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mighty little business But they are
not, and never will be. i frequently
advise my friends not to speculate; but
it does no good. They learn nothing
by the experience of others, and next to
nothing by their own. The truth is..nine-
teen out of every twenty men-perhaps
thirty-nine out of forty-are gamblers
by constitution. And when they BEGIN
gambling they don't know when to
leave off. No one can imagine what
misery and crime Wall street causes un-
less he is on the inside. l often wish
had gone into some other business.
| have seen so much of the evil of specu-
lation that l never speculate myself"
Since then my broker friend has
failed by his rash attempt to keep up
line of stocks that had been dropping
for months. and it is doubtful if he can
resume. He is reported TO me as q
desperate Spectator for a man of his
means, though for many years he was
one of the most conservative members
of the board.
The worst thing about wall street is
that it ruins men morally not less than
financially. The habit of speculation
is as bad as dram drinking or opium
eating. No one knows, when be be-
gins, where he will end. A full course
of Wall street is apt to sap the founda-
tons of character, debauch the seuti-
ments, overthrow every principle. 1t
begets with the successful a lust of
greed which nothing can satisfy, and
with the unsuccessful self-contempt,
morbid anxiety, shattered nerves, the
agony of alternating hope and despair.
Wall street puts human nature in the
gutter and keeps it there. Its history
is record of feverishness, infatuation,
failure, transgression, remorse, dis
grace and suicide When a trusting
men defaults, or blows out his brains,
the stock market is generally discovered
to be the cause. Not one hundredth
part of the mischief it does is divulged
| Its tainted names and shattered repu-
tations only occasionally come to the
surface. might give instances that
would startlc Proud men, pure women,
conscientious clergymen, upright judges
are swept away by it. Innocent fami-
lies all over the land are blasted by it
Its breath is poisonous, its touch is
deadly. Outside it is fair and attrac-
tive; its buildings are stately, impress
sive, sumptuous; its frequenters ele-
giant, attractive, plausible. But inside
is the life and spirit that Calvin at
tributed to hell. -JGajtS Henri Broo0 ne,
! IN 81 LOuts Globe Democrat.
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Proverbs xiii, 1921: BE not among wine-osb-
bers, for the drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty.
First Corinthians v II: But now I have writ
ten unto you not to keep company or a
drunkard.
Isaiah xviii, I: Woe to the crown Of pride to,
the drunkards of Ephraim.
Joel i, 8: Awake, We drunkards, and weep;
and howl, all We drinkers of wine.
First Corinthians vi, 10: Nor thieves, r.
nor drunkards, shall inherit the kingdom.
OF God.
Luke xxi. 81: And take heed to yourselves,
lest at any time your hearts be oVercharged
with surfeiting and drunkenness.
Romans xiii, 10: Let walk honestly, as in
| the day; not in rioting and drunkenness.
Galatians V, 1921 Now the works OF the flesh
are manifest which are these: drunk
enness revilings and such like.
Proverbs Xxx, /: Wine is u mocker; strong
drink is raging; and whatsoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
Proverbs xxi, II: He that loveth wine and oil
shall not be rich.
Proverbs XIII, 1880: Who hath woey Who
hath sorrow? Who hath contentionsP Who
hath babblings? Who hath wounds without
cause? Who hath redness OF eyesH They that
tarry long at the wine.
Proverbs xiii, 81 Look not then upon the
wine when it is red.
Hosea iv, II: Wine, and new wine, take
away the heart.
But, our friends argue that the Script
ures do not prohibit the use of wine;
| they only condemn its abuse. True; but,
taking the tenor of the injunctions for
our guidance from Genesis to Revela".
tons, and bearing in mind the limited
and slow means of intoxication of that
day with the limitless and rapid
means of the present with our deadly
whisky and kindred distilled drinks,
and answer us this question: If these
latter-day liquors, producing quick
drunkenness, had been then known,
is it not clear, from the tenor of the
Scriptures, that their use would have
been forbidden? The answer of every
| thinking man must be in the affirma--
tive. The denunciations of prophet
and apostle would have rung out
| against all who dared to touch these
| life and soul destroying beverages,
and the sacred volume would have
bristled with commands to abstain en-.
tirely.
No man who is Christian at heart
can either drink himself or counte-
nance the use of rum by others. Re-
membering that no man begins to
drink with the intention of becoming
drunkard, but that the occasional
glass is taken until the habit is so fixed
that it can not be broken, and drags
its victim down to poverty, death and
hell, he can not take the first step into.
danger himself nor permit his exam
pie to lead others into temptation.
1t matters not whether Christ made
wine by miracle, nor whether He drank
it. tits not wine that makes the trouble
nowadays, but whisky. The devil never
had so potent a servant as rum has
been ever since the first whisky-still.
was put into operation. 1t will not do
to countenance the use of rum, for the
use as certainly leads to abuse as sin
leads to damnation. And every Chris
tian who tries to carry the "new COM
mandment of our Saviour into his
daily life can do so if he throws the
weight of his influence into the effort
to pulverize the rum power Toledo,
| Blade.
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TEMPERANCE READING.
THE OLD CLOCK.


Tick, tock," goes the old clocki
Its ancient case is black with age,
Yet its tongue takes, with steady gauge,
The measure of the moments doom,
And through the lonely keeping-room
"Tick, tock," sounds the old clock.
The moments slowly interlock
In signs. She vainly tries to sew,
Stunning the fact she soon must know;
A whisper seems to pierce the gloom
AS once: Mother, why don't he Gomez"
} "Tck, tock," answers the clock. ---
! Slowly swings the old clock!
A deeper grief than that Of death ~
Drips in her tears, and chills her breath =
With voiceless fear; he, staggering, nears
With bloated face and ribald ieers.
! Tick, tock," goes the old clock.
Tick, tock," swings the old clock. -4--
Harkl was that an echoing sigh,
Or the winds rising lullaby?
How sweet to slip out on Life's tide,
And into Heavens harbor ride!
Solemnly swings the old clock.
Lydia Wood Baldwin. in Good Housekeeping.
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FOUND IN THE SNOW.
An Honest Farmer Leaves Package at
the Police Station.


the Police Station.
''They amt mine, and I'm going to
take 'em to police headquarters, said
a farmer on the market yesterday as he
bundled up several articles of clothing.
Find 'em on the roadP" asked one
of the men he had been talking with.
mo, sir. Found 'em right in front
of my stable door the other morning.
There's pair of mittens, a cap, an old
handkerchief, plug of tobacco and a
necktie."
How did they get thereP'
"Well, figure that a tramp opened
the door and walked in to find lodg-
irg place. keep the door unlocked.
but never 90 in by it. turned the old
mare around last fall with her heels
within two feet of the door"
"And what?"
well, about the time that tramp
stepped in she let go with both feet.
One foot hit him just little below the
belt, and the other under the chin. 1t
was nine feet from the door to the spot
where he lit. There was evidence that
he paved around for spell, got up
and fell into wagon-box, got up again
and fell out, and then he made bee
line across the meadow for the section
line road. He didn't come back for his
buds. and I'll just leave 'em where
they'll be safe when his memory re-
turns and he wants 'em.-Detroit Free
Press.
, 1888-06-23
From the Daily Telegraph

Herr Ti<za is the best-abused man
in Paris to-day. A few growls were
raised yesterday over his speech
throwing cold water on the coming
Exhibition, hut Chantilly aud other
attractions cast politics for a time
completely into the shade, and, the
roar was consequently postpoaed.
The storm burst. this morning. Many
ofthe newspapers devoted articlestothe
subject, more than one OF which was
headed with the ohlinousa words, "A
gratuitous insult!s,aaand fihp5fth b, Hobbies
Of the ChambrE1 f Uspuliesthizafler-
noon the untowardI incidBat 1oiRa the
Hungarian ParthA3ns1t wHasaths theme
of general discusas'soaa.a SH ff7s a no exag
geration 10 say that the Republicans
are simply furious. It is long since
there has been such q consensus of
, 1888-06-23
" IS c elIa u 0 u S.
(Spectator Mnn 9th

A correspondent of the Times who
knows France unusually we'll, and
has made a careful study of the sub
iect, published on Wednesday his
view. of the Boulanger mania. He
thinks that although General Boulal-
geris probably deficient in the staff
of which Dictators are made, being
only a master in the art of seducing
men, the situation is still grave. He
is ridiculed in Paris; but he is the
favourite of the common soldier, and
in the provinces he would probably
sweep the board along the North
East frontier, the Upper Seine, the
Upper Loire, and the country between
, 1888-06-23

and possibly elsewhere, hB caEg com
mand the clericais,e the rea s~tionaries,
and the "dumb unknown o masses of
small cuItivatOrs," who are always
for the strong man. The true sources
of his power are that he is "Cnairman
of the League Of the Disconnected"
and that he joins no party, but
offers himself to each in turn, as a
panacea for the evils of which ii
complains. The writer seems inclin-
ed to believe that it is as a foe
of Parliamentarism that the General
is welcomed, but he is not clear on
this point. There is little new in
this account. but the writer adds a
:. novel tact, that the papers opposed TO
General BOulanger are wholly unable
10 refrain from mentioning him, often
al great length, AS their readers will
have news of his proceedings. This
tallirs with Mrs. Crawford's statement
il the Universal ReUiew as to the
enormous rise in the circulation Of
the papers which have taken him up,
particularly La L0nterme.
The Society of Friends have found
1900 members to memOrialise MIR.
Gladstone against the I'm Christian
8 character OF the Irish Crimes Act OF
1887, the memorials being signed by
nine members of Pal4liamentwho are
Friends. In Thhry,taty's Tines how
ever, a protest signed 'ltby, the great
benpfactor Of ireland, Mr.. J. H. luke,
byMr.T Thomas Odgkin, Of Newcastle
on Tyne, by Mr.. F. Seebohn, of
Hitchin, and nine other eminent mem-
berS of the Society of Friends, appear
ed, declaring hat the great majority
of the Society of Friends resident in
Ireland, and a very large section Of
those in Great MISUNDERSTANDING, Of
course, MIR. Bright,-are not ut all of
the sumo way of thinking, and that
the Society, as a Society, is commit
ed to the duty OF obedience TO the
civil government ; and they quote the
Book of Discipline" very pertinently
on the subject. "a s. ptuagenariaN
Quaker" adds, in aasemSi5le letter Of
his own,-''Surely it's bs0newhat
ridiculous that q Society which pro-
claims the unlaW fulness g. of 70 war
should e"couIagethe very worst and
most %rcvengefuI forms Of lawlessness
and violence on the part of private
. individuals, in opposition to laws
deliberately framed by representatives
of the people, and in order to escape
the payment of just debts" Certain
~ for The Church which p~roclaims
the duty of turning The other cheek
othe sniier. to throw its shield over
the "Plan of Campsign" and over
boycOtters, does seem the highest
extravaganza OF religious partisanship.
, 1888-06-23

udSOAy diUUSCu tIlUIC u~IUIGtJdttUlIS dHU
the then Frenchmen Of all ranks and
parties were united III denouncidg the
TeUton. Now al least this is not
the cnse. The RoyaIisIs, for example
are aIready pointing the moral with
unfeigned satisfaction; but the Re
publican wrath is for once equal to
the occasion. Few persons, however,
attribute Herr Ti<za's attitudeto Anti,
Revolutionary prejudice. II is infer
red that something remnIns behind,
and that his real motive has vet 10 be
discovered. Inthe Hobbies This afternoon
the opinion was freely Expressed that
NJ. Floquet could not allow this attnck
to pass unnoticevt, but should through,
NJ. DccraiS demand an explanation of
Count Kalhoky. In short in Govern
ment circles here there il as much in
~dignation as was excited III Austria
herself when Mr.. Gladstone uttered his
memorable cry of "tSandS off" 1t is
significant that an organ closely cou-
necIed with the Elys9e declared this
morning that the Ministry could not
suffer M. TISza'S speech TO remain un-
answered, as if France were silent she
would appear to admit its fairness and
to doubt whether the Exhibition would
be carried through under satisfactory
conditions. It adds that Herr Tisza
is perfectly aware that the Hungarian
Flag and Arms will run no risk Of
insult, and confesses that it is utterly
at II loss to account for this blow dealt
at the approaching "World's Show"
The rebuff is all the more disagreed
bic, inasmuch as the Magyar has been
repeatedly represented here as enter
tanning the utmost sympathy Tor
France, and politicians of Buda-P esth
have been often described AS being
staunch friends Of The Republic. A
despatch forwarded to-day from the
Hungarian capital states that when
Herr Tisza had withdrawn to the lob
bies he was followed by "a crowd Of
members, and that by way of expIana-
ton he exclaimed, ''War will break
out next year" The writer processes
to guarantee The truth of this assertion.
1--WE could not believe our ears,,' said
one Deputy, GprOpOs Of the scene in
the House The members were COM
ple'ely bewildered, and when they
had recovered from their surprise loud
protests arose. This is II sample of
the accounts published here to-day.
Buda- PeSth is represented ms being. in
a furment, and people here are asking
what the Cabinet will do, Here is a
chance for General Boulanger 20
noun his black horse, and riding up
the Champs ElyS6es to. the Arc de
Triomphe, to brandish his sword thrice
in the direction of Hungary. An eve
ming paper on intimate terms with the
Qnni d'Crsay hears from Vienna that
M. Decrais was expected, 10 have an
interview with Count Kalnoky to-day.
Captain Grandmange, of the 45th
Regiment, who was arrested some
time ago on a charge of having stolen
a number of valuable books from the
public library. at Eyreux, has been
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

Eugene Semple, governor of Wash
ington territory, in his annual report
estimates the population of the terri
tory at 167, 1892, an increase of abou,
$4,000 during the year. The taxable
property of the territory is valued al
$S4, 62l, 1872, a gain of over $65, OOO,.
in the last ten years. The financial
condition is said to be in healthy
and prosperous condition. Coal min.
ing is prosperous, the mines having
produced 1,133,sO1 tons, against $685..
7O5 during 1887. Gold and silver
mining is also prosperous. The sal.
mon pack was 36O.S2O cases, Sigh,
increase over last year. Neither can.
neries nor fishermen made anything
on the years work. The governor
urges the admission of the territory
into the Union, recommends the allot
ment of land in severalty to Indians,
liberal appropriation for enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion act, the es-
adjustment of a port of entry on
Gray's Harbor, and liberal appropria
tons for the survey of public lands.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

Atwood Citizen. The Keystone
Roller Mills, running night and day
since the first of August, have not
been abe TO meet the demands of the
Increasing trade. In that time $4,000
bushels of grain have been consumed.
Had there been fl our mill in Col
by, the above statement would have
been equally true of it.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

New York Tribune: The Kansas
farmer hes this year proved himself a
second and mightier Atlas. If the
State ever changes her coat of arms
the new crest should show the Kansas
farmer supporting the world on his
shoulders. His potent alchemy has
transformed the rich black soil into
millions of bushels of golden grain,
which is now going forth to feed the
world.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

The constitutional amendments
which have been adopted in Kansas
are to strike out the word "white," SO
as to make the colored mau eligible
to militia service, and to enable the
Legislature to pass law regulating
the right of aliens to hold and control
real estate. The particular object of
the land amendment is to regulate
such men rs Lord" SCULLY, who
owns SO, 0G0 acres of land in Marion
county, where he has introduced the
eviction practice, so Odious in Ireland.
Champion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22


The Kansas State Teachers Asso
citation will meet in Topeka December
26, next, and will continue in session
three DAYS. The association is offic
cred as follows: President, Harry G.
Larimer, Topeka; Vice President
Buel T. Davis, Anthony; Secretary,
A. P. Warrington, Minneapolis; Treas
urer, Mrs. N. S. Kedzie, Manhattan.
Executive Committee. H. Law.
head, Topeka; T. H. Dinsmore, EN-.
poria; Harry G. Wilson, Topeka
Chairman of Executive committee
Harry G. Wilson, Topeka.
PRESIDENTS OF SECTIONS.
Common and normal school section
&C. Y. Roop. Horton.
Common and high school section
G. l. Harvey, Ottawa.
County Superintendent section
J. II. Lawhead, Topeka.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

A Important Discovery Indorsed b
Many Medical Aueheeitios.
Another Frenchm,aa has announced
what Is considered an important dis
covery BY wcll-informed specialists
Time was when gold was credited
with tho power Of prolonging life 4
taken as . medicine. Dr. Burg: /,
French chemist of eminence. assert,
that this belief was not all error. Fo,
number ofy-ars he has been expert
menting to ascertain the influence OF
the various metals on the human or.
gsnism. Some ten years ago he came
forward with the proposition tina,
copper and the acids of copper were
not Injurious to the health a. com.
monty believed. After some discussion
the majority of specialists in France
and Germany agreed with him. He
pursued his investigations and ar.
rived at the conclusion that copper
and its acids are powerful tonics. He
extended his field of investigation and
became the founder Of new system
of healing diseases by means oi
metals. such - gold. silver:
aluminium. copper. etc.
da enumerates . number of metal
cures" in report to the French Acad-
envy Of Science. Among them may be
mentioned a case of Mysteries cured
with aluminium; a case of q peculiar
dizziness cured with gold and silver;
and a case of violent Mysteries cured
in ten minutes by means of silver.
His own father suff .red from diabetes:
he was cured with iron and died at
the age of elghty-six.
Recently a number of remark able
cures have been performed in tho hos
pital of M"ricourt. P.,ris. A journey
man butcher was in a few days cured
OF violent cramps in one arm by mel ans
of copper The metal did not come in
contact with the sick limb; yet its
effects were so wonderfully strong
that the experimenting ply stefan could
transplant the cramp from one arm to
another Many similar cures are re-
ported by reliable scientists. A num-
ber of well-known medical authorities
have Endorsed the system of DR..
Burg. and its sanguine advocates pre-.
dict that it will effect complete revo-
luton in the science of practical med
icine. Indianapolis Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

The following resOl utiOnS were
adopted by the ladies present at the
Equal Suffrage Meeting at Emporia
last week:
''REsOLvED, that we believe that in
order to secure the complete political
rights of women, it behooves us to
urge upon them the duty of exercls-
ing to its fullest extent the rights of
school and municipal suffrage already
possessed by them.
RESOLVED, that we favor the max
ing a test case to decide the question
whether or not women are legally en-
titled to vote for county superintend-
ents of public instruction in the state
of Kansas under onr present laws, and
our executive committee is hereby in
structed TO provide for such test case
and its prosecution to a final determi-
nation in the supreme court
The following officers were chosen:
President. Mrs Laura NJ. Johns. One
of the ballots read: Lovely. Magnifi-
cent Johns" Mrs. Anna C. Wait.
vice-president, Lincoln; DR.. Mamie
Stephens, recording secretary, Wichi-
ia; Mrs. Lizzie Hopkins, correspond
ing secretary, Salina; Mrs. Berry. of
Cawker City, treasurer. This is the
fourth year of her term in this office
for the association.
The following were elected district
presidents: First district, Mrs. Ruth
F. Dnrgan; second district, Mrs. Hall;
third district, Mrs. Carrie 5. Smith:
fourth district, Mrs. E. W. Pinskton:
fifth district, Mrs. Mecca Hoffman:
sixth district Mrs. Judge Pratt; sew
enth district, Mrs. j. W. Edwards.
Delegates elected to the National
convention are Mrs. Carrie Cowen.
Mrs. H. A. Birchmore, Mrs. Ruth F.
Durgan and Mrs. l. E. Perley. Alter
mates. Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, Mrs. M.
+. Bradford, Miss Sarah A. Brown
and Mrs. Carrie s. Smith.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22
The Vote In Kansas.

Returns for the recent election have
been received by the secretary of state
from ninety-uine of the los counties
on governor, and 101 of the los coun.
ties on president.
The ninety-nine counties give Hum
phrey a total of ITS, 3O4 votes; Mar
tin, 1O3,747 Elder, 35,l91; Botkin,
6.279. Humphreys plurality, 1857
The FIVE counties to hear from will
give republican plurality of probab-
ly 1900. bringing Humphreys plural
ity up to $4,000.
The lO1 counties give Harrison
179,056; Cleveland, 1OO,3l4; a plu-
rality for Harrison of 1912. The re-
naming four counties will probably
bring Harrison,s plurality to $4,000
and place Kansas at the head of the
republican column.
The total vote of the ninety-nine
counties for governor is 32O,521 The
six counties yet to hear from will give
total vote of probably $500, thus
making a total vote of about 327, 900
in the state. This 10 from II, 900 to
&c, 900 higher than was anticipated by
the most conservative estimate.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

The democrats are asking who is to
blame for their defeat at the late cleo
ton. This is easy. No one in par
ticuIar, but the fnae trade doctrines
expressed in Cleteland's message, the
Mills bill and the St. Louis Platform
were repugnant to the interests of the
United States, and The citizens would
have none of them.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

The late excursion of the S., l.. &
W. and L. & c. Ry. has been produc-
tive of much good and much advertis-
ing of the country and cities through
which its line passes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

We hope and believe the first pub
lie act of President Harrison, afte1
March 4, will be to turn every rebe
soldier out of Office and fill his place
with man who helped to save the
Nation. There is no room in these
United States to place in positions Of
public trust men who did all they
could to destroy this nation. Let the
rascals all 60. knight and Soldier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

Many manufactures in the eas'
have already started work or are pre-.
pairing to start work since the glad
news of HarrisOns election came.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22

There is no longer any doubt as to
who will succeed Senator Preston B.
Plumb. The cause of that worthy
gentleman added thousands of votes
to the republican ticket in Kansas
this year. The people want Plumb
as his own successor, and are almost
as unanimous in their wish as will be
the republican legislature which will
reflect him.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-22
STOVES! STOVES! STOVES!

The Colby Hardware Co.
haue determined to close out
their large stock Of cooking
and heating stoves, and to do
so have marked them away
down. Those wanting stoves
now is your opportunity. 34tf