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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
The Basis Of Ethics.

Absolute idealism and naturalism
are 10Th in perplexity rs to the source
Of ethical ideas. though in different
ways Granting the unity of exist
ence. aud that all things are the ex-
preston Of movement originated. sus-
tanned and consummated in the mani
fcstation of the absolute. how can
shere be an ought applicable to the
higher stages Of evolution-how can
there be any thing but tile inevi.ables
On the other side. granting that pleas
nre and pain are our two great
masters" how can man do more than
guide himself by an estimate Of his
best chances under the conditions Of
existence which he must accept! Both
show themselves insufficient to provide
such philosophy Of the sslf-con-
sc:ous life swayed by tho imperative
of moral law. Man is 10 himself the
greatest mystery in the Universe
mystery destined to break up philo-
sophical theories in orr day. as in the
past vet must we go on constructing
and reconstruciing. for only thus can
the. progress be secured which i the
coalition Of intellectual existenca -
Prof Henry CssdsrUood, ~ 1es
hinecsoa RsOieue
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
GLASSES THAT CHEER.
A Simple Cure for Chr On!c Headache a
Il Valuable Hint.

| A Simple Cure for Chr On:c Headache ant
IL Valuable Hint.
Glad 10 see you looking so well
The last time saw you. you were pa!'
and l was worried by your depression
What have you been loing?"
L bought pair of glasses. Tha
was all.
The manager Of a lar ce business es
Enlistment on Union Square had me
a friend whom he had not seen before
in months. and the former S renewed
health was the subject Of the cou-
vcrsation.
Tell me al about it"
'You remember how 1 felt las!
spri 20? / was hardly able to do any
work. had shooting pains through
my head. AMI felt dizzy after l had
been an hour or SO in the off &c.
thought / was bilious. and l took
enough pills to start a drug store.
They only weakened me. Then wen,
to my doctor. He said I was drinkin.
TOO much. s. stopped even beer bat
got no better. I went to him again.
He gave me u thorough examin ,ti o n
an suggested that ! stop smoking.
So broke off that habit with no gain
in health. At this time was ta!lin q
medicine by the quart. H, next told
ME must take vaca loi. dill so.
The first dav l was in the country
lol,ed around in the open
air. and the next morning /
felt better than had done in months.
That day l rolled into a hammock and
real a novel, The next morning
was as badly broken up as before.
rested that day and felt better the
next. Finally b gan to connect the
use # my eyes with my sickness.
drove into the nearest village, bought
pair of spectacles. and that very day
began to improve. When arrived
home went to an oculist and had
glasses of the right power prescribed.
/ use these in reading and working.
and since then have been different
man. ! am no longer worried about
my health. l don't fear insanity.
am not drcading death and think OF
getting married next year. and intend
to dance at my grandchild's silver
wedding. Simple cure. wasn't lip
N T. Hail and Cypress.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
HUMOROUS.

Pa" said BERTHE the other dav,
''why do they call a ship she??''' '.Be-
cause. my son. she is always on the
lookout for some of the buoys. Lift.
Mrs. Going away?
You do not know how lonesome it is
here evenings" Mr.. Klubmann-
Yes I do; that's the reason Pm going
OUT
Stranger Ito boy in lawyers officel
I'm looking for Il legal blank.
sonny" Lawyers boy-.'Sorry. sir.
but he's just stepped out" IN. y
San.
Occasionally post-office clerk,
ticks so many stamps that he learns to.
speak Gum Arabic, and the knowledge
sticks to him, too.-SAoe and Leather
Reporter.
-" While the lamp holds out to-
burn. the vilest sinner may return"
as Mrs. Browning remarked as she
left light burning for her absent lord.
Boston Transcript.
Brown has threatened to kick
me If he meets me out in society. Sup
pose you were me and should see him
come into the room, what would YOU
do?" "Sit down. ''-Judge.
"A Boston woman who used to,
spend seventy-five dollars per year for
kid gloves now gets along with three.
pairs Reason: Her husband bought
her a diamond ring.-Detron Free:
Press
Police Sergeant the man
dangerously wounded?" Irish Police
Surgeon.-"Two of the wounds are.
mortal; but the third can be cured.
provided the man keeps perfectly quiet
for at least six weeks"
An exquisit leading dog by a.
string. lounged up to a ticket-office.
OF . railway station. and inquired
Must I-aw-take q special ticket.
for puppy" mo; you can travel
- an ordinary passenger" was the re-
ply.-C Collegiate Journal
Miss Penelope (plsyfuliy)-"We-
Boston people, Mr.. Chicago. think.
that the Garden of Eden must have.
been located near the city Of Boston,
Mr.. Chicago shouldn't be sur-
prised. Miss Penelope. Ialways heard
that Boston was yery sinful place. -
-Tsxas Siflings.
"a scientist says-''I have picked
mp hundreds Of live wasps. holding nv
breath ut the m0m.,nf <h.+ e.
was grasped, and have never been
stung under any circumstances" A
Norristown man who picked up live
wasp held his breath for fear he woaltr
DO stung. And he was. Il Is quite
probable that he didn't hold his breath
-~ tie wasp-ip the right place
6esyissess Hsrs,&
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
REARING YOUNG FOWLS
Ihe Eject % Overlooking on Chicks,
Ducks aud Turkeys

The Eject Of Overfeetliny ON Chicks,
Duess aud Turkeys
The successful rearing of Young
chicks depends to a very large extent
upon the choice of the right food.
Nine-tenths of the dead chicks are lost
by overlooking with unsuitable food.
The young chick needs warmth more
than any thing else during the first
few weeks of its life. Its respiration
is rapid .nd a large Quantity OF food
is consumed in sustaining this func.
ton. and in providing suitable material
for the production Of this vital heat
lies the great secret of success in rear.
ing these tender animals. Corn
coarsely ground is the best staple food.
being a large heat producer. and the
less this food is mixed up with such
substances as hard-boiled eggs. milk
curd and other unnatural additions
the better. Cracked corn and wheat
are alone sufficient for young chicks.
ana If any thing is given to make
substitute for the worms and insects
which the hen gathers for them when
they are kept at large. it may be finely.
chopped lean beef. which they will
take with avidity. Too much food is
fatal and produces the sleepy. stagger.
ing condition in which so many oi
them perish. Fresh water. too. is indis.
pensable. for the waste of heat from
the slight. puny creatures causes q
large evaporation of moisture. A mum.
Der of chicks kept in an artificial
brooder will drink three or four times
in an hour. while they will ext little
food once every hour. and this little
and often is the best for them.
The difficulties met with in rearing
young ducks and turkeys are chiefly
due to the same excessive feeding.
Soft food is recommended by nearly all
the writer's upon poultry rearing. 1t
is quite safe to approximate natural
conditions in respect to feeding rs
closely as possible. The natural food
of the wild turkeys and ducks are hard
shelled insects, seeds, a vegetable mat
ter; and these birds rear full broods
upon this diet. A food commonly rec
commended for turkey chicks is chopped
egg, curd of milk and bread crumbs.
with red pepper. Perhaps the pepper
is useful to help digest the egg and
curd, but it is not otherwise required.
For three seasons past the writer has
reared full broods of young turkeys on
corn and buckwheat coarsely ground
and fed dry. To rear the whole of
brood of twelve on this food without
any difficulty or ailment ut the sup
posed critical times suggests the suita-
bility of it to the necessities of the
young turkeys. and the dryness of
the food is doubtless one excellent feat
ure of it. Ducks do not require soft
food. and crushed oats fed in shallow
dish with water in it meets their natu-
raj requirements and habits exactly.
and is safe and excellent food. When
any young bird appears stupid. sits
down and sways its head sidewise.
with half-closed eyes. it is suffering
from over-feeding, and this is the way
in which nearly all of the lost ones
de.-N. y. Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
THE SHADOW CHASER.

With outstretched hands he saw his child joys
fee,
And vanish with the passing Of the day,
Like ships that keep their course far out at
sea,
Nor heed the longing watchers in the bay.
And glad youth found him following ardent
eyed
The fleeing phantom that he ever lost,
And al his eager manhood was denied
The sweet reward such weary searching cost.
Then came at last Lies lord, sweet Death,
and said:
"Oh, loyal heart, well done, behold thy
wage
And 10 with fadeless beauty overspread-
The shadow Of his childhood youth and age.
-Henrietta Christian Wright, in Scri5nsr's Iac-
Czisle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
"A Young woman of L,uisyill

"A young woman Of Louisville.
Kr.. while singing before . large
company the other eSening. became
conscious of q shrill. harsh. metallic
sound. like that made b. the loose
string of a piano. She stopped in the
middle If her song. unable to endure
the discordant sound The piano
seemed to be all right. and no one had
heard tho unusual noise. She began
again. and again heard the sound. and
had to give up her attempt. Size after.
ward discovered the source Of the
noise. It was - brcastpin which size
wore close 10 her threat. aud which.
the setting bling loose. vibratesl al
certain tones of the piano. and a
course the sound washcard plainly 81
lhs singer. though BY no one else
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
FEEDING FOR FLAVOR.
Tie Difference In the Eggs Laid by
Hens of Different Breeds.


Hens of Different Breeds.
It is suggested that new industry
might be created in the raising 81
poultry and various domestic animals
upon certain kinds of feed which will
impart to their flesh new and palatable
favors. 1t is well known. for in.
stance. that the exquisite SAVIOR of the
canvas-back duck is due to the wild
celery it feeds upon in Southern
marshes. and the delicious Congo
chickens owe their superior excellence
10 the pine-apples they eat. The grouse
of the far Western plains is aromatic
with the wild sage; wild ducks and
other sea fowls have fishy flavor; and
the fish fed to swine may almost be said
to be eaten over again by the consumer
OF their pork. Milk is especially affected
by whatever is eaten. rs every farmer
can testify, whose cows give bitter
milk whenever they eat the leaves OF
burdock. etc. There can be no doubt
that the nature OF their food greatly
mobiles the taste and quality of the
meat of most animals. and perhaps
with proper effort some really valua-
bic discoveries may be made in this
direction.
The art OF feeding for something be-
sides mere weight or size will. in the
near future. give place to the higher
art of feeding to crafty taste. As the
capon now ranks high above ordinary
poultry. without special methods Of
feeding, how much greater must its
superiority be when fed for flavor as
well as for tenderness and size! Ever
and anon some enthusiastic breeder Of
thoroughbred fowls descants upon the
merits of his favorite breed"
tender, juicy flesh and rich. highly
favored eggs. not to be compared with
the dunghills long ago discarded y
forgetting that the dunghills were
truly named, and that from hard
scratching for living IN the barn
yard. they produced the small. tough
bodies and ill-favored eggs complained
Of while his thoroughbreds have q
yard to themselves. are fed on the
choicest grain and grasses. have moth
ing but pure water to drink. and all
the delicacies of the season, from the
What breeder has not noticed the
difference in favor of the eggs from
his best yards and from the general
flock running at large? lnstinctively.
the best fowls receive the best food
and most careful attention, and the re-
suit is richer and better favored eggs.
Feeding for flavor must sooner or later
become one Of the high arts Of poultry
culture. IN 7. AIrkst Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


robert Black, brother OF William
Black. the novelist. is reported to have
married a distinguished negro belle Of
Port-au-Prince. Hayti.
-Chauncey NJ. Depew has pair OF
old-fashioned Eyeglasses that belonged
to Daniel w ebster. The framework OF
the glasses looks like bone or horn>
and the arch for the nose is of metal
Pilgrim Progress has been
translated into the language of the
Fantes. q tribe occupying district in
Upper Guinea on the gold coast
This is the eighty-tirss foreign version.
of Bunyan's work.
Colonel T. w. Higginson advised
Miss Alcor., when she began writing.
stories. to avoid descriptions. and she.
said afterward that it was the best adj
vice she ever received. She allowed
her characters to tell the story.
Richard Henry Stoddard, the New
York poet, is described as gray
bearded. grim-looking. but walking
with the elastic movement of Il youth
full athlete. He has for many years
held Government position.
Alexander Dumas eldest daughter
recently played in her fathers 'Visite
de Noces." in a theater fitted in her
own apartments. before picked audi
ence of nOtabilities. The chief men
and women of Paris were there. She
made hit
The late David Hunter Strcther.
best known as ''Portc Crayon." was;
a venerable-looking man. with huge
white whiskers and mustache cover
ing all the lower part of his face. and
sparkling. dark eyes looking out from
under noble forehead. His DISPOSE
ton was genial, but modest and retir--
ing.
Some Of the relatives of the late.
Barbar Frietchie in Frederick, Md,
recently sent to Mr.. John G. Whittier,
who immortalized the venerable lady
in verse, a number of table articles.
which formerly belonged to Mrs.
Frietchie. Mr.. Whittier acknowl-
edged the receipt of the articles and
stated in his letter that he had become
convinced that his poem entitled
barbara Frietchie" was based upon a.
supposed incident that had no founda--
ton. but that he was glad to know.
nevertheless, that she was loyal
woman.
Perhaps the most singular curiosi-
ty in the book world. says The Book
sCor7n, is volume that belongs to the
family of the Prince de Ligne. and is.
now in France. 1t is entitled 1.-THE
Passion of Christ" and is neither
written nor printed. Every letter of
the text is cut out of leaf. and being
interleaved with blue paper, is as east
ly read as the best print. The labor
and patience bestowed upon its COM
position must have been excessive, es--
pecially when the precision and
minuteness of the letters are consid--
cred. The general execution in every
respect is. indeed. admirable, and the
vel.um is of the most delicate and
costly kind. Rudolph II of Germany
offered for it in 1910 1000 ducats,
which was probably equal to 10000 at.
this day.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03

AT recent Episcopal convocation
of five hundred Indians. at Cheyenne
river. the women societies brought in
two hundred dollars in cash. and
work of their own nands amounting
to nearly three hundred dollars more
to be used for mission work. One In
dian who asked for a church at his
camp brought his own offering of
thirty dollars toward it.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03

There is no more important theme
upon whict the mind of man or
woman can be employed than that Of
the household. Its influences for good
or evil have no equal - Good Chez.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-03
ARCTIC COLD.
Accounts Given by a Few North
ern Explorers.

Seventy-ilve Degrees Below Zero-Stock-
iHgs Burn Before Feet Can Be
Warmed at . Fire-C0ld That
Splits Stones In Twain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-17
s. iiF
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Terrible Accident to a Train Near
~ VeStal, N, Y,

-
~ Vestal, N. Y.
iBINGHAMTON, N. Y, March 16.-The
east-bound train No. IL on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western jumped the
track at 2:15a. m. at Tracey's bridge,just
east of Vestal, caused by spreading
rails. The train was No. IL, which left
Buffalo at $50 last night. The engine,
safely but the day coach and two sleep
erS left the track and rolled to the
bottom of thirty-fOOt embankment.
Here they caught fire from the stoves
and were soon a mass of red-hOt emberS.
The passengers crawled out through
the windows as best they could, and the
tfainmen and those who escaped injury
assisted in removing the badly wounded
before the fire reached them. The ell
CINE of the train was cut loose and ran
to this city for physicians and extra
coaches, and the passengers were
brought here after shivering in the cold
for two hours, many Of them with no
covering but their night clothes. Fol
lowing is list of the wounded as far as
ascertained:
Hon. DAVID GRAY, of Buffalo, and his
brother, on their way to Cuba, both fatally
INJURED.
j. p. TUCKER, Pullman porter, New York,
badly cut and burned; is dying.
C. COLEMAN, Pullman porter, Buffalo,
badly crushed, extracted from between seats
just in time to escape cremation.
MISS r. WEBSTER, Oil City, Pa, back Sc
verely injured.
W. RoEHNKE. Cleveland, o. bad cuts on
the head.
J. j. ZIMMERMAN, Buffalo, bruised on the
Miss PLANT, Hamilton. Ont, bruised and
cut.
E. DEvRIEs, New York, seriously cut and
crushed.
F. P. KUHN, Dunkirk, n. Y, head cut and
burned, not serious.
MORRIS LINK, Sandusky, O., fracture of the
clavicle and two ribs broken.
d. F. SULLIVAN, Buffalo, confusion of the
eye and severe bruises.
LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, ElmIra, confusion OF
the shoulder and scalp wounds.
JAMES Nance, Cheyenne, Wyo, general
COMMISSIONS.
P. L. GRAHAM, London, Ont, scalp wounds.
Many others were more or less
bruised and cut, but were able to take
care of themselves. The wounded
named are at the City hospital and are
Gray, of Buffalo, who was an invalid en-
route to Cuba, in company with his
brother, is unconscious, and the doctors
say he will die. His brother is not so
badly injured as at first reported, and is
able to walk about. The passengers lost
all their hand baggage, and those in the
sleepers their money and jewelry. The
passengers say that the train was sent
out from Buffalo last night loudly adj
vertised to be the first train through to
New York without delay because of the
snow storm. Several are outspoken
that the accident was not caused by the
spreading rails, as is claimed by the
company, but solely to the flimsy nature
of the day coach, which is said TO have
been old enough for retirement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-17
Four Were Killed.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March 16.-It
has just been learned here that the snow
plow, pushed by four engines, which
left at o'clock this morning, jumped
the track at Sharon, n. Y, this after
noon. The killed and injured are as
follows:
Kilied-Thomas Feeny, conductor; George
Fowler engineer; Charles Orbon brakeman !;
Thomas Reilly, fireman.
Injured-Thomas Brewer, extent of in
juries unknown; j. D. Cameron, engineer,
badly cut about the head; Luther Gates, ex-
tent Of injuries unknown; Fred Strong, fire.
man. very badly hurt about the head and
back!
The four engines and the pillow were
completely demolished. Engineer FoW-
ler'S body has not yet been taken out Of
the wreck. Conductor Feeny's head
was. severed from his body. The latest
reports are to the effect that Engineer
GATES will die.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-17
THE STATE OF TRADE.
A Week Remarkable for the Paralysis
of Business
CAUSED BY THE BIG STORM
Matters on the Whole, However, Have
g a Reasonably Decent
Look.

|; NEW YORK, March 16.--R. G. Dun &;
| Co.'s weekly review of trade will say:
|, The paralysis Of business here, the
stoppage of communications and mails
throughout the Eastern states, and
the costly conditions under which the
scanty business of the past two days
has been transacted, make statistical
comparisons for the moment of no
values 1t would not be far from right
to reckon on the entire weeks business
as olost throughout the region most
affected by the unprecedented storm.
/, Under the circumstances, it is of
no service as an indication of
the FIXTURE to know that exchanges
below those OF the corresponding week
last year and local prices rising because
of the temporary scarcity Of certain
articles. AS yet business at the various
exchanges has not been so far resumed
that quotations have much value. The
statement Of iron furnaces in blast
March l, however, is of especial signifi-
canoe. The weekly output of anthra-
cite and bituminOuS iron was 81 400 tons,
against 103, 901 tons Feb. 1 and 139, 497
tons NOv.1. Clearly the furnaces which
were forced to stop by the strikes in the
coal regions. have not found it eXpedi-
ent to resume since the strikes termi-
mated. Other furnaces elsewhere have
blown out, and the report as to charcoal
iron though still incomplete. shows
there has been some shrinkage in that
branch also. A decrease Of 81 per cent
in one month, and 251S per cent since
November, in the quantity of iron pro-
duced, implies change of large impOr-
lance in many branches of manufacture.
Prices for the best grades of pig are
unchanged, but offers of all other grades
continue at concessions. with tranSpOr-
tatiOn arrested. No indications of value
are obtained as to the textile manufac-
lures or the dry goods trade. Transac-
no further, and the Gull in cotton
ness" For eight months of the crop
year the decrease in wheat has been
1O,900,0 900 bushels, which fOreShadOwS
large surplus to be carried over in July.
The bureau report of wheat in farmers
hands March 1 entirely accOrds with
previous estimates of the crop, and
prices have yielded ~ cents for wheat
and l cent for corn. In other
markets few changes of impor-
lance are noted, though the COM
plant of dullness becomes more
general. The reports received from
interior points show continuance of
trade deemed fair for the season at
most cities, with slight improvement at
tive or three, but with complaint of I'M
satisfactory trade at as many more.
Business failures for the week-United
States POP, Canada 26. as compared with
total of 253 last week, and pa the
week previous to the last.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-17
LATE MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
Lively Session of the Trades As
SembIy,

The Minneapolis Trades assembly
had an old-timc session last night with
large attendance and spirited discus
sion of current topics. One matter was
in relation to sentiment credited to
George K. Shaw, of the Star, to the
effect that, as the government had
passed law to prevent railroads
from managing their own affairs, it
should pass another applying to railroad
employees that would solve the strike
problem. The mover construed this to
mean that railroad employees should be
by law debarred from managing their
own affairs and employing tie
most efficient means of enforc-
ing their just demands. The as
sembly denounced the sentiment as
a blow at the principle of organized la
Dor, which should be resented. A res
olution was adopted protesting against
the action of the county officials who
gave to the. Spectator pictures
and pen. : sketches of themselves
for publication on the !, ground
that the paper is the pronounced enemy
of organized labor. The assembly
recommended the adoption of the label
proposed by the barrel makers to go on
every uniOn-made barrel. Resolutions
were adopted requesting of the court
house commission that the preference
be given local architects, all things be-
ing equal, in the plans for the new
court house and city hall, now under
discussion by the commission.