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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

The Great Western Hotel is a pleasant
place TO board.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24
POST OFFICE HOURS.

From \. 81. to 8. r. II. Money Orders
issue. fam , a. NJ. 10 Up. VI. SUNDAY Is
excepted IL. J. FRISGER. T.. NJ.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

Bad Driskili went To Chicago last weel
Will a tram lead of tat cattle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

For bargains in diamonds. watches AM
fiue iew.ity go 10 A. Chicks.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

Wheat is gradually tending upward "a
nrice sars the I.arne,l Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24
LOCAL AND Personal.

DODGE CITY. SATURDAY. AUGUST "a.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

A Who didn't want to die as the notes Of
the funeral dirge faded away on the clear Thurs
day morning last The living contemplate with
deep soiicitude the fatal hour; but inspire with
dreamy thoughts of paradise in the pomp and
glory OF a funeral cortege. There is q reckless
regard Of lite on the plains, but the respect paid
the deceased is commendable in the highest de-
gree Of benevolence, charity and philanthropy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

For iiue diamonds go to A. Gluck's.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

Mr.. j. j. Burns has purchased the int.-,s, n,
4. d. swan IN the speareville Enrerrrise NJ,
Burns has changed the name to the News. and
Leader, te'
We presume the above s,atemen, is authorised
ana mat we incur no displeasure by promulgat-
ing ii over these broad plains for The iniorna
tion Of our subscribers from the heighth Of
Pixies Peak to the Cult of Mexico
We have correspondent who guessed n.
much, and he WAS raped over the knuckles
Now we know ii. We haven't seen the En,sr.
prise for two weeks. Where is the News.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-08-24

=" The bids tor what is known as the Nsr
Mexico extension of the Atehison. Topeka 4
Santa Fee road were opened Il, Pueblo. ON tn
18th. The crowd OF bidders was eS,rsme,x
large ana all sections of the United states wer.
represented The successful bidders will no,
De announced until September 4th. The bids
Call Tor the grading of the road from Willow
Springs, Colorado. 80 Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15
A Poetic License Wanted.

He was tall, square man. with q
sharp, sun burned nose and en- un-
shaven face. He wore chip hat. we'll
sweated through in front, with . rim
turned down all round. and q dark,
narrow bit of braid for bard. His
butternnt pants were neatly tucked in
TO his cowhide boots and the thumbs OF
his bronze hands were thrust into the
armholes of his vest He entered the
Mayors office with the air of man OF
business, and, marching up to His Hon
or, said. inquiringly:
BE you the Mayor.
Yes. l have that honor
Well, want a license for my daugh-
ter, Maria Jane.
Ah, / see; your daughter is about to
be married and you wish to procure a
marriage license. We do not issue
those papers here. You must 60 over
ON the North Side, to the County Build
ing.
No, Squire, you are mistaken--as
much mistaken as If you had burnt
YOUR last shirt ar accideEtly got into
the wrong pew in meeting; but Maria
lane doesn't want O license TO be mar
ried. not by no mesns-not by more
than considerable. She is darned
smart girl, if she is my daughter, and
if / do say it, as hadn't ought to- She
has been keeping school and boarding
round up in the persimmon deestrict and
writing verses for the Stanwood hee1ty
EaoLe. She thinks now of givin' up
teachin' and devotin' her bull time to
literary persoots, and. Squire. as am
law-abidin' man and loyat to the core
three of my boys went clear through to
the sea with Sherman-Squir. ana
want to do the business for the girl on
the square. and SO called to take oat
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15

a license for Maria Jane You see, Will
Morrison, who has been to college,
told Maria that anybody must have a
license before they write much poetry.
Here the Mayors face turned very
red, as if suffering from some intense
internal emotion. and it was observed
that his eyes were suffused with tears.
His Secretary suddenly approached the
window and gazed abstractedly out
upon the trees in the tubs, whose
emerald branches were gracefully sway
ing in the Summer breezes in front of
the saloon across the way. The former
fixed his eyes upon the Mayor for q
moment, who finally sufficiently recov-
cred himself to say:
My dear sir, your daughter needs no
license to write poetry. She can write
as much as ever she pleases, and it will
be all right.
Won't it be against the lax- to do it
without q license inquired the msn.
She has heard that Byron and Mrs.
Hemans used q good many poetic H..
censes in their writings. and she
thought she'd better do as the res. of
'em did. But if it's all right without,
it's probably owing to the freedom of
our institutions and sich like
Exactly, said the Mayor.
And the satisfied rustic walked oat
of The Office, picking his teeth with q
straw.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15
His Mother-in-law,sJ Jaw

A tall angular woman in sun n-bon
net, with stride like man late for Q
train. came into recorders Office re-
Gently. and took seat on the end of a
bench near where the city marshal was
at work at his desk. She removed her
bonnet. laid 1t across her knees. remov-
ed her spectacles, and after swapping
her eyes a couple of times at the city
marshal, asked III voice sounding
like sharpening II cross cut saw: BE
you the man that locks people up:
Sometimes find it requisite to ap.
peal to that extreme measure. answered
the official.
know all that. but he you the man!
Yes. madame
Well, why didn't you say so when
asked you.
l did.
| say you didn't.
What do you want madame asked
the city marshal.
want the good for nothing skunk
that married my dsrter, locked up.
What has he done!
Yes. watts he done, the vile wretch
and she bresthed hard, glared about
aud gritted her teeth. until the officer
felt in his pocket for his police whistle.
BE calm, madame; compose your
feelings. argued the marshal.
He told me-if just had him alone
for five minutes-what picture he
would make
Continue, madame.
overheard him telling my darter
he'd give 420 acres of land with gold
mine on it to anybody who woud
ampertate my jaw with bootjack,
said she.
What in the world could have in
duced him to say that, observed the
official
| got him by the hair and drawed
him across the kitchen table, with one
hand, and only hit time or SO with
the long handled skillet, and he was
calm me mother dear and all that
sort of nonsense
You let up on him-you felt SO sorry
for him. observed the marshal.
Yes. felt sorry at his har givi2'
way. 1t looked like Providence was
agin me- Mebbe I'll never get to lay
hands on him no more. 1t would be
just my luck never to fetch him anoth-
or clip; and for the first time she
seemed depressed.
What could have induced him to
talk in that absurd way? asked the
city marshal, feeling uncomfortable.
But. after all, it makes me feel good
to talk about it. 1t calls up old recel-
lections. you know. 1t brings to mind
about Matildy's husband. His har
didn't give worth cent. What time
they had holding that inquest. There
was some of him in one corner. and
and some of him hanging on the fem
ces. and right smart of him was wrapped
about that axe handle. 1t makes me
feel bad about these things. anu then
to think how the miserable little skunk
got clear off except a few pounds of
har.
What do you want me to do asked
the officer.
If you catch him, just lock him up
and send for me; that's all. am law
abiding woman. I've notified the civil
authorities to catch him tor me. You
will know him by the place where hit
him with the skillet, the little, wuthless,
spindle shanked. goggle-eyed. brass
whelp. Wanted to smpertate my jaw.
did he.
really can't imagine what be meant
by that remark observed the officer OF
the law, as she went out. it's perfectly
incomprehensible
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15
Room at the Top.

Never you mind the crowd, lad,
Or fancy your life won't tell;
The work is the work for a that
To him who doth it well.
Fancy the world hill. lad
Look where the millions stop.
You'll find the crowd at the base, lad (;
There's always room at the top
Courage and faith and patience
There's space in the old world yet;
The better the chance you stand, lad,
The further along you get.
Keep your eye on the goal, lad;
Never despair or drop;
BE sure that your path leads upward;
There's always room at the top.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15
A. O. f.

o,sa NAshiNGToS. No. s .sss. ANCIENT
Masonic ~ oi foiesters. holds its meetings At
Zach non,s every second and fourth Monday In
cordial, ,nxa. 81 the Order in good standing are
.s ~ osuef Of the Court.
JOHN 3. ANDERSON. see
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15

- Our specislities Pine watch Rep.irins.
Monogram Engraving. Seal Cutting. Pipe Mount
ing tsold or silver Jevelry Repairing.
~ The True fIxx receives daily by Tele-
gr,nh from the Z. 9. Signal Station, kept In
e.trlsss Chronometer enabling those having
fne vstche. 20 have them accurately rated.
We susrsrtee First.elsss Work st Reasonable
p-,ess myI4.du
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15

RUsKIN says: When the men are
true and good, and stand shoulder to
shoulder. the strength of any nation is
in its quantity of life, not in its land
nor gold
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-15

Down in Kentucky they want TO
know how Governor Henry Watterson
would sound. There is too much water
in it to suit Kentucky.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Potter Committee shows signs Of panic, and
well il may.
Commissions in Eliza Pnkston's conscience appear
to be periodic as well as VIOLENT
If poor Southern claim that does not doubleit-
self in amount with every succeeding session Of Con-
gress.
Webbers most incredible statement is that Cap
tain IenIls was once detailed to get Anderson drunk
and failed. This Is too much'
Wcbber has the same fault as liar which Ander-
son had He is too enthusiastic His lies of to-day
are i'm perpetual collision with those OF yesterday.
Mr.. Randall will discovery presently that the West
ern and Southern Democrats have an abnormal dis
trust of every man upon whom the Maphattan Club
bestOws its distinguished approval
MIR. Dorshelmcr is right when he says the Potter
inquiry is doing good, even If it develops no fraud
Tho good is entirely for the benefit of the Repub-
c,n marty however for il shows so plainly that
everybody can comprehend 1t that the Democratic
veil of fraud never had any ching but falsehood
to rest upon.
Hendricb B. Wrghts inpatient observation at
Wyoming on Wednesday, that there, in the pres
ence of the President of the United States is one
continual jangle," seemed to have no more effect
upon Mr.. Hayes than it had upon the talking crowd
The reason for Indifference probably the same
i'm both cases a feeling of THANK kfulnesS for relief
from one of Mr.. WrghPs speeches. The mldest
jangle ever stirred up would Do sOiace at such
moment.
There Is n weil-developed suspicion that General
Buffers ambition is to run for Governor of MasSa-
chusetts this FALL not as the Greenback candidate
alone but as the Democratic candidate also. If the
Democrats consent to such grotesque combination
il will make things lively in the Bay State Ii is
an ominous thing for Butler. however that tho
principal candidate for the Democratic nomination
is ex-Congressman Thompson, the man who de-
feated hlm in his old district in 1874.
There Is one kind of politics in this country which
goes on forever be the weather hot cold and that
is tho business of President-making. 1t is liveer
to-day than it has been for long time, and it has
not been dull moment since the Electoral Tribunal
rendered its decision. The most pronounced demon
strations come from the thiTd-tem Republicans and
from the Democrats The former have nominated
General Grant already, and the latter have nom-
mated by sections, as many MS four canddates-1ll-
dem Hendricks Thurman and Randall. The cOun-
try is fairly glutted with great men.
General Sherman entertains a diminutive opinion
of the Bounding Banning. He says Eph Hollands
Congressman hasn't brains enough to be a dry goods
clerk, and proceeds to prove it By crltcisng the
Army BILL He tells the Washington correspondent
of The Philadelphia Times that the army cannot be
used to protect emgants or to suppress riots unless
the President declares In the excited districts
that no and General Sheridan will have to go afoot
New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
SOME PLAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES FOR CON
MCNfSTJC UOHKTNGUEN


Jones, the workingman, has a set of tools
which have served him to earn his living for
Il long time. A Labor Reformer,n being very
fond of jones' proposes to take away bis
tools. Evidently, if Jones is not n fool, he
will ask what better instruments for earning
his living it is proposed to give him, and
where they are to come from, and what they
are TO cost
Capital is the tool of Labor. Or, rather, Self
denial which refrains from the expenditure of
earnings, and so stores up capital for future
use, is the instrument which makes civilized
labor possible. The savage, scratching the
ground with sharpcned stick is fortunate if
his labor yields Onc-tcnth as much grain as
can be produced in the same time with plOughs,
reapng and threshing machines; one part
of the fruit of civilized labor belongs to
the nero physical toll directly employed,
and nine parts belong to the saving,
forethought and invention which supply the
tools. Somebody must first toll, and then deny
himself the immediate satisfaction of using
the fruits of his toll III order that labor may after
ward yield more largely. The wOrkingman must
have clothes, house to shelter him. food to
give him strength, and tools to multiply his
strength, and Of these he must have the use
from the day his work begins until, months
afterward, the product of his labor is sold to
some consumer but all these things he can
have only because somebody has worked to
create them, and then has refraned from
spending for his immediate qualification in
drink, food, or other pleasures, the fruit Of
his work. If the clothing, the house, the
food, and the tools or machinery, are the re-
suit of the labor and saving of others, and if
these produce nine-tenths of that which
davis labor now yields shall the wOrkingman
pay nothing for the past labor or selfdenial-
the accumulated capital-which SO multpies
his capabilityi
In the abstract, every intelligent wOrlingman
will say, " Certainly if | want to use what
"another has produced and by self-denial
Saved, | must pay for its use. If, by that
"use, can produce ten times rs much, / can
"afford to pay anything less than nine-tenths
20 of my product for that use. and shall still
abe better of with than without it," But
in practice the labor refOrmer and
tho workingmen who follow him yiT-
tually say, "You who have saved any
thing are our natural enemies we mean to
"take without pay the fruits of your labor and
L" self-deDial help yourselves if you can. 1t
sis our good luck, if you have been foolish
"enough to create houses, clothing, machin-
"ery and improved lands, instead Of spending
leach year everything you could earn.
"If we are thereby enabled to pro-
"duce ten times as much, all that
"we produce is still oursD money earns
"nOthing and labor earns everything" War on
New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
THE SIGNAL SERgYCE CORPS.

One of the most stupid blundcrs of the late
blnndcring Congress was the failure to raise
the pay of the Signal Service Corps. Few OF our
readers probably are aware that the work done
by this Corps and by the Life Saving Service are
tbe only two instances in which the service OF
n DEPARTMENT in the United States Government
is acknowledged abroad TO be unequalled by
that of anv other government in the world
Our Army, Navy, Treasury and Postal Service
are paraleled in scope and accuracy OF man
ogement by those Of other nations. But there
Is confessedy no coast so efficiently guarded
as ours, and our meteorolOgic work has taken
rank in Europe above that of any other cOun-
trv. This work we should remember is not
only done for ourselves, but for the world
The public sees and knows nothing about it,
beyond the prediction Of Old Probabilities
every morning. But science Is benefited, ana
life and property have been preserved by 1t
to an incalculabe extent.
The duties Of a Signal Service sergeant or
assistant require not only long and peculiar
training i'm their profession, but persistence III
minutc duties. exposure to the inclemency OF
tbe weather, and at times to hardship and
neril. We find these men risking life to take
their observations on the top OF Pixies Peak,
or floating down on the melting ice-raft
through the half-a-year's night over the Arc
tic Sea. Work like this requires good men,
and good men for any work must be paid good
prices. The pay now is not above that when
an unskilful mechanic could earn. 1t is folly
to say that the posts arc largely filled with
scientific young men, who remain in the SER
vice for the opportunities given for study.
Scientific young men must earn their bread
and meat like other people, and if the Signal
Service does not pay them enough to do it, so
much the worse for the service.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
Jnoex to ADVERTISEMENTS.

AMUgEMENTs-7h PdOe-6th column.
BOARD AND ROOMs-7m Pd0e-jth column.
BUSINESS NOTICEs-4H PdOe-lEt column.
COMPUTATION NoICEs-7M PdOe-2d column.
DENTsTRY-7m PQge-2d column.
DIVIDEND NOuCES-7th P00e-lst and % cOlunES
DKY GoODs-7M Page-5th column.
EXCURsIONS--3d Pdge-6th column.
FIRANCIAL-7M Pdge-lst column.
CRATES AND FENDERs-7h PdOe-20 column.
HOUSES AND FARMS WANTED 6h Pave 18th column.
IRsTRUCTONs-6th PnQe-4th and 9th columns.
LAW SCHOOLs-6th PdOe-5tB column.
LECTURFs AND MEETINGs-7M PGGe-6h column.
LEGAL NOTIC Esd Pdge-6th column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-5M Pa0e-6th column
MIsCEILANEOUs-7th Pdge-2d column ; oh Po0e-6th
column. -
MUSICAL INsTRUMENTs-7H Pd0e-6th column.
NEW PUBIICATIoNs-6h Pa0e-4tb column. 80
REAL ESTATE FOR SAIF-ClTY-6h PdQe-0tA col
umn; BROOKLYN-6th Pdqe-5th column; COUNTRY
6h PaOe--5th and 6lb columns AUCTION SALEs-6h
Page-6th column TO EXChANGE-Gh Pdge-6th
column.
SALES BY AUCTIOY-7h PdGe-2d column.
SAVISGs BANKs-7M PdGe-1st column.
SPECIAL NOTICEs--5N Page-6th column.
sTUATloNs WANTED-MALEs-6 9Th Pa0e-6th column /;
FEMALES On Pdge-6th co uInr. 80,
RTEAxBOATs AND RAILROADS.&C. PdGs-oth ana bth
columns.
STEAMERS. OcEAN-7h PG0e-2d and Sd columns
SUMNER BOARD-7h Pa0e-3u. Attn ana Otb Columns
TEACHERs-6M Pd0e-5th column - , 80.
To LET--CTY PROPERTY 6th PG8e-Oh COLUMN; OOON'
TRY-6H Pdqe-6th column.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
THE DAY WE CELEBRITED.

The prediction of John Adams about
the sOlcmniZatiOn of the anniversary OF
the Declaration of Independence "with
"pomp and parade, with shows, games
sports guns, bells, bOntIcs and illumin-
cations from one end of this continent to
% the other" has been cited, TO the point
of wcariness, as a justification OF the .hideous
uproar the killing, manning and burning, with
which it has hitherto been our custom to keep
the National birthday. But John Adams says
nothing in this wcll-knOwn passage abOut the
fcndsh fre-craclier, or the small boys pistol ;
he certainly had nothing in his mind re-
scmbling what aftcrward came to be the tra-
ditiJnal Fourth of July-a day of ter
ror when every decent citizen who could
get away fled from his home, and left the city
to rampant boys and drunken rowdies; and
even if Mr. Adams had recommended that in
sane sort of celebration, we do not feel sure
that his advice ought to have been conclusive.
Yesterday began, let Us hope, new and better
era. 1t is true that the regulation against the
use of fire-crackcrs and pistols was but imper-
fectly enforced. Banging and swapping
went on in a furtye and irregular way
all through the day, and nt night the
patriotic urchin, emboldcncd by darkness,
often allowed himself the luxury of exploding
a whole pack in q barrel. How could the po-
lice expect to enforce the prohibition against
the use Of explosives when the sale OF them
was allowed to go on uncheckedi But even
with all these frequent violations of the law,
the Fomth was the quieteSt Ncw-1ork has
known for n generation. Nervous aud weary
people could rest in their homes careful
parents could trust their children IN the
street the sick were not brought TO the gates
of death by ceascless racket In another year
tbe last remnants of the old barbarism viii
probably have disappeared, and we shall be-
Gin to keep our festival like sensible and
ioyial people.
1t was evident yesterday that the forbidding
of gunpOwder, instead of checking the hearth
ness of the celebration, made it more truly a
popular one than it had been for many years
-the centennial year Of course excepted
PEOPLE realized that noise and riot are
not essential to n festival. If the streets
were queter than usual, they were also
gayer. There was no business done except
pleasure. The rivers were filled with excur-
sion parties, the parks were thronged, the
houses were gayly decorated. Family parties
I'm their best clothes came out for a holiday, IN
spite of the fearful heat Good humor
was written on peoples faces, and most
adults, we are sure, instead of regretting
the fireworks, wondered that they should ha We
tolerated the nuisance so long. In fact Ameri-
cans ha7ing begun to regulate their one Sum
mer festival by the rules of common sense,
find to their delight that they are beginning to
enjoy themselves.