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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Grants Pa!atial Chamber.

Now that the Stewart mansion, in
New York, is to be turned over to the
Manhattan Club for club house, it has
come out that there was one sacred
room in the mansion. This room is on
the second floor. It was originally
furnished in 1872 The carpets for the
room We're made in Europe and fitted
like a glove. The furniture was made
in Paris and was of the most extensive
kind
There was crystal chandelier in it
whose prisms shone like diamonds.
Marble statues from Italy and fine
painting were some of the costly adorn-
ments. The original outlay for furnish
ing the room was $4,000 Whom do
You suppose it was so magniticently
fitted up for? None other than Ulysses
S. Grant, then in the last year of his
first time as President of the United
States.
It will be recalled that Gen. Grant
sent A. L. Stewards name to the Senate
for confirmation as Secretary of the
Treasury. It was then discovered that
the Constitution would not permit an
importer to take this place in the Cab
met. But Mr.. Stewart, approaching
the Presidents desire to honor him, be-
came from that moment warmer
friend than ever of Gen. Grant.
This room in his palatial mansion was
furnished expressly for the use of the
President. No matter how crowded the
house might be, no person on earth
except the General was to have the
use of it even for moment. A
latch-key to the mansion and
key to the room were sent to him,
with the directions that whenever he
wanted to come to New York and have
resting spell this room would be at
his disposal.
Gen. Grant, in the eight years that
he was President, occupied it many
more times than anybody except the
Stewards were aware of. Ostensibly he
was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but
when the evening began to wane and
when wearied with the days callers, he
would slip into cab and be driven to
his beautiful hiding-place in the Stew
art mansion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

1t is very common observation that
many very worthy people, more par
ticularly among the rural districts,
have no fixed purpose in life, but spend
their days in kind of passive quies-
cence, and are borne along by the
strongest tide, generally toward the
glare and glitter of the city, or fields
and pastures new beyond the sound of
their village bells. Few people in any
of the walks of life cultivate that men
tai energy which is SO essential to
marked success or grand achievement.
A transient impulse toward particu
lar end, followed by period of doubt,
apathy and Incidence. is usually sup
plemented by failure and disappoint-
ment; but when some ruling purpose
or passion is the main object of a per-
sons existence, then will his thoughts,
aspirations and efforts tend in the one
direction of the accomplishment of high
and noble aims.
J. F. ELsoM.
NEW ALBANY Ind.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Very Busy.

A man stepped across an upper hall
in a great office building in Chicago,
and entering room. said to an alb
sorbed real estate dealer.
@Say, have, You got time to go OUT"
NO, not now"
Il think you ought to-"
"Why 500"
Haven't you heard?"
mo"
Haven't you seen the afternoon
paper?"
Haven't had time to look at it. Con-
tain anything of unusual INTEREST,""
well, rather. 1t announces the fact
that the south end of this building is
on fire."
Suppose you telephone down and
see how the fire is getting along"
Il did just now-telephoned to your
Brother Dick"
Whose Brother Dick?'
yours"
when did he come to town."
About two years ago."
oh, yes, now 1 remember. And you
say that you telephoned to him 2"
"Yes."
What did he say?"
"Said the fire was spreading. Sup
pose we 60 out.
. mo, not now. Ny lease expires at
six o'clock this evening, and as cannot
get renewal at the old terms, why, I
purpose to stay here as long as can at
the old rate Excuse me, please. I
am very busy. "-Arkansa,c Traueler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

Lifting his head he found himself
face to face with his old love.
She was as lovely as ever, and she
smiled so brightly as she hurried to-
ward him both hands extended.
"Oh Ralf!" and then she burst into
tears.
The jailer was not man of much
native delicacy, but on this occa-
sion and at this crisis
he Withdrew, and so must We.
This much we know, however, that
on the following morning Ralf Blethen
left the shadows Of the gray prtson
walls and once more entered he
world, his innocence having been as-
tablished by confession made by the
real murderer-no less a parsonage
than Clarkson- when in the icy grip of
death.
It appeared that he knew all the
time that Pansy cared only for Ralf;
but he managed to get her father into
his power financially ind as regarded
reputation, refusing to have mercy I'M
less he gave him his daughter.
The father finally confessed all to
the girl, and for his sake she determined
to dismiss the others and engage her.
self to Clarkson.
But 1 will never marry him." she
vowed to herself.
After the murder her father took her
away for fear of her offending Clarkson
and popular opinion, by her outspoken
faith in Blethen.
During their stay abroad she deter
mined to free herself from her hated en-
gagement by some means Or other; but
her fathers entreaties dissuaded her; and
Clarkson pressed her to name the day
Immediately upon their return. In
stead Of doing so, she went to visit a
friend-"to spend Easter with her." she
said; but it was the day of her first visit
to the prison.
Three weeks later her father died sud-
denly of heart trouble, and she broke
her engagement in less than an hour.
Sickness followed and another
Easter passed before she was out of her
room again.
Il always knew he was innocent"
she said quietly to Clarkson, who sent
for her when he made his confession.
He had induced Masters to walk
with him on that fatal evening in or
der to find out, chow Blethen took the
mitten," for he was madly jealous of
the latter, knowing that ne was the one
that Pansy loved.
Masters had twitted him with this
fact and in moment of ungovernable
passion he had pulled out his pistol and
shot him. When he saw what he
had done he spent the night
Ralf going at nine o'clock to watch with
sick man-in arranging evidence to
throw the other in the blame.
How his plans worked we know.
Ralf and Pansy oftimes smile and
weep over q grimy, tattered little Easter
card, and the former is firm believer
in dreams.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

Lawyer-But you made statement
exactly contrary to the one you now
make, only moment ago.
Witness-No, sir; I did not
Lawyer-What do you mean?
Witness-I mean that you are tell
ing a falsehood.
Lawyer-In other words, that I am
a liar?
Witness-Yes, sir! That's it, ex-
actly.
Judge-Hold on, here, hold on; we
can't have this.
Witness-But, your Honor
Judge-We can't have it, I say. I
shall fine you five dollars for contempt
of court.
Witness-Ail right, Judge. just
make it twenty-five and I'll give him
a licking right here.-American Com
naercial Traveller.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
EASTER-TfDE.
BY MARGARET E. sANGs-ER

Oh rare rs the snlendor of lilies,
And sweet az the yiolets BREATH
Comes the jubiiant morning OF Easter,
A triumph of life over death;
For fresh from the earth's quicaened bo5om
Full baskets of flowers we bring,
And scatter their satin soft petals
TO carpet a path for our King
We,hevegro1ped through the twilight OF soCow
Have tasted the marsh OF fears;
But loi in the gray of the cawnInS
Break the hope of our long silent years,
And the loved and the lost We thought persisted
Who vanished afar in the night,
VIII return in the beauty OF spring time
To beam on our rapturous sight.
Sweet Faster-tide pledges their coming.
Serene bevonG trouble and toll,
As the lilv upspringS in its freshness
From the warm throbbins heart of the soil
and after all partings, reunion,
And after I'll wandeTings, home;
OF. here is the balm for our heartache,
as up 70 our Easter We COM!
In the countless green blades of the meadow,
The sheen Of he daEodilrs gold,
In the treInulOus bluc on the mountains,
The opaline mist on the world,
In the tinkic Of brooks through the pasture
TIE rivers strong sweep to the sea,
are signs Of the day that Is hasting
In gladness to you and TO me.
So dawn IN thy sp'enlor Of lilies,
Thy fiuttering violet breath,
o jubilant morning of Easter,
Thou triumph OF life over death!
For fresh from the ecrth's qCickened bosom
Full baskets of flowers We bring,
And scatter their satin soft petals
To carpet a path for our hing.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Had Had Experience.

well, now, this is something like,
exclaimed Mrs. Newwife, awakening
her husband suddenly from stolen
after-dinner nap. 1T says here in the
paper that at the Hotel Bernina, in
Samoden, they are cooking beefsteak
by electricity. What blessing that
will be to the poor, overworked women
if it becomes general"
What are they doirg?" grunted the
husband, only half awake.
Cooking beefsteak by electricity"
sWhere?"
I'm foreign hotel"
@Umph! Nothing very new about
that. Never got piece of hotel beef
steak yet that didn't look as ifit had
been struck by lightning" Detroit
Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

PRoF. Mosso, of Turin, finds that the
blood of cells is poisonous when injected
into the veins of dogs and other ami.
mails, and that an eel weighing five
pounds contains poison enough to kill
ten men. The blood of the eel is inert,
however, when taken into the stomach,
and the poisonous properties are de-
stroyed by heat.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
attack constantly. A German natur-

attack constantly. A German natur-
alist counted 6, 266 eyes in silk-worm.
The writer of this article counted, by
means of the micrometer, IA, 900 eyes
in drone fly. and, by the same method,
$1,000 eyes in dragon fly. 1t has
been proven by actual experiment,
with the help of good microscopes, that
each one of these eyes is capable of
receiving an independent and distinct
impression.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
A Great Difference.

@Ah, you know my BROTHER" said an
Englishmsn to an American acquaint-
ance.
Yes, I am well acquainted with
him.
@Ah, and do you notice great differ
ence between me and him p
mo, can't say that I do"
But there is agreat difference. Our
characters are totally different"
In what way?"
We'll, you see, Henry always winds
his watch in the morning and I wind
mine at night. Traveler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Coed Reason to Change the Text.

A few Sundays ago an Atlanta
preacher had selected as his text for
his morning discourse: 1T is easier
for camel to go through the eye of q
needle than for q rich man to enter the
kingdom of heaven" He intended to
scotch 'em." When he entered the
pulpit he found q note from the richest
member of the congregation, and it
read as follows: when the collection
for foreign missions is taken up this
morning put me down for $500. The
sermon was preached on the text:
Take heed that We do not give your
aims before men to be seen of them. -
Savannah NeUs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
A Prize Joke.

do you know" he said, "that our
apricots are in bloom?"
Hadn't heard of it," he answered.
Il suppose it is on account of the re-
markable weather."
"Oh, no; it is on account of the vine."
daughter. London Punch.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Eyes.

By far the most remarkable arrange
ment regarding the eyes of animals is
observable in the vision OF the insect
races. In this instance the eye is fixed
to the head, whether because another
provision is better is of nc consequence
but such is the fact, and see how ma
ture has compensated the lack of NOV
ing processes. In the common fly,
which offers ready example, are seen
two small, round projections at the
side of the head. These little, dull
protuberances are not, as many sup
pose, single eyes. Each projection
contains many thousands of eyes.
These are placed in rows, each one Of
which is capable of transmitting an
impression of outward objects, and by
this means the fly can see as well be-
hind as before, as well down as up, and
Is therefore put on its guard against
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Light Without Matches.

To obtain light instantly without
the use of matches, and without the
danger of setting things on fire, is an
easy matter. Take an oblong vial of
the clearest of glass, put into it piece
of phosphorus about the size of pea !;
upon this pour some pure olive oil
heated to the boiling point. the bottle
to be filed about onethird full: then
cork tightly. To use the light, re-
move the cork, allow the air to
enter, and then recork The whole
empty space in the bottle will
then become luminous, and the light
obtained will be o good one. AS
soon as the light becomes dim, its power
can be increased by opening the bottle
and allowing fresh supply of air to
enter. In very cold weather it is some
times necessary to heat the vial be-
tween the hands to increase the fluidity
of the oil, and one bottle will last all
winter. This ingenious contrivance
may be carried in the pocket, and is
used by the watchmen of Paris in all
magazines where explosive OF iaflam,
mable materials are stored.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Man.

Demonstrations in chemistry have
shown that man, the being that per-
forms these marvellous things, is formed
largely of condensed air, or solidifed
and Gquetied gases; that he lives on
condensed as well as uncondensed air,
and, by means of the same agent,
moves the heaviest weights with the
velocity of the winds. The strangest
part of the matter is, however, that
thousands of these human beings COM
posed of condensed air and going about
on two legs, on account of the
production and supply of those forms
of condensed air which they require
for food and clothing, or on account of
their honor and power, destroy each
other in pitched battles by means of
condensed air; and, further, that many
of the peculiar powers of the bodiless,
headless, conscious, thinking and SEN
sitive beings, housed in this building of
flesh, are the result simply of its in
ternal structure, and the arrangement
of its particles or atoms; while chemis-
try supplies the clearest proofs that,
so far as concerns this, the ultimate
and most minute composition and
structure, which is beyond the reach of
the intellects of even this marvellous
age, man is, to all appearance, identi-
cal with the OK, or even the lowest
forms of animal creation.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

A FRENCH electrician has found that
the electric current retards the sepa-
cation OF cream and preserves the
milk.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Good Milk.

There are many differences of opin
ion regarding what constitutes good
milk. At creameries they use the
lactometer, ETC., as q dictator, when it
should be used only as a guide, as the
chemist can prepare counterfeit milk,
resembling the original in appearance
only that the lactometer will pass as
good, even above the average, but
chemical analysis will detect at once,
hence is the only irfallible criterion of
pure article. The results of two hun
bred samples analyzed give the fol-
lowing average component parts OF
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.
PROF. ELSOM DISCUSSES MANY IN.
TERESTING TOPICS.

Timely Advice to Consumptives What
Physical Man Is Composed Of-How to
Make Light Without q Match-Other
Curious and Instructive Facts.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Money III 1t.

Some time ago three persons made
an extensive tour of the country,
selling a polishing material, which
they peddled from house to house.
After an absence of seven months from
home, they returned rich, and made it
all by selling the following:
on vitfiol. ounce
SWeet OIL = SIIl
IsOtteu bIcue... Il gin
h;lu Water. ..-..............l i2 pliits
This will be thoroughly mixed and
we'll shaken before using, put in a
little pertaining to make it smell good,
stick on a French label that nobody
can read, boom it in the papers as
newly discovered polish, made by some
prehistoric tribe of Indians, and a
bushel of money can be made at selling
it. In any event, it is very fine
polish. Apply with soft rag. If the
people don't read the papers too much,
many q country clerk can make his
board and pin money putting it up and
selling it.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Wanted to COMPROMISE.

NEW ALBANY, Ind.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03
Fixedness of Purpose.

In every. .....................1,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-04-03

~hSoAh ehCS Soe III Cudpels dSdlu Vic
wheezy old organ ratified off under the
unskillful touch of the warden's
daughters fingers; but Ralf Blethen
was wide awake and watchful. All
the year he had hoped that she
would come again, hard as it really was
for him to be treated as a criminal by
the only woman he loved, and she the
affianced, probably the wife ere this, OF
another. She did not come, however,
and at the end of another year Ralf
Blethen had settled down to utter de-
spair and bitterness.
His doggedness made him unpopular
even with his companions, but he did
not care; he was An innocent man and
would not associate with criminals
though he must company with them as
long as he lived.
This Easter morning he walked with
the rest in his usual istless. taciturn
manner.
All UNDECIDED by him the services
proceeded until at the close of the SER
mon there was movement at the door,
and quiet, elderly woman, entered
and distributed cards to each.
There was terrible feeling in Rails
soul as, taking his ungraciously from her
hand, he waited for her face to be
turned away and then tore it in pieces.
After dinner he lay down and tried to
sleep. He was little ashamed of
what he had done, and his mood was
softened.
If only he could dream that beauti-
full dream again!
He finally fell asleep, but was
awakened by the jailer's key in the
ponderous lock.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25

81 Acsise de HeFkli8 es IN FeConsiI.
hYente de primer drdeu, de naturaleza
propia para fortIilcar las constituciones
deblles, los pechos deIicados. Por su uso
connhaD Sc desaFrollan las carnes; es
unO de les medios mas seguros de triun-
far del enfIaqn ecimiento. Merece ocupaK
lngaf pfeferente en- 81 tratamiento de las
bf0nqtiisis cronicas, de los constipados
Antiques, de las escr6fnlas y los inlaEtos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25

IIBROS
recibldos pof el dItlmo va
,por-correo er Ia lmprents
del EoLETIN MERCAN-
TIL.
Pereds. LOS Hombres de pro.
! 6inu6s l-Hlja espOsa y madre,
. t0mOs. os. H. 4l W
lscrioF. Ill Mkrtir del G5lgot..
. tOmOe.
O6digo Penal Militar.
Ancora de salvaCi6n, DevoU.
nAriol. 4
Oastafos.--Tenedurfa de Hbroa
Guia del Oomercio = de la baneal
NOvELAE DE PEREZ GAL
DOE.- Memorials deun Cortesano az
1915, El Grande Oriente, El TerroI
de 1894, On Voluntario realista
Los Apost6licos, Juan Martin 81
EmpeCinadO, Los Glen mil hijos de
San Luis, Un faCcloso mas, III siete
de- Julio, Batalla de los Arapiles
Bail6n, III eQuipaje del Rey jose
Napoleon On Ohamartfn, III 10 dc
Mario y el 2 dc Mayo, Corona, Ira
falgar, La segunda CasaCa, La Cor
to de Carlos Nv, Oadix, zaragoza
Tormento, III DIR. Oenteno, Lo Pro.
hibido, La Fontana de orc, E|
Amigo Mans0, Doia PerfeCta, Clio
rim, Fortunate y Jacinta, La Is
nilia dc Leon Boob, Ia Deshereds
da.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25

Administration On Boletin Mar
santn rhonneur de prier Messieurs
y Annonciers faneais de vouloir bien
nInsttSe lenrs ordres de Publicite 1
M. AMkDEE PRINCE 3 ci., qui
Igns les Agenss uniques e exclusifs
hes Journal pour h PsbEeiN Erssssis
l1,1S;ns.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25
COETkBILIDkD
MUNICIPAL

Juego compete de Libros are
4Iados 4 los formularios publica'
dos por el Gobierno General.
Impreaos do todas classes para
Los Municipioa. M
De venta On d Imprenta del
BoLxTIn.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25
ENCUADERNACION
DEL "BOLETIN NERCANTIL,, }

NJ. I'm esta secci6n de la casa, montada co,
'odos los elementos necesarios proyigta 4,
materiales de primera cIase, sc hacen encns
dernaciones en- holandesa, carton6. nasfa a.
pahola, piel de levante con relieves. tod0 ner.
iectO y { preciOs redueidos. !
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-06-25

PERIODICO CONaAGRAD0
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
Notes About Austrian Women,

Aloysia Kirschner, or Schubin. undo.
which pseudonym she is known the world
over, is the best of living Austrian female
authors. She is still young, but of a seri-
Gus disposition. She has seen much of the
world. Her writings, too, show great pen
e~tration and profound study of the human
mind. Although original in her concep-
tions, she has adopted the style and man
ners of Turgenieff and the modern French
school. Her clearly cut features denote at
once force and delicacy, and her whole ap-
pearance is most attractive.
Philippine Welser was not only q woman
Of intellect, but she also devoted her
self to the noblest task of a wife-to be Il
good mother and a good housekeeper. She
even wrote a book about cooking, "De re
c~oluinaria,' which still exists.
1t is hard to tell whether Austrian ladies
now are as experienced in the kitchen
as they are in the drawing room. If
judged by the empress of Austria they
are, for that lady combines many acquire
ments in her person, even fencing and
acrobatics. Bat the fact that they live in
an era in which the most exquisite dishes
will soon become a question OF mere chem
zeal preparation may excuse and absolye
tbem fully IL theySare not