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Dodge City times., 1888-03-29

The following from tie Atchlson
Champion has the right sound. We
should always remember we are
Americans: I'm a country. like ours,
in discussing the political situation
there is nothing more incongrous than
to talk about the German element, !"
and the "colored element, etc, etc,
No element in the United States but
the American is entitled to any cOnsid-
Grafton That is to say, when foreign
ers become American citizens-voters,
all the sensless twaddle about their
former nationality should at once and
forever cease; and, in common with
native born Americans, they should re-
ceive the consideration which their in
telligence, loyalty aed general good
citizenship merit, no more, no less.
The grand mogul of the Globe does
not relish being held up to public ridi-
cule. He has so long been allowed to
mouth his vaporings unreproved that he
has come to regard them as the utter
ances of the Oracle: and has even pur-
suaded himself that the public bow
down and veil their faces when he
speaks. In his own estimation (and
only in his own,) woe be TO the man
who dares to question or criticize any
thing he says. His .'lpse dixit is a
great thing in his own estimation, and
be seems tn regard 1t as a personal
affront for the ''thirty day editor of
the Times To venture to correct any of
his grossly untrue and misleading state
ments. But Frost is too sensitive,
and wishing to save him all possible
annoyance, we suggest that he put him
self in training to withstand sucii~ re-
butts as he is sure t. meet very fre-
quently in the future unless he is
more circumspect. We do not. wish
to say anything unkind, and have no
desire to enter into a personal eontro-
versy Such was not our object in at
taciug the article which appeared in
last week Globe concerning the biz
zard. Our attention was called to the
grossly misleading statements it con
tained, and the injury such statements
were liable to DO our country, by not
less than dozen of our best business
men, and most reliable citizens, some of
whom took the trouble to brin. copy
of the Globe to this Office and ask US to
reply to it. The fippant macner in
which very many Kansas editors refer to
cyclones and billiards has done the state
incacuable harm, much more harm than
the same papers ever have or can do
good to the state. The idea SO prevalent
in the Feat, that Kansas is state of
cyclones and blizzards is founded al
most wholly upon mistatements for
which Kansas editors are entirely to
blame. From October to May, probably
Dodge City times., 1888-03-29

Papers all over the state are referring
to the selection of Wichita as the place
for holding one Of the state conventions
as "a recognition of the claims of the
southwest Excuse us, Wichita is
way east of central Kansan, aud rec
ognition OF the claims of that citf,
which we are fully prepared to admit,
is 20 recognition Of Western Kan
sas at ali.
Dodge City times., 1888-03-29

Sound. sensible, convincing.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Tho Rcd Dog did II.

There We're seven or eight boys and
II dog-,ight in the ally OF Second street
yesterday as u policeman happened
along. and after clubbing tho dogs
apart he said To the largest boy:
..Now, then, / want 80 know all about
this"
We'll, you KNOW" replied the boy,
al was coming up the alley with my
spotted dog. That boy there was COM
ing down tile alley with. his black dog"
"And you knew the dogs would fight,
of course"
..Oh, no, sir. When we came up to
each other the. dogs began to play.
We were talking about going a fishing
When that boy over there came along
with a little red dog"
"Whcre is itP"
"Run away. sir. His red dog began
to pick a fight with my dog, and then
the black pitched in. This let the rcd
dog out, and away lie went"
..But why didn'tyouseparatet hemp"
..1hcn who'd get the moncypn
money! So you had money up?"
''Wly. after they got u fighting
each of us bet on II own dog, Of
course"
.sYhcn I want"
But he didn't get one of them, and
willie he halted ut one end of the alley
to breathe after his run tho mob APP
peared at the other and tire referee an
nounced:
being as this mill was intcrfercd
with by the police 1 shall decide it a
draw and the stakes will go to buy
oranges for the crowd."-DctroI Free
Press.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Ono of tho Ycnowstonc Lakes.

The Half Acre is the name applied
10 IL of the boiling lakes, whose wa
tiers, like IL great caldron, are ever boil
ing and building and giving off dense
volumes of steam. In its middle u
column of tcnfcet in diameter is thrown
into the air to q height of fifteen feet
ut short intervals, and about its sides,
from time to time since the discovery
of the park, pieces of the formation,
which here appears to be about eight
feet in thickness. have tumblcd in. 1t
would be impossible TO ascertain the
depth of this natural caldron, but the
water is as clear as crystal, and when
the vision is not obscurcd by the steam
one look far down in its blue
depths and sec the rocks far, far be-
low. On one side Il stream as large as
an ordinary country mill-racc flows out
and rolls, y boiling cascade, into the
Fire Hole River. Some of the most
wonderful effects of color are produced.
by the sun shining through these
clouds of steam upon the tinted sui
phur formations in the bottom of these
lakcs.--ICWoWStONc Park Letter.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
The President wasus smoking.

A great many good stores are told
about H. G. Brokmeyer, formerly Lieut.
tenant governor of the state Of Mis-
souri,, who is a frequent visitor. in
Washington.
Gov. Brokmeyer is a tall, broad
shouldered man, whose complexion
and hair suggest the Indian type. He
used to preside over the session of the
Missouri state senate in the most in-
formal manner, usually with the am
Der mouth-piccc of u mccrchaum pipe
between his lips. Some of the sena-
tors. after discussing the matter among
themselves came to the conclusion that
the presiding officers dcmcanor was
not sufficiently lignilicd; SO IL day
one of them o and called the attcn-
ton of the senate to the fact that the
president was smoking. Mr.. Brok-
meyer laid aside his pipe, and address
ing tile senate, said:
1.-The president is not smoking"
"Wcll, he was smoking" said the
member, pcrsisting.
"1c has done II great many things in
his timc." said MIR. Brokmcyer, "but he
is not smoking now"
And having escaped ccnsurc on this
little tcchnicality he resumed his smok-
ing within ten minutes. From that
time forth his attention was frequently
called To his Infringement of tho rules,
but he never stopped smoking moro
than ten or fifteen minutes at q time.
--NcU IOrS IjiiUuc.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
A Yankee Trick.

George P. North, of New Haven, Ct,
who has bccnat tho Southern, remarked
this morning to II reporter: "O1e of the
shrewdest tricks of which l ever heard.
was recently practiced on n dry goods
firm of our city. Late one afternoon a
ma wearing good clothes, but appar.
emily very drunk. staggered up the street
and fell against u large plate glass win.
dow, breaking it to pieces. The pro.
prietor rushed out and demanded pay.
mcnt. Tho drunkard, in a weak voice,
replied that lie had no money, but ~
search of his pockets revealed u wallet
containing II 500 bill. This the pro.
prictor seized, in spite Of the strong
protests of the incbriats gentleman thai
it was n counterfeit, and carried only
as a curiosity. Tws'v %''".i#rs were
deducted us the rH.... q: .l.r broken
window, and tho gentleman who had.
sl,ccumbed to the influence of John
B:rleycorn, rcelcd off with $50 in his
pocket. On attempting to bank the
bill the next morning tho teller threw
ii out as y counterfeit, thus establishing
the d%runkard's reputation for vcracity.
The dry goods merchant could donoth.
ing, us he had been told that tho bill
was worthless. and certainly had no
right to pay himself for any damage in
llicted on his store from the pockets of
u drunken man. He therefore was
obliged to submit 10 the loss of SSS and
a plate-glass window, while the drunk.
ard, whose ipcbriation was probably
not entirely complete. had exchanged a
counterfeit 800 bill for SIS goodmoncy
and the satisfaction of having gotten
the best of II of the sharpest mer.
chants in the Nutmeg State ."-Sk. Louis
lost-Dispatch.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION.

IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION.
The London Economist states the pro-
duction of pig iron in 1887, in all leading
nations. at 90, SEQ, III tons, of which the
British Isles contributed 7,441, 027 tons,
and the United States G,4l7, 14S tons.
The next largest producer Was Germany,
with n little more than half us much as
the United States. The production of
these nations in 1886 was 1895, 907 tons
less than in 1885,, the gain in the United
States being the largest, and. indeed,
about a third of the gain in all other pa-
tions. all of which, except Austria Hun
gary, increased their output.
In Besscmcr and open hearth steel the
product of these nations was S,462, 500
tons, showing all increase of 705, 374 tons
over 1886. Tho United States led all the
nations in the production of 1887, though
222a3, 493 tons behind the British Isles in
1886.
The United States and the British Isles
produced tbrcc-fourths of the steel and
G6 per cent. Of the iron of the nations.
In 1887. the general production of iron
Increased outside of the United States by
s.s per cent. and in the United States IL. o
per cent, The production of steel out
side of the United States increased by 20
per cent. and that of the United Statcsb y
81 per cent.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
How to Start a Balky Horse.

I passed q considerable block Of
strcet-cars recently to come upon the
cause of it, a balky horse, Mt the very
moment when IL bystandcr stepped out
into tho roadway and, after a moments
manipulation, set the animal going as
if perfectly content with his work. The
success of the operation was SO immc-
diate that l venturcd to ask how it was
done. The mandid not have the horsey
look which usually accompanies the
possession of stable secrets, was evil
IDENTIFY an amateur, and did not hesitate
to tell me ut once that he simply placed
under the horses tongue a chip Of wood
that he picked from the sidewalk.
Anything else would have done as
wcll,,' he went on to explain, ''for it is
only necessary to divert the animals
attention for u moment from his fam
cied grievances. l only changed the
current of his thoughts. You might
have argued with him all day, and he
would still have held to his opinion."-
boston Post.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Some Mississippi Expressions.

A teacher Of mississippi colored folks
has been taking notes Of queer expires
sions that she has heard from her
pupils and in meeting, and the An,crl-
can Missionary publishes them. Here
are a few: .'Go to the great physi-
ciancr." II used c%onsecrated lye."
.'She is a clipper" so Lord give us
good thinking facticals." "The meet
ing will be in the basin of the church,"
80, Lord throw overheard all the load
we'se totin, and the sins which upset
u.s." Jog them in remembrance of
their VOWS" II want her to resist
me witt, tho ironing" 81 want all
you people to adhere to the bell"
.'There will BIO no respectable people
in heaven. God is no respecter of
persons)'' 81 WAS much discncour-
aged" at is said ut the startment of
this meeting" IL take care of three
head of children" I'VE have passed
through many dark scenes and un-
seems"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Prise Rabx.

On an Atlantic steamer bound for New
York, q year or &C ago, the usual enter.
tainment for the benefit of . Liverpool
charity was projected. There hapr cncd
o be o N board a good many "profession-
ais" actors and singers, who all promised
to take part, except one, who kept aloof,
and stubbornly declined to assist. As he
wal the star most desired, every effort
wa made to change his mind, and the
committee Of arrangements at last applied
to MI. r. T. Barnum (who was, as usual,
an inconspicuous %passenger), and begged
him to labor with the reluctant singer.
Mr.. Bnrnum undertook the mission, and
after stating the case and making his ap-
peal, to his surprise the man at once as.
sented.
Il refused all these people," he said,
''and / dislike exceedingly to take part in
this sort of entertainment, but if you ask
me, Mr.. Barnum, / cannot decline. IAN
glad to do anything thnt will please YOU"
Mi. Barnum felt much c0mplimented, but
protested q little, when the man contin-
ued: "You did me a great favor once,
MIR. Barnum, andI have nevc forgotten
1t. You may not recall, but l am under
great obligations to you" Why" hes
itated the great Snowman, II must con-
fess that l don't recall-I don't remember
any circumstances. and yet your face is
familiar. l haven't forgot that. Where
was it we metz" 'Oh, 1t was thirty
years ago. Dir. Barnum. took the first
prize in your first baby show. I've a.
ways felt grateful to you"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06

But at tho opera an interesting
question vt loss and gain was submit-
ted to tho proprictors. Would they
prefer to close the house and lose oniy
y thousand dollars each, or would they
open 1t and enjoy the music aud lose
some two thousand cachP Who would
not wish to DO caught in such q de.
!ightful p~crplexity-a dilemma whose
horns arc solidly gilt, and to fall upon
which is to provo yourself plated with
gold! Tho question was answered rs
Jonathan usually answers it. Open
thcdoors, summon Eutcrpc, and con-
found-o words to that eiicct-the ex-
pcnse. We shall have German &C.
c.ordtngly, and German opera has never
been presented, upon the WHOLE, more
satisfactorily than in New York.
lts > natHralqucstion why Jonathan,
even when gold-plated, stiles his in.
stinct for n bargain and consents to
such apparently unnecessary cxtrava-
gancc. Why not say to the lovely
Fraulcin and Herrcn that they must
subdue the voracity of their purses or
they need not come? 1t Is true that
there is n government subsidy for many
.OeOsSM OpcEt-tOuScSs OuU Is IL 81
large in the case of individual Singer
that it could not be equalled hero vi
much lower prices? Jonathan pays
well for his generosity and tho fame
which it gives his country. The poor
Immigrant lands at Castle Garden, and
confesses that he thought to pick up
silver in the streets. Tho prima donna
hears of PATHS five thousand dollars
nightly. and longs to touch the soil
and the dollars of Ell Dorado. Good
naturcl Jonathan bids her come, and
filings her tho dollars. Is he not q
foolislly and necdlesssly cxtravagant
%Jonathanp Might he not satisfy the
singers with fewer dollars.-Hurper's
Magazine.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Smart Georgia noys.

at used to be that q boy staid at
home and worked for his daddy till he
was2l years of age, and then he'd marry
and settle down in the settlement and
make er plenty and raise or family.
They are Off for Atlanta now before
their w daddy and NANNY gifts cr-
quainted with 'em, and the next time
you see them they're saying those and
sich like. There are boys now 2 years
old that knows more'n | do at 80. and
every one of 'em after they get erpast
~ years old think I'm er fool, and il
wouldn't take much for 'em to tell me
so and knock me down or draw or pis.
toll On me if l cut up" .sIhe.gals l,aini
no better. suggested Brown, ..'ceptine
they don't cuss and smoke these here
little old paper things what they have
now."-1dtianta Constitution.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
To Cure H%ydrophobfa.

A physician has recently printed IN
article entitled, GLOW to tell a mad
dog and how to treat hydrophobia."
Now, that seem q very simple mat
ter. You should never have anything
on your mind THAI you want to tell 9
mad dog. We can tell q mad dog any
thing VIC have tn communicate on
postal, Oh we could send him tho in
formation by a rabid telegraph mcsscn-
ger, tho young man who makes every
body mad with whom he comes in con-
tact, but never gets mad himself. In
diagnosing q case of hydrophobia, 3
dog with q wire muzzlc is the most
sensitive subject, but any dog will
answer. To see if he is mad, pull his
tail. Pull hard. 1t is best to pull
with both hands. If the dog jerks
away and runs bowling down the street
he is not mad. He is only scared. But
if he turns around and bites a piece
out of your leg, and tries to bite out
another larger piece bcforch he swallows
the first one, lie is mad. Then yoil
have the hydropllobia. Now follows
the treatment Of hydrophobia. This
peculiar form of madness originated
with the camel. The camel, youknow,
can go forty days without water. In
treating the hydrophobia, offer it any
thing but water. Hydrophobia in tile
North is the same thing as q snake
bite in Texas. 1t is believed by the
best physicians, that hydrophobia
RACES as fearfully in the dead of VIM
ter as in the Summer. What u wise
Providence is this! because when tile
snow is on the ground all the snakes
are dormant, and the thirsticst man in
America could not even bite himself at
the Geological Garden. Hydrophobia
is contagious. One man who has it
bad can communicate it to q whole
crowd of men. 1t is not always nor
necessarily fatal, although the next
morning the victim usually wishes that
il chad of been. '-R0Len u. Hnaalekke.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
Divorces In A,eser..

Djnmaa-el-Kebi (the great mosque)
back to the eleventh century, but there
is little 10 Indicate the antiquity of the
building. At the entrance is tho court
where the cadi rcigns supreme. settling
family grievances and disputes, divorce
cases, etc. l met there an old acquaint-
ancc, Mohammcd, who was now q staid
father of a family; years ago he posed
for me, and would spin out long lc-
gcnds, aud stories Of personaltroublcs,
and real love affairs. His explanation
of the planetary system was ingenious,
but a little behind tho times. Our earth
rests, according to him and his fore
fathers, on a bulls horn; the bull
stands on another world, which rcpos-
cs again on another bulls horn, aud SO
on; but when it comes tn the question
of where the seventh bull stands, we
r not ut liberty to inquire further
into Gods work, and must Ike content
with what he has been pleased to re-
veal. My old friend Mohammcd pre-
tended to be waiting round the divorce
court to get q settlement about some
land in Kabylie; but rs l met him three
months after this time, and learned that
he had lost his wife, l cOnjecturcd that
he was simply waiting his turn to OBJ
tain a hearing with tho cadi, and to say
81 divorce this woman" which makes
matters easy in this country for a man
who feels that he wants q change in
his domestic realm. 1t isquite as easy
for him to remarry the same woman;
he ear even repeat this farce three
times (if the law is the same as in
Egypt; but if he is thoroughly dissat-
isficd with his hclpmeet, and has made
up his mind that sho is a nuisance, he
can say, II divorce this woman thrice"
and that's the end of it,. n. Bridg-
man, IN Harpcr's Magazine.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
THE KINGS SEAT.

N
Prince Vladimir sat with his knights
Iu kief's banquet hall,
Aud boasted Of arms and Of victories won,
And the joy OF tho bugle call.
While q figure gray at the gate
Knocked once aud twice and thrice,
And Vladimir shouted, mo more shall come
Neither for love nor for pricew
But q breath Of wind blew apart
Tue fringe VI the pilgrim'e cloak,
And beneath, the Lutte OF the singer wat seen
Before the singer spoke.
sAh, little minstrel" then said
The great Prince Vladimir,
1.-THE top of the carthen oven is thine,
The mfnstrel's place Is here.
"a small aud lowly place,
For my heroes all have come,
Bloody with wounds aud with honors rare,
From liza Of Murom."
The minstrel climbed to hie scat
On the carthcn ovens top,
And tuned his lutte aud began his sOuE,
Aud they would not let him stop.
For his song Of battle aud death
He sung Of victories won,
OF Deuk and his Indian stced,
And the tale Of Morga, the Livan.
And there, as he Gang, as he sang,
The hearts Of men bowed down,
And 10! the top Of the oven
Became the monarch's throne.
Annie Fields In the June Century.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
A Lucky Darky.

Galveston, (Tcx.) News, May 30: A
reporter while in the Mallory Steamship
csmpany's office in this city a few days
ago met the young colorcd porter, George
Henry Ashe, who, at the last monthly
drawing Of the Louisiana lottery, won
e15, 600 Of the capital prize.
Ashe is a young copper-colored darkey,
% years of age. polite and obliging, of
sober and industrious habits, and has oc.
cupied the position Of porter in the NAL
lory office for the past six years.
One would naturally think that the &C.
quiring Of such sudden wealth would be
calculated to turn the head of one in Ashes
station Of life, but such is not the case.
He pursues the even tenor of his way,
continuing in his position of office porter,
and pr0secutes his work rs faithfully and
earnestly rs though the position were his
only dependence.
When asked as to his plans for the flu
ture he replied: II have put my money
cut at interest, and intend to continue to
work for Captain Sawyer as long as my
services giv satisfaction. It was my
which won the S15, 600.
Eyes, l have been buying lottery tick
cts for about three years. have always
come out even on the investment by win.
ming small approximation prizes and at
the same drawing in which l won the
Gid. OOO, I also won $3.50 on another ticket,
but this amounts 80 insignificant as com
pared with tho S15. zoo, that I only men
tiOn IL i~ncidentallvD
Eyes, the money was promptly paid
and l have it securely invested for tho
benefit Of my family, consisting of a wife
and three children. I expect / will con-
tinue to p~atronize the lottery, and should
I be as fortunate in the future as have
been in the past I don't think 1 will have
any cause to regret IT,"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-06
The Gear and czarlna of Prussia.

Empress Dagmar is petite and slen-
der, with soft, dark eyes, brown hair,
nose slightly retrousse, red fresh youth
ut the girlishness of her face and
figure, and charmed with her tranquil
simplicity and the gentlencss of her
manners. She is one of those women
of whom n say at once that she was
eminently womanly and lovable. She
was dressed in palest yellow, tho front
of her gown of satin embroidered in
white jet, the train. not very long, of
spangled tulle and wreathes of crushed
roses ut the side. She wore q high
diamond coronet and and a blue-rib-
bon order across the breast; her neck
and shoulders fairly glistened with
diamonds, whose size and brilliancy
were extraordinary; marvellous gems
also sparkled here and there amid the
loopings of her gown. The long de-
collete bodices are still worn in Russia,
"off the shoulders" as the feminine
phrase is.
The emperor was in scarlet uniform
and high boots. He is very tall and
large, bald, with full blonde beard.
His face is not to be quickly read;
it is somewhat sombre in expression,
with q rather dull and impenetrablc
gaze, handsome, but not altogether
pleasing-markcd, however by an air
Of great distinction. He is said to be
i'll at ease in society, but this seems
absurd for one born in his sphere; his
manner, while cold, is a6able, and
betokens no gaucherie. -Pailadelphia