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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

es s&U" ANU 0AHOeNs
Old orchards may be- renovated
oy thorough cultivation, digging, de-
stroying the borers, cleaning up, white
washing the trees, pruning and doing
such other work a. may be necessary
to get the soil and trees in ; frst-
class condition.
Unlike other machinery agricult-
ural implements and machinery are
used out of doors. and require more than
ordinary care to keep them in order. yet.
as rule. they receive less care than Is
given to machinery in mills and facto-
ries. and more rust out than wear out.
Rural Home.
1t is observed that ''the mass Of
the butter sold goes for half price.
year In and year out, largely because
it is churned at the wrong temperature
by persons too stingy or too stupid to
invest in a good thermometer. A vari-
alton of FIVE degrees from the standard
spoils or greatly Injuries either butter
or cheese"
If you can get along without put :
ting any vegetables in the cellar. you
will reduce the chances of disease. But
if you must put them in the cellar, see
that they get frequent attention in the
way of asserting. See that the dead
and dying are promptly removed and
give the cellar some fresh air and SUM-
light occasionally.
-Seaweed, according to Popular
Gardening. is one of the best possible
manures for asparagus, and those who
live near the coast are advised to give
their asparagus beds heavy dressing
with it. Winter. it says, would per-
haps be the best time to apply the
weed. afterwards covering it with an
inch or two of soil.
1t is distressing to see a farmer
working for less than the wages of a
common laborer, and at the same time
reducing the productive capacity of his
land each year. so that the future holds
no better outlook for him; and on thou
sands of farms the first step toward
changing this bad state of affairs
would be the seeding of a large part of
the farm to grass.
If you want to raise seedlings Sc
cure the seed and plant in rows in a
clean place in the garden. A sandy
loaming soil is much the best. Do
not plant too thick. Arrange so that
clean cultivation can be given, while.
rs a rule, it is not desirable to secure
seedlings and allow them to grow to
maturity, it is often a good plan to
grow them to graft standard varieties
upon.-WeStern Plownaan.
Take quart of tar and three
pounds of resin, melt them, bring to q
cooling temperature, mix with as
much coarse saw-dust, with little
charcoal added. as can be worked in;
spread out while hot upon a board;
when cool, break up into Jumps of the
size of a large hickory nut, and you
have, at small expense, kindling
material enough for a household for
one year. They will easily ignite
from a match, and burn with a strong
blaze long enough to start any wood
that is cit to burn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
PERSONAL AND u,reRAa3.

Mira Wordsworth. tho daughter.
in-law Of the poet, and last survivor OF
she occupants a Rydal Mount, died re-
Gently.
Mrs. Trollope did not commence
her career as an author until she had
reached 1.-The sober season Of married
and middle life"
Browning. the English poet. who
IS warm admirer Of Walt Whitman,
has one Of the largest collections in
Europe of works by American verse
writer's.
According to Alphonse Daudct lit
erary people. as rule. have horror
Of music. Leconte de Lisie and BAN
vile share this opinion. The moment
. piano opens Goncourt frowns-Zola
is of much the same way of thinking.
Daudet alone, among his especial en-
tourage. loves music madly.
The success of q well-known au-
thor is attributed to the fact .'that he
who reads feels that the hero is but q
slight idealization of himself. the hero
inc such as every girl expects or BE-
ieves herself to be-" What is this but
the understanding Of human nature,
upon which all true literary success
depends?
Thomas Mooney, who was the first
missionary to visit this country on be-
half of Ireland, is dead. For many
years he was the London correspond
emit of the Irish World Of New York,
writing under the nom de plume OF
transatlantic" On April 81, 1883,
when he laid down his pen. he was
ninety years old.
Mrs. Botta, the well-known wife
of Prof Vincenzo Botta, himself lit
terateur of note, became distinguished
early in life as Miss Anna Lynch. tho
poetess. Late. her Handbook OF
Universal Literature" a remarkable
work, passed through number of edi-
tions, and was adopted in most colleges
and schools as a textbook.
MIR. Andrew Lane is said to be-
one of the best paid literary men of
the time. The London Daily Netos
give him for his editorials on minor
topics 5000 year; his monthly
ship" in Longman's Magazine brings
him in $500 annually; his articles in
the Saturday RerieD are said to be as
remunerative as those in the Lon
don Daily Ne,rs; he has handsome
salary as ''reader" for Longn,an'S; he
writes magazine articles and London
letters, and copyright receipts from his
books swell the list.
The question. GLOW to be an
Orator." has been asked Of Rev. Robert
Collyer. He answers thus in the New
York Mail and Erpress: what have
to say try to say in the simplest
words l can find, and in happy mo-
ments seem to find these by instinct.
Then l never make up my mind how
shall say them. leave all this to
some swift intuition of the instant.
and the holy spirit of the truth. and
know beforehand that. if the thing is
well worth saying. and 1 can forget
Collyer. it will be all right when am
through"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

until the master Of the slaves was heard
from, and by that time it was too late
to think of pursuit
Nothing could be heard about old
Venus and her consederates. She was
still in camp, and held In great fear by
the negroes as native African obeah
woman Of mighty and occult powers.
What she wanted kept secret was not
likely to be told.
/ often ponder on the horrible scene
I witnessed and try to understand it.
but in vain. OF one thing l am sure;
the young man and girl were victims
of some terrible fate brought on them
by the malignity of that old witch, but
whether natural or supernatural
agents were used in their destruction
remains an insoluble problem. As
Ike said:
ut am all er middle, young marse.
n dis chile CANT mex head nur tail
on it. Ef dey varmint wha' was
squirmin' round dat night he'd er been
nat'ral varmint like allumgaters n
stitch, Cesar neber tuck he tail tween
he leg n squatulate roun' dat u way.
He sho ter bark at 'em anyhow, n
yer knows yerse'f dar warn't or piece
er bark lef en- him."
On the whole, I agreed with Ike that
something more than natural was
abroad in Cocodri that night but all
its incidents remain now, as ther were
then. an impenetrable mystery of the
swamp. MRS A. G. CANFIELD.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

children. To guard against this, a plank
wall, about tex Feet high, was erected
between the "great house" and the
negro cabins, and it was as much as
my life was worth to be caught on the
wrong side of il.
But from the days OF our grand
mother Eve downward. prohibition has
had but one effect on depraved human
nature, l. e., to maze us long more
ardently for the thing prohibited. A
nocturnal visit to Uncle Isaac's or
Aunt Casters cabin had always been
delightful, but it became irresistibly
enticing after the erection of that
fence. Many night, when was sup
posed to be sleeping the sleep of in
nocence, l had scaled the barrier and
was snugly ensconced in a huge chin
ney corner, luXuriating on hot ash
cake and roasted 'possum, and listen
ing with all the ears l had to negro
songs and stories.
One night l made up my mind to
accompany Uncle Ike on a 'possum
hunt We both knew such an expedi-
ton would be considered an overt act
OF high treason against the reigning
powers, and entail direful consequences
If detected. Nevertheless, was bent
on going, and Ike was equally eager to
take me.
Ten o'clock of an autumn night
found us trudging towards Cocodri
swamp. accompanied by a mongrel
cur which Ike pronounced ode pow
fules' possum dawg en- all desc dig
gins
At first, our way lay through the
pine woods, and the moon lighted our
path and silvered with melancholy
1uster the smooth brown trunks and
huge swaying tops of the pine trees.
But as We approached Cocodri, the
thicker growth intercepted her rays
and made twilight through which we
had some difficulty to avoid stumbling
over the cypress knees and breaking
our own.
We had gone n mile in the swamp
when our attention was drawn to the
strange behavior of Ike's dog. Instead
of questing round in search of game
he skunk close to his masters legs,
his tail between his own, and shivered
NIL over.
'.'Fo' Gawd, Marse Harry, yer done
see dat dawg? Ib'lieve. 10 my mars
ter. dat dawg done see sumpun we dem
CANT see. Now l try him. Hi, Cesar.
hi. boy, possum up err gum tree; sick
him. boy. sick him!''
But Cesar declined to "sick him"
or to do any thing but SLOUGH close to
1ke's heels. his hair bristling and
showing his teeth with faint snarl.
What makes him do that wav.
Uncle Ike? never saw him behave
SO before"
% done tole yer. young marse. dat
dawg got mighty keen nose. He kin
smell 'possum whar yer neber think
ha'r Nv 'possum tail was. n he smell
sumpun now. Sho's yer born, honey,
dar sumpun ain sniptious roun' 'ere,
Oars hants som'ers."
:" Hants! stuff! more likely he
smells alligators. 1Cocodri Lake swarms
with 'em, and he's MORALLY scared of
them ever since one snapped of q
piece of his tail in the bayou"
"Yah! yah! so he am. young marse
but tain no allumgaiter. We dem
mt nigh 'pough der lake fur dem.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
CID VENUS.
The Mystery Of the Swamps-A
Southern Sketch.
Written for this paper.J

n MY young days.
the peculiar in
stitution of the
South flourished in
full vigor. Like
most Southern gen.
tlemen, my father
owned slaves, and,
unlike most South
ern ladies, my
m OF h er greatly
dreaded the con-
tam i n ating in
fluence of negro as
sociateS for her
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27
THE WHOLE MARSH SEEMED IN MOTION

begged hard for silence. well knowing
what would be the consequences to
him of carrying me of on unlawful
expeditions. though. il the truth must
be told, it was that carried him. We
finally agreed to keep our own counsel
and make our own inquiries. We
learned that gang of negroes. NOV
ing from North Carolina to the new
lands of the Southwest, had camped in
our neighborhood on the memorable
night of our 'pOssum hunt They
were in charge of white overseer.
who had mysteriously disappeared in
company with pretty quadroon girl
The superstition was that he had car
ried her of to free State and married
her. No one felt inclined to interfere
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-27

Meat and cream ,ups are gener'
ally served with unbuttered bread OF
squares Of toast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13

What 10 to be seen BY the visitor ~ the Con-
tennial Exposition DOW 10 the sll.import&ut
question. The announcements that have been
disseminated broadcast promise most diverss'
fed category Of exhibiss- And it must be ac-
knowledced that such has been the gen uineness
of avery SHOW" musical. srt or otherwise,
trumpted forth from the Qpesn City, that every
confidence may be placed in tho high merits Of
this really great exposition now dAwninR. And
first. the buildings the very center OF the
city. They arc to DO brilliantly illuminated and
dazzling everybody and everything inside and
out Electricity will be the chief source Of
light and the electric display in addition will ex-
eel anything OF the kind ever attempted. The
government will make exhibit Of the war, EAvy,
treasury. State and other departments. Of the
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum and
the Fish Commission. The display of npe arts
will include the masterpieces Of the old and
present masters in painting. sculpture and the
decorative branches IL is estimated that the
display in this department alone will reach in
value the sum Of q million dollars. The various
States will be represented in pioneer exhibits
illustrating in each instance the chief events in
their history. The educational department will
illustrate the whole system Of public school
training, from the kindergarten 10 the highest
grade Genuine Venetian gondolas, manned
by native Venetian gondolisrs, viii dem
onstrate TO the visitors a. the Queen City OF the
West the precise meaning OF the dolce far
niente" of the Queen City Of the Adriatic.
During the entire hundred days the famous
Springer Music Hall, afternoon and evening. win
be open, without extra charge, with varied en-
tertainments. musical histrionie, spectacular,
literary and others Of real merit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13
THE FAIR OF ST. VINCENT.
Its Attractions Drawing Large Crowds-The
Ladies at the Various Booths

There was Q large attendance last night at the
St. Vincent fair. at Tomlinsou Hall. and the va
rious refreshment stands and booths. booths of
chance and wheels of fortune received much
more attention than was accorded them on tho
opening evening. The fair 10 almost wholly in
charge of the ladies. ard there Is a small army
Of them. Of all ages, from FIVE to fifty. Quite
pretty they look behind their y-colored aprons,
and whenever they make . charge upon q Wis
itor there 10 no other alternative than surrsn-
der.
The committees from the various parishes hav-
ing charge of the booths At the fair are rs fol-
lows:
St Joseph Parish-Nrs. J. w. Greenen, president;
Miss Fannie Moran, secretary; Mrs. H. G. DeWinter,
treasurer. Mrs. Greenen has charge of the fancy
booth, Miss Mary Brodsn Of the Refreshments booth,
Misses Anna Curley and Anna and Kate Broden of
the gypsy booth, and Miss Fannie Moran of the
flower booth
St Pstrick's-Mrs. Thomas Flahersr. president;
secretary treasurer. Mrs Robert Walden. Mrs Mar
tin Ryan has charge of the main booth. asss ted by
Mrs. Timothy Callihan. Mrs DIR. Waters. Mrs. Har-
d s. Ms:Is ssr nsry Dys MARY Wal
Kate Foley Lizzie Ryan. Miss Keller, Minnie Fowler
and Ella Turk.
Mis- Mary McGetissn; treasurer, Mrs. DEAN seersta
~, Miss Anna L. Abromet, assisted by Mrs. Pohl
man, Mrs. John Morris. Mrs. 1. McElhennen, MIRA 81
Sheerin. Mrs. Hugg. Mrs. r. r. Shisl, DIR. Brennan
d. simpson, Misses NJ. Landrigan. Kate Rawley. Mo-
Rarity.
St. Bridgsts-Mrs T. Costello. president; assisted
by Misses n. Qsinlan, May Fitzpatrick. Little Frz-
Anna schrsder, Kate Schrader Mary Quinlau Han
nah Quinlan. Ida Bedel. Frances Hassey and Lizzie
Sacred Heart-sirs Dennis Tobin. assisted By Mrs.
Miller, Misses Anna Lipp. Theresa Piseh. Mary
Schulz ard Josie Herman, and Mr. August Fable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13
cULLINGs FROM THE coU RTs.
Asromsss Testimony At the Trial Of DR.. Al
exaader

Asromst's Testlmoay az the rrisl Of DR.. Al
exaader.
The trial Of DR.. A. NJ Alexander, Oh the charge
Of forgery. wss begun In tho Criminal Court yes-
terday morning. There was . fear thpt there
might be scene when Jesse JOHNSON. the
wroneed husband. met Alexander. but when the
two men came into the courtroom they only
stared v,ciously at each other for few seconds.
Mrs. johnson, now Mrs. Alexander, WA not
present, and che will likely not appear. Cousid-
cradle difficulty was experienced in procuring
Jury, and IL was not until nearly o'clock IN the
Afternoon when A. Abromet. the insurance
agent. was called as the 6rst witness He teett-
FED that q couple Of weeks after Alexander
eloped with Mrs. johnson he received through
the mail from Chicago . letter from do
PENDANT containing q prom'ssory note for
$275 signed by Jesse johnson. In the letter
was a request for him, in case johnson paid tho
note, an amount which Alexander owed Hugo
Hugo should be paid out OF the proceeds.
Dir. Abromet said he nut the note IN the hands
Of bank for collection. and rs soon as it was
presented to johnson be pronounced IL forgery.
Witness thought that the letter was in Alexan-
der's handwriting, with which he was well sc-
quainted, and that Johnsons name to tho note
was forged by defendant Witness was cross
examined at great length. The case will proba-
bly, continue several days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13

1t appears to be the deliberate judgment of the
Repub,iean party. a. it surely ought to be.
that the national emergency should be met by
the nomination of that candidate who will rem
der the triumph OF the national cause most GER
tain; that the convention ought to ask. not
whether this or that worthy and competent man
might possibly be elected, but which of the
most surely The candidate who will corcsn-
srats the largest force in favor Of tae protection
Of homa industry. in the States which are don't t-
full. IS the candidate for whom the convention
ought to seek with care. with patience and with
absolute eandor and impartiality of judgment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13

These gentlemen will also act a committee
to receive and entertain delegates from the
South and East. a. they pass through this city
on their way to Chicago, until Monday morning.
H. F. Stevenson will act as chairman Of the
committee while acting in this city.
Ali members Of reception COMMITTEES will re-
port to John B. Elan, st Indiana headquarters
at Grand Pacific HOTEL on arrival at Chicago,
when they will be assigned work at one of tho
headquarters.
Members will enroll their names at the Office
of Worth Wright. Sc East Market street. where
hats can be procured for $1.75 each. Canes eau
be had at Bambereers, No. l6 East Washington
street
Badges win bs distributed free to members
on train.
The club will 60 to Chicago over the Monon
route. leaving Indianapolis at o'clock next
Monday morning. A train will be every
hour thereafter for the accommodation of those
who cannot 60 on the first train and for such as
come to the city from towns in the State
and wish to join the club. The rate secured,
So % for the round trip. is for anybody who
wishes to 60 with it. Tickets for the trip and
sleepiuR-car bertbs can be secured at the Mopon
Office. sc South illinois street. These tickets ara
good for the return trip on any of the three reg
ular trains during the convention.
All members of the club are requested to meet
Saturday evening for drill in the courthouse
square.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13

The singing corps Of the Indianapolis Men
nerehor Society. with a large number Of friends.
in ell about nfry, left for St Louis by special
cars last night to attend the naIional s@nger-
fest. which begins In that city today. Delega-
Eastern cities joined the Indianapolis society
here, among them thirty from Wheeling, W.
Va. and twenty-five from Allegheny City, Pa.
The VandAlia railroad in order to ecco mn odats
those going. ran an extra train, leaving the
Union Dspot at IL o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13

70 the Editor Of the Indianapolis JournaIa
wish to say few words in the interest Of
not only one but host of others. I have con-
verssd with . number Of prominent Republic
ans. not only Of Connersville. but Of . number
Of other places. and the cyclone seems to be
turned in the direction Of our gallant soldier
and statesman. Ben Harrison. tia one whom we
trust will be our standard-beare in the contest
Of 1883; one who We believe can lead the Re-
publican party to . grand victory IN the coming
November. For the second place on the ticket,
] would suggest the name Of Morton, of New
York, or William Walter Phelps, Of New Jer-
sey With Harrison for President and the Hon.
Albert g. Porter for Governor Of Indiana, Indi-
ana will jar the earth with her so nding maiori-
ty in November for the grand Old Republican
party. do not think that Harrison Is the only
man that can lead Us to victory, but think the
man whom the Chicago convention names will
reap harvest. and next March We will inau-
gurase our Republican President CYCLONE.
CoNNERsvTLLE, June IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13
Dspew and Harrisou..

To the Editor of the New York Tribune.
With Mr. Blaine out OF the way, whose nom
ination for President would most likely win In
the coming contestl This inquiry has been made
here quite often since tho presentation of the
Democrats ticket. The unsqnivocal answer of
q leading Republican this morning was Chaun-
cey NJ Depew, in association with Benjamin
Harrison for Vice president These brilliant,
magnetic names seem to strike the Republican
masses favorably. Through their power, it is
believed. New York and Indiana would be car
ried, thus securing victorious result Let MS
nominate men who can defeat Cleveland and
Thurman. and these men may be found ia De-
pew and Harrison. IB.G.
ERIE Pa June 1899
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-13
THE DEMAND FOR HARRISON
1t Strongly Increases asthe Day of the
Great Convention approaches.
Texas Will Give Many Of Her Delegates to the
Support Of the Eminent Indisnian
arrangements for the Club.

The Indianians gre beginning TO gather at
Chicago in the interest Of General Harrison.
their choice for tho Presidency. Since Monday
local parties have been leaving here on each
train. and yesterday they were reinforced by
many more. Among those in Chicago now are
James N. Huston. Charles F. Griffin. Louis T.
Mishener, Stanton j. Peslls. N. G. McLain. COL
John A Bridglsnd, John B. Elam and John c.
New. Others will go on the noon and evening
trains to-day. By Saturday the crowd will ma
terially increase and on Monday and
thereafter . until the. convention ad-
journs the trains will DO packed
with enthusiastic Harrison men. not only from
this city, but from all parts Of the State. Over
one thousand are expected to 60 from IndiAnap-
oils alone, and they, with other Indianians, will
swell the Harrison crowd 70 several thousand
Tonight the Southern delegates will probably
begin to pass through the city. Some OF the
delegation may stop for a short time.
One Of the Texas delegation. Ed. g. Terrell,
Of San Antonio. is now here visiting friends
He will leave for Chicago tomorrow night. For
. time.' he eAid last evening. ''tEe
Texas delegates were largely for Blaine. but
since his withdrawal the feeling has changed
decidedly in favor Of General Harrison. Sher-
man will get some of our votes. but aside from
that, the Texans will support Harrison. He will
get as many votes as any other one candidate
The Texans feel kindly toward him. They
know his record. which they highly praise. and
consider that be will make q strong candidate. "
MIR. Terrell 10 an ardent Harrison supporter
Past Grard Commander Chase. OF Danville,
was in the city yesterday. To q Journal re-
porter he said: Il think the chances of General
Harrison are . little better than those OF any
other candidate whom you might select. For
the past five months have talked about Harri-
son with everyone whom have met throughout
the West. and / am positive that the feeling is
very warm in his favor. The Dskotans rememo Der
bis kind words in their behalf, and. although
they have instructed for Blaine, have no doubt
they will come over to Harrison. When at Lin
coin he made himself popular with Nebraskians
by his splendid speech. ! do not like TO be
quoted a. claiming to know too much, but
really think the chances Of General Harrison
are very encouraging"