.
The women of Kentucky have long
had reputation for beauty, An aver
aoe tyne is a refinement on the English
bionde-greater delicacy of form,
features. and color. A beautiful Ken
tuckv woman is apt to be exceedingly
beautiful. Her voice is almost uniformly
low and soft; her hands and feet deli
cately formed; her skin quite pure and
beautiful in tint and shadlng; her eyes
blue or brown: to all which is added
certain unapproachable refinement.
1t must not be supposed, however, that
there are not many genuinely ugly
women here, as observation-disclosures
Lane Allen. in HarperS Magazine.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25

Grated into what we should now caIl
ferocity and cruelty. Let it be the
personal idiosyncracies of writers, so
that Paul is in one sense as much Paul
in writing under inspiration as if there
were no Inspiration, and John or Peter
in like way self-revealed in both
thought and style. Why, the meaning
of it all is that God can inspire man to
write the things it pleases Him that
they should write without making
them machines, and give the revelation
of Himself in His book the same vari-
ETY., the same freedom, the same bound
lessness of resource in method and in
strument, as He gives to the revelation
of Himself in nature.
Then, after all, when you have taken
note of all these peculiarities of the hu-
man element in the Bible, you will find,
if YOU take the trouble to examine the
matter fully, that the Bible is none the
less on account of them book such as
only divine inspiration should have
produced. 1t is to us often, a matter
of astonishment that any student of
those old literatures which date back
to the same periods as the writings il
the Old Testament, especially, should
any one of them fail to be a thorough
believer in the inspiration of the Bible.
At every point of view the contrast is
simply wonderful. Those old books,
Egyptian, Chald;ean. Assyrian, Hindu,
even Greek and Roman are such as
men make. Here and there a scrap of
that wisdom which pcrvade; every part
of the Christian Scriptures. Here and
there some glimmcr of a correct idea
reward, of what life means and what
death means. For the rest, a mythical
dream, meaningless rhapsody, an
oppressive, soul-crushing ritual or an
idOlatry which shocks an enlightened
mind with Il sense of something too
bad to be possible. TO turn from one
of them to the Bible is a step out of
darkness into light, out of mire and
pollution to the firm, green bank,
where the flowers gliSten and the
shadows play. How could a man
praise 'sThe Light of ASIA" and see
nothing Divine in the "Sun of Right
eOusness?'
The doctrine of inspiration has thus
far sustained the ordeal of both friendly
and unfriendly criticism, withoutlo or
damage in any particular. 1t will con-
tinue so to do. In the meantime, let
the significance of such criticism not be
mistaken The doubt of some hesitat-
ING or sceptical critic, the mistake of
some interpreter, does not impeach the
record. These are ''the grass" which
witherath s.the fIOwer'' which ssfad-
eth" The word of the Lord lis that
which endures forever" - Chicago
Standard.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.
A Valuable Publication-A Combination Of
Humor and Useful Information.

A Valuable Publication-A Combination Of
Humor and Useful Information.
The most interesting and original in
PRODUCTION to a book that We have ever
seen. comes to us in little work just
received. in the shape of humorous
article entitled The Twelve Signs of
the Zodiac" Illustrated by Thomas
Worth, the wcll-known New York
artist. The old and familiar signs with
which we are well acquainted through
almanacs and otherwise, are given a
new and everyday meaning. and we
defy any one to look at them or to read
the text without indulging in hearty
laugh. ..Bill Nyc's'' thrilling expert
ence with cyclone is also wittily
treated by that humorist, and IVA
Whipple," M Quad and Others of
those writers Of to-day. who "shoot
folly as it flies" are amongst the con-
tributors, while artists such as Opper,
Cox and Coffin have furnished apt il
lustrations. The book, which is the
st. Jacob's oil Family Calendar and
Book cf Health and Humor for the MI
lion for 1886. is published by The
Charles a. Nogeler Company. of Balti-
more. Md. and it is only another proof
of the well-earned reputation of the
remedies manufactured by that house
that such literary lights should be ready
to assist in spreading the story of the
wonderful cures wrought by St. Jacobs
Oil. Another specially now being
wrought by this house-Red Star Cough
Cure, which costs, only twenty-five
cents-is shown by analysis to be free
from opiates and is of remarkable eff
cacy. A whole regiment of carriers is
now distributing the book in large cit
les. while in towns and villages it can
be had through druggists, and if it can
not be obtained in any of these ways 8
copy will, on receipt of a stamp, be
forwarded to any address by the pub
lishers.-Erchange.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
NOT TAKING risks.
A Y6unxster Who Proposes to be ON th
Safe Side

A Y6unxster Who Proposes to be ON th .
Safe Side
.You say you live with your parents"
said china dealer who was putting
lot of youngsters through an examination
for the position of errand boy in his
establishments:
'sYessir."
..And you are quick at figares?"
'.Yessir."
"Now. suppose l had dropped around
the corner to get lunch, and a lady
should come along who wished to pur-
chase two dozen cups and saucers at
dollar and half Dozen"
'Yessir."
"After agreeing to take the goods she
hands you five-dollar note How much
change would you return to her?''
Two dozen cups and saucers?r asked
the boy gazing toward the ceiling.
That's what l said"
s.She must be boardin' house keeper
To-
Never mind what she is. How much
change would you hand to her?" asked
the dealer.
ga dollar and half dozen?"
Eyes, yes. Now then!''
"Don't you think that's pretty darn
high for"
'.Never mind whether it's high or
low. How much money would you re-
turn to the lady9'
'.But them five dollars might be bad"
calculated the boy, winking at the store
cat.
1--WE will suppose the bill to be good"
said the dealer. sharply.
II don't see what one woman wants
to buy all them cups and saucers for.
any way. When my sistergot married
she didn't setup housekeepin' with near
Then you can't give me the an
swer?'
''What, bout the change?
"Yes, yes"
'.Oh!"
"Come, what is the answer?"
"Well," murmured the boy. shifting
to his other foot, an keeping an eye
on the cat. I'D just tell the lady to
call round when you was in and get
her change, fur the bill might be a bad
un. and don't never take no risks"
You're engaged" calculated the
ler.-Calyormia Marerick.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
CONCERNING BADNESS.
A Delightfully."- Suggestive Legend for Bale
People.


People.
In the tropics. turkey-buzzards are
the scavengers of towns, and are pro-
tected both by law and sentiment. A
person writing from Port Clarence, in
the island of Fernando Po. gives Gu
rious legend in regard to these birds
which is quite in the humor of the
Spanish fancy. The streets were SO
clean that the wretched turkey-buzzards
could scarcely find enough to supply
the wants of life, and were perchcd
about on the tops of the trees and the
gables of houses, looking hungry and
melancholy.
These scavengers, as no doubt the
reader knows, are bald-headed. and
the Spaniards have invented little le-
gend to account for it. They say that
when the waters subsidized after the del
uge, and Noah opened the door of the ark
to let out the passengers, the ancient
mariner thought that he would give
parting word of advice to his fellow
voyagers, and beginning with the birds,
he said:
'.My children, when YOU see man
stoop down as he is coming towards
you, fly away from him as quick as you
can, for he is picking upa stone to throw
at you"
THAT'S all very well!'' exclaimed the
turkey-buzzard; ''but suppose he has
already got one in his sling?'
AT this, the patriarch, according to
the fable, being nonplussed, became
angry; and he decreed that from that
time the turkey should 90 bald
headed in token of its unnatural sharp
ness.
The legend must prove delightfully."-
suggestive to people with bald heads
YOUTHS CO7lUcHiOn.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
APPROPRIATE POETRY.
A Chicago Maiden's Version of TennysOI
ian Rhymes.

A Chicago Maiden's Version of TennysOn-
ian Rhymes.
Binks. who has tendency never to
leave, when he makes call, was down
on Indiana avenue the other night, and
when every other subject had been
talked out, asked the young woman if
she liked poetry. She said she did and
that Tennyson was her favorite.
..Ah," smiled Bnks. land what is
your favorite passage?'
''Why that one reading
At eleven o'clock the young mans fancy,
Slightly turns to thoughts of home.
''Um-um" hesitated Binks, looking
pale clear down below his knees, and
taking out his watch, I'm 90 right
away and look it up; dom t remember
having seen it."
Yes she said, ''its so appropriate,
you know"
Binks swears he will never return
until he finds that miserable passage
Merchant Tfareler.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
WISE SAYINGS.

The soul that is fighting against the
power and dominion of sin over itself,
is on the winning sde-thc side tha:
never lost battle.-Interioy
Feelings come ARA 20 like right
troops following the victory of the
present; but, principles. like troops Of
the line. are undisturbcd and stand
fast.-N. I. Observer.
In recent sermon Mr.. Spurgeon
expressed the belief that in hundred
years people will be amazed that there
were ever found those who could be-
lieve in the now current philosophy,
particularly in its anti-evangelical as
pect.
Let us take each hours work in its
appointed time. realizing that the sun
is shining on us. We do not half live
in the sunshine as we might. 1t is
those who live with God in Christ, and
walk with God in the Spirit, that
do effective work for God.-Bartist
Weekly.
A distinguished Sunday-school
worker has said lately that the Sab
bath-school of the future is to be part
of the church just as much as the hand
is a part of the body. Certainly it
ought to be, for, as matter of fact.
the Sunday-school is merely one
branch of church work-one of the
most important, too.-Congregaticn-
dltSt
We must have individuality of
hearing as well as individuality of
preaching. The true hearer is the man
who supposes himself to be the only
listener in all the sanc!uary-who is so
absorbed in spiritual earnestness and
attention that he hears every word as
if spoken to himself alone-a message
just delivered from the Great Father to
the one wandering child.-Religious
Herald
1t is not with truth as with flowers.
which we use to smell at for an hour or
two. and then throw them away. BIT
for necessary truths-they will not die
in your hands. They are not like
flowers. They are like gems. precious
stones, that keep luster from year to
year; they are always shining and
bright; You may wear them while you
live. and not be weary of them.-Ar
rOwsmith.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
What RationaIism Lacks.

The fault of rationalism appears to
me to consist not SO much III what it
has as in what it has not. The nnder-
standing has its work to do with re-
spect to the Bible, because the Bible
consists of human history. Critical
and historical inquiries respecting it
are, therefore. perfectly legitimate; it
contains matter which is within the
province of the understanding, and the
understanding has Gods warrant for
doing that work which He appointed it
to do; only let us remember that the
understanding can not ascend to Divine
things; that for these another faculty
is necessary to reason or faith. If this
faculty be living in us, then there can
be no ratiOnalism; and what is called
SD is no other than the voice of Chris
tian truth. Where a mans writings
show that he is keenly alive to the
Divine part of Scripture, that he sees
God ever in it, and regards it truly as
His Word, his judgments of the human
parts in it are not likely to be rational
istic; and if his understanding decides
according to its own laws upon points
within its own province, while his faith
duly tempers it, and restrains it from
entering upon another's dominion, the
result will, in all probability, be such
rs commonly Y attends the use of God s
manifold gifts in their just proportions
it will image, after our imperfect
measure. the holiness of God and the
truth of God.-Th0mds 4Arnold, ID. ID.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
THE ADDING MACHINE.
Contrivance Of . Book-Keeper After
Twelve Years. Work.


Twelve Years Work.
c. G. Spalding, who Keeps books for
Day & johnson, has perfected ma
chine that is designed to aid brother
book-keepers or accountants in running
up long lines of figures. He has been
at work on the invention since 1878, and
had the thing patented something like
a year ago. The machine is encased
in wooden box about eight inches
square and three inches deep, and, lift
ing the cover, the interior is seen to
which are two dials, and which shows
the brass keyboard in the lower left
hand corner. The larger dial CT the
two is on the left of the machine. and is
divided into one hundred sections. The
rim of the smaller dial is likewise cut
into twenty sections. The hand which
moves the smaller is called the hum
dreds, about the first dial is called the
unit pointer. A little finger play on
the brass keyboard makes the object OF
the dials aud the reason of the pointers
names quickly understood.
The nine keys on the board are num-
bered from l to 9 and are placed
in regular order, but also in two rows.
2. 4. 6 and s being above and the odd
numbers below. The KEY is brass up
right, and rs the finger draws on it. a
spring allows it to slip back toward the
lower end of the box. The pulling OF
each kew on the board sends the unit
pointer along on its journey around the
dial as many points as there are units
in the number of the key. Pull the 3
KEY and the dial set at goes TO 9. Pull
the same key again and the unit pointer
moves to Is. Pull the !, 2 and keys
now and the pointer goes consecutiveiy
with hop, skip and jump to "a. When
the unit pointer, keeping up its agile
athletics has reached its starting point
again. there is quick little motion on
the right hand dial. The pointer then
has ''dotted and gone one The ma
chine internal clockwork is more ac-
curate than human head can hope to
be. 1t isn'ttroubled with malaria. nor
is it ever larger in the morning
than it was the night before. All
the accountant mas 10 40 IS 10 run Ills
eye up and down the columns, pullin g
each respective key as he reaches .he
corresponding figure. A day is sui
ficicnt in which to learn the Keyboard.
and the motion of the hand quickly be-
comes almost involuntary. The expert
can run the figures in his head and on
the keyboard simultaneously. thus
proving" his work by one trip up or
down the column. Carrying is per-
formed by setting the pointer at the
number to be carried. To set the unit
pointer all that is necessary is to hold
down key 1 and turn the pointer for
ward to number one less than the one
carried. On releasing key the pointer
is on the desired number. The hun
dred pointer can be moved in either di-
rectiOn. The hand easily operates the
nine keys thus: Nos. l. = and ) with
the first finger, and with the second.
and Z with the third. 8 and 9 with the
fourth The inventor claims for the
machine unerring accuracy and surpris-
inc rapidity. He says an expert can
add 240 figures minute with it,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
RELIGIOUS READING.
ENTER IN.

Yea. come. dear Lord My heart
fain would open wide
For Thee TO enter, nor depart;
But with me to abide.
Abide with me; and teach
NV feeble heart 10 know
How TO Thy stature may reach
To perfect manhood grow.
hear Thee knock without,
Seeking to enter In;
And yet / suffer fear and doubt
To keep me i'll my sin;
The sins of unoelief,
Disirust and cOwardice:
Which cause my gracious Saviour grief;
Nor will they let me rise.
@ could rise above
These carth-born mists: and see
The heaven of Thine unclouded love,
And dwell therein with Thee.
My heart long to find
Freed from its selfish care,
Filled with pure love to all mankind,
With faith and hope, with prayer.
Therefore to Thee / fly:
Dwell Thou within my breast;
Weary and heavy laden,
In Thee alone lind rest
-1honIds HUI, u. d., in n. Y. independents
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
KNIFE HANDLES.
A Central-American Wood Used Chiefly
for Pocket Cutlery.


"Did YOU ever wonder what knife.
handles are made of" asked dealer
in fancy woods of reporter as he
handed out shapeless block from his
store of spoiis from many tropical for
ests. Outside of bone and tortoise
shell and pearl. so-called, which every
one recognizes, the majority Of knife
handles are made out of a close. fine
grained wood, about the name and ped
ic-ee of which 9,999 out of every 10000
persons are ignorant. 1t is known in
the trade as cocobola wood. and it
comes in large quantities. millions OF
pounds year, from Panama.
1T is of special value for knife-ha1-
dies, because of its close texture;
freedom from knots and flaws,
and consequent disinclination to
split. Many well-known kinds
of wood require vanishing and polish
ing and filing up of crevices before
they attain the beauty for which they
are famous. OF course that sort of
thing can't be done in the case of knife
handles. and something must be used
which doesn't require fixing up. Coco
bola is rarely used for cabinet-making,
because. being gummy wood. it doesn't
glue well. The same qualities that
make it of use in the manufacture of
knife-handles render it valuable for the
making of wind instruments, like the
flute. It comes to us in chunks, not in
strips and planks, like other woods.
Sometimes these pieces will weigh five
and six hundred pounds, but generally
much less than that. 1t costs l-2 cents
pound now, but before freights went
down and the isthmus was opened up SO
it used to cost double that
price.-N. Y. Tribune.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25

THAT young man will yet make
his mark in this world. His forethought
is wonderful. What is remarkable
about him?" '.Why the very day he
popped the question he first stopped into
a lawyers office to know what a di-
vorce-suit would cost. He is indeed q
remarkable man, and never makes q
movement of any sort without stop
ping to consider the cost.-Pailadelphi0
Item.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25

-Of137 horses that have a public
record of 2:2O, fifty-eight are descended
fro.a Rvsdyk's Hambletonian in the
direct male line, with nearly as many.
no doubt, who can trace their blood
back to him through dams or grand
Jams.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25
One dav as John Van Buren was

One day as John Van Buren, was
lunching at the Astor House, an enemy
named Wadman came up to him. '.Mr.
Van Buren," said Wadman. sis there
any case so unjust, mean and dirty that
YOU will not take it?" ''Well, don't
know" said Van Buren, picking up an
oyster on his fork; '.What have yen been
doing now, Wadman?"-N. Y. Sun.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25

California has ninety-sever banks
in operation, whose resources are S152.-
100000. Twenty-seven of them are
savings banks
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-25

in Ohio there are 761. .223 horses,
"a, 302 mules, $50, 439 mich cows; other
horned cattle. 1.251. .6j1. sheep, 5,421,.
lS5; hogs, l, ,923, Cleveland Leadef.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-21
ENGlEWOOD. KANSAS.

The Star of the Western Empire il pie
turesquely situated near the wooded banks
of the Cimmaron River. in the center of a
large and beautiful valley-the grandest
wheat corn and grass gro wing country in
the world; destined to be the great rail-
road. commercial and manufacturing centre
OF sunny southern Kansas, because Of nat
u:al surroundings, beautiful location, and
the many railroads now projected and build
ing toward it, being n it is the supplying
and Quitting point for the new oklahoma
OF the west. ''rhe public land strip. which
extends 100 miles TO the south and west and
which comprises the most wonderful grain
and grass producing soil on the globe. is
the great cattle field in the west. No other
town in western Kansas is so favor
ably situated to become Z large city, and it
cannot be disputed that Englewood holds
the key to the commercial trade OF vast
area of untold and ever increasing wealth;
its prospects are unequalled, and its rise
and progress bids fair to he unparalleled in
the history of this western country.
Euglewood will not wait years for a slow
increase of population TO bring il into no.
tice, as hundreds of other cities have done.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-21

She has natural advantage. railroads. are
coming, her destiny Is stamped with prog
ress and success, and she intends that the
people shall know il. Wewant no broken
down bankrupt individuals, but we well
come live men and women with energy
and push from every land. and we will
make it.;heir interest 10 east their lot with
us. You may do well where you are. but
YOU can do better here. We unhesitatingiy
state that Englewood is bound TO be the
next great cattle shipping point in the
west The cattle kings of this section OF
country represen; property worth millions.
We want wholesale and retail houses OF
every Kind to locate At Engiewood. From
this point you can sell goods ioi large ter
ritory south and west. Come at once. Do
not wait till the railroads. now building,
arrive. You can make money now. both on
goods and the rapid increase Of all the real
estate You may buy at present.
We have an incorporated city OF the sd
class, with population Of about 500. We
have over 100 good buildings, some Of which
are the best that can be found on or on the
railroad In wes.eru Kansas. We have now
under construction several good brick
buildings: one schoelhouse TO cost $1,000;
bank building, 50xs0 feet; one business
house. Joxloo. two stories: one church
building. good size; 100000 brick
will soon be burned TO finish the build
ings named. We have now completed one
hotel, with AZ rooms. costing 5000, and