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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Abigail Adams.

Abigail Adams, the Presidents wife,
was undoubtedly the most conspicuous
woman of her day, whether by position
or by character. When writing to her
husband she often signed herself
"Portia," in accordance with stately,
and perhaps rather high-fiown, habit OF
qualities which would have done honor
to either the Roman or Shakespearian
heroine of that name. In her letters we
see her thoroughly revealed. While the
battle of Bunker Hill was in progress
she wrote that it was dreadful but
glorious;' and in the depression of the
battle of Long Island she said: 'If all
America is to be ruined and undone by
a pack of towards and knaves, I wish to
know it," and added: '.Don't you know
me better than to think me a coward?"
When, first among American women,
she represented her Nation at the court
of St. James, she met with equal pride
the contemptuous demeanor of Queen
Charlotte: and when her husband was
chosen President, she wrote to him:
"My feelings are not those of pride or
ostentation upon the occasion; they are
solemnized by sense of the obliga-
tons. the important truths and numer-
Gus duties, connected with it, When
finally, after four years, he failed of re-
election, she wrote to her son: 1.-The
consequence to us is personally that we
retire from public life. For myself and
family have few regrets. :. If l did
not rise with dignity. I can at least fall
with ease.'' This was Abigail Adams.
In person she was distinguished and no.
BILE rather than beautiful, yet it is salts
factory to know that when she was first
presented Mt the British Court she wore
white lutestring, trimmed with white
Grape, festooned with lilac ribbon and
mock point-lace over q hoop of enor-
nous extent, with narrow train three
yards long, looped up by ribbon. She
wore treble lace ruffies, dress cap with
long lace lappets and two white
plumes, these last doubtless soaring
straight into the air above her head in
the extraordinary style familiar to us
in Gillray's caricstures of that period.
1t was, in those days. no very agree
able task to be the wife of the Presi-
dent. Mrs. Adams has left on record a
graphic sketch of the White House,
where she presided for three months.
The change in the seat of Government
had been decided upon for twelve years,
yet the building was still vast I'M
finished barrack. with rooms plastered,
no main stairway, not bell within, not
. fence without: it was distressingly
cold in winter, while the Chief Magis-
trate of the United States could not OBJ
tain for love or money man to cut
wood for him in the forests which then
surrounded Washington. From Wash
ington to Baltimore extended an almost
unbroken growth of timber, varied only
by some small and windowless huts.
There could as yet be in Washington no
such varied companionship as had given
attraction to the seat of Government al
New York and then Philadelphia; YET
at Georgetown there was society which
called itself eminently polite, and Mrs.
Adams records that she returned fifteen
calls in . single day.-E " Higginson.
in Hayper's Magazine. g
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
PLUCK AND YER,

mere want any use o fretting
An told Obadiah SO,
For ef we couldn't hold on to things,
wed jest got to let en- 60
There were lots of folks that d suffer-
Along with the rest OF US,
An It didn't seem to be worth our while
To make such drcffie fuss ~
10 oe sure. the barn was most empty,
An corn an pertaters sca'ce,
An no. nue. of anything plenty an cheap
but wat%r-an' apple-sass.
But, fhen-as l told Obadiah
III ant any use to groan,
fQr flesh an blood couldn't stan it.; an he
Was nothing but skin an bone.
But, laws! eff you'd only heerd him,
AT any hour of the night,
A.Prayfn out in that closet there,
Iw0uid have set You crazy quite.
patched the knees of those trousers
With cloth that was noways thin,
But IT seemed as eff the pieces wore out
AS last as set 'em in,
To me he sa,d mighty little ~
VI the thorny way we trod.
BUT at Feast dozen times a day ----
he talked 1t over with God.
DQSn on his knees i'm that closet
The most of his time was passed;
FOR obadiah knew how to pray
Much better than how to fast.
But am that way contrary
That eff things don't go Jest right.
feel like roliin my sleeves up high
An glttin' ready to fight.
An the giants slew that winter ?.
amt goin' to talk about:
An. didn't even complain to God,
!. Though think that He found it out.
With the point Of cambria needle
1 druv the wolf from the door,
FOR knew that we needn't starve to death
Or be lazy because we are poor
An Obadiah he wondered,
An kept me patchin' his knees.
AN thought 1t strange how the meal held out
An stranger we DIDN'T freeze.
But said to myself i'm whispers:
God knows where His gift descends:
An tisn't always hat faith gifts down
AS far as the finger-ends" @
An wouldn't have no one reckon
My Obadiah a shrk,
For some, you know. have the gift to pray,
And others the gift to work
-J0sctshinc Pollard, in HdrpeI's Weekly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Seven Wise Men Baffled.

Tho N. Y. Morning journal says that
Mrs. F. g. Kellogg, 80 E. S6th ST., was par
TALLY paralyzed, and lay for seven days in
commissions. Physicians were engaged and
discharged until seven had failed to help
or cure her. She was unable to leave her
bed, and was as helpless as a child. After
using all sorts of salvss, ointments, lotions
and plasters, her case was given up as
hopeless. She was induced to try st.
Jacobs Oil as q last chance. She began to
improve from the time the first application
was made, and by its continued use, she
has completelv recovered
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Caution to Dalrymen.

Ask for Wells, Richardson g. Co.'s I'M
proved Butter Color, and take no other.
Beware of all limitations, and of all other
oil colors, for every other one is liable to
become rancid and spoil the butter into
which It is put. II you can notg it write
to US at Burlington, VT, to know where and
how to get it without extra expense. Thou
sands Of tests have been made, and they
always prove it the best.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

The Lynn postmaster gave it up an.
sent it to headquarters. One of tn
''guessers" grappled with it. and thi
was the result: ''JOhn Underwood
Andover, Mass 1t was so sent, de
livered to John. and the envelope re
turned bearing the postmaster indorse
ment to that effect.
EPISTOLARY RHYMES.
Occasionally a letter writer ramble:
in the green fields of poesy, and invoke!
to his aid the tuneful muse Below are
aTew addresses that have found theil
way to the Dead-Letter Office. 1t i.
true that both rhyme and measure arr
little lame in spots, reminding us o.
the idyllic lays of the .Sweet Singer Of
Michigan, but such illusions must moi
be scanned with too critical eye. The
first was on letter returned from
Cleveland.
Now haste with this letter as fast as you can
The case Is quite urgent, SO don't stop t
think,
Don't larry for lunches. or even drink.
Lyman street you will very soon find.
Where the people are honest, good-natured
Frank Taylor, the man to whom you must go
He's at - Lyman street, Cleveland. Hio.'
Here is another addressed to a town
in Ohio:
IF this letter goes right it will go straight
To the district town in this great State;
To the site Of Captain Kirkwood's fort,
Mh Ra1m now i known By name BridgepSrt
As the "0rnerieSt" one on the river bank.
And when for the owners name you seek,
Look out for the man with the greatest cheek.
Nh<af I'm Rncf frn< md ho,1 1sIr, ,o~s~
And hand her over to J. c. Duncan"
This one skips of at lively, rafting
gait:
Hello. Uncle Sam. let me go in your mail.
For I've taken a notion to ride on n rail
TO Illinois State, and there let me stop,
And in Mclean County just let me drop
In Leroy POst-oftice, there let me stay
Till Reason t. Wilson shall take me away"
The trouble in this case was that the
writer forgot to put stamp on the let
ter. The postmaster at the Office where
it was mailed contributed the following
on the envelope and forwarded it to
WashingtOn:
Played out my dear boy.
There's no use in talking;
If you can't pay your way
You'll have to try walking"
The next is suggestive of the land of
rOad-agentS and cowboys:
Jack Smith. the web-foot scrub.
To whom this letter wants to go,
Is cutting cOrd-wOOd for his grub
In Boise City, Idaho"
The following was written on letter in
addition to the address. 1t was evidently
intended to answer the purpose of post
age-stamp, as this essential thing was
lacking:
BURNERS letter, shove it ahead,
Dead broke, and nary red:
Postmaster. put this letter through,
And when get paid I'll pay you"
This one was addressed to lady:
" Carry me long at 4 rafting rate,
Into Wash. County, Kansas State.
To the Wash. POst-office let me come.
Till Miss Carrie Warrington carries me
.H~ home"
The pun in the last line can scarcely
be awarded the first prize, but it was
lost upon Carrie" for she never re-
ceived the letter One more specimen
of this class of postal literature will suf-
fee:
4" To George W. Knowles this letter is sent,
To the town of Brighton. where the other
went. ----------------a-
No matter who wrote it. friend or foe,
To the State Of New York, want 1t to CO."
. Washington Cor. Christian Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

FRoN Colonel c. H. Mackey, 3ond lows
Infantry: Ihave derived more benefit from
Ely's Cream Balm than anything else
have ever tried. have now been using il
for three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. have
been sufferer for twenty years. C. H.
MACKEY, Sigourney, Iowa, Feb. 2e, 1882.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Ny father had an eating cancer for sew
eral years, which had eaten away his under
lip and the inside of his cheek, down to thu
bottom of his gums. We got some oil
Swift's Specific and gave him, and the
effect has been wonderful-almost miracu
lous. The sores are all healed, and he il
perfectly well. Every one here said it wa.
only a question of time about his death
and his cure has created the greatest ex
element in this part Of the country.
VIM. Il. LATHROP.
South Easton, Mass, Jan. Z, 1854.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

"NEARLY all the hotel men," says tbs
New York Mail, ''are now willing to adj
NIT that fats are hurting their business
And we had always supposed that they
Well, we'll, what shan't we learn ne1t?-
Boston transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

"BRowN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHEs" are ex.
cellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective.
Sold only in bores. Price . cents. .
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

No MEDICINE has ever been known so eff.
fectual in the cure of all those diseases
arising from an impure condition of the
blood as SCovILL's' SARsAPARILLA Oh
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
A Messenger OF Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
| chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, etc. It tells of
wonderful cures effected by DR.. SCOTS Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81. DR.. Scott, Kansas City, Mo.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

A BoAsTHR in q hotel was telling of the
many sections Of the country which he had
visited. A fellow at his elbow asked:
"Have you ever been in A1gebra?" "Oh,
On top Of stage-coach about 4 year ago.''
-Uetroit Post. = 3
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar
Cures coughs, bronchitis and consumption.
Pixies tootlache drops cure in ono minute.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

You should not stone your neiehbor, but
you may rock his baby.-N. T. Ne,cs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Skinny Men. "Welis' Health Renewer' re-
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, 81.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

CAN the policeman who chases and
catches Chinese criminal be said to be
the Asiatic collarer? f-ft-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

IT'S mighty aggravating to prisoner to
hear the jailer whistling: "Mother keeps
the gate locked nov. ".BOstOn Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Observation-Disclosures

They are such as are made up of two
parts of equal shapes. Look carefully
at these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
very little smaller than the lower halves
80 very little that an ordinary eye de-
clares them to be of equal size. Now
turn the paper upside down, and with
out any careful looking you will see the
difference in size is very much exaggera-
ted; that the real top half of the letter is
very much smaller than the bottom
half. 1t will be seen from this that
there is a tendency in the eye to enlarge
the upper half of any object upon which
it looks CHICAGO Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

A MAN feels pride in being spoken Of
as zone Of the oldest inha bitants," but q
woman never does.-H0tel Nail.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Dr., WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment.
Warranted to cure any case of blind, bleed.
ing or itching piles. At druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

sBloating headaches, nervous prostratior
and spinal weakness cured BY Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

SALLIE WANDER is q hard girl to court.
She doesn't care for sparks.-Ir0y Times
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

TIE preferred creditor Is one who will
wait longest for his pay.-M. o. Picdyuns.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

LITTLE Matte, three years old, stepped
across the floor, lifting her feet high, and
saying: snow Pm q stsry1cther."7 Z
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few.
erishness, worms, constipation, tasteless. 25c
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

WHETHER a man can be charged with
petty or grand larceny depends upon how
he takes things.-Sdp Francisco Gail.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

JOHNNY" said the editor to his hopeful,
fare you In the FIRST class at school ?'S
"No," replied the youngxter, who had
studied the paternal sheet, II am registered
es second-class male MISTER. Chi010
Herald
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

WHEN chap succeeds in getting away
from a lunatic asylum what does he dof
Why, he beats q retreat, of course.-N J..
Independent. -'rrfr se--
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

The Hartford Times appears to keep .
lady editor. At least it has this: "How
to catch a husband-Grab him by the
hair.0
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

PAULINE LuccA has been recently en-.
gagged to sing at three concerts in Moscow
for Fl 900. It b better to be born Lucca
than rfch.-Te1ds &ftings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Would It be correct to say that simple
boy was q siIlabubHC Chicago Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

TonHY awoke in the night and heard
his father snoring fearfully. "Namma ~
he cried, II can't, 60 to sleep again " en-
papa IL sleeping out loud!-M 7. sIfib-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

II your neighbor's hens are troublesome
and steal across the way, don't let your
angry passions rise, but fix place for
them to l8y.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

REDD1NG's Russia Salve 10 uneQualed for chfl-
blains, chapped hands, frost bites, etc. Try Il.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

o''Roush on Coughs, l5c, st DruGsista. Con
plete cure Coughs, Hoarseneas, Sore Throat
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

BAKERS are great loafers, but they are
generally high-brsd MENU T. Inde
pendent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
A Dangerous Case.
RocHHsTH1 June l. 1sS2-"TeA
Year, ago / was sttacked with the most
Iuteose and deathJ paios IN my back and
-6tdneys,

EXten03nS 70 Sue eAO u NY W. oAlO ~
my brain! zar1 a.rzr ss-svs-
(which made me deliriousi
From agony.
cit took three men to hold me ON my bed
at times!
'.The doctors tried in vain to relieve me.
But to no purpose.
morphine and other opiates
Had no effect!
"After two months was given up to del
When my wife
heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
The second dose eased me 50 much that
slept two hours, something had not done
for two months. Before had used i've
bottles, was well and at work, as hard aS
any man could, for over three weeks; but I
worked too hard for my strength, and tax
ing a hard cold, was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through
my system that was ever known. ! called
the doctors again, and after several weeks,
they left me cripple on Clutches for life,
as they said. / met friend and told him
my case, and he said Hop Bitters had cured
Illll dIlu WOufu CuIO H0s o. utsahS
but he was so earnest l was induced to usa
them again. In less than four weeks
threw away my crutches and went to work
lightly and kept on using the bitters for five
weeks, until became as well as any man
living, and have been so for six years since.
1t also cured my wife, who had been SO fOt
years; and has kept her and my children
well and hearty with from two to three
bottles per year. There Is no need to b
sick at all if these bitterS are used.
j. j. BERK, Ex-Supervis0r.
"That poor invalid wife!
"Sister! @'''.' t.E
"Motner.
cor Daughter!
"Can be made the picture Of health WITH
few bottles of Hop Bitters!
Will you let them suffer-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Iris the gearing of machinery that n
Ways travels in cog.-Lo,oeH Citizen.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
An Optical DeluSiOn.

The following is very singular illus
tration of the optical delusion which a
change of position will sometimes
effect. Take a row of ordinary capital
letters and figures:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

return to owner?," and.'another:" Please
return back" No name or address
was appended to any of these requests.
The address which follows is really
good, The person who conceived it
was not less sharp than the expert
who solved thes riddle. A letter was
mailed at Linn with only this super
scription:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

A charming resolvent, matchless laxa-
tive, an infallible nerve conqueror, Is
Samaritan Nerxfne
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Rough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Com
plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

BEWARE Of the incipient stages Of Coz
sumption. Take Piso's Cure In time.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

TEN silver dollars In each vest-pocket
will keep tho vest down some.-N. r Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

BULwER was right; there Is no such
word as fail; it is Modified down into -
signment. Tu -r
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Rev. Mr.. GRHHNyTILD, OF Knoxville
Tenn, says: +" Samaritan Nyvins cured
my son Of epileptic fits"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

"Buchu-paiba." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

There is an envelope on which the
name is written "Babcolman." and an
other addressed to Augustus Seiberg,
Europe" ''Indane tereatory. ha to
nasheau" was changed to ..Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, and the let
Ter duly delivered.
THINGS QUEER AND DROLL.
Very strange notions must the person
| possess who wrote the following upon
letter and mailed it in an Illinois
town. 1t would seem incredible were
it not fact that it was received not
long ago in package of dead letters:
1"Piease forward to the physician who was
week. Is q widower with two children; don't
know his name' FEE1 No = Or
Now and then somebody, in spasm
of smartness, losses letter into the
mail evidently Without any object ex-
eept to give ven. to his superahundant
humOr by playing q joke on the post
Office people. Witness the two follow.
ing, one of which came in the day be-
fore my visit. The first is of decided
y sulphurous nature: Jeremiah
Jerrico jenkins. Jr., DEVILS Hollow,
He'll Gate, Purgstory." The other
bore no name, only this: ''Squedunk,
Shinbone alley. between Misery and
Starvation streets." ar
A letter was directed John Irwin,
Indiana. Try all over the State.
This request" was written on let
ter: If not delivered in ten days re-
turn to the man who struck. Billy Pat
terson."
Here are two other requests:
If dot man don't kal for dis letter
in ten daes, send him back to me-"
IF not received in ten days plese
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
CONSUMPTION.

IhaVe JSitivt REMEDY ADOV6
use thousands OF OF the worst nd and Of long
standing been cured. Indeed strong is faith
In II efficacy that will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, to-
gether with VALUABLE TREATISE Oh this dissase 70
any sufferer. Give xpress and p o. address,
DIR. I. A. SLOCUM, 1s1 PeariSt. New Yof4.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

AGENTS WANTED ,Ss by nmx E R, ss
ting Machine ever invented. VIII knit pair OF
stockings with HEEL and TOT complete In 1wen-
ty minutes. 1t will also knit grs 1t variety OF fancy
work for which there Is always ready maj kct Scnd
for circular and terms to the TW0mbly An1ttinY
Machine Co., 108 fremont Street, Boston, Mass.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Wood
John
Mass.

The Lynn postmaster gave it up ant.
sent it to headquarters. One of the
''guessers" grappled with it. and this
was the result: ''John Underwood.
AndOver, Mass" 1t was so sent, de.
livered to John. and the envelope re.
turned bearing the postmaster indorse
To hot on
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

No matter who wrote it. a friend or a foe,
To the State Of New York, I want 1t to go.
-Wdstington Cor. Christian Herald.