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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04
s. PrOvidin'."

A man at the Central Market was in
need of a boy to assist him at his pea
nut stand, and in some way it became
known to colored man in Calhoun
street. Yesterday morning he put in an
appearance, accompanied by his boy, 3
lad of twelve, and applied for the place
"Can your boy read and write?''
asked the peanut man.
''He kin, sah.'
lis he willing and industrious?'
'.He am, dat
"Can you guarantee his integrity?''
''I-I-dat's leetle mixed, boss.
Does you refer to his gittin' up airly?"
Il refer to his honesty. If l should
leave him in charge here for several
hours would he abuse my confdence?"
"Well, sah," said the man as he
walked around the stand to see how it
closed up, IF you shet down de kive1
an turn de key an leave dat boy on de
char heah wild plenty of apples to eat,
I'll warrant his integrity agin de prom
inentest man in Detroitn' -Detrot Free
Press
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04
an EVERYDAY GIRL.

She's only an everyday girl,
Without any semblance of art,
This wide-awake, sensible maid.
To whom have given my heart.
She's wOmanly, gentle and kind,
The least little bit of prude,
Whose dignity is a rebuke
To those too familiar, or rude.
She's honest and frank as the day,
Has never been known to deceive,
And everything she may assert
Is certainly safe tt believe.
Her beauty is not Of the kind
To set any heart in whirl,
And light-headed friendships are not
The choice of an everyday girl.
Her taste i'm the matter of dress
lis neither too snowy nor grave,
But such as will lead you to guess
She is not to fashion a slave:
Yet many one has turned round
On meeting her out i'm the street,
To admire the everyday girl
Who looked so remarkably sweet.
Her gifts and her graces are not
Set out in attractive array
To dazzle, or envy excite,
Or ever for public display;
But sitting beside her alone,
Or with a choice few, you will find
How good and how great is her heart,
How richly endowed is her mind.
To her you may go i'm your grief,
And freely your troubles rehearsc;
On her i'm your sickness depend,
For she is capital nurse;
Whatever the strait you are in,
Though others may give you no heed,
You'll find that an everyday girl
Will furnish the help that you need.
She's patient, forbearing and wise,
GOod-natured, kindhearted and true,
And does with a resolute will
The tasks that are set her to do.
All. happy, indeed. is his lot,
Without an occasion for strife,
Who with such an everyday girl
Can spend every day of his life!
Josephine Pollard, in v. Y. Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04
Exercise for Boys.

Boys. who take y great interest and
an active part in outdoor sports often
bring needless illness upon themselves
care after violent exercise. Attacks of
pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs
frequently occur from getting very
warm and then cooling off too sud-
denly.
When about to engage in a game of
ballOr any sport that requires continued
activity, it is best to lay aside the outer
garment, and put it on again when the
game is finished; and instead of sitting
down to "cOOl off," it is safer to walk
around for awhile. 1t is also danger
Gus to drink large quantities of water
when very warm. as the system receives
a shock which may lead to sickness.
To 90 in swimming after long walk
through the hot SAN is also injurious, as
the blood is driven to the internal organs
from the surface of the body. and pro-
duces congestion, and cramps are liable
to occur, which in many cases have
been the cause of death by drowning. 1t
is always safer TO wat until the body
has cooled before plunging into the
water, which is generally of = lower
temperature than the body.
Violent exercise taken occasionally
will not develop the strength as well rs
a regular amount continued every day.
If boy wishes to develop his muscles,
let him play ball or row a certain time
every favorable day. Let him cease at
the moment sense Of WEAKNESS or
dissemination seizes him. The next
day he will be able to stand little
more exertiOn, and so by degrees he
will attain to a certain standard, and
have reserve force of strength that
will be the foundation of continued
good health in the future 1t is neces-
sary that the growing body should have
exercise. Air and sunlight are neces-
sary to growth, and active outdoor
sports are the means by which their
benefits can be obtained.
Let boys have all the outdoor exer-
else they can. Ball-playing. rowing.
horseback riding, swimming, all are
prime factors in muscular development.
and with care and judgment in their
proper use will tend to stronger and
healthier growth.
The word needs strong men as well
as wise ones, and indeed the mind will
develop more rapidly in a sound body
than in a sickly one. 1t is a grand
thing to be able to satnd hardship and
privatiOn in the search for truth and
knowledge. and any man with good
physical strength is equal to the
task of combating the world if with it
he has the stimulus of a StrOnO will
Let boys then seek to build up in their
growing days sound constitution, and
life will be more than doubled in value
to them.-H. G. Van Gieson, N. d., in
Harper's Young People.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

Jasper looked ON hsmgrily until he
had seen the last egg disappear from
the platter, and then he felt more
hungry than ever. He noticed that his
mother kept booking at the clock. snd
once he saw kr lips say: <
Il wonder why that boy don't
comet 81
Then she got up and went to the
door to look for him, and Jasper hastily
retreated into the dog-kennel. He
snuggled up against old Rover, cried
little, and wished again he hadn't gone
to that old fire; and then he stopped
wishing, and went sound asleep.
But all this while Jasper's mother
was suffering, as well as Jasper. And
she began to wish, too. She wished
she hadn't threatened him. but had
held hold of his hand instead, when she
was talking with Mrs. Coleman on the
sidewalk. Then he never would have
run away.
1T was all her fault she thought.
with deep self-reprOach. '.that she
hadn't looked after him better"
After while she got so worried that
she lit the lantern, and she an! Jaspers
father started out on u search fOr their
runaway son.
1--WE had better look around the yard
first" said the father, who did not seem
very much alarmed himself. Perhaps
he is here somewhere, and don't like to
come in"
So they looked there. and of course
they found him-for the dog kennel was
not much of place to hide in. There
he was. fast asleep, with his head on
Rover's leg. and grimy tear-marks on
his cheeks.
"Well, 1 do declare! The poor, tired
little darling"' said the forgiving
mother.
And the father picked him up and
carried him into the house, and the
mother gave him three pOached eggs on
toast and glass of milk, and never
even scolded him.
Jasper was soon in bed and asleep
again, though he had thankfully Won
dered why he didn't ''catch it." But
if he had heard the conversation be-
tween his father and mother. before he
came in that evening. he might have
understood better. He would have heard
something like this:
Mother, anxiOusly-''I am mortally
afraid he'll get killed some of these
times, running off to fires and things"
Father" Pshaw! Boys will be boys!
I'll tell you what. Sarah Jane-you
needn't expect you can keep in Il boy
rs big as our Jasper from fire. Let
him 90 to the fire. 1t don't hurt Boys
does 'em good"
Mother, signing, and giving up the
point-'I don't see what they want to
90 for. though"
Now, wasn't he a really splendid
father?
But the reason of it was this:
You see Jasper's father had been a
boy himself once, and Jasper's mother
never had-and that makes all the diff
ference in the world, you know.
But it seems to me that Jasper ought
to have been punished for his disObedi-
ence, and then, the next time there was
q fire, his mother could say:
"YOu must not 60 to the fire,
Jasperr'
And I'll warrant that he would obey
her.-Golden Days.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04
Where's Your Gimblet2

Little Johnny Yerger has caused 8
breach between Gus DeSmitb, an Aus
tin society gentleman, and the YergeI
family. Gus called to make friendly
visit after supper, he having previously
informed Colonel Yerger of the intend
ed honor. The whole family and Gus
were in the parlor, when Johnny riveted
the attention of all present by asking
Gus DeSmith:
"Have you brought your gimblet
with you?"
Hush. Johnny" said Mrs. Yerger.
go to bed, SIR" remarked Colonel
Yerger.
"What do you mean, JOHNNY asked
Gus.
II don't mean muffin; except l heard
pa say you were coming up this evening
20 bore us all. ''-Teras Siftings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

Fifty years ago, when Missouri was
but sparsely settled, it was a work of
no small difficulty to get a jury together,
especially as the inhabitants were noto-
riously disinclined to the pleasure of liti-
CATION. The court had been forced to
adjourn many times from day to day
because the Sheriff as often came in and
reported an incomplete panel. Finally
things came to crisis. The Judge fixed
a day upon which no further forbear-
ance could be exercised. When that
day arrived the enthusiastic Sheriff
rushed into the courtroom and ex.
claimed: '1t's all right, your Honor,
we'll have a jury by twelve O'Clock. I've
got eleven of 'em locked up in barn.
and we are running the twelfth with
dogs"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

Because there is much laudanum.'
drinking in England fears are enter
tanned that opium smoking may in
crease. Opium smoking will decrease
if laudanum drinking is fostered..
Laudanum has way Of making pep
pie too tired to smoke or do anything
else.-Indianap0hs yQarsa!.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

"A woman at Stratford, Conn,
dreamed that she saw her husband kiss
ing certain neighbours wife. and she
awoke and struck him across the face
and broke his noe. Man is nowhere
safe.-B0ston Post.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

An old lady late at church, entered
As the congregation were rising fol
prayer. LAP said she, courtesying,
'.don't rise on my account. "-Cascagc
Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

Mrs. A. T. Stewart is said by Sara
toga gossips to have willed all her prop
erty to Judge Hilton.-N 7. Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-04

YOU. Miss Moore?''
Moo" replied the caller, her
simple little face beginning to put on a
scared look, from a vague sense of a
mystery she could not fathom.
Mary Brown rose and went to the
door, and looked eagerly up and down
the street. There ain no organ-man
in sight anywhere" said she, return
ing, IAN l can't hear any music, an
Miss Moore can't. an we're both sharp
enough O hearin'. You're jist imagin-
in it, sister,
Il never imagined anything in my
lie. " returned the other, "an' it amt
likely I'm goin' to begin now. It's the
beautifulest music. It comes from over
the orchard there. Can't you hear it?
But it seems to me it's CROWN little
fainter like now. l guess it's movin'
off, perhaps
Mary Brown set her lips hard. The
grief and anxiety she had felt lately
turned suddenly to unreasoning anger
against the cause of it; through her
very love she fired with quick wrath at
the beloved object. Still she did not
say much. only: Il guess it must be
movin' off," with laugh, which had
an unpleasant ring in it.
After the neighbor had gone, howev-
er, she said more, standing before her
sister with her arms folded souarely
across her bosom. Nov. Priscilla
Brown" she exclaimed, II think it's
about time to put stop to this. I've
heard about enough of it. What do
you s'pose Miss Moore thought of you?
Next thing it'll be all over town that
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
A Remarkable Poem to Which
3S Poets Contribute Line
Each.

The following very remarkable little
poem is contribution to the San Fran
cisco Times from the pen of Mr.. Fl. A.
Deming. The reader will see that each
line is quotation from some one of the
standard authors of England and
America. This is the result of years
of laborious search among the volumi-
nous writings of thirty-eight leading
poets of the past and present. The
number of each line refers to the author
below:
1. Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour?
3. Lifes short summer. mans flower.
8. By turns we catch the vital breath and die.
4. The cradle and the tomb. alas! so nigh.
5. To be is better far than not to be.
6. Though all mems lives may seem tragedy;
z. But light cares speak when might griefs
are dumb.
come.
9. Your fate is but the common fate of all;
10. Unmingled joys here no man can befall.
IL. Nature to each allots its proper sphere;
II. Fortune makes folly her particular care.
IS. Custom does often reason overrule.
IA. And throws o cruel sunshine on fool.
15. Live we'll; how long or short, permit to
heaven;
16. They who forgive most shall be most for.
given.
II. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot SEE
1S. Vile intercourse where virtue has no place
10. Then keep each passion down, however
20. Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear.
81. Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure
lay.
%. With craft and skill to ruin and betray.
%. Soar not too high to fall, but stoop TO rise.
"a. We masters grow of all that we despise.
%. Oh, then, renounce that impious selfes
TEEN!
26. Riches have wings and grandeur is dream
27. Think not ambition wise because tits brave
%. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
80. What is ambition IT'S a glorious cheat
80. Only destructive to the brave and great.
81. What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown?
80. The way of bliss lies not on beds of down.
80. How long we live, not years but actions
tell
"a. That man lives twice who lives the first liit
we'll.
35. Make, then, while yet you may, your Coz
your friend.
Sc. Whom Christians worship. yet not compre
hend.
81. The trust that's given guard and to yourself
be just,
SO. For live we how we can, die we must.
l, Young; 2, DR.. johnson; 8, Pope
5, Prior; S, SeWell; 6, Spencer; I, Dan
iel 8, Sir Walter Scott; 9, Longfellow
10, SouthwelI; IL, Congreve; IL
Churchhill; l3, Rochester; IA, Arm
strong; Is, Milton; Is, Bailey; II
Trench; lS, Somerville; 19, Thompson
90, Byron; 81, Smollett; %, Crabbe
%, Massinger; "a, Cowley; Is, Beat
tie; 26, Cowper; 81, Sir Walter Dew
enant: %. Gray; 20, Willis; 80, Addi
son; 81, Dryden; 80, Francis Charles
33, Watkins; "a, Herrick; 35, William
Mason; 36, Pill; 81, Dana; 3S, Shaks
peare.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
NO. Is
Poultry Raising as Employment
for Women.

wish to give my experience in
poultry raising. l bought twenty-five
common hens and two Plymouth Rock
roosters. My hens were young and
healthy and good layers, because well
fed. About the lst of March my
brother came to visit me and make me
an incubator, that held 24O eggs. The
materials cost Sc, and it took him two
days to make it. Between March lst
and July lst 1 hatched Eve incubators
full of chickens, or 96S chicks in all. /
sold them, when they were about three
months old, at the hotels in some vii
lagos near by. The first sixteen dozen
chicks brought me $lOO, or $6.25 per
dozen; the next sixteen dozen / got $50
for, or S. per dozen. The next sixteen
dozen brought $72, and the remaining
twenty-seven dozen got $81 for. Total,
1888. paid for feed $4725, leaving me
for my labor $285.75, and this without
any capital at all to start on. An incu-
bator is easy to manage and takes but
little time, one hour day being suf-
icient. You can hatch all the fertile
OSSoy ohu yOu Cnu AotCu Lutm early,
before you can get hens to sit. l have
now five incubators made and expect
to raise 5000 chicks next year, and I
know can clear SO cents on each
chicken. I only have small house
and lot; but you need but little room
when you sell them SO young This is
work that any woman, though in
feeble health, can do. In fact, it is
only good exercise and it is very prof
liable. know there are thousands of
poor people who would turn their at
tention to poultry raising, if they only
knew how much money they could
make at it. I hope that many Of
your readers, who are out of employ
ment or who have leisure time, will
try the poultry business and report
their success.-Evening Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
Important to Pensioners.

The following circular has been is-
sued by the Commissioner of Pensions
and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior
The following regulations are pre-
scribed for the purposes of carrying
into effect as speedily as possible the
provisions Of the act of Congress ap-
proved March 3, 1888, increasing to
$50 per month the pensions of those
who lost leg at or above the knee, or
an arm at or above the elbow, and of
these who have been so disabled as to
be incapacitated from performing any
manual labor, hut so much as to re-
quire regular personal aid and attend
snce and who are now receiving pen
sion at the rate of $24 per month, and
to $24 per month the pensions of those
who have lost one hand or one foot.
or have been totally deformed or dis
abled in the came, or otherwise so dis
abled as to render their incapacity to
perform manual labor equivalent to
the loss of hand or foot and now
receiving SIS per month. Inasmuch
as said act has Immediate effect upon
such admitted cases as have been ad.
Indicated OF the rates of $24 and SIS
per month respectively no formal ap'
plioation by the beneficiary is necessary
to be made other than to forward to
the Commissioner Of Pensions the
pension certificate, accompanied by q
letter stating in the handwriting ol
the pensioner his present postoffice
address, and as soon as possible after
the receipt of the pension certificate
aforesaid the commissioner will reissue
to him a new certificate for the new
rate and will forward the same to the
proper pensioner to inscribe the name
of such pensioner on the role at the in.
creased rate and to make to the pen.
sioner the proper payment. In this
case amputation certificates will be re-
issued without any further medical ex.
animation. The Intervention of the
agent or attorney in such admitted
eases as are effected by this act being
unnecessary will not be recognized.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
Sugar and Flour.

The statement that some families
pay as much money for sugar as for
-four has been treated as ridiculous, but
it is not far from the truth. With -four
at less than five cents per pound and
sugar costing more than ten cents it is
quite easy for some families to pay as
much for sugar as for bread and yet
not indulge in confectionery. A pound
of sugar per week is not large allow
ance per Individual for sweetening tea
and coffee if these beverages are used
in average quantity. Fruits that are
stewed or cooked in any way are en-
tirely healthy, and should be used more
than they are, but even the homely ap-
pie sauce requires a great deal of sugar.
Oatmeal, cornmeal and various prepar-
ations of wheat are popular in most
families where children abound +; all are
nutritious and cheap, but they also de-
mand sugar TO make them palatable.
There is no sanitary objection to the
use of sugar in the ways indicated, for
sugar itself is a highly concentrated
nutriment and is not injurious when
combined in proper proportions with
other food. Why, therefore, it should
be treated in the tariff list as luxury,
or why its cost should be enhanced
one-third for the sake of protecting
American planters who never can hope
to meet one-fourth of our home de-
mand, is inexplicahle by any honest
course Of reasoning. If lawmakers
were intent upon devising q tariff
strictly for revenue there might be
some reason in taxing every mans
sugar bowl, but no such principle of
taxation can hope for any consideration
from the present Congress.
Tba onothaoarxv n onI xlo
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
Easter Eggs.

Easter comes very early indeed this
year, upon the 25th of March, which is
almost as early as it can eyer be, and
before long, children viii begin to
think about preparing, what in old
times, used to be called paas eggs. 1t
is a good plan, too, for the egg colorers
OF a neighborhood to hold sort of
"bee," and unite in the production of
the dyes, thus saving time and money.
The exchange of eggs between
friends as token of loye or friendship,
is very ancient cgstam, dating back
almost TO the food, for it is symbol Of
the ark, as well as of the resurrection,
which is the reason we present them at
Easter. 1t is moreover a very univer-
sal custom prevailing among different
nations and religions. The Jews
place eggs on their Passover tables,
the Druids used them in their cere-
monies, and the Persians frequently
gave them as New Years gifts. If
you should happen to be in Russia
this month, Russian would greet you
on Easter morning with "Christ is
risen," and offer you an Easter egg
and stranger still, if you were in the
far East, Mohammedan would do the
same. At city confectioners, fancy
sugar eggs-some of them of enor-
nous size, and containing panoramas
Of landscapes and figures, or else filled
with bon-bons,-may be had at all
prices; but appropriate home made
ones are worth twice as much.
To dye eggs, onion skins put in the
water In which they are boiled will
make them a bright yellow, or, if left
longer in the solution, a rich brown.
Log wood or violet ink, gives royal
purple. Cochineal pink, and crimson
and many pieces of chintz or bright
ribbons that fade easily, round the
eggs, will color them nicely in figures,
stripes or dots. Another way is to
dip the eggs in hot water, and then
write a name or motto on the shell
with tallow. 1t is then boiled in the
solution of dye-wood, when the inscrip-
tion will appear in white upon color
ed ground.
Those who are skillful with pencil
and paint brush can present their
friends with really exquisite souvenirs.
by ornamenting eggs with flowers and
butterflies, or appropriate texts of
scripture For these painted eggs, it
is better TO puncture tiny hole with
pin in each side, and blow out the in
side, leaving a clearer she'll than to
boil them, and the apeftures can be
concealed by stars of silver OF gilt
paper-Agness Carr, an Am. Agri-
cuHurist for March.