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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-07

line Is likely to be blocked, and the stations
on the circuit must be advised when the line is
again clear"
There may be some differences in
detail in the working of different
lines. but in the broad the same prin-
ciples hold for all. The signalman
in all cases have not only to receive
the signal, clear and telegraph, but
to keep exact and faithful record.
The least slip on his part might at
any moment be fatal. In some cases
there are. in single box, as many
as forty or fifty shafts, which have to
be constantly in use. The putting of
the hand on one instead of on
another, separated only by a few
inches, might be the cause of a col
lision, with death. and injury, and
miserable torture to hundreds of men,
women and children.
/. Notwithst anding all the care that
can be taken. unexpected things will
occur, which, even in the case of the
Queens train, throw the whole onus
on the driver and signalman. On one
of the Queens journeys from Balmoral
to Windsor in the summer OF last
year, for instance, a stranger and per-
haps unexampled thing happened. We
take the account of it from the West
moreland Gazette:
The signalman at lancaster Junction.
about i've miles south OF Kendall. had his
lamps lit and al appeared right until . few
minutes before the approach Of the royal train.
~ tho train rot near the junction the d.wn
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16

that II was good for colds. In answer
70 the question as TO whether he liked
II, The little blue eyes sparkled as he
answered ~ "fou bet" and departed.
The iiend explained his object by say.
ing: "fou see, the prohibition cranks,
and church fanatics are all doinr all
IN their power to injure us, and unless
we continue making drunkards Of the
young they will soon have them all
on their side. II that boy keeps on
selling corn and backing shoes on
this side Of the river, it will not be
three weeks until he will buy drinks
OF me. They learn easy when young"
and he laughed heartily. The breur.
eyed scoundrel went on TO enumerate
the many boys he had taught to drink
m the same way, one Of whom was
the sixyearold boy Of widow at lie
Mars, Iowa This one, he said, he
taught purely through spite. The
mother Of the little fellow had prose
cnted him for selling liquor to hei
husband prior to his death, and he
punished her by teaching her child t.
like the taste Of liquor, and at four
teen years he was a confirmed drunk
ard, and at seventeen he died
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
h mnnlrr consists in killing

Tr murder consists in killing "wlth
malice afor.ihought" what shall we
call the crime pcrpe,rated by the vii,
liam who figures in the subjoined ac-
ooun, from Covlugton, Neb.2 Can a
more demoniacal exhibition Of cruelty
and revenge be foundH This saloon
Lccper was driven from his vile bus
mess IN Iowa, by prohibition, and IN
hiph.license state seeks to make
amends for the loss Of his intended
victims
VIII no, fathers and'mothors take
alarm from this openly confessed war
,,ro mon their innocent children
when they reflect that thousands Of
,ns, sach human spiders are lying in
,ro,t for the unsuspecting on every
,,r,.r and in every alley Of our large
.,,io. a. well as in the smaller townsF
There Is no sure remedy but the utter =,
demolition Of these spiderwebs the
ox,raet Is taken from the Northwest
ern Christian Advocate
your correspondent was in one OF
these gin.mills when q young - la',
aI,ht or nine years Of age, entered
Wit with popcorn. He was a bright hand,
emo little fellow, very laxative ano
I'm made known his business Inc
s,, hehind the bar, a big, coarse-look'
49, No. brute. offered to purchase dime inc,
,"s u his corn, provided the little
, sJ would take his pay in drinks
The hoy told him that he did no'
s'.,,t liquors; that he gave his money
o'' ,,,s mother to help buy bread ano
clothes 4 te for himself and little sister
, ,Srce wears younger than himself
.r,,o, saloon man finally bought .w'
naners Of popcorn and gave the O y
p" ~, ooo,s. who started on his way %
'on VI ,ho door. The bartender oailo'
wal' Nh, and taking about thre'
tablespoonful of whisky, sugar ,,'.av. us,
hot water mixed i up and .l,I prsy' Mn
upOn the boy to drink IT. ''i''"s :"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
I,klng Direct Connection

bSgngr CHECKED Through from all
lsiaia ia The Fast 10 Points Named.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
Temperance Column.
EDITED BY ". c. T.U. OF BLACKFOOT
A POINT on WHICH ALL DOCTORS
AGREE.

Smoking is an art which is decided.
" dlsagreeable to learn, but which
you boys apply yourselves TO learning
with perseverance that shows wha.
you can do.
When you have learned the use of
tobacco, you have learned something
that does no good, does much harm,
wastes your money and makes your
mothers heart ache. Listen TO what
Washington GLADDEN. says in the ST
Nicholas:
II were a boy would not use to.
bacco in any way. There are men who
think il right TO smoke, and / am not
going to discuss the question as re.
CARDS mem but whatever may be said
OF them, there is no intelligent man
anywhere, whether be thinks 1t right
or wrong for men TO smoke, who does
not think it always wrong for a boy.
There Is great difference between
the effects Of tobacco upon a growing
person and is effects upon one who
has bis growth II hurts growing
boy a great deal more than il hurts 4
grown man.
have ms doubts whether any one
ever uses il habitually without being
injured By IT, bat il is perfectly Ger
tain all the doctors agree on this
that il is always injurious for boys.
Here, for instance, is the word OF one
doctor, who thinks IL no harm for
some men 10 use Il TO young per.
sons. he says, "under twenty-five
years or 10. tobacco, even in small
quantities, is 50 apt to disorder health
in some way or other, this, for such il
should be considered generally harm.
! full.
I For the same reason, II ] were a
boy, ! would not drink beer or wine,
or any kind Of alcoholic liquor. Here
too, there is a dispute among the doc,
tors. some Of them saying that men
may sometimes drink wine or beer
without harm; but here, too, they all
agree ,ha, for boys such drinks are
always harmful. 4 great many boys
in this country are learning TO drink
beer. Some Of them think there is nc
harm in Il; but in thousands Of cases
Il has brought a deadly train Of misery
along with il II has crippled many
a mans very best powers il has beer
the beginning Of drunkenness and O
bligh,ed lives And not only because
Of the probable harm TO yourselves
hut because Of the trouble and poverty
and sorrow tina, Il causes all over th,
land. have nothing to do with II.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-16
DIRECTORY
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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
ssStick to Him, Jimmy!.

Two brothers from the Emerald Isle
purchased piece of wooded land, and
set to work to clear it up. After cutting
down the large growths, and burning
the underbrush. they proceeded to de-
wise plan to get the fallen trunks TO-
gether in o pile for the purpose of burn
ing also. The land lay upon the side
of hill, and, if they could roll large
log which lay near the summit to a spot
about halfway down, they thought they
might pile the rest against it, and SO
effect their object. But how were they
to prevent it, when lonce started, from
rolling to the bottom, and SO defeating
their plan? To accomplish this they
obtained a rope, and making one end
fast to the log, one of them was to hold
on the other end and so check the de-
scent of the log. Fearing that he might
not be able to prevent the rope from
slipping through his fingers, Jimmy,
who was to he the steersman, tied it to
his body. start him aisy, Phelim, =
said he, when all was ready. Phelim
did start him, and as the log commenced
its progress the rope caught in a project
ing knot, and began rapidly to wind up.
It soon drew poor Jimmy close up.
First he went over the log. and then the
log went over him, and SO they continued
their circumgyrations and somersaults.
Phelim watched their progress for .
moment and then sung out Stick to
him, Jimmy faith you're match for
him, any way; you're atop half the
timels London Pick Ne Up.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
Chinese Business Methods.

The Chinese merchants keep as full q
set of books as our merchants do, and
they do business on smaller margin.
They keep account of stock and daily
sales, and have seen some of their
tedgers. The Picking banks have a
clearing house system. Each depositor
has from his banker book with two
columns, in one of which are entered
his deposits, and the other his drafts.
he pays his creditors by checks on the
bank and in the evening sends his book
to be balanced. The next morning the
clerks of the various banks get together,
checks are interchanged, and the &C
counts of the various depositors are
squared. These banks are also ex-
pected to loan money to their depositers,
and man is supposed to have the right
to draw on his bank for loans equal to
double the amount of his average de-
post. The disgrace of dishonored debt
is such that a business man failing will
hardly attempt to regain his standing in
his own province, and dutiful sons often
pay their fathers debts. This is not
SO in Korea, and while I was visiting
in Chemulpo, Mr.. Townsend, the
American merchant there, was APP
preached by the profligate son of a
Korean nobleman. The son waited
Mr.. Townsend to accept papers from
him stating that Mr. Townsend had
sold him goods to the amount of $4,000.
@Then," said he. @you can take these
papsrs to the old man and tell him you
cannot collect the money and are going
to have me whipped. He is fond Of me
and will pay rather than the disgrace,
rnd we will divide the proceeds" Mr..
Mr.. Townsend, of course, refused, and
sent the young man about his business.
-Fra7aE G.. CARPENTER.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
A Postal Card Well Filled.

When some antiquarian of the future
reports that citizen of Belfast wrote
on postal card the whole of one of
the annual messages of President
Cleveland the inference will be that
President Cleveland was man of few
words, but the inference will be wrong.
The message contained $4,000 words,
yet Mr.. Ria Kittredge got it all on
the card with steel pen and ink, each
letter, as seen through microscope,
being beautifully formed. Moreover,
border three-eighths of an inch wide
is placed around the card, represent
ing string of beads, fifty-two in num-
Der, each three-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter, and most of them contain
ing the Lords Prayer; 1000
words are put into this border. Mr..
Kittredge is " years old, and says he
could get $4,000 words on postal
card. 1t took him forty-fve days to
write this one.-Leuisto'a Me. Jour
3lnI
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
A ShreWd Prophecy.

Before leaving Ireland, must men.
ton that, being DESTROYS of seeing the
principal patriots there, ! stayed until
the opening of their parliament.
found them disposed to be friends Of
America, in which endeavored to con-
firm them, with the expectation that
our growing weight might in time be
thrown into the scale, and by joining
our interests with others, more equit-
able treatment from this nation eng
land might be obtained for them as
well as for us. There are many brave
spirits among them. Their
parliament makes a good, respectable
figure, with a number of very good
speakers in both parties, and able men
of business.-Letter by Benjamin
franklin.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

Public Lighting.

The growth of the business of light
ing public streets and squares may
properly be classed as one of the won
ders of modern times. The first feeble
attempts to light the highways were
made at Eddessa and Antioch in the
fifth century, laws being passed to oblige
persons to place lights in their windows.
Similar laws were not passed in Eng
land until the sixteenth century In
1869 body of torch boys was organized
in London, who for small fee accom-
panied pedestrians. Five years later,
at Paris, chains were hung across the
streets and lanterns suspended from
them. Early in the present century the
streets of London were lighted by in
significant oil lamps, but they were still
so dark that thieves fourished and rob-
berries were common at night.
lighting public streets have been made
within the last half century. OF the
three substances almost exclusively used
at present, viz: petroleum, gas, and
electricity, in point of absolute econo.
my, the first named outranks the other
two. Refined petroleum, at present
low prices, and burned in vastly i'm.
proved lamps, has added much to the
social and intellectual enjoyment OF
mankind. 1t has found its way around
the world, so that in the solitudes Of
eastern deserts or among the jungles Of
Africa the traveller discovers its use for
light.
There were few years after the
whales became scarce in the Arctic
Ocean, and oil from that source high in
consequence, and prior to the advent of
refined kerosene, that the gas COM
panies had the lighting field largely to
themselves. Content with the large
profits from the business that was forced
to rely on them, very little progress was
made either in improving the manufac-
ture or cheapening the price to con-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
Enernors Fortunes.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the enormous fortunes
accumulated through the uss Of printers
ink. large sums Of meney are annually
wasted n Intellectual and nnremunerattvs
advertising.
The merits Of q really valuable eommodi-
~ properly portrayed In the columns OF an
Influential and widely read newspaper. viii
speedily become generally known and ap-
preciated. while the returns reaped by the
advertiser win be Nike those OF the Wise hus-
ground. wherein II bore fruit and brought
forth. some an hundred fold. some sixty.
some thirty.
Tho wording Of an advertisement is an
all-important matter.
Clearness. attractireness. brsvity and sim
cerity must characterize any announce
ment intended to catch the public eye
and appeal to public confidence. An adyer-
tisement inserted In London journal Q
few days ago brought instant and multitu-
dinous replies accompanied BY an almost
unlimited supply ofbank notes. simply be-
cause u souehed the chord Of nature which
makes all mankind akin. It's simple pathos
and self-evident trufhfulness appealed to
every heart
The advertiser sought for a lost relative.
and. giving his name. said: Il am Ill and
sfriendless. Ny last half-crown is expend-
ed In paying for this advertisement. Write
me at giving the address) As already
stated. nearly everyone who read the an
nouncement hastened to relieve the necss-
stiles OF the sufferer--a real sufferer In this
case. though many swfndles are perpe-
trated In the divine name OF charity.
Thus 1t is with a really meritorious COM
modify or preparation; II its virtues be
properly and truthfuliy set forth In the
public press. its success Is prompt and
certain.
On the other hand. the public IL quick
and unerring to detect deception and char
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

made clean breast oil Two Gonfed-
crates we're dressed ii blue and brought
into jail and played of on the boys as
Federals who had just deserted. An
older head would have suspected the
trick, but he believed that all was lost
and admitted his identity.
It was singular that, while jackson
sent himself to death, he was SO nervy
| In his refusal to betray me. When he
confessed I was still in town. One
word from him would have caused m Y
arrest. He was told that had been
arrcsted, and had made confession,
admi lifting that we were both Federal
spies and acting In concert. While he
doubtless believed the statement SO far
as an arrest was concerned, he steadily
replied:
aHow could he have confessed to an
nntrl,th? Bring him near and let me
hear him say so.
That baffied them. I had made
several friends among the officers, and
without appearing to interest myself too
much, interested them in Jackson's
case. Had he not confessed we could
have saved him. Had he not confessed
that he had passed out of the lines with
information, we could have probably
had him sent off as prisoner of war.
As last effort to secure q hold on me
the detective promised young jackson
life and liberty if he would furnish evil
| dence to convict me.
How can II" be replied. @What
can say against him that he could not
prove false?"
They were going to arrest me and
confront me with the statement that
Jackson had confessed all, but they
were too late. I was beyond their
reach. TWAS a year before ascertained
the poor boys fate. After hearing that
he'd left, and being told that court
martial would order him to be hanged,
he hung himself In his cell the morn
ing that the battle began.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

BIZ JAMES wHIrcomp a,Irv

II
AZ onp who cons at evening DER m album all
And muses. on the faces Of friends that be has
known,
50 turn'the leaves Of fancy till in shadow de-
nnd the smiling features Of an old sweetheart
OF mine.
The lanplight seems to glimmer with flicker
As turn It low to rest me Of the dazzle in my
And light my pipe IN silence, save sigh that
seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish in the
smoke
Ills q fragrant retrospection- the loving
thoughts that start
Into being are like perfumes from the blossoms
And to dream the old dream over is luxury
divine,
When my truant fancy wanders with that old
sweetheart Of mine
Though hear, beneath my study, like futter-
ing OF wings,
The voices Of my children and the mother as she
feel no twinge Of conscience to deny me any
When care has cast her anchor in the harbor Of
dream.
In fact, to speak in earnest, believe it adds a
10 spice the good a trihe with little dust Of
harm
For find an extra flavor in memory's mellow
vine
That makes me drink the deeper to that old
sweetheart OF mine.
A face Of lily beauty and form of airy grace
Float out from my tobacco as the genii from the
vase;
And thrill beneath the chances Of pair Of
As glowing as the summer and as tender as the
Skies
can see the pink sunbonnet and the little
checkered dress
She wore when first I kissed her and she an
swered the caress
With the written declaration that, 4as surely as
the vine
Grew round the stump. she loved me"-that old
sweetheart of mine.
And again I feel the pressure Of her slender
little hand
! As we used to talk together Of the future we
When should be poet and with nothing else
TODD
But to write the tender verses that she set the
music to.
When we should live together in cozy little
Hid in nest of roses, with tiny garden spot,
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the
weather ever fine
And the birds were ever singing for that old
sweetheart of mine.
When should be her lover forever and day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden
hair was gray;
And we should be SO happy that when either's
lips were dumb,
They should not smile in Heaven till the others
kiss had come
But, ali my dream is broken by step upon the
stair,
And the door is softly opened, and-my wife is
standing there
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my visions
resign
TO meet the living presence of that old sweet
heart of mine.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
A Life Made Miserable

By dyspepsia is scarcely worth the living
capricious appetite, heartburn, puEzling nervous
symptoms, increased action Of the heart after
eating. sinking in the abdomen between meals,
and natulence after. are among the successive
Ssdicda OF this harassing complaint. Two things
only are nesdful for its removal resort to
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and persistence in
its use. These remedial measures being adopted
cure 10 certain. Taken immediately before OF
after meals, this great stomachic promotes secre-
ton OF the gastric juice, the natural solvent Of
the food. The nervous and bilious symptoms
consequent upon chronic indigestion disappear,
Is the complaint gradually yields to the correct
i've and tnvfgorating influence of the Bitters.
Appetite returns, sleep becomes more refreshing,
and as sequence, the body is efficiently nour-
ished, muscular power increases, and the mind
goWs sanguine. Use the Bitters for chills and
fever and rheumatism
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
500 Reward-s1OO.

The readers OF this paper win be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that 10 Catarrh- Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have SO much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
moniarb. Address
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
As to Ex.Presidents.

Until the United States shall de-
eide to pension ex-presidents it is right
and proper that they should become
private citizens and nothing more.
Such is the democratic theory, and
such should be the corresponding
practice. They are not "monarchs out
of job" but American citizens, and
they need no other title or distinction.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
Changing Its Title.

The welI-known firm of Oliver Ditson q
Co., music publishers. will hereafter be
known as OLIVER DITsoN COMPANY. Mr..
Chas. Fl. Ditson. in the new corporation.
represents the name SO familiar to every
newspaper reader. The firm includes Mr..
John C. Haynes and Chas. Fl. Ditson for-
mer partners) and five gentlemen who have
hitherto held prominent positions in the
The successful firm enters on the second
half century Of its existence with a large
stock and extensive business, and with
every probability Of large and rapid in
crAaSa.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

PEGASUS is no longer fable. Prof.
George Elliott, the aeronaut, made a
balloon ascension from st. Louis lately
on horseback, the animal being fast
ened to balloon in lieu of car. The
horse behaved well and seemed to en-
JOY the trip in the clouds. The
descent was accomplished safely, and
the pony, after the manner of its kind,
began at once to eat grass.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25
Consumption Surely Cured.

To the Editor: Please inform your read
ers that have positive cure for Consump-
ton. By its Timely use thousands of hope
less cases have been permanently cured.
shall be glad to eend two bottles Of my REM
edy FREE to any of your readers who have
consumption. If they will send me their Elk
press and p. O. address. Respectfully.
T. A. SLOCUM. NJ. c.. 18I Pearl St N. Y.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

DAVID B. HILL, the bad, bald-headed
governor of New York, is really en-
gagged to be married, despite his mum
erous denials. The bride-elect is a
Miss Hotchkiss, of Elmira. She is a
tall brunette, well educated and ac-
complished, and is % years old.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

SIDNEY bartlett, the aged Boston
lawyer, whose death recently occurred,
left an estate worth fully $4,000, 0O0
His fees, even for few words of coun-
sci. frequently amounted to $4,000.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-25

I regard MAGEE's EMULSION as an ele-
CANT preparation. 1t contains the three
recognized remedies for the treatment Of
diseases for which it is intended.-C. F.
Taylor. M. D.. Philadelphia.