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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
A Strange Presentiment.

In the year 1866 the late James S.
Thorn, VINO was the city editor of this
paper, was lying on his death-bed,
slowly succumbjng to the inroads OF
that fatal disease. consumption. The
intelligence was brought to the Office
that he could not possibly last more
than day or two lnger. He was a
man of such genial and loving qualities,
I and had SO tenderly entwined himself
around the hearts of all his associates,
, that no one could endure the thought OF
writing his obituary in advance of his
death; and yet it was quite important.
II not imperative, that aproper memorial
should be prepared. ready for insertion
! in the paper AT a moments notice upon
the receipt of the news of the death OF
our young associate. One after another
declined to write the obituary, until il
was finally determined that Abram
Fonda, an editorial writer on the paper,
should perform the melancholy task.
MIR. Fonda accordingly began it, omit
ting the Introduction, and was engaged
some time upon the work. when the
writer of this paragraph, who occupied
a chair in front of Mr.. Fonda table,
turned around and inquired how he was
getting along. He replied that he was
not progressing satisfactorily, that it
was a harder task than he had antici-
pated, and then went Oh with his work.
Instantly, as quick as thought could
frame the expression, there flashed
through the brains of the writer II csc
words: 'Old fellow, you'll die before
Jimmie does!' And he did That
night after retiring Mr.. Fonda arose for
some purpose. went to an open window
in his room, and fell headlong out of il
10 the sidewalk below In the morning
he was found lying upon the ground
speechless and inscnsible He died at
rine O'Clock in the forenoon of the dav.
Mr.. Thorn survived until nearly noon
The hand that writes this wrote the in
PRODUCTION and close of the obituary OF
Mr.. Thorn that Mr.. Fonda began, and
also wrote a hasty tribute to the memory
of the latter.-Ltica Observer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
Selling Old Corn.

"Tim Bunker" the veteran agri
cultural writer of Connecticut, used tt
claim that it was TIL to sell old corn
L at is, ruin to the farmer AS usu l.
Tim hit the nail squarely on the
head. Many farmers. by careful man
agement, succeed in holding gooC
share of their old corn until it is nearly
time to harvest the new crop. Corn i,
then up at good price, and it is usual
ly cons dered good policy to sell out be.
fore tie new crop is pushed upon the
market. 1t is poorpolicy to sell corn at
all if it can be fed out upon the rm
and it is certainly very poor policy te
sell good hard corn, even if it does
bring a few cents more per bushel,
and then fatten your own stock upon
new corn. Hogs should be fattene1
before the cold weather sets in, and
there is nothing that will do the work
up SO eypeditiously and cheaply rs old
corn. A bushel of it seems to 90 as fan
as two of the new crop. There is nc
gaseous fermentation going on in the
old corn as there is in the new, conse-
quently it is a safer feed for any stock.
Old corn can also be ground, if desired.
and mixed with other food.
Again. there is always a risk in sell
ing out the old crop before the new is
fully ripe. as in our latitude we are al
WAYS liable to frosts, after the first OF
September. We can never feel ALSO
lutely sure of a crop OF corn until it be-
gins to harden in the ear.
The main difficulty with the ma fOrity
of our ia mers is, that they have SO
managed as to be actually obliged tc
sci. a crop. whether the price be re-
munerative or otherwise. How fire.
quently we have seen farmers sell corn
in the fall for twenty-five cents pei
bushc'. selling themselves short in or lei
o meet Obligations overdue, and then
buy in the spring for forty cents pei
ushel. Instead of buying stock and
feed NO cut their grain upon their
farms. they ar: obliged to keep theft
stock sold down in or ler TO pay the in
terest u, Oh mortgage or other debts.
MANY rundown farm ewes its present
condition to a over ian ging NOR gage,
waich rot only depriv q the farmer end
his fam ~ of ther rightful income.
but saps the very 'ertility from the lanJ
If self Il rs py.7l PI(,,r71lNH
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
4 Tale Of Treasure TrOve.

| About two months ago there tlOateC
through the newspapers an item to the
effect that Anna Chute, workwomal
in the paper-mill of the George ".
Wheelwright Paper Company at Nortl
Leominister. in this State, had found
$3.50 in !. ba'e of paper stock which
she was engaged in sorting. The mon
ey was in Two Treasury notes, Loco
and $500 respectively, of the first issue.
On tracing the matter it was found that
the bale. which was mostly wri,inc
paper, was one of a lot bought in New
York. There was abundant evidence
in the papers that they had cone IRON
a certain New York city bank. and cor
respondence was at once begun with
that bank with view to determinin
the question if tie money belonged tc
e institut on. Asked if the bank had
met with any loss, the reply came that
since the bank was chartered, many
years ago, but one loss had occurred.
and that was in the autumn of 1873,
when $1,000 had d sappeared from a
te.ler's tray, and had never been found.
Suspi ion had rested all thes years ON
several employs of the bank. Tney
could not be proved guilty of the pecu-
lation, nor would it have been possible
for them to estab ish their innocence
had they been charged with the rob
berry of the missing money. 1t was the
hope of the officers of TIE bank that the
money found in the paper-mill should
be proved to belong to the bank, as the
innocence of the suspected persons
would thereby be demonstrated.
1t came out, on making q thorough
Investigation, that a room used by the
bank for storing account books and 9th
er nearly useless matter representing
old transact ons had become so crowded
and crammed with the accumulation
that orders had been given to tho jani-
tor to dispose of the papers that had
lain there longest. Accordingly, the
ianitor on May 30, Decoration Da,'-the
time being chosen as one when the bust
ness could be attended to most conven-
ientIy-had the papers packed up and
taken away by the porters of II firm
VINO dealt in paper stock. The books
of the firm showed that this was the
only stock taken in on that day; that it
was Immediately baled, marked and
numbered, and shipped to the mill in
North Leominster. There was no
longer a doubt that the money found in
the mill belonged to the bank. and the
notes were therefore surrendered g, few
days ago. The bank officers. fully APP
preciating all the circumstances gov
erning the case, have rewarded the
lucky finder with gift of three hun
dred dollars. Boston transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
WHIT IS SHE WORTH?

Here is maiden arrayed in her beauty.
Fairest and sweetest OF madens on earth,
Plain her attire, and those who admire
Oft will inquire - Pray. what is she WORTH
Worthy of love- and the hearts alteration,
Worthy of loyalty. reverence, truth;
Worth all that you would give TO renew
The freshness and dew of your innocent
youth.
Little of silver or gold is her por.ion;
Poor is her lineage humble her birth:
Yet in her pride unto kings she's allied,
And none may decide the amount she Is
worth.
Just as she is in her innocent beauty,
Fitted for flre-sde comfort, we know
She, the home-doye, other treasures above.
is worth all the love that our hearts can be-
stow.
Here Is another IN silks and in satins,
Laces and furbelows finely arrayed;
Proud of her birth and her station on earth,
What is she worth, this immaculate maid!
Selfish and sordd It's easy to reckon
Her wealth and Importance; but, an me. SO
small
Her heart and her mind-if you're not too
blind
She's worth you will find out-just nothing at
all.
For the heart is the test; and the man or the
maiden
Whose friendship with gold or with silver is
bought,
Despite their pretensa and their dollars and
cents,
Are worth mo ofenseD scarcely even a
thought.
Josephine Pollard. in " T. Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
A Vocation TO Keep Olt Of.

II would advise every young man
who is thinking upon the quest on OF
adopting a profession to avoid law.
said Philadelphia Judge of twenty five
years experience on the bench. ~ ct
that is only general statement. There
must be lawyers, and the law will al
ways afford n certain number of SPLEEN
did prizes for sustained and well-direct-
ed endeavor. 1t is the knowledge OF
this fact that forces so many excellent
minds into compett on for these re-
wards. But the contestants are to the
pri es ten to one. The bar in al the
large cit es of this country is hopelessly
Overcrowded. Not more than half the
lawyers make comfortable wing
Law said another Judge. ats
good thing to keep out of at the rate
at which young men are coming to the
bar. l infer that few who have desire
to achieve distinction in it viii believe
me. Though there are hall dozen
members of the bar in this city who are
reputed to earn $4,000 year, there
are 600, am quite sure, who do not
earn clear nine dollars week. One
can hardly say at the outset who will
and who will not succeed. Of two men
of apparently equal abilities and oppor-
TURTLES, one will somehow reach the
front in few years. while the other
will always remain in the rear.
There is. for example, very
young man, earning ten or fifteen
thousand per year. The District At
torney, / know. made three thousand
dollars during his third year at the bar.
There are. of course. large number
of people who have such luck. But,
bless my soul. there are men o. ability
and emery, who have been at the bar
for ten years and do not earn as much
as they would at a tolerably good trade.
1t is no wonder so many, who enter
upon the legal arena full of confidence
in their ability to achieve great things,
become dishearteIed in year or two
and enter upon other pursu IS. The
Overcrowding of the bar must, to
great extent, be ascribfd to the work.
ing of the same pr nciple that turns
out scores of clerks and boOk-kcepe.s
when skilled mechani are really re.
CURED 1t is the idea that manual
labor is degrading and that it is some
how better to be lawyer on the ragged
edge OF poverty than machinist OF
printer with comfort and an assuring
future. This idea grows in the general
atmosphere of the public schools, and
by the time a boy gets into the upper
classes he is incapable of calmly think.
ing of entering any vocation in which
his hands might become soiled. -
Philadelphia Ttnsss.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
HUMOROUS.
A baby-carr are is sometimes Gale

A baby-carr are is sometimes called
cryc;cle.
-Lightning-bugs would be a lively
and suggest We me tor telegraph Ope-
ratOrs.-Lo ton Conamere iai tn iefin.
1T is said tat the Cni'cd States
would stand Il poor show in Il naval en-
gagGmert because she has SO few war
APPS. lis can not be. She has plenty
| OF navy to &C er.-BOS on S,dr.
"A stone-cuttcr recc we'd the follow
ing. eptapu from Il German to cut upon
Su>an is dead. If she had wed till next
Friday ed been d. al shust two weeks.
As tree fall, so must it stand
Chicago 7ri5une.
Ibid you see that me'eoric display
last nigat!' asked Smith of Gilhol,.
"When did it come Otf?' "Ab ut
nine O'Clock. Didn't you see itp'
mo. of course ! didn't. live out in
the suburbs of Harlem, aud never get
chance TO Zee anything that j, going on
after dark in the bus ness portion o. the
city. ~. Y. Meas.
Amy good shooting on your farm?"
asked a hunter of a fam ''Splend d."
replied the agriculturist. ''there's dry
well man down in the clover meadow, a
cloth peddler at the house, a candidate
out in the barn and two tramps down
in the stock yard. Climb right over the
fence. Young man. load both barrels,
and sail in. '-7o'eIO Blade.
-'.What influence has the moon on
the tide?" the teacher asked John Hen
ry. And John Henry said it Deepen ed
made him howl, and if it was gate. it
uni ed it, just as soon cow or young
mqn .me along. 1t is such things as this
tina make school teachers want TO lie
down and die every day at four o. clock.
Huntington HaWkeg3.
The grandma of little four year
Did had been telling her one day not to
-ay people lied, but rather that they
were mistaken Her grandma, to amuse
her, told her bear story, which was a
tough one 70 believe. After she had fin
ished the little girl looked up into her
face and exclaimed: Grandma, that is
the biggest mistaken / have ever heard"
San Francisco Ne1Cs Letter.
ut IS WEAKLY quite amusing, re-
marked New York dude, after land
ing in Philadelphia; Il am-aw-used
to being admired by the women, don't
you know, but to-day as came down
The steps to the Bwoad-stweet station.
dozen men began earning Hanson,
h nsOm, hanson i'm such loud tone of
voice that I weally could not help over
heawing. "-Ihiiadclpl,ia Press.
- Has the Colonel been around this
morning." inquired a guest at a sum-
mer hotel. ''ColOnel, what Colonel?"
asked the bell-boy. Why, the boss;
the man who runs the hotel" Colonel
Huh, He amt no Colonel. livery
body a1out here calls him Colonel"
T. at's nonsense. He hal so many
corns one year that some one called him
kernel. in fun, but he ain no Colonel"
-Chic0qO Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
brown down and 80, 900 persons buried

thrown down and 80, 900 persons buried
in the ruins. In 1926 Naples lost
10000 persons. In 1872, $4,000 per-
ished ut Schamaki. In 1898, 100000
residents of Sicily were DESTROYED. In
1903 Jeddo, Japan, lost 100000 in
habitants. In Tekin, China, in 1881.
100000 were swallowed up. IN Grand
Cairo 10000 persons fell victims in
1854. One of the most terrible occur
ences was the great earthquake at
Lisbon in l755, when 30, 600 people were
buried alive and 10000 more Were
killed. This earthquake was of almost
unparalleled extent and force, be No
felt far south in Africa, more than
10000 Arabs perishing in Morocco, and
as far north Is Scotland.
Columns might be filled with the de-
tails of later calamities of this sort, re-
sulting in the slaughter of thousands
upon thousands of men, women and
children, but only the more conspicuous
can be referred to. Calabria, Messina,
and number of smaller villages were
destroyed Februry ), 1888, and some
100000 lives were lost. III 1925, Muir
cia, Spain, was destroyed, $500 houses
being thrown down and q couple of
thousand people being killed. The
same locality has been revisited with
less destructive effect by earthquakes
in recent years. Our own continent has
suffered greatly from this cause. The
Peruvian capital. Lima, and its port.
Callao, We're destroyed in 1886 and
again in l746. and in each case thou
sands of human beings persisted. In
1877 a great earthquake swept the whole
country from Santa Fe to Panama,
and 10000 persons were killed in a Sec
ond. Arequipa, Peru, was wiped out
of existence in 1868. $4,000 people be-
ing left homeless and several thousands
losing their lives. In the same
year the cities of Ibarra and
Ottavalla were destroyed, and not
one of their 10000 inhabitants
escaped. or could ever be found
aftcrward Catocachy was also obliter-
ated from the face of the earth, and a
lake now covers the spot where it stood.
In that earthquake the United State:
war vessel Wateree was carried from
the harbor of Callao two m les inland.
The famous earthquake which ,devastat-
ed and d"populated Callao in. 1892,
continued al intervals for four years. Il;
took but tnree minutes for an earth
quake 10 make the entire city of Port
Royal, jamaica, q COMPLETE wreck il
1862, and even less time for the destruc.
lion of san Salvador, in the West Indies.
March 10. 1873. The city of Mendoza.
in the Argentine Republic, was destroyed
and $4,000 people We're killed by q
shock of nut IA moments duration in
March. 1861. Earthquakes have often
occurred in ATTITUDES rs far north as ou1
own. and even farther. but as rule
they have been slight and caused but
little damage. The most in ur Gus OF
late years were the shocks felt in Cali.
fornia in 1872 There is hardly year
when there is not more or less uakino
in North America, though it is rare that
they cause any sensation beyond tenn.
porary Amusement and excitement
Troy (N ~ Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
He Made 1t Clear.

Speaking of curious condolences, y
said a lawyer who had business in the
City Hall Yesterday, Il think / have
the most curious ease on the boards
"What is it?''
lone day last week woman came
to me and engaged my services to tile
bin for divorce. l hadn got through
with her wnen her husband came in to
secure my services for the same thing.
They were of the same age. had the
same grounds, and had not met before
for months.
"And You took both caseso'
''Oh. no, that would have looked a
little queer.
Then you sent one to another law
yer?''
''Oh, no. again. l am not furnishing
clients TO other lawyers. l saw that l
was in fix, and that l must do some
thing to prevent one or the other from
consulting another attorney, and so
acted as a mediator and advised 'em to
settle their trouble and live together,
which they have DONE
what. You advise q settlement and
lose youI Fee
Not exactly" replied the lawyer as
he stroked his chin. Il charged twice
as much for the advice as for securing
the divorces.'--Detron Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Mrs. Lippincoit, "Grace Green
wood" is in London, and is sad to be
engaged upon a biography of Queen
Victoria.
IS. H. Howard, colored man. who
died in Brooklyn the other day at the
age of eighty-fOur years, left a fortune
Of nearly sou, 00O.-N. Y. Sun.
james Marian Roche. q wealthy
and eccentric young Southerner, has
assumed the care OIL Frederick n. w.
Couch, the author of Kathleen
Mavourneen."
Miss Charlotte Stark, of Dunbartnn,
n. H., granddaughter of General Joln
ark. OF Revolutionary fame, has been
Ell acted an honorary member of the New
Hampshire Antiquarian Society.
Boyle O'Reilly. the poet-editor of the
OF the Connecticut River to paddle ca
noe to Long Island Sound, capsized.
lost his paddles and took the cars.
Ned Roach. of Florence. Oneida
County. y. T.. in his eighty fifth year,
was married recently for tie sixth time.
The bride was Mary Quinn, of Roches-
ter, aged seventy.-Roches'er Express.
MIR. Austin F. Pike. New Hamp-
shire's new Senator, is sixty-f ur years
old. tall and slightly stoOping; has q
well-shaped cad, bald across tue top,
with fringe of dark hair and iron
gray whiskers. His eyes are shrewd
and kindly. while his whole appear
ance shows the gentleman.-Boston
Post.
In Rem; SCIENCES of London
Drawing Room Thackeray is made to
tell the story OF the birth of VANITY
Fair in this wise: II was ransacking
my head for title to my novel when
it came upon me unawares in the mid
die of the night as if a voice had whis-
pered, Vanity FART l. jumped out OF
bed and ran three times round the
room shouting out, Vanity FairH Van
ity Fair.' ~
Mrs. Webb. wife of Captain Webb,
the lost swimmer. is small in stature
and of refined appearance. They had
been married for three years. and came
to America last May. She says she IS
not been left so much money as re-
pOItcu-OHiN dUout GROW. cAo say
she had great confidence in his powers
as n sw INNER. and did not attempt to
dissuade him from swimming the Mag
ara.-BOstOn He aid.
The now famous Clemenceau. so
Labouchere says. made the acuua Mt
ance of W. II. Huntington. an Ameri-
can journalist, and conceived for him
such liking that he took it into his
head to seek fortune in his native
State of Connecticut. There he OBJ
Ia ned the chair of Fren h literature in
a college. All the girls who attended
his lectures, save one, were engaged to
be married. That one is now Nine.
Clemcnceau, and 1.-The sweetest, most
unaffected. refined and least vain speci-
men OF American ladyhood in Paris"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
Those Dangerous European Cars.

Another attempt at murder in rlil-
way carriage as ben m de in Fran e.
young gentleman travel ny in the
train fir N Pars to CHI ny, on the
LYONS line. was, ii i stated. found on
Fri, a. night insen ible IN ompart-
ment OF a frst-class carriage, avIng
cen S Stabbed in several places and
roobed Ibis incident, following so
soon after a | Ike attemrt to rob and
murder another passenger OF Frencn
railway the other day, will create some
rot unnatural snxi-ty among travellers
on the Continent, who, at his sea son OF
tie year especially, carry W tn ii EN-, as
rule, sufficient sums of money to ZEN
1ar them OBJ ects of attention to railway
robbers. At some future day arrange
~ ents viii perhaps be mad, tor tie bet
ser protect on OF railway travellers from
oerils of this descr ption; but in tn
meantime Journeys by rail are becomin;
even m IRE dan erous than .Ourneys by
road in the 90 ID cd d;vs cf D.ck Turp-
n. TIE ra lway roober d es not give
he victim the choice Of ''your money Oh
Jour life, but finds it more convenient
20 take both.-St. James Gazette.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-30
fired and missed, and, strange to saw.

fired and missed, and, strange to saw
! both Fisher and Varl.c did the same
The elephant was almost on the Duke
when the sound of rifle shot runp out
and the great beast dropped almost al
his feet. No one knew where the sho1
had come from until attention was di
rected to small cloud of blue smok,
floating from tree-top, and it was dis
covered that a ''Cingalee" shikarret
had shot the elephant. when the othe ::
had missed. with an old liint-lock musket.
So the mourning warehouses in England
lost q big trade.
When the elephant is caught and
tanned, there is no animal under the eur
that exceeds him in sagacity. TIE
touch of his trunk is as gentle as the
touch of woman's hand, and the STAMP
of his feet or blow from that same
gentle trunk is as powerful as that from
a steam-hammer The Government
uses them chiefly in the public works
department. where they are employed
i'll moving huge blocks of stone, where
it would be expensive and. in fact. i'm
possible to use steam-engines. They
have been known to drag up huge
blocks of stone, shove them into posi-
ton, and then sway slowly backward,
and. if tie stone was not perfectly right
" placed, give it push, either to the
right or to the left, until it was.
A public works department man once
told me that he was experimenting the
unloading of II lot of steel tubing. at
which elephants were engaged The
tubing had been oiled to prevent rust.
and when the elephant took the first
piece up in his trunk it slipped on ac-
count of the OIL He took it up again
with the same result. and finally he
seemed to understand it. and, pushing
il with his foot to where there was some
sand, he rolled if over and over until the
sand stuck to it and prevented it slip
ping, when he took it up and triumph
antly carried it.
Stories of the sagacity Of the elephant
might be told nd Mf,,itum. 1t is nc
doubt shame to shoot them except
when they are ''rogues." w en- they
are that, it resolves itself into ques.
ton of d" You kill the elephant, or the
elephant will kill YOU Cincinnat,
ENQ1tiTer.