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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
THE USEFUL WORKSHOP.
Why Every Farmer Should Have Porta.
BILE Eorge and a Set of Tools.

Why Every Farmer should Have Porta.
bic Forge and a Set of Tools.
Often repairs can be made at home
in less time than the farmer would
spend going to a mechanic. so the en-
tire cost is saved. or more. Often
some repairing is needed Immediately
Ito save stoppage of men and teams
when the work is very important, and
with C. not expensive set of tools a
great deal of mending can be done by
an ingenious farmer or Farmland. A
portable forge costs little. and is very
useful as well as interesting. Work
~ers on the farm viii End a good work
shop Very pleasant on stormy days
and the change from routine work .
real pleasure and profitable.
The boys, too. will spend many
hours there improving their mind.
and sharpening their wits while
samusing themselves building variou:
:articles for their private use. and be
fore they know it are helping father
put beam in a plow. or knee or bean
in sleigh. making whiffletrees. ETC.
.etc., or even putting an entire woodel
axle in an old wagon. which l hav,
known to last for years and run ex
-ceedingly well. So, too, the work
shop is nice place for the old gentle
man. partly or wholly retired from
farm works. NJ Palmer, in n. Y
Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31

nearly every man made . tofIet, more
or less meager, according to taste and cir.
cumstances, and attended spreachin'," and
the fighting and noisy carousal on that day
was seuslply diminished, and in other ways,
more indeed than he knew, his influence
was felt for the better.
Just at the present time, some two months
after the departure Of the gulch party, there
was a deeper interest, an increasing atten-
ton to the words of the young preacher
which was very encouraging to him IN
deed.
He was sitting in the little room which
served as a spare bedroom and study COM
brned. when Mary ushered in a visitor.
He was tall and lank, and his shock OF
hair and thick, stubby beard served as
disguise for the moment as he shambled
into the room and sat down upon the chair
Mr.. Esmond placed for him.
.Why. CYRUS" cried the minister, in sur
prise, s.you're the last man was expecting
to see. Have you filed your contract al
ready?"
"Wall, no, pardner." He took of his hat
and sat twisting it nervously around by its
battered brim, his face meantime wearing
sheepish look of embarrassment. ''Ter
tell tn truth, pa'son; come down arter
yo,I."
"After me-" Mr.. Esmond's tone betrayed
his surprise.
sYe remember our bargain" The min
, ister nodded.
''Well, sir, TUX them fellers up thar, an
did my level best on 'em. I talked about
Heaven blamed sight more'n believed
| in myself, an I preached about livin'
| vartuous life-'n short, pa'son, give 'em
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
TIE VANILLA PLANT.
How Ono Of tho Most Interesting Of Trop-
ical Growths II Utilixed.


How Ono Of the Most Interesting Of Trop. |
ica1 Growths II Utilixed.
In fiavoring our ice-creams and |
cakes, and the various dishes that will |
receive it, with vanilla. we seldom re-
member that We are turning to utility |
one OF the most interesting of tropical
growths-an orchid that grows as few
other orchids do, by actual climbing.
clamping itself along its way on aerial
roots, and which has to be fertilized
by insects or else yield no fruit. except
when the fertilization is done by hand
in an artificial process. The odor OF
the vanilla, like its flavor. has an in
terest of its own to those of fanciful
tone, for it belongs not to the full
tones of odor. so to speak. as the rose
and the honeysuckle may be said to
do, but to the half-tones-the flats and
sharps-sharing a part OF that chro-
matte scale in which the orange. the
heliotrope, the lemon, are to be found.
A curious thing about this same va
nilla. in relation to its use as an ex.
tract. is that its essential quality. that
which gives it perfume and SAVIOR.
vaniIline. can be produced arti-
fcially from the sap of pines.
Vanilla has a long and poet
ical history in its use in Spanish
and Oriental cookery. in chocolates
and dressings, and in various Mexican
dishes, from before tho time OF the
Moutezumas, and the thought OF 1t
brings up the scence of many a repast
with the picturesque adjuncts between
palace or monastery walls. 1t is not
without significance in this connection
that, used in excess, it develops poi
sonous qualities. 1t is obvious that the
first step beyond the pure necessities
in the way of food is taken by adding
a flavor to the food, and such simple
additions as the rose and the vanilla
must have preceded much costly cook
cry and ransacking of seas and forests
for novel and stimulating substances.
We read in the tales of the Thousand
Nights and One Night of incessant
marketing, flavOring, and feasting; but
it is all made up of the same general
| line of articles-the lamb and the kid.
rice, pomegranates and ounces; much
of the rest is in the added fiavOrs, and
the charm of the cookery seems to be
more in the flavors than in the food
itself. Among the varied extracts
used. now among ourselves in cookery
most are absolutely harmless, as the
lemon and the orange and other fruit
Havors; the genuine almond. peach
and nut flavors are comparatively safe
but not altogether so; but the vanilla
is to be used with care. For, whethe;
Justly or not, the vanilla has beer
made to bear the Odium OF variOu.
cases of poisoning by means OF ice
favored with it. But used with dis
erection and in small quantity. it is ont
of the choicest and most delicate ad
ditions that we have to our sweetmeat
and sauces, having not only pleasan
piquancy, but leaving certain toni
and cleansing effect upon the palate
Harper's Bazaar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH:


Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster, has entered upon its lOSd
year.
The 175th anniversary OF the
Cold Spring Presbyterian Church.
New Jersey. was lately celebrated.
The African Methodist Church has
decided to establish in Philadelphia a
home for its aged ministers. 1t is TO
cost $50, 600
There was a time when there
were no negro schools or teachers;
now there are nearly twenty thousand
schools and over million scholars
1t is reported that there are in all
101,324 Sunday schools; S.34o.43l
scholars; 1, 100. 1O4 teachers; atotal OF
9,445, 5S5 in the Sunday-schools OF this
country.
The school-teachers of Montgom-
cry County, Ind, assembled in con-
vention recently and solemnly resolved
that the gum-chewing habit was UNI
becoming to members OF the profess
sion.
in all, one hundred and thirty
four Congregational churches have
been organized in the State OF Mlssou-
ri, of which eighty-two remain. Inc
shrinkage has been nearly thirty-nlne
per cent
"A roval order has been issued by
the German Government sanctioning
the creation in Jerusalem OF an evan
gelical establishment with corporate
rights. The object of the new body Is
to preserve existing evangelical lnsu-
tutions and to add to the number
The Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Iowa reports: Clergy. A; lay read
ers. Is; parishes, 40; missions, OF;
commitments. 6.007; combinations.
SOY; contributions for religious pur-
poses, s147, 26O. %; value of church
property in the diocese, 81. 27l,12o.
Very important changes have been
introduced in the curriculum OF Prince
ton University in the nature OF gen.
eral transformation, to be completed
in the future. after the model OF Euro
pean universities. By the new course
of study the benefits of the elective
course are enlarged, but the university
will rigidly adhere to the require
ments of certain fundamental studies
as prerequisite to the degree OF
Bachelor of Arts
in view of the fact that ia con-
gregations and charges of the Mis-
souri, Lutheran Synod had applied Tor
> pastors, and only fifty-seven requests
, could be granted, the presidents OF the
separate district synods, at a meeting
recently held at St. Louis, issued an
appeal, in which families and congre'
cations are requested to consider this
want of pastors, and secure young
: men who are willing to devote them
selves to the ministry.
A "Guide to the Churches of Lon
DOM shows that the number OF metro
- politan churches has increased be-
tween 1888 and 1889 from S2S to 1.O16.
Altar vestments are now the rule in
SO churches, as against 81 In 1855
altar lights in 119, as against 64 In
1888; and the Eastward Position in
800, as against 304 in 1888 In the
q same period the number of churche:
q in which the communion Is celebrated
At in the evening has decreased from 2S'
70 to 272.-The Church Review.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
A Summer Arrangement.

Husband-Whate pity that Emma had to
go and throw Mr. Coldsnap overheard, for
bought cur coal from him last winter.
Now, next winter I'll have to pay the full
price.
Wife-Calm yourself, husband; she is go
ing to renew the engagement in the fall.
You see, she broke it in order to become en-
gagged to Mr.. Cooler, the man we buy our
ice from.
'sMay Heavens richest blessing rest upon
that daughter"-Time
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
Expected Too Much,

Merchant-You think your SON would
make US satisfactory errand hoy, do you
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures e 90, sor, e do
it very quick.
Merchant Cunning to boy)-!ame-, take
this note Up to Captain Centerfeld at the
ball grounds and be back in twenty minutes.
Mrs. Moriarity - iver moind, Jimmy.
Coon aim home. It's not Q bye theyro
wantin', it's an angel-Life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-31
MORAL SUASION.

TELLye, parson, ct q
man won't walk
straight fur the love
o. goodness an m'ral-
ity, all yer preachin'
won't do him airy bit
o. good, now that's a
fact.
ga fact that needs
demonstration, how
ever" smiled the
parson. "Actual ex-
perience does not
sustain your posi-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
A Perfect Woman Nobly Planned.

A perfectly formed woman will stand at
the average height of 8 feet inches to 8 feet
inches. She will weigh from l25 to l40
pounds.
plumb line dropped from point marked
by the tip of her nose will fall at point one
inch in front of her great toe. Her shoulders
and her hips will strike straight line drawn
up and down. He waist will taper gradually
to size on line drawn from the outer third
of the collar bone to the hips.
Her bust will measure from % to 80 inches.
her hips will measure from to 10 inches
more than this, and her waist will call for
belt from % to % inches.
The upper arm of the perfectly formed
woman will end at the waist line, So that she
can rest her elbow on table while standing
erect, and her forearm shall extend to point
permitting the fingers to mark point just
below the middle of the thigh Her neck and
thigh should be of the same circumference.
The calf of her leg and upper arm should
measure about the same.
Her legs should be about as long as a line
drawn from her chin to her finger tips, or
about one-hals her height. She should meas
ure from her waist to her feet about a foot
more than from her waist to the crown of
her head
Her neck should be from twelve to four
teen inches around, her head erect and on
line with the central plane of the body, and
her foot should be of a size and shape to con
form with her hands.
The well proportional woman wears a shoe
one-half the size of the glove that her hand
calls for. Thus, if woman wears six
glove she should wear three shoe.-Roches
ter Union. &.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
Practical JOHNNY.

1t was last day. at school. The commit
tee had come TO the exhibition. There were
several rows of parents and relations, and
everything was going on admirably. The
opening recitatiOns were given in front of a
curtain which excited lively interest At last
1t was drawn A high fence had been CON
structed in some way with boards. In the
middle was a closed gate. The chief member
of the committee stepped forward to make
an address on Good conduct"
He told the children of the beauty and the
necessity of right behavior, and he added that
it lay with each of them to find the open gate
to good conduct. AS he said this the closed
gate upon the platform swung slowly open.
showing u large screen, on which was in
scribed in large letters:
do RIGHT" This, dear children. " said
the speaker, with an impressive gesture to.
ward the opened gate, this is the simple rule
for good conduct, under all circumstances
and at all times. And now, how can we all
understand this allegory, and know how the
gate is openedr
Up shot the hand of a small boy in the
front seat. He waved it eagerly, and almost
snapped his fingers in his desire to reply.
well, Johnny
There's string round behind wot teacher
pulls, and that jerks it right open. see it
at recess" said Johnny, the PRACTICAL
Youths Companion
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
Restricting Hindoo Women.

The Hindoo women travel as lightly as the
men, but the two sexes are never put into the
same cars. There are closed cars on all of
the trains for high caste Hindoo women, and
these have windows of blue glass in the first
and second classes, which permit the women
to look out, but which prevent the men from
looking in These women come to the depot
in closed chairs, and as they go to the train
they pull their shawls close about their faces,
though their ankles and calves, covered with
gold and silver bracelets, often show. In
some of the cars the windows of the womens
compartments are SO fixed with shutters that
there can be no looking out, and in the train
which carried ME to Darjeeling there was one
car covered with canvas as thick as that of a
circus tent. This contained Hindoo women,
who as they rode up the Himalaya noun
tains through the finest scenery in the world,
were thus shut in the stuffy darkness Of
this tent like car, and saw no more of the
grandeur of the nature about them than they
would have seen had they been tied up in SO
many leather bags and sent through the
mails Frank G. Carpenter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
Tho Beauty of Lilac Blight,

To begin, let us revert to the lilac bush,
whose whitehead leaves may readily afford
illustration of mycelial webs and threads.
BY September if not sooner the entire foliage
will have taken on its peculiar whitenc4s as if
thickly busted with clnlk or -four. On GER
tain leaves, however, appear suspicious look
ing dark brown speckS or grains, very small,
but plainly visible to the naked eye Relnov-
mg some of these granules to the microscope,
we find the field filled with tiny sculptured
spheres ornamented with profusion of long,
interlocking filaments, starting out like so
many extended radii of each sphere.
A gentle pressure on the cover glass breaks
the sphere and forthwith dozen tiny sacs
appear, each packed with transparent oval
indicated spores, just such spores and quite
sush sacS as appeared in the fruting surface
of the morel, and we are ready with the
botanlst tOcall the granuleS fruit. Who could
have guessed the contents of that sphere? But
look again at those radiating ornamental
Glaments. Trace to its distal end singler raw,
and see the grapnels BY which the fertile
globule we have studied holds fast TO the sur
face Of It's host through storm and food
Notice the elegant curves. the symmetrical
branching fit model for the artist in arabesuue
or filigree What more beautiful or more
efficiently suggestive!-PrOfessor T. H. Nc
Bride in Popular Science Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

Perhaps Clara Barton does not care to have
her name in print or to have her deeds herald.
ed, but it is curious fact that for the last
century those who have come to the front do
ing the gigantic work of relief in disaster and
leading in the ministFatin to the suffering
have been women Miss Nightingale and
Mrs. Dix became immortal names, and Clara
Barton will live as long as American history
continus to be read. She appears always as
if by magic whenever any great disaster oc
ours, and at once organizes relief That is
she has genius for help. She is now presi
dent of a confederation of societies of all civ
ilized lands, called the Red Cross association
for ''relief in war, famine, pestilence and
other national calamities st. Louis Globe.
Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

A lady entered one Of the prominent drug
stores the other day desiring a cure for
cold. The clerk, a man of long experience,
reached into one of the chests for popular
remedy for colds and handed it to the woman,
who went on her way rejoicing. A few min
utes later he opened the chest again, and, to
his horror, found it filled with poison which
had been placed there temporarily owing to
the lack of labels. Tbs police were immedi-
ately notified, but failed to find the lady in
question. Criers were sent out who ran
about the city proclaiming the incident and
telling all who had purchased the popular
remedy to proceed to the station to have it
examined.
Red placards were placed upon the bill
boards. Extras" were thrown about the
city, with sensational headings-"A Life En-
dangered, "a Case of Poison" and the like
until the whole town was excited and the
majority of the inhabitants seemed hunting
the woman with the popular remedy"
The station was overcrowded with people
and invalids of all kinds, who had come to
have their medicines examined. There were
moaning and crashing of teeth, and hysteri-
cal women declaring, despite ruddy cheeks,
that they were at the point of death; others
ready to take farewell of their dear ones: in
all a scene like mild pandcmonium, fright
ening the poor policemen out of their senses.
But though the firm paid over 1000 marks in
advertising, the investigation proved I'm
availng. The unfortunate woman did not
appear Munich Letter
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by San An
tonic river, south and west by center of S
Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND WARD-IS bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center OF
5. Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD WARD-lS bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by W. Commerce street.
FOURTH WARD-IS bounded on the north
by city limits south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH WARD Is bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river. east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by W.
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by E. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits
SEVENTH WARD-In bounded on the
north by i: Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
by h. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
MO river, east by center OF Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

French writer observes that painting
floors with any color containing white lead
is injurious, as it renders the wood soft and
less capable of wear. Other paints without
white lead, such as ocher, raw lumber or 81
emma, are not injurious, and can be used with
advantage. Varnish made of drying lead
salts is also said to be destructive, and il is
recommended that the borate of manganese
should be used to dispose the varnish to drv,
a recipe for good floor varnish is given as
follows:
Take two pounds of pure white borate Of
manganese, finely powdered, and add it little
by little to saucepan containing ten pounds
of linseed oil, which is to be well stirred and
raised to temperature of 800 dogs. Fair.
Heat 100 pounds of Gnseed oil in boiler till
ebuliition takes place then add to it the first
liquid, increase the heat and allow it to boil
for twenty minutes Then remove from the
IRE and filter the solution through cotton
cloth. The varnish is then ready for use, two
coats OF which may be used, with a final coat
OF shellac, if a fine polish is required
Scientific American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
FRENCH DISHES ARE SIMPLE.
Some Having the Longest Names Are
Made of Homely Ingredients.

Some Having the Longest Names Are
Made of Homely Ingredients.
Numbers of housekeepers are faithful to
the orthodox regime because they are in ia.
vor of plain and simple food as more health
giving and less likely to lead to mischief than
rich and complicated dishes. The mistake
they make is in thinking that, because dish
is new and has fine name. therefore it is not
simple Some of the French dishes that have
names most absurdly long are made of the
simplest and most homely ingredients. There
are English people who hold that it is pity
that French names should be so freely given
in cookery, and there is great deal to be
said for the opinion. At the same time we
have to remember that the French excel all
other nations in cookery, and they excel the
English far and away.
Very often, too, it has happened that the
French have given title to a dish to honor
the memory of some person who made for
tunate discovery concerning it. Thus Be-
chanel sauce, to quote familiar example,
though simply superior white sauce, was
named after Louis Bechamel who invented
it; and outlets a la Maintenon, which are
outlets cooked in 80 envelope of buttered
paper, were thus named because Nine de
Maintenon found out that meat was made
more succulent by being wrapped in oiled
paper while it was being cooked.
Why should English speaking housekeepers
lose the advantage Of a discovery Of this kind
merely because the author thereof was
French9 Housekeepers would, indeed, show
their wisdom by trying a new dish once a
we6k-no matter what its name is They do
not want for recipes, because recipes abound
in these days They know very well, how
ever, that those recipes only are of value to
themselves which they have made their own
by trying and proving. Let them add con-
tinually to the number thus proved, and
they will insure variety in the daily fare
More than this they will lessen the drudgery
of cookery and elevate it into an art
We housekeepers are in error when we say
that servants will not take trouble in cookery
AS rule, they are glad to make experiments,
and they like to add to their knowledge as
much as wedo. When there is never thought
of change they grow weary of the monoto-
nous round las which of us would notO, but
they like the excitement of something new.
One way of making a good servant settle"
in her situation is to give her the opportunity
Of learning new ways.-New York Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

The queen Of COrea is no igurehead. She
belongs to one Of the greatest families of the
country, and it is an open secret that she has
at times her voice in councils of the king She
has an establishment Of her own inside the
palace grounds, aud the king. the crown
prince and the queen have each their sonar
ate household. The queen dresses. of course
IN the Corean costume She wears fine silks
ana has beautiful diamonds She carries q
chatelaine watch which is diamond studded
and sho smokes American cigarettes by the
thousand Detroit Free Press