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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho best teachers are those who
learn something new themselves
every day. and are not ashamed to
own it
Tho blessings Of fortune are the
lowest; the next are the bodily advant-
ages Of strength and health; but the
superlative blessings. In fine. are those
Of the mind.-LEssrasge.
Tho remark of Prof Drummond,
who lately visited 80 many of the coll
legee of America. that their general
atmosphere is Christian; they are 70
igiOus institutions" has much of truth
in it. It is, however. . good deal
more true of some than it Is Of others.
Anger Is an expression Of personal
seiishness in one thing. and anger a. =
strong displeasure with evil. with mean
ness. baseness, irreverence, cowardice,
cruelty and stupid Indifference to suffer-
ing quite another and a different thing.
Anger Of the latter sort is Christian
virtue.
Great as have been the discoveries
and achievements of science in the last
hundred years, it is doubtless true that
the sum Of the unknown is yet vastly
in excess Of that Of the known. and al
ways viii be. Each achievement or dis
covery Is but stepping-stone to some
thing greater and higher.
Imitation Of Christ ON earth. and
perfect likeness to his moral character
herafter-the ono to be sought while
here, and the other to be attained in
Heaven-constitutes the idea Of true
Christian. He will at last morally be like
the Lord whom he loves. and in whom
he believes
"A life Of virtue Is life Of health.
Self-denial leads to q self-development
on higher planes. Patient battling
against lower lusts ends in assured vic
tory. To one man, and to one only. Is
life worth living. and that man is he
who resolves ON nothing less than per-
lection of body. mind and soul.
The Christian religion is the moral
force to hold in check the greater
enemies of righteousness in all their
manifold forms and manifestations.
What would the human family be if this
moral force were obliterated? As well
might we do without the sun as to hope
for spiritual light without the sanctify-
ing power of the Christian religion.
"A man who is not strictly upright
in life can not be truly pious in heart.
Piety can never be disconnected from
morality. A man may be moral with
out being pious, but he can not be pious
without being moral Every true Chris
tian. like the Apostle. endeavors to
keep q conscience void Of ofense to-
ward God and man.-Mekhodist Re-
c0rder.
1t is not the duty Of the educator
to fill the mind of his pupil with that
he believes to be truths, but to train
the intellect for the apprehension and
reception of truth. Many who assume
this responsible Office act the very re-
verse Of this. They devote themselves
earnestly to the task Of filling the minds
of the young with prejudices which
they strive to make ineradicable.
"Give me q child until he Is ten" say
some religionists. land We have no fear
of his being proselyted to another
faith" Who can estimate the amount
OF mischief that has resulted from the
establishing Of this boast?
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
THE SOUTHERN TORTOISE.

Prof ShaleF Describes Some Of the Hab-
its Of This Queer Reptile.
Here and there. but rarely, perhaps.
in one amid . hundred of these
mounds, We find the place where the
reptile entered the ground. This
opening is at once seen TO be quite sep
arate in character from the mounds
which first attract the eye. 1t consists
of clearly-defned tunnel, the sides
commonly somewhat smooth and COM
pacted by the energy with which the
body of the creature has been driven
through it. The passage inclines
steeply downward. descending at the
outset at an angle of from twenty to
thirty degrees, then turning at the
depth OF two or three feet to hor-
izontal position. On the surface, a
little beyond this entrance. is a heap
of debris. which consists of the sand
taken from the passage. A few feet
in from the opening the passage ap-
pears to be closed by loose material
which was not elected from the mouth
of the tunnel. Although l have been
unable to catch these tortoises at
work. have succeeded by tolerably
safe infcrences In tracing their method
of operation. When they begin the
burrow they endeavor at once to PEN
citrate downward to the level in which
they obtain their food. At the outset
they manage, by frequently backing
out of the passage and thrusting the
earth behind them in their retreat to
clear a considerable opening. When
they have advanced q few feet in the
excavation. they cease 70 discharge the
material excavated in their advance,
but thrust it behind them. and leave it
lying in the chamber. which it entire
ly closes. With this storage-room pro-
vided, the gophers are able to advance
through the earth for the distance of
some yards; but as the earth compact
ed by its own weight, by the pressure
exercised through the expansion OF
roots, and the action Of the rain, oc-
cupies less space than the same mate
rial loosened in the progress Of the
burrow. they soon become hampered
in their movements. They then turn
toward the surface and continue the
excavation until they have attained
very nearly to the open air. They
then use the great strength which they
clearly possess to thrust q quantity Of
the burrowed material upward until it
rises above the surface in the form Of
. cone. and by the space in the burrow
thereby gained they are able to 60 q
few feet further in their tortuous line
of advance. when they must again
seek to discharge q portion Of the
earth in the manner just described
Prof N s. Ssaler, in Popular Science
Mtathly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

Tom Ito Dick. who is always in
debt)-.sThere was q visitor TO sec
you to-day" Dick-sThat 20? What
was the ar7ounta Did he sayf"--
XQnkse Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29

SGEuCh eAO tASAs OAOAU' AA0 ASPAASN'
"Yes; l remember every thing. Shall
l tell it to you?"
Glad of the respite and hoping to
find a way to control him eventually,
settled myself to listen to his story. l
give it in his own words as nearly as I
can recall them:
From the time was sixteen years
of age l was q sort of wanderer. I
was educated partly in Germany and
inished at Oxford. Eng. Thence !
went to France. where l spent two
years, and after that lived some time
in Australia l finally landed in India,
where expected to 60 into business
with my brother-in-law. A short time
after my arrival there suffered a sun
stroke which almost cost me my life
and utterly dethroned my reason. For
six months I was q great care to my
sister, but at the end Of that time /
was entirely restored. both mentally
and physically. and we determined to
go to St Petersburg. 1t had been our
childhood home, and shortly after our
arrival there we were in the fashion
able world. meeting old friends and
making new acqu:intances. Among
the latter was the Countess l., q
lovely girl of nineteen years. She
had soft dark eyes full of passion. q
complexion like . ripe peach. and a
mouth-ah! / dare not recall her face;
it makes me mad cen now, and am
old and gray. and she is-dead.
Enough. loved her. won her
love. The form2lities of betrothal
were gore through With. our friends
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29


there was q celebrated insane expert.
l remember distinctly the first time he
came into my room was conscious
of no physical presence. only saw q
pair of enormous. persuasive, COM
polling eyes. which were following me
about the room and enforcing obedi-
ence. was their captive, their
slave. A cup Of bread and milk was
placed upon the table. The eyes bade
me eat of it. / tried to lift the cup
but could not The eyes came toward
me. felt the touch of the spoon upon
my lips. the taste Of food in my mouth.
and swallowed it. You can not guess
the joy I felt. No strait-jacket con-
fined me, the dove moaned no longer.
l was free at last. So for days and
weeks these watchful eyes. which
seemed to burn into my very soul.
came to conquer me. and I grew strong
and restful. l could think, I could
reason. l knew some mighty change
was taking place in me.
Zone day the eyes came as usual
and stopped just opposite me where a
flood of light from the window fell
full upon them. Suddenly there ap-
peared round about them q luminous
mass. which. as gazed, formed itself
slowly into first . forehead. then q
chin and cheeks. Oh. heavens! it was
q mans face. Twas too fascinated ia
move. Gradually saw the shoulders
forming, then the arms and body, and
finally the feet which were advancing
toward me. A voice said: Come, Mr..
B., will you not have some break.
fast?' I was utterly submissive. and
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-09-22
tBr FoUr Fruits.

WhateVeg prejudice there IS
against died fruit is owing TO Lack Of
care in drying and not knowing how
TO cook it after it is dried The pro-
cess os drying must be so rapid chat
the fruit mas not time TO become
changed by Partial decay, as is sure
to he the case if it is not completed
in few hours.
HIiea used, it should soah in the
same water in which it is cooked
long enough TO be as soft as is was
before drying, and then cooked as Il
it were fresh.
Apples, corn, pears, peaches, piums
aud most of the small fruits give
great satisfaction, and are superior
to the same canned in the usual way
if they are well done.
Any of the dryers used on the
stove are good, and | just met with
the suggestion of using hot-beds and
their sash for the purpose, which |
think must be a good one. Toma-
toes cooked sufficiently to allow some
OF the Juice TO be thrown off and then
spread on dishes, dry nicely, and are
superior 10 those canned for soup or
addition to stews.
Corn must be scalded few mo-
ments before cutting from the cob to
dry. All dried fruits and vegetables
in this latitude should be kept in
crooks lightly covered or sealed.
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sunflowcr Seeds.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune inquiries the price of sun
flower seed and cage in New York and
chat paper answers. Owing to tho
diversified and recently developed
uses of sunAower seed it is yearly
growing in commercial value. Its
wholesomeness as an admixture to
chicken food is undisputed, and much
Of it finds q market for that purpose.
It is used by the veterinary profession
in medicinal or corrective way in the
treatment of horses. The extraction
of valuable oil from it is looked for
result. With G reputation as pre-
ventitive Of malaria, its growth is be-
coming widespread, especially at the
West Ohio furnishes the bulk that
is sold to seedsnen aud others hore,
but large quantities are collected at
ST. Louis. Good, heavy, 20 to %
pounds to the bushel seed is now
worth So bushel.
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finisf What You Benin.

Thousands start we'll, but never
finish one thing at q time. They have
a dozen things on hand, and no one
completed Time IS wasted on IN
flushed work. Always finish what
you begin. One thing finished is
worth hundred half done. The
completion of an undertaking yields
more pleasure and moro profit than
dozens of plans. The man who is al
ways planning or scheming is rarely,
il ever, successful. He often furnish
es ideas for others who 90 persistent
ly TO work and finish what his ideas
suggested. s'That was my idea, my
plans" We frequently hear some one
say, but the man who carried it out,
was the one who benefited himself
and others. Do not begin what you
cannot finish What you undertake
TO do, do, and reap the reward of
your own ideas and skill. This ap-
plies to al classes Of business.
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a. Ono From tlae Dead.

CsnKosH, WIS, Sept. IA curl
GUS story is told here OF the miracu-
lous recovery of Miss Emma Ben
nett, q young lady who resides with
her brother, William Bennett, a
farmer, near this city. For nine
years past Miss Emma, who is now
80 years old, has been bed-ridden
invalid. Her disease was called con-
sumption of the blood. During her
nine wears of confinement she has
net ute ed loud word Part of
this time she was able to lisp ia a
faint whisper, and frequently she
YVES thought to be dead. For up
ward of three years, one side of her
body Was paralyzed. Yesterday,
while the family was at dinner, sud-
denly from the sick room came the
sound OF full, round voice singing
strongly and sweetly the words
HE rose, lie rose, He rose from the
dead" The startled family rushed
into the bed room and there was the
sick girl sitting in bed, singing the
words quoted. She asked to be
helped to her feet, saying she felt
that she could walk, and she did
walk across the floor. She said she
felt az though she had risen from the
dead.
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Teach the Boys

To be obedient.
To have patience.
TO he temperate in all things.
TO read books worth reading.
Never TO chew, smoke, drink or
nse pTofanc language.
10 keep themselves neat and clean.
70 shun evil company and rough
WAYS.
TO take of their hats when they
enter the mousse.
TO be useful in the house IS well
as ont of i.
always 70 be employed ia some
useful way.
TO be polite at all times and have
q kind word for everybody.
10 keep early hours AND always 90
punctuai and industrious.
To get the." lessons and obey the
rules Of school.
TO avoid the contracting Of loose
habits, and strive to be manly al
ways.
To be kid and courteous to each
other in the school room and or the
street.
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Ruyes For Using hooks.

Alweys turn leaves from the top
with the middle Of forefnger.
Never pull book from & shelf By
the binding ~ tae Top, but by the
back
Never touch book with damp
cloth, nor with . sponge in any form.
Never place another book or any
thing else upon the leaves Of an open
book.
Never rub dust from books, but
brush it off with q soft, dry cloth or
buster.
Never close book with g pencil,
a pad of paper, or anything else be
tween the leaves.
To avoid injuring The leaves Of
books, never put peneH mark in 9
library book
Always keep Jour boofs out OF the
reach Of srral' children, md il =
clean, dry place.
Always keen any neatly bound
borrowed book covered with paper
while in your possession.
Never attempt to dry book, acct
dentaliy wet, by the fire; but wipe
off the the moisture Nth soft, dry
cloth.
Never write upon paper laid up.
on the leaves of an open book, as
pencil or pen point will either scratch
CT cut the book leaves.
Never leDd . borrowed book, but
return it as soon as you IRE through
with it, 80 that the owner may not be
deprived Of its Dse.
Never bold 8 small book with the
thumb pressed into the binding at
tho lower back, but hold with the
thumb and little fngcr upon he
leaves an3 three fingers 'pon the
back -Ne2e York Mail.
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Es Consumption Tncurablo?

Real the following: Mr.. O. Fl. Morris,
Newark, Ark, says: "Was down with ABB
scess of Lungs, and friends and physicians
pronounced me an incurable Oonsumptiye,
Began taking DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, am now on my third bottle,
and able to oversee the work on my farm. it
is the finest medicine ever made"
Jessie Middlewart, Decatur, 0lio, says
''Had It not been for D9 Kings New Di9coy-
ery for Copsumptioa / would have died with
Lung Troubles Wss given up by doctors.
an DOW ID beaf d alth," Try it. Sample
bottles locts. nt 9 G Williams Drug Store
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Negy Wrinkle for Mixers.

Sa,a Fag.a end Home: "Some time
roo taero 1as on animated discussion
in Ta2p a3 Home respectinr the
reIative merits of wet and dry milking.
The plas which aIn going to describe
is both and neither. The mixer
vcrI,s n gt'g not by drawing out the
teata Fotreon his fingers, but full
handed es it is called. That is to
soy, he grssps the test firmly and
squeezes ont the milk by opening and
shutting his hand without moving his
position. when he can get no more,
he takes from his breast pocket a bot
tie Of glycarine, pours some in his
hand, and quickly rubs it on teats and
lower parts of the udder. Then be
strips the udder by drawing out the
teats with his fingers. This glycerine
treatment leaves the teats beautifully
supple and tractable for the falkland
ed process at the next sitting, quick
ly heals all sores, and keeps tho udder
anl teats sound. 1t seems to make q
paTcepti5le Increase to the yield of
mix. VIII other mixers try it and
report2
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Juioeog the Crane unfermented.

In an interview with MIR. Speer, the
producer of the celebrated unfermen-
ted Oporto Grape Juice: he said that
the Grape Juice when passed through
the fumlgating process, and treated
with the electric current is perfectly
free from spirit or the germ that
males it ard from any foreign sub
stance. We have to watch it very
closely however, he said, and If any
signs Of fernatation appears it must
immediately be drawn oil the lees
and again passej through the fumigat-
ing process, an current of electrici-
ty, for il day OF two should pass be-
lore they 10 this, one or two per cent.
OF alcohol nigh be formed. Kept by
Druggists.
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Iuis remedy il becoming 80 rell known
suc 30 popular ne 20 need no specie rppn'lc"
All who hs7e used Electric B't-.rs sang Hs
sGre sOcr praise A pure mCai ln5 f0es
not e. is5 cod Il 10 guaranteed Q &c all laes
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases Of the Liver ana Kidneys viii re.
move P.m0es, Boiis, Salt R-eam aud Jiaer
aaectiops caused by impure blood Win
e-ise Aale,ia from The system AID p.57a ct
rs VOL az euro ~ Mslarial tsvers.--fcr are
OF Beadacne, Constipation and Indigestion
try rlee Fs El:ire oac.'on Guar
a teea o. @oUCy fs'unded.--Price 80 ets.
and 81 co $50 perfle al u. @. William D.ag
Store
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An Exclamation.

WHAT'S this nervous trouble, with
which go many seem now TO be af-
tlictcd? you will remember few
years ago the word Malaria was com
paratively unknown-to-day it is as
common as any word in the English
language, yet this covers only the
meaning of another word used by
our fore-lathers in times past. So it
is with nervous diseases, as they and
Malaria are intended to cover what
our grandfathers called Biliousness,
and all are caused by troubles that
arise from 8 diseased condition of the
Liver which in performing it's func-
tons finding it cannot dispose of the
bile through the ordinary channel is
compelled to pass it off through the
system, causing nervous troubles,
Malaria, Bilious Fever, etc. You
who are suffering can we'll appreciate
a cure. We recommend Green's An.
gust Flower. It's cures are marvel
Gus. !.
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Syrup OF Figs

Is Natures own true laxative. 1t is
the most easily taken, and the most
effective remedy known to Cleanse
the System when Bilious or Costive
To dispel Headaches, Colds, and
Fevers; to Cure Habitual Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manu-
featured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
at JogN LEE Four's Drug Store.
mar3ly
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4 New York man strapped a little
boy for ringing his door bell, and the
boys mother sued and recovered tif
ty dollars, because the Judge held
that no person not IN loco parent
has right to chastise other peoples
children Bachelors and old maids
in New York can hereafter only con
tent themselves with making faces at
bad children
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Romantic young ladies will hail
with delight the decision of Judge
Davenport, OF hanaas City. He de
cides that women cen wear trousers
whenever and wherever they please
in Missouri Some people are 50
cruel as to remark that the judge is
o married man, and is used to that
state of affairs.
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A man recently died in Flint Mich

A man recently died in Flint, Mich
igan, who feared his good deeds would
not be properly recorded after death,
so he wrote his own funeral sermon,
the hymns to be sang at the burial,
the words of consolation to his fami-
II and the epitapb Tor his tombstone.
or course, he died with an easy con-
science
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Nsrsgs pronhylactio rluie

Use /. IN every sick-To0ro. VIII
Seep iie stn'ospho'e pure and whole
SONS. removing ID bad doors from
arv source.
Will dost-o7 al Disease Germs, in-
tcctI2n from ali Fevers and al conta-
cicqs diseases.
THE eminent rhvsician, j. Marion
5'ue y New Yoi' says; II am con-
7ircel hat Prof D.rbys Prophylac,
lie Elm q Fl p mo,4 valuable disinfoof-
ant
Sept. 8, I'm.
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For habitual constipation, dyspep-
STA, and kindred ills is the famous
California liquid fruit remedy, Syrup
Of Figs. 1t strengthens as we'll as
clcausas the system, it is easily takeu,
and perfectly harmless.
Sept. 8, I'm.
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The property of the Boone and
Raleigh Coke, Coal and Railroad
Company ana OF the Black Band
Iron Company, consisting Of $3.50
acres OF land, was sold to l.. B. Rug
sell, of Lynn, Mass, for $25O,000.
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II i, asserted BY one who knows
t2at the business men of Boston are
the poorest pay. The reason is per
fectly clear. Their intellect scars
above tla common level and cOmpels
them - I've 900 high.
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Our TRADE on Stonebiaker's Prep
,.rations is constantly increasing. We
are firm believers IN their purity and
General excellence.
@, a'lGLLN BRos. < Co,
Mt Savage, Mo.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-10-31
Secretary Harris View of Prison
of

Prison reform looks two ways: towards society
for its protection from the ravages of criminals
and for the Difference of the members of society
from becoming criminals: towards the criminal
for the reformation of those who are capable of
being reclaimed and for the repression of those
who are confirmed in criminal course
In its relation to society, prison reform reaches
back to the prevention of crime among the youth.
1t calls for the protection of children who are ex.
posed to dangerous influences and their removal
to normal and healthful Influences Thus the
Michigan State school at Coldwater for dependent
children has operated directly to prevent the in
crease OF the criminal population in that state
Society is protected further by wise dealing
with juvenile criminals, as in Massachusetts.
where the state agent attends the trial of all chill
dren exposed to crime and in many cases makes
provision for their proper care without being com.