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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
A Simple Remedy for sun.strose.

A writer in the New York Herald
signing himself 81. G. F. tells of q
simple cure for sun-stroke, or prostra-
ton from heat. 1t is certainly worth
republishing. The trial of the remedy
can certainly do no harm in cases
where the services of physician can
not be speedily secured after the pros
tration has occurred. The writer in
the Herald says:
g In recent issue of your paper ap-
pears list of fifteen persons pros
trated by the heat of yesterday OF
one of this number it is said that he
died before the arrival of a physician,
and of another, he died in the ambu-
lance on the way to Bellevue Hospital.
About fifteen years ago l discov-
cred speedy remedy for sun-strcke.
l have had quite q number of cases
which l treated according to this rem
edy, and in every instance the patient
has been able to walk home in less than
two hours. The recipe has been pub
lished for several summers in the New
Orleans newspapers and was pretty uni
versally copied. 1t has received the
approval of several physicians, coro-
ners, and captains of police, who, from
personal knowledge of its efficacy.
have so indOrsed it. No man need die
in an ambulance nor while awaiting
the arrival of physician.
"Any cool-headed man or woman can
relieve the sufferer at once and without
fear of any evil consequences. The
method is simple and easily carried out.
The following is all there is to do: Drag
the body into the nearest shade; place it
in sitting position against a wall, a
tree, or anything that will be a support
for the back; loosen the collar of the
shirt or dress; throw ice-cold water
over the head copiously; give pretty
stiff dose of the essence of Jamaica gin.
ger-say an ounce or mOre-to a hall
glass of water. Keep up the applica-
ton of water after the ginger has been
given. but moderately, and need not be
ice-cold. Let the patient have plenty
of air around him. and in half an hours
time he will get up and walk home or
to street car. This is all the treat.
ment necessary, and it is based ON COM
mon sense The oppression on the
DTdin CauSeu ny the neat Is felleFeu
by the cold water, and the blood is sent
from the head to the body. The ginger
(if not obtainable Immediately, brandy
will answer, though the essence of gin
ger is the strongest stimulant and quick
est prevents anemia, or lack of blood.
by stimulating the vessels and sending
fresh blood to the brain.
This is the principle in nutshell.
and if the police were instructed to pro.
coed in the manner have here indicat.
ed both physicians and ambulancei
could be dispensed with. The latter dc
more injury than good, for the person
sun-struck should be as quiet as posi-
BILE; to jolt him over the rough streets il
to lend assistance to the attack already
made upon him."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
Copper in Wheat

A few years ago there was no little
fuss made about the dangers of eating
the French timed peas, owing to the
allegation that they owed their fresh
green tint not to natural causes, bu,
to the addition of poisonous salt OF
copper. We learn now that still more
universal food is contaminated with the
same metal. NJ. Gallippe, in French
chemical journal, asserts that copper
can be detected in all plants, and espe-
cially in wheat, SO that when, upon an
alysis, bread is found to be charged
with certain amount of cupric salts, it
must not be supposed that such salts
have been introduced for the purpose of
making the bread whittier (and a sus-
picion has existed that bakers have
used sulphate of copper for this pur-
pose), but they must be regarded as
natural adulterants. Doctor Burg, who
has for some time been investigating
the action of this metal upon workmen
who are constantly exposed to its influ-
ence, believes that it is in one respect
extremely beneficial He gives it as
his opinion that copper-worRers under
60 a kind of metallic impregnation
which renders them proof against in
fictitious diseases. An investigation of
the death-rate among such workers
during the last epidemic of typhoid in
Paris has confirmed these views. He
proposes now to study the effects of
salts of copper upon the organisms cnl-
tivated by NJ Pasteur's method, and
his experiments may possibly prove a
valuable addition to our knowledge Of
germs and their bearing upon disease.
London Graphic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
A SIAM Bang Doctor Dead.

Death has just carried off old Docto,
Newton, whose sensational ''cures" o.
all sorts of ailments, from lumbagc
down to sore toe, made him a promi.
nent figure among the humbuys Of
Gotham several years ago. When the
doctor was in his glory he had an OF.
flee in st. Marks Place, near Cooper
Institute. The lame, the halt and the
blind gathered there in crowds every
day. They sometimes blocked the
sidewalk SO much that policemen had
trouble clearing way for pedestrians.
The fame of Doctor Newton spread all
over the city and through the surround.
ing country. There was nothing that
he could not cure. And he gave nc
medicine. He cured everything BY
touch. The touch was often a pretty
rough one, such as giving a rheumatic
sufferer thump between the shoulders
and drive forward, and telling him to
step out. The thump and the drive
generally made the sufferer step out
in some way. In one corner of his Of
flee the doctor had collection of old
walking-sticks and crutches. These
relics of decrepitude testified to his
skill. They had been left behind by
people he had cured, who had no fur.
Their use for them. Men and women
crawled into his Office by the aid OF
sticks and crutches, and came out as
spry as if nothing had ever been the
matter with them. So, at least, ran the
reports that were circulated every day.
And a great many believed them. They
reached the newspapers, and reporters
were sent to witness the doctors opera
tons and write them up. The report.
ers seemed to be skeptical, and their
reports of what they had seen were moi
calculated to make the general public
believe very firmly in DR.. Newton. He
was finally complained of as anuisance
in the neighborhood on account of the
motley crowds he drew, and after a
while he moved away. That was some
twelve or fifteen years ago. He gradu-
ally passed out of notice, and many to
whom his name was once familiar had
forgotten him altogether when the an
of his death was made a
couple of days ago. His age was sew.
enty-three. Newton called himself
"healer" His whole method was Slam
bang. Any one who got thump from
him between the shoulders was sure to
it month any way.-N Y.
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

IF. v. Greene is the youngest Cap
tain of Engineers in the United States
army. He is known in literature by
his clever writings on military subjects.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has a taste
for book collecting, and paid one thou
sand dollars for . copy Of ''Elliot's In
dian Bible" which the old Commodore
would consider . ridiculous waste of
mOney,-N. Y. Graphic.
Miss Ida Ward, the English actress,
has come over to stay. During FORM
er visit she conceived so strong liking
for America. the people and their ways
of living, that she has come to go back
no more.-ChicGgo Journal.
Henry Labouchere, the editor of
London Truth, never writes at night.
not being believer in the midnight oil
as applied to the journalistic machine.
His working hours are from ten in the
morning till three in the afternoon, aft
er which comes recreation.
Among the citizens of this republic
there is at least one undoubted child of
royalty in the person of Rev. William
j. Barnett, pastor of the Shiloh (col-
ored) Baptist Church, Williamsport.
Pa. He is the son of a once powerful
African King, Dumba by name.-N Y.
Herald.
Josiah Human. founder of Monta-
ma. the first town built in Colorado, died
recently mt his home in Vergens, VT.
He was the leader of the first party that
left Lawrence, Kan. for Pixies Peak in
May, 1858. In February, 1859, the new
town of Montana was Incorporated by
the State of Kansas. Not even log
cabin now marks the towns location.
Among the interesting political
relics in the estate of Montgomery
Blair are six large trunks containing
letters. manuscripts and various public
papers left by Frank p. Blair, Mont
gomery's father, for the purpose of pre-
pairing his life. The father did not take
time to write his life, and left the papers
to his son, who in turn leaves them in
their original shape, never having had
the time or inclination to prepare the
book. Among these papers are many
manuscripts given to. the elder MIR.
Blair by Andrew Jackson. Chicago
Herald
The PaH-MaN Ga=ette, in its criti-
cism on Ouida's new novel Wanda"
draws attention to the extraordinary
size of the hero:ne's library. The critic
says: 1T contained half q million vol
umes; OF, rs is stated on another page,
million Taking the former number.
and estimating that the room had
twenty shelves. and that each volume
had on an average an inch of shelf. we
find that the wall space in this great
cedar-lined room must have been
little over 1000 feet; or that the apart
ment measured say 800 feet long by
200 wide-a large room for y Tyrolese
castle
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
HUMOROUS.

Upon seeing a fire-engine at work,
an exquisite remarked: ''WhO would
evan have dweamed that such vewy
Misunderstanding apparatus would
hold so much wattah!" Chicago Trib-
une.
The last case of Incidence related
is that of a man named John Hole, who
was so lazy that, in writing his name,
he simply used the letter '.J'' and then
punched hole through the paper
~ Y. News.
One man was asked by another,
with whom he was on the best OF
terms, where he had taken up his
abode. "Oh," he replied, I'm living
by the canal at present. l should be
delighted if you would drop in some
evening""
-"It was pitched without" said
clergyman, having Noah's ark for his
theme, and an old baseball player who
had been calmly slumbering awoke with
a start and yelled '.foul." The first
bass from the choir came down and put
him out.-N. Y. Independent.
-"Send anything to this Office in pay
IHcut AOi ouOoCiipeiOhS' POC'.OOo, SOiu-
wood, string-beans, rags, old iron, any,
thing. only send it" walls an impe-
cunious country editor, and then adds:
'.Not necessarily for publication, but as
a guarantee of good faith. "-Rochester
Post Express.
land how old did you say she
wasp" asked Mrs. Jenkins Of the muse
UNI attendant, pointing her sun-shade at
the Egyptian mummy in case.
-Four thousand years, ma'am," an
swered the man." "DO tell; wonder
fully well preserved at that age, amt
she? Are her teeth false?''
The scarcity of gentlemen at a
neighbOring summer resort was so ap-
parent that Boston lady telegraphed to
her husband: George, bring down lot
of beaus for the hop this evening""
Thaaks to the telegraph manipulation,
George arrived with . "pot of BEANS"
Boston Courier.
His Vacation
He wanders the street i'm an old striped coat,
With ink marks all over his arms,
And never shirt collar graces his throat,
And no waistcOat his brave bosom warns.
A scraggy beard grows all over his face,
And he looks very much like a tramp;
His hair Ia uncut, and in heats grim embrace
He appears most decidedly damp.
Why does this young man, so careful In dress,
Now look very much like a hummer!
All. bitter the truth that must here confess
His girls gone away for the summer.
-HdsiffngtOn Republican.
Everybody in Texas knows Colonel
Bill Fritz Hugh, the man who talked
old General Holmes out of the ring dur
ing the war; Bill was at the Great
Windsor, in Dallas, and sent waiter oil
with his order. In course of time the
fellow came back. Bill looked at him
in establishment moment and then
asked: ''Are you the same man l gave
my order to?'' To which the waiter
replied: Eyes. sir, am that same"
'.Well, my goodness retorted Bill,
you have aged so that would not have
known you from AafOn's scape-gOat!"
TEXAS Sitlings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
THE OLD READING CLASS.

can not tell you, Genevieve, how oft it Gomez
That rather young old reading class in Dis
trict Number Three:
That rowo elocutionists who stood so straight
in line,
And charged at standard literature with ami
able design.
We did not spare the energy in which oul
words were clad;
We gave the meaning of the text by all tn.
light we had
But still fear the ones who wrote the line:
we read so free
Would scarce have recognized their work il
District Number Three.
winters thick-laid dust;
The storm it made the windows speak at every
sudden gust:
Bright sleigh-bells threw us pleasant word:
when travellers would pass;
The maple-trees along the road stood SILVER
ing in their class;
Beyond, the white-browed cottages were nest
ling cold and dumb.
And far away the mighty world seemed beck
Oning lis to come
The wopdrous world Of which we conned
what had been and might be,
In that old fashioned reading class of Distrc,
Number Three.
We took hand at History-its affairs, spires
And uniformly misprononnced the most i'm
pOrtant names;
We wandered through Biography, and gave
our fancy play,
And with some subjects fell in lOye-"gOOd
only for one day;
In Romance and Philosophy we settled many
APPOINT,
And made what poems we nSSaied to creak at
every joint:
And many authors that we love, you with me
will agree,
We're first time introduced to US in District
Number Three.
You recOllect Susannah Smith, the teacher
sore distress.
who never stopped at any pause-a sort of
day express!
And timd young Sylvester Jones, of incon-
sistent sight,
Who stumbled on the easy words, aud read
the hard ones right!
And Jennie Green, whose dOleful voice was
always clothed i'm black
And Samuel Hicks, whose tones induced the
plastering all to crack
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
Manure as q Mulch.

| Stable manure makes one of the best
materials for mulching hoed crops. If
applied before dry weather commences
one or two inches will carry a crop
through quite long drouth without in
jury. Probably the manure accom-
plishes double purpose. First. like
other materials, it shades the land and
prevents it from being overheated by
the hot sun. Second, the slightest
showers extract from the manure plant
food. CARRYING it to the roots of the
plants. thus filling the SOL with 4 large
quantity of materials necessary for
plant growth; when this is the case,
plants can be kept vigorous with much
less water than when the soil is poor.
Every one who has given this sub .ect
any attention knows that poor soil
dries-a crop up much sooner than Il rich
one. The reason generally given for
this is that rich soil is not sO'compact
but pulverizes better. This is no doubt
true: but there is still another reason
that is often overlooked. namely, when
the earth is full of plant food the liquid
which enters the roots of the plant is
more nutritious than in soil that is
deficient in plant food, so that the plant
i'm feeding gets sufficient amount of
plant food without absorbing very large
quantities of water. Plants, the same
as animals, when fed on material that
is nearly all water. will consume larger
quantities than they require when fed
on richer food.
In poor soil plants get food greatly
diluted, therefore, to get nitrogen,
phosphate, potash and other materials
enough to cause a vigorous growth,
they must have very large supply of
water, thus very rapidly exhausting it
from the already too dry soil.
Another advantage of manure for
mulch is that considerable portion of
its valuable quantities are left to enrich
the soil for the next crop. 1t is true
the cost of the manure is more than
ordinary mulch, and probably would
not pay except when valuable crops are
grown; but every farmer has, or ought
to have, some choice plants which he
desires to save that he does not stop to
count the cost. he only desires to know
what is the best material to apply. The
manure thus applied is not lost, most
Of it not taken up by the plants the first
year will be available for the crop the
second year, and the land will be inn
proved both by the shade the manure
affords. and by gradually imparting to
the soil the elements of plant food
through the process of decomposition.
ssdchnsctts R0ughman.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06
"A hospital professor was maxim

"A hospital professor was making
an amputation in the presence of his
students; meantime the patient groaned
and sobbed. Irritated at hearing so
much grooming, the professor said to the
patient: do me the favor to be quiet,
for we can't hear ourselves talk. There
are one hundred persons here at least,
and You are the only one who is making
any fuss. The Monitor, Merico.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06

Josh Billings was born in Lanes
boro', N. H., and he has directed his
children to bury him there and marx
his grave with . rough stone from .
quarry hard BY.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06

him more than thousandth part of ito
face value, at fraction of the price he
paid for it.-Charleston Is. CO. Nevs
and Courier,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06

The King Of Cambodia, formerly .
Province of Siam, has conferred the
order OF General on John A Halder.
man, United States Minister to Siam.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-06

Ice cream may taste good, but it's
cold comfort after all. boston Star.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-06
Certificate of Copartnership.

WILLIAM d. STEPHENS,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-06
LEGAL.
Tax Collectors sale.

In the matter Of the assessment iovic,s bv tho
authorities Of the city Of Los Angeles. IN tho
State Of California, for and on account Of the
grading and improving Of Charity street. from
the south line Of Filth street TO the north line OF
Sixth street, In the city Of Los Angetes, State Of
CALIFORNIA; against the property hereinafter dc.
scribed and as belonging to and owned by @. N.
Lopez, Of one hundred and fourteen dollars In o.
s. gold CON-
Under and by Virtue Of warrant or order Of
sale In above case. issued by W. w. Robinson.
Clerk OF the Council Of the city II Los Angeles
on the 9th day Of January. 1855, 10 me directed
and delivered, whereby am commanded to lovy
upon and sell at public auction 10 the highest
and best bidder, for cash In U. 8. gold coin, 10
pay saiu assessment Of ono hundred and fourteen
dollars and costs. the following end In uaid war
ing In the city Of Los Angeles, county Of Los An.
gelcs. State Of California, and being lot fronting
10 feot on the west side OF Charity street, ana
being lots and 8, block lO2, Bellvuc Terrace
tract, bounded on the north by the lot q the
Branch State Normal School, on the west by the
lots Of v. Beaudry and J. W. Grayson and on the
Public notice Is hereby rivsn that I have ievied
upon, and shall on "Wednesday. ne Sgth Az q
February A. y. 1883, ct II O'Clock n. q nd day
proceed to sell at the door Of the City TAI Col.
lector In the city Of Los Angeles, county Of Los
Angeles State Of California, a pubiIc eition. ID,
the highest and best bidder, for Nah r. u. 81
gold coin, TO pay said assessment Of ore hundred
costs, ali the above described rssi 1870 y .
much thereof as may DO necessary 70 salis1y aid
| sums.
Given under my hand this slst day q January,
A. D. 1855. HIS. PiRCE7a.
city Tax Collector Of the Clay Of Ios AngslsssCai
II lh"s"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-06

Notice Is hereby given thse Il b ~ ipssotIo,
Of the Council Of the City a La Anrsiss %
change and establish the grade Of Conrf Bou 4
street from Hill street to Bunker HIN Avenue. III
follows: ttt ff sI377 u H. =
The grade ct tho crossing q Hill ana Court
House streets, d tho northsast and eos,fhes~f
corners TO remain at $50 feet; At the northwer
corner the grade shall be l61 fsst. and a ~
southwest corner the grads shsIl - ia ~
above datum plane; at Q point midway betWeon
Hin and Olive Streets the grade shall b. lfo fsse
above datum plane; ct the crossing q Oliyo "a
Court House stroets the grade shall BE- a fhe
northsagt corner lt2.2b fset; ct the north vet
corner l6l rs feet; ct the southeast cornee 16a a6
feet, and TO remain ct the southwest corner Al
lo0 iest above datum plane; 81 . point les ~
westerly from the we6t line Il Olive 1900 ~
grade shail be at the north s1ds Isl fss< - N
the south side 156 feet above datum r5ssS- ~ ~
crossing Of Charity and Court Houst s1rssfs- ~
grade shall remain VI The northeoot oSfnss M
feet, ct the southeast coruer 1l6 ~. n ~.
northwest corner ~ feet and q The sos.fisvS-S
corner l42 feet above datum plane: et ~ cros.-
ing Of Bunker Hill avenue and Court Hos,sr
street the grade shall be on the month sitis m
fest and ON the south side ls0 ,fsst abovs datum
plane. \ =
ALI persons interested are hardly nofiaed "a Ale
their objections, II any they have, With ID ClsrI
Of the Council, within ton days after ths dats 81
the hrst publication Of this uoiioo
BY order Of the Council Of ths oity a roe An.
ssies' 1t IT, meeting Of January 97tl a: 2: isss.
Clerk Of the Council Of tho City of 10 xnrs,su
Los Angeles, January 20th, A. D. 1854,
tana0-l0t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-06
Going to School.

"Class in geography, come forward,
and in case any of you drop pencil,
look out of the window or utter cough,
l will keep the whole school in at recess.
Now, then, where is Green Cheese
creok?"
They give it up.
"What, None of you able to answer
that question! Here are twenty boys
who expect to become business mon, and
seven girls who will become wives and
mothers, and not one of them knows
that Green Cheese creek rises in the
southeastern partof Hindostan, and flows
in northwesterly course for seventeen
miles and twenty-five rods and empties
into Ham river. You boys would look
nice star ting out as lawyers, doctors and
ook-keepers, wouldn'tyou, Go to your
seats. and as punishment each one OF
you must write fifty words and give me
the name of every President OF the
United States.
"Class in arithmetic step this way,
and be careful how you step or you won
get any dinner to-day. Now, James,
what is rhomboidy"
81 don't know, SIR
"You don't! You are expecting tC
grow up and become clerk in clothing
store and you don't know what rhon.
bold is! A rhomboid, sir, is parallel
ogram whose opposite sides are only
equal, and whose angles are not right
angles. Take your seat, and don't you
dare look up until you have committed
seventeen pages OF history to memory.
"Now, Thomas, what is the amount
due on note for S467. l9a, given for one
year, one day, one hour and nine-tenths
of a minute, and bearing seven and three
elevenths per cent. interest! Come, now,
answer Off hand"
Can 10 it, sir.
"fou can't? Only yesterday you told
me that you intended to run grist mill
when you grew up, and here you can't
answer simple question in mathemat-
les! You'll never be able to run one end
OF eorn-sheller, AID might as well tell
you so now. Go 10 your seat and cipher
ont 100 examples in vulgar fractions.
"Class in ancient history, now ad.
vance When was the first rebellion
against the Assyrian King Sardauapa.
lus!'
No answer
"James, Henry, Charles, Samuel
what! None OF you able to answer the
question! You are preparing to go out
in the world as insurance canyassers,
telegraph operators, bank clerks and
Board Of Trade spectators, and behold
your ignofancel What would any Of
you do in case you were walking through
an alley on q dark night twenty years
hence and some one should suddenly
stop you and ask this question! The
class is dismissed. How the next gem
Grafton will manage TO run stores and
factories and keep the wheels of COM
merce and progress moving | don't
know"