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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-10-06

81 am a boiler maker with w. & A. Fletcher
60. " River Iron Works this city, and at my
business contracted rheumatism so that be-
:ame a very great sufferer, and was really
invalid: helpless, could not move hands or feet,
vas unable to dress or undress myself. i had
% have help to turn myself in bed. did not
work for four months, and was in hospital for
a long time. 1 spent great deal of money
without benefit. L asked the doctors If they
could cure me, and they
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-10-06

Hoods Pills act easily. yet promptly, and
efficiently. on the liver and bowels 25c.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-10-06
Said They Could Not

One day friend advised me to take a
bottle of Hoods SarsapariIla When had taken
one bottle, could get up, stand on my feet and
walk through the rooms / continued to take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

NAVAL OFFICER WHO THINKS THAT HE HAS
ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH TO DO.

A NAVAL OFFICER WHO THINKS THAT HE HAS
ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH TO DO.
Every nation loves It's navy, and the heart OF
the landsman goes out to the poor fellows who
are cooped up for life within the steel walls Of
man-of-war And yet, when one pays a visit 10
such a ship as the cruiser, New-iork, he Is
filed with envy OF the captaiI the lieutenants
and even the ensigns. When he stands upon the
spar deck and gazes around he realizes That ne
has beneath his feet probably the finest war ship
in the world. and feels that he would like to be
part of her He addresses himself TO a lieutenant,
enthusiastically:
I'D give everything I've got In the world I"
be officer this vessel!'
Take ms place and let go ashore" was the
reply quick as a flash.
"If IL possible would exchange with yoa
to-day. What 4 time you have! Pets OF the Cow
eminent. pets of the women. Nothing TO do bat
feel proud of your ship and yourselves. Wear the
handsomest uniform in the world, look spick and
span ready for business whether in love or war
All, what a llfe!''
The lieutenant seemed sad.
you know not what you are saying. he an
swered. "You can have no Idea how hard life
lead. Look at that. and tell me II we lie on
bed Of roses'
Opening locker he flung out pair OF overalls,
blue greasy. painted oily. rusty. AT sight OF them
the eyes of the landsman filed with tears OF
sympathy. And ne that beautiful officer. so spick
and span, actually wore those nasty things .,
rs II possible that you. too, have 10 heip SCRUB
the decks? Ny conscience | should never have
thought IT, ] believed that was left 10 the JACK
tars and the midshipmen. 1t must take you a
couple OF hours every morning, even win the
assistance Of your so seamen. don't believe
III exchange with you.
What makes you think help TO scrub decks?
never said So"
Those filthy things. What do you do In them
Rub up the guns. maybe? . A.. l.,
"Oh no. Once week ! have 10 inspect the IN
side Of the hull and il is Necessary to crawl through
some very small holes. so to save my UNIFORM
put these overalls." ~
"Once a week? Is that all you have to do?
well no. drill some Of the men In the morn
ing-three mornings week. have just finished
at ii at least hour and quartef
Anything else dsagreeable?
II have to go watch occasionally.
"You don't tell so? il IL pretty rough, amt
IT? | never dreamed YOU fellows had such ter
ribe amount Of hard work 10 do. The life OF an Of
ficer is not Jolly one. DO you ever have hoh-
day. ~, ~.
] lie around the ship 10 get rested. The second.
1 hurry back to get ready for work the next day
well. old fellow, I sympathize with you, from
the bottom Of my heart. III 20 ashore and stay
there Can send you anything TO make life more
pleasant
THANK you. no. The City OF New-York has given
US everything need, silver service and all"
Are you ever allowed to take drink
"Oh. yes: a little nip now and then
"A mates nip
ANY size you like Hop Wah. take two glasses
and corkscrew In my ROOM"
Poor fellows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

s,ore or brick masonry. with iron FOOLS i"'
rrrcinal chimney is over 100 feet high'
The visitors next entered the gun forge anu
sou tbere fourteen or fifteen guns lying 'ou"u
IN. tvo-ton steam hammer. the anvil Oh VIII"
u,s made in the workshops and weighs '"e"
,v-eipht tons. Last year two guns were MAUI
,n This forge Of 5-inch calibre. and machinery
,s now on the way up to Cabul capable Oh DOR
inc and rifing anything up to 6-inch po'e
aud "A feet long. The shell department
,vas next inspected. Two hundred anu my
mon and boys are here actively employeu' '"e
hovs moulding and the men fixing the coies'
Ou,rq TO the difficulty Of procuring 'hou'u',s
material. Mr.. Pyne has to resort 10 "ha' 70
locally available, and. though the sheh-r'ouiu.
,na machinery has been erected. the WORK vi
,,,ou,ding has 10 be done mostly by manu- DUN
MON and BOYS seem very expert at this pia"o"
., work In the general foundry casuhss SIN
tons in weight have been turned out. An over
haod travelling crane runs the whole length vi
N. building. which is 15oxSo lcet ana
cuo,,, the furnace at one end molten metal can
NO carried to the other with ease ana rap'ui'S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

we were Fernghs. / had chat with the
tutor, who Is Hakim, during which he gave me
an extraordinary theory to the pathology
Of dyspepsia. Then the Prince jumped up and
showed over his rooms, pointing out the
various ornaments we were to admire. They
were vases. lamps and on, most OF them
made in Germany Then he led US out into
the balcony overhanging the moat round the
palace and allowed US to admire tne gardens
and the beautiful view over the Shah-bagh
Valley with the Hindo kush range In the dis
lance. After an hour or so the messenger VINO
had carried our salaams into the narem re-
turned with the Sutana's thanks for our visit
The Sutana's messenger / may mention, Is
girl dressed as a page boy--in trousers. tunic
belt and turban. They call her serdar tprince)
Then we asked permission to Withdraw Tne
Prince shook hands with us politely, saying,
khushamadeh' (welcome), and we bowed our
caV aut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

20 corn,e ~ baggage wagons and delay OF
over fifteen minutes. The fact Is 'na' h,n,,cIas
puts more than certain nuinDer Vi piN -,
in a car the joting Of the train bangs ,heili
together and injuries them, the railroad company
being thereupon held responsible for tne uamiase
An attempt has been made by the i"'l Ia oau
authorities TO make each bicyclist sign docu-
ment releasing the company from all resPohsi
blity in connection Herewith. but tne 60, .ou, 20
held that the owners OF wheels weIe 'rh.reas
obligation to give any such document "" 30
the companies were bound 10 carr! ,e ma
chimes Beaten every point by the PeiSss'
ency of the wheclmen. the railroad coinpan .r
ha ,,e now under consideration a scheme for the
organ iZaton of a number of cars on each Iile
to be devoted exclusively TO the conveyance Oh
BICYCLES much in the same way that TOTS
boxes are provided BY this means the mana
gers hope to be freed from the obhgatloh uhuer
which they at present labor. of conveying wnceis
ordinary baggage. and OF storlns mn sots
ordinary baggage rates at the various uePote,
which is a source Of annoyance. trouble ana
great expense. o, -.
NJ Lepine. the new Project OF fohce , h has
just issued very important decree. wncn mas
given much satisfaction, especially IN the mum
bier quarters of the metropolis Up 10 'he
present moment government Incense anu a
police permit were needed for each pubic bil-
lard table. and any wineshop keeper. care pro,
prieor or open club manager who was Iounu
to be operating a public billiard table on MS
premises without having paid the tax ana op-
tanned the permit subjected to severe pen
altes BY a sweep of the pen NJ. Lepine VINO
has already made a record for ehas l,;ehed
severity and for common sense, has abollsheu
both the tax and the permit, and henceforth
everybody who likes to do will be at liberty
to keep a public billiard table NJ Lepine
bopes thereby to diminish the Reorganization Of
the semi-public gambling establishments.
against which he j. waginG a relentless war.
rendered all the more timely by the revelations
which have been made during the last week in
the trial of the brothers Bertrand, the managers
and owners Of the sO-called betting clubs so
grave have been the disclosures that two OF the
people incrimnated nave already committed
suicide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
CIVILIZATION AT CABUL.
THE AMEERS WORKSHOPS.
INDUSTRIES OF EUROPE AMONG THE
AFGHAN HILLS
AFTERNOON TEA AND CIGARETTES WITH A
FOUR-YEAROLD PRINCE WHO HAS
LEARNED TO SWEAR.

The British mission to Cabul has, it is an
nounced settled the vexed boundary question
and established relations with the Amer more
amcable than ever before. This was Of
course the prime object Of the mission, and
the achievement OF II is Of the greatest value to
England and to India. But there has been
something else accomplished, Of even more in
tcrest to the rest Of the world. and that Is
the gaining and publishing OF knowledge Of
the remarkable progress which the Afghans.
under the lead of theic masterful and spirited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE.
From The London Spectator.

From The London Spectator
The pride and flower OF all the youth OF me zoo , y
the young hippopotamus. As II lies on It's sus WIN
eyes half closed its square like the end OF
bolster tilted upward ITS little fat legs stuck out
turned up like a ducks 1t looks like gigantic new
born rabbit 1t has pale pet9na- s.om my
feet. 1t has double chin, and It's eyes, IKE Dull.
calfs are set pedestals and close genty a. Isl, !,
$500 when quite small and to quote the opinion OF
an eminent grazier. who was looking II over with
money" There are connoisseurs IN hippopotamus
breeding who think Il almost too beautiful to 1--we.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
PARNELL'S SUCCESSOR
THE IRISH 7LEhDER WHO THREATENS
TO TURN AGAINST MR.
GLADSTONE

There has been no leader of the Irish party
Of Westminster since Parnell. There has BEEN
indeed. no Irish party there to be led; none
that is to. say. in the old sense. There nave
been. and there are two factions, with oiten'
times the promise of a third; parties ono
should call them. since they are ootn
fragments or divisions Of the one great party
that began in the famous days OF obstruction
and ended its career in Committee Room NO. To-
Both have their leaders but neither pays re-
gard to the leader Of the other. The larger OF
the two, first dubbed Justinians, but now anu
parnellites. has, In truth, a variety OF lead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

The Amer has himself moro than once watched
this interesting process and expressed ms
pleasure Mt its success. we now cross 10 the
blacksrniths' shop. employing go blacksmiths
and hammer-rncn. all Afghan artisans. There
are sixty fires In this llacksmiths' shop served
by the blowing engine above mentioned. From
here we walked To the shop where swords are
made and there inspected the powerful rolling
mills, which are Only just being finished The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
AN ARTISTS MEMORIAL
ter In The London Standard.

Paris Letter In The London Standard.
A monument to the memory of Raffet erected In
the garden OF the Louvre. was naugurated In the
presence OF all the leading notabes Of the artistic
world. 1t consists OF the bust OF that artist on .
granite pillar. with trophy OF three flags repre-
senting the First Republic. the First Empire and
the reign or Louis Philippe Surrounding the stafs
OF these fags Is a wreath OF laurel and cuirass
with a hole in t made by a cannon ball Il Is the
exact copy OF the cuirass at the Artillery Museum
at the lvalides. which belonged to young carabi-
neer Of the empire named Fauveau killed at Water.
loo: The large bronze figure at the foot OF the
pedestal represents one Of the masterpieces OF
Raffet. the Revil. 1t is that OF drummer OF the
beating to arms and at his feet Is suitable In.
scription This extremely artistic monument Is the
work OF NJ. Fremiet, the well-known sculptor ana
author Of the monument to Joan Of Arc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19
A FRIEND OF RCSKTy.
From The London Globe.

The death of Miss Susanna Beever. of Coniston,
one OF the most Intimate Of Mr.. Ruskins small
circle OF friends there Is announced to-day She
was eighty years old, and had spent nearly
all her life at Coniston, In works Of friendliness
ana Charity among the dalesfolk. Soon after Mr.
Huskin settled at Conston. In 1873, she made the
now kn6Wn as "Frondes Agrestes." The West
, moreana Gazette OF to-day. in making the an
ina, that NJ, Mr. Rnskln has written since "Praeterta
before she died, to her OF his constant re-
gard gard she retained to the end the spirit and wit
winch mad made her delightful Companion and
whiled away the tedious hours Of sleeplessness by
repeating old English ballads, with which her
memory was stored. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

The picturesque popular conception OF A.
! ghanistan is that Of the poet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

And many an Afghan chief who lies
Beneath thc cool pomegTanai" trees
Clutches his sword in fierce surmise,
As on the mountain-slde h. secs
The Meet foot Mari scout who Gomez
To tell how he hath heard aiar
The measured roll II British drums
Beat az the gates Of 'andahar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19

seller. ana got from MIN instead more eX-
pensive COW Of the Pcardy breed. At the
close Of the season the Princess was astonished
to receive a demand for payment for both
cows. and as she declined to pay for the Breton
animal she was sued, the decision Of the court
being. Of course, granted in her favor after
proceedings in which the traditional wit and
brilliancy Of some Of our leading lawyers found
full scope.
The woolen stocking OF France, to which ref
erence has so often been made by statesmen
both at home and abroad in connection with
the savings Of the lower classes of the French
bourGeoisie and Of the peasantry, has hitherto
been regarded to great extent In the light Of
a mere figure OF speech The impression has,
however, been for once In the way upset by the
will of the late NJ Rossigno a member OF the
Academy, who died here the other day. be-
iqueathing the whole of his fortune to the city
of Paris. The entire sum amounted to nearly
4, 900, 900 francs and was found In the drawers
Of three four old-fashioned bureaus In his bed
room, packed away In old woollen stockings
each one carefully tied at the end and ticketed
with dates from which II appeared that certain
of them had not been opened from the time Of
the Commune.
To such an extent has bicycling become the
rage here that the various railroads leading out
iof Paris have been forced to form a combination
curing the past week for the purpose Of organ
iiltng q certain number Of rules and regulations
fu connection with the transport OF the swift
wheel, which has been the cause Of no end
Of trouble and annoyance to the companies.
Thus. few days ago. just before the express
train left for Hayre. no less than sixty-eght
bicyclists presented themselves armed with tick
cts demanding transportation for themselves
and their machines. OF course there was
plenty OF room for the men, but the question
Of CARRYING the bicycles was a matter OF greater
dificulty, and involved the addition to the train
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
fTo BE CONTINUED. |
scrintnrnI Sanction.

Speaking Of pipes recalls a story Of
Bishop Seabury, the first bishop OF
Connecticut. He was great smoker,
and when travelling always carried with
him good supply of his finest tobacco,
and a wooden case made to hold three
long clay pipes. He would no more
have forgotten these than his books
and vestments. An old lady of the
diocese was an ardent admirer of the
bishop, but the clouds of tobacco smoke
surrounding his head like q halo
troubled her. At last she mustered up
courage and said;
Bishop, how can you smoker Don't
you think it an ungodly habit and un-
becoming to minister"
well, my good woman, I thought
you read your bible, said the bishop.
II do" she replied, "but 1 never saw
anything in it to countenance smok-
ing"
What" said the bishop, did you
you never read the passage which ex-
horts us to praise God on the pipe? I'm
possible"
The old lady was satisfied, and after
wards told people who criticised the
bishop for smoking that they didn't
rightly understand the Scriptures.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Slavery in Siam.

Slavery has been abolished ia name,
but it can never by abolished in fact,
for the slaves have no means Of sup
porting themselves outside their mas
ters' houses. Every member Of the
Siamese upper classes can fetter his
servants or throw them into prison
without any kind Of trial or permits
sion being necessary.
One morning l went to call upon
one of the ablest and most enlight-
ened of the Ministers, a man who
has been to Europe and who once
actually got into serious trouble for
trying to inaugurate sort Of wom-
ans right movement in Siam. l
made my way by mistake into a part
of his grounds where visitors were
not expected, and l found slave
fastened down to the ground in an
ingenious kind of pillory In which
he could not move hand or foot,
while another slave tortured him
with severe strokes of a bamboo rod
at the word of member of the
family in order to force him to con-
fess to some misdeed. Contemporary
Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

that / win play il for oil itS worth,
replied Birdsall, with @ look that
meant mischief. ~I1l make you either
corpse or o Yankee before you get
out OF your seat. Eat, and be- quick
about I'll"
"But Georgel"
@EatI" was the only response.
Tom thought best to comply, and
with tears in his eyes and VOWS of
vengeance in his heart proceeded to
choke down part of the abominable
mixture.
"There, that will do, Tom," said
Birdsall, rising frcm his seat. "You
needn't eat any more Of the Goldfish
unless you have learned to like it, I"
and he left the restaurant fully expect
ing his victim to follow him, pistol In
hand. But the affair ended without
bloodshed. Tom left Virginia City
two days after for Phoebe and never
returned to the Comstock. San Fran
cisco Call.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
A TENNYsoN STORY.
He Was Not Only Great Poet, but :
Good Business Man. h

AO was NOC Ouly NEehI EOett UuV
Good Business Man. al
A capital story, which is quite
authentic, is told about the late
laureate and his wonderful poem,
"The Revenge" says correspondent
of the Leeds (Englan0 Mercury. 1t
was first published in the Nineteenth
Century in 1878 or 1879. On the
eve of its publication Tennyson in
Vited between thirty and forty of his
most intimate friends to his home in
Eaton Square, in order that he might
recite this patriotic piece to them.
1t Is well known that Lord Tennyson
was an excellent man Of business.
Had he written paradise Lost" he
would have been both very hungry
and very cold before accepting &10
for the copyright. A letter Of his is
in existence which, after Offering the
right to publish his works at GER
tain price, ends with a declaration
that, whether the publisher accepts
his offer or not, he Nord Tennyson)
would not accept "a blessed penny"
less! In fact, he was very much
like a certain Leeds banker who,
when asked by a customer to cash q
draft for a large amount over the
counter replied: "We do nothing
for nothing for nobody here" In
Wemyss Reid's life Of Lord Hough-
ton" there is an amusing letter from
the late laureate which compares the
writing Of poetry for nothing to the
milking OF he goats. When the re-
cital Of "The Revenge" in Eaton
Square took place there was much
lingo feeling about in fashionable
society in London, and not few in
fected persons were among the select
audience. AS the poet proceeded in
his rich and sonorous tones, rendered
all the more attractive by his Lin
colnshire accent, the favored few
hung upon his words. When he
reached the last lines:
And the whole sea plunged and fell on the
shot-shattered navy Of Spain,
And the little Revenge herself went down
the island crags,
To be lost evermore In the main,
the feelings of all present were
strung up into excitement and en-
thusiasm; when, to the amazement
of all, the laureate added, Without
the least change in the tone Of his
voice, "And the beggars only gave
me $500 for it, when it was worth
at least $500 or more.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
They "Considered That P,int. y

In Illinois there is an old law on
the statute books to the effect that
in criminal cases the jury is the
"judge Of the law as we'll as the
facts" Though not often quoted,
once in a while a lawyer with a des-
perate case makes use of it.
In this case, says the Green Bag,
the Judge instructed the jury that it
was to judge of the law as we'll as the
facts, but added that it was not to
judge of the law unless it was fully
satisfied that it knew more law than
the Judge.
An outrageous verdict was brought
In, contrary to all instructions of the
court, who felt called upon to rebuke
the jury.
At last one old farmer arose
"Jedge," said he, weren't we to
jedge the law as we'll as the facts?"
Certainly" was the response; "but
/ told you not to judge the law I'M
less you were clearly satisfied that
you knew the law better than / did.
SWELL, jedge," answered the
farmer, as he shifted his quid, I'VE
considered that pint"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

vance of the front line Of battle, and as
the bullets flew around him he would
bark and jump at them and tear the
ground where they struck. On the
march he took his place on the right
of the regiment with his company, at
the side Of the sergeant. Company Fl
claimed him, but he was the favorite
of all. The men shared their delica-
cies, when they were fortunate enough
to have any, with him. He was well
come wherever he chose to stay. When
the men of the Tenth Maine INDUCED
in any little scuffle among themselves,
he looked on unconcernedly and never
offered to take sides, but il o stranger
took hand or another dog appeared
he would go for him in moment. Ma
jor had seen service before with New
Hampshire regiment and was at Bull
Run. He wore a silver collar, on which
was engraved every battle he was in.
On the retreat from Winchester he was
captured, but not liking the Confeder-
ates, he escaped and found his way to
the regiment. He passed through
Cedar Mountain and Antietam without
injury, but died at Sabine Crossroads,
Louisiana, at his post of duty in ad
vance OF the front line Of battle. His
memory is as tenderly cherished as
that of any member of the regiment.
Whenever any information for publica-
ton about the organization is sought
among officers or men the invariable
injunction is, "Don't forget to mention
our old dog Major"