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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

John Russell Young, United States
Minister to China, is collecting material
| for work on that country.
Charles Dudley Warner states that
in literature there is hardly any money
| for the author. The publisher gets the
profit. II y = 2
At s5,aO0sa night it is calculated
| that Patti ins'' Lucia" viii be paid
over $50 dollars a minute, .16 a word,
and 81 a note. ''h-- -
Sir Julius Benedict, though very
old, is preparing to come to this coun-
try, where he has not been since he
came with Jenny Lind.
Philip Phillips, ''the sweet singer"
has started for Amsterdam, intending
to give there hundred. song services
during heWorld's Fair. I
Mr.. Langtry is living in little
Welsh village, and receives, an English
journal announces, weekly remittance
from his wife of f3 IS.
Captain John Ericsson, the inventor
of the monitor, still hale and hearty, is
now eighty, looks about seventy. and
works like sixty. Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t is said that son of Prof. Donald
son. the lost aeronaut, has been COM
PEELED to ask a Rochester On. ~ JUS
tice to send him to the House of Refuge
that he may obtain an education. "
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Perkins, of
Athens, Bradford County, Pa, recently
celebrated their diamond wedding.
During their married hfe of seventy
FIVE years they have resided in one
house.
Rev. DR.. r. A. Holland, of Chi
cago, who has been called to the rector
ship of Trinity Episcopal Church, New
Oricans,was known at the early age of
sixteen as the boy Methodist
Preacher"
Miss Rebecca Mclean, the Staten
Island heiress who was lately sued for
an alleged breach of promise, has now
married a iourneyman printer to whom
she was engaged before the advent of
the prosecutor for damages.-N y
San.
Ex-Governor A. H. Rice, of Massa-
chusetts, has been unfortunate in his
love. His first wife died early. His
wedding day was appointed with a
second lady, but she died shortly before.
He became engaged to third lady,
whom he married, but she became in
sane shortly decentralization Herald.
General George Crook, of the army,
the Indian fighter, is about tifty-three
years of age, but he looks but little
more than forty. He is about five feet
ten inches high, wiry as a greyhound,
and can outride and outmarch any man
in the American army. 1t is a histor-
ical fact that he lived for three days on
no other nourishment than tree bark,
during one of his campaigns against the
Indians. Chicago Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
THE SKLLLFUL SERVITORS.
Housr-fnEANrNG RHyME.


HOUSE-CLEANINGR RHYME.
For once" he said, in pleading tones,
pray give heed to me:
Don't work yourself single hour,
Don't even oversee.
IT'S naught but nonsense, your idea
That you must be on hand
At every little tack and turn
Sheer nonsense, understand.
30 let these people you have hired
. THIS dreary cleaning do,
While In your sunny, coy room
You rest till it is through.
You willl Say yes before he goes,
Plan and command, but leave the rest
To skillful servitOrs."
promised, with quiZzing emile.
He joyful went away,
And near those skiuful scrvitorS
/ She never went that day. ts &
And they pulled and hauled and tore
The carpets from the floor,
And rent the rugs in slips,
And splinters knocked and chips
From tables, lounges, chairs;
And cracked the dainty wares
Upon the etageres.
The statuettes they hashed,
The picture-frames they smashed,
They streaked the tinted walls,
Blockaded all the halls,
Broke windows, battered doors,
Those skillful servitors.
And when he merrily skipped in
From town, as day grew dim, :.
oh, what a scene of home gone mad
He found awaiting him!
And while he stood and wildly stared,
She softly. -sweetly said:
i've minded you: all day I've stsid
Up in my room and read.
And now how do you think, my love,
They've done without my aid?"
swell" answered he, as round his neck
An evictcd spider played,
And stumbling DER some bristling tacks
He fell upon all fours,
think that, after all, It's best
To boss these servitors."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
The Distance Of the Stars.

AS we behold the heavens On a clear,
moonlight night, glowing with stars. il
is natural to infer that the brightest OF
the shining orbs are nearer to us than
their fainter companions. Until re-
Gently, however, the distance of the
stars was matter of conjecture. Nc
change could be detected in the di-
rectiOn of star when viewed from OPP
posite points of the earth's orbit, a
distance of one hundred and eighty-six
million miles; no shadow of a parallax,
as the change in direction is called,
could be found.
Astronomers did not cease to work
upon the problem; though during the
last century and the first part of the
present, they reached no reliable re-
suit. At length discovery was made
that proved to be an entering wedge.
Several stars were found 20 be NOV
ing forward Al a straight linz at rapid
rate; to have a large proper motion, as
it is called. 1t was inferred that these
stars must be nearest to the earth.
A star of the sixth magnitude in the
Swan, sixty-one Cygni, was found to
have proper motion of six seconds in
a year. Bessel, therefore, selected it as
a subject for investigation, and in 1855
succeeded in measuring its parallax,
which is about half-secOnd of arc.
This, translated into figures, means
that sixty-one Cygni is four hundred
thousand times as far away as the earth
is from the sun. Figures fail to give an
idea of a distance so immense, and,
therefore, years are used. 1t takes light
about seven years to reach us from SIX
ty-one Cygni, our nearest neighbOr,
and we say it is seven years distant.
Alpha Centauri. bright star in a
Southern constellation, is nearly at the
same distance. There are about doz-
en- stars whose distances have been
measured in the same way, but the far
Their off they are, the more uncertain is
the measurement.
The brilliant Vega, or Alpha Lyra, is
seventeen years distant, the bright Ca
pella is ten years, the glowing Sirius is va
riously estimated from fourteen totwen-
ty-three years; Arcturus is forty years.
ALI other visible stars are farther
away than those whose dist ances have
been approximately measured, while
the stars revealed in great telescopes
are separated from us by Vast intervals
of space, which light requires thousands
Of years to traverse.
If they were blotted from the sky
they would continue to shine for thou
sands of years. If Sirius, the brightest
star of the ornament, were thisyday an
INFLATED, he would beam just as bright
ly for twenty years to come.
If we were transported to his beam
ing disc, and endowed with visual pow
ers to pierce the intervening depths of
space, we should behold scenes and
events on the earth that were passing
twenty years ago, for the light that
reached us would be twenty years old.
= Youths Companion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

If the paper which is put over jelly
and jam is wet in the white Of an e,1,..
it will when dry be tight and firm, II
keep the fruit from molding with mu,n
more certainty than if it is dipped i.
alcohol or brandy. The paper which i
laid next the fruit is meant, not TIA:
which is tied OF pasted over the glass;
n. Y. Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
1t Makes a Difference.

The other day tramp found real
female philanthropist in Detroit. She
felt sorry for him, and fed him, and said
she knew that he was the victim of mis-
! fortune, and there were tears in her
eyes as she gave him an old vest and
told him to return next day and get the
coat to match. He told her of losing
his family by a. steamboat explosion
of having his home taken away on a
mortgage-of being wanderer before
whose eyes the lost wife and precious
children were ever appearing to keep
his heart big, and his courage down,
and if he had only remained five min
utes longer she would have wept out
right.
He went away thinking what a soft
thing he had on this cold world, and a
day or two subsequently he returned
for the coat. The painters had been at
work and had just finished the floor of
the veranda. AS there was no board up
the tramp walked up the steps and
marched the whole length of the freshly
painted floor, and raped at the door,
with his mouth puckered up into the
proper mournful expression. 1t was
opened by the woman, but she had no
smiles nor tears. gs.
"Get off that paint, you good-for-
nothing"' she yelled. Get out O here,
you villain!'
MADAM, that coat you $500,
''Pll coat you! Look at your feet
look at that paint-look at the
damage
He was still looking, holding up first
one foot and then the other, when the
handle of broom cracked across his
back and he felt obliged to slide.
81 came for that coat" he remarked,
as he stood on the grass. ~
You'll get prison coat if you don't
travel" she replied. ''Here dog
here dog-here dog! Take hold of him,
Bowserr'
The tramp moved on to the front,
and standing there with his hand on
shade tree. he surveyed the house and
muttered:
"Why didn't Shakespeare say
that hell hath no fury like woman
cleaning house? Well, I'd better stop
here and warn agents not to enter the
shadder of death. Detroit Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
Every farmer. should take

Every farmer. should take some
pains to interest his children in the
fowls on the farm, and there is nothing
that so quickens that interest as to give
them the right to all the money they
can make off the fowls. In return for
feed, etc, the obligation can be put on
them that they place the money in a
savings-bank, or buy clothes with it. or
put it to some good use, in such way
as may be mutually agreed upon.
Children can not be too early taught
the knack OF making money, and. what
is of still greater purpose, the art OF
keeping it.-N. E.. Farmer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

The New York Herald publishes the
national hymn of Russia. words and
music This hymn was sung at the cor
onation of the Gar. We hope some
one will copyright it before the hand
organ man puts it on his barrel .'Ovcr
the Garden Wall' is about as much as
ne can stand. City Derrick.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

"A dispatch from Tombstone, a. T.,
SAYS that the gold diggings in Lower
California, about which so much has
been said Of late, ape practically worth
less. Mexicans and Indians have worked
them for about year and have ex-
hausted them Chicago Journal. =
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

A Montreal thief got, an elegan,
clock under his coat and would have
escaped with it if it. hadn't been an
alarm-clock and gone of. His profanity
when the thing sprung and he realized
that his Jig was up would have done
justice to Kansas man whose dog ha.
been poisoned, Boston Transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

1t MAIDS a Kansas jury that has
been locked up ten days, fighting over
murder case, to learn that the prisoner
was hanged by the mob the day they
were locked in.-Roston Post,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05
James Freeman Clark's Soon

james Freeman Clark's Compar-
ison Of All Religion" just issued in Bos-
ton, is probably the last important lit
erary work he will undertake. He is
seventy-three years old, and not of
strong physique, and. notwithstanding
be has written so much and preached SO
steadily, he is careful in his habits of
labor, and never consciously overtaxes
his powers. Bostoh, Post. =
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

Always behind time-the back Of
the clock.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-05

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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
An italian Steamship Ashore.
/ By telegraph TO the Dispaicl


FREEPORr, l.. l., September 13.-The
Italian steamship independents, from Pa
lermo, drove on shore at JOnes's Inlet at
4:3O O'Clock this morning, during afog and
high sea. She is loaded with 1000 tons OF
sulphur and 10000 boxes of lemons and
oranges, and has also 100 passengers and
crew on board. The captain thinks that il
the weather holds as it was this morning
she is in very dangerous position. The
wife and child OF the American Consul at
Cadiz, Spain, are on board.
NEW YORK, september IA number
Of passengers from the steamship In
dependente. which went ashore this
morning at Jones's Point, arrived from
Freeport at Z. NJ. One OF them said the
steamer left Palermo August 26th, and had
GOOD passage. Last night, when foS ana
heavy sea prevailed, about A. NJ. crash
was heard and the captain shouted, ship
aground" Rockets were sent up, hut no
assistance arrived until A. NJ, when a
life-b0at came and took off all the passen-
gers without accident.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
Norfolk and the Richmond aud Dan.
Vile IkuiIrond

THE RECENT CONFERENCE WITH THE sYNDI-
CATE-AN EFFORT TO MAKE NORFOLK AN
OUTLET FOR THE SYSTEM.
Especial telegram to the DIspatch.j
NORFOLK, Va, September ia Joint
meeting Of the Norfolk and Portsmouth
Cotton Exchange and Merchants and Man
ufacturers Exchange was held to-day in
the Atlantic Hotel for the purpose OF re-
ceiving the report Of the Joint committee
OF the two Exchanges recently appointed
to visit Richmond to confer with several
members OF the syndicate now owning the
Richmond and Danvile railroad system.
Mr.. w. II. Peters, chairman OF the COM
mittee, submitted its report, which stated
that the committee had every reason to feel
encouraged, having been assured by the
gentlemen with whom they conferred that
the interests Of this outlet for the products
OF the South will not suffer under the pres
ent administration OF the roads. There is
at present no rail connection with this port
except through the Norfolk and Western
and Seaboard and Roanoke railroads at
Bristol, Burkeyille, and Raleigh, and
whether arrangements can be made with
them for delivery OF freight upon accepta-
BILE terms is matter yet to be seen. All
the members Of the committee spoke ur-
gently in regard to the imperative neces-
sity OF such connection. They argued
that il is the duty Of those communities to
cooperate with the southern railroad svs-
tenn in any effort TO make this port the out
let by lending its aid in establishing the
connection.
Resolutions were then adopted pledging
Norfolk and Portsmouth to subscribe not
less than one fourth Of whatever NAV be
needed to bring the line here. The Board
of Directors OF the Merchants aud Manuiac-
turerS Exchange and the Board Of Directors
OF the Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotton Ex-
change were appointed an executive COM
mittce TO mature plan TO carry out the
purposes Of the meeting and to report as
early as practicable. 4 committee OF five
was appointed to wait on Messrs. Clyde,
Scott, and Seney, at present in the city,
and the meeting adjourned.
A large number OF leading citizens were
also present at the meeting, and there was
great enthusiasm.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
The Amount Of Money I'm Circulation.

lBy telegraph 20 The Dispatch.J
WASHINGTON, September 13.-The fol-
lowing statement, showing the amount OF
money in circulation, has been compiled
bv the First Comptroller of the Treasury:
National-bank notes outstanding Septem-
Der Ist, 1858, S34,542; legal-tender notes
outstanding September 18th. S34G,6Sl, OlG;
silver certificates outstanding September
Sth. 5000, OIL gold certificates outstand-
ing September Sth, S5j,272, 440; total pa
per circulation, 1881, 75I,O69; gold coin in
circulation February |. 1888, Sj2l,37S,-
992; silver illegal tenders) in circulation
February 1st, sl3j, 4O5,OS0; silver (other
than legal tender in circulation February
1st, $50, 5G3,5Ol. Total gold and silver cir
culatlon. S743, 347,573; total paper circula-
ton, 1891. .069; total com circulation,
S143.347,573. Grand total, 81 $40, l0i,642.
Assuming the total population to be o.
GOO. 900, the distribution per capita would
lac $40 %.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
4nIlmund Dlspa!fh.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER Ia. 1883.
PETERSBURG.


sERIors ACCIDENT To 4 CTTIzEN-TiiE STREET
RAILwAY-THE ACCIDENT on TIE NORFOLK
AND WESTERN RAILROAD; THE TRAC
CLEARED BEAR AT LARGE IN CHESTER
yield.
Correspondence OF the Richmond D!spa,ch.l
SEPTEMBER Is. 1888.
Mr.. Il. Il. Wells. an old and well-knowr
citizen OF the Sixth Ward, fell from one OF
the upper windows OF Wesley church, on
Halifax street, this morning, and sustained
injuries OF very serious character. lie
fell distance OF about twenty feet, strik'
ing upon his head, and was taken home In
an unconscious condition. IL Is feared
that his injuries will prove fatal.
The street railway, which has just been
completed, now runs from the AppomattoX
depot out to the WeSt-End Park, and up
Halifax street as far rs Wesley church. II
is expected that other branches will be run
up old street and ont 10 Blandiord GENE
terry.
The Norfolk and Western railroad has
been cleared Of the wrecked ears at the
scene Of yesterdays accident. near Motto
way Courthouse, and trains are running as
usual to-day. a few thousand dollars
will cover the company's loss. The
aCluAi NiifiliEt 10 lIfi-ut0 hAN WV i'i'
some of the wrecked ears were empty.
and the Others were laden with
cotton and pig-iron, character OF freight
not easily damaged 10y such accidents. The
name OF the coiorcd brakeman who was
injured is William Alexander. OF Lynch
burg, who. being NJ his post OF duty at the
time Of the accident. went down the en-
bankment with his car. He Is getting
eral narrow escapes Of passengers and en-
ployeS. The collision was entirely the re-
suit OF accident. and not Of carelessness. a
temporary track was laid around the dis
abed engine for the passage OF trains, and
was completed this morning about 10
O'Clock.
General FitZ. Lee has consented to de-
liver his lecture on Charlottesville in this
city on the 9th Of October for the beneht
OF the Petersburg Grays.
For some weeks past large bear has
been roaming at large in Chesterfield coun-
", which is supposed TO have escaped from
one OF the bands of gypsies that encamped
in that county last spring. These gypsies
had several bears with them, which they
were wont 10 exhibit to visitors. This par
ricular bear has several times been seen
IN the cOal-feld and Exeter Mills
regions and at other points, but has never
been known to commit any depredations.
Last Friday night the animal made his ap-
pearance few miles ont from Ettrick, and
a party was organized to go in pursuit OF
him. They traced him for some distance
bv his tracks, but never came in sight OF
him. It is contemplated at an early day to
organize a grand hunting expedition In
honor Of his bearship, which may result in
his capture.
Powhatan Starke Lodge OF MasOns. OF
This city. at their meeting tonight will re-
ceiye a life.slze portrait of the late DR..
Powhatan b. Starke, after whom the Lodge
was named, and who was Il past grand
master Of the State at the time OF his death.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
Ey Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. September 13.-Noon.-stocks
strong. Money, "a ~ per cent tNcnanee-l.ong
4sls: short. 49,. Governments dun States
MISUNDERSTANDING. ASK. Money. 2@2S per
cent Treasury balanccs-Cuucncy, tIl9,O13:
coin. 1886. Governments steady; 4 per cents.
li2s; 4 per cents, 49,; pcrcent, 1884. State
The share market to-day was characterized by
strength. Al the opening the market was finn.
with an advance OF falS IN prices Northwest
and Manitoba leading. the former selling up to
1915. the latter 10 hoy. Canada southern rose
Is 10 54f 81. Paul /, To 1853: LackawanEa !,
10 1859: Denver Il, To 2sss Lake Shore. =. To
1O24: Michigan Central /. u S2i, Missouri IA
cinc y. TO 1913; New York Central !, To 1l7a
continental -, TO 6GsS; Reading IL. 10 81; Union
Pacific IA. to 92t: Wabash /, to 10y; Wabash
preferred Is. To- 50; Western Union .. 10 Sla.
Following this advance were sales 20 realize, and
prices fell of xaz. the latter Louisville aud Nash
Vile. Speculation WAS duh from noon until near
Z. NJ, when good buying demand SET In aud
the market moved NJ 10 the bes! figure, Of the day
for many shares. Western Union advanced 10
s2is, Wabash preferred to 80, -. Paul TO lu6ls'
Louisville and Nashville TO 81. Missouri Pacific To
IU1a. New York Central to ll73l. while Other ac-
tive stocks within fraction. The highest strength
Of Western Union was due 10 the tact That short
interest very large, being estimated at from
10000 10 60.OuO shares. and reports that Gould
will buy the dividend If necessary. II is stated.
however. that this necessity may be avoided. 10
was currently reported that leading o. orator on
the bear side, who a short time ago sold round
amounts Of calls on stock. has been making short
sales Win a Wow OF depressing prices lhtic was
some buying securities for London and Amster-
dam account. Compared with last nights closing,
prices advanced 4@lh. In spccialties Chicago.
st. Louis and Pittsburgh rose 2. to 40; ONO and
Mississippi 81. 10 32-: Memphis and Charleston
IL tO43: Norfolk and Western preferred ~, TO
so: Pacific Hlail ~, to 3i1; Rochester aud Pitts
burgh 10 lSk. Chesapeake and Ohio first preferred
declined 10 rs; New ork and New England l.
10 %. Foreign exchange was reduced ,, 10 1904
for short sight, owing 70 lowering the Bank Of
England rate Of discount. Transactions, 2f7,0OO
shares. -
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, September 13.-Virginia 6's, con-
sol As pas-due coupons. 45 4; new 1O-4O's, 80.
Bid TODAY.
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MIR. Dezen,torf and the Postmaster
General
[Hy tclegraph 10 do Dlsnatch.l

IBy telegraph TO the Dispatchl
WASHINGTON, September 13.-ln answer
TO MIR. Dezendorf's request for the removal
OF Postmaster Jones, Of BoYdton, Va. the
Postmaster-General has addressed him the
following letter:
Washington, d. C., September. 49,
John r. DezendOJ: Sir,-Your letter Of
18th instant calling my attention to the fact
that j. X. Jones, a member Of the Virginia
State Senate, is holding the Office OF post
master at Boydton, Mecklenburg county,
Va. in violation OF Executive order dated
January II, 1888, was duly received.
By reference to that order you will find
excepted from its operation postmasters
"Hthe emoluments OF whose offices do not
exceed 5000 per annum." Mr.. JOnes's sal
ary is less than 5000. The records Of this
Department show that the Office at Boyd
ton became vacant on the 9Th Of August,
1880, by the death of Mrs. Mary Z. Jones,
and that J. Il. Jones was appointed to fill
the vacancy on the 10th. Hon. Joseph Jor-
gensen and others who recommended him
for appointment stated that he was a man
of good character and competent. His re-
cord as postmaster seems to be good.
Very respectfully,
[Signedl w. j. GRESHAM,
Postmaster-Ge General.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
RICHMOND MARKETS.

Appies: t1.5O@s2 q barrel; eating apples,s2
@42.5U.
black OAK Bark ROssed. sll.5O q 2,2i0 ibs.:
rough, 81 r 5000 lbs o,ao.. .,oo, food
2oI22c.: poor To- fair, l2@l6c. Market active
for choice grades.
Corn yeaf. 6OGD65c. per bushel for country:
Dried FTuif: Apples. sliced oM6c.; blackber-
ries. flake: cherries, l6e. Market active.
lire Fouls: Hens, 3Oc; chickens, large,
T1o sun. Fresh, isG2Oc.; SALE l2@l5c., crates
and barrels. .o ,oasoe ..ou..
NJ giar,e,d. al O5asI.lO q bushel:
Han: Virginia timothy. 700 Toe: clover
mixed, e0m7Oc.: cloSer. Doe; low grades very
dnii.
Pota,oss; Irish choice potatoes, " barrel
psachss. Peck-boxcs. soc. half-bushel 75c 20
al - busbel. sl.50@sz. All fancy fruits lind q
'et%a mn Hartletts, sl.50@f2.50 for bushel-
hoxat. i,,chess. sliIf2 for bushcl-boxes.
Roots: Ginseng, el.4OtHsi'fo v "' oeheea- fref
of tons 4Om45c. n ~.
Lard Country, lOtttllc.
Oafoas: 80 r. barrel.
psonufs. 3c.tGSf. AS 10 quaiitys
~" e0saC5c. q busliel.