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Dodge City times., 1883-12-20

ways sOme people ready TO set up any
number of theories for any given set of
facts.
Rev. Arthur Drayton looked long and
earnestly into the glowing Goals, and as
he looked his thoughts wandered back
to days that had long gone past, and
this is what he saw. A young man lust
entering upon his first pastoral charge,
strong in love and enthusiasm for his
calling. A year of happiness that passed
like dream, and then long days Of
pain and sorrow that saw him bending
over the bedside of his wife, watching
her drift away from his strong yet, ah!
how helpless grasp! A time OF blank
unconsciousness, and then the laughter
Of his baby son ringing in his ears call
ing him back to take up the burden of
lite again. A sweet child's face with
big black eyes and long clustering curls
comes hefore him now. His eyes are
growing dim, and when he looks again
it has disappeared. The years roll by
all too soon, and now the night is COM
ing on. 1t is in his old church and he
is looking down sternly-unforgivi
-on his son bending for pardon at his
feet. There come hard and bitter words
that he would fain forget; then the door
slams and he is standing alone in the
deserted church listening to the sound
ing mockery of the Christmas bells.
He pushed back his chair from the
fire and covered his face with his hands.
The fire sinks lower and lower, until
only little heap of cold and iifeless
ashes remains, but still he sits there
motionless in silence.
's = The heavy door alammsa
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
HUMOROUS.

An honorable vice-A Vice-Presi-
deht.-N. Y. Commercial ADVERTISER.
The little ones are the most highly
gifted people about Christmas time.
What relation does the door. step
bear to the door-mat? It's STEP
father Detroit Post.
"A Batavia On. " man dislocated
his jaw by yawning. The ladies in the
neighborhood were in, talking bonnet
to his wife, and the man got tired.
"A German dermatologist says that
badness is catching. Yes, gentlemen
with bald pates complain that they catch
it from all quarters.-Bostos Transcript.
When is door not a door? When
it is jar. Oh. no; that answer belongs
to the first decade of the last century.
Nowadays door is not door when it
is a negress-an egress.-1he Judge.
-.'Why Is a young lady's age, after
she reaches twenty-five, like q floral
wedding -bell?" asks an outsider. And
Ire saws it is .'because it is never tol'd;"
but that is libel.-Norrist0U Herald.
Somewhat to himself: ''Can you
tell me-" asked Cortland man of his
tailor, how you came to get this coat SO
tight?'' ''Oh, yes, sir. The fact is,
you were tight when measured YOU. "
-Marathon Independent.
An observer says: ALWAYS stand a
wet umbrella with the handle down;
one trial will convince you of the rapid
itv with which it will drain, and your
umbrella will last longer if dried quick
ly.' We tried that Once-tried it in a
barber shop. We are fully convinced
of the rapidity with which it will drain.
and if the present possessor will kindly
advise us how it is lasting we will
speak at more length of the test.-Ihe
Judge.
The other day a gentleman arriv-
inc in Paris at the Lyons Railway Sta
ton got into cab and told the driver to
take him to the Rue Milton. After GER
tain time the cab arrived at the Rue
Lord Byron. ..What is the number?"
asked the coachman. The gentleman
put his head out of the cab window and
said: "Why. this is not the Rue
Mlton!" ..Ah!" said the coachman
after slight pause, ''that's true; I've
made mistake in the poets!
Clarion. -
How a Reporter Lost His Grip-A
Dull sickening Thud once Entered a
newspaper Office and Complained to
the Managing editor that he Had been
Badly Treated ''And how So?" in
quired the Editor. ''In your account
of last Fridays hanging explained
the Aggrieved Thud, ''your Reporter
made no Reference to me, Although l
was with the Doomed Felon when he
Fell" "Your Complaint is reason
able one," Quoth the Editor, and he
Discharged the reporter Forthwith
Chicago Meas.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
which Nav stuck fun Of twig, and bita

which May stuck full Of twigs and bisa
of evergreen.
$50 nice for Mamie to wash her
dolls clothes in," said she. "1t's ]ust
big enough" She meant the tub.
Then she hung the apples and candy
horns on the branches; and the string&
of popcorn, like little snow-wreaths.
and the gifts.
There was a warm shawl for Mars.
Day, dress for each Of the three little
girls, doll, with real hair, for Nanne.
a tea-set for Bess and pretty york,
box for Nora. !
That night, when the stars began t0
come out, Mays papa took her on the
big hand-sled, with the tree, and away
they flew down the long hill to the lit
tie black house. Papa set the tree on
the step. Then he knocked gently, ana
whisked May away from the door:
What do YOU suppose Nora and Nam
ME and Bess said and did when they
peeped out and saw the tree? :
"They Just hollored and hollered-
and hoped up and DOWN. cried May
to mamma, when papa had drawn her
home again. "And then they all took
it in and shut the door. q, mamma,
I'm so glad l did"'
And, after all. Santa Claus paid the
big white house visit; of course, ne
did. For it wasn't really he who made
the Days Christmas-tree. you know
it was only little May Deane. e.-Ada
Carleton, in Youths Companion. ~
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Manure pear trees in the fall.
fresh manure in the spring may cause
blight. Troy Times.
Forest leaves make excellent litter
Tor horses, cows and pigs. They are
capital covering for celery pits or cab
oages.-M T. Herald.
IN favorable winters the evil re.
suits of late pasturing may not be sc
marked as In severe. open winters,
where its disastrous effects are plainly
to be seen.-Chicogp Tribune.
"A California paper highly recon-
mends charcoal for fattening turkeys.
and says that it should be pulverized
and mixed with mashed potatoes and
corn meal, as well as fed to them in
small Jumps. 1t mentions that in two
lots of four each, treated alike, and one
lot given this mixture and the other not.
there was an average gain in the weight
of the first of a pound and a half each.
those who are cultivating raspber.
ries and blackberries, says the Nebraska
Farmer, should not forget that a stem
that has borne one crop is of no more
value, and should be disposed of liz
order to make room for the new shoots.
of which not more than two should be
allowed to remain. These should be
tied up to sticks or trellises, and when
blackberries are five feet the tips should
be pinched off and raspberries at three
feet high.
One of the most promising trees fo,
forest culture, where the conditions
favor, is the American chestnut. II
grows spontaneously from New Hamp-
shire to Carolina, and from the eastern
slope Of the Alleghenies to the Western
prairies. Not only is the tree valuable
for its nuts, the production of which be-
gins in very few years from planting,
but the timber is very valuable for
fencing; it is also admirable for house
finishing, the color and grain of the
wood being very attractive Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The rule is, the people of New En-
gland plant their gardens too early to
get large crops. Plants that come up
and grow rapidly will produce much
more than those that, after being above
ground few days, stop growing and
stand long time without making any
perceptible progress. Every man who
can do so should have two gardens, one
in which to grow few early vegetables
and the other to plant for the main
crop. The first should be located in
warm, dry place, the last on moist. rich
land. The early garden should be
planted as soon as possible after the
frost is out and the late garden not
much before the first of June.--Mossa.
chusetts Plouqhman.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
Met His Match.

sYes. SIR said the Western man,
lovingly carcssing his long hair and
feeling of his hip-pocket to see if lis
handkerchief was st II there, II have
had some pretty lively times; have been
a prospector, miner, Government scout,
cowboy, stage-driver and trapper, and
between mes amused my self cunning
for Indians and greasers on my own ac-
count"
.sBe handled pretty rough some
times" ventured pale-faced Eastern
man on crutches and with one arm in a
sling.
Rough replied the Westerner,
scornfully. That depends on what
you call rough. l have been chawed
by grizzlies, scalped by Indians, nearly
burned at the stake. shot and knitted
dozens of times, blown up once or twice,
and on one occasion fell into quartz
mill and run clean through before it
could be stopped. don't consider such
little experiences anything, out perhaps
you might call them rough.
"Not at all; mere incidents, not worth
mentioning"
'.Oh. indeed! Perhaps you lnow
what rough life is, thenP' sneered the
Western man.!
'.Yes, do"
''And what might be your busincss!
grinned the Indian fighter, ironically.
..I.'' replied the pale-faced man,
''have for the last ten years been book
agent. Permit me to show you the last
great publication, only twenty-five vol
nmes, elegantly illustrated, Handsomely
bound, sold on subscription at S.. % .
volume. with five per cent OIL for
But the Wssterner had tainted. .-fhat
saeiphsa Cal.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
A Turkey Story by q Be-.

In the geography we read about Iur-
key in Asia and Turkey in Europe, with
the capital city, ConstantinOple, near
the strait called Bosphorus. But we
now write regarding turkey in the
United States, and he Is the boss for us.
He is very fine fowl, and is just as
anxious to 60 headlOng into fight as
the country for which he is named. ,
Two years ago last summer, when L
was little boy q am not so very big
yet), l was in Ohio visiting some rela-
tives.
One day, when playing in the barn.
yard, saw a very large turkey -gobbier.
People call them gobblers, not because
they gobble everything they can eat,
but because they talk way down in their
throats. and the only word they can say
is ''gobble," and that word they say
over and over again with great Hour
ish of their wings and tail.
Well. had on short trousers, bong
red stockings, and a red neck-tie. The
turkey did not see me at first, but l saw
him, and said ''gobble'' once or twice
l do not know exactly how many times
l did say it, but am sure it was not more;
than twice, for. when he heard me and
saw my red stockings, he made for me
with all sails spread.
His face grew as red rs fire. and he
gave me to understand that that word
'.gObble'' was his word. l believe he
was bigger than baby-carriage, and
about the shape of one, too. 4
was scared, and l fairly flew to a
corn-crib close by, ran in, and shut the
door behind me. Then man came and
drove him away.
The saddest.part of this true story is
that l did not get to stay and help eat
that old gobbler on the next Christmas
Day.
AS soon as got safely out of that
corn-crib, l went to the house and
changed my stockings and neck-tie-
Red was an unhealthy color to wear in
that barn-yard.
The first settlers of this country did
not have Thanksgiving Day very regu-
lar; but when they did, they also had
roasted turkey.
There were a great many wild turkeys
in those days, and they were fatter and
nicer in November than any other
month in the year. One turkey and n
few pumpkin pies would make meal
for family.
The turkey could be found in the
woods, and the pumpkins in the corn
field.
sometimes feel sorry for the turkeys
about this time of the year. But l
would rather be turkey -gobbler than
a goose 1t is hard to tell which has
the ugliest voice. Both have a sad time
of it in November and DecemBer.-Lor-
im w. Reid. in Golden Days.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
Personal AND LITERARY.

Wendell Phillips always puts a
nickle into the organ-grinders hat.
Patti has 100000 worth of dia-
monds, all of them given to her.-N.
Y. Sam.
John Mccarthy has lived for ninety
years in Muncy, Pa, where he was
born.-Pittsburyh Post.
-Swinburne, the poet, will read his
poems in this country at ''a dollar q
read. Chicago Herald.
Henry Ward Beecher says that his
recent trip West and South has made
him feel ten years younger.-Brookly,1
Eagle.
1t is related by John B. Cough,
the lecturer, that when a boy, alone,
friendless and penniless in New York,
he sold his knife to buy postal-stamps
and letter paper with which to write to
his parents.
Miss Rebecca Boone, who died re-
Gently in Norristown, Pa, aged eighty
eight, was a cousin of Abraham Lin
coin, and the daughter of a cousin OF
the famous Daniel Boone, of Ken
lucky.
The first religious newspaper pub
lished in this country was called the
Religious Remembrancer, and the first
number was issued September 4, 1918,
by John w. Scott, of Philadelphia, and
was Presbyterian in sentiment.
The wife of w. H. H. Murray has
returned from Europe with diploma
fn1i I'll hot Il
as physician and surgeon. being. her
friends say, the only woman in the coun-
try with this certificate.--Boston Post.
Mr.. P. T. Barnum, the great show
man. lectured before the students of the
Bridgeport Conn., Business College re-
Gently, and declared that it was the last
lecture he would ever deliver, as he was
feeling the need of quiet in the declining
years of his life.-Hartford Post.
--Cordelia Stoker, of Southern Utah,
attained her hundredth year few days
ago. She belonged to the Methodist
Church until her ninety-fifth year, when
she embraced Mormonism. She greeted
fifty grandchildren on this occasion.
She has PA descendants in Utah.
Ter Tribune.
Mr.. M. E. Bell, the new Supervising
Architect of the United States Treasury
Department. was born in Chester COun-
ty, Pa, and now lives, with his wife
and five children. in modest style, in
Des Moines, Ii. He is boyish-looking
man, of quiet manners, and is an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Chicago Journal.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
4 Patent Car.COup1er.

| There will never come time when
the head-quarter Office of a railroad line
will not receive at least one visit per
week from the man with patent car
coupler. During the last fifteen years
he has called about four times week,
and that average is being maintained i'm
manufacturers can desire. The car
cOuplers are not all alike, but the in
ventors are. The programme is as
regular as if it had been adopted by a
large majority. The inventor asks for
the President of the road and is shown
to the office:
"Good morning. Is the President
in?''
"No, sir; he won't be in until after
dinner. Anything special?i
"Well, rather special. l have in
"Ah. A patent car-coupler. You
must go to the General superintend-
ent."
Its the biggest thing of the kind
ever heard of.
"Ycs, 1 know, but you'll find him
| four doors down the hail."
HC iHNCHuOI OpCHc tuC AOui VI uccA
and clerk inquiries:
"What is your business?"
'.Well, had lame foot last summer
and couldn't do much of any work, and
SO set about it and"
"Invented car-coupler, of course!
The General Superintendent is not in.
| The third door to the left for the as
sistant.'
| The third door opens to reveal an at
tendant ready to inquire what is
wanted:
"Well, being l had got to come to
town to buy myself some hickory shirt
ing, thought l might as well bring
"Your patent car-coupler. We were
expecting you. Go down to the yard
MASTER.
Everybody in our town says this is
the biggest thing ever invented, and
fright this way to go down to the
yard-master's Office"
The yard-master isn't in. The train
dispatcher won't listen. The gate
keeper has no time. The depot police
man may look at the invention SOME
other day. When he entered the depot
with that patent coupler under his arm
his mind was made up to let the Miciii-
gan Central or Lake Shore put it ~
their cars for fifty thousand dollars ca b
down. Two hours have done the bu i
ness for him. and as he stars up town
the coupler is recklessly thrown unGcr
a seat in the waiting-rOom and the N
ventor hopes from the tops of his boe..s
that somebody will steal it before ne
gets back Detroit Free Press.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
/" YE DID 1T UNTO Me-

1 know not when the lamps of God
Should light the Christmas shrine;
The Yolga's bells donot accord
with those upon the Rhine:
But when the bells of either cline
Ring out for charity,
Their tongues melodious seem to chime:
Ye did it unto Me!'
That psalm that, mid December's SHOWS,
We sing with Joy to-day,
In Eastern chapels erst arose,
In the bright month of May.
1t matters not The deeds of old
With those to-day agree;
The poor man shares the rich mans gold
I" Ye did it unto Net
The time, the date, is little worth
If heart to heart accord;
And but the suffering ones of earth
Receive the gold of God.
The semblance of the Lord is met
In every Christmas-tree,
And heard the words of Olivet-
% Ye did it unto Me-"
In every ministry to woe,
In every help to pain,
The sandaled feet of Jesus 90,
As once they went to Main:
Bread multiplied we may behold
In every charity
As at Decapolis of old
Ye did it unto Me!'
Chime on, We bells! In every Cline
The angels strain uplift;
1t is the spirit, not the time,
That sanctifies the gift!
The Cbrist-child with the children comes
To every Christmas-tree
Or by the Rhine's or Neva's homes
/" Ye did ii unto Me!'
Then light again the Yule logs fires,
And bring your Christmas dOwers,
Although the white Muscovian spires
May not accord with ours;
And He will walk again with men,
Who walked N Galilee;
And His sweet voice will say again:
"Ye did it unto Me-
= -Hczehidh BltttcrCOrth, in Ctristidn Union.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20
Our Young Readers.
SANTA CLAUS VISIT.

All <he house was asleep.
And the fire burning low,
When. from far up the chimney.
Came down "HO! hO!
And q little, round man.
With q terrible scratching.
Dropped into the room
with q wink that was catching.
Yes, down he came, humping,
And humping, and Jumping,
And picked himself up without sign OF
bruiSe!
~Ho! hot" he kept on,
AS If bursting with cheer.
GOOD children, gay children,
Glad children, see here.
have brought you fine dolls,
And gay trumpets and rings,
Noah's arks, and bright skates,
And a host of good things!
Ihave brought a whole sackfui,
A packful q hackful!
Come hither, come hither, come hither and
choose.
"Ho! ho! What Is this ,
Why, they all are asleep!
But their stockings are up.
And my presents will keep!
So. in with the candies,
The books and the toys;
All the goodies l have
For the good girls and boys.
I'll ram them, and jam them.
And slam them, and cram them:
All the stockings will hold while the tired
creatures snoOZe.
"Ho! no! How they'll laugh
When they open their eyes?
Ha!.ha! How / wish
IcOuld see their surprise!
But I'll give one kiss,
And then must be on!
He. he! Little pusS.
Does my breath make you coughf
Don't worry; I'll skurry,
Be of in a hurry;
So you all may sleep on while finish my
cruise"
All the while his round shoulders
Kept ducking and ducking;
And his little, fat fingers
Kept tuclxing and tucking,
Until every stocking
Bulged out, on the wall,
As if 1t were bursting,
And ready to fall.
And then, all at once,
With a whiSk and whistle.
And twisting himself
Like tough bit of gristle,
He bounced up again
Like the down of a thistle.
And nothing was left but the prints OF his
shoes.
Hrs. s. q. Stone, in N. Y. Independent.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20

oil taken from the common wood.
chuck or grounding is highly rec
commended for leather. Boots. harness,
or other leather articles saturated with
it become soft and pliable, yet it does
not, it is claimed. open the pores of the
leather. but efectually excludes damp.
usss,-N = Exaaaiaer,
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20

New York, Boston, Providence.
Hartford and New Haven have started
tramp woed-sawing yards.
Dodge City times., 1883-12-20

"A Philadslphla street-car he's 4
registering turnStils at the door
Arizona silver belt., 1883-07-28
Another Railroad.

Los Angeles is to have another COM
mercial opening in Arizona by the
new railway which will connect us
with Globe City. Work has already
been begun in grading between Globe
City and the A. & p. r. r. The Globe
district is one of the richest in Arizo-
ma, and the new road will open large
trade to our merchants. The line is
known as the Arizona Mineral Belt
Railroad and is under the manage.
ment of Payson Tucker, General Man
ager, and Wood S. Eaton, General
Freight Agent of the Maine Central
Railroad, Greene b. Raum, ex-Com-
missioner Of Internal Revenue, Sena-
tor John A. Logan, and Governor
Robie, Of Maine. The Yankees are
getting tired Of loaning their money
at six per cent. or less, when they
can come out west and build railroads
and takes their pay in stock and bonds
at a discount and sell them at home at
par to their slow-going neighbors.
The gentlemen named are in the ring
to build the road under the title of the
Mineral Belt Construction and I'M
provement Company. 1t was to go
into this company that Mr.. Raum re-
signed his fat salary at Washington.
The road will be pushed along as fast
as possible and form another link in
the great chain of the Southwestern
system which is being forged at tre-
mendouS rate Of speed.-Los Angeles
Herald.
There is good deal in the above
that will be news to the people here.
We are under the impression that our
contemporary jumps at conclusions.
While Mr.. Raum is certainly a di-
rector in the Construction and I'm
provement Co., he is not its manager.
Mr.. Eddy is the man.
Arizona silver belt., 1883-07-28

Gen. Crook attributes his defeat to
the unreliability of his White Noun
tain scouts. We were convinced when
he enlisted them that he had made
great mistake, and as evidence of the
fact referred to Gen. Carr's experience
with them at Cibicu, where they killed
Capt. Hentig and others of his COM
mand. Crooks experience with them
did not result in being attacked by
them for the reason that he became
aware of the fact that if he attempted
to coerce the Chiricahuas he would
have ninety of his scouts to fght,as well
as the enemy, and consequently in
stead of powder and ball, he gave them
pellets of dough, coffee and sugar. In
a number of our paper about the time
Crook was committing the unpardon-
able folly of enliSting White Noun
tain Indians to fight Chiricahuas, we
said that 'the two tribes are only sep
arate in name; in marriage, tradition
and hate they are the same. They are
treacherous and warlike; and consider
The white man as much their foe as
the Chiricahuas do" This being the
case, can anything be said in extenua-
ton of Crook for enlisting them and
thus throwing away chance of max
ing peace with the greatly dreaded
Chiricahuas.