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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
He HUNDRED Him.

A New York stock-broker, who was
on his way to Buffalo, observed that one
of his fellow passengers was closely re-
garding him, and after time the man
came over and asked:
"Did see you in Chicago, in 1922
The broker wasn't in Chicago in that
year, but thinking to humor the
stranger he replied in the affirmative.
Don't you remember of handing 9
poor devil silver dollar one night in
front of the Tremont?'
Il do"
"Well, I'm the chap. was hard up,
out of work, and about ready to com.
nit suicide. That money made new
man of me. By one lucky shift and
another l am nov worth twenty-five
thousand dollars.
"Ah, glad to hear it.
Now want you to take five dollars
in place of that fifty cents. I can not
feel easy until that bill is paid
The broker protested and objected,
but finally, just to humor the man, he
took his twenty-dollar bill, and gave
him back fifteen dollars. The stranger
soon withdrew, and everything might
have ended there if the broker, on
reaching Buffalo, hadn't ascertained
that the Twenty" was counterfeit
and that he was fifteen dollars out OF
pocket.-WdN Street News.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

the Introductory phrase rapidly, and
leaning over toward her said: Now,
90 on, Mrs. Norton Her voice was
quite faint, and she seemed to speak
with an effort. She said: First of all,
1 want to give the farm to my sons
Henry and James; just put that down.
But said /, you can't do that, Mrs.
Norton; the farm isn't yours to give
away
"'The farm isn't mine,' she said,
in voice decidedly stronger than be-
fore.
".No. the farm ISN'T yours. You
have only life interest in it.
"'This farm that I've run for goin'
on forty-three years next spring isn't
mine to do what l please with it.!
Why not, Judge? I'd like to know what
you mean?'
.'Why, Mr.. Norton, your husband,
gave you life estate in all his prop
erty, and on your death the farm goes
to his son John, and your children get
the village houses"
"And when | die John Norton is to
have this house and farm whether l
will or no?''
"Just so. 1t will be his
''Then | amt going to de- said the
old woman, in a clear and decidedly
ringing and healthy voice. And so
saying she threw her feet over the front
OF the bed, sat up, gathered a blanket
and coverlid about her, Strengthened up
her gaunt form, walked across the room
and sat down in great chair before
the fire. The doctor and came home.
That was fifteen years ago. The old
lady's alive to-day. And she accom-
plished her intent. She beat John
after all. He died four years ago, in
Boston. and don't know what will be
left. But whoever comes into the farm
house when she goes out it will not be
John. And since Johns death the
farm has been better kept, and every
thing about it is in vastly better con-
dition for strangers than it would have
been for John" - From " Lonesome
Lake Papers," in Journal Of Commerce.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
Treasure TrOye.

Recently Judge Lawrence, First
Comptroller of the Treasury, received a
letter from Indiana containg $500 or
5000. The writer said he found he
money while chopping up some wood
in his yard, and inquired if it was good.
Judge Lawrence replied that it was, but
that the Government would keep it, as
the finder admitted it did not belong to
him. Another somewhat similar case
was that of a young foreigner who
found a $1,000 Government bond in
New York and forwarded it for pay
ment The First Comptroller acknowl-
edged its receipt, but refused payment.
If the finder had forwarded the bond
without any statement as to how it
came into his possession it would have
been promptly paid. Judge Lawrence
says he has 20 right to even pay re-
ward to people who send in money OF
bonds in this way. Under his ruling
tie Government is entitled to all prop
erty or valuables that have no acknowl-
edged owner.-Troy Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
HUMOROUS.

A nipping air-The one the mos.
quito singss before he bites.-fhiladet
ph;a Herald.
When a hen retires for the night,
it is quite proper to speak of her as q
rooster. -Rochester Post Erpress.
Colorado has no SLEEPY Hollows, ="
but has plenty of material for such a
place. Its mountains are full of Can.
yawns.
Philadelphia ladies are learning
baseball; one of them has caught her
husband out several times already
Boston Bulletin.
-''How is it you can tell such whop-
pers?" asked caller, addressing the
editor of the fsh-story department.
"Well. you see,' replied the editor,
s'our wife's name is Anna" "What
has that to do with it?'' "a great
deal. When we are writing fsh-stOries
we usually have Anna nigh us to help
u.s." The caller was carried to the hos
pital.- Chicago Times.
The old gentleman met him at the
door, almost before Hernandez hand
had left the bell-knob, and with one
courtly gesture of his paternal hand
waved the young man in the general
direction Of the front gate. Hernandez
obeyed, with infinite tact and courtesy,
remarking as he moseyed down the de-
serted street, that he knew the signal
service had predicted cool wave from
the northeast, but he had no idea it
would get along SO soon.-DetroI Post.
Five or SIX couples had been invited
in to play cards and listen to music,
and peaches had been passed with other
refreshments. The party was just
ready to break up when the terror of the
family entered the parlor and called
out: 'There, pa, what did ma tell you:9''
The governor's probably knew what
was coming, but before he could get the
voungster out of the way he shot off the
other barrel with: "Ma said if we
bought clingstone peaches we'd save at
least halt, and we have. '-Detroit Free
Press.
Little Mary, who is very much in
terested in studying ''the laws OF
health since school began, had been
asking Mr.. Rather all sorts of questions
about diseases and their remedies.
"Now, papa" she continued, IF you
neglect bad cold you lay a foundation
for the consumption, don't you?''
"Yes," answered her father "And
consumptives are thin and pale, arm t
they?" Yes 'What other signs
are there in. well, in quick consump-
ton, papa?' "Five minutes for refresh
ments, posted in railroad stations" re-
sponded r. The examination closed.
Boston Courier.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
Italian Doctors.

Physicians have, like judges of the
criminal courts. no social position and
no knowledge of medicine, according to
our ideas. They are, as a rule, far be-
hind the age. They still cling blindly
to bleeding-unless they have changed
during the last few years-and weaken
their patients by the old system OF
dieting. / have seen cases conducted
with such ignorance of the commOnest
laws of nature as would make any of
our physicians faint with horror. Heat,
starvation and dirt are their general
remedies for almost everything. In
cases of scarlet fever-which are not
common, however - they order the
doors and windows to be carefully shut,
that no breath of air may get to the pa
ENTHUSIASTICALLY drawing the bed-cur-
tains around them; forbid washing OF
any description, even to the hands and
face, and no change of bed or body lin
en- during the entire illness.
There is one malady prevalent in
Italy which l sincerely believe to be
produced, nine times out of ten, by
their doctors, and that is military fever.
Unless a patients symptoms in the be-
ginning of an illness indicate the disease
very clearly, the doctor, on the princi-
pie of "when in doubt play trumps,s
pronounces it "miliare;" but there
beng no eruption, which is an evidence
of that disease, they regard it as sup
pressed, and SO, very dangerous. They
then proceed to produce rash by COW
ering the poor sufferer with as many
blankets as he can bear. excluding every
breath of air from the room canning him,
so to speak,, and then forbidding any
nourishment saving the weakest of weak
broths. Now, as this special fever is
usually brought on 10y overheating, and
consequently should be treated by a
cooling system, they succeed in pro-
ducing the disease in its full glory, rash
and all, and they then set about curing
it, which, of course, becomes doubtful
undertaking, so weak is the patient from
heat and fasting.
A friend of mine, spending few
weeks in Florence, was taken i'll with
what proved afterward to be an internal
cancer. She sent for Doctor Z,
one of the most noted of the Florentine
doctors. 1t was August and very hot,
and his orders were not only to shut out
the air and cover herself with blankets,
but to remain entirely immovable-not
to stir hand or foot. She carried his
wishes out faithfully for twenty-four
hours-not even raising her hand to
brush fly away-and then, becoming
nearly crazy with nervousness and
weakness, she sent for an English ply
stefan. If you had seen his look of hor-
ror when he came into the room!
"Open the window" he almost
shouted; ''take off those coverings; get
right up, and lie on the sofa. In a
week you will be able to 60 on to
Paris"
And in week she did go on to
Paris.
The Italians love medicine, and have
the greatest faith in it. They take it
not only for every little ailment, but
after fit of anger or grief.-Century.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
Plenty Of Wild Land in the East.

No doubt many of our readers resid-
ing in the Western States think that all
the arabic land in the East, and especial
~ near our larger cities, was long since
cleared of its forests and broken up
with the pillow. But the truth is there
are hundreds and thousands of acres
all along our seaboard awaiting the AK
man and plowman. There is nearly
half million of acres on Long Island
alone in the primitive state, except
perhaps that portion of the best trees
have been cut and put to practical use,
but the land itself has never been dis
turbed by agricultural implements.
What is true Of Long Island is also true
of New Jersey. and while both are so
near the greatest city on this continent
that the sound of its church bells may
almost be heard in the depths of theiz
great forests, young and old men go
West in search of new lands that they
might find near home, at price not
much if any above what is asked fof
wild prairie within railroad limits.
7. Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

bubble win adhere to It, and BY gently
tipping the pipe You may leave the pup-
BILE suspended by the string.
A bubble blown from the mouth SINKS.
but if the pipe is attached by piece o.
rubber tubing to gas fixture, the bud
BILE then blown being filed with gas
lighter than air will be carried upward
as far as the string will allow. Thus
you have a veritable balloon, and If just
sufficient string is allowed to keep II
balanced midway between floor and
ceiling. it will perform very curious
antics. Those currents of air which ex'
list in every room, unfelt by the inmates.
are strong draughts to the fragile and
delicate bubble. 1t will follow these
currents, now visiting the ceiling, now
running along the floor, and escaping
as if by miracle the obstacles in its
path. If there is q lamp or gas jet in
the room it will be gradually attracted
toward it. and, carried by the upward
current of hot air, will dash toward the
ceiling. as if bent on committing suicide:
But bounding on the cushion of dead
air, which always lies on the surface OF
every solid object, it bends at right
angles, and darts off. escaping as If by
some inward power the fate into which
it was apparently plung,ng headlong:
and again circles round the room, till
drawn second time into the current Of
hot air.
The ingenious reader will be able to
work up the hints above given into q
variety of amusing and beautiful expert.
ments. The last described will perhaps
afford most amusement in various
ways. which will readily occur to his
mind while using the novel toy. The
true secret of success in these expert.
ments, as in everything. is carefulness.
If the soap solution is prepared with
care. there is no reason why the reader
should not be entirely successful in the
experiments that follow.
Bubbles are most curious and lovely
things. There is neither time nor space
to go into their connection with science,
and the deep natural truths which they
are used to prove. The reader can at
least admire their gorgeous coloring
and airy grace, and find a moral in theiI
short but lovely lives.-Rsr. C. G.
Child. in Harper's Young People.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
Dangers from Impure Water.

Too much reliance is placed on the
sense of taste, sight and smell in deter
mining the character of drinking water.
1t is fact which has been repeatedly
illustrated that water may be odorless,
tasteless and colorless, and yet be full OF
danger to those who use it. The recent
outbreak of typhoid fever in Newburg,
NJ Y, is an example, having been
caused by water which was clear and
without taste or smell. 1t is also fact
that even chemical analysis sometimes
will fail to show dangerous contami-
nation of the water, and will always
fail to detect the specific poison if the
water is injected with discharges OF an
infectious nature. 1t is therefore urged
that the source of the water supply
should be kept free from all possible
means of contamination by sewage. 1t
is only in the knowledge of perfect clean
illness that safety is guaranteed.
The local European Volunteer Health
Commission IN Alexandria, where the
cholera has been raging along back, is
unearthing. according to the Sanitary
NeaUs, some very unsanitary conditions
in that city. They have found large
native cemetery, underneath which runs
a canal, with which communicates a
well, the water of which is used to wash
dead bodies. A drinking fountain ad-
Joins this well, and the canal is the wa
ter supply of crowded portion OF the
town. In the mosques are stagnant
pools of water used for additions pre-
scribed by religious belief, the water in
which, being unchanged. gets indescrib-
ably foul. Such nuisances are difficult
to abate because of religious prejudices.
Is it any wonder, adds the NeUs. that
pesti!ential disease attacks such local
ity?-Scientifc american.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
The ROmances OF q Millionaire.

There were three rOmances in the life
of the late Joshua Sears, the million
aire grocer of Boston. The first was
when he was a poor young man. He
started Irritation with wealthy
beauty on a railroad train, called on
her afterwards, and finally found that
his suit was in vain, because he was
poor and she was rich. He became en-
gagged to dashing young widow. One
of her friends asked her: "What are
you going to be married to that old
fellow for ?'' "For his money. Of
course" said she. Sears heard of this.
'For my money, eh ?" he said; mot
by -blessed-sight." He went to his
LAWYERS, and was told she would have a
good case in breach-of-promise suit.
He didn't want lawsuit, so he handed
q confidential friend $4,000 and told
him to 90 and see the widow and ''fix
things up;" which was done, she ac-
cepting the bribe and giving him his
freedom. The third was when he was
an old man. He found himself enor-
mously rich. but thought "When /
am gone, as 1 soon shall be, who will
enjoy it all ?r So he went to his friend
Alpheus Hardy, and said, g Hardy. I'm
thinking of getting married. What do
you think about it ?" Hardy thought
he knew lady who would just suit.
"Well, then, Hardy, you 60 and ar
range it, So Hardy conducted the ne
gotiations and Sears was accepted. On
his wedding morn the bashful bride
groom called Hardy aside and said !:
Hardy, Il don't know anything about this
ceremony and you do. So want you
to stick close to my side and coach me.
SO won't make any laundering mis-
take" Hardy did 50 ard all went well
Boston Globe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
Our You1g Readers.
WHICH DO I LIKE THE BEST?

When I'm little city girl.
Each day in pleasant weather,
dress myself all in my best
MY big white hat and feather.
My pretty Mother Hubbard cloak,
And boots and gloves all neat,
And with my silken paraSOl
Go walking down the street.
I foil my hands together. so,
And turn nv toes quite out;
Mamma says little girls should not
Be gazing all about.
And If run or jump, you know.
My hair gets out of curl;
So quietly take my walk,
When I'm a city girl.
When I'm little country girl,
Up almost with the sun,
/ take my old straw hat, and out
Into the grass l run.
No gloves. no parasol. no hat
ct comes right OF, you know,
And no one near to see how fast
Across the fields go.
No need to think about my dress,
Or care for crimp or curl.
run and pay the hve-long day
When I'm country girl.
Oh, yes the city suits mamma.
And sister and the rest,
But tell me, tell me truly, which
You think like the best.
Youths Companion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

One of the most important of the
mercantile institutions Of Berlin is an
Egg Exchange. As the city consumes
more than 100000 dozens of eggs
annually it is business of very great
Importance. On the forenoons of two
days in the week the Produce Exchange
is wholly given up to the egg dealers,
both male and female. Uniform rates
for eggs are thus established which are
observed by all dealers.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

Laying turf can be done successful
" in dry, hot weather, says Peter Hen
derson, by simply covering it when fin
ished and before it gets too dry with
about quarter of an inch of light soil,
put through a half-inch sieve. The
grass will begin to grow through this
soil in very few days.-E1change.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11
ROMANCE.

She didn't like me when we met
But turned away and pouted;
Twas very cool, 1 own, to get
At first snub SO final. yet
chung to hope, and doubted.
Strange as it seems, a few short weeks
Confirmed my sanguine guesses:
came to understand her freaks,
And even dared to kiss her checks
And stroke her golden tresses.
So time went on, and as we grew
To know each other better,
She bravely learned to kiss me, too;
And when she strangely tried to WOO,
Somehow l used to let her.
The privilege still yet is mine
With kiss her lips to smother:
Still round my neck she likes to Irvine
Her soft, white arms. Ill drop line,
guess, and ask her mother.
This rhyme produces envy-strife,
Within your reason, may be:
So let me take q leaf from life:
Her mother is my darling wife,
And she my blessed baby.
r. d. s., in Life.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

Arab Pasha is devoting his hours
in exile to literature. He writes beau
tiful style. and although his manuscripts
look like hy-specked wallpaper, they
read as smoothly as the flow Of s0rghxm
molasses from two-inch sbigot.- CHI
cGgo Necs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-11

The best wheat always comes from
land previously sown to clover.-N Y.
Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-10-13
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used owing TO the cost Of transpor-

now used owing to the cost of transpor-
tation.
Inexhaustible beds Of gypsum encircle
the entire Hills, Just inside the foothills
and outside the main Black Hills. At
present it is only used by plasterers.
With the advent Of railroads, it will be
shipped 10 the states east Of the Missouri
rive, there to be used AZ a fertilizer on
their worn out lands.
Petroleum is found on the west side OF
the Hills in Wyoming territory near the
boundary line between Dakota and
Wyoming. No works have as vet been
established for refining. 1t is only used
for lubricating purposes by the Home
stake and other companies at their
mills.
Salt springs are situated about eight
miles northeast of the oil springs and in
Wyoming territory. Salt for the entire
Hills is manufactured here, and sold on
the gr md for two cents per pound.
Marble Oft beautiful purple color is
found near Rapid City and ulster, aud
sand stone, granite. slate porphyry and
limestone is plentiful, and is found in
every part of the Hills.
The Black Hills is a well watercd
country, being drained by the forks of
the Cheyenne river and their tributa,
ries. On Hot Spring creek in Custer
county are situated mineral spring,
which are fast acquiring reputation for
curative powers second to none in the
United States. The average tempers-
ture is % degrees FAHRENHEIT.
The average prices Of tie different
products of the country are as follows:
Cogn, s. per bushel oats, 81 wheat,
$l.2) potatoes, 81 onions, $3.50 -four
s. per hundred weight; eggs, fifty cents
per dozen butter. forty cents per pound;
groceries cost about 5 cents more than
III Chicago; dayboard S25 per month
With lodging So. Farm hands, $50 per
month tcnmsters, $40 to $50 day labor
ers. So per day mechanics from 81 to So
per day miners, 81 per day.
Money il loaned at from Is 10 36 per
cent per amman. The reason ofsuch high
rate Of interest is that there are 50 many
opportunities Of investing money to
good advantage that few people have
any to loan, and the demand has always
exceeded the sipplv.