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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
The Manufacture of Farm Machinery.

The business Of manufacturing farm
ing tools and machinery has become one
of the great interests in this country.
and during the last twenty-five years
the increase has been over ten-fold.
According 10 the census figures of 1880.
there were l.9i2 establishments in the
United States engaged in the manfact-
urc of these implements. Of these 265
are in New York. 22l in Illinois, 90 in
Pennsylvania. 15S in Ohio. aud l43 in
Michigan. The aggregate capital in
vested in the industry i. So. 3l5, 96S.
and the highest number of hands en-
ployed during the census-year was 49,
$50, to whom SO, 1876. III were paid in
wages. while Sj.79l $40 were expended
for lumber SIS. 42i. 052 ior IRON and
steel. and S7,S7S.202 for other mate
rails making the total value of all
materials used. $50. Goi, l07. Dur
ing 1850 the value OF all agri-
cultural implements manufactured.
amounted 10 S59 20 I, 0ss OF this vast
sum the manufactures OF Illinois. In
diana. Iowa. Ohio. Michigan. Minneso-
tn and Wisconsin aggregated siJ,00o,-
600. or 81 per cent. of the whole. In
1850 New York and Pennsylvania made
most of the implements. bal to-day the
prairie States of OHIO and Illinois have
taken their place, the value of the i'm
plcmenis made in Ohio in 1850 being
Sl5,473. 50, and in Illinois, Sl4,2I9, I35;
while fhosc made in Nea York were
worth Sl0.7i7,766. and thosein Penn
sllxan.a- Sad ~ Altogether. there
werr made ui lighter impiementS .S6i.-
Ii3 plcngs i.z+i,s di seythes; 4S7.l1s
scythc >na;hS: SOS.7S2 dozen hand
rake>, ll.7SS dozen haN-forks. and
1925. oa7 cuitiVMors; while OF heavier im-
plcmcnis there were manufactured -
n9o mowers. Is ,53I harvester>, 5.3S7
rcapers, 5i,Ssf reapors and mowers
combined, .Ss7 thrashers, 10. 202 cider
and wine1miliS 1856 cane-miils. /. 100
sirup-eyaporalors, 1l.l6i horse-powerS.
Lac clover-hullers. 55.i potato-dig-
gers. 1870 corn-huskers. 80. 10. corn
shelters, and 45.il2 fanning-mills.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
Perfectly Satisfactory.

The next man was tall, bow-backed,
1ong-faccd chap who had worried
through the winter without an over
coat and perhaps without changing his
linen.
"No use 10 ask If this charge Of va
grancy is true" remarked his Honor, as
he surveyed the prisoner.
''Not bit of use, Judge; you know
its falscri was the ready reply.
What. DO YOU deny that you are a
vag2"
"Ccftainiy doni
Then what are yoT?''
"A gentleman and speculator. sir.
II you'll give me few minutes of your
valuable time I'll make the most salts
factory explanations Of my present APP
pearance and financial embarrassment.
$50 ahead"
''Well, sir, my name is Rhodcric DE
Langley. To begin with. no vagrant
owned such name. am aspcculator
in grain, bonds. silver stock and other
things. When make strike / dress
like Prince and live high. When
lose | sleep in the alleys and cut my cx-
penscs close. Ny last speculation was
loss; therefore | am eccnomizing.
What was your last speculation?n
- Four hundred shares at ten dollars
each in an invention TO hatch fish by
steam. My partner ran away with all
the funds and left me fiat. In thirty days
| shah be on my feet again"
Howl
g | am after one hundred shares il
Union Pacific. They are down 10 hard
pan and must react. Give me thirt,
days and | viii be in clover again.
"Tll give You sixty" said the Court,
after a pause
Good. am a thousand time,
obliged. Everything is perfectly salts
factory"
Yes-siSty days in the Work House
April showers viii be invigorating tn,
earth when you come out.
That was a base trick said the
prisoner. rs lie fell back; and when out
of ear-shot of the Court he told Biiah
that if he lived to serve out his sixty
days he would send his Honor an infer
nal machine and blow him five hundred
feet high Detroit Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

j. THIS boys heroi Let u see. He lies
stretched across the masters knee and whim-
pers not Every second the cruel rattan rises
and falls; every second there is dali sound
as If somebody were threshing mud. The
dust flies, but the victim utters no sound.
The perspiration stands out on the masters
brow, and he begins to wonder If that boys
basement is constructed of sheet-iron. Moth
ing Of the sort, it is a wild, foolish conject-
ure. The lads life has been passed in the full
blaze Of the nineteenth century civilization.
He is no fool. He knows that nobody knows
what day NAV bring forth. He doesn't ven
ture across the dark gulf between the now aud
the may be unprovidcd against contingencies.
The lantern that guides his footsteps is the
light of experience. There is great future
reserved for this boy. The rattan goes upand
the rattan comes down who cares for the rat
tans. When he left home in the morning he
took his fathers last remaining liver pad with
him. It's the right liver in the wrong place.
Yes, the bow is hero.-DcStrr Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

Mrs. ARA Brown, who recently
lied in Chicago at the advanced age Of
eighty-four years, was a remarkable
woman, and at her funeral the account
which was given of her life was based
On diary which she had kept for up
ward Of seventy years. She is said to
have been a good Hebrew, Latin and
German scholar, and sat the early age
Of eight to have become Il convert to
Christianity. '-Chicag0 Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
"A "faith cure, is described in the

"A "faith cure'' is described in the
british Medical Journal. An ignorant
and superstitious English woman,
roubled with palsy in the lower extrem-
ties, was taken to French hospital for
treatment. The consultation over her
ease being entirely in the French Ian
yuage, she imagined the words to be
intended as sort of incarnation. At all
events, the doctors were soon afterward
greatly surprised 70 see her moving
around the room perfectly cured.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
tcAis.s. i-.eso-ssal
PERILs OF THE DEEP.

During my trip down tho River Tagtis. in
Spain" said Captain Boyton to a representative
Of this journal in recent conversation by the
sea shore. Il had 10 shoot los waterfalls. the
largest being about eighty five feet. and innumer-
bad three ribs broken in fight with sharks: and
coming down the Somane. river in France. 1
received a charge of shot from an excited and
startled huntsman. Although this was not very
pleasant and might be termed dangerous, l fear
nothing more on my trip than intense cold for.
as long as my limbs are free and easy and not
cramped or benuEbed am al right. OF late /
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
Nh JouS v. MCFARLAND, of Ashland. Ky.,

Mr. JoHS y. MCFARLAND, of Ashland. Ky.,
writes: '' | will say of what sickness | was
cured. Nv back ached so, could hardly bend
it Nv urine was dark colored and full of
sediment Nv liver and stomach gave me
great pain. NV bowels were sometimes loose
and sometimes constipated. ! was very nery-
Gus | could not sleep well nights My
dreams were horrible. My memory was bad
NV whole system was run down and my blood
seemed poisoned. took no pleasure in eat
ing. found no joy in living. DIR. Guysott' $
yellow Dock and Sarsapariila cured me of all
my distress. think il is the best medicine
in the world
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

II YOU will stop spending so much on fine
clothes, rich food and style, buy good, healthy
food. cheaper and better clothing, get more
real and substantial things Of life every way,
and especially stop the foolish habit Of en-
ploying expensive quack doctors or using 50
much OF the vile huubug medicine that does
you only harm, but put your trust in that SIM
pie, pure remedy, Hop Bitters; that cures al
ways at a trifiing cost, and you will see good
times and have good health.-Chronicie.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

Reader, can YOU believe that the Creator af-
flicts one-third of mankind with disease for
which there is no remeiyi DR.. Il. V, Pierceis
Golden Medical Discovery has cured hun
dreds Of cases of consumption, and men are
living to-day-bealthy, robust men-whom
lung was almost gone. Send tso stamps for
Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on CONSUMPTION and
Kindred Affections. Address WORLDS DIS
PENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Buffalo II.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23
Health and Strength.

When you wish to renew your health; when
the various organs Of life are weakened by
long suffering and distress, then use medi-
cine that will act in perfect harmony with the
entire system. Use a medicine that will build
up without tearing down. Use n medicine
that will create a healthy appetite. Use a
medicine that will strengthen every part of the
body and remove all blood impurities, thus
giving disease no opportunity for reaction.
such a remedy is Dr. Guysotts Yellow Dock
and Sarssparills II is true strengthened, 4
sure reyiyer, a perfect enricher of the blood.
1t contains nothing hurtful to the most deli
cate constitution. Its principal ingredients
are Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Buchu,
Calisaya Bark and Celery. Try one bottle.
Its effect is charming
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

"SNAP," great Border Story by T. Buchanan
Price, is an intensely interesting and thrilling
book Critics class it with the great Cooper's
famous Indian tales. Immense sales are pre-
dicted. First edition going like wild-iire
Price 81; bound in cloth. ". B. Smith * Co.,
Publishers, "a Bond Street. New York
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

"QUALITY comes before Quantity" And
there is where the great beauty OF Kidney
Wort comes in. Its quality is unequaled rs
a curative for all liver. bowel and kidney com
plants Ii acts first by overcoming in the
Then. by its great tonic aud inyicorating prop
critics, it restores to health the debilitated and
weakened PARTS
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

THOUSANDS of ladies' to-day cherish CRATE
full remembrances Of the help derived from
the use of lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. 1t positively cures all female
complaints. Send to Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkham,
233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pam
phlefs
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

liz you have any skin d iseases or diseases Of
the hair or scalp, any itching OF discolorations,
sun burns, freckes. pimplcs, rough or dry
harsh skin, you have in DIR. G. W. Benson's
Skin Cure, sure, perfect and elegant remedy.
Sold by all druggists. Also Dr. Benson's
Celery and Chamomile Pills, the standard
remedy for all headaches and nervousness.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

YOKE or middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, premature
old age, as the result of bad habits. should
send three stamps for Part VII. Of Dime Series
pamphlets. Address WoRLp's DIsPRSsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Buffalo, n. Y.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

SAYS the Brooklyn Eagle: Mr.. r C. Moore,
II Messrs. Vernam & Co, "a New street, New
York, was almost instantly relieved by st.
Jacobs Oil Of severe pain following an attack
Of pleurisy. The remedy acted like magic
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

THE Boston Post can't see any object in
walking with a girl unless YOU can put your
arm around her, and millions of fem lie voices
are crying out over the land: Neither can
we.'-Dsfrod Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

"WERE to be candied, would say You
were just about the incest fellow ever met, -
she said, while leaning on his arm in front OF
q coufectioners. He bought the taffy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

Ruhinstein has refused an offer of
$50. coo TO return 10 this country for 4
short engagement. Why not offer him
the United States. Tho country will
sink if he doesn't come.-Detron Free
Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

A PRISONER at Chicago tried to commit su-
icide the other day because the turnkey
seemed to feel above him in society. This Is
evidently going TO be dreadful summer
Detroit Fro Press
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

ado You know. miss, that young Schinler-
hanDes has been sentenced to ninety-nine
years Imprisonment .'Poorfellow," sighed
the Young lady, he will have to wait so long
before he can marry"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

WHAT could be said n . lawyer should
charge only q nominal feel 1t could be said.
and said truly. that is vas phenomenal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

cF- For one dime get package Of Diamond
Dyes at the druggists. They color any thing
any color. The easiest TO use, and the most
desirable colors.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

WERE you hurt near any one Of the verte-
brer asked lawyer Of witness who want
ed damages NO" was the answer: e i
was hurt right on the racc-course, close TO the
Judges stand. ''-Boston Giob~.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

"RoUGH on RArs." Clears out rats, mice,
flies, reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermih. l5c.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

"A LOBSTER never comes ashore" said an
old fishmonger. without great risk Of getting
into hot water
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

The art connoisseur and exhibitor. Prof.
Cromwell, was cured Of rheumatism by St.
Jacobs OiL-NoJolk Vrgipidn.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

BUcHUPArBa.n Quick, complete cure. al
annoying Kidney Diseases. 81 At Druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

PATRICK dressing for a party" Bcdad
now, and shan't be able 60 GIT on these boots
till I've worn thin a tonne or two
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

SEND name and address to Cragin & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa. for cook book free.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

DR. PrERcR's "Favorite Prescription" is tho
debilitated womans best restorative tonic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

070 A WEEK. &l2 day at home easily mAda.
d q Costly outft frea Addr's True kCo. Augusta Ne
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05
APPLES FOR EXPORT.

From reliable sources we learn that
the apple crop will be very poor in Eng.
land this year, and not over-abuadant on
the continent of Europe. A short apple
crop in England, means a demand for
American fruit, to the profit, if not of
our orchardists, at least of our shippers.
In former years, American apples have
met with ready sale at paying prices
in England, but within the last two or
three years, the trade has been less profit
able. 1t is the old story over again, that
good fruit in good condition, brings good
prices. Two years ago. taking advan-
tage of the unusual scarcity abroad, par
ties sent over large quantities of apples,
without regard to their quality or condi-
tion. As q consequence, this fruit in
Convent Garden market, as it would
have been in Washington market, was
left on the dealers hands. Hundreds of
barrels did not bring the cost of the
freight, and American apples fell into
disfsvor. The same course if followed
this year, will meet with similar result.
Only the best fruit, packed in the best
manner. will pay in England as at home.
The English received their first impress
sions of American apples from the New
town Pippin, which several years ago
was the only kind sent abroad. and was
in demand there, however large theil
own crop Of fruit might be. But this
variety is now far from abundant, and
others have been forwarded Of late years
The baldwin" "Greening," "Spitzen-
berg" ""Northern Spy" licking of Thomp
kins Co.." etc., have sold well, wheI
good of their kind. The rascally prac
tice of topping" has injured the repu
tation of our fruit, so at present, it il
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05

SUSTAINING HER REPUTATION. -
Young Hostetter McGinnis, one Of the
fashionable young bloods of Austin, took
a young lady to church Sunday evening.
As he had been up quite late the night
before, he was very sleepy, consequently
he did not firt with the fashionable
young lady, as he had heretofore been in
the habit of doing in church.
What is the matter with you - she
whispered.
~ am not feeling well" he whispered
back.
"lou wake up and giggle little,
anyhow. If we don't misbehave our
selves in church, people will think we
are married, and | want you to under
stand I've got reputation to sustain
After that Hostetter McGinnis and the
young lady acted so improperly that the
sexton had to 60 and whisper to them to
keep quiet. SJtiRgs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05

"As sure as you live, mamma" gasp
ed Arabella, "it's that bold parsons
daughter, Jetty Lane"
1.-The impudence Of some people,
cried Marion. "When mamma as good
as ordered her off the premises not q
month ago"
"Henry!" said Mrs. Copman sourly'
as she caught sight Of her son-in-law,
who was serenely smoking his cigar just
| inside the easement, "Why is it tina,
the carriage was not sent as usual, to
meet US: Why are we compelled to
walk all the way from the depot in this
broiling heat And what is that young
woman here for :" as she caught sight OF
Jetty's white dress in the background OF
the large dining room.
1.-The carriage was not sent for you,
said Mr.. Charters, calmly and with a
slight suspicion of smile, "because Mrs.
Charters was using It,"
Mrs. Charters gasped the widow,
dropping at least half dozen Of her
precious bundles in the path. while Hen
ry as he spoke led forward the young
bride all in white, with cheeks like pale
roses.
"Mrs. Charters" he repeated. "My
wife, let me present you and the Misses
Copman to her"
And that was the end Of the complica-
caution. For, of course, Mrs. Copman
and her daughters were too high-spirited
TO remain under the same roof with such
a dimpled and lovely young usurper.
And they removed all that belonged to
them, and good deal that didn't from
the house the next day, in high dudgeon.
ITO think what fools men are" re-
gretfully said the widow. "When dear
Henry was so comfortable with me and
the three girls"
But apparently, dear Henry was of
quite different way of thinking from
Mrs. Copman. For as he stood with
Jetty on the terrace, watching the car
riage drive away which contained the
widow and her daughters, he said:
"My dear. | feel as if nightmare
were lifted off my life. And now-now
we can begin TO be happy"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05
HE TOOK THAT BET.

He had just got home from visit to
the city. and was seated in the corner
store telling the boys his experience with
"them pesky bulls and bears what make
the price of our wheat"
IL tell you fellows he said, sits no
use of talking, they d beat old Satin HIM
self. / thought | was pretty smart, but
Ill be gol burned if they didn't get away
with me-
"You see, we was bettin' on what the
price of wheat would be, when along
came an innocent looking fellow, who
was pretty loud in his talk, and said he'd
bet me fiver that prices would go up
two cents afore they would six. Well,
would you believe it, took that bet,
and had to water the hull crowd"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05

One OF THE EARLY CRoP.-A colored
white washer, who had for long time
been begging grocer to give him CO.
coanut. was surprised and delighted, the
other day, when fine, large specimen
was handed him, with the remark:
"This is one of the early crop, and
ought to be good eating. Take it and
be off,"
One Of the "eyes" had been opened,
and the nut filled with kerosene oil for
the occasion, and it was with considera-
ble anxiety that the grocer awaited re-
turns. The next day the recipient hung
around for spell after his usual fashion,
and finally mustered up courage to
say:
"When you gin me dat cokernut yes
terday you said it was one OBJ de airly
CROP
"les."
"Whar did it come from"
"Africa, believe"
"Do dey bun kerosene lie ober dar:: :"
81 think they do"
"Den dat settles dat :" was the en-
phatic assertion. "Dat are cokernut
was knocked off de tree BY a lamp ex-
plosion, on if de rest Oh de bar'l growed
on de same limb you has bin badly taken
in and dun fur !"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05

This reminds us of an incident during
the war: A man down in Maine got
the war fever bad and for t,co years kept
his wife in terrible suspense for fear he
would 60 and enlist, so one day the old
lady prepared some salt junk with all the
war ration Improvements, and had it sent
to him by mail as a sample of soldiers
fare. When he opened the package and
saw the lire reality of war before him, he
remembered that draft was to come off
the next day, and took the midnight
train for Canada.-Gorhdm, n. H.,
Mountdineer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-09-05
HOW IT HAS WORKED IN MAINE.

Editor Journal Of agriculture -
was much pleased with your leader
in recent number, wherein you advo-
cate prohibition as a means of staying
the ravages Of intemperance, and your
contest in the west and southwest
strongly reminds me Of the fight We
had in Maine upon the subject more
than thirty years ago. | notice o,that
the opposition press use precisely the
same arguments the unsoundness OF
which have been proved again and
again. The cry of ''sumptuary laws
sounds familiar as household words,
though the courts in this and other
states have repeatedly held that there
is nothing Of sumptuary legislation in
the prohibition of the sale Of intoxicants'
and nothing that conflicts with the
organic law.
The statement has often been made
by the enemiss Of prohibition that it
has been a failure here and elsewhere
wherever it has prevailed, but nothing
could be further from the truth. 1t is
even said by some, and frequently had
it thrown in my face by residents OF
other states, that drunkenness has not
diminished as result of prohibition, and
in fact tha. there is as much liquor sold
and drank in Maine as there ever was.
My memory reaches back a half a CEN
tury, and twenty years before the So
called Maine Law was passed, and | am
we'll acquainted in city and country in
almost every part Of the State. can re-
member when rum, gin and brandy
formed part Of every country grocers'
stock in trade, and he would no more
think of setting up and doing business
without them than he would without tea
or coffee. In every hotel and in almost
every grocery store, it was sold by tie
glass s and also by the quantity to be car
ried away. Around these grocery stores
the people would gather every Saturday
afternoon, and drinking, wrestling and
fighting was the order of the day. Many
went home intoxicated, and most Of them
laid in a store of the poison to carry
them through the following week
Drinking was almost universal in every
class of society. When the Temperance
boom first started in Maine it was bitter.
ly opposed and by no class Of people
more violently than by members of th'
church. The evil was fought step b,
step for many years before public senti
ment was sufficiently enlightened to pass
and sustain prohibitory law, and ever
now, after these thirty-one years Of trial
we are sometimes afraid that we ma,
temporarily lose it. There is no doub
that large majority of the people of tn
State are decidedly in favor Of the Law
but rum power is ever on the alert an
always ready to spend any amount @
money to carry repeal and temperate
men often grow apathetic and careless
Great effort was necessary TO enact la,