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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
CHINESE HISTORY.
How 1t Is Compiled by q Commission Of
Literary Men.

How 1t Is Compiled by q Commission Of
Literary Men.
A writer in a recent issue of the
North China Herald of Shanghai says
that Chinese history is compiled by a
permanent commission of accomplished
literary men, who are always at work
upon it. In 1887 an imperial edict
stated that history ought not to be writ
ten for the Emperor's use only, and re-
main shut up in golden caskets and
marble chambers: it ought to be made
accessible to all officials, that they may
know the mind of the Emperors and the
laws of the land. From the Chinese
standpoint, history is divided into two
parts. one an exact narrative of events,
the other record of what the Emper.
or has said and done. This division
originates two sets of publications, one
in which the officers speak, the other
in which the Emperor is the spokes-
man. In the first. the industry of the
bureau of history is run in the collec-
ton of facts, but there is always dan.
ger that the recorder may be under q
strong court influence Historical can.
dor can scarcely find a place in refer.
ence to nations or persons who have
been in conflict with the court With
this exception, the array of facts
thus recorded is most valuable. The
edicts published in the second series ex.
press the mind of the Emperor. He is
always man who has the advantage
of good training, and if his style is
tolerable and he happens to be fond OF
writing his edicts himself, they will all
be transmitted to future times in full.
The scribes, who stand writing when
he speaks, translate his spoken words
into official phrases, and his opinions
and decisions will then pass into off.
cial history. partly written by himself
and partly by the scribes of the cabi.
net Besides these there are various
series of historical works-the first
having been prepared in the eleventh
century-to popularize the subject and
place the chief facts of the Chinese an.
mails within the reach of common read.
ers, who have not the opportunity to
study them in full. The last of these
has just been published. It deals with
the reign of Kienlung, from 1856 to
1875, and is in sixty volumes. Every
important public matter is recorded
under the day on which it occurred.
Tho Emperor has. as usual, the lions
share OF the talking, and there Is room
for him to say good deal in one hun.
dred and twenty chapters, some Of |
them very long.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
Wise Sayings Well Said.

Nothing dries sooner than a tear
George Herbert.
Truly, there is nothing in the world
so blessed or so sweet as the heritage
of children.-Mrs. Oliphant.
There is significant saying that
two opposite opinions should not lie
on the same bolster.-Bdyard Taylor.
In the ages since Adams marriage
it has been good for some men to be
alone, and for some women Also
George Eliot.
The music at a marriage process
sion always reminds me of the music
which leads soldiers to battle.-Hcis,-
rich Heine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


in the Moravian Church, Bedford
Eng, is an organ Of fine tone, and 173
years old, having been built in Ills.
In a certain place in Connecticut
they call the ushers the Smiling Com
mittee," because it is their duty to
smile upon all newcomers.
Two hundred and thirty-two Zulus
were baptized in the Hermannsberg
mission among the Zulus last year.
There are now 1,529 Zulu Christians.
There are now in New York more
than three hundred religious and char
liable institutions or societies, whose
object is to aid the poor. These Or
ganized local charitable institutions
receive and distribute annually about
four million dollars
Christ did not say: "COme and
see our grand church, come and hear
our eloquent pastor, come and hear
our splendid choir, come and see our
elegant people. come and see what q
good time we have, come to our festi-
val. but don't forget to bring quarter
with you;" but he said: "Go-into all
the world. ''-CHristian Leader.
The Chinese, as we'll as the Japa-
nese, now have the complete Bible
printed in their own tongue. The
Chinaman is said to be the most i'm
itative person in the world. He can
prove his right to the title by at once
initiating every Christian whom he
may chance to see reading the book of
boOks.-Interior
In Paris there exists a society
whose object it is to provide, for the
time being, for all priests who, for con-
science sake, have left the Roman
Catholic church and protested the
Protestant faith. Within two years
past six such converts have entered
the Reformed Church as ministers,
whilst others have been aided to pursue
secular callings.
The three great Protestant powers
of the world are Germany, England
and the United States. These three
powers are represented at the
Mohammedan Court of Constantinople
by two Roman Catholics and Jew,
Herr Won RadOwitz, Sir William White
and Oscar NJ. Straus, and never have
the interests of the Protestants in
Turkey been so well cared for as by
these three men.
An essential of a good Sunday
school is a weekly teachers meeting,
Unless, indeed, the teachers are
brought together for common train
ing, and for a comparison of their re-
suits of study, it is not possible to Sc
cure that unity of character in the
Sunday-school which lifts it above a
mere aggregation of separate classes.
The practicability of a teachers meet
ing in city and in country alike has
been illustrated in many an instance.
The outward signs of prosperity
are visible in churches of all denOmi-
nations. There is no lack of churches
in any American city, and there are
preachers for all pulpits. Contribu-
tons in support of the church are lib
eral. In fact, the churches seem to be
doing pretty we'll. In California,
which is sometimes spoken of as be-
nighted sort of a place, a church is
about the third building to 60 up in a
new town. No one would think of a
boom in real estate in a place that did
not support one or more churches
San francisco Call
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
Personal AND LITERARY.

PEHoONA1 Anu 1tteHAUvs.
H Rider Haggard considers him
self more of q lawyer than q novelist.
-Wilkie Collins letters are headed
with monogram, in which a quill
pierces the letters.
The late Rev. James Freeman
Clarke, Of Boston. was for many years
in the habit of writing his sermons be-
fore breakfast Sunday morning.
Maurice Thompson. the Indiana
poet and literateur, is neighbor and
warm friend of General Lew Wallace.
He is chief Of the Department of GeOl.
ogy and Natural History of Indiana.
One of the quaintest characters in
Portland, Me-, is Benjamin Fuller. a
PittstOn farmer, who has read books
for two hours day for forty years.
and has bigger library in his head
than any man in Maine.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better
known to the reading public as John
Strange Winter" lives on the banks of
the Thames and has a large garden
running in series of broad terraces
down to the waters edge. Here she
gives pleasant garden parties, attended
by literary people.
Miss Charlotte NJ. Yonge, the now
elist, is devoted member of the
Church of England. With the pro-
ceeds Of her novel, 1.-The Heir OF
Redcliffe," she fitted out the missionary
schooner, the Southern Cross, for the
use of Bishop Selwyn. and ten thou
sand dollars from the profits of 1.-The
Daisy Chain" are said to have gone to
the building of the missionary college
in New Zealand.
The late E P. Roe used to do his
writing in little workshop at the top
OF his home. It's long, narrow, uncar-
peted room, under the slanting roof.
1t is we'll ventilated. and filed with
lazy lounges and chairs, while common
book shelves, large writing desk and
a cabinet of Hudson river birds are the
only other furniture in the room. Mr..
ROe's hobby was collecting birds and
studying their songs.
Robert Louis Stevenson's dedica.
ton of The Black Arrow" to his
wife is ingenious and unique. In it he
says: II have watched with interest,
with pain, and at length with amuse-
ment, your unavailing attempts to pc
ruse The Black Arrow and think
l should lack humor indie ed if let the
occasion slip and did not put your
name in the fy-leaf of the only book
of mine that you have never read
and never will"
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth,
wife of the Grand Duke Serge Alex
androvitch. of Russia, is late addi-
ton to royal authors. She writes of
court life under the pen name of AIRY
Ercilaw, and real people masquerade
through her pages. She is only twen-
ty-four years of age, but she has lived
a lifetime of sorrow in being COM
PEELED to marry one man while she
loved another. Her face is said to ex.
press the sad story of her life.
1t is said that if Victor Hugo had
devoted himself to pictorial art he
would perhaps have eclipsed every one
past or present who made black and
white a speciality. He was never at
loss for material-a soft quill pen, with
sometimes hard one to finish up. and
ordinary writing inks washed in with
the feathery end of the pen, with any
paper that he found at hand, were
often what he worked with. His ink
drawings were frequently finished up
with coffee grounds.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
A Remarkable Little Boy.

Mrs. Peterby-I think my little boy,
Johnny, is the neatest, cleanest little
boy ever I saw.
Friend saw him yesterday, and
his hands and face were covered with
mud.
''Thats just what mean; the little
fellow, he is so clearly that he is al
ways getting himself dirty, just SO he
can be washed again.-Tezas Sittings.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
An Ancient "Reminiscences.

Gus De Smith-Well. Miss Elderly.
how did you like the garden party last
night?
Miss E@Pretty well. only the gen.
faemen were all so young boys,
IN fact.
Gus-O, that don't make any differ
ence; you know You were young your
seaf once upon time-zszas Sit6sgs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

AMONG the books that have helped him
the literary man who finds consolation in
the soothing weed always includes the chi.
boQue.-BOstOn Courier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

TIE baker, strange to say, more than
any other man kneads bread.-BtNghom-
ton Republican
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06
Cure for Rheumatism.

g. g. Treat, Of West Granville, Mass,
writes Of ALLCocK's Porous PLAsrHRs:
For rheumatism, neuralgia, pain in the
side or back, coughs, colds, bruises and any
local weakness, they truly possess wonder
full curative qualities. have recommend
ed them to my neighbors with the happi-
est results, many of whom but for ALL
COCKS PLAsTERs would be in q crippled
condition at home. In every instance where
they have been faithfully and properly ap.
piled the result has been wonderfully sat-
isfactory.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

TEE richer a man makes his food, the
poorer he makes his appetite.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

A KISS, some one ventures to assure rs,
does not always denote affection. No; il
may denote an awkward billiard shot or Q
kind Of pastry.-Btnxhamton ReDubl8san
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

MoURNPCL numbers-a balance on the
wrong side Of the sheet.-Ncp Hdren NeUs
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

II is quite consistent and proper for the
seaside bellies TO come OF the bathing
beach wringing wet.-Mevehant Trdrel1.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

TENNIS suits are made loud to 60 with
the racQuet-YOIkers Stdtesman
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

A TOOTH may be very pale and white
but that's no sign it hasn't plenty Of nerve
-Washtngt0n Critic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

MANY Q man who is accounted according
to his clothes is in no hurry TO close his 40.
count-Drdke's Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

1T is a mistaken idea that a bache-
lor always refers to a baby as cit -
Frequently he speaks of the little
household angel as 'that COMPOUNDED
kid. n-SOmertille Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

DID 1t ever occur to you that. although
the bass drum doesn't make good music, j,
browns heap of bad9-TOled0 Blade
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

The left bower-the man who isn't rec
ognized by the lady to whom he lifts his
hat-Burlin0ton Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

How to cut q person-look daggers at
him.-Fun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

TEA and coffee are well termed ''luxuries
Of the grocer kind"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

LOOK SHARP! When your skin break.
out in pimples use Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

WITH defaulters it is dy-time at any sea
son of the year-BOstOn Post
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

THERE 10 no tick in the silent watches OF
the nightly O. PicdyAne.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eve Water. Druggists sell it.25c.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

FREE, A S-foet French Glass, Oval
cIANTs ONLY. R W. TAXsIIi. Z Co. Chieaao
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

A THING that is lightly passed over Il tho
fence surrounding . watermelon patch
Puck
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

WHY is q wise man like pin! Because
he has got good head, and comes to =
point
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

TIE successful manager should thank
dis Stars.-rtiek.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

MovNa in tho highest circles the hal
loonist
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

IT b natural enough that the brewers and
their employees should get at lager headA-
Duluth Photographer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

A BAD fit-a At of dependency.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

overworked, wearied out fathers, win md
the happiest results from judicious use Of
DR.. Sherman's Prick1y Ash Bittera Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary to change the tide
toward health, ere the disease becomes
chronic incurable, and there il
nothing better TO be found in the whole
range Of matest0 medtea. Sold everywhere.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-06

city's inhabitants BY the sssanple menn
It sends over the country.-PutabusvA CAsoa-
fele
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1888-04-20
4 " AKNI<a.

Tie modes Of death approach are
various, and statl sites show conelus-
lyelv that more persons die from dis
eases Of tie Throat and Lungs than
any other. It's probable that every
one without exception, receives vast
numbers If Tubelclt Germs into tire
system and where these germs fall
apon suitable soil they start into life
and develop at iirst slowly, and IS
shown hN slight TICKLING sensation IN
the throat, and If allowed to continue
their raNagrs tlley extend 70 the lungs
producing Consumption. and To the
head, causing GatafIh. Now all this
Ii dangerous and II allowed oproceed
will in time eatl,e death. 1t the on.
set ven most act With promptness,
alloaln- eoia to r. without atten.
t,on L dangerous aud may lose YOU
vaal life 4, soon - yoE Zee thai
something s wrong vi II your Throat
I.H4g. ar Nasalis Obtain 4 bottle o'
3a.chpe 6irlHlan syrup. Il will give
y04 immediate relief.
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1888-04-20

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Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-30

We cannot accept anonymous return reJected communications. In all cases the name Of the writer will be required not for publication but guarantee of good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small adver- tisements One Cent 8 Word each insertion.
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 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own innme diate business, Gall matter to be unob1ectionablel and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let For Sale. etc.
 Special rates furnished application for contracts space.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40; two squares, one year &7n: three squares, one year. $100.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-30

hold tablespoonful of ginger in your mouth 6 minute it would blister the inside coating of the mouth, and you can imagine what the effect on the ctomach would be graphing with two or three tablespoonfuls of ginger ev- cry day" ..,, ..,.,.... ,-,,,,. x.,.. ,- dinary man, or, in other words, will the drink ing of ginger affect the personal appearance of man as whisky does!'
 ''Whisky drinking makes mans face red. Ginger drinking makes it pale, as the ginger draws the blood away from the surface to the center of the body. I've watched these gin ger drinkers closely and I've studied them 2 good deal. I've learned that habitual gins ger drinker, like morphine eater, loses all regard for the truth, and would rather lie than tell the truth. They also become hypo- chrondriaes and imagine they are affected with every disease under the sun. One day they'll come in with long face declaring they've got cramp colic and must have gin ger. Another day they'll have heart disease and will surely die unless they can get ginger. The next time they have dyspepsia or rheu- matism, but no matter what they have they seem to think ginger the sovereign remedy, and nothing else will do them. The trouble with them is the ginger drinking, for it ruins the digestion, inHames the stomach, and throws the whole system into disorder"
 'fIs there any advantage in buying gingerP
 "Ginger costs $1 a pint, while whiskey sells at from 50 cents up. The people who drink 1t, and they are numerous, both men and women, are for the most part mere physt- cal wrecks who were confirmed drunkardl when prohibition came upon us, and their un- natural appetites must be satisfied, so they bought ginger as the next best substitute for whiskey. We ship ginger by the barfsl to prohibition towns. as the old topers think it is the best substitute for whiakey, and once they get accustomed to it they prefer it to UbisRav
Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-30
eINFER DRINKERS IN GEORGIA.

The Effects of Queer Substitute for
 Whiskey I'm 8 Prohibition Region.
 From the Atlanta Journal
 "A man can't get drunk on ginger, can hea' a druggist was asked.
 ';Well, if you could see some of my regu- lar ginger drunkards at times you would think so. Ginger is made from alcohol and ginger root The root is ground and put into one of these funnel-shaped percolators, after which the alcohol is poured upon it and soaks through it, dropping into the jar, in the mouth of which is fixed the funnel This tincture is, as you know, if you've ever tasted it, as hot as liquid fire, and tea spoonful is big dose for an ordinary man. One pound of ginger will make two quarts of tincture, and many prefer it to whisky" "HoW much does 6 confirmed ginger drink CT take at doseio
 "There are one or two men who are regular ginger drinkers, that take as much as four ounces at time, or, to show you the differ ence, thirty-swo teaspoonfuls. If you or or any other man unaccustomed to drinking ginger should take that much at once ii would kill us. We would be apt to have convulsious at first, followed by a coma tose condition, in which state death would come"
 "How much to make man drunkg,
 "I have seen one man get drunk on fou | ounces, and then again I've seen a man wh, | drank the same quantity have sort of epil | optic fit, lasting for several minutesn l "What effect will the drinking of ginge 1 produce in the long runq'
 lit is far more injurious than whisky, an' will kill man who drinks it regularly i from two to three years time. # you shoul
Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-30

bill has actually been prepared in Kan- sas making it misdsmeanor for the Pull man car porters to receive "tips" from pas sengers in that State. But even if 1t passes the porter will probably manage to get his stiiftY cents all round."
Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-30
WlNDFALLS.

Made of fall work-Heaps of autumn leaves.-New York Journal.
 The original f'Old Rowrnan'-the boatman on the river Styx.-New York Journal. The man who eolors his clothes is never afraid of any dyer results.-Detroit Free Press.
 The man who is we'll off should not think of coming home sick.-Nsw Orleans Pica- yune.
 boiling rage will turn men red.-Dansville Breeze.
 The Irish naturally sympathize with deaf man because he's an exile of 'earin'.-Glens Falls Republican.
 It is mean to cheat the landlord, for even the poorest man can have 8 rent in his trou- sers.-Boston Gazette.
 Some men go West and get covered with honor, while others get covered with pis- tol-Yonkers Statesman.
 A man will dislocate his arm trying to hit base ball and spend an entire day in facilitating effort to make 8 home run but he wont beat carpet. Not much.- Merchant Traveller. About this time the farmer sits at even- tide upon the four barrel at the country store discussing the disgraceful inefhcienoy of the London police, and then goes home to find that the tarnstion boys have been into his apple orchard again.-Boston Tran script.
 ma'sm" said the jaded tourist humbly, "but if you can only give me piece of bread" "Breadl" shriked the lady, raising her hands in horror. "Only & piece of breada l can give you some saddle rock oysters, roast turkey with cranberry sauce, and glass of cham pagne, ana if that isn't good enough for you sir, you can go on to the next house Dr foIr Tribune.
 Miss Oldgirl-"In the good old days
 hundred years ago young ladies thought something else beside dress and flirting with every man they fell in with" Miss Pert-"Did theys But do you know, Miss Oldgirl, that you have the most wonder | ful memory I ever heard of; for, certainly,
 you mention. Probably you were very ob'
 serving in your younger days; some children are, you now."-Boston Transcript.
 Thoughtful Father-"You say you love | this young man; but, Maria, you can not | live upon love, you know. hate to place | myself between you and happiness, but un- | der the circumstances can not see how l 1 can give my consent" l Dutiful Daughter-"But, papa, l think l that Georges prospects are not altogether poor His occupation is 8 lowly one, 1t is true, but with industry and frugality-" Thoughtful Father-''lndustrya and frugal 1 ityI Boshi What is his businessF' DutifuI Daughter-"He is only an um- brella mender-"
 Thoughtful Father-"Only an umbrella
 menderi Maria, you are my own dear child. Don't lose another moment. Accept him al
 once and your fortune is made"-Bostor l Transcript.
 A sacrificing wife is dear. | Her husband well should prize her, | But the best wife this time O year l Is the sealskin sacque-ridcer Detroit Free Press.