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, 1888-09-05
Tho Alaskan Damse1,s Don.

The dusky damsel of Alaska has an
ivory doll. 1t is carved from walrus
tusk any length from one to six inches,
with nose carved, and eyes, eyebrows
and mouth of black enamel. Even the
inch-long baby has features carefully
made. She has also a doll of wood, six
or eight inches long, with its face carved
and a curious ornament just below the
corners Of the mouth. This is a blue
bead, and is in imitation of the fashion
of her tribe, of making in the lower lip
an opening like a button hole, through
which any desired ornament may be
thrust. None of the Alaska dolls have
joints, but this unnatural stiffness has
apparently not been altogether satisfac-
tory to the small damsels, for some are
carved in a sitting posture.
The most humble doll is simply a stick
with a head carved on the end. But the
most elaborate of all Indian dolls L have
seen belongs also to Alaska. 1t is carved
from dark colored wood, with mouth
open, showing three white teeth, and it
has real hair, in locks six inches long,
stuck into holes in the wooden head, with
the drollest ''patchy" effect. = Olive
Thorne Miller in st. Nicholas.
, 1888-09-05
Queer Binding for Books.

Extravaganza in binding has frequently
furnished an opening for the display of
fantastic tricks and fads. In a book
sellers catalogue vas once an advertise
ment of a Latin copy of Apuleius'
Golden ASS" bound in the skin of an
ass. A book relating to Jeffrey Hudson,
the celebrated dwarf, was bound in a
piece of the silk waistcoat of Charles I.
Fox's historical works were bound in fox
skin, and Bacon's works were dressed
out In hog skin. One offspring of the
French revolution was the grim humor
of binding books in human skin. France
was not alone in this practice. In vari-
GUS parts of England the skin of muir
derers has been tanned and used to bind
books. The public library of Bury st.
Edmands has a book containing the ac-
count of the trial of a man for murder
bound in his own skin. Eccentricities
of binding in such as skins of cats, croco-
die, mole, seal, wolf, tiger, bear, etc.,
abound. The use of cloth in binding is
n Of comparatively recent date. In
1885 Archibald Leighton introduced
cloth for covers, the first books so bound
being Byron's complete works. -Provi-
dence Journal.
, 1888-09-05

While returning in the evening to my
hotel l stopped at the beautiful park
called the Plaza de Zaragoza, which is
spread out in almost tropical beauty be-
fore h new cathedral. 1t is filled with
orange trees and pecan trees, and is sweet
with the odor of pomegranates and aca-
cha blooms. There kfound hosts of chill
dren playing along the graveled walks.
Their chief amusement seemed to consist
in throwing twigs and pebbles slyly at
the policeman, who, however, did not
deign to notice them. The Mexican po-
liceman is usually dressed all in white,
with a blue cap, and instead of an ugly
club he carries a bright saber. He does
not walk about at night from block to
block, seeing hat all is secure, as our
policemen are supposed TO do, but after a
certain hour of the night he seats him
self flat upon the pavement at a street
corner, and with his saber drawn and his
lantern between his knees patiently waits
the Mexican cry of "Watchr' which
notifies him when he is needed. The
Mexican policeman is therefore a harm
less, good natured man, and consequently
n f~avorite with the children.-''R. NJ. Y"
in st. Louis Republic.
, 1888-09-05

1t is rather in others and for others that
the modern civilized man breads pain. He
finds it harder to know that other men are
suffering the pains of cold or hunger in
Kansas or Ireland or India; or that ''pris-
oners of poverty" are working for pit
tances in the great cities; or that laboring
men are driven to work sixteen hours o
day; or that criminals are tortured or mis-
treated in the chain gang; or that ''politi-
Gals" are driven to insanity in the Russian
state prisons. He resents and Furnishes
cruelty to animals where his gr~eat-grand-
father, perhaps, thought nothing of send
ing n slave to the whipping post. He re-
volts even against harshness in just
punishment, and desires to alleviate some
of the horrors of hanging. If he ignores
q case of cruelty, it is from lack of ON
niscience; let him know about it, and the
world shall know his feelings about it.
WHEREFORE and Copley might go on for
years telling Englishmen of the horrors
of the middle passage and Of all tho vii
lainies of the slave trade; and still the
slave ships sailed out from Liverpool, and
the slave trade was represented III parlia-
ment. Cruelty in more recent times lives
by stealth and bushes to find itself fa-
nous in the newspaper pillory.-The
Century.
, 1888-09-05

The boiler bursting record is a large
and growing one. Over 200, all IN
doubleday supposed safe, exploded dur
ing the past year. The invention of the
safety a steam boiler, which opens at
the joints, and puts out the fire before
the pressure reaches the bursting point,
u save many lives in a years time.
More than 700 persons were stricken
down, without warning, by boiler explo-
sions within our country during the past
year. More than half these persons were
killed outright, and many of the re-
mainder were manned for life.-Boston
Transcript.
, 1888-09-05
Visions of the Future.

Has any great invention ever been
made that did not have a forecast in the
visions of some humorist? When, fifty
years ago, we read the fun Of Sir John
Vaudeville and of his trumpet, that held
his frozen words until he reached Italy,
where they thawed out and blew away
in his exact tones, to his amazement,
who conceived that we were close to the
discovery of a little instrument that
would bottle up language and song, and
free it after the lapse of days, years or
ages? Our steam travel was foreguessed,
also, in the same way by Newton, and
air navigation has been a jocose dream
since the arabian Nights" Our i'm
agination can probably never reach
farther than our capacity to realize; the
wonder is that it can reach as far
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-09-05

The famous Bahia or Bendego meteor
lite was landed in Rio de Janeiro on June
10, and is now in the collection of the
Brazilian National museum. The trans
portation of this great mass of iron,
whose weight was variously estimated
from six to nine tons, and which has
been found to weigh 5,371 kilograms,
was rendered possible by the recent com
pletion of a line of railroad passing with
In 115 kilometers of the Bendego creek.
where it has lain since the unsuccessful
attempt to remove it to Bahia in 1885,
Chicago Herald.
, 1888-09-05

Poetry is n more mechanical art than
most people believe. Fred Latham, who
is a cousin of Lord Tennyson, has told
me than when the laureate is writing a
poem he constructs a rhyming dictionary
of his own, thus: A, b., C, d, e, (, G, h.. /,
j, k, /, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u. V, W, x.
y, 2.
Then he has written q line, say:
Where Claribel low lieth-
He starts down the alphabet hunting for
a rhyme, getting ''buyeth," ''crieth,"
''dieth, " 'lieth," ''sigheth," ''tieth,"
''tryeth,' ''vieth," and so on, out of
which of course it is the easiest possible
thing to get the line
The oak tree, thick leaved, ambrosial sigheth.
when the proper time comes to introduce
that verse into the poem. Usually Lord
Tennyson conceals the art by which ho
gets to his rhymes by putting the manu-
featured line first and letting the second
N carry the real burden of the thought.
as any one who will read ''Locksley
Hall" critically will see.-Henry Dees in
Chicago News.
, 1888-09-05
Emancipation Among the Cherokees.

Among other events showing the pro-
gress of emancipation, the act of the
national council Of Cherokees has been
overlooked. Professor Foster writes to
The Century recalling the fact that this
tribe did, on the 18th day of February,
1868, pass a decree of emancipation. ''Be
1t enacted by the national council, That
all negro and other slaves within the
lands of the Cherokee nation be, and
they are hereby, emancipated from
slavery; and any person or persons who
may have been held in slavery are hereby
declared to be free forever" This act is
remarkable from the pro-slavery senti-
ment which was known to predominant
in the Indian tribes, although never as
strong among the Cherokees as among
the Creeks.-Globe-D Democrat.
, 1888-09-05

Careless hIoitS Of speech are y.uo..
prominent faults q: orr Young pe
even those younE people vino AVE "a!
v;ultaSes of school, and intelligent huuin
surroundings. Recognizing this, the
professor Of English literature at Wellcs-
ley college has prepared a list of words,
phrases, and expressions to be avoided, -
from which the young land old readers
will receive u..;.r 9urviCeable hints
Guess, for suppose or think. Fix, for
arrange or prepare. Ride and drive, in
U~erchanCcably. (Americanism.) Real,
as an adverb, in expressions real good for
really or very good, etc. Some or any,
in IN adverbial sense; e. &, Il have
studied some for somewhat. Il have
not studied any" for at all. Some ten
days. for about ten days. Not as l know,
for not that / know. Storms, for it rains
or SHOWS moderately. Try an experiment,
for make an experiment. Singular sub
ject with contracted plural verb; e. g.,
She don't skate we'll" Plural pronoun
with singular antecedent: Every man
or woman should do their duty or, 'If
you look any Il straight in
the face they will finch" Ex-
pect, for suspect. First rate as an adj
verb. Nice, Unfortunately. (Real nice,
may be doubly faulty.) Had rather, for
would rather, Had better, for would
better. Right away, for Immediately.
Party, for person. Promise, for assure.
Posted, for informed. Post graduate,
for graduate. Depot, for station. Stop
ping, for staying. Try and do, for try
to do. Try and go, for try to go. Gun
ming, for small, dainty. Cute, for acute.
Funny, for odd or unusual. Above, for
foregoing, more than or beyond. Does
it look good enough, for well enough.
Somebody else's for somebody's else.
Like 1 do, for as l do. Not as good as,
for not so good as. Feel badly, for feel
bad. Feel good, for feel well. Between
seven, for among seven. Seldom or ever,
for seldom if ever, or seldom or never.
Taste and smell of, when used transit
lively. Illustration: We taste a dish
which tastes of pepper. More than you
think for, for more than you think.
These kind, for this kind. Nicely, in re-
Spouse to al inquiry for health. Healthy,
for wholesome. Just as soon, for just
as lief. Kind Of, to indicate a moderate
degree. The matter of, for the matter
with.-Boston Transcript.
, 1888-09-05
A seont IN ActIre serrIoe.

The scout of the novel and the show is
n very picturesque, kind fellow,
thoroughly reckless, a lead shot, the
proprietor of a varied selection of scalps,
n showing in his moral character that
combination Of half angel and half
Lucifer" of which Joaquin Miller de-
lights to sing. Like Samson of old, his
strength is in hair, and his long flowing
locks are the admiration Of frontier wo-
men and the envy of frontier men. He
is always clad in buckskin. fringed and
stamped with grotesque designs, while
his flowing locks are surmounted with n
sombrero hat it would take three days to
walk round the brim. Such is the eastern
conception; now for southwestern reality.
The United States scout in active
service wears his hair cut short, in soldier
fashion, because he has to sleep on the
ground for weeks at a time, and if he
wore long and flowing locks they would
give him considerable trouble by afford
ing a choice variety of insects a refuge
and n dwelling place. He has no col
lection of scalps. In five years eX-
perience, during which l met nearly
every scout of note in New Mexico and
in Arizona, | never found one of them
with a single scalp except his own. Then,
again, outside Of some town in which
they wanted with a ~pardonable vanity to
show off, l never saw one of them in a
buckskin suit. 1t is too warm in sum-
mer and not warm enough in winter.
The scout is a good shot, but that is n
virtue he shares in common with nearly
every man and boy on the frontier
Con A. Mahony in Inter Ocean.
, 1888-09-05

A correspondent wants to know why
railway companies do not arrange to have
all passengers go out at the front end and
enter at the rear end of q car. He doesn't
know the perversity of the average pas
senger, or he wouldn't ask this question.
If a railway company should try to en-
force such a rule it would meet with the
pig headed opposition of nearly half the
passengers in every car. Americans, in
dividually. are a bright people, but in O
crowd they act as though they were not.
New York Tribune.
, 1888-09-05
AN INDIAN LOVE SONG.

His winter home the bear f~orsaEes
The red deer swims the shining lakes,
Up fcaming falls the salmon leaps,
The wild sheep hnlts on dizzy sleeps,
The swans are ~northward flying.
With laughing voice the rivers run,
Their pillows flashing in the SUM-
It is the moon of s%prOuting grass,
a thousand warm sweet breezes pass,
Through lofty pine tops signing.
With bounding steps the antelope
Springs Lightly down the mountain slope;
To verdant plains the bison HES,
Tho eagle mounts the morning skies,
And all the birdsare mating.
With life and joy all things are bright,
Come forth, my Lowell my souls delight,
Tly wigwam's folds brow wide apart,
For thee, oh dear and tender heart,
Thy lover true is waiting.
&c. NJ. Allen in American Magazine
, 1888-09-05
The Gothic Alphabet Going.

Those who are obliged frequently to
refer to German books are especially in
terested in the movement to introduce
the Roman in place of the Gothic alpha
bet. Since 1856 the society which is agi-
tating this matter has nearly doubled In
numbers. On its lists are now over 4,436
names, including members of all profess
sions, teachers, physicians, booksellers
and merchants. In 1886. out of 6,913
books on artistic, scientific, mercantile
and industrial subjects, 5,316 were printed
with the Roman letters.-Science.
, 1888-09-05

In England the proper ratio of doctors
to population is said to be one to 200,
but by this rule there are l ,943 too many
doctors in London, and while 600 dio
every year, 1880 new ones are turned
out. Competition is SO great that in some
parts of the city doctors will see a patient.
prescribe and supply medicine for six
pence a visit.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-05
Wonderful Jumping Feat.

A remarkable jumping feat was ac-
complished at Kidderminster on July
20. Darby, in jumping a succession of
twenty jumps, covered the extraordinary
distance of SO yards 6 inches, being 8
feet 9 inches beyond anything previously
accomplished.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-05

1 heard q milliner girl who worked in
n OF our great bazars where things are
$50 cheap" say once: "There's no en-
couragement in this establishment for a
girl to do good, conscientious work. The
girl that is best paid and most praised by
the forewoman is the one who rushes the
most thread through the most ribbon
trimming and cloth and makes the hat or
bonnet just hang together. "-Prentice
Milford in New York Star.
, 1888-09-05
Owing to circumstances.

A man stops" at a hotel when he
lodges for n night; he stays" when he
is well fixed; he puts up" when he is
given a sky parlor; he is a guest of the
landlord when he does not pay.-New
Orleans Times.
, 1888-09-05

Oxalate of cerium, a recognized pallia-
tive for nausea, is said to be helpful in
cases of se~asickness, when taken in doses
of ten or twenty grains every two or
three hours.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-09-05
Tho Nirhtinr,Ie.. Song

The nightingale, it is said, has sixteen
different beginnings and closes, with
many Intermediate notes. while other
birds have but four or five changes
Once q Week.
, 1888-09-05

A negro farmer in Dougherty county,
Ga, has succeeded in making excellent
syrup from w~atermelons, and Illus q new
use is devised for the surplus crop.-Chi-
Gag Herald.
, 1888-09-05

Don't keep time to the tune of another's
ambition. Throw your shoulders back.
step out from the hips anG strike a gait
of your own.-Philadelphia Call.
, 1888-09-05

There is a respect due to mankind
which should incline even the wisest of
men to follow Innocent customs.-Dr. L
Watts.
, 1888-09-05
THEY soon GROW OLD.

They soon gHow old who grope for gold
In marts where al is bought ard sold:
Who live for self. and on some shelf
In darkened vaults hoard up their pelf,
CaEkered and crusted DER with mold;
For them their youth itself is old
&C. ?. Cranch
, 1888-09-05

Counting the chickens before the eggs
are laid is tn, pastime of the modern
prophet. Vineyard Herald.
, 1888-09-05

The sublimity of the mountain Is not
in the mountain, but In us.-Ivsn Panin.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The question of protection from fire is
always an important consideration to
those who are considering the idea of
engaging in business in new town. In
this respect Dodge City is particularly
fortunate. The excellent system of wa
terworks, which is spoken of at length
elsewhere, and the high stand-pipe
pressure always maintained, makes the
work of fire department comparatively
easy in case of conflagration.
The Dodge City Fire Department was
organized at the time the water-works
were completed, and now consists of
three hose companies, each numbering
forty-fiv men; and three hose CARTS each
supplied with four hundred feet of hose
There are fifty hydrants distributed over
the city, and the present department,
with its well organized and drilled COM
panies, provides ample protection for all
parts of the city. Two of the carts and
all of the hose belongs to the city. The
third company is composed of young
business men who own their own cart.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
STREET RAILWAY.

This project, which has been under
consideration for some time, will be
pushed to completion early in the spring.
The new depot of the Rock Island road,
on the south side of the river; the build
ing of the college in the northwestern
portion of the town, and the rapid eX-
tension of residences in that direction.
as well as the rapid growth of the city
in all of its suburbs, render this conven-
fence an imperative necessity, and prom
Uses profitable field for investment. The
company has already been formed and a
charter obtained. Mr.. A T. Soule is one
of the chief promoters, and all improve
ments undertaken by him are success
fully carried out. The building of
street railroad will enhance the value of
property and encourage the development
of that portion of the city near the
college
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
FORESTRY STATION.

The naturally sstreeless plains of West
ern Kansas make tree culture a subject
of the highest importance, and it is mat
ter of congratulations that the last legisa-
tnre made an appropriation for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of a Forestry
Station at Dodge City. The ground Sc
cured for the purpose comprises 100 acres,
two and one half miles east of town on
Military avenue This is all securely fenc-
ed and other improvements are well under
way. The work of blowing and plant
ing the ground was commenced last
spring. and fitty-fiye acres were prepared.
Most of this has been planted with the
seeds of nearly all of those varieties OF
trees which can be grown successfully in
this latitude. A large number of forest
trees have been transplanted. among them
number of very large ones, some more
than foot in diameter at the ground.
Resides the forest trees, a number OF APP
pie ana other fruit bearing trees. some of
them well grown. have been set out.
Over one hundred bushels of Black wal
nuts have been planted this winter. and
by spring the preliminary work will have
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE 25, WEST.

This is the Township Immediately north of Dodge
City l have 1900 acres in this township. No
finer land can be found in the county, at prices
ranging from 500 to $12.0O per acre. The
price generally is $500 per acre. 1t will pay
anyman before buying any where to look at
these lands. They were all railroad lands and
are now owned by Eastern capitalists.
TOWNSHIP "a, RANGE Is, WEST.
This is still northward of Dodge City, in the south
tier of Hodgeman County, near the railroad
running through Hodgeman county. Jetmore,
fourishing little city, is the county seat Of
Hodgeman. Also within IL miles of Dodge
City. have in this township over 5000 acres
of the choicest lands, at prices ranging from
500 to $s.OOper acre. These lands are of the
first selections from the railroad grant to the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
TOWNSHIP 25, RANGE &c, WEST.
In this beautiful township have some 1000 acres
choice land, at prices ranging from s6.75 to
$500 per acre. Some well improved for this
county at the present time.
% Il "a, RANGES % & %, WEST.
have over 5000 acres, at prices ranging from
S4.75 to $780, and will sell the whole 5000 acres
at reduced price and give good time.
TOWNSHIPS % & "a, RANGES 80, 40 & Al.
These lands are in Hamilton county. They are
for sale as a whole body, and can be had for
$3.50 per acre. Many tracts of this large body
of land 1866 acres, ARE as good as any land
in the county. Some portions are in the sandy
land, but it is not yet determined as to the
quality, definitely, of these lands cannot say
but this would be the best investment of all
Others in the county. 1t is possible that can
sell few sections at a little higher price, pro-
vided parties want enough to pay to 60 and
examine the lands carefully.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
HORTICULTURE.

The cultivation of flowers indicates a
refined taste, and it is an encouraging
fact that in SO newly settled a country as
this part of Kansas, this branch of indus
try has already become an important one
Mrs. NJ. E. Durand began last year to
PROPAGATE flowers and bedding plants for
sale and the demands upon her, from the
start, were in excess of her ability to sup
ply To accommodate her rapidly increas-
ing trade, she built an extensive green
house last fall, and this is now filled with
thousands of young plants in great vari-
ETY., which will be ready for her trade
this spring. She also grows garden plants
extensively, and is preparing this spring
to supply large demand. Such an enter
prise as this we'll merits our notice in
work of this character, as it shows our
eastern friends that even in far away
Western Kansas, we can and do have
those things which are for the adornment
and identifying of our homes. This, of
itself, is an evidence, and an important
one of the progress we have already made
in establishing homes in Ford county.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
been we'll advanced

been well advanced
The purpose of the station is both prac-
ticai and experimental 1t will be a
source from which any one who wishes
tree seeds or cuttings can be supplied free
of charge, and it is also part of the de-
sign to undertake experiments for the
purpose OF demonstrating the most pro-
the best manner of cultivating them.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01

The station is under the management
of Mr.. George " Bartlett, of Mt Vernon
Ohio, who has given this business his en-
tire attention for over twenty years, and
understands it very thoroughly, both from
a practical and a scientific stand point.
Under his management the Forestry
Station is destined to become of very val
liable assistance to the progressive farm
ers of Ford AMI adjoining counties