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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
an lNIELLloENT DOG.

new Admiral Pogts<S Little 0randooa
vs. Rescued b Bruce.s
Dogs have been favorites with the
Admiral all his LIE, and within The
last twenty years. or since making
Washington his headquarters. he haa
owned no less than twsnty-twol
But Bruce. early in his career. earned
tho highest place in his masters re-
gard by one Of those feats Of sagacity
which seem to prove that animals
reason. and that, too. often more wise
ly than their recognized mental supe'
riors.
Admiral Porter had . little grand
son, who lived near q deep and rapid
water-course about twenty-five feet
wide. The stream was crossed by a
narrow plank. One day the little fell
low-who was but three years Of age
attempted the perilous crossing alone.
There was no one near to warn him OF
danger or prevent him but the dog.
Realizing the child's peril. Bruce ran
to him and. catching hold of his dress.
tried to pull him back. The young
ster was determined to have his own
way. and vigorously resented the
dogs interference by beating poor
Bruce in the face with q big stick he
carried, until the dog was forced by
pain to relinquish his hold.
The faithful animal then jumped
into the water, and swan slowly across
the stream belowthe plank, evidently
with the intention of saving the child
should he happen to fall in.
When they were both safely across
and Bruce had shaken the water from
his shaggy coat he artfully induced
the little fellow to get on his back for
a ride, o treat he knew the youngster
much enjoyed and for which he was
always ready.
The moment the dog felt the child's
arms around his neck. and the little
feet digging into his sides. he trotted
back across the plank, and hOmeward,
never stopping until his young charge
was safely beyond any temptation Of
repeating his dangerous performance
Gertrude Van X. Wickham, in St
Nicholas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
HOME, FARM AND oAaue...

| Cultivation 10 . very important
item IN securing tho best results with
fruits and vegetables
The COW and the scarecrow COM
lined in one Is . poor measure Of econ
9my.-Western Plowman.
1T il said that collodion dissolved
| In alcohol and applied with q light
brush viii prevent silver from becom-
ing furnished.
DO not try to cultivate onions
deep; If an inch Of the surface is kept
mellow, and no weeds allowed to grow,
it is all the cultivation that viii be
needed.
1t pays well to use q sharp. fine.
steel tooth rake and plenty Of ''elbow
grease in preparing the soil for q
seed bed It helps after cultivation
amazingly.
Silk articles should not be kept
folded in white paper. as the chloride
of lime used in bleaching the paper
impairs the color of the silk. Brown
or blue paper Is better.
Green corn and Lima beans dete-
riorate more quickly than any other
vegetables; they should be spread out
singly on the cool cellar floor as quick
ly as possible after they come from
the market.
1t is quite an item to have a good
asparagus bed in the garden. At the
same time, in planting, care should be
taken not to set the roots too close to-
gether. Give them plenty OF room. at
least two by three feet apart.
Eggs and Green Corn.-Boit a
dozen ears of sweet corn, cut it from
the cob, season it with salt and pepper
and stir into it five well-beaten eggs.
Take it in teaspoonfuls, roll in bread
crumbs and fry brown.-Good House
keeping.
The white butterfly is the parent
of the cabbage worm. If a careful
lookout is given when they first ap-
pear and the butterflies destroyed.
which is not as difficult as may be sup
posed. there will be a saving Of labor
and less loss of plants.
Hauling is one of the most expen-
sive items on the farm, and in laying
off a field, or planning for any kind OF
crop, the first consideration should be
the facility and ease of hauling and
spreading the ma nure on the land. and
the carrying off of the crop therefrom.
To destroy moles soak sweet corn
twenty-four hours in warm water;
with pen-knife make an opening at
the germ and insert a small quantity
of strychnine. Make small opening
| in the mole's run with stick and
lrop in it a grain or two of the poi
soned corn. Do this at several points
in the run. Moles may be the garden
er's friends but / do not so regard
them.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
AMERICA IN ASIA.

Tho Impossibility Of Getting Away from
the Yankee Joker.
After long and diligent search in q
queer, dark, secondhand booth kept
by a swarthy Mongol, was rewarded
by the discovery of product of Amer
lean genius that partly satisfied my
patriotism and Sc rived as a tangible
proof that New England marks the
time to which all humanity keeps step.
It was an old secondhand clock, made
in Providence. r l., the battered and
somewhat grimy face of which still
bore in capital letters the Characters
tic American legend. Thirty Hour
Joker" Mongolia might know moth
ing of American literature or of Amer.
lean magazines, but it had made the
acquaiL lance of the American clock;
and although this particular piece
of mechanism had lost its hands.
its Thirty Hour Joker" was
a sufficiently pointed allusion to
the National characteristic to sat
isfy the most ardent patriotism.
An American joker does not need
hands to point out the merits of his
Jokes. and this mutilated New En-
gland clock, with its empty key-hole
eyes and its battered but still humor-
Gus visage, seemed to leer at me out
of the darkness of that queer old
secondhand shop as If to say: "You
may come to Siberia, you may ex-
plore Mongolia. but you can't get
away from the American joker" /
was little disappointed not to find in
this bazaar some representative mas
terpiece Of American literature, but
/ was more than satisfied q short time
atterward when I discovered in still
wilder and more remote part of the
Trans Baikal, q copy of Mark Twain's
Life on the Mississippi" and a
Russian translation Of Bret Harte's
Luck of Roaring Camp George
KEENAN,, in Century.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.

Farmer Haycock Talks About the Pleas
ures of His Boyhood Days.
II tell you, neighbor, things amt
like they used to be when me and you
was boys said old farmer Hay
cock to a neighbor the other day. Il
tell you boys nowadays amt much
like boys used to be when zoe was
boys"
mot much they amt said the
neighbor, dejectedly.
Nav. sir; nowadays if boy puts
in fifteen hours on a farm he calls it a
full days work, and wants to quit an
he kicks if he cayn't have full hour
at noon"
II know it; blame 'em!"
IAN if he cayn't have full suit o.
store clothes ev'ry year or two he
makes trouble. an blamed if l can git
one o. my boys to go to town bar.
footed after they git along toward
nineteen an twenty years old. Oh.
tell We, pride an laziness is ruinin'
the world!'
That's so. Haycock; that's So"
1T jist is an when my boys goes
to town they're got to have fifteen or
twenty cents apiece to squander
away. tell We you and me didn't have
it, neighbor. An nay boys wanter eat
up our eggs an butter an honey an
sich, an let good bacon an corn bread
20 to waste. tell We, neighbor. you
an me never ct nothin' that could be
sold"
mo, we didn't, Haycock; no, we
didn't"
1--WE didn't wanter drop work an
90 off to a circus once ev'ry summer;
we didn't lay off work at shutdown.
an when our dads called as at three
in the mornin' we knOwed better'n to
roll over an sleep till most four, like
farm boys do nowadays. tell you.
the good old times air gone an a
gineration O. good-ter-nothin's is ris-
In up"
That's so. Haycock; that's so"
They silently weep in remembrance
of the 'good old times. Time.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
PORCELAIN VERY SCARCE.

News Which Will He Discouraging "a
Lovers of Fine China.
At present most of the Pekin sup
plies of old china. faience and objects
of art are drawn from Shensi and
Shansi. but. as is becoming evident.
the supply will not last much longer,
and it is desirable that some other
provinces should be induced to part
with their treasures.
Shantung has been pretty well ex-
plored; Chilli. Pekin excepted. is not
supposed to be artistically rich. In
Honan the store of beautiful things
must have been sadly diminished BY
the floods which devastated the most
wealthy districts. In Sechuan, Kuei-
chow and Kansu war and rebellions
have made great distinctions. al
though Cheng-tu ought to repay ex.
ploration; and in Kiangsu. Chekiang.
Human, Hupei, Anhui. which. like, the
two Kuangs. suffered much in the re
bellions and internecine wars, the
stores left do not amount to much.
In Pekin there are still some beauti-
full collections, but they are becoming
rare. as the process of dispersion has
gone on apace. Some old families
have some superb pieces Of ceramic
art, but in Pekin. as in other capitals.
it often happens that the family es-
tates, carefully preserved during cent
uries. perhaps. at last falls to . prodi-
gal son who wastes all with riotous
living. sells the most cherished pos
sessions. and finally retires to well
merited poverty. The great collections
in Pekin have. in too many cases. beer
dispersed, and those remaining ar
not now numerous. Chinese TimsA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06
CORN.FIElD MACHINERY.

Implements for Pulverizing the Sod ana
Cultivating the Crop.
For small farms, simple machinery IL
adapted, and a part of the work Is
done by hand On large farms. in'
GLIDING the extensive cornfields at the
West, nearly every thing is done by
machinery. But in all cases certain
requisites are indispensable, and slip
shod culture and muddy and weedy
soils are decidedly Improbable. The
common course in many places is to
plant on inverted sod. making a good
pillow and q good plowman necessary
When the sod is inverted the upper
surface is to be made as mellow as an
onion bed. to facilitate marking. plant
ing, successful growth and easy and
perfect culture. There are several
implements for thus pulverizing the
inverted sod without tearing up the
grass below, among which the harrow
is one of the best The disc harrows
answer we'll and the smoothing har-
row gives the surface smooth finish.
There arc many planting machines,
from those which put in a hill at
time to the double row horse-planters-
With these many acres can be planted
in day, if the soil has been perfectly
fitted for the work. and marked for
straight rows. In the large fields at
the West, where corn is planted in
hills with rows running both ways,
.'check-roW" machines are extensively
used for rapid planting. and the labor
Of subsequent cultivating is performed
in both directions, effectually destroy
ing weeds.
As soon as the young corn is up. any
fine slant-tooth or smoothing harrow
may be passed over it broadcast This,
done just at the right time, will kill
young weeds just peeping at the sur
face, and will pass smoothly over the
stronger and smoother corn plants,
cleaning out the weeds in as we'll as
between the rows, and saving hand
hoeing. This may be repeated several
times till the corn is q foot high. Al
the same time and afterward the two
horse walking or riding cultivators
may be probably used for dressing
the crop Many of these cultivators
are manufactured. No effectual ap-
plication of machinery for harvesting
the crop has been made adapted for
general adoption. A strong self-rakine
reaper will cut and throw of the gsvels
when the ground is firm enough tc
prevent the sinking Of the wheels. but
subsequently hard labor is required tc
secure the crop. The experiment has
been made on small corn with self
binder, and has been successful when
the ears were not 80 large as to choke
the throat Of the elevator. and the s0rs
firm enough, or not softened by rail-.
Huslzing machines have been success.
fully used. but they do not obviase tse
labor Of handling and drawing the
heavy and bulky stalks. Experiments.
promising success, have been made in
husking and cutting up the STALKS a.
one operation with steam power. bu
this plan is not yet matured. John J.
Thomas. In n 7. Tribune
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06

Tho Understanding funds Of the
common schools and the University OF
Texas amount to over so. coo. 600. and
the SO, 600, 600 acres Of unsold lends
will, within the next two decades.
swell this amount TO 500. coo. COO
Thus it will be seen that the public
school endowment IL now more than
elOO. O0O. 600 Journal Of Education
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-06-06


deed, I have been inclined to think
that half the power of ministers in my
day lay in their wigs.
1.-The presence of the divine was q
signal for the appearance of Cesar. in
a green coat beautifully studded with
steel buttons probably the counting
coat of MIR. B, for the coats lasted
one generation in old times). bright
red breeches, blue stockings and yellow
vest; followed by Cleopatra and her
flaming copper-plate gown and hoop
to initiate the ladies. The former
sustained q mahogany tray. shining
like his face, sprinkled all over with
those very little teacups which be-
lieve made their last appearance in
your playhouse, Betsy; the latter
bore twin waiter loaded with nut
cakes, symbols and bread and butter.
This ebony procession appeared and
disappeared three several times; and
then the bridal party entered. First
came two pretty maidens who longed,
dare say. to be in Prudence's shoes,
in white dimity, with the eternal up
heaved top-boots. escorted by another
gentleman and myself, in blazing
scarlet. Next care the happy pair;
Prudence slightly suffused, with her
eyes bent toward the ground-not
her head. for. loaded as it was. the
slightest inclination of it might have
produced motion somewhat like that
OF . top-heavy cornstalk witch; John
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01

Tho proposed railroad project
from the Ohio river railroad through
Richie county. to the Troy coal
fields in Gilmer county, is assum-
ing tangible shape. An important
meeting was held in Harrisville,
last week, and the first steps towards
starting in to make the enterprise
a success were taken. Men of .ex-
perience in railroad matters have
the route under consideration, and
are favorably impressed with the
practicabiIity of the scheme.
Richie county must wake up to
the favorable prospect. The build
ing of this road means an area of
prosperity. 1t will extend for
nearly forty miles. right through
the center of the county. If the
road is built, Ritchie's population
will double in ten years.-Ritchie
Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
Losing Ground.

Prohibition seems to be losing
ground. 1t has just been voted
down in Massachusetts by an over
wheIming majority. This, following
the defeat IN West Virginia and
New hampshire and the vote for
resubmission in Rhode Island, will
doubtless tend to defeat the pend
ing amendment in Pennsylvania
also. Whether all this indicates
that the prohibition sentiment is
really less strong than it was, how
ever, or whether the money power
of the great whisky combine of the
country is more effectively cOneen-
trated at these single points of con-
fiict and hence more potent than
it has heretofore been, it is difficult
to say positively. Certainly the
Quay style of influencing the Amer
lean voter can't be said to be a
failure in view of the late national
election, and Doodle can play havoc
with prohibition as well as knock
Oui DemOeraey.-FdiTDlOnt Inde.r.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
JONAS Not Pa.riotisn,


which induced the millionaires of
the East to contribute their hun
dre,ls Of thousands to carry Indiana
last Fall. The yenal vagabonds
Were not organized into '.blocks of
five" and led to the polls by a
t'trusted leader" with the view of
l'erpetuating our free institutions
and promoting morality. These
Investments were made with the
full assurance that they would yield
u hAndred fold if protection was
maintained. Those who are de-
voting their time. influence and
means TO the elevation of the pub
lie morals should give their atten-
ton to this subject. That "a high
tariff is constantly undermining the
merals of the people and lowering
the standard of honesty and fair
dealing, as we'll as of patriotic and
Christian enleayer, is a clear prop
ositien. It il indeed 'sdn admirture
OF kHassry and folly" Those who
are deprecating the dsmOralizing
influence of dram-shops, gambling.
sabbath Dissertation, the corruption
Of the ballot box, official defalcati6ns
and crime would do well to give
their attention 20 tins subject. The
tariff is more than mere question
OF political cconOmy.-Et.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
Cheerful Reading.

Wool has declined for nearly all
qualities except New Mexican and
Texas says the weekly trade re-
view of r. GsDunn & Co.'S mercap-
tile agency. This must be particu-
larry cheerful reading to the West
Virginia farmer who voted tie Re-
publican ticket because he was told
Harrison's election would send wool
up to 80 and 60 cents a pound. The
continuing fellow. can even up, how
ever, by selling the extra bunch of
wool that the politicians pulled over
his eyes last Fall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
Wanamaker May be.Fired
ts From the Cabinet.

WAsnNGToN, April 2S.-There
was rumor prevailing at the
White House to-day that there
would soon be a vacancy in the
Cabinet. Recent and frequent in
terviews with the President'on the
part of Assistant Postmaster-Gener
Clarkson have led to IA further ru-
NOR that the chief executive of the
Postoffice Department is in some
way toabes oneszofzthea beneficiaries
of the projected change. One ex-
plantation isstIiat the President will
elevate his late partner, Attorney /.
General Miller, to the vacancy on
the Supreme Bench occasioned by
the death of Justice Stanley Mat
thews. lie is said to be hesitating
between Mr.. Miller and Judge
Gresham. Another opinion which
prevailed largely among those who
have followed the course of public
opinion and the comments of the
public press, upon the Wanamaker
postal clothing circulars, is that the
Postmaster General is the Cabinet
officer whose retirement is to be
looked for. Even strong partisan
Republicans openly express. indig-
nation at the scandal thus brought
upon the Administration and in
dorse the opinion that Wanamaker
must go.
F. arg z TO- =. e
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01

Another of those employees who
used tho high tariff ''pay envelopes
during the last campaign has illus
trated the wide difference between
preaching and practice. This per-
son is a maker of hay presses at
Albany, n. Y. Before the election
his workmen were informed when
ever they drew their money that
"the one issue" of the campaign was
whether they should receive
American wages or English
wages; Now it is announced that
his men "must accept % per cent.
reduction or CO." 1t would be in
teresting to know what these men
think of "thc one issue" now.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01

Instead of land of milk and
honey it appears that Oklahoma, is
a land of chalk water and red dust,
and the boomers are not booming
SO merrily as they anticipated.
Many of them are more frantic to
get back home than they were to
invade the promised land. What
with being shot, stabbed, bayonetted
and starved to death the boomers
are certainly playing in tough
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
Postmaster Pearson lost his office

Postmaster Pearson lost his office
a few days ago, and on Saturday
morning passed to his eternal rest
1t would have been very much to
the credit of the Administration to
have permitted Mr. Pearson to have
remained in his office just a few days
until a migthier hand had removed
him from it, than to have displayed
the eager haste and disregard of
pledges and law, TO snpersede him
with a faithful partisan. '-KaRd,c-
hd Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
viewed from the Otler side.

NashviIIe American. ,
Why do we not hear of North
ern question in connection with the
scoundrelism of the Dudleys, backed
and supported by the Wanamakers
and Quays? If the intimidation of a
negro in Louisiana parish raises a
Southern question" for partisan
politicians to settle why does not
the purchase of fioaters in ''6locks
of five" and the debaucheries of
every kind peculiar to Northern
politics raise a Northern Question:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
They Are Wondering.

The political workers who are
getting into Office so rapidly now
are the Ones.who are being protect
eli under the broad shield of Amer
lean law" The laborers whose
wages are being reduced and the
farmers who are realizing low prices
for their produce. wonder what has
become of Republican election
promises and the abroad shield"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
Exfral Session.

Gov. Wilson will convene the
Legislature in extra session about
June LIST, so it is said. In the
call will be included recommends
tions for railroad legislation and
reforms in the. election laws The
committee to try the Gubernatorial
contest met last Thursday at Char
lesion, and. adjourned TO May sth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01
" est TIr0fnta:

A T a County Court continued and held for
thereof ON Wednesday, April 10th, 1889, the
following order was entered:
Whereas; the Circuit Court of Mason county
has caused this Court to be served with n
copy of an order directing 1t to show cause If
any It can, wherefore n Writ of M.ASDAMUS
should not be awarded against it to command
II, the said County Court, to build Il suitable
Jail for this County and such n one as is re-
whereas, this Court cannot show cause why
such Jail should not be built, and whereas
sufficient amount to pay for the same or by
the issuing of the Bonds of the County for
that purpose, and whereas, in the opinion OF
the Court a levy aforesaid would be bur-
uensome and oppressive to the tax payers of
ion of the Court the necessity arises for the
County Court to issue bonds for the purpose
OF building said Jail, and whereas said bonds
can only be issued after all questions connec-
ted with the same shall have been first SUBJ
mttted at a general or school election to
received thrce-fffttlS of all the votes cast for
and against the same, it is, therefore, order
ed, that u vote be tukcn Mt the time and by
the Commissioners of the next school cleo
tOn, to be held on the Dist day of May, 1880,
mt ench voting place in said County, upon the
questions CONNECTED with the debt created by
building said Jail, and If three-fifths of the
voters for and against the proposition to Is
size bonds to- build said Jail shall he in f;lVor
of issuing bonds to build said jail, then the
said County Court shall issue said bonds, as
they are needed, for the purpose of building
said jail to the amount Of Twenty Thousand
Dollars, in denominations of not less than five
hundred dollars each, due ten years from the
date thereof and redecmuble ut the pleasure
of the County at any time after five years
from the date thereof, Bearing interest from
date Mt q rate OF not more than six per cent.
per aunuIl, payable annually.
The ballots used ut such election shall have
written or printed thereon eFor Bonds to
Build JaiI,'' and Against Bonds to I,Iiid
Jail" and the result thereof certified and as
certaincd in all respects as is provided for by
law. in regard TO the election of County and
District Officers. 1t is further ordered that a
copy of this order be printed in each of the pa.
pers published in this County for four sue
ceSsiNe weeks prior to said election.
y Copy-Testc:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-01

Says an exchange: aThus far
President Harrison has not fallen
over his Office furniture in his mad
haste to appoint Representative labor
men TO Office. The only time APP
parently that the laboring element
Is fully recognized and estimated at
Els full worth is when votes are
needed." si.i@