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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
Butter Making.

Butter making is a mechanical pro-
cess, and any one who viii carefully
conform to the various requirements
will be enabled to make good butter
EXactness and neatness must attend
every step of the process. Carelassness
or want of cleanliness ut any stage of
the proceedings may ruin the product.
There is a great deal of poor butter
made, because there are great many
persons who are not scrupulously
clearly, and who are careless and heed
less. 1t is nearly as easy to make the
best butter, after one becomes acclls-
toned to it, as lis to make the poorest,
and it certainly must be far more salts
factory. There is satisfaction in MAX
ing a really tirst-class article aside from
the satisfaction arising from the receipt
Of a tirst-class price for it. A great i'm
provement has been effected in butter
making in this country during the past
twenty years, but there is still room for
further improvement for thousands of
butter makers. Self-conceit stands in
the way Of improvement of some
They think that they make as good but
ter as any one, and possibly to their
own perverted tastes their butter tastes
better than any other. A really nice
article of butter might seem to them
wanting in taste, and certainly it would
be wanting in the strong taste charac-
teristic of their own butter.
In making good butter cleanliness is
indispensable. All the utensils used
about the dairy must be kept scrupu-
The pans in which the milk is set must
be kept sweet and clean, and that this
is not an easy matter to accomplish
any good dairyman will assure you.
The rinsing, scalding and airing which
the pans have to be submitted to are
quite surprising to the uninitiated. The
churn must also be kept clean and
sweet and every other utensil used
about the milk or butter. The process
of milking must be done in a clearly
manner. Allowing filth to fall into the
pail, and expecting it to be removed
by straining, will not conduce to the
making of nice butter. Whatever filth
goes into the milk pail imparts it's faint
to the milk before the strainer removes
it, and, so far as injury to the milk with
butter is concerned, it matters little
whether the milk is strained or not.
Straining should only be depended upon
to remove the fine stray hairs which
may fall into the milk. The filth
which goes into one pail will some
times cOntaminate all the milk in the
dairy. The strainer that is used to
strain the first pail of milk is sometimes
used without cleansing to strain all the
rest of the milk, so that whatever filth
was removed by the strainer is pretty
effectually washed into the rest of the
milk. Tin pals should be used for
milking, and as soon as the milk is re-
moved they should be rinsed in cold
water, then washed in warm, and
scalded in boiling water, and. in order
to avoid contamination with a sour
dish-cloth, be left to drain. Soap Is OBJ
jectionable for using in washing milk
utensils, because of the danger OF con-
tamination from the filthy grease used
in making it. Sal soda is preferable to
soap.-N. Y. Sam.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
Home Charities.

To some young girls who wrote for
counsel to the Wise Blackbird of Wide
Awdke. respecting the preparation of
fancy work to be sent to distant city
hospitals, that parsonage addresses the
following excellent advice:
"But why, let me ask, undertake
work that must 90 so far from home to
reach its object? Have you no sick
families in your own village to whom
your attentions and help would be a
grateful surprise? How is the poor
house furnished in your township?
Would not the decorations and flowers
in season be q thousand times more
welcome to those who are overlooked
by all, and who have forgotten to hope
for any notice or pleasure? Hundreds
of generous homes near by may send
their offerings to the city hospitals while
the same charities exist in every county
to be aided and encouraged, but how
few think of the crushed and hopeless
within an hours drive of their homes?
Have you village or even a county
hospital, or if there is one, is it good
One9 Ii not, why not turn your talents
to starting one. where accidents may be
treated with the best appliances, and
the sick with chronic diseases find such
quiet and care us would be difficult to
secure at home. would suggest max
ing the notices and other pretty things
fer home decoration, and having pleas
ant little sale to raise money for touches,
invalids' chairs, water beds, spinal cor
sets, and appliances for distorted limbs,
to be lent in the neighbOrhoOd to per-
sons needing them who could i'll afford
to buy such things. This would be a
noble work, and worth your efforts
nay, it is one so close to you that it
comes within the line of sacred, inspir-
ing duty, and any aid or suggestion |
can give in such undertakings you may
call for. Hide Auate.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
An Unknown Industry Which Awaits
Some WOman'S Skill.

There is real need of a new branch Of
industry for woman, in which a needle,
thimble, scissors and def fingers need
be the only stock in trade, and which
would bring in good many cents, if
not dollars, and we an know that if we
take care of the centsthe dollars will
take care of themselves. The branch
in question is mending, which includes
sewing up of rents, putting on of patch
es, darning laces and hosiery, and re-
pairing all kinds Of wearing apparel
with neatness and dispatch. There is
no such industry. The thousands of
young men who are away from home
are compelled to sit up nights in their
solitary hall bedrooms, and
With fingers weary and worn.
With eyelids heavy and red"
sew on a patch, that is a curiosity when
it is done, when for few cents they
could have it look like an ornament if
only applied skillfully. There is never
any advertisement like this in the daily
papers:
WANTED-A woman to mend.
BECAUSE it would be a useless expendi-
ture of wOrds-no woman would apply;
and yet dozens of them who are to-day
sitting in impoverished idleness could
be supplied with steady work Let them
try q card:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
The First Brooklyn Bridge.

One of New York oldest citizens ha!
favored st. Nicholas with the following
account of a single-span bridge which
was proposed fer the East River many
years ago:
Perhaps few, if any, of my young
readers are aware that any attempt was
ever made to bridge the East River from
New York to Brooklyn before the pres
ent great structure was begun. Yet a
plan for bridging the river was made
and published as early as 1911 by Mr..
Thomas Pope, an architect, then resid-
ing in Canal street, New York, short
distance east of Broadway.
Thomas Pope's speciality was bridge
building. He proposed to put one across
the river on the line of the present Full
ton ferry boats-namely, from Fulton
street, New York, to Fulton street,
Brooklyn-a bridge of single span,
sufficiently high for the largest sailing
vessels to pass under. Mr.. Pope made a
model of his bridge, published book
with an engraving of it, and solicited
aid to enable him to fulfill his project.
Had he succeeded, New York long ago
would have had bridge-way to Brook
Ign. But the enthusiastic engineer was
doomed to disappointment. Not only
wasaid denied, but he was assaulted with
ridicule. No man in his senses, they
said, would seriously propose to bridge
that river, though, doubtless, if such a
thing could be done, it would tend to
make Brooklyn building-lots quite valu-
able.
I was playmate with Mr.. Pope's
children, saw him often. and have heard
many pretty anecdotes of him and his
bridge. 1t is said that he, in company
with Robert Fulton, the inventor of the
steamboat, and a number of other dis
tinguished NEWCOMERS. on a certain
day made trip around the city in one
of the new steamboats,. The afternoon
was showery, and just as the boatrounded
Castle Garden the rain ceased, and there
was seen a rainbow spanning the East
River. '.See there!' says Fulton, tap
ping Pope on the shoulder, "there s
your bridge, Pope. Heaven favors you
with a good omen"
The bridge was not built, however,.
and the model was destroyed.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
Close Moving Of Meadows.

Farmers vary greatly in both opinions
and practice as to the height from the
ground at which it is best to cut grass.
Grass is cut from one-half inch, or as
close as possible, to four inches. The
general tendency, however, is to cut toe
close, and not few fine meadows have
been injured in consequence.
Timothy can not be cut low, especially
in dry weather, without injurious eff
fects, therefore, it is advisable that all
attempts at close-shaving the sward be
avoided. Some of our most successful
farmers cut their timothy nearly or
quite four inches from the ground.
Others, when gauging mowing-ma-
chimes for this grass, take care to run
them so high that they will not cut be-
low the second joint above the tuber.
Close moving of upland meadows is
of necessity injurious, as the action of
the burning sun and dry atmosphere
following harvest affects the roots of
the grass most unfavorably when left
without some protection. Wet moving
grounds. on the other hand. will bear
cutting close as possible and be bene-
fitted by the same influences which
would dry and burn up an upland
meadow.
When the practice is followed Of top
dressing the meadow Immediately after
taking off the grass. close moving is
also permissible. Generally speaking,
however. grasses which are cut two
inches high will start much sooner and
thrive much better than when shaved
close to the ground. Fine grasses, as q
rule, when the season is not a very dry
enc, may be cut lower, with safety,
than coarser kipds.-N J, W0rld.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
OLD CUSTOMS.

Old customs! Well, our children say
We get along without them;
But you and i, dear, in our day
Had other thoughts about them.
The dear old habits of the past
can not choose but love them,
And sigh to think the world at last
Has scared SO far above them.
We had not. in the years gone by,
The grace that art discovers:
Our lives were calmer; you and
We're very simple lovers.
And when, our daily duties DER,
We strayed beside the rushes,
The only gems You ever wore
Were bright and blooming bushes.
Our rustic way was slow, but yet
Some good there was about it,
And many ills we now regret
Old habits would have routed.
know our children still can see
The Fifth Commandments beauty
May they obey, as once did we,
From love and not from duty.
The world to-day is far too high
In wisdom to confess them,
But well We know, dear, you and I,
For what we have to bless them.
Though love was in the heart of each,
trembled to accost you;
Had you required polished speech,
l think should have lost you.
No doubt our minds are slow to gauge
The ways we are not needing;
But here upon our memOrys page
Is very simple reading.
1t says the forms we still hold fast
Were wise as well as pleasant
The good old customs of the past
Have lcayened all the present.
Edmund Lyons, in N. y sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12

truthfulness and kindness should govern
their conduct everywhere, even when
they were alone and no one but them
selves and God knew what they were
doing. The scholars seemed inter-
ested and somewhat impressed by the
remarks Of the speaker.
A shorfJime after he left the school
a little boy,arOse in his seat and said:
Miss Zane, batted the ball that
broke Mr.. Dash's window. Another
boy threw the ball, but l batted it. and
it struck the window. l am willing to
pay for it,
There was death-like stiffness in the
room as the little fellow was speaking,
and it continued for full minute after
he sat down.
81 don't think it would be right for
Charley Drake to pay the whole for the
glass;" said another boy, rising in his
seat. "All of US who played bali then
should pay something, because we were
all playing the same as he was. I'll pay
my part
land l."
'sAnd II
A thrill of pleasure seemed to run
through the whole school at this display
of honesty and of right feeling by the
boys. The money was brought the
next day, and the lesson will not be
forgotten either by teacher or pupils
ErchcnQe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
Things in Old Mexico that Seen
Strange and Odd.

A friend of mine was in Chihuahua
Mexico, on prospecting tour, ant
learning that kerosene oil was $1.25 :
gallon he thought to speculate when h,
came again, SO he bought barrel O
fine oil in Boston for $3.50 and freight
ed it to Mexico, chuckling over the rich
proht he was to reap, but when hi
reached Paso del Norte and paid the
Federal tax, the State tax, the City O.
Chihuahua tax, the consumers tax, etc.
they footed up $3.50, or nearly five
hundred per cent, and by that time hi.
rejoicing was turned into mourning.
Ii man buys piece of meat in Chi.
huahua they hand it to him in the raw
just as they cut it; for the meat is all
cut up in advance and the purchaser
selects what he wishes. When it is
handed to him he is expected to have a
bit of wire foot long, bent at the low.
est end, upon which to hang the meat
but you must not carry it yourself, for
fear of being thought beside yourself,
and they will not send it to YOU, but
half-dozen men and boys will dog
your steps, offering to carry it. content
to receive such trifling donation Of
tlacas, cent-and-a-half bits, as you choose
to give.
The fountain presents the most fas.
cinating study connected with the plaza
at chihuahua. In the center of this
scene of beauty is fountain twenty
feet in diameter, streaming the clearest
mountain nectar, brought many miles
by an aiueduct rivaling those of Italy.
At this fountain through the long day
there may be seen a crowd of Mexicans
OF the humber classes freighting them
selves with the beverage. 1t is almost
literally true that all the water of this
city of eighteen thousand inhabitants,
for every purpose but irrigation, is taken
from this fountain, and the study of the
parties coming hither is one for an art
list.
There is hardly any time of day
when we may not see squad OF
prisoners marching from the Jail IN
chihuahua, four blocks away, with as
many soldiers to guard them, carryil 9
barrels or ollas. These criminals &c
all the street sprinkling, spending quite
q portion OF each day in this labor.
The Mexican schoolgirl will not car
~ her sachel of books to school, but
has male servant walk q proper dis
lance behind, carrying it for her It is
laughable for one accustomed to New
England life to see young miss walk
ing to school with q man coming be-
hind with . solitary book, which he de-
livers to her at the door. Americans,
except few who put on airs, are doing
much to break this custom, and,
though the ladies have not the courage
to be seen with package, the gentle
men do not hesitate to take respect
able bundle through the streets.-Cos.
Boston Globe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
Our Young Readers.
KISSING AWAY THE DIMPLE

was going to kiss the dimples from out the
little cheeks,
Where they ripple and they dance every time
she laughs or speaks.
She said l shouldn't do it; but I held her fast
and tight,
And kissed and kissed the rosy little face with
all my might.
And then pair of eyes twinkled very gravely
out,
And a pair of little lips gathered up doleful
pout.
With little dropping corners-no wonder, you
will say.
To see such bonny, bonny dimples stolen all
away.
I thought I should have kept them for just
little while;
But little teeth were soon peeping through n
little smile,
And then laugh like sunshine was over all
her face,
And every dimple had stolen was back again
in place.
Sidney Dape, in ". 7. Independent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12
King Humbert, Of italy, in conve,

king Humbert, Of Italy, in CONVEX.
sation with On American correspondent,
concludes his remarks with the declara-
ton: Were / not King, should
wish to see the world as 4 reporter"
The latter should have reciprocated the
compliment by declaring that if he
were not a reporter he would like to be
a King. But that would not have been
true. No real reporter would exchange
his place for a throne.-IndianGr0lM
.]OXruQl.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12

The French are very fond of eating
snails; and snail-farming IL profitable
industry in Burgundy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-12

ing some trailing WreathS OF wv. ant
roses over the doorways. Old Uncl,
Zeb, our colored diniDg-room servant
marched in holding a card on salver
Its no use bringing that, Uncl,
Zeb.'' cried from my lofty perch. 81
couldn't see the Gar of Russia to-day
with all this work to be done. Tell m,
visitor I'm very sorry, but it's impossi.
BILE for me to see any one. Tomorrow
l shall be glad to receive VISITORS
Il done tolt him so, Missy" Zet
said, in IN injured tone. '.but i reckon
he amt much of gentleman, least.
wise he sez, eff you read his name, you'll
be sure to see him.
He handed up the piece of pasteboard
and my Mortified eyes saw &c. Reeves
on it, and then my brain seemed to swim
until grew giddy. There was one
paramount instinct with me-to run
away. l did not stop to think or reason
on the subject. l made one spring to
the floor.
Go back to the person, Uncle Zeb,' -
l said. breathlessly. "Say YOU can't
find me. that I've gone away to stay
ever SO long. Just get him out of tho
house. and 0. Uncle Zeb, I'll do any.
thing for your
The next moment had rushed out of
the house and into the woods which ran
on the side of it. l threw myself on the
ground and by degrees my senses began
to come back to me. Why didn't I see
the fellow at once, and get him away
oeiore my father or Harry should meet
nm! Besides, if he came once, he
would be sure to come again.
was utterly desperate, and decided
1t would be best to meet him in the
road, and have the horrible interview
over. | ran to a knoll which COM
manded view of the house, and after a
ume saw man emerge from the park
Daily Republican., 1883-12-31
I Pale, soor, Puny aaa .'ai'id.

Considcringa the ills that attack
little children, it is a wonder that
any of the poor little youngsters
live to grow up.
There are children who are truly
objects of pity. They seem almost
bloodless. Their cheeks are thin
and pinched; their eyes are hollow;
and their skin is tightly drawn
over their foreheads. There is
nothing hearty about them. They
do not enjoy their lives. They are
suffering from the debility thai
leads to marasmus. Poor things!
DO a good deed for the pale.
poor, puny, pallid child. Hand it:
mother a bottle of Byowu's Iron
Filters. Here is life even for the
most delicate, the most dcbilitated
for the child almost given up fol
dead. Iron in the blood is what the
child needs to bring it up. The
little digestive apparatus will re-
cover. The pale checks will fill out
The weary groan Of the child will b,
exchanged for the merry prattle 0
lnfantle gladness. Your druggist viii
tell YOU what wonders B,oDa's Inn
BiA,s has done for very sick children
Daily Republican., 1883-12-31
A AatialnciMrY Trade.

a reporter Of the Pnss called on a
number of business men III Philadel-
phIa, and interrogateu them III regard
to the Christmas sales, " hen each aud
all of them responded that they were
well satisfied with the result.
John Wanamaker rubbed his hands
and said Splendid We have
done the biggest business that we ever
did. Goods have been lower than ever
h.tore, and people have bought very
many more of them. making the aggre
gate amount Of goods and prices paid
much larger than before. Some days
We sent out as many as 1900 packages,
not counting the thousands carried
away III tho customers hands for dur
ing the last week VIC had to post up a
card saying that We were absolutely
unable u contend with the tremendous
carrying business. How hig sales dld
we make in day ? Well, | can say
This, that on several days there would
not b.. enough left out OF SlOO,O0O to
make respectable Christmas present.
Our sales during this last month have
been hundreds of thousands Of dollars
over those Of the month in DeCem Der IN
1852. There is another thing that you
might say, too. The customers have
not been exclusively from the wealthy
classes. The rich and the poor man
have met here and purchased according
20 their means. The poor man seemed
to have sutiiciency for his moderate
wants. and did not suffer for nrCrssarles
or even some luxuries. The people are
not suffering, and trade has certainly
not been dull with u.s.
Daily Republican., 1883-12-31
Will Ysusg List BE- II - utsdf

This Is o question which IL increaS
ing In frequency rs the day Of execu-
ton approaches. With thi. question
grows the opinion that the verdict OF the
younger List especially was an extreme
one, There are but few who will I'M
dertske to say that II the Lists had
been moral, upright, honest mer, and
that II the elder List had not caused
the death by violence Of q fellow NOR
tai some 20 years ago, they would have
been the sui iects of such an extreme
verdict. Then the question arises wheth
er 1t is right that mans previous life
up to the commission Of the crime for
which his lie is tried, should be taken
into COZ sideration in the making up OF
q verdict. 1t Ia enough for man to
have TO bear with the particular
crime for hich he is charged without
being borne down by the omissions and
errors of score Of years OF his previous
life
We do not charge that the jury that
convicted the Lists was Influenced by
the past lives OF either, but IL is well
known there wasa general sentiment
abroad amongst the people before aud
at the time of the tria., that they were
bad men anyhow, that they deserved to
be convicted, the sooner such men were
| put ont of the way the better, and other
Expressions OF like character. If these
outside floating opinions and e1pres'
sions lad any weight With the jury in
making up their verdict then that far
the verdict il wrong. II makes no
difference how dssolute and bad men
may have been in former periods OF
their lives, when they are brought be-
fore the bar Of justice to answer for a
capiiaI crime they stand before the jury
that tries them clear Of all other crimes
except he one for which they are being
tried
Daily Republican., 1883-12-31
PPealoeBt ~ AL ing.

Since the November elections consld-
cradle indifference a, pervaded both
parties, regarding Presidential nomi-
uees and there has also been notable
scarcity of candidates. But this state
OF things cannot continue long, and
now that Congress is IN full blast and
" President Making" beng the princi,
pal business. we may expect the work
Of booming" the different candidat i
soon to com mence.
The Republican party is generally
in the field first, and now that the date
of the National Convention has been
fixed for June 3rd, the district conven'
lions will be meeting all over the coun
Try in about four months. The call IL
sued by the National Convention pro
vides that the delegates at large shai
10 chosen by State Conventions he'd
mot more than sixty days before tht
time rsked for the meeting of the Ma
tional Convention. The purpose %
this was to prevent snap judgments
ike the early Grant Stale Convention
Of 1880.
As the National Convention meet
On June 3rd, the State Conventions can
not therefore be held before the frs
week III April. They can be held, o
course later than that tiLe, but the in
terval named will doubtIt 81 seem con
yenient one and be adopted In many
States. Twenty days notice must b
given of the Stale Conventions. TIT
district conventions to choose the dis
trict delegates to the National Conven
ton II ust be held within the tifteel
days" preceding the State Convention
which elects the delegates at large
Surprising that the State Convention
meet early in April, the district Con
ventlons will he meeting in March. or ;
little less than four months from THU
time. After The holidays the business
Of " President Making will no doub
be- very lively.