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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23

At the last Cincinnati Industrial exhibition
90 1856 men and women were weighed; the
average weight of the former being l5i20
pounds, and OF the gentlor sex 1905 pounds.
This is l2. 90 pounds more thau the average
weight Of men given by lIaswell, and 81
pounds more than the average weight of wo-
men, AS determined by the Boston expert
ments on which Haswel's tables were based,
showing that in the West the men and wo-
men are larger than in the East,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23

Lay upon the hillside,
ul the sun came overhead,
90 sun, tell me what love is?"
Love Is he sun !" he said.
stood within the woodland,
And heard the rains soft tread.
80 Ran, tell me what love is?'
Love Is the Rain !" / said.
Still was my heart unanswered,
Aud ,wn lald me, sad.
20 Ei tn, tell me what love isf'
"Lpvcis the Eirth !" she said.
Then saw a Little flower,
y light Ike star above;
An whispered. "Gentle flower,
U tell me, what is lover
Softly then 'he flower replied,
As over 1t bent,
"L,vc Is sun ami Rain and Earth"
- was my h=alt content.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23

1t was at the shore a gentleman was chat
ting on his cottage porch with two or three
guests HIS pretty daughter cones up from
the beech, Just ont Of tho surf. "Oh, papa!"
che exclaimed, 'only think, | was nearly
drownded, Papa, turning pathetically to his
friends '1Y the powers, gentlemen, do
you hear that have spent more than $4,000
on that girls education and TO day she was
nearly drOwnded PrOgress.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23

The Rural World predicts that the
sorghum crop of the North will ba
doubled in area this year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23

"Can you 1--WE me ten cents, sirf" implor-
ed ragged c'iap, accosing gentleman on
the street. 81 haven't ate anything for a
week" "What do you mean by telling such
q story as that p asked the gentleman. 81
saw you ut dinner in an aling- house not more
than an hour ago." "Ah, but you msun.
derstocd me-" replied the taterdcmalion
"When | said hadn't ate anything for a
week, meant next week. He got his ten
cents. .-B0ston Iranscript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

Mons. Toussaint has shown experimental
" that serious danger of eating meat nearly
raw % is now 20 generally done. II The
meat is unsound, the germs Of disease must
pass into the system unless they are de.
stroyed BY heat before the meat is eaten.
The most frequent and dangerous malady
With which animals slaughtered for food are
affected il consumption, and even If tho ami
NAL is only slightly diseased persons eating
the unceoked meat are liable 10 infection.
The raw juice pressed from the slightly af.
tected cows lung was used to inocculate
healthy rabbits and young pigs. and al the
subjects died ii short time from the dis
ease. The experiment was repeated with .
portion of the juice which had been partial
" cooked and the result was the same.
Thorough cooking Of meat to be used for
food is recommended a. p,scaution unsafe
TO neglect, 10 only this ensures the entire de.
of the disease germs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08
shipping CATTLE To THE PAN

SHIPPING CATTLE To THE PAN.
HANDLE.
A correspondent of tho Kansas CITY
Live Stock Indicator, writes a. follows from
Fort Worth: "In connection with . promi-
nent ranchman I learn that q contract has
been made for the shipment of stock steers
from Southern Texas to Wichita Falls, near
the Panhandle. This innovation on the old
method Of driving cattle is destined TO create
. revolution in the trade. By this method
young cattle will be put on the fresh pastures
of the North and West early in the summer
when the grass is at ito best, giving these
young cattle chance to grow and fatten in
the simmer, and 60 through the winter in
much better condition than those driven
north through the summer. reaching winter
quarters thin in flesh and consequently un-
able to Withstand the severe weather. The
result will be that the shipped cattle will
weigh great deal more and be ready for
market earlier than those transported by
by the old method. There IL talk now of
building railroad direct north and south
through Texas, which will finally reach up
into Dakota, and the prediction has been
made that but few years will elupse ere the
great State of Texas, which has furnished go
much of the cheap beef of the country, will
be simply the breeding grounds" while the
yearlings will all..be shipped to the Pan,
handle, Northern Texas, Indian Territory,
and more northern States to be fed and mar.
keted.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

A company of cattle men have leased all
the lands the Indians will rent in the west
end of tho Indian Territory. It is under
stood that this tract embraces fifty or eixty
miles square. Secretary Teller refuses
to approve the lease and the cattle company
have decided to take their chances in rent
ing from the Indians.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

We hope this 10 . lie: A Philadelphia
woman invited sales girls from the stores to
Join her class in her Sunday school, and a
number of them did 90. At the close Of the
regular services the superintendent an
nounced that season of prayer would follow.
s'Tbe young ladies' meeting will DO held, 40
usual, in the ante room on the
Left" he said, ''and that of the chop girls
on the right" The woman lost her new
pupils Immediately. 1t is to be hoped, if
the story is true, that the young ladys prayer
meeting did not forget to petition for the
welfare of the perveree shop girls, for whom
there may be no future Ere escape.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08
U. s. LAND OFFICE,

Larned. Kansas February 5. 1888 )
Notice is hereby given that the following NAM
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention ia
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will he made before the Clerk OF
county seat, on Tuesday March 18th, 1883, viz:
GEORGE L. REXFORD. Homestead entry No.
4lSl for lots 8, 4, and Sc or NV qrsec 6,tp 30 8
r IS W. Ht
He names the following witnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: George s. Emerson. E. a. Cof-
fey, Charles Coe, john Smith, all OF Dodge City,
feS c. A. MORRIS. Register.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

It is said that Kansas is already the lead.
ing State in the production Of sorghum
syrup, and the indications are very strong
that she will soon rank first in the produc-
ton of sorghum sugar. There are now six
sugar mills in the Arkansas valley, represent
ing capital of over $500, 900. The Hutchin-
BON mill cost 100000; the Sandys mill, Of
Sterling, $4,000; the Clements mill, $10,-
600; the Minnick mill, at Ellsworth, $780,
900. The soil and climate of the counties
In that valley are pronounced especially
adapted to the growth of sorghum.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

Our esteemed citizen, Rev. Adams Pea.
body recently celebrated his 10th birthday
and was agreeably surprised by his children
and grandchildren, the latter to the number
Of thirteen, presenting him with msgnifi-
cent carpet for his study. Since the ceIebra-
tion of his natal day another erandchild has
been borne to him, making fourteen living
grandchildren. Our reverend friend is hale
and hearty yet, one of our best citisens, and
bids fair to live long enough to be the grand
sire of fourteen more grandchildren. We
wish him . continuance of years and a
pleasant dime descending the hill of life, and
% the shadows leDgtheD, may his joys in
cushioned Chronoscope.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

The Bennyworth sorghum sugar works
have been removed from Larned to Kinsley.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

PEDIGREED PIT GAMES AND
BRAHMA4.
LIGHT BRAHMAS FOR SALE.
A CHOICE lot of young Cockrells Of this
~ famous breed tor sale. Also McDougall's
celebrated Pit Games. Light Brahmas eggs,
81. so per Ii. Cockrells, IS 90. Address,
GEORGE WARDMAN.
Dodge City, Kansas.
Refers to TINES.
jyll-3mOs i'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

A committee of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science has ascertained
that the maximum pressure of the wand on
small plane surfaces exceeds ninety pounds
to the square foot. The pressure on large
areas Is . matter of much uncertainty.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

HALLS VEGETABLE SrcrL1AN Ham
REVIEWER is scientific combination
Of some Of the most powerful restora-
tive agents in the vegetable kingdom.
It restores gray hair to its original
color. It makes the scalp white and
clean. It cures dandruff and humors,
and falling-out Of the hair. It furnishes
the nutritiye principle by which the
hair is nourished and supported. It
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy,
and is unsurpassed as hair dressing.
It is the most economical preparation
ever offered to the public, as its effects
remain long time, making only an
occasional application necessary. It IS
recommended and used by eminent
medical men, and officially endorsed by
the State Assayer Of Massachusetts.
The popularity Of Halls Hair Remover
has increased with the test Of many
years, both in this country and In
foreign lands, and it is now known and
used in all the civilized countries q
the world.
For sale BY Ill dealers
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-08

Herr Gruber has been studying the sense
of hearing in insects, and finds that cock
reaches, beetles and certain aquatic insects
are very sentative to sounds, while grub, ANTS
and various water larvae appear to be I'M
affected BY them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12

The oil and Druq Journal takes the
New York Sun to task for publishing, on
the authority of "A Reade street dealer,
that sssrn flowers are the foundation OF
the various so-called harmless insect
powders. They are the flowers OF Weed
says the Sun, that grows as tmckly IN
Italy as daisies in q New York pasture
Picked and shipped TO this country III
bales of 800 pounds each, they are mere
ground into fine powder, put INTO boxes
and labeled different names, Dut IL
is the same stuff in all. Inc 81"
concludes that it kills insects by
suffocation. The Drug Journal con-
tends that the flowers in question
are raised in Dalmatia, and mostly cultl-
vated-that the wild flowers, so-called
weeds" grow only on mountain tops
and are very difficult of access-that they
are more highly esteemed than the culti-
waited flowers. and command % per cent.
more. A number ofgrades OF cultivated
flowers. saws the Journal, are imported
here. closed. half-clOsed and open, ana the
lot referred to by the San, it presumes,
iudoiue from the weight and style OF
bales. were the common open flowers,
which are used only in making cheap
powder.
These controversies are useful in show
ing those who are to pay for the insect
powders what manner of materials they
are expected to buy. 1t makes no dll-
ference whether they are obtained IN
Dalmatia, Italy, or kamtschatka. III Is
clear that the trade has grown far beyond
the supply of genuine pyrethrum first IN
trOduced, and as usual, it is too gOOd
thing to let 90 down for want OF enter
prise. There are numerous flowers with
which it could be diluted, adulterated
or mixed to keep up the bulk and supply
the demand. and the Dalmatians and ltal-
ians were not long in finding it out. If
they do not ship to us our own sun-f1ower,
they ship something quite as harmless,
no doubt, and it answers every purpose.
We are not Directing to any powdered
dried flower that will sutfOcate mis-
chieyous insects, but as Americans we
ought to feel some degree of mortlhcatlOh
that Dalmatians and Italians are beating
us at our own game. If these adultera-
tions are useful and to be endured,
America abOunds with flowers fit for the
purpose, and we should gather them at
home and reduce the price. II sutiocatlon
also is the manner of death the insects
suffer from the powdered flowers, 1T IS
highly probable that our ineXhaustible
Southern daisy, called 'sneezing robin
will prove quite as effectual as the Dali
NATHAN flowers
This is the third year, says the Drug
Journal, that Dalmatian flowers have
been gathered in large quantities. and
the price is therefore so low that holders
refuse to sell at present. Most of the
stock on hand at Trieste, however, con-
sists of the open and inert Ragusa flow
ers, ruling at 40 to 45 forms per cwt.,
while the smaller stock of the genuine
wiId-grOwn MOntenegrin flowers bring
from 50 to % forms. Between these there
are many grades, while the Persian flow
ers have almost ceased to receive any at
tpntiOn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12
BRIGHT BITS.

THE pluckiest man of ancient times
was Tantalus-he never ''took water" p
Judge.
CETEwAYO's army is reduced to 60 men
and women. He will soon be IN condition
to be imported by some circus manager
as a curiosity. Hartford Post.
LET us see," said Lord COleridge to
President Arthur, 81 believe we never
met before, and yet somehow it seems to
me saw that hat of yours once when l
was a boy"
AN Italian Duke has come to this coun-
try to remain tor the next three years.
He doesn't want any situation in res
taurant, and has no expectation OF be-
coming a brakeman.
IN her ''Poems of Passion" Ella Wheel
er writes ''She touches my cheek, and
culver" 1t is very evident Ella does not
write the words of a Chicago man OF a
commercial traveler.-LOlceU Ctti%en.
Two DAYS before the election, the Phil
adelphia Bulletin said: "Phlladelphla
seems to be swarming, just now, with
thieves, burglars and outlaws" 1hese
interesting citizens appear to have all
voted.
| HEAR that Mr.. Matthew Arnold says
he prefers editorials and articles generally
which are not under four columns in
length. | admire Mr.. Arnold. VIII you
please forward to his address the accom-
panving II fOliOs containing digest OF
nv speech on the bridge?-EUdFtS.
THE condition of certain eminent edl-
tors cider barrel may be imagined when
we read i'm the Dayton Journal the burn
ing intelligence that "a bona tide RepuD-
lican saloon in Dayton would pay" LII Is
high time, we think, for Mrs. Ii. Is. hayes
to pen Maj. Bickham an autograph letter'
HAS the right hand of the average para
grapher forgot its cunning, or what Is tne
nature of the washout down the line, any
way? AS vet we have seen no reference
to the fact that the movements OF Henry
Irving on these shores are accompanied
by considerable Miss Terry.-IecdS SJt-
iRgS.
IT is announced that George {. Min
Dlaved "Hamlet' at EmpOria, Kansas, TO
the largest and most fashionable audience
oAeAe season." 1t did not seem to detract
from the merit of the performance When,
cat the close of the second act, there was
yOciferOus calls for the author OF the
play"
ONE OF THE SUNBEAMs-
A baptism in hades' depth
AS hot as boiling tar
Awaits the man who quits room
And leaves the door ajar.
And he who softly shuts the door
Shall dwell among the blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling
And the weary are at rest.
-Ne10 York Sun.
If, as the Eastern papers say, Matthew
Arnold speaks in a scarcely audible tone,
he will be sure to meet with cool recep-
ton in Chicago. Our people have been
educated in the windmill and calathum-
pian school of oratory, of which Emery
A. Storrs is such a splendid representa-
tive. A man with a weak diaphram,
wheezy lungs or impaired palate would
have about as much show in Chicago as
yellow dog in a Cincinnati sausage fac
tory. If Mr.. Arnold contemplates visit
ing Chicago he'd better hire spirOmeter
and 90 into the business of wind culture.
-ChtcdqO Tribune.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12
The Founder of the Family.
Washington Letter Troy Times.


never see the courtly form of the Presi-
dent at the White House or on the street
but that think of the circumstances of
the Presidents birth in 1880. His father
was then a poor itinerant Hard-Shell
Baptist preacher in the border town of
Fairfield, vt. His parishioners said they
would build him house. They turned in
and did 1t. They perched it on a bar
rem hilltop, log-framed, and covered
with coarse boards. 1t was 20X25
feet, only one story high, with an attic
lighted only by one narrow window. There
was no cellar, no paint, nothing except a
frame and bare floor. This old shanty is
now a skeleton barn, used to store hay in,
and if things go with it as they have it
will be in ruins soon. | wondered as
looked at that desolate place, with not
house in sight, whether the elder Arthur,
living on his house rent and $3.50 year,
ever dreamed that his son would draw
$50, 900 year as President of the United
States.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12
A Little Ierser Justice Needed.

A little more of that kind of justice in
the South known as ''Jersey justice"
would be beneficial. There is too much
sentimentality. The disposition is to
shield criminal if he happens to be well
connected and moves in good social cir
cles. The man who attempts to secure
the punishment Of such crImihai
is frequently met by hostiie
public sentiment, and IS oiteh
regarded with more disfavor than the
criminal himself. A man with a white
skin who robs those who have placed conf
dance in him. and entrusted their proper
tx to his care, is as much thief as
man with a black skin who steals chick
ems. In fact, he is a greater villain, not
only in the eyes Of the law but morally,
because he has a clearer understanding
Of his obligations to society and oil the
enOrmity Of his Offense.
There was a time when a criminal re-
ceiyed no sympathy from the public, how
ever honorable the position may have
been which he occupied, and the idea pre-
vailed that the greater the crime the
greater the punishment should bee Now
a-days, however, respectfully connected
thief or forger. or even murderer, is some
times not brought to trial at all, or II he
is he manages 10 escape punishment.
Money or respectable connections creates
a sentiment in his favor and blinds justice
IN the Nervousness of his Offense. The
highly respectable man who embezzles
his employers money or approprIates
trust funds and squanders them IN gam
bling in stocks. or with cards. or IN riot
Gus living. is a thief. The law provides no
milder term for such crimes. Thieves
ought to be punished not only because they
deserve punishment, but also because
their punishment may deter others from
committing like Otfenses. In every COM
munitv there are more or less dishonest
men. The majority of those naturally dis
honest do not commit crimes, perhaps,
because of the want Of opportunities, or
because Of the fear of punishment, but
opportunities are sought and the fear OF
punishment ceases to be a restraint when
prominent criminals are not made to
answer for their crimes. If the laws were
as strictly enforced in the cases of respect
ably connected criminals as it is in the
cases of the petty thieves there would be
fewer heightened criminals not only IN
this but in every other community IN the
country. The man who accepts his re-
sponsibility as "A citizen, and does his best
to bring to JusticeOne Of these respectable
thieves. instead of incurrmg hostility
should be upheld and encouraged as
public benefactOr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-12
Ice as a vehicle for Impurities.
Popular Science UoRthiy'


believe that the first instance in which
the consumption Of ice was shown to have
been followed by an outbreak of disease
is that recorded in the Seventh Annual
Report of the State Board of Health of
Massachusetts The occurrence took
place in one of the large hotels of Rye
Beach, New Hampshire. At the begin
ming of the season of 1915 about 1000
visitors were assembled at Rye Beach,
and considerable number were at
tackled with series of symptoms which
led to the suspicion that they had
consumed some nOXiOus article. The in
cidence of the disease was entirely con-
fined to 800 persons occupying one of the
large hotels. The sanitary state of this
hotel is said to have been exceptionally
good, and, although suspicion seemed at
first to attach to the Water-supply, yet the
disease was found to have affected many
who, "haviDg apprehended trouble from
the use of the water" which was strongly
impregnated with salts of lime and mag
nesia. chad carefully limited themselves
since their arrival to other beverages"
Indeed, as the result of a careful process
of elimination, suspicion came at last to
be directed to the ice furnished to the
house. The water obtained by melting
the ice was discolored and charged with
suspended matter, and gave off a de-
cidedly disagreeable OdOr; the atmOs-
phere of the ice house was offensive, and
some persons who had used the ice away
from the hotel were found to have suffered
the same way from violent illness. The
ice in question had been derived from a
local pond, the water of which was found
to have become foul from lOng-continued
stagnatiOn. One portion of the pond,
measuring about 500 feet in length and $50
feet in width, was occupied by "homO-
geneOus mass Of putrescent matter" A
piece of ice, carefully cleased from all
surface impurities, was then melted, and
the water thus obtained was submitted to
chemical analysis, the result being the
detection in it of quantity of ''decaying
organic matter" The use of the ice had
also in the meantime been discontinued,
and coincident with its disuse there was
observed an abrupt ameliorati0n i'll the
SYMPTOMS of nearly all who had hitherto
been ILL.," So, also, no fresh attacks &C.
Cured during the remainder of the sea-
son.
Even among the more educated classes
there prevails an impression that even II
water is contaminated it is purified by
freezing. Many experiments have, how
ever. shown the fallacy of this view. In
some of these made recently by Mr.. G. p.
Pengra, an American chemist, various
organic matters (urea, albumen, etc. },
were mixed with water and the
specimens were gradually frozen.
A certain amount of purifica-
ton did take place-the Ice containing
30 and even 40 per cent. less organic mat
ter than the unfrozen liquid. But large
amount of the added pollution remained,
and the investigator, though expressing
surprise that the publication had been as
great as it was, says that the expert
ments afford abundant proof that we
ought not to tolerate the indiscriminate
oOIlaotioO of ice