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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29
Stock in Winter.
Yorker.

As the season has now arrived for
combining stock. and they are prevented
from taking the amount of exercise they
obtain in the milder portions of the
year when they are at pasture, in order
10 maintain their good health greater
attention is necessary 30 the require
ments of the animals. One of the most
important of these is frequent supply
of salt, Mankind as y rule does not
partake of a single meal without having
il literally seasoned with this important
natural product. The craving of ami
mails is of similar nature. The hunter
knows that the wary deeer can be sure
" allured TO destruction by the magnet
ic-like influence Of the salt-lick. and
there quietly awaits the arrival Of his
victims. Domestic animals have the
same longing for salt, which can only
be satisfied bv frequent and liberal al
lowances. We are told 10y African trav-
elers that children in that distant land
are often seen sucking humps of rock
salt and enjoy them AS much rs chill
dren here do the ..mintstick." The
horse, particularly, relishes this nutri-
tious seasoning; and To the hog ii can
he given in lis food in increased quanti-
ties with beneficial results. The sheep
being smaller feeder requires less
quantity than swine Salt in its pure
state is fatal TO poultry, but when mixed
TO a small extent, with their food. has
an excellent effect GermaRt0Cn Tele-
graph.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29
Mixing Of Corn.

1t appears from experiments that while
some appearance OF mixing in two sorts
of corn takes place the first year, the
complete crossing is apparent only the
second year in the crop grown from
these mixed ears. Every farmer is IA
miliar with the variegated ears where
sorts of two colors are planted near each
other. Prof. Beal reports an eXperi-
ment where he planted an early, eight
rowed. yellow dent, and through it a
single row of yellow flint. Before flow
ering. the tassels of the flint corn were
all cut off, making impregnation by the
dent on this row necessity. There
was no trace on the ears Of the flint Of
any crossing with the dent the first year.
The next year, however. the flint corn
showed all gradations from the dent to
the flint. He reports some varieties as
being less affected with crossing than
others. and names the red or brown va
rieties as having the greatest tixity Of
type. which accordS with our own OBJ
sevations. To prove the influence of
climate and locality in changing corn
without crossing. he saws that the King
Philip corn went 10 Kansas and in three
years was sent back well marked with
dent.-COantry Gentleman.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29

have money for a start in life" How
rauch money had Garfield or Lincoln,
or Edison, or Howe, the inventor of the
sewing machine. or Stephenson, or Full
ton, or Christopher Columbus, or A. T.
Stewart, or Vanderbilt, or Harriet
Beecher Stowe. or John Bunyan, or
General Grant, st. Paul, or Michael An
cello with which TO make Il .'start in
life?' The best wealth to make .'start
in life on, for man or woman. is a good.
strong body, good principles, good
character and industrious habits. Per-
severance is genius. energy is talent, and
industry and economy united with tend
to-your-own-business, mean competence.
Mary IFdger-FiSher. in Rural New
YORKER.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29
Concerning the Care Of Children.


family. a little girl Of four or five wears.
was the ob;ec, al march solicitude iv her
naren.s. She was , BRIGHT and nretty
child. but had suffered from attacks Of
fts'' or ..spasms. The immediate
guardians of the child seemed TO be in
aeIl;gent sensible neonle and I was
amazed while at dinner Ia see In, little
girl served the same AS an adult. with
rich and hearty food. including even
cboy-cbn,y. annie ME and coffee, IL
was no wander the noor little creature
had . fits or whatever the nervous
malady may have been that was so
DESIGNATED The IGNORANCE displayed in
the diet of the child was too utterly
,bomip.blc IN no rvcnsod and I was
sc,rrolv allie IN hold my tongue from
CRYING ONT against IL But | eased my
conscience m nnsw.rino the ouestion
how I MANAGED to give nav little hoy hi,
look az suncTb health nv cmnbasizin1 the
,,ct tba, he had meyer "a much ,s tGsted
coffee or annie ,ie ar cbow-cbow. a,
x.r;ous other ;b;no- commo,,ly allowed
10 children
The other day an acquaintance COM
,,l,;ne1 +, me ~ ;be DAINTY annette of
her children. of their leannessl their pro-
pepsity Ia be- forever ON the stretch. -
their total iisincliuat;op Ia take s,Iffi-
cicpt slepu and re., The children were
ofte;, g,,,sts AT my bouse. and / knew
that the most tleIcaia one of them all had
meyer been trained 10 drink pure milk.
The stuff She dailv drank WAS a mixture
of warm water. milk and sugar. Alltbe
children ale candy. cakes fine crackers
and were put 10 bed mueh later at NIGHT
than they shol,id have been To my
mind there was nothing surprising in the
fact that A good annette WAS a stranger
10 her little ones. or that they were lean
and un,luly active.
Another mother declares that her
children always have ..colds' from Dc
iobcr until June. She dresses them
daintily, in apparel both fine and costly.
in seaiskin coats. muff.. tippets and
things of such ilk. Their frocks are
worn very short, their drawers are of
finest cambria, and their only "under
flannel consists of fine and dainty
knitted shirt. so that while the mpcr
portion of the body is well protected and
over protected in a sealskin garment.
the lower part is very sIabbily clothed
80 far as warmth goes. The cold sour
ries M the poorly clad lers. which the
short petiicoats Handsomely embroid-
cred fsil 10 protect. With the clothing
of the body so unevenly distributed. IS
il any wonder that the children always
have colds? A good wooden underpar-
meni, cut 10 fit the BODY, arms. legs and
all. and worn next TO the skin. would do
more for the welfare Of her children than
all the sealskin coats, feathered hats and
,ornamented tcceery in the universe
Tkcre is something atrocious in sacrific-
ing child's health to finery. or in being
50 ignorant and careless as not to know
Thai it isbeing so sacrificed.
Every nine men out of ten that have
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29

1t happened on railroad train
which was going -well, it WASH exactly
a lightning express. The engineer
whistled "down brakes" What 5
the trouble, conductor?n excitedly asked
passenger. "Cow on the track, )"
coolly responded the conductor. The
man was satisfied. Shortly afterwari
down brakes was again whistled.
Whats the trouble nowr' cried the
same passenger. "Cow on the track. !"
was the reply. Great Heavensr' cried
the man. '' haven't We caught up with
that COW yet?''-OH City Derrick.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29

"A number of years ago boy was
taken from an orphan asylum in New
York and placed in family in New
Jersey. who ill-treated him. He ran
away, but promised to return when he
WAS large enough to whip his prosecutor
This he did a few days ago, and after
doing his work very effectively took a
western train, and SO escaped. A young
fellow who is thus a. as good as his
word should be either respected OF
feared.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-12-29
"A PLEASURE TRIP. ="

For the purpose Of CONVINCING YOU that the
WEEKLY NOVELIST 10 the Best story Paper -
America" VIII nail You . THAI trip Of tnrteen
sack numberl In regular order rccelp: OF 33es
.ther in postage stsmps or currency (R.g1lsr sub.
.enIues Ps,ce L p yesr.l address NOvELlsr
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
A DESCENDANT Organ.

THE attempt to introduce an organ
into the Presbyterian Church at Toron-
to gave rise to a violent row. The ques-
ton Of instrumental music in the wor-
ship had been discussed for years. and
recently a majority of the session voted
to permit the use of a small cabinet or.
gan in the weekly singing school in the
basement only. The opponents of the
measure regarded this as the beginning
of an abomination, which would next
be carried into the Sunday services.
and the other members became greatly
excited. Brother McMichael, the Choir
lister. ordered the organ sent to the
church, but when it arrived the sexton
refused to open the door, and several
young men carried it in surreptitiously
by a back way. The music circle met
that evening The Rev. Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick occupied the chair, and made a
short address to the effect that even an
organ might be sanctified for religious
purposes. Then the practice of a psalm
for the ensuing Sunday was begun,
with an organ accompaniment. Only a
single verse had been sung when the
venerable Brother Balm. a trustee, en-
tered at the head of party of anti-in.
strument men, and ordered them to
carry out the organ. The young men
of the circle rushed forward, and a
scrimmage ensued; but the oidmen were
stalwarts. and the organ was thrown
into the street.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
Another Good Boy.

y DETROIT grocer was the other dav
hun@rily waiting for lis CLERK To return
from dinner AMI give him a chance AZ
his own MONDAY meal, when a boy
came into the store with 4 basket in his
hand aud said:
II seed "A boy grab up this'erc has
ket from the door and run, agd | run
after him and made him give it up"
My lad. YOU are an honest boy"
Yes. sir"
"Aud YOU look like a good boy"
Yes. sir"
"And good boys should always be
encouraged. In a box in the back room
there are eight dozen eggs. You NAV
take them home to your mother and
keep the basket
The grocer had been saving those
eggs for DAYS and weeks TO reward
some one. In rewardIng n good boy
he also got eight dozen bad eggs car
ried out of the neighborhood free Of
cost. and he chuckiei a little chuck as
he walked homeward.
The afternoon .waued. night came
and went. and once nor the grocer
went to his dinner. When he returned
he was picking his teeth and wearing 4
complacent smile. His eye caught Il
basket of eight dozen eggs as he en-
tered the store, and he queried: Been
buying some eggs
Eyes; got hold Of these from a farm
er's bow replied the clerk.
a lame boy with a blue cap on?"
YES
Two front teeth outg'
Yes"
The grocer sat down and examined
the eggs. The shells had been washed
clean, bat they were the same eggs
that good boy had logged home the dly
before.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
Ceid Feet.

II u. a. We have otter i~si-sfrsi -
show. n mistake - supi~sse Jhsse sssny
warmth ia clo;hcs. Animal beat = il~'
direct result II change. Eu ns ga sth
in the body ii.slf. Nutr;ioa T., tsssi
and the discharge - snrFgY by
are the efficient rau-cs q heat tluihVs
-crm" gopi add warm becalss they
prevent the eplL air and objects with a
capacity for hss. Which surround The
body from attracting the heat generated
within IT, organism. The clothing -
simply an insulator. II follow thai "
should b. light In weight. AMI aissse az
thing, that Il should permit the free ssi
full clrculai ou - blood through every
part of the systemic the eai
of every finger sud tog-and That,
the muscular apparatus "a the 60
trcmitss should be iu ~IrrfeVI WORK
ing order. II We wtll wear fsst-roFur-
ings. whether boots or stocking. whirh
compress the feet aud render the sepa-
rate action Of each the imgrlssihle n -
simply absurd To expect Ia b. warm
footed Heat 10 the complement ot
~ork and nutrition. AMI Il a part II tho
orgs-i-m - - bound thal IL cannot
work. and - supply II fool j. imlssi.
Il must le cold. The resort to -toaltsr
ami heavier cloth NJ uaier such cir
cumstaaces - simply ridiculous. Gem
orally II Is the stockings that compress
the feet. Dh. garter acts as a hgaisrs.
and ~diminishss ths blood-supply. while
the stocking iiSeif acts a. n bandsge.
and impcdes The cinulaglon Iht0ngh
the cxtrrmities -LoHLy1 Laaost.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
PERSONAL iNp LITERARY.

JANIS AxTIInxr FsucrE = a~Sv-
lariy ordained dczoUa n iAs CABsvs 4
S-sAed
PRor. GEar. - SIsyhoah fame. has
accepted the chair a Byazrsis E~ctuc-
~ AZ Oaegsia Colleev-
Mis- MAXI BEEaE. The singer. e g.
H. msrrsi ssr ao~s not waat - 10
Bs.b any knSyr ~ a. RctTaaC
! Ma y m y y s,CruSoETu dos
} al hcr suunas srflp< N sEariua II
/. = s5rt Il Garica Of l. u L Nh
ire Fr~ f~sA
NG fs,xs. 81 fsr Svw York Sas.
szys To-, q our Arf-rsAa pz~is EnS-r-
SIC and Visit We im&a sfh Azvs tAo
most cuiCasx fsusc
TnE cSL.sg 20 Ale I-aiSa nsssV@i
Ei.no g.: re pry,~ss - patfsh r,
selected chapters from Lord Bs.2cnn.
led . ne~ rurancc = few day. bciorp
the work appeared
Ms R,rsru Txrror e sussiv "a.
gsxri in trAns,GinK Tbs pFoss ssrks II
her lsts insstnusi iaio German NJ.
Tayldr. not without honor IN hi. osn
~curniry. rsnkel high IN Earufc. sad
his repulaiioa - = pssi j. hxrsi IA ~
sAd ~ n cser ~sppeoAes~i him In
England a. 5 Translator ot "Fag1
Miss JENNIE HcoAS isc-rafia- come
wha; 81 = sensation IN " sshinstoa ~
an in~spira;ional post Shr halls frsn
Vermont. 1. n brunette II orishArT
height. smrsA features. sol . iacs With
4 bright expfc.siori. ih,rssh she !, n
pretty. She gives exhibitions q her
talent and rhyme, On The slgh;esi pre-.
text
Mg. A~LExANDER Er~fs SWIFT, the
humoris, of the Galveston Ncs, ia ~
i've VI ST John. y. u. educated IN
Germany. Th-r- % married hi. wife.
and il about forty ycais =! szs IL
fought 10 the var un the -tonic !rrstr
sii- at the lines. AMI after 10 Wa oveF
studied las. - sports n bcapl. a
mus;ache and acane. wear, Ecsi clothes
and II ~stand-up collar. Mature ia.
been kind - him. AMI his face give, \
stranger no mixing Of the terrible things
h. i capable OF IA the sketch line
Detroit fres ircSs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
A Poor Printers Only Love.

A PORTION of the facts in regard to a
romantic and tragic love affair have
come to our knowledge through corre-
spondence,.a land we are not aware that
the story has yet been published in
Eastern papers. About two years ago
a young printer in Belfast. named
Frederick Carter. married and went TO
Montana with his bride. There he OBJ
tanned work in a printing Office, aud
soon became the intimate friend of an
other compositor in the same place.
Through Mr.. and Mrs. Carter the
printer friend (whose name we have
not yet learned). began a correspond
ence with Mrs. Carter's sister. a young
and good-looking lady named Mary
Riggs, then residing in Belfast. Free
quent letters were exchanged. and,
though the young couple had never
seen each other. they became more in
terested in one another. At last the
compositor, who had saved money. pro-
posed to marry Miss Riggs; she accept
ed. and he paid her fare to Montana,
and spent considerable money for her
outfit. furniture, etc. She went to that
distant territory and the time was at
once set for the marriage. but the young
lady delayed; then q second date was
fixed. but ut last she told the young
man that she did not like him and could
not marry him. He was deeply in love
with her, and his disappointment was so
keen that he committed suicide by shoot
ing.-Bdngor (.Me.) Commercial
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
A Sultan's Self. Sacrifice.

SIDI MULEY HASSAN, the Sultan of
Morocco, has set a touching example of
retrenchment to his subjects. Having
completely drained the Imperial Treas
ury during his efforts to suppress the
rebellion that ragged throughout his do
minions last summer, he has Just cut
down the State expenses by some
sweeping measures, the first of which
was the reduction of his own domestic
establishment to about one-haif of its
normal strength. He dismissed. at a
blow. 200 of his wives, bestowing their
hands upon distinguished officers of his
army, whose pay. in consideration
of the high favor thus conferred,
he docked some five-and-twentv
per cent. A pleasing feature of this
arrangement is the fact that his
Majesty has made his matrimonial dis
positions in such sort that all his older
moieties have got new husbands, while
he has reserved the Younger one, to
gladden. his own HEARTH Huley Has.
sans popularity has been Increased to
such an extent by this sef-sacriice-op-
his part that, a few days ago. as Ne
rode from the palace to the chief
mosque he was greeted With edthnsi.
astic reclamation by the whole male
populations of Fec, his-capital
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17

There IL no tact mors clearly essab-
this. that the brain expsssis its ensrgis.
and Itself during the hours 20 waksfuI-
ncs-. and thai ihsss are racuprrasssi
during sleep; II th. recupsratiou DIES
not equal the expenditure the brain
withers, this il insanity. Thus il .
that Ia early English history persons.
who were condemned to death BY being
prevented from sleeping. always died
raving m~aalacs. thus IL d. al.o thai thos-
who are starved q death ~h,ecosH~ IN
sane, the brain 1. not nouri.hsd anni
they cannot sleep. The Practical infer
are three.
Those whs think most. who DO ma@i
brain work. require most sleep.
Thai time saved from urs~~zxry
sleep IL iHfaiiibiy destructig- to mail
body aud estate.
Give yourself. your children. your
servants. give ali who are under you
the fullest snoun. Of sleep they VIII
take By compelling them 20 20 - bid
nj some regular. csriy hour. anil Ia riso
IN the morning the moment they ssAks
u themselves. and within a fortnight
nature. with almost the regularity 81
The rising SUI. viii unloo<s the bonds
81 sleep the enough rrpose has
been secured for the wants OF the sys-
tenn This is the only safe and s~usicisu,
rule. and ~ 70 the question how much
sleep any one requires. each must be .
rule for himself, grea; nature viii new
er fail 70 write IL out 10 the observer.
under the regulations ius, given.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
Troubles OF a Country Sexton.

CONSPrCUoUs among those who con-
gregate at the Postoili ce of the quaint
old town of A to await the arrival
of the morning mail is old j, the vii
lage sexton, a man of ready wit, and
overflowing with anecdotes of his rath-
er gloomy profession. Like som e men
in other paths of life, he regards his
calling with contempt. stoutly averring
that almost any traders preferable To it.
"YoI see. he said, one morning, pur-
suing his favorite topic. ''the business
don't pay. an it never will. Some
folks seem to think n grave-digger
oughter work for nothing. Whv, here.
only q short time ago. | buried a wom-
an, an KNOWN her husband was well
fixed, l wasn't in no bury bout send
in in my bill. Fact, nothin' was said
bout it till we happened to meet one
day in the store, an then says he.
-. how much do | owe ye."
"'Well,' saws /. lie me see. l he'd
to hire a man TO do the diggin', cause
the frost was in the ground; an then
l tended the funeral, rs ! guess | shell
hev to charge yer as much as five dol
lars
".F-i-v-e d-o-l-La-r-sr' says he.
WHY, man alive, l could a just druv
clean over to M. nigh Oh TO eight
mile away. an hedthe job done for half
that
IAN then there was a man last year.
over here a little out o. town. He he'd
his wife die. an knowing me, he sent
for me TO bury her, cause he knowed
I'd do the job up in good style Well,
l took charge of the funeral. an then
he'd the grave rounded up an turfed
over. SOS to look snug and comfter-
BILE like. didn't send in no bill, nor
think o dunnin' till | met the man at
town-meetin' in the winter.
".Hullo, j. says he. how much
must l pay youfor that little service you
done me last fall?"
AN l says to him. saws /. We'll,
now. 1 most generiy charges five dollars
for such a job when 1 goes ont o town.
but seein's you re IN old friend. Isha'n't
charge yer but four
I'VE jest oughter seen him start. I
thought he was goin' ter take the head
clean of er me.
..rll pay yer this time AVS he.
but | tell yer what. Mr.. J--i If ever |
hev another wife die. I'll cart her off in
q wheelharrow fore I'll pay such a
price as that to hey her put under
ground. '"-Harpers Drascey. r
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
An Italian NObleman as n Waiter.

WHEN in the White Mountains, las,
September, | wrote to the TrYaes If The
student walters at the View Hampshire
hotels, and praised their ability to con-
quer false pride in their efforts to earn
the means to continue their education.
A Washington hotel offers q similar
example now in the person of q young
Italian of a noble family, who speaks,
reads and writes eleven LANGUAGES, who,
owing to his fathers loss OF fortune and
his WI consequent poverty, has ae-
cepted gladly the position Of second
waiter in this hotel. where he was a
guest when he fist came to Washing
ton, less than a year ago. There are
several responsible gentlemen, who have
seen his papers, who have trld ME his
story. He himself never alludes to
the subject of his changed position, nor
tries iii any way to attract attention or
excite sympathy. He simply attends to
his very embarrassing duties of receiving
and seating the guests in the large dina
ing-room, and whenever he has d mo-
ment's leisure he is studying English,
which isthe one language of importance
in which he is deficient. l understand
that his knowledge Of European CONT
mental tonaues Las caused the promise
10 40 Given him that as soon as he can
write English with ease he shall have a
place as translator in the State Depart
ment. 1t is in order to earn means of
support while studying English that no
has taken the place at the hotel. Gen.
t1pman ha~lon piup IN tho lnpatiou Of bio
country spoke to the landlord Of his
reverses and determination to earn q
living, and secured a place for him. As
many foreigners board at the hotel, it
is an advantage to have some one in the
establishment who speaks .etker ham
guages besides English. This young
man speaks, reads and writes Latin,
Greek and Russian as we'll as moro.
modern tongues.-Cor. Philadelphia
Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
Turkish Carpets.

One of the most important industries
of the Ottoman Empire, and certainly
the chief industry OF Asia Minor. al
WAYS excepting agriculture. is the max
iny of carpets. Some of the factories
are now furnished with looms quite ia
the European manner. but it Is n in
such factories that these famous fabrics
are chiefly produced; the peasants in
their mud houses, and the nOmad
Yuruks in their tents, all contribute to
the many kinds that are male. The
annual value of the carpets of Anatolia
approaches five hundred thousand dol
lars. and Of these but q small number
remain in Turkey. These large exports
keep prices at a fair level. and IN the
best shops of London and Paris all
kinds OF Eastern carpets \ b. got for
ready money more cheaply than the
casual traveller a buy them on the
spot This applies 20 the finest old
carpets as well as 10 the new ones: for
even with q good and ;rg~ty dragoman
one may have To lose the best part Of a
day haggiing for half a dozen yelyeiy
Daghestans with a carpet
dealer Of smyrna Csrro or AlexandriA
and after al be sictimized TO sDrne ex-
tent