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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
for me to Law our that desd woman.

for me to lay our that dexd woman.
what came upon you so Student
We'll. you saw me turn her pocket in
side out, and 'twant nothin' there, but
when l come to strip her, finds pus
fastened in her bussom. 1t had ten
dollars in it, an letter."
"a letter." gasped Miss Gertrude,
turning faint
Il was orful hard pressed them
days, Miss Prime, and the devil
whispered to me l could jes' borrow
that money of the dead woman, and
nobody be hurt; but oh. you don't
know how't has brought me down
since" Sally began to weep again.
Il low it has cost me my soul l
have shaved day and night to make
1t up. so could confess my sin and
get yer to pray fer me. but Is never
been any less hard pressed than l was
that day. It's Almost too late now
I'm feared" She counted out tho
money with feverish haste, as if it
burnt her fingers.
Ten years before, Miss Gertrude
would have sent her to preacher for
spiritual comfort, as being none OF
her concern, but great depths had
been stirred in the old maids heart
since then. Gently. as one might
speak to foolish. frightened child,
Miss Gertrude showed poor Sally where
pardon was to be found, and after a
long visit, the woman went away
comforted, leaving the ten dollars and
the letter.
Oh! how Miss Gertrude dreaded tho
letter. She felt unable to open it her.
self. and thankfully recognized Pastor
Motifs now familiar voice in the hall
below. He would open the letter and
counsel and guide them. But the let
ter held no sting; on the contrary, it
proved the. res pectable parentage Of
their boy, without taking any rights
from them. It was from an old ac-
quaintance in the West. and dated ten
years back. The bearer, it said.
was a poor young widow of good
character, whose failing health made
it impossible for her any longer to
support herself. She was going back
to her brother, who would be kind to
her if she could find him, but she had
not heard from him for years. II
give her this letter to you," wrSte
Miss Gertrude's friend. begging you
to place her in some charitable insti-
tuition, at least until l can hear from
her. in case she fails to find her
brother. She is alone in the world
except for this brother"
The pastor finished reading and
wiped his glasses. ITO think" said
one of the sisters, 'fhat we should be
finding out, after all these years, how
our boy came to u.s."
81 knew all along." said the pastor.
significantly.
You knewT the sisters cried to-
gether.
mot about poor Sally's letter." he
replied; Il only knew this: And He
took a little child and set him in The
midst of them Elizabeth P. Allan,
in Interior.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
Some Hints About Potatoes.

Potatoes at no time should be al
lowed to lie exposed to the sun. II
they must be cured this should be
done in the shade, Or the quality will
be impaired. And if potatoes are dug
at this time and are piled up they are
almost certain to heat and rot, and
often considerably more are damaged
in this way than if they are left in the
ground until the weather is cooler.
II. however, they are dug and spread
out thin in the shade for a few days
until they are thoroughly dried out or
cured. and are then put into loft or
place where there can be good venti-
lation, the loss by rotting can be made
very small. They should be laid out
very thin at first, and then at no time
be more than six inches deep until
cooler weather sets in. They must be
kept dry and placed where a good cir
culation of air can be given. A good
plan is to put into crib or loft that
will not be missed until they can be
taken up and stored, either in the pit
or in the cellar, to be used as wanted
during the winter. -Indianapolis Sem
tinel.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
THE HOUSE OF PERINE.
A Little Child Set in the Midst of
Them.

That spring day dawned as calmly
upon Burnside as all other days, Civ
ing no warning of the stir that it was
TO bring: and stir was held in a hor-
-ror OF disgust by the entire household
AT Burnside. That each day should
follow all other days in an UNMARRIED
regularity-this was living: any thing
else was 2 mere scramble for ex-
istence. And if there were any COM
pensations in the lives OF those who
thus scrambled, the three Misses
Perine and their bachelor brother, Mr..
Middleton Perine. did not know it
I'VE may congratulate ourselves
upon living in the country the year
round, remarked Miss Gertrude. the
head of the house of Perine: Il am
sure / feel sorry for the people who
are beginning now to hunt for summer
boarding places just think. sisters.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
They Form . Completely United Body
EnterprisiRg and Harmonious

They Form q Completely United Body.
EnterprisiRg and Harmonious
No State of the Union is a nation,
though several States exceed Euro
pean nations both in size and popula-
ton, the State of New York. for ex-
ample, being both larger and more
populous than the whole Of Switzer-
land; and no State represents a his
torical nationality. Hence the ex-
perience of America, it may be OBJ
served, throws no light on the posi-
bility of using federalism and local
autonomy as convenient methods
either for recognizing and giving free
scope to the sentiment of nationality
which may exist in any part of an en-
p,re, or for meeting the need for local
institutions and distinct legislation
which may arise from differences be-
tween such part and the rest of tho
empire" The States. looked at as
whole, make up the United States,
hut the United States are nothing but
the political form into which circum-
stances have nodded the constitution
Of single nation. The Americans
are as much one people as the
French or the Italians; they form
more completely united body
than do the inhabitants of the
United Kingdom. The men you meet
at New York differ less from the men
you meet at Chicago than Londoners
from the citizens of Edinburgh or than
both from the citizens of Cork. The
difference, indeed, between whites and
blacks is of course fundamental. but
the aim of the negro is to initiate to
the best of his power the ordinary
American citizen, and there does not
exist at present, and. as far as one
dare prophesy any thing. there is not
much likelihood there will exist in the
Union any thing like negro national
i.y. Meanwhile-and this is of pri-
mary importance-the division into
States does not correspond with diff
ferences of religious creed. An En-
glishman who goes from London to
Edinburgh enters into new moral at
mosphere. Who can pass month in
Scotland without hearing Of the diff
ferences which divide the Free Church
from the Establishment? What sane
man living in England cares to recall |!
these subjects of division? The RO-
man Catholic citizen of Ticino is q
different man from the German Ro-
man Catholic of Lucerne; each differs
from the German Protestant of Berne
or the French Protestant of Geneva
A citizen of the United States is an
American; he Is not a Californian or
New Yorker. Review.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
HOW TO STACK GRAIN.
There Is No Reason Why the Work
should Not he Done We'll.

There Is No Reason Why the Work
should Not he Done We'll.
There is no reason why every farm
er's boy should not learn the art of
properly stacking grain and hay
Nearly every farmer can stack grain
after fashion. but not one out of fifty
can build up trim, symmetrical, rain
proof stack. Select the site of the de-
sired stack remote from the shade of
any building or grove, and arrange
the bottom so that there will be free
circulation of air underneath. The
plan of preparing a concave bottom,
to give stability to the rick, is not de-
sirable. on account OF the natural
tendency of the layers of sheaves to
settle into a concave position also.
and make hollow in the center of the
stack, the very thing most to be
avoided. Fix firm slightly convex
foundation out of stout poles or scant-
lings, and imbed in the ground short
corner uprights, to give rigidity TO the
bottom of the stack. Put down first
Put circle of sheaves, with the butts
out, around the convex center. Crowd
them tightly together, and keep the
butts on an even circle. Lay another
circle around the first in the same way.
allowing the sheaves of the second
circle to lap half Of their length OF
the first. Follow the same practice
until the limit of the bottom is
reached. and then begin at the center
again. A stacker should be on his
knees all the time, and compress tho
bundles snugly as he follows the circle
around. Let the outside ring of the
second layer project very slightly over
the foundation layer, and repeat until
the middle Of the desired stack height
is reached. Then place each successive
layer little nearer the center and
gradually bring to tapering peak. Is
is of vital Importance that the center Of
the stack shall be kept more full and
cone-shaped all the way up than Is
really wanted 1t will fatten out
greatly by settling. "A steep. smooth
pitch is imperatively required in tho
roof" part of the stack. Straw
should not be discolored by wet and
exposure more than a few inches on
the butts of the outside sbeaves. It Is
a good plan to cap the peak with .
matching of broad-leaf marsh grass.
and hang rails over the peak con-
nected by q hay rope to hold it on.
Grain properly stacked in the manner
described will come through wet
weather without damage to kernel
OF its growth If it is thoroughly dry
when put up. There is enough grain
spoiled annually on farms by bad
stacking to pay for the erection OF
many a commodious barn.-Amert-
can Agriculturist
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


1T is said that the life of ross
plants greatly varies. Some of tho
hardest kind will bloom for thirty
years, while others die of after several
seasons.
There are three weeds which arc
especially injurious in an onion bed
twitch grass. purslane and chickweed
In regard to the first. money is saved
by taking out every spear before plant
ing.
Where a bed of lettuce plants
have gone to seed only one plant
need be saved. as it will furnish
sufficient seed for next season. The
surplus plants may be fed to poultry
as green food.
Gather the peas as soon as the pods
have fully turned color, and spread
them in a dry place until they are
quite dry; then she'll them, and tie
them securely in paper bags Beans
should be treated the same as peas.
Late cabbage requires good cult
walton. A plat OF cabbage that have
been worked will grow 'aster and pro-
duce better heads than will those that
have larger supply of manure and
the cultivation neglected. The ground
around cabbages should never be hard
and baked
Hash Pie. Warm q cupful OF
cold mashed potatoes with little milk
and butter. add few tablespoonfuls
of chopped meat, beaten egg. and
mound on buttered pie-plate.
Sprinkle with handful of dry bread
crumbs, and bake for fifteen minutes.
-Demorest
To attempt to keep down straw
berry runners requires constant work.
as the vines will send out new runners
as fast as the first ones are cut away.
Unless the work is we'll done it is bet
ter to allow the first runners that
come to remain, as they will be
stronger and more vigorous than
those that are sent out by the vines
later.
-Cucumbers and squashes that
were raised in close proximity to each
other or to melon or pumpkin vines
are unfit for seed; and it is better not
to grow them too near together,
whether intended for seed or not Re-
move the seeds and dry them by the
stove. Select the best specimens only
for seed. or they will soon run out and
be worthless Each kind Of seed
should be securely fastened in a
package or bag by itself and distinct
ly labeled with the name and the
year; then no seed will be planted that
is too old to grow.
Picked Caulihower. good
white heads, break them into small
pieces and boil for ten minutes in
strong salt and water; when the
pieces are so tender that they can be
pierced with a splint of broom corn
skim them out and drain them on a
towel. When they are thoroughly
cold put them into a pickle jar with a
few whole cloves. allspice, pepper
grains and sticks of cinnamon tied up
in cloth; boil and skim thoroughly,
then pour it directly over the cauli-
flower. Budget.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03

To secure flowers successfully the
bushes and vines must be kept in
lowering condition by not allowing
the flowers to remain and 60 to seed.
When a plant produces seed it has &C
complished its object, and every seed
pod lessons the number OF flowers.
All flowers should be cut OF before
they begin to fade Or change colo.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03

-Parsnips, and vegetable oysters
for winter use, should be packed in
damp sand or earth In the cellar;
those for use in the spring should re-
main in the ground. as freezing does
not injure them, but rather improves
their favor.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-03


hood. until Miss Patty cried with a
merry laugh: well, l don't think We
need set our baby's wedding day YETI
"Our baby had been monarch of
all he surveyed at Burnside for ten
years. when one day faded. grizzled,
unhappy-looking woman, feeble with
disease. came to the house and asked
to see Miss Gertrude. Burnside was
very unlike the secluded, inhospitable
place which was first introduced to
the reader. That lively. wide-awake,
hail-fellow. well-me. individual who
still called himself Vim, but who now
had right by act of legislature
to the title, William Thornwell
Perine. had gradually brought Burn
side and all its inhabitants into frater-
nal relations with the whole neigh
borhood, high and low. This very
woman, Sally Rice, was one Of his
village acquaintance, through her
cake and candy shop. and so was
known to Miss Gertrude.
We'll. Sally" said the lady in the
gently-cheerful tone one always uses
to hopeless invalid, ..hou are you
feeling to-daye Did my beef tea set
you up any?"
To Miss Gertrude's surprise. the
woman burst into tears IF yer
knowed what a mizable sinner am,
Miss Prime" she sobbed. Eyer
wouldn' take no count of me-" And
after little soothing, Sally told her
story:
Eyer know, Miss Prime yer sent
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-01
POLITICAL NOTES,

The fact that last week, the dis
tinguished Grand Master Boodler, John
Wanamaker of Philadelphia. went by
invitation to visit Geneneral Har-
rison at Indianapolis, and after a
conference with him. escorted Mrs.
Harrison and her daughter from there to
Philadelphia on shopping mission, is &C
cepted as settling the fact that he is to be
in the cabinet. Senator Allison of Iowa,
also by invitation. visited the General at
his home on Sunday, accompanied by Sen
ator Cullom of Illinois. Republican leaders
generally seem to agree now on Blaine,
Allison, and Wanamaker as three of the
coming cabinet. This would bar out
Gen. Malone.
When the West Virginia House of De-
legates opened it's session Monday, A. b.
Shelton, member for Lincoln county, rose
and stated that he had been corruptly ap-
preached to induce him, 'for a valuable
consideration, - to vote for the Republican
candidate for U. =. Senator. He asked for
committee of Investigation, which the
Speaker appointed.
The Grand Jury in the U. S. Court at
Parkersburg, W. Va, has made over 100
indictments, and several of the men in
dicted are prominent in West Virginia
politics. Capt. j. S. Mcdonald, a promi-
nent Republican politician of Charleston,
Kanawha, was arrested by U. S. Deputy
Marshal, Monday, on warrant charging
him with buying vote, Nov. 9Th, for So
and drink of whiskey.
At King William Court House, Va,
Monday. some of Gen. Mahone's friends
met for the purpose of indorsing him for a
cabinet position, but the anti Mahoneites
took possession of the meeting, and as a
consequence the proposed endorsement
did not materiallze.
Senator Kenna's friends have at last
succeeded in securing his nomination by
the legislative Democratic caucus, but the
fact that one Democratic member staid
away and eight. though present, did not
vote, makes the outlook as uncertain as
before.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-01

fine. Two men convicted of selling it on
Sunday, were sentenced to eighteen months in
Jail and $1,000 fine.
James j. West, well-known temperance
speaker, formerly of Jefferson county, but re-
Gently citizen of Illinois, fell from the third
story window of hotel at Harper's Ferry
few nights ago and received injuries which
caused his death.
At ball given by Mrs. Sloan, daughter
of the late W. H. Vanderbilt, in New York on
Monday night, most of the young men wore
knee-breeches and black stockings, in fulfill
ment of a resolution taken at the beginning
of the new year.
Senator Vance of North Carolina, who was
suffering from detached retina of the left
eye, had the eye taken out on Monday. The
sight of the remaining eye, it is hoped, can be
saved.
The town of Wytheville, Va, is up with
the times. On proposition for the town to
appropriate So, 900 to any party who will erect
$50, 600 hotel there, the citizens voted ayes
I'll, noes 81.
Gen. Wyatt NJ. Elliott of the U. S Court at
Lynchburg, and one of the ante-bellum pro-
proprietors of the Richmond Wing, was mar
ried in Lynchburg last week to Miss Eliza
til Trent of Arpomattox.
But few people know that Lewis Carroll"
autho, of the delicious ''Alice in Wonder
land" and Through the Looking GLASS;" is
Rev. DR.. Dobson, a lecturer on dry Maizena,
tics at Christ Church College, Oxford, Eng.
DR.. Jno. M. Junkin of Easton, Pa, a
brother of Mrs. Margaret A. Preston, the
poetess, fell dead last week while in Adams
Express Office there. giving the address on a
package.
H. o. Williams Virginia Y. M. q. A. State
Secretary, took charge of one of the discus
sions at the Maryland Y. M. G. A. State Con-
vention at Cumberland. Md, last Thursday.
Louisa de Ia Rame's baby sister, by calling
her ''Ouida," the nearest she could come to
Louisa, invented the name by which the world
at large knows her.
,, Mrs. Mary Blackwell, sister of the late Gov.
John Letcher, died at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Haynes, in Lunenburg county, on
the 9th inst. She was 70 years of age.
The contract for the new cotton factory at
Lynchburg has been let to Ford & Sneed of
that city, at $4,000
The right for South America, for using Bon
sacks cigarette machine, has been sold to two
Spanish gentlemen for $1SO,000.
Over 1915, 900 is annually paid back by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to redeem
unused passenger tickets.
Col. Robert Ingersoll, the agnostic, has
been blackballed by the Actors Club in New
York on account of his religious unbelief.
The Kellogg Opera troupe has collapsed
and Miss Kellogg has returned home.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-01
CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

Sol Smith Russell, the actor, who is such
fayorite in Staunton, is President of the Rus
sell-Boynton manufacturing company of
steam apparatus at Minneapolis. He has a
palatial home in that city, and is said to be
worth nearly half million of dollars. He
has a superstition that if in entering town
with his company flock of sheep is seen, the
business there is sure to be good. The lead
ing lady of his company, Miss Florence Field,
is from fashionable society in Louisville, KY,
and got on the stage by becoming stage struck
while a member of the Murdoch Amateur
Theatrical Club in that city. Miss Mcintosh,
another lady of the company, is from Boston,
and got on the stage by belonging to the
Mccullough amateur club there
The Washington Post says the great Valley
of Virginia is the coming mineral belt of the
South and quotes Maj Jed. Hotchkiss of
Staunton as saying: "Seven years ago I rode
on horseback into the Flat Top region around
Pocahontas, then an almost unbroken wilder
uess. To-day there are 10000 people there.
Three million tons of coal are taken out an
nually. One thousand coking ovens supply
the fuel for the blast furnaces which are turn
ing out fine quality of iron by the thousand
tons, The two ranges of the Blue Ridge each
side the valley are full OF iron ores, and the
valley itself is all limestone"
Rev. DR.. J. B. Hawthorne who is well
known in Staunton, has been elected Presl-
dent of a Land and Education Company at
Florence, Ala, with salary of SIS, 600. The
company will, among other things, build a
Baptist College at Florence. Dr. Hawthorne
has given up his 81, 800 salary in the Baptist
church of Atlanta.
The coroners jury in the matter of J. W..
Munday, formerly of Augusta county, who
was accidentally killed in Albemarle
by pistol in the hands of W. E. Birch,
brought in verdict to that effect but the
is to be submitted to the Grand jury The
Jeffersonian Gays that Munday, before his
death, said the shooting was entirely acct
dental and that he hoped no steps would be
taken against his friend.
The Lynchburg Zinc Reduction Company
has turned out 10 De D spleuuiu success. LIZ.
Froehling of Richmond, the analytical chem
list, has reported in the highest terms on its
specimens, as has Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, who
went from Stanton last Saturday night
On telegram from Lynchburg, and visited
the minee Monday. The confidence shown by
the Lynchburg people in the report of Maj.
Hotchkiss of his personal examination of the
this mine, is expressed in fattering terms by
the press there. They allude to him as ''skiil=
full and accomplished expert whose "prac=
teal and scientific knowledge has made him
famous the country over.
The affecting play of "Willow Copse'' in
which G. W. Couldock SO affected Staunton
audience, and with which his name is sc
prominently identified, was not written for
him. but for Madame Celeste, who came to
this country in 1851. Her part was that OF
Lucy Fielding. His acting of Luke Fielding
so oyershadowed her part that at the close OF