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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23
Our Young Readers.
THE LITTLE MAIDENS.

RI tell you a story, I'll sing you song
It's not very short and it's not very long
Of six little maidens: In white they were
dressed,
and each was the sweetest and each was the
best.
Invited for fOur-well. now, let me see:
Waiting was dull, so they got there at three.
There were little Miss Katie and Nellie and
And little Miss Bessie and Polly and Prue.
1t might have been June, if it hadn't been
May,
The first or the month, and beautiful day;
They kissed when they met, as the ladies all
do
Kate, Susie and Nell; Bess, Polly and Prue.
rhey-daneed and they skipped, and they sang
And they formed pretty groups in the sun
and the shade;
And l said. when they asked me of which
" Brunettes are the dearest, and so are the
blonde"
And that night, as I babe them adieu at the
gate
Bess, Polly and Prue. and Sue, Nellie and
Kite
How 1 wished that goodbye" could have
been "how-d'y -dO.'
And / said: Come at three!" so as to get
them at two!
r.. ". Lowrie. in St. Nicholas.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23

her how she kept herself from crying.
and she said she kept thinking to herself.
fast as she could. / can bear it; can
bear it." This was the way the one told
her that showed her how to keep from
crying. Grandma said the boy, James
Adams, was kind. Of cry-baby. He
heard how it was that Ruth Holmes
kept herself from crying when she had
her broken arm, and he thought he
would try the same way and stop him.
self from being such cry-baby. So
every time he got hurt or the boys
plagued him, or he could not do as he
liked to, or had to do what he did not
like to, or could not have what he
wanted, he said to himself-said it
thinking. not talkinS-.'I can bear it:
1 can bear it. and he stopped himself
from being a cry-baby. And after he
was man he told grandma that when
very bad things happened to him he
remembered that little girl, Ruth Holmes
and thought to himself. IL can bear
it; can bear it, and he remembered it
till he was an old man.
At the close of the lecture Supcrin-
tendent Dick asked that all who never
cried should raise their hands. Next he
asked that all who would like to hear
crying should raise their hands. Not u
hand went up. Next he asked that all
who liked to hear themselves cry should
raise their hands. Three hands went
up slowly, part way, and then went
down. Lastly be asked them all to
show how they cried; whether with Il
Won, won, wou, or wi, wi, wi, or q
squealy, wealy, wealy. They all began
to show how they cried, but this made
them laugh. and some of them laughed
SO, trying to cry, that they tumbled
over in a heap togcther.-Mrs. Il. NJ.
Didz, in Vide .dUake.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23

Moist trees are the most frequent con-
ductors of the flashes of lightning, and
1 am informed by purchasers Of the
wood that innumerable trees are thus
cracked and injured. At other times
larger parts of promihences of clouds
gradually sinking as they move along
are discharged on the moister parts OF
grassy plains. Now this knob or corner
of a cloud in being attracted by the
earth will become nearly cylindrical as
loose wool would do when drawn out
into thread. and will strike the earth
with stream of electricity, perhaps
two or ten yards in diameter. Now, as
stream of electricity displaces the air
it passes through, it is plain no part of
the grass can be burnt by it, but just
the external ring of this cylinder, where
the grass can have access to the air,
since without air nothing can be cal
cined. This earth, after having been
so calcined, becomes richer soil. and
either fungi or a bluer grass for many
years marks the place.
"That lightning displaces the air in
| its passage is evinced by the loud crack
that succeeds it, which is owing to the
sides of the aerial vacuum clapping to-
gether when the lightning is with
drawn. That nothing will calcine with
out air is now well understood from the
acids produced in the burning of
phlogistic substances, and may be
agreeably seen by suspending 4 paper
on an iron prong and putting it into the
center of the blaze of an iron furnace:
it may be held there some seconds, and
may be again withdrawn without its
being burned, if it be passed into the
flame quickly, and out again through
the external part Of it, which is in con-
tact with air. l know some circles of
many yards diameter of this kind near
Foremart, in Derbyshire, which annual
ly produce large white fungi and
stronger grass, and have done SO above
thirty years. This increased fertility
of the ground by calcination or char
ring, and its continuing to operate so
many years, is well worth the attention
of the farmer and shows the use of par
ing and burning new turf in agricult-
ure, which produces its effects, not SO
much bv the ashes of the vegetable
fibers, as by charring the soil that ad-
heres to them.
"These situations, whether from en-
inence or from moisture, which were
proper once to attract and discharge u
thunder cloud are more liable again to
experience the same. Hence many
fairy rings are often seen near each
other, either without intersecting each
other, as l saw this summer in gar
den in Nottinghamshire, or intersecting
each other, as described in Arthur's
seat near Edinburgh, in the Edinb.
Trans. vol. H., p. 81. W. Hinton, in
CHICAGO Inter Ocean.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23
THE FLAG OF THE PRESS.

1t is not of silk or of bunting.
This flag that all tyrants abhor;
1t has no heraldic devices,
OF sanguine, gules, azure, vert, or.
Its colOrs are sable and argent;
Its elements paper and ink,
The spirits of knowledge and freedom,
And whatever such spirits may think.
And its heraldry's simple enough;
Just so many columns per page;
But in them is fought without ceasing
The battle that Freedom must wage.
The warfare of good against evil,
OF weakness in suit against might,
OF ignorance seeking for knowledge,
OF wrong i'm contention with right.
1t fiutters in senate and palace;
r found i'm the wOrkingman's hand.
More free than the emblem of freedom,
1t dares every wrong to withstand;
1t cares not for King nor for Kaiser;
No ukase can fold it away:
When it urges the conflict of Freedom,
Then Kingdoms and Kings pass away.
Fly over the world, paper Banner,
In thy sable and argent dress!
For the banner of Freedom is freest,
When it flies with the Flag of the Press
Fly over the armies of knowledge.
Go forth with the armies of right!
In cottage. in palace. in senate,
Fly. Banner of Freedom and Light!
Lille +. Barr, in Il. y. independent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23
Living 10 Purpose.

Everybody ought to have an hOnora-
BILE ambition and supreme desire to be
and do something in life. 1t is better
to aspire and fail than to have no aspira.
lions at all. There are far fewer who,
having laudable ambition, fail to make
their mark than of those who drift
through existence aimlessly, with no
definite purpose in view. There are
persons who devote half their lives in
trying to solve the problem of their ex-
istence and the other half in longing for
some friendly hand or propitiOus Cir
cumstance to give them shove in the
right direction. Much has been said
and written of wasted lives and neg
lected opportunities, and yet the subject
is BY no means threadbare. 1t is one OF
those accommodating matters that will
admit of ''line upon line and precept
upon precept." To live to purpose
high and noble purposes an ambition
worthy of all men, and women, too.
How to work out destiny so that it may
inure to our own and the well being OF
others is one of the most profitable
themes of contemplation. Men like the
stars move in different spheres and
orbits, and to keep in place is highly
important. Fidelity to duty and station
will enable any individual to become
honored and useful. Should one of the
small and comparatively insignificant
heavenly bodies attempt to usurp the
place of one of the brilliant planets, it
would doubtless suffer for its pains and
become the ridicule of its associate
twinklers.
So with individuals. They often miss
the accomplishment of any grand aim
because of failure to apprehend the
plane on which they are best fitted to
move and shine. 1t is not necessary to
an hOnored and useful life that one
should be President, or Senator, or
Minister Plenipotentiary. A man
might be either of these and yet posses.
no extraordinary intellectual or moral
weight. Yet, if he adorns the place by
eminent fitness for it, he will certainly
command the respect of his fellows,
and make the best of his opportunities.
A Constable might be a better aod
more useful man than a King; so we
see that place and power are not always
attended BY the characteristics and
principles which entitle humanity to
love and respect. To make the best OF
the position in which. one is placed,
whether that position be high or low, is
the secret of wise living. 4 clown and
a preacher may be the very ant podes of
character and calling, and yet a man
may be honored and useful in either.
The palpable fault with most of us is
that we fail to make the best of orr
and aspire TO conditions
for which we are not fitted. An i'm
portant thing to be remembered is that
character is everything, and that with
out the foundation Of a good character
to build upon, all efforts to inspire tho
confidence of others in our capacity for
honorable dist notion will become pain
fully abortive. Columbus (Gd.) In
quiser.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-23

"A suddenly-crazed young man FIN
cied himself highway robber at San
Rafael. CAL. and fired into his own
family carriage, badly wounding his
sister.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

Madame Albani Will appear next week IN
Her Malesty's Opera Company. Music ant
Drama, a New York publication thus speaks of
her performance there on January 20:
"Madame Albani, on this occasion, made her
temperance IN New York after an absence of
eight years. On entering the orchestra she
received an enthusiastic greeting, and the ap-
plause had a genuine ring about 1t, that must
have been peculiarly gratifying to the cele.
brated prima-donna, whose devotion to her art,
and recognition OF her professional obligations
to the public, were so strikingly manifested
by her determination to fulGil her engage.
ment under exceptionally trying circum-
stances. fortnight on the Atlantic at this
season Of the year, and heavy visitation of
nal dc 3geI, are not conditions calculated to
render an appearance before critical audi
ence, almost Immediately after arrival, spe
cially enjoyable. Nine. Albani, however,
rather than cause disappointment that any
hlled her engagement at all risks, and thereby
afforded lesson to those OF lesser note, who
frequently adopt the most trivial excuses for
absenting themselves from their duties.
"Although obviously suffering from fatigue,
1t was at once evident that the celebrity she
enjoys Is not in excess of her merit, and in
some respects she Will bear comparison with
the greatest artists OF our time. Her voice Is
of great volume and delicious quality, and she
sings with mn emotional force and earnestness
that goes straight to the heart of the listener.
Her Mesa tOce is delicious, and her executive
facility, although lacking the phenomenal
huency OF Patti, is all that can be desired.
"The 'Casta Diva aria, selected for her first
number, demands the possession of excep.
nalquallncations on the part ofits ex ponent;
dramatic force and breadth, a perfect cdRtdbiie,
ready command Of every phase OF expressions
and brilliancy of style combined with the
utmost 1eXibility OF voice. Nine. Albini was
fully equal to the demands made on her, and
the perfect manner in which she acquitted
herself Of her task reused the house to the
utmost pitch of excitement, and she was
recalled again and again.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

At the business meeting of the league held
last evening at the rooms Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, the Committee on Leg
islation reported the presentation of memo.
rial 10 Congress they had prepared on behalf
OF the league, giving cogent reasons for the
adoption of the Joint resolution offered by
Senator Hoar, In the Senate, and Mr.. McC0id,
OF Iowa, In the House, directing the President
Of the United States TO negotiate with foreign
governments with view of establishing a
court of arbitration for the adjudication of
differences between nations. The memorial
was read 10 the meeting, and the -4i6tttdtot,
the organ OF the league, was requested TO pub
lish the some.
1t shows that the subject Of arbitration has
been brought TO the attention of the legislative
bodies Of the civilized nations of both conti-
nents within few years, and In every case 1t
received favorable consideration, and to
maintain our emlnence as humane and pro-
gressive people the obvious duty of this Gov.
ernment Is TO Incorporate these principles
into our constitution and laws, and In our In.
tercourse with other peoples, thereby wholly
ignoring the barbarous and brutal doctrine
that by National duels honor may be vindi.
Gated and maintained and the mind OF Justice
ascertained as expressed.
Additions were made to the legislative com.
mittee, and the meeting was earnestly al.
dressed by Enoch Hoag, eS-Superintendent OF
Indian AfIairs, and other speakers, urging the
most active eXertions on account Of the su-
preme Importance of this measure above every
other now before Congress-, because the rates
OF tariff, the volume OF our currency, the
citizens and the stability of our Government,
as we'll as all other good governments, de-
pend on the maintenance of peace by humane,
lust and peaceaDle means.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14
The Way Shakespeare Did It.

Bouclcault believes that Shakespeare was
working playwright, who had no further
thought in making his dramas than their i'm.
mediate production on the stage. He has
theory, for example, as to how ''Hamlet" was
brought out. Business In the theatre was
bad, and nothing seemed to interest the audi
ences. ~ have III" said Shakespeare; "there
is the old play of Hamlet which used to be
fayorite. It's out Of date and needs freshen.
Ing up. I'll take 1t home and soc what can be
done with It." SO he hunts up copy, and
goes to work with pen and scissors. He is a
swift workman, and 1t is not long before he
out. Up comes the actor who is cast as
P0Ioai0S. "See here" he says to Shak-
speare, .'you have killed my part en-
tirely. All the speeches for which l used to
get laugh or round Of applause You have
cut clean out, and in their place you have
given me lot OF moralzlng stun that I'll
never be able 10 do anything with. If you
can't give me something to get laugh with
Won't play the part that's ALL" Shakespeare
shows how he has changed the nature OF tho
character, and argues that to make POi0HiNS a
comic role would destroy the design OF the
play In lis new form, but the actor Will not
yield, and Shakespeare, his patience utterly
exhausted, says: "Well, have 1t your own
way and speak the old text, but for heaven 8
sake use mine in the first act" This Is set.
the first act, is dignined and wise old gen.
tleman, giving Ld6itGS the sagest OF advice,
becomes a ''wretched, rash, intruding fooll''
thereafter, until Hamlet wisely kills him on.
"Oh, can SEQ II ALL" says Boucicault, s'as
plainly as If l had been present, and can
trace out I'm Shakspearean plays changes slml
laTly Brought about"
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14
Generals Andrew Jackson, 6. Il.
BeauregRrd and JubaI A. Early.

The military chieftains above named wore
brought In strange contact a few days ago at
New OF leans, La, on the 9th OF January, 1888,
when the 1921 Grand Monthly Drawing OF tho
Louisiana State Lottery took place, immedl-
ately after the anniversary of the Battle OF
New orleans, known there as st. Andrew Jack
sons day, and is observed as general holi-
day. Generals Beauregard and Early had las
hey always do) the entire management OF the
distribution of S265.500 In prizes, and here is
what they did with 1t: Ticket No. TO- 151, sold
OF S5 TO Alvin Kensler, OF Odessa, La Fay
cite County, Mo-, drew $4,000; ticket No.
$3.50, drew $25 ,000-sold in fifths (for 81
each)-one $4,000 to Augustine Lopez, 06 Ba-
rome street; another $4,000 TO F. Tagllapie-
ira, l23 Cont street, both OF New Orleans
Among others, the third capital prize OF s10,-
0uo won by ticket No, S6,d0l, sold In nfths I'm
New YORK city. Tickets No. 22,2S5 and TO-
700, drawing each $4,000, were sold In nfths
-One to n. b. Apple, Of Omaha, Neb.; one col
locted through the Union and Planters Bank
o. Memphis, Tenn; one - ]. b. Ketchum, No.
632 Broadway, New York city; ono 10 Ii, Z.
Stevens, ,o q TiihsyIlle, Pa, Tickets Nos. 49,
eco, 23,G36, 3995O, TS,6l6, 03,672 each drew
$1,000, scattered over the country. Next op.
rortunity win be on Tuesday, March 49, OF
which any one applying to NJ. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La, Will be fully informed.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14
REAL ESTATE,
The Ohiciai Transfers, as Recorded
To-day.


Messrs. Dauonhower Il Son, realestate
brokers', 1926 I street northwest, report the
following transfers In real estate In the Dis
irict to-day, as compiled by them from the OH.
clal records in the onlce Of the Recorder of
Deeds.
Bushrod Robinson ct ux. TO Mary Il. Tray.
nor, sublOt 10, square 62S (22.6 by li6.11), on
New Jersey avenue between L and streets
north, LOO.
Tallmsdge A. Lambert TO Millard stuizger,
parts OF lots 21 and %, square 5t5 q5 by
14611l, on L street north, between Fourth and
Fifth streets west, S775.
Woodbury. Wheeler and Z. II. Thomas, trust.
ees. to John L. Donohoe, sublot 20, square 700,
$500.
s. a. Crandall and W. II. Wetzell, trustees, to
VIM. II. Brewer, parts OF lots 1877 and 12S,
Beatty Hawkins addition TO Georgetown,
$3.50.
Martha whcelock to ora Il. Webb, sublot II,
square SO go by S4l, on second street west,
corner OF d street, $500.
William II. BOhannnn, ct ux- TO Mary f..
Hunt, lots d and + I'm subdivision Of lots 81
and 81, square 701 40 feet q inches front by
depth, on First street east, between NJ and
streets south, $3.50.
Mary i. Hunt TO Samuel Hunt, same prop
erty next above described, in trust for his
use and benefit during his life and after him
for his children, nominal.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

the Metropolitan force aud that of Smith
he refused credcnce against other members
OF the same force?
In such important matters as these no
favortism should he shown; no malice
should be displayed personal motives
should have no place; all action should he
taken without fear, favor or hope of re.
ward, either personal, official or political.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

PROFESSOR MELVILLE BELL, father Of the
Professor Bell of telephone fame, and him
self noted inventor, says that inventive
genius is hereditary in his family. His father
and grandfather possessed 1t in markell meas
ure, thus making to date four generations of
inventors. He believes that the problem Of
aerial navigation will be fully solved before
long; that means will be found for making
electricity travel and convey messages at will
without wires; that method will be found OF
detecting the location of minerals In the earth,
and that the next century generally will be
past 1fiJuat.
1t is said that all great inventors are
more or less cranks in proportion as their
inventive genius is developed. Professor
Bells statements do not tend to negative
this opinion.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

A CORRESPONDENT of the World says at
the first night of the P artisan Romance"
at the Union Square Theatre he saw three
Hcrdld reporters, accompanied by four
ladies, all of whom were deadheads. He
then complains because the Herald next
morning published an article entitled
Theatrical Deadheads," denouncing the
"beggars of the box-office." He evidently
considers the Herald practice inconsistent
with the Herald precept. But what of
that? The Herald was never known TO be
consistent
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

EX-SENATOR BOOTH thinks that Cali
fornia has gone over to the Democratic
party to stay, at least for years to come
The irrepressible German has dore it, he
says, with his little demand for free SUI
iay and beer
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

COFFEE has dropped in Hayti from 10
cents to 4 cents pound, and the Haytian
Congress has been called to meet in extra
session because of it. Stimulated by our
success in legislating So cents into 100
cents, the Haytian Congress may attempt
to even up the coffee market by declaring
ounces pound. This would be as logi-
cal, sensible and honest legislation as ours
concerning the dollar of the daddes.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

WITH the present floods in the West,
made possible by the clearing of the forests
which once lined the banks Of the Ohio and
its tributaries, staring them in the face our
Senate proposes to offer premium for the
further destruction of our forests.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

WALcoTr the hero of the 50-brace-of-
quail.in- 30 days match got drunk the other
night and was landed in the station-house.
Immoderation in quail is a dangerous thing.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

SOME of the stockholders Of the Mutual
Union will oppose the lease of that line to
the Western Union. They will kick in
vain. Jay Gould has them where the hair
is short.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14
Roller Skntinr Rink.

There are but thrce remaining assemblies
with music during this woek, and the skating
public should take this opportunity to avail II.
self OF this eXhilarating and healthful
Amusement as It Will be deprived OF this
pleasure during next week. During Lent the
rink becomes g famous resort for society peo-
pie who are obliged 10 Withdraw from all
gaiety during the season OF suckcloth aud
ashes, but are permitted TO attend the rink
during that period. Next week the dog show
will occupy the rink and II promises to De a
grand afrair,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

THEY say that Mr. Springer, of sanga-
mon (Suckerdoml, is the man who set up
that legal advertising job
The Evening critic., 1883-02-14

THE letter.carrieis all over this broad
land are blessing" Saint Valentine.