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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
Courtesles Of C0urtship That should S0
he Forgotten After Marriage.

Courtesies Of Cou rtship That should Not
BE Forgotten After Marriage.
I am minded to write a few lines on
the little courtesies of life that some Of
us who are husbands and wives seem to
have forgotten. Or purposely put aside.
since the days of our honeymoon. We
chung to them tenaciously enough be-
fOre-yea, we gloried in them. i know
I used to tip my hat in the most grace
full and courteous manner to my wife
when l CHANGED to meet her on the
street before we were married. Some
times, confess it with shame, / don't
do it now. used. in those "politer :"
days. t. think that We could not under
any circumstances 60 upstairs with
out a good deal Of my arm for support;
and now-well. sometimes / bolt on
ahead of her and she says reprovingly:
4" Here. sir. you're . gallant husband
to let me 60 upstairs unassisted. ;"
Then / always go back and do my duty.
but the shame Of Il is that should
have forgotten my duty in this respect
Wives cling longer than husbands
to all the gentle. gracious little courte-
sies that were never forgotten inc tho
halcyon days Of their, courtship. but
they. too, forget at times some of the
little things that made them 50 charm
ing in the eyes of Tom. John or Will.
Why shouldn't we say II beg your
pardon or Excuse me-" and
Thank you" to each other - well ~
to other men and women? The lack Of
these little cOurtesies and kindnesses has
much to do with the lack Of harmony
and happiness in many homes.-Good
Housekeeping.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09

Robert Lewis stevenson tho an.
thor, was educated for an engineer.
-Wilkie (,ollina ia = na;ns..L;,.
writer and makes copy verv slowly ne
Is quoted "a saving that he rev;s..s CON,
seven times hefore giving IL tn the n,,h.
lie.
-Corcrs,su.r R,acl;,r;a. osr
tnclv ~ho !. noted Tow h;s s,rc,an..
"a nm orator eavs th.. his f.ro-;,.
books are the Bible, Shakespeare and
=. Don Ouixote." Il il his custom h..
fore making a speech to read chantey
in the Bible. and he usually chooses the
book of Isaiah.
Mira Julia Ward Howe annarent,v
did not look upou her marriage "a the
end of her school davs. for since he,
marriage she has learned to speak
French. Italian and modern Greek A,.
emily. and bas acquired a profound
knowledge Of the works Of Kant. Heoel
Spinoza. Connie and Fichte.
Mrs. John A. Logan recently wrote
in the American Naoa:ine: Tho first
absolute requisite for success in enter
tanning people and adding to the pleas
ures of life, is TO have q kind heart and
. real desire TO make others happy.
and not be prompted by a wish to dis
play our possessions for the unsatisfac-
tory qualification of having them i'd
mired in our presence, and the source
from which they were obtained and our
taste criticised in our absence"
AT one time CARLYLE and Mr.. Ar.
mold were friends: and then-to mt II
euphemistically-they saw less of each
other. A friend of both called on Mr..
Arnold (so runs the story and asked
him about the sage. "Oh. poor Car
lyle" said the prophet of culture.
"he is in his dotage." Afterward. tb-
same gentleman made some remark =.
Carlyle about Arnold MATHEW Ar.
mold" growled the philosopher.
thinks God c0uldna' max anithe1
Matthew Arnold"
"A bookseller at Lyons, France, ha.
been issuing literary curiosity. Iii.
a volume entirely Of silk. to be pub.
lished in twentv.five parts. of which "a.
teen have already anneared. at the price
az two dollars per number. The text is
woven in the silk. A each number
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09
UNCLE sc,p.s vAy.

UNCLE SCip.S war.
An Old Darky Who Believed In Ra.ta..
- Wen ~ Working.
My last experience was with a little.
robust old darkey known in our town
as Uncle Scip. hired him to spade
up my wife's flower garden. a task any
half active man would have completed
in half day.
Uncle Scip said he would .sdrap
round" and ''frow up dat dirt in
bout fo'ty rninnits." He didn't know
but he'd come around and do it some
morning befo' breakfus. jess TO de ex-
ercise.
He came instead at half past eight
one morning when every body else had
their seeds in. Twas doing some work
at home that day. said:
Hurry up. Uncle; my wife wants to
get her seeds in the ground to-day.
Eyes. sab. yes. sab: I'll hab it done
in less'n no time now"
Half an hour later went out and
found the spade sticking up in the
ground and three or four shovels of
dirt thrown up.
"Here. Uncle Scip." l said, "this
won't do; you must work faster"
"Yes. sab; yes sab; was jess res'n
up SPELL"
He seized the spade. made the dirt
fly while l was in sight, and in ten
minutes was lying fiat on his back
under an apple tree.
Resting up some more. eh?" l asked.
suddenly appearing.
Yes. sab; spadin. am mOnst' Gus
hard work; fellow has 70 res up a
good deal vile he's at hit"
well, if you don't hurry up you
won't get it done this day.
Huh. say! Guess yo' don't know
old Unc' Scip, does yo'? I'd go hide
my head if couldn't spade up dat little
gyarden spot in an hour
At the end Of an hour he had spaded
a space about six feet square. and was
sitting down with his back to the fence,
tanning himself with his hat.
Get up and go to work there" I
cried out of q window.
Yes. sab; yes, sab; soon's res up
q bit"
He spaded two feet more and began
" res'n up again. this time lying dat
on his stomach ON the grass. his heels
in the air.
"Jess resin up little. Missus." he
said to my wife. who went out to see
how he was getting along. Don't y0'
glib yo'sef no worryment bout dis gyar-
den; hit'll be all spaded up long TO yo'
need hit"
He crested up" steadily until half
past ten o'clock. Then q crony. as
tired as himself. came around and they
rested" together in q sunny corner Of
the lawn until eleven o'clock; then /
went out and said:
"See here. Scip. either go to work
and finish this spading or clear out and
let some one else do it."
"Sho! he shifted, ''wh' fo' yo' make
SIGH TODD bout n little job like dat.
I'll git dat done in less'n no time now"
He seized the spade with great alsc-
rity. spsded three feet, and then came
to the door and asked:
what time am it,"
"A quarter after eleven"
"Well. lib so far way guess I'll
have to start home to dinnah now. /
likes allus to res up little TO eatin'
my dinnah."
He came back at two o'clock and.
after his walk Of eight blocks, had to
res a spell" He rested nearly all
the afternoon and at five o'clock Igave
him fifty cents of the $3.50 he wanted
80 his days work." and gave him his
walking papers, and called in good
sized boy from the street, who spaded
up the whole dower-garden by six
Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09

The proper time for planting out
celery Is from the latter part of juno
until the latter part of July or even the
first of August. At the North. and MI
through August. and perhaps even into
September, for more southern l0cali-
ties. The home gardener may select q
little piece Of land just cleared from
early potatoes. peas or radishes. A
email piece will generally do for IN
average family. One hundred plants
only require single row fifty feet long.
and viii 60 quite . good ways toward
supplying . family.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09

The castor oh bean plant makee
IN excellent and beautiful border alone
the walks, but il i = strong and Wig
orous grower and demands . large
proportion Of manure. The plaut i
said to Be protection against sonse
Kids Of insects.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09
FEEDING THE HOGS.
Practical Points from the Notebook Of
Western Farmer.

Practical Points from the Notebook Of Q
Western Farmer.
We raise so much corn, and it is 50
easy to throw a little corn to the hogs.
letting them get water from brook or
pond, til at we are apt to conclude it is as
good a way to bring them along as any.
Right here we need little practical
knowledge Or experience, and II we
have neither, we may get it in tine end
by paying dearly for it. All breeding
and young growing stock should be fed
very sparingly on corn; a mixed or
variety OF feed for them is much the
best. You can feed shorts. oil meal,
ground wheat, rye, oats, bran, pump
kins. potatoes. turnips-any thing of
that kind that they will eat. This kind
of feeding tends to develop them so
much better and faster by making bone
and muscle and keeping them in better
health. / am not in favor Of cooking
feed for hogs unless it is done on a
large scale; it costs good deal 70 az
for it and takes SO much time that II
does not pay the majority OF farmers to
adopt it. The water that we mix the
feed with should be warmed in freezing
weather. About IS good feed as you
can get is shorts and ground oats,
about equal parts, and if you have some
oil meal to add with them, it will be
better. Feed twice day on this with
q small ration of corn, Of course letting
them run on good grass (timothy and
clover are the best), and have access to
a mixture of ashes, charcoal. salt, sui
phur, copperas and black antimony. If
it is not convenient for you to have
ground feed give plenty Of oats; and If
the weather be warm these might be
soaked. All your hogs should have
access to good well or spring water; l
would not use a creek or pond unless
the pond was fenced and water brought
from it in pipe to the trough. using q
hydrant Or float valve. prefer .
trough that will let the water in fresh
rs they drink it. Creeks and branches
that flow from great distance are lia.
bic to contain germs OF disease, il there
is any in the country. and Their efore are
TO be avoided. Cor. FARM aud Home
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09

opinion that the junk was a spy boat
sent out by the pirates, who never at
tackled vessel by daylight without
taking all due precautions. He said
we would see the pirate feet come out
in case no sail appeared on the horizon.
and his words were speedily verified.
We had been gradually edging inshOre.
and were not over five miles from the
land. when we caught sight Of five
junks coming out after US. There was
q good working breeze. and DOW. as
was only natural. We began to claw Oh.
BY seeming to want to get away very
badly. but by carefully manipulating
the helm. re were seven miles OF the
land before the feet reached us. We
were satisfied of their intentions long
enough before. 1t was not to help a
vessel in distress. but to take advan-
tage OF one almost helpless.
The lunks kept pretty we'll together.
and when within rife shot each one
raised Chin-Lung's nag and uttered .
cheer. Each had q couple Of howitzers.
with which they opened fire upon the
schooner. but no harm had been done
when we were ready to spring the trap.
At the word Of command every man
was ON deck, the gun crews jumped to
their stations. and things aloft were
shipshape in moment. Then We wore
round to get between the pirates and
! tia bay and opened IRE. A Chinese
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-09

C4u6l 10 WV lu Au4SIACdu 0OoCS .
There was only about go aboard. and
he personally cut the captains throat,
had the others logged. and went on his
way to the bay of Luzon, which is on
the west side of the island OF that
name. We spoke the trader. and no
ceived from her terrified crew the
incidents above narrated, and then
shaped our course for the bay. As
luck would have it. an Ameri-
can ship called the Joseph Taylor
was ahesd of US. and as she passed
down the coast was attacked by the
feet about seven miles Oh shore. We
heard the rumpus about IN hour before
daylight. There was little breeze. and
though greatly outnumbered, the crew
Of the Taylor beat the pirates OF. At
daylight the wind freshened. and we
slid in between the junks and the shore
Just as they were preparing for Sec
ond attack. We were no sooner with
In range than We opened on them. and.
seeing escape cut Oh. the fellows tried
hard to lay US aboard. In thirty min
utes from the opening Of tho tight Ne
bad sunk or run down every junk and
disposed Of every pirate. and only had
four men wounded in doing t.
Our work had been done - prompt-
II and we'll that il struck terror . tho
hearts Of m evil doegs IN these 60.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

The Macon Telegraph, under the head
ing The JeHersonian Tariff prints the
following letter written by Thomas Jeffer-
son 20 General Kosciusko, on the 18th of
April ISL:
The duues viii be levied entirely on the rich the
bJsluc Of ehold manufacture being now SO
established tiot tie farmer and aborcr clothes him
self entirely. Tie rich alone imported articles,
and ON these alone the whole taxes of the general
government are levied. The poor man who uses
nothing BUT What is made on Lis own inrn or fami-
ly, or within bis own country pays not a lnrthins
Of tax t. tie general government, but on his salt;
and should we 20 into that manufacture also, as is
probable, he viii nay nothing.
Now, this is not "Jetfersonian tariff, :"
but simply Thomas Jeffersons theory of
the tariff, and it is pretty much as true now
as it was then The farmer who makes his
farm self-sustaining is not troubled by the
so-called taxes on the necessaries of life. As
matter Of fact, it is the politicians and
editors who are making all the fuss about
the tariff
II is no doubt true that a majority of the
southern farmers are free traders. They
are so by tradition and habit of thought.
When the south was purely an agricultural
region, it was natural that the people should
be for free trade. There was no demand
for the development of the natural resources
of the south, and apparently no demand for
manufacturing industries. The south stuck
to agriculture, voted for free trade and
danced attendance on the north.
VIII the Telegraph say it was good pol
icy? We should think that they showed it
to be a fatal policy. When the agricultural
south seeded from the industrial north, our
people were not long in discovering how
slender theiy resources were. With all their
tremendous energies aroused and brought
into play they could make no Roadway, and
they were finally defeated because all their
resources were exhausted.
We are not discussing the present tariff
E lperts say that it needs to be reformed and
that its inequalities demand revision. Some
Of its features may be unjust. That is a
matter for those to consider who are famil-
lar with lis workings. But THE CONSTR
TUITION is in favor OF protecting American
industries by taxing the products of foreign
manufacturers; it is in favor Of policy that
viii benefit the south, develop southern re-
sources, and give strength and purpose to
our industrial progress.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

The New York Evening Post is inclined
to be severe on the ancient idol of the re-
publican party, Mr. Blaine, who, it thinks,
is essentially man of the slums.
This is hard on the eminent gentleman
from Maine, and is a characterization which
will meet with the contempt of the follow
erS of the Mulligan statesman; but the Post
sustains its position by strong array of
evidence obtained from the charmed circle
of Mr.. Blaines managing support, the New
York Tribune.
Mr.. Blaine is not strong man before the
country at large, for the Post shows that he
received only 1S2 out Of 401 electoral votes,
and was defeated, while General Garfield
received PA out of 500, and was elected
Garfield received 8, 464 votes more than q
democratic candidate, while Mr.. Blaine re-
ceived %, 005 less. The Tribune Almanac
is also made to show that Mr.. Blaine is not
strong in the republican states, for its sta
tistics establish the fact that Mr.. Blaine
vote in the strongest republican states fell
very far behind the republican strength of
those states, he having received a minority
of 1884 of the total vote of Massachusetts,
ity of Al, sos over all opposition.
OF the four doubtful states, New York,
Indiana, Connecticut and New Jersey,
Garfield got them all except the latter, in
which he reduced the democratic plurality
to 2,0l0, while Blaine gave it to the demo-
Gratis by plurality of 1900, and lost the
other three by nearly 5000 votes, while
Garfield had carried them by over 80, 900
votes. Therefore, Blaine is bad man for
the doubtful states.
The Post goes on to show that Blaine is
neither strong among the new voters nor in
strictly intelligent quarters, and the Tribune
Almanac proves that the Post is right.
Then, where is Mr.. Blaine's strength? our
esteemed contemporary asks, and the Tri-
bune Almanac answers:
In the slums.
Statistics show that in the most aban-
doncd quarters in New York and Brooklyn
Blaine's vote ran considerably ahead of
Gariields being almost twice as great with
the VIGOROUSLY ignorant and degraded vote
of certain assembly districts. Really, this
is not favorable showing for the plumed
knight OF old, but his feathers have become
so spotted and his armor so broken that it
will hardly serve to do him injury. He is n
badly wounded man already, and the repub-
hcans seem determined to take him again,
dead or alive.
An effectual Quietus will then be admin
istcred
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

United s-a.c' a party 10 the crimes Of he
tyrannicai czari
As long as tie r,Eilis,s continue in their
method Of Graduating the evils of which
they complain by the use Of dynamite and
the dagger, the United States cannot afford
TO listen TO their petitions. This country
has already begun to feel the effect Of the
teachings Of socialism and nihilism. and it
vii! not tolerate the man nor the methods
which are back OF them. We know
tina. Russia is an oppressed country, and We
heartily sympathize with those who are en-
gagged ia breaking loose from their yoke Of
bondage, when they strive to do so in an
open and brave manner: bat nothing can be
accomplished bg the indlscrm.uate use of
dynamite and hidden daecers, and as long
as the nihi!izts continue to adopt this policy
by which TO gain freedom they will never
be succcasful
Stepniak isright when he says his people
are the most oppressed on the earth. but he
is wrong in urging the use Of dynamite as n
remedy. It's Use is repugnaut to humanity,
and IL is an unlawful means Of warfare,
which VIII not be sanctioned by any civilized
government.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14
EDITORIAL Postscript.

THE SUNS CAT still sits on the landing and
asks politicians, "Whosc little boy are YOU %
THE New YORK Journal says thnl Times
dial has not yet marked the poets hour But
how about the whisky sour2
THE KISS TRUST ORGANIZED i'm Washington
hY number Of pretty girls is about the only
trust that will be popular; that is provided
enough people can ret into the company
1hh MACoN TELEGRAPH wants the working
men 70 take nm interest in tho tariff QUESTION.
Tho Telegraph needn't worry about tie work
ing mon.
Tur GrAsp Drrr Arrvts has hcoomc an
admiral He is now prominent enough TO be
blown up by bomb
IIfr ANti rrpIurtriua'tsts in st. Louis arc
talking about importing some epeukcrs from
Atlanta They could not do bottrr
IfHh prt5rioa wholhor Editor Inlstead
viii fly up tho croeh or sun himself on top of u
Cincinnati tank. Gteat events seem 10 he ON
the tapestry en io speak
rHr oABlr rrrpnt Of bismarck 's speech in
tho reichstug said 500 much about the speakers
hcudy and w'tor and SO little about the
q9ec b. llpl u was difficult TO get the sense Of
tHn Grafton.
Ht"trup lHnAtts, who "a q prohttitouist,
t"lA "th rnffnshug condor ON tho state OF
atf'n in hHuens. "'rho pr1bibitimi,ts" said
hr. ulrr el Cleo law they want. and tho
"t "F driuhou i1to an tho whisky thoy
atet"
hE ryCiNvGr rtts ttat "Atlnuta aud ST.
Louis nro tho grrat mulc markctsof Amrricn."
l'7I thcro Is this difference. In Atlanta tho
mplrs are sold while in 81. Louis they acli.
" wiz nr vrE gratifying 60 the American
friends Of the late Thomas n Beckett. OF Eng
hand, 60 know that h's bones have been disooy-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14
IT VIZ Not stand.

The other day case Was reported in our
news columns, in which il was stated that a
man who had assaulted his wife had been
sent to the pen.tantialy for three years
This was we'll enough, but the dispatch
went on To state that the mans wife had at
tempted to shield him, and had been CON
victcd of perjury and sentenced for year
and half
II will strike most people that the Unfor-
tunate woman in this ease deserves palace
rather than prison. Ii she violated Il stat
ute law it was in the interest Of virtue and
morality, The old theory of the law for
thousands of years has been that in such in
stances the wife acted under compulsion of
her husband, ana he has been held rcspon-
sible.
We cannot afford now 20 60 back upon
this time-honored doctrine. The corner
stone Of society is the family, and it takes
the husband and wife 10 make 4 family.
When the head of the concern goes wrong
he must be punished as a matter Of course,
but when his better half tries to shield him
il is q shame TO our civilization 70 punish her
as criminal. When people make heroic
sacrifices, impelled by the noblc>t impulses
of their nature, they should be houored
instead OF being prosecuted and bounded
down,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

The recent estimates of our population,
published in the New York World almanac
for lSSS. are valuable and interesting
The total population of this country, with
the exception of the Indian territory, is
now supposed to be G2 ,S74 ,272, as compared
with the return of 80, 155 1888, given in the
last census. This increase of about thirteen
millions in eight years, makes it fair to pre-
diet that by 1890, our population will reach
GO, 900. Each state has made large
gains in the past eight years, but the most
notable are in Kansas, Minnesota. Missouri,
Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Texas and Dakota. 1t is be-
lieyed that in Georgia we have gained 800
GEO since 1880.
The estimated population of the large
cities viii be a surprise to many people.
New York figures with l.5O0, coo, Philadel-
phia with ,043 69S, Brooklyn with 757, 100.
Chicago with S50,0O0, and St. Louis with
100000
Al this rate OF progress it is plain to see
that We are going to have great country,
with some OF the biggest cities on the face
of the earth.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14
A Broken Hearted Old Man.

Mr.. Brooks, the father of the st. Louis
trunk murderer, better known rs Maxwell,
has again arrived in this country to make
a last effort in behalf of his son.
The father was formerly well-to-do resi-
dent of Hyde, near Manchester. England,
but he has exhausted his fortune in his SON
defense. Mr.. Brooks is beginning to re-
alize that the case is hopeless, but he will
appeal to the governor of Missouri. He
IS firm in his belief that his son is innocent
and was convicted ON the perjured testi-
mony Of n detective, who was Struggled into
the prisoners cell in the guise of a con-
Wet. In England, Mr. Brooks says, such
methods are not permitted, and no man
would be convicted on such testimony. OF
course he believes his sons story that his
victim was accidentally killed. He thinks
that the Young mans fatal mistake was his
coucealment of the body, his flight and his
contradictory confessions.
1t is possible that the old man is right,
but he will not be able to convert many TO
his belief Brooks. alias Maxwell, has
shown himself 10 be hear;less, reckless and
mendacious, and there is not much hope for
such man. But there will be abundant
sympathy for the stricken father lie has a
heavy load of grief to bear, and lie is stand.
ing up under ID mantully.