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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
DODGE CITY. SATURDAY. MAY 81.
A ST. LOUIS CONNECTION.


A railroad enterprise with . probable
termination at Dodge City, is the latest
venture in railroad connection. The 81.
Louis Republican says Of the proposed road
The 81. Louis. Kansas 4 Wichita Rail
road is the name Of new road, LA miles
10 length, about to be constructed and
vhicn, when completed. will form an i'm
portant connection with 81. Louis. The
new road will extend from Oswsgo, in La
bette county, Kansas, to Wichita, on the
Arkaneas river. 1t ~ill form the continu-
alton of the Missouri & Western Road, the
latter starting from Pierce City, on the line
of the St. Louis d San Francisco Railroad,
and known - the Kansas Branch.
The distance from Pierce City to Osweso
Is SO miles, which is already built, and
from Oswego to Wichita, 144 miles, which
will make the whole length of completed
road 227 miles. The St. Louis 4 San
Francisco Railroad Company have bought
the charter. right Of way OF the new route
and the portion Of the Carthage road, and
the counties have subscribed S553, 900 to aid
in building it. The entire cost of the road
and equipment will be $4,000. 900.
Mr.. Blicksenderfer. the chief engineer,
and corps Of engineers, have about com
pleted the preliminary survey of the route
from Osweso, and the contract for building
the entire line will be closed within ten days.
The counties through which il passes are
Labette, Montgomery, Wilson, Greenwood,
Butler and Sedgwick. Oswego, the starting
point, is % miles west of the Missouri line.
The route passes about Is miles south Of
Parsons and taps a rich, fertile country,
nineteen twentieths OF which 10 beautiful
prairie. we'll watered, with deep slluvial
soil, adapted to agriculture and producing
great yields of wheat. and underlaid BY an
abundance of coal. The wheat is already
headed out This section will be entirely a
feeder to ST.. Louis, cutting of the entire
southeast corner Of X sosss, and will strong
ly compete for the business with the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fs; the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas; the Lawrence, Leaven-
worth & Galveston, and the Missouri River,
Fort Scott & Gull, all Chicago roads. and
will draw every pound of freight this way.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31
Arkansas River Navigat,on,

The steamer Cherokee or Mems Such. haa
arrived at Fort Smith, from Arkansas City,
Kansas. with full cargo Of wheat, and 70
ports the river above Low water mark, bat
navieabls BY snall boaia Twenty thous-
and bushels Of wheat will come down from
Arkansas City il the June rise
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31

The most populsr and fragrant Pe,funs Ct
The day @HACK4ETACK-" Try il. Sold
~ H. J. Fripser. druggist Dodge City.
lkenaae.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31
RNJOY LIHR .

What truly beautiful world we live in! Ma
ture gives us grandeur Of mountains. glens and
oceans, and thousands Of means for enjoyment.
We can desire NO better when in psrfec; health;
but how Omen do the majority Of people feel like
giving II up disheartened, discouraged and wor-
ried out with disease. when there 10 no occasion
for this feeling. as every sufferer can easily OBJ
Flower will make them free from disease
when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint Is
the direct cause Of seventy five per cent. of such
InAlsdies IS Biliousness, indigestion, Sick
Headache, Costiveness. Nervous Prostration.
Dizziness Of the Head. Palpitation Of the Heart,
and other distressing symptoms. Three doses
Of August Flower will prove its wondsrfui ef-
fect. Sample bottles; 10 cents. Try 1t.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31

Adv ancIng years, care, sickness. dissppoint
neut. and hereditary predisposit,on-a operate
to turn the hair gray. and either Of them in
clines it to shed prematureiy. AYERS HAIR
VIGOR will restore faded or gray, light and red
desired. II softens and cleanses the scalp, CIV
ing it q healthy action. and removes and cures
Gandruf and hum0rS- BY its use falling hair Is
checked, and q new growth will Be produced in
all casss where the folliclss not destroyed or
glands decayed. lis effects are beautifully shown
On brashy. weak. or sickly hair. 70 which a few
applications will produce the gloss and fresh
ness Of youth. Harmless and sure in It's opera
tion, IL 10 Incompatible . dressing, and Is
especially valued for the soft lussre and richness
Of tone it inparts. II contains neither oil nor
dye, and viii not soil or color white ;amhric; yet
it lasts long On the hair. and keeps IL fresh and
vigorous. For sale BY II. j. Fringer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-05-31
WE CHALLENGE TaR wOnLD.

When vesay We believe We have evidence
to prove that Shileh's Consumption Cure is
decidedly The best Lung Medicine made, in
~ much ~ II will kill common or Chronic
Cough in one half the time and relieve Asth-
M, Rsonchitis. Whoopisg Cough, Group.
and show more cases OF Consumption cured
than all Others. 1t will cure where they fail.
It i pleasant to take, harmless 10 the young
ct child, and we guarantee what We say.
Price, 10 ctr, 60 cts. ard $1.00. If your
Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame. nee
Shiloh's Porus Plaster. Sold By h. j.
Fringer, Druggist.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
The Negro In the south.

ISenator Lamar in ths North American Review
IL will indulge In neither invective nor de.
nunciation. L will simply take the late gov
eminent of South Carolina or Louisiana. or
other States under similar rule, and describe
1T In language that Mr.. Blaine may himself
select. When be has told his history / will
ask him whether he would willingly, as q
patriotic American, desire to see his own
State, or any other of the free States, re-
duced to such level? am not afraid of his
answer, Or that OF any man who has been bred
under the traditions OF a vrtuous civilization
Then will say to him: This, 1t Is true is
painful result; but when you put the ballot
in the hands as an ignorant negro majority
as means OF education and progress, you
must be patient while they learn their lesson,
We OF the South have borne all this because
we knew that the reaction must come. 1t has
come. The results which you see to be so
bad the negro has seen also. He has come
back to us with the same bl ind impulse with
which few years ago he fled from us. He
may be as ignorant Democrat as he was an
Ignorant Republican, but years must yet pass
before the ballot will have educated him fully
Into self-reliant, temperate citizenship; and
what we OF the South have borne our friends
OF the North must bear with us until the
negro has become what we both want to make
him. This Is part OF his education.
But all this while the ballot has been
educating the negro. He has learned that
he was a power between Republican
that at the South he IL power between DEM
ocrat and Democrat, and In the late election
he made that power felt In the result. /
would have preferred much less costly tut
ton; but such as 1T IL it has been paid for. and
II Mr.. Blaine will patiently trust his own
theory he will find the ballot In the hands OF
the negro the best defense and the best edu-
Gator. But as the South has been patient so
must he be- patient. AS the South has ehafed
Intellectually when that vote was all against
her white people, 50 will he chafe ineffectu-
ally when it is now largely for them
When Mr.. Blaine admits that distranchise-
ment Is impossible, and that the ballot has
been, In spite Of all drawbacks, benefit to
the negro, he really proves that there Is no
organic question affecting great national in
5erests, but simply the subordinate question.
How rapidly is the ballot fitting the negro for
he full enjoyment Of his citizenship, and
what influence does his vote exercise upon
NE supremacy OF one party or the other in |
rational politics? This latter may be an in
eresting question: not one which should dis |
urb either a sound national sentiment or |
great national interests. / do not propose to |
iiscuss it. | am of opinion that to make the |
legro free citizen it was necessary first to |
axe him from his master. Then it became
necessary to take him from the party which
laimed his vote'as absolutely as his master
lad claimed his labor. The next step will be
. take him as class from either party, and |
.llow him to differ and divide Just as white
men do.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
The Pope's Way Of Living.
IN. Y, Tribune

Pope Leo XIII rises winter and summer at
O'Clock, and generally celebrates mass In
his private chapel. At 7 he takes cup Of
coffee Or chocolate, with an egg beaten In it.
After this he takes walk, either In the gar
dens OF the Vatican on In the galleries. He
looks and comments on everything like a
true and subtle observer. Nothing escapes
his notice. At 8 he receives his Secretary of
State, Cardinal Nina. and the days business
begins. He signs documents and letters, and
receives in audience, firstly, the cardi-
nails, then apostolic congregations, then
ecclesiasticS who have been granted
special audience, and then he receives secu-
lar Catholics, According to the length Of the
audiences the dinner takes place. His din
ner Is very frugal 1t consists of chicken
broth, mostly then the boiled chicken Is
served. He rarely eats other meats. He likes
pears and cheese. He drinks q couple Of
glasses OF red wine. He does not take coffee
after the meal. After dinner he sleeps awhile.
on his armchair mostly. He then enters his
study and confers with his under-secretaries,
writes, signs and reads petitions, gives or
ders. He then takes another walk but ac-
companied this time by q suite of cardinals
and other familiars Of his court. When tired
he sits in the first armchair or other seat he
meets with. and then the walk changes into a
conversation or literary lecture The
Pope Is very learned In literature
both Italian and French, He speaks eIe-
gantly. He has an excellent memory, and
sometimes recites verses Of Lamartine and
Victor Hugo. He does not read many news
papers. On his writing-table may always be
seen the Revue des Deur Mondes and the
Nuoua Antotogid, OF which he peruses few
pages when he has time. On another table
lies open Treves' large Bible, illustrated by
Gustave Dore Occasionally when he rises
from his table he casts his eyes on the vol
ume, and sometimes he remains in contem-
plation before 1t. After this second walk the
Pope returns to his apartments and remains
an hour in reading with his chamber-preIate.
and then he resumes public business for the
last time in the day During the evening he
gives his attention to the interior arrange
ments OF the Vatican. At 10 o'clock he gen
orally retires to his bedroom
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
FLETCHER'S FLIGHT.
Further Details Of the BAL timore Elope.
ment-The Lieutenant Already Under
a Cloud

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The Star OF this
evening gives the following further particu-
lars of the elopement of Lieut. Fletcher. of
the navy, and Miss Bailey:
Lieutenant Fletcher and his wife are
well known in this city. Both are residents
Of the District. The full name of the LEM
tenant is Arthur FL. Fletcher His father.
DIR. Fletcher, still lives here. He was con-
nected with the medical department of the
army in this city for a number OF years, but
Il not SO connected now. Lieut.. Fletcher Is
No. IA In the list of two hundred and eighty
lleutenants In the navy. He was born In
England, appointed from Ohio, and is put
down on the naval register as q resident Of
this District. He entered the service i'm 1861.
AT present he s.under Suspension for drunk
enness and deSertton. He was suspended in
September, year ago, for two years. His
suspension Will be up next September. He had
previously served out another sentence for
similar offenses. The offense for which he ia
now suspended was leaving the Huron, He
was attached to that vessel While she Law
at Port Royal, s. c., without leave he went
ashore on a spree and did not return. The
Huron sailed for Norfolk and shortly left that
port and was wrecked on the coast OF North
Carolina. Ii he had stayed on the vessel he
might have been one of the lost. When court
martialed for the offense he wrote q long
letter stating that the reason he left the ship
was because he had a preSentiment that she
was to be lost. The fate of the Huron had,
ne SAID, been revealed to him In a dream
This excuse had no weight with the court and
he was suspended for two years. His actions
nave sometimes suggested the idea that he
was not of very sound mind, though he Is by
no means considered insane He figured In a
number OF instances in this city In private
theatricals, being quite an amateur actor.
He Is also credited with being something OF
Spirituallst. His wife from whom he eloped La
Baltimore is very estimable lady. The
family had been In that city but a short time.
Mrs. Fletcher Is now in this city with her
fathers family. Her father is DR.. FL. Nichols
Wadsworth a welI-known dentist. He re-
sides at the corner of Vermont Avenue and L |
street northwest The elopement will create |
quite sensation In Washington society.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23

whose lame ON the English and American
t VIII never fade our fast and stauneh
upIseS are going East to compete for more
n t1psral premiums than can be offered here.
Uog9 mas new association, and at its In
augural meeting In June next California will
be .grandly represented, Lottery and MARI r.
being entered there, while Mr.. Baldwin,s
stable will be In great force. with it's haat anI
speediest horses. The following are tbe entries.
made by Lou Martin, who Is In charge III
their entertainment at the Santa Anita
Grounds: For the Illinois Derby, Iexingtnn'
by Lexington, dam Volga. For the Illinois
Oaks, the chestnut tilly by Glenelg. dam
Reagan; the bay FLY by Glenelg. out of the
Nun, and Experiment, by Monarchist. out of
Cornflower. For the Trial Stakes, all the
above entries. For the Inter-oeean Stakes.
Lexington and the Glenelg Nun lilly. For
Lark, and Blossom, by Virgil, dam BIunder.
both four-year olds. For the Garden City
Cup, Clara D., by Glenelg, dam the Num- four
years old, and Mollie Mccarthy, by Monday
or Young Eclipse, dam Hennie Farrow, six
years old. Omitting Mr.. Pritchard's stable,
These constitute the very flower of California
STOCK, and 1t Is hoped that Mr.. Baldwin's and
MI: Schwartz's will ably represent our State
on TINS occasion. One thingis to be regretted
IN tne programme of the Chicago meeting.
ana ana that Is that no fillies are allowed In the
LIMOS Derby This is great mistake that
ought III the future to be rectified as, II this
venture should prove to be successful, our
great stables would like to enter their fiIlies
as well as their colts In these Important
stakes. 1t Is possible that some Of the above
mentioned cracks will be sent to Saratoga
and afteward to Jerome Park and Baltimore.
as Mr.. Baldwin has entered three or four Oh
these In the principal stakes In the mean
time we must look forward with hope to the
first meeting of our own Blood Horse Assoc
citation In May next
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY FEBRUARY % 1879

the rare fortune OF being thoroughly appre-
GATED Ia MIS- own country and in other cOun-
tIies curing his lifetime; how different prob
aDiy, would have been the career Of Byron,
81 Keats or OF Shelley had it been thus with
1nem It would be presumptuous for me,
ana out OF place, to do more here than to al
,ude 60 the universal popularity OF Longfel-
lows works where English Is spoken; ! be-
neve IL 1s not an exaggeration to say that his
works are more popular than those of any
mas not heard Of Excelsior" or Of 'Evange-
line" Of "Miles Standish," or of "Hiawatha?"
What songs more popular than "The Bridge"
and Il Know a Maiden Fair to See2" Or
Footsteps OF Angels" does not feel little
less worldly, little less earthly2 The world
indeed, owes deep debt Of gratitude to
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Bidding me note the beauty Of the autumnal
tints that make America in the "fall'' look rs
i rainbows were streaming out of the earth,
Longfellow presented me with q goodly
sample OF the red and golden leaves OF the
previous autumn, which, although dry and
faded, still glowed like gems; these leaves |
garland round the poets portrait-a pre-
vious souvenir Oh that morning passed at
Criage House.
Many years ago Cardinal Wiseman alluded
to Longfellow In words that bear repeating:
"Our hemisphere said the Cardinal "can-
not claim the honor OF having brought him
forth, but he still belongs to u.s. for his works
have become as household words where the
English language Is spoken. And whether we
are charmed by his imagery, or soothed by
his melodious versification, or elevated by
the moral teachings Of his pure muse, or fol-
low with sympathetic hearts the wanderngs
OF Evangeline, / am sure that all who hear
my voice will join with me in the tribute |
desire to pay to the genius Of Longfelow."
Uncle Sam and myself got back that even
ing to New York, and the following day ] was
on board my steamer, bound eastward no
over those three thousand miles of everlast-
;Dp wa ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
The Late Col. Chiffon,

Col. R. III. Chiffon, who served as en- adm
tant general on the staff Of Gen. Robert Il,
Lee during the late war, and who died sud
denly In Columbus, Ga, tuesday, was born
In Virginia, over sixty yelrs ago and was a
cadet at West Point from J lly l. 1888. to July
l. 1887, when he was graduated and promoted
In the United States arm Y tn the rank Of
second lieutenant in the First Dragons.
From the date Of his appoin 5ment up to 1889
he performed frontier duty at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, and the Osaga country. Dur
ing the latter part of 1889, and UP to 1s41 he
was stationed In the ChOctav Nation and at
Fort Gibson ami Fort Wayne In the Indian
Territory. On February 81, 1912, he was pro-
NOTED to the rank OF first lieutenant In the
sumo command. and after doing additional
frontier duty, accompanied the expedition to
the Falls Of the Brazos, Texas, In 1874. Re-
turning to Fort Gibson the same year he
remained there until 1916, when he was again
ordered to Fort Leayenworth, where he re-
manned until his regiment was summoned
to the front In the war with Mexico, wear
later. During that conflict he participated,
as captain, In the battle of Buena Vista.
fought on Febr Iary % and %, 1847. and was
appointed brevet major for gallant and meri-
toriouS conduct on that occasion. While
again engaged In frontier duty during 184g.
Major Chiffon took part in skirmish on the
Platte river near Fort Kearney Neb., on De-
5ober 30. Between 1850 and 1854 he was sta
Toned at various forts on the frontier after
which he became an attache for short Pc
-iod of the pay department In Washington
With the rank Of paymaster. He was subse-
iuently stationed at New York. Detroit and
san Antonio. On April %, 1861, he resigned
lis commission. and entered the Confederate
lrmy, where he served with great effici-
sQPy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
Cadaver Poison.
Detroit Iancet,,1

: # j. said that the natives OF Australia and
t SeW Aealand are familiar with the deadly
properties Of putrid animal matter and that
many Of their poisoned arrows and spears are
simply smeared with the liquids from a pu-
Ifelylng corpse. According to TaHin the Mar
tT ltg who inhabit the lower Murray dis
death Of an enemy by this p9iso p The t IN
s sa employed Is called nieJeri. It is a
sort OF spear, whose tip consists Of a sharn-
pointed piece of human bone six TO eight
inc e mn n e eng This is poisoned BY puRg
human body and tying about t 4 b unacb ~
hair or feathers saturated with the fat IF tha
decomposing body. 1t is easy to understand nd
how the slightest prick from such an en ,,.rr
omed point might prove sometimes, If not
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
DEATH.

Al last see that death is but
a door In darkness swiftly shut,
4 dropping out of warmth and light,
4 sense OF unresisted blight,
IA sink into beamless night.
To life and love, and sight and sound
death Is indifference profound.
Nd more sweet hope, or wild despair.
III gentle rest, or tender care;
M more to laugh, no more to weep,
No more sweet human Joy or grief;
1,nIv calm beyond belief:
4 calm, but not the calm Of sleepl
Death il to be awake forever!
ia love and be beloved never!
10 be pulseIess shadow, hurled
Down the dim gulf that spheres the world:
framed In maze OF tintless thought,
where nought is found aud nothing sought
Slipped from warm life's remotest link,
Death is Supremacy this to Think
l-Zadel Barnes Gustafson.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
Tflden Not the Most Popular Candidate
Savannah

AS far, then, as the Southern States are
concerned, it is safe to say that Mr. Tilden is
not, by any MEANS the most popular candi-
date for the Presidency who could be pre-
sented In 1880, since ne Is, to great degree,
regarded here as having timidly abandoned
US to the Radicals in 1876. II this idea is here
after removed by better knowledge of the
facts as they existed, the sense of justice to
him as one cheated of his office oy fraud,
bribery, and traitorous conspiracy, and then
as one who had been basely maligned and vii
lifted by his political enemies as the imper-
sonation of Democracy must tell in his favor.
And II the national Democracy in convention
assembled, believe that these latter reasons
for his nomination outweigh all others, then
the South will accord him once more an un-
divided support.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23

There are deserted towns In Nevada, but
they are not old ones. A few years ago the
population of Hamilton is said to have been
nearly 5000; OF Treasure Hill, 5000; of Sher-
mantown, 1000; OF Swansea, 5000. All were
partrnents and daily newspapers. Hamilton
has now about 100 inha bitants, most Of whom
are merely waiting in dreary inactfon for
something to turn up. Treasure Hill has
about half as many. Shermantown one FAM
Ily, ana swansea none. In one canon OF the
Tolyabe range, near Austin, are five dead
towns without single inhabitant The
streets and blocks graded on the hillsdes ara
rapidly falling back into the wilderness.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
UNCLE BEN.
A SCENE In EAST FELuCrANA In 1875,

CIRsToN, La, February II, 1879
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
Several years ago when passing through Port
Hudson en- route for Clinton. left book on
the centre-table at the house of entertainment
kept by Mr.. Joseph Baehl. The volume
recently reappeared upon tie shelves of my
library Swimming over Its pages few days
since, the manuscript which 1 send you
dropped upon the floor. As 1t depicts with
some spirit and tolerable accuracy scence
in our interior life during the evil days of the
Kellogg usurpation, 1t Is placed at your dis
posal, assuring you at the same time that
the portrait of Uncle Ben Is so life-like
that your readers in this parish will not fail
to recognize it. CLINTON.