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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-07
MORE PENNIES IN THE SLOT.
A New Machine Which Gives the Numbe,
of Spectacies.

A New Machine Which Gives the Numbe,
of Spectacies.
A use of the automatic box or penny
in-the-slot craze has been made by a
London optician. lie keeps stand at
railway stations and other public
places, so constructed that a penny
dropped in lights up the inside of sort
of stereoscope-lille arrangement where
page of type can be read through va
rious numbered glasses, which are
changed by turning knob. When one
strikes a glass that enables him to read
the type comfortably he notes the num-
Der, which corresponds to the sort of
spectacles he wants
At the side of the machine hang a
number of order blanks, in which he
only needs to fill in that number, with
his name and address, and to send a
IS. 6d.-sixty cents-postal note to get
a pair Of glasses by return of post. The
order-blank can be posted or dropped in
a locked receptacle on the machine.
More people get their eyes tested than
order glasses. no doubt. But they paw
their pennies for that privilege, and the
light is covered up just as soon as they
step off the platform, consequently the
machine pays lis way, besides being
good advertisement for the proprietor's
wareS.-Jeweler'S Circular.
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which he had heard so much. would
have impressed CORTLAND; now he was
only interested in it on account of the
inconceivable position in which it left
Miss Sally. Had she anything to do
with this baleful cousins return-or
was she only to be helpless victim of
it?
A white, dazzling and bewildering
flash of lightning suddenly Lit up the
room, the porch, the dripping ailantus
and the flooded street beyond. 1t was
followed presently by crash of thun-
der, with what seemed to be second
fainter flash of lightning, or rather as
if the first flash had suddenly ignited
some inf1ammable substance. With the
long reverberation of the thunder still
shaking the house, CORTLAND slipped
quickly out of the window and passed
down to the gate.
''Did it strike anything, sah?" said the
startled negro, as CORTLAND returned.
''Not that I can see, said his employer
shortly $50 inside and call Zoe and
her daughter from the cabin and bring
them in the hall. Stay till come. Go!
I'll shut the windows myself!'
SIT must have struck somewhere, sab,
shuah! Deh's pow'ful smell of sulphur
right here" said the negro as he left the
room.
CORTLAND thought so too. but it was
a kind of sulphur that he had smelt
before-on the battle field! For. when
the door was closed behind his over
seer, he took the lamp to the opposite
wall and examined it carefully. There
was the distinct hole made by bullet
which had missed CatO's head at the
open window by an inch.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-07
THE MOTHER WANTS HER BOY.

There's q homestead waiting for you, my boy,
l.. q quaint, old-fashioned town;
The gray moss clings 10 the garden wall
Ard the dwelling is low and brown,
Du.a vacant chair by the freside stands,
And never a grace IS SAID
S But a mother prays that her absent son
Soon may be homcward led,
For the mother wants her boy.
She trains the vines ana tends the flowers,
For she says: my boy will come;
And want the quiet, humble place
To be just the dear old home
That it seemed when he, gentle Lad,
Used to pluck the orchards gold
And gather the roses and lilies tall
Far more than his hands could hold,
And still want my boy"
How well she knows the very place
Where you played at bat and ball.
And the violet cap you wore at school
Still hangs on its hook In the hall;
And when the twilight hour draws near
She steals adown the lane
To cosset the lambs you used to pet
And dream you are home again
For the mother wants her boy.
She is growing old and her eyes are dim
With watching day by day,
For the children nurtured at her breast
Have slipped from her arms away;
Alone and lonely she names the hours,
As the dear ones come and go;
Their coming she calls 1.-THE time OF 1owers!"
Their going "the hours OF snow!"
And ever she wants her boy.
Work on, toll on-give strength and mind
To the task in your chosen place.
But never forget the dear old home
And the mothers loving face!
You may count you blessings score on score,
YOU may heap your golden gain;
But, remember, when her grave is made
Your coming will be in vain
'Tis now she wants her boy.
Hartford Times
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doned. Indeed he had barely time to
check an exclamation from the negro
before the dull galiop of .horsehoofs in
the open ahead of them was plain to
both of them. 1t was a second party of
their pursuers. mounted, who had evil
IDENTIFY been sent to prevent their final
egress from the woods, while those they
had just evaded were no doubt slowly
and silently following them on foot
They were to be caught between two
fires!
What is there to the left of us?''
whispered CORTLAND. quickly.
de swamp"
CORTLAND set his teeth together. His
dull-witted companion had evidently
walked them both into the trap.
Nevertheless, his resolve was quickly
made. He could already see through
the thinning fringe of timber the fig
ures of the mounted men in the moon
light.
This should be the boundary line of
the plantation? This field beside us is
ours?" he said, interrogatively.
"Yes." returned the negro. ''but de
quarters is mile furier."
Good! Stay here until 1 come back
or call you. Fun going to talk to these
fellows But if you value your life
don't you speak or stir"
He strode quickly through the inter
vening tzees and stepped out into the
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desk. The negro remained standing
;gloomily, but respectfully. by the win
dow.
''Cato, do you know anything OF Mr..
Duront-Miss BOWS cousin?"
The negro's white teeth suddenly
flashed in the lamp light "Ya! ha! l
reckon, sab"
''Then he's a great friend of your
people?"
Il don't know about dat, sab! But
hes a pow'ful enemy Of de Reeds and
de Higbees!'
lon account of his views, of course. -
Deed nor said Cato with an as
founded air. jess on account OF de
vendetta"
"The vendetta?"
..Yes, sab. De old blood que'll Of de
families. It's~been goin' on over fifty
wears. sab. De grandfather. fader, and
brudder of de Higbees was killed by
be grandfather, fader and brudder OF de
Doomonts. De Reeds clipped in when
all de Higbees was played out, TO dey
was relations, but dey was chewed up
by some of de Dowses, first cousins to
de Doomonts."
.What? Are the Bows in this ven
detta?"
mo, sab. No mo-. Dey's bin no
man in de family since Miss Sally's
tader died-dat's let de Bows out TO-
ever. De las shootin' was done by
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Horses for Cavalry Service.

Horses for the cavalry service are
purchased mostly in st. Louis. and oc-
casionally in Louisville, Kansas City,
Omaha, San Francisco and other points.
The prices paid for them under the con-
tract system range from one hundred
and forty to one hundred and seventy
five dollars. They are usually shipped
in herds of from thirty to sixty direct to
the headquarters of the regiment for
which they are designed, without being
put through any course of preliminary
training for the new life they are to
lead, and after few DAYS rest are de-
livered to the various troops where re-
mounts are needed, due regard being
given to color-Harper's Weekly.
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moonlight. A suppressed shout greeted
him and half dozen mounted men,
masked and carrying rifles, rode down
towards him. But he remained quietly
waiting there and as the nearest ap-
preached him he made step forward
and cried: ''Halt!''
The men pulled up sharply and me-
chanically at that ring of military inn
periousness.
''What are You doing hereg' said
CORTLAND.
'We reckon that's our business.
connie"
''It's mine when you're on property
that control.
The man hesitated and looked inter
negatively toward his fellows. Il al
low you've got us there, con'nl he
said at last with a lazy insolence of
conscious power, 'but don't mind tell
ing you that we're wanting niger
about the size of your Cato. We hain't
got anything agin you. cun'nle; we
don't want to interfere with your prop
erty, and your ways, but we don't cal
culate to have strangers interfere with
oar ways and our customs. Trot out
your nigger-you no'th'n folks don't
call him property you know-and
we'll clear off your land
''And may ask what You want of
Cato?" said CORTLAND, quietly.
ITO show him that all the federal
law in HI won't protect him when he
strikes white man. burst out one of
the masked figures, riding forward.
Then you compel me to show you,"
said CORTLAND, immovably, what any
federal citizen may do in defense of fed
eral law. For I'll kill the first man
that attempts to lay hands upon him on
my property. Some of you who have
already tried to assassinate him in cold
blood, in your own limits, have met
before in less di honorable warfare
than this, and they know am able to
keep my word
There was moments silence; the
barrel of the revolver he was holding
by his side glistened for an instant in
the moonlight, but he did not move.
The two men rode up to the first speak
err and exchanged words. A light laugh
followed, and the first speaker turned
again to CORTLAND with a mocking
politeness.
very well, connie, if that's your
opinion and you allow we can't follow
our game over your property, why we
reckon We'll have to give way to those acho
can. Sorry to have troubled y0u. Good
night"
He lifted his hat ironically, waved it
to his followers, and the next moment
the whole party were galloping furious
ly towards the high road.
For the first time that evening n nerv-
GUS sense of apprehension passed over
CORTLAND. The impending of some un-
known danger IS always more terrible
to brave man than the most over
whelming odds that he can see and
realize. He felt instinctively that they
had uttered no vague bravado to cover
up their defeat; there was still some
advantage on which they confidently
reckoned-but what? Was it only a
reference to the other party tracking
them through the woods, on which
their enemies now solely relied? He
regained Cato quickly: the white teeth
of the fooiishly confident negro were
already flashing his imagined triumph
to his employer. Courtlands heart grew
sick as he saw it.
TO DE CONTINUED
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was a mere black silhouette. broken
only by bright, silver openings and
gaps along it's surface that indicated
the moonlit field beyond. At first
CORTLAND saw nothing else. Then he
was struck by the fact that these open
ings became successfully and regularly
eclipsed as with the passing of some
opaque objects behind them. 1t was a
file of men On the OTHER side of the
fence, keeping in its shelter as they
crosscd the field towards his house.
Roughly calculating from the passing
observations, there must have been
twelve or fifteen in all.
He could no longer doubt t',eir COM
bined Intentions, nor hesitate how to
meet it. He must at once make for the
quarters with Cato, even if he had to
cross that open field before them. He
knew that they would avoid injuring
him personally. in the fear of possible
federal and political complications, and
he resolved to use that fear to insure
Cato's safety. Placing his hands on
the Negroes shoulder, he showed him
forward, falling into a clock step" SO
close behind him that it became i'm
impossible for the most expert marks
man to fire at one without imperiling
the others life. When half way across
the field he noticed that the shadows
seen through the openings of the fence
had paused. The ambushed men had
evidently seen the double apparition,
understood it, and, as he expected,
dared not fire. He reached the other
side with Cato in safety, but not before
he saw the fateful shadows again NOV
ing, and this time the other way.
They were evidently intending to
follow the fugitives. But once within
the woods CORTLAND knew that his
chances were equal. He breathed more
freely. Cato, not less agitated, had
even regained something of his former
emotional mbativeness, which Court
land had checked. Although far from
confident of his henchman's proves in
an emergency, the prospect of getting
him safe into the quarters seemed
brighter.
1t was necessary also to trust to his
superior woodcraft and knowledge of
the locality, and CORTLAND. still walk
ing between him and his pursuers and
covering his retreat, allowed him to
lead the way. 1t lay over ground that
was beginning to slope gently; the I'M
derbrush was presently exchanged for
springy moss; the character of the
trees changed: the black trunks of cy-
presses made the gloom thicker. Trail
ing vines and parasites brushed their
faces, a current of damp air seemed to
flow just above the soil, in which their
lower limbs moved sluggishly as
through running water. AS yet there
was no indication of pursuit. But
CORTLAND felt that it was not aban-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-07
Antlthesis of the "E-less" Poem.

Those readers who remember the
''E-less" poem will, no doubt. be equal
ly interested in the following literary
oddity, production containing fifty
eight words, one hundred and twelve
e's. and no other vowel:
''We feel extreme feebleness when
we seek perfect excellence here. We
well remember men everywhere err.
Even when Eden's evergreen trees
sheltered Eve the serpent crept there.
Yet, when tempted, when cheerlessness
depressed, when helplessness letters,
when we seem deserted-then we re-
member Bethlehem; we beseech the Re-
deemer's help. We ever need the rest
the blessed expect. st. Louis Repub-
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CHAPTER VL-CCNTINuED
There was a moment of silence. Then
It was broken by sudden gust that
swept through the columns of the por-
tico stirring the vines. The broad
leaves of the ailantus began to rustic:
an ominous pattering followed: the rain
shad recommended. And. as CORTLAND
rose and walked towards the open win
dow, its blank panes and the interior of
the office was illuminated by a CLEAN
of returning lightning.
He entered the Office, bidding Cato
follow. and lit the lamp above his
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-07

Marse George Doomont, who crippled
Marse Tom Higbee's brudder 10, and
den skipped to Europe. Dey say he's
come back, and is lying low over at At
,alanty. Dey'll be lively times eff he
comes here to see Miss Sally"
But he may have changed his ideas
while living abroad, where this sort of
thing is simple murder"
The negro shook his head grimly.
.'Den he wouldn't come, sab. No, sab.
he knows dat Tom Hlgbee's bound to
go for him or leave de place, and Marse
George wouldn't mind settlin' him, too,
as well as his brudder, for de scores IS
agin' de Doomonts yet. And Marse
George amt no SLOUGH wild scatter
gum"
At any other time the immmence Of
= survival Of the lswle1 barbaxism, Of
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-07
CHAPTER VI.

III AAsoNe4 H " >oNAA "
nd ha d re-
gained complete
pos S e S sio n Of
himself. His dis
tracing passion
how distract
ing he had never
before realized
was gone! His
clear sight no
longer dis. crted
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-Intuitive knowledge. Bob
bie," said the teacher in natural his
tory, what is panther "A man
thet makthe panth," lisped Bobbie-
Puck.
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How about this new neigh Dor; il
she agreeableY' mo, she's had three
now dresses inside Of . month. Chi.
eago Inter Ocean
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Then There Was Trouble.

Shelf you had never met me would
you have loved me just the same?
He (convinc;ngly) -More.-L Life.
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dering what on earth my mOther-in-
law meant.
"You are married, suppose said
she.
"Oh. yes said l, swallowing the hot
coffee and winking my eyes very hard.
''rm married"
Can your wife make herself general
" useful about the place?' sharply de-
manded the old lady.
Certainly she can," said 1, beginning
vaguely to see my way through the
mists of perplexity that had heretofore
obscured my brain.
How old is she?" asked Mrs. Martin.
Eighteen" answered.
Mrs. Martin frowned.
"What does possess girls to get mar
ried nowadays" said she, before
they've left off dolls and patchwork"
looked thoughtfully down at the
pattern of my plata pink Chinaman
crossing a carmine bridge with two
very red willows dropping at the far
end of it. and some impossible streaks
of water below-and made no direct
answer.
Ny mother-in-law was doubtlessly
aaboring under a misrepresentation, but
did not exactly see that it was my
business TO set her right She had
evidently engaged q steward. and took
it for granted that I was the parsonage
in question.
s.What can you dor she asked. OBJ
suptly.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08
FASHIONS

One Of the modes which promise to be
favorites among fall fancies is the prin-
cess of old time favor.
Cafe nDir is the darkest shade of brown
that will be worn this season. Ujiji or
mud color is M of the lightest.
New Borneo and Alpine cheviots have
a complication Of bars and lines which
are like plaids i'll their interlacing.
Shot velvet and satin ribbons arranged
in high spreading choux, coquilles and
fans are seen upon many stylish French
round hats.
Among pretty tailor gowns for au-
tumn journeys are those of fawn colored
camel's hair roughly fiecked with silver
white or petunia red.
Black satin, faille bengaline and other
lusterless or shining silks will be greatly
in use for church, visiting and reception
dresses this fall and winter.
In the show of autumn millinery
black roses with black lace and small
but full black feather tips are among
the novel trimmings on leghorn, chip
and lace straw hats.
Louis XIV draperies, overskirts and
p%aniers, both large and small, are doing
their best on the other side of the water
to become prominent among the recog-
nized features of winter modes.
At a dainty afternoon tea recently the
hostess wore a toilet of black lace over a
cream colored killed net skirt and waist.
\ plated ruche of combined cream and
black lace stood out around the wearer's
face like misty cloud.-New York Even
ing Post.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08

Cannot something be done this sum-
mel either by law or public opinion to
abolish filth in cheese factories and
creameries? l am not calling for ''south-
ern breezes DER a bed of violets' nor am
l scolding at the distasteful odors that
shock the sensitive nerves of the
aesthetic, but l mean "those most vii
famous compounds of disagreeable
smells that ever offended nostrils' made
up OF rotten whey, soul milk and
tobacco smoke that are to be found in
far too many factories where the patrons
wonder why they cannot get better
prices for their goods. 1t would be a
perversion of human justice if they did
get better prices.-COr. Hoard's Dairy
man.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08
Cow Feed,

assume that every one knows that
there is no food better than good pasture
grass for cows in summer, supplemented
perhaps with Il light grain ration or some
solling crop when pasture grasses fail,
and what | say about foods and ratiOns
applies moro especially to winter feed
ing. have never found anything bet.
ter than wheat bran, ground oats. oil.
cake meal and cornmeal out of which 70
compound a grain ration for dairy cows.
Rye, barley, peas and perhaps other
grains may be used in the grain mix
ture. Cows like a mixed ration Of grain
and do better on it than on any one kind.
If cows are inclined to take on flesh, leave
out the cornmeal.
For fodder | know of nothing better or
cheaper or better relished by COWS than
corn silage put up at the proper time and
manner. OF ourse corn silage is not
recommended as an exclusive fodder ra-
ton, but once a day, say in the morning.
20 to 40 pounds to each cow. At even
ing feed well made, early cut clover hay
If possible. AT noon feed whatever rough
fodder You have at hand. If you are
obliged to feed timothy hay, cut it early.
Do not expect to get much milk from
cows fed on ripe timothy hay. A COW
should never be fed more than she will
eat up clean.
Where silage does not form part of the
fodder ration | strongly recommend the
feeding of roots of some kind at least
once a day if possible-say mangels,
sugar beets, carrots, parsnips or pota-
toes. These are not recommended SO
much for their nutritive value as for
their corrective qualities. l believe cows
are less liable to have garget when fed
once a day on %succulent foods. Feed
literally; profits lie in the direction of
liberal feeding. Dairy COWS should have
free access to salt. If not, they should
be sailed at least every other day.-R. S.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-08
THE NEWSBANKING SCHEME.

There is much curiosity regarding the
new banking system to be promulgated
By the present administration. That
plans for a new scheme have been pretty
well matured is no secret and that the one
most in favor contemplates the coinage
Of the SJl,OOO,000 of seigniorage silver
at IL to being clear profit to the gov
eminent on all the Sherman law bullion
purchased since the passage of the act
and a bill to provide for the repeal Of the
10 per cent tax on the circulation of state
banks, and open a way for the t~ransla-
ton of present national banks into state.
President Cleveland urges that the
day has come for a banking system bet
ter adjusted to the needs and possiblli-
ties Of the time; that a chief objection to
the present national bank system lay in
the fact that their issues Of notes must
be solidly and wholly based on United
States bonds; that these bonds were be-
coming scarce and would be scarcer as
time rolled by, and that the need of more
banks grew with every days expansion
of business. 1t was therefore a necessity
now fairly at our door that We enlarge
the basis OF bank notes so as to found
them not on United States bonds. but
on other bonds-state, county, munici-
pal, and private, as well as ptfvate stocks,
so long as these securities were ample
and absolutely good.
the system Of state banks is to lie
uniform through All % the states. They
are to base their circulation on securities
which are approved by the general gov
eminent which, in its turn, is to print
and issue to the state banks9currency
just as it now does in the case OF nation
al banks and guarantee the soundness
of the money-which means stand ready
to pay ultimate gold for every dollar Of
it--and make it a legal tender. The
general government is to have supervis-
ion and inspection of these banks Just as
it now has Of national banks.
The foregoing it but an outline of a
bill that will probably be introduced this |
week. The ultimate effect of this meas
ure will be that within a year every ma
tional bank will have disappeared and
organized as a state bank.