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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08

occasional lifts over rough places, Tota
managed to walk up the slope on the
hillside where 1 had shot the Petite
buck. At length we reached it. and,
looking at the country beyond, l gave
an exclamation of dismay. To say
that it was desert would be saying too
much; it was more like the Barroo in
the Cape-a vast sandy waste, studded
here and there with low shrubs and
scattered rocks. But it was a great ex-
panse of desolate land, stretching as far
as the eye could reach, and bordered far
away by line Of purple hills, in the
center OF which a great solitary peak
scared high into the air.
"Indaba-zimbi," said. eve can never
cross this if we take six days
''As you will, Macumazahn," he an
swered; ''but tell you that there
and he pointed to the peak-''there the
white man lives. Turn which way you
like. but if you turn you will perish"
l reflected for a moment. Our case
was, humanity speaking, almost hopeless.
1t mattered little which way we went.
We were alone, almost without food,
with no means of transport, and child
to carry. AS well perish in the sandy
waste as on the rolling veldt or among
the trees of the hillside. Providence
alone could save US, and we must trust to
Providence.
''Come on,"I said, lifting Tota on to
my back, for she was already tired. ''All
roads lead to rest
How am l to describe the misery of the
next four days? How am 1 to tell how
We stumbled on through that awful des-
ert, almost without food, and quite with
| out water, for there were no streams,
and we saw no springs? We soon found
how tho case was, and saved almost all
the water in our bottles for the child.
To look back on it is like nightmare.
can scarcely bear to dwell on it. Day
after day, by turns carrying the child
through the heavy sand; night after
| night lying down in the scrub, chewing
the leaves and licking such dew as there
was from the scanty grass! Nota spring.
not pool, not head of game! 1t was
the third night; we were nearly mad
| with thirst. Tota was in a comatose
COnOlC1On. 1nudDa-ZlnD 1 SClll naQ u llJ-
tie water in his bottle-perhaps wine
glassful. We moistened her lips and
our blackened tongues with it. Then
we gave the rest to the child. 1t revived
her. She awoke from her swoon to sink
into sleep.
See, the dawn was breaking. The
hills were not more than eight miles or
so away now, and they were green.
There must be water there.
''Come," l said.
lndaba-zimbi lifted TotE into the
kind of sling that we had made out of
| the blanket in which to carry her on
our backs, and we staggered on for an
hour through the sand. She woke cry
ing for water, and, alas! we had none to
give her; our tongues were hanging
from our lips, we could scarcely speak.
We rested awhile. ard Tota mcrci.
fully swooned away. Then Indaba-
zimbi took her. Though he was SO
thin the old mans strength was Won
derful.
ITO RE CDSTJNTFD
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
CONVENIENT CORN CEIB.

easily when only the running gear is
needed. In building the crib, use Ix3
inch pieces for sides and ends; 2x4 for
uprights, plates and rafters; for founda-
ton use AKA inch, and for joists Exc
inch, gained in SO that floor covers level
from out to out. As to size. use your own
Judgment, but tits bestnot to have it less
than six feet wide each side of passage
way, and the drive 20 be about eight
feet. Make any length desired. and for
best protection cover with shingles
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08

Shortly after we started the river we
had followed hitherto turned of in a
westerly direction, SO we left it. All
that day we rode across rolling uplands,
and about an hour before sunset halted
at little stream which ran down from
range of hills in front of US. By this
tine was heartily tired of the biltong.
so, taking my elephant rifle-for l had
nothing else Il left Tota with Indaba-
zimbi, and started to see if could shoot
something. Oddly enough we had seen
no game all the day, nor did we see any
on the subsequent days. For some mys-
terious reason they had temporarily left
the district. crossed the little stream
let in order to enter the belt of
thorns which grew upon the hill
side beyond, for there I hoped to
find a buck. As 1 did so l was
rather disturbed to see the spoor of
two lions in the soft, sandy edge Of a
pool. Breathing the hope that they
might not still be in the neighborhood
I went on into the belt Of scattered
thorns. For a long while 1 hunted
about without seeing any thing except
one dinker buck, which bounded Off
with crash from the other side of a
stone without giving me chance. At
length, just as it grew dusk, spied a
Petite buck, a graceful little creature,
scarcely bigger than large hare, stand
ing on stone about fifty yards from me.
Under ordinary circumstances should
never have dreamed of firing at such a
thing, especially with an elephant gun,
but we were hungry. So l sat down
with my back against rock and aimed
steadily at his head. I did this because
if I struck him in the body the three
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
CORN SMUT.
Some suggestions for the General Treat
ment OF the Affected Grain.
and Home

Some suggestions for the General Treat
ment OF the Affected Grain.
Corn smut is widely distributed
throughout our country. and the injury
resulting from its attack varies from
half Of the crop. EXperimenters do not
agree in their opinions as to it's harm
fulness when eaten by cattle, but it is
certain that it is not an active poison
The black powder of the smut consists
of the spores, which are simple, seed
like reproductive bodies. These re-
produce smut much as seeds reproduce
ordinary plants Smut spores may grow
in manure and liquids in the barn
yard for an indefinite period. The
smut enters the corn when it is very
young, penetrating the soft tissues of
the lowest joint and root of the small
plant. Smut does not pass from plant
to plant in the corn-field.
Outward applications to affected
plants will do no good, for the fungus
is inside, and no application will reach
it. Great care should be taken to keep
the ground from becoming filled with
spores. BY rotation of crops the in
crease of smut may be prevented. Do
meStic animals should not be allowed
to eat the smut in the field. for they
will distribute the spores in their drop
pings. Care should be taken not to con-
taminate yard manure with the spores.
Infected stalks should be removed from
the field before the smut balls open and
then be carefully destroyed. Plant
none but seed which is perfectly free
from smut spores. The spores adher-
ing to seed-corn may be killed by i'm
mersion in strong solution of blue
Eitriol. In a general way the proper
ton may be given as follows, viz: Use
as many pounds Of blue vitriol as gal
Ions of water. The immersion should
not last longer than twenty minutes.
If the wet corn is placed upon sloping
boards the liquid may be drained off
and used over again a mum Der Of times.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
WATERWiTCHlNG.

How It Is DOnc-A Stream Can he Traced
for Any Distance.
Water is indicated under ground by a
stick in the hands of some persons by
the aid of electricity. This agent exists
in all underground water courses The
person who has the right kind of cleo
tricity in his body can charge stick
with the fluid so it will point toward
the electricity in the stream. Usually
peach or soft maple stick or hazel bush
is used. This is the shape of the stick
to be held in the hands, with the inside
of the hands up, thumbs out. grasping
the stick where the dotted lines are
made. Let the stick point up and to
the front at an angle of about 45 de-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
ITO BE CONTINUED.
FUN AND LAUGHTER.
Why 1t Is Impossible to Define What L
Humorous and What Is Not.

Why 1t Is Impossible to Define What Is
Humorous and What Is Not.
Ignorance and lack of experience may
invest the humorous with an awful so
lemnity, in the presence of which the
faintcst smile would be impossible. If
you observe a man with wooden leg
sit down in the street without warning,
unstrap his timber support and brandish
it over his head you would probably
obey an irresistible impulse to laugh.
But the savage, whose experience does
| not embrace wooden legs, would be awe
struck at such spectacle. Mr.. Romilly,
in one of his books on New Guinea, tells
us how British sailor who had fallen
into the hands of savages saved his life
! by first driving his clasp-knife into his leg
while eating his dinner and then remov-
ing it altogether. The same author
tells of another Englishman who saved
| himself from an awkward predicament
by suddenly taking his false teeth from
his mouth and exhibiting them to a
crowd of astonished savages. Not only
did this ridiculous exhibition save tho
man S life but the King loaded him with
honors, cXclaiming: Il am an old man,
but thank God 1 have lived to see this
day"
From these examples the following
conclusion is arrived at: Every thing
homogeneous is ludicrous; but if the in
cOngruity arouses feelings of horror,
disgust, fear or awe acute enough to
overcome the sense of the ridiculous,
laughter does not result. Hence it is
impossible to define dogmatically what
is humorous and what is not. Sensitive
ness to horror, disgust or fear depends
upon radical distinctions, degrees Of
civilization, personal idiosyncrasy. And
so it comes about that the ludicrous is
ephemeral, and almost parochial.
The English humor of the seven
tenth and eighteenth centuries wae
chiefly connected with the violation of
the sanctity of marriage. There was
nothing in the world so funny as a
cuckold. The Parisians of the nine
teenth century are very much of the
same opinion as our ancestors were. but
the English of to-day, for some reason
or other. fail to see the humor of con-
jugal infidelity. Mr.. DuMaurier's Jokes
in Punch often appeal to the smallest
audience in the world. The Londoner
who is familiar with the oddities of
those who haunt bathrooms and display
their ample shirt fronts at smart" par
ties no doubt appreciates them. But
Berlin would shrug its shoulders at
them, and even Birmingham might be
forgiven if it missed their point.
Some men there are who never laugh.
Cato is said to have smiled but once, and
then at donkey browsing on thistles.
Richter's idea of a cast-iron king was
the only thing which provoked the
mirth Of Notwithstanding of
Art.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
Convenient Corn Crib.

convenient. easily built, and just such
a one as is needed on every farm not yet
provided with safe place for storing
corn. BY placing the crib on posts from
two to three feet off the ground and
using inverted pans (painted), no mice
or rats will get into the corn. The
space between the cribs proper can be
used for shedding wagons. and by max
ing swing lift, extending from cross
girts above, the box can be removed
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
A-?ARTING.

11eare you here, my darling;
The morning SKY is gray.
The birds are chipping family,
AS though to fright away
The tempest clouds around US,
And we must part to-day.
Must part-and live henceforward
Our separate nves-aIone;
Our fate to one another
For evermore unknown;
What wonder that within me
Ny heart Is turned to stonei
The world is all before US
A fair. bright world I weep
With prizes for the favored
Who work with ardor keen;
only know that lsnothing
Can be as it has been.
For what are fame and fortune
When you and have met
For the last time together,
With cheeks and eyelids wet;
When our only words of comfort
Are: TRY, dear, to forget?''
Our paths lie wide asunder,
We shall not meet again,
No sign can pass between US,
We each must bear our pain
Uncontrolled and lonely,
Since Love is all in vain!
One kiss before We part, sweet
That much you will allow,
With passionate surrender
Close, warm, on lips and brow;
Then let US part, my darling,
We must not linger now.
The storm will soon be breaking,
The thunder mutters low:
One look, one smile-my darling,
You must not leave me SO;
Remember that love you
Wherever may go.
". King, in Once Week.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08

A ROMEO in Palatka, Fla. one night
went to serenade his best girl, choosing
a selection from ''Pinafore" as an open
ing piece. In a voice trembling with
emotion and tendency to split on the
fine notes he began: Farewell, my
love; light of me-" when four-pound
brick, waited through the air from the
old mans bedroom window, lodged in
the very vitals of the guitar, and the
concert stood adjourned.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08

But no man should run away from hap
piness because Of sorrow. AS you will,
as you will!''
Again looked at him. In his divina-
tons I did not believe, but yet came
to the conclusion that he was speaking
what he knew to be the truth. It struck
me as possible that he might have heard
Of some white man living like hermit
in the wilds, but preferring to keep up
his prophetic character would not say
so.
Every well, Indaba-zimbi," I said,
'let US ride north"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
THE STRANGE STORY
OF
Allan Quatermain'S Wife
BY II. RIDER HAGGARD,

AUTHOR OF "SHE,' "KING SoLoMoN's
MINES" JEss,' CLEO
PATRA," ETC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
COMMUNICATED.
The Musical Association

Ifthe large number OF persons who osch sue
ceediug season crowd the rooms of the Alexandra
Musical Associ ,tion upon tie OCCASION Of compli-
rpentary rehearssls is to be accepted as criterion
df success, then, indoe1, Alexandria's smstcurs
should feel encouraged to make greater efforts.
At the beginning Of each season 1t is feared that
the coming will suffer by comparison with the
past and be le - attractive but the rehearsal on
Jiday the 14th inst, set at rest all such doubt;.
The arrangement of the programme for tris ast
.ehearsal Was a departure from what has hereto
!ore prevailed, and it appears OF doubtful expe-
1iency-that is, grouping the orchestra en- rely in
ane part and the bsnd in smother. The old plan
Of alter mating part string and then brass, appears
TO me best. Keeping the performers constantly
ON the STAGE tho ob.erved of all observers"
makes seconds appear minutes, and a rehearsal or
concert which would ordinarily last two hours il
the performers went off and on the stage will be
rushed through in half the time il the ''fggers."
to quote Mrs. farley, are kept sitting al the tim y
One of the reasons of the SUCCESS of the Musical
Assoc alton is that they have tried to suit that
vast sjoity who, if they do not disdain, st least
c re little for what is to In heavy music. x
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
Salem and Roanoke

Whatever may be the fate of some CT the
boom" towns, 1t seems certain that Salem
aud Roanoke. now growing rapidly to-.
1gether, wi | be the Industrial center of
Southwest Virginia, which is destined to be
the richest portion of Virginia, Ii not OF the
South. Beautiful for situa.ion 10 the
picturesque Vsllsy of the Roanoke, the
gateway to The great coal aud iron region.
Salem has advantages not equaled by those
of any city in Virginia. 1t is only aquestion
tf short time when she will have both the
Bsltimc ere and Ohio and r ,suoke and South
ern. The Sa'em and Southwestern and u
road to the rich ore fields of Craig county
are prei ,cted. That Salem Ia admirably
situated to become great railway and
manufacturing center is evident; and is
manifest advantages as point for iron and
steel works, factories, general business, de-
ightful bones. and profitable Investments
have attracted the attention OF ths best
business men OF many States sDd given a
wonderful impetus to it's spbstan !iai growth
into urge city. q rare opportunity to in-
vest in inside prcperty-the most valuable
in the ct,-will be afforded at the great
ga g by the Salem Improvement Company,
December 11th and II b. Mr.. ]. W. +.
Allemoug, President, II send map aud
psmpt at of 80 pages free.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
Served q Donhle Sentence

DzsMoINgs, Ia, Nov. 22.--Aoout year
snd half ago, Johu Cox was caught com
hitting lsrosny, and wac indicted iol
a1other act OF thu CANA nature. He wa:
sentenced to one year il the State prison
on each charge. both sentences to begin
the sems day. When 'he year wss up. be
was not released, the warden discovering
this. the tlerk OF the court had made mis-
take in recording he sentences Gov. Boiet
ordered the warden 10 release the prisoner
but the order wes disregarded. The exc.
cutlve, learning from the judge thai the i'm.
priaonmeut waa intended for one year only
will probably remit Iha sentence.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
The Indian Situation

MANDAN, N. D., Nov. 22.-Agents sent to
she Sioux reservation three days ago, have
returned with the following report, which
nag be relied upon: There Ia no imme-
date danger OF al uprising, but if Sitting
Bull concludes that anything is to be gained
by speedy action trouble may be looked for
at o1ce. Sitting Bull would be arrested
and put in irons, bat the government agents
are afraid to do this lest 1t precipitste trou-
ole. He has two hundred bucks at Grand
River, forty miles from Fort Yates, dancing
a | the while. Tba egens at Standing Rock
has lost control OF Sitting Bull and his fol-
lowers aud dare not treat him harshy. All
reports that c)me by vie from Standing
Rock or Fort Yates are colored. There Is
oaly military wire, and censorship is ez-
eroised over every message.
OMAHA. Neb., Nov. ga special from
Pine Ridge agency. says: Two Of the most
relisble acouts in the governments employ
reported TO General B:ooke last night that
Gus hundred and fifty lodges of the Wound
81 Knee fanatics had declared that they
would shoot any government officials or
soldiers who attempted to supprese the
dance. Upon no previous occasion have
any such threatening declarations been
made by The dancers"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
TELEGRAPBIC BREVITIEs.

a new French loan OF 100000 francs
VIII be issued January 1Jt, 1891.
CorgressmaG Hit, who Yves yesterday re-
ported seriously i'll With pneumonia. Is now
q1i.e recovered.
The run on tha Howard savings bank at
Newark. N. j.. considerably absted this
morning, confidence being restored.
Il is announced by the NeH York office OF
the Uaied States Rolling Sock Company
that receiver has besn Appointed for the
concern.
The peoples party of Bourbon county,
have dominated Gsn. Jo.o b Rec az a
candidate icr the ssnats TO succeed Senator
ingalls,.
u is reported that ezAsslstl't P,-tmaa-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
The First Steamboat
To the editor OfMe Alexandria Gazette

To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
D4ar Sir Il may be somewhat Interesting
f3r The readers of the GAZETTE 10 learu
when and where The first steamboat We
bull ard used.
Ia 1857 one Patrick Miller, OF Dalmiss
Toll, Scotland, induced Mr.. Syminetcn, &C
snsioeeT at Wentiock Head, 10 apply ma
rine steam engine to boat on the Dalmins.
ION leke. TIE piston was forced up by
steam and down by atmospheric pressure
and weights that assisted to grsvitate the
pistou's downward stroke, the stesn being
spp!ied by bend-!evar, manipulated by
hand, for applying aod cutting of the
steam.
After the trial the engine wss removed TO
Mr. Miller's library, whera itremsiDed until
his death in 1915 In 1928 it was sent oy
mis- con TO Cous.s & Co., OF the Strand, in
London, where 1t rem ainsd till 1857, when
il wac thrown aside and became partially
buried beneath the accumuia alton OF dirt aud
rust until the year 1855, when 1t vas a
rreted ffom it's further destruction. and, IN
1857, was restored (as nesr as possibility to
It's former, or frst condition. W II. w.
Alexandria, Nov. 20.
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ingalls, to be Defeated.
AICHIsoN, Kansaa, \


Inthe CAVITIES Washington correspond
euce of the 18Th inetsnt it Was stated that
intelligence has been received from this
State to the effect that The demccI attic men,
bers elect to the Kansas Legislature are go
diserunilsd at the failure OF tbs alliance
men 10 observe compact entered into be-
tween them, by which the alliance should
support the democratic State ticket, and the
democrats, in consideration thereof vote for
the Alliance Congressman, that the twelve
or more democrats elected to The Legislature
would just as soon vote for 1ogslls as not
Further, that the alliance is equally divided
against itself In the interest OF Two aspirants
for the Senstorship and would rather see lc-
gals re elected than have any but their OVID
favorite succeed him. This is q device of the
Ingalls, party here and ia without fcpn.
dation In fact. La the first place each of the
three parties put up lis own men In every
congressional district and 10 nearly every
county, end each did It's best to elect It's can =
didate. In the second place the alliance is
solid for some man to retire MIR. Ingalls per-
manently, and will present the name Of only
one man to the Legislature for that purpose,
and the democrats will be just as sure to
vote against Mr.. IDgalls as they live to
vote at all. No such compact g.
that referred to was ever entered into.
10 his speech during the canvass Mr.. Ii galls
tried to smooth over ais vote on the Mckln-
ley tariff by telling the alliance men that he
did not like 1t, but voted for it simply as g
| republican measure which the democrats
and British hated, appealing Their, by to the
gospel of hate" his strong card in Kansas.
His organ, the Atchison Daily Globe, by HE
! authority tried to explain away his saying
that the "meanest republican that ever lived
was better than the best democrat" This
is the explanation: "Mr. Ingalls, says he
meant that the best democrat that ever lived,
no matter how pure his moral character, lie
worse, politically, than the worst republican,
however depraved his moral character may
be. There is a story of his Satanic Majesty
attempting o mend poor dogs leg, 400
ending by breaking another one. Such
seems to be the result in this case, at least
10 the democrats The Good Book (lhe
| higher morally of which, applied to poll
tics, MIR. Ingalls, contemne) teaches US to for
give and pray for those Who revie, perse-
cute and SANDER US. l. euj joins upon us the
/ duty OF treating such ss strangers who re-
pent not of past evil but continue 10 1t. The
! democratic party of Kansas forgive Mr.. H.
| gals for bis past wrongs to it end propose TO
put it out OF HE power to wrong them in the
| iuiufc, and to that end they will vote, his
| 'sirikers' and ''fxers" to TIE contrary not
Nitbstandirg
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-22
Fig { With Horse Thieves.

WICHITA, Kas,, NV. 22.-Some days ago
II horses we're stolen 10 Osborne county, and
ast evening the thieves we're found In camp
eighty miles west OF here, near Cairo. A
p2sse Of thirty msu was raised at Cairo and
they went out to capture The gang. When
within q sHrs distanoe of the camp the posse
was Ere upon. AID g. shat moment the gsoa
n uated tha;r horses AID started up the
crseE followed by thu posse. After RUE
ming g OF two miles two of he thieves fell
off their harses and The horses of two others
fell. Tae others escaped. The two men
saot died within hall hour and refused to
give their names or any Information.