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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
MIR. BARCLAYS BONANZA.
The Genial Pension Agent Not Quite
 Ready to Invest His $75, 900 Prize.

Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch, April 29th.
 In view of the fact that numerous incredulous inquiries and communica- tions have been received in Pittsburg concerning the truth of the good for tune of MT. W. H. Barclay, the we'll known Pension Agent for the district of Western Pennsylvania, in being the recipient of one-half of the capital prize at the April drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, which was drawn by ticket No. 12,615, a Dis- patch reporter visited the gentleman, at his office on Third avenue, yester- day afternoon.
 MT. Barclay looked prosperously happy, and was perfectly willing to reassert the truth ot the statement. He said: "I purchased one-half of ticket No. 12,615 at Washington, D. C., on the morning of the day the drawing took place, April 10. I was notified on the following Wednesday that that number had drawn the capi- tai prize. 1 never entertained the least doubt of getting the money, and consequently was uOt suIpTlseu Wnen, on the 24th of this month, received notice that $75,025 had been deposited to my credit in the First National Bank of this city. The full amount was there, without an iota of dis count"
 Mr. Barclay takes his good fortune very modestly. He says the receipt of the windfall was not attended by a particular sensation of elation never theless his demeanor is not that of one who has met with financial loss. The genial gentleman will continue to look after the wants of the old soldiers as heretofore. He is in daily receipt of advice and propositions from those who are blessed with little of this worlds goods, and all anxious to get more, as to the best way of disposing of his newly gotten wealth; but he is taking his leisure in the matter of looking out for safe investment. This is not the first piece of good for tune that has fallen to MT. Barclay, he having drawn $1 1000 in the same insti- tuition at the June drawing in 1886.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

match a voice cried out: What in the devil are you doing down here?'
 "TEe voice was the voice of Young.
 "I was so thunderstruck that came near losing my grip.
 "I fumbled about in my pocket and got match. I struck it and held it above my head. My eyes did not de- ceive me.
 "There was Young s-straddle of 8 knot in the rope, smoking his pipe.
 "I reached out and grabbed for 8 club, and in another instant I would have dashed Young into eternity, but for one thing.
 "I didn't have the club"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
Elias Sweet Simplicity.

Alex. De Menil, in St. Louis Magazine.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox has struck a new note lately. She informed 8 re- porter of the Repu6ltcan, in St. Louis, that she had been crying because-be- cause-she couldn't-find-her slip pers! How sweet, how charmingly innocent and n0iUe! It almost makes one melt in tears of compassion, to think of the childlike, simple little poetess of "Poems of Passion" weep ing for her lost slippers! But that is not all; the climax is not reached yet, oh no. After awhile Hubby Wilcox comes in and the dear, innocent cries out (did she not clap her tiny hands in utter glee, MT. Repu6licam ?, "Oh, Robert i Pm so glad to see you. You were not here to find my slippers and cried p
 An, the sweet, trusting faith of gen. tie womanhood How delightful this all isl What dear, dear, darling little Rosie Mackenzie innocent Mrs. Wilcox is, to be sure.
 Over there on the shelves is a little red bound book: "Poems of Passion , Let us take it down. An, yes, here it is-just one passage among a good many like it. Listen:
 "For just one kiss that your lips have given In the lost and beautiful past to me,
 would gladly barter my hopes of heaven And all the bliss of eternity.
 
 {" know, in the way that sins are reckoned, This thought Is a sin of the deepest dye; But know, too, that if an angel beckoned, Standing close to the throne on high,
 And you, adown by the gates ln fernal
 Should open your loving arms and smile, would turn my back on things supernal To lie on your breast little whilef'
 Have the people grown tired of this style, Mrs. Cinderella Wilcox? Dear me, it is too horrid if they have, isn't it? Are we to have the simply sweet, simpering Rosie Mackinzish, now, madam? We'll, we'll, if so, we Ameri- cans as people, pay handsomely to be humbugged, you know. Success, Mrs. Cinderella but forgive a brother humbug if he occasionally inserts pin where it causes respon- sive Couch !"-just meant, madame, by way of gentle reminder that a part may really be overdone, you know.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
Half Rate Land Excursions

Will leave Chicago, via the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY, for points in northern Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, on May Sth and 22d, June 9th and 18th. Tickets good for return passage within 30 days from date of sale.
 For further information, circulars showing rates of fare, maps, etc., ad- dress A. V. H. CARPENTER, General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
To Nervous Men.

If you will send us your address, we will mail you our illustrated pam- phlet explaining all about Dr. Dyes Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belt and and their charming effects upon the nervous debilitsted system, and how they will quickly restore you to vigor, manhood and health. If you are thus afflicted, we will send you Belt and Appliances on trial.
 VOLTAIc BELT Co.,, Marshall, Mich.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
It is a Curious Fact

That the body is now more suscepti- ble to benefit from medicine than at any other season. Hence the import ance of taking Hoods Sarsaparilla now, when it will do you the most good. It is really wonderful for puri- flying and enriching the blood, creating an appetite, and giving healthy tone to the whole system. Be sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to itself.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
Pretty Girls and Plain Girls

both use SOZODONT, and some of the loveliest of their sex have been heard to declare, when asked what beautified their teeth, that 1t was SOZODUNT. Nature provides wo- men with beautiful teeth. SOZO- DON'T, if used regularly, keeps those pretty rows of pearls from decaying. This is statement which those who use the article always oorroborate. If 6OZ0DONT werD not In every sense . prspafAtion of stsrling merit, the pub11o ygould long sincs havp discov- ered thsfAot and discaided 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

An exquisite, leading dog by a string, lounged up to ticket office of railway station, and inquired:
 "Must I-aw-take special ticket for puppy?"
 "No; you can travel as an ordinary passenger" was the Collegiate Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Advice to Mothers. Windows Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best remedy for diarrhea. Twenty five cents a bottle.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

That lady, married or single, who has become irregular each month, who is feeble, pale and emaciated, and an- noyed with aches and pains, should use Dr. Dromgoole's English Female Bitters,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

A young fellow in New York has eloped with his stepmother. This shows that the millennium is not as far off as some people think.-Phila- delDhta Times.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

"And have you never fought duel, doctor?"
 "Me, never. Why should I fight a duel? What emotion could I derive from killing Q man?"-French paper.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

"Papa, what is patrimony?"
 "It is what is inherited from a father, my dear."
 "Oh-and then is matrimony some- thing inherited from the mother2"- Ltfe
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Women with pale, colorless faces, who feel weak and discouraged, will receive both mental and bodily vigor by using Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Is 1t fAif to call a woman the weaker vessel when you consider how many knots an hour some of lem make in the necktie fxctories2- 2-B Boston Bulletin.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Passengers who onoe try tho "Mo- non" route, which is tho model line from Cincinnati and Loussville to Chicago, nsver nAme 1t but to praise 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Easter bonnets arc to match the gowns that go with them. If they only matched the pocket books that get them the men wouldn't grumble. -Cleceland Sua.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

To the young face Poxxoni's Con- plexion Powder gives fresher charms, to tho old renewed youth. Try 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19
CROP REPORTS FOR 1000,

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

The taxpayers of too many cities are bond servants.-Louiscille Courier Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Milk has 70 little to do with the lnilch COW tllAt distinction is made n tho sptl [ LiNcoh Journal
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-19

Civil ssrvice relorm--what tho outs always advocate and tho ins nevsr praoticsi = IT. Grtnssl.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
GENUINE FORESIGHT.

How Smart Young Man Won . Cool
Twenty Thousand.
Talking about horse races" said
Tompkins, regardless of the fact that
nothing had been said about horses
for two hours. Il think have had as
strange an experience in that line as
any body. 1t was in 1873. and was
out in town in Idaho. The boys
were getting up race for the Fourth
of July. and among the entries was
Sandy Smiths Arrow and Jim Blacks
horse Harry B. Harry was something
of curiosity in his way-a white
race-horse. You don't often see them.
Every body was betting on Harry B..
but I made up that I would win
big or not at all, so l put up ten
thousand on Arrow, at two to one.
Well, they came around with Harry B.
in the lead on the last quarter. but
just as he came to the grand stand he
faltered and snorted a couple of times.
That lost him the race, and was just
twenty thousand ahead"
'But how did you know that was
going to happen?" asked one of the
auditors.
because, when first came on the
grounds / noticed Jim's three red
headed sisters right down in front at
the far end of the grand stand, and
knew the white horse couldn't get past
them" Merchant Traveller.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
The Ohio Serpent Mound.

The famous Serpent Mound, in
Adams County, O., where the Peabody
Museum of American Archaeology has
long had workers unearthing the So
crets of the strange structure, has been
bought and turned into a magnificent
park. for perpetual preservation. It
is the most notable of all the mounds
of this country. Prof. Putnam has Ne
Gently found reasons for reversing the
opinion that had been growing among
scholars. that this mound. and all sim.
liar structures, were the work of Cher.
0kee or Shawnee, or other historic,
tribes of Indians. He concludes thaA
At least the Serpent Mound was tim
work of race of men either Identical
with the ancient Mexicans or akin %
them. The preservation Of our most
important and characteristic monu.
ments of antiquity should engage not
only our universities. but the Govern
ment Harvard. with Prof. Putnam,
has so far been left to do the work In
OhiO.-Sk Louis Globe Democrat
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
Skull Measurements.

Prof. Flower has published some fur
Their results of his researches with ref
erence to the human skull. He states
that the largest normal skull he has
ever measured was as much as 2,O75
cubic centimetres; the smallest, 900 Gu
bic centimetres. this belonging to one
Of those peculiar people in the center Of
Ceylon who are now nearly extinct.
The largest average capacity of any hui
man head he has measured is that of q
race of long fat-headed people on the
West Coast of Africa. The Laplanders
and Esquimaux. though very small
people, have very large skulls, the lat
ter giving an average measurement of
1.546; the English skull Of the lower
grades shows ,542; the Japanese, 1.4S6;
Chinese. 1,424; modern Italian, LIZA;
ancient Egyptian. l, 454; Hindoos, 1.S06.
.Health Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho American Board now occ..
pies 1000 centeEs Of evangelical IN
Auence. and $l24.274 was contributes
last year by native Christians In theso
different folds.
Application for examination for
admission to the academical and scien-
tific department Of Yale University In
dictate larger classes than ever before.
Tho Home Missionary Society oe
the Presbyterian Church. Mrs James,
Of New York. president. has one hun
dred training schools and ten Industrial
schools among the Indians and
mountain whites" Of the South.
"A site and $4,000 have been
offered by the legatees Of the late Sir
Joseph Whitworth to the authorities
Of Owens College. Manchester. En-
gland, for the erection of q hospital.
together with 5000 . year toward it,
maintenance.
Many man sits in his pew ON
Sunday night and sings Rock Of
Ages" and rolls up his eyes very
piously. who. on coming out at the
close of the service. shuts the pew
door and says Goodbye. religion. I
will be back next Sunday?'-E De Witt
Talmage.
"A London minister lately had
notices printed that he would preach
on ",-;-:-.-?-" He took as his
text: "Stand thou still awhile" and
announced his subject as 1.-THE Pauses
of Life.'' II he had only paused
awhile perhaps he might not have
made such a ridiculous announcement
of a good Reconsideration Inquirer.
There are S45 colleges in the
United States. They have $50 in
structors and 25.40S students in the
preparatory departments. and $3.50
instructors and 81 SOS students in the
collegiate departments. The total
number derived from productive funds
is g, 1865 The tuition fees amount
to 81. 1858, 4S3 annually. The total value
of collegiate grounds. buildings and
apparatus is $4S.565. 4lS
"A wealthy man. whose identity Is
not disclosed, has subscribed $500, 600
for the establishment of q Christian
university at Marking. China. Mr.
Arlington, of Leeds. Eng, has offered
SIS. 900 for the beginning of mission
work among the Indian tribes in tho
valley of the Amazon. A single donor
has sent 81. 500 to the English Church
Missionary Society. Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson, of Boston, spends all her
income of $4,000 year in charity
except what is barely sufficient to en-
able her to live plainly.-Erchonge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
REMARKABLE INVENTION.
An Ingenious Machine Which Does AW,
with M0YahlA TYneS.

An Ingenious Machine Which Does Away
with Movable Types.
There is on exhibition in New York
an invention which proposes to do
away with movable types in printing.
There Is but one type for each letter.
figure or punctuation mark. and all
are cut on one cylindrical metallic
she'll The mechanism is operated BY
system of keys similar to that en-
plOyed in ordinary writing machines.
The printing does not begin until tho
keys for about fifty letters have been
touched. when q character at a time in
linked Immediately before its i'm
preston on the paper. A unique
feature of the invention Is that the
spacing out and shortening Of the
lines, known in printers parlance az
justification" is automatically ac-
complished by the machine independ-
ont of any mental effort Of the opera
tor, and when the work is done each
line is found to end even with the
others. To Justify" a line In using
movable types the compositor must.
when 1t is nearly completed. either
put in thicker or thinner spaces.
The reproduction of the work dono
on the machine now on exhibition IL
accomplished by TYPOGRAPHY. Tho
work of composing on the machine il
done in less than fourth of the Tina
required when movable types are used.
the ordinary speed being from twenty
to twenty-five words a minute. Tho
cost of transferring to the stone Is
said to be much less than that Of max
ing up forms for the press in ordinary
printing, and as movable types are not
used there is no distribution.
The machine has also been tested
with reference to its use for making
matrices for the casting OF stereotype
plates, and the result shows that, with
certain notifications which are now
being made. it may be successfully en-
ployed for that purpose. - Chicago
Globe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
WANDERING FARMERS.

Change In Locality Generally Unadvisable
and Improbable.
If we would learn to do, it must be
by doing. The best way-the only
way-to learn farming and farm is
to go upon it and do every detail of
the work, until practice teaches how
to perform it properly. If during this
time the senses are kept alert, ways of
improvement will naturally be found
in many places. Learn the theory
and apply it in practice, and in nine
cases out of ten success will follow.
In many cases, however. theory must
yield to practice in part at least, and
the very best results have been
reached when they were harmoniously
blended. A very common mistake
among our younger men is that they
learn one method at one place, then
Ego West" or East to an altogether
different climate and soil, there to be-
gin to apply the same methods. It
will take time to adopt and learn to
apply new principles Theory is
necessarily more universally APP
plicable, but q person must get the
practice where he expects to use it,
and the sooner he gets it the better.
Many keep up wandering life, SELL
ing out here and buying there. because
they can make q few dollars. When
they finally decide to settle down they
have little knowledge of the conditions
of the farm, and must consequently
begin at the bottom again. To profit
by others experience. one should APP
ply what knowledge he has, If at all
possible. where it is applicable. and
keep on getting moro theory as he
progresses. Many failures are due to
all theory, all practice, either or both
wrongly applied. Every section of
country has its drawbacks as well az
Its advantages. It is true there are
places in which persons would feel
better satisfied, but unless there are
serious objections to the present local.
lty, q change may be detrimental to
progress. Orange Judd Former.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27


Never write poem beginning Abou
Ben any thing.
Keep your hair cut.
Don't write poetry unless you ara
forced to do SO. either by hunger or
the enthusiasm Of your muse.
Do not be cast down because you re-
ceive $3.50 instead Of $3.50 for your
first effort
If possible. avoid rhyming "casta-
net" with "pianoforte. frolic" with
''cow-lick" or Niagara" with Tip
perary."
Don't call on the editor any ofteneP
than you can help. and don't feel hurt
II he says he's out He frequently
says that without meaning it.
Never despise work that comes your
way unsolicited Writing advertise
ments is q profitable vocation. they arc
sure to be printed and are much more
popular with the masses than 0des.
sonnets or French forms.
It IL q bad plan to copy one Of By
ron's shorter poems and sign your
name to It
II you have three sections to your
name connect the last two by means q
. hyphen and cast the first to the winds.
II you wish to. but do not try to gain
admission to the Authors Club On The
strength Of this proceeding alouA.
Rsek
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
OUGHT.
KANSAS

Speaking about the use Of words;
Friend, have you ever thought
How EIuch OF life is conferred in
That little phrase. ought!
No great thing ever was achieved,
No glorious battle fought
BY one who feared to strike the blow
When reason said he ought.
Why is yon man so honored, and
His fame by all besought!
He followed Natures teachings and
Has labored as he ought
Behold yon poor, degraded wretch:
Why has he come to naught:
He would not leave the wine-cup though
All Nature cried: You ought"
], too, am prematurely old.
With knowledge dearly bought,
Because dared to disobey
When conscience said ought
II you would lead happy life
With noble actions fraught,
Respect the voice within you when
II softly says: 'You ought
And when tits finished you will find
Whatever good you We wrought
You did when you obeyed a voice
That VIII ispered low: You ought
-Fraak c. Rietl, in Western Raydl.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

had passed me. and BY and by night
came and it became too dark to search
any longer or to see. Suddenly the
thought flashed across me that Nelly
might be at home OF course. that
was where she was. She would be wait
ing for me and wondering at my alb
sence. perhaps afraid for me. How
foolish not to have thought Of that be-
fore. How fast / ran back. But the
little windows were all dark when I
got there, and when opened the door
and called her name there came no an
swer. Invent back to the river after
that and sat there all that night, cold
and hungry and full of despair. and
the night winds must have heard me
crying for my Nelly whilst the blind
ing tears ran down my face.
early the next morning they began
again dragging for the bodies. and, by
and by, they found her. Not bruise
or mark or cruel cut upon ber. but
her face so still and white, her eyes
go tightly shut and her little hands so
cold! l remember looking at her as
she lay there cold and wet, and could
not think she was really dead. Would
the blue eyes never look at me again
and the dear lips never speak? Were
the little hands never to lie in mine,
nor the willing feet to patter beside
me? could not believe it. ! went
and whispered in her ear and kissed
her and waited to see her smile at me.
Then all the world became dark. l
remember trying to throw myself into
the water that might die, too, and ]
remember fighting like a mailman with
a policeman who tried to prevent me.
I beat him till the blood was stream
ing from him and saw him fall at my
feet as if dead; but l remember moth
ing more. woke up in a hospital,
where they told me had had brain
fever. l don't know how long lay
there; but I recollect being next in
q prisoners dock and hearing
a white faced constable telling
the judge how I had beaten and
stabbed him without provocation. ]
looked in vain for words to answer
with, What could I say? No judge
on earth could understand what felt;
l hardly knew myself The verdict
was guilty and the sentence ten
years; and that is how l came to be in
prison. They think me mad in here;
they call me dangerous. But what
have I to live for now? In the mid.
night darkness, through the workshop
noise. in the loneliness of my cell, Isee
her face, white and cold. and l cry out
to her and long for death to take me
beside her. l don't know even where
they took her or where her grave is,
and if were out in the world again
tomorrow l wouldn't know where to
look for her. Life isn't worth living
now, parson. / know all about your
tracts and gospels, but they don't bring
me back Nelly. l sometimes think
that she isn't so far away after all, for
l seem to hear her voice and feel her
near me. If she ever sees me. she
knows how l miss her, and how black
the world has been since I lost her.
That's my story, sir. Next time you
see me tied up and logged, you'll
think that Nelly isn't far away and
that her little arms are round me,
though no one knows it but myself"
Chambers Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

The well-known wintergreen plan
is blessed with an abundance of names,
among them being checkerberry, box
berry. grouseberry. partridgeberry,
deerberry, spiceberry. teaberry, red
berry, groundberry. hillberry. noun
tain tea. robbery teA ground ivy,
and ground hollv.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

-Mignonette and other plants win
live for many years if the flowers arc
plucked as fast a. they fade; but II the
seed is allowed to perfect. they are but
annuals-the plsut dieA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

When papering . room . small
apartment can be made to appear largo
~ being covered with . paper Of snb-
dned color without any particular de-
sign.