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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1878-02-16
Sffene8 1t ; e II.

Trieb. &arfen, 9ecapntea, 81.
BETTE nit Or. Mus. &DntsS 6amburser
SrduterpFafer Elm pfenes @ei6wir an
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Dodge City times., 1878-05-04
TEMPERANCE AND LEGIsLA-
mIONI
TION


The PleGsanton Observer gives the fol>
lowing sensible views on the temperance
question;
We see Il stated that the friends OF tenn
pcrance hope TO take possession Of the
State and IN the course of a couple OF years
10 enact some form of the Name law.
While We sre most heartily IN favor OF
temperance IN kausss. We would rather
hope that temperance principles would
take possession Oi the hearts VI tle people
than that the Temperance people should
take possession Of the STATE. The proper
function of the HuTpa. movement y. If
we appfehend aTight, to persuade the ps0,
pio into temperate habits aBG not by ar
bltrary leg'siatI y wa ch hG, been found
useless wherever tried. 70 undertake fre
forcibi- reformation of the people. Ine
Murphy reform began m right plGce.
with the people. and Ne hone ~ lrUlts
will not be. destroyed ~ oyeI Jealous ia
natics who are determined 70 save wcn in
taeir way OF not at all. Nhas for-l * law
could have accomplished Whg5 tbs hinG>
ness, the reason and the sympathy CT the
Murphy movement have donoI When the
effort Is made 70 take the matter into the
DOMAIN OF politics the reform fails. Let
the people enact the law IN their daily
lives. lei them bv their temperance put q
stop to the liquor traffic, and there VIII he
no need Of Maine lsv. Does any one sup
pose that a saloon will be licensed ID Plras-
anton rhis y.ar' Everybody knows Il is
out Of the question. The people have
cone 10 that s'ate of mind wbich makes it
impossible. and that Is she kind oi ants
license law which all communitles need,
and the only pfohiOitoTY law that can be
enforced in suy State.
The temperance reform u one that mnst
begin with The people, and rot with legis,
lsiIyo hodies: anc those who nope to bnIld
up political party upon one idea, AID
thai the eradication ~ apac'isrs or desifss
with " hich humanity Is afflicted. are more
JEALOUS than wise. We might as WeI. un
deriake TO found political party upon
the oppos tion 30 lying OF stealing.
Temperance Trf0rmers 3sc frequently not
unlike other reiorinoTs. anxious to reform
everybody hut themselves. and ready TO
apply the most ugEarura; and upreasona>
Bile means to the accomplishment of their
purposes.
II men cannot he reasoned into temper
ance. we have had sufficient experience in
a Maine law State 10 know that they can
not he iegIs lated into IT.
Dodge City times., 1878-05-04
From he Rinslry REPUBLICAN
SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRAY:

Our little city was thrown into fever
of excitement Friday evening, oeoasioned
by the report thar a man he'd been shot.
Two young men. Fred Seleig and Didfich
White, who came from Wheaton, Iowa, a
few days since, started for their claims, 2
miles south about o'clock. An a.terca-
ton teok place between them regarding
the selling OF one OF the claims. White,
who owned the wagon. stopped tbe team
~ tie road ri the sauth edge Of town.
selcich. who owned the team commenced
unhilching The same when a scudie ensu-
ed. White drew = revolver and Ercu
iWics. tlf lH' sint entering Sole ELi's lclt
side. just below The heart ana above the
second Ilh. The bll pase ed downward,
STRIKING tEc third IlB, entering & IL tes-
tines. The second aao. was harmless.
pr. Mosher was soon 1T the scene and had
the wounded man taken so the residence
of W. w. Wheeland, where Drs. LaYen-
berg and Hosher pr0bed the wound but
were unable 10 tind the ball. SelcIg was
apparently lifeless for twenty minutes,
then revived and was rational during ne
night. suffering much. At this hour 9 =.
M. he Is stIll III critical conEitiO1. and
can hardly survive many hours.
Sheriff Fuller arrested White immedi-
ately after tie shooting, and he will have
preliminary examination this morning.
They are Young men and were Tsised to-
gether. SeleIg's father has been telegraph
Il 60
Dodge City times., 1878-05-04
Would Kill the Heslthiest Paper in
Missouri.

he mzn who finds fault with y news
paper Tor lIot noticing or paGiishing cer-
tain matters. and then when the very
thiue complained aboui !, pointed ont 10
him Iu he paper. aud he makes the excuse
tha. he has never time {" read. is only eN>
cellod in general cussednesS by the man
NEa. II he sees somei hing ne believes IN.
cyts mad Il son dun't publish half dozen
columns of sonieihinS re may want 10 say
on tie sChj-et. And they are both DIS
counted it the fellow Wha Is always teli-
inc YuG What he would do and say il he
was cnis TIE editor. Inc poor devil. If
siVe1 snch control, cnnld not do the news
pa.,es WoEk ui Ole dar ~ u Years time.
Yet ihcse ihrao classes are the parasites
who aEnag Journalists constantly. Ii their
etiu-,vn> ne puJ IA PRINT for one week, it
Nculd Alsl even the hSusas City Times.
Dodge City times., 1878-05-04
FARM FOR SALE.

rlNHE Farm. oOn~isrin; Of 800 acres, known ae
L the Young Farm. two miles west ot Dodge
cary. party improved in beautiful location ana
choice. valley ituJ VIII he sola cheap. For par
ticsIisrs address Mrs. \ HARCHANp. taado'
l. T. mhs-lm
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
Farming i'm Dakota.

Speaking of farming reminds me of
the Red River country, where we lin
gered day Or two to take in this north
ern land of Canaan, so full of mud and
money. The marvellous stories of this
rich valley are not exaggerations. Re
suits show it to be the finest and most
productive wheat-growing region in all
the West, and that is saying good deal
Fargo on the Northern Pacific is the
commercial center, and promises to be-
come city in day. An hour with
Dalrymple, the great Goliah of Changers,
will make your eyes bulge and your
American heart swell with pride. The
figures are appalling; enough to make a
small-6sted farmer sick. Here they are
in brief: He cultivated this year 10000
acres, and harvested over 100000 BUSH
els of grain, chiefly wheat, for which he
realized net, "a cents bushel marketed
in Buffalo. His average yield of wheat
was % bushels to the acre; oats, so
bushels. To harvest this crop required
the services of 400 or more men, as
many horses, 80 reapers and binders,
and Is steam threshing machines His
shipments during the harvesting season
were as many cars daily as one engine
could draw He chartered a train each
and every day. To provide for and
control such an army, to keep the ma
chinery in regular motion, to provide
for breakages and prevent delays, to at
tend to shipment and pay for freight
and labor, must call for generalship and
executive ability of the highest order.
And yet Mr.. Dalrymple is a plain and
modest man, but close calculator with
rare force and energy. He was born in
Warren, Pa, and taught school there
abouts, studied and practiced law in
Minnesota, and then turned farmer on
the grand scale known only i'll Dakota.
The potatoes of this Red River valley
are the finest that ground ever grew. It
is strictly true that many were produced
this year weighing six pounds apiece
ten to the bushel; and not at all inferior
in quality by reason Of their great size.
Dakota will be the next star in the
galaxy of States The Territory is rot
ten with riches, and the world is finding
it out-Dakota letter to the -Elmir0
IN Y Advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
EdisOn'S Illness.

Thomas A. Edison is seriously Ill at
his residence at Menlo Park. He will
have thousands of wishes for his re-
covery; and If he lives it ought to sug-
gest to him what his friends have long
seen, that his career will be as brief as
it is brilliant unless he condescends to
take better care of his health. During
the last ten years Edison's life has been
Like a military campaign, and he has
been as exposed as a soldier. The laws
of health are memorable, and the human
body will not be trifed with. Ii a man
neglects to take regular meals, and eats
whatever is put before him wherever and
whenever he can catch it; if he subjects
himself to extreme alterations of heat
and cold, End, above all, if he turns
night into day, and refuses to 60 to bed
till sunriGe for the frivolous reason that
he "has got an idea, he will have to pay
for his imprudence in neuralgia, brain
diseases, fevers and early death. Edi-
sons engine runs at too high pressure,
and apparently without any safety-valve
He must go slower if he wishes to enjoy
any of the fruits of his marvellous inge-
nuity.-Ne,o York Graphic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
The Row with England.

Sir Edward Thornton, Minister Pleni-
potentiary here, representing Great
Britain, positively declines to express
any opinion concerning the new compi-
cation which has arisen between this
Government and England with respect
to the right Of American fishermen in
Canadian waters. One of the attaches
of the legation, however, who probably
represents Sir Edwards views, says that
one thing may be set down as certain,
and that is that the Endorsement by the
British Foreign Office of the local
regulations enacted by the Newfound-
land authorities would never have been
given if there was any doubt that, under
the treaty of Washington, such regu-
lations could legally be made. It is
claimed that the very regulation most
complained of by the American fisher
men is almost copy of the law passed
by the Legislature of Massachusetts,
with reference to alewife fishing in
American waters, and which was passed
to protect the interests of the Maine and
Massachusetts fishermen in those fish.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07

The impression is decided at the British
Legation here that the British Foreign
Office will not giyea satisfactory reply to
SecretaryEvarts' note, but will uphold the
position already taken in the matter by
Lord Salisbury. In that event, Secre-
tary Evarts will have to be even more
crisp in his correspondence, and, for
that, more threatening, too, or ignomin-
iously back down. The temper of the
administration just now is to stand by
the rights of American Subjects, even
though the outcome should be breeze
with England, which might eliminate
in war. Wdshi7sgton telegram.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
LaWlesSness i'm New Mexico.

The accounts received recently
through military and other sources of
the lawlessness prevalent in some parts
of New Mexico are fully corroborated
by the testimony Of resident of that
Territory now visiting friends in Chi
cago. This gentleman resides in Lin
coin county, where society is in state
of anarchy, and where bands of thiev-
ing miscreants plumber and ravish and
murder with impunity. He owns a
herd of 1000 sheep, but, having
made himself odious to the outlaws by
his appeals to the military for protec-
ton, he dare not remain there in the alb
sence of all civil government, so he
came here with the intention of staying
away until order can be restored. He
says that if his name should appear in
print as an informant regarding the con-
dition of society in that country, and
the fact of his having given such in
formation should ever become known
there, he would pay the penalty of his
indiscretion with his life within forty
hours after his return to his ranch. He
describes the Greasers as the most vim
dictive race Of people on the face of the
globe. They never think of redressing
a wrong or an injustice by recourse to
law, but resort to assassination, and men
are shot down in the dark, and the civil
officers dare not bestir themselves to ap-
prehend the perpetrator, lest they meet
with the same summary vengeance. He
says the accounts given by the command
ing officer at Fort Stanton of the dep
relations of the band of cut-throats
styling themselves the "Wrestlers have
not been overdrawn. This particular
band numbers nearly 100 hellions, each
one of whom carries an improved rifle.
pistol, bowie-knife, and belt full Of
ammunition. Within the last sixty days
100 murders have been committed, and
at least fifty women have been outraged
to the point of death. The inhabitants
of the village Of Antelope have fed in
dismay to the mountains, and are hiding
in caves and among the rocks. All bust
ness is suspended, and the man who
goes out upon the road takes his life in
his hand Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
Natural History.
This is a dog.
Do you see the dog?
He looks as natural as life.
is is a dog.

This is dog.
Do you see the dog?
He looks as natural as life.
The dog is called, by some, mans
most faithful servant. One or two in
stances have been known where dog
frightened away thief or bit an agent.
They have also been known to bark at
the moon and thus prevent it falling
and dashing the earth to pieces. If it
wasn't for dogs we shouldn't know what
to do with our old oyster cans. You
can now ask any questions you desire.
How large is a dog?"
"Well, that depends. If he's run
ming away from you he looks about the
size of gallon jug, but if he's coming
at you he looks as large as yearling
calf
"Do dogs guard the house?"
Yes; particularly the kitchen door.
Nothing hurts dogs feelings so much
as to have his master think he's waiting
for bones, instead of being there on
guard"
"Can dog take a hint?" 'e.. .
Yes. AS soon as one sees a farmer
coming across the fields with gun he
knows that killing sheep is over for that
morning, and away he goes" "' t.
care dogs very strong?" t......
YOU'D think they could pull saw
log to judge by the amount of bowling
they will do between dusk and day
break, but the minute a boy wants
ride on his sled the family dog is trou-
bled with heart disease and general
weakness"
"Can dogs find their way home from
long distances?
cts according to the dog. II it's one
you want to get rid of he can find his
way home from California. If it's a
good one he's apt to get lost if he goes
round the corner
"Can dogs see in the dark"
"Some appear to, but instances are
not rare where dogs, commanded to rush
out and devour the fellow hooking
wood, have rushed under the bed by
mistake-and stayed there. That's all
about dogs Deh'oit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

AN expedition for the thorough ex-
ploration of the antiquities of the Eu-
pirates valley will leave England in the
spring.
A CASE of arsenical poisoning from
wearing green shade over the ewes. bv
a person suffering from disease of the
eyes, is reported in German journal.
SULPHUR has been discovered in great
abundance in CHILEAN, Chill. The
quality is so fine that it only needs
grinding and sitting to be fit for the
market.
ACCORDING to an eminent medical au-
thorlty, there occur annually in En-
gland 100000 cases of typhoid fever
which are clearly traceable to defective
drainage and sewer-gas poisoning.
WINE vinegar is better than that made
from malt, not only because it contains
the bi-tartrate properties of the grape,
but because it is stronger in acetic acid,
and is more ethereal and aromatic
MILK is found to form an excellent
solvent for quinine, and also to dis
guise, III a measure, the bitterness of
that drug. It will be found particularly
useful in administering quinine to chill
dren. Five grains in tumblerful of
milk is almost tasteless.
In Northern China arsenic is mixed
with tobacco for smoking, and missiona-
ries state that the men who smoke this
mixture are stout fellows with lungs
like bellows and rosy cheeks. Trous-
seau, and more recently Loude, have
recommended the smoking of arsenical
cigarettes in lung diseases.
CNDARELLAs will soon be numerous.
A Vienna firm is now making a beauti-
full slipper of woven glass The effect,
when worn, is quite as novel as the ma
terial, for, with the motions of the foot,
the various hues in the glass threads
blend and intermingle in most magical
manner, especially under gas-ight
PROF. ASA GRAY maintains that for
the vegetable kingdom, as well as the
animal kingdom, there is a veritable
archaeology. The races of trees, like
the races of men, have come down to us
through prehistoric or prenatural- his
toric period, and the explanation of the
present condition of the geography of
forests is to be sought in the past, and
traced in vestiges and remains and sur
vivals.
On one of the Prussian railroads will
lows have been grown with advantage
on the slopes of excavations and en-
bankments. It is surprising that a
similar method of identifying and
Strengthening the roadways Of railroads
is not more generally adopted. A per-
feet network is formed by the roots,
binding the whole surface firmly and
preventing washouts, and the thick
green growth covers ugly gashes in the
earth and unsightly elevations, with an
agreeable, eye-relieving thicket. AL
most any of the varieties of willow can
be used with success, but that which is
recommended as the best is the salix
amygdalina. In dry soil the cuttings
should have a goodlength underground.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
Adulterated Sugar.

A well-known New York chemist as
sured World reporter the other day
that it could not be long at this rate
when people who use much sugar will
be supplied with tin lining to their
stomachs. He exhibited to the reporter
several thin sheets of tin which he had
extracted from sugar He said some of
the adulterators bought tin by the ton.
It is cut with muriatic acid, and used in
both sugars and sirups. He also exhib-
tied samples of glucose, of which Is to
80 per cent. is used in sugars and Is per
cent. in sirups. Poor starch and -four
are also used. These adulterated sugars
produce skin diseases.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
Miss Abbott at the White House.

It is we'll known that Mrs. Hayes is
especially friendly to artists, and always
extends to them an invitation to call on
her while staying in Washington. In
response to her kind invitation Miss
Emma Abbott informally visited her
Sunday evening. On leaving her car
riage at the White House Miss Abbott
met Gen. Sherman and his daughter,
and the General said, "Why, Miss Alb
bott, is that you? What fortunate
thing it is that came this evening"" and
he gallantly escorted the lady to the red
parlor. President and Mrs. Hayes, Gen.
and Mrs. Hastings and Chief Justice
Waite were introduced, and later in the
evening Attorney General Devens and
Representative Mckinley called, and a
most delightful evening was enjoyed.
AS Mrs. Hayes had expressed wish for
Miss Abbott to sing some hymns, plan
list came in about 9 o'clock, and Miss
Abbott sang the hymn, Nearer, Ny
God, to Thee" especially prepared for
her, with such pathos and power that it
drew tears from her listeners. The
President, anxious that his little daugh-
ter should hear Miss Abbott, had her
walked up, and the nurse came down to
the parlor with her while Miss Abbott
was singing. It was great surprise to
Miss Abbott to meet Chief Justice
Waite, who heard her sing nine years
ago, in Toledo, alter the eventful jour
ney on which she sold her dress to get
money to reach that city. Miss Abbott
related the incidents of that journey, her
hunger, cold, cheerlessness, her despera-
ton, and the temptation to commit sui
eide, SO touchingly that it will not soon
be forgotten TFdshipUtO11 Star.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07

Three dozen Boxes ID gross, will be
sent TO PEDDLERS, STOREKEEPERS,
DRUGGISTS, ,lzH:ressage paid, on receipt
of $4.OO-abOut zen cents a box.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
COMFY A NIGGER PREACHER"
Vet He Didn't Go Back on His Duty.
NJ SAM W. SMALL (oLD sly.

b. SAM w. SMALL tOLD Sl).
rThe Rev. Ben Black, a colored Methodist minis
or, at Holly Springs, proved himself hero durlne
be prevalence of the scourge. eylslteo Whlte ahe
lack and administered comfort wherever he went
nd at one time was the only minister present IN tn
iI1ape to console the sick and assist at the buria
f the dead.
Rem Black? Well. / reckon I know him n
That Holly Springs preacher, you mean?
Yes. he's black as old mature could grow him
'Mongst all the black niggers you've seen.
He WIZ born on the old plantashun
An registered thar as a slave,
But the Lord in His wise all creashun
Put in him a heart tibet is brave.
He wuz out thar fghtin' all evil, t
An irwin ter save his own race
Frum out of the Jaws Of the devil,
By the power o. gospil an grace:
He wuz thar when the yaller infiicshun
Come stalkin' long over the LAM
An the hour of awful affiicshun St
Show'd up the true grit of Ter man!
Thar wuz then err stampede of the people,
Ez well of the po'r an the rich:
The preacher lost sight of his steeple
An "his duty" am Gross an all sich
They fed frum ther kith an ther kin. sir,
Their faith Wern't ez strong ez that thread,
An only few stayed to win. sir,
Tibet battle 'mongst dyin' an dead!
Old Ben never fickered a second,
Ner faltered when weary an faint
But wharever the stricken 'un beckoned
He bent to his work like CT saint.
Right thar at the bed o. the whitest
He took UP err merciful stand,
Or tired with er step that wuz highest -....
When deth Wuz the closest at hand
He talk'd of the Lord and His power
Ter saw an make holy the heart
He told the weak soul not to cover
In the face Of deaths pestlent
He spoke the sweet message OF heS eli
Ter them tibet never he'd hee d
An put q firm faith in them ever .
Tibet knowed of the frltur' an feered it.
tell yer tibet old black preacher
Wllz worth thar his weight in pure gold,
Fer he follered the path of his Teacher
Like them 'postlemen did of old
I've seed many parsons in churches @s a--
shoutin' of duty an death,
But they left all their folks in the lurches
When of danger thar come er first breath.
I've heered menny high toned sparkies
Go shOutin' around about niggers,
An swearin' the souls of the darkies
Wern't worth emmy MORN er chiggers;
But eff thar's er man in this party
With er heart in him big as a flea .
Tibet won't cheer fer Old Ben right hearty
Why, then-he's got ter lick me!
Fer say tibet the Lord he'd er reason
Fer paintin' thet old niggers hide,
An He meant him to turn up in season
With all the world square on his side;
An when all in the Judgment come even,
Eff pass you can bet on this thing
Thar'll be one niger angel in heaven
I'll jine with ter praise an ter sing!
ATLANTA Constitutions.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07
CURES

ITCH, INGROW1NG NAILS, NETTLE RASH, MOSQUITO AND
FLEA BITES, SPIDER STINGs,
And all cutaneous diseases and eruptfons generally
PRICE IS CENTS A BOX. BY NAH. IS CENTS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07

come again. I can only express my sor-
row at having been persuaded against my
better Judgment to enter these doors
on such an absurd Grand and leave
you"
My dear sir, forgive me if I say I do
not quite understand" exclaimed the
Captain, while Helen made up her mind
that both her visitors were mad.
81 will tell you at another time" said
Mr. Fullerton, nervously. I will only
say, in explanation of this intrusion,
that it was caused by most ridiculous
mistake. Miss Jellaby, will you allow
me to accompany you homer"
Miss Jellaby folded her arms, looked
at them all viciously, and Numbered
out
"No!" @ u9 t9
e"Is she mad?" whispered Helen to
the clergyman. What does it all
mean?"
Miss Jellaby heard her. a9 haf
lt means this, madam; this, and
nothing more, that if Mr. Fullerton is
to be ensnared by pretty face, and
frightened out Of doing his duty, I am
mott"
Was there ever such an unfortunate
piece of business? Miss Jellaby, can
not allow you to commit such an act of
folly, or to insult these young creatures,
SO [ command you, as your minister, not
to speak"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07

THIS is the season of the year when
the night air is very dangerous, but the
girls face death at front gates with the
same heroism which has always been
one of the chiefest adornments of the
sex.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-07

THE Chinese have law that any mil
itary officer making his house a place
of gambling shall be cashiered and for
ever debarred from holding public office.