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Lieut., Boyle Coming Home.

. Word has been received from Lieut.. G. A.
Boyle, who was wounded recently while
with his regiment in the Philippines, say
ing his wound, while severe, is not serious
The horse he was riding was killed. Lieu
tenant Boyle expects to leave for home in a
short time.
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didate was directed to printing office
where the union label could be procured.
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Insure with German Fire Insurance of In
diana. General offices, 20 South Delaware
street. Fire, tornado and explosion.
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Home and foreign companies. Thorpe block.
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March 81 is the last day for paying BIZ
cycle and vehicle license without being
subject to a penalty.
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While You're LOOKING

Richmond, Ind, offers splendid opening for a
first-class dressmaker. 1t will pay 20 come and
look over the situation Population about 20. 900.
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Call and see our 1900 Outing bicycle A great
wheel for little money Made by home mechan-
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Dressnaaker.

Feed your horse JANEs's Dustless oats
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New Pianos. slsS and up. at wuischner's.
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Dunlap's Celebrated Hats
Vehicle License.

1t Seaton's Hat Store.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

quoth the amazed Stephenson, the greatest is
the gift of the gab!" Chadwick. the father of
modern sanitary form" Playfair calls him.
delightful the subject of Capitalization
which he believed was the great thing in govern
ment. Sir he used TO declare. the devil was
expelled from heaven because he objected 10
Capitalization. and all those who object to cen
tralization oppose it on devilish grounds The
great name of Faraday occurs in one passage
which must quote intact:
At this time accidents in coal mines were COM
mon and serious LyelI and Faraday were ap-
pointed Government Commissioners TO inquire
into their causes and made a report. Their in
QuiTy was a short one. but it drew attention to
the recklesSneSS Of the miners. As instance
of this Faraday used 10 relate that he and LyelI
waiting TO see how the coal blasted
by gunpOwder. and they sat down, with naked
candles stuck in lump of clay between their
legs. until the taphOle was finished. Faraday
asked where the gunpoWder was kept, and the
miner replied. "MaiSter. that be the bag OF pow
der which you sitting on Faraday told
me that of all the delicate and responsible eX-
periments which he made. the raising of
that candle steadily between his legs. shaded
with his hand to prevent sparks reaching the
gunpOWder the most anxious one. l once
encountered case of like recklessness. l had
inspected a mine apparently quite free from
gas and congratulated the owner on its condi-
ton. His conscience was pricked for he con-
fessed he had shown me only the good parts of
the pit, but had not taken me to the dangerous
goats or cavities where the fiery gas acCumu-
lated. Into one of these he took me. first extin-
gushing my candle. and dragging his own close
to the ground. We both sat down. while the
owner of the mine slowly raised his candle till
the flame elongated and blue fckering of fire
damp burned round its edges Holding it per
fectly steady. he calmly said: 'One inch higher.
and you and 1 would be blown to the devil,''
Needless to say that l steadily depressed his
arm and retreated as quickly possible to a
purer air
One anecdote follows upon another in this vol
ume. There is the one. already fairly well
known, but always interesting of how, on Play
fairs assurance that no harm would ensue the
Prince of Wales, having had his hand washed
with ammonia to get rid of any grease that
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

of the conspicuous figures on his horizon az ''''
time. They We're nearly all men OF sciehoe'
Dalton, of Manchester. the discoverer Oh un0
atomic theory came frequently TO fIaSIdi
lectures at the Royal Institution. Fenerapie
man, growing more and more eccentric as time
went At the annual meeting OF the fhlio-
sOphicaI Society he was always reelected presl-
dent. the one dissentient vote being MS own
cast for his friend Peter Glare. At the last
meeting held before his death the odd vote was
found, as usual. in the urn; but to their amaze
ment the members found that DIR. Dalton had
voted for the doorkeeper, Stephenson appears
also in these recoectiOns timidly speculatlnS
about the original source of power in steam en-
gines maintaining that il the sun which
conserved it's force in the plants or Whlch coai
is the residue" and getting laughed AT 1or MS
pains. Sir Robert Peel started a discussion on
the subject after dinner one day, when stephen
son. Playfair. FoIlett and several others were
present Folett undertook to advocate Stepheh-
sons view of the matter. and so clever was ne
in argument that he routed the sceptlcs with
great slaughter. "Of all the powers in Nature.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

But he had talents instead of genius, YER
satiIty rather than the singleness of aim which
results in unique contributions to the resources
of mankind and his biography is chiefly inter
esting for the portrait it presents of a useful
citizen, Iaboring at many points to benefit his
countrymen He was a practical man if ever
there was one.
Chemistry first employed his energies. He
was still a young man when Liebig. in whose
laboratory he had studied, recommended him to
Mr.. Thomson. of Clitheroe, calico printer. who
needed a chemical specialist. The story of the
engagement is amusing. Mr.. Thomson's letter
received when Playfaiy still in Germany
seemed peculiar. 1t contained the condition
that the recipient should meet the writer at
Spring Gardens. in London certain day at
exactly u o'clock. With difficulty the
young chemist managed to keep the appoint
ment; in fact, he reached his goal a little before
Il and walked up and down outside until two
minutes before the hour, when he entered and
found Mr. Thomson seated with his watch in
his hand. He then stated that his intention
had been to offer me $500 year, rising to E400
but account of my punctuality the day
and hour named he would make his offer ff00
rising to 5000" Playfar gladly accepted the
terms, and thus his student days ended
This was in 1871, when he was only twenty-five
years old His association with Liebg bore
fruit in other directions The great savant chose
him to translate, from the manuscript, his ia
nous Chemistry of Agriculture" and to the
prestige which his identification with this work
gave him he added the force of a personality
which seems to have him hos-s of friends.
When he took his post in the print works Liebig
adjured him to go making experiments to
be true to science to devote all the hours to re-
search that he could spare after he had salts
fled the demands of his employer and IN one
way or another he entered with effect into the
scientific life of the day. The earlier chapters
OF the biography abound in attractive glimpses
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
THE CARROLL HUMoR.
From The London Globe

From The London Globe
Lewis Carrolrs special gift for humorous in
versions was never better Illustrated than in
of the letters 10 little girls printed IN ~Ihe
Lewis Carroll Picture Book.
I may we'll just tell you few Of the things
I like. and then. whenever You want to Eive ne
a birthday present uny birthday comes once
every seven years. on the fifth Tuesday I'M
ApriD YOU Will know what To give me. Well I
like. very much indeed, q little mustard with a
bit of beef spread thinly under IL; and / Ike
brown suEar-Only it should have some apple
pudding mixed with il 10 keep it from being too
sweet; but perhaps what L like best OF ali is
salt, with some soup poured over IT, The use OF
the soup is TO hinder the salt from being too
dry; and il helps 10 melt it,.
OF course il is possible To do this sort OF thing
deliberately. sitting down 10 it with model
before one; but with Lewis Carroll il was nat
ural and spontaneous.
one of the best instances of this kind Of
humOr. outside of Lewis Carroll = in story
OF the great Dumas Arriving one sitting hot
day at his sons house he SUbSideG i'm a chair in
the garden. in the hope of catching hIJle
breeze But none came --AleXandre Alex
andre he called To his son in the house open
the windows L beseech YOU. and let little ar
into the garden"
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
OPINIONS OF 1 PUBLISHES REIDER

From Unwin's Chap-BOOk.
Delicate work sells worst. because very fav
people understand delicate work In gene-
the great public viii buy anything that is nc
too individual in its sensationalisn- crudeness OF
vu!gaTity. For clever work. not uncUnventi0uz
in the ideas it brings. there is a fair market
The nervous temperament of the artist is be
trayed to a certain extent, by the character q
his handwriting. There are certain cOmm0,
forms of commonplace or mediocre Handwriting
which are never seen to express delicate @
original work.
The publishers readers aim should BE- 10 l5
nothing that he holds is good go unpUblishet
The expenses of delicate and original wOFi
especially of the work of beginners. should b
paid out OF the sales OF the popular and success
fu works
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
YORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

might be on it, plunged il into a c.,5-
boiling lead. a testimony To the Pri,oo. -" y
age and to PIayfair's willingness to sb,.,, 'lr-
tremendous responsible bility There ia -
Of owen Jones. the great authority on 5.,.5 s'a'5
art who was appointed secretary 10 ~
dealing with that branch in the great f '-il
tiOnaI exhibition of 1852 Lord Stra,s-.
Redclne. the chairman. had never h.,
owen Jones. a circumstance comical a.,
He asked in all innocence why a secre..- =
not been appointed who knew sometime =, 90
the subject. But must leave the stori.
glance at PIayfair's multifarious activItv -
repute as a chemist seemed only to bri,g ~,
him the most diverse and incongruous ra.,.-
bilities He was interested in the inoui-v ~
the sanitary condition Of Buckingham P,,,--
he investigated Goals with view to hndf,g :,
best for steam navigation. he looked int =.
question of the potato famine in Ireland -.
as a Special Commissioner Of the Exhibitio,
1881 ne disclosed administrative faculties nh.
from that time on were always in aernapd 4.
the public service The exhibition brought -
in contact with the royal family and he beca,
a Gentleman Usher 10 Prince Albert He sba,,
in the great work of organizing the Royal q.
Museum much of his energy was fruitfur
spent. Parliament claimed him and on ~
broader platform Of public life he acquitted him
self. as he had in all the other relations Of M.
with shrewdness and unfailing practicar,,
Down to the very end his sagacity told heavr,
in important matters II was his letter to ~Ts.
London Times" that started the movement m
i the erection of adequate buildings for the col
Iections at South Kensington, housed so shama
/ fully for so many years in the -Brompton hi,
/ ers''
| The diversity of his interests naturally did 10
| escape censure. There were those who deDlera
his course. regarding him as a recaIcitrant sciar
/ tist They '.professed 10 believe that notbin
/ ne had done in the way OF public service cour
compare with what he might have ACCOMPLISH
if he. the friend and pupil of Liebis, had devote
/ his life TO original research" Sir Weuyss RAJ
/ retorts that an irresistible call 20 public DIN.
was the cause of Playfair's departure from N
/ laboratory But he might have added that a
we have suggested above, the overwheImiB
/ power of genius could alone have justified Plav
| fair in dedicating himself exclusively t0 scieno
In that direction he did much good work bo-
/ as an experimentalist and as a teacher Il
/ unlikely that he would have done more upd.
/ anv circumstances His destiny was 10 be
use in countless different ways. and that
was of use no reader of this biography can IA
to perceive. In America he is especially r
! membered for his disinterested efforts in Il
/ cause of a Court of Arbitration to be accepts
+ by the British Government and our own T
married an American lady, ard mis- affects
for this country was sincere. His biography
interesting. 1t has also the value of displayu
an example of sterling character and hi.
abilities put Loyalty at the service # the pub
| through a long life.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
TWO STORIES.

At SOmerSley We used constantly To meet Ton
Price, great friend of the harrington family 4
fine rider and very greedy. One day, eating a
good dinner. he said. This is my idea Of.
heaven Yes" said neighbOr such a din
ner this, without money and without price.
He always reminded me of the greedy man who.
coming downstairs in the morning before break
fast said: Food has not passed my lips since
last night, and tomorrow will be the third day.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
4 BRITISH CITIZEN.
LYON PLAYFAIR AS SCIENTIST AND MAN
OF AFFAIRS.

MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF LYON
PLAYFAIR, First Lord Payfair of St An
drew's, p. C.. c. g. b.. LII. d. f. K. $, etc. by
Wemyss Reid. With Two Portraits. octave,
pp xii, 49, Harper q Bros.
When a man is commemorated by volumi-
nous biography it is usually because he has
achieved eminence in some special walk i'm life.
The case of Lord Playfair was different He
gave to affairs in general what was meant for
science in particular That he should have
done so suggests the truth that he was not q
man of genius If the divine spark had existed
in the young chemist for whom Baron Liebig
conceived a warm affection in whom English
scientists very much his seniors had such conf
dence that they persuaded Sir Robert Peel to
make an exceptional concession to keep him
from seeking his fortune outside the British ISL
ands it is probable that he would be celebrated
to-day as a scientist alOne-and a great one
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22

perfectly proper articles the accuracy
of which is vouched for by the CYCLIC
pedias. But the divine spark never
burned in my BRAIN"
She was a thin, brown little woman.
She had luminous hazel eyes under
straight, black brows, lots of straight,
soft, black hair, and a nervous way OF
smiling.
you've made more money in the
past three months than 1 have in SIX,
he declared. There was note of irri-
tation in his voice.
She laughed. 1.-The wages of medi
ocrity,'' she commented She left he1
typewriter table with a heap of order
ly printed MSS upon it, and the bulg-
Ing envelopes propped against the wall
at the back. Its no use " she said,
you've got to go away somewhere.
Chicago is killing you You're burn
ing out. We must manage it-some-
how
She kne1t beside the lounge, putting
one hand on his hot forehead.
He was a handsome fellow even in
his rundown physical condition The
brow was broad. the nose perfect, the
line OF jaw long and sweeping. In the
sea-blue eyes was a look at once init
mate and lingering, which had hattered
many susceptible women
That's easy TO say I don't see how
1T can be done-''
ut must be done" She knit her
for you to go?"
ITO Colorado, suppose-if you can
manage it.,'
I'll try. She took the tablet and
pencil away She slipped a small vol
unne into his hand Don't think about
| work just now Here's Beckett Read
that
She went back to the machine For
another hour her fingers danced over
| the keys Then it was time to cook
their little supper She looked around
the fat with president sense Of lone
! liness- Their brief year together here
had been a happy one She had loved
her brilliant husband dearly, and had
been proud of his literary achieve
] ments- She could only rejoice when
| his unusual ability outstrIpped and
| oyershadowed her best efforts 1t
would be very deso1ate with him away
| But there would always be work, loads
| OF work And work is a wonderful
Panacea-
| When the matter of his going was
finally arranged, she could not but
feel a glow of happiness in his tender
ness, his gratitude, his anticipation
She took little orphan niece to share
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
UNIQUE CHARITY.
The Boston Plan Known as the Farm
ers' Fruit Offering.

The Boston Plan Known as the Farm
ers' Fruit Offering.
Boston has q unique charity which
might we'll be patterned after by 9TH
er large cities 1t is known as the
farmers fruit Offering and the idea
originated with Edward Everett Hale
In the year in which the scheme was
put into operations the farmers in
Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont
as well those in Massachusetts, sent
to Boston gift the surplus of their
fruit crop, and this was distributed
among the very poor people of the city
great many families We're thus pro-
yided with fruit who never before had
such a luxury in quantity 1t was even
said that a large number of children
tasted fruit for the first time in their
lives when they received that gift
from the farmers This year there is
again a tremendous crop of apples, one
that has made the fruit a drug in the
market, unless it is of the best quality.
That surplus is now being shipped to
Boston for distribution through n char
liable organization that works without
pay The railroads bring the stuff to
the city without cost. This year, in
addition to apples, there are coming
considerable quantities of onions. tur-
nips, squash. some pears, and few
potatoes The shortage of the latter
crop keeps the offerings of that sort
down to the lowest A few farmers
who were lucky enough to get a good
crop in this dry season are willing to
give away their surplus potatoes rath-
er than sell them, as they easily could
These gifts will aggregate several
thousand bushels, mostly appies. APP
pie parties are organized to visit or
chards when a farmer writes that he
will give the fruit to the society If
they will send men to pick and pack it
The young People who join these par
ties have a jolly time while engaged
in this practical charitable work.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
Invention of the eu.,ro.ine.

Some years before the terrible
French revolution of 1898 a learned
Partisan physician, DR.. Guillotin, turn
ed his attention to deyising mode of
executing criminals that would be
more humane than hanging. He was
a man of note in the scientific world
of his time, having introduced i'm
proved systems of ventilation and
other sanitary blessings much needed
in that period So, when the French
national assembly convened in 1879 it
gave willing ear to his description of
a decapitating machine that would
s'whisk off ones head in an instant.
quite without PAIN Other matters
were pressing, however; there was no
money in the national treasury, and
the assembly took no action upon Dr.
Guillotin'S plan. The matter seemed
quite forgotten until the reign of
terror began Then a machine made
after the Doctors idea suddenly APP
peared and was put into Immediate
use It's novelty caught the fancy of
the mobs who attended the daily exc
cutions, and it was quickly named ia
guillotin,'' after the man who had pro-
posed it. Dr. Guiliotin, who had never
made a working model of his inven-
ton and who had thought it quite for.
gotten, was so heartbroken by the ter
rib1e use to which his plan had been
put that he left France
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
MOLLY PITCHER.

All day the great guns barked and roared:
All day the big balls screSched and
scared;
All day. mid the sweating gunners grim
Who toiied in their srnolxe-shroud dense
and dim.
Sweet Molly Iabored with courage high,
With steady hand and watchful eye,
TIL the day was ours, and the sinking sun
Looked down the field of Monmouth
won.
And Molly standing beside her gun
Now, Molly. rest your weary arm.
Safe Molly all is safe from harm
Now. woman. bow your aching head.
And Weep in sorrow Ger your deadl
Next day that field so hardly won,
Stately and calm stands Washington.
And looks where gallant Greene doth
lead
A figure clad in motley weed
soldiers cap and soldiers coat
Masking woman,s petticoat-
He greets our Molly in kindly wise:
He bids her raise her fearful eyes.
And now he halls her before them all
Comrade and soldier, whate'er befall-
And since she has played a mans full
part.
mans reward for her loyal hearth
And Sergeant Molly Pitchers name
Be writ henceforth the shield of
famet''
Oh, Molly. with your eyes SO blue!
Oh, Molly, Molly, here's to you.
Sweet Honor's roll will aye be richer
To hold the name of Molly Pitcher
From ballad by Laura E. Richards,
In June St Nicholas
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
Revolution In Automobiles.

A new automobile has been invented
by Russian named Huta1 Serky. He
has discovered a new system of loco
motion based on the use of a certain
kind of salt, the composition of which
is as yet his secret. Two pounds OF
this salt placed in the box of the au-
tomobile and subjected to a certain
heat forms a gas which puts a cylinder
in movement. The automobiles that
were tried in Moscow produced the
best results. The emperor of Russia,
who takes great interest in this inven-
ton, intends to send Serky to Paris
to make known his secret The Rus
sian press is of the opinion that it will
cause a great revolution in the trade.
%. DiO of Lisbon.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
Hunting Malaria Microbes.

It is announced that Prof. Koch, bac-
teriOlogiSt, of Berlin, who has lately
been hunting the microbe of malaria
in Java and other hot countries, has
perfected a medicine which is to be OF
the highest value in all malarial coun-
tries 1t is half quinine, is to be used
hypodeFmical1y and also as a swallow
medicine, and is commended both as a
cure and a preventive of malaria
Malaria is very much on the minds or
wise men in many countries just now
The disposition to blame it all on the
mosquito is supported so far by many
experiments. Not only has health been
maintained in mal3TiOuS districts
where effectua1 precautions against
mosquitoes have been taken, but Ita1-
ian mosquitoes fed in Rome on ter
tian-fever patients and brought to
London and allowed to bite q healthy
man have infected him with tertian
fever If the rule, no mosquito, no
malaria be demonstrated. it viii be
a great gain, for mosquito bites are
not 50 unavoidable as may be thought
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
A Last Gift.
BY KATE NJ. CLEARY.


Copyrighted. 1900. Daily story Pub Coz
The Observation-Disclosures of her busy
typewriter ceased She looked across
the room at the man stretched on the
lounge A tablet lay beside him. A
pencil was held loosely between the
idle fingers of his right hand-a thin,
languid, transparent hand, with taper
ing fnger-tipS and azure veins He had
lain SO far an hour, during which the
metallic c1amor of her machine had
never ceased. Occasionally he had
coughed, and now and then his eye
lids had closed in the drowsy Iassitude
Of inyalidisn.
mo Inspiration, Duke?" she ques-
toned gently
Not an idea I'm wondering how
I ever wrote the stuff 1 did last year
Every one said it was good I don't
feel fit to do the commonest reporting
now One Of these days. he conclu-
ded with a wan smile. you'll be gath
ering the laure1s-not L
NO" shaking her head decidedly
Never that can grind out mediocre
essays, and nice little stories with
happy endings, and dull. instructive.