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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-10
A Pair OF Old Turtle Doves.

That age is no barrier to the tender
passion, and that two hearts. no matter
how tou IN and callous. can be made to
futter and respond to each others e.
static beatings when pierced by one of
Cupid's arrows, has often been eXem-
plified. But it is not often that persons
so far advanced in the Journey of life
that they are in the eighties, and who
stand on the verge of the grave, be-
come so s.spooney' on each other that
naught but hymen can make their de-
scent to the tomb one elysium of bliss.
There is, however, genuine case in
the town of NassalborO, where two will
shortly wed who are octogenarians.
The happy pair are in an excellent
state of preservation, the lady with an
eye sparkling like Promethean fire, and
the Old fellow as sprightly as boy of
fifteen. They are highly respectable
people, and both are well off in this
worlds goods. The lady is a prom
inent member of the Society of Friends.
They are like pair of turtle doves.
and appear to be as delighted in each
others presence - when, in their
Younger years, they just experienced
the thrills of love. Their intention of
marriage, when announced few days
ago. created quite sensation in the
staid and venerable town. and, when it
was discussed at the village store. il
could scarcely be credited on account
OF the great age of the contracting par
es, but, when the town clerk attested
10 the fact, that settled it The aged
couple in their matrimonial alliance
have the wishes of all who know
them that they may live long and pros
pei" -Aug,tsta (Ne.) Cor. boston Her
AID
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-10
Too Many Subjects in Cur Schools.

! am no educationalist. and may be
accused of speaking about what | am
ignorant of if | suggest that too many
things are taught at the same time, and
too much time is taken for the whole
process. Think of an undevc!oped
brain getting up book-knowledge on
ten different sub ,ects all the same day,
and this going on day after day for
years. 1t is altogether contrary to the
principles of a sound psychology to inn
agine that any sort of mental process.
worthy of the name of thinking, can
take place in that brain while that is
going on. The natural tendency of a
good brain at that age to be inquisi-
tive and receptive is glutt d to more
than safety. The natural process of
building up a fabric of mental complete
ness by having each new fact and OBJ
Servation looked ut in different ways.
and having it suggest other facts and
ideas, and then settle down as part of
the regular furn .ture of the mind. can
not possibly go on where new facts are
shoveled in by the hundred day by day.
The effect of this is bad on boys,
but is worse on girls, because
it is more alien to their mental
constitution. The effect on them OF
this unnatural process is to exhaust the
nervous pOwerat the tine, and to leave
the brain afterward filled with. useless
things that are soon forgotten and pass
away; as Goethe said about profession
al men: they labor under a great disad-
vantage in not being allowed to be ig-
norant Of what is to them useless. The
vital energies and nervous pe~,r that
had thus been thrown away slrwssd have
gone toward q feminine equipmcs,t of a
healthy, well developed body, = mind
built up and stored with knowledge that
had relation to its own nature and to
the wants of its future life, affections
not attenuated by scholastic routine.
and a cheerfulness that is only compat-
ible with good health. The examining
up of the dry facts of those many sub
jects is in most cases a WEAKNESS and
pain. while the intell'ge study of one
third of them, selected on account OF
their fitness to the mental constitution
of the learner. or her probable require
ments in future life. might be a pleas
ure and a lasting profit. T. S. Coas-
ION, " d., IN Popular Science Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-10
A Tourists Adventure.

| Mr.. Isaac W. Cotton is New Hanlp
shire man, who is well known through
the Southern States, and the little ad
venture with which he met few day
ago in the swollen waters of Stee
Creek, just beyond the DIecklenburs
line in South Carolina, will be of inter
est to his friends in the South and will
start!e his friends in the North. Mr.
Cotton, accompanied by his son, is max
ing his way to Florida all the way from
New Hampshire, through the country
in buggy. For many years past hi
has spent pis winters in Florida, but III
to this winter has always gone by rail
His scheme of making the trip in /:
buggy was adopted upon the advice o
physicians. who thought the overland
} trip would do him good. Lesides giving
him q fine acquaintance with the coun
try. Mr.. Cotton and his son put ou
! from New Hampshire about three
months ago, and found that the trip
fully came up to the recommendation
until they passed Charlotte and encoun.
tered Steel Creek, when really start
ling adventure befell them.
The creek was greatly swollen by the
late rains and was far out of its banks
Mr.. Cotton had crossed streams twice
that width in Florida. and, surprising he
could do it here the SANE way. he drove
into the swollen waters. He had driv.
Ell in but short distance when he dis
covered his mistake. but too late. Wher
he could see nothing but the heads o.
himself son and horse above the water:
he realized that trouble encompasset
him round about. The current of The
stream Lore them swiftly along, ans
men, horse and buggy quickly parte.
company. Mr.. Cotton caught tn:
branches of tree and drew himself OIL
of the water. In a tree little below
him he saw that his son had saved him.
SELF in like manner. The horse and
buggy had disappeared from sight /,
was growing late in the evening, and
Mr.. Cotton and his son began to shout
for help and kept it up until a couple OF
farm hands, attracted by their cries,
came upon the scene. After considela-
BILE maneuvering the father and son
were rescued from the trees and CON
Quoted to the res .dence of hospta'le
farmer near by, where they were made
comfortable for the night.
Mr. Cotton lost his morse and buggy,
besides two trunks and valise. CON
tanning his valuables. One of the
trunks was afterward found about a
mile below the scene. His valuables
Were kept in rough. unsuspiciou:
looking valise, and We're carried in the
foo of the buggy. 1t is hardly pos
sible that the valse will ever lie found.
Mr.. Cotton spent two days at the house
of his ncwly-found friend, AM then.
getting new rig. proceeded on his
Journey, leaving instructions for the
forwarding Of his remaining goods
should they be recovered from the
flood. Thele are good many streams
between Steel Greek and Florida. but
if any of them are swollen when Mr..
Cotton drives up to the bank he Will
be seen going through the eye of a
needle rather than through the water.
ca. c. Observer.
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TOlOachi and Its Effects.

"TOloachi." SAYS Fannie B. Ward, in
letter from Mexico, .'grows every
where in Mexico, but more thrifty il
the tropical lowlands of the terra
caliente 1t is harmless looking
plant, much resembling Northern milk
weed, and quite too dangerously con.
venicnt in land where suspicion rules
and jealousy amounts to madness. II
does not kill, but acts Immediately upon
the brain. producing first violent insan-
ity and then hopeless idiocy. 1t is
whispered that poor Carlotta had hardly
landed at Vera Cruz, on her sorrowful
mission to this country, before some OF
it was administered to her, and her de-
plorable fate is cited as one among
many instances. OF all the dangers in
Mexico this is one of the most appall-
ing. Any political enemy, or jealous
rival, or offended servant, may thus re-
venge himself in q more fiendish man.
ner than with the stilettO and, without
fear of detection; few drops Of this
tasteless white fluid, mixed with milk
Or other food, does its diabolical work
with memorable certainty. and can only
b. detected By " gradual results.
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HUMOROUS.

What is it has mouth and never
speaks, and bed and never sleeps? A
river. Portland Transcript.
Oscar Wilde says his poems will be
read after Shakespeare has been for
gotten. That's the proper time to read
hem.-Hartford Post.
An Albany On. ~ paper tells of a
woman in that city who walked her hus-
band during a storm the other night.
and said: II do wish you would stop
snoring, for l want to hear il thunder"
Cot tough job on hand to-day"
said Snooks to a friend on Canal street
.'Sorry. old fellow; what is it??'' Prom
ised to carve turkey at orr boarding
house. q. hcG1une.
The New York Graphic says ''that
burglars may be kept out of any house
10y leaving the valuabies out at night on
the front doorstep Which is all very
well so far as it goes; but suppose one
has not the valUables, then whato-De
h'oH Post.
Old bills: 1.-TWO hundred and TWEEN
Congress the first day session. ''Just
think of it' remarked Mrs. Simple:
Isn't il rdculous? These Congress
men get salaries big enough. l should
think. to pay as they go. Two hundred
and twenty-seven bills! For things they
rot la It year, of course. For my part,
[ think it's positively scandalOus. y
Boston Transcript.
"A doctor is called in to prescribe
for sick child. and having exam ned
the patient writes a prescription and
leaves instructions as to the treatment
of the little sufferer. On making his
visit the next morning the pr nee OF
scene S surpr Sc / to find the house
hold in tears. ''My poor child" sobs
the mother, IL never thought that he
would have died of croup!' "Oi
croup?" echoes the doctor; do YOU
mean to say the child had the GROUP
Why didn You tell me?'-IndianGpo-
us journal.
Town mouse aud country mouse:
Ethel-"LoOk- Dorothy! There's
Richard MARVEL Dorothy Country
cousin (-"Richard Marvel! Who's
hes'' Ethel-''What, never heard Of
Richard Marvel? Why, he's the actor.
you know, at the Parthenon!' Dorothy
"Oh! an actor. is he! He's something
like Mr.. Osbaldistone Smith," Ethel
-.'Who's Mr.. Osbaldistone Smith,"
Dorothy-''What never heard of MIR.
Osbaldistone Smith. Why. he's tee
greatest breeder. Of shorthOrns in all
Cumberland! .''-LOndos Punch.
-''How stupid | ann said Birdie
McHepnepin, langnidly. executing at
the same time quite respectable yawn
act. That's true remarked Gus DE
Smith. rather impulsively. ''Sirr' ex-
claimed Birdie, ''yOu are impertinent."
''but you yourself just now asserted
that you were stupid" II only said
so without thinking" said Birdie, pet
ulantly. Eyes. and up to the I me you
spoke had only thought SO without
saying it." Hang Grape on the door Of ,
Miss Birdie. Another lover scratched
of the list of one of the Austin bellies.
-Te1as Siftings.
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Too Late.

1t appeared to be private confab, as
the two men sat with their backs to the
iron fence of the Trinity Church.
IF you was Jay Could" sad one,
land was Judge on the bench, how
much would you give to own mea
well, 1 dunno, How much would
you take?"
MAKE me an offer.
"Well, I'd chip in with Jim Keene
and Russell Sage and Uncle Rufus, and
/ reckon we'd offer you $4,000.
'.Hoot! toot. man, but you d get left
While you were getting up the poo
President Willard would step in with an
offer of S25. COO"
Verdict for plaintif.-WaH Stree
NesCS.
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"A volume in the public library Of
Boston, Mass, contains the autograph
If Martin Luther.-Boston Post.
1t takes Wilkie Collins six months
10 write a story. He grinds oat nine
pages day and then stops.-M r.
Graphic.
Jim Wintersmith, the new Door
keeper of the House, is son of the
famous Kentucky wag, Colonel Dick
Wintersmith. Washington Star.
Mrs. Lippincott-"GraceGre Green
wood will stay in Paris during the
winter. and has given up all idea Of re-
turning to America Chicago Journal.
The wealthiest man in Connecticut
is Ex-Governor James f English, whc
began life as farmers boy and car
penter. He is worth six millions.
Most of it was made in the lumber
busine,s.-Hartford Post.
-P:erpoint Potter, of Jamaica, N.
Y. now in his ninetieth year, still acts
as clerk to the Queens County Beard OF
Supervisors and kee;s the records oil
the bills audited. This is the fiftieta
year he has performed the same duty
". Y. Times
Armand Heine, a wealthy banker
who recently died in Paris, France,
made his first start in New Orleans. He
was the first man to ship cotton direct
from this country to North Germany.
He married Miss Cohen, of New Or.
leans. who brought him a fortune OF
$500, O0O.-N o. Hcdyune.
When Weston started the other day
from Westminster Bridge. London, tc
walk fifty miles day for one hundred
days, to illustrate the physical advan-
tages of temperance, n crowd of distin-
guished doctors and eminent clergymen
and benevolent Barons and fair ladies
gathered. to see him of, and he start
ed to the strains of a temperance hymn.
Amanda Mackinder, of Geddes.
and Charles o. BOwles. of Syracuse. N.
T., are the lates. couple whose &C.
quaintance, courtship and marriage was
attained through the aid of newspaper.
The groom inserted the want in u
Syracuse newspaper, the bride, who was
a widow. answered it, and. everything.
proving lovely, they were married.
Syracuse Journal
Rev. Mark l.. Emory. young
Methodist preacher, formerly pastor in
a Southern Ohio town, went to Sugar
Grove, Pa. a year ago and took charge
of church there. He was bachelor.
and soon became very popular with the
ladies'. Two months ago he hired
livery rig, drove out of town, and did
not return. He left debts behind to the
amount Of four hundred dollars. His
effects were sold at auction four weeks
after his disappearance. and he now
writes to his former parishioners from
Toledo, o.. that he was ru ned by spec
ulation, and has been wandering about
from place to place in 'half-crazed
Observation-Disclosures Press.
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An Albany On. ~ boy of eight
years has obtained verdict against his
grand tather for over. six thousand dol
lars. for injuries caused by the driving
of a team over him. resulting in broker
leg ana other auFt.~Al4aAx Journal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-01-10
THE VALLEY OF TEARS.

II climb to the mountain of gladness,
And bask in the sunshine of bliss;
Ii nnheeaiag all sorrow and sadness,
Foryctt ny the good that miss,
look out from my uplandS of being
Across the broad reach of the years.
L grow tenderly sober ut seeing
The shadowy Valley of Tears.
II is never quite lost to my vision,
Though OFTEN beyond it see
The green slopes of the SUBMITS elysian
That wait with their blessings for me:
And though often long for the freedom
That yonder eternaliy reigns,
remember that each has his Edom
Before the glad Canaan he gains.
When my heart with tumultuous throbbins
Takes mp the sad burdens OF men,
go down amid signing and sobbiny,
And walk the dim valley again;
sober, scpulchral procession
We make as we journey along,
With grief for our only poSs .sslon,
A funeral dirge for our song.
There arc willows above us low bending,
That weep with US over our woe:
And the mist of the mountain. descending,
Bedews all the way as we go.
In the dark of our dubiOi grieviny
We walk "a if s.ars lad gone out,
And our souls were grown SEX OF belicyirf.
Tie morrow were more than doubt.
There are hearts, with Their hunger pathetic
That walk in the Valley Of Tears;
There are souls. in their sadness ascetic.
Tha. linger and grieve through the years
There are loves that come silently hither
To seek for some treasure OF C sst,
That mourn, as a bairn for its mithcr,
The wonderful love that is lost.
There are many who wait and who wander
Within the dim va ley with me-,
And who yearn for the mOu lia.n tops yOn-
der.
III; -.
But a stranger | look in their fac. :.
- And strangers they look INTO nine;
AMI az Strangers we grJpc for the places
Where sunlight and glndness may shine.
For who walks in the vallcy so lonely
Coos there in hi. sorrow alone;
And who gives friendly greeting CIV IS only
For bread to TIE hungry stone.
They may touch u whose yesterday q tender
Made loving and living supIene;
SUIT our gricvlng refuses sure idcr,
And fricn lship was o lily dr-;n.
am far up the noun aims OF Icing;
Tine mists of the morning below
In their beauty shut out from my seeing
The valley vile G soon must go:
But know, too igh the sun of my hoping
May shine wi h a glad1csS lhat en- GERS,
That { soon shall b. wearily cropping
Ny way in the Valley of Tears.
YOn may smile on the SUBMITS of ga,lness
NV iitNtf nave "cpt nj afitir DdSc.
Eut in me with the garme 1t of sadness
fou closely wi cover your face:
And unknown OF the many who yanler,
Unknowing, "a they are unknown,
You shall grope from the radiance yonder,
Across the dark valley, alone.
Amid pitiful sONbing aud 81 Ching,
Where willows AMI cypress Is bend
You shall walk wher1 the shadows are
lying.
Ard sac MT a sign of the end;
You shall know by the twilight unbrokon
When morn on the mountain appears,
You have come without warning or token,
AT length to the Valley of Tears.
-FfUm "GerL dine a Romance in Verse.
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If climb to the mountain of gladness,
And bask in the sunshine of bliss;
Ii Gnheediag all sorrow and sadness,
Forget ny the good that miss,
i look out from my uplands of being
Across the broad reach of the years,
1 grow tenderly sober at seeing
The shadowy Valley of Tears.
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his ungeHerous recovery? 1t would be
but a poor return for her aSsiduOuS at
ten ion and tender ministratiOns. She
could not have been more sweetlv care
full OF his comfort if she had .'loved with
love that was more than love" IN re-
turn for which he was about 10 iniiict
upon her permanent and unmiticated
disappointment. In vain he assured
himself that had he ever dreamed Of a
possible recovery he would never have
allowed her to take such risk This
could not possibly alleviate her disap-
pointment nor excuse his Eeriidy.
He was thinking of these things one
day as he lay with his face turned in
ward looking at Meg, whose eyes had
wandered from the book in her hand to
the hills beyond the river. Sse brought
them back presently, and they rested
for moment on the face among the
pillows. The disiiguring beard had
been removed and the fac was GER
tainly better than when she had first
seen it. She supplied an imaginary
roundness of contour and decided that
nothing but health was needed to make
him very handsome man.
John, your face is certainly getting
fuller; suppose, after all. you should
get well?''
This sentence, inspired by tender
interest. had somehow a heartless ring
when uttered.
1T would certainly be an une1ateful
return for all your kindness. but am
afraid am getting BETTER he said,
apologetically. ''In fact, Tom init
mated to-day that might recover
Meg also had misgiving. She had
thought good deal about the posi-
bility of his recovery, and wondered
whether it would make much difference
to him: Whether John Hemingway,
restored to health and no longer 10 need
Of nursing, might not wish himself Q
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for the working class. Send 10
cents for postage. and we will
mail you free. u royal, valuable
box Of sample goods that will
put YOU in the way of making
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LES TRIBUNAUX COMIQUES.
INVITATION A DINER.

LIE jeune Hector Sapin, pour qui
lie plaignant lui. meme demande lie
pardon de la justice, est bien re-
pentant, mails il a etc aussi bien
coupable.
Non content de n'avoir pas ira
vaille une heure de toute la semai.
ne, il exigeait encore de sa mere
cent sous pour faire une .partie au
Point-du-JOur. C'est alors que lie
voisin Pruneau est intervenu, mails
sans success. En- echange de ses
bon conseils, lie jeune Hector Pa
plaque contre le mMr dun coup de
tete daus pestomac, 81 bien que
Pruneau, sans sout11e, s'est cru a sa
derniere heure ct que la scene a
pris fin chez lie cOmmissaire.
Aujourd'hui tout est oubli6 ;
Pruneau s'evertue den convaincre
lie tribunal.
.-Vos mons, prenoms, profes
sion, domicile Levez la main.
VOus jurez de dire..!.
Ma fol, mon president, ce nest
guere la peine de faire les ceremo-
MES, WI que je me desiste.
LIE tribunal appreciera. Levez la
main.
-Ce sera pour vous faire plaisir.
QUAINT a ce qui s'est passe, c'est
fini.
Que s'est-il pass6?
&c garcon lisait toutes sortes
d'infamies de journaux. II rentrait
echauffe, disait quill fallait faire
sauter lie gouvernement. Tout ca
c'est des b6tises.
-Ensuite !?
-C'est tout. Sa mere ne disait
rien, pour ne pas rexciter davan-
tage.
Eft il abusait de cette faiblesse
pour s'abandonner a la paresse ct
q Fvrognerie.-Mais lie jour OH
vous avez etc frappe?
Pour ca, motMs! Je ne dis rien.
ZEN fails mon affaire. Je ne iveux
le condamner, puisque j'ai promis
q sa mere de lie ramener diner &c
soir. Meme que les frais sont fats !
Ainsi!...
Et Pruneau regarde rauditoire
en- claignant de leil dun air en-
tendu.
-T6moin, tachez de prendre une
autre attitude. 81 vous refusez de
repondre, lie tribunal va etre oblige
de vous appliquer la loi.
Lexcellent Pruneau reste mean
mOins stOIque. II a fait une plainte,
il la retire ct tout est dit. II ne
cOnnait que celia.
LIE ministere public requiert con.
ire lie recalcitrant Pamendo de RI
gueur. LIE tribunal va la prononcer
lorsque lie prevent, touch6, Sc leve
ct erie ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Mon, non! m'sieu Pruneau.
d6vouez pas pour moi !
J'veux pas! ]
-TaiSez.vOus!
AS pas peur, mon garcon !; c'est
des .betises. Je sails bien &c que j'ai ,
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KorARY JoB Pass.

Ayant tout lie mat6riel n6cessaire, nous SOM
mes 4 meme d'executer tour les ouvrages ty-
pographiques qni nous seront comics Les
brefs d'avocat, cartes d'affail es, ent6tes de
features, tickets d'habitation, blancs, circu-
laires, etc, seront imprim6s dans lie plus BRET
delai ct q des prix moderes.
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Az ENDE2- VouS uTs HARITAnFs
No. ll8 RIVE de ChaPtroa.
NOUVELLE-ORLEANS.

Mr.. J. BOSIO, PREVENT ses nOmbreux amis
de Ia campagre quill u prcvisO,rement ferm6
son Restaurant, COMM sous lie nom des Ouatre
Sais0Ms, ct qu'ils trOuverOnt Az Render
v0uS des Habitants, No. lib rue Char
tres DIES liqueurs de premier ehoix ct des
hambre garnies CONNIE par le passe. Tout
en- les remerciant du patronage qu'ils lui ont
preeedemnaent accorde, il espere quill hui ssra.
continue. ay-l9S4.
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A vENDRE.

A vE:yDRE.
I'm certain moroccan de terrc mesurant un
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avec de nombreux arbres ~fruitiers ct autros
dependencies.
Prix $4,000.
S'adresserA
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FOR SALE.

One Draining Machine, made by Messrs.
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good order. For further information, apply
to-
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