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Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
THE WRONG WAY.
Some OF the Results of Lack Of System In
Doing HOuxewOrk.

Some OF the Results Of Lack Of System In
Doing Homework.
When she rises from the table she grabs
up half dozen knives and forks, carries
them to the sink, and, as the dish pan is
missing, drops them into the sink. Then
she begins a hunt for the pan. After five
she carried it out with some water in it Cor
the hens She soon finds it, but it is covered
with mud, for the hens have made foot
bath of it. After bringing it in and wash
ing it, she puts the half-dozen knives and
forks into the pan; then turns around and
looks at the table, trying to decide what
she will do next In q few minutes she
goes to the table and picks up some plates,
but puts them down. deciding that she will
Ike cup and saucer. (which she pats into
the dish-pan. Itnow occurs to her that the
milk pitcher should be put in the dairy but
on taking itup she finds that two or three
flies are bathing in the milk. After search
ing in vain for clean spoon she puts her
longest finger into the milk, expecting that
the flies will crawl ont on 1t. but the flies
are "too fly;" SO she goes to the swill pail
and tries to turn them out After two
thirds Of the milk mas run out the flies con-
clude to go with the current. As there is
now about two spoonfuls left, she decides
that it is not worth saving, and puts the
pitcher into the pan to be washed After
filling the dish-pan with dirty dishes she
turns on them about q quart of warm
water. She now ratties the crockery ground
with the intention of-cleaning it but as
tho water is at the bottom Of the pan the
operation is not success 50 she picks out
the articles one by one till ths sospsuds are
reached By the time the table is cleared
away (t has taken her two hours sh +, is too
tired to stand up This is the result Of rot
having any order or system in doing house,
work.--N E. Eonaes:ead
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
Drinking Farms.

The Pl0wnaGn, in characteristic
way, tells how men ''drink farms:"
'.My homeless friend with the chro-
matte nose. while you are stirring up
the sugar in that ten-cent glass of gin.
let me give you fact to wash it down
with. You say you have for years
longed for the free. Independent life OF
the farmer, but have never been able
to get enough money together to buy
farm. But that is just where you
are mistaken. For several years you
have been drinking a good improved
farm at the rate of one hundred square
feet gulp. If you doubt this state
ment, figure it out yourself An acre
of land contains forty-three thousand
five hundred and sixty square feet.
Estimating, for convenience sake. the
lands at forty-three dollars and fifty
six cents per acre, you will see that
brings the land to just one mill per
square foot. one cent? for ten square
feet Now pour the fiery dose, and
imagine you are swallowing a straw
berry-patch. Call in five of rour
friends and have them help gulp down
that five hundred foot garden. Get on
a prolonged spree some day, and see
how long a time it requires to swallow
a pasture large enough to feed COW.
Put down that glass of gin; there's dirt
in it-one hundred square feet of goou.
rich dirt, worth forty-three dollars and.
fifty-six cents per acre"
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
IS IT RlonTq
Questions for TAxpsyers and Voters -
Answer.


Answer.
Is it right to build churches to save
men. and at the same time license shops
that destroy them?
Is it right to license . man to soil
that which will make a man drunk.
and then punish the man for being
drunk?
Is it right to license a man to make
paupers and then tax sober men to take
care of them?
Is it right to license saloon to teach
vice. and then tax people for schools to
teach virtue?
Is it right to derive a revenue out Of
traffic which no decent man defendsf
Is it right to teach your boy not to
drink, and then vote to license place
where he may be taught to drink?
Is it right to teach your boy to be
honest, and then vote to license
place where he may be taught to gam
BILE?
Is it right to teach boy to restrain
his passions, and then vote to license =
place where his worst passions will be-
inflamed?
Is it right to take care of your own
boy. and vote to license a plsee which
will ruin your neighbors boy9
Is it right to preach justice and char
ity. and then vote to license Il thing
which robs the widows and orphans of
their bread?
Is it right for you to go to the polls
and vote without having studied this
question seriously and carefully p
CaSSeltOn Blizzard.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
PROHIBITION NOTES.

FIvE-EIGHTHs of Kentucky is under
local option.
The majority against prohibition in
Oregon was just 7S5, out of q total vote
of 1881.
IT is claimed that the Dow law Of
Ohio was originally drafted by the
brewers of Cincinnati.
CHAIRMAN SAMUEL DICKIE left the
Republican party in 1872 on account Of
the Raster resolution,
The New York Prohibition Execu-
tive Committee are looking up tho
matter q. publishing a city local paper.
The National Protection Associa-
ton is getting up bureau to sup
ply the speakers and to fight prohibi-
ton.
ALTHOUGH tie 'wets" carried At
lanta, the temperance people still hold
Office and have fixed the license fee at
$500.
A MOVEMENT is rapidly gaining
ground in Hartford, Conn.,. to prevent
saloons from being established near
factories.
A sALOON-KEEPER is more interested
in his own personal liberty to sell
whisky to your boy than he is in your
liberty to protect your son.-Psople.
TWELVE cities in Missouri have gono
in favor of prohibition in the recent lo-
cal option contests Seven went against
Thirty-one counties have gone dry.
Fifteen went wet
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
An Anti-Monopoly Party.

What else can the Prohibition party
be but an anti-monopoly party? Its
very name indicates that it is meant to-
strike at every thing that is unjust or
unfair. MOnopolies of any kind is that
to an extent and just so far as the well
fare of the people demand in order tlas
they have their righteous due so far our
Prohibition party must go. In fact we
are fighting the greatest monopoly
fungus that has ever fastened upon ouc
country, to-wit: the license system.
It's the greatest curse because no good
comes out of the trade, yet for fee our
Government sells to a man the right to
carry on business which only men
with plethoric pocket-boOks can en-
gage in.-OshEosh Signal.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
TEMPERANCE.
eAccHAr.ALiAN SONG.

Z" Far Down Thy Depths, Champagne"
FIJI high your bowl with fusn Oil!
With tannin let your cups be cr0waedl
II strychnie gives relief to toll,
Let strychnia's generous juice abound!
With OIL Of vitriol cool your brains,
Or. animated atoms brew:
And fill your arteries. hearts and veins
With glee-and infusorial glue.
Ah-h-h! fragrant fume Of kreosote!
Bewitching bowl OF Prussian blue!
Who would not cool his parching throat
With your bright offspring, mountain dew
Stronger than ausht that wrecked the frame
Or shook the mighty brain Of Burns!
Surely, you'll set our heads a1ame,
Whene'er his festal day returns!
Bring on the beer! Fresh copperas foam,
With alum mixed in powder fine!
How could my foolish fancy roam
In search Of whittier fr0th than thine!
Thine Indian berrys essence spread
Through amber wavelets, sparkling clear,
Benumbs dull care. strikes feeling dead,
And narcotics shame and fear!
Far down thy bubbling depths. champagne,
Drown'd honor, love and beauty lie!
They fought TIL unequal fight in vain.
Shall we, then, merely drink and die!
Sweet acetate of lead. forbid!
To 'ry drink add pangs-and tell
What tO.tures in thy bosom hid
Anticipate the stings Of hell.
Then drink, boys! Drink! We never can
Drink younger-and we never gill
Be men-ol aught resent bling man
While po soners have the power to kill!
Amen! From frenzy's screech OF mrth,
To maui. in sorrows drunken flow,
Let's rave through scenes unmatched or earth,
And not 70 be surpassed below!
George SeRaot, ia ". Y. Graphic.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

all tho grander for earth's weeping eyes,
and aching heads, and exhausted hands,
and scourged backs, and martyred
agonies. But we con get no idea Of that
anthem here. We appreciate tho power
Of secular music. tut do We appreciate
the power Of sacred song? There
is nothing moro inspiriting to
me than q whole congregation lifted on
the wave Of holy melody. When we sing
some Of those dear old psalms and tunes
they rouse all the memories Of the past.
Why, some OF them were cradle songs in
our fathers house. They are still spark.
ling with the morning dew Of thousand
Christian Sabbaths. They were sung By
brothers and sisters gone now-by voices
that were aged and broken in the music
voices none the less sweet because they
did tremble and break. When ! hear
these old songs sung, 1t seems as il all the
old country meeting homes joined in the
chorus, and city church, and sailors
bethel, and Western cabins, until
the whole continent lifts the doxology
and the scepters of eternity beat time in
the music. Away then with your starve-
ling tunes that chill the devotions of the
sanctuary and make the people sit silent
when Jesus is marching on to victory.
When generals com, back from victorious
wars, don't we cheer them and shout
''Huzze, ""Huzza?" and when Jesus passes
along in tho conquest Of the earth, shall
we not have for him one loud, ringing
cheer?
All hail the power Of Jesus name!
Let angels PROSTATE fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord Of all.
But, my friends, if music on earth is SO
sweet, what will it be in Heaven? They
all know the tune there. All the best
singers of the ayes will join it-choirs of
white-robed children. choirs of patriarchs.
choirs of apostles. Morning stars clap
ping their cymbals. Harpsrs with their
harps. Great anthems of God, roll on!
roll on other empires joining the har'
mony till the thrones are all
full, and ths nations al saved.
Anthem shall touch anthem, chorus,
join chorus. and ell the sweet
sounds of earth and Heaven be poured
into the ear of Christ. David of the harp
will be there. Gabriel of the trumpet
will be there. Germany, redeemed, will
pour its deep bass voice into the song,
and Africa will add to the music with her
matchless voices.
wish we could anticipate that song. l
wish in our closing hymn to-day we
might catch an echo that slips from the
gates. Who knows but that when the
Heavenly door opsns to-day to let some
soul through thers may come forth the
strain of the jubilant voices until we
catch it? Oh, that as the song drops
down from Heaven it might meet half
way song coming up from earth.
They rise for the doxology, all the mul.
ttude of tho blest! Let us rise with them;
and SO at this hour the joys of the church
on earth and the joys of the Church in
Heaven will mingle their chalices, and
the dark apparel of our morning will
seem to whiten into the spotless raiment
of the skies. God grant that through the
rich mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ We
may all get there.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
NEW YEARS HOSPITALITY.

2 I4neo Addressed to . Lady Of QuAueys
Well arrayed in his best
He win bow 1t thy shrine.
Win you give to your gallant guest
The cup Of sparkling wine:
And will that be the test
OF friendship or love. lady mine!
There's serpent within
The red poisonous bowl
Do you not know 1t is q sin
To sting the immortal soul?
Not with wine can you win
A heart only love can control!
If he's tipsy to-day,
II he's stone drunk by night,
What will his waiting mother say,
With lips trembling and white,
o. the custom that may
Break her heart, put her reason to flight
What will his sister think
OF hospitality
That offers the accursed drink
To her brother, and he
The bright, the golden link,
And the pride Of the family?
Will you begin the year
Pressing wine to the lips,
OF the guest who brings you good cheer,
Whose heart to the finger-tips
Beats with hope! Do you fear
Not the fate Of the wine-cup's eclipsef
Take from thy table the wine:
Try presence is sweeter far
Than the tempting viands that shine,
Shine like baleful star,
For the light is Divine
That beams where home and its angels are.
Geo. ". Bungay, in Natioaa. Temperance I'D
C0cQte
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

ana by using all influences. all meth
DDS. all advantages. you will steadily
gain on the enemy an in the end route
and overcome him.
The victory is with us; for the Su-
preme being and the Supreme Court
are on our side, and against the
saloon, and from these it has no ap-
peal-N y. Independent.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

IT may be your prayer is like a ship.
which, when it goes on q very long vos-
age, does not come home laden so soon; bit
when it does come home. it has q richer
freight Mere "coasters" will bring your
Goals, or such like ordinary things; but they
that 60 afar to Tarshish, return with gold
and ivory. Coasting prayers, such as we
pray every day, bring US many necessaries;
but there are great prayers, which, like the
old Spanish galleohs, cross the main ocean,
and are longer ont Of sight but come home
deep-.aden with q golden freigh-C. u
SDuyOcuaa
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

IT is said that the omission of any
reference to the liquor question in the
call for q National convention, was
meant BY the leaders of the Republican
party for direct snub to the Anti-Sa-
loon League.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

SAM SMALL is preparing an organiza-
ton and uniform for the Prohibition
boys in the form of Cadets or some
thing similar. 1t is just the thing
needed to make boys proud of being
Prohibitionists, and at the same time
be entitled for display in the cam
paign.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

EVILS in the journey Of life are Ike ths
hills which alarm travellers upon their road;
they both appear great at distance, but
when we approach them we find that they
are Tar less insurmorntabls than we had
conceived them
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

OF One MIND-Ragged Social Phi
losophcr Qaying dime on the BARI
''The rich are getting richer and the
poor poorer" Wealthy Saloonkeeper
dropping the d me into the drawer)-
.Yes, that's so. "-Om0nG World
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

WITHOUT humanity snd mercy NO virrn
ous character Is complete
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

will be the great reunion; we can not
imagine it now, our beloved ones seem so
far away. When we are in trouble and
lonesome, they don't seem to come to us.
We 60 on the banks of the Jordan and
call across to them but they don't seem to
hear. We say: SIS it we'll with the child:
is it we'll with the loved ones:" and we
listen to hear if any voice comes
back over the waters. None! none .
Unbeiief says: ''Thsy are dead,
and they are annihilased;" but
blessed be God! we have a Bible that
tells US different. We open it and we
find they are neither dead nor annihilated
that they never were so much alive as
now-that they are only waiting for our
coming, and that we shall join them on
the other side of the river. Oh, glorious
reunion! We can not grasp it now.
Eye hath not seen. nor eay heard. neither
have entered into the heart Of niaa the things
which God hath prepared for them that love
Him.
Oh what placs cf explanation it will
be!
see, every day, profound mysteries OF
Providence. Thers is no question we ask
oftener than Why. There are hundreds
of graves in Greenwood and Laurel Hill
thai need to be explained. Hospitals for
the blind and lame, asylums for the
idiot:c and insane. aims houses for the
destitute, and q world of pain and mis-
fortunate that demand more than human
solution. All! God will clear it all mp.
In the light that pours from the throne.
no dark mystery can live. Things now
utterly inscrutable will BE- illum ned as
plainly as though the answer were writ.
ten on the jasper wall or
sounded in the temple anthem.
Bartimeus will thank God that he
was blind; and Lazarus that he was COW
cred with sores; and Joseph that he was
cast into the pit: and Daniel that he
denned with lions: and Paul that he was
humpbacSed: and David that he was
driven from Jerusalem; and that invalid
that for twenty years he could not lift
his head from the pillow; and that widow
that she bad such hard work to earn
bread for her children. The song will be
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

dise. They are charged with impurities
and distempers. The most elastic and ro-
bust health of earth. compared with that
which those experience before whom the
gates have been opened, is nothing but
sickness and emaciation. Look at that
soul standing before the throne. On
earth she was lifelong invalid. See
her step now, and hear her voice now.
Catch, il you can, on. breath Of that
celestial air. Health in all the pulses
health of vision; health Of spirits; i'm.
mortal health. No racking cough, no
sharp pleurisies. no consuming fevers, no
exhausting pains, no hospitals OF
wounded men. Health swinging in the
air; health flowing in all the streams;
health blooming on the banks. No head.
aches, no sideaches, no backache,. That
child that died in the agonics of Group,
hear her voice now ringing in the an
them. That old man that went bowed
down with the infirmities of age, see him
walk now with the step Of an immortal
athlete - forever young again. That
night when the needle woman tainted
away in the garret, a wave of the heaven
ly cir resuscitated her forever. For ever
lasting years to have neither ache. nor
pain, nor weakness, nor fatigue. Eye
hath not seen it. ear hath not heard it"
81 remark, further, that we can, in this
world, get no just idea Of the splendors of
Heaven. John tries to describe them.
He says: 'sthe twelve gates are twelve
pearls" and that 'the foundations OF the
wall are garnished with all manner of
precious stones" AS we stand looking
through the telescope Of st. John we soe q
p,I.,o of amethyst and peorl and emer.
cid, and sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-26
Wide Awake 1883.

The readers Of this wonderful magazine
for yonng people are so, accustomed to good
reading and pictures that they will wonder
how it is going to be better than ever this
year. But it is.
The new year has already begun with the
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therefore it must be better than ever before
And the publishers haye.a primer to send to
those who want to know what Wide A~d6e
is going to have in it In 1888.
The wonder that such library and picture
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"a thousand pages and evely thing fresh and
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So Nights the besi oj young peoples liteI
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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-26
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The Eclectic.

The May issue of the Eclectic Magazine
lies before us. We need hardly say it appeals
strongly to the tastes of thinking and Guilt
vated readers. This number even surpasses
in the variety and interest of its contents
the general average of the magazine. Prof.
Huxley's opening paper on "The Struggle
for Existance" is a brilliant application of
the evolutionary theory, but with all the
literary art of this great scientific authority
"Islam and Christianity in India" by one
or the greatest minds Of the time, reviews
with extra ordinary keenness the conditions
which have made Mohammed such potent
rival to Oriental missionary work. IL. ID.
Traill contributes most suggestive article
in 'EThe Evolution of Humor," which can
be read more than once with benefit G
Monod writes about contemporary Life
and Thought in France with much fresh
ness and knowledge Of 10 facts. An Article,
which will be read with no little interest," is
entitled 'The Ascent of Mind" I" by Herbert
Junius Hardwicks, NJ. d. A clever writer
discusses "Tho Higher Education of
Woman" with keen appreciation of both
the pros aud cons Of the problem. Frances
Power Cobbe discusses 'The Education Of
the Emotions" with the ability which always
marks his work. An interesting paper on a
subject of great international interest, by
@. r. Lowell, is entitled English and
American Federalism" In the "Remin'-
SCIENCES OF Cardinal Richelieu," we have a
very readable contribution to French his
tory. The concluding paper on Caesar Bor-
ga is published, and other contributions OF
interest are Robespierre's Love" "Chevali-
er Bayard, =" ga Night in the jungle, " and
'Humors of Metaphysics"