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Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
KANSAS FIRES.

The Fowler Packing House at Atchfson
DestrOyed-Council Grove Scorched-
Frankfort Flames.
ATcHIsoN, Ram. Sept. S0.-AboNt one
O'Clock Yesterday morning lightning struck
the celebrated Fowler packing house, built
by Fowler Brothers and operated by them
i6r several years in East AtchisOn, and IN
a few minutes the whole structure was in
flames. Tie steamer and hose cart of Atcl'-
ison crossed over to assist in extinguishing
the flames but the building was so satu-
rated viii, grease that the efforts of the
tiremen to extiiiguish 1t were unavailing.
The light of the confiagthti0n was intense
and one could read newspaper mile
away. The house had been unOccupied for
saveral years, but Kniggan & Co., of In
diahapols and Belfast, who are now oper-
ating the Smith packing house. had al OPP
tiOn on it of S25, 600 and were about 10 pnr-
chase and operate it. The building is said
to be ihsufsd for s25,0O0 in Chicago
agency. Its original cost WAS about $4,000.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT, Kan, Sept. 20.-Sunday
morning at three a. III. fire broke out, de-
slroying $4,000 worth OF property. The
following is q partial list OF those visited
by the flames: DR.. W. T.. Clutter. entire
stock OF drugs; insurance, $4,000. Nc
Campbell & Swensen, groceries; no lnsur-
ance. William Haltham, groceries; insur-
ace, Sl.4O0. Tie above buildings were
owned by Joseph S. Warden, and insured
for 81, SEQ All ihe glass on the opposite
side of the street was broken by the ex-
treme heat. The parties are able to and
will rebuild at once. The balance of the
town was saved by the heroic work of the
citizens
FIRE AT COUNCIL GROVE.
Council GROVE, Kan, Sept. 20.-Fire
started here at 1880 yesterday afternoon in
w. A. McColiOm's warehouse, in which was
stored powder, coal oil and gasoline, and n
terrific explosion followed. Tie firms
burned out are: Henry Gentes, grocery
stock, $1,000; fully insured. Gardom u
Son, groceries, $500; fully insured. A..
w. Marks IL Co., groceries, stock $500;
$1,000 insurance. T. NJ. Tenny u
Co., hardware and grocery stock,
$4,000; $4,000 insurance. W. A.
McCOlum, general merchandise, two
buildings entirely lost, $4,000; insurance
only $1,000. George Hrsil, clothing stock,
SS,0G0; Insurance. $1,000. James Watkins,
two store roOnls loss $4,000; TO insurance.
o. S. MunseIl, two fine buildings, Republic
an newspaper office; insured $1,000. ID.
c. Webb. frame hotel; damaged $500.
Cosmos printing office, S4,5C0; insurance,
s., $50. 1t will be issued on time this week.
Eugene Capp, dwelling, 1900; Insurance.,
ScOO
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER.

WILLIAM E. GOULD, cashier of the First
National bank, Portland, Me-, is default
er to an unknown extent, but the officers of
the bank after examination state that the
amount will not exceed $4,000.
DISCOUNT was active at hard rates on the
London Exchange during the week ended
September IS. American securities were
in demand, Canadian neglected. The Paris
Bourse was quiet. The German Bourses
were also quiet.
Two hundred sheep butchers of Chicago
struck recently for ten cents per head for
killing.
THE Wisconsin railroads have nearly all
voluntarily reduced the passenger rates to
three cents per mile.
The Earl of Dalkeith was accidentally
shot while stag hunting in Scotland. He
was running down a steep hill when he
slipped and fell, rife in hand. The bullet
entered his chest and he died an } our later.
The fight between John L. Sullivan and
Frank Hearld came off at Pittsburgh on
the 18th, but the police interfered after the
second round and stopped it. Sullivan was
declared the winner
CABLEGRAM from London says that
Beach, of Australia, defeated Gaudaur, of
the United States, in the international
sculling race for s., 900 and the champion.
ship of the world.
The state entry into Dublin of the
Marquis of Londonderry, the new viceroy
OF Ireland, was made on the 18TH He was
rather coldly received.
On the evening Of the 18th Joliet ILL.,,
was visited by a cyclone which leveled
over a dozen houses, destroyed large ele-
vator and did considerable other damage.
The Republican convention of the First
Congressional district of Illinois met at
Chicago on the 18th. There was q dead
lock from the start. After balloting fifty.
seven times they adjourned over Sunday,
the last ballot being the same as the first.
FIVE persons crept out of the Danville
uIL) Jail recently. Three were recaptured.
JUDGE WAITE, it is reported. sees no
chance for the Chicago anarchists case to
reach the United States courts.
Coal has Oeen discovered on the Sibinas
river by the Southern Pacific people.
The Mexican troops captured seventeen
OF the revolutionists engaged in the recent
; fight under Manricio Cruz near Meir. The
| captives were executed.
JOHN c. LARwILI, of Mansfield, O., made
an assignment recently. LarwiIl's prop
erty is worth $500, 600, but he was on the
bail bond of A. A. Taylor, deceased, of
Loudonville, o., to the amount of $lS5, 900,
and was q creditor to him for $50, 900.
TaYlol's estate was found to be insolvent,
and this fact caused Larwill's assignment.
SUccI, the Italian faster, completed his
task OF living thirty days without ordinary
food
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
Dynamite Outrage.

SPRINGFIELD, No., Sept. 20. About
eight o'clock Saturday night bomb wal
exploded at the front part Of E. d. John
sons small frame dwelling in the south
part of the city. but fortunately most Of the
iron pieces were hurled outwardly, tearing
three or four holes through the house of G. o.
Wjndemeyer some fifteen yards away. Two
panes of glass in JOhns0n's front window
were shattered and the shutter and some
of the siding damaged, while his wife and
TWO ladies' in the room were severely
shocked. The explosion was heard Dy
many citizens, but the matter was kept
quiet, there being various cOnjectures
in the meantime as TO what 1t was.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
Those Hebrew Children.

NEW YORK, Sept 20.-Among the steer.
age passengers Of the Egypt who were re-
ceived in Castle Garden to-day were 300
Roumanian Hebrews. They had been ex-
PEELED from their own country and most OF
them had tickets to various parts Of the
United States. None had any money or
means to provide for themselves. The
party was made mp of men, women and
children. Emigration Commissioner Ste
yeuson remained in the Garden all the af-
ternoon, directing strict examination.
More than fifty were held for future exani.
nation. with probability that they would
be sent back as paupers
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

The Electrician says the decree
which pronounced the doom of over
head street wires in the United States
has been enforced with unexpected
rapidity and vigor. 1t was thought in
some quarters that compulsory aboli-
ton of system which had grown to
enormous proportions during recent
years was an empty threat. and that its
forcible removal was utterly out of the
question. The law, however, has been
generally complied with voluntarily.
though tardily.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

WHEN the War Department sent
seventy-tive extra tents to the house.
less people of Charleston, it regretfully
announced that it had exhausted its
supply. The army is supposed to be
twenty-five thousand strong and passa-
bly, we'll equipped. If the other equip
ments are proportionate to the tent
supply, it will be well to have a gen.
eral investigation before war is declared
with any thing.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
Hurricane.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 20.-A severe
storm swept Buffalo and vicinity Saturday
night and yesterday, at times swelling into
a hurricane and varied with drenching rain.
The wind attained velocity of fOrty-fOur
miles per hour and proved itself the most
savage that has visited this region in some
time. The effect on Lake Erie was
tremendous. Waves rolled high and the
water fairly ieaped over the breakwater.
Seven vessels We're driven back to port by
stress of weather and two were badly
damaged.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

THE new Mexican lew relating to
the rights of foreigners in that country
contains one provision which might be
pro6tably copied by the United States,
namely, the clause declaring that such
persons may be permitted to settle
there only upon furnishing proof that
they have been in the full enjoyment
of civil rights n'their own countries,
and that they have occupations or in
comes sufficient to provide them with
the necessaries of life.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

The British Trades Unions Con-
grcss, lately assembled at Hull, Eng.
adopted resolution condemning over
time work on the part of men having
employment as one of the elements
which causes idleness and poverty
among thousands by shutting them out
from their due share in the world S
yUnrl-
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

SECRETARY WHITNEY, presuming
that foreign ship and engine builders
are superior to any thing we have in
this country, has purchased designs
for ships and machinery from English
and French builders. Suppose that
our patriotic yachtsmen had presumed
to admit that home talent could not
compare with that abroad. who would
be the possessor of the Americas cup
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Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

A NOVEL and dangerous operation
has just been performed in Paris by
DIR. Polaillon. The patient had swal-
lowed a large fork, which stuck fast in
his stomach. In few days he felt
acute pain, particularly when his
stomach was without food. DR.. Polail-
Ion made an incision in the mans alb
1omen, and extracted the fork.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

HARRIET and Virginia Washington,
of Berryville, Clarke County, Va,
said to be the nearest surviving rela-
tives of George Washington bearing
his name, are in delicate health and in
pressing need. They are middle-aged,
high-minded ladies, who enjoy the
respect of the community in which they
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

CHARLES MONCKEY, inventor of the
nfonckey wrench Ggnorantly called
monkey wrcnch), is living in poverty
in Brooklyn. He sold the patent for
two thousand dollars, and now millions
are made annually out Of the inven-
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

PARIS is to have a metal tower nine
hundred and eighty-scven feet high.
1t is hoped that the top of it will make
delightful summer resort; while the
structure could be utilized as a good
appliance for romantic suicides
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

NERVOUS Londoncrs are worried
over the fact that there are enough
German walters in their city to seize
Woolwich Arsenal by sudden move
ment. They needn't worry. Walters
never make sudden movements.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

A PHYSICIAN says: "When tea
Ipoonful of warm honey is taken every
fifteen, twenty or thirty minutes it has
surprising effect on catarrh. Every
family should have glass of pure
honey in the house, in order at once
after catching cold to be able to use
:,
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

THE Volta, whose motive power is
electricity, made the trip from Calais
to Dover in four hours and fifteen min
utes. Her accumulators were charged
only once for the whole journey of
fifty miles.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

On Sunday, October "a, the churches
of New York will, by general agree
ment, give '.prayerful consideration to
the duty of a Christian people towards
the criminal classes"
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

JAY GOULD has contributed $500 for
the relief of the Charleston sufferers
When it is remembered that Mr.. Gould
has large family to support, this do
nation appears to be exceedingly gen
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

A NEW YORK man is buying up all
the cats in that city, drowning them
and then the taxidermist mounts them
on wire frames. He has bonanza in
cats
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

The English Tories are very reluc-
tant about recognizing ''the greater
Ireland on this side of the Atlantic;
but it does no good to ignore the inev-
;tablo
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

WALT WHITMAN is finishing poem
called "Senilia' a''-an old mans view
of life almost spent.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

Mrs. FRANK LESLIE says she lives
the life of man without a mans en-
joyment.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23

JAPAN has population of thirty
seven millions, but has less than ten
thousand paupers.
Dodge City times., 1886-09-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A Complication.

r
The last Legislature passed a law Great
Ing the coanties of Seward, Stevens and
Morton out of the old county of Seward,
but by an oversight the bill was not signed
by the President or Secretary of the Sen.
ate nor by the Speaker or Chief Clerk Of
the House. thus rendering the bill nulli.
ty. The House journal of the day on which
the bill is supposed to have passed also
fails to indicate that any action was taken
with reference to it. On the supposition
that the counties had legal existence the
Governor appointed census takers. who
have reported a sufficient population, and
temporary county officers have been ap-
pointed and the temporary seat Of the
county government indicated. Colonel s.
n. Wood has commenced suits in the FIN
ney County district court against several
citizens Of what was supposed to be Stei
vens County for damages, alleging that he
was kidnapped. According to the act
passed at the special session of the Legis-
lature the new Seward County was at
tached to Meade for judicial purposes, and
Stevens and Morton to Finney County.
But as no such county as Stevens exists,
and as Seward County, underlined as to
boundaries is attached to Meade for judi
cial purposes, the Finney County district
court. in which Wood has commenced his
suits. has no jurisdiction. The whole ques.
tion and it's attendant complications will
go to the Supreme Court for adjudication.
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heard but one person try to explain, and she
told such funny story that must zee what
you think OF It, Years ago heard very
old coIored woman telling story to little
girl, who had just hung up her stocking 1T
Christmas eve. 1t q not very polite to listen,
but did so. ! can't tell the story just as she
did, but it was something like this. Many
years ago, santa Claus In making his rounds,
found his wagon stuck fast In the mud
There Is very little snow at the south at
Christmas, you know, so San Claus has to
come in wagon. At last poor man, who
lived in the woods heard the noise and
came out to see what it was. Santa Claus
was so anxious to get on his way again that
hs offered to fill anything tho man had In
his house with presents, II he would
only help get the wagon out of the
mud. So they went at it Santa Claus
drove the mules, while tho man pushed
at the back, and at last, out 1t came. When
they came to settle up what do you suppose
the man brought out for Santa Claus to I'LL.
A great stocking with such large hole at
the heel that everything ran through it, and
poor Santa Claus was nearly bankrupt BE-
fore he filed it. The people thought this
was smart, so it happened that wherever
Santa Claus went, he found nothing but
stockings with holes in them At last he
had to make rule that he would pass by all
torn stockings, but that he would put
prize in the best looking one, and the one
with the neat,st patch on It,
UNCLE MARX.
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Nervous Power Consumed in One Day
An Interesting Comparison.
tDr. L. ]. Cherrington in Lowell Courier.l
The wonderful faculty of the human
body for developing nervous power, and
the extent to which bodily activities de.
prive the nervous system of that power,
are illustrated by the following calcula-
tom A seamstress complaining of feel
ing tired after the days work, led the
writer to makean estimate of the bodily
power expended during the day.
Following are the data and calcula-
ton First-The arm is played radially
at the shoulder and, together with the
hand, is lifted a varying distance in
taking every stitch, the distance lifted
Icing reduced as the thread becomes
shorter. Second-The weight of the
person relaxed arm was found to be
81 pounds. OF separated from the
shoulder it would really weigh more
Third--The next day the number Of
stitches taken in one hour of average
work was counted and found to be about
1900, amounting in ten hours to IL, 900
stitches Fourth-The average length
of thread was estimated at / inches.
Now the arm, if dead matter, would
have required an amount of power suf-
fcient to lift its dead weight, 5 pounds,
every time stitch was taken. For it
is a mechanical law that to move GER
tain weight of living matter requires the
same amount of life-force that an equal
weight of dead matter requires of any
force
The figures would be thus: $4,000
times 81 pounds equals 5000 pounds,
the total weight lifted. That Is, the
amount of power expended in arm ex
ercise during the day s sewing work, if
concentrated in single lift, would raise
$4,000 pounds (31t tonsj distance of
II inches in seconds, equivalent to 35.
horse power. Furthermore, as the per.
son walked about 5000 feet, the dis
lance from home to the work-room,
four times during the day, the compu
tation of power expended in walking
would be as per data thus: First-3, 900
feet each way times would be 12-
600 feet. Second-Taking 3 lineal
feet to a step, she would take
5000 steps in 5000 feet. Third-Each
step was taken in one half second of time.
Fourth-The person weighed | % pounds.
Fifth-According to formulated data on
the Mechanism of Walking" the work
done by person weighing 1873 pounds,
in making a hori ontal step of two feet
is equal to that done in raising vertically.
to height of inches, L XII feet, a
weight of 49, pounds Q-12x1as-1
pounds).
The figuring would be thus expressed:
4 times 1000 feet is 12,O0O feet; 12,00O
feet divided by 2 feet ito each step
equals 5000 steps taken; 5000 steps
multiplied by 10s pounds to each step)
equals "a, 900 pounds, the total weight
lifted This WALKING mower ! correr-
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"a Beautiful Father"

'Te your mother you We been very good
boys to day." said schooiteacher to two
little new scholars.
'Oh," replied Tommy, 1--WE haven't any
mother"
"Who takes care Of your she asked
Father does. We've got a beautiful
father; GU ought to see him!'
"Who takes care of you when he is al
workr'
HE takes all the care before he goes off in
the morning and after he comes back at
night He's house painter, but there isn't
any work this winter, SO he's dom laoorin'
till spring comes He leaves US a warm
breakfast when he goes off, and we have
bread and milk for dinner, and good supper
when he comes home Then he tolls US stories
and plays on the fife. and Gu out beautiful
things with his jack-knife You ought to
see our father and our home; they are bo h
so beautiful
Before long the teacher did sea that home
and that father. The room was a poor attic,
graced with cheap pictureS autumn leaves,
and other little trifles that cost nothing The
father, who was preparing the evening meal
for his motherless boys, was, a. first glance,
only a rough, begrimed laborer; but befol .
the stranger had been in the place ten min
utes the room became palace and the man
a magician.
His children had no idea they wers poor,
nor were they SO with such hero as this to
fight their battles for them. This man,
whose grateful spirit lighted up the 9th, Dr.
wise dark lite of his children, was preaching
to all about him more effeciua.iy than wai
many a man in sacerdotal robe in costly
tempe he was a man of patience ami ub-
mis- ion to Gods will, showing how to ma Se
home happy under the m),t unfavora Die
circumstances. He was rearin, his boys to
be high-minded citizens, to put their shoulder
TO burI lens, raths Or than bee ON, burien' to
society in the days that are coming.
He was, as his children had said "a beau
tiful father" in the highest sense of the
word.
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Her GrandbOy.

Miss Willard tells beautiful story OF how
in one of her meetings the pledge book was
passed around and a little boy who had lis
tened attentively to all she said took it in his
chubby hand and carefully printed his name,
and held it W to his grandma, who sat by
his side. "Here, grandma, wri your name
right here under little Fred's You can't go
back on your grandboy." "Inever thought
l should sign q pledge" she explained after
ward, with tears in her eyes, but there sat
that dear child holding up the pencil and
book, and-I couldn't 60 back on my grand
boy. And now I'll join the w. G. +. U. and
help all the other grandboys
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Piermont Mineral Spring,
CHAs. A. MANSON, Prop, Piermont.

Will Salt Rheam Scro Humor the Stcmach Sour Stomach
Weak Digestion, Consipan and Kidney Troubles
The Permon Mineral Spring lod farm IN Permon' N H.
ocaled) mile Badods W., miles
Haverh H. Permont the Pass r. r. The
and smell will keep fresh
long time mild harc becomes accustomed its
other drink Will humors salt rbeum
scrofu stomach Indigestion dyspepsia kidney trouble tc have
marked good of catarrh and only be used be
pecad This has been known My attention
called fifteen had always that time been troubled
with salt rheum entirely LAID times used the water from
this
fa) Since then have had touch humo BY advise
friends had the analysed by Prof Bartlett Dartmouth College,
with the following results and will add few of the testimonials of people
ayeus the
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B0YS.z GIRLS
Two Sides of the Question.
He-Ruffies and ribbons and laces
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$50 I've heard my mother say,
Sashes to smooth and tie over
Five or six times in q day.
Dolls to be mended and dressed,
Troublesome ringlets to curl;
I'd rather have ten little boys
Than one little girl.
She-Rattle and romping and racket
$50 I've ard my mother say),
Battles and bruises and tumbles;
Sunday suits soiled in day.
Trumpet and whistle and drum;
Shouts Of distress or Of joy.
I'd rather have ten little glrls
Than one little boy.
Both-A girl with her feathers and frills,
"A boy with his noise and ado.
Which of our mothers is rights
Which would you choose of the twol
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Around the World on a Bicycle.

Thomas Stevens, who is attempting to
make the tour of the world on bicycle had
some rough experiences in Asia Minor. The
people did not know what to make OF his
strange stced. In some places they would
have no dealings with him. In other places
the inhabitants decided that he was the
d vii, and threw stones at him.
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How the Christmas Stocking Started.
Why do people hang up their stocking at
Christmas! / used TO wonder why Gag or
..,sket wolld no. do just as wsl nArsr
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Cigarettes.

Cigarette smok;n ,-by boys stunts their
growth, makes their bones soft and rickety,
aud uin their digestion Besides, you can
always "a cn then at it, for the smoke
stains their fingers
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