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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

possessor or a nina he must nave II
with him when il is wanted. A
thoughtful and studious young cap
tain of Il holiday militia company was
drilling his command on the levee.
Marching toward the river and too
near lac gave the word ''about"-and
then forgetting what he was himself
about. forgot To say face" The com
pany kept on marching TO the water,
and the first four fell in the river be.
fore getting the complete command TO
change direction. Upon that the bal
ance of the troop mutinicd and dis
carded the tactics of the absent minded
drillmaster.
The man with habitual presence Of
mind is most apt TO do and say the
right thing at the right time. The alb.
sent minded man cannot trust himself
and never knows what important thing
he may forget TO do. The memory OF
a nan has much TO do with his mind.
\ good working memory is OF immense
value. The memory is the minds
store house.
1t may be said of a man, in a gen
eral way, 'Oh, he has read everything,
seen everything and knows every
thing" If he knows how TO use the
lumber in the memory storehouse OF
his mind he is well equipped for an
argument orr story. If he cannot get
at what he knows. and cannot S il
at the proper moment, he is mentally
lame. Absent mindedness is an in.
trinity, and the absent minded man is
to be pitied, and not laughed at.--New
Orleans Picayune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

About a year ago some wag pol.
ished off a nickel till it only resem-
tSed the coin Of the realm in size and
color. After it had dropped into the
bottom of the bobtail car box, the
driver eyed il suspiciously, and evil
IDENTIFY thinking the other side of the
coin might be all right, he gave the
decisive pull and let it pass. From
that time TO this the company has
been endeayoring TO get that nickel
back on the rascally public. But,
strange 10 say, every man who tears
open the little envelope containing
it and its companion piece always
chucks the smooth nickel back into
the box. OF course no driver can
nov complain, because the coin al.
ways comes out of the company's
package. During its first year of SER
vice it has taken about twenty-one
hundred and ninety trips, and as il
is getting thinner and smoother all
the time, there is now no hope of its
ever escaping street a service, ex-
cept through the romantic charity of
some kind deliyerer, or through the
final dissolution of the company cor
poration. Baltimore American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
A DROP OF WATERS STORY
No Otber Travellers Journeys Can Com
mare with Those Made BY IL.

No otber Travellers Journeys Can Com
pare with Those Made by IL.
1T has been more than two hun.
dred years since | passed along here
the first time" was the astonishing
statement of a stranger who had been
padding down White river, aIIf who
stopped in the shade of the old GOV.
cred bridge at w Washington street.
There were no bridges owe the
stream then and no reporters here TO
interview me. In fact, there is little
here 10 remind me of my first trip
This stream has drawn into its bed like
a turtle into its shell since my early
days. 1t used TO swell out through all
these lowlands. There was no bottom
TO the water and you couldn't see
across il when | was a boy"
Are you sure this is the same
streamG"
There can't be any mistake about
il. | never err in these matters. The
courses Of streams do not change even
if they shrink from rivers To brooks.
| spent several days in this latitude be-
fore, and for a whole week was laid up
against a big hill which stood out OF
the water north of here NOW Crown
HilD."
How often do you make these
toursf'
'Irregularly. | am always on the
go, but | can't control my course en-
tlrely. | belong 10 Q rowing, restless,
~irrepressible and almost indestructible
race. One year | am in Australia.
Another | am up on the Andes our
tains. Now | am up on Hudson bay;
anon in Yucatan. My periods of rest
are few, yet ! never tire. Sometimes
| am cut off from many Of my tribe,
but If ! can't reach them one way do
another. Ny favorite routes r down
the courses Of rivers. | never travel
over land, and if | lose my way or get
off into a pond or slough that has no
connection with living waters, | bide
my time with the frogs and snake
feeders"
"You mean that you stay with them
until a freshet comes, which enables
you to sail out into the Waterways"
mo. Sometimes that is the case,
but if | get tired Of waiting, and be.
come weary Of my companions, |
shake the mud off my feet, put away
terrestrial shape and form, fade into
the invisible, and, rising high in the
air, seek friends and congenial climes."
Who are you, that you do these
thingsf'
II am a drop Of water. Now you
can understand why | am OIL without
being gray; how it is tk.t travel
constantly stream or air, range over
the wide creation, and, sometimes by
chance, as fluid or vapor, make second
and even third trips 10 the same place.
But | must be away. | am billed TO
play a part in a cloudburst in Cuba on
the llth Of this month
And the shining drop RAJ along q
drowsy fshcrmau's line and dropped
off on 10 a black bass back, and was
lost among Il million fellow travellers.
Indianapolis News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
How an omeer Proved His Courage.

In l777, during the Revolutionary
war, an officer in Virginia having UNI
Intentionally offended another, re-
ceived a challenge to fight a duel. He
returned for answe that he would
not fight for three reasons First, not
having committed any fault, he
would not expose his life to crafty
the caprice OF an impetuous man;
second, that he he'd a wife and chill.
dren who were der TO him, and he
would not do them such an injustice
as to run the chance of ~plunging them
into misery, and, third, that as his
life was devoted TO the service of his
king and country, il would be a VIC
lation of both moral and civil duty to
risk it in a private quarrel.
In consequence of his refusal his
antagonist posted him as a coward,
and he had the modification of seeing
himself Stunned by all his brother
officers. Knowing he had not merited
such disgrace, ne resolved to put an
end TO ii, and, having furnished him
self with a large grenade, he went
to the mess, room where the officers
were assembled.
On his entrance they looked on him
with disdain, and che Of them said:
"We don't associate with towards"
Gentlemen. replied he, Il am no
more a coward than any one of you,
though ! am not such a fool as 10 for
get my duty to my country and fam.
lily. As Ia real danger. we shall soon
see who fears it the least" So saying
he lighted the fuse OF the grenade
and threw it among them; then, cross
ing his arms. calmly awaited the ex-
plosion. The affrighted officers arose
and rushed toward the door in the
greatest confusion. The moment the
room was cleared the hero threw him
self aat on the floor and the grenade
exploded. SCATTERING the walls and the
ceiling, but doing him no harm. AT.
ter the explosion the fugiuves ven
tured into the room, expecting 10 see
the officer torn to pieces. but were
welcomed instead with a hearty laugh.
From that moment they ceased to
shun him. Philadelphia Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
N~eapolitan Begars.

Speaking Of beggars, the late Ed.
ward Everett, in his charming lecture
on Charity" affirms that mendicity
In Europe is a trade-almost a pro-
fession. II is carried on by organized
fraternities; it is taught in regular
schools, and strange as the PROPOSE.
ton sounds, il yields a handsome in
come.
MI. Everett quotes on Amer.
can novelist, Cooper, as telling ali
amusing anecdote of a battalion Of
beggars, near 100 strong, which he
recruited at Sorrento, in the kingdom
of Naples, during q few weeks soiourn
at hat delightful spot. The operation
began by his giving a grano, q cop
per coin worth about a cent, TO
a beggar who daily seated him.
self at the gate Of Mr.. Cooper's
villa. In a few days, one or two
additional pensioners made their
appearance and received their expect
edgrano. As the fame of the bcneii.
cent American siguore went abroad
the numbers increased till all the
mendicants in Sorrento assembled
daily al his door 20 receive each his
grano The rumor of such uneXam.
pied muniicenco could not be coniin'
ed within the city walls. New candi'
dates for the pittance locked in from
the neighborhood To prevent jOst-
ling their b~enelactor had them drawn
up In line for the reception Of the &C
customed largcss, and on the day Of
his departure from Sorrento they pa.
aded in this way 10 the number of
ninety-siX, az tattered a corps, prob
ably, MS has been mustered in Christ
endom since the days Of FalsAnFs reg.
iment; for of all beggars tue Neapolr.
tan are known for their t~rluscoudent,
not 10 say transparent, ~ragrcdness,
There is no part OF the Christian world
where the art Of begging IL carried
TO greater perfection than in the two
Siciiiea Al sorts Of grievous hurts
and shocking diseases are siiillfully
counterfeitcd A real d~ciornlty o.
mutIlation is a revenue ans an m
durable disease an income for life.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
Tain:lrinds.

The tamarind tree is native in Africa
and India. II grows TO a height Of
sixty feet or more, and is of handsome
form. with dense foliage. Its whits
blossoms turn yellow SOC after open
ing. The fruit pod is three to six
inches long with q hard, brittle shell.
Inside this is the pulp, surrounding
the seeds. The pulp is firm, juicy and
acid and contains many woody iibers
running from the stem. The fruit,
Invested of the shell, is packed in
casks and boiling hot sirup poured
over it. Sometimes it is packed in the
she'll in jars, with alternate layers of
sugar. Tamarinds are used in tropical
countries TO prepare a refreshing drink.
1t has a laxative and cooling effect.
The wood is useful as timber. Good
Housekeeping.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
Truth and FISH,

'Im getting mighty tired of all this
talk Of our young cub fisherman about
their 'lies. their reels and other tom.
foolery.' Grandfather Lictshinglo
was tie speaker, aud as hc seated him.
self near the reporters desk there was
a look on his ancient yislge Of ex-
treme contempt and disgust. They
think they arc lnyin' us old people
out cold when they talk about their
scientific ~gimcracks, but ! tel you
whom | was a boy, along in 100, l
had fishing tackle that none VI these
young dudes OF today could compro-
bend, let alone use. My tackle was
an invention Of my own, and had
your grandfather been disposed 10
push il | would o be 50 rich that
the people on earth would be celebra-
ting my centennial instead of George
Washington's. who never invented
nothing,
my tackle vas automatic in all its
parts. All you had TO do wa TO take
Il OFT on the bank OF a cock g'd set
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

Children Cry for Pitchers casfofla
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

Il. Then you could go of and play
with Pigs in the Clover, or daily
with the bait bottle and when you
went back To the fish machine there
she was, and there were your fish. /
called my device the 'Piscatoral Pull
vcrizcr and Promoter of the Evcrlast.
ing Truth with Regard 10 Fish
THAT machine would not only
eaten It's own grlsshoppcr for ban,
but it would drop "a nickel in the slot,
weigh lis own fish. makca record of the
weight scale the fish dress, EN-, salt
EN-, and by setting u little extra du.
funny would either cook the fish with
fuel oil, send en- TO market or send
EN- home. To lie about any fish
business with this machine was out of
the question, and for that reason I'm
sorry it isn't in general use uow."-Oil
City Derrick.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
Paine's
Celery Compound

. prescribed by physicians, recommended b,
druggists, endorsed 10y ministers, praised D.,
users, and guaranteed by the manufacturers
as a spring medicine which Will do ali thut z
claimed for Il. Use 1t this sprinS, and see boa
quickly II tones you up.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

A boys pocket has many uses. At
q pinch, il has been found TO answer
very well in place of a calendar.
"Cryus," said a woman TO her hus-
band at bedtime, "what day is thisl"
"Wednesday" answers Cyrus.
The wife holds up a small pair Of
trousers at arms length. I'm afraid
Johnnie isn't well. At this time in
the week he generally has a pound or
two more Of marbles in his pocket
thsn Le has o-night." Troy Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04

Stella denderlyj-Is it not delicious
to be here alone beneath the lovely
old treesl By the way, Mr.. Tymiddc,
what is your favorite treei
Mr.. Tyundde desperately oh. |
admire vastly the oak. the maple and
the ash. But | dearly love yew.
Stella falling into his arms My
owni-Pittsburg Bulletin
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
A Successful Struggle.

Charley stayed pretty late last
night, didn't he, Lilf" asked Sister
Kate the next morning.
yes" said Lii, sleepily, I'VE We're
trying the pigs in clover puzzle till
nearly IL o'clock"
"And did you get the pigs in the
pen, Liz" asked Kate eagerly.
"No, we didn't; but / got my finger
in this solitaire diamond ring. Som
erville Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-04
ABSENT MlNDEDNES IS.


The Fellow Who Forgets Is As Unreii.
able A. lie Who Knows Nothing.
The man who does not have his
mind with him when il is Nest wanted
is not much better equipped than the
man who has no mind At times the
absent minded man is as unfortunate
as a crippled man or a fool A man
runs away from a bear because he has
no gun. Another man may run away
from a bear because he is forgetting he
has his gun with him, loaded and
ready 10 shoot. The fool would prob
ably stay with the bear and be Rugged
10 death. Years ago, when chestnuts
we're new and boiled, il was related
that a mother put her child in a pot OF
boiling water with vegetables and care
fully took up a leg Of mutton in her
arms 20 nurse. The incident IS prob
ably IS untruthful as n campaign lie;
but 1t goes 10 show a certain mechani
cal presence Of muscle and an almost
entire absence Of mind.
The poor spring poet spoke a posi-
tive truth when he said he could write
like Shakespeare il he had a mind 10.
What he said was notal brag. To be
useful a nan must not only be the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28


Judge James Savage, one of the
government directors of the Union
Pacific, when questioned concerning
the future plans of the stockholders
of the Union Pacific system, said: II
am in favor of the Ames policy. The
Union Pacific should keep up its feed
ers, its construction of branches, and
extension of service. 1t would not be
a very wise policy todivert the money
from these purposes and allow COM
petitive lines to build into its own
territory. This would not only be a
serious mistake. but would evidently
work financial injury to the road"
The prevailing opinion is that the
consolidation of the branches and
proprietary lines and the competition
of all warranted extensions would
give the Union Pacific stronger and
more inviting basis to work on, finan-
cially, and will give the capitalists
more faith and better security where
loans are negotiated and the property
of the company used as collateral.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
TO THE EDITORS OF KANSAS.

The need of closer fellowship be-
tween the editors of Kansas has nee
essitated the holding of editorial asso-
cations. For some time nothing has
been in that line. Now, if the boys
want to hold meeting and are viii
ling to select Salina for the place tohold
it, the editors of this place will extend
to them all imaginable courtesies and
see that they are entertained free of
any expense whatever. 1t is a very
easy thing to secure a railroad pass
for your wife or SISTER," and it will
cost you nothing during the entire
trip. What do you say of holding a
meeting in Salina?-Salina Republi-
can.
We move that the motion be Sec
onded. During our residence in Kan
sas we have been derelict in attending
editorial conventions on account of
press of business. Even when one
was called to meet at Russell we were
unable to attend; but if convention
is called at Salina, will try and be
thar Russell Record.
Here too.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
TURNER TRUE TO Ms DssTa.cT.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-[Special.
Henry Booth and j. W. Rush
Of lazned, E. L, Chapman, Of Great
Bend, and J. B. McGonigal Of Colby,
were new arrivals who reported at
Senator Plumb's committee room this
morning, to meet score of other
Kansans who make their headquarters
there. Mr.. McGonigal wants the
Oberlin Land Office, and Congressman
Turner says that he shall have it as
soon As the general land Office gets .
commissioner and the turning out
process commences. Turner says: II
intend to remain in Washington until
the claims of my district are attended
to, If it takes all summer" And Tur-
ner is stayer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
Free Trade Between the states

1t is remarkable that exhaustive as ha,
been the presentation by advocates OF
the British system of fiscal economy n
an abstraction, little if any reference has
been made as to the concrete realization
of absolute free trade in the best sense OF
the term. as nurtured and sustained in
this republic among thirty states
and eight territories, soon to be fOrty-twO
states and five territories, inhabited by
over sixty five millions of people, diverse
in origin and blessed with almost every
variety of soil and climate.
An entire stranger to the sophistries of
the day, perceiving this entirely unre-
stricted intercourse and commerce be-
tween so many states and so many mil
lions of people, by far the most enter
prising, intelligent, aggressive. product
i've and consumptive of any other on the
planet with not custom house between
them and hardly a regular soldier ON their
soil, would be very apt to exclaim, why
so much clamOr for free trade? Is it not
here. and has it not been here for a CEN
fury. and have not the nation, the states
and the people prOspered under it beyond
the dreams of the widest enthusiasts of
the past!''
The answer to that can only be that
such free trade exists and can only exist
between equals in aspirations and condi-
tiOns. For every American citizen,
whether descended from the cavaliers of
Virginia. the pilgrims of Plymouth Rock.
or the more recent exiles of old-wOrld
tyranny. knows and feels that he is q
joint heir to the most glorious earthly
political inheritance ever yet bestowed
on mOrtalS: that not only are his rights
to foothOld on the soil recognized here
as nowhere else on this planet, but that
his right to labor and to the products of
his labor are more fully recognized here
than elsewhere and with those rights
and privileges come the duties of sur
rounding himself and family with the
comfortable conditions and educational
facilities which are the indispensable re-
quisites for self respect and good citizen
ship.
That means good pay for his labor and
ample leisure for recreation and for cul-
ture. He shrinks from no competition
with his fellow man of similar needs and
aspirations. but he does most energetical-
ly demand protection against the grovel-
ing and ill paid labor of Europe. Asia,
and Africa. which asks only for to-day's
shelter and for tO-day's labor.
That is why the American citizen de-
mands and gets both protection to home
labor as against foreigners and freedom
of home trade with his fellow citizens
Irish World
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
a GREAT BARGAIN.

We offer the Thomas County ca
and the Philadelphia Weekly Press
"one year for s1.75 in advance, to al
subscribers old or new.
The Press is large, firstclass re
publican journal, second to none in
the United States, giving in detail all
the general and political news OF the
day.
The Thomas County CAT viii give
the news of the town. county and
.neighborhood as fully as possible.
With both these papers no reader need
be ignorant of passing events. They
ought to be in the hands of every fam
lily in Thomas county.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
THE LATE JUSTICE MATTHEWS

The death at Washington on March
gid of Associate Justice Stanley Mat
thews, removes from the supreme
bench man of conspicuous ability,
and justice of conscientious regard
for the oath of the high Office which
he has held. 1t is. not certain that he
achieved on the bench the full meas
ure of reputation that he might have
had in the more active duties of legis-
lation, but he has been more labor
ious and careful justice than many of
those who knew him intimately ex-
pected that he would be. There has
never been question of his integrity,
and his fatal illness was largely the
result of his over close application to
his judicial duties. His influence with
his associates was very great, and
taken all in all he has been one of the
very strongest men on the supreme
bench during the entire period Of his
service, which dates from 1881.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
The state board of railway assessor.

The state board of railway assessor.
composed of Lieutenant Governor A.
j. Felt, State Auditor Timothy Nc
Carthy, State Treasurer J, W. Hamil-
ton, Secretary of State William Hig-
gins, and Attorney General l.. B. kel-
logg. left Topeka Monday. March %.
on their first assessing tour over the
Santa Fe and its branches. This will
occupy about ten days, and then the
toard will make similar trip over
the Rock Island and its branches.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28
push.

If there was more push in the world
there would he fewer hungry, half
clothed. homeless, suffering children
fewer broken-tlown, dissipated mer
and women! less need of alms-houses
houses of correction, and homes fol-
the friendless.
Push means a lift for neighbor in
tronble. Push means lift for your
self out of the slough Of desponden
cy and shiftlessLess, out of trouble
real and fancied. Push never hurts
anybody. The harder the push the
better, if it is given in the right direc.
ton. Always push uphill. Few
people need push down-hill. Don't
be afraid of your muscles and sinews;
they were given you to use. Don't
be afraid Of your hands; they were
meant for service. Don't be afraid
of what you companion may say.
Don't be afraid of your conscience; il
viii never reproach you for a good
deed-but push with all yeur heart
might and soul, whenever you see
anything or anybody that will be bet
ter for good. long, strong, deter.
mined push.
Push! 1t is just the word for the
grand clear morning of life; it is just
the word for strong arms and young
hearts; it is just the word for a world
that is full of work as this is. If any.
body is in trouble and you see it don't
stand back, push!
Ii there is anything good being
done many place where you happen
to be, push!-Press and TYNE News.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-28

Again we urge upon our citizens
boeh of county and CITY, the necessity
Of organizing = county fair assoc'a
tson-do not put the matter of until
summer 1t takes . great deal OF
time to work up such scheme in
proper shape. Last fall Thomas coan'
ty had no fsir-two years ago she had
very creditable exposition with much
poorer crops. With our prospects OF
a good season in 1889, steps should
be taken to have a county fair by all
means. Farmers. stOckmen, mer-
chants. ladies, get together, organize,
and let Thomas cou nty and her pro
auctions become this year known far
and wide by grand display OF her
productions of all kinds.