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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Mendinx With Pins.

"Oh, that's nothing" said a young
woman, I'll put pin in it. Ican't stop
to mend it now.
1t was hole in her pocket that Helen
Russell mended that morning with pin.
Several days passed and she forgot the
circumstance.
"Pinning it up" was one of Helen's
favorite maae-shifts.
II hate to mend, she would say, "and.
after all. pins will do. They have to do,
anyway.
Even holes In her stockings were
caught together in this fashion. and q
button off her glove was replaced by the
same shiftless expedient 1t was not that
she lacked time to use needle and thread,
but simply that abe had fallen into alazy
habit
Helen Russell was a school teacher, and
. few days after pinning up the hole in
her pocket she went to the Office Of the
town treasurer and drew sixty dollars,
her earnings for ten weeks teaching.
She put the money into her purse, and
the purse into her pocket.
Then she made few calls and went to
the postoffice. As she was descending
the steps of the postoface, she caught her
foot in the trimming Of her skirt, which
had ripped and had been fastened witha
pin; she tripped and fell heavily On ths
stones.IYouths Co0panion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland have occupied
their new home at Sl6 Madison avenue,
New York The house has b en- elegant
ly fitted up, Mrs. Cleveland having taken
entire charge and directed the work Of
furnishing.
Most of the floors are laid with hard
wood, and over their polished surfaces
rugs of Persian, Turkish, aud Daghastan
looms will be laid. The halls will be
Moorish in furniture, the dining-room
English, the drawing-roo French, and
the chambers delightful mixture Of
French and American. Mrs. Cleveland
delights in @snuggeries, and a special
feature will be made of the corners,
where her guests on reception nights and
afternoons can withdraw from the crowd
for tete-a-tete.
One corner in her reception-room will
be filed with cushioned seats and backed
with tufted raw silk. Above this the
two walls will be mirrored. Portieres Of
soft silk will fall from the cross rod and
from an inner pole lace curtains will be
draped- There will be a rug underfoot
and overhead Moorish lantern Of mock
jewels. Pedestal lamps will abound.
Every piece of furniture and bric-a-brao
will differ from its neighbor, and against
the sin of crowding Mrs. Cleveland is
sternly resolved.
Il hope you will not consider me
churlish, she said, @if 1 refuse 10 let
you be specific. Personally will be
pleased to show you through my new
house, but must ask you not to make
any sketches. 1t is private house and
I would rather keep all details out of
print. Will like housekeeping Ger
tainly. There is no other way to live.
Only q woman knows the Joy there is
about a house Of her own. She must
have the excitement and delight of &C.
Letting goods and the vexation and dis
appointment that go with the ordeal to
thoroughly appreciate home making"
Mrs. Cleveland never looked prettier
than she did to-day in simple cloth suit.
Since her return from Washington she
has made a number of friends. and ev-
erything points to a brilliant winter for
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
About Noted People.

Rosa Bonheur has a tiny pet monkey,
which is her almost constant companion.
Ex-Queen Isabella boasts that she Is
deeper in debt than any other woman in
Europe.
Mrs. Custer, widow of the great cav
airy leader, spends most of her time in
New York, earning her living by writing
for the newspapers.
Mr.. Gilbert, the ibrettist, said in a re-
cent interview: II dare say that could
write an opera in a week, but it would
be a precious bad one.
Edison's latest invention is loud
talking machine, but it is no improve
ment on the original one that was ex-
hibited some years ago in the garden Of
Eden.
Miss Matte Mitchell, daughter of the
Senator from Oregon, and Washington
belle, is fond Of walking and may often
be seen ON the avenues of the capital
She is tall, with q slender and graceful
figure that Is clad in dresses that come
from Paris
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
sh.kespear. Explained BY a Child.

The following conversation, overheard
in a summer hotel parlor, took place be-
tween two children of II and 12, who
were comparing notes about books.
After discussing some novels of the day,
one little girl asked the other if she had
ever read any of Shakespeare.
Shakespeare" exclaimed the other.
Il never read one of his books in my life!
Have your"
well, not exactly his books, but some
stories fixed up out of his books. They
are splendid !"
@What are they? Tragedies?"
3Some of them are. Hamlet is. ]
like Hamlet ever so much.
what is it about?"
well, can't exactly tell you. but it's
something like this: A lady wanted to
marry some one, but she couldn't, and
had to marry some one else; and after
while Romeo went to a grove, and Juliet
came too, and they killed each other. Its
splendid.
Splendid"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.

Frequent shipments of carload lots
of DR.. Pierce's Medicines, to all the
principal commercial centers of this
country, are necessary to supply the
unprecedented demand for these world
famed remedies. No other medicines
ever attained anything like the popu-
larity which they enjoy. No other
medicines possess such superior and
positive curative properties as to war
rant their manufacturers in selling
them, as the proprietors of DR.. Pierce's
Medicines are doing, through druggists,
under a positive guarantee of benefit
or cure tn every case, on fair trial, or
money refunded.
There are scores of sarsaparillas and
other blood medicines advertised, but
the "GOlden Medical Discovery" of DIR.
Pierce is the only one ever backed up by
. positive guarantee from a well-knOwn
and thoroughly responsible house. The
conditions are, that, given fair trial, it
will do all that is claimed for it, or
money paid for it will be promptly re-
funded. A Certificate Of Guarantee
wraps every bottle.
To attempt the sale of an inferior, or
even fairly good, blood-purifier under
such trying conditions as these, would
mean bankruptcy to its proDrietors.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
II Yeu Have Company.

Don't overdress for company.
Don't do anything merely to show them
and give them your best, but do it with
out parade.
II you have only plain crockery and
pewter spoons, then the Wilderness of the
tAble-cloth and the freshness of the nap
kins, and especially tie cordial welcome,
b all that is necessary.
If dancing be the evenings amuse-
ment, hostess should be sure that every
one is provided with partner before she
herself accepts one. If games are the
order of the evening, let her see to it
that every one is drawn into the fun.
If visitor stands alone, quickly, be-
tore there is a chance for him to feel
awkward, go yourself to talk with him,
q ask some one else to doso.-[ Harper's
Young PEOPLE.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Washington Post: 'Y-ou will have to
give me another room. guess said .
congressman to the hotel clerk.
WHATS the NATTER aren't you comfort
able where you are?'
We'll, not exactly. That German mu-
sician in the next room and I don't get
along we'll. Last night he footed away
on his clarionet so that thought never
would get to sleep. After had caught
few winks l was awakened by pound
ing on my door. whats the matter?' I
asked. OF you blease.' said the German,
dot You would schnore of de same key.
You vas 60 from B fiat to G und it spolls
der moosic.'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

4 M
sooksaSLVEs. bureau belonging
to an ordinary set of cottage furniture,
30 we will take that for our standard OF
measurements, and make our shelves ac-
cording to it.
Figure is the diagram for the frame
Of shelves. The side pieces are made OF
boards three feet four inches long and
nine inches wide; the top of each OF these
boards is sawed into a point as shown In
diagram. Four cleats made of sticks
eight inches long and one inch thick are
nailed to the side of each board, the dis
lance between being nine inches.
The frame at the Lack Is composed OF
two boards five and a half feet long and
seven inches wide, and two others three
feet three inches long (the width Of the
bureau) and seven inches wide. One OF
these short boards is nailed across the top
ends of the long boards, and the other
twenty-four inches below. The side
pieces are nailed to the back, as shown in
diagram, the nails being driven through
the back board into the edge of the side
piece.
w Ocu Tie 1IdUlc 10 IL ID PidSCo
On the bureau, the sides resting on the
top and the long back-boards reaching
down behind, where they are nailed or
screwed to the bureau. The shelves are
thirty-seven inches long and nine inches
wide. They rest on the cleats, and are
not nailed to the frame.
When the shelves have been adjusted,
the whole is painted dark olive green.
II the knobs are removed from the
drawers before the bureau is painted and
brass handles substituted afterward, it
will add materially to its appearance.
The book-ca shown in our illustration
b finished off with curtains, which hang
BY brass rings from slender bamboo
pole The pole is slipped through brass
hooks screwed into the side pieces near
the top.
Curtains of any soft material are suit
able for this bookcase. The color may
be combination of olive green with old
blue, yellow, cherry, copper color, dark
red, or light brown.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
THE Do1scs OF worEs FOLK
Who Hall From the Land Of the Aikads
and Other Regions.

Who Hall From the Land Of the Alke0o
and Other Regions.
The Countess Oyana, wife of the Jap
anese minister of war, is one Of the few
ladies of the court circle at Toxic wha
receive at their own homes in the ma
tive costume which European fashions
are so fast driving out Of the land Of the
Mikado. The Countess much prefers the
comfortable and picturesque japanese
dress to the foreign costumes which the
court has adopted, and this in spite o:
the fact that she is one of the first Jap
anese women educated in America, hav-
ing graduated at Vassar, in 1882, the only
woman of her race who has received the
baccalaureate degree. Stematz Yama-
kawa, as she was known before her
marriage, spent about ten years In this
country, coming with the japanese en-
bassy in 1875, and returning SO thorough.
" Americanized that she had almost for
gotten her own language. She is re-
membered by her college mates as an ex-
tremely attractive girl, pretty even to
American eyes, tall, graceful, and well
formed. The return to her native coun-
try was to her something of an ordeal
She came here girl of IL years. adopted
the Christian religion and the customs
and habits of thought of Western civil
ization, and went back manageable
woman of % with the knowledge that
her parents would Immediately find
husband for her, very possible one not
at all in sympathy with her ideas. For
tunately the chosen spouse was the Count
Iwao Oyana, who was himself educated
in France, and as whose wife she has
taken immediate rank in social and phil
anthropic circles of Toxic. A number
of japanese women have since come to
this country as students, and several are
here now. Miss Shige Nagai entered
the Vassar school of music in 1873, and
madea love match with Lieutenant Urin,
of the japanese navy, who was educated
by his government at our naval academy
at Annapolis, and first met his piquant
country woman at Vassar fete to which
a number of Annapolis youths were In
vited. The wedding was agreed upon
before either returned home. One of the
festivities attendant upon the marriage in
Toxic, was the amateur presentation Of
the Merchant of Venice" before the
count and mikado. Miss Ume Tsuda
studied at the Archer institute in Wash
ington, and is now teaching in the Peer
ess' school for japanese noblewomen.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Br.celess and Br,lli.,ts.

Turquoise hearts are being adopted as
sleeve-buttons.
Glove buttoners with white onyx hand
les are pleasing innovation.
A sapphire and a diamond slightly in
clined is favorite in ring-settings.
A black pearl in cup of diamonds
comprises a scarf-pia muchaffected.
Garnets artisticallv grouped in scroll
designs form some desirable brooches.
Sterling silver photo frames, pierced in
floral characters, are desirable acquisi-
ton,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
He Expected TO Be Free.

Chicago Girl-Oh! you mean thing!
Here you have been paying attention to
me, and hear you're a married man.
Leave the house, sir, and never let me see
your face again.
Chicago Man-But hear me-
G. G.-Leave the house this instant, sir!
G. M.-But hear me. expect to be free
in short time, and then we can be mar
ried.
C. G.-Free?
c. M.-Yes, believe my wife is about
to apply for a divorce.
C. G.-What makes you think so?
C. M.-She 10 taking dramatic lessons.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Foolins the Detective,

1.-THE arrest and prosecution Of twenty
Cinnamon for unlawfully engaging in n.y.
draulic mining on the Omega claim In
Nevada county reminds me Of one scheme
that the '.moonlightsrs'' carried on up
there which was . pre-eminent success, /"
remarked IN old-timer the other day to
San Francisco Examiner reporter. s'Some
Of the boys had . claim up above Nevada
City that could only be reached by . GER
tain road, or, more properly speaking, Q
narrow pass In the rocks. The And-De-
bris spies learned that the illicit work
was being done and . dozen times tried 10
raid the mine. They were always too
lste. When they got 10 the place, Al
though IL was apparent that work had
only just ceased, no one was working,
and those who had been had made their
escape.
AT length. after several mopths' per.
dissent endeavof, tie AnH-Debris men
discovered tie reason for their failures.
In passing ever the road they touched IN
ingeniousay arranged rock In the path,
which Was connected with . buried wire.
By using . bettssy The movement Of The
rock completed N electric circuit which
rang . bell It tie mines two miles away.
Having . warning at that distance tie
smoonIlghtsfS' had ample opportunity 70
mako Themselves 0fe."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
No improvement

An old lady who witnessed . produe.
ton of The Merchant of Venice MANY
years ago, went again recently to see the
story Of Shylock enacted upon the stage.
Upon her return home she was asked how
she liked 1t. WELL said she, tVenice
seemed to have spruced up some since the
first time l saw it, but Shylock's just the
same mean, ordinary thing he was forty
years ago.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Among the old papers sent 10 . Texas
JAIL for the entertainment Of the inmates
was the election circular Of one Of the
local candidates. One Of the prisoners,
who had been 10 jail for over year, look
cd ct It and sid:
Look hese. boys. dis l. 81 ist.sdsa
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Straager-I have here a poem, cir, On
The Beautiful-
Editor-'My dear sir, we have 10000
poems on The beautiful Snow on hand
now, and we don't want any more.'
Stranger-sThen perhaps, sir. yoa VIM
allow me to continue. Ny poem = no
The Beautiful Md
Editpr-sWe'u TIN fhak yomx -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Count Herbert Bismarck, during his
soiourn in the Orient, learned q new
proverb, which he repeated in recent
speech: There are three things with
which no man should play: Tho fire, BE-
cause it can bum him; the viper, be-
cause it can burn him; the viper, be-
cause she-can love him.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

A weekly paper asked Edward Bel
lamy to write an article on the question:
~What can be done with the servant
girl?" And he answered the questSsn by
asking another one, namely: @WAstcm
be don, without herr" Ito this, 1 49,, "
he said, @the response may safely be,
everything"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
-. u.sartn,.se R,ch GIrl.

Il b unfortunate that even at school
Mo- daughters Of great wealth are not
allowed he variety Of ordinary living, but
- condemned to UNMARRIED LUXURY. It Is
4nly th0se who pass some part Of their
NJ q d. north side Of the wall that
fa1o ri ~ IN TIE sunahine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Little Louise was told that her gran d.
mother had died and had gon. 20 heaven,
and was asked if she didn't want to be
in heaven with her. WELL, replied
the little one, Il would like to live with
grandma, but don't want to 60 30
early"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
In . Q1andaFy.

and now, my good man. what are you
going to do with III asked the stingy rich
man Of beggar to whom he had given .
Scent piecc.
That's just what troubles me, sir. Il
3 20 hard to make wise decision; and I
have always been unaccustomed to
YeAlth.'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

The boy of to-day wouldn't kick hole
in his drum to see what was inside.
He'd ::ook for a place to put . nickls in
the slot.|[Merchant Traveller.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

Across the tracks I saw them peg,
And through the fringes frayed
Upon each shortened trouser leg
The winds Of winter played.
ne passing freight was caught in time;
They jumped it on the run
Two men with not . single dime.
Two tramps that best as one.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
In the Far West.

Whenever the people In the west
Find little extra room
They act ut once like men possessed.
And start some kind Of boom.
They tear and swear and rave and shout
And yell and howl and bang,
But soon the little boom dies out
And furna \ hoomeranR
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

no. z BUREAU TRANSFORMED INTO BOOKCASE
In our illustration is also shown an Or
binary rocking chair painted olive green,
with cushions at the back and in the seat
stuffed with any soft material, covered
with bright cretonne, and tied to the
chair with ribbons.
Old furniture prepared in this way will
often I'LL niche in a living or bedroom
more acceptably than more costly arti-
eloo
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Pun Down the sli..

Nay Kissam-You ought to be ashamed
Of YOURSELF
Jack Bassey-I-T ann what can do
to atone for my rudeness?
Nay Kissam-You might ct least draw
the curtainA
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Unmist.k.ble Ev,,e,ca.

That fellow over there who claims 10
be an English lord Is IN impostor-he
comes from Chicago
How do you know?
He draws his feet under chair every
time woman approaches him.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
She WIS., Inpssisut.

sM-m-y d-d-dear, l-l-love you'll WV.
Will you be- began Mr.. n. Pedfmenk
That will do replied the proud beauty.
Il do not care to be wooed on the instatl.
ment plan.'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

The Berlfner Boe1sen- Courier, publish
ed In tie German capital, has IN advef-
tissment q which tie following u . trans
lation:
Noblemen, aya1isss and ofRcials of
high rang (tn military OF civil servioe)
who want b many way fich, Intelligent
Ametienn ladtes Gkolld address tie 1Fm
named below.
Ladies with fortunes up b 80 0o0. 900
en- be selsetpd. 6ziet ssczeey gua51ptssa
Photoe and dselils = dfsPe0al 4 60
0omen.
n hauzGa 1us1n IA Rtiysls 1tms.
aslfena Ct t1.e1a chls Ana1eA
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

For nose bleeding battle the face and
neck with cold water.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13

be converted into a
bookcase by the adj
d.tion of shelves to
the top. Any person
handy with saw and
hammer can make
the shelves ; or a car
penter will do it for a
smallsum. The plans
and measurements
should be carefully
made, and the mate
rial well put together
in any case. Three
foot IL tho heiphf of
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
A Change of Room.

Nine. Christine Nilsson contempla.es .
farewell tour of this coun :ry next year
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
An Old-rin,e Barber.

BristlesI have good mind to have
hat barber arrested.
Downy-What has he done?
Bristles-Tried to draw my teeth with
his razor.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
WOMAN AND HOME,
fOAE USES 70 WHICH OLD FURNE.
TURE MAJ BE PUT.

In. Clsveland's New Home-Some Queer
Notions About Babies-women Folk Of
he Far Orient Who Have Received an
American Education.
There are few families that do not pos
aeD some furniture broken or out of date
that, by the exercise of little taste and
ingenuity, can be renovated SO as to help
much toward making a room pretty and
attractive.
This is pleasant work for girl or boy.
q for brother and sister together, during
the long winter months when SO much
time must be spent in the house. and
should be spent usefully. Take, for in
stance, an old bureau belonging to cot
tageset. The mirror, perhaps, is broken,
OF, IL it is not. it can be used better else
where. Removing that, there is left
merely q chest of drawers, which may
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Several.

Several.
Oh. I'd like 10 b
By the sounding sea
Or wander along the shore
And watch the sky
Where the crag towers high
Der the sallen breakers roar.
But while dream
OF the blue waves CLEAN
Tho fancy fills my head
That some there DO
By the sounding sea
Who'd sooner be home in bed
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-13
Feed Him Well.

When an Arab damsel gets married
her mother gives her the following ad-
vice for securing her future happiness:
sYou are leaving your nest to live witha
man with whose ways and habits you are
unfamiliar. advise you to be his slave
Il you wish to become the absolute mis-
ress of your husband. Be satisfied with
little. endeavor to feed him well, and
watch over his sleep, for hunger begets
anger, and sleeples.ness makes man
cross-grained.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-25
A Man of the World.

What is man of the world?
 He is a man who, having gone through this world of men and wo- men, has found out the best way of living and treating his fellow men.
 He is a man of opinions, but does not believe he can convert everybody else into believing his way, and so he does not bore people with long winded arguments.
 He is a man who is always well dressed, but whose clothes you couldn't describe to save your life.
 He Is the man who doesn't carry his umbrella so that it will poke into your eyes or jam into your legs.
 He is the man who doesn't muss women's frocks and ruin their tempers by going out of the theater between the acts when he is in the center of the row.
 He is the man who, if he cannot smoke good cigars and drink good whisky, out of respect to his neigh bors lets both alone.
 He is the man who is courteous to all women and familiar to none.
 He is the man who doesn't tell you what his dinner costs or how much he pays his butler.
 He is the comfortable man.
 May his numbers increase, and in selecting husbands for your girl and mine, may each of us get a man of the world.