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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

AN Iowa editor asserts that no true
Christian can edit a nswspa4er. We don'5
know about that. We are doing rrettv
we'll Tor only three mont Philadelphia
Call ~ ~ .LAEGsb
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

WHEN Clara was asked what She would
do if a nscs5 young gentleman SHOULD ask
her hand in marriage, she Raively replied:
~ don't think I'd no. ,'-B0ston TRANSCRIPT.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Make timely use Of it for coughs. Pixies
t0othache drops cure In one minute. II Dor
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17
Prof. Chemistry, University Of Vernon 81

: A NAN must be very muchclevated when
he talks down his bootleg for half an hour
installing it for telephone.-N, T., Her
nIR - 80 .7'--' +'|
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

The elder Cameron is eighty-six year.
Old, and yet when Simon says " thumll
app or ~wiggle-waggle," things are lively
.-LoieeH CONrisT.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

HAND-PAISrED suspenders are now worn;
but lots of men will continue to hold up
their pants" with leather belt fastened
with e single nail.-Philadelphiae CAroa-
jcle- Herald,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

"LovE," says an -amorous writer, is
an internsl transport" A contemporary
remarks. N"p he 81 ne migAtfe iSMAlAof q
canal-boat."-TrOy Times. - rsle.-r ~
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17
History or an Oak-Table.

A handsome oak-table. elegantly
carved, stands in the parlor of an up
! town house.
How did it come, into my, posses
sion9" said gentleman who was writ
ing at it to a reporter of the SIN. "Oh,
! oddly enough. 5, 1t Was given TO me by
q ,onvi I Just released frsup the Con
necticut State Prison at Wethersfield."
He made il himself?' asked the
visitor
r Made it! MOI he. But he stole the
.moneythat bong ht it, 0. no. am not
7 a receiver of stolen goot!s. l will tell
you the story.
About thirteen years AGO rented a
house from Warden Willard of the
Connecticut State Prison. who was
afterward murdered by the convict Will
son. The prisoners used to be hired
out to farmers, and Brought back to
their cells at night, and many of them
worked on the roa,is.s Among the lat
ter was Il large, powerful, full-blooded
nero Who was serving q ten years
term for robbery. | male his acquaint-
ance, and often prevailed on the keep
ers to allow him TO pass an hour in my
house, where both / and my family
grew to regard him as a quiet, inofen.
sive fellow, who had gone astray once,
but would probably lead an honest life
after his liberation. At last he
took me into his confidence in
the mos. astonishing way. He said
the money he had stolen had never
becp RECOVERED by the owners. He had
TUNED II all into'cash an.tburietit. He
assured me that it amounted to fifteen
thousand dollars, and he offered to
share it equally with me if | would dig
it up and keep il, Alnth he cane outsoi
prison. @FOf course L refused, and
urged3him 10 give up the slnoneys or tell
me where it was buried. He declined
totlo either, and thereafter he lost no op-
porlunity to renew his proposal. At
last he wasshberated. and left the prison
a few days after Warden Willard was
murdered. Three months later negro
who attracted the attention of half Weth-
ersfclt by the splendor Of his dress
called at my house. 1t was nay old
friend. the convict. 4
Y ntso you have dug up the -plunnddeaEF'
4 e.'His face assumedzas vaeant expires
sien.~'What plumber yon ,lude to sah9'
he asked. --
why, the money YOU stole and
c'.kUAss 81 staken IDENTITY, sali.' lie
said, with dignity. Il never stole no
money. Never buried none. A lyin'I
vcrdicts sab, sentlmesto prison.S
Il never saw him again; but week
later. an express wagon stamped at the
door, and the driver delivered this table,
and a small parcel containing q hand
seine ,setf of iewelryy for sseho pf ctlly
daughters" With them was AN cifiitteef-
ope containing a sheet of paper. on
which were the words: We'll, yes,
hess. Dug 'em all up.' '-rM YEsSua.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

sweep and a bugler. One can follow SCOT,
and the other can trumpet.-Chicdqo Ifib-
0Ne.i Efe"T FsTHVsz T1f bSs n alE
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

Al advertiser says al that ..parioar matches
: are the only true match for the household"
We don't know about that. We think
some very satisfactory matches have been
made at the front gate, or out on the
piazza.-Burliagton Free Press..ao1 l-az- |
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

il'f A Messenger u EIeaish. - y.
sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
Affections nervous debility, exhaustion.
etc, who have failed to ind relief Il tells
Of wonderful cures effected by DE-. Seott's
Goes, Beef and hon, with Phosphorus.
Sold by druggist 81. DR.. Scott, Kansas
City, No. Ask you druggist for pampAlee
FLORIDA water--The Suwanee River.
Washington Hdtchet. -
; - t-.ty< t----A 49, III
AFTER long Mercury and Potash treat,
ment, l found myself a cripple from Mer-
curial rheumatism Tried Hot Springs
two years without relief, and was finally
cured sound and well by the use Of Swift's
Specific Is. S. 81. CHAS. BERG,
sEy 5o+E@ = Hot Springs, Ark Z
The best fishermen like to fish on their
own hook.LRa6dfo Express. li' ,iaZ
Samorftqn lNesviae cured my daughter
OF fits" said Jno, Murphy, OF Albany, o. Z
CONSUMPTION in any stage may be cured
by Piso's Cure. % cents a bottle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

A MEDICAL journal devotes an entire col.
oumn to telling how to fall asleep, while We
can do It in three short words: "Go to
church" This shows the great advantage
Of the American paragraph system over
the cld-fashioned lengthy editoria1.-Chi-
c0go Times ~
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

TIE only remedy sold in the United
States to-day that actually cures rheuma-
tism is Duraug's.- It never has and never
can fail to cure the worst case. Write for
free pamphlet. r. K. Helphenstfne. drug
gist, Washington, D. G.. - s7i4Hs Gen a.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

HFitted out for the season. Dresses,
clocks, coats, stockings and eli garments
can Be colcred successfully With tie Dia-
naoad Dyes. Esshionstls colorss Only
10c at druggists. Wells, Richardson 4 Co,
Burlington, Vt. = -~ss-- -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

II amicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Tbompson's Bye Wates. Druggists ell it. 10,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

WoxprR treads on heels Of wonder. SomorL
tan SeyvtsE is g10yoasce6 to cure nervous dis
orderA
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

IT is said that the Chinese giant speaks
eight 1Ahguages. ~ He's nee q tall ignorsnt.
- YoNkeEs &0tesRs0n.- 81 .-.e-e y : -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17
Dir, aEgRNH'S aELECTHIG bpIlT

;'5gDsN:SSyjMIp1.IDNv;;1ai
1hsve positive remedy for the ave q sasss ~
thousands of of the worst nd and OF long
standing have ear cured indeed sctng j. my faith
Y f. s.iasy shst wv sspS
any srf,eyer fGisa ypress and T. q khess, y
~ AZ DIR r. A. SL1CUM, ISL PcsrfSs, SSw TON.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

FLORIDA water+-The Suwanee River
UdShiaJtOn Hdtcbet s''l--
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-17

The best fishermen like to fish on their
own hook.lRa fab Express. li,f,iaNzf e
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
Didn.t Wan: TO Die There.
(Arkansaw Traveller. !

tArkallsa" traveller
One day during the noted Kentucky cam
paign, and while the Confederate army was
passing through Allen county, Gen. Brecken-
ridge. approaching Gen. Hindman, said
1--WE are only a short distance now from
Bear Waller. and arc not very far from JIM
town
The SO emnity OF his manner attracted
Hindsman's serious attention, and, regarding
Breckenridge with a long look Of inquiry,
he asked:
"But, general. why does our nearness to
those places 50 concern you'"
well you see" Breckenridge replied, Il
fear it will be my fate 70 I've killed in an ac-
ton at Jimtown or Bear Waller Bear
Waller" he repeated. The thought Of being
killed at place hearing such n name makes
$40 Stek y
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
Had n Better Thing.
wall Street News

W all street News.
After wiping of his mouth and carefully
placing the glass ON the marble counter he
whispered to the druggist:
Very good ginger ale, that is =
Yes. sir"
Il can sell you receipt to make : cents
worth If that iii 5-cent glass.
Don't want it, sir.
Maybe YOU have better thing
Il have, sir | can make 10 cents worth
of cayenne pepper take the place Of 6 shil-
lings' worth of ginger
The thirsty Traveller took lemonade next
time
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
A phase or Modern Journalism.

ISan Francisco Argonautl
II harm should blow down, there will lie a
diagram of the premises; view of the barn be
fore being blown down; view of the barn
while being blown down; view Of the ruins;
interview with the hired man, who said
he always knowed it was going 10
blow down; Interview with the owner, with
his and others theories on barns blowing
down; interview with Professor Mugwump.
the distinguished Chicago savant, with his
views as To the reason why barns blow down
rather than up; comparative table Of barn
mortality in this and other states for the last
forty years, showing percentage Of barns
blowing down compared with the illiterate
vote. history II loss from the earliest times
~ the present. statement Of loes-S5N
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
difference Between Them.

burlington taWkeNe
There is this Difference between Us" said
the needy tramp. hooking the editor full in
the eye. You I'll long felt want. and
want a long felt fill " The editor wept. and
with many a mufiied blow. hewed Of frag-
ment Of wedding cake that had been sent in
with the notice, and handed il 20 the wan
derer FIJI Up on that, he said. and you
will feel IL long after all trivial fond records
have been wiped away from the subtraction
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
THE DEADLY GOLD COIN.
ThIrty-Four Distinct Species OF Bac-
teria Found Thereon.

TERM FOunQ AncEeohs
New York Timesl
According to the assertion Of an English
scientific person, bacteria delight In gold
coins. If we take any OF dozen gold $40
pieces that we may have in our pockets, and
examine it with q microscope, we shall find
more bacteria On its surface than could be
calculated on the largest black board. A
gold coin is rallying place OF ali kinds OF
bacteria. The English scientific person
counted on the surface Of sovereign OF
1881 thirty-four distinct species Of bacteria,
each species living by itself in a lot fenced
of from the rest of the sovereign, but ire
quently climbing over the fence to bold in
terviews with other bacteria. Among them
he recogniz ID the various bacteria that pro-
duce consumption, plague, cholera, railway
accidents, wooden legs, and cerebro-spinal
meningitis, and he has no doub: that speci
mems OF the bacteria that produce every
other misfortune to which flesh is heir are to
he found on that same sovereign.
To test the truth of this discovery, he in
oculated a dog with the railway accident
bacteria, ard a broken-down chair with the
wooden-leg bacteria, and in less than fort
night the dog was run over by q horse car on
the Tottenham Court road tramway, and the
chair received a new wooden leg-a front
one-at the hands Of "A cabinet maker. The
scientific person afterward inoculated a cat
with the combined scrapings Of both sides OF
the sovereign, thereby as he believes, pro-
viding her with thirty-four diseases. 1t so
happened, however, that the hot-water-pro-
ducing bacteria developed in the cats sys-
TEN more rapidly than any other species, and
tho cat died from the effect of having
bucket of hot water poured ON her by the
cook before she furnished any symptoms OF
plague, cholera, OF clergymen's sore throat
The news of this discovery viii send
thrill Of horror through the whole commun-
ity. II shows that We are carrying daily in
our pockets complete menageries Of bacteria,
and thus running the risk Of inoculating our
selves with all sorts Of diseases. II solitary
one of these bacteria is brushed off the gold
coin Oh which he resides and obtains an entry
into our lungs OF circulatory system, We must
inevitably break out with smallpox, scarlet
fever or some other equally obnoxious com
plant. There is absolutely no safety for US
as long as we carry gold coins, and every
prudent man viii hereafter refuse to accept
shem, no matter how mach he may lose
thereby
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
-
on sis q uArd.

The other day visitor surprised q dis
,insuished professor, who was saying TO his
baby. ~On-ny, no-ry, nusy tick his little
foo,sv tootsics7 Just then he caught sight
Of the visitor. blushed and mutrerei: No,
no; you must not expose your pedal extrenf
ties by extending them beyond the protecting
covering OF the blanket, or you viii lay your
system open - attacks Of catarrhal a1sc
ton
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

ADVANCE IN New YORK heas Estates
New York Letter in Troy Times.
One of the most striking instances OF adj
vance is found in the property once known
as Atlantic garden, in the lower part OF
Broadway The plat is 200 feet in depth, ex-
tending from Broadway to Greenwich street,
with front of 100 feet on each, the area
being just half acre. Eight years ago
William ii. Vanderbilt bought it, paying
500, 900, which was then considered 4 high
price. He had no real use for it, and it is
supposed that he made the purchase expect
ing that the l. road would want it for O
depot, and Of course pay literally. No such
demand, however, occurred, and Vanderbilt
afterwards found it an elephant ON his hands
and sold it at loss of $4,000. The next
owner danes Steele made the purchase just
as the tendency of business to
center at the battery began to create
an advance, and after the lapse Of
six years lie sold the property to Dumont
Clark for $4,000. The Field building
and the produce exchange were then under
way, and values were in this manner so in
creased that Clark sold it soon afterwards
for SG00,0 0o The purchaser was Sidney
DE Kay. who knew that it was the most
available site for commercial building,
and his enterprise was rewarded by rapid
advance, He sold it to Charles II. Bliss for
S7J0.0O0 One might imagine that by this
time the climax had been reached; but no,
for Bliss has just sold it to e. +. Stone for
round million. Here we have an advance Of
SSOo,0J0 in eight years-an increase which
has 10 parallel in the history Of American
real estate. Can it so any higherf Future
only can tell, but it shows how property will
advance under the growth of business. The
lower part of Broadway was at oae time as
quiet as deserted village, but the erection
of the produce exchange has made it a great
business center.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
She Answered Him.
rYonker St.tssmnnl

This is very poor hash, Mrs.. Shsvepenny,
said yourc Cri,rsonheak to his boarding mis-
tres the other morning.
well, Mr. Crimsopbeak," replied the
arniable woman, who hal made an unsuc-
oessful atterup. - wiring S. on account OCT Of
Crin.sonhcak Eve minutes before, you know.
t. The poor all thinss are poor.h
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
Builders Of Washington Monument.


A large force is now at work pushing up
the Washington monument to completion. A
correspondent says that it is now higher than
the Church of st. Peters at Rome, and be-
fore Christmas it will be forty feet nearer
the clouds than any known structure. The
marble blocks of which it is constructed,
which cost about $40 each as they come from
the quarries. trough ashlers,' and SEQ more
when dressed, are brought from the
stonecutters' shop trucks into the
elevator, which occupies the interior
of the monument Each stone weighs
about three tons, and the elevator can easily
accommodate two of them. "The man at the
wheel" consumes seven or eight minutes in
hosting them. On reaching the top, the
crane, an arm of the derrick, takes hold Of
each stone, and, by little guiding, the ini-
mense weight is as easily placed in position
as if it were n brick. The corner-stones are
always set first. The two stonesetters lave
each four masons waiting on them, and one
cement mau for the two. These eleven men
make up the complement working each day
on the top, and who, if seen at all by people
below them, look about the size of infants.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29


1.-THE BARRIERS are to blame for it themselves
said the barber in reply to an inquiry. 1T
is the continuous Use of hair tonics. Ii does
70 much positive injury that | have deter
mined never TO use them. Poison Of some
sort forms the basis Of all these hair washes
They are always more or less deleterious as
even the alcohol used in the preparations is
never pure. The day of pure things iii the
BARRIERS line is past. Cotton seed oil how
knocks the stufflng' out of bears grease, and
cosmetics, which cost 81 cents dozen, are
only made Of mutton tallow. Ammonia,
which is used in almost every barber-shop in
the city, has the effect OF turning the hair
gray in remarkably short time. Some 10
tons are made of nothing in the world but
salsodn, borax, and cheap soap, which, Of
course destroys the very life and vitality Il
the hair, The classes that get bald the soon-
est are the neutrality-suspicious. and bust
meas men, lawyers, preachers, bankers, ell
tors and reporters Poor people rarely ever
get bald" t
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

Soft is the breath of maiden's "yes;"
Not the light gossaner stirs with less:
But never a cable that holds so fast
Through all the battles of wave and blast:
And never an echo Of speech or song
That lives in the babbling air so long,
There were tones in the voice that whispered
then
You may hear to-day in hundred men.
oliver Wendell Holmes
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

Howell Citizen.J

Fashionable society has now smelling
bottle craza The vinaigrettes are gold
mounted. set with jewels, and cost from $40
to 500 apiece. Il IS needless to add that in
high life faintins has been revived with all
the old-time abandon.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

VXyANTED-Land-bu buyers to know that II Is
w TO their interest TO 60 to Garden Plain
esl Estate Agency TO buy lands.
d-5-tf TAYLOR 4 PIKE.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

VXyANTED-A buyer for hotel in Garden
w Plain . rare chance for live man to
make money.
ias-tf TAYLOR PIKE.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

VIyANTED--Everybo In this town to buy
w buggies OF J. l. Cooper n Coopers
stable, where they can buy them at from 20 to
20 per cent less than Of any other house In the
~sst yg-tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
Now Webster Saw the Sea.Serpent.
TThoreau's ''Summerr1


b. NJ W tells Inc that he learns from
pretty good authority that Webster once saw
the sea-serpent. II seems 1t was first seen in
the hay between Manomet and Plymouth
beach by a perfectly reliable witness many
years ago., who was accustomed to look out
on the sea with his glass every morning the
first thing, as regularly as he ate his break
fast One morning he saw this monster, with
head somewhat like horses, raised some
six feet above the water, and his body, the
size Of cask. trailing behind. He was ca
reering over the bay, chasing the mackerel,
which ran ashore in their fright, and were
washed up and died i'm great numbers
The story is that Webster had appointed to
meet some Plymouth gentlemen at Manomet
and spend the day fishing with them After
the fishing was over he set out to return to
Duxbury in his sail-boat with Peterson. as he
had come, and on the way they saw the sea-
serpent, which answered to the common &C
count of this creature. Ii passed directly
across the. bows only six or seven rods off and
then disappeared. On the sail homeward,
Webster. having had time to reflect on what
had occurred, at length said TO Peterson, For
Gods sake, never say word about this to
any one for if il should he known that have
seen the sea serpent, l should never hear the
last Of it. but wherever j went should have
to tell the story 10 every one l met SO it
has not leaked out till nown
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29
The Romanes OF . Boston school
ISommerville Journal. ]


A pretty Boston schoolma am and youth
Of micn sssdate Were parting in the evening
beside the garden gate; His hand and heart
he offered, in n grave and sober way. And
she, with quiet dignity, had named the happy
day; He fingered at the gate with her, AMI
said. In accents low: There is little favor
would ask before ! go; A favor never asked
bcfor; sweet maiden, it is this, A lovers
privilege. that is ala sweet betrothal kiss "
IF you'll wait, the maiden answered, with
her color rising high, It'll remove my spec
iAcles, III willingly comply"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

IIcUHNtiie NtttI TT y ViEfEafI
In the midst Of all the excitement about
the presidency. the answers-to-corre>pond
man is still besieged with inquiries as to what
wcrr the seven wonders Of the world; which
Is the best system Of photography, and who il
The author Of '.Ysrkee Dcs,la"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who wants to buy,
w sell, rent or trade lots In the town OF
Goddard. or farms In Sedgwick county, to call
on Pyle Bros 4 Bash, real estate agents, God
dard, Kansas. S'-3m'
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

New York Cor Cincinnati Sum
The Grceley family has been peculiarly I'M
fortunate. Greeley's presidential canvass
was sad hlunder costing him his life and
almost wrecking The Tribune, His wife's
death occurred the same year. and the shat
tered presidential candidate was summoned
from political exertion to attend her funeral,
which only preceded his own by few weeks.
The same i'll luck has followed his children.
The eldest Is said 10 have married in very
uncongenial manner, but was in few years
removed from earthly troubles by the hand
of death, and Gabrielle. who n the only sur
vivor Of the Greeley family, has recently
been severely injured by the ufeeiting Of her
carriage What a curious series OF mishals
aud casualties.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

VXyANTRD--Everybod to know that ] am
w now selling nv of0O buggies at el40 and
my eIsO bIKgies nj $I20, to close out.
ia-tf j. l.. CoofER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-29

VNANTED-LAnd-bu yers to know that we
w have for sale ell the best lands near Gar
tlen Plain TAYLOR PIKE.