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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1885)
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Otliere who came -with tlicm had prospered also, and had built themselves house-;, which, if not quite .so pretentious looking, or so neat n their surroundings, as that ot our i .particular friends, were at least as good j Manv new neighbors had alto settled in the vicinity, some of whom brought , "little fortunes of two or three thousand dollars, aud these had opened ranches -and bu.lt .houses both in the little val ley above and the larger one below, clear down to t'ne river, upon whose Uianks, a two-hours' ride from our friends' cottage, a town had sprung up. juto th(. reaI and flna, W)Vlwr back where all needed supplies for the fam- aml soejng how nearly the poor old fel ily were obtained, and from which was low wsts tireil out amj jlow pUeouslv he -shipped by steamer the fruit and vege-1 i,e,ra-ed with his great eves not tb ie tables and poultry, designed either for . . Hitina, the wagon had been the mining .towns above or the larger , i)roUght to a stop and Erastus had got markets of Sacramento and the tea-1 out and lifted him in "with the rest of -port I the familv," where the girls and Mrs. School-housf;h:idleenbuilt;churches(i.trSulls j,'aj j,nii bom(i difliculty in in land Sunday-Schools organized; the Slicing him not to show his gratitude .streams onugeu, roaus over tne uhh- hills made jiassaUc for wheeled ve- liicles, and altogether the neighborhood IOOt- i liad Uikenon the air and responsibilities -of a community that wished to le re garded as refcpeetable, law-abiding and conservative. When Jennie and Lucy Parsons re turned to school again it was to San Francisco instead of Sacramento, and both father and mother went with them to ee that they were safely settled. "They were not feeling the sting-, of poverty now, and could afford a little recreation, .lohn had said, aud they would attend the agriciiltur.il exhib ition, display some oT their own prod mets. see the city, and mingle a little with the out.-ide world; all in addition to getting the girls fixed in a good boarding place. Mr. Parsons was not much inclined -nt first to make the trip. The journey . i plains, she said, was enough i across the -to last her her lifetime; besides, if she went. Johnny would have to go, too, and there would be no one but Erastus .remaining at home; but a little petsiia y,iou from the other members of the .family, and her natural desire to see .how the girls were to le fixed, finally decided her to go, and arrangements -were made accoidingly. As there would be no one to cook for Fristus, Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie asked liim to make his home with them for the week during which Mr. and Mrs. Parsons were to lie absent- but it was finally decided that he should lemain ait the place and keep "bachelor's hall" rather than leave the, house alone. Mrs. Parsons and the girls, therefore, "baked an extra amount of bread and nies. boiled a ouantitv of leef to be beef tolw lay morning to the little -eaten cold, and cm Mond Erastus drove them all town and saw them take the steamer Jor San Francisco. "It seems unfair to leave Erastus all -silone," said Mrs. Parsons, as t ey passed up the gang plank to the little -steamer. "He ought to have gone in- .-stead of me; there was really no need of my going, and he would have en joyed spending the week in the city. I -seeing the sights aud attending the I iair with the girls, very much." J "Oh. wall, never "mind him this , time." returned her liusnand. 'lie was down and ,-aw the fair all alone last year, anil il s your turn uoa , airy aj . besides he cau come down any tune 1 wanted when 1 ain't too bu-v, and vou to go. It'll do voir good to get out a little, loirve worked hard all your life, wife: both of us hes, sofures that's 1 concerned, and now that we've got ( enough to be comfortable on. why. let's t "be comfortable; that's what I say." j AsforErastus.therewasastrangekind ' of feeling hanging over him as hemount--ed his seat in the spring wagon, in which they had all ridden down to the steamer, -and turned his horses' heads homeward. He had not expected to be lonesome when they were gone. On the contrary, he had -anticipated having a pretty good time -of it. Not that he did not Jove those -with whom he had alwavs lived, for he -did love them all dearly, and. for aught he knew, equally; aud" ho expected to ' "auiss the girls, who were to Le absent so long, very greatly indeed. But just :for the week during which thoy were 11 to be gone he should not get lonely io had thought There was something Tathcr enticing in the feeling of abso lute iwrscmal liberty; the thought that there was rq one. not even the members of his owm family, to throw any restraint on his actions or to break in upon this musings far a whole week. Besides, one j or two of his particular friends smong j Che e young men of the neighborhood had omised to drop in and spend the night ,ee or twice- and the cooking woidd be pronn .w - 4r wl tlm orvtlrinrr hut instlor u weak. He had no doubt mit he could do it about as well aud as aiicelv as Aunt Martha or the girls. And'whvnot? Had iie not seen even- dav. and three times a d: ince he could -remember? "It was a ttir" he had told -inn fli..- lmrt iHnmntxil tn eniuinle with hmTover the prospect of having to nokhisnwn mo-ifs Jt was a. uitv if tweurv-one vears of obscnation couldn't, .. ... . ename a man to cook a ueeeni iui'aioi,N mv j;4t.isv: i. u .w -- victuals," aud thev had said no more f them up in the sink and went to bed an about it hour earlier than was his custom, with- But now. as lie turned his horses' out sending any time poring over his ?,eads away from the town -d towards favor jiome, mere suuaemy came imo nis j mm -mm. "- --- ----tninii -i niotitro n tl.i.'iinni,. nu' its cur. ! (loin?r'vhcn the idea of leaving him in foundings, and thiswriis bellowed by the queer kind of a feeling of which! have spoken, and -winch he did not ever remember to have experienced "before, "He could see the eottasre with the """ 'w- -4w wu-v -.. .. u-. rreen blinds all closed -as an intimation to any absent wiui mm ail tue weary way across uie 4""T"r CrZZZA.lT'-Z rrrnz: oexwvuv i-"-" "c 6-" wuu tohi snuifc wncuccs, cc Bmmvc : etueu ju we tiKj, muu u. uu fco -to-dav, for he was with him intbej -wagon. The dog had become too oldad staff to take pleasure im following the wagoa. ,asa geaeral thiag. aad preferred te- MaUtieg at home wkh the family wmm JiraataaroTeieiraii wr wwwi. $ mtvlm Jw f preparatioas.takiagi Ucfr te tria U a las to Sam Fraaciaeo. be "ir-.i . - - . m- ,- hA. - - r-f-3. jm5' .'. jf -f ." . t- V -V - -. interest, and when ths entire family came out to get into the wagon, old Bose was close at their heels, and nei ther coaxing nor threats could induce him to remain behind when the wagon started. Evidently he thought that another journey across the plain was to be un dertaken, and though much preferring to lie in the suashine and keep the chicken out of the front yard, to .any more laborious service, he would yet have undergone any torture rather than be separated from the family, and a look of pain and mortified pride came into his honest eyes when told by his master that he must remain and watch the house, and instead of obeving he crept cloe to their feet and looked piteously up as if begging them not to leave him behind, now that they were going away, nei'er to return. And so they patted him on the head and called him giKxl fellow" and "brave old dog." and told Irm he should go if he wanted to. Then his whole demeanor changed. He gave a great .bark and showed his teeth in an attempt to laugh. .,..,. nnt ... to ,. been an entire failure, and endeavored in every assure them that he was the proudest j n bravest dog on the Pacific coast, t in a m .!- n link w rt n n v caa - rmmm i i v i might be required of him." I having been made for the girls to take Then he started on ahead of the j possession, the whole party proceeded wagon, looking back every few rods to to see the city and the displays of agri make certain that he was leading in the " cultural products and mechanical skill rijint uireelion: out ueiore mev were 1 half wav to town he had drooped back I ' . tliu cTl.k t( flm uvinrnn flinn In fll :n tf. 1r.ninnktrtitit.o ;i nvmnfir. Whn thev descended irom the wagon and went on board the steamer he was so j fearful of being left that he kept in front of them and ucder their feet until several mem tiers of the familv came near falling over him; but when Erastus had said "good-bye"' to thyn all and j turning to go called to him to follow, he went willingly, evidently satisfied that after all he was mistaken and this was only a holiday excursion. And now he sat uoon the scat with Erastus in perfect contentment and . with a slight air of importance, as if he felt a consciousness of having proven anew his devotion to tho-e he served, and had received a recognition of his value. Ordinarilv the presence of the dog might have prevented any feeling of ' Ioiii.Imi-, in the man had he been dis- posej tn ;t. hut to-dav feei . tjlt. Jog w:i although he did is com pan v in a sense, yet his very preseuce, being unu-' siial. served to remind him that the , --1 1 .1 i. ? tinii tn wliwli thev wri! returning was desolate, and somehow things took on an unreal look, and when he turned into the banryard and saw the chickens and turkeys scratching in the straw or wallowing in the dust, he was not quite certain whether they were chickens and turkeys or just the ghosts of those that were "wont to scratch and strut there before all other signs of life had ceased and such an unnatural and oppressive stillness had settled down over the place. After taking the gears from the horses and feeding them he started to the house to get his dinner. The thought of cooking his own meal was not quite aol,tsls:lut 11( m1 hl bt aml , ,ro without it now as He baa thought it he was hall inclined to nr lnki. h cold snack and wait until nnrht belore cooKing anv- ? .... thinr. Then hi- annet.te began to re i- j turn, anil he concluded to at least fry a ' couple of eggs aud make a cup of cof fee. I He entered the house bv the back wav. and stood for a moment looking about him. The lire was out in the kitchen stove: the chairs stood, stiff backed and unsociable, against the wall; the room h&d lost its air of cheer- fuliw.j -mil Ins fMrf:il h:ill a ionelv i :n.i of .. sonmi .., i,e stetmed ou the J )aro kitchen floor. . t, , w , on,.neil onto the kitchen porch anil letm a Hood of sunshine. The old dog had pre ceded him to the home and taken his accustomed place upon the porch and iv:i rest ncr. When Erastus opened the . .i,mr tt. fnr nwneil one pv sleenilv """ "- "wr "T - - . . ' and half raised his head as if to inquire if he was wanted for anything, and ihen.dcr if they won't wash down all stretched himself to sleep again. Even- mountains and fill up all the valley thing seemed asleep or dead, ami he cooked and ate his dinner with a feel ing as if he was cut off from all human society by a thousand miles of desert. When he had eaten his own meal he called Bose in and set down a plate ' with scraps on it for him to cat. I Then, not knowing exactly what to do with the remainder of the food which he had cooked, he set that down for the dog also, and took his hat and went out to work. Several times that afternoon he won dered to himself that he had never be fore noticed how still it was out there in the orchard, and whether it was al ways so )erfectly quiet on the farm any how: and if the gee-e swimming about in the little ioud made for them by means of a low dam across the creek. always moved around without making i J occasional - -J wc I lwa.v? P occasional honk" when one rose up 4U , ,VFAl. 7,4 ll .M. .. v . vw aud flapped his wings was itched on that particular lone- some ke-: As nighV approached he returned to the houe and fed the teams and tAe tdlOUld liaVtf . nothing elsC ' after eating his sapjwr he found that he 1 had no hot water, and decided to defer the jo until morning; so lie let Bose n uone j ii:s uuu tU.- jm.w.- .- . -.j..- ,,!, fonr . . - - i t . n. i i .... .. ay, ever , "" " " "'i-v. . ,....-v., .. , ,-,.,,. tlll, ,,.., . M.I ir n rtmAf it ritiftr nt rf rr --- - - Jiau saiu u uaucu iuai ut uu u - - - , - .-.,. - ! -...lf . I.... 1... .....!.( ..K tI'"- uui,-n.., Uiem ail IIIC hsiiv aum sujn.i. ii- - .. ,t ai... .1. .... ..,,... j-,. ,.ir. n'tiitn ii " - .. ... -it,. .-.. cfl-f .u, ,i c.nlr",",wuluu'e. rne eaiovea me w -n w soie euarge oi uc nuusu jui m first been broached. The next morning he arose. bu3t a t . -t !.... t. . j-. w -f mAjrl hnn fire and put on water to heat and thea went out to feed the animals. The 1 dog welcomed him with a wag of rueoverwi lrom msyesteruay s uausaai """r r" r "ZLSTaZ -. u-r -rr irom lae oam ne wuuu hum i7 ciuiomea piwe on iqc jmruA wmm Beaa oerween ais paws, uxmi jm: did not raise it, although be thumped ob the floor of the iwrch with his tail as an intimation that fee was restiag well. bat was ready for breakfast whoever j it was cottvcaient to Jtis master. Oa enteriag the kitcaea, Erastas iaoaatae fire baraea ;; aat he re- built it and cooked aad ate breakfast altar waickae waaaad taa darry Bsmw, aaa rat aat t werk abaat taa l sJ ' " ": J 5r ' of the forenooe- He ate s cold lunch for dinner to save time, and for supjMir. a friend, the son of a neighbor, waa present, and they piled the dirty dishes in a Rink, where Mrs- Parson found them, with other, on her return, from the trip to San Francisco. CHAPTER IX. a tsar to thk crrr. Some difficulty was experienced by Mr. and Mrs. Par-ons in finding a de sirable place for their daughters in San Francisco. It had been determined that the girls should do their cooking and care for their rooms themselves, both because it waa cheaper and be cause their parents thought it wiser that they should not forget, but learn still better how to do that which in all j probability they would be required to UU 4W H- mm i Besides this, their health would be less likely to suffer if thev took one studv less and devoted a little of their time' to household duties, such af they were accustomed to at home. After a day spent in looking, a suite of two very nice rooms was found, at a reasonable rent, in a house occupied by one of the tutors of the school which thev were to attend; and as the family appeared to be a pleasant one. the inu v'ii w-mm mmmw - ira - :ii miii'i iiii:ii av ai nie reposition. I lie hrst clav v as largelv spent in wandering through the department of fruits and vegetables. It was here that their own products were on exhibition, and thev naturally felt more interest in this than in any "other. They took no little pride in oWning that few, if any. excelled them in the quality of the fruit and vegetables exhibited, although many had displays which embraced a large variety of products. Isext they looked Ht the poultry, and here Johnny discovered some bantam chickens and then some large white ducks, over which he went into ecstacies, and could with difliculty lw induced to leave for the purpose of looking at anything else. When they had succeeded" in getting him awavand the rest of the family were engaged in other things, tie slipped his hand out of that of his father and started back to have another look. He was missed almost directly, oJ course; in fact before he had got out o sight in the crowd; but so eager was he to get another look at the ducks and chickens, and so fast did his short leg; stir thcmselvi's, that his father was un able to overtake him, and only- caugh. him when he paused before the coops which contained what, to him, were the principal things of value in the exposi tion Having recovered Johnnv and im pressed upon his mind thedanger whicL he ran of getting lost or being carried off if he did not keep close to me resi .1... t M.. .t.... ...... . MW fl.A of the family, they spent some furthci time in looking at the collection o! needle-work and flowers, and then re turned to their boarding place. The next day, after a glance through the agricultural department to ascer tain it their own articles were undis turtied. the went to another part ol the building to see the machinery. John Parsons was not a machinist by trade nor had he any special love for mechan ism; and yet he lingered long and with a kind of fascination over the machin erv for mining purpo-es, and estec:ally over the sjeeimens of hydraulic mining pipe, which were on exhibition. "I declare, Marty," he said to his wife. "I liclieve they could wash down Mount Shasta with" that thing; aud il , they thought there was gold enough tti nrn tn iwiv 'em fnr loin' it thev u-nnlltt'r 1h hmtr in trvin'. I'll be bound. I heard vesterdav that a com pany of Englishmen are at work now up in the hills above us some'ers, ar ranging for hydraulic works." "Well," returned Mrs. Parsons, "there isn't any gold in our hills, sc they won't be wanting to wash them down, anywav. "Xo," replied hr husband, thought fully, "there ain't anv gold in the hills ciote about us. a? am body knows on. r I The following day they went again t through the fmtt and vegetable exhibit. took another look at the fowls, and . then Mr. Parsons left them to go alone through the domestic department, while he went again to examine the im plements for hydraulic mining. "Wonder if thev will tear down old Shasta." he muttered to himself. Won- the s. Returning to his. family, thev took j another short turn about the building. and then returned to their lodgings. Laying off her things, Mrs. Parsons turned to her husband and said, a little reluctantly, for she did not like to seem the first to wean of sight-seeing: 'John, if you have seen enough ol r"" "' the exposition. let us go home, if not . 1 11 stop with t the girls in their rooms until you are ready to go.' "You are not sick, are you, mother?" asked John, anxiously. ".Xo: but I am tired, and I want to get back home and rest and sec tc things. Home is the best place for old folks, after all." "Why, mother, we are not old folk vet. bv a good deal. I feel 'bout as voung and srnv as 1 did "fore I came to J the coast: but if you are tired and want to go home in te morning, I reckon . fc-' . "nis nere yonmgster u t ready to go: 1 en Jonnny- seen enougn or t the city and want to get back to the ranch?" inquired the bid's father, .drawing him between his knees, "I'll go if you'll buy me the big white ducks, and t.ie little bruita chickens an blades in it" ho thought be point in hi- mother's evident eagerness to gc home. "Tell vou what Til do. Johnnv." re plied his father, gravely, though'with a twinkle m Ins eve. for he bov cutenes-,T as ho called it- "tnil - Pil'do, 1 dont bele "J;11 f,i JJrt , l,!rS "f T Unff the dlSrence ens. Johnny, however, stood ont He wanted the jack-knife, and this looked like the time to strike for it His father 1 nn! 1tirT. nnA n-.1it . .n.: but'that'night as Johnny was being put to ica in tnestrange house; the thought x iM3 mn iijtr wfA -cofc wut"rti ne u du5tr j b y "ins orcbanl. came to him. aad j C ctept up mto h fatKer's arms. 1 ftma,"' he said. "I've "ddd rr mm- & a u ceptyouroferof taa aic wake dacks aad the little banta caickeas. aa' re , ... . ... .. aoaie ia .xae ama' mnut COKTUTUCDk aaaauaa." come back aad toStaaee tan that - T-T"-T T.''' .r. "V ---" "T-TI.- r"zr- ' w- , n -a . a ,.A 'a , 3mPBBmaB emV ma el wWamlllmi. am"ew mm faTmmmmV "w w efL,"C-,"tb , m m 1 . -aa- M fMa mbm Bmmmmfmm mTrnt dammmmmmmmmL Lmmm JmmmmW mPmml mmmflBrnV BMemfc W PmmmmW. SK-W jw "Ql Bmmmammmi TaHflBiflBl w mamm dBA Jflftm aa mBmammmma JBt ammmrmv aajujaj "a . Pm0IHBfHB VBmmrTjmmlmmW emsTp JmmTma "m""B"'("""'mT""B"'"mTmT""' at 'mw -mBW'' rJr' -4mmi ' -, -. -. "C f t, A- mmmr J? " jrt Kt "V t - - -art f -. !&?: - , us . .- t a." . . . . . 1,- t - -. i. v -w . - jt. -, -, -- .-'-. .-.r 'isassmsamai . i-? . -TCSSiaiS ?-fri'Salf-ji!s: : K. isrf-rSifcSfci , . - -,--r BURGLARY. V TUm nijlm That frmrmOm la Cy mi LitcratnTe,,, said Mr. HowelK ia an article that raised a habbub in En- gland. has become a finer art in our dav tun n it was with Dickens Thackeray.' The same may be said It is to be regretted that of burglary the goou name oi we profession oi housebreaking has suffered considerably in the estimation of all persons wboe ' opinion is worth having because of cer tain accompanying acts that apeared to border on violence. Rightly or wrongly, a kind of odium attached it- self to that arduous calling to such an extent that thoughtful parents hesitated , about advising their sons to enter on an i nndertakin? that has been looked unon ! j, t , as tolerably lucrative. There is no j other profession that offers such ad vantages in the wav of collecting val- O "C liable bric-a-brac and articles of un doubted usefulness as the profession of burglary. This of itself would make the business one congenial to the culti vated mind: yet strange as it may ap pear, it is stated on good authority that burglars are not admitted into the best society in Boston or Kew York unless they come in by the usual business en trance of an unlocked door or a pried open window. Thus many of our best young men are deterred from entering a profession which affords tremendous advantages to the skillful and ingenious, simply be cause of the social drawbacks that such a choice of occupation involves. It may be said that the night-work necessitated and the personal danger attendant on a diligent prosecution of this industry has much to do with its neglect It li held, for instunce. that the law affords equal and somewhat similar opjor-ttinitie-. aud that the law is a profess on that can be followed by daylight and that the risk of encountering stray par ticles of lead is not so great as in the kindred pursuit of burglary. Still, lawyers are under no social ban. and so, until recently, law has been pre ferred to burglary. The reason for the ill-odor of burglar)- i-. not far to seek. Burglars have been too lax in the observance of those little acts of politeness and courtesy that so largely tend to soften human intercourse. The new school of burg lary will do much to change this order of 'things. At present this improved method is being tried with great suc cess in Milwaukee. The case of Mr. Raj- has already been referred to in these columns, and since then the tele graph brings the account of another burglary in the same city where the burglar maintained a demeanor of the utmost pobtencss towards his client He went on the principle that "in small affairs like the?e the expression. if you please.' a particularly gentlemanly tone implants.' " and no'dbubt so thought the sisters and the cousins . and the aunts of the Milwaukee man who.e house was being in ventoried at the time. Instead of putting the muzzle of a pistol to a man's ear. and Hashing a dark lantern under his nose, the burglar of the future will gently wake the man of the house and say to him: "Excuse me. sir, for troubling you. but the fact is that I am looking for some little things here and am rattier unacquainted with the lay of the house." The man being suddenly awakened may so far forget himself as to make remarks that in cooler moments he would regret, but these the polished burglar w.ll take no notice of. "Excuse my seeming inquisitive ness," he will remark, blandly, "but would 3'ou be so kind as to inform me where you keep your cash?'' Thus the necessary business pertain ing to a visit of this "kind can be trans acted with decorum and pleasure to both parties. It is not too much to hope that in the near future the occupation ob burglary may n so systematized that even burg lar will have a certain number of clients and that the nol test bunrlar will have the rreatest number. Bv strict atten tion to busine.-s and by respectful treat- ment a burglar may amass a large j n tn mint of wealth. As he rolls na3t in hi- carriage admiring friends will say: the present day, farmers and lnndown "There goes De Wiuton. who has Ine , ers have dejKmded largely until quite burHarv monopoly on some of the recently upon seedling trees for their finest houses on Woodward avenue." orchards. The first settlers of this The system may be extended so that country brought fruit-tree seeds w.th one btirHar will have the professional ' them, and all the earlier orchard were etiouet tt not tn cnernaeh on another i territory. If by mistake he enters a -house o"ut of his bailiwick, the proprie- ' tor will merely say: "Beg your pardon, but De Winto'n does all niv burglary.' and the intruder, with profuse apolo rie -will jit on-e withdraw. The effect of the new schcol of "burg-, inn- n tK. nrnfinnml in wnera. 1 .., w. ...w t.. e ought to be very great and it is muct to the credit of "a small Western towr L-i MilwittilceA that the eth:cs ot tnai imjortant branch of iadustry shoulr have been first put into practice there. Detroit Free Press. THE WORM WILL TURN. A Grmaavr Wh TM4Mt Car ta Act m I Hr Cwa the Eartfc. The other day five or six young men, who couldn't be hired for money to sat a stick of wood in two, were putting ic the hardest kind of work on Washing ton avenue with a bat and balk Whilt they were at it a farmer drove up with his'wife and looked for a safe place tc hitch while doing some tradiag. The wa"on had scarcely come to a atand still when the flying ball hit one of th horses, and something very acar a run away was the result As taa animal; were being calmed dowa the ball came again ana mi ine wue ua vuc uciu, knocking her backwards on the straw and renewing the excitemeat A pe destrian held the horses while the farm er tried to soothe his wife, bnt befort she cotUd be helped out the whole ganj oftovscaxie rushing after the living ball, and the team ran into a 5tsbh and wrecked the wages twenty dollar.- wrorth. "I'll tell you what old taaal ex claimed oneof the crowd which qnickh assembled. "I'd zsake soaaebody ps for thi?!' Shoo! now. bat would Toa?" "AndTdXck those roys if it cost KxC biv farm!" put ia a secoad. 'What! Three thousaad dollars wutk o farat far licking four or five boys!' said taa old aaaa Jut atoaa- t Bat aren't yoa gaasc to ca aay "Why; yea. IH take Saly arar tc the drug store aa4 rab aaaae satarks a tabor oa bar aeaa, aa4 tltoa IT coaae back: aaa! they aon't be aasea fceerJai toayil gi mvmmt to Tae VI M-MOT HtnWHBW WQ j "- mmw'mm- w . - MBMmaMmarJBir- aiaaammi aaa-er am mm mmmtwm mmmaar ma mBrmBBBmammmi aamr mmmar BBBBaam, maa maaBmamaramai r "- -- -- ,- I IMeillllBIBW . mXmwmm, mrnmtm, . . --, - . ' t - - . m lHT hMk amtalBB B M - - JTCra'' ' . - - Z ' , tv -n. -. - sooner the Botkm k dip5mmtoraa . . f M M " tmTWgammOlmHglllSmTit JJ in order to make them growBhmly, m matna amamf far mmv. maramt tammy la tbmmflir. must be cut back to mere tumpl!irMfim ay Mm nmiral af "aCmaMvaaar- ajmmMiakfmmmiVfliim , vr t mg two or thrw bud tie better.' ''ajliaaa. aa-aaHad, fam Wafetf mm. Cla9alaa4MmUhmmmffy af mwaaapm d nd 1 Lime, savs an exchange, U often f TnmK9ClT 1 fJmrit j aia amaW. ami. mT mm mTmmlmmmmV TTmm.mTJP mm $i great value in a garden which ha- beea ' conitt"mmKilk tdmajt, taa ammm aja ",l',f "j yy.'T?' 1 'heavily manured for year, as it will w jjopW aig m aalrfmC "f!!? "tff WIK t liberate the insoluble plant food which il . 5s , Tr tW am ai dj ama mmiwmtam li u- jq deojjttl the manure. The aphis, or green fir. some- tsme very abundant on the young f shoots of roses during the early part ox summer, iney are not arwais um - irr a I'd . . .. -o sometimes Uisaii)car as mysteriously as they came. A water decoction of tobacco leaves or sem. ai sprinkle 1 over the bushes will destroy tham. Detroit JosL Cream tiie is made with bottom crust only, and that not thick, but light ? and flaky. Take one coffee-cupful ol thick, sweet cream, half a cup of pul verized sugar, a tablespoonfnl of Hour, one e. flavor with lemon extract; bake until you are sure the crust H brown and hard, so that it will not ab sorb the custard. The. JJoustJtoltL The follv of storing farm product when the price is already high enough f T ... . is shown in the fact that a lot of two bun- ery. dred bales of hops of the vear 18S2 were i If. however, this phrase U to be ln latelv sold at Sheriff's sale at Schen-1 terpreted to include, all w ho have bnea evus. X. Y.. at live to seven cents iKr prominent, active or influential in the'tr pound. The year the were hanvs'ed they would have sold" for upwards ol one dollar a ound. Troy Times. fuls or sugar, one cupful of butter, one- half cupful of molasses, three egg, one Irmt Hnans: One and a halt cm- teasnoonful of soda, one cupful of rai sias, two cupfuls of currants, one table spoonful of ginger, one tablespoouful of cloves, one tablesjKxmful of ciunamoji. and one tablesoonful of alLspice; mix soft as can be rolletL These will keep several months. Exchange A corresjRjndent of the -Vcir En- gland Farmer says that a New York 5 farmer obsened that some of his apple tre-s, that had twen dresed with un h'ached wood ashes, bore apples which kept all winter without rotting, while the rest of the f mit rotted bad y. His trees were iufVstcd with apple-tree blight. He finally applied wood ahe. at the rate of two hundred bushels to the acre, to his orchard, and washed the bodies of the trees with Ive. The orchard recovered from the blight ami the apples would then keep well in an ordinary cellar all winter. SEEDLINGS. What I NreMirr If New VartatlM of FruiU Ii Originated. It is onlv liv raising seedlings that wo can expect to produce or or g.nate new , 0Uii patUan lo pottcII rid of dnkln nmi ,m wWtWp oa!r s. and imprm-ed var.etics of fruits. Uy soon w practicable. The conviction darky votes got in. In oohoma Oohb this method of propagation man ha ' growing stronger every day among thu ty. where the darkle Muwber 11,15 leen enabled to produce nearly all of ' people that the civil service should not and the whlte aumtier S.412, the the choicest fru'.ts in cultivat.on. atd be treated as a mere party football has darkles got iMote. Agala, la Ia- espec'allv those most esteeTietl jv the inhabitants of temperate climates Ouri most valuable var eties of the apples are descendants of the wild crab ap- pies of Euroiiean forests, and our most delicious pears had an equally humble or.gin; and although it has taken cent- unes to br.ng about these great changes in the character of some of the culti- vated fruits, ttie work has b-en so well done that no one at the present day would cam to exelnngc the improved variet'es for the wild.ngs of the forests. The cultivators of fruits must have made very little progress during any one generation for a thousand years after some of the carl cr writers on horticultural ojerations boasted of thc.r dozens of variet'es of apples and pears; it is doubtful if there wen; one-half that number in cultivation that we would now consider worthy of propagation. During idl this time and in the cent uries following the people of Europe were constantly raising seedling fruit trees, presenting and propagating the best, ami either destroying or allowing f the others to die out Although budding and grafting fruit and other trees for the purpose of" mul tiplying and perpetuating choice arie- ties w garde down as practiced by the old Koman ners. and the art has been handed down through successn e generations to planted principally with sectltng tree- raised in private nurseries. This prac tice was continued for several genera tions in all the Eastern States, and manv of the earlier settlers in the West ern State started their orchards with seed, thinking no doubt that this was the tno-t certain as well as the cheapest wav of securing a supply of fruit It . .. - may have ti."en a cheap wav. it a man does not count the years lost in wa ting for the trees to grow, for as a rule seed ling jH-'ar and apple trees do not come into bearing until they are fifteen to twenty years old. and when they do produce fruit there is no certainty of its being what is wanted or even 'worth gathering. It is true, however, that seed taken from very choice fruit is more likely to produce valuable varie ties than that from inferior sorts, but the chances are largely in favor of a retrograde movement the teadeacy be ing to breed back, as it is tenaed, to ward the wildings or orfgiaal types. This inherent tendeacy to revert to origiaal foraw or types account, m part at least for the slow progress made by man ia his eadearors to improve the plants aad aaimals with which be has i oeea aos jauraaceiy sociaieu through camnabered geaerations. -V. X. Sua. Compacting Land For Corn. Oa the question of the rationale of corn -growing a correspondent of the Va tionai SUociman has the following: "Corn wants drv lands even laore than wheat or other small grains. Thi is in part because omy as the soil is dry can it be got to a -high teaaperature carlv in the sjasos. Onn of the Impor tant advantages from planting cora 02 sod. or over a mass of coarse maaarc, is that these under the farrew keep the soil porons. aad thus admit the warraer air to the roots. Oa any heavy son the plowing for cora should be 'shallow, and after plowing, it should not be rolled or otherwise packed, except aa it ia necessary ia cauivatlag ta make a xel Jaw seea-ba. I have oftea seaa taa liae where a atoae-boat waa drawa acros a field for cora after alowiagtfis tkRtly visi We hr tbe aaaalier jaata waere tae soa waa too Taiawa whearaau badalrradv raaaij eoaiaactea im aa:i: trx xan m ta eoatiaa ec clay, ia a vary be ivti beawredaete oftba I Ufa aat meat iwinr Uda lTemer aiteamaa. iaa nimw """zZLZZZTmZllLmmZ M TTTZ . -mi . ,. - - - s m--"- , . , fc- ,i MmmmWmtmm. BBV BfTHVBH ' BMMH b WkM HV I mmmmmTmmmm HMMft kmtmm. .L.MMMaMIHMIF - mt " ItW vear after rear ia . uuw CiUa BMiniinwir. aaa fMMt aaaMiMi wav maimmaam I land's limitation tt r- partisan" allow il oy Uial expression thoe who use their oSices for (t, n n himW ..- . wr VWw, Hv. a....... .... ,- . wm partisan, would object to a rsgnl ea lorcement of the rule and the thorough extirj)ation of that clas of omcial from the Federal servict?. Thw is not Democratic doctruic It is the be? IC- nublican doctrine, and is an C5tcntial feature of the Cml-crvice reform raorc ment. which got its chief and almost li from KrimbKean. If IWuienl flew land li rfoi. 1! who h-iv- rWrlr prostituted a public office to proroot party emls he will deserve tae thanks o: all right-thinking citizens, rcgaru- less of party. A public office is a pub- . " - nc tmst not a piece of party machla- I - H Earty. it means simply that there is to e a general clearing out of all the Re publican office-holders. If a like rule obtained in the filling of the vacancies. ! ud onI coloilras neutraK with nei- -" PV "i?r public spint were aj- j prove his good faith, but we do not be- K lieve he would best consult the public interests. All American voters of posi tit e and earnest conrictioa are allied to a nartv through wnich thev seek to , have their principles embodied in legb- J lation and enforced bv the Executive. There is even reason why the Govern ment should have tha services of such men. There is no reason why they I should not continue to be earnest par tisan- when in office, so long a the)- do not allow their party zeal and seroce to I in Hue rice their official actions, or to in- terfere with the discharge of their pub- ' lie duties. A man is no les a citizen because he becomes an otlice-h older, and the claims of the civil service are ft M?mm9 mailmtX aSt tint timm t i j 1 mrim wniu;A nnu i.ai &jftvik auu i . discharge by a public servant of his of- licial duties, without msisung insi ue shall forego his political convictions or refrain from their public expression. The removals which have been made thus far by lresident Cleveland and the heads of departments would indicate - . t that almost auv Republican in a des ra- 11.. ..tililt.. .u.fWInh lis m hlltftt..,f t- i ' low in i ue wurik. ui rcmuiai auu 10 inn a decent screen over it scizttn; of the nflices. The Vilas letter shows the j ipirit which animates the Administra- j tion, and the violent partisanship of . " Mr. Cleveland s anjwintees proclaim ! the h(.llowncs of his pretense to fa'or a non-partisan civil service and the in sincerity of his reform professions. The old spoils doctrine is in full operation under the present Administration, only held slightly m check by the seeming ay npectable white gentleaiaa la necessity of not offending the small re- Coohoraa. Uiuena or Bolivar Coaa form element who have gone over to J t5e!, wlm wJu ar the BPCrr,r, hare s the Democracy from the Krpubltcan. , fms ote aud atl lomcnl ottS. W and have earned with them some con- xo to orf.rCoOTe their vote soe way. victions acquired as Kepublican. and which the Republican party will yet make dominant and controlling. l'hil- . - adclphia Jrcss. A PATENT FACT. Statesmen roiuu tion t klljr MjtnkrBjtt ThcSlta , Crltlrsl Oi. n:, - tm.... :. . A. . T . . ., the increase. It is apparent In the sjeech of every public man that one meets. Go where you will, talk with whom von wilL and even-where diseon- tent is jHjrceivablc. Ttie fact Li patent to all that Grovcr Cleveland, be he whatever he may in the contest be tween high tariff and free trade, in his own affairs Is a most aggravated cae of monopo'v. There is no doubt, and the fact will admit of bo diculon. that Cabinet officer. United States Sen ators, members of Congress are al.ke without inllucnce with the Chief Magis trate. No Senator has vet breu able to get what in common political courtesy U Ids due. ?o Congressman ha met with political or official recognition to which his office justly entitles Lira. A Cincinnati friend, fresh from .New York, tells me of a little panorama that passed under Bis eye in the breakfast room in the Fifth Avenue Hotel a few days since. At the same table sat seat ed'at breakfast were lieajamia Y. But ler. Johnson N. Camden. Arthur T. Gormsn and William IL Barn urn. There was Butler, who came as Charrmaa of the Massachusetts delegatioa to the Katioaal Coaveatioa. aa4 who alleges that la add&oa to representing Maac!nletts. he came at the head of 1. 500,000 workiagmea demanding recoga!tiaa. a fact of great conseqneace la that Coaveatiea the Convention whae aomiaee is taw Pres ident without the grace of Butler. There was Butler, the magaiaceaL po litically poverty- trieken with the Ad minico3. Tbea came Karaam; Barnum. ex-Uaited States Saaatar, Chairman of the JVatioaal Demcratie Committee, the real bead of th Coa ncctlcut delegatioa. who worked hard for the nominee of ibeCoare&tioB. later PresideBcy; BarBam, alsa Admlaartra-1 " VT" "Sii .ST!t25 tios baakniD' Tbea cam CxbhIm i " BT Skxsx aad Gefttr" United States Seaatir. iead ol the del- ? rS, t"1T:Cfffi '"'l iSJ! ega-Joa from West YirgiaSa. worked for k5rri " " the aominee of t,w;lJeraacraticXa4iaaall,JW,re- .. . . m aaa-c nuw.-5iu vmjiUNUM-: iUI LaTPff Couventioa, worked far the successful nmiw' inr tk VrmiAm xvm t,u!ui Ut (iei armv mWm oae aaa xeea irieads pohtically haakrapt.' Tbea Arthur 1 CormaB. United Mates Sea- ator. a member of the atioaal Heme- tratic ConvcaUoe. the head aad heart j of toe delegation from ?iaryiaad to the auonai jJcmocrat: coaveatioa, ia- rvicu 10; w? soreuvr iae voaea-j i iVm -.? -.11 uzc ;.c. tumw imm. A v ..m .-b. .,. mmM ..vjvj mtwm mrnrn jm. I - m .. . . 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I talked with the tmt prodaaft white aca and IemocrAt la Natchet, Ylcksburg, Memphis, and all ovrr lb Snncstrwg dttnct aad did aoi nail one white maa who claimed that the Uf b ft groo vote wa couateu. l askru aa nlnor of the Vkksburg JfcraM U the negroes had a fair count .'0.' U he, lauphl ng. a ifcry never will hare. Whv. vou woulda t let 'em rote if you were here, or if thay did vole you'd'sec that their vote waa t counted. In Bolivar Couaty, Mi-. there arc 1S.WS darkic and oaly 2.4 hltev Now whero would we walla be if the niggers voted' "But how do you prevent their tot- lag?" " Well, Ue Governor appointed thrra CommUiionem of the jkIIs- The mm locate the jndii aud count the vole. At tirst thry uvnl to hide the poll twe or three tinic election day wbcrw the niggers couldn't lintl tlirra. Then we'd pt up row and scire the nlggeft oC By and by some of the boys sid. Why do this? " We count the vote. Since then our white CoramUatoneni hatr counted the vote and the nigger gel thrown ovrrlxurd " We have to throw the alggrr vote Coo- away. aid Laptata Wetwtcr in homa County, becaue they oataua ber us. How. In Ilollvar Countv. where them are ".VJ"H darkles aad 2.C14 whites. frr darkv' vote was throwa out. or bulldozed out la 187. la .ll.... rf .. .... .U.wsa i.Aft mmm 1' - " cn vouniy, win uairj iiuuiufi ;;.!, - . wuiie lite wnuc arc wnir .-i-aw h. naid the Captain, wo haa to de the truv that darky vote." "Will the aegroea ever ota Shoestring district? 1 aked- hy, of course not But you'll find many urn tn the do Korth declaring that the Brgrocs vote " I aid. Well, they are foollnjf themselTea. anj Wc iet lncm jj0 jL You won't Had . ,ir iatli ,. atici w lwv-i w-r mwr-w -r-m w - -w --. -, -x - will do It loudOo it yourself. U vof were hera. Why, conUBitmt the Cap tain, 'there are leu counties ia Um Shoestring District where tbrre an 1 4.0.O0O voting negroes and oaly 35,0uC voting whitr. In 1578 thee aegroe4 only hail 1.370 votes counted out of tfet I wuoie 4-.7,jw. aot mc .orui ihih i in such fools here that we will let th . n nC)l ouUotc , aad le over Y j -Then, do you think Cleveland mat ' honrtlv elected In MisslMippt?' " Wliy. of course Bot And more that that there never will an hoaea election here till the Coattltutloa k I changed and the negro's ot U take 'away from him, " A'jnm tfy Jvu M3U EXALTING DISLOYALTY. trltMiU f 0m When the Demacracy came iato powa It was taken for granted that there would be appotntmeai to office from ataoag the ex-Coafederatc soldiers. Theyeaa stitute a large aad importaat eleraeal ia the Democratic party, have worked loag aad earnestly for its s'lec sad aaturally expected their share af the honors it had to bestow. The toya Korth. wkh aa desk ta keep epea tmt weuad of the war of the fchelltaa, would have entered ao protect at a fait diKribtitioa af the erUces had a wia dW crimiaatioa brea show m chaea'az thoe wha had aoi mad dWyaky a feasive asd had accepted the aew antes af thtar cfaeerf ally. Itel it U aaw to say that tttfi 9 partiality aa the part of' the AdmiaUtra tioa far mea wha served ia the CaafedV crate army was aot aatkipstL A glance ealr U aeeeawry ta saow the disparity hi tas hoaers wulch have aeea ccaierrr! apoa these wha ware a rrar ever those wha wore the bla. Th realt caa aetba ascribed to a laek af worthy Demecrata wha tmnaxi tm the Uatae army, for there are aamher at laem scattered threnghoat the Korth wha weald adora pos'tioa ia mi life. t It m aeceasarr aair fa recall ca - m . mm Of the mUlmn who roe to dvCaetoMi thoaght worthy afemee br thU Aajaiarww- Two brave hare received anneiatmeaU. aaa te a Cab aet aertfaSa. the ether to a depart mrai pcHttiea. 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