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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15

be wondered at when one considers the
extremely bad way in which they are
usually shod. Mr.. Beecher not lone
ago put into q PRAYER this sentence:
"Lord, help us TO be patient with the
ignorance of others" To combat ignor-
ance is, beyond all doubt, the most
difficult and trying thing humanitarians
have to encounter. But believe that
as much harm results from procrastina-
ton and careleSsness and lack of
energy in instituting reforms where liz
telligence exists as from ignorance. II
people would only do rs well as they
know, the world would take long lean
ahead. High heels and narrow soles
are almost as bad as the Chinese method
of compression. The dwarf King of
France who brought them into fashion
to increase his apparent stature prob
ably never dreamed how many fools
there were adown the generations of
time to initiate his example. The
beauty of any member of the body con-
sists in its outline-its shapeliness and
proDortiondte size, instead OF its little
ness. A small foot, or hand, is only
comely in connection with small per-
son, while any part of the body that has
been made small by compression is SIM
ply vulgar. Freedom is as necessary to
beauty as purity. and there is no free
dom where nature is being cruelty
violated, rs she maintains her rights
most bravely, and when overpowered
leaves in her train line of woes full of
torture and humiliation. Finally. do
not omit to keep high heels from under
the young peoples feet.-Kary Wager
Fisher, IN kardi NeW Yorker.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
NARRiED-DIED.

In the columns, side by side,
Stand the captions: Married, Died!
What line irony l. this
I ha; shades with death our nuptial bliss,
That blends beneath our earnest gaze
The story Of two wondrous daysy
The kiss of death. OF blitshlng bride,
Sarcastic blend in-Msrriei. Died.
Thrubhing breast OF heart that bleeds,
fearful. bright or duh eye reads
iiflc- whose message is not clear,
Blurred and broken through a tear;
Lily fingers. hand of age,
Trace the lines along the page;
Death and Cupid side by side
Sport with man Unmarried, Dieii
Here a requiem. there a song.
Blend and roll their notes along:
Village bells that ring or toll
Greet glad or passing soul:
To the chancel call the crowd,
Cad in satin gown or shroud.
To the church we twice may ride:
Heed the headings. Married, Diedi
Hoist the anchor. sail away:
summer winds or sunlit bay
Lure thee DER the outer bar
Where the white-capp'd breakers are;
stnunoh thy painted shailop be,
Sfr"uz TO ride life's restless sea,
God shall rule the surging tide
Z hat laps the shores of-narried, Died,
Orange blossoms, ripened wheat,
sprigs OF rue or lilies sweet,
turls of gold or locks Of snow,
Wedding robes or Rarb of woe,
Hands In loving hands 10 rest,
br folded lie on pllse!ess breast:
Who shall blooms and fruit divide.
so near the stories: Married, Died.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
Particles in the Eye.

Old and young persons are often sore
ly troubled BY small. hard particles of
matter that get under the eye-lids.
When children suffer in this wav, their
parents may not even suspect the cause
OF the trouble. The irritation NAV 20
on increasing for years; for the iniiam-
nation strongly resembles catarrhal
conjunctivitis, which has quite differ
ent cause.
The conjunctiva Gas the termination
ids in medicine always means ..inllam-
nation Of" coniunctivitis means in
flammation of the conjuctiva). is n
mucous membrane which begins near
the edge of the lids. upper and lower.
lines them, and then, turning back,
covers also the eyeball. 1t thus forms
two sacs. 1t is exceedingly sensitive,
and is very liable to Inflammation of
various kinds, all painful and some very
difficult of cure.
a foreign body beneath the eyelid
soon inliames It. Such body beneath
the upper lid is not rs readily detected
as one beneath the lower. audit is hard
err TO remove it
A child that had long suffered from
WHAT WIS Supposcu W ut CttdiA Istl III
iammation. and for which it had been
energetically treated, only TO grow
worse. was brought to DIR. Broosa, pro-
fcssor Of ophthalmology in the New
York University. On turning back the
child's upper eyelid. the source of the
trouble was found in small bud of
cherry tree. Relief and cure followed
its removal.
In all such cases the main thing to do
is to evert the lid. The lower lid is
easily turned over the finger. If the
particle is beneath the upper lid, press
the lid against the eyebrow and have
the patient look down. Then seize the
eyelashes and edge of the lid and turn
the lid quickly over the thumb. Re-
move the speck with a handkerchief.
and show it to the patient; for he will
often feel for some time as if the object
were still in the Youths Compan-
ion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
style. The front OF skirt is of handsome

style. The front of skirt is of handsome
satin, shirred at waist-line, with plat.
ings below down to edge. which is fin
ished with knife plating. Over the
front Of the skirt scarf of MORE, bor-
dered with a rich fretted passemente-
RE. and edged with jet and sewins-silk
fringe. is passed diagonally, and the
sides of the train falling over the
front width are decorated with the
rich passementerie and falls of jet beads
the lace on neck and sleeves in old
English point.
A very quaint dinnerdress is of hand.
some satin in a light golden brown.
with damask flowers in Moorish tints
aud a rich. dark brown velvet. The
short skirt shows front and sides ar
ranged in three rows of box-plaits. with
panier overdress above, handsomely
garnished on corsage and loopings,
with beaded passementerie ornaments
in the Moorish colors of the floral fig
ures on the brocaded satin of the skirt,
neck and sleeves finished with falls
and jabots of Point Venice lace. -Phiia-
de,rhia Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
Fashionable COlOrs.

The passion for Moorish and Persian
colors is now at its height, and wonder
fulresults are produced by manufacture
ers of fabrics by the peculiar methods of
blending hues and the throwing of one
tint over another. creating luminous
lights, as in the golden cast over blue.
green or cardinal, "a coup de soiiel;"
or red over olive and bronze, called
+" flame rehecJion;" silver over light
blue, moonlight steel over spring
leaf green, n "gossamer sheen,n all
very beautiful and fashionable. There
is something almost enchanting about
these rare blendings and changeful lus-
tiers. but now and then one is startled
by striking combinations and clashes of
colorincs, not in the bold strokes of the
Japanese paint brush SO much rs in the
French method of using a color of one
tone with another hue, shaded with the
tone of coloring in the combination. us
in dress of plush and satin; the satin
is cardinal with tinge of olive, and
the plush portions are in olive shaded
with cardinal
A most striking reception dress is of
black and MORE antique. with the addi-
ton OF moonlight blue in squares and
diamonds. The trout skirt is 2 mass of
plaitings of the MORE antique from
waist line down 10 lower edge. The
satin train is long and square, with
finishing Of rose plaitings of MORE,
which trimming is carried up at the
sides TO meet the edge of corsage
basque and is passed under the dia-
panYt- ~ hlt.n L.. -, IL
edge being completed with quilting
of handsome lace. Blue satin squares.
rather smaller in size than those on the
basque skirt. from the outsides of the
quaint sleeves and larger-shaped
piece fills in the square or Pompadour
neck. That part is bordered and stud
ded with Marguerites. and frills of rose
point lace the dress at throat and at the
wrists.
a rather complicated dress is of vel
Vet MORE and satin. The front of
skirt rs of moirc and satin in alternating
of tiny knife-plaitings. the
corsage vest being en- suite. only the
plaits are still smaller than those on
the skirt. The very long train is of
black velvet. which rich fabric also
forms the jacket worn open over the
plated vest High medino collar and
sleeves after the same period are both
edged with plating of costly Duchesse
lsce.
That black is popular this season for
evening rs well as day wear is fact,
and very convenient these black toll |
cites are. for they can be made bright
oy the addition of coloring in flowers
md ribbons. and rich with laces. Avery
'ostly costume is made of watered silk,
With long train. trimmed with knife
'dge of satin and rose quilting of
noire. The corsage is princess in the
Jack with pointed basque front, and
he sleeves are pulled at the tops and
itted below the elbows in Marguerite
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
The Railroads and the Farmers.

Colonel W. +. Villas, the famous Wis.
consin orator. delivered the annual adj
dress before the Minnesota State Fair,
and chose for his theme the Railroads
and the Farmers and tried to poini
out their reciprocity of interest A few
extracts from his admirable speech will
interest the reader:
Before railroads were devised. there
was no extensive freight communica-
ton but by water. And that was value
less unless conveniently accessible.
From this the agriculture Of past ages
gathered around the seas and lakes, or
lined the rivers margin. 1t grit the
Mediterranean, and made famous the
valley of thu Nile. The unwatered
world of the interior was left TO the
wandering nomad or the forest bar
barian. 1t was the unknown region full
of mysterious terrors. The great Her
cynian wood was the home OF
beasts, brute and human, the lat
ter the ever impending peril. and
finally the destroyer of the civilization
of the world. The reserve corps OF
barbarism lay back on the plains OF
Russia and Tartary, which nourished
the fierce savages who could live ON
equine flesh and carouse on the milk OF
mares. So, too. water communication
was slow and tedious, even when ac-
cessible. That is true, especially OF in
land navigation. Ii is weeks by water
from st. Paul to New York. though the
ern chimes navigation is available for
but half the year. Your magnificent
wheat fields would mostly be unbroken,
farmers OF Minnesota, had not the in
yention and enterprise of other men,
stimulated by your demands, laid the
double-lined highway by which the
freight-car bears your precious berry
TO the sea, and the Indian would still be
master of the Territories of the West.
Your lands derive their value, your
industry its reward. your homes the
Injuries and many of the comforts they
exhibit, from the well-abused railroads
of the continent.
But while we do them Justice. let us
not forget there are doubtless manv
faults TO be corrected and abuses to be
reformed in the administration of these
highways. Corporate powers and cor
porate values have advanced with 4
more rapid step than the invention OF
our statesmen and w-makers. The
agency of the corporation is Compare
lively modern, and, like the agency OF
steam. is mighty power. Unless sub
dned by proper appliances of law suffi-
cient to control it we are liable to dis
asters rs ruinous TO our welfare as the
accidents which sometimes befall the
train are destructive of life.
But ! must not protract This weary
hour TO discuss this problem foreign to
my subject. Important as it is, we
need not fear it. The railroad, rightly
used. is the friend of the farmer and I
the whole people. 1t is the paramount
Interest of its owners that ii should so
They dare not make it an
enemy, and when we reflect that a
single invention-the steel rail-hasr re- !
iuced the freight tariff forty per
centum, we may trust somewhat to |
time and genius TO relieve the incon-
Tenienccs, and continue to enjoy its
blessings with composure."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
H. A. Cooley, of Hartford. Conn.

H. A. Cooley, of Hartford, Conn,
after drawing $500 from the bank the
other day, lost $3.50 in bills through a
hole in his pocket. Mr.. Cooley was
very busy for the next few hours. He
retraced his steps, and every half hour
or so some friend would hand him 500
or so which had just been found. From
four men he recovered $3.50. one giving
him $50. two others so each, and a
third $50. Strangely enough he found
the remaining $40 in the gutter.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15

--"Jennie:" The market is glutted
with The-days-are-chill- nd-the-leaves-
are-falling class of poetry. Write some
thing with warmth in it-something
about oyster stews. or mustard plasters,
or apple toddies. something that will be
suggestive of comfort in these cold au-
tumn nights, and we may publish it. but
quit bothering about the leaves. They
are bound to fall anyhow. Syt-
ings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15

: According to that excellent an.
thority. MIR. Meehan. the proper way
TO prune a transplanted tree is not to
shorten in all the branches, strong as
well as weak, but to cut out the weak.
erbranches entirely and leave the strong
ones. s
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-15
A Crime Against Childhood.

l@llltlAN- III
have seen the children of the neighbor-
hood vending their way to school. and
my attention has been attracted by
their lack of erectness. produced by
the high heels on their shoes. | OBJ
served number that were round
shouldered, and in eight out OF every
ten, perhaps. the perpendicular line
fell at the back of the head. Perched
on high heels. the natural pose of the
body must be to incline forward.
If adult men and women choose to
sacrifice their own health in wearing
high heels. it is matter that princi-
pally concerns themselves. But achild
has a right TO wise and judicious care,
and TO oblige the tender. growing crea-
ture to walk. run and stand with the
heels half or whole inch above the
rest of the sole OF the feet. is mon
strous, Is criminal, and this crime
against children Is so widespread that
1t is amazing-eNcep: that nothing need
be regarded as amazlng-that 1t con-
unues TO be perpetuated with so little
protest from phys ans and such aids
rs they ought to ind in really intelli-
gent people.
1t is true that the children OF fashion
able people-and by fashionable /
mean people who possess high social
position, intelligence and usually
competence of wealth-wear shoes
without heels, or with what is called
the spring heel, until six to eight
years OF age, and from that time on
until twenty the heel is kept broad and
low But rs one descends in the scale
of intelligence and common sense he
will find the high heel growing more
and more prominent. until children of
even the tender age of two wears will
be found perched upon them irving to
walk. | sometimes wonder that
preachers who have ewes to see the
sins of the people against their bodies
ever find time to preach against the sin
of the soul.
the greatest crime c.pse1 nv bicb
heels i the i'll and sometimes Disastrous
effect nroduceJ unon the sn;nn On
Girls in particular rerv serions harm i
inflicted otherwise-a result thai shonld
be avoided at all cost Minor IN effects
are produced unon the muscles of tho
legs and the fat mart of the foot which
is forced Ia supnort more than !. ought
The toes and the large Joint become
distorted. corns and Sup;ons begin 10
form. and The foundation il laid for =
great deal of SUFFERING in the future. as
well as for present aches. | suppose
hat a LADY, whom | saw last summer
NAV be taken as a general cxemplifica-
ion of a great many mothers. She had
money and plenty of wit. and. in the
main. excellent sense. She had two
youup daughters of thirteen
and fifteen-heaut;fuI excent that
neither had beautiful feet Those
had been stuffed into narrow
'oled. narrow-heeled. narrow-toed,
iigh-heeled shoes, until the feet were
deformed. The father of /
he girls was large shoe-dealer. His 4
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NICHOLAS B. KLAINE. EDITOR
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
Fifteen Months in a Trance
Manchester Courier. Fshrnarx

Manchester Courier, February 8.
when the asylum was opened at
Milton one of the first patients to be re-
moved from Fisherton was palmer
lunatic. who now gives the name of
Landons, although this is not the name
he bears on the books of the institu-
ton. lie was then suffering from
catalepsy, from which no agency, not
not even the most stringent form of
galvanism, could awaken him, and in
the words of DR.. Bland, he was an Sin
animate mechanism" whose organs
performed their natural duties, but
who to all outside appearances was in
a trance. He has been at the ipstitu-
tlon for fifteen months, and has during
the whole of this time been in a state
OF coma, spending most of his time
standing against wall with his hands
hanging fixedly at his side, infexibly
stiff. He has been unable to open
mouth or eyes, and to feed him it has
Deen found necessary to lay him on his
BACK, when sustenance has been af-
iorded by means of quill. Hearing
OF lhe extraordinary case, a London
medical association sen. G5 to DR.,
Bland, the Medical Superintendent,
with request that the patient should
be photographed. This was done last
week, ana on Tuesday morning Ian.
dons suddenly recovered The use of his
II mbs, and as he moved his muscles
one by one all his bones seemed to
crack within him. AS soon as he re-
covered speech he made incoherent OBJ
sefvations respecting q shipwreck,
constantly referring to the Pearl, Port
sea.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
SUICIDE OF A MONKEY.

From the Goldsboro. n. c., Herald.
One of the most novel deaths that
ever occurred in this section took
place here to day, the victim of which
was a monkey owned by Mr.. Rockwell
Syrock. For several years pastJocko,s
owner has been in the habit of visit
ing all the hangings in this portion of
the State, taking the mischievions an
imal with him, who always seemed to
take an especial interest in the horri-
BILE details of such proceedings. On
the 10Th of June Alex Howard, a ne.
gro, was TO have been executed here
for the murder of an old man, but the
Governor respited him. The gibbet
was erected and all the preliminary
arrangements made for carrying out
the neSro's sentence, when the Exc
cutive interposed his power and post
poned it. Syrock visited the Jail with
the monkey, and examined these pre-
partitions. The animal seemed to be
curious, and watched the
scaffold trap with wistful eyes. Since
that time he has been playing hang
ing in his masters barn. This morn
ing he was found dead suspended by
= clothes line to one of the rafters of |
he building.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
RICIIARD HENRY nTODDARn


would that 1 might Irvine laurel wreath
TO place upon thy brow;
But thou art standing on Parnassusi
height,
High DER this laurel bough.
A few are clustered on the mountain-top.
Sereneiy at thy side;
Baiow, a multitude are gazing up
10 where our bards abide.
once gladly through Castle in the Air
=. Ihy fellows walked with thee;
NOW, standing VITA white locks, they list
TO hear
Thy and Hymn to the Sea.
And hey have named the stored Eastern
Have heard its poets sing;
Aud they have listened eagerly TO hear
The bell of Felix ring.
At length IL rang when Felix clut ched
the cord;
:, The SQUAD died not away:
Fat uowh the changeful vista ofthe years
near Its peal To day.
We, too, have mourned when thou hast
sadly sung
The passing OF thy youth;
Yet Was there need Tor sorrow had we
"Can poets die, forsoothq ~
Now, though 1 can not weave the laurel
crown,
| send ON brCez fleet
This simple leaf, .piucked from the laurel
To fiuIter at thy feet.
HENRY RIPLEY Dorm, in HarDcr's
Ad0aztne for March.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
LIFE IN TEXAS,



Jack Kelley, who resides In the yicipi-
| ty of the Sabinal canon, pear Waresviile
came into Uvalde and surrendered 10
Sh.rlh attersoD, saying that he had
killed In self defense Rev. j. A. j Smith
on Wednesday, the 10Th ultimo. Mr..
Kelley made the following statement
IN regard to the tragedy. Some one
mnst.haVe been speaking to Mr.. Smith
IN regard to his having grazed sheep on
Smiths land, and he knows no other
cause. that would have led to the affair
When Kelly first saw Smith the latter
was In his buggy following Kelley's
sheep. This was about $50 d. n,, and
smith had been with them about two
hours. Kelley then went back to see If
The sheep were goiug in the direction of
his home and smith was then still with
mem As Kelley was walking around
the sheep Smith called to him TO "hold
on" They were then about 100 Yards
apart. Kelley then sat down by small
pecan tree and waited for Smith. who
drove up within about ten feet OF Kelley.
stopped his horses, threw his reius over
the dashboard. saying, "Good evening,
r.eklley,' and picked up bis Win.
chester, which was at his side on the
buggy seat, at the same time Kelley
arose and replied, "Good morning, Par.
son smith," raising his Winchester, |
which had been lying across his lap
smith then fired, and Kelley answered |
fire, there being brief interval be- |
tween the shots of both parties. Smith |
fired one shot from his Winchester ami /
jumped out of The buggy on the oppo. |
site side from Kelley, and fired another
shot across the buggy, which Kelley
lodged by dropping on his knees. Kei.
ley fired two shots from his Winchester.
which then got out of order at the SEQ
Dnd shot, and DIRE his six-hooter.-
smith then fired between the spokes of
The hind wheels of the buggy at Kelley.
who fired twice through the same wheels
1t Smith. Both then stepped back to
rear of the buggy and met at point blank
-aDge, when Kelley fired a shot which
ook effect in Smiths breast and stom-
acb. and az Smith stepped back several
PAGES Kelley fired his last shot az Smith
ell, the ball taking effect In Smiths
read. Both parties to the untowari aE-
air enjoyed the respect aud esteem of
he community and have means. Had
Tot the practice of carrying weapons
been in vogue in this section, this
litficulty would have been averted. the
,ullet would not have cut the thread of
minister's life, and kind hearted man
Who never before had difficulty In his
lie would not have had to taken that
lfe.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19

A Leipsic journal gives a method
which II asserts will prevent lamp Chin
neys from cracking. The treatment
ment will not only render lamp chin.
neys, tumblers, aud like articles more
durable, but may be epplied with ad-
vantage to cfockery, sloneware, porce-
lain, etc. The chimneys, tumblers, ETC.,
are put into pot filled with cold water,
to which some common table salt has
been added. The water is well boiled
over fire, and then allowed to cool
slowly. When the articles are taken
out and washed, they will be found TO
resist afterwards any sudden changes of
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19

Like Stephen Girard, Judge Charles
T.. Forbes, who was buried at Spring.
field, Mass, on Wednesday, had no
liking for clergymen. BY has will he
left about $3.50 900 10 establish free H.
brary in the town of Northampton. The
will provides that S150,0OO shall be
known as a book fund, whose income
shall be used 20 obtain scientific and
historical works principally, although
every phase of literature is to be repre-
scented except sectarian religious works.
The will specially provides that no min
lister of any denomination shall have
anything to do with tho management of
the library, which shall at all times be
in the care OF laymen.
A farmer has a novel kind Of thermo.
meter. He keeps turtle in the cellar or
building in which he stores his potatoes,
apples, &c. AS long as the turtle is lively
and crawls around the weather is not
too severe for the vegetables, but when
he draws in his head, shuts himself up
and lies dormant artificial heat is necess-
airy to keep the stock from freezing.-
Cecil Wing.
NoTICE,-Dr. Klne's Great Nerve
Restorsr is the marvel of the age for ali
Nerve Diseases. All fits stopped free.-
Send TO 931 Arch Street PhilP 1elphia,
oct 20-ly