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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
SOCIETY DISCUSSES IT.

VAOv0r anu 1Se0rn0u COtMmentS on nt0f~
national Copyright.
First Best Young Man-Wha's all
this talk hear about International
copyright?
Well-I formed Best Young Man.
who has literary advantages. having
frequently observed his mother com.
pairing articles in the wash with the
laundry lists of her clients-Aw-
something bout books an papers;
property in brains. an that sort of
THU g. they call it Pool or literary
fcllahS.
Intelligent Best Young Man. who
catches an idea very quickly Re
portcrs' club. may be?
Wcll-Informcd Best Young Man
Ya-as, something like that.
Skeptical Best Young Man. who is
known and feared rs an Independent
Thinker-Thought was something
: bout fish; been fisheries commission
out here. v know.
Weil-lnformed Best Young Man. rail-
lying from shock of dissent-Well
that's it. Fish said to be brain food;
international copyright property in
brains
Intelligent Best Young Man. whose
father is janitor of a grammar school.
thus giving his Intellectual son rare
opportunities of picking up a good
many things the children lose-Fish
brains?
Long silence. caused by pondcrous
weight of question and sense of the
awful possibilities involved in hasty
answer. which is broken at last BY the
Feeble Minded Best Young Man. who
is believed to have injnred his intellect
by having once. for a short time.
worked in store for his living
Can't understand it tall How can
reporter on newspaper sell fish
brains?
Well Informed Best Young Man
Why. tell you; s this way: Amer
lean fellah-writin' fellah. y'know-
goes to England an writes book bout
the English. Then English Cover :
ment got TO pay him for his book an
print it for him. Then when English
writin' feilah comes 10 America an
writes book bout Americans, the
President has to print English fcllah's
book an pay him for it. That's all
First B.st Young Man % ueen
wouldn't print American reporters
book.
All tho Best Young Men-Naw;
go 10 war first.
At this point Feeble-Min b .st
Young Men feels pain in his head.
and his friends 60 with him to SEQ Il
he can't have it filed. He is moro
likely. however to hare it pulled
DxydeetA - Brooklvn ksg;G
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
THE SMALL DAIRY.

Experience III an Industrious Farm q
Who Made It Pay.
The want of something more to use
up the feed grown on the farm induced
me to see if cows paid. Below you will
find The amount of butter made each
month and the number of cows In the
month of April the milk of one COW. n
thoroughbred Jersey. was allowed to
stand only "a hours for the cream to
rise. as it was necessary to have the
milk for two calves. She made A.
pounds Of butter. In the month of
May were added three grade Jerseys.
one two-year-Old heifcE The amount
for the month was ia pounds.
In June another twO-year-old
was added, making five in ali;
The product was 162 pounds.
July the yield was al pounds; the
month was hot and drv. with no ex-
ira green feed ready to help ont
August. 152 pounds; September. 156
pounds; October. 1873 pounds; Novem-
Der, 1872 pounds; December. 30 pounds;
January. 90 pounds. making for the
ten months 1z21 pounds of butter.
Raised three calves. AMI used all the
cream and milk required for family
If six. beside the extra help required
on farm of 200 acres
As soon rs cow came in. her feed
was increased as fast rs it would do.
until it amounted to four quarts daily
Of corn and oats ground (one-ihird
corn). and what mixed hay she would
eat up clean This feed was con-
tinued until they went to pasture.
After being there week the
grain ration was decreased until
about the 10th Of June. and then
ceased Near the 1st of August they
were fed little. quart each of oats
and bran. until they went into winter
quarters The grain was then in
creased to four quarts Of corn. oats
and bran-one-half corn. the other
equal parts. The grain was fed on
cut clover hay. moistened. about
pounds daily In two Feeds night and
morning. and al tbs cut cornstalks
they would consume win not ask
your readers Il It pays; they can figure
for themselves / have Aad IS cents
per pound for III butter sold think
that With III full-agsd good cows and
IL same care, 1.600 pounds or more
eouh b made. The better cows and
ezra ths more lssot -Cb.. Cbss1vy
Gdsfes1aA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
NExT-oooR NElcHeoRs.
Csunt No HAN Happy. Nor UahapPy, Untl
He II Dead

csu.t No HAN Happy. Nor Uahappy, UatlI
He II Dead
DR. Crashaw, a venerable old minis
ter of the last generation. well-known
throughout the Gulf State; for his clo-
auence and shrewd humor. was fond
Of pointing a moral by the finished
lives of people whom he had seen pass
from the cradle to the grave. each il
Illustrating, as he declared. the justice
of God
There were two houses" he said
on one occasion. standing side by
side. when was boy. in the village
where I lived. One was a shabby
frame dwelling. in which lived the
schoolmaster. poor cripple. who re-
ceived such scanty pay that he was
barely able to keep his wife and four
children from starvation. But it was
the checrfulest, happiest houss in the
village. The school-master taught his
children to work, to tell the truth and
to trust in God. At night the tired.
half-fed cripple gathered the poor boys
of the village and taught them without
charge. There was plenty of drink
ing and idleness in every house in the
village except in that one. Nothing
but water ever went into that busy
hive.
Next door lived young man. who
had been left large fortune. He was
at first intelligent and reasonable. but
he suffered himself to sink into a gross.
sensual animal accepting only the
ideas of enjoyment which belong TO an
animal. He ate and drank to excess.
and slept to wake. and eat. and drink
again. He flung away thousands in
vice of every kind. while his neighbor
could not gather pennies enough to
support his family in their wholesome.
helpful life. 1t was one of those phases
of seeming injustice for which men are
SO ready to call God to account
"'Why,' the villagers would. ask
each other. should this vicious gam.
bier and drunkard flourish in splendor
while good and useful man starves
under the next roof?
'Boy as was. the question troubled
ME. Now that am an old man. can
answer it. Dives died before middle
age from disease brought on by cx-
cess. Not single friend stood by his
His sons. mere boys in age.
were already gray in vice. One Of
them died years afterward in prison;
the other in the almshouse. The school
children and grandchildren
grew up strong. honest and helpful
men and women. They have been
physicians. clergymen. merchants.
wives and mothers. One is a poor
another a millionaire. a
third missionary among the Indians;
but whatever their place or work.
they serve God with high hope and
and are friendly helpers to
their brother-men and blessing to
their generation"
The old proverb bids us ''coupt no
man happy. nor unhappy, until he
IS dead. "-Youth's Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
NOTIONS ABOUT EATING.

Number OF Annoying Tradfti OnAl Bob.
bles rricksd BY Prof White.
1t has been an old-wives' notion
from way back that certain kinds o.
food must be avoided because they
tend to produce certain kinds of dis
ease. This notion has been fO,tered
by alleged physicians who publish
health journals, and are always lay;n.
down rules about living. which. if any
one undertook to follow literally and
scrupulously. would make life a bur-
den from the cradle to the grave.
Some years ago DR.. bio Lewis, who
was regarded as somewhat OF health
expert, announced that tomatoes were,
unhealthy, were the cause of cancer,
loosened and destroyed the teeth. etc.
For generations boys and girls had
been warned not to eat SO much butter
or their faces would break out with
"butter sores" 1t is an Old-time ira
diIion that buckwheat cakes are pro-
dEctive Of skin diseases. and the Scotch
are said to be cursed with the itch be-
cause they eat 50 much oatmeal. DIR.
James c. White. professor of dermaf-
ology in Harvard University. in RE-
cent article on cutaneOus diseases,
pricks some Of those annoying tra.li-
tional bubbles He says that uncookesl
butter is perfectly harmless food SO
far ~ the skin is concerned. and il is
difficult to conceive how any one
would have thought otherwise snlcss.
possibly. the use Of bad butter In fosni
otherwise indigcstibie may hare dis
turbed the stomach and produced inn
pure blood. Buckwhest cakes do not
produce cutaneOus diseases uniesA
improperly cooked and eaten hot with
too much strip. they upset the diges-
ton. Oatmeal il perfectly harmless
food, and the idea that tomatoes cause
cancer II ridiculous. DR.. White says
that the eating Of fruits. nuts and fsh
may lead to irritation of the skin
in certain individuals. bat this arises
from some cause peculiar to the indi.
vidual. The notion that certain kinda
Of food arc detrinental to the CON-
plexion b . false one. A good disss-
tion and healthy appetite win take
care Of the skin. and 4 nattars iittia
what ono eats nths stomach il allovea
70 do IL vork properly ana furnish
god mafsriel turp ars hood. 9rrtae.
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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26

while she has entirely forgotten Il. and
has been the loveliest woman that ever
lived would like to have some smart
person say something against mother.
in-laws in his presence. He would
brain such man, I do believe. And SO.
good re ader. remember that the grand
mothers of the land are also mother-in-
laws, and when you hear q word said
against them. resent it as though it was
your Own mother that wss being in.
suited. God bless the mother-in-laws
of the world. and if you hear a word
said against them. send for me. and !
will whip the cuss who says it. if he is
hundred and fifty years old. That's
the kind of a man l am.-Tankee
Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
PERTAINING TO WOMEN.

LOUISA NJ. ALCOrr received about
800. 900 for her literary productions.
Mrs ISABELLA S. CLARK-KEER, herself
a pharmaceutical chemist. recommends
pharmacy rs an employment for wo.
men.
PROF. SIMON NEwCoMB's daugh.
ter enjoys the distinction of having
been the only female student at Johns
Hopkins University.
REV. MARY c. JONES, an evangelist
of rare ability, has been called to the
pastorate of the First Baptist Church
of Spokane Falls, W. T.
DURING the absence in Europe OF
Dom Pedro. Emperor of Brazil. the
executive authority of the empire has
been confided to his daughter, Princess
Isabel, Countess d. u. as regent
ELISE P. BUCKINGHAM successfully
manages a fruit farm of several hun.
dred acres in California, and urges
other women to take up the same kind
of work for which she thinks women
are well fitted.
Mrs. HELEN CAMPBELL is engaged in
study of the lives of the poor in Lon
don, Paris and Berlin from personal
observation. and the knowledge thus
gained is to be applied to the solution
of the social problems Of New York.
DR. TALMAGE has formally joined
the female suffrage movement declar.
ing in an open letter to Miss Susan b
Anthony that the Government of the
United States ought either to free
women from paying taxes or give them
the right to vote"
VAssAR College has conferred tho
honorary degree of IL d. on Mrs.
Christine Ladd Franklin, of Baltimore.
whose attachments in mathematics and
logic ha6 previously been recognized
by her appointment rs fellow of the
Johns Hopkins University.
Mn. SPRINGER. chairman of the u
S House Committee on Territories.
has. ~ vote in committee. declared
himself in favor of allowing women to
take part in the constitutional conven-
tons to form constitutions for tho new
States under his omnibus bill
The Boston Herald, In successive
editorials. shows the Inconsistency Of
Legislators who voted to submit . pro.
hibitory constitutional amendment
and yet vote against local option %
the granting Of LIQUOR licenoea hv ~,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Sponging the body of with salt
water is good for night sweats
"A wooden cloth is better than
brush to polish the kitchen stove.
"A solution of pearl-ash in water
thrown upon a fire will extinguish it
Immediately.
If the meal is fed too dry it will
make the hogs constipated. Hogs
must have plenty of water in their
food. Always mix one-third bran with
the meal, which should be soaked be-
tween meals.
-Hominy Pudding. One cup OF
boiled hominy. one and one-half pints
of milk. two eggs, two tablespoonfu!s
Of butter. three-fourths of y cup Of
sugar, one teaspoon of baking powder;
bake in buttered pudding dish twenty
minutes
Asparagus Beetle.-This insect has
caused great damage. Slaked lime
busted upon the plants when the dew
IS on them in the morning. once .
year. and cutting down the seed stalks
two or three times year are effective
remedies. -AmericGn Garden.
in lighting kerosene lamp never
touch the wick with the match. as it
has tendency to roughen or spread
it. Keep the wick turned down below
the top of the burner. except when in
actual use. if you would not have oil
on the outside of the lamp.
Old current bushes can be made as
good as new by simply cutting away
the old wood and leaving a bare
stump. and then digging the soil thor
oughly down to the roots. and working
in plenty of well-rotted manure. with
a good handful of salt for each bush.
Dreamed Parsnips Boil tender.
scrape and slice lengthwise. Put over
the fire with two tablespoons Of butt
ter. pepper and salt, and little
minced parsley. Shake until the
mixture boils. Dish the parsnips. add
to the sauce three tablespoons of
cream. in which has been stirred q
quarter spoonful Of flour Boil once,
and pour over the parsnips.
1t is claimed for the mutton breeds
of sheep that with the same method of
keeping them on the farm as is in use
in England land worth as much as one
hundred dollars per acre might be
proftably devoted to sheep. and that if
farmers would hurdle them instead Of
giving them the range of the farm
large profits could be made.
"A Western farmer advises to tie
ears of corn together with husks. in
in some place where the grain can be
saturated with coal smoke. The OdOr.
he says, rcpels squirrels and worms
from eating the seed. The seed comes
up quicker. the plants grow more
vigorously. and ripen several days
earlier than from seed not so treated.
Egg Salad.-Boil six eggs fifteen
minutes. Prepare dressing with table
spoonful of vinegar, half u teaspoon Of
salt, little pepper, three tablespoon
fuls of oil, ore tablespoonful of onion
juice. one OF finely chopped parsley.
and one of taragon vinegar. Slice
the hard-boiled eggs, lay them on Is
a salad-dish, pour the dressing over and
stand in cool place two hours.
1t is important that gratis should
be cut before warm wea Their has aused
their buds to start. 1t kept IN the Gel
lar. covered with dry sand. air will be
excluded, and they reed not be set un-
til nearly the time for the tree to start
into leaf. Grape gratis should, how
ever. be set As early a. the weather will
admit. If delayed until the sap begins
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26
HOME AND FARM.

1t i alike dangerous to otl or
horses and men to spare the life of
glandered horse Chambers is an i'm
durable disease. highly contagious.
and. in the human subject fatal
Cream Sauce: One pint Of milk,
two tablespoonfuls of butter. one ta-
blespoonful of flour. one tablespoonful
of salt and some pepper with the butt
ter in small frying pan. Add the
-four rub until frothy; then add milk.
stir until boiling hot. then pepper and
salt
The hardest work for the poultry.
man is keeping vermin out Of the
coors New cOops are not exempt.
BY using kerosene on the roots. re.
moving the droppings frequently and
whltcwashing the walls once every
month the vermin may be prevented.
Plants vary greatly with respect
to their demands for food. their capa-
hilities of gathering the ingredients
from soil and air. and tho effects OF
different fertilizers upon their growth.
Hence the proper fertilizer in given
case depends upon the crop as we'll as
upon the soil.
Baked sausages are excellent and
save the scattering of the grease over
the stove incident to frying. Place
them in . hot oven and bake till
brown. Or roll in egg. then in fine
bread-crumbs. and place them on
creased baking-pan and bake tor fif-
teen minutes in hot oven.
Fish Salad: Boil any medium-sized
fresh fish Take of the skin. pick out
the bones and mince Add pepper,
salt, sugar, mustard. half tcacup of
vinegar and tablespoonful of melted
butter; mix all we'll with the fish; put
in small baking pan and set in the
stove fifteen minutes; let cool and serve
with Worcestershire sauce.
Dreamed Eggs: Boil six eggs if
teen minutes. Drop in cold water.
remove the shells. and in halves. Put
a tablespoonful of butter i'm a frying
pan. thicken with a little flour. mix
smooth. add a cup of milk. season
with salt and pepper, and let boil.
Lay the eggs on hot dish. pour the
gravy over them Serve very hot.
Chicken Hash: M.nce cold roast
or boiled chicken. but not very fine,
and to a cupful of meat add two table
spoonfuls of good butter. half a cup
of milk. enough minced onions to give
a slight flavor and salt. pepper and
mace to taste. Stew it. taking care to
stir it; and serve daintily with a
garnish of parsley. Every particle of
bone must he sub:racted.
In practice mixed ration. made
up of equal parts of straw and good
hay. with little grain added. will be
found feed on which any animal will
thrive. If the hay be clover. all the !
better. as this will better meet the de-
ficiency of straw. Fed in This way.
stock eat the straw as we'll as the hay.
and the digcstible material it contains /
IS equally valuable fodder. Straw fed /
alone continuously to tho same animal
is of little value.
If early cucumberS, melons and
summer squashcs are desired. place
pieces of sod three or four inches square
in a shallow box. grass side down. and
close together. Sow seeds enough for
a hill in the earth Of each piece of
sod. The box may BE- in a hotbed or
IN a sunny window. The plants will
IN due time fill the sod with roots. and
when the weather will allow transfer
zach piece OF sod with its plants TO a
properly hill in the garden.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26

-Tramps from this eoustry have
becoms - numerous In thl City Of
MexioA Il i said. that they have ~
come . great nuisaaos to Americans
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-26

She would 60 through packs of
wolves. fight her way through tribes
of Indians. brave all the diseases of the
world, to go to the babies. and all the
reward she would ever care for would
be to have the darling. when it was
we'll again. look up to her with its low
ingeyes put its arms around her neck.
and say. Il love YOU" That love is
more to her than the wealth Of the Col
conGaS l know a MN that is suffer-
ing the fortunes of the damned. Once
he said to his wife's mother that he
did not marry the whole family. The
mother-in-law was a bit too fresh,
have no doubt. but he almost broke
her heart by his remark. She was not
TOO fresh any more. but only came
when sent for. Time passed. and four
little girls came to the home of the
man that didn't marry the whole fam
lily. Then the mother of the little girls
died. and for fourteen years the man s
mother-in-!aw has taken care of the
children and taken care of him, too,
for ne has been sick and unable to work
. good deal of the time. She has been
q mother to him and to the children.
has educated them. and ono Of them
was married not long ago
He never looks at his mother-in-law.
whom he loves with all his heart with
out thinking Of the foolish remark hs
shade eighteen years ago poor fsllow.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-01

The Popular Science Monthly de-
scribes curious and ingenious de-
vice called "The Echo Maker" to be
used on ships at sea. A haring fun
mel is screwed to the muzzle of a rife.
When supposed obstacle is near the
vessel the rifle is fired in its direction,
and if the obstacle is there the beam
of sound projected through the fun
mel strikes the obstacle and rebounds,
and as the echo is more or less per-
feet in proportion as the obstacle is
more or less parallel to the ship from
which the gun is fired, and as it is
near or remote, the position of the OBJ
stacle may be inferred. The inventor
claims that sharp sound projected
at or nearly at an object, and only
when SO directed, will in every case
return some of the sound sent, so
that, theoretically, there will always
be an echo, and the difference in the
time between the sound sent and the
echo will indicate the remoteness of
the object. The naval board tried
the echo maker and found that re-
turn sound could be heard from the
side of a fort half mile away; from
passing steamers a quarter of mile
off if broadside to; from bluffs and
sails of vessels at about the same dis
, tance, and from spar-buoys 200 yards
away.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-01
NOTICE.

ASTORIA, July 9Th, 1889.
have this 9th day of July, 1888. sold my
entire real estate and insurance business to
MeSsrs RObb and Parker, for whom re-
spectfully ask continuance of the patron
age heretofore extended to myself. All lia-
bilities incurred prior to that date are as
sumed by me and will collect all bills due
me at that date.
j. BOZORTH,
Referring to the above we respectfully ask
a continuance of the patronage heretofore
extended to Mr.. BoZOrth.
We will hereafter be found in the office
formerly occupied by him, and having sue
Companies represented by him, have The
very best facilities for doing general Fire
Insurance business,
ROBB & PARKER,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-01
FROM THE EAST.
Distinguished Deaths-National Rail
road Legislation.
ESPECIAL TO THE AsToR1AN.)

ESPECIAL TO THE ASTOhlAN.J
LOUISVILLE, July 3L-Dr. Robt.
Morris died this morning at his house
in La Grange from paralysis aged 70
years. Morris was the poet laureate
of masonry and was the most distin-
guished mason in the world.
ALGER VISITS HARRISON.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 31.-Gen. Alger
arrived in Indianapolis to-day. He
was met at the depot by committee
from the Harrison club and escorted
quietly to the residence Of Gen. Har-
rison. Arrangements were made for
the New Castle delegation with three
bands and 300 members of local Re-
publican clubs to call on general AL
ger at Harrison's residence this after
noon.
OBITUARY.
New York, July 31.-Christopher
Never, a millionaire died at his resi-
dence on Fifth Avenue this after
noon. Deceased was born in Han
over, Germany, in 1918. He came to
this country when Is years old. For
many years he had been the foremost
man in the rubber fabric business
of this country. He was lately
brought into additional prominence
by connection with the raid of Ives
upon the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton railroad.
TRAIN COLLISION.
SACRAMENTO, July 31.-The east
bound and west bound freight trains
collided at Antelope station at
o'clock this morning. Ten cars were
badly wrecked and three engines dis
abled. No one injured. The TRACK
was cleared at 1920.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-In the sen
ate to-day senator Frye of Maine
from the select committee on Pacific
railroads, reported the Union Pacific
funding bill, providing for the settle
ment of claims growing out of thu
issue of bonds to secure payment o.
all indebtedness. He said the bill il
Outhwaite's bill as reported to tn.
house, containing many amendment
over the bill as it came from the com
mission originally. The senate re-
port is signed by all the members OF
the committee. The bill relates onl,
to the Union Pacific and centra
branch, having nothing whatever t.
do with the Central Pacific.
The committee found much create
difficulty in formulating adjustmen
and settlement with the Central Pa
cific than with the Union Pacific
and is not prepared at the presen
time to make any report touching the
former company.
TO STOP RAIDING.
A dispatch forwarded by genera
Howard from the commanding gen.
eral of the department Of Arizona
states that all post commanderse hav,
been notified to use every effort t.
promptly intercept raiding parties o
| Indians