Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-07-31
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FASHIONABLE young ladies Of Lon
don blow soap bubbles in drawing
rooms in the afternoons IS arenesly for
ennui.
The sole occupants of house in Bel
fast, Me, are three persons whose ages
arc ninety, eighty-two and seventy
eight years
A WOMAN at Newport bathes in
suit Of oiled silk, worn under the usual
flannel suit. She says she enjoys the
surf, but can't bear the touch Of salt
water. ,,.. t-f
The worst enemy Of the Chilean SOL
der at the seat of war is fever and ague.
No less than nine hundred sick men
were sent from ilo to the south in the
Loa, which arrived in Valparaiso dur
ing the first days of May. -
A New YORK woman wears q set of
false teeth for q brooch. Her motive is
not eccentric but economical. She
paid for the teeth. cannot wear them in
their proper place, and so, hating
wastefulness, hiss made Q brooch OF
them sab =. l!ag1 [aaf .ttr
The ladies' of Italy have adopted a
fashion this summer Of dressing only in
white robes adorned with natural tlow-
ers, jewelry being put strictly under
ban. To do up white dress at the
laundry three dollars is charged, and
the lowers cost, four dollars day.
Economy is observed in linen under
wear.
To PROTECT the birds Of the country.
the French Government has enscted
laws prohibiting the killing of other than
birds Of passage, and those only under
certain limitations. The Law is much
| more stringent than the so-ealled game
laws in this country, and Is strictly en-
forced against all offenders. no fnatter
how trivial the violation. 40 o. y E
q JEHIAL HULL died recently at Sag
Harbor. L. l., in his ninety.tirst year.
He was possessed Of unusual vigor of
mind and body, He was the father Of
twelve children, eleven OF whom are
! now living. He followed the sea for q
number OF years, and was the only one
Of crew who escaped from the canni-
balls of the South Sea. after captivity
of months.
Nix. JAMES MCDANIEL, a young man
Of Madison, Ga, while out fishing q few
evenings ago caught with a small perch
hook q youngalligatora about foot and
half long. He says he had to quit llsh-
ing when he caught it.. The gator
commenced believing. and in all prob
ability If he had stayed in the pond any
longer he would have had tough fight
with its mother hsr .lsisE 30 .is, = ~
ON the sixth anniversary OF the alb
duction Of Charley Ross a few days ago
his father remarked: % have now alb
soluteIy no clue. was not aided in
my search by any detective, public or
\ private. Every clue that has proved OF
service 1 worked out myself When
the combined detective talent found
itself at fault, it turned its skill toward
proving the father the author OF the
abduction" 'e - i-sFA
\ LAST fail Messrs. Dan Taylor and Sam
Doss purchased in New Mexico twenty
thousand sheep. paying therefor seven-
ty-five cents per head, They kept the
sheep until a few days ago, losing.
/ probably, two thousand during the win
ter and spring. The wool from eight
teen thousand brought them nine thou
sand dollars, enough to mora than re,
!. pay them for all expenses and loss; and
then they sold the lot eighteen
4 thousand county for one dollar anu
seventy.five cents per heads net
profit Of upwards of eighteen thousand
4 dollars, -ssr u 1T f az