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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Raising Cern.I Sdder.

There are some important points In
raising corn-fodder which have never
been sufficiently settled by accurate ex-
pertinent, but which are worthy OF
careful trial by farmers who are willing
to give the necessary attention, as well
as by experiment stations.
Among other practical questions, is
whether the fodder should be sown 50
thickly in the furrow as to prevent the
formation of ears. giving all tho
strength of the land to the stalks; or
whether more valuable feed may be OBJ
tanned from an acre by q thinner
growth with well-formed ears. In the
latter case, there might be enough
grain mixed with the chopped stalks to
obviate any addition of meal; it being
understood that whether cut for tho
soil or fed dry, the stalks shall be cut
not more than half an inch long, BY
which their value is more than doubled.
In connection with this question. is the
fact that by preventing the formal i
of grain, the land would be rather en-
riched than otherwise from the mass OF
roots left in the ground; and. also. the
fact, proved by trial, that with q very
thick growth of stalks in the furrow
(say four bushels of seed to the acre),
more tons per acre were obtained than
from thinner sowing. although the lat
ter was taller. and to = superficial OBJ
server appeared heavier. This result
was obtained from the small Northern
corn. With the larger Southern varie-
ties the result might be different; and
with wet season, or with deep soil or
SUBSIDIZED land, thick growth would
do better than otherwise.
Itwould therefore be well to try tho
following experiments. continuing them
through three or four unlike seasons:
Sow the fodder in strips four or five
rows together. and extending across the
iield-first with small Northern corn at
the rate of one bushcl, two bushels,
three bushels and four bushels per acre,
which will be about ten stalks to the
running foot, and twenty. thirty. and
forty stalks. Repeat this trial on we'll
SUBSIDIZED land; and also on heavily ma
nured land, and observe by weighing it
the subsoilng and manuring are paid
for by the increase of product.
Try the result of cultivating frequent
ly, say every five days, narrowing
broadcast as long as the crop will bear
it.; and compare this treatment with the
common practice of narrowing but two
or three times in the season.
Repeat the above experiments with
large Southern corn. but in quantities
of seed one-half and two thirds as
great as with the small corn.
Various notifications of these eN-
periments will be suggested to those
who undertake them; and the results
can not fail to afford valuable informa-
ton, which may in future and in ex-
tensivc raising of fodder save large
sums. 1t is quite important that every
thing be submitted to accurate weigh
ing and measuring, for mere guess
work would be of little avail, if not
lead to erroneous conclusions. Country
Gentleman.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05

paint, is mystery. Now it has that
chocolate-oray color peculiar to all
houses in Leipsic which have been ex-
posed for few months to the SCOT
laden air. Its basement, with the IRON
barred windows half above and half be-
low the level of the sidewalk, suggests
subterranean prison. But the base
ment is not prison; it is the residence
of that important, though humble, indi-
vhual, the hGusn,dnn, and his numer-
GUS family of children, from the babe in
the arms to the "whining school-boy,
creeping, like snail. unwillingly to
school," The front door-or rather
doors. for there are two of them closing
to the center--is massive concern
with glass panels. protec. ed on the out
side by iron bars or scroll-work. and
opens into the street hall This latter
is paved with small square flags and its
walls and ceilings are ornamented with
stencil-plate frescoes and stucco-work
in browns, sky-blues and peach-tree
greens. Besides being thus orna-
mented, the walls are generally
streaked and striped with the marks of
dirty hands, left there by the numerous
children living in the stories above, and
scratched and SCARED by contact with
baskets, boxes and bundles. There is
large frame hanging on the wall of
the hall containing the names and &C.
equations of the different tenants, to-
gether with the story in which they
may found-a sort of house directory,
in fact. The hall, generally placed in
the middle of the building, leads from
the street directly in the rear. Here It
divides, one part leading out into the
dirty. stone-paved court, where the ash
pit for the whole house is, and the other
turning off at right angles to the foot Of
the winding, narrow-stepped wooden
stairs. Each story of the house is pro-
vided with two stair landings, one at
the level of the floor and the other half
way up to the story above.-Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Summer Wool Dresses.

Sheer woollens of flannel finish, YET
not heavier than bunting, are imported
for mountain or seaside dresses, with
,, white grounds striped with black. blue
or red, or with ecru striped with brown,
or pale gray with darker gray. For the
waist and skirt the stripes are very mar
row, while some breadths for drapery,
for vest and for flounces are made with
inch-wide stripes. These are made up
with the single breasted Norfolk belted
jacket so long in favor, but which is
now more popular than ever, with its
pretty revers or notched collar like that
of a mans coat, turned away to show q
collar and chemisette of linen orna-
mented with embroidery. or else there
is plain linen standing collar with q
fatty folded scarf precisely like those
worn by gentlemen. The apron over
skirt and the pleated lower skirt so long
in vogue are used for these light WOOL
lens, or, for tall figures, the skirt is
tucked nearly to the belt in front and
on the sides, and there is a short hip
drapery with long back breadths falling
to the foot.
The ecru and gray mohair or alpaca
dresses imported by the most fashiona-
BILE modstes for city street suits and for
travelling are made up in tailor styles
and trimmed with Hercules braid. Five
broad bands of brown braid are placed
between--not ou-the three broad box
plaits that form panels on the front and
sides of an ecru mOhair skirt. The vest,
which closes at the sides, is similarly
banded with braid. There is also re-
newed fancy for bordering the foot of
wool dresses with fifteen or twenty rows
of soutache laid over a cashmere band
of a contrasting color, as brown braid
on ecru cashmere for a brown skirt, and
blue braid on red ground for blue
skirt. For trimming dark gray or brown
bisOn-cloths and cashmeres the mixed
wool and metallic braids are used, part
ly of gilt or partly of silver, for stripping
the velvet vest and for heading the
broad band of velvet that trims the
skirt. Still another fancy is that of
edging kilt plaits of dark woods with a
line OF sOutache braid extending down
each plat; this is also seen in cotton
braids on wash-dresses of solid-colored
gingham or of satteen Or CRANBERRY.
Very dressy suits of white Cheviot or OF
flannel are decorated with pale blue
and rose borders cut Out of velvet in
arabesque or diamond or leaf patterns.
Other ecru or white ilanLels have three
large box-plaited panels on the skirt,
with the entire spaces between filled in
with navy blue or with scarlet soutache
in crosswise rows; the vest is in Breton
style-that is, in one piece, fastening
on the side-and is neatly covered by
rows of braid. -Harper's Bazar.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Crowded Out.

II vhas treated in a shameful man
ner,' he began yesterday, as he halte(
a policeman on Gratiot street.
Have the boys been after yor
againp"
mo, der poys vhas all right. i
vhas young man who makes fool u
ME. He comes into my blaze two OF
three weeks ago und says he vhas so
ciety reporter NIT baper. Dot vhas
all right. If anybody likes my society
l doan bounce him oudt.''
"What did he want?"
"Vhell, py-undp Ply he says to me:
Mister Onderdunker, how you like me
to say in der baper dot your daughter
Katie gif a barty last vheek und eafery-
tings vhas lovely like Boston style?
Well. 1 feels tickled dot my Katie vhas
to be in der bapers, und set oop der
peer"
"Nopody sees. After awhile der re-
porter comes aroundt und tells me dot
it vhas crowded out. He fees very
sorry, but he can t help it, und py-und-
ply he says: Mr.. Ondcrdunker, how you
like me say in der baper dot your White
vhas in Toledo on visit NIT friends?'
Well, like dot. My vhife vhas home
NIT der kitchen, but it looks vheIl in der
baper dot she goes off on visit
"And you set up the beer?"
Eyes. l like him to make a fine
notice, but it doan' come oudt in de
baper. He comes aroundt in few
days und says it vhas crowded oudt,
but he vhas sorry und can't help it. /
vhas madt, but py -und-py he says: Mr..
Onderdunker, how you like me to say
dot you gif coffee NIT your palatial
residence, und dot it vhas der most
recherche affair of der season. Well,
] always have some coffee for preak-
fast, und if der vhas some recherche
around here l like some in my family.
1 bays taxes und vhas as good as any
pody. tells him to 90 abeadt NIT his
item. und he fills oop NIT peer und goes
Off
''And it didn't come out?''
Not an oudt! He vhas shwindler.
l found oudt he vhas house painter.
You see how you can fool a man when
you tickles him shust right
"Well, he's so much ahead"
''Maype he vhas, but in a day or two
he Will come pack for some more peer
Den l shall fix an item like dis: 'Our
fellow-townsman, Mr.. Onderdunker,
who vhas in Detroit ten years und bays
his taxes, can mop somepOdy all oafer
der floor, und preak his bones, und
black his eyes. und step on him in such
recherche style as beats Boston all to
pieces in der middle of last vheekr'-
Detroit Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Ferdinand Ward, Junior member OF
the suspended firm of Grant 4 Ward. is
thirty-twO and son of Rev. F. De w.
Ward. of Geneseo, N. IN Y. Sun.
-Thurlow Weed Cunningham, living
1t Lagonda, O., has received one hun
bred dollars from the estate of Thurlow
Weed. in recognition of the fact of his
being named after him.
Julian Arnold tells the story that
his father, Edwin Arnold, wrote the
Light of Asia'' from day to day while
travelling in the cars from his house to
this city, on the cuff of his shirt sleeve.
james Wormley, of Washington, has
presented to the State of Massachusetts
portrait of the late Charles Sumner.
1t was painted by Henry Weke in 1873
4, and is the best likeness of Mr.. Sum-
ner painted from life.
"A book has been published in Bos-
ton, which describes over one hundred
important private Libraries in that city.
How many other cities in this country
contain enough private libraries to
justify the publication of a book about
them?-The Century.
-Springfelds city library has come
into possession of a file of the first
newspaper published in Springfield, the
Massachusetts Gazette, or the Spring.
field and Northampton Weekly Adver-
User" The paper began publication
Tuesday, May IA, 1882.
Secretary Lincoln's son, eight or
nine years old, is named Abraham, but
is dubbed Jack. He spends his time
at the navy ward, where he is very
popular with the crew of the Dispatch.
They bought him a complete sailors
outfit the other day. - Washington
Star.
The widow of the famous Mexican
General, Santa Anna, is now living quiz
city in her native State, and seldom in
trudes into the outer world. Mrs. San
ia Anna is but forty eight years old.
Santa Anna was President of Mexico
three years before she was born. She
was plighted to him in her cradle, and
married to him when she was thirteen.
james B. Garrison, the living
skeleton, who married Bertha f. Clear,
of Hestonville, while he was on exhibit
ton at the dime museum in Philadel-
phia, died recently at Union. He took
his separation from his bride of night
very much to heart, and went under
the care of a physician almost as soon
as the suit to annul their marriage was
entered. Riladelphia Press.
Mrs. Sarah Byrant, of Marathon,
Cortland County. N. Y, has celebrated
her hundredth birthday. In the pres
ence of about seventy-tive guests she
brought out her ancient spinning-wheel
and spun several yards of linen thread
very nicely. She has two daughters
living, aged eighty and seventy-s
years. The total ages of her thirteen
children and grandchildren who were
present at the birthday festival is near
ly nine hundred years.
IL see," says Mr.. Labouchere, in
London Truth, ''that discussion is
going on in the United States respect
ing the manner in which Washington
Irving wrote his books. l remember
visiting him at his country house on the
Hudson about thirty years ago. He
then told ME he had acquired ease and
elegance in writing by careful study
of the essays of Addison. He used, he
said, to read an essay, then write it
from memory, and compare his
phrases with those OF the original"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
German Houses.

Though the houses are large and
roomy, it must not be imagined that
they possess the comforts and luxuries
of the American modern life. For all
these buildings, standing end to end the
whole length of the streets without an
inch of space between them, and lifting
their four and five stories skyward to
be crowned with mansard roof, the
attic of which is cut up into rooms and
inhabited all these houses, quite i'm
posing to look at though they are, are
nothing more nor less than heightened
tenement-houses, which, in America,
are dignified with the name ''fats." In
these houses the vast majority of Ger
mans live, only the Jay Goulds and she
Vanderbilts of the different cities being
reckless and comfort-loving enough to
have what every American signs for
and is not contented until he has-a
house of his own, occupied only by him
self and family, standing upon ground
which he owns and surrounded by some
sort of 4 garden. No, the German
tradesman. even though he becomes
comparatively rich and able to
provide himself home, is per-
fectly cOntented to rent one-half of
one OF the stories Of one of these
heightened tenement-houses and live
there without being able to enjoy any
of that privacy which should surround
the domicile of every family. For,
when your dwelling is separated from
that of your neighbor by only the thin
nest OF partition walls; when his front
door opens on the same little landing
OF the winding stairs which go, cork
screw fashion, from the lowest to the
highest floor at the extreme rear of the
house; when, as is always the case in
Germany, your neighbours wife likes to
gossip with your servant girl and is al
ways eager for news, it is impossible to
be private about your own affairs any
more than it was in the canvas-parti-
toned houses in San Francisco thirty
years ago. These German houses are
so much alike that a description of one
will do for all of them. The following
is true picture of the one / live in:
Looked at externally it has a very re-
spect able, solid look about it, its MANY
windows giving it somewhat the APP
pearance of barracks or a manufacto-
~. Its front. while not actually bare
Of ornamentation, is relieved only by
the window frames and holdings. each
window having heavy cornice and
projecting sill.
The little dormer windows on the
mansard roof give the upper part of the
building sort of . 'pop-eyed' appear
ance, as if it were suffering from bad
fright or were trying its best to look
dow2 over the caves into the street BY
protruding its window eyes as far as
possible. What color the building was
when it was first built and stood forth
IL I'll the glory Of = brave new coat oil
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Improving the Square.

Stranger-"I hear you are going tt
improve the city squares.
Enterprising Citizen-"Yes indeed
You see our squares are very countri
fed. Take Rittenhouse, for instance
nothing but trees and grass and old.
fashioned gravel walks"
Stranger--"Ah, indeedr'
Enterprising Citizen" Yes sir. II
is disgrace. What that square needs
is to have all the trees cut down and
handsome brick, flag and asphaltum
pavements put where the unsightly
grass now grows. You see, a good
many of us came from the agricult-
ural districts and we are all sick of
grass and trees and such things. We
want city improvements, we do
Stranger - But with the grass and
trees all gone. what will the poor chill
dren dO?''
Enterprising Citizen Great
Washington! Just think what grand
place it will be for bicycles and roller
skates. "-Railadelphta CaA.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05

On Friday night a young woman OF
this city dreamed that she saw friend
of hers play the important part of bride
in a wedding. The phantom brides
dress was as plainly portrayed on the
mental retina of the dreamer as if she
had seen it with her waking eyes. The
groom's appearance was equally dis
tinct. Yesterday afternoon the dreamer
met the brides brother, and learned
for the first time that her dream had
pictured fact His sister had been
privately married on the previous
evening to a miner from chihuahua,
Mex, and she wore the dress described.
The visionary had no previous reason
to suppose that the wedding would ever
take place. Here is nut for the men,
tai Psychologists to crack. = Denver
News.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Proportion Of Meat to Feed.

Some American stockmen are now ex-
ercising great care in determining the
exact quantity of food consumed to pro-
duce given increase of live weight in
animals, and also the relative proper
tons of meat to Otfal.
The Fat Stock Shows at Chicago have
done much to stimulate experiments in
this direction, and will do much more.
Some of the agricultural experiment
stations are engaged in this special
work. A general conclusion thus far
is. that well-bred, moderately -fattened
oxen should yield SO to go pounds of
dressed carcass to 100 pounds OF live
weight; while an excessively fat OK may
give from 60 up to even 20 per cent.
Moderately fattened shOrn sheep should
dress 6S per cent. of the live weight; ex-
cessively fat as high as Is per cent.
The relation OF the dressed to the live
weight is so we'll understood by butch
ers, who buy beef cattle in the great
New York markets, that the sales and
prices are there based upon the dressed
weight of the four quarters. Thus il
good quality cattle are reported at ten
cents, it means so much per pound for
wha the four quarters will weigh. An
old rule is that the AZ pounds of Offal,
that is, the hide, loose tillOw. head.
heart, legs, ETC., will pay the butcher
well for killing and dressing, Thus q
bullock that will turn the scales at IL
40 pounds, VIII give about $50 pounds
in the quarters, in which form they
would be worth $85. 90 at 10 cents per
pound. If the same weight animal
dresses 81 pounds to the 100, then there
would be OIL pounds in the quarters,
and the buyer could pay S9l.0O for the
animal, and his carcass would still
stand him in only 10 cents per pound.
In that market while the beef cattle are
usually sold at so much head for .
certain lot, the buyer in making up his
offer, estimates for both the live weight
and the percentage that they will dress
though the scales are more resOrted
to than in former years; and then the
purchaser makes an offer based upon
the dressed percentage.
But feeder needs to make far more
careful estimates, or weighings, to know
how much feed, and its cost. he is using
from day to day to secure the increase
of weight each of his animals is max
ing. This will lead to the inquiry
whether other feed, or combination of
feed. may not produce like results with
less expense and more profit 1t will
lead to another observation, also, as to
the comparative values of different
breeds and grades as machines for
changing feed into meat-FrGirieFaTns-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
Why lie Came Back.

Farmer John" Why. hello, George.
So you are back from Dakota already
| thought you went out there to set
tie"
Farmer George did,
You don't seem to have stayed very
long"
mo"
What started you out there any
how?"
swell, you see, noticed in a paper
run by Western land company that
the farmers in Dakota were blowing. {"
"Yes."
81 thought that ought to be a good
place to settle, so 1 sell out and rushes
to Dakota to secure land and get crops
in"
"Well."
"After 1 got there I changed nv
mind"
Weren't the farmers plowing?''
YES. they were.'
"What sort of plows were thew
using?"
"Snow plows. "-Rhladelphia Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
He Kicked.

A farmers mutual insurance COM
pany, doing business in Virginia, had q
meeting OF directors the other day, and,
ness. one of the board rose up and
said:
II notice among the bills of expense
one for s. for printing our annual
statement on 1900 postal-cards."
That's all right" explained the
President.
"How all right? Don't we employ .
secretary at salary of $500 per
year?''
Eyes. and the secretary prepared
the copy and contracted for the print
ing
Il don't say he didn't, but I'd like to
know what business he bad to contract
or any such printing when we furnish
him pens and ink. 1t was his duty to
write out them cards, sir. and /. for
one. shall kick against any such ex-
travagance. ''-WdA Street Neus.
Sponge Pudding: Three eggs, ono
cup Of sugar, one cup of flour, two
tablespoons of water, one-half teaspoon
Of soda and one and one-half teaspoons
Of cream tartar. Beat the eggs thor.
oughly, mix cream tartar with the -four
and dissolve the soda in the cold water,
adding it last. Bake in large roast
ing pan, spread the batter thinly and
bake ten minutes. When done spread
with currant jelly. roll while warm and
lay in clean towel in the warming
ven till ready to serve.-EeeAas1A
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-05
ANGEL VISITORS.

In the graveyard gray and chill.
Yelled i'm shadow, hushed and still,
Meath one dropping cypress tree,
They are laid. my darlings three
Merry Robin, brave and bold;
Baby May, with locks of gold;
Darling Dolly. shy and fair.
With the gravc-dust on her hair.
Now their JOYOUS feet no more
Patter DER the cottage floor;
Still they hover near, l know
Lovely spirits, white as snow!
Ringing sounds of boyish mirth
Never round my childless hearth
In the morning light are heard,
Welcoming the early bird;
In the evening, drear and long,
Never maiden vesper song
Bids discordant voices cease,
Fills the slumberous hush with peace;
Yet when bowed in fearful prayer,
LO. they mount the silent stair!
Whispering, fiuttering, to and fro
Lovely spirits, white as snow!
Heavenly wisdom in their eyes,
Downward from the starlit skies.
On the moonbeams pale they glide,
Smiling angels side by side!
Folded i'm their loving arms,
Swiftly fade life g vague alarms.
When feel their fowery breath
Fan my cheek, long for death.
How my heart in rapture sings,
Listening to their rustling wings,
Making music sweet and low
Lovely spirits, white as snow!
When the faint, uncertain glow
OF my taper, burning low,
Dimly shows each vacant place,
Treasured curl and pictured face,
With a world of longing pain,
Empty hands are clasped in vain!
Then lie patient on my knee,
Till they come, my darlings three!
Bidding earthly sounds grow dumb.
In their shimmering robes they come,
Wondering at their mothers woe
Lovely spirits, white as snow!
When l slumber, they are near,
Whispering i'm my dreaming ear,
Shedding beams of Heavenly light
From their pinions silvery bright!
All! such holy truths they speak,
Kissing lip, and brow, and check!
peace" they murmur DER and DER;
I'VE are with you evermore!
Angels count the mourner's hours:
Every cross is crowned with flowers"
God has taught them this, / know
Lovely spirits, white as snow.
Funny FORESTER, in Chambers Journal