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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
Mysterious Metal-Austrian Art IN
Steel.Br0nxe Guns.


1t is well known that the whole of the
Austrian field artillery is now armed
with the new steel-bronze breech-loader
of Gen. Won Uchatius. The fact that
nearly f., OOO, 900 have been spent from
first to last by the Austro-Hungarian
Government upon the weapons is proof
enough Of the confidence felt in high
quarters as to its efficiency; and we
have the testimony of many expert
enced officers that for accuracy and en-
durance the gun rivals the much more
costly steel cannon OF Herr krupp. Be
this as it may, it is reported that the
Austrian Government is now about to
set to work on the manufacture of
heavy guns from the same inexpensive
material, and to produce ship and siege
guns from tempered bronze. Two six
inch experimental weapons which have
fired several hundred rounds are re-
ported to be still in serviceable condi-
ton, and at short ranges may be consid-
cred armor-piercing guns. A shot at
so or go yards is capable, we are told,
of piercing the armor of such ironclads
as the Warrior and Black Prince; and
there is little doubt, therefore, that 10
or 12-inch cannon constructed on the
same pattern would be match for most
of our stouter battle-ships. The Aus
trian gunmakers seem to be able to
make bronze as hard as steel, and as
capable of resisting the wear and tear
of rified projectiles, since it would be al
together impossible to pierce army
plates with gun made of bronze in the
ordinary way. If we are to believe the
last reports of their big-gun expert
ments, the bore of the weapons after
some 300 rounds had sustained no in
jury at all, Notwithstanding that COM
paratively heavy projectiles were fired,
and with battering charges of gunpow-
der. But the most surprising feature
about the Uchatius gun is the fact of
its secret having been SO closely kept.
The Austrian Government has placed no
difficulty in the way of an inspection of
its guns, and has permitted even the
presence of foreign military attaches in
the Government workshops. Nay,
more; samples of the wonderful steel
bronze metal have been freely distribut-
ed, and chemists have tried their best to
discover its mode of preparation by
analysis. AL has been in vain. De-
spite fair means and foul, the secret of
the Uchatius metal still remains mys-
terry, and bids fair to do SO until its in
ventor divulges the composition him.
self.-London Ners.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
How Indian Women Dress.

While it is matter of great interest
to learn how Eastern ladies dress and
behave, it ought to be of some interest,
also, TO know how Indian ladies dress
and behave. Commencing at the top,
it will be observed that there is decid-
ed improvement on Eastern bonnets,
because the Indian lady has nothing
whatever on her head, which ends that
part of he description. Her hair hangs
naturally and is not very long, usually
not as long as the hair of the gentleman
Indian. Next comes the Indian lady's
shawl, which is doubled square, and a
square fold falls from her shoulder, and
the fastening is with pin or darning-
needle. By the way, the shawl is not a
shawl, but blanket. Next comes her
dress. This is usually calico, which is
short, so as to permit free movements,
so desirable to Mrs. Swisshelm and 9TH
ers; that is, it comes TO within ten inch
es of the ground. What the figure of
the calico is can hardly be stated, since
the garment is badly faded, though pos
sibly not from being washed. Next
come the shoes or moccasins, which are
of buckskin, and they extend upward
into leggings, which may be computed,
from statements made by particular OBJ
servers, to be fully two feet long. This
is combination garment that ought to
come into general use, for with two pulls
in the morning that part of the dress
ing is done; no strings to tie, no but
tons to attend to, nor is backing ever
required, and thus is presented pair of
lasting garments with rawhide soles,
well fitting the foot and every part, and
that will last two or three years. None
Of the Eastern manufacturing establish
ments Of Lawrence, Lowell or Fall Riv-
er can turn out goods to equal them, and
The best of it is, every lady makes hers
herself, and is never indebted to shoe
maker nor hosier, nor even her husband |
Tor money. In short, she is independ-
emit. The next article Of dress isis
he fact is, that's all, or at least one !
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
Things That 1 Wonder At.

Why the boys who made the Fourth
OF July odorous and hideous with gun
powder from 1870 to 1856, inclusive. are
speechless with indignation at the de-
PRAYED and vicious tastes Of the BOYS
who want to enjoy the same kind of Q
celebration in 1873?
Why people always discuss European
politics as though they understood
them?
Why man should always get mad il
you frankly and for his own good tell
him he Is making an ass of himself?
Why it is so hard to find man when
you want to borrow money of him?
Why it is so hard to borrow the money
after you have found him?
Why somebody doesn't come out and
explain the Louisiana muddles
Why a man always wishes he had
chosen some other profession?
What Mrs. jerks is talking about and
what she means by it?
Why man is always going to take .
vacation "next summer?''
Why people should consider it dis
graceful TO be sent to Congress?
Why man thinks every year that he
won't be as big fool this year as he
was last?
And why he is, though, all the same?
Why the tramps don't ask for some
thing to eat, If they are hungry?
Why man never tries to beat down
the price Of q railroad ticket?
Why every body affects a profound
knowledge of growing crops and crop
prospects?
Why men always lie about the size Of
the fish they catch and the number Of
ducks they shoot?
What girl ever sees in great self
ish, deceitful. hulking animal Of man
to marry him for. any how?
Why so many foreigners should speak
German or French, when it is so much
easier to speak English?
Why it takes five grown people to
take one sleeping infant to the circus to
"see the animals?"
Why man who doctors himself with
patent medicines, three bottles for a
dollar, always, in referringto his health,
speaks Of his physicians" as though
he were constantly attended by u retinue
of 30 or 60 doctors?
Why it is wrong to kill the man who
says he told you so?
Why really generous men are always
so ready to admit that you were in the
wrong?-HaUkeye Burdette.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
The Sagacity OF Ants.

Prof. Leidy, in recent article, states
that, in order to ascertain whether a
house he had Just entered was Gas he
suspectedD seriously infested with red
ants, he placed piece of sweet cake in
every ROOM At noon every piece was
found covered with ants. A cup Of tur-
pentine oil being provided, each piece
was picked up with forceps, and the
ants tapped into the oil. The cake was
replaced, and in the evening was again
found covered with ants. The same
process was gone through the following
two days, morning, noon and night.
The third day the number Of ants had
greatly diminished, and on the fourth
there were none. He at first supposed
the ants had all been destroyed, but in
the attic he observed few feasting on
some dead house-fiies, which led him to
suspect that the remaining ants had be-
come suspicious of the sweet cake. He
accordingly distributed through the
house pieces Of bacon, which were after
wards found swarming with ants. This
was repeated with the same result for
several days, when, in ike manner with
the cake, the ants ceased to visit the
bacon. Pieces of cheese were next tried
with the same result, but with an uH-
doubted thinning in the number Of ants.
When the cheese proved no longer at
tractive, dead grasshoppers were sup
piled from the garden. These again
proved too much for the ants, but after
! few days. trial neither grasshoppers
nor any thing else attracted them; nor
has the house been infested with them
since.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27

THERE is now on exhibition in Lon
don a Japanese nobleman's room, Civ
en- by the Governor of Kiote to DIR.
Dresser, who was royal guest in ia
pan. 1t is about twelve feet long by
rather less width, and about nine feet in
height. The roof consists of panels of
cedar. All the wood in the room has a
polished surface. The walls are formed
of slides opening into the adjoining
room, and are edged with black lacquer
ed strips of wood, the slides being of
paper decorated with figures of birds.
At the end of the room is a recess, the
upper part composed of wood cut so as
to represent flight of storks. Close to
this is larger recess, which, in ac-
cordance with the fashion of the coun-
try in high life, is reserved for the &C.
of the MikadO, should he
ever visit the house. There is an OPEN
ing at the side for the introduction of
refreshments.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27

"A gentleman at Orange City, Fla,
received some pop-coarn seed from
Wisconsin last February, which he
planted on the 5th Of March; he gather
ed in the crop and returned seed to Wis
consin by the lst Of June to be rePlani-
ed there.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
FASHION NOTES.


line military jacket IS one OF the
latest Styles for young ladies-
Among the novelties for young
girls are hats ornamented with hand
painting.
-Garden-hats are of Gghtly-woven
straw, trimmed with grasses and wild
flowers.
New STYLES in stationery are orna-
mented with grotesque old English fig-
ures in color.
A recent ex,ravaoance among fash.
ionable ladies in New York ia the nse of
GOLD bair-n;ns
.,o pan So FL, Sies,es III ~ oh' ~.
IT,. .ie IN $3.50 ao ,i''.e WIN su''e neeA anu
'noi s 80,
are the wide collars and cuffs similar IN
those worn bv their mothers
yornr 1cd;os 49, aa,, Ill. .ho..
e a. p ,seS 49, o"ps iiAo LIS Us
u VIC .':on "" psa:a". "omen, i n.'io
JUL IT. - VI oss ;p ~ Ieco-
III I'd. "a.h a. ~" anu a. ooI anu S
goid-heaueo pms are usea 10 PIN them
on'
81. " $50 49, A"iA.
UNITS OF yellow and Old gold introduced
IN their trimmings; sometimes IN the
shape OF piplngs. sometimes In ribbons
~ -. Wv -, - "a. ~ ~
oapanese pms WIN ian' anu
MOUSE wa'Ghing ny, OF y siiVer DOW
SLOWS ~nu quiser, are aliohS she new
esI patterns III sIerilnS suver Ior long
s se.. aau ch'.teisnes nave 'ne IoP
" 'ne hooh ehalieieu win some pretty
ueslsn VI d piih'ins III enainei set IN
grass.
There are so many styles now in
wear that all tastes can be gratified.
There is the princess dress, the cuirass
waist and the habit and .polonaise.
Inere are waists cut out IN points on the
oorders' rounded basque waists; either
open or initiating openings, with vests, |
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27
TO CORRESPONDENT.

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the author, not
necessarily for publication, butas evidence of
GOOD faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side of the paper. Be particularly
careful in giving names and dates. to have
all letters or nsurcs plain and distinct.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-07-27

may say in the language of the poet:
:" No further seek their merits to dis
close. "-Greeiey (Col.) T,i6sne.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

freight from the Texas and Pacific |
aud the Houston and Texas Gen.
trail Railroads have been detected,
and that many high in business
and social standing, including off,
cials, conductors, etc., are con-
nected Herewith. Arrests, 1t is |
expected, will be made to-day or |
tomorrow.
The Fever Deasn Roll.
New ORLEANS, Oct. IOth.-The
weather is cloudy. Deaths, .48;
cases reported, 113. Total deaths,
1851; total cases, II, ,042.
Further News from Iows.
DEs NOME, Oct. lOth.-Returns
from 81 counties, which cast over
half the vote of the State, give a
Republican majority on the State
ticket of 1900. The Republican
Congressman elected are McCord
in the First District, Price in the
Second, Updergraf, In the Third,
Deering In the Flourish, Clark in
Fifth, Smith in Eighth, Carpenter
in the Ninth. The greenbackers
are elected in the Sixth and
Seventh.
Ohio's Delegation Asmos, Reversed.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 1Oth.-The Re-
publican majority in the State is
not less than 5000 and probably
more, Republican gain o! $4,000
over last year. The elected Con-
gressmen will stand, DEMOCRATS,
Geddes 18th, Atherton 14th, War.
ner 18th, Dickey 1lth, Ewing 10th,
Converse 9th, Finley 9Th, Hurd
7th, Hill 9th, Lefevre 5th and Nc
Mahon In the Third District. Total
IL. Republicans, Butterworth lst,
Young %, Kiefer 4th, Neal 18th,
Mckinley l6.h, Monroe 18th,
Updegraff 18th, Garfield 10Th aud
Townsend in the Goth Districts.
Total o. A gain of three Demo
cratic Congressman.
Destructive Firo d. Russis.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-St. Peters,
burg dispatches say % stone, 81
wooden houses and 81 warehouses,
valued at over two million roubles,
were burned in RiaZin, near Mos
COW.
00diove Elected BY . scratch.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. lOth.-The
most reliable reports from the 9th
Congressional District, up to one
P. NJ, confirm the election of Orth,
Republican, by 81 majority.
Youthful PRESENCE or Mud.
New YORK, Oct. 1Oth.-Just aftel
the ninety employees of II. Myers
chair factory, 3S1 East Sixty-first
street, had resumed work this after
, noon, David O'Keefe, an erraud
boy, whispered to the foreman that
the factory was on fire. So sue.
| cessful was the precaution on the
part Of the boy and speedy the &C.
tIon Of the foreman, that nearly
every one Of the hands was
safely out Of the building
before the cause of the
retreat was generally known. The
factory was soon burned to the
I ground. The fire extended to the
tenement houses on First street,
burning along the row to 62nd
street and there ignitIng another
block of tenements, all of which
were totally or partially destroyed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

THE Express of yesterday in-
dulges in rather singular express
sion Of political opinion. 1t says
that the laurels have been about
equally divided bet Heen the two
parties in Indiana and Ohio, and
then admits loss of five mem bers
Of Congress in those two States to
the Republicans. Altogether six
teen per cent. of the members of
the House Of representatives have
been so far voted for, with net
Republican loss of six, counting u
gsin of one Republican member in
West Virginia, which We beg to
doubt, and taking Republican esti-
mates exclusively for all the de-
tails of the elections. The simple
rule of three thus enables US to
work out the percentage thus: If
the Republican party loses five
members on one-siXteeuth of the
elections, how many will they lose
as the ratio of the remaining
eighty-four per cent? BY this in
ex0rable rule of arithmetic we find
that the total Republican losses in
the Congressional elections will be
thirty-one, reducing the present
membership of that party in the
House from one hundred and forty
to one hundred and nine members.
And this will probably be the issue
of the com ng elections.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11
Eugene Meyer & Co.
So 81 50 MAIN STREET
LOS ANGELES, October 9th, 1878.
SUMMONS.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
state of California, in and for the
county of Los Angeles.
A. Lothian andT. Walsh. partners un-
der the firm name OF A; 1thian Co,
Southern District Agricultural Society, O
corporation, Defendants.
Action brought in the District Court OF
the Seventeenth judicial District OF the
State of California, in and for the county
OF Los Angeles, and the complaint filed In
said county of Los Angeles, in the office
OF the Clerk of said District Court.
The people OF the state Of California
Southern District Agricultural Society, a
corporation, Defendants.
You are hereby required to appear In an
action brought against you by the above
named Plaintiffs in the District Court of
the Seventeenth Judicial District of the
state OF California, IN and for the County
OF Los Angeles, and to answer the COM
plant filed therein, within ten days lex
service on you OF this summOns-if served
within this County; or, IL served out
OF this County, but In this District, within
twenty days; otherwise, within forty days
or Judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer OF
The said action is brought to obtain a
decree from this Court for the foreclosure
OF u certain IueCuduicb lioH ucsSiioou ~
the said complaint and filed BY the said
plaintiffs in tho office OF the County Re-
corder OF sale, county ON tho 10th day Of
June, 4. ID. 1873. to secure the payment
OF an account for materials furnish Ter
the construction OF the building de-
scrlbed in said lein, belonging to said de-
fendant H ]. Wood, said claim amount
ing 10 $lOl 40, gold coin; that the prem
isss covered by said lien may be sold,
and the proceeds applied to the payment
Of the costs OF this suit, 500 attorneys
fees, IS (the costs of Ming and recording
said ;ien) and the balance due on said
account, nmou nting to Che sum OF 340l 20,
and costs OF suit and In case such pro- |
Deeds are not sufficient to pay the same, |
then TO obtain an execution against said ]
H. j. Wood for the balance rem sining |
and all persons claiming BY, through or |
under them, or either OF them, may be |
barred and fOreclosed Of ell right, title, |
claim, lien, equity of redemption and |
Interest in and TO said mOrtgaged prem |
lses, and for other and further relief.
Reference Is had to complaint for par |
ticulars.
fail to appear and answer the said COM
plant as above required, the said plaintiffs
Will apply to the Court for the relief de- |
mand in the said complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal OF |
the District Court Of the Seventeenth |
Judicial District of the State of California, |
In and for the county OF Los Angeles,
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and |
By A. RIMPAU, Deputy Clerk.
Barclay 4 Wilson, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
oll-4w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

GEN. SHERMAN's penchant for
writing letters is at present receiv-
ing good deal of notice, by no
means Of favorable kind, at the
hands OF the press. The General of
the Army undoubtedly has weak.
ness for Shopping over" on some
topic, but if he always devotes his
communications to purposes so in
nocent and even laudable as cheer
ing on the work of spanning the
wastes of Arizona with the iron
r,il, the people generally can af-
ford to forgive the old soldiers
G 'rrulity. For a man who once
bsnished Dewspapermen from his
lines, William Tecumseh Sherman
has remarkable faculty for ven-
tilating himself through the press.
L. nearly every instance thus far
he has employed ths types either
in insidious attacks on the Democ-
rlcy and Democratic retrench-
ment or in clarifying w. T. Sher.
man.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

THE news of the serious illness OF
Gen. Cotton, following so soon on
the heels of his election as Presi-
dent of the Arizona branch of the
southern Pacific Railway, is q re-
minder of the very rrecarious hold
which our railway magnates have
upon their energies and life. Gen.
Cotton appeared to be the youngest
and most active of the men who
have achieved such wonders in
railway building. What effec: the
death of the President would have
upon the Arizona extension il
would be difficult to say, but we
presume that the plans of these
mighty corporations have crys-
tallized into a system aud are in.
dependent Of the life or death of
their original promoters.-Since
writing the foregoing the intelli-
gence reaches us by telegraph that
Gen. Cotton is dead.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

ONE of our San Diego contempo-
riries the other day objected to the
Southern Pacific Railway designat-
ing that portion of its road running
South from Los Angeles as "The
San Diego branch" We do not
see any force in this querrulous OBJ
lection. Tom Scott started out six
or seven years ago with the osten-
sible purpose of building a railway
to San Diego, and he has not made
near as much progress in that di-
rection as the Southern Pacific has
done in the past two years. AS We
have often predicted, San Diego
will get her first railway from the
direction of Los Angeles and we
hope to see it pushed forward rap
idly,as we are anxious to see close
connection between our own Or
ange Grove City and our Southern
neighbor. San Diego can afford
to welcome the advent of the iron
horse from whatever direction it
may come.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

ceptionally unfavorable to the
wheat farmer on account of the ex-
cess of the rainfall, we have raised
more than enough wheat to feed
our own people. The Messrs.
Lankershim & Van Nuys have also
seen to it that we shall grind our
own flour, so that one principal
leak, through which money was
drained abroad, has been plugged.
When We look around Is
in Los Angeles city and county all
the signs Of revival of prosperity,
and a prosperity of the most robust
kind, present themselves. We may
not for years see again the specu-
lative fever which ragged here once.
But we have seen ths worst, and
the watchword henceforth is eX-
celsior. We shall go surely upward
and onward. We raise here the
corn, wine and oil which have
been the leading staples of COM
merce from the remotest days of
antiquity, and the vine, the fly,
olive, orange, lemon and pome-
granate will grow in rows with the
potato and the bean. We have two
millions of acres of spontaneous
grasses, which cure themselves on
the ground, on which to pasture ouI
sheep and cattle, leaving about
twelve hundred thousand acres
which are destined to richly re.
ward a minute and painstaking
cultivation, and from which u pop.
ulation of hundreds of thousand.
may derive comfortable sub
sistence. These things are certain
to make them selves felt; and, con.
sidering the comparatively low
prices of real estate now prevalen
here, they point out Los Angeles
as the Mecca of iudicious investors
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11

The situation for the Democracy
in the next House of Representa-
tives is becoming more and more
roseate. 1t actually appears that
we have carried two of the Iowa
Congressional districts. Great
heavens! Can such things be with
out o good deal of special wonder
on the part of Democrats them
selves? We herewith venture on a
little prophecy, which we are per-
fectly willing to have filed away
for future reference, viz, that the
Republican membership in the
next House will In no event exceed
one hundred and ten and may fall
considerably below ninety. Ant
yet we are told that the Demo-
cratic party is dead! In good sootf
it is lively sort of corpse.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
The Teachers Institute OF Los Angeles
county Will meet ut
UNION FL HAII.
In the City OF Los Angeles.
MONDAY, Nov. 4th, and continue
in session five days.

Hoa. E. s. Carr, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, Prof. A. l.. Mann,
City superintendent Schools, San Fran
ci co. Prof. IL. B. Norton, Of the State
Normal School, Mrs. Jeanne U. Carr,
Deputy Superintendent Public Instruc-
ton, and j. p. Widney, NJ. D., have been
iuvlted and are expected to assist In the
work OF the institute.
The attention OF teachers employed in
the Public Schools in the county is called
to Sec. l560 OF the School Law, which re-
quires them to attend the Institute aud
participate In its proceeding.
All teachers. school officers and per.
sons interested in the cause OF education
are invited to be present.
w. r. MCDONALD,
County Superintendent Schools.
Los Angeles, Oct. 10, 1878. olltd
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-11
FOR SALE.

The Stock, Fixtures aud Improve
ments Of the Candy and Stationery Store,
No. 81 Spring ttrest. The lease will be
transferred to the purchaser.
Mrs. Frye's Lung and Cough Syrup
constantly on hand. Mrs. Harrisonis
system Of dress-cutting taught in three
lessons. An Intelligence ONCE Is now
opened, and hose wishing help can be
supplied and those wishing EN- ploy IN ent
can obtain desirable situations.
Also, FOR SALE HEAP, q house and
barn, pleasantly located on y corner lot,
said lot coniaining a great vatiety OF
Tor other information INQUIRE at MRS.
j. S. FRYE'S, No. 64 Spring st. oclo