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A PYGMY CAMP.
How the Dwarfs of the Great African For
est Build and Live.

HOW the DWariS OF the Great African
est Build and Live.
Their villages, situated under the i'm
pervious foliage of the largest clump Of
trees to be found near the locality where
they propose camping, struck us as being
comfortable, snug and neat. have seen
ninety-two huts in one of these villages,
arranged in circle of about fifty yards
in diameter. The pygmy camps are gen
orally found at the crossways, where two
or more paths intersect, and are from two
to three miles distant from agricultural
settlements. Our anxieties always less
ened on meeting them, for the more
paths we found the more we were as
sured of food and the roads improved.
Sometimes these forest villages were
planted midway between parallel lines
of settlements. A short walk from our
camp through the woods, north or south,
would take US to plantations large enough
to supply a regiment with food. One
time we came to a group of dwarf vii
lagos whence broad path six feet wide
communicated with another group three
miles distant. This road was a revela-
| ton. 1t informed us that the tribe was
more than usually powerful; that it was
we'll established; that the chief possessed
power, and was permitted to exercise it.
Outside of the great kingdom of Uganda
we had not seen i'll Africa cut road
| longer than half mile.
] re huts in every pygmy camp We're
of tortoise back figure. The doorways
were not more than three feet high. and
were placed at the ends, one being for
daily use, and the other, which fronted
the bush, for escape. Those for constant
convenience looked out on the circular
common and pointed TO the center, where
stood the tribal chiefs hut, as though the
duty of every household was to watch
over the safety of him who ruled the
community.
We rarely found hut higher than
four feet six inches. In length they va
ried from seven to ten feet, while the
width would be from four and a half feet
to seven. In what appeared to be old es-
tablished camps we found rough cots
constructed, which were raised a few
| inches above TIN. ground, sftcr the style
| of our own forest couches. Several lay
ers of phrynium leaves make luxurious
bed.-Henry NJ Stanley in Scribner's.
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NO HOPE FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE

Al the dehatin' club las night we all discussed a
cure
Forth debilitated state of English lltrachure"
"rhe stuff thet's writ for folks" said. don't
move 'em am delight 'em,
Because the folks who write the things don't
know enough TO write EN-
THE folks who write, they stun their heads In
some big cyclopedy,
witch amt no place fer mental food TO feed the
poor an needy;
They're huntin' on an ENTITY shelf, like poor oil
Mother Hubbard,
An go right by the open door OF Neither Natur's
cupboard
They crawl into some libery far from the works
inspection,
Bury themselves in books beyond all hope OF res
direction;
They cry ont from their tombs in which no sun
nor star can glisten,
An weep because the liv'n' worl' don't I'm no
time TO listen
Then Elder Pettengell he asked Can you sug
gest acue
For the debilitated state OF English lit'rachure"
Amt none; our authors ignorance is far too
dark for lightin',
While we who know enough TO write hain't got
no time for writin'"
s. w. Foss in Yankee Blade
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CAME BACK AFTER DEATH.


Here's a Ghost That Evidently Liked
Work Connected with Drug Store.
A curious thing is said to have hap
pened at Crossen, Silesia, in the year
1863. In the spring of that year one
Christopher Monigh, drug clerk tan
apothecary's servant, as the old account
says, died and was buried with the
usual services of his church. A few
days after his death shadow exactly
like his in face, clothes, stature, mein,
etc., appeared in the drugshop where he
had been employed before his decease.
In the shop he would walk aEout, sit
himself down, take boxes, pots, glasses,
ETC., from the shelves, always returning
them to their exact places.
Later on he began to try the quality of
the medicines and to weigh various drug
stuffs in a pair of scales used for that
purpose; would pound drugs in mortar
with "mightie noise," and even serve
people who came on business to the shop;
in word, do all that a servant in such
capacity could do. He looked very
CHASTITY upon those who had formerly
been his fellow servants. they being
afraid to say anything to him. The
owner of the drug shop was sick at the
time, and this phantom servant soon
began to cause him a deal of trouDie,
performing all sorts of tricks on the in
valid, such as pulling down the bed upon
which he lay, burning sheets, coverlets,
ETC., and at one time even going so far
as to throw the lamps in the fire as often
as they were brought into the sick room.
During all this time he had never been
seen in the streets or heard to speak.
Finally, one day he put on cloak that
hung in the shop and walked out into
the streets, niltding no one and turning
neither to the right nor to the left.
Nearing the churchyard where his
mortal remains had been deposited, he
met maid servant with whom he had
formerly been on speaking terms; ac-
costel her, only to see her fall in a
swoon. This single Instance Is the
only one in which he is said to have
spoken during the six weeks he was ter
rorizing all that portion of Silcsia.
When the girl tainted the gallant
phantom essayed to help her TO her feet,
and placed in her hand a paper written
in blood red ink telling the location OF
much buried treasure That night Prin-
cess Elizabeth Charlotte, the then chiei
magistrate of Crossen. determined to
put an end to the ghostly raids Of the
drug clerk. She ordered the grave
opened, and tho corpse, grave clothes
and the coffin burned.
This weird proceeding was carried ont
to the letter, and nothing of the ghost
clerk was ever seen afterward, although
exact pictures of him appeared in every
window pane in the drug shop building,
Some of these pictures, which much re
sembled sand blast work, faded In few
months, but two of them. in an attic
window where the clerk lived prior tc
his death. Were plain to be seen up tC
the time the building was destroyed by
fire in 1741. No explanation of thest
mysterious shadows has ever beer
given.-St. Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

One dollar pays for The LONDON
DERRY SITTER for one year-the best
paper in Vermont.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

ELDERS manifesto is about what was
expected from the alliance leader. but is
not well received by the reading and
thinking members of that party, as they
claim that his statements are so false in
many particulars, that his correct asser-
tons will be doubted. His report is not
in accord with the records of the House
as kept by an alliance clerk. He claims
all good bills were passed by the House,
and mentions many as house bills which
the records show to have originated in
the Senate. When the House and Senate
disagree pot should not call the kettle
black. You both deserve to be spanked.
and will be when your constituents have
time to properly attend to you. The case
of the dog in the manger was exemplified
and it seems that House aud Senate took
turns as dog. which. however, is no rea-
son why Elder should continue his sense
less barking.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

The howl of the free trade is as loud
and even more senseless than at the last
presidential election. The free trade
political leaders still tell the eastern far
mer that he is starving and that his hogs
and cattle should bring more than s.
and 81 per cwt.; his corn more than GO
cents per bushel, etc.; that his tinware
costs more than twice what it should.
They tell the farmers of the arid regions,
who buy their corn, that if it were not
for the tariff they could buy corn for 20
cents, and sell their cattle for more than
the price they are now getting. But
the main howl is about wooden goods
and tin plate. They fear that if the tar
iff is not taken off they will be too poor
replace their tooter which they are wear
ing out in educating e: tariff men. They
forget that since the Mckinley bill passed
twelve tin plate factories and nine wool
en- mills have been established in west
ern states. That is result of tariff.
1hey DO not tell you that sugar has drop
ped two cents per pound; that everything
the farmer has for sale commands a
higher price, and everything he must
buy is cheaper than ever before. Self
binders can now be bought for $50 and
500, and other implements in proper
ton. Every ragged goods box politi-
clan, add party fed free trade ranter can
tell just when and where the party in
power made its fatal mistake. and if our
poor benighted statesmen were only men
capable of understanding they would ex-
plain to them the remedy for both the
real and imaginary evils in the work
ings of the government. But the one
most potent remedy for poverty work
they fail to suggest, believing the RENEE
dy greater evil than the disease.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

The democrats are already beginning
the IL told you so,'' racket in reference
to the coinage of silver. This proves con-
clusively. if any one ever doubted it, that
it was not the interests of the people.
but the offices they were after. The 5lst
congress provided for the coinage of all
the silver produced in the United States.
or 81. 5O0, 900 each month. Now instead
of compelling man who wishes to sell
$4,000 worth of bullion to bring a lum-
Der wagon and haul away ton of silver
dollars he can take $50, 900 in silver Ger
tificates. and stuff them in his pocket.
Any of us would prefer the dollars to put
in our vest pocket to those of which it re-
quires a cart load in order to buy house.
We have not discovered the point in their
kick, as it makes no reduction in the
amount in circulation. Practically we
have free silver. Every dollars worth
of silver which may be produced in the
United States each month can 20 into
the next month in the shape
of silver certificates.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
The State Of Kansas. To Mary Warren, S.
Nelson and Herbert Nash:

The State Of Kansas. To Mary Warren, S. l..
Nelson and Herbert Nash:
You will take notice that Israel Nash as
plaintiff did, on the 23rd day of March, 1881
file his petition in the District Court OF Ford
county, Kansas, against you, as defendants,
and join with you as Your defendants,
LOran f. Warren, NJ. W. sutton, The Mer-
chants State Bank. n corporation, Geo. NJ.
Hoover assignee OF said Merchants State
Bank, and The state of Kansas, rel. f. Fl.
Madison as County Attorney of Ford county.
setting forth that LOran f. Warren and Mary
Warren his wife, of said defendants, on the
5th day of November, 1857, gave their mort
gage to Herbert Nash, which said mortgage
is now owned by. plaintiff, on the following
described lands in Dodge City, Ford county !:
Lot No. twenty-One (2) Walnut street, Dodge
City, Kansas ,as shown by the recorded plat of
of Six Hundred dollars as shown by one
prOmissOry note now owned by plaintiff and
referred to in said mortgage, and praying
Nav WAITED his wife in the sum az s1 b ana
dred dollars, now claimed to be due and un-
paid, with interest thereon at eight (s) per
Der, 1859, and for the further sum of fourteen
dollars and forty five cents delinquent taxes
on said property, and the sum of four dollars
insurance n1 premium EMU now claimed to be due
per cent. from the 10th day of March, 1891 and
for the cost OF this action, and that said prem
ises may be sold to pay the Judgment on said
note and mortgage. Said petition further al
leges that the claim of each of the defend
ants, Mary Warren. s. l.. Nelson and Herbert
Nash. is junior and inferior to that of plain
tiff. Now said defendants are hereby notified
that they must appear and answer said petit
ton on or before the 18th day of MAY, 1881 or
said petition will be taken true against
them and each of them; and n Judgment for
said amount and a decree forever barring
them of any right. title or interest in and to
said lands, after the sale thereof, will be rem
dered against them, and ordering said lands
to be sold to satisfy any sum found to be due
plaintiff upon said note and mortgage.
FITZGERALD & MOFFIrT,
fSEAL. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Attest: THOs. LAHEY
Clerk of the District Court
First publication April LIST, 1891.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

A MEMBER of the British Parliament,
Howard Vincent, in a speech February
18th, describing the effects of the Nc
kinley bill. said. ALREADY trade con-
vention was in progress of neg otiation
between Newfoundland and the United
States. It had secured for the United
States preference of % per cent. in the
markets of Brazil and it had produced a
serious political crisis in Canada. At
home it had deprived his own constitu-
ents of 45 per cent. of their trade with the
United States. In Bradford. South Wales
and parts of Ireland it had either thrown
men out of work or reduced their earn
ings. The reason was that we had no
means of negotiating with foreign coun-
tries for the repeal of duties against
British trade, because we had nothing to
give for any concession The opposi-
ton to the Mckinley bill that was so
rampant last fall is SO dead now that it
.stinks wherever it is touched.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

The west is buying more seed than
usual this year on account of the exceed
ingly favorable outlook. The rain and
snow coming after the short winter
was about over, and unaccompanied by
wind and cold, the snow is now about
gone and farmers are ready for work.
Hogs and cattle are climbing to the high
est of old time prices. The legislature
is using no more of our substance and
Mrs. Diggs and Lease have ceased their
squawking. Verify this is season fore
shadowing great prosperity and repub-
lican ascendency. Surely the Lord is on
our side. Yet we must not be idle. for the
leader of the opposition to the Lords
party isvery energetic and his name, like
his party, commences with %.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

THE people of Kansas who are going
into bankruptcy are not so numerous as
reported: According to statistics there
are AZ loan agents and 10 merchants to
one farmer that fail. This shows thai
the poor farmer who was furnished the
funds with which to purchase, improve
and stock his place is not the one suf-
fering. But the agent who guarantees
that this honest farmer would pay inter-
est and taxes upon the land which the
money of some eastern man had enabled
him to buy, is the greatest sufferer. The
fact that many loan agents extorted
damnable rates of commission is no
reason why the lOaner of the money
should suffer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01
ARKANSAS is democratic for all tim

ARKANSAS is democratic for all time
to come. and since last weeks action OF
her Legislature we are not sorry that they
belong to that party. The picture OF
Washington which had been looking
down upon the acts of that body fol-
many years was turned face to the wall
and over ii hung the picture of JEFF
Davis. The actions of that body are
usually such as to make them dislike to
have even the shadow of Washington
look down upon their Ubiquitous pro-
ceedings.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01

The appearance of some of the daily
papers of to-day and yesterday would in
dictate that Italy was at war with this
country, when in fact she is only making
faces at Uncle Sam to please some of her
own Malta. The recall of her Minister is
by no means declaration of war. as his
place is filled by deputy. New Orleans
asserts that she is abundantly able to
take care of herself and protect all Ital-
ians in the city.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01
YOU CAN ArFoRDlr

Brains. brass and bullion have been
said to rule the world, and in the past
this has been true. An active brain can
accomplish much with the aid of either,
but in this age of rapid transit for both
thought and matter, the most potent fac
tor in civilization; in the enlightenment
and betterment Of humanity. in the car
rying forward of the work given to man
at the time of his creation. is neither of
the above mentioned. 1t is printer
ink. and works best in connection with
brains and bullion.
Advertising. the life of trade. has be-
come one of the arts, yes. of the fine arts.
Yet few advertisers have learned even
the rudiments, and bow many have
wasted their money in injudiciouS adver-
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business man who expects to advertise.
for by no other means can they succeed.
is to begin the study of this subject at
once by sending for Printers Ink, lit
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This will give you the use of the knowl-
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vertisers: which was acquired by them
after much labor and great expense. Ad.
vertisers have long felt tho want of such
work, and it is now we'll filled.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-01
THEY ARE built THAT WAY.

We do not like to see so many papers
abuse and kick the double-faced. back
action, thimble- headed and tail-wagged
democratic party for its opposition to
every good and sensible republican idea.
They can't help it, their inherent stub
bornness, and Unborn hatred of anything
grand, elevating and enobling is what
makes them democrats. These charac-
teristlcs form and are a part of the re-
publican party. 1t is not the party they
oppose. but its love of right, its belief in
the political equality of man. It's desire
to elevate mankind. to lift up the repent
ant fallen. This is what they oppose.
If they did not, they would not be demo-
Gratis. They do not refuse to support an
American right, as in the Behring sea
dispute, because Blaine is a republican.
but because Blaine is right. They love
the wrong as dearly as republicans love
the right. The party was born wrong,
is a monstrosity, and should have .'died
Il bornin'.' The democratic party is no
more to blame for its love of wrong, rum
and ruin than is Il mule for braying or a
serpent crawling. A snake walking up
right upon the tip of his tail would be no
more strange than for the democratic
party to become united in an earnest en-
deavcr to do right, to be right and op-
pose wrong. The moment that party
becomes right it ceases to exist and is re-
publican. Don't blame them for their
love of wrong, it is their meat and drink,
their bone and marrow. the us 1utae of
their political existence.