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Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

The old Connecticut pilgrim known
as the "darned man. is dead. In young
manhood his mind was unhinged by
the sudden death of his affianccd bride,
and for the rest of his long life he
tramped through the State, always
wearing his wedding suit. The great
desire of his life was to preserve that
suit. And the only articles he ever so
licited were needles and thread or yarn
to mend it. AS years passed on the re-
pairs to which the suit was subjected
were so numerous that but little of the
original cloth remained. But in the
eyes of the poor old pilgrim it was
always the same.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

In report to the Department OF
State upon the Australian wool clip for
1SS6-S7, e. w. Griffen. United States
Consul at Sydney, states that the re-
markable feature in connection with
the clip is the decided improvement in
the quality of the fleece over that OF
the previous season-mainly due to the
improved condition of the natural
grasses through the copious rains in
almost every part of Australia. The
Victorian wool sold in London during
the months of November and Decem.
ber attracted no small amount of atten-
ton on account of its superior quality
and luster.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

ONE of the rarest of wild animals, a
white deer. was killed few days ago
near Snowshoc Mountain, Clinton
County. Pa, by Prothonotary Mann,
of Sunbury. Itwas nearly pure white.
and one of the largest does ever killed
in that region. But three white deer
were ever before killed in that part of
Pennsylvania. Old hunters generally
believe in the backwoods superstition
that to kill white deer forboded evil
to its slayer. Mann will have the
magnificent skin of the animal stuffed
and mounted.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
Oyertlra wu Keunrtk.

ABILENE, Kan, Dec. 3o-A large number
of parties in Central and Western Kansas
are IN receipt Of letters from Eastern peo-
pie inquIring whether or no. it is true that
people are starving and freezing. or have
frozen and starved 10 death, in the Western
part of this State during the recent severe
weather. Reports from reliable corre-
sponden:s at Dighton, Scott City, Leoti.
Oakley, Colby, Wakecncy, Wallace, Nc.
Alistcr and Russell Springs, covering every
section Of the North and Central Western
part OF the State are that in no case has
positive suffering been endured from lack
Of the necessities OF life IN the way of fuel
or food, and only in three instances has the
supply Of fuel been at all short.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

The Cologne Gazette, which is usu.
ally more reserved than most of the
great Continental journals in its ex-
pressions of political opinion. sees
nothing in the situation to justify con-
1idence in much further prolongation
of peace. 1.-The Czar." it says. lis SUR
rounded by intriguers who will never
rest until war is waged to the end OF
substituting Russian for German in.
fiuencc throughout Europe" Conclud-
ing its article, the paper issues def
ant invitation to the Muscovite Empire
TO come on and learn that not even the
war it seeks can overthrow the power
of Germany nor increase the influence
OF Russia
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
Obiectiny to America.

LONDON, Dec. 3o.-The Sta,ldards Paris
correspondent says: I'm an interview to-
day Senor Mateus. the Colombian Minister.
declared that neither by threats nor by
cajolery would his Government be induced
to allow America to have any thing to do
with the Panama canal, even if NJ. De
Lcsseps failed to complete the work. They
would rather do without the canal than see
America complete it. He had perfect conf
dcnce in NJ. De Lesseps, and TO Colombia
suouI belong the concession to ii. De
Lessons il nee c,ssary"
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

ASHLAND, Wis, Dec. 29-For some weeks,
employees Of charcoal pits at High Bridge
station, on the Wisconsin Central Railway.
objected to the presence Of peace officer.
A policeman hired by the town board re-
signed, and R II. NcCall volunteered in his.
place. Monday night he was warned to
leave the camp, and yesterday = gang OF
coal burners attacked him. He retrested.
and fired instantly, killing Peter Collins.
He was then set upon and kicked in . horri-
BILE manner and left for dead. special
train with q chief Of police and posse who
went from here returned last nigns with ),
several prisoners. McCalps injuries arcs
probably fatal
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

The storm of December % struck
Portland Head, Me-, at $50 p. m. The
monster wave came in in the shape OF
n pyramid. striking first against the
outline of the rock and towering up
even with the lighthouse, and for the
first time filling the space between
that and the shore with water. The
force of the waves, which were hurled
sixty feet above high water mark, was
such that the building, built strongly
as possible. was bent, twisted and shat
tered. great iron straps being snapped,
as though pipe stems. The receding
waves carried with them every thing
on shore. including stones weighing
tons
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

Mr. HARRINGTON, in an interview in DUP
lin recently, said that the National LIE 'gue
receipts from America since 1885 had been
very small.
BUSINESS was limited but the tone was
good on the London Exchange during the
week ended December 81. American rail.
roads generally were better. Prices on the
Paris BOurse were lower all round. On the
German bourSes business was oppressed
and dull.
THE receipts Of the Government from all
sources during December were s29, 325, 2s5,
and the expenditures, SO, 40j,6S2; leaving a
net gain of receipts over expenditures OF
slS 81, ,6O3; out Of this net gain, however,
must be paid about 50, 100000 for interest
upon the pubic debt, which viii! leave the
actual surplus for December, SIS 4e5. COB.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
December 81 showed an average decrease
OF 4.6, compared with the corresponding
week of last year. Outside Of New York
the decrease was 06.
THE Pope's jubilee was celebrated with
much pomp at Rome on the 1st Of January.
In other cities of the world ceremonies also
took place on the occasion.
The urgent deficiencies which the House
Committee on Appropriations will ask to
have provision made for at very early
day have been received by the committee.
The aggregate is S3,0T, ,064, as reported by
Secretary Fairchild.
A TERRIBLE catastrophe occurred at
Forgetown, Ala, in which three persons
were killed outright and between twenty
and thirty injured. The co!ored Baptists
had gathered in their church to watch the
old year out and the new come Ii, as was
their custom, and during the fest. .vities the
floor gave way and the building collapsed
POLICEMAN JOHN OFFuTT, of Lexington,
KY, while exhibiting his revolver the other
night, accidentally discharged it, shooting
himself through the body, so that he died.
NAIL advices from China state that a
powder magazine containing 1900 kilo-
grammes Of powder exploded at Annoy No
vember 2, doing immense damage, quar-
ter of the buildings of the town being laid
IN ruins. Fifty soldiers were blown to
atoms, and several hundred inhabitants
killed.
JAMES HENDRIcKs, brother of the late
Vice-President Hendricks. died at Shelby
vile, Ind, on the 1st after few days
illness with lung fever, aged ffty-six
years.
A COLLISION on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad occurred one mile south Of Green
wood, KY, on the 3lst. Six Of the pas
sengers and train men were killed and
many more fatally and seriously injured.
The collision was the result of Q mistake by
Conductor Schrumm.l
FIVE persons we're killed outright and
thirteen seriously and fatally wounded by
. collision on the New York, Pennsylvania
q Ohio railroad near Meadville, Pa, on
the S1st The blame was said to rest with
the engineer and conductor of the freight
train which coilidcd with the Chicago ex-
presA
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
Something Mysterious.

NEW York. Dec. 30.-A notice was read
in the Stock Exchange this afternoon an
nouncing the dissolution OF the firm of
Timpscn IL Co., aud this was followed by
the announcement Of the suspension Of Al
fred Sidman, one OF the partners. The firm
was composed Of E. W. Timpson and Alfred
Sid.nan, both members Of the Stock Ex.
change. The books Of the old firm, OF Datcr
e Timpsou, Of which the firm just dis
solved was the successor, were found re-
Gently in the Hackensack river. The finI-
ing caused much comment, which has been
increased by to-day's action Of Alfred Sid
man, who WAS the b0ckkocDcr for the old
Hrns.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
PrOphesy of War.

BERLIN, Dec. 2S.-The Cologne Gazette,
which is usually more reserved than most
Of the great Continental journals in its ex-
pressions Of political opinion. secs nothing
in the situation to justify confidence in
much further DrolongAtion of pace. The
GAR" it says, 'is surrounded by intriguers
who will never rest until war is waged to
the end of substituting Russian for Ger
man Influence throughout Europe" Con-
cludin g its article, The paper issues de-
fant invitation to the Muscovite Empire to-
come on and learn that not even the war it
seeks can overthrow the power OF Ger
many nor increase the influence OF Russia.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

DURING the season of navigation OF
1887 there were 11,75S clearances OF
steam and sailing vessels from Chi
cago, and 11,702 entries. Value OF
cargoes, aggregated, $4.623, ,952-a
Goodly increase over preceding years.
Import duties collected on merchan.
disc entered at Chicago from foreign
ports during the year amounted to
$4,7S4, ,950-an increase of over S4OO, 600
as compared with the preceding year.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

Mrs. NJ. A. SNowDEN. president OF
the Confederate Home at Charleston,
S. c., has received a check for one
thousand dollars from Mr.. w. w. Cor
coran, the venerable philanthropist Of
Washington. as Christmas gift to the
institute. The money will be used for
the permanent endowment of a Cor
coran scholarship in the Confederate
Home School.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

DURING the performance in the the.
ater at Carthagena, Spain, the other
evening broker occupying one of the
stalls committed suicide by exploding
a dynamite cartridge. The conclusion
cxtinguished all the lights in the house
and the audience, becoming panic.
stricken, fed from the building. Dur.
ing the excitement over one hundred
persons were more or less injured.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

MOHINI M. CHATTERJEE, the young
Brahmin philosopher who came to this
country last year, has returned to In
dia after a long and pleasant visit. On
his return to his own country he will
settle at Benares, where he will devote
himself to work explaining all de-
partments of modern science in the
light of Aryan teachings. He says
that America is the heart of the world,
but he will never return to the West
again.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

THE Prussian and German Depart
ments of Justice have commissioned
Judge Ashcroft to study and post up
upon the American penal system. with
the view of making it the basis of a
new system in GERMANY
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

A RUSSIAN seml-official organ says .
higher Government authority has re.
jected the proposal of the Imperial
Commission to permit Jews to reside
in any village of Russia.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

A MICHIGAN man thinks that by
draining certain Tennessee bog lands
he can make fortune raising celery.
He has just bought one thousand acres
near Chattanooga for this purpose.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05

COUNT SCHEREMETREFF, a prominent
nobleman of Moscow, in an audience
with the Car recently protested against
the manner in which the university
students were being treated. He
charged that the authorities were max
ing grossly untrue reports regarding
the situation of affairs in the univer-
sites. The Gar has given orders that
:: stringent inquiry be made into the
CHI harNeS
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Value Of School Property.
The following table gives the valuation Of
school property by counties, Is shown by the
report of State Sunerintendent LaMhead:
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05


Marriage is still too often bargain,
sided bargain. It is tending toward the
only true ideal lifelong companionship-a
partnership on equal terms, with equal
give and take on both sides. Women no
longer feel bound to render that implicit
obedience which was considered de rigueur
in our great-grandmother's days, and men
no longer universally demand it. Hus-
hands, moreover, are beginning to learn
that the prime duty is not to look after
their wives The very sentence is indi-
cative Of the most ghastly mlsapprehension
of the whole ideal of matrimony. The gen.
eral feeling Of society condemns man
who lives to rule his wife, on the same
principle as q pasha rules his harem.
And indeed the whole scheme OF modern
life makes it practically impossible for him
to do so. II girl is really In love with the
man she marrles she may be trusted with
any amount Of subsequent freedom. II
not, not; and therefore we say that the in
judicious and worldly parents who are re-
sponsible for the great majority OF i'll
assorted unions are also responsible for the
many evil results which are to be seen in
society at this day. For it IS fact that
lots Of English girls are n much forced
into marriage As the French girl whose
husband is selected while she is yet in the
convent. Not by main force, but by the
whole tone Of her education and by the
persistent scheming Of her parents, and by
her own longing Tor emauc!pation.-Pea
Nall Gazette.
Dodge City times., 1888-01-05
Miscellaneous.

Total. ,176, {
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
A Vapor Bath on the Frontier.

In 177O / started from Comstock on
prospecting expedition. The first
day we travelled about thirty miles and
camped on the Carson River below
Fort Churchill. 1t was my luck to
have been mounted on a bucking
mustang. l had been pitched over his
head and over his tail and had besides
gone off once or twice on side eXcur-
sions. / had not been on q horse be-
fore for years and the constant jolting
l received was about as bone breaking
as my tumbles among the rocks. |
was sore from the crown of my head
to the soles of my feet. | feared |
would not be able to mount my mus
tang the next morning. | therefore
determined to drive the pain on. of my
body by means of a hot bath. | took a
shovel and leveled Il space of ground
on the bank of the river about six feet
long and three feet wide. 1 then
/ gathered some dry cottonwood and
| willow poles, brush, and such other
fuel as | could and built fire on the
charred patch of ground. When the
| fire had burned down and the bed OF
Goals left had begun to die out, Irakcd
all off down to the ground. Ithen dug
up the ground to the depth of two or
three inches, throwing out all cobble
stones and sticks. when l leveled it all
down and spread on it one of my
blankets. l then covered myself with
the other blanket, tucking in both head
and heels. A hotter bath | never eN-
perienced. A sort of dry vapor
poured up out of the ground that al
most cooked me. 1t Itpoured up through
the blanket in a thousand streams
and had strong flavor of mother
earth. | stood the heat an hour or
two, then was obliged to remove to
| cooler quarters, when L cooled down by
degrees in order not to take cold. The
next morning | awoke without single
pain or ache and as climber as an eel. "
Although no moisture was perceptible
| in the ground on which | built my fire,
vet a certain degree of moisture seemed
to have come into it when Iraked away
the fire and began stirring up the soil.
| We were out in the mountain about
a month. While in Humboldt range
one of my party had an attack OF
mountain-feVer. | made big sage
brush fire on the little flat in which we
were camped and gave him one of my
baths He howled like coyote about
the heat. He swore he was being
cooked alive and had hard work to
keep him under the blankets for an
hour. He would have been out spite
of me had not handed our guide, 4
wild raw Indian, shotgun and told
him to shoot the man if he got up. The
patient knew that the Indian was just
big enough fool to shoot, and so was
obliged TO contine himself to groans
and howls until took the gun away
from the Indian and relieved him oi
his watch. The Indian was sulky the
remainder of the evening, as he did
not like Tom and hoped to have been
allowed to shoot. Tom never had the
least sign of mountain-fever during the
remainder of the trip, and alway'
after the experience of that evening
was ready to take his turn at cooking
getting wood. or hunting horses.
Tirginia CITY Letter to Sat Lake 1'T
Guae.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
A True Hero.

Many Americans are familiar, says
the New York San, with the history OF
Father Damien, the heroic young Bel
gian priest, who in 1873 voluntarily
took up his abode in the island OF
Molokai, whittier lepers are taken from
the Hawaiian islands. He has since
labored to tighten the brief earthly lot
of the wretched outcasts. After thir-
teen years almost miraculous immu-
nifty Father Damien was seized by the
deadly disease, and now it seems as
though death will soon end his suffer
ings. He continues, however, to min
ister to the spiritual and temporal
wants of the poor lepers, assisted by
Father Joseph, another devoted priest,
who joined him in 1866. The follow
ing letter, dated Kalawao, Molokai,
Nov. 8, 1887, has just been received
in London by an English friend of the
brave writer:
1.-The disease on me works more now
at the exteriors and does not give me
SO much pain in the limbs. In regard
to the cure of this, our incurable dis
ease, leave that in the hands of AL
mighty God, who knows better than
do what is best for our sanctification
during our. short stay in this world.
The blessed Virgin, our common
mother, in whose hands l have intrust-
ed my health from the day / put my
feet in this asylum of death, could
very easily obtain me miracle, but
she, too, knows better than do what
may shorten my road to heaven; and,
for myself, l feel very happy and
well pleased with nv lot. Since the
change of our government l have re-
ceived great number of lepers. and
probably great addition is to follow.
/ have here under my special guardian
ship fifty boys, who occupy pretty
well all my spare time. The brother
with me is greatly occupied dressing
sores and other similar occupations
Our two churches are pretty well
crowded OH Sundays, and every morn
ing and evening a good number assist
at divine worship. will have to bury
this afternoon two old lepers in one
oraye.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
RENroN,s HAIR GROWER.

All who are BALD, all who are be.
coming BALD, all who do not want to
be BALD, all who are troubled with
DANDRUFF, or ITCHING of the scalp,
should use Benton's Hair Grower.
EIGHTY PER CENT. of those using il
have grown hair. 1t never fails to
stop the hair from falling. Through
sickness and fevers the hair sometimes
falls off in a short time, and although
the person may have remained bald
for years, if you use Benton's Hair
Grower according to directions, you
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We grow hair in every case no mat.
ter how long bald.
Unlike other preparations it contains
no sugar of lead. or vegetable or min
eral poisons.
1t is specific for falling hair, dam
druff, and itching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower is hair food, and
its composition is almost exactly like
the oil which supplies the hair with
it's vitality.
If your druggists have not got it we
will send it prepaid on receipt of pr,ce.
BENTON HAIR GROWER Co,
Cleveland, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
An Anarchist Girls Awful Death

The following story comes from Mos
COW: Last week a beautiful young wo-
man rented room at the house of a
tradesman of the town. Half an hour
later detachment of police, led by an
officer of the gendarmerie, arrived at
the premises and tried to force open
the door of the new lodger's room.
which was fastened securely. While
the police were thus engaged the girl
jumped out of the window, which was
on the third floor, and fell into the
courtyard below, mortally injured. The
trunk in her room was found to con-
tain six dynamite shells, alleged to
have been destined for the czar's as
sassination. The girl was identified as
the daughter of an official in South
Russia.-LOndO7e Standard
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05

English SPAWN Liniment removes
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SPAWN, Curbs, Splints. Sweeney, Sti-
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bottle. Warranted. Sold by Belding
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RaHEHA :
Ais
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05

Regulations have been established in
the coffee districts in Guatemala by
which farmers are required to build
furnaces on their lands, and, when
ever a signal is given to indicate the
danger OF frost, to light in them fires
of tar, pitch, or other substance likely
to make great smoke and keep away
the frost.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05

A blind physician of Pensacola, Fla,
has a large practice, and is able to
find his way, unaided, about the prin-
cipal streets of the town IN way that
would not discredit that popular in-
stitution, the oldest inhabitant,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-07-05
Penn'a Agricultural Works.

Steam Engines. Saw Mills. Hay Presses,
Stump Pullerstand standard.Ag Agricultural
Implements generally. Send for CataloRus
A. Ii. FAR0UHART.