Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-29
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Lord Wolseley, it is now said, stands
no chance of being appointed to the
command of the Queens forces in Ire
land.
An English solicitor prints upon the
back of his business card portrait OF
himself with the words my Advocate
beneath it.
Another .'old California miner" 10.
ports favorably on the gold region in
Maine. extending from Sandy river to
Androscoggin.
Italy has constructed several strong
military fortresses in Abyssinia with a
view of occupying her annexed terri.
'ory permanently.
Australia has sent to England a new
contralto, whose voice is said to be OF
exceptional richness. Her name is
Helen Rowe and she is great favorite
in Melbourne.
The New South Wales minister for
mines declares that. excluding the
quantity obtaiEable from the Clarence
River District. the colony had S0,OOO.-
600. 900 tons of coal available.
Oakley Hall, who was Sheriff's counsel
in New York for fifteen years, SAYS he
believes that the term tipstaves as ap-
piled to Sheriff's officers originated
from the word tip" to bride.
Iceland fisherman now carry oil
regularly as means of smoothing the
waves and enabling them to continue
at work in weather in which heretofore
their boats could not have lived.
The French government has decided
to again undertake the manufacture Of
lucifer matches, and to avoid the ex-
pense of creating special department
will place it under the tobacco reggie.
John Wesley Haslett, of Kansas CITY.
claims the championship belt in q
novel branch of industry He is the
''sticker'' for packing company, and
claims that in fourteen years service
he has slain 100000 hogs.
The rich magnetic iron near Dab
lonega- Ga, continues to excite much
interest. Thousands of acres are be-
ing conveyed by option to outside
capitalists, who propose developing it
when the railroad is completed.
1t is stated that in one of the London
Institutions which still maintains its
quantity of alcohol "a per cent of the
typhoid fever patients die. whereas in
Glasgow Fever Hospital, where milk is
used the mortality is only II per cent.
California will soon be well stocked
with Chinese quail. Many Quail of the
Chinese breed have already been turned
loose in the vicinity of Sacramento. A
contract has been made for the delivery
of 100 dozen more, which will be wide
ly distributed.
According to figures given by q San
Francisco newspaper California is the
bloOdiest state in the union. In 1889 it
had one homicide to 8, 479 of the popula-
ton. In the other states it runs up from
one in .912 in Kentucky to one in 80.
600 IN other states.
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones of
great intensity are ascending spiral
whilss of wind having a rotary motion
in direction in the northern hemi-
sphere opposite to the movement of the
hands of 4 watch.
Negotiations are in progress for trans
[errlng the two great pictures by
Rubens from the Antwerp Cathedral to
the new Antwerp Museum. The
pictures, which are the property of the
state, are said to be gradually perishing
or rather fading out.
All the first-class race tracks employ
3 doctor by the year. or rather the
season. They pay a liberal price. from
FlO day upward, and expect him to
report for duty half hour before the
races begin. and to remain on hand till
all the visitors have left.
A French company is pushing a
scheme for piercing the Faucilles by
tunnel. which would shorten the dis
.ance between Paris and Geneva by six
hours. The Swiss government is
against it because both outlets of the
unnel would be in French territory.
One hundred and ninety-seven
eight hundred and twenty
.hree carats of diamonds have been ex-
ported from Kimberley during JAN
lary, valued at f3S3. 367. The total
output of gold from the Witwatersand
mines for January was 81, 03S ounces
Orlando, Fla, phosphate hunters
found piece of petrited red cedar IN
. creek. The grain OF the wood IS SO
preserved that it looks as II 1t
could be cut with knife, but it is solid
stone and the red color of wood has
been precipitated in bright carmins
spots.
A meteorite fell recently at Migheni.
in Russia, which contained about per
cent of an organic matter in the shape
of a yellow substance readily combusti.
BILE. soluble in alcohol and resembling
resin. 1t also contained per cent OF
a metallic salt of a new element allied
to tellunium.
Oscar Hill. farmer, had fight with
Q negro in Clay County, Ala. and wa:
badly bitten. Hill had to have his
hand amputated. aud he developed
symptoms of hydrophobia and died.
The negro has blue gums, and it is be-
lieved that the bite of such negroes al
ways proves fatal.
The festive jack rabbit is q strict
vegetarian. and will not touch grease
of any kind. nor will he tackle vegeta
bles that are seasoned with grease
Orchardists in Colorado take advan
tage of his fastidiousness and protec
their trees from his incisors by rubbing
the body of the tree with bacon rind
KIpLEY-How Shorts laughed at
Fogg's story . while ago. l didn't
think it very funny. Wilks-I didn't;
but Shorts had just before borrowed
five dollars from Fogg.
-OH, children! You are SO noisy 70
day. Can't you be . little stiller and
bstter?" @Now, grandma, you must
be little considerate aud not scold us.
You see, if it wasn't for us you
wouldn't be . grandma at all /"