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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
AN OLD MANS ADAGE.
KANSAS

When but boy a man met
Who one good lesson taught me.
That has through AL succeeding years
Sweet consolation brought me;
TINS was the maxim which he gave
you'll smile when declare ~:
''The pinchng shoe grows easier
The longer that you wear II"
A home,y provcrb confess.
Yet priceless truth cxpla ming.
And one that gives in troubles hour
The strength for calm sustaining;
For every i'll doth lighter seem
AS more we learn 10 bear it
"The p.ncning shoe grows easier
The longer that you wear it.
The care that is at first SO great,
The once Overwhelming sorrow,
Will lessen as the days go BY
And morrow follows morrow:
Though great the force OF grief IEay DC,
Time will in part impair it
"The piEching shoe grows easier
The longer that you wear 1t.
Did time not bring this sure decrease
To bitterness and anguish.
How many. many hopeless hearts
In helpless woe would lansuish;
All, well it is We find it true,
How e'er With Us may fare II,
1.-THE pincnin2 shoe grows easier
The longer that you wear It,"
-HeD. HIip BarrOaghs Strong, IN I0ask's Con
pdRiOn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
Healthfui Effect Of Onions.

1t is pity that onions have the odor
that kthey do. for their dietetic and
medicinal qualities are excellent. Boil
ed and roasted onions are q good
specific for cold on the chest, cough.
q cold and q clogging of the bronchial
tubes A medical writer recommends
the eating Of young. raw onions by
children three or four times a week.
and Of boiled and roasted onions when
they get too strong to be eaten raw.
Another writer says that during un.
healthy seasons. when diphtheria and
like contagious diseases prevail, onions
ought to be eaten in the spring of the
year at least once q week. The ef.ac4
Of onions Is invigorating ana prophv.
iactac In the extreme. and one ply
stefan goes 80 far - TO say that the
eating Of onions has actually prevented
children from having diphtheria anl
soarlatina. Good Eo9oateepina.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
EXERCISE FOR WOMEN.

Nothing SO Conducive to Health and Grace
rs Outdoor Athletics.
Why is it, that ladies, as a rule, are
so averse to outdoor exercise? 1t is
time that any prejudices against it,
such as the thought that it is unlady-
like, were put aside. and common
sense, practical view taken. Nothing
is so conducive to health and grace
and beauty as outdoor athletics. OF
course some judgment must be exer-
cised in regard to athletics as well as
to every thing else. Undue develop
ment and over exercise must be guard
ed against. But if care be taken, al
most unlimited good will result. Boat
ing is one thing in which ladies can ex-
eel. and person without experience
has no idea how much thorough enjoy
ment may be derived from it.
A few simple rules should be care
fully followed. In rowing, the heels
should be placed together, the oars
grasped firmly from above. and the
handles drawn nearly together ready
for the stroke. Then the knees should
be bent little, the arms extended to
their full length, the lungs expanded,
and the oars pulled with steady, even
stroke. care being taken to keep the
back fat. The beginner should not
row far nor fast, at first. and should
only take short, easy strokes, until by
practice. she can take longer ones
without difficulty. She should never
row SO violently as to cause any great
increase in breathing. There is no
more delightful experience than being
able to glide quietly along on some in
land lake, perhaps gathering water
lilies or watching the fish in the water
beneath.
But you cay, chow about those
who are not so fortunate as to live near
a body of water?" For these there are
tennis and croquet, and horseback rid
ing and walking. American women
do not do enough Of the latter. There
is nothing more invigorating and
healthful than . tramp Of a mile or two
before breakfast of bright morning,
with shoulders back and head up, and
q light loose dress with blouse waist
and short skirts. Our English cousins
do just this sort of thing, and are often
able to walk ten and even twenty miles
at stretch. II Is her vigorous out
door exercise that makes the average
Englishwoman the strong, healthy,
graceful woman that she Is.
Our women are beginning to waks
up to this. and before many years
elapse, win be rs rugged and sturdy -
their fathers, and brothers, and Sons
-Hasn. Field osd Siecinsaa.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
AN EARNEST PROTEST.

Evils Resulting from Mothers Going Out
as Wage-Earners.
For years the world has been on a
moral crusade against the employment
of children in mines and factories,
while the far greater evils that result
from the mothers going out as wage
earners have attracted comparatively
little attention. Labor, within certain
limits, is good for the child, giving it a
wholesome moral discipline, and train
ing it for the business by which it is to
earn is livelihood; but, when a mar
ried woman has to neglect her natural
duties for the responsibilities that
properly belong to the other sex. it is
time for humanity to protest in the
name of her offspring. No one indi-
vidual can fulfill satisfactorily the
double or. l should say. the
triple function of bearing and
rearing children. and providing
for their maintenance. am a la
boring woman myself, and have met
with some success as bread-winner;
and know that the conditions of per-
forming this function satisfactorily are
quite incompatible with those arduous
and important duties which make such
heavy demands upon every conscien-
tious mother, especially among the
poor. In the homes of the very poor
there are no hired servants to keep the
household machinery running smoothly
while the mistress is away. The wife
of the laboring man is frequently cook,
nurse, house-maid, laundress. all in
one; and if she must go out as bread
winner besides, what is to prevent the
domestic engine from running of the
track and getting itself hopelessly
ditched?
OF the two evils, If botn are evils, !
am persuaded that it is better that the
child should 60 out to labor than the
mother. Liberty, uncurbed BY the
check-rein of parental restraint, is a
more than doubtful blessing for the
loss of whick the child that takes its
mothers place in the shop or the mill
is more than compensated by the adj
vantage of having her care at home
Eliza r. AndrcsOs. in Popular Science
Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
P,TH AND POINT.

Cb00 ANU POiNbs
You fight fire with fire, but power.
y with industry.
Hear one man before you answer;
hear several before you decide.
Every young person who contem-
plates matrimony should do so with
pay-rent-al solic'tude. = Washington
Critic.
The young man with slender
salary should choose for his bride a
young woman Of small waste.
The best characters have mix
ture of infirmities, and the worst have
some redeeming virtues.
An educated man is one who
possesses the largest capabilities OF
taking care of himself.
The man who never made a mis-
take in his life is deaf, dumb, blind
and still unmarried. -!Summercille
Journal.
The flower called bachelOr's-but-
ton is so called because it is always
coming of and never gets sewed on
n o. Picayunc.
So long as thou art ignorant, be
not ashamed to learn. Ignorance il
the greatest of all infrmities; and
when justified, the chiefest of all
follies.
Motives are better than actions.
Men drift into crime. OF evil they do
more than they contemplate. and of
good they contemplate more than they
do.
Bachelor philosophers have OBJ
served that the first baby generally
gets about niuety-five per cent. of the
parental discipline that is devoted to
the whole family Of children.-Journal
Of Education.
O-Congressman's Wife (suspiciously)
Henry, what does 'scOOping the
pile mean?" Congressman (innooent-
ly)-"Really, my dear. can't say. It's
something l never did in all my ex-
perience. "-Washingto,a Critic.
Tho innocence of childhood con-
sists not in rectitude of inclination, but
in incapacity for the commission of
evil. The vivacity of children is al
ways charming, because it is always
sincere. A grave child is a rose with
out fragrance.
Love is the most easy and agree
able. and gratitude the most humili-
ating affection of the mind; we never
reflect on the man we love without ex-
ulting in our choice, while he who has
bound us to him by benefits alone, rises
to our ideas as a person to whom We
have in some measure forfeited our
freedom.
1t is one OF the problems of life
how to preserve the earlier spirit of
trust and hope amid the knowledge
and wisdom born of mature experience.
And it is because this problem is too
hard for many that they begin in mid
die life to degenerate in character
FialaySon.
We say a thousand good things and
get no credit for it, but a word that is
displeasing brings US all kinds of re-
proaches. People do not learn how to
set one thing over against another and
thus strike an honest balance; they
must see all as in agreement with their
beliefs and preposessiOns.-United Pres
byterian.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
ADVERTISING THAT PAYS.
How to Attract tho Attention az the Moe
Desirable Customers.

How to Attract tho Attention az the Most
Desirable Customers.
The main object of advertising is to
attract the attention of some certain
class for certain purpose, and to do
this in the most economical and eff
ficient manner ought to be the study of
every business house with goods to
sell. Halt q century ago the princi-
pal reliance to effect this object was in
circulars, and it still remains SO with
many, Notwithstanding the fact that
large advertisers of every class have
discarded this old-fogy method as being
expensive and wasteful, when the bene-
fits to be derived from such advertis-
ing is considered. While the mails
a'e more burdened with cir
culars at present, perhaps, than
at any previous time. it is
not because such advertising is con-
sidered the best, but simply because it
is not consierded at all. A merchant or
dealer has something to sell, and his
initiative nature induces him, nine
times out of ten, to follow the example
set him by others in the same line of
business, without thought Of the
probable effect such advertising will
have. or its relative cost compared
With more modern methods. Success
full advertisers, however. have long
since learned that what is termed waste
basket advertising does not pay. It
has become habit with many bust
ness houses to continue this old-fogy
method OF advertising by circulars
sent through the mails, because they
do not stop to take an account of stock
and figure out the profits as they do in
ascertaining the profit on their
goods. Others, again, are well aware
that it is money thrown away to adver-
tise in this manner, but think they must
continue to do so because others in the
same line OF business keep up the prac-
tice.
To have printed, in even ordinary
style, 5000 or 10000 circulars, fold
them, put them in envelopes, direct
them, and with a one-cent stamp on
each, send them by mail, will cost, at
the least calculation, from SIS to $l8
per thousand, providing list of names
is already prepared to send them to.
This would be from $75 to 800 for 5,OOO,
or $3.50 to $3.50 for 10000 circulars.
And yet the house that sends
out just such a batch of adver-
Using for others to read has waste
basket in its Office that is the daily re-
ceptacle of all unsealed circulars
which are received, in many instances
even without opening. If they sud-
denly wake up to this fact, they think
a more costly and elaborate circular,
sealed and mailed with a two cent
stamp, will have the desired effect, and
the cost for the same number of circu-
lars is nearly doubled; but, while this
delusion is plausible one. it still re-
mains fact that they do not pay in
proportion to the money invested,
which contrasted with legitimate adj
vertising in trade or general news
papers.
1t is now generally recognized by adj
vertisers of large experience, that there
is but one form of advertising that can
be relied on to bring in reasonable
return on the investment, and that is
newspaper advertising.-Stores and
Hardware.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12

An ingenious New York truck
driver has taught his terrier TO ride
horseback, in order to guard the team
and prevent any familiarities with the
horses. A piece Of carpet Is thrown
over the horses back. so that the small
dog may secure better footing. and the
rider balances himself well and seems
70 enjoy his ride.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12

"A New Haven man has invented a
college cane-hollow, and containing
the small flag or college colors re-
quired in various athletic sports, which
. touch Of the spring win give to the
breeze when needed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12

Between sixty and seventy Luth-
eran clergymen have been arrested for
following their calling in the Baltic
provinces. and q number of them have
been banished to Siberia
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26

rowed stock. The Gould proprieties were
among the hrmest on the list though Man
haitian opened off over / per cent, which,
however, was quickly recovered. The weak
spots were Oregon Improvement and Mani
toba,wh are materially lower this evening
on very small transactions. The market
opened firm but was unusually dull and feat
urelesS, though slow appreciation OF val
nes took place, which, with but slight inter
ruption, lasted till noon. After that time,
however. the list became positively stagnant
both as to business and movement,
but toward = o'clock more animation
was developed and the best prices of the day
were reached, after which there was no fur
ther feature and the close was very dull but
steady at the highest prices of the day. Most
everything is higher tonight, though ad
Vances are confined to fractional amounts
only, the most important being gains OF Is
per cent each in Delaware IL Hudson, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Union Pacific, while Oregon
Improvement is down Is and Manitoba a.
Railroad bonds were quiet and irregular dur
ing the forenoon, but rallied and became
more active later in the day. The speculative
issues came more 10 the front than usual of
late and out of a total days business of
ST., 100000 Nickel Plate fours contributed
1924 900, West Shore fours $lS7, 900 and
Chicago, Burlington Quincy. Nebraska
fours $4,000. A majority of the list
re fractionall v higher this evening. North
western registered sinking fund tives rose 2
TO 100; Lackawanna sevens of 1907, 2l2 TO
l35ls; SAN Francisco, Glass b, 2 to us;
Class {, 27s TO 1l7i2, and South Carolina
ITO, and Wabash general receipts . at
40. Government bonds were dull and
heavy. State bonds were very dull and
steady. The total sales of stocks to-day were
1l3, 50 shares, including:
Del, Lack. 4 9320tReading; 49,; 81, $40
Del. Il Hudson ..3, 120|Rich. & W. p. $500
Lou. & Nash. 3,300iSt Paul. 26,sJ5
Missouri Pac.. 5,435 Union Pacific. $3.50
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26
J.J. WATSON, BRO. & HYNDMANN,
lis East Fourth Street,
REAL ESTATE and MORTGAGE INVEST
MENTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
New York Produce.

New YORK. Jan. 25.-Flour-Receipts, 49,
363 packages; exports, $3.50 bbls, 3,SS2
sacks; dull and heavy; sales, $4,000 bbls;
snRe1fine: Sa,49%3 & %: common TO ehoice
4.60; fancy white wheat Western, extra,
81 6J14 80; patent Minnesota, extra, good
10 prime. 81 .4O@4.60 choice to fancy patent
Minnesota. Wheat-Receipts, $3.50 bu; ex-
ports. none; sales, 2,616,OOO bu futures;
l21, 900 bu spot; options ruled stronger at
the opening and prices advanced L03Bc,
later weakened and settled back l2034c on
a pressure to sell, closing barely steady at a
shade above the bottom; spot lots shade
lower aud dull; No. 2 spring soc; ungraded
red date yesterday, S9A@9234c; No red,
$50 S9l2c elevator and store, 9U4190s4c de-
liyered, S9@S9Ac f. o. b.: No. l rec, nominal
at 95c; No. red. January, ssss@s91sc,
closing at SS7sc; March. 9O@9O 1876,
closing at 90Isc; April, 81 1901 "a closing at
9114c: May, 91ls@92S4c, closing at
92c; June, 9l5s@a25sc, closing at 92c;
Corn-Receipis, 1880 bu; exports, 4O63
bu; sales, 272.O0O bu futures, lO6, 600 bu
spot; options opened lS@Ac higher. closing
dull and barely steady; spot opened firm and
quiet. closing weak: ungraded, 59A@6I 4c:
60l2c delivered: No. 9. 6C@6O4c elevator,
61A@6lI2 I2c delivered; steamer, white 81 G
delivered; No. January, 6O4c, closing at
6OAc; February. 6Ol2c, closing at 6Ol2c :;
@6l lsc, closing at 6OS4c; June, 60ss@6Ossc,
closing at 60I2c. Oats-Receipts A., 900 bu !:
exports, so bn; sales, $4,000 bu futures,
136,00O bu spot; a shade stronger but quiet ;
mixed Western, 3Tl2@4Oc: white Western,
4oG66c. Hay gulet and rather weak; ship
ping, 55@.GO. Hops steady; California, 6
@l2l2c. Coffee-Spot; fair Rio dull at 17l4c {;
options opened heavy and lower, closing
steadier; sales, 136, $50 bags; January 14.45
@14.S0c February, l345613.7 Zoe; March,
13@ IS. 15c; April. 12.75@12. soc; May,
l225@12. zoe; June, 12.25@12 40c; !;
July, 1l95@12 1Oc; August, 1I.SO;
September, ll.60@1l.T0c: October, IL 55
@11.65c; November l1.50@11.6Oc: De-
cenibeT. ll.40@1 ! .60c. Sugar dull
fair refining quoted at SC; refined
duh. MolasSes quiet; so test, 23c. Rice firm
Petroleum steady; United, SSssc. Cotton
seed oil quoted at 35c crude, 4O@41c re-
fined. Tallow quiet and firm. RosiD steady.
Turpentine dull at 4lc. Eggs quiet and easy
receipts. .5S3 packages; Western. 210e25c.
Pork dull and in buyers favor; mess quoted
at S15 one year old. Cut meats steady
picked bellies, 7ss6D7I2c. Lard opened firm,
later declined three TO five points, closing
dull and barely steady; Western steam
spot, S7.G?l2:. January; s7.66; February,
S7.5S6ll7 81; March, S7.62@7 Sc: May, S7.74
OTIS; June, S7.79G17.S IS July, 81. .S907. 81
city steam, S1.15. Butter firm on choice
grades; " estern, 14@34c Cheese firm and
rather quiet; Western, 11A@12c. Copper,
easier; lake. 16.lO@16.45c. Lead firm; !; do
meslic. 47sQ15c. Tin dull; straits, 36Ac.
Other articles unchanged.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26

MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY!
"a and 26 South First Street,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
Pork and Beef Packers
AND GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Board of Education.
Special Meeting.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 81. 1883.
Called to provide means for January
salaries, etc.
President Postlethwaite in the chair.
Present: Inspectors Minor, Ellis,
Wright, Athey, Schitfmann, Haas, Dob
ner and MI. Presidents.
Absent: Inspectors Schurmeier,
Wampler, Simmon, Giesen, Williams,
Cook and Berlandi-7.
Business under the call having been
declared as first in order, there were
submitted the following
RESOLUTIONS:
BY Inspector Schiffmann for the FL
nance COmmitte e.
Resolved by the Board of Education
of the city of st. Paul, That the Finance
Committee of this Board is hereby in
Structed to negotiate loan of thirty
thousand (s30,OG0) dollars for the pur-
pose of paying the salaries and other
current expenses for January, 1888, in
advance of the collection of taxes for
same included in the tax levy for the
year 1887. The proper officers are
hereby authorized and instructed to
issue certificate or certificates of in
debtedneSS for the same, bearing inter-
est at rate not exceeding Z per cent
per annum, maturing Sept. /, 1883.
Adopted by:
Yeas-InSpectOrs Minor. Ellis, Wright,
Athey, Schiffman, Haas, DObner and
Mr.. Presidents. Nays, o.
By Inspector Schoffman for the Real
Estate Committee ',ait
Whereas. 1t appears that the school
site heretofore bought, and nov owned
by the Board, on Winter street. will. en-
tail an exorbitant expense in bringing
the same to conform with the established
[ street grades. and
r. Whereas, Said site can be exchanged
/ for other lots of greater benefit and adj
vantage to this Board, and so as to make
+ it possible to at once improve the same
by the erection of a school building
necessary for the people of the vicinity,
now, therefore,
Resolved, That the Committee on Real
Estate be and it is hereby authorized to
| negotiate the sale or exchange of the
+ and procure for and inplace of the same
tEcsuch other site. parcel or lots as may be
I deemed more suitable and to the best
interests of the Board. The proper
officers are hereby also authorized and
+ Instructed to executed all necessary
Isdeeds or instruments of conveyance in
beonnectiOn with this transaction.
Adopted by
Yeas Inspectors Minor, Ellis, Wright.
Athey: Schltfmann, Haas, DObner and
Mr.. Presidents.
| By Inspector Haas
Resolved, That in all school buildings
supplied with water from the city mains,
and fitted up with taps and usual con-
| venicnces, the use of pals and dippers
in the several rooms be dispensed with,
and all pupils be required to supply
themselves with water at the different
| sinks provided in the easements or
| halls; this to be done under such regu-
| lations as may be deemed necessary
| and prescribed by the principals, or
| principal teach ers in charge.
REPORTS.
| From the Committee Oh Real Estate
Verbal report that William =. Murray
| school is completed by the contractor: ::
that the same has been accepted by the
| Committee, and asking that the Board
con firm the action of the committee.
Report adopted and action confirmed
as requested, by:
Yeas-Inspeetors Minor, Ellis, Wright,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26
Quotations Of Stocks and Bonds.
New YORK, Jan. 25.-StOcks and bonds
closed at the following prices hid:

U. s. As reg. ....1
do is COUP
do 4l2s reg j
do 4I2s coup. i
Pac. 6s of So. j
La. stamped As.
Missouri 6s. !
Ten. 6s set 'mts. ]
do 5s do .......
do 3S do.
Can. So. DDS.
Cen. Pac. lists. j
Den. Il r. q. lists. ]
do As .........
d. d II. CIV lists
Erie DDS. ........
NJ. K. 4 T. gen. .6s.
do 5s. .........
Nut. Union IS.
n. j. c. int. cert.
N. Pac. lists. III
do Ids go. III
y. w. consols. i
do deb. IS. ]
Or. & Trans. 6s.
S. L. & /. M.G.5s.
S. l.. g. $. FIG. NJ. i
st. Paul consois. /
st. p. CAP. lists. ]
Tex. Pac. L. c..
II. p. r. G. eX C.
Union Pac. lists. ]
West Shore. i
Adams Express. ]
Alton 4 T. H..
do pfd. ........
American EX...1
B., G. r. & NJ.
Canada Pacific.
Can. Southern.
Central Pacific.
Chesapeake & o.
do pfd lists. =.
do DDS.
Chicago & Al
c., B. d q. j
c., st. L. u P.
do pfd. ........
c.. S. d C..
Cleveland Col.
Delaware & II. i
Del, L. & W.. ]
ID. d r. G. .....
East Tenn.
do pfd lists. -.
do pfd DDS.
Erie -.
do pfd. d........
Fort Wayne. i
Fort w. & d.
Hooking Valley.
Houston& Texas
Illinois Central. ]
Ind. B. & VI :.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-26
Athey, Schiffmann, Haas, Dobner and

Athey, Schiffmann, Haas, Dobner and
Mr.. Presidents.
The same Committee reported that the
Hancock building is approaching its
completion, and would be ready for par
tial occupancy within week or ten
days. 1t is thought advisiblettO request
the Committees on Fuel and ,JanitOrs to
supply the Murray and the Hancock
buildings with the necessary fuel to
thoroughly warm and dry these build
ings before their occupancy.
Accepted and request referred as de-
sired.
From the Committee Oh Schools
ST.. PAUL, Jan. q, 1888.
10 the Board of Education:
The Committee on Schools beg leave
to report the appointment Of Mrs. II. f..
Boutwell, as teacher of the Alexander
Ramsey school at a salary Of 500 per
annum. Also the transfer of Miss +. l..
Cooper from the LOngfellow to the Will
lam j. Murray schuOl, and the appoint
ment of Miss B. J. Chaplin to fourth
grade of LOngfellOw school at salary
of $500 per annum. Also the transfer of
Miss Nj. b. Farley from Adams to Cor
man school.
The Committee also report the resig-
nation of Miss DOherty, OF the eighth
grade of the Lincoln school, and the
temporary assignment OF Miss e. &.
Pratt to fill the vacancy, and ask for the
confirmation of the appointments.
Accepted, adopted and appointments
confirmed by:
Yeas-InSpectOrs Minor, Ellis, Wright,
Athey, Schitfmann, Haas, Dobner and
Mr. Presidents.
OTTO DREHER, Secretary.
Adjourned.