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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
An OLD SWEETHEART OF MIME
BIT JAMES wHIrco,fB RILEY.

As one Who cons a. evening DER an album al
And muses. on the faces of friends that he hal
known,
30 I turn the leaves of fancy till in shadowy de
find the smiling features Of an old sweetheart
Of mine.
The lamplight seems to glimmer with nicke,
Of surprise
As 1 turn it low to rest me of the dazzle in my
And fight my pipe in silence, save a sigh that
seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish in the
smoke.
IT'S fragrant retrospection-for the loving
thoughts that start
Into being ure like perfumes from the blossoms
And to dream the old dream over is . luxury
divine.
When my truart fancy wanders with that old
sweetheart Of mine.
Though hear. beneath my study. like futter-
ing Of wings.
The voices of my children and tho mother as she
eings,
Ifeel no twinse of conscience to deny me any
Wien care has cast her anchor in the harbor Of
dream
To spice the good trine with little dust of
harm
Tor I find an extra flavor in memory's mellow
vine
That makes me drink tho deeper TO that old
sweetheart of mine.
A fncc Of lily beauty and a form of airy grace
Float out from my tobacco as the genii from the
vase;
And I thrill beneath the glances of a pair Of
azure eyes
As glowing rs tho summer and as tens,r Us the
skies.
can see the pink sunbonnet and the little
checkered dress
bhe wore when first / kissed her and she an
swered the caress
With the written declaration that, as surely as
the vine
Grew round the stump. she loved me--thst old
sweetheart Of mine.
And again 1 feel the pressure of her slender
As we used to talk together Of the future we
had planned
When should be poet and with nothing else
But to write the tender verses that she set the
music to.
When should live together in q coy little
Hid in a nest of roses. with tiny garden spot.
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the
weather ever fine
And the birds were ever singing for that old
sweetheart Of mine.
When should be her lover forever and day.
And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden
hair was gray;
And we should be SO happy that when others
lips were dumb,
They should not smile In Heaven till the others
kiss had come.
But. ali /. my dream is broken by step upon the
STAIR
And the door is softly opened, and-my wife is
standing there,
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my visions I
resign
To meet the living presence Of that old sweet
heart of mine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
GALLOPING DOWN Hill.


Iadians Teach Cavalrymen . Lesson In
| Horsemauship.
Riding rapidly down hill is excep-
tional in the American cavalry, in which
are hundreds of bold and skillful riders,
1t IS practically forbidden in the schools,
and, says Capt. King, in the Philadel-
pima Times, never vet have met and
ridden with civilian who did not rein
In and check his horse whenever we
came to sudden descent in the road or
to steep slope when coursing antelope
or jack rabbits" on the prairies of the
Great West. Nine out of ten of our
cavalry officers will do the same to-day,
especially if they be ~heavy weights"
and yet have watched horsemen day
after day who never thought of such q
thing, who darted down hill full tilt,
giving their steeds their heads as they
did so, and, simply leaning back little,
rode with loose rein down any and
every kind of slope at speed that al
most took ones breath away to watch it.
These were the mounted warriors-the
Indians of the northern plains.
On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 1876,
when the noted Sioux chieftain, Crazy
Horse, swooped down with 200 or 800
braves to the attack of Gen. Crooks
command at Slim Buttes, Oak, these
daring riders dashed into view from be-
hind high ridge to the west of our
picket lines and charged down a steep
slope at top speed, yelling like demons
as they came. There was one point of
bluff around which trail led down into
deep ravine. 1t was mere buffalo
track or game trail on which they had
to ride in single file, but. one after an
other, l counted at least fifty warriors
who shot around that point on their
nimble ponies and plunged at the full
gallop down an incline, steep as the
"Horseneck Stairs" where stout old
Israel Putnam left the British dragons
in revolutionary days. That year of
1876 the Crows and Shoshones were our
allies, and several hundred of them
were with the column. They rode down
hill as daringly as the Sioux and Chey-
ennes, and when it came to climbing up,
never dismounted to ease or aid their
horses. We cavalrymen, on the con-
trary, Slowed up going down and gen.
orally dismounted going up-mainly, it
IS true, to save our WORKOUT chargers,
but the Indians laughed at us. They
pointed out that horse or any other
quadruped scampered up or down q
slope without slack or hesitation. Why
should We fear to let them do as they
would unencumbered by bride or
rider? We were always taught to hold
taut" on the rein and so to raise the
horses head when oOino down hill
whats the use?" asked the Indians.
You only prevent his seeing the ground
and SO make stumble the more likely"
1t led to change of principles on the
part of several of our number, and We
found that common sense was on the In.
dian side of the question, and that, bar
ring certain jar, it was as easy to ride
at the gallop down hill when occasion
required it as ON the level. The rule
to the contrary is very probably mere
precaution against the severity of the
should stumble occur.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

1t is un-American in the higher sense for
our people to pirate about Europe so glibly
when 80 many of them are SO profoundly
ignorant of the wondrous beauties of their
native land. As matter of fact there are
hundreds of thousands of American citizens
who are thoroughly familiar with Switzer-
land; who have idled away weeks at Lucerne.
done Chamouni, and attempted the Matter
horn, and yet have never feasted on the love-
~ beauty, the wild weird majesty of any one
of the Colorado Peaks. ''More than Alpine
glory" rewards visitors along the South
Park Division of the Union Pacific in Colo
RADIO. There is no scenery like it in the new
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
Brought Them Out In Sections.

One of our County physicians, who
lives at Tazewell, was called to see q
very tall gentleman who lives in the
neighborhood Of Brantly, and who was
sick with the measles. On account of
the exceeding height of the man the
doctor advised him to paint ring around
his body with iodvne and he would pro-
coed to bring the measles out on him
one end at time. IS it would be i'm
possible to accomplish the whole job at
once. Our informant states that the
ring was drawn and the measles brought
out IN sections.-Buena Vjsts (Gd.)
Patriot
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Prominsnt Cergymen. Physicians. ana al
Glasses of citisens are unanimous In tho in
dofssment of Salvation Oil, the great cure
for rheumatism. Price only . cents bot
tie. At all druggists.
Young ladies, on the eve of marriage, now
give '1spinster dinners," et which female
lowed to talk of everything, and never fail
to mention the numerous curative benefits
of Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup, that cures all
cough, cold, bronchitis, Group and sore
throat.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
Your Life In Danger

Take time by the forelock ere that rasp-
ing, hacking cough of yours carries you
where so many consumptives have preceded
you; lose no time, but procure a bottle of
the rational remedy for Lung and Bronchial
Diseases, SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod Lirer Oil
with HNpophosphitcs. 1t will cure you. Sold
by all Druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

The edelweiss can be cultivated In
pots or among rockwork, but it is said
that, when transferred to lower level.
its blossoms sometimes become red
Among the Swiss mountainers it IS con-
sidered the emblem of purity, and is
used - . bridal flower in place Of tho
orange blossoms Of more t,mperats
climes
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Darling, you promised to give me a lock
of your hair in return for the poem wrote
to you; but see now that this lock did not
come from your head" 1t is quite appro-
pirate then; the poem was not from your
head, either"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

"Just stop and think what you will come
to be IN the eyes of your fellow men," said
the temperance missionary at the Jail. "Now
what do you yourself think of a man who is
drunk all the time-neyer draws a sober
breathe" He must be a millionaire or else
mighty lucky"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

say, Sluggins, are cabbages raised from
seed or grafted?" Sluggins: 81 don't
know, don't smoke" A. E.: "An right,
I'll make a paragraph for our notes and
queries"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

WIN Baby w. aek. " gsvs hsr Caseoria.
Wheu - was . Child, she crisd for Castoria,
When shs became Nj, she chung to Castoria,
Whsa shs bad CAildrea. - gave thsm Castoria
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Bingley: swell, have you patented any
thing lately?" Inventor: ''Oh, yes, have
just received letters patent for my new prize
fight suspender button Biggest snap of
the century," Bingley: 'What makes you
call it the prize fight?'" Inventor: sit
never comes of. !"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

To The Editor: Please inform your read
ers that have . positive remedy. for Con-
sumption. By its timely use thousands Of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
I shall be glad to send two bottles of my
remedy Ynfx to any of your readers who
have consumption if they will send me their
Express and p. o. address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM. NJ. c.. 1s1. Pearl st.. N. Y.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

'sNO, Mr.. Meredith, you must put away
this madness. can never, never be yours;
there is an insurmountable obstacle"
"Do not say so! Tell me what this insur-
mountable obstacle is, love, that may crush
husband in New York"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
Farmer, s.d seoekuen

The only remedy that cures gals, cuts and
grows the hair in its original color, is Voter
nary Carbolisalvs. Soc and 81, at Druggists
Q. by mail. Cole d Co., Black River Falls,
VIE
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
Mr. pe Pink-.Oh, oh, Oh. l shalI eo

Mrs. De Pink-.'Oh! Oh! Oh! I shall 60
distractedv'
Mr.. De Pink (springing to her side)-
'sMerciful hesvens! What has happened?"
The washerwoman has made a mistake
and sent me one of Mrs. Westend's lace
handkefchief's."
'Well, Whist of its'
'What of it? What of it? Oh, you-you
why Mrs. Westend must have received my
miserably cheap imitation lace handker-
chief, and il has my name ON il. ;"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Chorus girl lin restaurant): "Am you1
little duck?" Fledgling: '1Of course you
are" Chorus girl: Then tell tho waiter to
bring me q canvos-back"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Bella: ''Oh, Carrie, tell me about Jessie's
wedding! She was married in June, of
course. and on Wednesday, and-was the
moon full?" Carrie: ''No, but the groom
waso
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Miss Briefly: "Do you like pork chops for
breakfast, Mr.. Nevergo?" Mr.. Nevergo:
''Pork chops? Oh, ah, yes, very much in
deed" Miss Briefly: ''If you'll excuse me
moment I'll tell mama to get some.
think hear her going to the market"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Smith: "Jones, why in the world don't
you get married." Jones: ''On account of
my business. I'm a floOr-walker, you know
and couldn't stand that kind of thing night
and day, too"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

Ihdre used t,co bottles O
Ely's Cram Balm and con
slider myself cured. I suf
fered for orer 20 years from
caturrh aud catarrhal head
ache, and this is the frs
remedy that afforded lasting
relief. ID. r. Higginson
rs Lake ST., Chic1go, I'LL.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

In Bowery restaurant-Vociferous wait
sr: Two pies an puddin'-two coffees.' -
Afrighted Teutonic patron: ''Pison for two
poodt in two coffins! Mein gott. I gifts me
Oudt"'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 23c
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
STATE OF Ono, Crrr OF TOLEDO, {.
Lucas COUNT, s. s.

FRAxKJ CzKxKY makes oath that be is the
senior partner of the firm of 2. J. CHEssT i
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm VIII pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
zAnnH thst cannot be cured BY the use of
HAIL,o CAIAK1H Cum.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed in my
presencs, this eth day of December, A. d. '68
-, A. W. GLEASON,
t-' Notary Public.
Halls Cekaxrh Cure h taksn internally
end ssls dirse4ay upon TIE blood and mucous
Gurfsess Of tn syulem. Send for tsstimoni-
al, free. 7. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
q Sold b DEpeEisA nc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
SJAcoBS OIL
For Rheumatism.
The Latest, Current Cures.

On Clutches. fornsy. fs1., June - Ass.
Was o. eTutehss from rhsamatim for three
months; one bottle St. Jacobs OIL cured me- No
return n too ysars. J. Q. WOOD, J. =.
Since tho War. Wayrssvills, o., Jsns 20, -.
Had hAA rhsunAt1sn siaes the war In knee;
ysar ago tvs applications u. Jacobs OIL slrs6 "a
Ia r,tSrn sinee L KuBoH.
No Slesu, arssuvilis, o.. June -. 1855.
Vsiksa tns Aesr ct lisht ss8sring with TAsa.
nssirR: no relief trisd 81. Jacobs Oh IAN eses
az e,rVl ne. ue return IA ysaIs- J. Q. WAIVE.
AT DRuGGIsTs AND DEALERS.
nm CHARLES 4, v0aElER CO.. eaIlIaess. ~.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
WALL PAPER. .,eoss:sso..s.A 52'i2 .,sss;.

"a are :boTias he i largest line q xns snS me
books sent out by express to all parts Of the state
II you are needing any goods in this line, send a
description Of your room, stating plainly what
bills Of 5000 and upwards. THOS. y. PRICE
BRO, 52O Kansas Ave-, Topeka, Kans.
"Do the Upstairs, of Philadelphia belong
to the best society there?' 1.-The best soci-
ETY.! Bless your innocent heart, of course
they do! Why, many and many moonlight
night I've seen their cats and Biddle's cats
bowling on the same fence"
First Sweet Girl-Oh, did you hear the
news? Mr.. Nicefellow, who is engaged to
Clara We're de We're, Rugged her SO hard last
night that he broke one of her ribs. Second
Sweet Girl-"Just my luck, might have
had him myself"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

&C g % aSy: 1879. .a. ~, .srs, Pc - L.s.
0O safety Rein Holder Co.. Molly, Mich
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

SheriHs Sale.
Smoke the Sheriff Sale Sssar, straight loo Havana Be-
farf far
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

! watch ehoeo eek A VOICE frea Ns~l
Ieans Or Weeksl a 49, fosh u have
Ter . Voice f00 ncw eesn sehne yerr sioams tof
lPen0svivnnia six wsess sad N % day has ny
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02

SAAeAOAys AAuecu, IL uhu IalleU ulul, anu
he now thought to refresh it. An
excuse was soon made to search him,
the paper removed, and then they be-
gan to look upon him with suspicion.
For three days heard of him every few
hours through a colored man employed
In the hotel, who had a friend in the
jail. At the end of that time young
jackson lost his courage. He admitted
that he did not live at Lexington. and
when told that two Federal deserters
identified him as a Union soldier, he
made clean breast of it. Two Confed-
crates were dressed in blue and brought
into jail and played off on the bows as
Federals who had Just deserted. An
older head would have suspected the
trick, but he believed that all was lost
and admitted his identity.
1t was singular that, while jackson
sent himself to death, he was so nervy
In his refusal to betray me. When he
confessed 1 was still in town. One
word from him would have caused m v
arrest. He was told that I had been
arrested, and had made q confession,
admitting that We were both Federal
spies and acting in concert. While he
doubtless believed the statement so far
as An arrest was concerned, he steadily
replied:
How could he have confessed to An
untruth? Bring him near and let me
hear him say so.
That bafiled them. I had made
several friends among the officers, and
without appearing to interest myself too
much, 1 interested them in Jackson's
case. Had he not confessed We could
have saved him. Had he not confessed
that he had passed out of the lines with
information, we could have probably
had him sent off as a prisoner of war.
As last effort to secure . hold ON me
the detective promised young Jackson
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02


serve. A similar action against the
Hays City Butter and Cheese Manufac-
turing company, to restrain them from
polluting the waters Of the Big creek,
which flows through the Fl Riley re-
serve, by emptying their sewage into
it, was filed. At Fl. Riley the United
States troops have constructed dam
where water is held for ali purposes, and
ice is cut in the winter. The pollution
of the water is claimed to be dangerous
to the health Of the soldiers and others.
This is similar case to the one pending
in the lower courts, where the city of
Topeka is plaintiff and the city of Pot
win Place, defendant.
The county commissioners we're in
session, Monday. The report of the
county auditor, on claims OF the cleo
ton board for services on April 16, was
approved, and the clerk ordered to draw
warrants. Littlefeld, Of the Topeka
City Railway company, appeared to ask
for a right-of-way from Sixth avenue on
Franklin, Duane and Stephen streets,
to the drive in Auburndale, for the
branch lines OF their system OF railway.
The same was granted conditionally.
The Topeka Belt company was granted
right-of-way from the land Of the W.
w. Stillson heirs to the west limits Of
the city for branch line. Both rail-
ways viii be built as soon as possible.
The preliminary examination Of JO-
seph J. Spendlove, charged with the
murder of Gustav Werner. on March
Goth, last, was had before Justice Ches-
new and lasted only about an hour.
Only three witnesses were examined,
namely. Dr.. J. B. Hibben, coroner, Har-
~ Hibben and Ralph r Patterson. The
testimony Of each was similar to that
given at the inquest Judge Chesney
found that the charge Of murder in the
first degree was . reasonable one, and
held SIendlove for trial It Is doubt
full il Fail viii be allowed at all, the
prosecuting attorneys claiming the
charge not bailsbls.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-20
Burton Briefets.

Burton is the name given to the new
town recently established at a point
where the b. & M. Railroad survey
crosses the Cheyenne river, near the L
0 I ranch, which place must be enjoy
ing a fair degree of prosperity, Judging
from the following communication re-
ceived from that locality:
TOT RANCH, April -, 1889.
EDITOR CHRONICLE The town of
Burton having been duly established and
buildings being erected, we conclude that
a few brief notes from this place would
be acceptable. We now have a fine
saloon, run by Whit Coleman a fine
drug, and general merchandise store a
good hardware store two restaurants f:
a blacksmith shop; a feed and sale
stable, run by Clark Coleman and
brother; a first-class butcher shop, and
a large and commodious hotel in course
of erection.
Buildings and building material are
In great demand. Come and see us and
reap the benefits sure to follow invest
ment In h new and prosperous town
of Burton.
A stage line will be in operation be-
tween this place and Hot Springs in the
near future.
The "hunt and rustic" hotel is having
a wonderful run at this place just now.
j. r. Young, of Fairburn, arrived in
the city to-day in search Of a business
location. Respectfully yours,
JACK SHORT.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-20
Ell ECTION

Notice is hereby given that on the
Tuesday after the second Monday of
May next, being the fourteenth day of
May, 1889, an election will be held in
the several voting precincts in the coun-
ty Of Custer, territory of Dakota, as the
same may have been fixed by law for
election purposes, for the election Of
three delegates for the first district en-
bracing the counties of Pennington,
Custer and Fall River, to a Constitu-
tional Convention to be held at the city
of Sioux Falls on the fourth day of July,
1889, and for the ratification or rejection
of the constitution adopted November 3,
1885, at which election the polls will be
opened at s O'Clock in the morning, and
| will continue open until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day. Each cleo
tor will have printed or written upon
his ballot the names OF only two persons
| whom he shall desire to vote for as dele
gates to said Constitutional Convention,
and upon said ballot he will have also
the words For the Sioux Falls Consti
tuition" if he shall be in favor of its
ratification, or the words Against the
Sioux Falls Constitution" if he shall de-
sire its rejection.
Dated this 10Th day Of April, 1889.
j. i. PITCHER,
County Clerk.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-20
A Canard.

1t has been stated that s. VI. Booth.
lately appointed a member of the school
of mines board, is disposing of his prop
erty interests in Custer county prepare.
tory to leaving the country. In this
event the Black Hills sustains the loss
Of a good citizen and the board a mos,
valuable Observation-Disclosures Pioneer
The CHRoNIcLE, speaking authorize
lively, is pleased to state, that the above
statement is wholly without foundation
and that no such intention is now, o.
has been entertained by the party re
ferred to, who is still the possessor 0
extensive property interests in thi
city.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-20

Since the Uncle sam mine has been
in operation it has had the effect of
stimulating the owners Of the adjoining
ground, and there is considerable active
work going on in the camp, and with
very favorable results. The Grand
Pacific has been busily engaged in
pumping the water from its lower work
ings, and since the miners have been at
work the rich pay streak, though small
at the surface, has been increasing with
the depth, and rs this property lies
northwest ofthe Uncle Sam it is thought
the owners are not much out Of the way
when they claim it to be an extension,
and a bullion producer can reasonably
be expected to be added to the list ia
the near future in this property.-Pio-
neer.