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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-05
BEDDING IN JAPAN.
How Natures sweet KestOrer II C0urted
by tho Siikado's Subjects.

How Natures sweet Kestore- IL Courted
by tho Siikado's Subjects.
The Japanese bed is simply futon
spread upon the mating. They lie ON
this. and spread another futon over
them. and rest their heads upon
wooden pillows. and are happy. A
futon is a thickly wadded cotton quilt.
exactly like our comfortable. and u
very nice arrangement such bed is
for the housekeeper. The bed is easily
made. and in the morning the futon is
folded and put away in a closet. and
the "chamber work" is done. They
wear no night dresses. but as every
person. even in the poorest and
humblest station. takes hot bath
once. and in the majority of cases
twice. day, there is nothing unclean-
ly in the wearing Of the same dress at
night which is worn in the day. The
one futon spread upon the mating
was rather a hard bed for our unac-
customed sides. so we had six or eight
thicknesses put down. and instead of
the luxurious wooden pillow, we had
one futon rolled and put at the head of
our alleged couch. Thus we made
really comfortable bed. Then mos
quito nettings were brought in. and
the Japanese have reduced this branch
of household comfort to a science.
The nets are as large as the room. and
fastened by the corners to hooks in
each corner of the room, and when
one has gracefully and quickly crawled
under the edge. as boys in my day
used to crawl under the canvas of a
circus text, he is as comfortable and
secure as possible. Nets for children
are made on little frames. and put
over the children wherever sleep over.
takes them; and l have often and often
seen children. in all the innocence of
nature. in varandahs and
porches and open front rooms Of
houses. covered by these nettlnes.
sleeping the sweet sleep of Japanese
children. believe children sleep
there better than they do in any other
land. for l do not now recollect that
ever heard child cry at night IN an
my travels in Japan, and there vsr.
oaten many OF them 1t the tea houses
where We stopped. do not gener.lise
md say that children do not crv ~
hight in Japan. for that would not -
rue; and besideA might Give younr
American mothers an undue dasir. e
% thsra only say that I never
.eaEa TIE dread sound. 70 basnA 1issel
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

The Greek Christians of Chicago
are u erect church cdifice. the third
in the country.
-Mormons elders are still industri-
ously working in some of the Southern
States to make women converts, not
withs.anding the efforts that are made
to exclude them.
One of the worst hindrances to
church growth is the habit that some
Of the members have of always bor-
rowing trouble and paying high rate
Of interest Hartford Religious Her.
aid.
Tie Methodist general conference
decided that the tobacco habit is net
necessarily demoralizing. and that even
4 minister may. ON occasion. like
Rev. Charles Sturgeon. "smoke
cigar to the glory Of God"
There are seven hundred and two
pastors in the Reformed church Of
France. of whom five hundred and
eleven belong to the Evangelical party
and one hundred and ninety one to tho
Liberal section.-The CAarchmaa.
The American Sunday-School
Union reports as the result of its work
the past year: Schools organized.
l.5O2. with 81. 127 scholars: schools aid
ell. 5.26S; Bibles distributed. 6.56S:
Testaments distributed. 10. 3O22; visits
to families. 3l.666
The ministry of the Church of En-
gland is described by n not unfriendly
writer as consisting Of Latitudinarians.
Attitudinarians and Platitudinarians.
A writer in the atlantic Monthly spoke
Of the church under three aspects:
The Church Militant. the Church Con-
structant and the Church Termagant
Methodist Adrocate.
-Twenty-seven years ago Matthew
Vassar by gifts and requests founded
Vassar College. He provided it with
grounds and buildings worth over half
a million of dollars and funds amount
ing to $275,OOO. Its twenty-seventh
anniversary was celebrated April %.
This institution has given the degree
of A. b. to over 700 graduates.
The Baptist Year Book. just is
sued. records. membership of 2.917.-
3l5 in the 1881 churches. During
the year 1888 were added to tho
membership and Cos new churches
were established. 1t appears that
only 697. OS1. or less than third Of
the aggregate membership. are in
what are called the Northern States.
According to the report of the
finance committee the expenditure Of
the London School Board from NOvem-
Der 20. 1870. to September 20. 1887.
amounts to within fraction of twenty
million pounds. or above $50. 1000. 600.
of which citizens of London have con-
tributed in rates upwards of one mill
ion one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. or something over sc. 900. 600.
The estimates for the year ended
March p. 1888. amount to 81. lag. 14l.
The largest salary paid to any of
the Bishops of the Protestant Episcc-
pal Church is $4,000 year. New
York pays this to Bishop Potter. and
provides him house. The mex.
largest amount is $4,000. and only the
Bishops of California, Chicago. Long
Island and Massachusetts receive that
figure. Only eight receive $1,000 The
Bishop of Maine receives only 81. 800.
and has TO pay his travelling expenses;
but he receives about 81. 700 rs rector
of S.. Luke's Cathedral. -Mdependenk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-05

nitro-glycerine and the mixtures OF
which it forms a part. This substance
was discovered BY Sobrero in 1847.
while carry ing out series of expert
ments under PelOuze. Its liquid form
makes it difficult to store and trans.
rort and permits it to find its
way into unexpected places.
where it constitutes source
of danger Considerations such
rs these led Nobel. about 1867. to in.
vent dynamite. The name is now
applied to a great variety of nitro
glycerine mixtures but they all consist
of . porous solid absorbent which
sucks up the liq mid nitro-glycerine by
capillaritY and holds it in its pores OF
intersticeS
The most important nitro-glycerine
mixture is explosive gelatine, also
invented by Nobel This is made by
heating nitro-glycerine on . water
bath and adding to it from seven to
ten per cent. of soluble gun-cotton.
The largest single charges ever fired
Wete eIuP1Oyeu III tMo D'OWluS up Oh
Hallett's Rsef and Flood Rock. In
the latter. which occurred October 10.
1885. the charge consisted of 240. 399
pounds of rack-a-rock and 4S, 5S7
pounds Of dynamite No. l. yet %
nicely was this enormous charge cal
culated for the work It was to do. that
beyond breaking down the rock. toss
ing mp an enormous body Of water to
. height ESTIMATED for the tallest jei)
Of 160 fset and generating IN earth
wave which Was observed - far east |
- Cambridge MasA. It produced ne
visible eject -6erj6ssPs 4sgasinA !
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
4 Scheme for Killing RlbDi.s.

The offer Of a prize OF e25, 900 by the
Government OF Now South Wales to the
discover Of means Of killing the rab-
bis which ara devastating tho colony
has attracted th, attention Of VI. Pas
teur. He sent letter on the subject
to tho Te-aa', suggesting ideas which he
thinks may no OF use. Hitherto mineral
poison has been employed to destroy
the animals. but they increased with
such fright.ai rapidity that poison has
proved "a very insufficient means of
meeting the plague. What is want,.,,
VI. Pasteur suggests, Is ii poison en-
dowed, like tho animals thcmsclvct
with life, and multiplying with similar
rapidly. An attempt should. he thinks,
be male TO introduce disease among
the rabbits which would become ep'-
demic. There is such ii malady, known
as the. hcl cholera, which has been
carefully studied in his laboratory. The
disease is common to poultry and rab-
bits.
Among the experiments which he
made WAS the following: lie shnt up
within "a limited spacca number Cf hons.
He gave them food tainted with the mi
crobe which IS the cause OF the hen
cholera. and in short time al of them
persisted. Sometimes poultry yards are
devastated by epidemics Of this kind,
which spread doubtless. through the
tainting of food by the droppiuGs o. the
first sic', fowls. Tile same thing he be
lieyes would happen t6 rabbits. which,
returning to their burrows, would there
spread the disease. Nothing would be
more easy than 10 communicate the dis
ease TO Il few of the animals. Round Il
bUrrow VI. Pasteur would place a NOV
able fence, within which the rabbits
would circulate in search of food. Ex-
periments have proved that it is easy to
multiply to any extent the microbes of
hen cholera in all kinds of flesh soups.
Ii the food of the rabbit were watered
with these liquids full of microbes, the
animals would catch the disease and
spread it everywhere. ". Pastenr add
that the disease Of which he speals9
does not attack four footed domesti3
animals, and as fowls do not live in the
open country there would be no risk OF
destroying them.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
EASTIN g. RlENvEkU.
POLITE CHINESE OFFICIALS.
Their Strict Notions OF the Civil
tiles Due to their Neighbors in
Washington.

A Washington letter says: The most
courteous people here are the members
Of the Chinese legation. Their ideas
OF the civilitieS due to the neighborhood
are. however, unintentionally embarras-
sing TO persons accustomed 10 american
notions of being neiGhbo.ly.
The LEGATION Of the Emperor Kwang
S. - On Dupont circle. Tiso AMBUSH
dor never calls, except upon formal oc-
cas,ors, but tie young Secretaries, at
taraess and Interpreters are indefati-
gable in their social duties. In the
Chinese custom they regard it matter
oi social requirement to make n call at
least two or three times season upon
each oftheir neighbogs. In the perfor-
nance Of this duty in Washington they
include not only the residents on Du-
pOnt Circle, but scour the neighbor-
hool for Two or three blocks around.
There are fifteen Celestial officials
who ,tart oat nightly Oh their nocturnal
social rourd, fortified with a case full Of
Chm, Sc cards aud rotted in their finest
satins. They ring the bell, hand in
their cards, step in, and take posses
sion OF the parlor with their hats on.
The lady Of the house. and perhaps her
daughter or lady guests, enter. Tho
satin-robed celestials bob up screnel-.
Tie yisitors bow, grin and extend their
compliments IN ehe richest dialect of
the royal lineage Of Nanchus. The
hostess seats heYseif. The SONS OF the
Orient st down. They work their iing
ers, roll their eyes simuitan oUSiy, eX-
cia.niur Mt intervals.
"Ala, Oh, ugh, liwal, kWaak, XVIII
Ia. hwaQaaral,a. licaiilly, chow.
BY this time the lqndlady begins 70
get scared, but decorum prevents her
from showing it. The young ladies be-
gin to feel p yearning to get upstairs.
The Cclc.ti2ls do not move, but pros
cute a running t:re Of conversation
through an hoGr or two. The ladies
feel 4 rambling motion of FATIGUE. Thay
have smiled untiltheir jaws ache They
feel thoir n, IS full of crooks and creaks
noddinS { :. assent, and their tongues
are tied with tie labors Of yessing to
each Celestial ..;c::tt.c-~ql rs If they under
stood every word Of it.
The Board of Rites and Cera CIV OF
the empire measure tho enieymt ITS Of
an evening call 10y tho length OF sitting
it ont. The approach of midnight still
leave ny lady IL exhausted doubt and
expectation. They rise. They shake
hands with themselves and bow and
back toward the door. Good ,ni-i-i-te. y"
EXeunt Celestials. Exhausted lady of
the aouso in the parlos. 4 few days
after a hHEtiful present Of Chinese
work 80 tlc fsE(y Of the house and carl
with tic compliments of -, chi.
ncse Eah.s.v.. -.-
The nai%hi).. arc very much ut.
tachcQ 10 their Chinese friends, bat
stand il inccssan. trepilatiol when III,
caili-r begins.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
Wonderful Skill with n Rifle

B. A. Bartlett of Randolf, in this
state, is a remarkable rihcman. In IA re-
cent exhibition of his skill he IS said to
have hit a common white bean at a dis
lance Of twenty-five yards, holding his
rife in various positions. lie also hit a
postal card that was set up edgewise.
Using thirty-two calibrc ball he shot
through thirty-two calibre pistol bar
rel, the bullet splitting on knife blade
on the further end of the revolver bar
ell and each half of the bullet breaking
an cgg. lie ignited a parlor match held
by person at the target stand, knocked
the ashes from cigars and concluded by
shooting a bean from the nose of o
friend who had sufficient confidence in
his skill to permit tie attempt. All
these remarkable shots ere vouched for
by reputable witnesses. - Chicago
News.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
The Singing Leper.

Saxon king with merry throns
OF mobiles hunted in wood
at eventide, when 10! a song
Most wondrous broke, tremulous food
or praise from distant lips unseen.
The hunters halted, listening keen
To catch each nearing echo. till
Among the trees form unclean,
a leVer white moved up the hill
Across their path and sang the while
Ills iiyid features wore a smile;
His wrinkled hands were claspoi in PRAYER
While living death, master vile,
Made all his flesh thorouchfare
For swift and myriad footed pain
And all the while he sang his strain:
Then spake the king with stirring call
And babe him halt; and with his train
Tho kin moved on with care withaI
Ard questioned him with plying gazc
How sing YOU TIM, these words Of praise
When IF Is dD..;L.7 \ moments pause,
Then smiling answered he: II raise
Fly voice IN songs Of JOY tc-agso
Althoa-h q lcper, Yet l know
THAT Is my frame decays grow
More near ,ho sure Gcliverance
That comes from Col. Unosa graccs fow
Through all the wastes Of circumstance
And moves by life aud soIl 70 Him.
The kings and mobiles eyes grew dim.
Then turning TO his train tie king
sake thus: "Gnto the very 5rin
Is TIL mans sorrow. YET they hriu.
Regoicuss, Cor lie trusts lis LorL
This icpcr'S voice shall here record
We have 10: hunted all ia vain.
Our spells this day is rs a sword
Whose shining blade shall conquer Pain.
And TO cur homes we turn again
With larger faith AMI n05!er word.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
- Brink All, - Rock"

shall never again say that he Mass.-
chusetts people ara not ho,pi;&blc,
writes the New Orleans Picayuac's Bos-
ton correspondent. \ day or two ago
| waS driving a.ong country roa1 int
outside Of Boston, and chanceI to stop
AZ 4 farm house to inquire my way. An
Old lady came to the door an |, having
given me the information desired,
politely asked m3 TO have. so she cx-
pressed liza drink AL a rock Dy
''drinii' / rather supposed she
meant "A glass Of milk. The
rock was luxury tn, nature
o: which was beyond imagining Salts
fed, however, that it WAS something in
wiling, | accepted the Offer with thanks,
and, having tied my horse, went inside
Ny hostess thercupoH requested me to
be seated il her best rocking chair, and
poured me out glass Of water. Now"
she said you can have drink and a
rock, and rest yourself as long as you
like" Ca-.a'rly this is the most mex
persivc entertainment have ever heard
Of. 1t beats The , o clock tea all hollow.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
Tie highest of American Pcaks.

The highest mOtutaia in America"
must now be changed from Mount St.
Elias to Mount Wranglc, little to the
north. Several of these mouatlias have
been newly measured. Mount Hood,
once roughly estimated at -, 600 feet,
then closely at 5000, was brought
down by triangulation to $4,000; an
aneroid barometer made it IL, 000, and
mcrcurial barometer II, 255. Mount. st.
Elias, estimated by ID Egclot to be-12,-
G12 feet, is triangula;cd by NJ Baker to
1880. 1t now appears that Mount
Wranglc, lying to the north, rises 49,
400 feet above Copper River, which is in
turn 1000 feet above the sea at that
point. If this holds true, Mount Wran-
gle is at least 1000 feet higher than
any other peak in North America. 1t
lies within the United States boundary.
-lSa.t Lake Tribune.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
The Cause OF it.

Wife (who has had her. photograph
taken)---I think the expression about the
mouth, John, is too firm.
Husband--A trifle, perhaps; but it
was probably an effort for you to keep
it shut, my dear. = New York Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
KITTY DALE.

az; ever marry Kitty Dale used to
say, half in earnest and hall in fun, "thc
fortunate MAJOR, if YOU like it better.
the unfortunate man must be person
who Possesses these three qualities
wealth, good looks, sense. l name
wealth first, because | thiak it * the
most necessary ard desirable qua ity Of
the three. Although / would revcr
think Of marrying foo, or man
whose ugiinoss | should be ashamed of,
yet | think would sooner talk sensibly
fox the one or shine for the other, pro-
vided he were rich, than to economic
and live In obscurity with any man,
however handsome aad sensible he
might BE-"
know not how much Of this came
from kitty's heart; that some o. it did
. the sequel will show. Without doubt
she built her full share of Spaui II cas-
ties, for her education in the dU.ic5 and
objects OF life were exceedingly imper-
feet. II no; absolutely false. But who
-~r became acquainted with Kitty's
truly wo.aaIly nature, could Lot doubt
that she was capable OF deeper and
uob!cr sentiments.
And the tine approached when Kitty
must :ake the important stcp-;hc most
isaportant in a womaa's lifo-ot which
she lad SO often spoken 50 lightly;
when she would give her friends an
opportunity to judge how much Of her
heart ;hero WAS in the words VIC have
cited.
At tho joyous age Of eighteen she had
a good!y numbcr OF suitors. As she
Eavsr seriously encouraged Jut TWO, we
will follow her example. and leaving
the others unnoticed, consider the Only
relative advantages and merits of her
favorites.
Frank Gothwait possessed many ex-
cellent qualities, which gave him the
reputation among the early and more
discriminating portion OF his acquaint-
anccs as being "a highly estimabc
young man. among his comrades as
being ga very good fellow" aad among
the young ladies of being "just as Lice
no '0u'u W.
Kitty loved Frank; she couldn't help
. I L
1t, anu i@"N NHe" IT, he was con-
'ince' SLc preferred MS society 10 th1t
VI ro'' " I'm 'o''' i'iS only i''a''
",' yin '',iiis'oi' '''nraueS
."''o' nm '''' i'''>' 49,
'u,o', o' nuil -oa'"'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03

! called the husband of the charming Mrs.
Wellington. You must go your road.
l will 60 mine. Neither shall stand in
the others way. We will be free"
''But the world9" cried poor Kitty,
trem milling.
"The world, ha!-thc world will
flatter you and admire you then as now.
What more do you wants To call .
simple joining of worldly interests, in
accordance with certain forms. union
what an absurdity! The farce has
lasted long enough. But few under
stand the meaning of the word man and
wife. And 90 you understand their
meaning. Do you know that there can
be no union unless mutual love be the
connecting link? Enough of this num-
merry! l will consult with my friends
regarding the conditions OF our separa-
ton. No. no, you need have no fears.
You need not weep and cling to me.
l will be generous with you You shall
have rs much of ny fortune as You de-
mand'
He pushed her from him. She fell or
the sofa, and from the depths of her
despair she cried: Crank. Frank why,
why did send you from me! Why
was l so blind until this came upon me
to open my eycs!'
She land upon the sofa. soLLing and
weeping Utterly. Gradually her grief
seemed to subsidc; she brcathed calmly;
her tears ceased to flow, and her lay
lightly on arm. over which hung her
loosened ;resses in all their luxurious
proluslon.
''F'rank.' she murmurs suddenly;
"dcar Frank, come back to me, come
back to mem
'''Ilcrc am" said a gentle voice.
She opened her eyes and raised her
head. Frank stood beside her
You have been asleep" said he,
smiling.
asleep Z"
"Ay, and have been dreaming"
Dreaming Z" muImurcI Kitty; ''aad
is this ali a dream 2
4 hope So" taking her hand. Il
knew you would not drive me from you
so cruelty; 50 I waited in your fathers
room, where | have been talking with
him for the last hour. | came back TO
plead my cause once more, and found
you asleep where left you"
"Ah. what frightlul dream.' muir
INJURED Kitty, rubbing her eyes. 'It
was SO Ike hideou' reality that trcm-
be whom thia! Of it. Ithou hit was
married"
'If it was 50 terrible" sal Frank.
Il hope sou I'D not dream you were
married. to me
NO; thought that I had given M,
hand to one who had not, and to whom
could never give my heart"
80. then, he to whom you give you.
hand mast FIRST have won your hcart.'
Yes, Frank, he must" sail Kitty,
smiling through her tears; sand there
it is.'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-03
WIRE ENOUGH,

Friend Ito happy father)-Hello;
Jones, let me congratulate here. l hear
you have Il new boy at your house.
Happy father-By George. can you
hear him all this distance"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-11
Married tho servant Girl.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., Jan. 1O.-Millionaire
Ezekiel Patterson, an aged resident of this city.
The son john who is about twenty-five years
DID, took large sum or money from his father,
a few years ago, but the affair was settled A
arrested for robbing her. His father retained
counsel for him, and the trial ended in his &C
quittal. He was then sent to California, but
did not stay long.
Last Wednesday night his sister made com
plant of drunkenness against him, and he was
locked up, but his father paid his fine and got
him out John said the trouble arose from an
attempt of his sister TO throw pepper in his
eyes On Saturday young Patterson was taken
to New York. and put aboard the bark Elinor
Vennor, which sailed for New Zealand.
1t has just been found out that Thursday
afternoon, John and girl named Kelly, serv-
ant in his fathers house, were married by
Father O'Grady, a priest in this city. An effort
has been made to keep the affair secret. and it
is supposed the marriage is the cause of young
PattersonS banishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-11
Wool Manufacturers on Tariff Reduction.

ALBANY. N. Y, Jan. 10-The Evening Jour
nal publishes to-day replies from about a score
of wool manufacturers doing business within q
radius of one hundred miles of Albany as the
Presidents Recommendation to put wool
the free list. With one exception, the replies
against the change. Almost unanimously
manufacturers maintain that abolition of the
tariff on wool would soon be followed by a
movement to abolish the tariff manufactured
wooden goods. There is some difference of
opinion to the question whether farmers
would kill off their sheep in event of abolition
of the wool tariff Most of the manufacturers
agree that the sheep industry would receive
serious blow should the tariff be abolished. AS
TO lowering the price of wool, manufacturers
generally agree thar abolition of the tariff might
have this effect for few months. but that it
would not be permanent reduction. The gem
eral opinion among them is that they could not
successfully continue business with the present
scale of wages il the tariff and manufaet-
ured woods Were removed or materially reduced.