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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26
IS JOe.'' -

hadn't you heard de news? Whv
san, he don gone dead, Yes, Sail. betr
cead an buried ior hull week. D,.'s
de reason he didn't come afeun' any
more wild his apple, an popcotn
! What! your little Jor dead g
OATS de truf, sab. Come home one
day aii stuffed up wild cold, an 10
twenty-four hours We had him in his
saroud. 1t Was awful sudden, an |
can realize dat he's gone. Las' night
we found ourselves waiiin' supper fur
MIN, an in de middle OBJ de night we
wake an find ourselves caIlin' his name.
Ii comes powerful hard on us, it does.
an we can't speak of it widout our
hearts swellin' up big 'nuff to bust. He
was dc only chile, you know, an we
hi"
Joe was u good boy"
Deed he was. He nebber gin us
one nonr's trouble, an dar wasn't q bad
h'ar on his head"
Ine:e came pause, and the old man
seemet nervous and uneasy. He started
to go. hesitated and finally said:
You don't know muffin bout heaben
fur suah, do you?"
"NO.
Well, has you got any ideas q
Yes, few
"lOu see, all dc wimmen has come
IN to console my ole woman, an one of
EN-, says dat de big. grown up folks 20
to ono part OBJ heaben, an dc chile to
anoter part. 1t dat's true, den we can't
Jlne little Joe when we git up dar; may
be We can't ebeu see him. OATS what
males his mudder take on go. Wes
Sospur.y old, now, an woIl soon git de
summons to go, but il de hope an
spetashun OF mectin' dat boy I'D in
heaben am taken away from us, we
might as we'll hang ourselves in lie
wOIdshed."
You need have 20 fears. Heaven
IS not fenced eff to separate the young
from the Old"
"All piled in togeder -
Yes. and plenty of room for ALL"
VIII We know our Joe when We git
up iar?"
Yes
can he'll know u.s.
eyes"
"Dat's de way l hold. but de ole
woman she's kinder 'fraid dat doan'
know fur suah. Say, boss?'
"Yes."
Please do de ole man favor. Take
your pen an write down dat heaben
am not fenced off, an dat we shall fin
our little Joe clus by do pesrly gates,
wait'n' an' watchiu' to welcome us as
We march in wild dc perceshen. 1t will
make 10 ole woman feel heap easier.
an help her to bar up under dis 'tiic-
ton"
The certificate" was written and
handed to him, and he carefully put it
away. and sail, as he was ready to 20:
I'm fousan' times obleeged, and
de swellin' in my heart has gone down
over half. 1t wrung US powerful hard
to see dat boy on his dyin' bed, but
vsteA we wur told dat VS. shouldn't re
able to git up to him in heaben, we was
clean dun fur. Day to you. boss, Ize
gwipe right of home. an chirk up de
ole woman wild do blessed rews."-(M.
Quad,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26

Beets are familiar enough boiled and
sliced, either served hct with butter,
pepper and salt, or picked; but nov
city is beet pudding, made by mixing
pini of cooked sugar beets. chopped
with fou- eggs, a quart of milk, q little
salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of but.
ter ami baking them about half an
hour; cold boiled beets sliced and fried
with butter are paltable; to cook them
80 that none of their color shal. be lost,
carefully wash them without breaking
the skin or cutting of the roots OF
stalks, and boil them until tender,
about an hour, in boiling salted
l water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26
WHOLE NO. 1880.
Lima Beans and Tomatoes.

Some people complain that of all the
garden products and the vast improve
ments that have been made in nearly
all OF them, the Lima bean is now about
where it Was fifty years ago. And it
nearly IS so. Latterly there has been
some increase in the sizs of the pod
and the bean, and that is all. But.
then, may it not be said at the same
time that the excellence Of the bean ia
such that there is no room for improve
ment in the qualify? It is true that it
still requires the big, long pole, which
has to be planted with almost the solid.
lty OF an ordinary fence post; but when
that is said we may conclude that all is
said that can be against it. For our.
selves We are only too glad chat we have
this bean az it is vouchsafed to us. and
we de abt if We shall ever see it i'm.
proved IN any way except in size, and
1t Is questionable whether that would
be an advantage at all. II the pole
could be dispensed with and trellis
like that for the tomato substituted, it
would be decided advantage; but it il
natural climber, and climb it probably
Will to the end of its days. So be it.
Many persons find mach profit in pinch
ing back the branches of the tomstoes;
and it is good practice when Judi
ciously done. 1t may be overdone.
however. and Injury result. In the
hrst place, it is no use to attempt it
after the flowers have fallen. The idea
ls to force the nourishment into the
fruit at the earliest start; for it is at
that time that the future fate of the
fruit is cast. A few leaves beyond the
fruit is an advantage. 1t is only the
growth that is to be checked. And
then much damage is done by taking off
the leaves as we'll as the fruit. The to.
mato plant needs all the leaves it can
get. 1t is only the branches that are
to be checked in their growth. No one
who has not tried it can have any idea
of how valuable the leaves are to the
tomato plant. One may for experiment
take off most of the leaves of q plant,
and he will find the flavor insipid and
every way poor. OF course it is the
peculiar acidisy of the tomato that gives
1T 80 much value to all cf us; but the
acid from tomato that has ripened on
an insufficient amount of foliage is dis
agreeable to most tastes. The same
principle has been found to work in
managing grape vines. The man who
ludlclously pinChos back tha branchas
does we'll; but he who strips of the
foliage to "let in the sun and the air."
generally finds that he has made mess
OF it, Germantown Telegraph.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26

Referring to the petition against the
opium traffic with China which was re.
Gently .opened'Gt the Metropolitan Tab.
ernacle, MIR. Spurgeon said that in his
opinion one of the greatest crimes
which England continued to commit
was the carrying on OF the opium
traffic. That nation should set up q
grog shop to pay it's taxes was bad
enough. but it was even worse to carry
on traffic in opium to pay the taxes Of
the people of India. In China Eng
lishmen went with opium in one hand
and the Bible in thu other.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26

Why He CoUDLN'T.-"I have stood
this just as long as canr' exclaimed
citizen as he entered a Woodward.
avenue grocery.
"Why, l sent your goods over an
hour ago.
Well, then. discharge that driver.
Either that or Ill never trade another
dollar with you."
g! shall be sorry to lose your GUS
tcm."
Then you won't discharge him 2"
Alas! no! on the contrary I must
even raise his wages. Fact is. he is
engaged to no less than tventv.six
cooks on the Csss farm, and il the firm
above hire him away lose twenty.six
customers. Ah! sir, be moderate
with me-overlook some delinquencies
on account Of the situation in which l
am placed"