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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
.on..ted ner visitor.

.Romain?' repeated her visitor.
eyes. sab, Roman; dat's for frien'
Of Massa Toms. Massa not see him
for wears, but he talk a heap O MI.
Roman"
THANK God! Tom forgave me. whis-
nered Mr.. Roman. as he left the kitchen
in response to the business-like tones OF
the au.tioneer that now rang out clear
and cold as he began offering the parior
furniture.
Great was the Indignation OF one spin
ster when the first bid OF tall, hand
some stranger carried the price Tar De-
yond the sum she had mentally decided
on. and he secured it without opposition
Her feelings were soon shared ~
most of those present, for similar
scene took place over almost every
article offered for sale, from Mrs. Blakes
piano to Romans roching-horse. The
stranger outbid every one, and was soon
sole possessor.
He even became the owner of the farm
and stock, the only active bidder against
him being the representative OF Mr..
Brown for the field adjoining his coal
mine.
Mr. Brown had not expected to meet
with any opposition, and so had set the
limit his representative was to pay at a
very moderate figure. This Mr.. Roman
instantly outbid, and so secured the
whole.
As soon as the auctioneer announced
the close of the sale, Mr.. Roman asked
the astonished and disappointed crowd
to please vacate the premises as soon as
possible, as he had bought every thing
for lady who would take possession OF
her property that night
The people filed slowly out, and MIR.
Roman was at last left alone with
LAWYER he had brought. the auctiOneer
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

WASHINGTON. Dec 12.-The pension
claim agents are combining to beat in
the Senate Congressman Dockery's
amendment to the pension appropria-
ton bill reducing attorneys fecs in in
crease cases to 81. but the chances are
that the Senate will not only concur in
that amendment, but reduce the fee in
original cases under the late disability
act from $40 to $. Some idea may be
formed of the extent Of fees paid PEN
sion attorneys when it il stated that
the total fees so paid last week were
e1o6, 800, Of which SIS $50 were for in
creasA
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

Romain turned and saw two little chill
dren standing on the steps, a chicken
held tightly under the arm of one of
them.
They were pretty children. too-a boy
and girl, exactly the same size Blonde
3 curis crowned each shining head; brown
eyes, with long. curling lashes. looked
frankly out from under straight clear
: cut eyebrows. and two little pug noses
turned up merrily from the little rosy
; mouths that were always smiling be-
: meath. No. not always; for there was =
frightened little culver about them now,
: As their owners looked up timidly at
the stern, handsome man who was 30
regarding them.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
A Christmas Recipe.

Take about eight quarts of unselssh-
ness. and unauthorized charity: mix
briskly with liberal supply of genecos-
ity. kindliness and forbearing love.
Simmer gently over slow. fire of for
giveness. goodwill and good-fellowship.
Put in dash of cheerfulness and plen-
teous sprinkling of smiles, and serve
piping hot with your Christmas dinner.
Judge
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

e. I felt two tight arms givin' O bear-hug
'raound my neck.
Sech a time we had-sech holerin'! you
could hear US far an near
I'll never have 5etter-if live till hunderd
year
Oh, neighbors! don't be stingy when it comes
to Chris mus day;
Be clus the hull year thro'. but then put savin'
thoughts away
Let's have one hearty laughin' time an let the
troubles 60
Eergit your pocket books an give your hearts q
chance to grow.
Florence E. Pratt, in Judge.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
GOOD CROP PRICES.

3etmers with Surplus This Year In Coed
Shapo-keturns Of the Department of
AEriculture
WASHINGTON, Dec 1a-The statistical
returns Of the Department of Agricu,t.
ure for December give the average farm
prices OF agricultural products. by coun.
ties which are consolidated to obtain
accurate averages for the several States
State agents obtain similar estimates
revise and consolidate and forward
State averages The department. esti-
mates as published are made from these
duplicates and from independent sources
OF information, which are in remarkable
agreement and may be relied upon as
the true measure OF value of crops in
the hands of the farmers
The present corn crop is worth more
than the last and farmers will receive
more for it Unfortunately districts of
failure do not realize their portion of
the advance in average value. The
average price by present returns is so.
cents per bushel, against 2S.S cents for
the crop of 1889. an increase of
n per cent 1t is the highest De-
cember price of the decade, except that
OF 1881, the only year in which the final
that of the present season. The aver
age price then rose to $3.50 cents and
that of the following year was 4a4
cents. with better crop than the pres
emit The next highest average is A.
cents in 1887. following three years of
large crops and cheap corn The prices
therefore depend upon the quantity
grown in the year plus the reserves from
preceding years The present average
shows that small crops are sure cure
for low prices and that the law of de-
mand is still the main factor in making
prices and profits The prices in the
seven corn surplus States are: Ohio, 81
cents; Indiana, A cents; Illinois, 43
cents: Iowa, fl cents; Missouri, A cents;
Kansas, 81 cents; Nebraska, 40 cents
The average farm value of the wheat
crop. as estimated. is 81 cents per
bushel, against 50 cents for 1885, an
increase of 90 per cent on the price Of
last year. The value of wheat is af-
fected by the harvests of other coun-
tries. as corn is not perceptibly, and
therefore prices are not entirely gov
erned by the price of the home grown
crop For example. the crop of 1855,
though smaller than the present one,
brought out q cents in Decem Der, while
the crop of 1882. aggregating over $780,
600, 900 bushels, the largest ever grown,
sold at IS cents at the same date.
The price of oats has responded
sharply to the pressure of small crop
and increased demand because Of
short corn crop The average is 42.2
cents against % cents last year. 1t is
the highest reported since 1881 An
examination of records shows that
abundance or scarcity of corn material
affects the value of this crop, the two
grains being largely interchangeable in
use.
The deficiency in the potato crop has
caused an advance in values in all Sec
tions of the country. The average is
TT cents, an increase of more than 30
per cent over the prices of the past two
wears
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
Strikers Suffering.

MoNoGAH. w. Va, Dec. 11.-There is
great suffering among the striking
miners families. Notices of eviction
have been served on those occupying
the com pany's houses and it is probable
that before the end Of the week over
1000 persons will be homeless
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
Christmas Stockings.

The old saying that hanging is too
good for them" is never understood to
apply to the Christmas stockings.
And talking about stockings: Stock
ings be hangedr' says the St Louis
girl 1T is only the Chicago belle who
expects to find grand piano in a sock. {"
st. Louis Magazine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Dec 11-This
morning between and 2:3O o'clock the
safe in the Armourdale post-office ON
Kansas avenue. between Fifth and
Sixth streets was blown open and
about $500 in cash and $500 worth Of
btamps taken,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
A HEARTY LAUGHiN' TIME.
How We Tried Not to Keep Christmas,
and How We Failed.

ONEY wuz skerce
tn at Chris'mus;
we hadn't q cent
to spare
Fer FOOLS b and
wasteful presents
that wasn't to eat
nor wear.
Pa he carkilated an
guess ed it wuz
better so,
But on'y thought
O. tn shillin's an
not once o. little
Joe.
Only ez time KEEP
cree pin' a n d
Christmas wuZ al
mos here,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17
POMAINS LEGACY.
His Christmas Present to Mrs
Blake and Her Children.

My two days
until Christmas!
How different
this will be from
the one l looked
forward to this
year!" thought
Mr.. Roman as
b Q restlessly
paced the wide
: porch OF his
h a n d 8 O m e
home.
"How pleasant
the air is-as
w 8 r m q n q
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

balmy as spring! Exquisite. if one had
some one to enjoy it with; but Pm lone
some. Poor Tom! How 1 hoped to see
you again, to tell you that the faultwas
mine in that quarrel; and you are dead
buried only last week, they tell me
and l am back in Old Virginia, with
never child OK . chick to bid me well
come"
''Dood-mornin'. Mister Man; will you
please tum to yc nauction?"
As these words fell on his ear, Mr..
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-12-17

Rachel 1t jest broke my po' ole heart
to see 'em 60! But Miss Blake say she
couldn't stand it here, an dey have to
60 soon sure. Po' things! only de good
Lord know what's to come of dem, she
say"
'Oh, massa, bits awful hard on
missis, dis is She went all over de
house dis mornin' tryin' to say good
bye to ii. De little ones a-clingin' to
her KEEP pickin' up things. Mamma,
dey won't take my wockin'-horse, will
| dey? Mamma, will de nauction man
Diet my little chair?' dey ask. Missis
| tried to hoF back de tears an speak
chirk to dem chilluns. but when she
come to her own room she say: You
| stay out here, darlings; mamma wants
to go in here alone took de chilluns
but presently 1 peek in de room. an
dere was my po' missis, kneelin' fore
| massa's big armchair. wild her head a
lynn on de big family Bible dat she'd
put on de chair; she had her arms
around dat, an she was cryin' softly.
"'Oh. my husbardr she whispered
over and over, an den she say:
"A fader to de faderless, a husband
to de widow. Dear Lord, let dis cup
pass from me-
Il shet de do den. By'm BY she come
out all white an trem blin', but she
| tried to smile on de chilluns as she led
dem down the walk.
"Dose po' little things! Rosy was
huggin' her rag doll an tryin' to hide it
under her apun. an Roman was totin'
Pickle, de chicken. clost in he arms.
De nauction man can't take mammals
chilluns, an 80 he cam take ours, dey'd
keep sayin'."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Mark Tyain's Crustiness.

Mark Twain's success in life seems
to have made him crusty and sour
Years ago, when he was struggling for
fame and fortune on the Pacific coast,
those who knew him said he was warm
hearted and cordial. But he certainly
is far from that now. ! saw him on
the street awhile ago, dressed in dark
business suit. lie has IN attractive
face, splendid head. set upon u pair
of strong shoulders. His ewes are
clear, and his mouth denotes great
tirmncss. His hair is silvering gradu-
ally. although there is an abundance
of it. His mustache is reddish. and
his eyebrows are heavy. Mr.. Clemens
lives in style in Hartford. Conn. His
home is on Pennington avenue. 1t is
house luxuriously furnished and
filled with rare pictures and books.
The occupant Of the house adjoining is
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and not
far away is the home of Charles Dud-
ley Warner. Mr.. Clemens never
talks about his books except to those
whom he knows intimately. But there
Is one topic that he is willing to discuss
at any time, and that Is international
copyright. In fact. it may he said that
he Is crank on the subject. His
"Innocents Abroad" the most sue
cessful of all his literary ventures, has
steady sale, and his fortune Is esti.
mated by those who know him to be
considerably over $4,000, 00O. Some
time funs pays.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Fancy's Ferry.

You've crossed his ferry many a timo. Per
hapS you didn't know 1t.
Ho seats you In his ferryboat and then begins
to row It.
He dips his oars SO softly that you cannot even
And Sf? YOU snf land afancys docks before you
know you're near them.
o, Fancy's land looks very grand with struct
ures high and airy,
And bright impossibilities to mlslead the un
wnry,
And presently you find yourself, no matter
what your station,
A-building castles in the air, that haven't
foundation.
And yet 1t isn't difficult to rear them TIL
they're higher
Than anything you ever saw in turret or in
spire, t
And Fancy seems SO wondrous kind he graf
ifies each notion
You've not within but Is INDUCED through
his extreme devotion.
Old Humdrum-town you left behind seems
sadly uninvitlng,
with school. and books, and lessons that you're
tired OF reciting.
But loi what's this? Your castle shakes! It's
walls are all n-crumble!
You stand amid ruined mass, alive, but very
humble.
Then Fancy rows you home again-it docsn't
take n minutes;
You wouldn't know-hls boats SO swift-that
you were really In IL.
But--at word-(with such q shock y false
Fancy lands his whcrry.
What does he care for foolish folk who daily
leila NJ TJnnmonn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
The Modern Literary Sneak.

The greatest danger in literature to-
day is not from what can be truthfully
called sinful books. says Edward w.
Box. in the LADIES' Home Journal. so
much as from wha is termed the ..sug-
gcstive" novel, in which sin is gilded
and limited at. but not openly told.
And this is the novel which is working
infinite damage to hundreds and thou
sands of girls and women. Let an au-
thor write novel in which sin is OPEN
ly portrayed, and the law lays his
hand upon him and the publisher who.
issues it. Besides. such book is rare
ly successful. since it cannot find an
open market, and sin openly told is nj
ways revolving even to the most hard
ened'mind. But it is the suggestive"
novel. which actually tells nothing. yet
suggests the most debasing vices. The
author knows just how far he can 90
In his nefarious traffic, and keep on the
safe side of the law. With supreme
effort. can command a certain amount
of respect for really debasing novel
list. for. in showing his true colors, he
is like dangerous shoal which can
avoid. But the suggestive" novelist
Is literary sneak and coward. Like
n midnight assassin he pursucs his
trade in the dark, afraid of the light of
day. He will hint ut vice, suggest it
and color it; but there is where he
stops. Close with him in personal
conversation. and he will grin mt his
literary cowardice and tell you that he
means nothing. These are the books
which are dangerous, since they rob
the vices which they portray of their
hideousness and make them attractive.
! have heard women call them clever"
''piquant" and lively" You may
dress them in language as you will.
You may tell me that the story is
smart" and ''snappy," but tell you.
my dear reader, there is only one
word which truthfully denominates this
kind of books, and that is--fhhy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
a STRANGE LAND.
Features OF AustralIa--Flowcrs Withhold
Odor-No Shade. M Isl,

Australia Is country In which ma
ture has established conditions I'M
known elsewhere. says the Boston
Journal, and where civilization must
adapt itself to surroundings which it
finds novel and strange. II is coun-
try full of absurdities in animal, vege-
table. and human life. Its native race,
in point OF intelligence and develop
ment of resources, is far below even
the cave-dwellers and the people Of the
stone age of Europe. Its animals per-
petuate types which disappeared from
every other part of the. globe some
millions OF years ago. Its trees and
plants are representative of species
found elsewhere only in chalk and coal
measures.
Hardly anything here has the char
acter and quality of its relations in
other lands. Although the trees and
flowers are chiefly those of the temper
ate zone the birds are. for the most
part of the tropics. and flash the gor-
geous colors of the parrot and the
cockatoo through the dull foliage Of the
sad-toned eucalyptus. The birds have
no song. and such notes us they possess
seem like wierd echoes from period
when reptiles were assuming wings
and filling the tree-tops with u strange
jargon, before heard only in the
swamps and fens. The flowers have
no scent, while the leaves of every tree
are full Of odor. The trees cast no
shade, since every leaf is set at edge
against the sun, and shed, not their
leaves, but their bark. which, stripping
off in long scales, exposes the naked
wood beneath. and adds to the ghostly
effect which the forest already holds in
the pallid hues of its foliage. The
contour of the country is of one that is
but newly risen from the waves. Its
thousands and thousands of square
miles, level as n table and set with no
other growth than the gray eucalyptus.
looks like the uplifted bed OF some
great sea and is as monotonous as the
unrelieved expanse of coast Itself.
Here and there are low hills, which
show in their sides and in the country
about them the evidences of ancient
lava flows. Elsewhere are piled up
masses of powders, which show the
long-ago courses Of glaciers over the
face of the land. Everything seems
prehistoric, hoary with age, and for
gotten. To the traveller from other
lands an impression comes that he is
visiting country which had ceased in
its development long cons ago.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27

on the smooth surface of projecting rock
She laughed, as he helped her to place Of
safety, and said:
81 thought had gone to the bottom and
1t seemed terrible" placing her hands
over her eyes to shut out the light.
But you are safe now" said Stella.
"Thanks to Colonel Haynes strong arms. Z"
Annie looked up with bewitchmg
smile, saying:
eyes, Colonel, l owe you for the loss OF o
thousand bruises, to say nothing Of my
neck"
The Colonel did not answer but gave her
look so full Of love in return for her saucy
speech that her checks flushed and her
bright eyes wero shaded by the dropping
lashes Col Haynes did not trust Annie
alone after that.
II am afraid that IL I were not near to
save you you would break your neck yet"
he said, as we all started to gather gum
from the spruce trees that grew so plenti
fully higher up in the mountains. We
gathered the gum from the trees and wei,
soon initiating tho ruminants. We were
busy wagging our jaws in q most indus
trious, not to say ludicrous fashion. We
did not try to descend by the margin Of
the cataract but took longer route.
Sir Wren had remained ut the chapel,
and as we entered the long avenue, we
saw him going to the yacht ready for
lunch. We all fastened on to meet him
there. Our gum did not satisfy our appe-
titles. Johnny O'Rork stalked on alone
without speaking to anyone. He had been
glum and melancholy ever since tho Colo
mel had saved Annie from falling.
"Where Is Johnny going" asked Nellie
O'Rork.
81 think he Is anxious to appcase his
hunger with something more substantial
than the vegetable secretion Of the spruce
tree" said the languid beauty who was
with Nellie O'Rork; and who had tried
very unsuccessfully to secure Johnny's at
tention in our rambles
AS we reached the yacht looked back
up the long avenue of trees and saw An
ME and the Colonel coming very leisurely
along. Annie was leaning on the Colonels
arm, and his head was bent slightly for
ward, as though to give his words greater
force or catch the sound of Annie's voice
/ thought of the Coloners words in the
morning and wondered IL he had found
the woman who could make him "happy
rs king"
To 10 Continued
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Mrs. Dow's Sharp Tongue.

Mrs. Mary E. H. G. Dow walked int
n meeting of the directors of the street
railroad at Dover. N. H.. one day. SAYS
O Boston correspondent of the N. Y.
World. and, showing a pocketful of the
eompany's stock. elected herself to the
presidency and other offices. Then
she left the room with her head in the
air.
She became famous throughout New
England, but after two years of rule
the New Hampshire railroad queen de.
cided to forswear railroading. and sold
most of her stock. The stockholders
recently held meeting. at which Mrs.
Dow was asked to explain an overissue
of fifty-three shares of stock, and also
how it happened that in the statement
of assets and liabilities she gave tc
Edward p. Shaw to whom she sold 26C
shares At $50 each. $500 of the indebt.
edness Of the company did not appear.
Mrs. Dow did not explain as desired.
but declared that the company now
owes her some $500 on uncollected
dividends. not to mention bill for the
storage of an omnibus, the ownership
Of which the company now repudiates.
She said the present management 10
running the road.
The officers told her that she had
made $25 on each share she sold, and
animated that she had gougedthe COM
pany in doing so.
Mrs. Dow objected to the issue Of
new stock and to electric cars, saying
that the latter were dangerous In .
thunderstorm.
The meeting ended In a wrangle, but
after Mrs. Dow had gone home the di:
rcctorors met In private Office. elected
officers. and fixed things generally te
their satisfaction.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
, thought Of her childhood.

forgotten thought Of her childhood.
Back. down the winding stairs we went,
feeling the solcmnity Of the sacred place
In spite of our mirth. No one spoke until
we stood beneath the old yew tree. through
whose foliage the golden sunshine was
dancing in merry glee upon the broken
walls.
"Thcrc. can breathe again" exclaimed
Johnny O'Rork. "Tm glad the sunshine
can be merry In that ghostly old place.
We passed out through the avenues,
winding among the evcrgreens and hedges,
TO see tho Turks waterfall. AS we scram-
bled out and In, around the trees and
rocks, we became separated. Twas busy
keeping Stella and Myrtle from slipping
from the fallen logs and rolling stones,
but just as we were gaining firm footing
at the head Of the falls, we heard a scream
OF terror Looking down we saw the Co
lionel just catching Annie as she slipped
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Round shoulders.

Round shoulders are almost unnvoid-
eddy accompanied By weak lungs, but
may be cured by the simple and easily
performed exercise Of raising ones self
upon the toes leisurely, IN u pcrpeu-
dicular position. several times daily.
Take perfectly upright position. with
the heels together and the toes ut an
angle of forty-iive degrees. Drop the
arms lifelessly by the sides, animating
and raising the chest to its full ca
pacity n,uscularly. the chin well drawn
In. Slowly rise up on the balls Of the
tect to the greatest possible height:
the legs and the body; como again into
standing position without swaying the
body backward out Of the perfect line.
Repeat the exercise first on one foot,
then on the ther.-Hairs Journal o.
HEALTH
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27

hs would make IN the ARMY lido not
wonder now why England u uneasy. II
he holds TO his purpose and can elect his
men 20 stand BY him. no viii be power
she may we'll fear and strive to conciliate."
but England will never grant anything
to Ireland that she can avoid" I said.
mo, It Il against her principles to admit
that she II In the wrong. II she grants
any request she viii try to put such a
mortgage on coming generations that you
will never dare to ask anything more" he
said.
But Parnell will never bind our people
by any iron clad mortgages that viii tram
mel the liberty OF Ireland" said, as we
went In to dinner