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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

on the rail of the boat. It was mans
hand. 1t was hard and brown. And.
though the man himself had his back
towards me, Tread him from that hand.
He had his Sunday coat on and q tall
hat, but the hand was the hand of la
borer. The wrinkles were made as
much by constant use as by time. 1t
was an honest hand. and I-grandfather
thought it would be more fitting to
gentleman to kiss that toil-stained hand
than the hand of the Sovereign Lady
who rules the British Isles. and one Of
them at least, so badly. When the man
turned his face grandfather saw he was
not mistaken. The face was an honest
one. and when the boat touched the
wharf with an awful bang against the
woodwork, two boys, neatly dressed.
sprang to meet the man. and called
.' Father Those wrinkles had been
made in daily toll that these nice. bright
boys might be kept nice, and bright,
and good.
Each wrinkle in your fathers face
means day of anxiety or toll for you.
For whom does he work? For you For
whom does your mother plan, and mend.
and economizc? For you.
Do you think that because people
grow old they do not like leasaDt
things? Do you think that it is no sac
rifice to toll and mol day after day?
That parents are bound to work. work.
work, so that the young may have all
the sweet things of life, and &C 'ept them
thanklcssly. like little princes?
Grandmother likes a new ribbon for
her cap occasionally, as well as any Of
you girls. She doesn't ask for it. but
then she likes You to think of it all the
same. And l think caught her crunch
ing those caramels Kate gave her as if
she were seven instead of seventy.
("For shame, grandfather, only sixty
eight!) N'importe, as the French say.
two years do not make much difference.
but am sure she seems younger to me
every day.-Christian at HOrN.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

They never change. The old ''maun,"
as we called him, was always merry,
and always at work making harness,
and he died in harness. He had his
time to eat, and to sleep, and to pray,
and to sing, and to read the Bible, and
his time to work. and he never neglect
ed the regular programme. Old maun
White couldn't sing. but he thought he
could, and he considered it as much
duty as to pray. He was heavy man,
but he waddled up the hill to the meet
ing-house with alacrity. and took his
seat like he meant business. and he did
mean business. He said amen and
amen all through the preachers prayer.
and then he opened his hymn-book with
eagerness and stood up in front of the
choir and sang from away down. He
tried to follow, but was sure to get
little ahead, for he enjoyed it and want
ed to do more than his share. The choir
did their best to smother him, but they
couldn't. His bellows was strong and
blew loud. His kind of singing wouldn't
have been tolerated from any other
man, for he was always little up or a
little down, and he tapered off. His
voice was good deal below bass, and
came up like there was q cog-wheel IN
his throat. But everybody that knew
the old man enjoyed his singing, for it
seemed to do him so much good, and =:
times when the words were very
tender, the old man would say
"Amen" at the end of the stanza.
remember that one time when Henry
ing music, the old man turned two
leaves in his hymn-book and got from
long into short meter, and the words
didn't fit the music. There wasn't
enough of them, and the old maun
shook his head and gave grunt and
filed out with couple of amens. He
heard litter behind him, and, looking
round, muttered audibly: ''Thar's sum
thin wrong about here" We joked
him about it next day, and he laughed
as he said: ''Ah, well, you know that
David said sing unto the Lord Il new
song, and deed it. Yes, ] deed it. y
l wonder how many children old Moth
er White has taught in Sunday-school.
She has had class of little ones ever
since l knew her, and she taught them
all the same thing, to love God and tell
the truth and do right. l don't think
she ever improved on that. She didn't
know anything about the science OF re-
ligion or the evidences of Christianity,
and she didn't want to know. 1t was
enough for her that she loved her
Maker and loved everybody, and her
Maker loved her. Her faith was IRON
clad; she lived in it and died in it. If
could trade in chances for Heaven
would be willing to trade for hers. She
is there, reckon, and some of the chill
dren she taught are there, too, and they
gave the old lady welcome that was
Heaven enough for her.-''BW A1p, IN
atlanta Constitution.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

The engineer of the train which
reaches this city from NOrristOwn at
eleven o. clock ut night had thrilling ex.
perience on Wednesday. His train left
Norristown with every prospect of reach
ing Ninth and Green Streets station on
time and without incident worth men,
ton. The train was rushing on at the
rate of about thirty miles an hour, and
was within half Il mile of ConshOhocken
when the watchful engineer was horri-
fled at seeing a man lying within hun
dred yards ahead of his engine. and
with his head apparently on the rail.
The air-brakes were put down, the en-
CINE reversed, and every effort made to
stop the train before the wheels reached
the mans head. 1t was too late. On
the engine rlshed-On hundred yards
berOre the train could be stopped.
When it came to standstill the con-
ductOr. engineer and a number of
passengers went back to pick up the
mangled remains of the unfortunate
victim. Imagine their surprise upon
discovering that the man was neither
dead nor mangled, but sleeping quietly
alongside the track, not at all disturbed
DIV the racket WHICH 0aU Deeu recently
made by the passing train. His head
was on tie not more than two inches
from the rail, and the wheels Of the
train must have passed over it within
less than that distance. His body was
stretched along the sleepers just outside
the rail. The conductor woke him up
roughly, and asked him We he meant
by thus counting such horrible death.
Il don't want nothing but little nap"
said he, land l don see why Teller
can't 90 to sleep out in the air in the
country without getting hauled about
like he was thief"
When the danger of bis position was
pointed out to him, he only said:
"Well, l guess / had better get out
little further" He was finally driven
off and warned not to attempt such a
nap again. He went off grumbling and
not at all grateful. Engineer ODER says
he never saw such man. II believe
said he, :. that that fellow could have
slept on top of one of the volcanoes OF
Java during an earthquake. ''-Ptitadet-
phia Record.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
Our Young Readers.
NOWHERE.

SONG FOR BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE AL
WAYS DISCONTINUED.
Do you know where the summer blooms all
the year round,
Where there never is rain on a picnic day.
Where the thOrnleSS rose in its beauty grows,
And little boys never are called from play.
Oh! hey, il is far away,
In fhe wonderful land of Nowhere.
Would you like to live where nobody scoids.
Where you never are told: 1T is time for
bed
Where you learn without trying, and laugh
without crying, -a
Where snars never pull when they comb
your head?
Then oh, hey! you must HE away
To the wonderful land of Nowhere.
II you long to dwell where you never need
wait,
Where no one is punished or made to cry,
Where a supper of cakes is not followed by
aches,
And little folks thrive on diet of pie;
Then no, hey! you must go, say.
To the wonderful land of Nowhere.
You must drift down the river of Idle
Dreams,
Close to the border of No-man's land;
For year and day you must sail away,
And then you will come to an unknown
strand.
And ho! hey! if you get there-stay
In the wonderful land of Nowhere.
Ella Wheeler. IN Hdrpsrs Young PsOPe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
About Wrinkles.

wonder, children. if when You look
ut your grandmother who sits there
nodding in her chair - C'I wasn't
asleep" says grandmother, with a
start; "Of course not" returns grand
father, with a twinkle in his eye)-I
wonder if, when you look at those
wrinkles in the dear grandmother S
face, you think of the thought and the
care and the trials that helped time to
make them. She is sweeter to me.
children, than she was in the old days
when she was like wild rose in June.
Grandmother made a quaint, old-fash-
toned courtesy. and everybody went
over and kissed herr
But we won't talk of grandmother in
particular, we'll talk of wrinkles in gen.
eral. When 1 was boy was taught
to look with respect on wrinkled face.
Each wrinkle means great deal. 1t
means suffering and care, and anxiety
for others; for that old person has been
very selfish, indeed, who has lived only
for himself. Few have been SO selfish.
Yesterday, IS ] was crossing South
Ferry, I saw I wsiakaed hAnd before nae
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
SUNLIGHT ALL-EHE WAX


4" Goodbye, Jennie: the road ie long,
And the moor 10 hard to Cross;
But well You know there is danger
In the boys and the marshy moss.
Sc keep in the fOOt-path, Jennie;
Let nothing tempt you to stray;
Then you'll get safely over il,
For there's sunlight all the way
Sunlight all the way; g ~ z
SOlnever you fear. ! - p
Keep good heart, dear,
For there's sunlight all the way"
The child went off with a blessing
And a kiss o' mOther-love;
The daisies VIC, down at her feet,
And the lark was singing above.
4. On, or in the narrow fOOt-path-
Nothing could tempt her tO'stray;
SO the moor was passed at night-falL
And sfrc' d sunlight all the way
Sunlight all the way:
And she, smiling, said,
As her bed was spread:
+" had sunlight all the way.
And /, who followed the maiden,
Kept thinking, as I Went,
Over the perilous moor of life
What unwary feet are bent.
If they only could keep the foot-path,
And not I'm the marshes stray,
Then they would reach the end of life
Ere the night could shroud the day.
They'd have sunlight all the way.
But the marsh is wide, -.
And they turn aside.
And the night falls on the day.
Far better to keep the narrow path,
Nor turn to the Left or right;
For if we loitcr at morning,
What shall we do when the night
Falls black on our lonely journey,
And we mourn our vain delay?
Then steadily onward, friends, and we
Shall have sunlight all the way .#
ltsrk.f oil th<.p
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

"A black and tan dog belonging to
the daughter of rich Chicago parents was
accidentally killed in New York the eth
er day. The body was placed in sati.'-
lined walnut coffin and sent to Chicago
for burial. "For heavens sake don't
say anything about it. said the under
taker who had the job in hand to a re-
porter, ''or we shall be swamped with
that sort of business. 1t is growing all
the time. No such thing as a dog fu-
neral was heard of few years ago, but
now we have about two dozen Of them
a yeay,"-Chioa0o Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

"A young woman living in Ohio was
found in her room one morning recent
ly with her throat cut and nearly dead.
She protested that she had wounded
herself with a razor while suffering
from nightmare, and strongly dis
claimed any intention to commit sui
eide. 1t is believed that she can not
recover. In this State, where attempt
to commit suicide is punishable by i'm
prisonment. the validity of the plea that
the self-injury was inflicted while the
person was asleep haa not yet been test
e1.-N u Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

A rash man: EYES," said Fogg,
Or. Pillroller is q brave man, no
doubt, but he carries his bravery toe
far. He is foolhardy, sir; never saw SC
rash man. Called him to see Mrs. F.
to-day, and he actually asked her to let
him see her tongue! Fact. sir.
wouldn't have believed any living man
would have had the courage to meet
that tongue Of hers. ''-8oston Tran.
scrtpt,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

HIS AuNOCdcE -AtldS Is nOunlnS 10 nlm.
He does not condescend to reason or
arguments. He states axioms- self
evident truths -conclusions, which from
their wei ght and cogency amount to
mathematical demonstrations.
"You see dot he says, emphatical-
ly, pointing out some phrases in his last
document. "You see say dere Stare
decisis Ter nerruS reruna, IN lorna pau
periS.''
"How can they get ofer dot?" he
asks. with confident smile, and his
listeners are bound to admit that it is
unauSwerable.
He is no pauper. He begs or Dor
rows from no one. The shock that laid
his mind in ruins left unframed the
/ skill and cunning of his hands. So he
labOrs at engraving or some other skilled
mechanical work, and is chargeable to
no man. 49,. "a sz
Mr.. Heintzlemann is not the only one
of his kind to whom the Halls of JUS
tice present irresistible attractions.
Other eccentric characters from time to
time gravitate toward the same center.
For instance, there is. or rather was,
Mrs. Maytield, owner in fee simple of
the courthouse, with all the appur-
tenances thereto belonging She was
a spare old lady, neatly dressed in
black, carrying always an old-fashioned
reticule. She used at intervals to visit
the courthouse for the purpose of col
lecting her rents. Marching with slow
and stately steps into one Of the rooms
she would approach the railing in front
of the bench. If her advent passed I'M
noticed, she dived into the depths of her
reticule, and, producing therefrom an
enormous brass key, presumably the in.
sigma of.ownership. raped with great
solemn!sy upon the railing until tho et-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

Naturally, the person questioned
usually comforts our friend with a
prompt and decided answer in the neg
alive, but is met Immediately by the
perfectly crushing query:
Then why don't they pay me my
rent?''
Why, indeed? Perhaps, though, it is
that they haven'tgot the money. So
All these lesser lights, however. pale
before Mr.. Heintzlemann. They lack
the element of permanence. Their visits
are intermittent, and they soon tire.
Not so, he. Their orbits are cratic,
uncertain, cometary. He alone is dur
nal and eternal. Jurors, suitors and
witnesses come and go; lawyers are ad.
mitted, practice and depart for new
fields::of usefulness; Judges are elected,
serve and retire; but he goes on for
ever.
Poor Mr.. Heintzlemann! He will no
doubt keep on filing his documents with
the clerk, and seeking an opportunity
to argue his motion, until the day comes
when he shall present his case to the
highest court of last resort, and the
ong-wished-for modification denied
him on earth be at last granted. Then,
perhaps. the arrested faculties shall be
set free to find exercise in larger
sphere of beneficent activities, and
the dim and troubled years of his mental
bondage shall seem "as when one
awaketh in the morning, and behold, it
was dream. frederick Days Storey,
in The Manhattan.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-11

decomposition. Il is dangerous to invest in
FISH in cold weather, except with 8 known
dealer, since their half-rotten condition is
not easily discernible when they are hard
frozen.
Mr.. BRADLAUGH, the free-thinking Par
iamentary claimant" has placed conspicu-
ously in his window in Fleet street, London,
his own portrait, bust Of Thomas Paine,
and portraits of Lord Broughsm, Richard
Golden and John Bright.
GEORGE C. Min, the Chicago preacher
who left the pulpit for the stage, broke one
of his ribs while playing Hamlet" at Rich
mond, Ind, on Friday nj ht. He was quit
ting the stage after his colloquy with sophie
liza" and fell through an open trap.
GEN JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, who expected
10 leave Charlotte, n. c., Tuesday, has been
confined to his room for several days with a
serious trouble with his feet He thinks
likely he has been poisoned from the dye
used to color the hose he has been wearing.
The Rev. DR.. J. Wheaton Smith, who has
had pastoral charge of the Beth Eden Bap-
tist church of Philadelphis for more than
thirty years, and for the past three years has
been pastor emeritus, has been unanimously
requested by the society to resume active
duty.
DR.. HOLMES lectures no more in this
world. Total abstinence in that direction ID
his rule. He says he finds that his work
must be done in his library, and that he ex-
poets during the present year, and very prob.
ably always, TO use his pen and not his vocal
organs.
YOUNG GEORGE GOULD is q round, chubby.
faced young man, compactly built, of medi.
UNI hight, with small, black eyes, a slight
dark mustache and close-cropped black hair.
He has the eyes and swarthy complexion OF
his father, the form of grace and figure Of
his mother, very estimable lady. He is q
thorough business man, keeping his owl
counsel as well as that of his fathers.
Col. ROBERT 1. CHESTER, of jackson
Tenn, is one of the patrisrchs of the State
older than the State. He settled at Jones
boro, the eldest town in the State, in 1896
He is now over ninety years old, and tn,
only survivor Of regiment of 1000 mel
who fought under Gen. jackson in the Creel
war. He joined the Masons in 1917, and b,
attended the recent session OF the Crane
T,odoe
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-11
TWO NUISANCES.
One Of Them Beyond the Law-How the
other Nay He Abated.

You meet 1t almost eyerywhere-on the cars, on
the boats in the next room to your own at the no
tells and just in front of the Orator Of the Day at
the Fourth Of July Celebrstions that crying baby.
1t never grows up. 1t never dies. I: never takes
cslmer and more national views of hfe-thst OBJ
streperous baby. 1t despsses the Golden Ruie. a.
# does the comfort Of people older, and possibly
wiser. than itself 1t Is the way Of youth. Yet
the man with q bad cough Is scarcely more endur-
able. BE hacks. hawks and expectorstes until We
all regret that he had not been sentenced In his
infancy to solitary confinement for life. stin,
putting out Of mind the disageeable conditions
under which he il compelled TO sppear, he may 10
In every way an estimsble citizen. deserving
neither death nor bonds. For the time being,
however, he Ia . most Questionable person.
What the poor fellow needs Is one OF BE,isoS's
CAFFEINE POROUS PLAsTERs placed directly
over his chest bone, where IL would Immediately
act as q counter-irftant or local Etimulant. and
also another plsster between his shoulder In case
the cough is stubborn. The Capcine PlAsters are
an infinite Improvement upon the old-style tlas-
ten for this distressing, and often serious trouble.
By virtue of certain chemical and msdicinsl quail
titles contained In Others. they soothe the dis
ordered organs. and abate At once the Incking
paroxynns Of coughing.
| Prepared upon the most recent and advanced
discoveries In medicine, BES5oS'S cAPciSk
POROUS PLAsTERs surpas ali competitors ~ an
| external remedy. e tf
Be on your guard against limitations. The Noio
CAFFEINE Is cut IN the center OF the genuine'
ss.hurv q Joha,ou. chemists, New York.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-11
BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
A Republican Newspaper to be Started
by Stock Company-PersonaIs.
ular Correspondence of the Appeal1

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
BROWNSVILLE, February 10.-Chancery
Court will meet Monday morning next.
Only few petitions have been filed since the
last term, consequently the session will be a
short one.
An enterprise is on foot 10 start Repub-
lican newspaper at this place. A stock
company is being organized, and will apply
for charter in a few days. The leading
parties in this enterprise are the Hon. d. A.
Num-, secretary OF state; Postmaster Clinton,
Sheriff Matthews, w. ]. Lyle, county trus.
tee; G. L. Capell, Circuit Court clerk; L. K.
Turbett and Isaac Rsvelle. The editorial
department will be under the management
of Mr.. l.. K. Turbett, late of the Leblanc
(O.) Gazette, and Mr.. B. l.. Capell.
Mr.. Thomas r. Currie and Miss Lille Me.
Bride were married in this city on Thursday
evening last. The Rev. Mr.. Raymond, of
Stanton, tied the silken knot.
Col. Hugh L. Buck, of this place, has ac-
cepted position as salesman with Hunter
Bros, of Memphis.
Mr.. Leroy Gillespie and family have re-
Gently moved here from Denmark, Madison
county.
Messrs. S. A. Bishop and Charles PEBBLES,
who have been engaged in business here for
a number OF years, have moved to Mariana,
Ark.
Mrs Gil Berson, of Stanton, has been Wis
iting her father, Mr.. w. 7. Currie, of this
place.
A curious box was received at our post
Office this week, post-marked Texas and ad-
dressed to "The Brownsville Boys" Post
master Clinton opened it and found a re-
markedly large pair of rabbit ears. He at
once turned over the box with its contents to
the editor OF the States and Bee xY.Z
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Gen. Toombs VIII Not Forgive His
Granddaughter.

ATLANTA, GA, February 10.-"I have no
answer to make.n was the sententious reply
e. Goo. Robert Toombs to messenger who
handed him a note from his granddaughter
Mrs. Galley, in which she asked the privil-
eye of visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Toombs, who is likely to die at any mo-
ment. Mrs. Galley, nee Miss Camille Du-
bois, was the generals favorite grandchild.
Mr.. Galley was raised in the same neighbor-
hood in Wilkes county. Between him and
Miss Camille love developed, ending in an
engagement. Galley was poor, and this was
a mortal Sin in Tsombs's eyes, and he for
babe communication between them. He
read his will to Miss Camille, in which she
was remembered to the extent of 100000.
81 will make it 500, 900 if you will break of
this engagement" said Gen. Toombs. The
lady offered to remain single during her
grandfsther's lifetime. Growing violent, he
declared if she intended to throw herself
away on poor man he would give her
forty-eight hours to leave his house. This
brought matters to a crisis which Mr.. Galley
and Miss Dubois settled by getting married
Immediately. Gen. Toombs at once disin-
herited her, and refuses all communication.
The young couple are applauded by the
community. Gen. Toombs is blind in one
eye, and the other is almost out. An At
lanta oculist is to operate on him next
week
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provision in the bill permitting sales by to.
bscco producers at the place OF production ts
the amount of 800 annually, because he
believed that il would interfere seriously
with the proper collection of the tax.
Senator Allison moved to strike ont the
provision in the bill authorizing producers
to sell tobacco at retail at the places of pro-
duction 10 the amount of 500 annual lr.
The motion was lost-yess, %; nays, IS.
On motion Of Senator Williams, the tax
on cigars was made So per 1000, instead of
"A, as in the bill.
Several amendments were disposed of,
when the question of the duty on salt, which
was reserved yesterday for confederation in
the Senate, came up, and one or two amend
ments were offered, which gave rise to dis
cussion about the parliamentary effect Of
this agreement upon these amendments, and
to simplify matters Senator E1munds moved
that the bill be reported from the Committee
OF the Whole to the Senate.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill was
reported. The bill being in the Senate, Sem
ator Plat moved 10 amend the provision
repeating the tax on bank capital and
deposits go as to repeal also the tax upon
circulation. Lost.
The bill was further considered up TO the
hour OF adjournment, and notice of number
OF amendments given.