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The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31
ridian line sis still open for debate. -

rldlan line rs still open Tor debate.
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The material development of the
country is subject that comes pro-
perly under our notes, and will be
considered in individual instances.
It may be said that there are two ways
open for the proper cultivation of the
soil. One way is depending on the
rainfall and the other way is by irri-
cation. The uncertainty of the one
and the practicability of the other are
matters requiring solution.
Like in all new countries where
there is an abundance of land, the
simplest ways Of farming are consid-
cred, and consequently the loosest
methods prevail. Better cultivation
of smaller tracts of land should be
followed, as the rule. In the conduct
of the farm the small details are Oft
en- left out. There must be diver
sity of products on the farm. Econ
omy is not considered in all essential
particulars. The farmer in Western
Kansas who makes no specially is the
one who succeeds. The farmers
wife who raises chickens and milks
COWS supplies the family table with
many Of the necessaries of life. The
farmer who buys his meat and groce
ries from the proceeds of the grain
crop has a meagre balance at the end
of the year.
This is country where it does moi
cost much to live, and yet it is an ex-
travagant country, for the methods
are not Of the frugal order. We mean
that the country is an easy country in
which to make a living, but the means
of expense are many times shown in
poor economy. The farmer will 60
in debt for farm implements and raise
grain at low prices. This is all right
in some years; if he has good crop,
for the land has cost him very little.
But many farmers make grain raising
an exclusive pursuit when they should
pay some attention to the raising of
cattle and hogs and poultry. As we
have stated, they have probably ne
elected the chicken and the cow in
the economy of living, and somehow
ends do not meet at the time of bal
ancing of accounts.
Well, it may be considered that ex-
pertinent and uncertainty have led to
the instability and unreliabil,ty Of
much of the farmers calling. Poor
crops, poor market and poor prices
have led to specialties in the line OF
But the farmer who has
COWS, chickens and pigs, even with a
snail grain crop, will not be obliged
to send for remittances to his "wife's
folks" He can tide over the most
direful times if he is also provided
with garden patch.
Early history is not complete with
out a consideration of these points.
and the best exemplifcation is to be
found Ill the Windthorst settlement,
better known as the German colony,
in the southeastern part of the coun-
ty. Perhaps brief account of the
career of these industrious farmers
may serve to show how success may
be obtained in this country through
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31

REPORTS of the United States Weather
Bureau show that the present drought
is the most general as well as the most
protracted since the organization of the
bureau.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31

The employees in the steel works at
Joliet, Ill.,, now wear tags. Fifteen
hundred men are employed IL have
got your tag" as the boys say.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31
SCRAPS OF EARLY HISTORY.
BY THE EDITOR.

BY THE EDITOR.
Dodge City, as we have stated, was
up to all manner of sports; but we
believe few people remember the bull
fight that occurred in the fair ground
about the year 1884. 1t was a regu-
lar Mexican bull fight, and was con-
Quoted by Mexican matadores. The
fight was tame affair, and if we re-
member correctly, nobody was hurt.
The fight was gotten up By, Mayor
A. B. Webster, who was one of the
best hearted men in the world, but
who had a fondness for sport The
bull fight was intended as scheme
to draw a crowd to Dodge, but it was
q financial failure. Even the novelty
of Spanish sport was not congenial
pastime to the sporty people of this
CITY. The intended victims could not
be aroused to madness with the terri
BILE Haunting of red flags, and the
fury of the beasts was not madness,
and the movement of the matadore
was as simple as the performance of
the dago with the pet bear.
*
The Cowboy Band was an institu-
ton of Dodge City, that had almost
world wide reputation. The Musi-
cal Festival, held last week in Den
YER, revives some "reminiscences of
cowboy days, and in connection with
this the Cowboy band also shares.
The Denver News, of October 18th,
says of the Dodge City Cowboy band:
'In 1880, G. NJ. Beeson, stock
man and range rider as well, con-
ceived the idea of organizing band
in Dodge City. Eighteen musicians,
mostly cowboys, employed on ranches
in the vicinity of the city, were en-
ployed. They adopted the hume
which has since become famous all
over the west as we'll as the east
the Dodge City Cowboy Band. Roy
Drake was the leader, and the band
soon had a reputation and great eff
cheney. Their services were in great
demand as it was the only organiza-
ton within hundreds of miles. Their
first engagement Of any national i'm
portance was at St. Louis, in 1884,
when they played for the cattlemen's
convention. By this time the mem
bers had been increased to twenty
two, and their novel equipment and
musical skill attracted much atten-
ton"
The equipment of the present COW
boy band of Victor, Colo, is valued
at $4,000.
The members of the Cowboy band
were dressed in the grotesque custom
peculiar to the cowboys Of those days.
They wore a fur coat, and revolver
hung in their belt. Big boots and
rafting spurs were worn; and a big
trimmed hat decorated with gold cord
set off the band boy in great style.
The banner "original and famous
Dodge City Cowboy Band" was dis
played by the band at the musical
convention in Denver.
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The Tooth meridian line remains an
open question, though the discussion
of its location may &c an unimpor
tant matter. As Dodge City is fire.
quently referred to as being on the
meridian line, perhaps it is better to
leave the question undisputed. Gen.
Fonda and others say the parallel
runs about six miles west of the city,
on the west line of the lands embrac-
ed in the Usage Indian reservation;
while others contend that the line
runs through the east part of the city
where the GLOBE REPUBLICAN first sta
ted it ran. A government map in
o,,r ,,Dccossion which oomo from the
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31

General Land Office at Washington,
shows the line running cas-: of the
dot designated as Dodge City. We
have examined the maps in the Land
Office in this city, and find they cor
respond with our map, and they show
the line as running east of Dodge
City. This question of the location
of the Tooth meridian line has been
in dispute before. Several years ago
c. NJ. Beeson made bet of $25 with
"Red" Boyer that the line ran east of
the city; and what was regarded as
competent authority sustained Bee
son, and he won the bet.
The records of the Weather Bu-
reau at this station also show the line
as running east of the city. We
called on the accommodating observ-
ers and from the records of the Office
we find that Dodge City is located in
Latitude 81 degrees 80 minutes; Lon
gitude 100 degrees, 8 degrees west Of
Greenwich. The altitude is 2504 feet
above sea level, as shown at the win
dow in the Signal Office. At the San
ia Fe depot the altitude is 2477 feet.
This has no bearing on the line of
longitude but we throw it in for good
measure.
The survey by photographic corps
of Geodetic Office of the Government,
lately completed, will show the true
meridian line. Two surveying par
ties of the Government, from the of
fee we have mentioned, left about IL
years ago-one the Pacific coast and
the other on the Atlantic coast-and
they met about two weeks ago at a
point near Canon City, Colorado.
When these surveys are triangulated
the true meridian will be known.
These surveys all determine longi-
tudinal lines. The true meridian at
St. Louis was recently determined,
only few days ago. There cannot
be much difference here for there are
no minerals to defect the needle of
the compass; but original surveys were
not absolutely correct, especially in
the mountain regions, where minerals
abound. The declination of the nee
die at this point is II degrees and SO
minutes east of the true north, as
furnished by the United States Coast
Survey.
Harry Harris, who was county sur
veyor for two years, informs us that
he was employed in the geometric
survey made by the government off,
GERS in 1890, and that the Tooth mer
idian line was found to be on the side
of the city, crossing north where 81.
Juneau's lumber office now stands.
The variation of the needle in ten
years is hardly perceptible, and the
geodetic survey cannot change the
line very much.
Gen. Fonda insists that the Tooth
meridian line runs on the east part of
section Is, township 26, range 26, the
western terminus of the Usage lands.
It runs east of Mic Mayrath's lands,
on section IL, township 26, range 26.
He gathers this information from the
government surveys and maps. Fol
lowing south the surveyors record
shows the meridian line s chains and
70 links west of the southwest corner
of township % range Is, on south
county line. Dodge City is located
on section 26, township 26, range Is,
and this calculation places the Tooth
degree of longitude nearly six miles
west of the city. But taking into
account that the original government
surveys are more "devious" than the
variations of the magnetic needle;
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-31
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Chief Justice,
DAVID MARTIN.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

NEf u DL1CAN NVON1A AACALA'
For Sheriff,
WALDO TARBOX.
For County Clerk,
j. II. LEIDIGH.
For County Treasurer,
ANDREW RUSSELL.
For Register Of Deeds,
SIDNEY P. REYNOLDS.
For Coroner,
DIR. S. J. CRUMBINE.
For Surveyor,
JOHN G.. FONDA.
For County Commissioner-3d district
MIC MAYRATH.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03
THE JURY SYSTEM.
Where an Essential Reform
Needed.

Where an Essential Reform is
Needed.
From HI edmond State. August LIST, 1896.
The Norfolk Virgiuian says;
Nv bile the result OF the verdict in
the Massey Ptlot suit rs to the amount
awarded by the lEry, was disappointing
to general expectation, II Ia but lust to
Mr.. Massey to record the fuct, that ton
OF the Jurymcn were for heavy damages,
for the injury that had been so cruelty
ana 80 conspicuousiY inflicted upon his
reputation by the Pilot articles. This
Is mn instance OF Jury trial, which pre-
sente reasons calling for reform. Ii may
be ali right to require the unanimous
vote ot twelve men when question of
life s ut stake. but in matters of bust
ness, one man, or two or three or four,
should not DO o stumbling block to
prevent decision that tho large ma.
Jorltv OF the jury favor"
1t too often happens, as IN this case.
that the majority Yields to the minor
lty, so that the verdict returned is not
the verdict Of the many, but of the
few.
Norfolk correspondent whom we
understand to be tho managing editor
of the Pilot, says that tho telegraph
reports as to how the Jury stood were
gross congregations" and that the
highest amount of damages proposed
by any juror was $1,000. Seeing that
the verdict was for 81 COO, we suppose
the above Is n typographical error, but,
however, that may he. we have the
word of one of the leading men of the
Jury Tor the statement that the amount
OF damages proposed in the jurv room
ranged from 500, 900 down, und we have
tie word of another Juror for the state
ment That the majority were opposed
TO giving the verdict rs rendered, but
yielded 10 the minority for the reason
that hung jury would indicate that
some OF the Jurors thought MIR. Mas
sey guilty when such was not the fact,
ana the mnlority were unwilling to
SEND out such an impression.
The statement was made in the pres
ence OF still another Juror who did not
deny 1t, and we have no doubt of its
correctness. Accepting that statement
AZ true, II ID evident TINT this was mi
nority verdict, and III the ewes of the
MAJORITY al unjust verdict to MIR, Mas.
sey. The minority ruled mud the ma
lorlty had to do the best they could.
We cite this case simply us an illus
tratlon. anu we very much incline to
the opinion TINT in civil cases tile ma
lority rule would oftener THAI other
wise give moro equitable results.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

Florida Times Union: In 1910 Missis.
sippi had 1882 people. and Illinois
had l2,2S2. In 1890 Mississippi had
1,2S9, 600. while Illinois had 3, $40, 35l.
In 1920 Mississippi had "A, 44S, while
Missouri had G6,557 people, In 1890
the population OF Missouri WAS 2.679,-
1871. In 1880 Florida had "a, 80 peo.
pie, US compared with 81. G39 in Michi-
gan. In 1890 Florida's population was
39l 1922, while that of Miclignu was
2,095, SO. In 1910 Florida had u. ~
people, while Iowa had i3. H.. la 1880
lowG's population was 1,9ll, $50. In
1880 Fiorida's population was S7,4i5,
while CaiItoruin's was 90, 59I. in 1890
CALIFORNIA; population was l,2OS, 100.
In 1860 the population of Florida was
40. I24. Then Kausas aud Minnesots
hni iGI. 206 aud Ia. O2} people, rcspec-
lively. In 1890 they hud 1927, OtG and
1901, $40. In 1870 Nebraska had only
l22, 1913 people. In twenty years the
nun. her h0d increased to l.UJS. $40. In
1850 the bahotas had only 40, La peo-
pie. 10 1890 ;hey hud nearly five times
rs many.
The South lns now NEAR, 25. 600 600
people, aud our contemporary Is of tho
upinionthat II IL quite probable TINT
with the natural increase, added to the
increase from immigration, the census
of 1890 will allow 80, 900, 900 people lv-
Ing IN tho South n population equal
to that Of England aud Wales, and ouly
abont 5000, COO short OF the population
of France.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

One of the latest ideas of tho Sea
board Air Line, in Its endeavor to dc
velope the resources Of the country
through which it traverses, is the dis
tribution of information giving special
instructions to growers for the canning
of fruits and vegetables. 1t has also
decided to offer valuable prize to the
first OF its agents who succeeds in
having fruit and vegetable packing
plant established within four miles OF
his station. Such liberal policy must
result in great good to those whom the
road seeks to benefit and itself as
well.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

Next week the Iowa Democracy will
declare against the free and unlimited
coinage OF silzer. Later in August the
Ohio Democracy will do likewise
kentucky, Iowa and Ohio, all within a
few weeks, repudlating the free silver
fraud make big hole in that great
West which we have been told was
solid for the PETER. Bland Stewart
theory OF finance. Aud when the roll
of the other Western States is called
the list OF sound money constituencies
will be largely increased. Atlanta
Journal.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03
rAE FUrUI.E or r,.H SQUIRT.

There is no longer any doubt that
the tide OF immigration is turning
Southwark, and that the efforts which
are being made TO encourage the move.
ment is creating alarm IN the West
which hitherto has enjoyed mo
nopoly OF the business. AS au evi.
dence Of the unessnegs felt in the West
because OF the activity displayed by
certain, States OF the South in securing
immigration, the San Diego Union,
of San Francisco sends out this warn.
ing:
"In its efforts to secure oolouists this
State, and the entire Pacific coast, now
have formidable competitor, The
new South is reaching out for tie very
class OF people from whose nun Der the
population OF this State has of late
years received such liberal nccessions
Georgia and South Caroline. These
States have the advantage OF being
geached at small expense from the over.
crowded centers, and the farmer who
settles In either of them is near the
great markets of the country. In nd
dition 10 these advantages, too, these
States are offering many tempting in
ducements They have their agents all
over the North and middle West. and
these cmlssaries are not idle. For the
prospective settler reduced fares are
provided to the State line, and after
that is crossed there is no charge for
transportation. A similar arrangement
is provided for those who merely go to
spy out the land. In fact, nothing is
being left undone by these mbItious
States 10 promote rapid colonization.
On this subject there seems to be ca.
TIRE unanimiiy between the people aud
she railways, the interests OF both
being identical"
In order to show what immigration
will dc,it is only necessary to cite what
it has done for the West, and here are
GENE od the examples gathered by the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

THE ARTICULATION OF The NIi:GiNiAN
M I.ARG&LY IN ENCESS OF all! other
Taper pubhshed i'll Etls tern Virgiuiu.
us circulRuSu III NorfolS and Portsmouth
is greater than that OF any paper publisiIed
or yircuiate 4 in tbs two cities.
tvs delivered in TIE cities OF Norfolk and
Portsmouth ana subHVb> for 10 cents
wesk. Vail Inscriptions. postage paid.
Fivy Dollars per year; lhrce Dol!Grs for six
mouths, QUO Dollar snd FIFTY Cents for
three months. nud fiiy Oents tor ono
mont.
Advertisements inserted at the r.. to of -
Gems \ SVuAtE fiHSr INSERTION: each tubse-
queut insertion 37s CENTS. or 81 Cr>rs
WHTN IS>ti TIN EVERY uruEE DAY. CoutraI
tors are not allowed 10 exceed t!cir space
or I'D, ertiee other tlan thoir ioHiima to
business. except by paying especially for
the same.
THr WEEKLY ViRGINiAI Aan CAwoLI>IAN.
eight pages, Is delivered, postage paid
three montls, 25c,; six months. 5oc, twelve
months. II
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03
Entered as second-ciass matter.
PERSONS LEAVING THE CITY

During the summer can have TIE
NORFOLK VIRGlN!AN mailed to
them by ordering it at this office.
either in person or by letter.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

TIE NIRGINIAN has received an in
vitation to attend the reunion of the
veterans of the old Eighteenth North
Carolina regiment at Ciarkton. Y. c.,
Wednesday, August 1th. There will
be short speeches from oil soldiers.
veterans drill, aud an address of well
come. The citizens OF Clarkton extend
q general Invitation to every one to
come.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03
POMER.s.OF.s.TRUTH! Il

The crowds people this store
of
The Great Bargain News las Ynead1 a IN
N
They know advertisements al N tuha md facts
me prices marked the windows n
Never Good solo so
of for irs-c coh
matter Of
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

Gen. Campos intimn;es that the Gu
ban rebellion is small affair aud that
il he had about n million soldiers and
few million doubloons he could sup.
Gen. Campos is n great man.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03
l EGy y snfs MRS. WIHSLOW'S
Soothing Syrup

has been used Ior ,hll,mcn whiIc tccthin.-
IL sOothes the chili. soften the ru,ns al
ihls ali pa II. cures win choic regulates
tho stomach and bowels. und ~ 1he besa
remedy for ditrrh IA Twenty-Five cents a
Dottle Sold BY all druggists ,hronghoue
GAS =asIh. ssi6.sn1
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-03

The Manufacturers Record reported
eleven cotton mills organized last week
in the four States OF North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia aud Alabama,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

as eggplant, cabbage leaves, radishes
and onions; and for fourth and final
course you have soba, a sort of buck
wheat vermicelli served with soy and
a sweet liqueur called mirin shiruko,
rice cakes, sea weed and all sorts of
confectionery, which is very sweet
and tasteless.
The nesans keep your sake cup full
and during the course of the dinner
each member of the company rises and
proposes the health of the host and
then some other guest until the whole
party is disposed Of This is trying
ordeal to one who does not like sake.
for you must lift your little cup to
your forehead in saluatation each time
and then empty it in three sips. It
holds but thimbleful, but it is fiery
stuf and inaames the blood more than
our brandy. 1t is customary also to
drink the health of the mattresses,
who bow their foreheads to the floor
in acknowledgment while the compli-
ment is paid them.
At the close of the dinner the tabako
bon, tray holding tiny hibachi
with live Goals In cone OF ashes and
a section OF bamboo for an ash receiver
is placed before you, and cigarettes
and cigars are passed around IN boxes
of cloisenne that tempt you to violate
the commandment that forbids steal
ing,
You rise from Japanese dinner
with your legs aching, sense OF un-
necessary fullness and a craving for
food, and when you reach the hotel
you feel inclined to send for plate OF
crackers and cheese or a sandwich.
The native diet is clean, free from
grease aud rich in carbon, but it does
not satisfy the foreign appetite, and
to sit on your heels for two hours is
more tiresome than climbing u mount
| ain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11

tect any rhythm.
The wife of Japanese gentleman
never presides Mt his table except
when he has lady guests, but she us
ually makes her appearance when the
servants bring in the tea and sweet
meats that always precede dinner.
She gives you a graceful greeting and
then retires to reappear as you are
saying your "sayonaras, which is the
Japanese for "good-by."
Thin silken cushions are scattered
around upon the floor, and the guests
are arranged in the order of their
rank or seniority, which is a matter of
great Importance among so ceremoni-
Gus a people as the Japanese. Little
tables about six inches high, such as
you see piled up like pyramids in the
bric-a-brac stores in America, are
brought in and placed before you.
Then barefooted nesans, or waiting
maids, looking fresh and cool and
graceful in their soft-tinted kiminos,
bring trays of laquer upon which are
several covered bowls. Before they
place the trays upon the little tables
they leave them on the floor for mo-
ment while they make their very best
bow.
Bowing with us is lost art. Our
lumbar vertebr@ has never been linn
bered up to degree sufficient for us
to move more than the head and per-
haps the shoulder, but the Japanese
bow begins with the hips, and when
you meet gentleman or lady they
usually show you the back of their
neck several times before they COM
mence conversation, placing the hands
upon the knees and turning the body
into right angles. Servants drop
upon their knees, place their hands
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-09-11
A Curious Balance.

Experiments with the hydrometre
as a chemical balance have been made
by an English chemist, Mr.. II. j. Phil
lips, and have resulted in a simple in
strument that is useful for certain
purposes. Gilded brass bulbs are
screwed to an aluminium stem, floated
in water in a glass cylinder, and Kept
upright i'll the centre OF the vessel by
two arms moving on perpendicular
guide rods. A small aluminium pan is
placed at the top of the stem. Under
the guiding arms are needle points,
and movable needle is attached to
one of the guide rods. In weighing
out definite quantity, the weight is
first placed in the pan. The guide
rod needle is then moved opposite the
needles of the arms, the weight is re-
moved, and the substance to be
weighed is gradually dropped into the
pan until the stem sinks to the point
indicated The range of weight that
can be recorded is limited, and with
the delicacy, depends upon the stem
of the float. Trenton IN. j. Amer
lean.