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Felt raabet. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1887-1889, 1889-02-15
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benz. gerpaa ipue ban os iuo ct Tibet Ss Narbeoen, buor aaerene ct atoals
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sloos RIB Sin. Waoparerue bleu fruereoe pa 9rRtaQerener, % iultne iom
81 pr, 1naste bet os uomeret 30 8i9er particle ps up uuoer Waalhoet. Sc
bar febte pa Iamme: Mfaaoe lnm ben, 3. fprt bapoe meot. Seq erfareoe ioen,
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bauoe Ell.
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too for Dor Ssrer, os leoiaseoe % beutl 9rappen. Ser beunorebe ri fsf to prog
toe Nearmorlpper, lom fob paa ben neors gnoe al be breoe 9Retuert. 9ermeit
all hi uepsn meo Mnbast oao 9rappen. slo lmibposaas, Der ialminoelsbeo
ousoa bet Tor en- sGresias life at ue nopt 9esn pa Jorbauielf, uar uaen uoe
of Tia eu % Ipurst, om "Broeu bar bpaset at Menneier euer al Dieule," ben
enede aQaane buurpaa ban behpbebe til ouernaturise 8eieuer.
Nlphonle berlmob tos bet mest rplst. Oct forarteoe Nrbdoe guoroe BEL
lere e ueptrptenbe Snotrpt pa ben lafnbise lille 6rantmano. "Mest flor.
ortet" ,oape ban, men iprgds, pc9t i~OrseGs"
aao 9oppen af 9rappen uar Der en- bro 4labs meo tire Subsanse, ale imaa
ge to til sioerue fme til 9opeosaoerne 8pen, ben mioterie nb leue Golaos
,t Serheu ferte Dor 2epNager os. Wuren, buorispnnem ri maahe sa, bar
ia 5ep ct tort aumiuerf, bpsset af masfue @ranhbloffe til en- 6pbe az 40 SOB
% en- fonmp 5orm.
gsren par lufRt, meu ba vi nRrmebe Ds, bRp ben ilaaet op % cit Sflos
poat mpote %, bepebnet meb ct tunst refantt @ppo os ct 5pero. Dete speru
por of famine sort Ipn bet Sr. aioden5e bapee pf os.
Wor sprer eu ct soss 2seu, ion @tlouasen beiuarebe aeo at fpe I'll
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Felt raabet. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1887-1889, 1889-02-15

ZIAEHH
Strnbebolte er en- Hlase. for mango
Wfpore os oa BELT | Bintermaaneoerne,
efterIom bet oa er me1t alminoeli9t.
Wfen ben fan ~mnbSdaes, bpis ben be-
banotss ristis aIereoe naar be fsrite
Dtarfer uiier Jig. Sesbeo er bet fbr@
ie &ienoetesn % oenne paaigl9es umib,
oelbart al Ell %mRrfuarois srop 5ofte.
Deripm nlar, ta9er uu9le 9oier al Gbam=
berlaius Cough @tnneop = unosaaes
anfaloet. Ser er inseu 5are forbunoei
nleo bette Wiooel, efterlum bet lite III
oeboloer ifaoelise Beltanooele. 5aae,
Dos ale Npptbetere
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81 ~nnbefafer bisie ilbre til 9eieren. gsepu bette
Slab llaar Se rrbrer.
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DR.. Nelson
226 Wai9tn9ton Mpe. e.,
Cor. 30 Wpe., WinneatoltS, Mtnn..


Sar ofret 20 aar til Soipital os ipeclei
aontorpraris. Toriifrer uaria Seilbreoelie
uoen @ift eler &pifiplp for ~froniife ener
olooforsliteoe spsoomnre i Salien, Neien,
0uoen pg 8lGren. @rus / 8lRren, Gam
nentrefnins, tureres uoen Snnerte eler
5tIertns. 9eftise eler froniife 1renipg.
oomme fureres fra 3 til s Sage nleo uopen~
otse H%esemtoler. Sfere for Spite, baarlis
,Soroptelie, 5retbeb, NerupIitet og fpiiit or
1antlf Spa9beo, buroe beipge eler ifripe mig
I'll, oa De pfte er bebanoleoe for 2unget9riu9
~Spspepiia % 9euerlp9Dom al uerfarne
WGno, Ipm mtstaser Narlasen at Snoet, %
l%aaleoes man9foloi9sjgr Sp9oomnen. Ger
lftlte g9relie for Samer. Sngen ifloelise
Weoiciner bruses. &ontprtio 9-12 5prm.
"a pg 7-S @fterm. SBnsas "a gfterm.
FOR Sitter. 8os % Spprssmaalsliite ienb
IS Gents / Yense eler Srimerfer
Felt raabet. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1887-1889, 1889-02-15

Dette ct ct ithr ipt1 siensfe jerses for $500. Ieen
I be mite 60 Dag: astss ii at ielse bent for s. .9s %
ntns. Slip bette ub % fenb p$ rs Gents / grirnar e.,
ioul Siiierbeb fpr,. at Sc mcner bet ~oprtgtisf, FAINT fpr
at fire % r1oo Sab at Snbpatnin9s @l1Ssiiter pg ErapSz
port, faa TAI ri ieuse Dem rbret c. o. D. n,eo InleSs
ming til at ~uuoeri5se bet. Derious Sc fiuSer bet til,
fre6sifl1erSe pg, ~faalebes foul eoerte- ct, Tan De betale
Rstea s.. 73 p9 bsbolSe ll6ret, beis lite, faa betaIer. De
ubr / spbet al 60 Dase ffal tt ienbe Dem ct gratis.
Oette er ct tlnporteret, t%upslbelat, expansion bal.
ance, quick train movement, fpmpIet nteo cit 4 Infer
Due!xcr SiIperile, aaben 1aIIiss $asie os i~priirst /
ale Sele. 81 tieI1er intet paa bette llbr.. Senjigten Ct
ian at p%parbeioe .afietniug paa bort uhpre Eager al
Cub % 9~ulSfplote HIRE. 8atalps ienbeS traits. Senb
IND 9ereg Srsre fray. Dette advertisement fpn1mer
r1aaife albrig ienere ! glaoet. The R. W. Sears
Watch Co.. 81, So & s. Deartprn Street, Chicago,
Sa., Geferentier: Spil'etiombe 4 ganneIt SanoeIss
lns ! gbteaso eleG Sort Dearborn geattp1al gdnf.
81 %nnbefaIer bisie i1pre til seieren. gteSn bette
Slab mar Se rrbrer.
Felt raabet. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1887-1889, 1889-02-15
Or. Briinley,
0auDerburgb 8loR, 6enueptn Avenue,
Corner GourtJ STREET,
Minneapolis, Mimi

Iva 4Nk4AAA4
Sreen,lts egan'incret % IppliJ fparifiieret. Sar
l1aSe b~ehaneiet fronilte, nerpr'e % pub Sp9epnnle.
gn oen.tabel,9 SantLe foiter intct. SplS mai er buns
bret ira at fprlrle til VpeH Ter Sthanbting, pl Oiebieis
ntr blipe ienbt meb rot elier Grpre's, faaiebsS inbs
ra.iei, Al DC itfe ~orba9es. garanterer at belbrere ale
helbreoeiiae Gllfploer. 0eriunl Spgpomnel er iplpl-
tom At furere, 0ll vi irrtTlle / i9 ben 9er,cm bu Ne
tan touliie, beifrto sa SpsoonImeu 9iernem Yrep.
Nerues 81 eitclie, SS ssssI,a s @,Sa !
GAY al Gnerai % fqiiif Strait. iloln 'ornnsSr al llioif
Iaa or y~Ietreiitst, @~oafte'ie, 2 pns' ~petielie, MisHlis
I'll a2 le!e,' inos aafCmns is; fi,aer sait9tt. g,rss
l~aIoenheo, 2psperiia, %ftaileiet ~llbpi'iinl. Enb al Graft,
Glierfer 5Ip3aeh Q ~ beballeles meo utieret Selb, ilis
fert, priuat % ba,tis
NaeiIaaS Blob: 81 Subibaoomme,
lem ansriber &ssemet,, Gsssns SalSen. Gmos.
Satesr. ia.srieI'Ss sphosasiSss Fra "i Ss S /
~f6EttjeiSt 1vunb pi, for oltin blioe orebne uc af Gu
TENET pso firlp at fire % lpnse preceee giioter.
Slne, Rooiteoe tenlnier % 8hsnmatislne, iort tou!mer
al Sioefor8litniua turere5 bsilerlt.
MDfes % llrin=S naonmale, ft as,s t.
sanffsgig ensr Jog aDppiet staSb Of tt,tn.n
g, ass sna onrafne. 2eeofdste % poaoraau
e~sabsHras pos teass &ian benanoiss ,.e
Set er i~nblpienbe, at Ell eage, ipm nbeln 'fenbe be-
baIloler en- Sprt Spgeomnte, MA pplaa flor Dpgtiaz
hso. aae ijenDte Mlpler 10 ipges ps preueee au5e
WihIer Al als eanbs % ziosa srs brasss. 81 erpesi.
81, rhsOiat saar borttases for attn.
.6rtt!-VamphIetter % Sort me6 Sp~grasmaaI ienbes
init til enhuer Noresie. al Raaoferins, euten aiernem
grep etlsr oerionl!g. bnises albefes bemmeltg % bcras
Dr.. BRINLEY, Minneapolis, MINI.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
MY MARY.


How WI It be in q hundred years?
My Mary.
We shall have passed through the vale of tears
Bottomed its hopes and conquered its fears.
My Mary.
Shall love be colder in that fair land!
My Mary.
Shall stand apart in some bright band,
And feel no more the touch Of your hand!
Ny Mary.
Shall We have forgot the kisses sweet!
My Mary.
Keeping time with each fond bosom's beat
Making an Eden Of our retreat!
My Mary.
see your dear lips parting to speak.
My Mary.
Loving words are the solace seek
Say them again, lest my faith grows weak,
Ny Mary.
"Love knoweth no ending" is that true!
My Mary.
joy TO know it is ever new
Bliss would hardly be bliss without you,
My Mary.
"Love's fountain is there" hear you say,
My Mary.
And Nearer the fountain, nearer the day."
Glorious words to cheer by the way,
My Mary.
I see it all now. for ever more.
My Mary,
We shall be one and our love shall soar
High as the throne on that nightless shore.
My Mary.
William Lyle. in Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
One Way to Preserve Cider.

A farmer who resides near Middle
town, Orange County. has . unique
way of preserving cider. He made Q
lot of cider last fall and put ono barrel
Of it near his house, In an exposed
place, so that it would readily ferment-
After some time he had q curiosity to
examine the barrel. and, in doing %.
found that large part Of its contents
had disappeared He concluded that
some one had been stealing his cider.
He hit upon q plan to do ntsle detect
i've work. He bought Of druggist
some sickening compound that would
be very discomposing to the human
without being poisonous. and
put Il into the cider. A few days after.
ward the wife Of . hired man Of his,
who lived near by in tenement house,
came to thu larmer's house and 10
ported that her husband had been sud-
denly taken sick at the stomach from
some cause that she could not guess.
Tho farmer asked her what he ha6
been eating or drinking. Tho woman
replied he had drank nothing unusual
sxcept some cider that he had bought
The farmer smiled grimly over the
lact that his BIT q DIGESTIVE work had
beea succsssful -A6eey Asgsa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
MADE HIM INDIGNANT.

Why an Arkansas Farmer Dis0wns His
Pretty Daughter.
An old fellow stood leaning on a
gate. A young woman cautiously ap'
preached.
"May come in?" she asked.
"No, you kain't!' he exclaimed.
"Ain't you never goin' ter let me
Gomez"
Never
please"
Go on away now. Clear out"
The woman went away, and the
man who overheard the conversation
went up to the old fellow and asked him
why he had driven the woman away.
"'Cause she's my daughter an
didn't marry ter suit me, :" he answered.
Didn't she do well?"
"No; she flung herself away. when
she mout er hit the nail squar' on the
head
Don't you think that her husband
will make a livinga"
He mout do that, but livin' amt
the thing. The fe Her has got land an
hogs an bosses, but the TELLER that I
wanted her to marry has got three O.
the best fox-hounds in the country"
"Yes, but has he got any thing
else?"
ANY thing else! Why, blast yo'
ignuut hide, what do you mean? Look
here, you'd better 60 on, now. fur I
don't believe it's a good idee to have
you loafin' erbout the neighborhood
Any thing else! Go on erway. now.
or I'll set the dogs on you!"-ArkaS-
sau Traveller.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


House plants will not thrive whom
kept in draught
Tho chestnut tree win grow On
nearly al coils. especially IL the sol h
drained. The locust thrives on thin,
or heavy soils. and makes durable
posts The elm Is one Of the best for
roadsides. but it, growth 10 allow.
The night temperature with win
dow as we'll as greenhouse plants
should be ten degrees less than that Of
the day. Give water when needed. but
not otherwise. Keep dust from the
leaves. sponging the smooth leaves
and showering the others.
Sweet Potato Pudding.-Three or
four good-sized boiled swee: potatoes
left over make q nice pudding. as fol-
lows: Mash smoothly and beat up
with two or three eggs. Add milk to
make the quantity desired. and sugar
and seasoning to taste. and bake to .
light brown. Serve hot
When planting shade trees the
hardness Of the trees should be given
preference over rapid growth. 1t is of
no advantage to secure shade tree
early. only to have it die when most
useful. Always select trees Of kind
that have been tried and tested as we'll
as adapted to your climate.
This is how to use up the bits of
cheese which otherwise would be-
wasted: To one-fourth pound of
cheese add teacupful of sweet milk
ard heat until the cheese is melted.
Add little salt, and for not very rich
cheese a teaspoonful of butter. Have
ready three-fourths of tea-saucerful
of rolled crackers. Stir in and let it
just boil up. Serve hot
Coarse meadow hay is worth for
feeding something more than straw.
and will supply the roughness needed
for cattle and sheep If a sufficient guam
tity of richer food is given with it.
Sometimes injury is done by forcing
stock to eat too much of this rough
ness, when by feeding the grain food
more literally less of the coarse fodder
ID WduVous VVI AuottbuCOs II A4VO014
pounds of good hay is proper ration for
COW per day, twenty pounds Of poor
hay will not be proper substitute
along with more grain. but only ten
pounds of it should be given, and it will
be digested.
in Northern climates many so
called hardy plants need protection
through the winter and early spring.
Pansies, especially, should be covered
by placing light timber or blocks Of
wood around the edges of the bed, with
q few strips of boards laid across, thus
forming q foundation on which to rest
hemlock boughs, straw or whatever
covering is used. This provides an air
space Of an inch or two, and prevents
suffocation and consequent decay Of
the plants, often the result Of too close
packing. Plants thus cared for are not
weakened by exposure through the
long winter, and are ready for an early
start in spring. american Agriculture
isk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

Attention given to the study OF
animal lifetime has evoked this for
mula from Flemish folk lore, ''tOwn"
or enclosure being supposed to last
three years: A town lives three years.
Q dog lives three towns, . horse lives
three dogs, . man lives three horses.
an ass lives three men, . Wild goose
lives three asses, q crow lives three
Wild geese, = stag lives three crows. .
raven lives three stays, and the bird
phenix lives three ravenA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
TYPHOID FEVER CURE.

A Lie Saved BY the Application q Salt
Fish to the Patients Feet.
A beautiful young woman, over
whose head had passed but eighteen
summers, and to whom life offered only
the prospect of unending pleasures, she
being surrounded with all the comforts
that loving hearts and willing hands,
supported by adequate means. could
afford. was recently taken i'll with
typhoid fever. The best medical tall
emit that could be obtained was called
in, but without avail, and few even
ings since all was gloom in the hand
soonest residence in Fordham, where
she lay ill. Her physicians had de-
parted at a late hour, saying that be-
fore morning the end would come
An aged aunt from the country. who
was on q visit. happened fortunately
to remember that years ago, when the
yellow fever prevailed in this city, a
physician who had then but recently
come from Ireland had broken the
fever and saved many lives by apply
ing salt fish to the feet of the patients.
This suggestion was seized upon by
the now hopeless parents of the girl,
and salt mackerel, which they hap
pened fortunately to have in the house,
were applied to the fair patients feet
by her anxious relatives during the re-
Of the night. When the doc
tors called the next morning, expecting
to hear of the death Of their patient.
they were astonished to find that tho
fever had considerably abated. To-day
the young woman, who was '.given up
by her medical advisers, 10 GONZALES
cent-M T. Telegram.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

A young man entered Woodward
avenue car one day last week and b.
gan to distribute leaflets to the passen-
gers. His manner was quiet and he
had not the appearance of being .
crank. Each person approached took
the tract 90 gently offered, and at least
made show Of reading it Only one
man rejected the free Offering.
"You had better be at work" he
said. rudely; .'that's my religion"
The tract distributor made no
answer until he was rid of all the
tracts. Then he turned to the
grumbler and held out his two hands
without speaking q word.
They we're horny and calloused with
hard work. His appeal was moro elo-
quent than speech. -Detyoa Free Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

Tho eloquence Of clergyman =
Coldwater, Mich. met with suddes
collapse the other Sunday, when. te
emphasize . point. he brought his ~
down heavily upon the pulpit and hi
upon = needle some one had LETT theeo
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10
DOING ONES DUTY.

mont OF True Man.
Most well-disposed persons think
their time ought to be fairly divided
between duties and pleasures, and
their chief trouble of conscience is as
to the proper proportion of time to be
assigned in the one direction or in the
other. When plain duty presses
them. they are ready to attend to It;
but when they have the privilege Of
enjoying themselves. they want to
leave all thought of duty out of their
minds. Yet as q matter of simple
truth, ones greatest pleasure ought
to be found in duty-d0ing; and ones
pleasure ought never TO be sought, or
ones enjoyment to be found, outside Of
the plain path Of duty. There is.
in fact, no truer enjoyment to q true
man than in the performance of an
unmistakable duty; and there is no
privilege so high a. that of attending
at the moment to that which ought to
be attended to just then. Recreation.
relaxation and diversion may be the
supreme duty of the hour, and when
this is the case they ought to be At
tended to accordingly. And again the
straining of every nerve in the doing
or the enduring for ssme earthly loved
one, or for the One who IL to be loved
above all, ought to be . pleasure be-
cause it is duty. He who does moi
enjoy duty doing does not know how tc
enjoy himself in any way. or how to dc
duty under any circumstancesL-& &
Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

an end to my existence; but my brain
refused to make connection between
my dim. disjointed flights Of thought
It was no longer equal to the concen-
tration Of definite idea Twas now
beyond all active emotions. Once I
fancied I heard the cry Of some ami
NAL or human being near by, but !
was too far gone to pay any attention.
At last all seemed to be over with
me. It was as though the darkness
of night had gradually closed over me
again; a roaring noise in my ears con-
tinued for awhile in the darkness, and
then all was silent had sank into
the unconsciousness of complete ex-
hausti0n.
l remember nothing more until !
came to my senses again in our camp
on the river bank. A couple of days
nursing by Murilla brought me round
so that l could sit up and listen to his
account of my rescue. The cry I
fancied I heard just before sinking in
to Inconsistencies was from MurillA
The effects of the berries had kept him
stupefed until the dawn of the second
day, the close of the night so full of
horrible experiences to me. He had
awakened, weak and burning with
thirst Rising up, he beheld not q
dozen yards away my head and
shoulders protruding from the mouth
of a monster boa, whose scaly body
lay in serpentine lengths among the
debris of decaying forest fungus
Taking it for granted that was
dead, and chilled with terror, he ut
tered the Mortified cry which had
dimly heard, and rushed away to camp.
Being an expert woodman, he had no
difficulty in finding his way. The In
dians had about given us up for lost.
They had searched for us, but had
never happened to visit the right place.
Two were searching when he reached
the camp. Trembling with weakness
and terror, he told the Indians the
fate that had befallen US.
Returning with axes and crocodile
spears the party attacked the boa,
chopping him completely in two just
below tho bulge in his body caused by
my feet and legs, before he could es-
cape. At the first blow of the axe the
monster made spasmodic efforts to dis
gorge in order to attack his assailants.
He tried hard to escape, but the axes
were skillfully applied, and he was
rendered powerless.
The severed head and neck had to
be slit open before could be released.
At first they thought l was dead. but
were soon rejoiced at discovering q
lingering spark of life. Carrying me
to the camp, resuscitative remedies
were applied, and was, as you have
seen, finally brought around.
In a few days my health was re-
stored sufficiently to start on our re-
turn journey down the river, but my
own mother would have failed to rec
ognize me. My hair, which was
dark brown when Murilla and I sat
down to eat our lunch of bareback
aud venison, was now as white as the
scant locks of an old man of ninety
as white as you see it now. My
nervous system had received a shock
that left me victim of Nightmares
and nervous fears and tremors for
years afterward. But naturally iron
constitution finally over-rode the eff
fects of my terrible experience and
left me in possession of my usual ex-
cellent health. - Boston Commercial
bulletin.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

"A coating Of inseed OH. applied 70
the out-buildines. win prove Of bene.
At II colored in some manner, It win
AsaFly equal paint
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

The church on the little island q
Atufa, In the South Seas, includss IN
the adults on the island
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10


able to the nostrils. Darkness came,
and added to the terror of my situa-
ton. My nerves were now badly
shattered, and. in the darkness. my
plight was pitiable in the extreme,
How shall describe the weird hor-
rors of that dreadful night? 1t
seemed an eternity spent amid all
the blackness and the mental tortures
of hell itself.
Morning dawned at last, although
Fl never thought it would come and
find me in possession Of my senses.
Why it didn't find me a raving
maniac, or blubbering idiot, seemed
the strangest thing that had yet hap
pened.
My first thought was to ascertain
whether the gutta-percha-like opening
in my living tomb had gained ON me
during those awful hours of darkness
or not. I was lying all this while
face downward, and. although BY this
time weakened almost to Q state Of
helplessness. / used my left hand to
feel the taut rim Of tho boa-constrict-
or's jaws They were three fun
inches higher up my body than yester
eve. The excitement Of the night
had just passed through had ex-
hausted my emotions. and / remem-
Der that this sinister discovery
awakened in me NO sense Of uneasi.
ness.
tried to form some plan Of putting