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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
4 Merchant Used as q Lay Figure.

On one Of the leading thoroughfares
of this city is a gentlemen's fashiona-
BILE furnishing goods store which does
large business, and the proprietors of
which are not only well-known but
very popular. One of them had an ex-
perience few days before Christmas
which las temporarily so changed his
genial nature that he now looks upon
every smiling greeting of his friends
with the fiercest suspicion. while any
direct allusion to the subject itself is
certain to result in the uncorking of
the viais of his wrath. A passing
friend, seeing him standing in the
door of his store on the afternoon re-
fcrred to, accosted him with: well.
-, how goes it?''
"Oh. don't ask me. I'm mad: mad
der than l have been before since l
,one to the State I'm all broke up
and I'm dryern u goat, too, and was
Just going to get a drink. Come with
me and I'll tell you .all about it. You
know" he said, "4e've got lot of
dressing gowns in The store, elegant
ones that we imported from the East
ust to catch this holiday trade. Well,
this afternoon two ladies sailed in,
dressed fit TO kill. The store was full
of customers and the boys We're all busy,
so l stepped up to them and asked what
l could do for 'em. They said they
wanted to look at some dressing sacks
something fine and you may be sure
| didn't lose any time in getting out
the best we had Well. they liked the
first one ! showed EN-, only one of
'em said she would like tirst-rate to see
how it would look on, and asked me if
there wasn't some way she could see it
on a man and then she could tell better
how it would look. want going to
miss a trick, and so l took off my coat
and put it on. They turned me round
and round and go of little way and
look at me from top to toe as though
was piece of statuary. Then they
wanted to see another one. So l oil
with the one l had on and put on the
other. That didn't suit 'em and tried
on another and that didn't suit 'em. ]
began to get weary of it, especially as
there was lots of customers in the store,
and thought | saw smile here and
there. and l finally did catch one OF
my own boys in broad grin. though
he ducked his head under the counter
when he saw me lookin' ut him. was
getting pretty hot about the way they
were using me for a lay figure, and !
finally brought out the best / had-a
sack worth S75--put it on and buttoned
it up. They looked me all over again.
liked it first-rate, and thought had a
sale sure, but may l be hanged if they
did't say: Well, we'll look around and
if we don't find anything that suits us
any better we'll come back and the
same minute | heard 'haw, haw, haw,
all over the store. Mad? was just
fighting mad, and you can guess l was
none the swe1ter tempered when
found that those creatures had been
looking for a smoking jacket for one OF
my own clerks. San francisco Chr0,s-
icie.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

IAN Indiana gardener puts moles
,mong his strawberry vines sOthat they
nay catch the grubs. "a
Whenever horse is washed never
cave him till he Is rubbed quite dry He
will probably get chill if neglected.
~ y Herald.
Wash to remove scurf from the
lead: Half pint of rose water and
,ne ounce of the spirits of wine mixed
together. Part the hair as much as pos
;ible, and apply the mixture will, piece
If flannel.-E1change. Trv-r5
A very pretty and most easily made
APP robe for the small child's sleigh. is
made of square OF honey-comb fan
ael. Make y border around this with
;llit or single zephyr, about one finger
1eep, crochet ahandsOme scOllOp on the
edge The entire border to be crocheted
If course.-1roy Times.
We have had hens whic,i ate the
seeds Of red-peppers and also pecked at
he skins. But in order to have fowls
get pepper it is best to put it in their
cooked feed. We use both black and
ed. sometimes u thick milk. which
they love. and for which they lay eggs.
Put little salt in chicken feed.-M. Y.
Herald.
AS test for impure air take = pint
bottle full of water into the room to be
examined. and pour out the water. The
bottle then is, of course. filled with the
air of the room. Then put in q spoon
ful or so of lime-water and shake it. il
The lime-water remains clear the air is
lit to breathe, but if the lime water be-
comes milky there is too much carbOnic
acid in the air, and you had better hoist
The window or ventilate the room in
some other way.-E1change.
Plum Pudding: Chop. if possible.
in a mincing- machine half pound of
caisins, half p,lnd of sultanas, two
ounces OF candied peel and half a pound
If apples; mix with half pound of beef
,uet. one pound of bread crumbs, u
quarter of a pound of sugar, little
spice and a pinch of salt; put in sufii-
cent new milk to make the mixture
stiff. butter u basin. put in the pudding.
and boil for six hours. This quantity
will make a large pudding.-Vestera
POTmdn.
"A nice breakfast for one who is not
equal to hearty fare is made of toast
and eggs prepared in this way: Put a
lump of butter in saucepan, and then
drop three eggs into it. stir briskly and
constantly, SO that the eggs will be
smooth and not lumpy. Have two thin
slices of buttered toast ready, and when
The eggs are done lay them on one piece
If the toast and lay the other lightly
over it; do not crowd it down and make
the egg run over the edge Of the toast.
n !. Post.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
An Italian Murder.

Cons; derable excitement has been
caused in Rome by most cold-blOOded
and carefully planned murder. In 1870
man named Monti and his wife,
neither of whom could read or write,
hired in the Piazza Colonna one of the
Mosques which had just been erected
for the sale of newspapers. BY dill
gence and saving, they succeeded in
putting by no less than $4,000 francs.
In the month of May last Monti was in
duced by man named Emilio Fallaci,
who was passing by the name of AdolfO
Landucci, to join him in carrying on q
mandatory of wax matches. which he
said he was about to establish at Leg
horn, and to accompany him there.
From LeghOrn letters purpOrting to be
dictated by Monti were received from
time to time by his wife, informing her
Of matters connected with the manu-
factory and requiring remittances,
which were Immediately sent. Recom-
ing anxious, however, at his protracted
absence, she wrote expressing her fears.
and in reply received letter telling her
to make trip to Leghorn, as he could
no. leave the works to come to Rome,
and to bring her savings-bank deposit
books with her. She started with the
intention of returning in three or four
days, and in the meantime left the
kiosque in the charge of her eldest boy.
A fortnight having passed, her children
received letter purporting to be from
her, telling them that she was unavoid-
ably detained; but that 'stheir good
Adolfo," the partner, was going to
Rome to get some things required out of
the stronghold. AdolfO arrived, was
permitted to break OPP II the box and
take all he thought fit from it, and then
departed. Finally, however. suspicion
was aroused and the Leghorn police
were communicated with. The pre-
tended mandatory in the Via del
Coral,o was found to be deserted; and
on door being broken Oren the
bodies of Mont and his W fe were dis
covered in room, on the door of which
was notice prohibiting any one from
entering there, because it contained in
flammable substances. The body of
the wife. who had evidently been
murdered immediate v upon her enter
ing the house, was lying on the floor.
That of Month in an advanced stage of
decomposition, was found buried foot
or two under it. The murderer appears
not only to have gone, alter the murder
of the wife, to the police Office at
Florence. and. presenting himself there
as Luigi Mont, to have requested the
authorities to obtain for him from
Rome that attestation of his being the
lawful owner of the savingsbank books,
which would enable him to sell them:
but with incred bic GOODNESS, to have
gone backward and forward there for
several days, until becoming, it may be
supposed, alarmed, he finally disap-
peared, just as suspicious were aroused.
London Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
Prof. Thwing's Interesting Description
OF Scenes IN Norway.

Rev. E. P. Thwing, IN 'Dio Lewis
Monthly, gives several interesting pict
ures of life in Norway:
| Lyderhorn looked down from its Sc
rene heights, crowned with sunshine
and mellow Sabbath bells filed the
! morning air with music, as we steamed
into the Port of Bergen, where we re
NAMED until Monday afternoon. This
, seven-hilled town is one of the oldest
in Norway, and its name signifies "a
meadow among the mountains" II
was royal residence eight hundred
years ago. and the most important land
and naval battles of subsequent cent
uries were fought here. 1t had thirty
churches and monasteries. The Han
seattle League gave impulse to its traf.
fic. and Bergen became the largest and
busiest center in the kingdom.
Its picturesque situation charmed me.
l shall never forget the sweet tranquil
ty of that June morning. as we entered
Bergen. l have spent five summers
abroad and seen much of European
scenery, from the Hebrides to Venice,
from ST. Petersburg to Madrid and be
yond, but few points of more allurine
Lowell ness have arrested my attention
than that old Norwegian seaport, with
its noble amphitheater of hills and its
SIN ling enyirons, lying warm and
bright under those cloudless Sabbath
skies.
Three things make summer eXcur-
sion along the coast of Norway most en-
ticing to traveller. The scenic gran
deur of those stern, solemn, awe-inspir-
ing mountains, austere and bold, and
glorious in their strength and sol tude,
is the first. Their gray and melancholy
peaks often rise sheer and clear from
the fiords to a considerable height. and
present sometimes weird and fantas-
tic shape, as at the Lefoden Islands,
with Their countless pinnacles. COM
pared to sharks teeth. or the Seven Sis
ters. four thousand feet high, that seem
to clasp each other with frosty fingers
in the upper ar; or most notable of all
perhaps, the Giant Horseman, under the
Arctic Circle, mysterious presence
that every Norseman feels, and in which
he has a superstitious awe. This sug-
ges,s another element, the historic and
legendary interest attaching to these
localities. The old Vikings have left
their memorials on sea and shore. It
is delightful to look at this grand
scenery through the misty perspective
OF romance and mythology. But more
than all is the bewitching beauty of a
ceaseless day, which invests with a
subtle charm that which otherwise
might be bleak, bare and chilling. The
fine gradations of color in sky and sea-
on mountain and moor, the atmospheric
conditions in these high ATTITUDES where
there is no night, give plenary and
browning glory to the view.
10 tell the attractions of this town of
Bergen would require a book. To the
lover of antiquity the museum affords
materials for frequent and prolonged
study; to the lover of art there is the
gallery of paintings by nat We artists:
to the philanthropist the oldest and
largest hospital for lepers in Europe is
full of interest, and to one who studies
social and church life. the Norwegian
Sabbath congregations and worship
present many suggestive features.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
General SalOmOr.

A correspondent writing from Port.
au-Prince, Hayti, says: The other day
| saw that most remarkable man, Louis
Z. Solomon, the President of the Black
Republic. He is a massive, broad
shouldered giant, at least eight feet six
inches in height. with the physical pro-
portions of a gladiator, a profile dark
as the Nights Plutonian Shore" with
white locks, keen, restless eyes,
glittering like diamonds in setting OF
jet, high intellectual fore'e cad, and a
form, despite his advanced age. erect as
a pillar of stone. with Il dignifi d air.
He was accompanied by a numerous
retinue of ebony aides de- camp, re-
splendent in military trappings of fanci-
full designs and colors, decorated with
numerous medals won in imaginary
battles, and profusion of gold lace and
brass trimmings that dazzle the plebeian
loOkers-on. A noticeable fact was that
the entire group of warriors responded
to the title of General. There seems to
be no minor rank in the forces of the
Republic. Under the present regime a
private citizen can not hold anv lands
in his own right, and here is the dulcet
harp upon which Solomon has played
with such cunning. He has promised
the poorer classes division of the pub
lie lands, the blshment of free
schools, national banks, railroads, ETC.,
all of which he is utterly powerless to
fill. Processing to affect extreme re-
publican simplicity, yet his every act on
smacks of ROYALTY. his official docu.
ments being promulgated from an
antiquated structure yclept the INA
tional Palace and signed in kingly
form ''Salomon.' His proclamations
are invariably written in the French
language, and remind any one of the
famous manifesto of Plon Plon on the
walls of Paris.
Educated at one of the most famous
colleges in Paris, Solomon is a person
of no ordinary ability, being brilliant
conversationalist and linguist and
crafty diplomat. Totally Indifferent to
the welfare of his people, he has by
plausible misrepresentation succeeded
in becoming the most popular person
age in his party. Still, in view of the
inevitable collapse which he is shrewd
enough to foresee, he has .. feathered
his own nest with princely bank ac-
count in Kingston, JAM, and purchased
several properties OH neighboring
islands.
Among the many banished persons il
is worthy of notice that not one of them
has black face. They are invariably
mulattoes or of other shades, popularity
designated as "off Color" Solomon
married French lady some two years
ago whom he had met in Paris, and the
nuptials were performed here. This
matrimonial venture threatened at one
time to overthrow his popularity, the
natives accusing him of attempting t.
give tie country over to the whites, fol
i: is useless to disguise the fact that they
are extremely jealous OF the Caucas
sian, or any but their own color.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

woman was my next thought. Ther
l determined to get one good square
look at her face, and see if | could as
certain why / was influenced by her in
| such peculiar manner, and where and
when I had seen her before. | walked
hurriedly after her, and while passing
her glanced at her in what would be
considered very impressive, imperti.
nent manner. Then, great Heavens!
recognized her
| "The energetic street scene of smiling
peace and bustling activity OF business
and pleasure which actually surround
ed me instantly faded from view. and
there arose in its stead the terrible and
horrible outlines of a great battle.
saw the blue and gray uniformed array
of martial hosts rushing together in
deadly conflict: heard the roar of can
non, the shrek of shell and the zip Of
the mimic ball; then there came in my
mind the picture of young wounded
soldier dying beside the soft murmurina
flow of a country spring. ard a beauti
full young girl filled with tender pity
and compassion bending over him, soft
ly say;ng Z: Poor. poor fellow! won
der if he's dead?' In this carcworn
sad-faced LADY recognized the Young
girl l loved with all my heart. anG
whom was once engaged to be mar,
ried to. l, of course, spoke to her; the
recognition was mutual. She is now a
poor widow. having lost her husband
ten years ago. Well. yes, of course
you have, after the fashion of you inter-
vioycors curmiSa1 tno whole huSipaSS
In few days we will be married, and
if there is a happy being in this great
city it is the man who is now talking to
you"
The wedding will be celebrated in
grand style at an early day in this city.
Many of the surviving veterans of the
American civil war will be among the
specially invited guests. 1t is the inten-
ton of the prospective groom to charter
on the marriage day special train be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore to
convey number of his old soldier
friends from one city to another
to witness this une xpected and romantic
contamination of his hopes and desires.
Why exclaimed the happy man,
eff l, during the last few years of the
war talked to one soldier about that
girl, talked to thousand. l used to
be known all through our vision as the
man who was going to marry the girl
of Gettysburg when the cruel war is
over. "-BattimOre Cor. N. Y Mercury
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31

their hills. On this principle allow them
the full run of the kitchen-garden, when.
ever the crops are advanced enough tc
prevent their being displaced or buried.
1t does not seem to be generally
known that molcs come out and feed
upon the surface at night. Grubs oil
various sorts, and worms, do the same
thing. and the moles come up to feed
on them. Moles are very vOracious,
and seem to be always hungry. If one
is caught unhurt and handled tenderlv,
it will Immediately begin to eat any
worms given to it. l have had one
which. within a minute after being
caught. took a worm from my hand. 4
very curious and instructive circum.
stance came to my knowledge a few
years ago. A mole catcher Of my at.
quaintance found a mole's nest with
young in it. The nest was made of bits
of wooden cloth of different kinds, but
mostly scarlet sort of thick texture.
The only place where these bits of cloth
could have been got was in field a long
way of, where manure from the town
had been spread, and which contained
quantity of tailors' clippings, bits OF
red cloth predominating The bits OF
cloth which composed the nest and the
bits in the field were compared, and found
to be Identical. The distance from the
nest to the field was not measured, but
it was great enough to cause astonish-
ment.
Cats sometimes take to mole-catch-
ing. just for the fun of the thing,
suppose, for they never try to eat them
1t is doubtless also this fondness fol
mere sport which makes some cats
hunt the timid shrew SO ass 'duously,
for they do not eat that animal either.
have little doubt that owls, for the
same reason, sometimes catch moles.
am strengthened in this belief owing
to my knowing that they will pounce
upon and carry off more unlikely
things. knew a gardener who got
his small fur skull-cap taken off his
head several times by owls. When go
ing to replen sh the dollhouse fires
during the night he had to pass ruin
where many owls congregated. He al
ways got his cap next morning not far
from the spot, the thief having APP
parently dropped it in disgust, on dis
covering that it was not the sort of
prey expected.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
HUMOROUS.

-" Yes" said the Idaho man, "it's
dreadful unfortunate that my gal got
Rugged by that ar bar. She's sort o.
held me in contempt since. Chicago
Herald.
A party of young ladies' attended a
church sociable in Ellzabethan costume,
and when the local paper said that the
fair was visited by ruffs nobody caught
on to the joke.-Boston Herald.
We started to read poem by Bart
ley Campbell the other day. Finally
we came to the point where he rhymed
plenty and "went she" Then we
stopped. We are not tough. -Lowsll
Citizen.
-" Yes said Mr.. Brickhandler,
"my bull dog has wonderful artistic
taste. He wouldn't attack \ tramp the
other day because the cloth of the mans
trousers wouldn't harmonic well with
the color of his jaws. Boston Post.
1t was his first attempt on roller
skates. and as they brought him to in
the toilet-rOom he remarked: 81 tell
you, boys, that was gorgeous. must
have knocked in the whole dome OF
heaven. the way those stars flew round.
| wonder if there's any left for the ne II
man. oil city Derrick.
Take my ADVICE" said old Skin.
flint to his clerk, whom he had discOv-
cred stamping an envelope from his own
private receptacle; ''takc my advice.
Ii l ever find you taking anything Of
mine your connections won't save you.
To jail you co. every well, SIR"
said the clerk; perhaps l had bet
ter not take your advice, then. "--1he
yudge.
1.-The top OF the morning to We,
Mrs. O'Flaherty.'' The same to We.
Mrs. O'Raherty. An did We see the
orphants marchin' Yesterday II did:
God bless livery mothers son of 'em.
But didn't see little Johnny O'Hern
in the procession Aid sure he's
not an orphant any more. He's quit
the business and has gone to learnin' q
thrade, he has '.Arrah, God bles.
HIM for his enterprise" = Kentucky
State Journal.
Why he wasn't there now: koscius
NJ Null I)uy, WIN Is UOOh-kccpcI III q
grocery house, met friend who clerks
in cigar store on Aust n avenue and
asked him for cigar. ''Ain't got
any," sad his friend. "Ain't got
any, said Kosciusko. .'Why, when ]
used to work in cigar store l always
had my pockets stuffed with cigars"
eyes; probably that's the reason you
amt in cigar store now" was the
crushing reply. -Te1as Sitti'sgs.
-"Young Calvin wants to know il
we "believe that the angels have wings.
and why we think so?'F We think they
have, Calvin. We never saw their
wings, but we know that whenever q
young man becomes perfectly convinced
that he has met an angel he spends
about all his spare time holding her
tight with both arms. as though he
feared she would fly away the minute
he let her 20. And ii they had no
wings there would be no cause for this
widespread, almost universal fear
Burlington HdUkeye.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-31
Winter Millinery.

Exquisite little visiting bonnets have
the crown covered witt fur, band of
fur in some wise intermixed with velvet
crossing the top, the head of weasel.
sable, or some other small animal finish
ing the decoration. The velvet-trimmed
velvet bonnet is variously the little En-
glish capote. with stit1. oval crown,
. and the Charlotte Corday bonnet, with
! the soft or pulled cap crown and the
quilted or box-p!aited cap brim. The
Corday capotes are simple. The crown
is large, round cap, as in the portraits
of the assassin of Marat, laid in box
plaits at the base and at the top and
completed by single or double
quilted brim. The brim in some models is
faced with velvet or other silk material
of contrasting pale shade orof con-
trasting delicate color. with drapery of
loose folds or a closely-twisted torsade
covering the junction of the crown and
the brim, and bride of the velvet or
strings of satin-lined velvet or ottoman
ribbon. Plucked otter, p.uckcd beaver,
the irosty-looking gray Persianer of
close nap, Persian lamb-skin, Oh nchil-
la, and other furs of fine. light fleece,
with down-cloth and other materia of
like nature, and the heads of small
animals az trimming, all come into
reguisition for the millinery of mid
winter. There is now a decided fancy
for fuller cap-crowns that are often in
one piece with the material of the brim;
these may droop into shallow plat,
like fold on each side, or they may
have two box-plaits. or else only one
down the middle, while perhaps the
greatest number are laid in small side
p ats the whole length and breadth of
the crown.
The smooth, flat crowns, and those
that have only slight plat each side
are used when there is to be much or
nament introduced in the way of en-
broidery in floss silk, wool or beads.
Dark or black velvet crowns can be
made very dressy by putting small star
or leaf figures of beads the color of the
velvet ut intervals all over the crown.
Some of the handsomest of the capotes
prepared for wear at afternoon recep-
tons and for the evening are of brown
velvet, lightened up with pale ecru, or
of gray running to very delicate shades.
Handsome, effective and becoming ca
potes are of velvet in black, ruby and
cardinal reds. emerald green. and other
strong colors, made up in combination
with Hamburg embroidery tlouncing on
silk muslin grounding, the velvet APP
pearing on the brim, and the founcing
artistically draped on the crown.
There are capotes perfected solely
through the agency of drapery; or, in
other words, the framework is covered
with draped velvet. To arrange this
drapery so as to be pleasing requires the
skill Of an artist, as there is nothing,
save the strings, to assist in the design,
and the tendency is to abolish even the
strings. y Cor. Oh cago Times.