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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02

Thousands Of men and women are starving
themselves to death. They dare not eat ordHnk
this or that feaI.ug 1t will increase their iiesh
Life depends upon continuous seli-deniaL
The only safe and reliable remedy for this ter
rible condition is Allan's AntiFat. 1t is
wholly vegetable and perfectly harmless. Its
use insures a reduction of from two TO i've
pounds per week Sold by Druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02

FIRST IN EVERY REsPEcr.-The Gilbert
Starches are the best for strength, for purity,
for finish. for uniformity. In fact they are
made with such assiduous care that they are,
par excellence, Americas pride. Their works,
the capacity OF which is almost unlimited We
situated ct Buffalo, N. 7. lr-iH1H 9aI
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
THE TABLE.

-Doze Cake: 2 cups of sugar, cup OF
butter. cream; then add 4 beaten eggs.
1 cup of sweet milk, l teaspoonful OF
soda, 2cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls cream
tartar. Dissolve the soda IN the mix
and stir the cream-tartar into the Hour.
Flavor as you wish.
Cream for Coffee: The members Of
nv family (says correspondent OF the
Rural New Yorker prefer the following
made cream for their coffee to the genu-
inc article. Beat egg to foam, add
a tablespoonful of white sugar, and
nour over pint of boiling hot milk
stirring briskly as it is poured over the
egg. Prepare at night for the morning.
Cold Slaw: Slice or chop very fine !
head Tor enough for family use) of cab
haoe and season with salt and pepper.
Beat eggs well together; mix with it
a teacupful Of vinegar, tablespoonful
of unmixed mustard, a tablespoonful OF
sugar and tablespoonful OF butter
Bring to the boiling point and pour over
he cabbage.
To Cook New Potatoes : Wash,
rub the skin off, and drop into sailed,
boiling water. When tender, drain,
give shake and set on the back of the
stove to dry, with the cover little at
one side to allow of the escape of steam.
Boil some milk; put in large table,
spoonful of butter and thicken with
a little flour; wet smooth in milk. Take
ND the potatoes into vegetable dish and
pour over the gravy. a-s eeaasF -a
taon,,o IF Nour
Orleans molasses, the same of white sug-
ar, ] cup of hot water, in which l table,
spoonful of soda is dissolved. ! of cup
Of shortening (some prefer butter, but
use meat-fat or lard), and egg. Stir
in as much flour as possible, then place
upon the board and mix in just enough
to have them roll out nicely-they must
be quite soft. Roll them about one
fourth of an inch thick, and bake in a
quick oven. Ginger, If liked. "H 'a
String Beans for Winter Use: Wash,
take off the strings and cut into pieces
an inch in length. Put them into
stone Jar, first layer of beans, then 3
LAYER of salt, and so on, until the jar is
full. Put plate with weight on top,
and pour over cold water until recover
ed. Keep in the cellar. When wanted
for use, throw as many as are needed
into pail or pan of cold water, and let
freshen for half q day. Change the wa
ter twice or thrice. Cook the same as
if newly gathered. When packing, use
plenty of salt.
Cucumber Pickles: Take fresh from
the vines, wash carefully, put them into
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02
= BUrrALo. n. Y, Jnns 10, 1878.

To the Projectors Of Allan's AhtiFat:
Gey.asmsg.-The following report Is from the
lady who used Allan's AnttFat: sit tthe
Anti-Fat) had the desired effect, reducing the
fat from two to i've pounds a week, until
had lost twenty-five pounds. hope never TO
regain what have lost" Yours resp'y, =
POWELL & PIxrros, Wholesale Druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02

LADIES an know what nuisance II is to
have their yeast fail TO "come up" National
fasss never fails. Try it.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02
DR.. JOHN BULLS
Smiths TOlicSyrQp
FOR THE CURE OF
fever and ACUE
Or CHILLS and FEVER.

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine
Justly claims for it q superiority over all rem
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure
ofAgue and Fever, or Chills and Fever. wheth-
er of short or long standing. He refers to the
entire Western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth Of the assertion
that in NO case whatever will it failto cure II
the direct ons are strictly followed and carried
out. In great many cases sing le dose has
been sufficient for a cure, and whole families
have been cured by single bottle, with per-
feet restoration Of the general health. Its,
however, prudent, and in every case mare Ger
tain to cure, If its use is continued in smaller
doses for week or two af:er the disease has
been checked, more especially in difficult and
long-stauding cases. Usually this medicine
Will not require any aid to keep the bowels In
good order. Should the patient, however, re-
auire acathartic medicine, after having taken
three or four doses of the Tonic, single dose Of
BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will
be sufficient.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
have DR. JOHN BULL'Sprivates stamp on each
bottle. DR.J0HE BULL Only has the right 10
manufacture and sell the original JOHN j.
SMITHS TONIC sYRUP, Of Louisville, KY.
Examine well the label on each bottle. II my
private stamp 10 not on each bottle, do mot
purchase, or you will bs deceived. sef lsf.a
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02
.lsi 81 D.. Clark Johnssn'sbsa 81
Ic1nlAla BLOOD PURIFIER.
rfiss sf Large DsttI0 el.00
pEies Of small ysttIs 50

Read the voluntary testimonials nf pencns Who have
been cured By the use q Dr. Csark Johnsons Indian
Blood syrup In Jour own vicinity.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02

The difficulties Of spctting etc. overcome.
Any person In two lOurs, proince. from photo
graph, an ELEGANTLYPAlNrEDP PORTRAIT Tar su
perior and moro permanent than b. tho old mefhod
FULL INSTRUCTIONS, and composition suftcient 70
do two dozen cabinet portraits sent on receipt u tArf
nre ceaf& Address. ss aN AID ulssN 10
E. {. PRATT, 70 Jackson St, Chicago, III.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-02

cmw Jaekson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
Detroit Free Press Currency.

OHIO does more TO protect muskrats
than she does To protect children.
Now that the ice isgoing Massachusetts
has decided 10 admit colorod skaters t.
its rinks.
II has been found that one swallow
doesn't make spring. Therefore if you
are in hurry for spring, take two or
three swallows.
Boyd County, Ky, has repaired and
repainted its Jail and now hopes for an
inmate or two to add to the Shcrin7s i'm
poTtance.
Spain has only ninety-two Dukes left,
and how they are 10 come over here and
swell over our nineteen thousand gen
erals is more than ahumble- minded par
agrapher can understand.
New Orleans declares that it's streets
are cleaner than those of New York.
Chicago, Cincinnati or Buffalo, and she
won't take any Sass" from the papers
of those cities.
Now is your time to write card 10
some newspaper stating that you are not
candidate for the next Presidency. IL
you don't do il some convention NAV
use your name.
A New Jersey grocer can Gil n dry
cocoanut with water and plug up the
hole so deftly that the small boy suspects
no cheat. And yet men say that inven-
tive genius is in its infancy.
They tell about the wonderful saga
city of Indians, yet one in Omaha who
tried To follow the trail of midnight
cat IN the snow was so used up i'm two
hours that he threw up the job and got
dunk
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05

Have | not waited years? % he said
" All my time abroad was waiting, and
then came back aud found my Madge
more than ever had dared To hope
But Madge, in her new freedom, did
not forget poor Jack. Indeed, she was
almost in trouble about her unkindness
TO him when she heard that he had been
only playing a part, bearing all her
teasing, and being purposely unCraCious
whenever she grew kind. But Gertrude
consOled her eflectually on that score by
telling another secret after her kiss of
congratulation
Jack was, indeed, doing his best to
carry out the plan, she said; aud he
was often grieved about you; but, dear
Madge, you must congratulate us now
not me, but US. Jack and | made it up
between us months ago, and we had
many quiet laugh about you.
80 Madge herself accepted the ring,
and wore her golden fetters by her own
free will after all; nor was there ever "A
happier or more willing captive. As
for titzallau, if he was not another
Arthur, "A the girls fancy had
prompted her To call him, he was
" blameless" as the Prince of the
ldyls," and far more blest; and if he
r0igned over no realm, he was at least
king of one brave and tender heart-a
Kingdom wide enough TO satisfy his de-
sires, and prize which time proved TO
be we'll worth his years Of waiting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
Only n Kettle.

Nothing can be better than a copper
toakettle. 1t is a lovely thing, porched
on a couple of legs, as il were, with a
little lamp beneath il wherewith 20 heat
its contents and porcelain handle
above IL wherewith TO lift il, and "A
curved nozzle through which the water
can run in a gentle stream into the cups
and glasses placed to receive il.
You may not be aware Il said 60 my
wife) that | have already Christcned
this bronze kettlc2 After the house
was quiet last night | thought il would
be good plan to start il OIL ON its Jour
ney. Ii commenced series of Misses
and grumblings and groaus, and lifting
its cover, as if il desired to let its con-
tents out upon the world. 1t is good
kettle, said TO myself, and its bronze
ana rounded shape reminds me Of the
dusky bosom of an Ethiop's bride.
How the water boiled up violently,
as If II did not like the comparison
had made.
went on stirring and slipping, sip
ping and stirring, watching the delicate
steam come curling forth, until, Just as
| was getting drowsy, out popped the
loudest of cuCkoos announcing twelve
o'clock; and after that the clock and
kettle got mixed together. 1t appeared
10 me that every few minutes the clock
would send out its cuckoo TO see how the
kettle was getting on; and the kettle
in turn would allow little Whit of
steam TO fly up toward the clock in n
most friendly fashion.
Soon they got to he very intimate, 40
that to save me | could not tell which
was the clock and which was the kettle.
Finally | took the clock down and put
it in the pantry, where you keep the
kettle, and hung up the kettle where
the clock had been and the moon went
out and | went 70 bod.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
A Beautiful Story.

COleridge relates story to this effect:
Alexander, during his march into
Africa, came TO n people dwelling in
peaceful huts, who knew neither war nor
conquest. Gold being offered him, he
refused it, saying that his sole object
was TO learn the manners and customs
OF the inhabitants. "Stay with us,"
said the chief, rs long as it pleaseth
thee"
During this interview with the Afri-
can chief, two Of his subjects brought n
case before him for judgment. The dis.
pute was this: The one had bought a
piece Of ground which, after the pur.
chase, was found to contain a treasure.
Tor which he felt himself bound TO pay
The other refused to receive any thing,
stating that he had sold the ground with
what 1t might be found 10 contain, ap-
parent or concealed
said the chief, looking at the one ::
" you have son" and TO the other
" You have daughter; let them be
married, and the treasure given them az
a dowry"
Alexander was astOnished.
" And what said the chief would
have been the decision ia your country"
" We should have dismissed the
parties and seized the treasure for the
kings use"
And does the sun shine in your
country % said the chief "does the ram
fall there? Are there any cattle there
which feed upon herbs and green grass P'
" Certainly" said Alexander.
" All, said the chief, il il for the
sake of those innocent cattle that the
Great Being permits the sun 10 shine,
the rain 70 fall and the grass TO grow in
your country"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
CIIAPTER II.

Never in her life before mad Madpe
been 20 serious or so troubled as she was
now, in the soft light among the coof
plants, within sound Of the half-hushed
music.
Will you do me a favor" she in
quired, raising the gray eyes that
shone for moment with liquid bright
ness.
-" You have only to name it am at
your service"
Ills manner, unrOmantic to studied
degree, made her feel all the more safe
in taking heart TO speak, while she gave
him at the same time in generous meas
ure that most precious Offering to which
every Doble-hearted man entities him
selt-a wOman's respect
1 have seemed very happy tonight,
Mr. Fitzallan," she began ia a quiet.
low tone, the torn leaf trembling i'm her
face, but am IN great trouble"
Indeed / am sorry to hear It,"
lie drew little nearer, listening at.
tentvely, and helping her now and
again by n word Of encouragement.
Her story was a simple one. She was
TO be married next month to her cousin.
Mr. Hawkesbury. She had dreaded IL
all her life, but it was her fate. And
then, taking courage from the respectful
and almost paternal demeanor of the
listener, she made the frank confession
that she disliked her cousin lust because
she was forced to marry him and to
this she added such q child-like entreatv
not to be thought too bad, that IL must
have required more than ordinary self
control for Fitzallan not 10 say some
thing that would have allowed the scene
TO become a tender one; but this he
seemed determined 20 avoid, and so iu
her simple way was the s1dly-perplcxcd
girl who was pouring out her hearts
trouble to him.
viii you speak for me To- Mr..
Selwyn, she said as you are an OLD
friend Of his? j cannot reason as men
do, but ] want you 10 try If there Is any
way OF trelease for me. Pray forgive me
If am wrong i'm asking your interfer-
ence, but ] am very wretchcd here
came burst OF tears that must have
tired the listener sOrcly-" and I myself
have so often spoken spoken to Mr..
Selwyn, and IL is Of no use. lie always
says my fathers will must be carried
OUT o. how ! wish could do It,"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
First Impressions of Mexico.

One OF the first Impressions on land
ing IN Mexico is that the ship has some
how got out of her course and landed
you in Liliput. Everything is too small
TO look natural. Mr.. Prescott and other
vivacious historians have made YOU be
licve that everything in Mexico is lovely,
and, of course, big--fountains, plazas
palaces and such things hidden behind
every stump. Thus another cargo of
glassware is kicked out Of the basket
and falls To the ground in n million
pieces. Everything is too little to STUN
bic over. The men arc only half grown /;
the horses, poor, miserable, shaggy,
bOnny creatures, are not much bigger
that our Newfoundland dogs, going
about tho streets barefoot. hungry, gen
orally lame and altogether wretched
The houses are in the same proportion
None of them are more than two stories
high, and this is not To be regretted, for
three stories of such prison-looking tene-
ments "A these are would drive the peO-
pie crazy. Some of them spread over n
good deal Of ground, but they are pig
nleS compared to our monster struC-
tures. IL must be constant dread to u
thin man in Havana, Vera Cruz or Mex
icO that he may grow fat and not DO
able TO walk on the sidewalks. The wo-
men are smaller than the men-the av-
erage would bo fully head shorter
They are also better looking, but they
couldn't be dirtier; it would be useless
for them to try. There are great
many foreigners here who arc up 10 the
usual European size; but if they were
not here, five feet would be high enough
for the dOorpOsts. A good many of these
foreigners are as thin as they are tall
The native black beans and batter cakes
don't fit the imported stomach.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
GIadstone,s Idea or n Hero.

Mr. Gladstone, in an address on "Br
Hook" recently gave his idea of hero
lie holds that a hero il n man who must
have ends beyond himself, in casting
himself, as il were, out Of himself, and
must pursue these ends by means which
are honorable and lawful, otherwise
he might degenerate into wild enthu-
siasm. Ho must do this without distor-
tiOn or disturbance OF his nature az n
man, because there were cases Of men
who were heroes in a great part, but who
were1o excessively given TO certain ideas
and objects of their own that they lost
al the proportion Of their nature. A
man TO be hero must pursue ends be-
yond himself by legitimate means. He
must pursue them as man, not as n
dreamer. He must not give 20 some
one idea disproportiOnate weight which
IL did not deserve, and forget every
thing else which belonged to the perfec-
tiOn and excellence of human nature.
If he did all this he was a hero, even If
he had not very great powers, and If he
had great powers, then he was con
summate hero. A greater hero than
Napoleon was the captain Of n ship
three or four years ago, who, when his
ship was quiverinR and the water gurg-
ling round her, and the boats had been
lowered to savG such persons AZ could
be saved, stood by the bulwarks with n
pistol in his hand and threatened 10
shoot dead the first man who endeav-
ored TO get into the boat until every
woman and child was provided for.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
NUMBER 80.
OLD Music.

Back from tho misty rralns ot limo,
IA K from the years asouc,
Family We catch the rim INK rhyme
Aud hear tho melody aud chime
Ol oidcu songs Vf strains sublime,
Like carols Of biris At dHwu.
And over We hear them soft aud low,
uarping their music sweet
SOugs that Wc loved ga the lone ago
Ripping their uquid chn and how,
puttiug their cadence Co aud tro,
liko the fall Of passing loot
Some faces our hearts will over hold,
Somo smilcs wo rcmCmhor yet
There were iowtug locks like tho sunsets gold,
TrCto were parted lips of Cupils mold
Aud the Songs they sang can uc'cr grow old,
For our hearts can ne er FORGET
Tho tunes that the vo' CO Of girlhood sung,
Tho chords that WC love full we'll.
when ho, Cs wcrC huoyaut. hearts were young,
WHOM fairy bolIs In the n0Ncr cups rung,
Aud ever loll from maldcn's tongue
Tho words Of witching spell.
An, woll.a-dRy tia story past
Which l may not n again;
Twas happiness too AwCct TO last;
The heavy Clods ON her grave arr cast.
Aud her voice ia stillod, and above her fast
rails tho cold wintry rain.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
a GEOLOGICAL ROMANCE.
m c. y. ADAMS.


INSPIRED by au Unusual flow OF Animal Spirits. J
No sWsetcr girl eve ever gnu
Than Betty Martens daughter sue
with sable hare small taplr waist,
And lips you'd gopher miles TO taste
Bright, lsmbent eyes like the garelie
sheep PerilY brought TO bear 20 WE'LL
Ape pretty Lars, Ct wasavoued,
Oh whom her marmot 20 be proud.
Deer grill loved her as my life
Aud vowed TO heller for my wife
Alasl a sailor, on the ely,
had cast on her his wother eye
He said my love for her was bosb.
And my affection musqussh.
He'd dog her footsteps everywhere
Anteatei in the easy chair
He'd setter round, this sailor chan.
And pointer out upon the map
Where once pirate cruiser boar
Him captive to a foreign shore.
The cruel captain far outdid -
The yaks and crimes Of Robert Kid.
he oft would whale Jack with the cat.
And cay Ny buck, doe you like that
- What makes you stag around 40 savl
Ihe caiSmounts to something, hey7"'
Then he would zeal It with an oath.
And say, " You are a lazy slOthl
IN starve you down, my sailor fine,
UntiI for beef and porcupineH
And, fairly horse with iendish laughter.
Would say, " Henceiorth, mind what giraffe ter
Il IT,ss! ,s9T, T,.,I the many many risks he ran
Then he wrecked anl castor shore
While foebly clnging 10 aroai
Hyena cleft among the rocks
He crept, sans shoes and minus OK.
And when he fain would 20 10 bed
He had TO lion leaves instead.
hen Sue would say with troubled face,
How koodoo live in such placer"
And straightway into tears would melt
And say, " How badger must have felt!''
While he, the brute, woodchuck her chm.
Ana say, AYE, aye, my lass!" and grin
EScuse these steers O. It's over nov
There's naught like grife the hart can COW.
Jackass'd her 20 he his, and She
She gave Jackal, aud iilted me.
And now, alasl the little minks
Is bound to him with Hymen's lynx.
-Defron Free Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
An Odd Libel Suit.

a novel libel case was before one Of
the Chicago courts lately, in WI ich one
German sued another for calling him a
"Spizbube" " The Jury was composed
OF Americans, who did not know what
the word meant, and some Germans
who were frank enough TO admit that
the meaning Of the word depended on
its connection and the occasion of using
IT, Before the experts who we're called
to establish the meaning Of the word
were through, the jury knew 80 little as
TO the merits Of the pathological cOntro.
versy that they could not decide whether
the plaintiff or the defendant was the
Sptzbube," and 30 acquitted the lat
ter. The IrDVuc explains that the word
Spiz' means "point," and the word
Bubc' rascal knave. or cunning
fellow" Used together. their signif-
cance IN English would be the "hcad
rascal" The meaning of the term. how
ever, lies In its application 10 may
mean nothing. q very little. or n great
deal IL may be used as a term of en-
dearment ~ when % father calls his son
p cunning little rascal, j." or ~ an ex-
treme term of reproach. 10 occupies n
wide field of application, and involves
shades OF meaning too cunning for an
American jury % separate. Whenever
one German is called n Spizbube" by
another therefore, let him demand that
he shall repeat the libel in English. and
u he won't do it, take satisfaction by
knocking him down.
WIEN We see men Of worth, we should
think OF equaling them when we see
q
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05
Coming Comets and Asterolds.

Palisa, an astronomer Of Berlin and
discOvercr Of numerous asteroids, has
just caught another in the constellation
Of Leo. IL is Of the eleventh magnitude
This is the one hundred and ninety
third ON the list. 1t isa great pity that
the world which probably revolved
between Mars and Jupiter was so
knocked to pieces If there was such
world, IL was undoubtedly n large one,
Judging from the fragments. IL would
have furnished one more interesting
object OF study in the heavens whereas
the asteroids are 20 small as 10 be Of little
value except TO keep astronomers hunt
ing for new ones
Professor o. IT. Landrcth, Of tho
Dudley Observatory Albany, informs
Professor Swift hat BrOnscns comet
was sighted from the Observatory on the
18th ult 70 Is a telescOpic object and
may be found in the constellation Of
Cctus. II was expected tO make it's
appearance about this time Professor
Swift was unable 20 look for it, AZ he
broke the object glass Of his telescope a
few evenings ago. The object fell from
the tube ON the hard gravel roof of
Dufy's cider mill and the flint lens was
broken. The glass was replaced by
Alvan Clark q Son.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05

WHEN we sec men Of worth, we should
think Of equaling them when we see
men Of contrary character, we should
turn inward and examine ourselves
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05

INSPIRED by au Unusual Flow OF Animal Spirits.
No sweetCr girl eve ever gnu
Than Betty Martens daughter Sue