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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

soon ~ he sees your camp pitched.
takes possession Of 1t. He neither re-
spects nor fears man. and is an incor.
rigible thief. He eats anything from
a cartridge to a member of his own
famfly-for he is q cannibal II re-
member one instance of this" writes
our author. when our dog unfortu-
nately killed young bird before We
could prevent 1t, which was too small
to eat. The parents made a decent
show OF grief over their loss. and then.
being quite sure that the little one was
dead. they proceeded to eat its still
warm remains" The weka fights all
corners for undisturbed possession OF
the camp he has annexed. His histri-
onic talent is great, and he can sham
death to perfection. But for the fac:
that he is a first rate scavanger. he
would. to his human host. be an in
toierable nuisance. After some weeks
OF tenderness and self-sacrifice. the
weka all at once becomes brutal hus-
band and father. That is when the
youngsters have grown up, and. as he
thinks, are able to forage for them
selves; still. he is unnecessarily harsh.
not TO say shamelessly selfish. II his
place of sojurn be rich in food. he ban
lshes his wife and children: IL it DO
not. he tricks elsewhither. The egoistic
mt lasts until next he becomes a father.
and then altruism is hardly the word
for his self-renunciation. Let Mr.. Har-
per describe him and his wife: The
parent birds while rearing their young
hardly eat anything themselves and
grow as poor as church mouse. every
thing they find is carried to the young
sters. When pair has only one chick
it is very ludicrous to see them rush
ing up to it and jostling one another in
their eagerness TO give it a piece OF
bacon or bread. and sometimes asking
IT to try piece of jam tin. or tempt.
ing it with choice copper cartridge
case. The weka would appear to be
AS good camp companion as one
could wish for, with his tameness. i'm
pudence and almost human power of
expression. He is bird with small.
uniformed wings. unable to fly, and
varying in size from a partridge to a
pheasant"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

How does it taste, l wonder?" said
Jamie. as he saw Patrick Flynn take
q glass Of steaming punch at the bar of
a restaurant.
Did you ever taste strong drink,
James," said a handsome old man
standing by.
Never" said James. Il wonder II
it is good?"
Il cannot tell you how it tastes, -
said Mr.. Landers. Il am 60 years old.
and have never tasted it in my life. and
/ am proud to say it. l see what It
does. 1t has cheated poor Flynn out of
his snug little home. 1t has clothed
his poor wife and children in rags and
made him cross and quarrelsome. 1t
Is liquid FIRE. and theft, and poison. 1
don't want to know how it tastes"
Neither do T. said James. Thank
you. Mr. Landers. for what you have
said When I am a man 50 years ole
1. too. will have it to say. L never tast-
ed strong drink in my life
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

public. She was born and brought up
in an old and prominent South Caro-
lima family. and her mother, Jessie Col
Inns Furman, was Kentucky girl, who
was greatly admired for her beauty of
person and of character. When Miss
Furman was but seven years old her
mother died. and eight years later her
father was taken. Both parents were
intellectual. and the little girl inherited
an unusually bright mind. which with
her alert way Of looking at things.
and her original humor. was a guar
antee that something out of the COM
mon might be expected Of her.
Perhaps no one enters so intimately
into the homes and hearts Of people as
their family physician. and nearly all
doctors could, if they had the leisure
and the literary inclination, tell true
tales that would hold the mind impera-
lively. As little girl, Miss Furman
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

If . woman would have the latest
elegance in silk petticoats she must
avoid the rustling kind and wear dam
ty, soft brocaded silk skirts, ruined
with silk crepe.
Metallic finished cambria, which has
all the gloss of real satin, is a new lin
ing for thin dresses. 1t comes in all
the pretty colors. costs only IS cents
. yard. and is fully a yard wide.
Fabrics for dresses and millinery
purposes are now being made of vene-
tian glass. and it Is promised that We
are soon to have bonnets which can be
subjected to the application of SOAP
and water.
TaReta silk hats are the latest CIV in
millinery. The silk il doubled and
shiffed 70. the b.iw. The crown n
eae high puff, and the trimming con-
siets of black feathers. black velvet and
. {ancy ornament.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

Oh. fair young mother. on thy brow
Shall sit a nobler grace than now.
Deep in the ightness of thy skies
The thronging years in glory rise.
And. as they fleet.
Drop strength and riches at thy feet.
Thine eye. with every coming hour.
Shall brighten, and thy form shall
tower.
And when thy sisters. elder born.
Would brand thy name with words OF
ScOrn
Before thine eye.
Upon their lips the taunt shall die.
BRYANT
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Watch-TeStinc at Kew.

There has been matchmaking at Gov
entry as long as there has been a watch
trade in England. which is for the last
200 years or Whereabouts. There used
to be three centers of the English trade.
these being Liverpool. Coventry and
London. Now there are practically but
two, Coventry and Birmingham. The
test of great discoveries in other direc-
lions while they were really seeking 10
solve the problem of the Niger The
only result of these Investigations was
a fresh crop of erroneous theories. One
of them cOnjectured that the Niger
reached the Atlantic, and each one hal
an opinion of his own. All these spec
ulations were duly recorded on the
maps, and the photographic delineation
of the Niger from 1871 to 1882 is some
thing wonderful to contemplate. 1t
would seem to be a simple matter to
keep to the river. when once it was
reached, and follow it to its destina-
ton; but that was the very thing the
explorers were unable to do. But il
was the German ge0grapher Reichard,
in his library at home, who solved
the Niger riddle, some fifteen years be-
fore the Lander brothers in 1892 proved
his assertion true. Everybody knew
of the numerous little rivers emptying
into the Gulf of Benin. and they were
supposed to be independent streams Of
small importance. But Reichard said
that the long stretch of coast where
these streams reached the ocean was
the sea front of great delta, and tina.
tie Oil rivers were nothing but the
Of the mighty Niger. That
was true. and We know now that the
NIGER delta is the largest in Africa.
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that awful "Ma-a-a! ma-a-ar' and, a
Sam expressed it. go for him"
But 1t was to be that this very old
Whitehorn was to do q good thing for
Sam-a very good thing. though it die
not seem SO at first sight. This is the
way it happened: Old Mrs. Smithers
had worked at a lady,s house a whole
week, and the lady had paid her well
and given her a nice present besides.
and she came home in good spirits.
| Now you shall have a good cake for
Sunday and a custard as we'll, Sam, .
she said. Go to the grocery and get
me two quarts of milk and dozen
eggs. some lemon flavoring and three
pounds and half of sugar, besides the
tea and coffee We usually buy. You
must get some raisins, too. We will
have treat
Sam was very much pleased. He put
the basket on his arm, took pail in
| his hand, and skipped past old White
horn SO lightly that the goat was left
| behind before he knew it,
But when Sam had filled his basket
and was on his way home, all laden
| with good things, he was not SO fris-
| Ky. Just as he thought himself safe,
whack came something behind him!
Away flew basket and pail. and down
he went into deep hole where ashes
and garbage were thrown by the care
less folk of Rocky Row.
1t was deep hole, and he was COW
cred with dirt and good deal
scratched. and it was hard to find q
place to climb up. Then the eggs and
milk and raisins were gone, and where
were the good cakes and custards to
come from?
Sam began to cry, and leaned up
against the side of the pit, while White
horn looked down upon him and said
"Ma-a-a.' At this sound Sam grew
furious. and took stone from the earth
to throw at him. AS he did SO, he
saw in the hole that the stone had left
something red. He picked it up. II
was long-shaped pocket or bill-book
and on the corner was a name, and
Sam spelled out these letters: ''Samue.
Smithers.'
A little later, Mrs. Smithers was as.
tonished to see Sam, ragged and dirty,
bruised and scratched, without basket
or pail, but laughing, rush in at the
door.
The milk is spilled, and the eggs are
gone. and there is not a raisin left"
he shouted. but I've found grandpa's
pocketbook with the papers in it!'
And SO he had Ever since it fell
into the hole rubbish had been thrown
upon it, and had kept it from the rain
and it was quite clean and dry.
But if Whitehorn had not buttee
Sam that day it never would have beer
found" Mrs. Smithers often said that
after they went to live in the dear old
home which grandpa had bought fol
them, and where they are so very hap.
by together.-New York Ledger.
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now at work upon an embroidered
lawn. with an East Indian cream
ground. The dress is made with a very
large double box plat in front. Around
the lower edge of the bodice there is a
thick shirring of the cream lawn. Down
the front of the plait pink roses are
embroidered. The shoulder puffs are
also EN- broideTed in roses. Small. del
icate leaves of green surround the
roses.
The skirt is very elaborate affair
Entirely around the hem there is a
row Of roses very heavily embroidered
in pink silk. The entire dress is made
over pink taffetta. and 1t may be men
toned here that a great many people
object to making a lawn dress over
silk. but when i. comes to the matter of
an embroidered gown, it will be found
that it is much better to do so. To
give this dress still further tone Of
pink, there is a broad belt of pink
MORE with double loops at the side and
around the neck there is a crush Of the
p;nk moire.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01
KENTUCKY BEAUTY HONORED.
Miss Castleman Paid Proud Tribute by
swell society.
ia1 I
Especial Letter.

Especial Letter.
Miss Alice Castleman Of Louisville.
Ky, is accorded the distinction of be-
ing one of the prettiest society women
in America. At the grand charity ball
in New York city a week or two ago,
John Jacob Aston, to whom fell the
honor of selecting the belle Of the night
placed the crown on Miss Castleman's
head. The beautiful Miss Castleman,
pected and far from welcome, was 50
confused by the nOtOriety into which
the Astor's artistic approval immedi-
ately brought her that she left the city
and returned TO her southern home. in
the suburbs of Louisville. Miss Cas-
tleman's mother was Miss Alice Bar
bee. On her mothers side Mrs. Castle
man was descended from several dis
tinguished Irish and English families.
She was the daughter of the Hon. John
Barbee. who was the mayor of Louis
vile in the palmy days of 1854 and
1855. The Hon. John Barbee was the
grandson of Elias Barbee. one of the
pioneers OF the young state. He with
his five brothers and his father enlist
ed in a Virginia regiment of the Revo-
lutionary army. Upon the close Of the
war. father and sons. still united, went
to Kentucky. Tall. straight as an ar
row, General Castleman, the father OF
this queen of women, was a famous
figure ali through the stormy days OF
the COS. when he rode as a major in
the wake of Morgan; Alice Castle
man is a girl of nineteen summers.
with oval face, broad brow, violet eyes.
waving chestnut hair, Grecian nose, a
mouth denoting determination. a per-
feet chin, divinely dimpled. standing
five feet eight inches. a creature OF
beauty, grace and symmetry Miss
Castleman is a good dancer, an accom-
plished musician. plays tennis and golf
equally well. and is fearless rider and
driver. She never appears to better
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Old Witchorn the Goat,

Old Whitehorn was a goat. He lived
nowhere in particular, and had a very
bad temper. The people he had but
ted over could not be counted. He
used to lie in wait behind great rock,
below a cluster of little shanties that
had won the title of Rocky Row, and
no one knew when he would rush out
and attack people.
He belonged to Mrs McMorn. and no
power on earth could induce that lady
to sell him.
Its not that 1 don't hate the haste
meself, she used to say, but sure and
1ndade I'll take orders from no neigh
bors. If Mrs. Dolan and Mrs. OGrady
had not bid me dishpose av him as if
ithye was quanes. I'd have had him
made into chops or sausages long
ago"
Old Mrs. Smithers and her grandson
Sammy lived in the neatest house in
Rocky Row. Whatever whitewashing
and scrubbing and rubbing of window
glass could do for ''shanty" was done
Tor the walls, the floor and the windows
OF Mrs. Smithers' little home. as well
as for Sammy. who had clean, we'll
Starched shirt waists and boots that
shone even when they weer out at the
toes, which happened now and then.
Tor old Mrs. Smithers was very poor
and had to earn all she had by going
out housekeeping or taking in laun-
dry work.
! Sammy was yet too small to earn
anything. but he ran of errands for his
grandma and put on the tea kettle to
boil before she came home.
Old Mrs. Smithers had not ALWAYS
been poor. She once lived comfortably
and happily in pretty white cottage
with green shutters and red roof that
stood between two rows of poplars.
with garden full OF lilacs and peonies
and strawberry shrub all set about
with box borders, and Mr.. Smithers.
Sammy's grandfather. was buying it of
Mr.. Mix, who was said to be miser.
One day he went to pay his last in
stallment. and was coming home. driv-
ing his gig. when a piece of white pa
per blew along the road. and SO fright
ened the horse that he ran away and
threw his driver out. Sans grandfath-
er was so much hurt that he died of
his injuries. and only lived long enough
to tell his wife that the papers proving
that he had paid for his house were in
his pocketbook. However. no pocket
book was found. and Mr.. Mix said that
he had not been paid anything for his
house.
Produce the papers," was all that
he world answer Mrs. Smithers when
she told him what her husband had
said. If he paid they've got the 10
ceipts to prove it.
But the papers were gone. Nrx
Smithers was turned out of her house.
most of her furniture taken, and she
was obliged to work, as We have said,
to support herself and Sammy.
If We had only known Just where
poor grandpa was thrown out We might
have found the pocketbook," his grand
mother used to say to Sammy.
However. Sam himself would have
been happy enough il 10 had not been
1or Mrs. McMoon's dreadful billy Goat
oil Whitehorn.
TIE creature was the torment OF his
HE. He was always hiding behind
tie rocks when Sam went of errands
9an would watch and listen, but ola
.NAitehorn would keep quiet until 10
- close 10 his hiding place and thea
- out with lowered horns. utterire
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

Berlin art circles are interested IN
q young artist who promises to make
Ills mark. Though only twenty-three
years old and still student. w. Kreis
has won the 81 800 prize for the plan q
Q national war monument, to b erect
"a in Leipsic. There were seve1ty-two
competitors.
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The Portuguese shoe has a wooden
sole and heel, with a vamp made of pa
tent leather. fanciful. showing the
flesh side of the skin. The Persian
footgear is raised shoe. and is often
a foot high; it is made of light wood.
richly inlaid. with strap extending
over the instep. The Muscovite shoe is
hand-wOven on a wooden frame. and
but little attention is paid to the shape
of the foot; leather is sometimes used.
but the sandal is generally made of
silk cordage and WOODEN cloth. The
Siamese shoe has the form of an an
Gent canoe. with a gondola bow ami
an open toe; the sole is made Of wood.
the upper of inlaid wood and cloth.
and the exterior is deliberately orna-
mented in colors with gold and silver.
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HOOSIER GENIUS.
MISS FURMAN OF EVANSVILLE
HAS WON FAME.
The Auth0ress Of ~Stories OF q Sane
tilted Town" Was . Genuine Rustic In
Her Childhood Days--A Close Observer
Of Nature and Customs.
Evansville Und9 Lottery

he success OF "St0-
ries of a Sanctifed
Town" has brought
many inquiries to
this city as to the
personality of its
distinguished au-
thor. In a life so
short as Miss Fur
mans, there are
naturally few de-
tails to give TO the
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

one Of New Zealaad's Carioas Birds.
A curious little bird is the weka.
which is found in the Alpine region in
the South Island Of New Zealand. II
IL described by Mr.. Arthur p Harper.
ID. A.. In IN account Of his exploea-
:tiOos, Just publisAed. The weka. -
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MISS ALICE CASTLENAN

MISS ALICE CASTLEMAN.
advantage than when in the saddle
She is one OF the dashing members Of
the riding club and is familiar with the
pedigree Of all blooded stock the world
over.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER.
TIMELY TOPICS FOR OUR BOYS
AND GIRLS.

0lA witchorn the Goat" Bertie's Gall
"A Boy to BE Proud Of-''Deten-
tson Hour" . Pretty Poem from Boys
Own Paper.
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Detention Hour.

T"~ HE GOLDEN sun
" SIT VI light floods the
3n room,
MI A0 The flies wheel to
"a NeID and fro,
NH And through the
N open window
comes
@ A hum of life be-
= low:
= Three boys before
bate d
desk.
Survey with hopeless gaze
A page Of algebra bestrewn
With KS, BIS, and as.
Before blackboard scrubbed Ger,
In quite careless way.
With scraps Of knowledge gathered
The labors OF the day,
The master sits with pencil blue.
AND marks without a blench
The erring sum, the misSpelt word,
ihe French that is not French.
All silent sit the prisoned ones,
Save when a far-off shout
Brings visions to their restless minds
OF merry scenes without:
Then fnky hands grasp tumbled hair,
And, like a distant sea.
A murmuring rises through the room
OF mystic formulae.
And so, throughout a tedious hour,
The loud clock ticks apace,
Each youth intent upon his book
With studious frowning face
Remembering on yester eve
How simple seemed each rule,
When some inviting game obscured
The coming morrow's school
V
And now at length the captives rise,
Each gazing on his book.
And side to their gaolers seat,
Snatching one furtive look:
They stumble through the dreaded
task,
Then cast their books aside,
And speed through the deserted school
To the glad world outside.
VI
And now the creeping hour is past,
The silent striving done,
Rebeilious and stubborn
Fly with the sinking sun;
And to the east, with satchels full.
Three scholars march with glee.
w nile westward, with a sober step.
Departs the dominic.
Boys Own Paper.
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all around. After being we'll fitted 1t
the waist the plaits are laid to the bot
tom Of the skirt. becoming larger as
they 90 down.
Another novelty in evening skirts is
flounced from hem to waist with two
inch bias hounces of the dress mate
rial. This mode is as becoming to tall,
slim girls os the accordion plated skirt
is to short folks. Bunches Of artificial
flowers are used to decorate plain
skirts. For this purpose violets and
orchids are most in favor. Or, if the
dress be while. bright red or bright
pink geraniums are used. Garlands of
blossoms may be effectively used to
simulate an over-drapery, which is
quite an important factor in up-to-date
evening gowning. Silk crepe. figured,
which can be bought at a very low fig
ure, makes pretty evening dress
The Latest
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-04-01

not 1t all like the old fashioned kind,
however. In the hrst place, they're
cut altogether differently. These skirts
are cut exactly like circular skirts,
o0ly with. . much larger circle and
naturally . larger hole i1 The ee1ter.
TAe center edge u plated q - a.
around the waist with 1ne, EVA plans
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I'M WOllAN'S CORNER.
READING FOR
DANES AND DAMSELS.
Son0 Cartent Notes Of the Modeo-S0me
Of the Prettiest Gowns for Evening
Have Floance and Plated Skirts Of
Satin.


The Mother Of Mighty Race.
H MOTHER CT a
mighty race.
Yet lovely in thy
youthful grace!
a W. The elder DANES.
Ml&Hf J thy naughty
Q(H$h Admire and hate
Aa0Hp thy blooming
1872 With words Of
10 shame
And taunts Of scorn
they Join thy name.
For on thy cheeks the glow is spread
That tints the morning hills with red'
Thy step-the wild deers rustling rect
Within thy woods. are not more neet;
Thy hopeful eye
Is bright as thine own sunny SKY.
Ay. let them rail-those naughty ones
While safe thou dwellest with thy sons.
They do not know how loved thou art
How many a fond and fearless heart
Would rise to throw
Its life between thee and the foe!
They know not. in their hate and pride,
What virtues with thy children bide:
hoW true. now SOOO, tHS graceful HioAoS
Make bright, like flowers, the valley
shades;
What generous men
Spring. like thine oaks, by hill and
glen:
What cordial welcomes greet the guest
BY the lone rivers of the west;
How faith is kept. and truth revered.
And man is loved, and God Is feard.
In woodland homes,
And where the solemn ocean foams!
There's freedom at thy gates. and rest
For earth's down-trodden and OPP
press'd.
A shelter for the hunted head,
For the starved laborer toll and bread.
Power at thy bounds,
Stops and calls back his bafi1ed hounds
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Something for Brides to DO.
Easter brides will be extremely hard
worked individuals, for their best
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There are e33 converts in Great Brit
Ain.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-08-26
East RrnnkfeId.

While enroute from Randolph to Barre
via East Brookfield last Thursday, Austin
Skinner lost a light weight, dark -colored
overcoat between Randolph and Williams
town. The finder will be suitably reward
ed on returning the same to the owner or
leaving it at the East Brookfield postof-
tice.
Seth Norton of Hartford is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. {. w. Smith.
Burt Daniels OF Woodstock was in town
on business several days last week.
Mrs. d. B. Jeffords and daughters went
Thursday to Mortified to visit friends.
S. B.Adams and wife of Hartford, Conn,
were guests OF w. II. Sprague and wife
last week.
Geo. X. Sprague and wife joined the
Montreal excursion at Williamstown last
Saturday.
Harry G.. Woodruff and wife of Man
chester, n. H., are guests at Dea, A. G..
Hibbard's.
King Stoddard OF Boston, once resi-
dent here, is visiting his native place after
an absence of is years.
Wesley Chapman and wife OF Everett,
Mass, and Mrs. G. G.. Reed Of Haverhill,
Mass, returned to their homes last week
Wednesday, after spending several weeks
among friends and relatives in this and
adjoining towns.
Mrs. d. G. Bickford, Mrs. g. W. Fisher
and daughters and Mrs. Glee Schilling,
who have been guests at f. G. Jackson's,
left for Barre Friday, where they will Wis
it friends and relatives. Mrs. r. =. jack
son and daughter, Eva, accompanied them.
Soon after midnight Saturday d. b. JEFF
fords awoke and noticing that it was un-
usually light, arose and stepping out in
RI the ward dicpovprpd that his house WAS
atire and that the flames were beyond con-
tIol. With the aid of his son and neigh
Dor a small amount of household goods
were saved.