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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

for the Before Of q patent medcine,
sud sent HIM to the city to reaperate-
Here, by an evil chance. one dizzy he ran
across one of the universal letter
writing machines. He read the printed
notice that so aceurately described it,.
The very thing- With trembling FIN
gers he pressed dime into q slot, nor
did he perceive that in his agitation he
had inserted it into Proposal thirty
five-fifty' instead of Proposal sixteen
Twenty-Five as YVES his intention. Out
came the precious missive, the stamped
envelope, the fountain pen on a string.
He started to read the tender words,
but suddenly merry peals Of laughter
summoned him from the pleasant task.
He glanced over his shoulder. HOrrorsc
A bevy of schoolgirls were approach
ing. Oh. if he should thus be caught
in the very act! Again his allies
sounded the retreat. He hastily signed
his name: he folded, sealed and directed
the fateful letter: he placed it within the,
adjacent mail-box; he fed like the
wicked. since NO man pursued him
Then he waited day, a week. q
month. and certainty changed into
hope, and then into dread. Why did no
answer come? What could such silence
mean? Surely. such a popular panacea
could not have failed. Come, he would
at least know what he had sent. He
again sought the machine; he procured
a copy of Proposal sixteen to twenty
two AS he did so young man in
clerical dress brushed by him, inserted
dime in the self-same slot, received
the letter and stamped envelope, and.
ignoring the fountain pen ON J. string,
FASTENED away. When George after
ward recalled the incident it seemed to
him that those clerical clothes had .
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
Save the Poultry Feathers.

A Vermont woman who has mad.
poultry pay says: II save feathers nos
only from ducks and geese. but FROM
chickens and turkeys. have two big
bags. one for the geese and duck AMI
one for chicken and turkey feather.
When enough feat theirs have been co..
lected to make a pillow or cushion I
cut the shape out of bed-ticking ans
stitch closely all around the edges, wit;
the exception of a small opening left
at the top in which to put the feathers
Before filling 1 turn :he bag or cast
inside out and rub what is now the
right or outside of the bag well with
common bar soap. then put in the feath
ers, tie up the whole in the bag ane
place it with it's contents in a clothes
boiler and boil for few minutes. NOV
ing it about with u stick and lifting i:
up and down. Finally. 1 take it out
drain and squeeze out the water as wei
as can. and hang up in light, airI
place to dry. In few days the feather
will be light and fluffy and free from
any unpleasant odo-."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

four by twelve so as to hold twenty
head of sheep. l let them stand in TIL,
dip three minutes. You can put in
from three to four sheep at time. Rub
well: take corn-cob and currycomb
and the last thing you do souse the heal
under. Then put them in the draining
pen. Fill the box full enough so that
the sleeps back will be covered and j!
can swim in it. Take chloro naptht.
leum one gallon to forty gallons o.
water: cold or warm water will do thu
same. Repeat in eight or ten days.
For every fifty head of sheep add on4
gallon dip.-A. E. Putnam, in OH:
Earnar
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

will produce heavy snOw-drifts. the
winds passing through them sufficient
ly freely to prevent the accumulation.
To sum up the advantages which
such fences will present: l. They are
durable; ,. They prevent heavy snow
drifts: ,. They need fewer and shorter
posts; 4. They require less labor in dig
ging deep holes: 5. They need fewer
wires; q. The wind does not disturb
them, and animals do not throw them
down.
Old board fences, which have become
weak by age, or stronger board fences
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
repeated
THE ACTION OF LIGHTNING.
An Apt illustration of Its Descent to
Earth.

An Apt illustration of Its Descent to
Earth.
A discharge of lightning through n
conductor may be roughly illustrated
by hydraulic analogy. Let us suppose
Il long perpendicular pipe with a num-
Der of lateral holes at intervals, its bot
tom extremity opening into large
empty cavity. A mass of water caused
to fall suddenly into its upper end would
descend through the pipe into the cav
ity. and having no resistance but the
friction of the pipe and the resistance
Of the air in the pipe to overcome, it
would so fall without any, or but little
of the water escaping through the
lateral holes. This answers to light
ming conductor of sufficient capacity
having good earth. A pipe of small
diameter opening into a large cavity
would represent a conductor of insuffi-
cient capacity though with a good earth.
Through this thin pipe the water could
only flow comparatively slowly. and the
tendency to leakage through the lateral
holes would be cOnsiderab by increased.
Now. imagine large pipe with an
obstacle placed at its bottom so that the
diameter is reduced one-half or a large
pipe opening into cavity incapable of
containing the water let down: then the
water descending with a tremendous
impact is partially stopped by the OBJ
stacle. or by the filling up of the cavity.
The water will rebound and squirt vio-
lently out of the lateral holes. This
corresponds to conductor of sufficient
capacity connected to an insufficient
earth. and the effects will be exagger-
ated proportionally as the aperture at
the bottom is reduced. If the same pipe
is taken with the bottom end and
plugged up. the stoppage and squirting
of the water will be greatly augmented,
and perhaps the pipe will burst from
the suddenly exerted lateral pressure
This answers to conductor with a
very imperfect earth. The analogy is
striking here: the water, like the cleo
tricity. is seeking earth. it's lowest level,
but failing to find it through the pipe,
spurts or bursts out laterallv. and then
its descent by the nearest
channel it can find. The water may
have to turn corners and run down
flights of stairs on the way. so the cleo
tricity may have to avail itself OF any
thing conducting whether it lies directly
in the path or not--Elcctric Age.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
SHEEP WITH SCAB.
How an Ohio Farmer Effected: Complete
Cure.

How an Ohio Farmer Effected; u Complete
Cure.
l had one hundred head of scabby
sheep and l treated them as the Live
Stock Commission in bulletin No 4 di-
reefs, but it didn't do the work for
them. This was in December. 1857.
Then let them run till in the latter
part of April, 1855. when l sheared
them and dipped them. l made box
twelve feet long, four feet deep. two
and half feet wide at top, one foot at
the bottom. The sketch shows how
made it. b is the dipping box: p the
training pen; q the gate to let the
sheep out; T the trough ~ catch the
DRAWINGS. The draining pen l made
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

ing the future into the past again?''
YES" he replied. dreamily; Il have
been reviewing a little romance which
occurred in 1892 and it has made me
sad. l will tell it to you. if you like,
for melancholy is coach in which
there is always room for one more
''You may book me for first-class
passage" l replied.
among the many Slot-machineS that
came into prominence before their final
abolition, none were more ingenious
than the Universal Letter Writer.
And it is upon this-a veritable deus er
mochind, l may say-that my story
hinges. Its base was circled by vari
Gus slots, each bearing different in
scription. For example, there We're
some such as these: Answer to dun,
pleading Sickness DO, do, out of
town. DO, do, will be in the first of
the month The edges of these slots
Were noticeably worn by frequent use.
Others that seemed to be equally popu-
lar were: Refusal to lend five dollars:'
Acceptance of invitation TO lunch: DO.
do. to theater.' There We're. on the
other hand, slots that We're covered
with the dust of neglect. Among these
l might name. Enclosing amount of
loan Accepting pastors invitation to
prayer meeting;' Thanking friend. for
a prompt remittance.
Affairs of the heart We're covered
by many subdivisions. of which l will
part;cularize only the following: Gen
eral love letter (male)'; General love-
letter (female)'; Making up quarrel
two forms)': After engagement. next
day (rapture)': After engagement. six
months cant come around tonight:
Proposals three forms according to
;age)-siNteen to twenty-two, twenty
three to thirtyfve, thirty-fve to fifty
The last o. these was always in state
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
LITTLE SONGS.

The brain is as a treasure chest
Wherein the hard gold never fails;
The heart is but q messy nest
All full OF soft young nightingales.
Ny gold give thee wear at best
Upon thy hand. a chill, bright ring;
But let my bird lie il thy breast,
a warm, love hungry, nesting thing.
A fair kings daughter once possessed
A bird in whom she took delight;
And every thing bird loves best
She gave this favored one-but flight.
II was her Joy to smooth his wings,
To watch those eyes that waxed and waned;
To tender him choice offerings
And have him feed from her white hand
And every day she loved him more,
But when at last she loved him most
She opened wide his prison door.
Content that he to her were lost.
To be a little child once more
And in its dreamlesS cradle lie,
To hear q soft voice Der and DER
Refraining Bye low baby bye
To be child, be innocence
OF all that hath mans heart beguiled,
Yet know by some mysterious sense
How good it is to be child!
~.
Is il that as youths dreams retreat
And quench in gloom their phantom glitter,
AS life becomes not all so sweet,
Death seems not either quite so bitters
Gertrude Hall. in n. Y. Independent.
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

[St. Louis Republic.l
KEEP all your pullets.
SEE that each fowl gets it's share of
feed.
WHENEVER you find a hen that don't
lay kill her.
IT rarely pays to keep hen after she
is three years old.
PLACE clean pure water daily where
the fowls can help themselves.
BARLEY fed alternately with wheat
makes good feed for laying hens.
WELL-FATTENED and well-dressed
poultry always sell at the best prices.
MEAT scraps of all kinds makes a
good ration for the poultry during the
winter.
PREPARE to breed as many chickens
as possible, as early as possible; they
will pay the best.
THE rakings from the barn loft and
the managers are good material for the
hens to scratch over.
One of the most common ways for
the hens learning to eat eggs is leaving
broken eggs in the nest.
VARIETY OF feed is necessary to Sc
cure eggs. No one ration will furnish
all the needed elements.
BRAN with small quantity of oil
boiled, made into stiff dough with
milk, is a good feed for hens.
In raising poultry for market breed
the fesh-formers, and feed so as to get
the best weight at the lowest cost.
OATMEAL is one of the very best ma
terials that can be supplied to young
chickens to keep them growing.
BATHING in sweet oil is one of the
very best remedies to use on the combs
in case they should get frosted.
UNDER what may be considered over
aise conditions fifty hens are as many
~ should be kept in one house together.
In severe cold weather it is best to
feed more corn than when the weather
is milder. Corn is good heating food.
WARNING the water and keeping it
fresh will aid materially in preventing
bowel diseases during the winter; sup
ply it at least two or three times a day.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

thirty rods long. more or less. in day,
while the reduced amount of wire re-
quired and the shorter posts which may
be used. will render this fenc as cheap
in construction as the one with five or
six wires on level ground. The posts
may be at least one rod apart. if inter-
mediate vertical cross pieces with the
lower ends nearly reaching the ground
are used. to which the wires are stapled
to keep them in position.
Fig. } represents the appearance of
such fence, and Fig. is cross sec
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

of moldy desuetude, and the question of
its removal provoked an acrimonious
debate in the board of directors of the
company owning the invention. TWAS
finally retained through the fearful eff
forts of the president, who had maid
en- sister with corkscrew scurls and a
vinegary nose, who insisted upon bless
ing his home with her presence.
There were of course domestic slots,
such as We need coal: L saw such a
love of bonnet; The cook is drunk
again. and Ma has come for few
days for wifely use. And Must work
at the books tonight: Have hot bis
cults for supper and I have no change
suitable for the head of the household.
Il may also add that all of those forms
of polite usage which are common in
Etod society were here furnished, and
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

tread on such a WALL of stones Fewer
wires are needed. three being sufficient
where five or six are required on level
ground. If the wall is rather small. or
if the barrier is to I've rem dered stronger
and more visible. two or three burrows
may be turned from the foot of the
wall. AS no animals will wish to
crowd or lean against such a wall. less.
strength is required in the posts: and
the stones partly supporting them. the
post holes need not be dug so deep. nor
are very long posts required. 1t is
hardly necessary to add that the posts
are to be set before the line of stones is
placed in position. Fig: 1 represents
such a fence.
In the absence of st ones, small open
ditch on each side of the fence answers
equally well. The line of posts is first
set. and then several burrows are plOwed
on each side as near t. it as practicable,
and the lOOsened earth thrown up into
ridge or bank. A second blowing and
a second shoveling will complete the
bitches and bank. The wires are then
placed on the posts and the fence is
completed. No horse or colt will wish
to tread down into the ditch in order
that he may climb the bank and push
against the wires. The barrier will be
sufficiently visible. If the ground on
each side is heavy turf, the bank prop
erly covered with it may be more mar
row and steep than one made wholly of
loose earth, which. however, will in
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
IN THE WRONG SLOT.
a Story of the Future Which
Made the ROmancer Sad.

NET my friend
Smith the other
evening at the
club. He was
stretched out in
one of the east
est of the easy
chairs of t h e
smoking room.
ii i S igar.
though in hand.
had gone out.
His eyes were
uprolled, as
if studying the
part of his hair.
He was think
ing.
Hello" / be-
gan. Have you
been transform
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

I l m e become
w e SOdded.
Two men. with
a tw OH OrS e
team. will pillow
the burrows and
make the bank
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age to get rid of
some of them in
constructing a
small loose rip
rap wall on the
line of the fence
and under the
barb wires. they
become a. visible
barrier. and no
horse desires to
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

partial barb-wire aid of single one
stretched on the top. as shown in Fig 4.
Such animals have no disposition to rub
against fence of this kind or to press
it, and it remains safe and untouched
American Cultivator.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28

If rightly managed it is less work t.
keep down lice in the winter than ir
summer, yet they need looking after
fully as much at one season as another.
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" hICh d l z L IL
danger of being
brOk en- down
by IL n r IL | v
horses. may be
rendered i m
paSSable by the
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Oyeruatched.

Judge-You are charged with bigany,
Mt. Smith. Have you any thing to say
to the charge?
PrisOner-NO. sir. I'm not fool
enough to talk against two woman
Puck.
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ton. the hOri-
zOntal dotted
line being the
surface of the
ground: Neither
of these fences
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-28
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE FENCE QUESTION.

y You Want to Save Time and Aanpy
Read Thio Anicles.
In localities where there are MANY
small stones scattered over the fields,
and where it would be a positive s6vant-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
Is 1T WORTH WHILE?

Is 1t worth while that we jostlc a brother
bearing his load on the rough road of life?
IS II worth while that we jeer at each other
"a oiackeess OF hesrt-that we WAT to the knife2
God pity ss all in or pttiful STRIFE
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
Tea pardon US all for the tri um phs we feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on thu
heather, "
Pierced to the heart. Words are kesner than
steel, $500
And mishtier far for woe or for veal.
We're 1t not we'll. In this brief little journey
On over the isthmus down into the tide
We give him a fish instead of q serpent
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye, in dust at HIS side?
Look at the roses saluting each other.
Look 1T the herds all at peace on the plain
Man, and man only, mskes War his brother.
ana ihughs in his heart at his peril and pain
shamed by the beasts that 60 down on the plain.
Il 1t worth while that we battle to humble
some poor fellow soldier down into the dust?
uod pity MS ALL Time oft soon will tumble
All OF us together, like leaves in a gust
humoied indeed down into the dust!
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
TIE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Tha President must have felt that
the preparation OF his annual message
to Congress. this year, was pleasant
task, since he bad SO much gratifying
intelligence to convey under the seal
OF official sanction. Gigantic crops,
an enormous increase in our foreign
trade, a satisfactory adjustment of the
Behring Sea and other diplomatic
entanglements, and a prosperous and,
therefore, reasonably contented ma
ton. were themes that must have been
grateful to him.
1t is too bad that there should be
one dark spot-one paragraph-in
the document which the masses Of the
people cannot indorse without quail.
fication. And that, too, on such an
important subject as money. But
oven his utterances on tho silver
question indicate that we are emery
ing from the darkness and despond-
ency caused by the debasement of tho
noble metal. Even il, At the very
worst, we should have to await the
international conference suggested by
the President before we can obtain
the free coinage Of silver, we would
not have very long to wait. Two
years, at the most, will see every
commercial nation Of any i,npor,an ce
brought around to our way OF think
ing on this subject.
Hence the message is. as a whole,
very satisfactory and able document.
Suoh one as people Of all shades OF
political belief can indorse in the main.
and point to with pride as emana,ing
from the Chief Magistrate of a free
nltion OF 65 100000 souls.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
National Bank DiscOunt-Usury.

According to the decision OF the
Kentucky Court of Appeals, in the
case OF Nicholson vs.. National Bank
OF Newcastle, a discount by bank
is a deduction or drawback made upon
its advances or loans OF money upon
negotiable paper or other evidences
of debt, payable at a future day,
which are transferred to the bank, and
is a purchase by discounting as dis.
tinsuished from purchase by barter
aud sale, where tho seller does not
indorse the note, except, perhaps,
without recourse, and is not account.
able upon the contract for the value
OF It. In the case before thu court it
appeared that four DAYS before the
maturity OF pote for $3.50 national
bank purchased it in the usual course
OF trade at humping discount" Of
VI, and the note was Endorsed by the
seller and another. The court held
that ,hsre WAS dlscoun;iny of the
note within the meaning of the ma
tional banking act, which confers u pom
national banks "sueh incidental
powers as shall be necessary to carry
on the bu ,iness Of banking hy dis.
counting and negotiating promissory
notes" and that therefore the pur-
chase Of the note by the bank was not
ultra wires, and had the effec. under
the Kentucky statute to place it on
the footing Of bill! Of exchange. The
court further held that national banks
are not required to adopt a uniform
rate OF discount, but they make the
percentum Of discount a subject Of
bargain upon the occasion of each
purchase; that the fact that note is
not discounted at certain per cent
hut by dumping trade" does not
make the purchase ultra wires or de-
privs the note of is Negotiable char
acter, aud that the fact that the dis
count il usurions does not affect the
title Of the bank.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
D. l. 0owd's Health Exerciser

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
Silver.

6JlvcTs
Bradstrset's. December 81
The unexpected declarations in
regard to silver contained IN MI.
Gosohen's address to the London
bankers has produced this week a
strong tone and an advanced tendency
in the market for the metal. It's
true that the significance of the mat
ter was somewhat exaggerated, and
that the sudden increase in activity
and advance in the quotations fer
bullion certificates in this market last
Wednesday from 941 to 90 was there
fore not maintained. At the same
time it is recognized that Mr.. Goschen
had spoken as favorably about silver
as it was possible for an English
Chancellor Of the Exchsquer to do
under the circumstances. Another
factor which had consider able effect
on the market was thu rumor that
the negotiations for the Spanish loan
at Paris had been successfully removed,
and though the foreign buying of sill
yer in this market may be ascriBed
to Mr.. Goschen's address, it was
thought that some Of the purchases
were for Spanish account, and that
the considerable shipments Of silver
bullion to day are due to that cause.
The result Of the movement has
caused an advance in the price OF
bars from 945o. per ounce to 9S5c.,
while in London the commercial quo.
tations advanced from 43al. to 441d.,
India exchange also being firm. On
Friday the market price OF silver GER
tlfcates showed a recession. The
stock Of silver bullion OH hand at
New York against certificates is now
100000 ounces.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-12
MRS, DUNlWAY,S NEW WEEKLY.

After few years retirement and
such rest as she could obtain By ranch.
ing on Lost River, this county and
State, Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway
has returned to journalism, and made
her bow to the public as responsible
editress of THE COMING CENTURY. a
literary weekly the FIRST issue Of which
is just pub!ish~d at Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Duniway has enlisted the services
OF several first class writer's, novelists,
poets and thinkers, aud will certainly
score a success, as she knows no such
word as fail.
The subscription price OF The Com.
ing Century is 50 per annum. Address
The Coming Century, Portland, Or.