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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
a SMART DOG.
A Canine Who Kept an Eye on tho Mum.
Der of His Masters Cows.

Old Fetch was shepherd dog and
.iyeil in the Highlands of the Hudson.
His master kept nearly Il dozen cows,
and they ranged at will among the
hills during the day. When the sun
was low in the west his master would
saw to the dog: Bring the cows
home and il was because the dog
did this task so well that he was called
Fetch.
One su.try day he departed as usual
upon his evening task. From scat
tered. shady and grassy hooks. lie 1T
last gathered all the cattle into the
mountain road leading to the distant
barn-yard.
A part of the road ran through Il
low. moist spot bordered by thicket
Of black alder. and into this one of the
cows pushed her way and stood quiet
". The others passed on, followed
some distance in the rear by Fetch.
AS the cows approached the barn
yard gate he quickened his pace and
hurried forward rs if to say: N
HCIt. atlSiltihS ~ cuSiASSo. Dtt iiS
complaccncy was disturbed as the
cows filed through the gate. HI
whined little, and growled little.
attracting his master attention. Then
he went to the high fence surrounding
the yard, and standing on his hind feet
peered between two of the rails. After
looking at the herd carefully for a
time he started offdown the road again
ut full run. His master now observed
than one of the cows was missing, and
he sat down on rock to see what Fetch
was going to do about it. Before very
long he heard the furious tinkling Of a
bell. and soon Fetch appeared bring
ing in the perverse cow at rapid pace.
fastening her on by frequently leaping
up and catching her ear in his teeth.
The gate was again thrown open and
the cow, shaking her head from the
pain of the dogs rough reminders, was
led through it in IA way that she dill
not soon forget. Fetch then lay down
quietly to cool Off in time for supper
E. Z. Roe, IN st. Nicholas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
SACRED MUSIC.
A Pleasant City Incident, the OutSrowth
of "a Good WOmaH's Thought.

| a Pleasant City Incident, the Outsrowth
Of Good Wonan's Thought.
Two or three years ago, one hot
Sunday afternoon, a gentleman was
walking with his wife, who was an in
valid, in the great park which stretches
for sixteen miles along the shores of a
beautiful river just outside of Philadel-
phia They were comfortable, middle
aged people, long past the period of
romance. But they were child.ess,
and, rs is often the case, their hearts
were tender with keen sympathies. and
they gave to the poor and hurt of God S
creatures the love which they had new
er been permitted to spend upon a
child of their own.
As they passed through the thick
woods and cool grassy slopes by the
river. MIR. Severns carelessly spoke Of
the tens OF thousands of poor people
shut up in sitting cellars and alleys,
and wondered why they did not come
out. as the Saviour did, to ''walk in the
fields on the Sabbath day." His wife
did not answer, but seemed lost in
SlIC Sd1u
Emusic would bring them:--sacred
music. II there could be an orchestra
here every Sunday afternoon, good
orchestra. that would play the old IA
miliar hymn-tunes, which carry every
body's soul up to God, how much good
it might do"
Her husband looked at her, and saw
her eyes were full of tears.
ut shall be done, wife, he said.
Il hope it will be done soon," she
said. 81 should like to hear it-once,
before l 60"
The next morning Mr.. Seyerns head
ed a subscription for the amount re-
1Ei.ed. The best orchestra in the city
was engaged, and on the next clear
Sunday afternoon was stationed in one
of the most beautiful glades of the
park.
An hour before the time appointed
crowds began to pour out from the city;
men and women; old, bent creatures;
on crutches; children, and babies in
their mothers arms; the poor. and
ragged, many of them bloatcd from
drink; the very guests whom the Lord
babe us find in the highways and By.
ways. and compel to come in to His
feast There were many thousands.
more than an; church would have held.
and of a class who, conducted as many
of our churches are now, viii not enter
their doors.
AT first there was confusion. bit when
the first notes of the solemn music were
heard. the vast audience sat down on
the grass and listened in reverent ST.
lcnce. The dusky aisles of trees, the
quiet, bright river, the blue sky over
head. and the strains which brought
some old sacred memory TO almost
every heart. stillcd and awed them.
"Old Hundred was played, Jesus,
Lover of my Soul" and then NEAR
er. my God, to Thee
a woman, an old feeble black wom-
IN, began to sing the words, in q
trembling voice. Another and another
Joined. and then. with one impulse. the
whole mighty audience sang together.
The'sound rose like rolling thunder
towards heaven. There We're tears on
many hard face that day.
The woman who had planned this
good work was not there. She had
been laid in her grave the day before.
But is it too much 10 hope that in her
happy home she was permitted to hear
that hymn Youths Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
PIG DIET.
Grass tho Foundation Of = Rational Course
of Feeding for young Pigs.

Grass the Foundation of = IA tiOnal Course
of Feeding for young Pigs.
The foundation for pig growth Shouid
be grass. rs it should be the foundation
for the growth of all stock. 1t is the
cheapest food given to Us and the most
natural for domestic animals. Pigs
when only three weeks old will begin
to eat grass. and they will live on it
when three months old. When they
have the range OF tender grass or
clover, they may safely be fed on any
kind of other food They will stand
corn in abundance. having the grass as
an antidote and adIIi tional food. The
grass is cooling and Efe-inspiring, and
complete food. Give me Il farm of
grass; grass in abundance. above all
other things. Cooling and relaxing
foods must be given to young pigs
along with the heating and constipating
foods, or there Will be trouble. This is
no mere theory, Tor whole litter Of
dead pigs are the silent evidence. Their
first trouble is scourS-the first. and
often the last, trouble with young pigs.
If they pass this ordeal, which is the
result of dyspepsia-yes, hogs. too,
lave it and sometimes get rid of the
cause by vomiting, a human expedient
then the next thing is either cOnstipa-
ton or dysenteYy- Inflammation of
the stomach, liver. kidneys and bowels
are diseases consequent upon feeding
pigs too rich food, or food in such q.
condensed form IS corn.
The most trouble in caring for young
pigs is, that they get too much food in
to the stomach, at one time. This Is
wrong when it Is concentrated, as the
mass is indigestible, and it is deietera-
Gus when thin and bulky, for then il
produces a distended and unnamsaal
size in the stomach and puts the: psg
out of shape. Pigs will stand great
deal more nutritious or rich food. if il
is given to them in small quantities
and every two hours. They haze nat
urally strong and quick digestion.
when it is not clogged or over-cromtied.
The way to keep up their stamina is to
feed little and often, and always in q
clean trough, and to give them the run
of pasture. The earth is an appe-
tizer-the fresh. clean earth. and not a
mire-hole-and pigs sick all the way
through. will often get well If allowed
to dig in it and live ON it. / DO not
think there is any single grain equal
for young pigs to oats fed dry. the
pigs being allowed to cat all they want
in connection with their mothers milk.
1t is q waste of time and toll 10 pay for
grinding the grain. for to do this is
simply amusement for the little fellows.
which become adopts at the business Of
grinding. swallowing the ''meats" and
splitting out the bulls at the sides al
their. mouths and looking wise ami
happy at the ss.me time.-Col. +. d.
CARTS, in RNzs, NetO Yorker.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
CUITlVATING CONN.
4. Method Successfully Employed ~ y
Experienced ASricul:nrist-

4. Method Successfully Employed hy IN
Experienced ASricul;nrist
DIV plan is to cultivate shallow and
keep the soil as nearly level as posi-
BILE had to try level cultivation con-
sidcrably before | could. g I'VE. zap the
idea that it was better than killing.
The old plan of cultivating- CORN I'M
piled using the diamond, plow 10 lay
the corn by with. The. eacth WAS
thrown to the corn each. WAY. and the
middles split out. leaving 1he soil in
high ridges. When cult:vators arst
began to be used, they wen laid aside
after cultivating two OF three. times as
il was still considered necessary to
finish the cultivation with the. plow.
tried both plans, cultivating- part of
nv crop with the cultivat0Y- and keep
ing The soil reasonably level. aad using
the diamond pillow for tho rest.
So far as my own experience Is con-
cerned. am satisfied that, taking one
season with another. level cultivation
is. the best. 4 we knew tn, a certainty
that the season wOula be excessively
wet, ! should of course, prefer to use
the diamond pillow; bu... generally, t..
level. shallow cultivation: is nanch the
best. as well as the most economical.
One man. with team and good
walking cultiyatOr, oanl do IS much
work cultivating corn. cane or pota-
toes, as two men with Hvo, horses and
two corn plows. making tine use of the
cultivatOr much more economical than
blowing.
My plan Of cultiratiag Is 10 have the
soil in as good filth, as possible before
planting the crop. and then commence
the cultivation, as soon rs possible aft
er the crop.is planted, with the harrow
This breaksthe CRUST and kills GU. ALI
the young weeds that arr sure to stase
up; generally tws, liarrowings can ne,
given with profit. Then commence
with the -cuitivator,. taking off the ih-
side shosels AMI puttaag bull tongues.
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are really snall-.
er and narrower sAovels. b. asine.
them and p,air of seaders. the sc1iIcaR
be stirred very clOSe to Che plants. Two
good civilizations can be giveas: R.as
is. oAe each way. sad this shonld. Leave
the corn very eie9n. Two more Wssrk.
inge with the .arger shOyels i'm is all
that is generally needed. Sometimes,
il the soil is unusually foul with weeds
" grass. one Cor ssen twOA more cult
ration IS necessary to keep clean. I
always found that it paid to keep tho
corn as clean rs possible. not only to
increase the yield but to leave the soil
in better condition for future crops.
find that it pays best to give the
earliest cultivation possible. If yoA
can secure good start to grow, ysn
can readily keep it up by contirssd
cultivation. and early thorough cussisa.
ton is very important item ia secur.
ing a good start to gr0w.-Cox. Caus.
| try Gentiem0R>
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
RoAp-MAkiNo.
Cseful Suggestions on the Proper Drainage
OF Public Highways.

OF Public Highways.
One of the most important subjects
to occupy the minds of the rural popu-
lation is that of roads. Another is
drainage, in connection with roads.
for without drainage no road, whatever
the material. can be permanently
good. In fact there are situations that
must be underdrained before the road
is made. Such places are, first, all
hollows that are sprouty. or that are
underlaid with hardpan or other mate
rial impervious to water.
The other class are springy and bog
CIV hillsides. All such situations should
first be thoroughly uLderdrained. In
fact, the writer is of opinion, from
practical experience. both in Under
draining farm and garden land. and
from observations on roads that have
been undetermined, that in all districts
where the natural soil must be used
both for the substratum and the surface
of the road. one or more lines of four
inch tile is valuable auxiliary where
laid along the line of the road 1t is
no less useful where gravel. stone or
other ballast forms the superstructure.
The Importance of understanding roads
will be apparent to all who have ever
witnessed the quick drying of the soil
and its solidity. over and near under
drains on the farm.
Where to place the underdrains
along the road is a question not entire
Iy settled. The probability is that one
line should be IN the center of the
track. Where drains are placed near
the edges of the road, these places dry
first, and take the travel in muddy
weather. If this plan is adopted line
of tile must be laid near each side of
the road. and that portion of the
ditch within eighteen inches Of the top
should be small. broken stone small
gravel or coarse sand. This viH pre-
vent the whole from becoming imper-
vious to water through puddlhrg. If
only y single line of tile is used, It
should be certainly filled with srYae or
gravel, except the last eighteen irs-hes.
Just over the tile. This should be, x,nd
OF friable loan.
# the tiles are laid in the bitches
they should be under the deepest part.
or next the side farthest from the osTs-
ter of the road In this case Fair
wagon-traek will be found next these
tiles. along the side of the road, in Ns':t
weather
Ir the understanding Of roads. wherc'
the cost would be too great to tile the
entire leagth. ali low places should Ger
tainly be drained. and ample Outfalh
must be provided by carrying drain
along the lowest outflow until it may
be brought to and carried off through
some natural channel. 1t is altogether
better. however. to drain the entire
road uphill and down, carrying the
water off at every depression leading
away from the road; and this, aside
from the fact that thus all water pass
ing down through the soil is quickly
carried away, really much water is in
Il measure forced down through the
soil, thus preventing it running over
the surface. Hence much washing OF
the road. in a broken country. is avoided
and where water stands in possible
ruts on worn places 1t is quickly drawn
down to the tiles below.-ChicagO Irib-
1<lsp.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
RELIGIOUS READING.
WHAT SOON SHALL BE.

Soon and forever.
Suct: promise our trust
Though ashes to ashes,
And dust unto dust;
Soon and forever.
Our union shall be
Made yerfect, our glorious
ReGeemcr in Thee.
When tire SINS and the sorrows
Dt time shall be DER:
Is paugS and ITS partiDgS
Remembered no more:
When LIE can not fan.
And V hen death can not sever,
Christians with Christ shall be,
Soon AID forever.
Soor and forever.
The breaking of day
Shall drive all the dark clouds
q! sorrow away:
Soon and forever.
Mc'il see as we re seen.
And learn the deep meaning
Of things Jnat have been:
Where tigntings without US
And fears from wituius
Shall weary 10 more
In the warfare OF sin:
Where tears and where fears,
And where death snail he-ncyer,
lEf4SliillS Nllit I Slldil Ds
Soon and forever.
Soon and forever.
The work shall be dove,
The warfare accomplished,
The victory won.
Soon and forever,
The soldier lays down
II IS sword for harp
And E.S cross for Al crown.
Teen droop not in sorrow,
BcSpoGG not i'm fear.
a glorious tomorrow
* bright ming and near;
Wien, blessed reward
OI each faithful cndeavor.
Christians with Christ shall be,
Scotland forever.
-Rer. j. 5. Il. NUnscU, in UIdtchnG,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

"A good way to clean an iron sink
is to rub well with cloth wet with
kerosene oil.
BY rubbing with damp flannel
dipped in the best whiting, the brown
discolOratiOn may be taken off cups in
which custards have been baked.
Water house plants only when they
require it. This may be from two to
three times a week, depending on how
fast the soil dries out in the pOts.-N.
Y. Telegram.
Kitchen Pepper: Mix one ounce
of ground ginger, half an ounce each
of black pepper, ground cinnamon.
nutmeg and allspice, one teaspoOnful
ground cloves. and six ounces of salt.
Keep in tightly corked bottle.-The
| Caterer.
-Hasty Mullins: Take one even cup
full and one tablespoonful of flour, one
cup of milk and one egg. Beat the
flour, milk and the yelk of egg tOgeth-
er. and then add the beaten white and
little salt. Bake in a quick oven.-
Boston Globe.
There is no other garden plant
which has so many insect enemies as
the squash. Still. in large planta-
ton, after the striped beetle has been
| whipped, other insect enemies will
rarely do enough damage to make the
injury serious.-SAs Francisco Chron-
icle.
"A roomy lounge in bed-cbamber
is a great convenience. 1t affords an
opportunity for an afternoon nap with
out disarranging the well-made bed.
and many Il carewOrn woman would
lie down for few minutes upon \
loungein her bedroom who would net
think of resting IN the daytime upon
the bed.
Handsome and delicious frOsting
can be made by using the yelks of eggs
instead of the whites. Proceed exactly
as for ordinary frosting. twill harden
just as nicely as that does. This is par
ticularly good for Grange cake. har-
monizing with the color OF the cake in
way to delight the sotsl of those who
love rich colorng:-Ths Household.
Successful culture Of apples must
provide good food for the trees. We
never saw the soil too ricir for the APP
pie. Kitchen ashes, in which the table
refuse is thrown. is an excellent top
dressing for apples We like top dress
ing better than any other system Of
manure for apple trees. Even Rice
ditch scrapings are good U@ top dress
with where nothing, else oi:ers-
change.
Hot Cabbage Salad: Take a firm.
white head, shred or chop enough to
nearly fill quart dish. put !. IN the
dish. sprinkle the top with 4 half
5easpoonful of black pepper ami two
* three tablespoonfuis. of white sugar:
pat half a cup of butter in = spider:
nhen it is brown stir into it the follow
ing mixture: Half-cup of sourcream.
three well-beaten eggs. .half-cup OF vim
egar; let it boil 4 moment and pour it
oner the cabbage: cover and keep IN u
warm place until wanted EOStoss Eisd-
git-
Nearly all gardeners transplant
cabbage plants but a successful grower
writes that he sowS the.seed III rows
t,wenty-One inches apart. i'm order 10
allow OF cultivating the plants with 4
harrow. After they reach the, size at
which transplanting is done, he trans
plants all of these in everN alternate
row until the plants stand two feet
apart The rows are three ;lid ONE
bali feet apart. He claims, shat they
do .pS well rs those transplanted from
seed in the ordinary wav--Hsstssn
R1vI!
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17

"A singular phenomenon" is re-
corded in the Savannah NeUs as having
been observed at Carrollton. Ga: Near
the residence of A. +. Sharp the rain
fell In circle of about ten feet. and in
no other spot. 1t came IN huge drops
and lasted fully ten minutes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17

"A lady who was member OF a
class stuI,ying art concluded q recita-
ton on. Benjamin Haydon by saying
that coward the close of his life he
com mitted suicide. "-Harpsr's Bosor.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-17

81 see that an Eastern genius has
constructed an engine Of paper.
ayes: wonder what kind of an IN.
gine2' Stationary. OF course. -
-B,nqha,npton Republicans.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-10-15
COMPENSATION.

In that new world toward which our feet ara cat
Shall we find aught to make our hearts forget
Ear'n homey joys and her bright hours of BLISS
aas heaven spell divine enough for this9
ror ,e. VINO the pleasure of the spring shall tell,
w mneh on the leafless stock the brown buds swell.
When the grass brightens and the days grow long.
anu n'tie oirds break out in ripping song?
o sweet the dropping eve the blush of morn.
Inc starht sky, the rustling fields of corn,
Inc soft airs blowing from the fresh ming seas.
Inc sunfecked shadow of the stately trees,
Inc mellow thunder and the luliing rain,
Inc warm, delicious happy summer rain,
When the grass brightens and the DAYS grow long
ana little birds break out in rippling songl
o beauty manifold. from morn till night,
DaWns flush, moons blaze and sunsets tender
light!
y fair, familiar features, changes sweet
Of her revolving seasons, storm and sleet,
ana golden calm, slow she wheels through
space
FROM snow to roses; and how dear her face
When the grass brightens when the days grow
long, -
And little birds break out in rippling songss
happy earth o home SO well beloved,
What recompense have we from thee removedP
One hope we have that overtops the whole;
The hope of finding every vanished soul
We love and long for daily, and for this
GLADLY we turn from thee and all thy bliss,
Even at thy loveest, when the days are long,
And little birds break out in rppng song.
Celia Thaxter in The Century.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-10-15
Private Drinking Glasses.

"Heah, bahkeeper, this is not my glass, "
said an eighteen carat dude in fashionable
Sixth street restaurant the other afternoon,
petulantly pushing back the diluted julep be-
fore him and stroking his little moustache
with an aggrieved look:
"Beg pardon, sir, beg pardon" said the bar
keeper, as he hastily withdrew the offending
glass Opening a little cabinet i'll the side
board he brought out pretty cut goblet, i'll
which lie carefully mixed the dudes "pizen, y
saying apologetically as he pushed it across
the marble: $50 many people coming in here
1 clean forgot it.
The dude felt too much hurt to reply, but
slipped his beverage and then faded away.
"Thats the last fool notion of them ducks, y
said the drink dispenser, with backward Jerk
of the thumb toward the retreating young
man.
"What's that?"
"Why, each of them has to have his own
glass now. You see this case! Well, I've got
eighteen sets of private glasses i'll there, five
different kinds of glasses in set, and when
one of them comes in I've got to get his own
little cup to mix the liquor in. They are good
trade, though, and l can't afford to object"
The glasses were very pretty, of fine cut
ware and shaped like those used for ordi-
nary every day customers The sets, the
barkeeper said, cost $5 and can be purchased
at only one or two places III the city.
"They pretend" continued the man of
mixed drinks, that they're afraid OF drink
ing out of the same glasses as the mob as
they might get some disease. They've been
going it about two Et nehs now and they'll
go clear across the city without drink be-
fore they'll take drop out of anything but
their own glass;s. | hear they've got the
same wrinkle at one OF two of the clubs here.
They're daisies. ."-Pittsburg Chronicle
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-10-15
Judge Kelley's Good Health.

"Pig Iron" Kelley, of Philadelphia, was
among the members who have visited New
York recently. He is serving in his thir-
teenth congress, and he tells me that his blood
is leaping through his veins at faster rate
now than at any other time during the last
fifteen years. He has written within year
his book on Mcclellan and 1900 words of
"reminiscences of Lincoln. Though over 20
years and the Oldest man in congress, in
point of service, Mr.. Kelley still works hard
and continuously. But he is evidently slowly
creeping into childish ways, and am told by
other members that he has to be humored.
Judge Kelley ascribes his present good health
largely to the fact that he has entirely
stopped the use of tobacco. For tifty-liv years
he chewed and smoked A cigar was always
in his mouth during the day and he went to
sleep with a quid between his jaws. The re-
suit was that his system became saturated
with nicotine, and the side of the cheek in
which the tobacco lay at night became
poisoned and a cancerous sore was developed,
which caused him great pain. The doctors
told him he must stop the use of tobacco. He
did SO partially, using only the end of cigar
occasionally. He had the cancerous forma-
tion cut out of his cheek, and then gave up
tobacco altogether. He said it made him feel
like new man.-Cor. New York News