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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13


comprised the barracks occupied by the
three companies of infantry and one
troop of cavalry which made up the
garrison. The store-houses, stables, cor
rails, etc, completed all there was of
Fort BALDWIN.
1t was a sun-baked slope, extending
toward the ella, three miles away, but
along a pretty stream, a redeeming
feature, having its source in the springs
at the base of the mountain which
formed the background. The land
scape WAS still farther relieved by the
extending lines of cottonwood and mes
quite trees which bordered the little
Stream, called by the Indians the
''Shus- BeTo,' or Bears Water.
Around this ''post" the Apaches were
everywhere, even stealthily crawling
inside the line of sentinels at night or
shooting their arrows at the sentinel as
he walked his lonely beat. On one dark
night they watched the guard at the cat
tie corral and during his short absence
from a selected spot by an adroit use of
their rawhide lariats succeeded in drag
ging several of the smaller animals
through an opening they had forced be-
tween the logs without discovery,
whereat a soldier next morning rhymed:
" Lo! the poor Indian. with untutored mind
Finds calves in the corral and chokes OF
their wind
In the year which followed the close
of the war of the rebellion to Fort Bad
win had come Captain SIgourney, with
his bride and his cavalry troop. Gentle
Mary Sigourney was a minister's daugh-
ter, who in the far-away New England
town had joined her life with that of
the brave young Captain, that hero for
whom she had forsaken home and kim
dred, to share with him the wild, I'M
known life on the frontier. The fair.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
GOOD WOMEN FOR LAZY meN.

BY actual count $50 young women
have taken up timber claims in western
Washington during the past six months.
One woman in Monroe. Ne, has made
n ten months time 1,S7G vests, recciv-
ing therefor $40, beside doing the
houscworls for herself and husband, and
taking care Of the milk OF one COW.
GERTRUDE LINDEN is the poetic name
Of q young woman who makes good
living for herself and two children
sweeping and busting tho private apart
mcnts Of housclseepers and bachelors.
LIZ Austria women are employed to
carry tic mortar and brici. TO the bald
CTS. They work from seven o'clock in
tho morning till six O'Clock at night
with one hour at noon, and receive
twenty cents day. Most of these fe-
malc hod-carriers are unmarried and
homeless.
ms. Z. 4. TLAGG, Of West Hartford,
Conn, shows \ business tact that is sur
passed. by but few men. In addition to
managing the grist mill and its large
business, she has started an ice enter
prise. A house, G2x3a feet and % feet
high. has been built and filed with 1000
tons Of ice, which she proposes to sell
tho coming summer.
ACCEPTING tho philosophers theory that
money represents trouble IL Is surprising
to sec how many people arc willing and
anxious to borrow trouble.-Washington
Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13


girlish form seemed strangely out of
keeping with the rude surroundings, but
she was content.
Barely were the soldiers given time
to occupy their quarters after the weary
march across the sandy deserts. 1t was
Indians! Indians! everywhere and at
all times Captain Sigourney, the ideal
of an American cavalry officer, was al
most constantly in the saddle, his form
a tower of physical and moral strength
His rough-riding troopers were already
terror to the neighboring bands Of
Apaches, who felt that their strong
holds and mountain Businesses were no
longer places from which they might
defy the troops of the Government.
It was Sunday afternoon. The Oc-
tober sun shone brightly as stable-cal
was sounded at BALDWIN; but, instead of
answering the call" both officers and
men had collected in groups about the
flagstaff. intent upon a strange some
thing which had attracted their atten-
ton. Even the few members of the Of
fcers' families were there, in little
knot but slightly removed, and the eyes
of all were riveted ON . common object.
Gradually it vas seen to emerge from
the haziness Of the surrounding hills,
and soon forms were distinguishable.
But ere this, the clear notes of the cav
airy bugles rang out Boots and sd
dles!r and the long roll of the infantry
was Is proaptay beaten Captain
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

for him on earth-savc. last. the ag.
onizcd thought of his widowed bride.
To die thus without another glimpse OF
the sweet face of her who was SO near,
to leave her in her desoiation- Whiz!
Crack!
With a mad yell, Cochise sprang into
the air. and the fallen soldier realized
that not two hours ago, but only the
space of lightning flash, had the
lance entered his side. Cochisc had not
time to finish his work.
The fight still ragged: but in place OF
the bloodthirsty Apache, woman's
form bent over her husband. ard Mary
Sigourney dropped the still smoking
gun. With strength born of agony,
she dragged the wounded man back to
the safety of the dng-out.
The fall of Cochisc turned the tide OF
battle: and waiting only to secure the
wounded chief, the Apaches scurried
to the hills like a flock of quails. Then
for her who had saved the day at Bad.
win-''For the Captains Wife!"-long
and loudly did the soldiers cheer.-Cap.
tain Frank Upham, U. $. A.. in Dem
orcst's Magazine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
A FAMILY DRUM CORPS.

A little man bought him big bass-drum;
Boom-boom-boom!
=" Who knows" said he, "when the war will
Gomez
Boom-boom-boOm!
I'm not at all frightened, you understand.
But. il am called on to fight for my land,
want to be ready TO play in the band"
Boom-boom-boom.
He got all his children little snaredrums:
Boom-tiderada-bo
And they'd practice soon as they'd finished
their sums.
-tidcra da-boom.
"Wc're just ike our papa" in chorus said
they,
And il we should ever get into the fray,
Why, it's safer to thump than TO fight any
day.
om-t.dcrada-boom!
And, showing her spirit, the little mans
wife
Boom-tidera-da-boom.
With some Of her pin money purchased a fife;
Boom-tidera- da-boom.
ID, picking out tunes that were not very
hard,
They'd play them while marching around the
back yard
Without for ones feelings the slightest re-
gard.
Boom-tidera- da-boom diddle dec
Boom-tidcra- da-boom.
The little old parson, who lived next door
Boom-tiderad a-boom.
Would throw up his hands as he walked the
floor;
Observation-Disclosures!
Won't You stop il, beg your he often said,
I'm trying to think Of text, but instead
The only thing can get into my head
Is your bcom-tidera da-boom a. diddle-dee-
Boom-tidera- da-boomr'
And all OF the people for blocks around
Boom-tidera- da-boom.
Kept time al their tasks to the martial sound
observation-disclosures.
While children to windows and Stops would
fly,
Expecting to see procession pass by,
And they couldn't make out why it never
drew nigh,
With its boom - tidera-da - boom a-diddle-
dee
m-tidera-da-boom
1t would seem such vigor must soon abate;
Boom-tldera- da-bO0m,
But they still keep at il, early and late;
Boorn-tidera- da-boom,
So ii II should be that a war breaks out,
They'll all be ready, have no doubt,
To help in putting the foe to rout,
With their booIn--tidera- da-boom-
on-tiderd-dG-boom-
Boom-tidera- da-boom -diddle dec
Buom-BooM-BOOM.
Malcolm Douglas in St. Nicholas.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
BrOtherly Artists.

81 say, Potboyle," said local artist
the other day to member of the hang
ing committee for the spring exhibition,
81 hope you don't intend to sky my
picture this time. Last year it was so
near the ceiling no one could see it with
out telescope"
Not bit, my dear boy. mean to
have it placed right on the line next to
my own Sunset at Sausalito.'"
Don't sayr'
Eyes, l do. The fact is, I'm dread
fully hard up and have got to sell my
picture somehow. Now. want yours
as a contrast. I calculate that your
picture ought to sell any thing within
ten feet of it, and
Both deposited the necessary BAIL
San Francisco Examiner.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

The limits of vision vary with eleva-
ton, conditions Of the atmosphere, in
tensity of illumination, ard other
modifying elements in different cases.
On clear day an object one foot above
a level plain may be seen at distance
of 1.S1 miles; one 10 feet high. As
miles: one 20 feet high. $50 miles: one
100 feet high, 1871 miles; one a mile
high. as the top of mountain, 95.2s
miles. This allows seven inches-or to
be exact. 600 inches-for the curvature
of the earth, and assumes that the size
and illuminations of the object are suffi-
cient to produce an image. Five miles
may be taken - the extreme limit at
which man is visible on q fat plain to
an observer ON the same level-N. Y.
Weekly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

Eminent Advocate sir, what
led to the assault?
Plaintiff (deaf)-Yes, sir.
Advocate Qouder)-What caused the
defendant to assault you?
Plaintiff (still deaf)-Har.
Advocate (roaring)-What made him
hit you?
Plaintiff-Wal. You see, Squire. it was
this way: l called him a dad-dangcd
liar. SEE he, IF you don't take that
back I'll knock a bale o hay out of you. -
AdvOcate-What ensued?
Plaintiff-Har.
Advocate (stentorianly)-What fol-
lowed?
Plaintiff (cheerfully)-Also, he done
it.-Lifc.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

The brusque and fussy mn
pulse of these days Of false
Impression would rate down
all as worthless because one
is unworthy.
As if there were no notes
IN sunbeamsl
Or comets among stars
Or cataracts IN peaceful
rivers
Because one remedy pro-
fesses to do what it never
was adapted to do, are all
remedies worthless?
Because one doctor lets his
patient die, are all humbugs I
1t requires a fine eye and
a finer brain to discriminate
to draw the differential line.
@They say" that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton have cured thousands.
They say" for a weak sys-
tenn there's nothing better than
the " Discovery" and that the
|" Favorite Prescription is the
hope of debilitated, feeble
women who need a restora-
tive tonic and bracing nervine.
And here's the proof
Try one or both. If they
don't hep you, tell the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton so, and you get your
money back again.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
LINCOlN'S hUMOR.
1t Was of the Kind Which Might II,
Termed SeriouS Good Nature.

1t Was of the Kind Which Might he
Termed Serious Good Nature.
The humor of Lincoln was, like that
of most great humorists, the break of
an intense and profound seriousness.
Its sunny flash caught the eye more
than the solemn depths from which il
rose. and his 5iographers make some.
thing like protest against the exag.
geratcd popular estimate of it. This is
very well, but it will not avail. There
is sort of tricksy caprice, a within like
a woman's. which fixes the popular esti-
mate of all things, aud which no rea-
soning can change. 1t is this, apparent
~. which has chosen the Gettysburg
address to pre-cmincnt fame out of all
the beautiful and perfect things that
Lincoln has written and said. Some
thing in the supreme occasion, in the
matchless worth of the main thoughts
and in the very quality of haste evident
in it. consccrltes it to the first place in
the memory of the people, and it would
be both pcrilous and futile to attempt
to replace it with any other words even
of the same man. What surprises,
what astoni>heS one in a critical ex.
animation of his words at all times, al.
most from the first use he makes OF
written words. is his artistic sense OF
them. Here indeed. is something like
the operation of genius, of the thing
that we are so many of us eager to sub
stitute for consciousness. 1t is as II
Lincoln were so deeply concerned with
what he was thinking that he did moi
kHbw how electly he was saying it
But we believe it would be a mistake tc
suppose this; we belle. e that this man.
without any scholarly training, had
schoolcd himself, had trained himself,
to the study of expression, till he felt
through all his consciousness the beauty
of simplicity. that last and farthest
grace, and till it became his second
nature to use the right word in the
right place, SO that he could not have
erred without the pain the artist knows
when any vOcab!e rings false.-William
Dean HOwclls, in Harper's Magazine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
THE FARM IN GENERAL.

No SOIL is properly prepared until it
Is rs fine as an ash heap.
NEVER cut down trees for fire wood
that have a good value for lumber.
RUST and exposure knock out more
farm tools and machinery than use.
MANURE in the barnyard is as much
dead capital as is money lying in 4 safe.
Set it to earning something as soon as
possible.
SIX per cent. Of the corn crop is lost
by evaporation if the crop is held over
seven or eight months, which loss cam
not be prevented.
IF q young orchard is worth setting
out, it is worth cultivatine. No cult
walton, no orchard that viii amount to
ouvthinr
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

"An communications for this paper should
accompanied by the name Of the author,
lot necessarily for publication, but as an evi.
fence Of good Faith on the part Of the writer.
Write only on one side Of tho paper. b
paJttcutarly careful In giving names and dateG
g have h letters and hgures plain and
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it Is pleasant
and reffeshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tam eAsctually, dispels colds, bead
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Fig i the
only remedy Of IT. kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing TO the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach. prompt in
IT. action and truly beneficial IN it,
sdecta prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances
II many excellent qualities COM
mend Il to Ill and have made Il
tie most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs i for sale in 500
md d bottles By al leading drug
gistA Any reliable druggist Who
may not have Il ON hand will pro-
cure Il promptly for any ono Who
wishes to tzy Il Do not accept
any substitute.
cALAFQRNN re SxRUP co.
az Rlanuce, car,
oeo19Uees ~ ~ ronk IL
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

MANY people think that the word ''Bit-
tiers" can lie used only in connection with
an intoxicating beverage. This is u mis-
take. as the best remedy for all diseases OF
the blood, liver, kidneys, etc. is Prickly Ash
Bitters. 1t is purely a medicine and every
article used in its manufacture is of veget-
able origin of known curative qualities.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
THE CAPTAINS WIFE.
How She Saved the Day at Fort
BALDWIN.

I'D Fort Bad
win consisted of
n row of squat,
one-story adobe
houses, built in
the Me Xican
style, which
We're the quar-
tiers of the Of
fcers. a n d a
similar, though
somewhat diff
f ere ntly ar
ranged line of
buildings ex-
tending at a
right an 81 e
from the end of
the Off GERS
A a
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

1T is not advisable for n bank cashier to
read nautical tales; the practice might in
spire him to become u ''skipper."-Dosto
Courier.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

II know two tunes; one is Old
Hundred. the ether isn't / always sing
the laft9."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
A Sensitive Patron.

you've got fellow in there that
won't wait on me again, not much, -
said an irate customer, as he emerged
from the dining-room and slapped his
check down before the hotel clerk.
whats the trouble, sir?" asked the
clerk.
I'm not stingy," continued the Gus
toner. land don't mind giving tips, but
when q waiter hangs round when fell
low is nearly through eating and whis-
ties DO Not Forget Me- think it ID
about time something was done"
The offer Of a twenty-ive-cent cigar
seemed to wonderfully pacify the en-
ragged customer.-Boston Herald.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

WOMAN can't throw stone straight to
save her soul, but she can sit in an easy
chair and cnchant a man so that he will 60
and throw 1t for hcr.-Somerville Journal
MANY people, who believe in ''business
before pleasure" still seem to take pleasure
in other folks business-Ctica Herald
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

Syrup"

]. c. Davis. Rector of St. James
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala:
MY son has been badly afflicted
with a fearful and threatening cough
for several months, and after trying
neutrality-suspicious. from physicians
which failed to relieve him, he has
been perfectly restored by the use Of
two bottles of Bo-
An Episcopal schee's German Syr-
up. I can recon-
Rector. mend it with o u
hesitation" Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as a remedy can
be subjected to. 1t is for these long
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made a speciality.
Many others afflicted as this lad
was, will do well to make a note Of
this.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike S Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

NEW beginners In equestrianism realize
the painful meaning Of saddlery hard wear
.-Texas Stftinca
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

TIE young man who wishes 70 go to the
front ir his vocation, and stay there, should
secure position as strect-car driver
NOrristOyn Herald
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
Though much

Though much is said about the de-
cadence of New England during the
last ten years the population has in
creased more than during any other de-
cade in all its history. The only
State in which there has been NO in
crease Is Vermont, and the conditions
in Vermont are such as make It prob
able thsk the State never will have
more population than now.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

]. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Mimi,
writes: I always use German Syrup
for Cold on the Lungs. have
never found an equal to it-far less
a superior. o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., Nj.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

"A small boy recently walked into .
Philadelphia drugstore and gravely
asked for i've cents worth Of jumps.
The clerk, after much puzzled thought.
came to the correct conclusion that tn
Lad wanted hops.-s1Aarmaeeutiaal Era
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
Killed by tho Cars.

Thomas Culliman, aged so years, of
Sedalia. Mo-, was struck and instantly
killed the other night at $3.50 o'clock by
the south-bound Omaha express on the
Missouri Pacific road just under the
Central avenue viaduct, Kansas City,
Kan. The dead man had been en-
ployed as a boiler-maker in the Missouri
Pacific shops and leaves a family in
Sedalia
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

The man who drills wells may be o very
pleasant person, but still he's An awful bore
-Binghamton Republican.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Precocious Thieves.

Jesse Robinson, aged 16, and William
Curl, aged II, sons Of respectable par
ents. were recently arrested at Arkan-
sas City on suspicion of having stolen
some tools from the Santa Fe shops
When the home of the former was
searched a veritable mine of stolen
goods was found, including tools, guns,
revolvers, powder, razors, knives, etc,
amounting in value to nearly $1,000.
The boys confessed to having stolen all
the goods in Arkansas City, Winfield
and other towns.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

No O3igm in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail PC.
To SUCCEED in his art, tho skater must
get OF his foot frcquently.-Texas SiftingS.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
His First Veto.

Gov. Humphreys first veto was sent
to the senate on the 9th. He disap-
proved the bill providing for the indie
pendent government of the institution
for the education of the deaf and dumb.
He objected to the measure because it
took the institution out of the hands of
the state board of charities. thus in
creasing the managing boards.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

THE punster is cruel when he makes some
poor, weak word carry doubie.-Texas Slit
inCs.
1T IS said that O Chinauan never goes
crazy. There is no reason why he should.
Millinery bills are unknown in the Flowery
Kingdom.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13
The .Apportionment Bill.

The house on the 5th passed the con-
gressional appOrtiOnment bill making
eight districts. The senate bill was re-
jected and the house bill substituted
without change. except that Harper and
kingman counties were taken from the
fourth and added to the eighth, and Nc
Pherson is taken from the eighth and
put in the fourth.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

Inc approach OF THESE Indians was
only discovered by the Major who COM
manded the infantry in time to enable
him to move his men at a rapid gait to
place in the rear of the line of officers
quarters Directly behind each set of
these quarters had been built dug
out, kind of outside cellar. such as is
used in warm climates for keeping the
family stores; these were few feet be-
low the level of the ground, the logs
forming roofs covered with earth. Into
these were now unceremoniously hur-
ried the terrified women and children
composing the families of the officers
and soldiers of the command. 1t was
just possible to do this and reach point
beyond. perhaps one hundred yards dis
tant, when the attack began.
The quiet was broken by the fierce
whoop Of the Apaches, which, once
heard, can never be forgotten. The
gaudily painted and ochered savages,
bare to the waist and clad only in
breech-clout and moccasins. came on at
rapid run, in a thin, scattering line,
extending far to the right and left. To
throw out q skirmish line was but the
work of moments, when the steady fire
of the disciplined soldiers checked the
rapid advance of the Indians, causing
them to waver slightly. Quickly push
ing his temporary advantage, the Major
drove them again to shelter. But now
there came from the Apaches a deafen-
ing yell. the significance of which the
soldiers knew too well: COchise had
come!
When Captain Sigourney saw that
Cochise had gone. he for the first time
heard the firing in the post Moving
his troop at gallop. he quickly passed |
over the ground of his recent charge
End reached the remainder of the com
nand just as it was being forced back
npon the rear of the line of officers
quarters and toward the little parade
ground 1t Baldwin. Many of the sol
Hers had already been killed BY the
united bands a Apache& With cochise |
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-13

According to the report of George F.
Kellogg, state sugar inspector, the
amount of the different grades of sugar
manufactured in Kansas the past year
was, sorghum, 51,7 pounds; beet,
As, 260 pounds, or a total of Geo, 900
pounds. Deducting from this 20, lO7
pounds. not inspected, leaves 500, S93
pounds for which bounty is payable.