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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
Personal AND LITERARY.

Ina D. Coolbrith. the poetess, is
public librarian at Oakland, Cal.
Miss Fletcher, the charming Amer
lean girl who wrote "Kismet," has fin
ished another novel.
Miss Mira Compton. of Hancock
County, o., engaged to be married to
three different lovers, eloped with q
fourth and married him.-DetrOit Post.
Miss Emily McTavish. aged twen-
ty, very rich belle of Baltimore, has
given up her worldly possessions and
taken the vows of the Sisters of Charity.
Mr.. Bowker. the agent in London
for Harper's, says that more copies of
The magazine are sold there than of any
Of the English magazines, except Good
Worgls.
Mr. Blaine has refused an offer of
800. 600 for his history ''From Lincoln
to Garfield and will collect royalty
of fifty cents on each volume sold.-N.
Y. Times.
S. S. Montague, who died recently
In Southern Oregon, selected the routes,
ran the lines and made the grades OF
the Central Pacific Railroad over the
Sierra Nevadas. The task had been
previously pronounced impossible by
English civil engineers.
Of making books there is no end.
The American publishing houses an
nounce the forthcoming appearance of
no less than 966 books. In the distri-
button of these books among publishing
houses, New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia are the great centers. Chicago has
two or three enterpr.sing houses, and
Cincinnati, Baltimore, Buffalo and one
or two other points are represented
CHICAGO Journal.
Fifty years ago Rev. DR.. S. Ire
npuS Prime, editor of the New York
Observer, delivered at Bedford, West
chester County, N. Y. his first sermon.
DR.. Prime preached again in the same
village recently, occupying the pulpit
of the Presbyterian3 Church. In con-
clusion DIR. Prime referred to the fact
that he is the oldest editor in service in
New York, having occupied that posi-
ton on the Observer fOrty-three years.
Every minister of the Presbytery of
New York ut the time he joined it is
now dead.-N Y. Times.
Jules Verne, the French story
teller, whose "Kerahan lie Tetu" is
now in full swing in Paris, is about
fifty years old; his hair and beard are
turning white, and his once supple and
elegant figure is beginning to give way
to comfortable embOnpoint; but his
face is full of intellectual vigor. He
was originally destined for the bar, but
soon found that his trne field was liter
ature, and, after several attempts to
succeed on the exchange, at the age of
thirty, he published his tourney
Round the World in Eighty Days"
which has attained q worldwide fame.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
The Asparagus Bed.

Asparagus is not so generally cult
ivated as it ought to be. This state of
affairs is due to the fact that an opinion
exists among many that asparagus is a
difficult and expensive growth to
manage, whereas the truth is. a bed
once started will keep in good condi-
ton for many years with tritling labor,
provided always it be fed well.
1t has long been an open question
whether fall or spring is the better time
for starting asparagus beds. This ques-
ton may be answered in each partic-
ular case only after considering the
climate and soil. Generally speaking
more depends upon the condition of the
soil than on the time of setting out the
plants. If the soil is heavy and moist,
and the winters long and severe. spring
is the propitious season, but in sandy
or clay loan and in moderate temper
ature it is as well and often times bet
ter to prepare the bed in the fall.
A rich sandy loan forms the bed in
which asparagus thrives most success
fully. The growth of the vegetable de-
ponds largely on the depth and richness
of the soil, therefore the necessity of
deep culture and plenty of well-decom-
posed manure.
When time is an object the most ex-
peditious mode is to set out twO-year-
old plants, though plants that are one
year old serve well. One of the errors
in asparagus culture is crowding the
plants in the bed. Cultivators differ in
practice concerning the distance apart
the plants are set. For culture on a
large scale, where horse, hoe and
cultivator are employed. three and
half feet by two and half feet will
prove convenient distance. In the
garden where space is consideration.
the plants may be placed closer; still.
their planting with clean culture will
give far larger and earlier asparagus
shoots than will plants set closely to-
gether. After planting a top-dressing
of old manure is benfcial.
Old asparagus beds that have made
vigorous growth the previous summer
call for liberal manuring in the fall.
The rule is to apply manure in autumn
and salt some time during the spring.
N. y World.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

Mashed Turnips: Pare, quarter and
cook tender in boiling salt water, mash
in colander, pressing hard; stir in
butter, pepper and salt, and turn into .
deep dish.-Eachs"es
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

Rev. Charles Edwin Burdette. who
sailed from New York recently for India,
where he will labor as missionary in
Assam. is brother of bob" Burdette,
OF HaUSeye fame. He was graduated in
1880 at Brown University, and in 1888
at Newton Theological Institution.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

The use of a middle name is held
by the British to be an American lido.
syncracy, but the roll of noted British
contemporaries is full of men with mid
die names.-B0st0n transcript,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

Cleveland has young lady who
has had a bullet in her head for three
weeks" That's nothing. Some society
young ladies, who are fond of dancing,
have their "heads full of balls" all
winter. -NorristOUn Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

Artificial teeth are now made with
cavities to be filled with gold SO as to be
still more deceitfuL Detroit Post.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

A correspondent has made the follow
ing rough estimate of the expenses at
tending the eight professional ball clubs
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

This calculation, which has to do
with only one association, or eight
clubs Called the League), is evidently
too small. 1t must be too small by at
least $4,000 in the first item, for one
thing. for salaries paid to baseball
players must average $1,000. One gets
81 800 or $1,000, another $500. Some
of them get $1,000 season. Some of
the best editorial writer's in New York
do not command more. The time has
been when even higher figure would
have expressed that average, but the
law Of demand and supply appears to be
gradually equalizing things, even in
baseball. Our correspondent proba-
bly, underestimate the aggregate expen-
diture for the League; the truth probably
would be 100000 instead of $155, 700
But even that 100000 represents
only one association. There are others.
In the association of which the Phila-
delphia Athletic are members, that club
is said to have expended-or, which is
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

Sentiment and poetry are really not
necessary in conducting love affair.
A Brooklyn young man tired of a pro-
tracted courtship wrote: Darling
Alice-It seems to me that we will not
have much comfort in this world I'M
til we can spit on our own stove. We
will see that day yet with Gods help.
l want you to come to ten o'clock
church on Sunday, for l would like to
spend the afternoon with you. Ever,
with thousand kisses, WILLIE" Alice
understood his feelings just as well as
if he had said:
Do love you? Do love you?
ASK the heavens that bend above you
1t they love the loving sum-"
They are married now, and have set up
their oves.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21
"No, but | bourbt tho other thinos--

"No; but bought the other things
! know they are the same. And look,
Marian, look. Madgc, here's my purse,
too, with the half-dollar still in It!
What can it meanPl
No ono could tell. But wonders will
never cease. Another knock sounded
on the door. Thco opened IT,, her lips
and checks scarlet with excitement.
Before her stood man in slouched
hat and seedy ovorcoat, mmfllcd up to
his chin. Theo recognized him.
"Come in,' she commanded, inn
pcriously, "and tell us the meaning of
this" And she pointed TO tho open
box, where figs and rasins lay scattered
about, oranges and suet lay in close
proximity to pineapples and beef, and
the turkey had fallen helpless on his
back among the rosy pearmafns that
lined the bottom of the box, where he
held up one plump drum stick, rs If be-
seeching the sympathy of the spectators.
The tramp walked obligingly IN. He
pulled off the sccdy overcoat he threw
down his slouched hat; and there stood
handsome, broad-shouldered young
man, with gray eyes and crisp chestnut
hair.
"Cousin Tomr' cried Marian, as
founded.
"Why, Cousin Toni echoed Madge.
But Theo stood silent, with dropping
eyes and blushing cheeks.
"And have you no greeting for me,
TheoP" asked Tom--who, by-thc-way,
was only u third OF fourth cousin, after
all. ..--....
Theo Shook her head.
"How do know but that you are an
imposter?n she asked.
Tom laughed r-.ro
Il had no intention of deceiving you.
thought recognized you on the street,
but it was SO dark followed you into
the fruit-store in order to be certain be-
Tore venturlng to speak"
"But you said you hadn't tasted
bread for two days" pouted Theo, re-
lenting little.
"Wcll, hadn't. You see, our train
was showed up for nearly II week, and
the bread all gave ont; we had plenty OF
meat. and pic, and cake, though, so VIC
didn't miss the bread much.n
But what q seedy old coat and hat!'
said Madge, cycling the cast-of gar
ments suspiciously. - AZ
They are rather seedy, to be sure" "
said Tom. h'The fact is, when we
changed cars Glanced to be taking a
nap, and when the conductor succeeded
in rousing me that coat and hat were
the only ones left in the car; so it was
Hobson's choice, as you sec" s
While Marian and Madge were. fit
ting about the room roasting the tur.
key, chopring mincemeat, seasoning
the plum-pudding, and laying the table
for four, Theo and Cousin Tom stood
by the window, whispering together
over the yellow chrysanthcmums.
"And you'll never, never get jealous
any moreH H'rasked Theo, with averted
face and tell-tale cheeks. r.f
Never" declared Tom. And he
slipped a plain gold ring on her finger,
and perhaps stole sly kiss, while the
two sisters discreetly basted tho turkey
who knowsp-C Chicago 1ribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21
A Couple Of Ingenious Frauds.

A wealthy banker had promised his
nephew a collection of postage stamps,
and adopted the following stratagem to
obtain the requisite number. He in
serted in the papers an advertisement
to this effect: "NIatlimony-A young
lady, aged 20, good-looking, with ESQ.,
600 dowry and reversion of eS0,000,
desires to make the acquaintance of a
respectable young gentleman with a
view to marriage. Letters may be
addressed up to the end of the current
month to H. G. Million at the Office of
this paper" BY this means the adver-
tiser was enabled to collect within, q
month more than $4,000 stamps, and
thus to present to his nephew one of the
richest collections in the world.
The following advertisementappeared
some years ago in the leading daily
papers of the metropolis: ANY one
sending I'd. in stamps to X. B. Y, at the
printers shall receive in return mag
nificent portrait of Napoleon Ill,
executed by Barre, engraver to the
Crown" A very large number of per-
sons sent in their twopence, but what
a surprise awaited them! The engray-
ing by Barre was nothing but one
centimc (l-10d.) stamp with the effigy
of Napoleon I.-1imbronanie ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21
A Good Fence Against Freshets.

We have noticed several methods OF
erecting fence across streams OF riv.
ers upon the farm to prevent cattle
from respassing upon neighbours
land, or fields upon ones own premises,
where they might do mischief. But
one that was described TO us recently
any we have yet seen. 1t is construct
cd as follows: Take two short, heavy
posts, say three feet long, set into the
ground and extending above it some ten
or twelve inches. a pole six inches in
diameter, and of sufficient length to
span the stream, forms the bottom OF
the fence. This should be cut flat on
one side, and the ends rounded down TO
about two inches, so as to lit into COR
responding holes in the before-men-
TONED posts about six INCHES from the
ground. A board or fiat rail the length
Of the panel forms the top rail, and to
this and TO the llatlened side of the poles
are To be nailed the uprights at proper
distance to oppose the cattle intended
TO pasture on the land-these TO be
nailed to the upstream side When
during freshet the water presses
against the fence, the props give way
and the panel falls down with the ends
or edges Of the boards presented to the
lime Of the current, and offer but little
resistance TO it. When the storm on
Hood is over all that Is necessary TO DO
is to go TO work, and, after raising IT up,
prop 1t as before, and it is as good as
ever. This fence, we are told, answers
fully all the unprecedented. = German
tom Telegraph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21
Managing Stoves,

"'Tis sad that so many accidents
should be reported just now arising
from stove gas" said stove mauufao-
turer and inventor toa Globe represent.
ative yesterday. "The whole trouble
lies with the old, cheap stoves. There
Is no danger with first-class base-burn-
ers. These have chamber between
the coal reservoir and the outside of
the stove, up which tho gas ascends,
and Is afterwards drawn down into the
fire and consumed. 1t is mistake to
imagine, rs is generally understood,
that the gas makes its wayup the center
of the stove. On the contrary It goes
close to the sides and the chamber thus
receives it. The same principle applies
to stove as to chimney-in neither
case does IL ascend in the center, but in
circles round the sides. Since the re-
cent accident from coal gas l have left
the top off a iirst-class base-burner
during two nights, and no trouble has
resulted. Now, cheap stoves are only
single-there is no gas chamber III the
draughts arc closed gas israpidly made
and as there is no arrangement in
which it can be temporarily held and
subsequently drawn back off the live
Goals and consumed, it necessarily es-
capes into the room. IL the gas did not
find its way out through the joints the
stove would be blown to atoms.
Of course, poor people can not buy
expensive, tirst-class stoves. And rs
cheap stoves do not possess protective
appliances, little care is needful. The
only prccauticn necessary, however, is
to open all draughts whenever fresh
coal is put in. AS to the propriety of
issuing printed instructions with stoves,
as is done in the case of sewing
machines and even lawn-mowers, |
think they would be of little use. The
working of stoves is always fully and
carefully explained when sales are
made. If the hampers are closed by
mistake no danger arises with a first
class base burner. AS to second-class
stoves, which are the cause of accidents,
all the instructions given would consist
of an injunction to open the draughts
when feeding the stove, and keep them
open for fifteen minutes afterwards. l
have invented several improvements in
connection with stoves, and have been
engaged in their construction and sale
for many years. Here is hint in re-
gard to running cooking stoves and
ranges at night. 1t is easy to keep the
cooking range in at night with trifling
consumption of coal. Fill up the stove
at late hour and rise slightly the
covers in the second row. The gas will
not escape, for the draught will be in
ward, and in fact the atmosphere of the
room will be improved rather than the
reverse. Scarcely any coal will be con-
,,,,>,oJ tla Ero Win ha IL, onI hy
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

i
Either pickles or catsup should be
eaton with cold meat.o,
Two thicknesses of newspaper
make good lining for apple BARRELS
Troy Times.
Keep stccl-bits in n warm place un-
til wanted for use. II is cruel to put q
frosty bit in a horse's mouth.--M Y.
Herald.
Feed sheep regularly and by day.
light. Noon Is the best hour for feed
ing roots and grain. Whenever n sheep
is lame examine its feet. 1t is either a
bad hoof or foot rot, and requires inn
mediate attention. -ETchdngc.
Cranberry Pudding. Cranberry pud-
ding is made by pouring boiling water
on q pint of dried bread crumbs; melt a
tablespoonful of butter and stir in.
When the bread is softened add two
eggs, and beat thoroughly with the
bread. Then put in n pint of the stewed
fruit, and sweeten to your taste. Bake
in n hot oven for half an hour. Fresh
fruit may be used in place of the cram
berries, Slices of peaches put in layers
make II delicious variation. Y.
Times. s.. ......
"A lady who has remarkable success
in raising house-plants reveals the
secret of her. method in. a note to the
New York Post, The soil, she writes,
is about two-thirds good garden soil and
the rest is sand. 1t is kept light and
loose about the roots, and the plants
are watered'only as they appear to need
it. But tho chief reason for their Won
derful growth and bloom is that when
any OF the leaves wither and fall, in.
stead of throwing them away she makes
little rolls of them and tucks them down
in the earth, where they decay. This
is the only fertilizer she uses.
--rwenty.four years ago, says John
j. Thomas, we had three or four inches
of sand carted on part of garden, the
soil of which was too clayey for the sue
cessful or convenient raising of garden
vegetables. When this sand was well
worked in, the whole became an excel
lent sandy loan, just the soil for agree
able working. The labor of drawing on
the sand was considerable; but it was
done in winter, when there was little
else for the man and team to do; and
the fine condition of the soil remains as
good as at first, and probably will for O
century to come. IN T. Tribune.
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mn, 7HoU NEW YEAR.


Hail, thou New Yearl tho thou hast como
so soon,
I'm hardly willing vet TO say goodbye
To the old f.icnd who lays aside his crown,
And In tho grave of Time lies down to die.
had grown fond of him. nnd learned TO know
Tho faults and virtues OF tho dcnr Old Year;
He brought mo many a comfort, many n joy,
AlthouEh-ah, ycs-ho caused me many n
tear.
But for the tears, ms often as they flowed,
He gave me peace, he puve mo smiles agnin,
And taught mo to look upward to Hopes
skies,
And scc the rainbow cleaning through the
rain
Tho dear Old Ycarl He came as merrily
AS thou dost como, just twelve short months
ago;
And now because he has grown old at last,
Shall we forget the faithful lifo2 All, mol
Thou art stranger: what know mon of thcoe
THY promises may all be fair and bright;
But many morning dawning coudlcssly
Has brought weary day and stormy night.
Well, we will welcome thee. ny, trust thee,
too;
Thy face is fair and young and glad, and we
Will ask blessing on thy reign, king,
Till q new year shall take thy throne from
e thee.
--Hdrper's Weekly.
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The Dorian Fruit of Burmah.

One of the favorite fruits at Ran
goon is the dorian, which is brought
in large quantities from Mulmein, and
the rind of which has most peculiar
and overpowering smell. Every year
special steamers are sent from Rangoon
to Mandaly with shipments for the use
of the King and the palace, though af-
ter the voyage only about two per cent.
arrive fit for eating, while the smell of
the bad ones is enbugh to betray their
presence all up the river. Good dorians
sell at Rangoonfor rupee each, owing
to the fact that in Burmese times the
dorian tree was as great monopoly of
the Government as is the teak, and con-
sequently very few were allowed to be
planted, But in the southern districts,
which have been longer under British
rule, they are plentiful enough, and
can be bought at from eight to ten ru-
pees per 100 in the gardens. Bad as
the dorian is for the olfactory nerves,
the Friend of India mentions another
fruit called tanienthe, which are in
great favor with the Burmese for their
curries, and the effects of which are at
once experienced by standing within a
few feet of the person who has been 10
dulging in it. The odor is impossible
to conceal. The Burmese consider it
an excellent digestive and tonic, though
there are very Europeans who can
go the length of trying more. than one
experiment upon it.-London Times.
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Deiioate and Feeble Ladies'

Those lnnguid, tircsonne sensotions, causing
YOU 10 feel scarceiy able 10 be on your feet,
that constant drain that is taking from your
system all its former clnstlcity' driving tho
bloom from your checks; thnt continual strain
upon your vital forces, rendering you irrita-
bic and frctful, can oasny be removed by tho
uso of that marvellous remedy, Hop Bittcrs.
Irregularities and distractions Of your system
arc relieved at once, while the special cause of
riodcal pain aro prominently removed.
None reccive so much bcncfit, and none nre
soprofoundly grateful and show isuch an in
torestln Recommending Hop I3ittorsas women.
ii-. . Feels Young Again. lth
"My mother was AFFLICTED long time with
Neuralgia and dull, heavy, inactive condi-
ton of tho whole systcm; headacho, nervous
prostration, and was almost helpless. No ply
sicians or medicines did her any.good Three
months ago shc began 70 uso Hop Dittors with
such good effect that she seems and feels
young again, although ovcrsevcnty years old.
We think thore is no other medicine ut to use
In tho family. "A lady, In Providence. -
10 BRADFORD, PA, Mays, 1875.
II has cured me of several diseases, such as
| nervousness, sickness at the stomach. month
| ly troubles, etc.. have nos seen sick day in
| q year, since took u,p Bitters An my
neighbors use them. M,s. FANNIE GREEN.
$1,000 Lost.-"A tour of Europe that cost mo
| 5000, done. me less good than one bottle of
| Hop Blttcrs; they also cured my wife of ff-
| toen years nervous weakness, slecplcssncss
and dyspepsia.'' II. NJ, Auburn. N. Y.
| T. lS High authority. s5tANi
| Hop Bittersis not, In any sense, nm alcoholic
| beverage or liquor, and could not bo sold for
| use except to persons desirous of obtaining o
medicinal bitters. steF "a M
| GREEN d. RAuM, u. s. Com. Inter'l Rev. !
| soufH BLooMtHcviLhE, o., May I, 20.
| SIRs--I have been suffering ten years and I
tried your Hop Bittcrs aud It done me moro
good than all the doctors. 80 NJ
| $780, IT.. y. MISS s. s. BOONE.
| BABY Savedi -.
We are SO thankful TO say that our nursing
baby was permanently cured of n dangerous
and protracted constipation and irregularity
of the bowels by the use of Hop Bitters by its
mother which Mt the samo .timc restored her
to perfect health and strongth.-Tho Parents,
| Rochester, N ", .l eff'7|ffl g m
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IwoULD RECOMMEND Ely's Cream Balm
to any one having Catarrh or Catarrhal
Asthma. have suffered for five years so
could not lie down for weeks at q time
Since have been using the Balm l can lie
down and rest. thank God that you ever
invented such medicine. FRANK p. BUR
LEIGH, Pennington, N. II.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21

Mrs. GENERAL SHERMAN says: 81 have
frequently purchased Durang's Remedy for
friends suffering with rheumatism and In
every instance it worked like magic;u II
cures when every thing else fails. Write
for free pamphlet to r. K. Helphenstine
Washington, D. G. ~ -aL I,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-12-21

Time and money will be saved by keeping
Kidney.Wort In The house. 1t is an 'invalu.
able remedy for all disorders of the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels and for all diseases
arising from distractions of these organs.
1t has cured many obstinate cases after
hundreds Of dollars had been paid to ply
sicisns without obtaining relief. 1t cures
kindred disorders. Keep 1t by you.