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Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Cop1G01 kG0mOvols
The Capital Removal convention was
held at Abilene on the 24th, according to
announcement DR.. Hodge called the con-
vention to order and Hon. Harrison Kelley
was chosen as chairman. Resolutions were
adopted, the preambi bic to which recited that
when the State was admitted the sixth
principal meridian was supposed to be and
would continue the western boundary; !;
that the boundary has since been NOV ed
westward to Colorado; that this portion OF
the State now contains population four
times greater than the State contained
when Topeka was made the capital; and
believing that the people who located pub
lie institutions twenty-five years ago and
shaped the institutions of the State, had
but an imperfect knowledge of the possi-
bilities of the future and what Kansas
would be to-day; that the mistakes Of a
few carly settlers should now be remodeied; !;
therefore it was resolved by the convention
to oppose any future appropriations by the
Legislature for erecting public institu-
tions, including work on the State
house. and while favoring the MAIN
teoance OF the institutions where
at present located, yet the adoption
Of a new policy was recommended ''com-
and future Importance, and that on this
line we ask all Of Central and Western
Kansas to unite with US in the work Of
duplicating every one Of the present State
institutions, locating the new buildings
most advantageously to the interests of the
State among the several towns of Central
and Western Kansas, AID the State capital
at some suitable central point to be deter
mined by the ballots Of the people Of the
State" The resolutions, after rehearsing
the wonderful development of the State,
declared that 'if we build a city on Kansas
sell for Kansas business. we must get
from beneath the shadow Of the great
commercial center on Missouri soil into
which the wealth of Kansas has been
poured for quarter Of a century," and
that centers should be chosen for the great
lines Of roads at which to build up great
city and capital worthy Of great State,
and further calling upon the people Of
Central and Western Kansas to unite in
this work, and finally recommending that
convention be held at an early date after
the November election of all members and
Senators elect to the Legislature in SYM
pathy with the resolutions, the time and
place Of meeting to b. named by an execu-
tive committee appointed.
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

LORD w OLSBLRY, at banquet TO Sir
John Pender In London recently, disap-
proved the present army and navy system,
which he said would sooner or later land
the country in disaster. Undoubtedly the
reason for this could be found in the
system of government by party, the curse
Of modern England, which, he said, was
sapping the manly honesty formerly char
actcristic Of her statesmen.
JUDGE SAMUEL D. LRcoMPrE died in Kan
sas City, No., on the 24th, in his seventy
fourth year. He was appointed Chief JUS
tice of Kansas by President Pierce, and
presided at the constitutional convention
held at Lecompton, which place was named
after him.
The International Copyright bill was
again before the Senate on the oath and
went over. Tho House had the Tariff bill
under discussion.
The body Of Ex-Governor John T. Hofr-
man arrived at New York on the gath on
the steamer Fulda, OF the North German
Lloyd's line.
Tue Queen Of England arrived at Char
lotten burg on the morning OF the oath and
Immediately visited the sick Emperor Of
Germany. The latter rallied somewhat
after the interview, but relapsed again ut
night.
THE British Parliament has refused to
pass the Irish County Government bill to
second reading
CONFLICTING reports were current on the
25th regarding Hon. ]. G. Blalne's health.
Walker Blaine emphatlcally denied that
his father was in any way sick, and said
that he went to Europe for pleasure and
not for the benefit Of his health.
The Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
Arizona Republican conventions have
chosen Blaine delegates. The Texas dele
cation will stand divided
PARNELL recently expressed himself as
confident of Irish home rule in the near
future.
EMPEROR FR8DRRICK was reported much
better by his physicians on tho Goth. His
appetite was returning and his recovery
was thought probable.
QUEEN VERONA left Berlin for London
on the Goth.
THE Indiana Democrats have nominated
Courtland M. Matson for Governor. Gray
was indorsed for the Vice Presidency.
HENRY GEORGE advocates Grover Cleve-
land for President and Roger O. Mills for
Vice-President
THE Servian ministry resigned on the
9th. but new one was at once formed.
THE birthday of the late General U. s.
Grant WAS celebrated in New York and
other cities on the 9th.
PRINCE BISMARCK has declined the title
Of Duke on the ground that he is not in q
position to support the dignity.
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.


THE directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway Company have elected
General Manager Roswell Miller president
to succeed the late Alexander Mitchell.
F. B. BLAKE 4 Co., coal commission mer-
chants of New York. have made an assign.
ment. Liabilities, $4,000 to $50, 600, of
which considerable portion is said to be
due to banks which hold the firms paper.
THE high school building and the Unitar-
ian Church at Concord, N. H., were en-
tirely destroyed by fire recently. All the
children escaped in safety. The loss was
So. 900.
JoHN THoRNwALD, prosperous farmer
living near Bismarck, OAK, claims to have
found very rich ore near the surface at q
point within twenty miles Of Bismarck,
Oak.
The Manitoban Government is negotiat-
ing for loan OF q, ,5OO, 900 to complete the
Red River Valley road and cover the
deficit.
By fire in q boarding house on Twenty.
eighth street, New York, the other morn
ing four servants were badly hurt
THE machine and pattern shop OF the
Delamater iron works in New York were
burned recently; loss 5000
SERIOUS prairie fires are reported at sew
eral places in Manitoba
IL q quarrel At Dickinson, Oak, the
other day over game Of poker, Jasper
Holtz was shot and killed by Frank Chase.
Two deputy sherins OF Socorro County,
N. NJ, who had been on the trail Of Joe
Atkins and Frank Porter for two days,
came up with them near San Jose on the
24th, when a regular pitched battle en-
sued, in which Porter was killed and At.
kins captured.
A TORNADO, the second one this wear.
struck Pratt, Kan, on the evening of the
96th. Mrs. William Fisher was killed and
many others seriously hurt
NILE. DECO Miss Annie Wilson) had a
terrible fall from slack wire at Steuben-
vile, O., recently, during q performance,
the apparatus giving way. She was fatally
injured.
BENJAMIN s. ROBBINS. the assistant
United States district attorney at Denver.
Col, recently attempted suicide BY jabbine
. knife in his neck. He was In lit OF de.
lirium at the time. He was from Kentucky.
where he had been State Senator.
CLARKE, Radcliffe B Co., dry goods COM
mission merchanta, Of New York, have
failed with liabilities estimated at 500, ,ooQ
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03

THE Government has purchased s3,-
775. ESQ bonds under the recent circular
at saving of interest of 1866, 9S4.
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
ADDITIONAL. DISPATCHES.

ADDITIONAL. DISPATCHES.
THERE was q wreck on the Pennsylvania
& New York, near Olean, N. Y. recently,
resulting in the serious injury of about
twenty passengers.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
April %, shOwd an avera:e decrease Of
&c compared with the corresponding week
of last year. In New York the decrease
was 33
THREE women and man were drowned
by the upsetting Of q canoe in the Stillagna
marsh, Washington Territory.
THRER men, names unknown, were upset
in boat at Detroit, Mich, recently land
drowned.
THE floor Of building at Rushylvania,
O.. gave way during a school exhibition re-
cenNy and 400 persons were precipitated to
the basement. Two persons were killed
and ten seriously injured.
THE South End Bank at Colu mbus, O.,
has suspended, supposed Temporarily.
A PETITION TO Governor Oglesby, asking
for the pardon of Anarchists Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe, now imprisoned in the
Joliet penitentiary, is to be circulated by
certain labor organizations of Chicago.
The Senate was not in session on the
2Sth. The House confined the discussion
on the Tariff bill.
The steamship Yorktown and dyna-
mite cruiser were launched at Cramps
ship yard, Philadelphia, on the 2Sth.
TIE ship Smyrna was sunk in q collision
with the steamer Motto in the English
channel of the Isle Of Wight on the 29th.
Thirteen persons were drowned.
The London money market was quiet
and prices firm during the week ended
April 2Sth. The German bourses wero
steady. The Paris Bourse was duh with
prices steady.
A PRE- occurred on the 10Th in the build
ing 4OS and 405 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn.
Edward Smith, owner Of the building, lost
0,OO0; Mr.. Stovers, dry goods, SlO0, 600.
Other losses amounted to go, 600.
HEAVY rains Of the 18th caused serious
overf1ows In North Texas and the Indian
Territory.
MEXICAN troops have had two more en-
gsgements with Yaqui Indians. In the
Tej,bampo mountains twenty lone Indians
were killed, and near Aqua Caliento seven
were killed and fourteen taken prisoners.
IT is stated that the action Of the Propa-
ganda Of the Holy See regarding Ireland
was taken spontaneously and not at all at
the suggestion Of any representative Of the
English Government The Pope approved
the Congregations action without in any
way entering into the pending POLITICAL
questions between England and Ireland.
The Weser Zeitwng reports that Kuntz
and Tsppenbeck's expedition 70 the interior
Of the Cameroons (Africa) was recently at
tackled BY natives and that two officers
were severely wounded.
EDGAR SLADE, aged seventy-hve years,
and William Mcclellan, his grandson,
aged three years, were recently found
burned TO death. They lived on farm
about three miles from Chatham, Ont, and
Il was supposed they were out burning
brush.
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK has been
appointed German Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
Dodge City times., 1888-05-03

"A Detroit special to the N. Y. Herald
rccites the following remarkable story:
Detectives claim to have information that
no less than seventeen women claim q man
named Brown as husband. but they are as
yet unable to lay their hands on him and
confront him with the numerous Mrs.
Brown. HIS latest victim is an intelligent
German girl named Annie Winter, twenty
years old, and until just before her mar
riage was a cook at No. 4S4 Woodward
avenue. She says that she saw an adver-
tisement in one Of the English papers
here for a housekeepcr and sent An
answer 10 the address given. Four weeks
ago The man Brown called at the house
to see her. He told her his wife and FAM
lily were dead and engaged her. He prom
ised Miss Winter three dollars q week
and every comfort to become his house
keeper. Next day he wrote her that he
was terribly struck with her: that out OF
the twenty-five applications he had received
he liked her best, and asked her to marry
him. The deluded girl wrote him that she
would do so if he convinced her she could
trust him. He answered that he would
always love her. ETC., and the following
Saturday evening. when he asked her in
person to marry him, she accepted: Il con-
sented." said she, because be seemed 10
me to be such q good man" A week later
they were married, and last Monday he de-
serted her. He borrowed three hundred
dollars OF her small savings and stOle al
her jewelry when he left She does not
now think ''he is such good man"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26

Mrs. Jacob s., an estimlble woman
living in small town in the West, dis
covered early in her matrimonial career
that she had not been fortunate in her
choice of husband, for Jacob proved
TO be excessively lazy and shiftless, do
ing almost nothing for the support of
his wife and the round faced little
children.
Several years after her marriage Mrs.
s. heard of the approaching mar
riage Of Jennie Krale, the daughter of a
neighbor, and meeting the girl one day
she said:
"Vell, Shennie, I hear you vas tinkin'
bout getting married. Vas dat sol"
The girl, with becoming bushes, adj.
niitted the truth of the rumor.
''Vell, Shennie," said Mrs s., sit
would be veil for you 10 dink dwice be-
fore yol marry ANYBODY
did you think twice about it when
You were married. asked Jennie. rather
resenting the intimation that she had
not made a wise choice.
well, yes, did, " replied Mrs. s.,
after some little hesitation. Il did
dink dwice, Shennie, but l made Won
grade meestake, Won grade meestake,
Shennie. l did not dink der second
time until after vas married. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
TIE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN
AWAY.


Ny little children have grown away,
Grown away from the land Of play,
Grown TO be men and women tall.
With passions and loves and hates and all
That comes TO Us when we grow away
From childish play.
My little children that were so dear,
How can l help but wish them here
With arms round my neck in the old loving
way
have not known for many a day.
Not since home was my kingdom, precious
and sweet,
Filled with the music OF patterins festi
Those feet that led them away from me
Into the world and over the sea.
Leaving me here in my lonely room
That even in sunshine SENS full Of gloom.
And SO very lonely needs must cry
For the days gone by.
thought l should be the frs. to 20
And 1 cannot but wish it might have been
But the Father Of love. who dwslls in the
light,
Took some of ely babies on; Of my sight
Took them away to his Home Of Rest,
And l know, though cannot tel WIZ, twas
best.
So I'm trusting our Lord and can clearly see
That in that dear land our hons shall be.
And though the children have gone away
We shall meet again, oh, blessed day.
When he will call-to heaven we come
And find once more our happy home.
John 1. Clark, ia Good Housekeepinq.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
WORDS OF WISDOM.
True ewes discover truth.

True eyes discover truth.
Diet cures more than the lancet.
Without hearts there is no home.
Simplicity and luxury are equally en-
joyable.
Promises make debts, and debts make
promises.
Nothing is so uncertain as the minds
of the multitude.
Temperance and labor are the two best
physicians OF man.
To believe everything is weakness; TO
believe nothing is folly.
No man ever did designed injury to
another without doing greater to him
self
The most important part OF every
business is to know what ought to be
done.
You are not responsible for what you
are, but you are for what you do with
yourself
The consciousness Of doing wrong can
be borne with ease compared With being
found out.
on cannot dream luulstA lhto
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.
Wise men make their enemies their
instructors; fools become enemies to
their teachers.
1t IS wise to initiate to virtues Of 9th
ers, bat it is better still 10 be one who
furnishes the example
The very reason some persons should
listen to an idca, Is the fact Of their
never having one Of their OWN.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
Queer Deep.sea Fish.

'The absence of sunlight, the tro.
mendous pressure of the water at such
depths aud its quiet stiffness are the
causes which make the vast physiology
cal differences between the fish at the
bottom Of the sea and those near the
surface, with which We are the most
familiar remarked a prominent -
entific man to a reporter for the New
York Mil and Ezlress
Many Of the most wonderful pecu-
liarities Of the deep-sea fsh are due to
the absence OF sunlight" he continued,
''and some of them are totally blind,
being absolutely without eyes or having
only rudimentary ones, like those which
are seen in fish which inhabit the streams
Of caves where the sun never shines. On
the other hand, there are some varieties
which have eyes of abnormal size, in
order that they may collect all the rays
of light that penetrate the deep. Ex-
periments show that the light of the sun
cannot penetrate the water beyond
depth of about 200 fathoms, and that just
beyond that depth the light is but a
faint glimmer, while still farther down
is total darkness
yet these creatures, living far away
from the light Of the sun, must have
some means Of shaping their course in
the search for food, and nature has SO
well provided for their Feeds that they
are actually light unto themselves, like
lanterns; they have certain organs that
emit a phosphorescent CLEAN to light
them on their way. Some of them
81
that rise from the top of their heads,
while others have little rows of luminous
spots along their sides. Imagine the
fairy-like torchiight procession miles be-
low tho surface Of the sea, which flashes
here and there through utter and impene-
trab,e darkness. 1t is thought by some
that many Of these fish are entirely en-
velOped in light, and sometimes when
brought to the surface the luminous
spots still glinmer family"
"Does the appearance of any of these
deep-sea fish resemble the species
familiar to US near the surfaced" was
asked.
"Yes, for the majority of the deep
sea ish which have been brought TO the
surface show greater or lese resem-
blance TO our common kinds, and there
are many Indications which point TO the
conclusion that many OF them were once
Of the upper portion of the
water. It is said even now that there
are evidences that the halibut is being
forced downward. and if that is the |
case, as the halibut sinks to still greater |
depths the causes l have mentioned viii !
develop the same curious physiological |
aud another species will |
be added to the deep-sea tribe"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES
Her Wit Was Her Fortune An
Unnoticed Effect-A Sedative
for His Wife - \ Con
templsted Mark.

Where are you going to, my girl, tailor
"oh, I'm going to Newport, sur shs said.
''And what viii you do there, my girl, tailor
madef'
= why, fish for husband, good sir,n she
said,
tut where do you come from, my girl,
tailor nader
ooh, come from vazsar, good SIR she
said
Where is your baggage, my girl. tailor
"Ifs there on the lighter, good sir she
said.
How many boxes. my girl. tailor nader
''rve thirty-six trunks, sir. the maiden
said
''Why, a boat couldn't carry them, my
pretty maid'
Then IN charter couple, good sir, she
said.
But what have you in them, my girl, tailor
nader
My bonnets and dresses, good sir" she
said
"But you can't wear them all, my gi,l, tailor
nader
You can bet your sweet life that will,
she said.
And is that your fortune my pretty maid
My wit is my fortune, sir" She said.
The Ocean.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
The Swiss Good Night.

THE Swiss Good Night, " refers to the
custom OF the Swiss mountaineers Of
calling through their speaking trumpets
at dusk, Praise the Lord God One
herdsman starts the call, ana his neigh
DOTS from every peak, echo it. The
sounds are prolonged by reverberation
from one mountain TO another. After a
snort period, which is supposed to have
been devoted to prayer herdsmen calls
food Night. This, too, is repeated.
and as darkness falls, each retires to his
hut These calls may be heard for miles
ana are re-echoed from the rocks. for
some minutes after the original call has
died away. --Dstrot FIRE. Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
Johnny Was AIlRicht.

you don't eat a great deal, my little
man, said the minister, who was taking
dinner with Johnny's parents.
mo, sir; don't need to-"
Perhaps you arc training to be
another DIR. Tanner and fast forty days. ="
Forty days amt nothing
Johnny, don't talk nonsense inter-
posed his mother.
Why, ma, it amt anything all"
Then, turning TO the minister, 1--WE got
an uncle who lived over a month on
water
why, Johnny" said his mother
again, IF you don't stop telling stories
but it isn't a story. It's my uncle
Ned, who is captain of an ocean steamer.
l guess, ma, he's lived on water more'n
4 month often. Merchant Traveler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.


Those of US who have as heirlooms old
heavy homemade linen sheets, can trans
form them into handsome counterpanes,
says writer in the Prdirie Farmer, by
the following method: Divide them into
squares or parallelograms, by drawing
out the threads, and working the open
spaces by merely twisting three or four
threads over as many Others with the
wash ilocelle, or heavy red or blue
working cotton. In each square or OBJ
long space, with one or two colors Of the
same, work little quaint designs. These
may be irregular geometrical patterns,
or such figures as fancy may suggest 1t
can be divided into squares by briar or
feather stitching. if preferred to the
open work. Finish the edge with coarse
linen lace. Pillow-shams TO match are
easily made.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
The Firs, Cattle Show.

It IS said that " Alfred the Great, Of
England, inauguratcd the first cattle
show in the fall Of sSs-probably in
September. as that month has been for
centuries the popular season for English
country fairs. Alfred wa born at Want
age, Berkshire, in $40, and in s75 he
succeeded to the crown of his brott err,
Ethelred, as King of the West Saxons
In $50 Alfred became sovereign of all
England, after bitter war against he
invading Danes, whom he conquered.
During the ensuing years of peace he
encouraged husbandry aud other arts,
rebuilt his cities and founded wise law.
and institutions. Alfred died in 9)1.
Sixty years after his death agricultural
iairs were introduced into Flanders,
which country has ever since been cele-
brated for its farming.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26

GLOW are you coming on IN bnsinessg"
asked gentleman of i Dallas merchant.
"a am having a hard time of it. Luck
is against me-"
How sof'
Didn't you hear how burglars broke
open the store and robbed my rival over
the way Just think of what n lot of
free advertising he gets. l don't want
10 fail and get rich, but Pm being driven
to it. "-Teras SJtings.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26

iheFe ~. s.a-,1-ds n Stance IN the
az .--si = u common nouns derived from
proper names, the history 81 many of
which IS quite interestnf at very
delicious tea cake, Ssi'- .-.nn. mas con-
ierred an immortality of fame upon its
iilustrious author, Sarah Lunn. This re-
nowned lady was a humble parsonage
llyins'at Bath, England, near the close
OF the last century. She pedded her
bun cakes through the streets morning
and evening, carrying them in a basket.
her cakes soon made her popular, and
musical baker. with an eye to specua-
ton, wrote and set to music n song in
her praise, and then bought out her
Trade and her recipe. The song proved
an excellent advertisement, and the
enterprising baker sent barrow loads of
sally Lunns' through the streets night
and morning. The result was that in a
few years he retired on fortune
Chir0g, Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26
The PInviometer.

The pluviometer is a rain guage, or an
instrument by means of which the rain
fall OF any area MY be determined. II
is a cylindrical vessel in shape, and has a
horizontal base surmounted by a funnel
shaped tip. A glass tube allows the
wafer from the outside to enter the bot.
tom Of the vessel. The water also falls
into the funnel-shaped top. The gusge
is placed in an open space, free from the
disturbing Influences Of winds, and when
the water has risen one inch in the tube,
il Is estimated that one inch of rain ha,
fallen over the given ,res.-Detr0it re
lresa
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-26

Mary.-"Don't you dislike to have a
man talk shop when he comes to see YOUR
Jennie. - Indeed, do, Who's been
talking shop to you."
Mary--"Oh, my young mrn. He's a
streetcar conductor, YOU know. and
neartE every time he comes to see me he
gets off his shop talk"
Jennie.-''What does he sayP'
Mary.-''Sit closer, please "-BVrling-
ton Free Pres.