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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23
Methods of watermelon Culture.

Either of the following methods seem
to promise a good supply Of melons for
pme consumption:
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker describes the following method
by which an extraordinary crop of water
melons was raised: Holes were dug ten
feet apart each way, eighteen inches
| square and fifteen inches deep. These
holes were filled with well rotted man
ure, which was thoroughly incorporated
with the soil. A low, fiat hill vas then
made and seed planted. When the
vines were large enough to run the
whole surface was covered to the depth
of q foot or fifteen inches with wheat
straw. The straw was placed close up
around the vines. No cultivation what
aver was given afterward; no weeds OF
grass grew. The vines spread oven the
straw, and the melons matured clean
and nice. The yield was abundant
and the experiment IN entire success
The editor Of the journal of Agricul-
ture says:
We have q plan practiced in our own
garden, but only for the purpose ofpro-
duclnB some very nne specimens Tor our
own use. A barrel, old and leaky, was
set on the ground, a bank thrown up
around it to within q foot of the top and
extending out say eight feet from it. In
this bank, two feet from the barrel, was
placed a sufficient number of seeds.
The barrel was filed with well rotted
manure, not so old of course as to have
lost It's strength, About every second
day a few buckets Of water, OF as much
as the barrel would hold, were thrown
in on the manure, from which it would
seep out through the cracks into the
bank, and any person can imagine tho
effect. We had a crop of magnificent
melons. Lest the watering might be-
neglected the barrel should pc placed
close to pond or other water supply.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23

bent down to kiss her forehead with his
last words. He stepped aside to allow
her free passage to the house, but she
did not move.
aYou are thinking of your father, he
said. DO not be distressed on his &c.
count. Remember me in you prayers
tonight, and sleep sweetly. It is all i
ask.
He did not wait to hear her fervent
"God bless you'll" or witness her burst
OF joyful tears, but quickly left her.
The morning sunshine streamed bold
" into the apartment of old Mr.. Warren,
where lie lay in the heavy sleep of men
tai and physical exhaustion. The fore
noon was far advanced when a servant
reused him, informing him that Colonel
Leighton waited him in the library.
Making a hasty toilet, the old man left
his chamber and went to join his friend,
The gentlemen met cordially, and Col.
onel Leighton Immediately suggested
that May might be sent for. They
waited but q few minutes before the
door swung %noislessly open, and wear.
ing q white morning robe, the young
girl entered. At q motion from her
father she sat down upon a low seat at
IL = sG.I3uoeu up VIII !" ooh.
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s.;nL s s"lliss eiie t.ahee ie1s
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May said Mr.. Warren, quietly.
II will leave the matter; entirely in
nj III a.ua saioisplissuuI
from her Ia his friend Colonel LEIGH.
ton stenned forward
INV I'D friend .Jan,as Warren y bo
said. III met vonr da,ghter last n;ol,t
and talked with her, + d;seovarai With
what feelings sl,a reoarded asmarr;aga
Will, me. md cannot. allow the sacriHce
abe would maka for ronr sala T viii
never marry her h is free And now
/ nave to ask yomr na,don for the nm
manly way in which 7 have
taken advantage Of vour em.
barrassments and have cona
SO near to DESTROYING the hanniness Of
yonr chill. Every nower of nine shall
be exerted Ia its utmost to relieve Won
and all tho reward / ask Is that Won md
Nav do not desnise me. Nav nav mn
thanks. deserve rather. to- be scorned
| for the mart I have acted. + have one
favor 10 ask old friend viii Won ~
low ma to choose . husband fo,. vo,,r
danphtar 81
ssYon have my fill and frae ,,erm;s-
sion y renl;ed Mr. Worran smil;no
thrnnoh h;s taors apt r howe ron
will he mora saccassf,,l in vo,,r cho;os
thor 7 boya haann
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23

you have made up your minds to follow
the bent of your own wills, and pave a
way for yourselves, you may do well;
but to those who intend to enter the
married state, should o good opportu-
nifty come to them, l have only to say,
see to it that you individually under
stand what is required Of you as a wife.
Be willing to mako concession at any
time if in the wrong, and, above all
things, don't find fault with your hus-
band before others.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23

Godfrey osDonoghue, Liberal member Of
parliament for Halce, Ireland, has been COM
mitsed for trial without bail at Killarney, for
dangerously stabbing . shopkeeper named
Dnckett, during a political squabble ct Killar-
uey recently.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23

Gen. Grant il expected to return to Wash
ington in q few weeks to continpe his treatment
under Prof. Nissey. who uses tho svediah
massage cure.
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NAYS SACRIFICE.

$3.50. &s
NAYS Nl(sRIETm
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mo-, father ~
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-06
M0ng0iian Labor.

There was great deal of fiery
denounciation of the Chinese race
in the Democratic platform upon
which our esteemed Governor was
elected to his present remunerative
sinecure. And now his house has
been robbed of a diamond ring and
one of the Governors Chinese SER
wants is being suspected. Had an
election been pending on the day
of the robbery, the Governor GER
tainly would have had no occasion
to suspect any Mongolian member
of his own household. His cam
paign sign, "No Chinese Employed
Here" has evidently been taken
down Enterprise.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-06
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN

At prices never before offered in
this city. For years past the
high prices of pianos have been
due to the enormous commits
sions of the local agents, in some
instances being as high as Copper
cent Of the cost Of the instru-
ment. We are now in a posi-
ton to furnish the instruments
at figures which will have the
effect of placing first-class in
struments within the reach of
people of small means.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-06

The Sale ola Book Prohibited.
New YORK, Jan "A cable spec
ial says the sale of the book "Sara
Barnum" has been prohibited.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-06

Why has my Competitor only reduced prices CHINA
MADE Shoes NJ. COIN has made General Re.
duction in his entire stock of Boots and Shoes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
Where He Got Il.

John McCullough's illness recalls
an anecdote he used totell of Edwin
Forrest,
Forrest was particularly impatient
with the trick that amateurs have OF
holding their heads down.
"Confomd it, siFl Do you sup
pose that Casca, an ancient Roman,
ever went round hanging his head
down like dog?"
"No, siB" said the super, meekly.
"Then what do you do it for ?''
continued the tragedian.
81 don't know, sir, said thesuper.
But you should, sir" roared the
teagedian. s. -I.a
The super, finally despairing of
learning his part, asked Forrest in a
reyerent tone how he acquired his
knowledge of acting.
"Was it from genius or energy,
sir?" he said, meaning no offense.
"No, sir" roared Forrest, "from
good lungs and plenty of selfcon-
ceit m-Exchange.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
THE COMING OF WINTER.

We've had our tribulations, wife,
Our poverty and pain;
Our babes have lived sorry life
In want and hunger vain.
I've tried in every manly way
To furnish food and dress,
And now your head is turing gray
With hard work and distress.
We've had our own rough work to do,
And always shall, l see;
And have always leaned on you,
And you have trusted me.
But now the summer days are gone,
The Times look very blue;
The gloomy winters coming on
We never can get through.
The papers say, 'mong other things,
The winterll be severe;
Its southwark flight the wild duck wing
| The goose-bone man is here.
The hornet nests upon the ground,
The beaver builds full strong
The fur of animals is found
| Unusual thick and long.
The farmer locks his wheat up tight,
His corn and buckwheat all,
He takes his turkeys in ut night,
And chickens large and small.
The potatoes ON the cellar floor
He heaps with cunning glee-
He leaves them in hill no more,
Where such things ought to be.
The double shotgun now abounds
In every farmers home,
And bulldogs yawp about the grounds
Where'er man may roam.
l see no chance for me to find
The bread and meat we need
Yes, wife, the winter, to my mind,
win be severe indeed.
William Temple Holland.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13

BALANCED THE Accountable late
Duke of Wellington got letter once
from lady saying she was solicit
ing subscriptions for a certain church
in which she was interested, and had
taken the liberty to put his name
down for 9200, and hoped he would
promptly send her a check for that
amount. He forthwith replied that
he was glad she thought so well of
him; certainly he would respond to
the call but, he, too, was interested
in "A certain church which needed
subscriptions, and, counting upon
his correspondents well-known lib
erality, he hadput her down for goo,
land so," he concluded, "no money
need pass between us"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
COMPENSATION.



Not fsithful heart nor valiant hand
Wins always honor's guerdon;
Uncrowned, full many hero falls,
Before an uncircling Gordon.
The patient deliver in the mine
Its wealth may not discover,
And beauty's grace and tenderness
Repay not fondest lover.
Yet still the Lowell balance waits,
Poised true by fate unswerying;
No perfect gift of heaven rewards
The recreat undeserving.
The tinselled baubles fame bestows
= II And tarnished in the winning;
The goal attained through tears and pain
But mocks the grand beginning.
o soul that seest they long-for prize
Bestowed upon another,
Be brave to bear thy sore defeat,
Thy grief and anger smother,
Nor back upon thv toiling years
Look with regret forever;
Thou has the best that life can give
The rapture of endeavor.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
j. Clayton Massey,
DELAWARE HOUSE,

DLLF1 NK [NIlL AKOooIJ
ruaxzarIx IA Delaware.
Having lust charge this hose and having fd throughout
with the of the exactng now
receive boarder n and regular moderate rates
a FIRST GLASS LIVERY STABLE
always well regulated p and believing this to be So
have added an excellent every pcua will be endayor
cater poc Teams can be secured at Hh
hours day and night g1vAN ". r.nVx1s. Rroys
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
How sherifrs Curiosity sIgnally Failed
OF Being GratIlled.

The other day a mysterious-look-
ing stranger appeared in Petaluma
and remained five whole days with
out the inhabitants finding out his
name, where he came from or his
business. At last the general agita-
ton grew to such a pitch that the
Sheriff volunteered to interview the
stranger in behalf of the public veal.
Approaching the taeiturn visitor, as
he sat in the Office of the hotel. the
functionary remarked: i"
"Fine day, SIR '.i-
SIS, eh?n said the stranger du-
biously. EaH ha:"
"Going to stay long in these parts?"
"Just four days two hours and
thirty-one minutes Longer" replied
the other, consulting his watch and
a timetable. a W. HH
"Then-may I-er, ahem may l
ask what your business is ?" persist
ed the Sheriff, as he gathered up
closer. f....
well, don't wish it generally
known, replied the stranger, conf
dentally, shut I'm a Russian Nihir
ist." ar m1.i -r,S
"You don't mean it ~ gasped the
official. f auir
Fact" replied the man mourn
fully.
! "But-er-what brings ousLasSssgs
asked the Sheriff. .I..,+-.
@Wa4lH H; yyvs''se was captured in
st. Peterburg last month, and-yor
a you know how severe that Govern
t ment is on Nihilists, don't you?n
e oh! yes, of course go on"
~ well, they sentenced me to y
e years in Siberia or week in Petal
/: una, and l was fool enough I,
choose Petaluma.
G And with heavy sigh the con
: demned man drifted into dinner
Y Exchange.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
THE NURSEMAID'S PLACE.

What shall | do?" said Linda
Carol folding her white hands to-
gether. "Grandma's fortune has gone
up like sky rocket. Grandma does
nothing but cry, and | haven't
friend in the world, or any means of
earning shilling. They wouldn't
take me anywhere as governess, or
an assistant in any shop, without
experiences and references. I've
painted a flower-piece, and it hangs
in the stationer's window as it has
hung for six months,
"I offered to sew for the dress
| maker, and as soon as she saw my
needlework, she said, 'Ah, goodnes,
gracious, that would never do?' My
superficial education was very wei
for a young heiress, but it is of M
use to poor girl who needs to earl
her living; and | begin to be afraid
that what grandma says about ou,
going into the streets to beg may
come true, absurd as it soundsr
And she took up the newspaper
and looked over the advertisements
"Wanted a young genteel persor
to take charge of little boy" sh,
read perhaps that might do, if
can swallow my PRIDE" she sighed.
And noting the number, she pu
on her plainest hat and mantle, anC
hurried out into the street.
She found the house after a walk
of an hour-a handsome residence
and having been ushered into the
reception-room, was received by Il
neat, elderly woman.
"The arrangements are all left in
my hands" said this person, smooth
ing her apron. "You would be want.
ed to take care of motherless child
Poor Mrs. Bellamy died last week,
and common servant will not do
Mr.. Bellamy relies on my discretion
Pm the housekeeper-have been
for ten years. He is a broken-heart-
ed man never looks up or speaks to
anyone. Dear Mrs. Bellamy had a
most trying disposition. l believe
she scolded him all night; and she
got pneumonia throwing up the
window because he shut it. But
that was all her nerves, and he ador-
ed her. He'll never recover her loss.
He has a hatband all over his hat
and her miniature and hair in a
locket on his watch chain. You
won't expect much gaiety in this
afflicted household, but yOu'll have
Sunday afternoons-I'll take Master
Thomas then-and an evening once
a week. What references?"
Linda smiled.
"Would grandma do?" she asked
And then she told her little story.
Mrs Possett listened and consid-
cred. Finally she agreed 10 waive
reference, and offered a pound a
week. That sum Linda knew would
secure o nice room in her present
place Of residence for her grand
mother, and she excepted the posi-
ton thankfully. At home she spoke
of her position as that of governess;
and the old lady wept afresh, as well
she might, when Linda's modest
trunk was carried away,
Master Tommy was an unman-
ageable little boy, who seemingly
inherited his mothers temper. A
regular battle was necessary before
he could be washed or clothed. He
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13

Whey follow is so proud that
hs wears boot too small for him
he puts his foot in it,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13

And she heard Jne grandmOtner
say, "Linda is going away. She's
naughty"
Then she realized that she had
come to love Tommy, and tears fell
fast upon the garments she was
packing. -E
"Crying?" said a voice behind her.
"Why, Linda, what has happened ?"
"I'm foolish, that's all, Mr.. Bella
my. 1t is only leaving Tommy" she
answered, without looking around.
Leaving Tommy? what do you
mean ?" cried my Bellamy.
He came into the lumber room
and stood near her, looking down at
her.
"Mrs. Penfeather has dismissed
me-" she said.
"But I have not" said Mr.. Bel
lamy.
He bent towards her; he looked
at her as a master seldoms looks at
II servant. Suddenly Linda under
stood all.
''It is right that L should co." she
thought; and yet her tears fell fast
er. Yes, she not only loved Tommy
but she certainly liked Mr.. Bellamy
very much. ..I
"It will break the child's heart i
you CO." said Mr.. Bellamy. "Mrs
Penfeather oversteps her privileges
Linda, my dear child, you can't go
l have thought for some time thai
you never must. 1t is my duty tC
give little Tommy mother, and
I'm so fond of you. Won't you
marry me ?"
He put his arm about her waist
He had such a soft, kind way
though he was weak and womanish
"Say yes, Linda" he said.
But she answered, "Not now; no
here" and hurried her clothes into
her trunk.
He stood by dejectedly.
"Think it over, Linda" he plead
ed. And she promised.
She talked it over with her grand
mother that night.
Linda had had dreams of gallan
knights and young princes, lik,
other girls; and Bellamy was neither
But she felt as though he needed t.
be taken care Of; and there wa
Tommy. And it was a good match
as her grandmother said. And so j
came to pass that there was wed
ding one day, and that afterwart
Linda and her grandmother wen
! 1'hom tathe old house, where Tom
my waited for their coming:
q Mrs. Possett gave warning. 81
could not keep house for a form
nurse-maid, she declared, But I
, housekeeper was needed, and VIII
grandma Penfeather said mattert
little to young Mrs. Bellamy.
g. She is very happy, and so is IL
, old grandmother, whom Tomm
adores; while Mr.. Bellamy admi
I to himself, that though his saintC
y first wife was adorable, his secor
| one is simply perfection, and has Il
advantage of a sweet temper ~
, nerves.
81 had no idea my nurse-maid
t place would be so permanent" Lii
| da often thinks to herself; "but
love both my babies-the your
one and the old one-dearly."
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13


--Io keep apples from decaying
put them in Il cool plaoe-wherc
there is large family of children.
"A health journal says you ought
to take three-qunrters of an hour fo.
dinner. 1t is we'll, also, to add 4 few
vegetables and piece of meat.
Sarah Bernhardt is learning to
play the flute. This will be a ease
of Daniel carrying green cotton
umbrella under his arm to distin-
guish him from the lion.
/ The Harvard students want the
morning prayers abolished. In the
light of recent events it does seem
as though the college BOYS werep past
praying for.
Johnnie was kicked by his
pony, What made him kick you?"
inquired his sympathizing aunt. 81
don't know" sobbed Johnnie. Il
didn't ask him. .
False teeth are now being made
for dogs, and young men who hang
around the front gates of their dul-
clnas until the far long hours of the
night are becoming bolder than
ever.
-"Holcomb, the Michigan wrest-
ling giant, will wrestIc any man in
the world for $500" Lots of men
these dull times will do pile of
wrestling for $500.
"A Boston girl never calls am ice
berg an iceberg An, no! She al
ways speaks nf it as "a floating no.
gregahon of tangible frigiditvn
Money is scarce in California
The price for killing Chmamon
has been raised tos7. Iuxurics are
becoming expensive,
The philosopher who said
'Home is the rainbow of life must
have got the idea from hooking out
OF the back window on washday al
a clothes line fun of stylish stock
ings.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13
He Couldn't, Either.

A gentleman who drove up To the
Postottice yesterday and found no
place to hitch his horse, called to a
bootblack and asked him if he didn't
want to earn Il nickel,
"Can't do il just now, replied the
lad. I'm going up the alley to see
a slugging match"
Close at his heels was second
boy, and the gentleman addressed
him with the same inquiry.
"Qh, ! couldn't stop Il minute. ="
protested the gamin, Sfur I'm one
of the sluggers he's going to see
slug w-Exchange.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-13

The ALERT JEHu.-The model
coachman sleeps with his boots on
and his gripsack under his bed. He
knows not at what dreary hour he
may be summoned by the eloping
angel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
!, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST Z, 1884

hand, if, after telling some absorbing
and marvellous tale, you can honestly
add, my dear child, all this really
happened to your father when he was
little, or Ito your respected great
grandmother, the child is delighted.
In truth, the whole situation, in re-
speet to history, is described in that
well-known conversation between the
Englishman and the play-actor.
"Why is it!' asked the clergyman,
''that You who represent what every
body knows to be false obtain more
attention than we who deal IN the
most momentous realitiesP' "It is,
said the actor, "because you represent
the truth so that it seems like fiction,
while we depict fiction in such a man
ner that it has the effect of truth. "
The moral of it is, that the fault is
not in the children, but i'll us who
write the books and teach the lessons.
History is but series of tales of hu-
man beings. Human beings form the
theme which is of the things most
congenial to the child's mind. If the
subject loses all its charms by our
the fault is ours, and we
should not blame the child.-T. w.
HIGGNsoN, IN Methods Of Teaching
HISTORY.