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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
VARIOUS ITEMS.

THE Eskimo call seals to them by ".
ing down on the ice and whistling.
REASON can not show itself more rea-
sonable than to cease reasoning on
things above reason
A TAILOR died in New York the other
day from poisoning. because of the
habit he had of biting off the ends Of
threads
THE SHOPKEEPER-"My landlord has
raised the rent on me-" His Friend
"Have him arrested for shoplifting."-
St Joseph News.
IIE-"Im afraid I wasn't myself at
the reception yesterday" She 81
thought not; you were SO entertaining.
st. Joseph News
THE great show piece of the recent
fruit fair held at Marysville, Cal, was
an exact copy of Suffers famous fort.
built entirely Of oranges.
IT is reported that farmer in Holt
County, Kan, has twenty-six living
children. all of whom are unmarried
and live at the homestead.
Az Atchison (Kan.) woman got up in
her sleep, lit lamp and went to sew
ing. After working quite awhile she
ran the needle in her finger and awoke.
"IIE is a good man." people will say
Of you the day they hear You are very
sick. "But he might be better" they
add, when they hear you are getting
well.
SOMEHOW when you see a man who is
an adept at paying compliments to
women you can't help wondering what
has become of the women he practiced
them on.
In the present progressive age the
man who waits to be sure he's right
and then goes ahead usually finds that
he has been anticipated by somebody
who was willing to take few chances
Washington Post
TEnAMA COUNTY, Cal, paid cut sos
for scalps in December. The lot in
cluded five lions, one hundred and eight
coyotes, sixty-three wildcats, nineteen
hundred and fifty-two rabbits. fifty
three crows, ten bears and two eagles.
CONSTANTLY accommodating interest on
q debt which he found himself unable
to pay proved too much for a Russian
peasant He hated the creditor, and to
hurt him he hung himself to the
usurer's door, with this inscription on
his body: This pays OFF my indebted
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

Wndt INC
needful to perform an amputation; and
also containing n notification that at
nine o'clock a carriage would call at his
house to fetch him.
In truth, on the following morning,
as the clock struck nine, an elegant
open carriage appeared before his door.
Thevenet, without hesitation, seated
himself in it. At the door of the car
riage, however, he said to the coach
man: ITO whom are you going to take
me?''
Things which do not know do not
concern me, replied the coachman.
"Ycu are a churl," replied Thevcnct.
At length the carriage stopped in
front of the house before indicated.
Upon whom am to call? Who lives
here? Who is i'll here?" inquired
Thevenet of the coachman before get
ting out of the carriage. The coach
man, however, returned the same an
swer as before.
At the house door he was received
by young man of about twenty-cight,
who conducted him up flight of stairs
and into large chamber. The speech
of the young man disclosed the fact
that he was a BritOn. Thevenet adj
dressed him in English and received
friendly replies.
"You have sent for me-" said the sur
geon.
Il am very thankful for the pans
you have taken to visit me, " replied the
Englishman. Twill you please be
seated. Here is chocolate coffee and
wine, in case you desire to partake of
some refreshments before the opera
ton"
s'First show me the patient, sir. 1
must first make an examination to de-
termine if an amputation is necessary"
81 assure You, Mons. Thevenet, it is
necessary. Pray be seated. / have
perfect faith in your skill. Listen to
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

Ex-KINo MILAN. of Serxia. now calls
himself the Duke OF Pavolo.
MOUGEL BEY, who originated the idea
of damming the Nile for purposes of iris
cation, is dead
1T is announced in Rome that Signor
Crispi's daughter has been betrothed to-
Signor Gellerc. 4 nephew of CARDINAL
Macchi
HAGGARD's brother claims that Rider
and himself are descended Of that CYL
dcnestejerne family Shakespeare men
tions in some of his plays.
THE income of Lord Revelstokc, the
head Of the house Of Barring, will not in
future exceed $4,000 year. II was
once more than forty thousand.
MIR. HENLEY, aged nincty-five, finished
IN uninterrupted life Of pauperism in
the Gosport (Eng) work-house. lie
was brought there when six years old
In 1901.
THE Queens ladies-in-waiting are
said to be murmuring because they only
receive 81, 500 year. and are expected
to appear in q new costume at every
dinner"
ROBERT BUCHELL. the new mayor OF
Oxford. Eng. lived for many years in
America and became in that time thor
oughly Americanizcd. For some tima
he resided in Terre Haute, Ind. where
he was successful in business.
THE late Cardinal Simon, though the
son Of poor cobbler, rose to be the
primats Of Hungary. who. in point Of
rank, took precedence Of everybody in
Hungary except the Emperor and EN-
press and the heir apparent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

me. Here is purse containing hum
dred guineas- They are intended for
you as payment for the operation which
you are to undertake.; and that will not
be all you will receive, provided the
thing is successfully accomplished. On
the other hand, if You refuse to yield to
my desire, you see here this pistol; you
are in my power, and l will shoot you
down."
''Sir, do not fear your pistol But
what do you desire of me? Speak out
without further parley. Why am
brought here?"
"You must amputate my right leg"
''With all my heart, and, if you de-
sire, your head also. But, if l am not
mistaken, your leg is quite sound. You
ran up the stairs before me as nimbly
as rope-dancer. What is the matter
with your Lego"
Nothing; 1 only wish to be rid of
it."
''Sir, you are fool"
''That is no affair of yours, Mons.
Thevenet."
I'm what way has your leg offended
your
In no way; but am bound to have
it amputated-"
''Sir, do not know you. At least
produce before me some witness who
will testify to your soundness of in
tellect-"
''Wil you accede to my wish, Mons.
Thevenet?'
Just As soon, sir, as you give me
some defensible ground for your desire
to be mutilated."
81 can not at the present moment
communicate to you the truth Of the
matter. Perhaps may do % after the
lapse of year. But am willing to
wager you, monsieur, that . year hence
you yourself viii affirm that the
ground upon which rested the desire to
be free Of my leg was the noblest-"
Il will not wager, % long Is you do
not give me your name, your place of
residence. your family and your occupa-
ton"
''Al that you shall know in the
future, not at present I pray you,
however, 70 consider me as . man Of
honor"
IAN honorable man does mot menace
his physician with . pistol will not
mutilate you without there Is . necessi-
ty for % doing. have duties to dis
charge even to you-s stranger. Hyou
are possessed Of . desire to become the
murderer Of IN innocent man. the
father Of . family, then ihootr'
Good! Mona Thevenet." exclaimed
tie B-iton, seizing tie pistol. 81 Win not
shoot Soub yet win 3mee yua to anpu-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

papers, and swear until all ID black and
blue, because l can't be there. Come,
you must comfort me-"
"Yom wife will know better how to
comfort you than l."
"Ah! nothing of that. Her wooden
leg prevents her from dancing, there
fore she devotes herself to cards and
scandal There is no getting along with
her-otherwise she is worthy wife"
Then was right after all?"
'Oh. entirely. my dear Thevenetl
But not . word ON the subject II was
. stupid affair. II had my lag again,
l wouldn't give the pairing Of . nail
from It Between ourselves, was .
fool But keep that truth to yourself"
-DetEoit Free PfesA
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
euRopxAN-ARAav NOTES.

Tm American saddle i being used by
tho British mounted infantry.
GENERALS Gibbon and Benet are soon
to be retired from the army, having both
reached the ago limit
TIE British army costs S157, ooo, 900 q
year. This Is SIC. 000, 900 moro than Ger
many pays for tho support Of her SOL
diery.
The armies Of tho Central Asiatic
States under the protection Of the Car
will be differed hereafter by Russians
from Russia's European army.
THE German navy will have thirty
seven more vessels in active service this
year than last The total number to be
assigned to duties lasting from three to
ten months is ninety-six.
CANIssER shot will not be used in the
French army in future. Tho shells are
filled with an explosive made Of chryso-
lite and q substance kept secret; and
every battery has seventy-five rounds
of these projectiles
The list Of pensioned officers in the
German army has swelled noticeably
since the accession to the throne of EN-
peror William II. The number Of PEN
stoned Generals Of cavalry and infantry
has increased from So to 81; Of Lieuten-
ant-Generals, from els to 240; of Major
Generals, from 25S to 500, and of
Colonies, from SIS to COS
EMPEROR WILLIAMS announcement
that he will attend the imperial Bavari-
an maneuvers Of 10000 troops near
Munich next fall has created O consid-
cradle sensation in the States rights
press Of South Germany. vaterland. a
clerical paper, protests that Bavaria
has regent, has king, but has not an
emperor. and therefore imperial ma
neuvers' are out Of the question"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
LITERATURE AND ART.

DcsroN has school tho object Of
which b to teach models how to pose.
II d reported that tho Pope intends
to renovate Michael Angeles cele!
brated fresco, 1.-THE Last Judgment =,
which is the glory Of the Sistine chapel
The venerable James Parton works
six hours a day at his homo in Newt
buryport. His desk is his place Of rest
and recreation. for that is what literary:
occupation means to him.
w. CLARKE RUSSELL, whose sea
stories have such remarkable dash,
breezincss and out-of-door freedom, has
long been a hopeless and wcll-nigh
helpless invalid, chained to an indoor
existence in an inland town.
Miss X. T. MUMFoRD, of Detroit, at
one time George Bancroft's amanuensis,
says that tho historian, though deluged
with letters and kilograms of congratu-
lation on every birthday, scrupulously
replied to every solitary one by letter.
A MONTREAL citizen has purchased
for $500 a landscape painting that he
would DO willing to sell at a discount
The chief value of the picture was in
the signature, I'D. Tenant" In one cor
ner, but Mrs. Stanley pronounces it q
forgery.
The Russian press unanimously Ia
ments the death Of Gregory Petrovitch
Danilefsky. editor Of the official Rus
sian Gazette, which he converted from
q dry and unintercsting record Of Of
fetal acts into q journal Of distinct lit
erary attraction
The royal Saxon collection Of china,
the finest lot of Dresden china in the
world. has just been greatly increased
by the addition to it of the $4,000 pieces
Of DR.. Gustav Spitzner. The museum
now contains about $4,000 pieces from
the Nielsen factory.
FRANKLIN w. SMITH, of Boston, is the
protector of an ambitious scheme to
build an immense temple OF the arts ut
Washington. 1t is to cost $1,000, 900
and occupy $50 acres Of ground Mr..
Smith has had the plans drawn. 1t is
said, and hopes to raise enough money
In the next five years to begin the work.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
WITTY ANSWERS.

JAGGs "Much left in his will?"
Wages -"All his relations. Town
Topics.
JACK-"What's the best way to get
hold of Greek roots?" Jim-"Dig. of
course. Yale Record.
SAPPY-''Very few people get what
they deserve in this world" Miss
Castique-"Aren't you glad?"
Il SEE through my error" said the boy
who broke Jones' window with snow
ball. And Jones forgave him.
PARLoR MAID-''Give me a pound of
tea" Shopman "Black or green?'
Maid-'Doesn't matter which; missus
is blind."-Moon-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
The Soap
that
Cleans
Most
is Ienox.
German
Syrup"

G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown.
Wis. This is the opinion of a man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore judge: Il know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such eff
fective work in my
Coughs, family as Boschee's
German Syrup. Last
'o winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and told her about German Syrup
and that few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory Iwou,d make no charge
for it. A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying that she
would never be without it in future as
a few doses had given her relief" o
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
f-HE RULERS OF RouMANlA.

Sovereigns Who Are Subjected to . Tire
some Round of Duties.
The life led by the royal couple of
Roumania is one of constant hard work.
In winter they live in bucharest, in
summer they retire to Sinaia, health
resort in the Carpathians that combines
the grand scenery of Switzerland with
the more lovely and romantic features
of the Italian Alps. Here they have
built for themselves, after their own
designs, quaint castle, whose archi-
lecture is a fantastic medley of the
Eoumanian and medieval German
styles.
But even there they get little rest.
The conditions of the land require that
the sovercigns should always be en-
evidence. at the beck and call of any
one who likes to ask for them. In this
semi-Oriental country Oriental customs
prevail The sovereign can not live in
peaceful seclusion. The Queen usually
rises early-often as early as four-and
works until eight, the only hours in the
course of the day when she can be, as
she phrases it, woman and author
the rest of the time she must be Queen.
Both sovereigns have often to talk for
twelve or even fifteen hours at a stretch,
and from this cause the Queen once
temporarily lost her voice. When she
and the King sit down to dinner they
are sometimes so tired they can not
speak a word. Yet early sleep is not
theirs.
Bucharest is q very gay capitalize
city of pleasure it has been called-and
q very late one. Gala performances,
for example, do not begin till ten or
twelve at night. The strain upon the
physical and mental organizations of
the sovereigns is great, and especially
upon the Queen, who is indefatigable.
.'Whirlwind" was the nickname she
had at home and which she has not
lost. Never inactive herself, she will
permit no oilers about her She loves
to surround herself with young girls,
and incite them to utilize their talents
by precept and example. In her salon
a republican spirit rcigns; she admits
of but one aristocracy-thato of the heart
and mind. Such are these rulers of
Ronmania, both in their way out of the
common run: he, for the clearness of
his intellect and the sterling qualities
of his character; she, for her genius,
her sweetness and her elevation of soul.
Between them they have developed the
institutions and internal resources of
their land, and raised it to an honored
place among the natiOns--N. Y. Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

AN acre Of bananas will support
twenty-five times as many persons as an
acre of wheat One thousand square
feet of land, growing bananas. will pro-
ducc four thousand pounds of nutritious
substance. The same space, devoted
to wheat or potatoes, will produce only
thirty -three pounds of wheat, or ninety
nine pounds of potatoes
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
GATHERED FROM COMMERCE

GATHERED FROM COMMERCE.
GERMANY makes hollow cast-iroa
bricks.
CALIFORNIA is the only State in the
Union which at present produces quick
silver in commercial quantities
ST. LOUIS is the largest fur market in
the United States, and on coonskins 1t
Is far ahead of any other city.
THE export of canaries from Germany
is very large. Each year about 100, 900
of these birds are sent to America, 5000
to England and about 1000 to Russia.
A LONDON firm has sent an order to
Albion, Mich, for 5000 sacks of -four,
weighing 100000 pounds, to be shipped
to Londonderry.
THE climate Of England and Ireland
is peculiarly adapted to the spinning Of
fine linen yarn, on account OF the pre-
vailing moisture; hence it comes that
Germany, whose production consists
mainly of heavy linens, must send to
England for all her fine yarns, the flax
of which, however, is grown largely in
Belgium, Holland and Russia
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
HOW's Thfsl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY a. Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, W holesale Druggists, Toledo.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

x0SCSW OUUy
sick headache, bilious headache,
dizziness, constipation, indigestion,
bilious attacks, and all derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and
bowels. It's a large contract, but
the smallest things in the world do
the business-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They're the smallest, but
the most effective. They 60 to
work in the right way. They
cleanse and renovate the system
thoroughly-but they do it mildly
and gently. You feel the good
they debut you don't feel
them doing it. As a Liver Pill,
they're unequaled. Sugar coated,
easy to take, and put up in walls.
and Theoretically sealed, and thus
always fresh and reliable. A per
feet vest pocket remedy, in small
walls, and only one necessary for q
laxative or three for a cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good You
get.
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on,
through druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

IT makes the best man In the world
mad II his wife begins to talk or work
mp reform. He is willing and anxious
that the world should be better, but he
doesn't want his wife to have her hands
IN H.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

SPEAKING OF fasting, sailors have been
known 70 live on salt water for months at q
time.-W ashington Star.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

SoxE men receive impressions after
the manner Of . blotter. They get
things directly opposite from what
they were originally.-Boston Tram
script.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
THE LOST LEG.
Giving q Limb for Wife, with
Future Regrets.

n THE autumn
of 17S2 the sur
geOn Loui S
venet, of
Calais, received
n note without
sigma ture re-
questing him to
call on the fol-
lowing day at a
retired cOun-
try house stu
ated on a road
leading toward
Paris, and to
bring with him
what might be
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

be driven, and once in a long, long
while we meet man amenable to
plain, cold Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

DoS'r Neglect Cough. Take some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar insta,.ter
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

The best cough medicine is Pisp's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. &c
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

If counting match 10 not declared OF Il
must end in a ten. Y. Picayune
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

A WISCONSIN judge has decided that a
dentist can not legally pull tooth on
Sunday.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27
A Perfect Plan

!. Larkin-I know the best way to avoid
hurricanes at sea.
Sumway-Well, what is it?
Larkin-Remain on the shocv.-
Judge.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

One snow-storm does not make winter,
but it makes cold day for the boOtblack.-
N. V Journal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

The girl with the reddest cheeks will,
when she sees mouse, change to yeller.
boston Traveller
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-27

BANouETs are dangerous places. Can q
man be sober when his health is druLkl-
Binghamton Republican
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-08

was the recognized ideal of prize fighters.
Quiet unassuming, with the heart of a lion
yet as gentle as child, such man was
fitting representative of the race of pugi-
lists existing at that time. Another famous
fighter of the Bristol school was HEM
Pearce, the "Game Chicken
There are not wanting instances of other
great pugilists of times past who have
proved themselves worthy represen tatives
of the mobile art" and good citizens, and
included amongst them were John Gully
afterwards member OF Parliament for
Pontefreact), Tom Spring, Tom Crib, Ben
Garnet and Nat Langham. With the recol-
lection of specimens of pugilists of this
class before them there is small room for
wonderment that old patrons deplore the
degeneracy of the fighters OF to-day The
simple, and on the whole, plain living ath-
| lete of half century ago has given way to
his pampered interiors Of to-day, who would
scorn to box a few rounds with gloves for
what was formerly considered sufficient to
stake for championship.
The cause of the degeneracy of the prize
ring was not so much the fault of the pugi-
lists themselves as the blackguardly con-
duct of their following. No sooner was the
venue of fight known than the ruffians OF
the large towns, near which it would be de-
cided, determined to make the occasion 6
medium of profit to themselves and loss tC
the respectable members of society tina,
might be present. In other words, robbery
was committed wholesale. . The frequen1
occurrence of this sort of thing naturally
tended to stall off the Corinthian patron!
of the prize ring who by degrees fell away
Deprived OF the support OF the better class