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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

The moyemen. to encourage the growth Of
trees continues. In New England nany old
farms are being replanted or are growing up
into forests. In many Of the picturesque
old villages improvement associations are at
work identifying the local habitations with
shrubs and what will vet become noble trees.
There Is an astonishing amount OF tree
planting sll ever the extreme West. Indeed
in the prairie countries groves and bits Of
wood have become necessity to protect the
farm house and barns from the fierce winds
which occasionally visit plains not intersect-
ed by mountain ranges. There is still much
needles. waste Of wood, and forest fires are
altogether frequent. Indeed, the day must
come when the federal government will be
empowered 10 protect our forests, as well as
TO give authority to replsnt certain sections,
so as to secure a supply Of water for rivers
which would dry up if the feeders at their
head waters were removed. But until Con-
gress IL empowered to act, by a change in
the organic law, the disposition to plant
trees by individuals and corporations should
be warmly commended. Some Of the rail-
roads are helping on the good work by offer
ing prizes for trees planted on either side Of
their tracks and some of them have the
good sense to spend n little money in tree
and shrub planting near the stations. Trav-
elers en- the Union Pacific road will recall
the tasteful surroundings at the stations
where the travellers stop for their meals. 1t
woIld pay all the railroads to do as much
for the travelling public in every part OF the
country.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

Larned, Kansas, sept 10, lssl.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim and Sc
cure fual entry thereon, and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk of the District Court
of Ford county, at Dodge City, Ford county,
Kansas, on Monday, October 2ith. ISL, viz:
WILLIAM II. WHITE, Homestead Applica-
ton No. 3iii. for the North East or Section II,
Township 20 :, Range g ".
And he names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon aud cultivation of
saidtract, viz W. :. Kline, W. NJ. Perkins. J.
W. Keith; and II. L. Morse, all OF speareyille
Z. o. Ford county, Kansas.
se2s-5w c. \. MORRIS, Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

The Register of the United States Land
Office holds the law granting settlers upon
public lands west of the 9th principal meIi-
dian leave OF absence until October lst, 1881 /;
does not necessarily compel the claimant to re-
turn and resume residence ON that date. The
law provides that such absence shall not
work any forfeiture Of previous rights. Con-
sequently in legal point Of view the resi-
dence has not been interrupted and the set.
tier lie entitled To the came right Of absence
from the land. after October LIST, as he would
be, had he remained thereon. In other
words, no abandonment Of the land, in case
of homesteaders, will be recognized or con-
tests allowed until the expiration Of six
months from October LIST, lSSl.-Lsrned
Optic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06
Silver Creek n V Feb. G
indicator.

Silver Creek, n. V, Feb. 6, 1850.
Gents-I have been very low, and have
tried everything, to no advantage. heard
your Hop Biiters recommended by 80 many
concluded 10 give them trial. l did, and
now am arouod, and constantly improving,
and an nearl, as strong $ ever.
W. II. WELLER.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

1t is said tina, the wholesale house Of A. 7.
Steward, Chicsgo, refused to close. and also
refused to LET single employe out Of the
house. 1t slso embraced the opportunity,
on Monday. to advance the price Of black
cambric from to 81 cents a yard, and :be
price Of bleached prints from g. to cents
yard.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

A tramp on the Union Pacific railroad re-
fused to pay his fare because he said the con-
ductor was coward. "None but the brave"
said the tramp observes the fare" The
gentlemanly conductor passed him and gave
him a two dollar bill.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

The "eminent New York physician
comes to the front again with the statement
that the man who habiiually drinks beer, is
sure to have Brights disease.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-10-06

Ladies who Apprs ciate Elegance and pur-
ity are using Parker's Hair Balsam. 1t is
the bet article sold for restoring gray hair
to its original color and beauty.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
The Origin Of /" Ta-ta,"

For several years American paragra-
piers have been using the old Southern
expression, "ta-ta, as term of humor
Gus farewell, thus giving it O meaning
entirely different from that it started out
in life with; and how it ever came to be
applied in that way is little surprising
to any one to the Southern "manner
born" and especially to any one familiar
with the idioms of the South of ante
bellum days.
No one who was ever petted, loved
and spoiled by kind old black ''mam-
my" can ever forget that "ta-ta," in
baby dialect. is thank YOU" or, to give
an exact definition from our unwritten
vocabulary, "thanky." They can never
forget mammy's cooxingly reproving
tones, nor her "chulchy," when, in cor
recting some childish forgetfulness, tine
omission of thanks for some slight ia
vor, the gift of an apple, or perhaps a
stalk of sugar cane, she would say,
"Honey, where's yo' manners? Whynt
yo' say ta-ta?'" For a more valuable
present her words would have been:
"Tell the lady you're much Obleegad, ="
or "obliged," if she happened to be a
little careful in her pronunciation, rs
many house servants were; but for all
trifing gifts "ta-ta" was the popular
term for the very little folks. OF course
as the children grew larger this pet way
of expressing thanks was laid aside with
their baby clothes; and the "churchy"
that nanny had taught them-a funny
substitute for bow, consisting only in
a sudden bending of the knees, which
caused comical dip down and up-was
put away with the iingling rhymes of
early childhood
"Ta-ta'" belongs exclusively to the
little ones it is as peculiarly their own
as are "catty cats" and "this little pig
went to market" and all those other
wonderful things belonging to child life.
To the great world "ta-ta" is nothing
but ludicrous expression but to many
of lis there is something half touching,
half comical, in the quaint old words
that bring back so wildly the days
when we planted raisin seeds, rode stick
horses, believed in giants, knew that the
fairies were hiding in the ferns and that
pots of gold were awaiting us at the end
of the rainbow. Pleasant RiderhoOd.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
A Third Set of Teeth.

Concerning the growth of third set
of teeth, Prof. Owen says: "Teeth are
organs that, as rule, have term OF
existence more limited than that of the
organism of which they form part. In
many of the lower vertebrates they are
shed very soon after they are completed
and in use, and are as quickly replaced
by others. In the mammalia, however,
there is but one succession Of teeth nat
urally shed, but though the successors
of the so-called milk teeth last long
enough to acquire the title of 'perma-
nent, they are rarely retained to an adj
vanced age. There is, however, belief
entertained by many Of the occasional
acquisition of third set in human cen
tenarians. Thus it is recorded of the
Counties Of Desmond, in 'Fyne's Mort
sons Itinerary, Q61D, that, not many
years before her death, which is said to
have occurred at the age of 140 years,
she had all her teeth renewed. L was
led to discussion on this point by a
worthy clergyman at the house Of a
friend whom I was visiting, and to my
skepticism as to the alleged age and
third set of teeth Of the old countess, he
replied that there then lived in his parish
an old woman alleged to have passed her
hundredth year, who was then actually
cutting her third set of teeth. [ re-
joiced at this instance. | had long been
convinced that actual phenomena had
suggested the statement, but that the
nature of these had been misinterpreted,
and deemed myself most fortunate in
having an opportunity of testing the
matter. The following morning I was
driven to the old woman's cabin. It vas
in the north of Ireland, and she was sit
ting crouched over her peat fire, a typ
ical example of human decay. To the
shouts of her pastor the deaf old crone
replied by pulling down her skinny lip
and exposing the side of her lower jaw,
from which there projected through the
gum the blackened stump of tooth, the
crown of which had gone many years
before. The absorption of the gums
consequent on the edentulous state of
the jaw in senility, had brought to light
a remnant of long-lost tooth. Other
stumps of teeth, of which the loss Of the
decayed crown had been forgotten, might
in like manner, appear through the
shrinkage and absorption of the senile
jaw. And this I take to be the true
ground of the allegations as to the &C.
QUESTION in extreme old age Of third
set of veritable teeth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14

An ethereal creature, whose shell-pink
India cashmere [ was admiring on ac-
count of the grace of its shirred drapery,
says watering place correspondent,
stopped short in waltz, pursed up her
little mouth and lowered her delicate
brows in an expression of gentle disgust,
and stood still for the estimated space of
nine seconds. Then she smoothed her
pretty face, smiled bewitchingly into the
eyes of her partner and resumed the
dance. I surmiscd that something
about her underskirts had come undone,
and, when she soon stopped in the same
manner again, [ looked down to see
what would fall. Only one foot was
visible below her short skirt. That was
a nice one, in sandal and stocking of
pink to match the dress but where
was the other? It presently came down
to the floor, after giving evidence of
being engaged in some mysterious en-
ployment up there out OF sight, and of
she went to renew the waltz.
" In goodness NAME" I asked of my
female companion, "what was she
doing?"
Scratching mosquito bite" was
the instructive reply.
She had stopped to relieve, with the
toe of one sandal, an itching somewhere
near the opposite knee. I saw in the
course of further observations that
scratching mosquito bites, no matter
where they were situated, was not
deemed impolite in this company, which
was of good average in culture and gen
eral behavior. The most cireumspect of
the girls would dig themselves with
finger nails and toes, or rub themselves,
cow-fashion, against the corner of a
doorway. How could they help it?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Her Gratitude.

Coming down Michigan avenue lady
IN q well-flled car saw woman dashing
across a vacant lot at the corner of
Twelfth street, and whirling her parasol
in a vain endeavor to catch the eye of
the car driver. The lady Immediately
arose and pulled the strap. The moment
this was done the woman checked down
her speed and walked slower than boy
going home after playing truant. AS
she reached the car she deliberately
lowered her parasol, looked back down
Twelfth street, and slowly entered.
The lady, meantime, had been squeez-
ing along to make room for the new
conner. That individual looked up and
down both sides of the car with a git-up-
and-give-me-a-seat expression, looked at
the space provided for her with q sneer,
took step toward it, then stopped, as if
she would say: "Sit along further.
There isn't room enough for me p and
then Topped herself into the space,
thrusting her parasol, which she carried
IN the hollow of her left arm, into her
benefactors face, turned and slowly, de-
hberately and superciliously looked at
the lady's hat, her ear ornaments, her
dress, and then turned from her with
"You're nobody" expression of coun-
tenance, and commenced taking a mental
inventory of all the hats and dresses in
the car Not one word of thanks to the
lady who had stopped the car, and
crowded along to give her seat; only an
insulting stare, that, in man, would
put them in danger of being caught by
the nape of the neck and thrown into
the street. Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
ODE ON THE ASSASSINATION.


IA prize offered by a London paper for the bei
poem on the assassination of President Garfield wa
awarded to the author of the following:l
Vel, now, o, Liberty, thy blushing face,
At the fell deed that thrills started world;
While fair Columbia weeps in dark disgrace,
And bows in sorrow DER the banner furled.
No graceess tyrant falls by vengeance here,
Meath the wild justice of the secret kuife;
Nor red Ambition ends its grim career,
And expiates its horrors with its life.
Not here does rash Revenge misguided burn,
To free a nation from tn assassin's dart;
Or reused Despair in angry madness turn,
And tear its freedom from despots heart.
But where blessed Liberty so widely reigns,
And peace and plenty mark a smiling land;
Here the mad wretch its fair white record stains,
And blurs its beauties with bloody hand"
Here the elect Of millions, and the pride
or those who own his mild and peaceful rule
Here Virtue sinks and yields the crimson tide,
Beneath the vile unreason Of fooll
But Heavens hand hath stayed the erring ball,
And spared life as virtuous rare;
Yet that such deeds whispering world appall
Is Heavens mystery and mans despair.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
In a Hopeful Frame of Mind,

We regret to say that the bad feeling
between Rev. Aminidab Bledso. of the
Austin Blue-Light Colored Tabernacle.
and his wife has not diminished, but,
on the contrary, there is some talk of q
divorce.
Uncle Nose met Mrs. Bledso on Aus.
tin avenue, and he remarked that she
was looking so happy.
II alters feel happy when my hus.
band is out hunting" responded Mrs.
Bledso.
=" Bekase yer expects to hab a mess Of
cartridges for supper !" asked Nose.
"No, sab but bekase when he am Out
wild gun dar's hopes he'll blow de tor
of his fool head off befoah he gets back.
Teas Siftings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Art-work Among women.

A writer in the Leisure Hour. a little
time since, says: SIT is amusing to
glance back at the successive pursuits
which have been dear to art-Ioving la
dies during the past fifty years. In the
early days, when womankind awoke to
the fact that art was possible to her,
she threw over samplers and took de-
light in Poonah painting. Next came
the rage of filling glasses with various
colored sands, and the absurd mania for
sticking little yignettes over china and
glass which rejoiced in half score of
long names, and still fingers in Ger
many as Metachromatypie.' Then we
had the fashion of obtaining the outlines
of natural foliage by splashing India
ink all around them and leaving the i'm
age of group of flowers or leaves on
finger-narkins and table-tops. Then
came actual art-work and form painting
on fans and handscreens /; young ladies
have arrived at painting ON china, which
is now by far the most fashionable
rage Art-poetry decorated by anna
tours bids fair to become drug in the
market"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Dark Fabrics.

If economy is necessary in your case,
and you wish yourself and children to
look as well as possible, you will avoid
the purchase of light-colored fabrics in
goods that cannot be washed. If you
are over tall or over stout, choose dark
garments if you wish to diminish the
appearance of your size. Do not buy
light-colored mixed goods. Buy black
or brown for yourself; navy-blue, bottle
green or dark maroon are all good colors
for young girls. Whatever color is most
becoming that adhere to, and don't
change it for the sake of a "change, .
unless you have plenty of money, for a
different colored frock necessitates DIFF
ference of hat, gloves, necktie and wrap,
maybe. Moreover, it is pleasant and it
gives one individuality to be associated
with certain kind of dress and fixed
way of arranging the hair.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Question.

Has it heen or has it moi been? that is the oueskion
VII. ther tits easier for man to suffer
The pains and tort1res OF misplaced affection
V to feke az his troubles in his arms
AID, BY esp0nsing, eud them? To wed-to marry
NO Inore-to take woman to gel rid of her:
70 say VIC end all in jealousies and doubts
And writing sonnets to our mistress eyebrow.
And carrying shawls and sending Boston rosebuds
And moonlight rambles and the manufacture
2f airy notilings into long love-letters
That ring the endless changes upon amor:
To wed-perchance to wish you hadn't
AZ, there's the rub; for the impossibhty.
When We have wrapped us in this marriage coil,
OF getting unwrspped there's the respect
Might make calamity Of married life
For who could bear the whips and scorns of toDgua
The Caudle lectures, the cold Monday dinners
The worry with the servants the delays of dressing
The smiles to previous lovers, the sharp questions
AS tn where he was last evening
When he himself might his quietus get
With night latch-key? Who would fardels bear.
The grunt and groan about your washerYoman,
Your mussy room, your shirts and buttons
And all the miseries of forlorn bachelors.
But that the dread Of something after marriage
That undiscovered country from whose boredom
No traveller returns, puzzles the viii,
And makes rather bear the bachelors Ills
Than fly to others that We know not of?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Getting Ready for n1nrrfase.


Having settled the comparatively
minor matter of choosing husband,
the fashionable girl now turns her heart
felt attention to getting herself salts
factorily dressed for marriage; also to
lettering her person. She desires above
all things to be at least pretty, if not
beautiful, on that awful occasion, and to
accomplish that purpose she goes
through all the regeneration possible.
met q girl at Saratoga (says Clara
BelD who told me that she was trying
to fatten herself for bridal. The affianced
husband was an ardent admirer of
plumpness, and she was rather lean.
The amount OF oatmeal and cream she
consumed was marvellous, and she lolled
around all day long, refusing to dance
even, for fear of working off an ounce of
flesh. A month of that kind of treat
ment increased her weight nine pounds;
but it didn't improve her appearance, to
my mind, because she had fat, porky
look in the face, and her skin became
bad from Indigestion. The wiser sys-
tenn commonly adopted by attianced
wives is plain, nourishing diet. plenty
of exercise and long, regular hours Of
sleep. These brace her up in health,
and an improved appearance is the con-
sequence. In addition to these measures
she does all the artificial identifying
that may be POSSIBLE in her particular
case. Her mouth is repaired by den
fist, if there is anything that can be
done to her teeth, and it is astounding
what the dentists of the present day can
accomplish in the way of whitening and
Strengthening. If any of the natural
teeth be gone, or in such condition as
to make extraction advisable. then false
ones are cleverly adjusted, and the prac-
tice of making these not quite perfect.
either In shape or color, has become SO
common that the false can hardly be
distinguished from the real. She goes
to manicure and pedicure, who fixes
up her hands and feet. shaping and
furnishing the nails, removing corns
and callousspots, and smoothing the skin
with lotions This kind of work some
times includes the removal of hair from
the arms and legs, for most brunettes
are subject to too much hirsute growth.
The sensible girl, however, will omit
this, and let her husband see the defect,
if it be one. while she is brand-new
wife, and not go to him smooth as ala
baster. only to become hairy after the
charm of novelty is gone from her. The
best thing she can do for her complexion
is to eschew paint, and let a physician
endeavor to drive the humors out of her
blood. This should be done long
enough before the wedding, for the puri-
fication almost always temporarily
roughens the skin. Turkish baths are
now fashionable for girls near matri-
mony, the belief being that they impart
healthy softness and glow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Concerning States.

Last year the capital invested in the
slate trade in the United States was
nearly $4,000, 900, and the produce was
10000 squares, Pennsylvania alone
producing 100000. The largest quarry
contains so acres and employs 200 men.
It was opened in 1856, and in 1880 tnrned
out 40, 600 squares. The most durable
states are from Pennsylvania and Maine,
and are dark blue and blue black.
Green, red, purple and variegated do not
keep color well, and the red kinds are
he most expensive.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
The Destruction OF the Trees.
from the indianapolis Journal

From the Indianapolis JOnrnQIJ
It seems difficult now to account for
the rage of early settlers for the destruc-
ton of fine timber. How many thou
sands of acres of hard timber have been
girdled and burned from land, the sub
sequent crops of which would now pay
for the timber destroyed. So eager
have many been to get rid Of native for
est trees that they have cut them down
and planted cedars and pines for shade
and ornament, and it is not uncommon
to see a fiaring white painted farmhouse
standing out exposed to the burning sun
on the spot from which the most lovely
native trees have been removed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
manner al Rnsis,es..

You were out late last night, dear, .
saio Mrs. Breezy, taking her seat at the
breakfast table and fllmbling nervously
with her fork.
sob, no." said Mr.. Breezy. "It
wasn't late. You see, darling, you were
asleep when I came in and"
"No, MI. Breezy, was not asleep,
but, as you say, it was not late for you.
Nothing would convince you that the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14

STORIES come from Colorado as tall as
the mountains there. The latest is that
slxty-two black sheep, being frightened
by coyote, turned perfectly white dur
ing the night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14

Is it any wonder in view of these fig
ures, and they are to a certain extent
criterion to judge the wages all over
Germany, that the sturdy yeomanry and
artisans OF that country ara coming to
the United States by thousands?
CONTACT with the world either breaks
or hardens the heart
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
A LETTER preserved in the New York

A LETTER preserved in the New York
Historical Society has the following
sentence in it: my sons wife is lately
dead, and is very much lamented by all
who knew her; could have wished, had
it pleased God, that his mother in-law,
who is ripper for the other world, had
gone before her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14

The Bote, of Inowrazlaw, Prussia,
gives the following table OF wages for
workmen in that city, place Of some
5000 or 10000 population. The wages
are for weeks work of six days Of four
teen hours each. A mark is equal to an
English shilling, or about twenty-four