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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
"SET YOUR FOOT WITH NINE,
JOHNn

Set your foot with mine, John,
Let us step together:
II the road he good or bad,
Fine or stormy weather.
Put your hand in mine. John,
Clasp it strongly. brother;
Strangers can not be to US
What we're to each other.
We'd the same good father, John;
No boys had a better;
To his wisdom and his love
Both of US are debtor.
We'd the same sweet mother, too;
No boys had a sweeter;
We must love each other well,
Or how could we meet her?
When we were but little chaps,
Driving home the cattle,
Then we shared each others talks,
Fought each others battle.
Then we had the self-same griefs,
And the self-same pleasures, :.
Held in common bats and balls,
And our boyish treasures.
Now, though we are bearded men,
Still, you know, we're brothers.;
Far moro to each other, John,
Than we are to others.
/ for you, and you for me,
In life's changing battle,
As 1t was in bygone days,
Driving home the cattle.
So put your foot with mine, John,
We will step together,
If the way be good or bad,
Fine or stormy weather.
Let the world go well or i'll, 80
Put your hand in mine, brother;
Strangers can not be to us
What we're to each other.
Lille Il. Barr, in " Y. Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Ornamental Hedges.

It is hardly likely that attempts will
again be made in most parts of the
country to protect field crops by means
of hedges. AS wealth increases, how
ever, more attention will be given to
identifying the premises, and orna-
mental hedges about small lots or door
yards will be common. A fine hedge is
far more beautiful than fence made of
almost any material. The plants for
ornamental hedges will vary to conform
to the climate of the different sections
of the country. Evergreens are pre-
ferred for ornamental hedges in all
places where the climate is suited to
them, as they are beautiful during the
entire year. The American arbor-vita,
Norway spruce and hemlock are recon-
mended for places where they will grow.
The buck-thorn. honey locust, barberry
and privet are hardy in most parts of
the country, and beautiful hedge may
be made of either of them. A hedge
very beautiful at the season of fleweri5g
may be formed of the lilac and common
SNOWFALL. They are both quite hardy,
and are easily propagated by roots and
cuttings. A long sprout Of either Of
them, If bent down, fastened in position,
and covered with soil. will spread out
roots and branches and furnish several
plantA These plants viii not form .
hedge that will turn cattle. but protec-
ton against them may be furnished BY
bsrbed wires that will be hidden when
tho plsnfs are covered with foliage.
Ornamental hedges require cousidera-
bic care, but they add greatly to the
appearance Of farm. while they call
for only a small expenditure Of money.
Chicago Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Wanted His License Back.

A gawky boy and 'gangling" girl
were married by an Arkansas magis.
tratc the other day, and shortly after
wards the boy reappeared and said:
esquire, gimme back them license"
81 have sent them to the County Clerks
Office where they properly belong" the
Justice replied. II am mighty sorry,
fur l want 'em back" Whats the
matter?" "Why. don't intend to live
with that gal. Inever seed SIGH cree
tur, Jedge. You sec her daddy give
her cow. an this mornin' when went
to milk the blame thing, she kicked me
heels over head. wouldn ter minded
this. but my wife stood thar an
fit ter kill herself. / thought
l was goin' ter settle down in life OF
love an 'lasses an all that, but the kick
o. that COW opened my eyes. The Coun-
ty Clerk ken keep the papers if he
wants to, but 1 wush you'd tell him she
next time yer see him that I'll be dad
blamed if I'm goin' to live with thai
gal "-ArkGns0s0 Traveller.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Cats Meat.

Correspondents of Knowledge, in
treating of cats, do not seem to have
remarked some acts of intelligence
which may De observed daily in the
streets of London. At the cry OF the
cat's-meat man all the cats are in COM
motion, but all are not excited by the
cry of the same man. A dozen men
may walk up and down the same streets
with tempting morsels, crying "Mcat,
meatn' but only at those houses they
are accustomed to serve will the cats be
reused by the call. No sooner does tie
proper man arrive in, the street than ev-
cry cat he is accustomed to serve rushes
frantically to the door. or, if allowed,
into the street, running mewing toward
him, rubbing against his legs, or some
times sitting in a begging attitude be-
fore him, but never, as far as have OBJ
served, attempting to steal from the
open basket.
One day noticed q cat whose man
had either forgotten her portion or had
been unable to make her mistress hear,
and so had passed on. The cat, however.
insisted on being attended to; she ran
after him, mewing piteously, and when
at last she made him understand, she
ran back to the house before him,
where, by this time, the mistress was
reaSy to take the delicacy so much
priced by all London cats, however well
fed. / have often watched this act of
discrimination in our own cat. Tom
would sit quietly doing while man aft
er man went by with the familiar cry of
"Meat, meat" but presently he would
jump, rush to the window, and remain
in state of grSt excitement, and soon
after distant cry of '.Meatr' might be
heard, ard we knew that Tom had rec
ognized his own man long before we had
heard him. AS the cry drew nearer,
Toms excitement increased, and he
would almost tiy to the door. A singular
fact remains to be told. On Saturdays
the man would leave two portions, as he
did not go his rounds on Sunday. These
were often thrown into the area, to
which Tom had access. He would al
ways greedily devour the one portion.
but never touch the other. although
they lay side by side. This cat would
also open the latch of the kitchen door,
as observed by several of your CORE
spondents, and would also o,en the
shutters in the drawing-room CLOSED.
but not fastened), in order to look out
of the window. / have. however, been
bold of . cat who would open not only |
. latch, but an ordinary draving-room |
door, rather loose, by taking the round
knob between her paws and twisting it
round till it opened.
The fact of cats distinguishing De-
tween one meat man and another seems
70 me to disprove the oft-repeated as
,ertion that cats attach themselves only
% places and not to persons, for here
We see them able to pick out a certain
nan by his voice alone, even at great
distance. auckland.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Holman Hunt, the artist, believes
that Shakespeare's sonnets were ad-
Creased to his wife, Anne Hathaway.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

+. j. POTTER, PERCEvAL LOWELL,
viec-Prss . Gen. Nansr cR4QRR 0enPsalAee
JOHN B. CARSON, 8. X. HOOPER,
Vies-PsuA0en.Msagr q. &stJes RR 0mIanAA.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
A Turkish Town.

One walk through the narrow, dirty
streets of Smyrna revealed more of
Eas ern outdoor life than, whole
library OF books. Every Eastern peo-
pie is represented at Smyrna Turks,
Greeks, Arabs, Moors, Abyssinians,
Syrians, Jews, ETC., (the Turks, of
course, being the most numerous),
each in the peculiar dress of his coun-
try. The camels are here in their ma
tive home, and do tie work of horses.
They kneel down and wat patiently
until they are loaded, and then march
off with slow, sloping gait. Some of
the streets of Smyrna are so narrow
that when q caravan of camels passes,
there is scarcely room to walk along.
The climate is so mild, even in mid
winter, that the life is almost entirely
out of doors; and the street scenes re-
call some of the descriptions in the
''Arabiau Nights On one corner, a
cobbler is mending shoe; on another,
a fig-yender is disposing of his
fruit; in another direction, al
mond candy is offered for sale;
presently, a caravan of camels
moves slowly along. while gayly-dressed
figures are seen sitting in the sun.
smoking, smoking, forever smoking.
The Turkish women are seldom seen
on the street; and, when they 90 abroad
their faces are closely yelled, not even
their eyes being visible. Should
Turkish woman appear on the street
unveiled, it would be a deadly sin
against modesty. Whether such pre-
cautions make them better we know
not, but from AL accounts morality is
the prevailing virtue in the East. From
sly glance at some of the women. /
was convinced that there was no dam
ger of their beauty fascinating the be-
holder. In fact, it is the extreme jeal-
ousy of the Turkish men that throws
these restrictions upon the Eastern
women. How would our American.
women, who have no restrictions upon
their sweet wills, like to be shut up at
home all the time, never going shop
ping, visiting or walking? am afraid
war of sexes would be the result, and
an army of Amazons would soon be
raised to defend the rights of the sex.
There are only three or four mosques
at Smyrna, and they are small. At
certain hours hours every day a man
appears in front of each mosque, and
putting his hands behind his ears,
screams at the top of his voice: ..Pl az,
pray. Allah is great, and Mohammed is
his prophet! Pray, pray" Both the
and schismatic Greeks have
churches in Smyrna. and the former
have an Archbishop. The Jews are
numerous. and occupy quarter of the
city specially appropriated to them.
The fathers of the Franc scans have q
hero attended by tbs Italian
members OF the order.
The only evidences of progress that I
saw IN Smyrna was the 6urse-cars along
the quays, and these are under French
was prepared to find
the Turks lazy and Indifferent. but on
the contrary they work hard, load and
unload vessels, and carry burdens on
tkeir shoulders that would stagger the
stoutest Baltimore porter. But the
Turks who can lord to do nothing live !
n lazy self-indulgence.- BaKsmors |,
Day.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Some women take q fiendish de-
light in placing . piece Of oil-cloth
on it in the morning, when they spring
out of bed, when the thermometer is
lowering about zero, and for moment
the marrow-chilled man thinks he has
discovered the North Pole.-NorristoaCn
Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

Two members of party of burg
lars recently apprehended in London
we're women, who were attired as men.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06

1T is estimated that 81, 600 papers Of
certain brand of smoking tobacco are
daily sold in New York City.-M Y
Maj.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
FOREIGN.

"JEM'' WARD, the old English puglist,
died in London Sunday.
EMMANUEL GEIBEL, the celebrated
German poet, is dead, aged IS.
PARNELL gave a banquet Saturday
night to the Redmond brothers, mem
bers of parliament.
ONE-HALF of Mandalay, the Capitol of
Burmah, a city of 10000 people, has
been burned.
A RAILWAY collision occurred Friday
at Blackjack, on the Kingstown Line, a
few miles south of Dublin. ThirJy-fve
persons were injured.
THE UItramontanists of Hhenish Prus-
STA, Dusseldorf, Coblentz, Hessen. and
Wiesbaden are making great prepare
tons for a public meeting and 0pen-air
demonstration to be held Easter Mon
day in the City of Cologne to protest
against Prince Bismarck's policy in re-
vIving the Culturkampf, The demon
stration has been planned by DR.. Wind
thorst and other leaders of the Clerical
party.
THE English Minister to Egypt has a
dispatch from Gen. Gordon bearing date
March 30 It says: March % Gen. Cor
don disarmed $50 Bashi-Bazouks who
had mutinied. The following day he
shelled the rebel camp on the Blue Nile,
killing forty of the enemy. March %
the rebels fired upon Khartoum from a
village opposite. They were soon forced
to evacuate, losing fifty-nine menin the
engagements, and the Bashi-Bazouks
occupied the village and held it until
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

ONE-HALF Of the business portion Of
Hampton, Va, is burned. Loss $1QO. 600;
insurance about $4,000
THE large brick store-room of the
Wabash Railroad Machine Shops, at
Moberly, Mo, burned. There was a
large amount Of general supplies, in
Guiding five carloads of sheet iron in
the building, all Of which were CON
sumed. Loss $4,000.
The fire in ST. Georges fiat, New
York city, completely destroyed the
building and contents. Loss, $3.50 600.
There were several narrow escapes,
Three fremen and an engineer were
badly burned.
Ten tr&ckmen returning home the
other night on the Lebanon Valley rail
road, near Wernersville, fastened their
two hand trucks to a fast passenger
train. On passing switch the trucks
were thrown from the track and the ten
men few in all directions. Seven were
badly hurt.
FRIDAY a Northwestern locomotive
killed at J. /. Cases Racine stock farm,
d KentuCky-bred fOur-year- old colt, val
ued at 81, 900, owned by MI. Case, and a
brood mare, q half sister Of Maud S..
valued at $4,000, owned by Mr.. Remy, a
Chicago lawyer.
The UpEam Manufacturing com
pany's saw and single mill at Marsh
field, Wis, was totally destroyed by FIRE.
Loss on the mill and contents S25, 900:
insurance, about $4,000. The mill had
capacity of $4,000 to 10000 feet and
about $4,000 feet of shingles. About
seventy-fve men are thrown out of en-
ploymsnt, and it is considered a public
calamity. The mill will be rebuilt. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
THREE wrecking schoonerS are taking
out the cargo Of the wrecked steamer
Steinmann. The divers report the
steamer upright and the Lighthouses in
place, but the hull shows signs of going
to pieces. The divers have not vet en-
tered the cabin. No bodies have vet
been seen in the vessel. 1t is the opin..
ion of maEy acquainted with the coast
that most Of the bodies outside tee YES
sci would be carried to sea by the under
tow. The opinion of seafaring men &C.
quainted with the approaches to the
narbor is unfavorable to the commander
of the Steinmann. regarding the work
ing of mis- ship on the night Of the dis
aster.
A TEXAS Pacific train was wrecked
near Clyde, Texas Saturday morning,
the baggage car and three coaches tumb-
ling down an embankment. Twenty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
SATURDAY, APRIL 10.

Se1aate-T The senate was not in session
to-day.
House = Mr.. Thompson moved to re-
scind the order under which the house
has been considering public buildings
bill adopted Monday last He contended
that the order was general or a stand
ing order, and liable, therefore, to repeal;
while on the other hand it was main
tanned it was a special order, which ex-
pired by its own limitation only. The
speaker was clearly of opinion the
motion was not privileged one, but as
it was new question he preferred 30
submit its decision to the house, which
determined-yeas II, nays 101-it was
not privileged.
Public business then suspended, and
the house proceeded to the consideration
of resolutions expressive of regret at
the death of the late Thomas II. Hern-
don, of Alabama. After eulogies by
Messrs. Jones (Ala.l, Forney, Horn,
Dowd, Culberson (Tex.), Henderson,
Herbert, Shelley, and Oates, the house,
as mark of respect to the memory of
the deceased, adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
CRIME.

A DIRECTOR of the First National
bank of Monmouth, Ill, states that
Cashier Hubbard's defalcatiOn will not
exceed S110 600, of which $75, 900 is Sc
cured. A $4,000 certificate of deposit
has been turned over by the Continental
National bank of Chicago.
STONE & THoIPsON's dry good store,
at Wheeling, w. Va, was robbed of
$4,000 worth of fine silks by professional
crooks Tuesday night. This is the sec
ond robbery Of the same store within
three months.
THE shortage Of R. H. Turner, agent
of the Pittsburg 6 Cleveland and Pan
handle Railroads st MingO junction,
Ohio, who, disappeared several days ago,
will exceed $13, 600. Daniel Potter and
300 others are victims.
THREE masked robbers entered the
house of Carl Schultz, III East Tawas,
Mich, Sunday, killed his son, beat the
father, mother and daughter into a state
of insensibility, and secured 2,100 Ger
man marks in gold. In the struggle
the son of Schultz was killed. 4 dark
lantern left behind is the only clue yet
obtained to the murderers.
A RAILROAD accident occurred on the
Chicago, st. Louis & New Orleans rail
way, near Deckitill, Miss, Sunday,
caused by a rail being torn up and laid
across the track The engine, and bag
gage, express and smoking cars were
completely wrecked. The engineer and
fireman were seriously injured. The
baggage master and three mail agents
were slightly injured. The passengers
escaped unhurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
Great Corn Crops.

Tt having been mentioned IN the
Iowa State Register some weeks ago
that Mr.. Hezekiah Pagan, Of Polk
county, in that state, had once grown
158 bushels of corn per acre, d son of
Mr.. Pagan writes the following re-
garding the kinds OF corn, the ground,
and the manner OF cultivation:
Fathers farm joined Browns park
on the north and ran mile north;
the corn was raised where the old
orchard nowis; it was part prairie and
part brush land. and was about the
third crop. The ground was plowed
In the spring, narrowed and marked
out with a single shovel both ways,
the rows being four feet apart each
way. The corn was dropped by hand
and covered with hoe, and left with
out narrowing until large enough to
pillow, and was plowed twice with sin
gle shovel, and once with the two
horse stirring pIow and hilIed up as
high as possible, and hoed enough to
keep clean. The seed was from corn
father brought from Rockville, Ind,
with him when he moved to Des
MONIES, in the spring of 1648, and was
of the large, yellow variety which
matured then and natures now with
anything like a good season; and I
verify believe that with as good
ground and as good treatment and as
much care in having every hill stand
ing, and from three to four stalks in
every hill, that the amount might be
raised again, if it was over $50 bush
els per acre, and must say that I
have never seen large variety of corn
that suited me SO well, that would
yield SO much, or mature SO well, and
if any Iowa farmer will come and
look at my crib of corn of this years
raising, and if he will say he can show
better average ear raised on similar
ground, with similar treatment, L
would like to speak for a few bushels
for seed at almost any price, and will
not except the much puffed Leauaing
variety"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

THE Picayune says that in the
weighing-room IN the New Orleans
Mint are thirty women at work, Of
whom four are colored. The salary
is $175 per day. They go to work at
eight and stop at four in the after
noon. The work requires the strictest
attention, and is Of such nature that
it can never become purely mechan-
ical. The round pieces OF unstamped
silver coins are brought in wooden
boxes. Eeach piece has to be weigh
ed three times. A mistake in the
weight Of one piece, of almost infn
itesimal proportions, may cause the
worker to lose her position. 1t seldom
if ever happens, however, that one is
discharged for incompetency, or worse,
carelessness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

five of the passengers were more or less
hurt, but no one was killed. Among the
injured are Reese II. Evans, Paddy's
Run, O., left knee hurt; A. w. Nc.
Hemau. Paris, O., foot hurt; Clark Law
renee, Chetopa, Kan, bruised hip; J.
NJ. Fisher, Chic, wounded in the fore
head; G. II. Smith, Kane county, ILL.,,
scalp wound;C. F. Barclay, Paris, Tex,
back and arm hurt; John Altman,
Washington, Mo-, left arm fractured;
q. A. White, Coahoma county, Miss,
back hurt; G.. II. Bolls, Bollinger
county, Mo-, fractured collar-bone and
scalp wound; IT. Straus Forth Worth,
Tex, fractured collar-bone and scalp
wound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

THE Iowa Legislature, at its recent
session, passed a bill for improving
the country roads. 1t does away with
the old and cumbrous system Of work
ing out taxes upon the roads, and per-
mits each township to levy a tax for
highway improvements to be paid
only in money. The township Will
then let contract for the construc-
ton and repair of the road, and there
is reason to believe that the work, in
most cases, will be done in satisfaG-
tory manner. This is, for the most
~art, the reform which two State
Road Conventions, one held in Iowa
City in March, 1888, and one in Des
Moines IN the present year, have rec
commended. All details as to the
manner of performing the work, mat
ters which have been discussed a
great deal throughout the state. are
wisely left to the township officials.
The law, as it stands, Is much like the
Ohio Road law, which has given great
satisfaction through years of expert
ence, and the reform seems 10 promise
only well for Iowa. Illinois has
already law on the subject, from the
operation of which mUch benefit to
he rural districts Is anticipated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
GENERAL NOTES.

LUNG FEVER is taking off hogs near
Denver. One man lost rs.
THE PENNSYLVANIA Democratic State
Conves ton held at Allentown Wednes-
day, sent a solid delegation to Chicago
instructed for Randall.
THERE is considerable excitment about
Palmyra, Wis, over alleged traces of
petroleum oil. There was similar SEN
sation there twenty years ago, when for
tunes were sunk in fruitless efforts to
strike oil.
The dominion parliament has in no
WY recognized the death of Prince Leo
pOld, either in passing resolutions of
coincidence to her majesty, Queen Vic
toria, or moving adjournment of the
house.
The Connecticut house has passed the
biennial session amendment, ia to 40.
the necessary two-Uhirds vote for its
submission to the people. The senate
had previously passed it by vote of 30
to l.
The officers Of the Greedy Arctic Re
lief Expedition vessel Bear are now on
board, and she will soon be ready to sail.
The departure will probably occur on
Jn6 S0In OF April. Inc IneIlS is StlIl Il
dry-dock at the Brooklyn navy-yard.
Her crew has. been picked out, and con-
sists almost entirely of men from the
United States Steamer Powhatan. An
advance of $40 month is made in their
pay.
A SPECIAL telegram from Poeahontas,
Va, says the mine is clear of water.
The workmen have been at work all day
removing the dams, and will be ready
to enter the mines for the purpose Of
recovering bodies some time Thursday,
An exploring party of three went a
considerable distance int the mine
but was finally driven back by the
stencil. They found no gas Of any con-
sequence as far as they went. The mino
was clear of any distractions that would
impede the work of recovering the
bodies. They discovered quite num-
Der of bodies. Some were terribly mar
gled, and one boy, supposed to be poor
Maxey, has his face eaten away by rats.
Most of the bodies are in a good state of
preservation, and will be easily recog-
nized. A force of men has been at work
all day digging graves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

V well-dressed woman recently en-
deavored toobtain loan of $500 from
the Boston Loan Company on two
brilliants set in the form of pendants.
The stones were submitted to test,
and were found to be African dia-
monds, worth not more than $500.
The woman, who said she purchased
the jewels for s., 300 has not returned,
and she is supposed to be member
of q gang who swindleda New aven
firm out Of S., 000