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Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
FARM NOTES.

AS market fowls the Plymouth Rocks are
unequaled, and, if not kept too fat, are
splendid layers. The color Of their bodies
is grayish white, with blue bars across
each feather which should be evci on all
parts of the plumage.
There is no reason why farmers should
receive less than the regular prices for any
kind Of produce. If they will ship articles
in good condition and allow nothing to
leave the farm except that of the best
quality, they can always find a ready sale
for all classes Of produce.
The farmer should remember that if he
can plow at any time during the winter he
will gain SO much time for spring work.
Ground that will be exposed to frost NAV
be plowed wet, dry or in any other condi-
tion, as the expansion and contraction of
heat and cold will prevent its clogging.
The frost is the best pulverlzer known.
A Missouri grape-grower sprayed some
Concord grapevIneS with solution of sui
pirate of iron, but neglected to spray am
other space occupied by vines. The rot
ceased on all the vines owing to the weather
becoming cold and clear. He does not
think the use of sulphates as eficacious as
many have claimed them to be as remedy
for rot and milGew.
When the ground is hard and frozen
work may DO done in cutting out the surplus
canes of blackberries and rasrberries
The old cane is only useless incumbrance
to vine, and should be removed while
there is plenty OF time for such work. A
liberal application of wood ashes may be
applied after removing the canes, while
bone dust will also be found very beneh-
cial
Pasture can not be continually cropped
without something being returned to pre-
vent loss of fertility. Every pound of beef
or milk produced from a pasture comes
from the soil, and it is only a matter Of
time when the supply shall cease. A lib
eral application OF stable manure in the fall
or fertilizer in the spring will not only be
beneficial to the soil. but will induce more
luxuriant growth of grass next season.
Adding great piles OF straw, leaves and
broken stalks to the manure neap will give
bulk without corresponding proportion of
nutritious matter. These materials serve
best as absorbents and should first be made
fine. They are OF no Service to the growing
plants until decomposed, ard the proper
place to decompose them Is the manure
heap. They should never be spread upon
the field for crops until the entire heap
shall have been we'll rotted
A writer in the Rural Near- Yorker says
that a great deal Of corn fodder will be run
the stalk-cutters This winter as a
measure Of economy. He says he has
tried this practice three winters and can
say that uuless these cut stalks are moist
cnsd before being fed there will be trouble
Whenever he has fed dry stalks ne has
found that before spring the gums and
jaws of the stock were made SO sore by
the sharp serrated edges Of the stalks as
to become liberated. OF course, food could
not be properly mast Gated vi h the ami
mails jaws in this condition, and the result
was a very considerable and Improbable
loss Of flesh.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
The Advantage Of Rest.

There is no better preventive Of
nervous exhaustion than re egular. un-
hurried. muscular exercise. If we
could moderate our hurry. lessen our
worry, and increase our Open-air ex-
ercise, large proportion of nervous
diseases would be abolished. For those
who can not get sufficient holiday the
best substitute is an occasional day in
bed. Many whose nerves are con-
stan.ly strained in their daily voca-
ton have discovered this for
themselves. A Spanish merchant
in Barcelona told .his medical man
that lie always went to bed for two
or three days whenever he could be
spared from his business, and he
laughed at those who spent their holi-
days on toilsome mountains. One of
the hardest-worked women in En-
gland. who has for many years con-
ducted large wholesale business. re.
tains excellent nerves at an advanced
age. owing, it is believed. to her habit
of taking one day week IN bed. If
we can not avoid frequent agitation,
we ought if possible, to give the nerv-
Gus system time to recover itself be-
tween the shocks Even an hours Sc
clusion after good lunch will deprive
a hurried. anxious day Of much of its
injury. Tho nerves can often be over
come by stratagem when they refuse
to be controlled by strength of WILL
James Muir Ro,rie. in Nineteenth Cen
fxr1f
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
ROUND VALLEY INDIANS.
The President Desires Congress to Provide
For Their prOtectiOn.

Tie President Desires Congress to Provide
For Their Protection.
WASHINGTON Jan. 6.-Thc President has
sent to Congress Il communication from the
Secretary Of the Interior submitting the
draft of a bin TO provide for the protection
OF the Round Valley Indians IN California.
The President, in his message OF trans
initial, said: ''The documents thus
submitted exhibit extensive and Ell.
tirely unjustifablo encroachments up
on lands set apart for Indian
occupation and disclose q disre-
gard for Indian rights SO long continued
that the government can not further ten.
polrze without dishonor. Efforts 10 dis.
lodge the trcspassers unon the lands, have.
in some cases, been resisted upon the
government for improvements have not
been paid. So far as this claim is well
founded, the sum necessary TO eXting.;ish
the same should at once be appropriated
and paid. In other cases the posi-
tiou of these intrudcrs is one o1
simple ard barefaced wrougdoing
lSeinly questioning the inclination Of the
Government to protect the dependent In
dian wards and its ability to maintala it's Ii
In the guaranty of such protection. These
intruders should forthwith feel the we. g1t
comment the situation and the wrongs OF
the mdians occupying the reservation
named to the early attention OF the Cor
gress. and ask for the bill h rewith trans
mitted careful and prompt consideration"
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
STOCK ITEMS.

Mr.. Hoard is convinced that there are ten
| good judges Of horse among the farmers
| wlsere there is one who is Q good judge Of
dairy cow or bull
The ft of the collar and harness has
| much to do with tue amount Of work a
horse can perform in day. Ill-ftting col
lars cause sores and CALLS
A cow in milk requires more water than
one which is going dry. She ought to have
all she will drink at least twice day. This
should be given morning and night, before
foddering. II she drinks after feeding,
especially il she has been given grain,
much Of the food will be washed through
the stomach and 60 into the intestines un-
dgested.
1t is not the weight cf single fleece that
adds value 10 a flock; it is not the premi-
ums won at single or q series Of fairs by
the pick Of flock, that make a su ubstantial
reputation, as many have found to their
cost. 1t is the generally careful and ju-
dicous coupling, feeding, caring for and
handling that make the average f1ock at
home the mecca Of the Western
Rural
L. 8. Dunham informs the Michigan
Farmer that he has made sheep-raising a
study all his life, and finds in the Shrop-
shire just what is wanted for a general pur-
pose sheep. He has crossed them on grade
fine woods for six years in succession, and
produced lambs that would average 120
pounds at from ten to eleven months Old, and
which sold for six cents per pound each
year 1T home market.
Once in while we find man that hangs
to the old notion Of carrying summer: Filters
in ter N fpad M III n
the hogs at least one year old before they
go to market Ten months should be the
limit of the age Of summer pigs. Stockcrs
that weigh 125 to l50 pounds now should be
rounded up as soon as can be. In these
days Of disease the risk is too great to give
the hogs the privilege of sun and wallow
for two summers.-Ndtional Stocknaon
In exhibiting their swine at stock shows
failure to win the blue ribbon with some
men means redoubled efforts for another
year; with others determination never to
show again. The former class Of men will
be Of value to the community and State in
which they live. Their determination
brings success, and this has price that
men are willing to pay, that they may en-
JOY the benefit OF these mems painstaking.
The failure men that have always failed
and more plainly marked on their stock,
have no prices on their stock, NOR on Their
skill.-E1chamge.
The miserable appearance Of most year
lings in spring is due to ignorance of their
requirements. The young cali has not in
the first year teeth adap, ed to chewing dry
solid food, and il fed whole grain will void a
larger proportion of it than an older animal
While 1t has succulent grass there is no
trouble, but when confined to dry cernstalss
or straw it is impossible for it to get sufli-
cient nutrment Clover hay is lest, and
If 10 this is added handful daily of corn
and oat meal, mixed, the animal, if warmly
sheltered will keep on growing in winter
nearly as well as in the summer Give it
water that has, at least, had the icy chill
taken from it If you wish to see its coat
continue smcOth.-4mericdn CultioG,or.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
ViADUCT DISASTER.

Two Men Killed and Several Inj ured by tho
Fall of - Viaduct at Cleveland.
CLEvELAND, O., Jan. 6-The new Cen
fral viaduct gave way yesterday and fell to
the ground, over sixty feet, with terrific
crush. The huge sleeper used on top Of
the vaduct went down with the wreck,
burying fourteen men beneath the debris.
The accident came without seconds
warning. Suddenly the two spans
over Central way fell, as if they were
kawed off from the structure. Two men
we're crushed TO dc lth instantly. aud while
their terribly mutilitei bodies could be
seen they could not be taken from the
ru ms by reason Of the great weight pied
on them. Ore Of the spans is 15J feet in
length. Assis ance was soon at hand and
the work of recovering the dead and
wounded began. II. c. Burtoa and
man named Hardy were taken
out dead, while X. ID. Hamliu. Charles
Ord, John Borden and Alex Emanelson
were more OF less injured. Burton lives at
Hazelhurst, Miss. The wounded were all
taken to the hospital for an examination of
shcir wounds. 1t is feared all are fatally
hurt. Several men were at work below
The bridge, but all escaped. The traveller,
u huge cnginelikc affair, runs along the
top of the structure, aud by it work is
carried out in advance of the cantilever
plan. just in front of the traveller
Is q smaller car which holds water
for the engine i'm the traveller and is
used by the workmen as tool box. The
accident resulted from oversight IN per.
Mitting the water carrier to run too far
out on and OFF the wooden trestle work in
ndvance Of iron work, as the carrier ran
over the end of the trestle and plunged
downward, carrying the wooden supports
and these in turn crashed against insecure
iron work, carrying down with it the next
two spans. Hardy, the first man taken
from the wreck, was an awful sight. He
was pnuel b. nea n mass of beams and
iron, and when lifted up his head rolled
into the gutter
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
plvlNEs DISAGREE


A Discussion Not Decided By Prayer-h-
tolerance Of Opinion.
The following 10 an extract from . late
New York 1ribxas editorial: 'sThere il,
perhaps, no mental vice 20 common as in
tolerance Of opinion. Even such ~ think
they have emancipated themselves from the
clinging defect find it hard to acknowledge
frankly to themselves that the opinion Of
some one else upon . matter they have
studied may very well be as deserving Of
respect ~ their own, If It differs radically
from their own. II we could all get rid Of
this last infirmity,' not only Of noble
minds, but of nearly all human minds, how
much less friction there would be in life,
how much less bitterness and heart burn
ing and envy and all uncharitableness."
In an adjoining column of the same paper
was found the following peculiar commen-
tary on the editorial:
'The bitterness Of the controversy IN the
American Board over the question Of proba-
ton after death was very great This
rather shocked the simple-minded and ear
nest foreign missionaries who attended the
sessions of the Board, one Of whom said he
had always thought such questions were
decided by prayer. But If the debate was
not altogether Christian in spirit, it was
strictly parliamentary. The brethren didn't
forget to put copy Of Cushing's Manual in
their valise along with their Bible, and ap-
parently some of them consulted it oftener
than the Bible"
Is it q fact that there is but little tolera-
ton in this country, and less than in othersa
"Comparisons are odorous," said Mrs.
Malaprop. Perhaps we have been claim
ing too much for this free nation.
We must admit that in the professions
there is yet much of the old-time prejudice
against new ideas. Preachers preach the
old doctrines and doctors prescribe the old
medicines. Bitter controversies arise when
any thing new is proposed
But The march Of progress is not stayed.
Men are travelling heavenward under new
creeds and being cured by new medicines.
Much the same state of facts seem to ex-
ist in other countries.
When DR.. Robson, q leading physician Of
London, formerly of the Royal Navy, pro-
claimed that Warmers safe cure was a
specific in kidney arrangements, the hide
bound school to which he belonged threat
ened to debar him from practice, if he did
not recant. But he replied that his state
ment was based on such evidence that he
could not recant.
Since then, DR.. Wilson, F. r. 8. E., editor
of Health recognized English authority,
announces in his magazine that "Warner's
safe cure is OF a perfectly safe character
and perfectly reliable.' Many English
physicians are now prescribing it.
The schools" in this country still bar all
proprietary medicines. But DR.. Gum,
Dean of New York Medical College, long
since published: "Warner's safe cure is
very valuable remedy" and says he knows
that many physicians prescribe it, though
not by name.
Good things in creed or practice are not
to be cried down by the old fogies simply
because they are new. The spirit of tolerar
ton thrives on opposition.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
THE RAILROAD WAR.

Ghe Cut by the Alton In Illinois Causes the
War to Spread to the Missouri River.
kansas CITY, No, Jan. 6-The railroad
war inaugurated several days ago by the
wabash and Alton in illinois has spread
to the Missouri river The Wabash yes
berday notified its Representatives here
that the rates on classes c, ID aud E woald
be reduced to 10 cents per 100 pounds from
Chicago and to 10 cents rer 100 from st.
Louis. The present rates are, Chicago %
171z and l6 cents and the rates from
St Louis are Ii, 121z and IL cents.
These classes apply TO heavy articles,
such as iron or steel rails, cast
iron yokes for cable lines, cast iron pipe,
when shipped ia car loads. A reduction is
also made in the special commodity tariff
Tor hard coal which Will take q 10 cent rate
from st. Louis instead of Is cent rate
and a ID cent rate from Chicago instead OF
q E1 cent rate. The new rates take effect
January 9. The Alton has not as yet sent
out notices of what it will do, bat there is
no question but that it will meet the rates
made by the Wabash and may 60 even
lower.
The other lines in the Southwestern As
sociation are becoming restless and will
probably Join in the fight to-day. The
Ids given OLlCldl iuaI
IL the Rock Island continues to take live
stock from the Missouri river in Burton
palace stock cars at the same rate as in
common cars, it will reduce the rate on
live stock in common cars to correspond
with the twenty per cent. difference here
tofOre made in favor Of common car ship
men5s. The regular rate is $3.50 in Bur-
ton cars and $50 in common. burlington
means 10 make the rates On live cars, Kan
sas City to Chicago, consequently tho
stock in common cars S44 10, a reduction OF
nearly SIG per car.
The reduction in corn rates made by the
Frisco will have little effect in this section.
because there is no corn to move. But
there is danger that the cut may affect the
rates in Iowa, where there Isa large amount
OF grain to move, and cause trouble in that
section
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
instantaneous Photography.

Instantaneous photography is no
longer question to be determined by
study and experiment but has as
sumed the place of an accomplished
and familiar fact. Que of most inter-
esting achievements in this direction.
rs described in a London paper. orig;-
mated in the question rs to whether
the upper part of the wheel of veh;-
Gle when In motion travels faster than
the lower part In determining this
matter by instantaneous photography,
the artist took the photograph of an
omnibus en- route, and in this photo
graph, while the lower ends of the
spokes Immediately adjacent to the
ground are not percepibly unshap-
ened BY the motion. the tops of the
upper spokes. show an angular motion
corresponding 70 about ten degrees
The photograph in this case most sue
cessfully expresses the fact that the
wheel it represents is y rslid ,motios.
IN r. SunI
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

NEW YORK Jan. 6-Fire broke out a.
one O'Clock this morning at the Brooklyn
navy yard in the navigation building which
stood in the center of the grounds away
from The other building, three story aad
attic brick building, used by the navigation,
construction and equipment bureaus and
FOR storage purposes. The officials Of the
departments mentioned lost all the contents
OF their Offices including valuable naval ana
military maps. plans and designs. At first
the nava. authorities refused all assistance
from tie city fire department hut tbs
flames gained such headway that the fire
department was called in. AT two o'cloca
the Ii re was un Ter control The bu,liina
was completely ruined
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
llOrrillA Ileafh.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 5.-At Avcry's
plow Factory to-day William Fehder, who
was operating ii large steam hammer in the
blacksmith shop. climbed on his machine
TO fix the betting, which had become dis
arranged, when suddenly tia betting
slipped to its proper position and before he
could save himself his clothing was caught
by the machinery and he was whirliug
around the shaft. His legs were torn frorl
his body and thrown distance Of twenty
feet Then an arm was jerked off, and
every time the wheel went around the
crunching Of bones was heard as the body
struck against the beam above. 1t was
almost two minutes before the other en-
ployes recovered themselves sufficiently tc
stop the machinery. Death was instan,
t2ueous.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12
AMERICAN ( COINS.
Some of Those Issued by the Colonial nnd
United States Mints. tts

Some of Those Issued by the Colonial and
United States Mints. ttt
The first strictly American coins
were those issued by the colonial mint
of Massachusetts,, in 1862. generally
known as the Pine Tree series. though
there were four varieties. There is a
coin of earlier date. called the
'.Somcrs Island piece" but this was
probably struck in England. Of the
Pine-Tree series. the first issue. and
the rarest, was a plain hammered
silver coin, and the value, XII.
or VI, made by punch.
These were followed by. others,
bearing representations of pine.
oak and willow trees. with '.Massa-
chusetts'' and New England as in
scriptions. II and III penny pieces
were added, and large number were
struck. the Pine Tree variety being
the most common. A popular story
concerning these coins says that the
mint-master was allowed one in set
number rs his perquisite. and that his
wealth from this source was so great
that when his daughter came to marry
he gave her dowry of them, making
her sit in one scale while they were
piled in the other, until their weight
lifted her from the ground She was,
therefore, literally worth her weight
in silver"
The first gold coins were struck in
1875. and were the eagle and half
eagle Tho. quarter-eagle, quarter-
dollar and dime appeared in 1876; the
double-eagle and gold dollar in lS49;
the silver Scent piece in, 1854; the gold
S3 piece in 1854; the nickel cent in
1856; the small bronze cent and 2-cent
piece in 1864; the nickel Seen,
in 1865; the nickel scent in 1866; the
trade dollar in 1873, and 20-cent piece
in 1875. There have been many other
assays. or patterns. for CONS. butthese
constitute the regular coinage of the
country.
In 1776 appeared lead token. with
a sun-dial diverse and thirteen linked
rings for reverse. This was inscribed
Continental Currency" and is the
type of the first regular United States
coin, commonly known as the Mind
your-business" cent so called from
this sentence forming one of the
legends. It has alse, been named the
Franklin and the Fugio; the frs be-
cause the sentence quoted seemed to
have Poor Richard flavor, and the
last from another legend: ':Fdgio."
Il fly." These coins were numerous
and were struck in 1857. - = IN
In 1922, 1928 and 1924 the English
colonies were given the Wood half
penny and tho Rosa Americana
series, the latter consisting of PEN
ny. half-penny. and farthing: These
were struck in England by William
Wood. and were originally intended
for circulation, in ireland. Rcpudiated
by that portion, of the British empire.
principally through The efforts, of
Dean Swift they were sent to
America
During the time intervening be-
tween the revolution and the estab-
lishmcnt of d Government mint sew.
eral States established nints and |
struck coins The coins Of Nassachn- |
sets sxcre. - cent. e anal - halt
csnt. With an Indian standing TOR N
pbyerse and. sp Eagle for. reverse
Connectieut coined scsnts only, with
several varieties of bnsse for the OBJ
Verse ,aads , seated, figppe ri Liberty /
Lof the reverse. - Chicago Nsit&
Dodge City times., 1888-01-12

-Humor is to life what flowers are
to landscape; not essential. but very
pleasing.
III : dog can not reason. what
makes him hate a tramp-Phlades-
phia Ne,cs. -
Many homely, unattractive girl
gets husband on account of her pa
value. Life. '''
4 Wherever you see prosecution.
there is more than a probability that
truth lies on the persecuted side
Lady lin bric-a-bric store)-'.Le.
me see something handsome but
cheap Clerk 'Yesm; something for
a wedding presenti''- i''--------------
How can we live and think any
one has trouble-piercing trouble
and we could help them. and never
try?-George Eliot
1t is with wits rs with razors,
which are never SO apt to cut those
they arc employsd on as when they
hare lost their edga ~
First Tramp-.Run.. run. ] AXE. "
Second Tramp-"Eh? Has that farm.
Iser-got = gun?'' mo. he's got . wood
pile. Omaha Horld
Money. like rain in the desert. is
hard to get, and when we do get it,
it slips away as easily rs does the rain
in the sand.-Psck's Sun. y 4
The older a man gets the more
difficult it is to pull the wool over his
eyes. He has good deal less wool,
you know. IonEers Statesman. =,
Il" Conductor (slouting) -
''Wuh hu'r twan frrr!' Passenger
-''When YOU get through practicing
your hog Latin. won't you please tell
us what station this is?"-Ieras SiH-
tnus.
"A man reading in the weather re-
port that the barometer would prob
ably rise on the Calf of Mexico. put
all the money he had into barometers
and sent them down there. hoping 10
realize on the rise. -Ieras Sitlings.
The extreme elasticity of the word
''trust'' was never known until the
nineteenth century, when boot. whisky,
oatmeal and other ''rusts'' were
formed. and foundered. because men
could not trust each other. Bulletin.
Young Man, Take Notice
When on the clock her gaze she bends
And wonders if pas gone to bed,
And when you make a joke pretends
ltt She did not hear just what you said;
When she behind her lily hands IS
Begins to yawn, though he may grievc,
The man OF sense will understand
The time has come for him to leave.
Boston Courier.
"A woman in Boston put off her
daughters wedding in order to have
bright day for the ceremony. This
was three years ago. and the daughter
is still reveling in single blessedness;
and her mother is now willing, should
another opportunity and man offer,
that the wedding should take place
during forty days rain. accompanied
by lightning. hail. snow. cyclones.
thunder, blizzards. tornadoes. earth.
quakes. whirlwinds, and other disa-
greeable meteorological phenomena
-Dr0Eess M01rzi,e