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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12
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BABY.

Before the cheerful fire tonight
My wife and are sitting,
We softly talk Of days gone by,
And on our hearts, such memories lie
OF baby.
Our treasure was boy of course,
And such a sturdy youngster.
With hair Of gold, and eyes of blue,
And six white teeth, SO straight and true,
Had baby.
His chubby hands. all dimpled, to-,
And fingers, always itching,
TIC pull our hair and poke our eyes
And other tricks, to our surprise
Did baby.
He made my wife slave all Gay
Keeping him out of mischief
He'd pick up pins and dirt. You see,
And put them in his mouth, would he,
Would baby.
And then, at night, when came home,
He'd crow and smile to see me.
He'd pick my pockets, do his best
To grab my pipe QEe little pest)
That baby.
At bedtime too, he'd vex us sore,
With all ais restless antics,
And when We thought he was asleep,
Around the door, who then would peep,
But baby.
And so tonight we sit and think,
OF baby's ways and doings,
And of those hands ard voice, now still,
Ard through our hearts such memories thrill,
Oh! baby.
But bark, From out the Stiffness comes
A voice 50 soft and cooling.
That rascal, there. has just awokc,
And smiling too a master stroke,
Our baby.
-"Dudleigh' in SUNDAY Inter-Oceau
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12


of mems voices hallooing and shouting.
Somebody was chasing something, OF
| this there could be no mistake. Then in
the dim light a black object hove in
| sight with three horsemen in hot pur-
| suit
That's my game. by gosh" said
Yerkes to himself with great excite
nlent. land darn my hide but I'll have
him now
The man quickly unslung his long
Mexican lariat he was fine roper. and.
| paturg his horse enccuragingly, made
-eadv TO cast the moment he was within
proper distance. On came the big game
with rash, making wonderful long
strides with his tremendous legs, and
not two hundred yards behind were the
three cowboys. urging their mustangs
at the top Of their speed. yelling like
mad. 1erkes got his lariat in position.
and then began that long graceful
swing, with the magic circle opening
like an oval, that only the practical arm
can give TO the rope. Straight at the
man rushed the brute. but. evidently
discovering him when too late, the lat
ter made bold swerve 10 the left, as if
to pass by him. Galloping alongside
for moment. the rope SWUNG in the
air. and then, swish. it darted. settling
snugly about the long, hoop like neck
In true cowboy style, as if handling a
steer, 1erkes kept up his pace and grad
ually got INFO position for throwing the
animal. This process Is as follows: When
the moose is around the head horns or
neck. the next movement Is 10 arrange
the line on the further side Of the AMI
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12
a Little Too PrryjeuS

A good story is going the rounds about
a certain married man q, Pleasant street.
de got up one morning in terrible
hurry, rushed around frantically, built q
lire, decided that he wouldn't hsve time
to wait for breakfast, had MS wife make
him cup OF coffee-all he could take
time for-swaiIowed the coffee. pun on
ms overcoat. said ",ood morning" &c his
wife, looked al the clock. found il xzs
half mast a M and want hack 10 bid
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12

perfectly dry. Then, putting on my
helmet, got out from under the barrel
and gave the signal to be pulled up.
bad been gone only few minutes. and
the people thought as matter of course
that had come up 10 say that l could
not catch the Ssh, never dreaming that
I had caught it, dressed it and cooked it
already. They were very much sur
prised when, on taxi :, off the lamp, l
showed them the fish stearnin2 hot and
we'll cooked. "-BnStou Globe.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-12
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$500 REWARD.

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-12

Sleepless nights, made miser-
able by that terrible cough
Shiloh's Cure is the remeuy for
you.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20

quarrel, which parted us-such trifle,
when look back Do you ever look
back, MADAME =
The twilight was falling about them;
zBeeky.s face had gro WIN shade or two
paler all at once she turned her dark,
velvety eyes fall upon him with a
startled air.
YOU" she said. you must be Larry
Rogers Then the color swept to her
cheeks In crimson wave. do you
know l never thought you had grown
old like myself? Don't you know me?
+ am Becky Thefne..s- .:-
just then the train Numbered through
the tunnel, and they forgot that they
were sixty-odd.
''On the way to the Old Ladies'
Home" she wrote Mrs. Dwight Il was
persuaded to go=to an old gentleman's,
instead. MARY NJ Prescott in~the
Domestic Monthly. f'.
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A coop HEy-HousE.

the space to be occupied by the front OF
the building Or these may be placed
in position standing squarely with
sawed ends on fiat stones i'm bedded in
the sand. On p.of them spike six
inch pole the length of the front Of the
building.
Another row of posts of the same
length o.perhaps one foot shorter
should be placed further into the sand
bank where the back of the building IS
to come. With arirer on top as-men-
toned for the plate on the first posts,
or if an abundance of stone be handy,
this row of posts can be replaced by a
wall. Wood, however, is preferable,
because itdoesn't gather and hold moist
ure SO much, but is more expensive be-
cause less durable. Across these hori-
zontal top poles run heavy, rough tim
bers six to- ten inches in diamete
These will not need saving and can be
rudeiy spiked or pinned to the poles.
The entire structure must be heavily
built, because it is to be rooted with
sand and sod. Above the rafterss which
are as we'll fat as any other way,ashould
-be laid a attan4f*y--ef slabs or straight
poles close together. On these may be
thrown agffyer Of sweet fern or hard
hack brush, or even a mat of dried
leaves, to be followed by two feet or
more OF sand Over the sand spread at
least six inches of good loan, and sod
over this. II should be mounded enough
to shed rain to1erab1y we'll and will look
on top like our old-fashioned outdoor
cellars so common in the Hudson river
valley. The sides may be treated in the
same manner with slabs and leaves and
heavily banked with sand. The entire
job can be sodded SO that it will be far
from ugly in appearance. The front
should slope gently from the top of the
posts to the ground, the bottom being
about two feet from the posts. From
this point the earth should rapidly de-
scend so that al water may be carried
away from the building. Two windows
of good size, but not, 100 large, and a
deer maybe placed in front of this
building, and roosts and nests within.
During extreme cold weather house of
this kind will be greatly enjoyed by the
poultry and will present no objection
able features. Farm and Fireside.
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salt.
81 dare say" returned Miss Becky.
Now, if it hadn't been for the rheuma-
tism could earn my living for years
yet, and, Hay-be,- get something ahead
again. But it seems as if the rheuma-
tism laid in. wait for the poor and
friendless.
"You ought to have married when
you were young, Becky" said the
doctors widow. who had forgotten all
about Bocky's love affair, and labored
under the impression that she had
never had a ,chance--an impression
which matrons are apt to entertain con-
corning their single friends. Miss
Becky had been spending some weeks
with Mrs Doctor Dwight, who had
moved away from Plymouth after her
husbands death. She was there chiefly
to put.some stitches into the widows
wardrobe, which nobody else would dc
so reasonably" that lady's grief hav-
ing incapacitated her for holding a
needle. or giving her mind to the ma
terial details of seam and gusset and
band. But during the visit Miss
Becky had been seized with her sharp
est attack of rheumatism, which had
kept her in bed for weeks, till her
wages were exhausted by drugs and
doctors fees. 1T was at this time that
she made up her mind to go into the
Home on her return to Plymouth.
Mrs. Dwight saw her off at the sta
ton. II hope you'll find the home
cozy," she said, outside the car-window.
Its lucky Parson Amory left you that
hundred dollars, after all. He might
have doubled it,
"Yes,~I suppose so," Miss Becky an
swered, meeklY, Perhaps she was think.
ing that if she were Mrs. Dwight no old
friend OF hers should go begging for a
refuge at an alms-house door, were il
ever so genteel an alms-house. Perhaps
she was thinking of the pretty, COM
Portable home waiting for her friend.
and wondering why their fortunes were
SO unlike.
Write when you reach Plymouth and
let me know how you're suited caid
Mrs Dwight, and just then the cars
gave lurch and left her behind, and
Miss Becky turned her glance inward.
Somebody had taken the seat beside
her.
Your friend was speaking of Parson
Amorg, of Plymouth" said he. 81
couldn't xhelp hearing. i was born in
Plymouth myself, but L haven met a
soul from there these twenty years. Pm
on my way down to look up my old
friends"
Twenty years is long time" an.
swered Becky. 'l'm afraid you won't
find many of your friends left. You'll
hardly know Plymouth.
II suppose not suppose not Have
you liyed there longs :
II? l have lived there all my days.
"Goodl | am hungry for news OF the
people. Tell me every thing you can
think OF, Did Parson Amory leave d
iertuns' He was called siOs< whsss's
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THE FARMING WORLD.


An Easily Consfrucfsd Foultry-Houss
Combining warmth and CheaPne<s-
A hen-house which combives warmth
and cheapness can DO made as follows.
and as shown in the accompanying en-
craving. Select q well-drained sand
bank slopjng to the south or southeast
Perhaps such one 10 handy, from
which quantities Of sand or gravel have
been taken until there Is already dug .
place large enough toput in just what Is
wanted.-a han house entirely In the
sand, except the front The only OBJ
iectionable feature in building of this
kind is dampness, and from the start
this must be provided against carefully
By a thorough system Of drainage, both
above and below. For this purpose tiles
are almost Indispensable. II the water
can be kept away; the fowls will find
the. sand agreeable and the situation
warm and healthful. while its expos ure
to the southern sun Will give the Layers
a chance to bask and exercise all day
and they Will lay as we'll as during
summer. provided their food be OF the
right kind, and varied. On starting,
sdram.from the woods enough seventeen
posts to set one every five feet across
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Having passed her days in other peoples
houses, SO to speak, she might not mind
it as much, perhaps, as more fortunate
being.
yes" she said, ''there's vacancy in
the old Ladies' Home, and the hun
. dred- dollars that Parson- Amory left
mo will pay my way in, but it
woufdn last me long Il | began to
spend 1t, you know, and / shall haze
warm bed and my regular meals
without worrying about where the
next ones coming from. I'm most tired
worrying about ways and means Seems
as though / had been about it all n1y
life, ever since father was taken with
heart disease hearing the class In alge-
bra. Now that the rheumatism has got
the better Of me, so that l can't work
in cold weather, and the doctor says it'll
draw my fingers up SO that can't use
them, soon, it doesn't seem as II there
was any thing left for me in this world
but the Homeland l ought to be thank
full or I'll rat ss I i===--===== =
Miss Becky had had other expectas
tions in her heyday when young Larry
Rogers met her and carried her basket;
when his strong arm padded her down
the broad river to church on Sunday
mornings; when they sang together in
the choir from the same hymn book;
when they loitered homeward in the
fragrant. summer dusk, and heard the
-whip-peer-wiA complain, and startled
the fire-flies in the hedges as they
brushed by. 1t sometimes seemed to
Miss Becky rs II all this had happened
in anotherplanet She was young then,
with bloom on her cheek; but, al
though the rheumatism had bent her
figure, and rendered her more or less
helpless at times, yet her dark, velvety
eyes looked out like soft stars. and the
ghost OF adimple still fickered on cheek
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20
THE AFRICAN PYGMIES.
A Weli-Shaped Peop'e@ of Perfectly MOI
NAL Formation.

NAL Formation.
The name of dwarfs. applied by some
to these people, has been objected to as
implying deformfty or arrested growth,
and therefore conveying wrong i'm
preston. Nothing of the kind can be
said Of the African Pygmies, who,
thoagf-ef short stature, are all we'll
shaped people-of perfectly normal form
alton. 1t is true that the Hottentots
and Bushmen show certain strange an
atomical peculiarities. but these may
be said to be more or less accidental,
being, in part at least, the result Of spe-
cial and unfavorable conditions d life.
The Pygmies are nomadic in their
habits, and neither keep cattle nor till
the ground, but live by hunting and
snarfng Wild animals and birds, or, UNI
der the most unfaEorable circumstances,
on wild fruit. roots and berries. Their
weapons are always bows and arrows,
the latterusually poisoned-the resource
of the weak. They have no fixed abode,
and, it they build shelters at all, only
construct rude huts of branches. They
have no government, nor do they form
regular communities; they usually wan
der about, like our gypsies, in hordes
composed OF a few families each. This,
however. depends on the nature of the
country-in the parched deserts of the
South they, are not even united to this
extent Sometimes they are to a certain
extent dependent on more powerful
tribes, who afford them protection in
return for certain services. Their no.
tons of the Unseen. when they have
any, would appear to be of the very
crudest. Their languages seem to be
distinct from others, related among
themselves and very peculiar. Wer-
ner, in Popular Science Monthly
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20
We've heard of a woman

We've heard of a woman
who said she'd walk five miles
to get a bottle Of DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription if she
couldn't get it without. That
woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the system
and correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
try a second, a third #
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll know
that there's a remedy to help
you. Then you'll keep on
and a cure II come.
But if you shouldn't feel the
zhetp.rsiflould be disappointed
in the results you'll find a
guarantee printed on the bot
tle-wrapper that'll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who'd rather have the money
than health I And ",Favorite
Prescription ? produces health.
Wonder is that there's
woman willing to suffer when
there's a guaranteed remedy
in the nearest drug store
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and chin in spite of her sixty odd years.
Miss Becky's father had been the dis
trict school teacher in those far-off days
of her girlhood. He had taught her the
simple lore at his command, but it
was Larry Rogers who had taught her
music hour after hour, in the
empty old sc hool -house; they had prac-
ticed together. while he wrote the score
on the black board. But all this had
not sufiiced to enable her to earn live
> lihood. Her education, musical and
otherwise, had stopped short of any
commercial value. In those days she
had never expected to earn her living
by the sweat Of her brow. Larry was
going to give her every thing. How
trivial the little quarrel seemed to-day
which circumvented this fine resolve
of his! But what magnitude it had
assumed at the time On his return
from trip to .neighboring city, some
blsybody whispered to Larry that Miss
Becky had been seen driving with
Squire Eustis'a son, Sam, behind his
trotters. Sam was just home from col
lege, harum- scarum follow, they said,
who made love right and left, and gam
.bled bit; and when Larry reproached
her with it she had not denied; she had
simply said "What then? If you choose
to listen to gossip rather than wait till
tell YOU :. -
"But you didn't tell me; and I've been
home a week.
II had forgotten all about it till you
rnmi ndad mo said RaaEy
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TEXAS cATTLE.
Something About their Probable Origin
and Their Value to the Farmer.

Something About their Probable Origin
and Their Value to the Farmer.
In reply to an inquirer we would say
that Texas cattle are of Spanish origin,
descending from the Spanish stock that
was introduced into Mexico in the six
teenth century Undoubtedly they
were originally the cattle kept by the
Moors and Castilians for hundreds of
years. They never have been possessed
of any marked merit. 1t is probable
that the Texan is not as good, however,
as it's ancestry, for it has run wild
while the originals received better.
though probably very indifferent care.
They are tall, lank, coarse-headed and
bony, with immense horns. They have
long, coarse legs, considerable dewlap
and not much brisket; their sides are
fat back swayed, high in flank, marrow
in quarters and hips, and their meat is
an inferior quality of beef. As they
are bred and kept it costs little to pro-
duce the beef, and there being an inad-
eaaaey Of supply of beef of the best
quality, they find a ready sale and re-
turn profit. But the time must come
when the Texan will be poor invest
ment.
+ In fact, the time will come when
nothing but. the, very best. beef pro-
Queer will be regularly bred and fed.
In color they are dun, red, yellow, brin-
die, black and blue roam, mixed with
more or less white. A distinguished
writer dismisses them with the follow
ing very accurate estimate of their real
value: ''As to their value for any eco
nomical purpose, beyond their hides,
what little tallow they have, theirrhorns
and homes for manufacturing or fertiliz-
ing purposes, we consider them of little
| consequence within the bounds of mod
ern civilization or Intelligent agricult-
ure.' And yet in the present condition
of things, with not enough beef pro-
duced outside of these cattle to supply
the demand for the poorer grades of
beef, their products seem to be real
necessity, But then it is possible that
if they were out of the way a better
class of beef in larger quantities would
be produced, and thus both consumer
and producer would be benefited. West
ern Rural
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20

Tho Color OF Trout.

The colcr of trouts back depends
on the color Of the bottom of the river,
but the trout which grow rapidly differ
greatly in spots and color from those
which grow slowly and thrive badly,
and a middle-aged trout differs in color
from an aged trout. Speaking general
ly, the young, healthy,..fast-growing fish
will have silyery sides, white belly
and plenty of well-defined spots Tho
poorly fed fish will have few or no
spots, a drab belly and muddy-yellow
sides. The old trout Will be much the
same in appearance, only more 50, ana
will be particularly lank and large
headed. This accounts for those trout
which have access to salt water being
brighter and more be,u than others
which do not The variety and album
dance of their food make them SO. -
American Angler and Hook and Line,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-20
Boy BLUE AND !.

when Dick was ten and I was eight,
Life 3 morning sweet and early
While ne wore aprons checked with blue,
And got my hair was curly;
We used to read the live1ong day
Strange tales and old romanees;
Dick liked the Indian stories best,
Bat had softer fancies.
Iciung 70 fairy tales, alas
And books with yellow covers;
thought myself heroine,
And went In search ~ lovers,
In my young heart In those fond days
- Of pmght uncionded Weather. So
Imps, soldiers. ogres, ghosts and war
were AL linked IN together.
We had enc play called Bunker B1ll;
Dick always wished TO play IT,
I liked dolls batter. though, Of coursA
was ashamed 10 say IT.
Dick had company Of boyst,1sia.s.,.
The name Of one was Moses;
made him once soldiers cap
And trimmed 1t round with roses.
followed Ia The ranks myself,
Their only banner bearing;
Dick fastened TO my fathers cane
The apron l was wearing.
. happy days, TOO briefly bright;
memories quaint but pleasant
can not bear TO link to-day,
The glad past with the present.
My. childhood's visions seem to mock
Ny lone heart. sad and smitten;
In dearcr life blood than my own
The page Of war is written!
] know not where in death he sleeps
Far dfHfanfs frfTyf, d a. p ~ !,