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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14
ALEC YEAToN.s SON.

GLOUCESTER AUGUST, ITO.
The wind it walled, the wind It moaned,
And no white caps decked the sea
"An' Iwo1ld to God" the skipper grosned.
~ had not my boy with me-"
Snug in the stern-sheets, little John
Laughed - the scud swept by:
But the shippers sunburnt check grew wan
Ashe watched the wicked sky.
~Would he were At his mothers side!"
And the shippers eyes were dim.
GOOD Lord in Heaven, IL i'll betide,
What would become of him!
For me-my muscles are - steel,
For me let hap what may;
might make shift upon the keel
Until the break o. day.
~ But he, he is 90 weak and small.
So young, scarce learned to stand
Outlying Father OF US all
thrust him in Thy hand!
:" For Thou. who markest from on high
sparrow's fall-each one!-
Surely, o Lord. Thou'lt have an eye
On Alec Yeaton's SON."
Then, helm hard-port right straight he sailed
Towards the headland light:
The wind it moaned. the wind it walled,
And black. black fell the night.
Then burst storm to make one quail
Though housed from winds and waves
They who could tell about that gale
Must rise from watery graves!
Sudden it came, as sudden went;
Ere half the night was sped,
The winds were hushed, the waves were spent
And the stars shone overhead.
Now, rs the morning mist grew thin,
The folk on Gloucester shore
Saw little figure floating in
Secure, on broken oar!
Up rose the cry: "a wreck! q wrecki
Pull mates, ana waste no BREATH
They knew It, though twas but speck
Upon the edge of death!
Long did they marvel in the town
At God His strange decree,
That let the stalwsrt skipper drown,
And the little child 20 free!
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in Atlantic.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14
Howe. FARaa A,so aARne,.

Ono Of Ne bes4 absorbent az
animal odors around tAs stable il drr
dirt Keep = Supply @ hand undsr
cover ready for use when needed
Corn fodder cut hne. moistened;
and sprinkled with corn meal or bran,
IL eaten up clean. and viii double tho
feeding capacity Of your farm.
"A nice lawn can Be- secured by
keeping clear during the summer and
fall, and then getting in . good con-
dition and sowing tho seed early In
the spring.
III there be any place In the gar
den where the soil IL poor and in which
nothing seems to thrive. Floral Home
says. plant it out thiclkly with petu-
MAS These will thrive through any
drought and produce IN endless sup
ply of beautiful flowers throughout the
season.
Plants sometimes need q variety
Of food as we'll a. animals. Variety
gives them all that may be needed. A
plant will not thrive II given an OK
cess Of one kind Of food and stinted in
another. In applying fertilizers the
object should be to use substances that
are lacking. to q certain extent, in the
soil
When ivory has been kept long it
is apt to diminish in weight, owing
to the loss Of gelatine. of which it is
partly composed This may be reme-
died by soaking the article in q solution
of that substance. It is in consequence
of ivory being thus influenced that in
making very minute measurements it
is seldom employed
1T is useless to try to get good
flowers from bulbs in winter unless
you give them q chance to get q good
start at the roots before the top begins
to grow. II potted and placed imme-
diately in the window tho action Of
light and heat will induce the top to
start at the same time tho roots arc
forming. and the result will be weak
and unhealthy growth.
i'm cooking oatmeal or cracked
wheat, if the meal is put into double
boiler, and salt added to the water in
the outer receptacle. the food will b
very much improved in taste, the rea-
son being undoubtedly because the
meal is better cooked by this process.
As the sailed water does not boil at so
low temperature as unsalted. there
fore the meal is subjected to a greater
heat, and is proportionately better
cooked and much improved thereby.
An important discovery has been
made by a gardener, who claims that
the elder is not attacked by any kind
of insect. and that when he GOV cred
the cabbage. squash, cucumbers and
other plants with the leaves of the
common elder bush the insects kept
away. He reports that . neighbor
kept the curculio from plum trees by
placing branches of elder through
them. If this remedy proves success
full with others it will save large loss
annuallv
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14
An Interesting Controversy.

Bobby-They were talking about you
last night, Mr.. Featherly.
Mr.. Featherly-Is that 80. Bobby?
Bobby-Yes; about you being homely
enough to stop clock.
Mr.. Featherly (anxiously)-Who said
I was. Bobby?
Bobby-Ma.
Mr.. Featherly (much relieved)-Oh,
your ma! And what did your sister
Clara say?
Bobby-She didn't think 20.
Mr.. Featherly-Bless her-h'm-er
did she think was handsomep
Bobby 0esitatipgly) -Wen-er-n
mo; she said she didn't think you
could stop clock. but she thought you
might make It lose time very fast
Harper's Bazaar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

If any trees. especially evergrssns.
have been broken BY the storms OF
winter. mako . smooth cut Of the
wound and paint Il over. Some of the
heaviest snow-falls often como late
this month or next Shake the snow
ont a IL svsegrsens. II nov beds.
walks. sta. ere 70 b made. plan thsm
= Observation-Disclosures Agrieulfurdse
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

in . recent paper on tile drainage.
Prof r C. Kedzie, Of Michigan. said
that tho rapidly with which . drained
soil takes up the rain when Il fallA
after dry spell. should not b over
looked A tiled field win take up and
strain one-6fth Of IN inch more rain
after dry spell than . Aeld destitute
Of tile drainage.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

Fresh apple sance. warm II possi-
BE, - . good dish In winter. 4 daah
q lennon improves Il
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

AAS
ingly when she saw me. She had not
been feeling well. she said, and had
asked Mrs. Gray to send for q physi-
clan, but did not know that 1 had been
summoned. Mrs Gray was consider
ate, and left US alone together. She
drew from beneath her sofa-pillow the
letters which I had written to her.
"'You urge me to break the bonds
which bind me to another, and be
united to you. That other is my hus-
band.' she said. in . low voice; what
do you suppose that your rich. gener-
Gus and straitlaced maiden aunt would
say to your making love to q married
voman?'
".But you told mel began, and
l couldn't get any farther. She
laughed, and put out her hand to me-
"'You're . foolish boy she said,
and 1 forgive you for it suppose
you really couldn't help falliag in love
with me; but the letters that you have
written would shock your respected
relative dreadfully. Wouldn't they,
nowT
81 stammered something about her
betrothed. but she laughed again; and
I remembered that the expressions I
had used would apply to husband g
well - to lover, to . divorce . we'll
- 10 tho breaking Of IN engagement
"sGive me the pin which you wear
she said. and l viii give you the let
tara
~ Looked q Aar h astpniaAnsnA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

sone one that spoke to me. Well, she
came, she saw, and may as we'll con-
fess that she conquered. She insisted
upon interviewing me in the inner Of
fee, although / assured her that we
would not be interrupted here. !
showed her in there; she stood a mo-
ment with her hand upon the knob, as
if she had half-changed her mind
Finally she sat down."
What did she wante" was the Curl
GUS inquiry.
''She wanted to make q fool of me,
and she did it to perfection!" was the
savage response. ''She spoke of the
letters which she had received from
me, and said she supposed that l would
not like Miss Dennison to see them.
She seemed to have found ont all about
me, somehow or other. She admitted
that they were not signed, except BY
the initial E, but remarked that my
handwriting was peculiar, and would
readily be recognized; and when she
said that they would be rather dim
cult to explain away. I knew that it
was so. I knew we'll enough that II
Alice were to zee those letters might
as we'll make up my mind never 70 60
there again; but / was 90 thunder
struck at the woman's confounded
impudence. that / could do nothing but
sit and look At her.
What do you think It would be
worth 10 yet possession Of the docu-
ments In question: she asked me, with
sneering laugh.
i demanded . know 4 che had
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23
TIBBETS CUP FILLING Up
With Happiness al Another IN
junction suit.
whst . scribe OFsrhsSrd and sa~ ia 4 b.
oess' Donteiis a very susy MAJ
Delights in Restraining Orders

Late saturday night reporter ob-
served Judge Montgomery ia consulla-
ton with deputy sheriff and they
were seen TO pass some papers Hear
ne something that sounded Ike "Tlb-
bets, and remembering that it had
been nearly week since the latter had
had a restraining order served on hm,
the reporter concluded that the deputy
would bear watchlngi 50, uotH tnstand-
iug tle Hood that vas dcscundng. as
the sheriff lett the hotel, where Nj.
lluDets boards. The reporter happened
u.
Mr. Ilbbets was found at his desk
with a pl.e Ot manuscript before hlm,
that proved 20 be the rough draft 81 a
mortgage on his Holland railroad on
terprse. and as j. generally the case
with hum, was cool a a cucumber.
In response 10 inquiries. ne did not
remember anything having occurred
during the evening OF an unusual
character. and, although always
ycry willing to give up everything
to the press nad nothing new
90 relate, and, while answering
tne questions OF the scribe, kept right
ON Saving wood" ON his Holland
mortgage. The reporter had n0 ntcn-
ton OF prylng ntO affairs that were not
Intended tor publication, hut hi, glance
fell upon "A legal looking document.
folded up, tuat had an inscription ON
the back starting out with estate oil
Michigan. The circuit court for tlc
county OF Kent. In chauccry. The
OwashtanOng Boat Club, etc. TIhbcts
has rather a poor memory, but after
being refreshed by Il question or two
by Mrs. Iibbets, ne did remember that
some gentleman had called a few min
utes before and left the bundle OF pa
pers, though he had not had time to
read them. Deputy sherltfs' visits with
injunction" and restraining orders"
were SO common they made no more
impression than water on "A duck : back.
Finding that the pencil pusher was on,
ne picked up the bundle and ran over
lis contents soto roce. Some such sem
tences as Lots 30 something OF Boyn-
ton * Fields addition 10 the city of
Grand Rapids, " Lake ave
nue." danger To wives and children,
from steam locomotives, and a whole
lot VI ltSA4 vel ihitSc Ohoul lOuA bAAt-
tor and "the township board, ," etc,
finally winding up with the statement
on information and belief, that Tbbcts
was going TO break loose some dark
night and put in steam railroad rn
front of said lots and % front of the
street Railway Compauv's plvll. ou.
raise Cam, etc, and asking TO have INN
restrained, were heard.
Mr.. TobetS remarked that they need
not have been i'm such a hurry about ii,
as next Saturday night might have
been more pleasant for the deputy, and
would have been soon enough. Mont
gomery and Bundy, probably remem-
bcrIugouc ~aturdayuigntO on Caual-st n
lSSS, about election time, when a cable
line wa put IN, either with or without
authority, and was nearly ready for
trans before the judge got home from
church, they evidently thought they
had better be sure this time, as it Is
never known where ne Will break loose
next.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23
CRAZY ASA BED-BUC
That j. one Theory OF JurymAn
Culyer's Obsunacy.
LOyCBECKER WILL NOI HAVE II 50
oas OF the Eleven T~iis some rhinSs
About the Champion hicker sod MS
Peculiar ~ys-His tarFeat t0t-s
meats oH the Evidence.

CHICAGO. Dec 2l.--s. NJ. Moore, the
wcII-kn0wu insurance man, and gen
uemsn 0t most excellent reputation
advances new theory 70 account Tor
tae actions u Juror Culver Mr. Moore,
SAID today:
II have known John Culver snee
carly in the COS and 1 ann convinced
tat be Is not RIGHT mentally. ne
worked for nae ton some years, hs GIN
nlne as office boy and ending As cashier.
Oi as integrity haven't tine slightest
question. would have trusted hin
with every cent have ia the world.
But think that be is now mentally un-
balanced.
L0ngenecker scouts the idea of Cul-
vcis insanity arising from the great
strain upon Am during the trial, and
says: 1ne idea that Culver Is OF was
OF h.s mental bise IS absurd. All OF the
jurors looked better physically when
they We're discharged than when they
Went into the service
one OF the eleven who viii prepare
and sign the statement OF the proceed
ings and occurrences n the jury room,
I'M conversation with friend SAID IN
relation % Juror Culver that the con-
duct OF the man was from the nrst OBJ
noNl0us and peculiar.
"ile came 20 me when ! was sworn
in. - the Juror said 20 h.s friend, "and
asked me Il | smoked. | told nm
occasionally.
May ask If you frequent seloonsF
he SAID u wheeling, l-waut-tO-lOve-
4 f--..a fss.l fr r|f..F
rather surpr scd me, hut | smOthcrcd
my feelings and said That Wnlle / dld
not exactly frequent saloons, still when
/ wanted glaS- OF beer / went tO sa-
loon To get u. The next question WAS,
May ask II you are member of the
church, Yes said, until ! was
driven from Il by such men aS you, and
then turned on my heel. During the
taking of testimony he constantly nam
tanned that the BODY found IN the catch
basin was not that of Or. Cronln."
"Was not discussion of the proceed
ings in court forbidden IN the jury
room before the close OF the trlalY'
asked the Jurors friend.
YES: but he talked nevertheless. lie
was particularly severe on some OF the
witnesses for the state, particularly the
COnkuns, about whom he related some
damaging tales, foreign to the evidence
in the court. In the witnesses for the
defense, particularly those who gave tes-
timony to contradict the hack-driver
Swanson, he placed implicit faith.
When the clothes of Or. Cronin were
found it staggered, but it convinced
INN. As we were walking across the
bridge on our way to court one day, he
put his hand around my shoulder and
sand: Brother, ! am very glad those
clothes were found, for you know | had
a doubt about the identity of the body
We'll, 10 one else had l replied.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23
WHOLESALE BUTCHERY.
An Entire Family Found With
Their Threats Cut
Charles Shelar Supposed 20 Have Killed
His wife and Three children and
Then Himself Also.

NuEs, o.. Dec 22.-Tul community
was thundcrgruck this evening hy the
discovery Of one of the most Wholesale
and bloody hutchDres that has ever
occurred IN this section OK the state.
The victims, five .n number. are. Chas.
SAclar, wife and three children, and
tho crime is supposed 20 have
taken place no au carly hour this
morning. When tAc luhuman
deed was discovered at about .
o'clock this evening. all five
bodies were std Hnd cold iu death.
W. tn their thr4at- eu- from car % ear.
~n.lar and h,s wit, wore .ylur together
across tae tout o. tn. lUd. Tho tlree
children were on lac hoor u different
parts oi the house. ~near was mill
man, and had steady employment. but
~ late drank heavily. and rJu1red
THAT 1e 8ua Hs u.lo d.d moot re o.
pav together. The theory advanced Is
Char ~la.1r. u @. ot madness cutthe
threats nt MS w.n aul children. and
th.n h.s gwu. Tine weapon u-ad WAS
ra f0r ari vas nrrela-ed- d-hv ~HeIar Of
q .araw w1rn dea.ar >atar.H evening"
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23

Montreal on zvls.t g. a nlarF s.stsr,
prolonged her yaat lsla yesterday
when sas sU14eu.y announced taat
sae Nas gong - Quettt. titr s>tl,
when quest qued, sdUt1e1 tlat see
lad sst toF. uut refused 20 Z Sc
further nf9rm4t t0u. Ihe ceteclltts
say That they are positive tlat tle
Sunan question - o-l4t- cofal - .-
Jon. and that darEg ner stay Asre ,ar
N.s VISITED bY man $50. ID Il cl4 iled
answers 90 >lc0Lt description.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23

AvN ARBoR, Mich, Dec. 2l.-W ".
Vines, prominent dry goods mer-
chant. died this morning. lle located
in tins city in l>l5, and had teon deuu-
fed with is business interests ever
since. lie was yicc-prcsldent oi the
Ann Ari0r Savings Bank.
Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23

Nh. CrENENs, Mach, De- el.-Otoupd
WAS broken this morning ior an tlec-
trlc light station across the river from
the county jail on Judge trocker 5
/ land. A local company Wlli undertake
ID right the clty With the Thompson
Houston system by ;he middle oi Feb
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-16

THE STOCK BREEDER.
Hog Cholera.


w. S. Sullivan, in Sicine Breeders
journal says: Sympathizing with those
who are losing SO heavily from hog
cholera, allow me to say that after
twenty six years of studying this disease
a,d experimenting with it, | am
convinced that there is no
cure for it, and equally con-
WINGED that it can be prevented. Two
years ago | wrote several articles on that
subject; time and experience confirms
me in the opinion then advanced and
elaborated somewhat that we created the
disease, and by travelling back the same
way we come, we can prevent it. The
chief points to prevent the hog cholera
are:
l. Breed grown hogs.
2. Avoid breeding related stock.
3. Do not feed corn to grown stock.
d. Do not compel stock to the second
growth of clover.
In this letter | will very briefly give
reasons for the above propositions.
/. 1t is against nature for immatured
animals or human beings to produce
healthy offspring.
2. 1t is also a violation of doctrine
acknowledged for thousands of years
to breed in al d in.
3. Corn is - fatten, almost entirely:
and stock hogs fed only corn, become
effeminate-if all other proper condi-
lions were observed
A. While nothing is better for the hog
In its season than the first growth of
clover. the second growth Is poison and
salivates and weakens all kinds of stock
and especially the hog.
One year, nor two, should not be ex-
pected to undo what has been thirty Fl We
years on hand i'll doing, because there is
hereditary faint now in the stock, but
i've, six, or seven years, will stamp it
out, and | have proved it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-16
A Worm in His Tail.
A London Cd bic.

A LOEQon IdDie-
Mary Ann Proudly lives in town
called Boolle, England. She was pas
sionately attached to a cat, and this
very attachment augmented the wrath
and amazement of neighbor who OBJ
served her, with one bow of a Ratchet,
cut off tie eats tail. In court there
we're many to testify that Miss Proudly
had been loving 10 the cat since cutting
Oft its tail. Every cat, she tearfuliy in
formed the learned magistrate, has a
worm in lis tail, which can 90 up to its
brain and drive it mad. Yon can tell
when the worm begins to travel, because
then the cat begins to run around alter
It's tai. Under such circumstances the
Only thing to DO is 10 cut the tail oil
above the worm, and she had reluctant
IS adopted this course. lis efficacy, she
thought, vas proved by the fact that
the cat had ceased to run after its tail.
The magistrate administered fine OF
forty shillings and costs. on the round
that cruelty is not eXcusable because
based on superstition. The balance OF
public opinion in BOotle, which accepts
the worm theory, is in favor of Mss
Proudly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-16
Hints to Housekeepers

REMOVE stains from the windows by
using diluted spirits of salt.
IN roasting meats one of the principal
points is to hare 1t as juicy as possible.
To BOIL cabbage whole, tie or sew in
cloth. Boil a little longer than if
CHARTERED.
A RAW egg, if swallowed in time, will
effectually detach a fish bone fastened
in the throat.
Ii pincushions are filled with we'll
dried coffee grounds, mice or moths will
never touch them.
INK stains on silk, wooden, or cotton
ran be removed by saturating with
spirits of turpentine.
THE white of two eggs will render the
deadly corrosive sublimate as harmless
as dose of calomel.
For stains on teacups or tinware dip
damp cloth in common soda, rub
briskly, then wash and wipe dry.
GOOD beef should have a bright. red
color, not too dark, dry and tender to
the touch, fat, and with a smooth, open
grain.
WET grass stains on white goods with
water, rub in some soft soap, and as
much soda as will adhere; let stand half
OIL stains on carpets, can be removed
at once by scattering corn meal upon
them, also by applying hot iron
through heavy sheet OF blotting pa
per.
BOILING new milk will take out most
fruit stains; dip the articles in several
times; another way is to dip in sour but
ermilk and dry in the sun; wash in cold
water and dry two or three times daily.
STAINS on marble are the most obsti
nate. Take OK gall, wine glassful of
turpentine, and mix into paste with
pipe clay; spread this paste on the
stained marble and let it remain several
days.
MILDEw is removed by rubbing on
common yellow soap, then little salt
and starch. Rub all we'll on the article
and put out in the sunshine; or, after
rubbing on the soap, scrape chalk over
it and rub we'll; put in the sun, and as
the stain dries wet it little. 1t will
come out with two applications.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-16
TO HIS SUBJECTS.

Emperor Frarcis Joseph Issues Procla-
nation on tie DeEth of His Son.
Emperor Francis Joseph, in an auto
graph letter to Premier Won 1aafe, or
ders that publicity be given to The fol-
lowing proclan alton:
ITO My People, Oyerw helmed with
deep grief, / humbly bow my head be-
fore the inscrutable decree of Divine
Providence, appealing with my peoples
to the Almighty 10 give me strength so
that | may not falter in the conscien-
tious performance of my duty as q rul-
er, but may keep before my eyes
that course of stead aet adherence
which assures for the common
veal the blessings OF peace. 1t
has been a consolation to me during
these days of bitter woe TO know that
was upheld BY the heartfelt sympathy
of my people, of winch have received
from all sides the most touching tokens.
1t is with profound gratitude that |
feel how the bond of mutual love and
faithfulness uniting me and my house
with all the peoples of the eIGDire only
gains strength and security in times of
such great affiicti1n."
The proclamation further expresses
the heartfelt thanks of the emperor and
empress and their sorely stricken
daughter-in-law for the sympathy &C.
corded them, and concludes by asking
Gods help in the future, and the CO.
operation OF Austrian subjects with their
ruler to secure the welfare of their
fathprlaDd