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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21
"Old Curiosity Shop"

About thirt cen years ago crowds OF
people fiocked to the narrow and
crooked little street, known as Ports
mouth street, leading from Portugal
street to Lincoln's Inn Fields, for
rumor was spread abroad that the
house reputed to be the home of Little
Nell was about to be demolished by
order of the board of works. This,
however, was false alarm. The board
had only ordered it to be shored up, as
the adjoining house was in danger of
collapse. The question of its removal
was, however, only a matter of time,
and now the time has arrived. Its
demolition will very shortly be effected
as a part of the wholesale improve
ments going forward in this neighbor-
hood, and which have already claimed
two historic taverns-the George Nv.
and the Black Jack-and the last of the
old bulk shops. Though the loss of all
these associations is a matter for much
regret, it cannot be doubted that the
clearing of this squalid and cOngeSted
congeries Of byways will be very
real improvement. There is the usual
difference of opinion as to the actual
building which Dickens had in his
minds eye when he wrote "The Old
Curiosity Shop" The novel itself does
not give any trustworthy clew, and the
distinction has been claimed for "a Fet-
Ger lane, which was pulled down early
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21
The Potato as an Article of Food.

While it is probable that millions OF
persons have subsisted largely upon
the potato, it is a dietetic cact that this
important article of food is going out
of fashion, and that at very rapid
rate. The best authorities frown upon
it. Hygienic experts speak i'll of it, and
those who are in the habit of giving
very close attention to the subject of
scientific feeding will have none of it,
and are much given to declaring that
the potato is responsible for more dys-
pepsia than anything else in the world.
The first potato planted in England
went into the ground in 1896 and its
introduction IN Ireland was almost at
the same date. For couple of hun
dred years the potato was looked upon
as a sort of vegetable curiosity 1t was
occasionally eaten. but always as del
in sweetmeats and spices. roasted with
marrow or stepped in sack. Marie
Antoinette wore the flowers and con-
sidered them wonderfully beautiful.
The Pommeranian farmers planted po-
tatoes at the point of the sword. for
Frederick the Great had said, PLANT
potatoes" and that was the end of it.
In 1771 and 1772 famine in Germany
made the inhabitants of that country
familiar with the food value of the po-
tato. 1t is thought that the Spanish
brought the potato to Virginia. 1t
grows wild in Chilli and Peru, and was.
according to accounts, taken by the
Spanish to Spain, and there planted
until it became an article of common
use. 1t is generally supposed that the
potato is a root, but this is not true.
1t is an underground stem, which is
swollen and increased by stores of
starch laid up for some. as yet. undis-
covered purpose. The eggplant. to-
bacco and the potato belong to the
same genus, and it is an interesting
item that both the potato and tobacco
were first taken to Europe from Amer
lea.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

slightest touch and instantly DART OUT
OF its sandy bed. A fish is very sensl-
tive to movements in the water sur
rounding it. A shadow falling upon the
water will startle fish into flight. But
sensitive as fishes are in some respects.
it is probable that they do not suffer
pain from injuries received. Fishes
are extremely sensitive at the nose. A
fish that had in pursuit of prey run its
nose against a rock might shake its
head violently, perhaps in pain, but
fishes sustain serious injuries from
actual wounds without showing any il
dication of pain. In fact, the indica-
tions tend to show that they do not
suffer-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Il has become digniAed task "a
write . ballet score French compos-
ers have always thought 80. and some
OF the most charming things in Preach
music arc Of the sort It is said shss'
Arthur Sullivan has been offered 4 hss
sum for ballet score.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

in 1891. The preponderance Of opin-
ion inclines to Portsmouth street,
which is in a neihborhood replete with
associations of Dickens. The street,
which originally bore the queer name
Of touches building, takes its present
name from Portsmouth House, built
by lingo Jones for the Earl of Ports
mouth, the front of which is still stand
ing, but the interior has been entirely
transformed to meet the requirements
of modern days. The quaint old house
we illustrate is believed to be the rem
nant of the dairy-house Of Louise de
Kerhouel, Duchess of Portsmouth, the
''baby-faced" beauty. who so long held
the too-susceptible Charles II. in thrall.
Thus the name of the street is some
times derived from the duchess rather
than the earl.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Baroness Hirsch has given 500, ose
TO establish pension fund for the en-
ployes of the Oriental railways who
were in the service up to 1890, when
her late husband gave up his connection
with the roads.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

V1CA's FLORAL GUIDE is bright har-
binGer OF spring, although as we write
tho air without is raw and cold. We
have advertised Messrs. James Vicks
Sons seeds and plants for many q year.
and know that they give satisfaction
to chose who deal with them.
The Guide for 1897 contains six full
page half tone illustrations, photo
graphed from life. of Asters, Roses.
Carnations. Gold Flowers and Toma
toes. 1t tells how to secure and grow
everything wanted in the garden.
See tie advertisement in another
column, of this firm from Rochester,
NY.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21
WHAT A srUPENDOUs LIE,

We hear faI3er say when he reads
that John BREEDER, Mishicott. Wis
grew 173 bushels Of Salzer's Silver
King Barley per acre in 1896. Don't
you believe 1t? Just write him! You
see Salzer's seeds are bred up to big
yields. And Oats go bushels, corn go.
Wheat 60 bushels. Potatoes 1000 bush
els. Grasses s tons per acre, ETC.. etc.
$1,000 FOR 10 CENTS.
just Send This Notice With 10 Cent?
stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis. and get L farm seed
samples, worth $40. to get a start. W.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

DR.. Omanza, of Vienna, has invented
a method of photographically register
the pulse beats.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

The English royal commission On
vaccination, which has been busy du.-
Ing seven years obtaining information.
recently made an interesting report
The commission concluded that tbs
protection which vaccination affords
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Tho Most Unique Calendar Of the Seasos
Has just been issued by the Lake Shore
4 Michigan Southern Ry. Copy can b
secured by sending six cents in stamps
to cover postage, to A. j. Smith, G. PA,
Cleveland
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
Druggists refund the money il il fails u cure 25<
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

The 10-cent silver piece was author.
lied by congress in 179o, and it, coin.
age was begun in 1876.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

The annual Arctic owl, precursor Of q
hard winter, has been captured. thu
tine on Cape Elizabeth, Ne.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

A single order for 900, 900 pounds OF
smoking tobacco was a new record for
that line of business recently achieye,;
by Virginia tobacco firm
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Charges OF fraud and bribery hav.
been made against a number of the
city officials of Minneapolis.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

JUsr try q loo. box OF Cascarets. candy catha-
tic the finest liver and bowel regulator made
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Der. Now set the dish to revolving.
and the player whose number stops
nearest the goal wins. The goal may
be any figure that is stationary, like
the little bust shown in the cut. The
game may consist of any desired num-
Der of revolutions.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Tacoma has Chinese tailors
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF DIScOV.
cry AND INVENTION.
DO Fish Suffer Pain = An Amusing
Trick for Home Pleasure-The Sleep
Of Seeds-"Old Curiosity Shop to
Come Down-About Vaccination.
- IL FISHES have

LII FISHES have
nerves, and In some
respects fishes are
extremely sensi-
tive. A fish that
has buried itself in
sand or mud so
completely t h a t
only the tip of its
tail fin is above the
bottom will feel
upon that he
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Mexico has 4 corn famine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-01-21

Inc month OF DeccmO DER also OrOke the
record, there being more licenses is
sued during that month than in any
other month in the history of the coun.
ty. There were four issued in one day,
which was the greatest number of any
one day on record. There are several
other novel features. A white couple
were married by a colored preacher,
the only case of the kind on record in
the county. 1t is also noticed that one
minister of the gospel" IL signing
the marriage certificate. did SO by
making his mark, and having witness
to his signature. One would naturally
suppose that man who cannot write
his name. in this enlightened age. wa,
hardly q fit subject to explain the Cos
pei But some men must preach
Cy Leland is buying one hundred
loads of corn q day.
A vaudeville company broke up II
Hiawatha and it will take some time
for the town to recover.
At . social at Tribune s1e ladies
stood . man on his head and poured
cold water down his Trousers lcga
Who said women couldn't run . sue
cessful secret society?
Several prehistoric mqunds law
been found ~ Neodesha Thl Is n
old game In western Kansas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
DEATH NOTICES.

| CASSIDY-ln this city. at his late residence
81 Pond street, Feb. II, James Cassidy.
| Notice of funeral later.
| CHAFEE-ln this city, Feb. rs, Adaline
widow of Nathan M. ,hafee, aged Is
Funeral from her late residence. 293 Friend
ship street Friday, Feb. 10, at 2 o'clock p. IN.
Relatives and friends invited TO attend.
DEGNAN-m Central Falls. Feb. 49, John
Francis, son of John and Mary Dcgnan,
aged ~ years, months.
Funeral from his parents residence, 81
Central sire {, Friday, Feb. 10, at $3.50 a. M
Relatives and friends arc Invited to attend.
FOSHAY-.n this CITY. Feb. le William A.
Foshny, aged Il years
Funeral services from the residence of his
son.in-law, W. H. Braytun, 33 Niagara street,
FRIDAY, Fob 10 ut ! "a. IN. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend. Burial at con
vonioncc uf the family.
Willimantic papers please copy.
FObTANsBEE-In Cranston, Feb 10, AIRS.
Abigail Fuilunsbce, agod " years.
Burial at Leominstcr, Mass.
GRAHAM--In Pawtuclget, Feb. Is, Annie +.
Graham, wife OF George Graham, aged 81
Fnnoral private.
z Newport papers please copy. ST
HoPKINS-In Washington, II. T., Feb. 10,
Julia A., wife OF Loren Il. Hopkins aged
81 years.
Funeral at East Killingly, Conn. Saturday.
friends are invited To attend.
HoUD-ln Drownvillc Feb. l6. Mary H. Houd.
aged Al years.
Chatham, n. ", papers please copy.
LEACH-In this city, Feb. 10, Lydia Andrews
widow of oliver Leach, and daughter of
the ltto James Andrews, formerly of
Scttuato, II. l., ged KS years.
Funeral services az thu residence of her son,
James A, Searlo, 10 Irving street. Friday
morning at n o'clock. II latives and f>ends
are invited to attend. Burial at convenience
of family.
PoTTER-In Hope, Feb. l6, John Burton Pot.
ter, aged 80 years.
Funeral Saturiay at / o'clock. from the
FislScvilo Tabernacle Church, Fi-Ievilc Rel.
atlves and fricncs are invited TO attend. Please
omit flowers
SHAW-.in San Francisco Cal, Feb. 0, Henry
3. Shaw, aged 81 years.
MlLCON-In this city, Feb. 10, DIR. Alanson
Wilcox, aged 80 years, months.
Notice or funeral later.
WHlrPLE-ln this city, Feb. H. Henry r.
Nluppip, aged - yc ,rs.
funoini from the Advent Christian Church
Han mond street. Saturday, Feb -. at u,
m. Relatives and friends invited to attend
WIfLIAMS-ln Foster, Feb. u, Marietta A.,
wife Of Turner Williams aged i3 years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
Infancy and Childhood - System of
Sleeping.

The daily rule for sleeping and eating
when one month old, be fed every two
hours from 8 a. m.to II p. M, sleeping
from that time utill Q. m. again. AT
three months Ii should be fed every two
and one-half hours from 5 .. m. to 10 d.
m, sleeping from 10 p. m. to g q. m. At
six months it should be fed every three
hours from 9 q. IN. to 9p. M, sleeping
from 9 p. m. to Q. m. Al one year Of
age q child should he fed at seven, ten,
two, six, and nine O'Clock. The first
and last meals should he given to the
child in bed, from the bottle. while the
other three meals should be fed from
howl and spoon, In order to begin the
weaving process.
During the fest of the night there
should be always ready by the bedside
thoroughly clean nursing bottle filled
with water that has been boiled. IL the
baby is wakeful, fretful, or hungry, allow
him to nurse from this. A few swallows
will suffica to calm him. The ordinary
heat of the chamber will render the water
warm enough for a child in health. II
the infant is delicate or i'll, the drinking
water must be warmed to 9S degrees
Fahrenheit fu cup Of water plsced
over an slconol-lsmp on the tsble. Some.
times when baby is breast-fed it will
not drink even water from q nursing bot
tie, in which case 1t Is necessary to
moisten lis mouth as often as il cries
with a fine soft white cloth saturated
with water. An older child should be
fed with water from spoon. Water the
child must have, and in abundance. dur
ing the troublesome nights when the
ha bit of sleep is no, yet established and
the desire for night meals IL not
thoroughly overcome.
Besides this most important sleep at
night. regular day maps must be estsb.
babess hould, and usually docs. sleep most
of the time; but IL II Is Of a nervous
temperament, there Is danger as il grows
elder, that IL will fall intn the habit OF
catching short maps at odd moments, aud
OF induiglug In no profound lasting rest
during ths whole day. BY the time a child
IL three months old ID should have
formed the habit OF sleeping about eight
hours at night. ana of mapping at least
two to two and one-haIf hours twics
during tho day. rhe intervals after the
10 q. m. and p. m. feeding are the
mtst favorable times for rest. Harper's
Bassr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

The famc OF the late Gen. Alfred Pleas
anton was somewhat overshsdowed TWEEN.
ty years AGO wten his brother introou uced
the I" blue glass craze. incidentally argued
against the law Of gravi:aiion and gave
expr. ssion TO many other queer ideas that
must have Afforded him no end OF smuse-
nent ana a good deal Of money from the
ssls OF his wriiings. II will be recalled
that the blue glass proposition was that
sunlight streaming through glass Of that
color made q sanitary ersct on human
weaknesses of many kinds, particularly
OF course, such ailments IS rheumatism.
with the blue glass treatment, doctors
wee TO 20 out of business pretty much.
The "trsstment" consisted in sitting in
the sunlight coming through the glass.
with tire affected parts of the body barred
to its curative Influence. and dauttlsss
thousands OF General Pleasanton's fellow
citizens have sst for hours taking the
treatment. Blue glass windows we're con.
sricuons 10 many residences, and perhaps
hospitals and sani,ar,ums we're not above
being tempted 10 Try the remedy on their
patients. The treatment vas harmless and
whst'vitb warm sunlight and f,ith. Il
doubtlc's did sof-e good. Al any rate the
scrniry took II ia q wsy tnst makes
th.--nsern kneipp cure, for instsnc., .
eide show for popularity by contrast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
The Cheshire Cheese, "a Quaint Old
London Inn.

The Cheshire Cheese, "a Quaint Old
London Inn.
Along Fleet street, nineteenth century
humanity rusbes In throngs. feverishiy
intent on the main chance. But now aud
again units from the mass fall out ana
disappear into little doorway, so unob-
trusive in it's character as 10 be easily
passed by strangers In search for il. A
small passageway, a bit of court, and one
entors the old Cheshire Cheese, treading
In the footsteps OF generations OF wits and
philosophers. A wit the visitor may not
be, but no is certain to be the other in
one way or another. anG his purpose in
coming here can have little In common
with the hurry burly he has but
just left out there on Fleet street. The
tide OF affairs has left him stranded on an
oasis of peculiar charm "a low-ceilinged
room, brown as an ola meerschaum,
heavily raftered, and carrying to the GEN.
sitive nostril the seeEt of ages, the indes-
cTi oaolc aroma insepars ole from these
haunts OF geniality; wide windows,
white-curtained on two sides, and smiling
upon the newcomer; the merry glow Of
the fire in the old crate. flirting tiny
flames upward that esress the steaming,
singing kettle hanging just above. The
old copper seuttle glipts with the fitful
gleams upon its FURNISHED, pudgy sides;
the floor spread abundantly with sawdust
softens the sounds OF footballs. Tho
white tablecioths make the note OF tidi-
ness, relieving the prevailing low tone OF
the room. Over against one wall hang
two cooked hats and cane, Johnson's.
Tna silk hats ana trousers of modern
London almost seem out of harmony with
the cosy quointness of their environment,
bat smalls and buckles and cooked hats
pass away, and architecture survives the
fashions ana persons OF its creators. -
From 1.-The Field of Art" in the Feb
ruary Scribner's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

The retiring Congress is the third of
the billion dollar Congresses. but as shown
BY Congressman Dipcley this is bill
lion dollar country. or, In other words,
while the cost per mead OF running the
government has not increased. the growt n
OF population imposes larger expenditures
and has brought the benuial sppropris-
ticns mp to billion OF dollars though
without new burdens. According to Mr..
Dingley the ordinsry expense of running
the government, amounts 10 $3.50 a head
with 81 more for pensions, fifty cents fer
paying off the national debt, and fifty
cents more on an average, is appropriated
for river and harbor work, public ouild-
ings and the like. Only this last item Of
nifty cents is susceptible of variation more
or less sccording to the disposition Of a
particular Congress. The balance, 70 a
head, Is in tEe na:urs OF 6xsd chsrges
that no Congress, however economical,
ctn very materially cut down. The tre-
mencous item accredited to pensions will
In time, OF course. be reduced, but the
time Is esideniIy far distant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
NATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting Held at Dallas Board
OF Officers Elected.

Dallis, Tex, Feb. lS.-The ninth annual
convention OF tie National Aid Assocls-
tion was called to order. Yesterday in the
|. o. o. building by PRESIDENT a. Wsr.
cell OF Topeka, kansss. About forty
delegates anu members representing six
states were present. I he iciIowipg officers
were elected TO serve for the ensuing year.
President, A. Wardell., OF Topeka vice.
president, Evan J.Jones, OF Dublin, Tex;
second vic e'president, Helen s. johnson,
OF Penn; secretsry,s ID. Coley,of Topeka,
kansas; James Dugan and S. Il. Coley Of
Kansas; o. Cavatn, of Nebraska; Arthur
Lawrence OF South DAKOTA; j. w. Clark
OF Iowa and J. b. Moorney and J. nj. Per-
due OF Texas were elected as board OF
directors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
Print Works Running Overtime.

Fall River, Mass, Feb. 1S.--Ths Fall
River print works has begun to run over
The printing machines are running until
7 O'Clock in the evening and the ot her
departments are in operation until and
10 O'Clock. The works sro not affected
by the curt ,iIment Of production in the
rriut cloth mills.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
The Regular Cavalry.

As proof Of the fact that these rep
resentative bodies OF the United States
Army are the real soldiers that they look,
and worthy to maintain the historic rep
utsticn OF their respective commands,
r"- take pleasure in referring to a recent
exercise OF the Third Cavalry, at it's Vest
erD station. On the Goth of last October
six troops Of this regiment, under the
command Of Lieutenant Colonel (trevet
Brigadier- General) Guy V. Henry, left
Jefferson Bsrracks, Missouri, for Spring:
field. in the same state, and two hundred
and fifty miles distant. They marched
Springfield and back, q total distance
Of i've hundred miles, in one hundred
marching hours. Their average, there
lore, was i've miles an hour, or twenty
fivo snd one-bali miles day for niue
teen marching days, being absent In all
twcnty-tbrse days. The gait was the new
regulation alternate trot aud walk.
Under ths oid system OF walking all
day, the same march would have ;nken
thom nine hundred hours, or nine hours
q day in the saddle, es compared with
tho tive hours n day under the new sys-
tenn. Tho alternate gait, moreover, is
better for the horses, because at trot
they ara not so liable TO got sore backs
from their riders iouneing in tho slddle,
as they do In todious walk. The COM
mand returned home I'm fne condition.
marching thirty miles in fve hours the
last day, suc on the day following gave
a full-dress review before General Miles.
As sn individual performance. Lieoten-
ant III. II. Psttisou, OF the Third Cavalry,
lately rode one hundred and ten iniIes
In less than twenty.four hours, finishing
and horse. Oi sach s,un our regulars OF
today are made. -Lsslis's Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

1t is good sign that the Legislature OF
the State of Georgia proposes to expsnd
at least a million dollars the coming year
for educational purposes. The free sdver-
tising from this act may not be so gener-
al as hat to be- secured by lyncbing
lee, but, on the whole, 1t will dou btless
prove the more valuable to the common
wealth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18
Bryan VIII Talk 10 Lawmakers.

Topeka. Ken, Feb: IS. Hen. W. J.
Bryan having been invited to addrcss the
Kansas legislature In flint session .hss
noiibed the two houses that he viii spssk
tomorrow. Committees have Dctn sp-
pointed to receive the distinguished ni.
itor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

The attempt OF one OF Colonel Robert q.
lpgersolPs clerks TO commit suicide
calls atIeu,ion TO tho fact tbnt. since In
gstsolI pronounced the opinion that sui.
eide was no 'in but on The contrary was
often desirable ana worthy, a chief clerk
n bis ffi e, one OF his law students ana
Two Of his relatives have died by suicide.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

The experience, Of the schooner Rhode
Island, is another demonstration that it
IL hard to sink a good ship in open sea.
II ship IL stsunch enough to be sent to
sea sr eli she is usually abls to keep on
top of the water, no matter what else may
happen to her. -..s-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-18

Perhaps diversion from the cou-
troversy rs to whether or not the Whale
swall,weu Jonah would DO created II
some one would advance the proposition
thit Jonah swallowed the Whale.