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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
WASTE AND WANT.

Either man must be sOnient with pov>
erty all his lie. or else be wi hug To aeny
himself svme luxuries, and save. TO iav
tie base Of independence III tie future.
But If Il man drues the future, aad spends
all he earns, whei her his earning be one or
Ten dollars = day) let hun look out for
lean and hungry want at some future
lime-for il will surely come, no matter
what he thinks. To save Is absolutely
the only way to get a solid fortune; there
is no other anu mode 1hose who shut
their eyes and ears 10 these plain fact
will be forever poor, and for their obsti,
nate rejection OF the truth, mayhap viii
die in rags and hlth.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05

Denver Tribune: On Thursday Dec.
Is, 1877. Professor j. II. Kerr. who Is Pro
fessor of Chemistry and Geology, Colorado
College, had the honor of moving the dry
bones of hive different creatures, which
had been sleeping Tor countless ages N
that most lovely OF regions near the foot
of Pixies Peak. knowl as the Garden of
the Gods The largest reptile. If We may
Judge from the bed which he occupied
" hile living supinely on his back contem>
plating the grandeur of his surroundings.
mus. have been one hundred and seyen~
teen feet. IL was found in the lower ere
tacious formation on one of the smaller
ridges o. the Garden. and about tive huns
dred yards east of south OF the famous
gateway. The rocks are nearly perpen,
dlcuiar, ana the animal appears TO have
spent long period OF It's fossil existence
on its back.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
PEACHES PLUCKED On CB IRIS T
MAS

Discussing tn 2 balmy weather OF this win
ter, a gentleman well known in Harris
burg as one of our oldest and most success
fui business men. now located on Third
street. stated to us this morning that he
plucked peaches from tree on his prem
lses on Christmas dav, 1852. aud seeded
them rs part Of the desert FOR tee dinner
on the occasion. Gen. Cameron, II he
read. this paragraph. will recall he incl
dent, as he ate a portion of the fruit. and
also examined the tree on the day referred
to wbirh contained il. This. as an inci>
dent CT past propinous winter weather
has not often been % passed IN the fruit
line IN this latitude. i Ham. sb1Ig Iele>
Graph.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
DODGE CITY. SATURDAY. JAN. S. rs
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC TOE.

CcO1 hut pEetht nhSA
Fair swain Is this which dances with your
daughter.
The good people love 10 gather together
in annual celebration of the birth Of the
Christ child, and the CAROLS that go heav-
onward upon eacb returning Christmas
eve bear with them the sweet story OF the
shepherds ihat ieit their fooks upon the
hills OF Betheichcfn. TO follow the star TO the
manger that crsGled the sleeping Savior.
Eighteen centuries have come and gone
since the virgin greeted her child, and the
world once a year LAYS aside its cares TO
I1ingle in the festivities OF Christmas
tide.
The splendor Of the day was IN keeping
with the life TO be celebrated. To tell Of
all the children, that claabered out of
WAITE beds 70 stand shyering before the
laden stockings, would tirsns todeath, and
our poor heads are still so filled with VI
sions of delicious yiands, that we have
hardly strength enough to tell you about
the Masquerade they had IN Clabber Alley.
1t was an exceedingly select affair. In
deed 20 white trash were admitted, ex-
cent representatives Of the leading iourD.
mails and hifeiings of the police court.
The elaborate par.ors at The residence of
Mrs. Doke were thrown open at an early
hour and were soon thrvnged with the
very best OF our ladies ami gentlemen
lob cullah.
We gained safe position IN quiet corr
ner, and while waiting Tor the ''doin's" To
begin, took in the surroundings. Every>
thing displayed the exquisite taste of some
master hands. The carpets were neatly
folded aud laid away IN a corner. the walls
ylistened with a thousand candles, and
there WAS clock-work regularity IN the
carrying out of plans that cannot be too
highly cemint nded.
The grand promenade commenced at /.
O'Clock promptly, and It's safe to say that
the elegance of the costumes and the grace
and carriage of tine ladies and gentlemen
have never been equaled in this communi-
ty. The master of ceremonies was ouI
well known and popular Iownsman Mr..
Ephriam Rodgers, and the smiling young
widow that met the gues. IS at the door wa,
no other ihan the accomplished Mrs Doke.
The music was furnished from an elevated
stand in the rear parlor. and lent inspiTa'
ton TO the well rounded figures that whIrl
ed over the floor.
We weuld like to speak of the custume'
60 numerous and beautiful, but space for
bids. 1t is enough TO say that the dancing
and nerrsmakiDs continued long aftel
Christmas had faded into tho past. ans
that he affair was complete success.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
NEsWPAPERs BEGGgRs NOT
WANTED



To that innumerable class of people in
all parts of the United States wao are IN.
cessantly importuning rs by postal card
and letter to send them specimen copies OF
our paper as tnev are 'desrous 10 learn
all about Kansas, with a view OF locating.
and who as often fail to enclose ten cents
for paper and postage, We saw stay where
YOU are. You are not wanted. Our com
munity is now overstocked with that class
of people who make II Christian duty to
dead-bcat the printer-who have no hlehr
er appreciation of his services than that he
should work for nothing, rob himself and
family of the necessities Of life, aud give
his services aud entire proceeds of his
business to the public. Better that our
land lie idle than 10 be occupied by such a
horde Of penniless, heartless, braInless,
penufious skiniiints. II is IN consequence
of such that drouths. grasshopper plaques
and floods are sent upon Us. Don't come,
We beg OF you. for such plaques will In
evItably follow in your wake.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05

Beechei's sermon. when we come TO get
the whole OF II, Is moi SO scanjalous rs has
been represented ia the extracts that first
COME 10 hand lie has not repudiated
he'll he mas merely expressed HIS opinion
that it 10 hot a place made cheerful by
burning birthstone, and he allows that a
good many people. including the ancients
ana the hcatbsus, Will not get ~ much of
II in their future life a. Is insisted upon by
eunt pioUs aud excellent people. lie also
behtNes that he could not enjoy Ihc cons
yentlopai heaven. II upon looking over the
batIlemenis thereof. lie should see beyond
the impossible gulf. an intimate friend.
Muuliuu for instance. or a member of his
family. ioasuns IN eternal blaz-s. Mr..
iieechrr expressly denies thar II Is his lie
hef that the " hole HumanIace 90 straight
to iatayen-Ii Mould make The society there
toe mixed. Ii l.. therefore. possible that
be bcli,S is IN enough Iel, heIeafjeI 10 an
swer ali practicable purposes. Alter read
ing he whole sermon. We see nothing 10
change the statement we made al first.
tbat Is. that ii was no new departure
on his part aud his views coincide with
tire great body OF the church with which
be is associated. -lCommOnwca!th.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
rnR POLITICAL SITUATION,

BosToN. Dec. 29.-At . dinner of the
Banks club this evening Gen. Butler
spoke at length on the political situation
He defended the Presidents title. but
criticized the Southern policy. About
eighty prominent republicans were pres
enf. Mr. Banks and others made speeches.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05

In Germany corn is grown - an Orna-
mental garden plant; IN Switzerland 1t Is
started 10 beds and afterwards transplant
ed IN the field with three plants in . bill,
The latter three feet apart each way; IN
France IL is sown in drills with the plants
two feet apart England's climate is too
cold and wet for its successful culture.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-05
DRCu.soNs OF THE COURTS RR-
LATINO TO NEW0P APRB SUE
CRlPTlONs AND AR0BABAGB0.

]. Subscribers who do not give express
orders to the contrary are considered a.
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2. If subscribers order tho discontinue
ance of their periodical, she publishers
may continue to send them until arrear-
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3, IL Subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their periodical from the Office TO
which they are directed. they are re-
sponsibie until they have settled their
bills. and ordered them discontinued.
4. II subscribers move TO other places
without informing the publisher. and the
papers are sent TO the former direction.
they are held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that res
fusing" to take periodicals from the office. .
or removing and leaving them uncalied
for. is prima facia evidence of Intentional
fraud.
6. Anv person who receives a news
paper ard makes use Of 1t, whether he
has ordered it or not, is held. by law, to
be subscriber.
z. II subscribers pay IN advance. thew
are bound TO give notice TO the pnbish>
ers, at the end of Their time, If they do
not wish 10 continue taking IT. otherwise
the publisher is authorized to send 1t on.
and the Subscribers will be responsible
until an express notice with payment OF
all arrears are sent to the publisher.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08
me Millennium.


rev York Herald.l
The large attendance Of ministers
and laymen at the conference in this
city yesterday Of the believers Of the
second advent Of our Lord, Is the best
evidence that could be given Of the
keen interest that Is fsit IN this ques-
ton by the various Christian deRom-
nations. With one or two exceptions
ALMOST every division Of the Christian
church vas represented. Nearly one
huedred eleFgymeD. who in other mat
ters Of belief are vide apart a. the
poles, met on a common platform 10
attest their adhesion 10 this idea, and
il Is very certain that the doctrinal
divisions Of the platform had their
counterpart in the large audience in
front Of It. This amicable gathering Of
Presbyterian and Baptist, Methodist
and Episcopalian is in itself strong
presumptiye eYidence in favor Of the
second advent and the millennium.
which the second advent implies. Ii
is sweet 70 see brethren dwelling To-
gether in peace. and there is some
consolation in kaoEiag that there is al
least one point upon which Christian
clergymen can unite. At the megtina
yesterday no light was thrown upor
the question under discussion: and il
is not very probable that we shall
know any more on tie subject after
the conference adjourns than W 4,
now. The theologians for nearly twt
thousand years haye not been able t,
/ agree upon it or 70 explain the precis.
meaning ofthes eriptqrai passages qpoi
which, however, as . whole, the belle
is founded. But, nevertheless, tn
conference can do no harm, and th
fact that such a meeting is possible /
in itself q very great gain to the caus
4 Of true religion The meeting yester
t day may in fact be ega Of the signs 0
the millennium. Who cas- tollY'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08
members. The Democrats will have
a good working majority in any event.

OUR Memphis exchanges are coming
again, and as all the back papers for the
past two months are coming in, we can
fairly gorge ourselves with accounts Of
yellow fever horrors. The pestilence ere
ated sad havoc in the newspaper offices.
In the Avalanche office, out of thirty-two
connected with it thirteen died and nine
teen convaleseed. The LEDGER office,
four died and nine recovered. Five
escaped the disease in the Avalanche
office, and one in the LEDGER. Out Of
one hundred and fourteen persons con-
nected with the Memphis newspapers,
thirty-six died, seventy had the disease
and recovered, and only eight entirely
escaped.
The above is from the San Antonio
Express. 1t does notfully convey the
idea of the sufferings endured by the
press of Memphis. We propose to
give a statement as to the LEDGER in
a day or two which will be nearer ac-
curate than anything that has yet APP
neared
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

A GHoULIsH CRIME.

A very bold and remarkable crime
was committed in New York night be-
fore last. The body of the late mer-
chant prince A. T. Stewart was stolen
from the family vault at St. Marks
Church, in the very heart of New
York city. The robbers, who must
have numbered. five or six, successfully
carried out a well-laid plan and made
good their escape. The beats of two
policemen terminate at the church
yard ratings, but they saw nothing
during the night to excite their
suspicious. The work was done
by experts, who knew exactly
where to find the body. About
a month ago it wa discovered
that the vault had been tempered
with. and the slab was therefore re-
moved a few feet from its true position,
but this did not mislead the thieves.
1t is supposed that the body, which
could not be very heavy, was placed in
a sack and carried off in a wagon.
The object was either to secure a re-
ward for the body, or to sell it to med
ical students for dissection. 1t is an
nounced that the estate Of A. T..
Stewart viii give a reward Of $780,
600 for the detection and punishment
Of the outlaws. There is an old saying
about honor among thieves but
where several are concerned in such a
rhoalish business IS this it Is not ike
II that 81 viii keep faith under such 4
f-ying tsmpzhoh No reward viii be
paid for the body, and no compromise
made In the ease. If the criminals
ara sasstsd- they viii Be likely to suf-
fer the extreme penalty ef the law
provided fr such ; crime. But the
men who could plan and carry out
such . piece Of work knew the great
nskthey were taking and have Bod0ubt
covered ~ their tracks Il seems IN
credible that such 5 crime could BE-
committed IN the gas light and in the
center Of the great metropolis, but the
fses reminds Us that human nature
can be as depraTsd in this enlightened
century Is In any former age. II the
majority Of people are better than
their ancestors in some respects, it i
not 50 much on account Of inherent
goodness IS the Influences Of eiyiliza-
ton, Of law, Of public opinion, and d
religion It Is apparent, however
that nothing but the strong srm Of the
law will reach and restrsin some
classes aud some sbnsrmally bad
vicious natures.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

mail bag. A match was struck and
the light Rugged in by a hat, when he
wished to see the needle. SO from
every creek, Of pitch dark and unruly
nights, the brave fellows ventured over
thirty miles of boiling surge. The
Fedorals never dreamed of such haz-
ards and pluck, and so kept safe under
the shore out of the storm. There
are a number of men in this section
who regularly crossed the bay in angry
weather, who now would count it mad
ness for the largest vessels to 90 out
in such fearful gales and rain. Peace
has made them now weak as a woman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

VIZ learn that guerrilla cotton buy
ers are on some Of the roads lead
ing into Memphis, buying up
cotton at FIVE and six cents a
pound. They represent to those con-
ing in with wagons Of cotton that the
fever isstill raging here as bad as ever.
and that it is certain death 10 come
into the city. The people are obliged
to have money, 50 they sell their cot
ton for what they can get and go back
home to buy supplies from country
merchants. The same business,
we learn, is going on in the
neighbordood of fernando and
other towns. If all the cot
ton growers were intelligent and
took the newspapers they could not be
imposed upon in this way. The men
who take advantage of ignorance and
credulty are in a low down bushes.
and deserve to be held up to scorr
aud contempt. IL any Of our country
friends will send in the names Of thes,
worthless we will publish them will
appropriate comments. Our leadinJ
merchants ought to look after tn
country trade and see hat the cottol
comes here and is sold at the marke
price.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

andi is good for seventy-fve above that
point. There never was a season like
this one before. For the FIRST time in
many years they had up there what
you would call an open winter. There
was no ice or snow. At Fort Benton,
sad just look at your map and you will
find it about forty-seven degrees lati-
tude, and that's pretty far north, they
didn't put up q ton Of ice. About the
frst Of March the rainy eason set in.
There has not been twelve good days
since, | will venture to say, and
mind you | know all about that
country, more rain has fallen in that
latitude this year than in the fifteen
years previous. Vegetation is rank
and tropical in its luxuriance. Weeds
of unusually ordinary growth are
higher than a mans head, and from
the water mosquitoes are bred by the
million. II you publish what l have
been telling you about the pests, some
people will laugh and call it exaggera-
ton. Young man, | couldn't begin to
| give you an idea of their numbers,
They fly in clouds. They obstruct the
light Of the sun. They are ravenous.
They are as bad in the day as in the
night. They drive a man almost crazy.
Just think of preferring to sit in a
binding and sitting smoke rather than
venture outside where the mosquitoes
would get at them. Rather would |
promenade twenty hours a day through
the yellow fever district of New Or
leans than go through with the expert
ence with mosquitoes that | had this
summer. 1t is awful. | can give you
no idea of the nuisance, the torture.
And the captain aimed a vicious blow
at a sleepy fly and walked vigorously
around to shake off the memory of this
upper Mississippi mosquito misery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08
PInclkY HIniI Cnrriers.

Across the Chesapeake, during the
war, the canoes, in stormy aud mooll-
less nights, darted, The Redeml cut
ters watched the hay The daring
runner waited for murky
weather, and a tempcstuous sea, and
thon shot out into thewide and f6am-
ing waters with atiny compass hid in
his slender boat, too crmped 10 carry
well a single mag AND the NONiedente
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

any public man. This used not to be
so of old, and perhaps the time will
come when the carnival will again be
a period of privileged buffoonry; for
the present, Pierrots, Punches, debar-
deurs and mock 6remen or carabineers
chiefly abound, with here and there q
harlequin and clown. The women
dress themselves as peasant girls with
stiff Norman caps, shepherdesses, Vi
wanderers, or, as above said, in the
coats and trousers of young gentlemen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

The Chinese Commissioner of Edu-
cation, Yung Wing, says that he be-
lleyes that tea can be successfully Gull
tivated in certain parts of the United
States, but that Chinese labor will be
necessary to accomplish it successfully,
and that Cinnamon are not just now
disposed to emigrate to this country
In very great numbers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

THE election returns come in slow
ly from the various States and the
exact result will not be known for a
day or to. The greenback movement
created some disturbance in the older
parties, but these will probably hold
about their former relative position in
congress. The Democrats will still
hold a majority in the house, and that
probably greater than in the present
congress. The Republicans made a
desperate effort, and in some instances
made gains, but in Others lost old
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

A month ago there we're only eight
doctors in allCypress, and Larnica, the
capital, possessed but a sigle apothe-
cary's shop, the proprietor of which
complains of no business. The cause
is not in the healthiness Of the island,
but in the want of faith in medicine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

The Captain Of a steamboat gave a
St. Loais reporter the following ilfor-
nation concerning mosquitoes on the
upper Missouri well, sir, We saw
poor cattle rush down into the water
and wade out until everything was
covered but their heads, and then the
pests would light on their heads in
swarms, and bite their noses, and every
place they could settle on, until the
poor things beloved in their agony,
and closed theiT Dyes and tossed their
heads. If they were human they
would commit suicide. AS it is they
are driven mad. Poor things, they
are nothing but skin and bones; mere
skclctOns, clothed in swollen and ul-
cerated skins. como Of the boys
killed a few Of them, but they we're
not fit to bring on board. Same way
with all the animals. Antelope and
deer ware reduced TO nothing but
skeleton6 by tbs vampires. If you
held your hand ont fora qpartep gg
minute, it would be covered 50 thick
with mosquitoes that it would look
like yoq had q glove on. The suffering
Of the men was awful. III tell you
how VIC were able to get through ]
took down my stove pipes and KEPT
smoky fires burning all the time, | haC
two small hand furnaces making smoke
in the pilot-house all the time, so thai
the pilots could work. The men wer,
all broke up. Every limb was swelleC
up, and you could not have recognized
the features ofyour own brother. The
smoke was the only protection, and i
was pretty near al bad rs the mosqui
toes. The eyes Of all the men werl
blood-shot. Life was misery.
"Themosquito latitude begins abou
se~yenty-fye miles below Bismarck
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

Stop it at once. If you see your nurse
giving the baby either laudanum, pare
goric or any soothing remedy containing
opiates, stop it at once. If you want a
good medicine for your children, get DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup, warranted to contain
nothing injurious, but safe and efficient.
Price % cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-08

Quite recently q fierce war was
waged between the doctors Of New
York as to whether the noise of the
elevated railroads was injurious to
health or not. While 1876 certified
that it aroused every disease under the
sun, over 200 solemnly protested that
it never even produced a headache as
a toothaehe..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-08
Another Funder Rewarded.

Colonel JOIN &. McCAULL, OF Roanoke,
was last week elected clerk 81 the Joint
Committee on the Criminal Laws. We take
It that Colonel McCAULL's faint with the
fEnding hill was not considered an insu-
perable objection. In 1872 he took the dis
ease badly; indeed, he had it in the confu-
emit form. It may be that any resulting
effects from it may have been eradicated by
his vaccination for a new disease, and the
change wrought In his mental constf tuition
May be SO complete as TO lead him to Join q
combination toundertakc the destruction Of
law which he had ii conspicuous part in
making. On the 2sth March, 1872, he, rep
resenting the hlghiy-rcspe ctable citizens Of
Roanoke county, voted for the funding bill.
He is ordinarily not q man to give an in
different support to any legislative measure.
He Is apt 10 STRAIN a point to carry his OBJ
iecf. He gave his influence as well as his
vote TO the funding act. lis now codpe.
rating With the anti-fnnders, and we sup
pose this the cause OF bis election as clerk
sot the committee. The anti-tunders too
well kpaWS Ills useil llness jim and ont Of the
asufe not "a avail tlhenss yes Of 90 is