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Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
To Kill . Canvas-Back.

THE only proper way to kill canvas.
back ducks is to shoot them on the
wing as they fly over you. If you are
= muff you will have lots of sport. and
you will not hurt the ducks. You will
blaze away at them as they fly toward
you, which is precisely what l. as .
lover of the species, would best like
you to do, unless you are generous and
are disposed to divide your bag. So
long as you shoot them in this way
only rare accident will enable you TO
do any harm to the beautiful creatures.
They wear breast-plate of feathers
which is practically impervious to shot.
If your are sportsman you will let
them fly over you. and shoot them as
they recede.
THE fact that the ducks fly high and
are very swift of wing renders it
difficult to kill them on the wing at all.
and as very few men are really good
shots resort is had by the majority to
such blind shooting as is permitted.
Batteries are, of course. forbidden, and
so are sncak-boxes and the like. But
it is permitted to the half-skilled sports
men to build blinds of reeds along the
shore and to shoot from behind them
when the ducks approach within range.
In this sort of shooting very little harm
would be done but for the fact that the
canvas-back is beset with a curiosity
surprising that of women.
If he sees anything in motion on the
shore which he does not understand, no
consideration or prudence will restrain
him from padding toward it, regard
less of all danger, and the duck shoot
ers take advantage of this by training
little dogs to run about in frisky,
absurd fashion in front of the blinds
when ducks are in sight. As soon as
the ducks see what is going on the
whole flock makes for the shore, and
the sportsmen can shoot at what range
they will"
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
FOoling The Detectives.

''The arrest and prosecution of twen-
ty Cinnamon for unlawfully engaging
in hydraulic mining on the Omega
claim in Nevada County reminds me of
one scheme that the 'moonlightcrs' car
ricd on up there which was a pre-emi-
nent success remarked an old-timer
the other day to San Francisco En-
dminer reporter. ''Somc Of the bows
had claim up above Nevada City that
could only be reached by certain
road, or, more properly speaking. q
narrow pass in the rocks. The Anti
Debris spies learned that the illicit
work was being done and dozen times
tried to raid the mine. They were
always too late. When they got to the
place, although it 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 months of
persistent endeavor, the Anti-Debris
men discovered the reason for their
failures. In passing over the road they
touched an ingeniously arranged rock
in the path which was connected with
a buried wire. By using a battery the
movement to the rock completed an
electric circuit which rang a bell at the
mine two miles away. Having a warm
ing at that distance the 'moonlighters'
had ample opportunity to make them
selves safe"
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
viii We Have American Quinine7

Adolph Sutro is trying the experi-
ment of raising cinchona trees at his
grounds above the Cliff House. It is
from the bark of about = dozen vsrie-
ties of this tree that quinine is extract
cd, and if they will thrive in this cli-
mate the trees will become very valua-
bic.
Moreover, the cinchona is . very
snowy tree and highly ornamental.
some of them growing TO \ height of
eighty feet. The enormous medicinal
consumption of the bark of the cincho-
na has caused the tree to be extensive
" cultivated in India and Java Il
grows in high attitudes in New Grena-
da. Ecuador. Peru and Bolivia. where
there is great deal of moisture. Il
has been tried with success in Aus
tralia, near the seacoast. and Mr.. Sutro
thinks some of the varieties will grow
here. where there is a moisture in the
atmosphere all the year round--Sas
Francisco Examiner.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

throughout Europe can easily Oe ac-
counted for; wherever the Roman eagles
went the germs Of the disease would
necessarily accompany them. From
this source Spain, France and Germany
although there are no records which
enable us to trace the progress of the
malady in Europe during several hum
dreds of years aftcrward. the steps that
were taken to check its spread in the
seventh and following centuries suffi-
ciently indicate the alarming frequency
of the disease and the virulent charac.
ter it had assumed.
Leper hospitals would appear to have
been established in Norway somewhat
later than in other European countries.
History tel us that in the Frankish
kingdom these institutions were found
ed in the eight and ninth centuries, in
ireland about the year $50, in Spain
in 1907, in Englah,. in the eleventh
century. in Scotland and the Neither
lands in the twelfth. a&t in Norway in
the thirteenth century. During aud
after the crusades ieprosy spread with
extraordinary rapidity. and leper hos
pitals were rapidly multiplied all over
Europe. 1t is estimated that in the
twelfth century there were 1000 such
hospitals in France alone. and 1900
in the whole of Christendom. So ter
rible were the ravages of the disease
that it seemed rs though some alto
gether new plague had been sent t.
punish mankind. Indeed some histor-
ians have ass :rted that the lcprosy of
the middle ages was introduced for the
first time from the east by those who
returned from the crusades. As
matter of fact. however. leper hospitals
existed in England some years before
any of the crusaders retraced their
steps westward. The soldiers of the
cross doubtless brought with them
many cases of severe leprosy. and an
extremely virulcnt form thus became
ingrafted upon the disease already
prevalent throughout Europe
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
Freaks OF the 81. Lawrence River.

"The St. Lawrence river" said a
Clayton member of the Cogburn club
last evening. .is Il most erratic as
well as beautiful body of water. You
have probably noticed several items in
the newspapers of vessels sailing on it
running aground because of low water.
just think of it-low water with the
almost continuous rains we have had
the last spring. summer, and fall! But
such is the fact. And in some other
generally dry seasons the st. Lawrence
has been unusually high. 1t is said
that the grand old river has one of
those low spclls-sinking fits. so to
speak-ever seven years. but can't
vOuch for the truth of that. The fact
remains, however that it is unlike any
other body of water l know Of and
when other streams and neighboring
lakes are high the st. Lawrence is apt
to make Il contrary showing,"-Utica
Observer,
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

The bor of whom 7 write is nerer NJ
q loss IN find sometb;no to observe
s,rs Eoresf and .Streom J,st re,r a
bc,yv shower c,ucbt him While be w,s
ishino From his retreat be lent his
eve ont IN sce wh.terar tbera w,s IN
be seen and shortly ohsery.d IN.
dr,oon flies cre,t and LITTLE settling
in the brook grass for shelter from the
rain. Before the shower was fairly
aver he saw the cedar bir,ls come and
drive the dragon fIies from their covert
hunting them down in All their lace
winged finerv. The great tbree-inch
DRAGON f,;es p,;nt al with bl,ct and
yellow were too strono for the birds
but the LITTLE slender feIlows done mn
in fancy colors-brown. prccn. bluc
and du;ky-becamc meat for the hunt
ers.
This fall. when paddlino nm C,ucom.
oomac stream we saw cedar birds sir.
fino ont on the rush beds near Tho mid.
dIe ~ tho s,roan Th;. w,s ;,,s, ,f,or
. shower Had ,hnv hoon c.tcI,;nr
DRAGON flies, The Lov was NOT ,bere
some time .oo T demonstrated with
him for tbrow;no Stones At a l;ngh;rd
hut T w.s told ,h.t he w,s Jt,;nn !,
only To nIe,se the h;rl Tr,,e cnonob
i, did nlease the bird From his nerch
on a bich tree the L;nuh;r,l csIcnl,ted
the curve Of each stone cbattcr;n~ b;s
defiance ,s tho missile wh;zzcd by r;s-
;n~ a tow feet when bc s,w that Il
came too near only n settle aca;n in
,Lo S,r,e ,,I.oo
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

your letters. written long since-I don't
suppose you remember it-you told mo
that was an obstinate man when I once
took a thing into my head. You were
quite right. My dear, l have taken into
my head that you will be as ready as ever
to accept my advice, and will have me (as
your man Of business) to buy the annu.
ity-"
She stopped him.
NO" she cried, 81 won't hear q word
more! Do you think am fnsensible to
years of kindness that l have never de-
served. Do you think forget how nobly
you have forgiven me for those cruel re
1t possible that you expect me to borrow
money of youy' She started wildly to her
feet. 81 declare, as God hears me. would
rather die than take that base, that shame
full advantage of all your goodness to me.
The woman never lived who owed SO
much TO man, as owe to yOu-but not
money! oh, my dear. not money! not
money!
He was too deeply touched to be able to
speak to her-and she saw it. ''What
wretch am" she said to herself; II have
made his heart ache"
He heard those words Still feeling for
her-never, never for himself-he tried to
soothe her. In the passion Of her self.re-
pr0ach she refused to hear him. Pacing
the room from end to end she famed the
fiery emotion that was consuming her.
Now she reviled herself in language that
broke through the restraints by which
good breeding sets its seal on . woman's
social rank And now. again, she lost her.
self more miserably still, and yielded with
hysteric recklessness to a bitter outburst
OF gaiety.
IF you wish to be married happily, I" she
cried. never be rs fond Of any other wo-
man as y0u have been OF me. We are.
none of rs. worth IL. Laugh at us, Hugh
do anything but believe in us. We all
lie, my friend. And have been lying
shamelesslyi shamelesslyr'
He tried to check her Don't talk in
that way, Iris. " he said. sternly.
She laughed at him.
''Talkf" she repeated. ut isn't talk; it's
. confession"
81 don't desire to hear your Confession -
"YcqE hear it,-yoa have drawn =
sSs sstio p > UfJ and hSy T,sy 2. ny hun ns%f; 4
said somsfi3 md h1aek-
ssst--- Ae wjfs. Her Hind I
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
A Curious Calculation.

Justice. London paper has been
giving the results Of some curious cal
culations, which. II correct, will make
Q fellow little cautious about guessing
on the size Of crowd and offering tc
bet his last dollar that he is right. Ac-
cordipg to the calculator on the staff Of
Justice. all the people in the world
shout /, 400, 900. O00-could stand in
field ten miles square. and by the aid
Of telephones could be addressed BY ,
single speaker.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
The Algerian Women.

In Algeria every girl born of native
parents is tattoocd on her forehead be-
tween the eyebrows. and just on the
root of the nose. with cross formed of
several straight lines of small stars
running close together. These tattoo
marks are dark blue color. Algerian
women are also considerably tattooed
on the back of their hands, their FORE
arms and chests, rs well as on their
shoulders, their wrists being especially
adorned with drawings representing
bracelets and flowers strung together.
As . rule. women are the operators.
and it is principally on children be-
tween the ages of and 8 that they
have to exercise their art. They use
sometimes needle, but more frequent
ly Barbary fg-tree thorn. They en-
Ploy kohl as coloring substance. 1t
is kind of fine powder made from
sulphur of antimony. which is also in
great request BY the Algerian women
Tor the purpose of face-painting.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
A Rattlesnake Baby.

The following is taken from . letter
written by Wasco county lady. AZ
ter giving the name and date Of
child's birth, she writes: Where the
child's fingers and toes ought to have
been there were rattlesnake's heads.
and there was = small snake grown
from the top Of its head aud hung
down on its face. The head of the
snake was the child's nose. aud when
ever the baby moved The snake on its
face would raise up. run out its tongue.
and hiss The baby only lived i've
hours. bat the snskeS Asvt liyed Eve
houfs 1oir aucloe 00ens 49,
sssee NJ Na1o Uuat aDQoR q . |
~ weEk - I - oon1nnA611nG q
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
Will We Have American Quinine7

Adolph Sutro is trying the expert
ment Of raising cinchona trees at his
grounds above the Cliff House. 1t Is
from the bark of about a dozen varie-
ties of this tree that quininc is extract
ed. and if they will thrive in this eli
mate the trees will become very valua-
bic.
Moreover, the cinchona is very
snowy tree and highly ornamental.
some of them growing to height OF
eighty feet. The enormous medicinal
consumption of the bark of the cincho-
M has caused the tree to be extensive
IL cultivated in India and Java 1t
grows in high attitudes in New Grena-
da, Ecuador. Peru and Bolivia. where
there is great deal of moisture. 1t
has been tried with success in Aus
tralia, near the seacoast. and Mr.. Sutro
thinks some of the varieties will grow
here. where there is a moisture in the
atmosphere all the year round--Sa"
Francisco Examiner.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
A Dress Grievance.

Qusen victoria's ladies-in-waiting arc
beginning to murmur about a griev-
snce. They only receive fSO0. and
arc expected to appear in new costume
At every dinner. The maids are COM
PEELED to trim up their old gowns in all
possible ways for the queen has an
sagis eye for old dresses and Aafss
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
ALL IN A SINGLE ROOM.
North Carolina Family Of Twenty. Eight
Who Live In One Apartment.

In the western part Of North Car
lima, about seven miles west Of Hot
Springs. there lives . family by the
name of Brooks. 1t is = very interest
ing one. and many = visitor to the
quiet little town Of Hot Springs has
had his curiosity so aroused by stories
of this family that they have hired
teams and driven seven miles to the
Brooks residence. This consists of
little. low log cabin in an unsettled
district, and is occupied by father.
mother and twenty exceptionally hand
some children.
Every one is a blonde. with golden
yellow hair and peachy eomPlexioas
and all as ignorant. Wild and duntutored
- they are beautiful In ad6ifioa -
she al'nxa family propsr ~ two a1eg
kslff ---tt ----> 49,.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
Curious Figures ON the ''surplus."

The weight and bulk of the gold and
silver coins now held in the United
States treasury form the subject Of
much inquiry among people of a math-
ematical turn of mind. one of whom
has ascertained that the gold alone
weighs COL tons of 1000 pounds. and
that the silver weighs 5000 tons.
Corded along the highway, as wood Is
corded. the gold would make wall 4
feet high and feet thick for distance
Of SS5 feet. The silver. if similarly
packed into . solid wall would extend
l.248 feet. or about five-sixth of mile.
II packed in carts. . ton in each cart,
:he procession would be nearly thirty
three miles long. Of which distance the
carts containing gold wonld cover two
ssd one-hah mica aad the silver-laden
easts . ffactio4 evsr thirty and ons-
nun4nR Nh .
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
Politics and Literature.

In a recent interview Emile lola, the
French novelist, said: Il have always
instinctirely kept clear of politics. A
man cannot be a politician and liter
ary man at the same time. These are
two beings wbo strive in different ways
for the same goal, that is, TO be known
and lardrd BY the multitude"
ac-~p.vu, N KanS0A,
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

We have no certain knowledge as to
the manner in which leprosy was con-
veyed into Europe. says the Forfnigki-
y Review. bat there Is evidence to the
eject that In the last century before
Christ 4 haA established itself in the
Roman e1pte. Its subsequeut spcead
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
The March OF Progress.

You can kiss me if You want to
Charley" she said. but and de-
lightful color suiruscd cheeks. brow.
aud ncc!-.'my brother is behind that
Green where YOU Zoe 4 small role ir
ne ccu;r,- '~'~A- - rl..icra,'
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

The Wichita Times says that 1t costs
cents pound to make sorghum sosA&
IN Kansas.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
CHAPTER xxvu.-rHE BRIDE AT HONE.

CHAPTER xxvIL-THE BRIDE AT HOME
Left alone with the woman whose charm
sill held him to her, cruelty rs she had
tried his devotion by her marriage,
Mouutjoy found the fluent amiabillty OF
the husband initiated BY the wife. She,
too. when the door had hardly closed on
Lord Harry, was bent ON persuadin9
UaGb thst her marriage had been the hap
" the inS her ff6e.>
2iA6 ver6Ink the worse Of me-" shs
I'm that had little expeeta-
utA0A4ssoIses -aentnfn
-Aned the q 4
'6in9o. Her ham, OUCo ~ sAa...-..-s
- M ~ pagmittsd to tell tha tSgfA,
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27

How Bright Young Slave Escaped Bsine
Sold to . Dealer.
Dodge City times., 1890-06-27
What They See and Sow They sp, o.s
ReAsOn-Osor 1t.

A BoY'S 9.S,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-06
THE CHICAGO GAMBLING HOUSE.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
The Butterworth bill, which defines
dealers in farm produce that does not be-
long to them and provides for taxing such
dealers, appears to have aroused the
moral instinct and Indignation of the
virtuous Chicago board of trade. and
that delectable body has given expression
to its indignation in a preamble and pro-
test of sixteen solid pages of printed
matter in language well calculated to
make an old citizen recall the high
sounding and bombastic illusions issued
years ago by the South American revo-
lutionists. In this interesting document
ruin, desOlation and volcanic commissions
are prophesied unless the commercial
and farming industries of this country
are left to the care of such institutions
as the Chicago board of trade That
board of trade has done more than any
other body of men in the United States
to educate people for and establishing
bucket shops, puts, calls and straddles,
and TO foster and systematic OPP
ton dealing with attendants and
collateral gambling evils in the semblanCe
of legitimate business and now with I'M
bounded effrontery they come before
congress with an argument against their
rivals (the bucket shOpsl and suggest leg
islation to close them up and let the
greater offenders on the Chicago board of
trade not only go free, but pose as great
and good merchants and public benefac-
tor 1t IS too huge a farce to be argued.
particularly when it is well known fact
that many of the heavy operators on the
Chicago board of trade do the bulk of
the trading now done. on the curb in the
way Of puts and calls. TO protect them
selves or give them a basis or insurance
for operating on the regular board Of
trade.
Long before the fostering sore" of
option dealing was known in the United
States, commerce in its broadest sense
was conducted and carried on. Money
was not abundant but our produc-
tons were purchased By merchants
and traders and moved from one
country 10 another by our own ships and
ana exchanged prohtabiy Tor the prod
ucts of other nations. Now with I'm
equaled transportation facilities, with
plenty Of money for all legitimate pur-
poses, and numbers of enterprising men
IN every part Of the country. we should
see > revolution and revival of business
that would astonish the world and make
nation Of honest. thrifty farmers and
merchants Il we could be free from the
incubus and demoralizing effect Of op-
ION gambling.
The ButterwoTth bin does not interfere
with the legitimate enterprise Of buying
and selling actual property for future
delivery. nor can IT In anyway interfere
with transportation. In fact IL fosters
and protects legitimate dealing oy separ-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-06
ABANNER WEEK IN MILLINERY


the father and team got across all right
and Oldham got drowned in going back 20
save the boy 4 wife and three small chill
| dreu are left in very destitute cIrCum-
stances. They were from Iowa
| The people of Okmulgee were recently
| duped by a negro who pretended 20 be "A
Mason and empowered 10 organize lodges.
He put number Of applicants through
several degrees. secured their initiatoTy
| fees and pulled ont. His dupcs supposed
they were full fedged Nasons until they
met some Of the genuine article and en-
deavorcd 10 make the signs. etc. that had
been given them work. This slick darkey
may make his appearance at other p0intz,
it is we'll enough TO look out for him.
Some six or seven miles southwest Of
Guthrie lives Mr. C. W Summers on
homestead. which hc il eudeavorinR TO
convert into "a home for himself and fam
lly lie had a son, William Summers. who
has been for some time in the employ Of
the Chicago & Alton railroad. on It's line
running through Moberiy No. A short
time since the father ami mother received
"a hopeful letter from their son, in which
he promised them that this should be his
last trip and that he was coming 10
Oklahoma very soon 10 assist them in
making home. This morning the par
cut-. brothers and sisters received the ssd
intelligence by wire that "Will WIS kiilet
last night IL wa- bis last trip"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-06
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Still no officers. 1t is almost time for
another state.
Next Monday Guthrie Will entertain the
/ Cherokee commission.
Write it now O. T., says the Guthrie
/ News, not |. T. or .. h.
The Orlando town-site case Will come up
/ during the first part of June.
! The Norman Advance is another paper
| that is published on eight pages
The typos of Oklahoma, like the editors,
| have intentions of getting together.
/ The Oklahoma City Times is publishing
| the territorial bill with legal annotations
/ The Times is enterprising.
| The lightning has begun 70 strike in
/ Oklahoma and SO have the hammers of
| the spring carpentering.
/ Last winters underclothes are pretty
well engaged in Oklahoma tying up cuts
and stOne-bruises on the youngsters feet.
The new town bell Of Guthrie rang for
the first time on the receipt Of the
news that the president had signed the
bill.
Frank Greer. Of the Guthrie Capital,
doesn't think it viii pay as small a town
as Guthrie to fight as big a railroad as the
Santa Fe
The first pension examination in okla
homa was July 3, 1889 and J. e.. Crazy,
company ID. Third regiment Illinois cav
airy of Alfred, was the lucky man
The Oklahoma State Fair association
was formed at FL Reno last Thursday. The
first fair will be held in that city, com
menclng Tuesday, October Z, 1890
Nav dav was celebrated in Oklahoma.
but there were no May poles. The poles
are all in the hands OF the politicians and
the other end il up in the persimmon tree.
Traffic in the districts Of Oklahoma that
are without railroads IS at present blocked
on account of heavy rains and rising
streams The estimate on crops however.
still continue TO 20 up daily.
1t Is warm enough in Oklahoma now 20
sleep outside the bedclOtbes with no dan
ger at all of being frost bitten. That Is one
difference in the month Of May Of Okla
homs and the May Of Nebraska.
There are any amount Of women in Okla
hOma who q year ago would tremble st
the mere mention Of Indians that today,
with n broom and a scoop shovel, could
SAL 10 and clean out = whole tribe
The people Of Oklahoma IRE watching
the town@ite bill. After that is finished
and the territorial officers appointed, the
dispatches from Washington VIII not h.
perused with the interest that they have
been for the past Fix months
The Norman base ball club was yIctori-
Gus At Noble in It's contest with the 'Piow
BOYS" and now. signing for other laurel-
has arranged game with Oklahoma City
Pride in local base bali clubs will become
intense in Oklahoma this sumner.
Mr. Oldham and his lAyear-old zon were
returning from Downs - their home
Thursday evening. the Cotton wood wac 1p.
and il trying 10 cross the father and s0a
were drowned The had3e- have U9f been
found up 70 Saturday. though City men
were searching for them II u thought