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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04

light. At timesthese attract others
golden hues, and bevy u flashing in
candescent bodies circle about each
other for a moment, and then dart
away like flaming meteors to illumine
the gloom beyond One. the pyro-
phorus, emits, when at liberty. a rich.
ruddy glow. and again a yellowish
orange. but in captivity it seems diff
fused with pale. green glow. These
are the insects the early Spanish in
vaders took for the lights OF an i'm
mense army as they advanced upon the
ancient capital of Mexico. At this
time they were used by the natives at
night, numbers Of them being tied to
the feet. Solthey refers to this in the
poem already quoted. When Coatel wasl
guiding Madoc through the cavern,
"She beckoned, and descended, and drew on
From undernea'h her vest cage. or net
1t ratner might be called, so fine the twigs
Which knit it, where, confined, two fire-f1ies
gave
Their luSter.'
In parts of the South to this day they
are in common use as decoration bv
the ladies; and among the peasantry of
Italy and Greece gala toilet would not
seem complete without diadem of
flashing fire-ilies that CLEANS and scin-
tillates like veritable halo about their
heads. AS evening falls these maids Of
the sun follow the cleaning insects.
and bedeck one another with living
gems that only Nature can produce.
Upon one occasion Don Domingo Condo,
Of Colombia, appeared upon the evening
promenade with an enormous live beetle
as catch to his Panama hat, which in
turn was ornamented with loop Of
blazing fire-t1ies; and in his palace
cages of silver wire hung, imprisoning
myriads of the cleaning insects
Charles +. Holder. IN Harper's Maga-
zine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04

phones III OperaLlCn Lnere III dlTCS
estimated to contain 1000, 600 Inltaly
itlappears to be quite popular thu e be-
ing 475 subscribers in Rome, whia has
a population OF only 289, 900; 40 in
Turin, population 231, 900; 1877 r'Flor
ence, population 145. 600; 1876 ipBolog-
ma, populat; on 292. 900; 118 in iienna,
population 131. 600; and 80 il Naples,
population 458, 900. the latter only be-
ing twice as. well supplied difference
in population being considerd-as Lon
don, while Rome is fully as veil supplied
as New York
In the Russian Empire the three
places where the telenOne has been in
troduced are St. Petersburg, Moscow
and Odessa. The primer has 1874 out OF
the 227 instruments, the other two hay
ing sixty-six md twenty-seven, re.
spectively Vienna. Pesth and Trieste
are the three Austrian cities into which
it has made it's way. Vienna has but
600 subscribers, although the district
has population falling but about 2OO,-
900 short of that OF New York City. In
Belgium some of the smaller cities are
remarkably we'll supplied with instru-
ments, Charleroi. which has but TO- 900
Inhabitants, having $50 of them, which
lis almost as many as Leadville had
when it was of the same size.
The lines are operat 1 by private
companies everywhere excepting in
Germany and Switzerland, in both of
which States the Government has re-
served to itself the exclusive privilege
of construct.ng and working them. In
Belgium the Government reserves the
right to take possession of them at any
time on payment of fair price. In
Great Britain the concession is for
thirty-one years, n Austria for ten
years, and in Hungary for twenty
years. In Russia each line receives a
special concession; in Italy the con-
cessicns run for thirty years subject to
renewal, but the Government regulates
the rates under certain restrictions; in
Denmark the concession is for twelve
years; while in Sweden all that is neces-
sary is to make an amicable arrange
ment with the telegraph people.
The liberallty, or the contrary, dis
played by the different Governments in
granting permission to construct the
lines is doubtless one of the principal
reasons for the abundance or the paucity
of telephone instruments; but other
causes, such as concentration of popula-
ton, which enables merchants to 90
from one house to another without any
loss of time, and, above all. national en-.
terprise, have their infuence.-M. T.
Graphic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04
Telephones.

According to a pamphlet just issued
by the International Telephone Com
pany of Paris there are 152 cities in the
world furnished with that latest adjunct
OF modern civilization, the telephone.
Of these % are located in the United
States, &c in Great Britain, IL in Italy,
10 in Germany eight in France, six in
Belgium, three each in Austro- Hungary.
Russia Switzerland and British India,
two each in the Netherlands, and one
each in Denmark, Sweden and Mexico.
This is a pretty good showing consider
ing the very short time that the tele-
phone has been in practical use. The
total number of subscribers to the tele-
phone exchanges in these 152 cities are
56,S99, of whom the United States have
81. 1919, or nearly two-thirds, the other
third being scattered over the globe as
follows: Great Britain, 1916; France,
3,64O; Italy, 2,902; Germany, 1922;
Belgium, 2156; Austro-H Hungary, go;
Sweden, 672; Switzerland; Cpl; Den
mark, 1893; Mexico, 800; Russia. 238;
British India, 213; Egypt, 1888; and the
Netherlands, ISL. The statistics for the
United States are rather behind date,
having been gathered chiefly during last
year, but those for the C Countries out
side the United States are much more
recent and therefore much more re-
liable. y z"
The contrasts presented between the
extent to which the telephone is used
here and between it's use elsewhere
would, therefore, be even more violent
were the present figures of our own ex-
changes to be used instead of those of a
year ago. Those of London represent
the degree to which the telephone was
employed on the 9th of March last.
There were then 1861 subscribers in a
district having a population, of 4.764,- :
600. In the district served by the Met
ropolitan Telephone Company. which
includes New York City. Brooklyn and
Hoboken, and having population of
1892, 900, Or about forty per cent. of
the London district. there were in Nav,
1881, 1000 subscribers. so that if Lon
don were supplied at the same rate as
New York was then it would have now
about 10. 900 instruments in stead Of this
beggarly 1861. ~ s-s :.
Berlin, which now has a population
almost as large as New York City. has
ISL instruments, which is considera-
BILE advance over London. and Paris is
ahead of Berlin. there being 2,442 tele-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04
An Arithmetical CuriOSity.

To find the day of the week for any
date within the first thirty centuries OF
the Christian era:
From the number indicating the year
drop all to the left of the tens. To this
result add its fourth part (regardless OF
any remainder), the day of the month,
index of the month. and index of the
century. Divide the sum by Z, and the
remainder will be the day of the week.
counting Sunday l, Monday 2, Tuesday
3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday s,
and Saturday 0.
TABLE OF INDICES FOR MONTHS.
January -. 3 May. 4September :. Il
February. g June. 30 October. -. g
April August. December. i
For Leap year the induces for January
and February would each be one less
than in the above table:
III TABLE OF INDICES FOR CENTURIES
0-Index for s. 9, Is, q, 26, 60
AIndex for ., !, Is, Il, 81. p, 49,
3-Index for f, b. "
4-lndex for s. Il, rs, 20, "A, %. fa
5-Index for 4. Ii, 10, 2e, 81.
6-Index for 3, ], 0.
To find the index of the century for
any given year, find in the table the
number dropped from the year, and its
index will be the index required.
Fl Required upon what day of the week
the Declaration of Independence was
signed July 4, 1776: s .aa
Drop II, q nd we have. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. rs
Add its fourth part Observation-Disclosures. ~
Add the day of the month. :. ............... 4
Add index of the month. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
10 oA-ofl
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04
His CandOr Pays.

1--WE had better understand each
other,' he said. deprecatingly, as he
shambled into the editorial room, ''be-
fore we begin. I'm book agent.'
Unmindful of the groans that met this
statement, he went on
''Im not a white-haired philanthro-
pist from New Haven, who has come
South through sympathy for Your
stricken people. Pm a fair. square,
bald headed book-agent."
Encouraged by the reception of this
frank avOwal, he took seat, and drop
ping his feet in waste basket, said:
Ppm not retired clergyman who
seeks to scatter religious obstruction
while he builds up his wOrn-Out frame in
your balmy cline. I'm not an apostle
of art who has consented to seek your
benighted req. on, and educate your
people by parting with a few picture
books in parts. I III not all of these-nOr
either I'm an unmOditied bOOk-agent,
with none of the corners rounded, rum
ming on cheek in pursuit of TIM
Here's candor, at least" remarked
the young man who writes the putfs of
hardware stores.
''Yes; candor at best. Pm not a
gilded sham. You don't pick me up for
a Prince in disguise or art, OF morality
going incog. lido not fly the skull and
crossbones hid behind holiday flag till
I've grappled and boarded you. I've
got the regular old Deaths head nailed
to the mast, and Pm pirate from keel
to center-board. and if you don want
that sort of company blow me out Of the
water'
He had the whole force on deck at
this point.
1--WE got no Of hand preamble to my
bloody work. do not lead you through
the tlowery paths of ease to where I've
got the trap sprung. l do not beguile
with anecdote. inspire with eloqucnce,
soothe with persuasion. or pig with
local gossip. was not directed to you
as leader of culture or person who'd
be likely to buy Iwon't show you
LIST OF high-toned decoys who have put
their names down to get rid of me and
to draw you in. don't show the work
I'm selling, and I've never been able to
learn the idiots solloquy that explains
the pictures. 1J sig
Here he paused while the, managel
called for the cash-b oy.,
THAT about the size of me an1
business. The books right here
parts, fifty cents part, plenty
lures, and big type Tor. the
written by somebody or 8
means SO, clear money to
time work one off. Do YOU
do go?' .a sst
By this time eleven copies @
part were ordered and fthd
able resumed their work. WI
flee boy indites this tribute
who ain t ashamed of his littl
atlanta Constitution.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04
NICHOLAS b. KLAINE. EDITOR
GRANDMOTHER S SERMON.

- w W.
The supper is O. err the hearth is swept,
And in the wood fires glow
The children cluster to hear ta'e
Of that time 80 long ago.
When grandma s hair was golden brown,
And the warm blood came and went
Ger the face that could scarce have been
sWeeter then
Than now in its rich content.
The face is wrinkled and careworn now,
And the golden hair is gray;
But the light that ShOne in the young girl
Never has gone away.
And her needles catch the freight
AS in and ont they go,
With the clicking music that grandma loves,
Shaping the stocking toe.
And the waiting children love it. too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings many tale to grandma's min4
Which they shall have ere long.
But it brings no story of olden-time
To grandmaS heart tonight
Only a refrain. quaint and short,
Is sung by the needles bright.
life is stocking grandma says
And yours is just begun;
But am knitting the toe of mine,
And my work is almost DONE
" With merry hearts we begin to knit,
And the ribbing is almost play;
Some are gay cOlOred, and some are white.
And some are ashen gray.
" But most are made of many hues,
With many stitch set wrong;
And many row to be sadly ripped
Ere the whole is fair and strong.
There are long, plain spaces, without
break,
That in life are hard to bear;
And many weary tear is dropped
AS we fashion the heel with care.
:" But the saddest, happiest hme is that
We count, and yet wOul6 shun,
When our Heavenly Father breaks the
thread,
And says that our work is DONE"
The children come TO say goodnight,
With tears in their bright young eyes,
While in grandmas ap. with broken thread,
The finished stocking lies.
Saratoga Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04
And He Was Glad of 1t.

: Almost every night Of his fife for the
last twenty three years Detrolter has
been aroused from his slumbers by a
poke in the ribs and voice whispering:
..John! John. do you hear thats'
On such occasions the conversation
has always run in one channel, and
about as follows:
"WhazZer want?'
"Don' you hear that noise?'
"No."
Listen! tell you some one is rails
ing a Window
"Oh! bosh!'
:For Heavens sake, John, get up or
we II be murdered in our beds! hear
some one moving around in the dining
coom!"
"Let EN- mover
There it is again! If you don't get
up will, for IN all in chill!''
There was no peace until John gotup
and stumbled around the house with a
rusty old revolver in his grip. He never
expected it was anything more than the
wind or the frost or the cat, but almost
every night brought repetition.
The other night ushered in an entire
change of programme. Just before
midnight the wife elbowed his spine
snd whispered:
mercy on me! but feel draught
of cold air!''
NonsenseH' growled the sleepy hus-
band.
land 1 hear some one walking
aroundn'
''lt's the cat!'
sect out of bed this minute. or I'll
yell murder and arouse the neighbor-
hood.''
John obeved. He felt the cold air on
his legs as he tramped through the up
per hall. and when he was half way
down stairs dark figure skipped out of
she open front door. When he reached
the threshold he saw a man running
across the street, and he called out:
Hello. there-hold On''
The man halted.
..COme back here, you burglar! Come
back and I'll give you the run of the
house! I've been waiting for and ex-
pecting you for over twenty years, and
now / don't want to be shook in this
manner!'
You 60 to South America shouted
the man.
:Well. I'll leave the door open for
you, and you can enter and burglar
around for whole hour if YOU want to
and won't lift finger. I'm glad you
got in-powerful glad, and sorry drove
you out before you had loaded up
He left the door open and walked up
stairs and jumped into bed. but his wife
threw up window and whistled for the
police and raised such racket that the
neighbors were aroused. 1t was found
that the robber had opened the front
door with a false KEY. but had been
driven away before he had time to Sc
cure any plumber:
"pve just got tired of poking around
for burglars when there are no burg
lars" exclaimed the man as he waved
the crowd out OF the hall, ''and if this
chap had only stopped long enough to
fire at me couple of times hanged if l
wouldn't have bought him new over
coat!' Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04

"A New. York physician offers to
cure men of snoring for ten dollars. =
Er. Men who are in the habit of snor-
ing for ten dollars should consult him.
We never snore for such small amount.
1t doesn't cost any more to snore for
ten thousand dollars. Norrist0aC,, Her
dld. eisSa 1F'i
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-04

and remaining, or Thursday, answer
-A. g. Palmer, in Terres Hdute Gazette
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THE DODGE CITY TIMES

Subscription, So per year, in advance.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-05-26
The Santa Fe Celebration,

Santa Fe, N. NJ, is said to be the oldest
town in tile United States. This year
makes the 3s3d since its settlement by Euro.
peans, and her citizens propose to celebrate
the event by holding grand mining and
industrial exposition, In which the Great
West is asked to join. The distinct civili-
zations are to be illustrated. that Of Pueblo
or Village Indians, direct decendents Of
the Aztecs, found there in 1854 by Cabeza
de Vacca, tilling the soil. The Spahards
came afterward, introducing their indust, ial
systems, religious creeds and social cbarac-
teristics, and finally the Americans, with
all the elements Of modern progress. The
programme for the exposition embraces
parades by the citizens, games and races
BY various Indian tribes, military pageant
~, show fights, rites and ceremonies Of
Indians, horse racing, concerts, exhibitions
and various amusements, the whole to last
fiom July and to August sd, each day OF
which there will be much to interest visit.
ors.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-05-26
The Now Placer Mines.

The news from Guaymas Of rich placer
gold discoveries in Lower California will
be likely to cause stampede from Arizona
and Sonora In that direction, and may have
its influence elsewhere, where the adven-
turers are not yet all dead. The reported
discovery is located fourteen miles inland
from Angel Guardia bay, or rather straits,
on the peninsula. On old maps this place
is called Angeles and Is an island In the
Gulf Of California, situated on the thirtieth
parallel Of latitude about l3o miles south Of
the mouth of the Colorado river and about
900 miles north OF Guayn'as. The only
road leading to It is the waterway OF the
gulf. Il has hitherto been as isolated as
Death valley, though on the ocean side Of
the peninsula, there Is a road running from
Rosario on the western side Of the mount
ain range, In latitude 81 deg, down to Lo.
reto on the guilt, in about latitude ~ deg-
at which point the road or trail passes
through the mountains. AZ small steam
ers ply on the Colorado from Fort Yuma
down to the gull, and As they certainly will
extend their trips down to Angel Guardia
bay II the discovery Is confirmed, that will
be the cheapest and quickest way for ad'
venturers from California and Arizona to
get to the mines.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-05-26
SAVING THE FLOUR GOLD ON SNAKE
RIVER.

1t really looks as though the method OF
saving the fine gold in Snake River Valley
has been found. The credit Is due to com.
pany of working miners, men who have fol-
lowed mining all their lives. The idea
seems to have been borrowed-at least in
part, from the manner in which tin Is saved
In Cornwall. The best Of it Is that no pom
derous and expensive machineryis required
The method is simplicity itself, and any
jack carpenter can make machine In a
couple OF days. A machine requires one
man to run It. and from the first 20 hours
run $50. 90 In gold was retorted.
1t Is not claimed that all the gold Is saved,
hut more is saved than by any other meth
nd hitherto tried. These men bought II
FLANK in Ogden, paid 81 plank freight to
get them to Eagle Rock over the Utah y
Northern, and in few days went to taking
cut gold. They bought some rough 'u"o'
or at Eagle Rock, but there Is not exceed
Ing 100 feet in the entire machine.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-05-26
SANDS 4 Royce.
COMPETITION DISCOUNTED,

We keep telling you about what large
and splendid stock we have Of d,ess.goods,
ready-made dresses and wraps for ladies',
misses and children; carpets and wall pa
per. Nor have we told you in vain, for
orders keep pouring in from every part Of
the Territory and occasionally from more
distant points. Wekeep these goods promi
nently before our out ot.town readers be-
cause YOU cannot find desirable assort-
ments Of them outside of such towns as this
and W. believe there is no firm in the
North west that has such an assortment as
we have, and We kMozv there's not one that
can offer you better advantages. While
we aim to carry the largest and most COM
plete and desirable stock; we also discount
all competition. You must Judge whether
we do or not, and We are entirely willing
to leave the matter TO you
Write for samples or send trial order.
Very respectfully,
SANDS u BOYCE.
Butte City, Mont, May -, 1883.
P. S.: We have full supply Of tents,
wagon covers, hydraulic hose, mattresses,
bedding, ETC., and will be glad to quote
prices. ~z 49, =. S. Il b.
N. B.-We have full line Of samples OF
wall paper and borders on exhibition at the
Post Office Variety Store (ro.v.s.) IL
Dillon, and all orders placed with the pro.
prietor thereof, will receive our best atten
ton. We have only one price for any GER
tain grade an that he will give you. S. y b
Twenty-Five persons have been arrested
in Tucson, A. T., during the last three
weeks for smoking opium and keeping
dens. About two.thirds Of this number
were Cinnamon.
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Application for Patent. No. 1880.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
HELENA. NJ. r., May u, 1854.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HELENA, NJ. r., May y, 1854. :
NOTICE is hereby given that Amcde besscttc,
~ whose rostt,fice address is Rannick, Hsaver-
head county. Montana. has this day filed his appi.
cation for patent tor from ISo to 1886 linear tcct
of the Bob lngersoll lode mine OF vein bearing sill
yer, with surface ground 200 feet in width situated
in no organized mining district. county Of Beaver
head and Territory Of Montana, and designated by
the field notes and official plat file In this Office AS
Lot No. ~ in unsurveyed township No. south.
range u west Of principal meridian for Montana.
and said lot No. ~ bciny rs iOnvs, to wit: H..
ginning ut point fn' w IS feet distant trtHn tn:
Il location corner which is granite stone sox Sx6
inches, marked ii.7s tor corner No. !, from which
the initial point bears - 90 w l9sh tcct distant:
running thence n 6,' W ssS feet; thence 69s W
,o7 feet; thence IS go " e.o feet; thence ; "
is " II 80 feet; ti.rnce S his + fso fcvt; thence
u ~ 40 + ~, feet Ia corner No. and the place
of beginning: magnetic variation 10 T.; contain
ing IS acres. .
The l..c,,n Of this nine is recorded in the Re.
cortcr's office of :.vcrhead county, Montana Ter.
ritorv, in h.,ok records OF said COUNTY. page 3i7
The adjoining claimants W. \. NJ. q ,aii. 1t al.
.n the Silver II. So lmlc on the north.
ANY and all pcrsons claiming adversely any por
ton of said Hob lngerso lode, mine or surface
ground are required to tile their adverse claim with
the Register Ot the United States Land Once at
Helena, in the Territory of Montana, during shr
sixtv tavs period Of the publca nn hereof. or they
will hc barred by vir'ue Ot the provisions ot the
statutes. +. ADklNSON, Ncgistcr:
+. r STERLING, Atty for Applicant. ial.l
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Application for . Patent, No. 1881.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATtS LAND OFFICE,
HELENA, NJ. r.. Nav y. lss,.
NOTICE is hereby given that Anct.c R ~srttr.
~ whose p,stnfice address is isHnn,ck. Beaver.
head county, Montana, has this dav I'll, Il his app
cation fr pat. for 500 incar feet Of TIL Bernie
;otie mine or vein hearing silver, with surfa
ground 40 feet in width. situated in organic d
mining district county ot Rsavcrhcad nd Tcrritor"
of MINT ina, and s IN ted Nv tn. firli tcs ~
official plat file in this Office as lot No ~. in
surv.:ved town hip south, range u west Of Prin'
Il mcridi,n Of Montana Territory; said !ot fainy
follows, to witt Beginning at "a point on north
end nj this claim from which the initial point for
mineral surveys in this district is the NJ & X1 L,
marked IN the east face of summit OF u,rtz'c
rock IN place, look soxsn feet above ground hears
81 4 " dlno feet distant; ut which point is \
qu.rtzte stone marked ,.ie,o for M. run.
ming theme IGN feet: thence So 90 ~ feet
thence n lson feet; thence n Sc ;" " 40 feet to
corner No ! and the place %. beginning; magnetic
variation iSs 90. .ie FL containing * u, ion acres.
The location of this mine is recorded in thc Re.
cordcrs office Of county clerk ri Fcsvcrtead ctun
", Mnnt,na, in hook L. page ~. Of s.id county
The adjMninx claimants are ~ r. Wright ct al. on
the Randall lode the north.
Any and all persons claiming adversely amy poR:
tinn Of said Dcrnicc lode, mine sur cc ground
required to file their adverse cltins with the
Register of the United States Land nG'ce at llel
ena in the Territory If Mnntna, d;:r, z the SIXTY
days period oi publication h. rcof, nr hey will In
ha red by virtue Of the provisions # th- statutes
+. ATKINSON. Register.
F.P. STERLING, AIRY far applicant. ls.l