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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
Summer ROlnets.

At the May openings of fashionable
millinery many novelties are shown fol
bonnets and round hats. One of the
most original fancies is the skeleton
bonnet, dressy affair that shows the
hair very plainly. This is made of .
few gilt wires going forward from some
round rows of wire that form the crOwp
and every semblance of foundation j!
omitted. Two rows of large shell O.
| amber beads are on the front of the Dor
net, forming a brim, and there are two
rows as a center in the crown The
sole trimming is a breadth of India red
Grape which is passed across the top
through the spaces between the wires,
where it is fastened by shell-p,n
shaped like hair-pin, and the encs
hang long on each side, and serve Is
strings. This Grape is the diaphanoris
gauze-like crinkled Grape known IS
French Grape, and is very fashionable
for entire bonnets, being made up ip
shirrings on gilt wires that are quite far
apart. The crowns of such bonnets are
shirred across, or else lengthw1se, but
not round and round in successive rings
as they formerly were. The front is
pulled thickly over other wires, and is
trimmed with gilt ornaments, the new
wool pompons that look as if made of
Grape, or else with lace. Dark brown
Grape with white lace, gilt flowers and
velvet ribbon is a stately bonnet for
middle-aged lady. Pink Grape pulled on
appointed brim poke frame, and trimmed
with single great bow of brown velvet
ribbon, is simple and quaint for young
lady. The black Grape bonnets with
silver cords and white ottoman silk rib
bons are worn for light mourning.
Olive green Grape shirred over gold
wires, with bunch of twelve wool
pompons of different olive shades on
one side, and some long gilded stems
set under the pompons, with strings the
whole width of Grape (Which is about
flve-elghts OF yarO, showing both
selvedges. makes refined and stylish
bonnet for wearing with green, white,
pink or black dresses, or for the ele-
giant combinations of black and green
that are now seen in velvet grenadines
with ottoman silk or brOcade. Thick
er silk China Grape is also much used
for dressy bonnets of ivory white, rose
pink, pale blue, and yellow, with either
smooth or shirred crowns, while soft
crushed roses, or daisies, or other flow
ers that may be flattened and used with
out foliage, are laid in two rows along
the entire edge of the bonnet, and lace
or silk embroidery is gathered slightly
just back of the flowers and drawn for.
ward to fall upon them, half conceal
ing, half disclosing them. Other Grape
hats have two crimped lace frills on
their brims, narrow velvet strings, and
a bunch of flowers on the left side; this
bunch of flowers adds nothing to the
height, is quite wide at the top, and
tapers narrower below.-Harper's Ba.
gar.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
THE LONGEST WAY ROUND.


Tom went on an errand his father to please;
The moon was beginning to shine:
Said he: II can travel the distance with ease
HeighOi heighO!
Twas only q mile to the town below.
The shortcut road he determined to take,
For he knew twas the nearest way:
And he said to himself: "Quick time will
make,
For father will scold at delay
. Heigho! heighoi
Twas only a mile to the town below.
In very short order the errand was done,
And Tom was prepared to return.
When he met with a maiden, and she was one
No lover would coldly spurn.
Heigho! heigho!
And Tom fell in love with her long ago.
Her home and. Toms were not far apart;
Twas beautiful night to spoon
And little bird sang in the young mans
"If you wouldn't get home too soon
Heigho! heighO!
The longest way round is the way to co.
o, the " shortcut" road they forgot to take,
And the other was dark and drear:
And the moon but once i'm awhile could break
The gloom, though II shOne SO clear.
Heigho! heigho!
Twas more than a mile to the town bel\w.
The clock struck nine: and it struck again
Before their homes were i'm sight,
And neither one of the happy twain 81
RejOiccd as some others might.
Heigho! heighOi
When folks are i'm love it is always so.
Toms father waited, then went to bed;
: said he, with a frOwn: I'm be bound
That the foolish fellow has lost his head,
And taken the long way round,
Heigho. heighO.
He promised to be here two hours ago.
All! if in Loves meshes we're closely bound,
And If with dear one we roam,
We re sure to find that the longest way round
is always the nearest way home.
HeighO! hcighO!
When was young il was always so.
Josephine PoHa d, In ". T. Ledger
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
SuSSiety'S Victim.

Life, the New York comic paper, has
in a recent number satire on the nau-
seating manner of society reporting for
the daily papers, which will be easily
recognized by many people as but little
exaggerated from what they see in the
columns of a certain class of daily news
papers, The sketch is worthy of re-
printing in Vanity Fair:
j. Growler, managing editor, to city
editor: Say, Smith, what asinine idiot
did you send over to jenkins last night
to do up that private masquerade?'
LET me see. Why, the new man,
DeCourcy, l believe"
"Send the monumental ass to nv
room when he comes in; want to see
him.
Half an hour later DeCourcy arrives
from reporting dog-fight out in the
country (the sporting editor having gone
to smuggling match), and with fear and
trembling approaches the inner sanctum.
"See here, Mr.. DeCorsets! Iwant to
know what you mean by sending in
copy of this kind?''
The "new man" mildly corrected
the pronunciation of his cognomen, and
asked what was the matter with his
work.
What's the matter? why, Hades and
Demnition! Read it, man, read it. I
never saw anything so horribly unfin-
ished in all my lite, Mr.. De Smoky.
Never, Sir, never"
The embryo jenkins read it carefully
and handed it back, saying: .sWeli,
Mr.. Growler, the article seems to be
all right 1t reads pretty well, I fatter
myself"
..Pup-pup-pup-pret well, nonsense.
Listen to this rot now: =
and the spacious parlors were adorned
with natural flowers Now. Mr..
Recherche, that is nice language for a
journal of the Kalsominer's standing to
print now, isn't it? You are a fine adj
jective singer, you are. Why, you be-
muddled snoozer You, my little boy ten
years of age would know enough to say:
And the gorgeous suite of Orientally-
draped parlors. whose walls were one
solid mass of dazzling plate-glass mir
rors, from marble wainscoting to fres-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
HUMOROUS.

=" What is the boundary that sep
arates smile from tear?' "Give il
up 1.-The nose
Ne have seen it asked who painted
Henry Kirke White. 1t was probably
the same person who painted William
Black, Thomas Gray and the other Ton
Brown.-Brooklyn Eagle.
:" YOU'RE the plague of my hfe:''
exclaimed an angry husband. II wish
the Old Nick had your $50 1 might
plague you in the next world?" calmly
inquired the wife.-Elerated Railroad
journal.
AFTER popping the question, next in
order is toquestion the pop.-Does your
son play the flute? Not well; but he is
under tootle-age. --Clock-worked stock.
ings are not necessarily secondhand
stockings.-N. Y. WOrld
-"Say, Mrs. Bunson." said a little
girl to a lady visitor, ''do you belong to
a brass band?'' mo, my DEAR IL
thought you did, why did you, my
child?'' Because mamma said YOU
was always blowing your own horn. y
Chicago Times.
Things one would rather not have
said: Mrs. A" Come and lunch with
us tomorrow. You will be interested
in the schoolmaster' bride. Mrs. r.
"Oh. yes; how do you like her?' Mrs.
Avery well, only she's little M
used to the ways of society. Shouldn't
ask herto meet nice people. '-Fiege,ede
Batter.
An American young lady singer
went to Europe bearing the name of
Mary Jane Boggs, and her cognomen
is now Miss Nina Lafonti. It does
twist some persons names most terri
bly, out of shape to travel across the
ocean with them. 1t must be in the
saline qualities of the water. -Norris-
torn Herald.
A debtor who was sued BY his cred
itor acknowledged that he had borrowed
the money, but declared that the plain
tiff knew at the time that it was
Kathleen Mavourneen loan. "a Kath-
leen Mavourneen loanr' replied the
Court, with puzzled look. That's
it, Judge-one of the it may be for
years, and it may be forever sort. =
N. Y. Journal.
The latest anecdote about the old
lady who thinks that she ''knows every
thing is about how she went to church
sociable, and as she entered the room,
The young ladies said: Good evening,
i.untie, we are glad you came; we are
DING to have tableaux this evening""
Yes, know, know" was the reply,
Il smelt en- when l first came in. y
chicago Herald.
"A gentleman who had been allured
~ the announcement of quiet country
hotel, came down the morning after his
arrival and made complaint that his
boots had been outside his door all
night and until eight O'Clock that morn
ing, and nobody had touched them.
The landlord, who in his shirt sleeves
was tipped back in chair and picking
his teeth with knife, beamingly re- |
marked: Law, bless We, We might |
have left yer purse out there all night;
nobody would have touched it. Hon
EST critters down here, l tell ye."-Chi-
ago Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28

lost his life, Charles XII, of Sweden
wore pair of yellowish gloves. Though
somewhat faded, they are treasured
among the relics in the arsenal q,
Stockholm.
Various materials-cotton, wool, lin
en-, silk, skins-are used for the manu-.
facture of gloves and the industry il
successfully prosecuted in different
countries, each having some specially
For instance, in France the making Of
kid gloves predominates, while in the
United States those of buckskin are
principally made. The most expensive,
and requiring the greatest skill, are the
"kids," and the process of their manu-.
facture is the following: The skin hav-
ing been stretched on marble slab, is
carefully divided. through the middle
with a sharp pair of scissors. With
punches of suitable size the back and
palm are cut in single piece from the
half skin, its remainder furnishing the
needed smaller pieces. The punches,
at the same time that they cut the skin,
prick the places for the stitches, so that
they can be sewed with the utmost reg
ularity. Formerly there was consider
able difficulty in SO cutting the hole for
the thumb that good fit should be as
sured: but an improvement by NJ. Jou-
vim, of Paris, which consisted in cutting
the thumb-piece, like the fingers, from
the same piece with the rest of the
glOve-thus rendering seam for its at.
tachment unnecessary-has removed
this stumbling block. 1t is said that
fifteen million pairs of kid gloves are
annually manufactured. in France.
When one calmly considers the matter
he can not fail to suspect some
error in the assertion, realizing, as he
must, that in all probability the number
of young goats annually slain is insult
ficient to furnish the requisite skins.
There is an error, which appertains not
to the number of gloves manufactured,
but to their material. The truth is,
more than half of the French gloves
whose brand indicate them "genuine
kids are made from the skins of rats,
trapped and slaughtered by urchins
who derive quite an income from the
vocation. This proves that, with respect
to gloves as well as other things, it is not
always wise to judge from appearances.
A writer in a popular journal not long
since proposed the abolition of gloves as
a means of personal ornamentation, and
says: g In protection from cold, or from
abrasion Of.the skin by the contact of
rough articles, gloves are desirable, but
not as an article of dress. And why
should the possessors of soft, white
hands favor custom which conceals
these charms, and places them on a
level of attractiveness, in this respect,
with the most horny-handed artisan or
washerwoman? Moreover, gentility
whose badges are pretty hands is far
less easily counterfeited than gentility
whose badges are gloves at SO much a
pair
Is there not more than 'grain OF
sense" in such view of the matter?''
+. Il. Foster, IN Christian Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
They Went to the Matinee.

She is only about seven years old ant
resides on street off Broadway Or
Wednesday last her mother sent hel
with kerosene can to obtain oil at the
corner grocery. On the way she me,
one of her boy playmates and asked
him if he did not want to go to the
matinee, and the response was prompt,
Eyes. Come along them" said she.
The two went to one of the theaters and
she bought two front-seat tickets, ten
dering in payment tive-dollar bill.
The little girl dragged the oil-can, her
escort evideutly lacking chivalric cour-
tesy. They enjoyed the performance
greatly. After it was over, the girl
carrying the can, led the way to Tilling-
hast's saloon, where she ordered ice
cream and two chickens. The attend.
ant tried to persuade the child that one
chicken was sufficient, but she was firm
in demanding two, saying: 1--WE want
enough to eat" A chicken was fur.
nished each. The girl demolished hers
and the ice-cream. but the boy stopped
at the chicken. The young miss settled
the bill and the two trudged homeward,
she carrying the can which she had filled
before reaching home. To the ques-
tons of her mother as to where she had
been, she gave evasive answers and SAID
nothing Of her escapade. Not SO with
the lad, however; he went home and re-
lated his adventures. He told what q
fine time he and his girl had, where
they had been, and what they mad eat
en-. His mother, wishing to test the
truth of the matter, took him to her
neighbours house, where the two chill.
dren were faced. The girl was indig.
nant, and with tears in her eyes snapped
out: "When take you to another mat
inee let me know it The boy sheep.
ishly hid himself behind his mother.
while the girl was led off to bed.-Proy
'dence IL. T. Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
What He Really Was Afraid OF.

1t is said of rich Philadelphia, who
has had some experience with silver
stock, that while on his way to New
York recently, he sat in the same scat
with a well-known burglar for over an
hour, and seemed to enjoy his society.
When the burglar left the seat along
came a wel1-dressed stranger and
dropped into it with the remark:
II believe you are MIR. Short, of Phil
adelphia?'
'.Yes, SIR
"Well, Mr.. Short, / have been sent
East by the stockholders of the Crest
Inducement Silver Mine to"
Excuse me, sir; good morning, sir!''
interrupted Mr.. Short, az he seized his
grip and moved up eight seats ahead
american Mining Journal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28

When baking . fish that is not oily
it is an addition to the goodness Of the
dinner to bake potatoes in the pan with
it. Peel the potatoes and cut them in
thick slices, and serve them on the
platter with the fish. The gravy that
accompanies the fish should in this case
be sent to the table in the grayy-boat,
and not be poured over the fish. The
potatoes, if perfectly cooked, win be
brown and crisp and excellent.-1Hs,
Household.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
Religious Reading.
cHILDHoODs MEMORIES.


Crouching in the twilight gray,
Like hunted thing ut bay.
in hts brain one thought Is rife:
why not end the bOOtleSs strife?
Who in Gods wide world would weep,
Should he brave deaths dreamless sleep7
Hark! child's voice, soft and clear.
Pulsing through the cleaning drear.
And the word the singer brings
Like new evangel rings:
Jesus loves me! this know"
Swift his thoughts to childhood go.
Memories of mothers face
Bending to her boys embrace,
And the boy at eventide,
Kneeling by the mothers side,
Like "swcet visions of the night
Fill the lonesome place with light,
While the singers tender trill-
Jesus loves me! loves me still -
Hovers in the dreamlit air
Like an answer to the prayer
Offered in those happy days
When he walked in sinlesS ways.
Jesus loves mel" Can it be
His, this bcnedicitc3
Is there One who knows and cares?
One who all his SORROWS shares?
Jesus loves mel" While the song
Guieless lips with Joy prolong,
10! a soul has ceased its strife,
Rec0nciled to God and life. 4
-Md'y b. S'ciGht. in Chicago Adrancc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28
Choice Selections.

| The way to preserve the peace OF
the church is preserve the purity of it.
| The truly illustrious are they who
do not court the praise of the world, but
perform the actions which deserve it.
God is pleased with no music be-
low SO much as the thanksgiving songs
of relieved widows and supported or
phans; of rejoicing, comforted and
thankful persons. TAYLOR.
i was once i'm large company
where very severe things were spoken Of
an absent gentleman, when a person
seasonably observed that though the
Lord was pleased to effect conversion
and edificatiOn by variety of means,
he had never known anybody convinced
of error by what was said behind his
back. john Neaoton:
Many people substitute loyalty to
creeds, to churches and to outward re-
ligiols Observances, for that personal
following of Christ and likeness to Him
in spirit and life which the Gospel re-
quires. 1t is possible for a man to
stand high in the church, to obtain pre-
ferme..t and honor in it, on account of
of his zeal and success as an ecclesias-
teal propagandist, and yet not be q
follower of Christ. 1t is time men
learned to discern between the Chris
tian spirit and the ecclesiastical spirit.
Interior.
The hope of Immortality pervades
our entire human, life. Next to the
idea of God it is the greatest, the most
elevating, the most inspiring idea of
which we are capable. Only think of
the conscious darkness, and loss, and
degradation that would befall human
life were the great hope of immortality
lost to it! Is any wonder that in
stinctively, as we recoil from a traitor,
an assassin, a desccrator of a mothers
grave, we shrink from the man who not
only gratuitously, but eagerly, vaunt-
ingly, scoffiEgly, thrusts at you his
shocking demonstration that man is no
more than the brute that perishes?-
Exchange.
Even irreligiods men and women
welcome Christian interest and effort
for their children. A missionary Of the
American Sunday-School Union in
Texas reports to the Sunday-school Of
DR.. Cuyler's church: II recently or
gained school at Shady Grove
schoOl-house on White Oak Greek.
Over one hundred persons were pres
ent. and forty joined the school. Many
rejoiced in hope Of better things for
their neighborhood, as arrangements
for regular preaching were also made.
The oldest man said: II have lived
here forty years, and this is the first at
tempt to better our condition.; and q
large. rugged fellow said: / am glad,
sir am glad. '''-CRnrch Union
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28

eva slell y tdrned to good. that DARK
ways shah be made easy, and crooked
paths straight, but. side by side with
these promises. stands the charge: .sIait-
tie children, love one another. ~ olde1
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28

john Caldwell, of Cleburne, Tex.
drank quart of whisky in eight min.
utes. In three minutes ne was pro
nounced dead, but was afterward resus
citated. Chicago Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-28

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ha,
spent the past winter in England. ant
has received much social attention,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-13
Blaine as an Author.

Mt. Blaine having tasted III advance
some Of the supposed sweets ot author
ship, is reported to have reached the de
termination to devote himself To other
portions of our history. His first book
will be put forth with the sentimental
title From Lincoln to Garfield" 1t
may I've interesting narrative simply te-
cause written 10y Mr.. Blaine it cannot
be history. The events are too recent to
be treated from the judicial standpoint
essential to historical accuracy and
value. But the most serious drawback
is that MIR. Blaine cannot write history.
He is "A mere narrow partisan, who will
skim over the surface of public events,
leaving out whatever is disCreditahlc to
his own organization aud magnifying
and distorting what has been done by his
opponents. OF what value can the Opin.
ions Ot James G.. Blaine be on the recon.
StruCtiUn measures ? OF necessity he
comes to their consideration with his
mind made up by the part he himself
took IN their enactment. How can he
fairly treat the question of u grcenbaCk
currency, and its influence on iiuduCial
policy, when he never knew or cared
anything about 1t during the entire
period it was under discussion Mr..
BIaine's book may sell, but It's i'm. It
anCe from literary or historical = Mt
of view will I've considerably less thdn
nothing. The information that Mr..
blaine will also write history of the
war of 1872 is therefore of little import
auCe. 1t may fill in his time and keep
him ont of mischief aud political defeat,
but he cannot make it a work which will
command position for itself in either
hiStnrlCal or nnlliiral circles
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-13

MuuuG aud SankCy are holding cuur.
nous revival meetings IN Limerick.
ku>rOE CuNkIIND has his hands fun OF
business IN the United states supreme
court.
TiESRY WNTrERsuN, editor ut the
Louisville C0TGcr-%ourHW has 4 lovely
tenor voice.
BoSNNEN MNEkLLr's old muniug friends
say that he would rather bn anon: the
mpuutaluS than ruamini, around the world.
MAEY 4. :. CAUEr, of Michigan. and
Louise Y. Bryant, "f Colorado. arc the
only Colorrd women lawyers IN the Cuuu-
try.
+ {. STEuMAS, tho poet banker, who
re 2cutly came to grief IN Wall street. says
it is quito possible he may resume editorial
and literary work.
DAVID LECHE, esd, formerly member
of the Lancaster bar, bat for some years
past practising lawyer in Chicago, IlIs..
is visiting friends in this city aud county.
His mother has loug been = resident uf
Sirasburg.
JUDE FoRNkEE, had \ supcrstitluus
dread OF the oh day Of October lie told
friend only last week that he had great
faith aud believed no would he elected but
for the fact that the election came on the
9TH of October. Co this day, when "a child
he fell from walnut tree aud broke his
shoulder blade on the same date while a
young man, lie lost 800 on three card
monte on the 9th of October, while in
The army, he fell Oft horse and had to go
the hospital for a month aud Oh the 9th
of October, 1876, he lost an important
lawsuit, which had changed tho course of
his life ever since.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-13
The ReprCsentati,e ApportionmrnI.

In the discussions which have thus far
prevailed over the l1iQuities and inc
qualities of the existing apportlonment,
aud the reasons which they present for u
new di5triCting of the state, attention
h Is been given mainly To the congress
siOnal and senatorial gCTTymauders. The
subject Is even more impressive and the
present representative apportioument is
compared with the population of the
state under the last census. The ReTub
licAns claim that the appOrtionment
should be based relatively on population
aud certainly it Will be conceded that
representation must be- based on
total population in the districts. The
constitution preSCrlbeS method of
makes it easy to appurtiOn the state
without any violation of its intent aud
10 justice to all parties. But the Repub
icInS have a present advantage which
they do not want toSurrender by cOuCed
ing certain counties their rights. For
Instance, under the present arrange.
ment, Republican Lebanon, with
&t,i Az population has two mem
bers of the House, while Demo
cratic ClearGeld has one representative
to 81. Al. Democratic Fdyette, with
jS,95S population, has two memb,rs and
Republican Franklin now represented
however, by DemoCratsl, with 1865
population, has three members, and We
mango has three with $3.50; Wash
ingtOn county with j5,ii7 population,
hls three members and Westmoreland
with 7S,9lS has only three. II Is to pre-
serve these drSpLritlei Of representation
and to cheat the Dtmpcrat5 out Of their
rght' that the Republicans have con-
spIred To dctet. honest, just aud true
agpOrtl Inment.