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THE DODGE CITY TIMES
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NICHOLAS B. KIiAINE, EDITOR,
THE WISH-BONE.
11Y TOMMIE JONKS.
They say that boys sire horrid thintrs,
At l don't know how to act;
They're nothing, though, to grown-up girls-
1 tell you it's a fact.
I saw myself the wh le affair.
And watched the fun beprin:
'Twus Sue that Hid the spiteful plot
To take Amelia in.
At dinner 'Me Ha twitted Sue
About a beau she'd lost.
And though Sue kept a. smiling laee,
I saw how much it eost.
J knew that something had to come:
Boys like an honest iiiht,
But girls will smile and kis, and then
Do something mean for spite.
" Just put the w sh-bonc, dear," said Sue,
"Above the parlor door;
yourhusb'ind he the lirst will bo
Who teps the threshold o'er."
She helped Amelia mount the clriir
(I watched it with a grin),
Then beckoned with her finger-tips,
And called the wa.tcr in.
liar per' b Young People.
THE MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER.
Now and then a girl becomes an ac
tual belle. Ella Lowe was actually a
belle. She was very handsome, and
the only child of a' millionaire. She
dressed perfectly, and had every possi
ble accomplishment. When she entered
a room she somehow threw all the other
girls into shadow. A crowd gathered
about her chair, and recognized beauties
pouted in indignation at their neglect.
Whether she would have been so much
admired had she not been an heiress, it
would have been hard to sar; but she
had had, on an average twent offers of
marriage since she "came out," and
had not yet accepted any one as her
chosen husband, though she was three-and-twenty.
Perhaps the pleasure slie
took in her bellehood was too great.
At last, however, almost on her
twenty-fourth birthday, she met Mr.
Evan Plantaganet, a young exquisite of
the a'sthctic type, and urged on by his
mother and all his many sisters, engaged
herself to him with her father's consent.
When she did this, one young heart
ached sorely that of her far away
cousin, Roderick Blair, a physician new
fledged, who lived with his mother in a
pretty country town on the Hudson. He
paled and moped, and his mother knew
well what troubled him.
44 Why did you never speak to Ella?"
she said. "How do you know she
could not have liked you?"
44 Mie was too rich, mother," said
Roderick, gloomily. 44 1 could not seem
to be a fortune-hunter. I would not
owe so much to a wife."
"Not if she loved you?" asked the
mother.
But the son would have no more talk
about the matter. The girl never could
have been his. He himself did not un
derstand wiry he should feel more un
happy than before. Perhaps it was be
cause, as his mother said, he did not
know but that she might have liked
him.
And Mr. Evan Plantaganet exhibited
his prize in public, and his mother and
sisters boasted of his engagement to
4 4 the daughter of Mr. Lowe, the well
known millionaire."
Suddenly there came a crash; a start
ling piece of news petrified the fashion
able world. It was uttered by every
tongue, and published in every paper.
The millionaire Lowe had embarked
in speculation, and his millions were
gone.
The great house was closed. Mr.
Lowe and his' daughter went to .live on
an upper iioor, in a plain street, and
the mother of Evan Plantaganet de
clared herself shocked at the old man's
deception. In fact, the younw man !
him-elf was horrified at the situation of
his prospective father-in-law, nnd hav
ing drawled out sundry reproaches, was
ofiered his freedom, which he took at
once.
Ella was free, and poor, Roderick
Blair, in his country home, heard the
news. A few hours afterward he was
at Mr. Lowe's door.
He found Ella as bright as ever; in
fact, she-had long since grown wearv of
Plantaganet and his affectations. She
wore a pretty dress and smiled and chat
ted gayiy. The humble rooms were
pleasant and well-arranaed. Never had
Roderick passed a pleasanter evening.
He returned home full of hope and hap
piness. But though he felt himself honored by
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the privilege of Visiting in that humble
abode, most of Ella's admirers, and all
her fashionable lady friends but three,
gradually dropped her. She was no
longer a belle. When she accepted an
invitation she found herself treated like
other girls. The lesson was salutary.
If her vanity was hurt, her good sense
was improved.
One pleasant winter day she accepted
the hand of Roderick Blair. It might
be a long engagement, for both were
poor, but they trusted each other.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Blair was delighted.
She came down often and brought all
the village news. Amongst other things,
a description of the splendid new house
a rich man, whose name she did not
know, was building on the very next
piece of land to that on which her own
br wn cottage stood.
It was a marvel of perfection, thor
oughly well appointed in every way,
and it was now being furnished from
roof to basement in the most elegant
manner. The furnishing did not come
at first, of course. Indeed, it took six
months to arrive at that point. And
a stained glass window in the hall and
a conservatory, thoroughly stocked,
brought the old lady down on a special
visit.
Mr. Lowe was always interested in
her account of the place.
4'I should like to see it,'" he said. 4'I
will come up with Ella next Monday,
and, no doubt, I may get permission to
o-o through it with vou.
"Delightful!" said Mrs
Blair.
adore handsome houses."
Ella smiled; and the result was that
the following Monday Mr. Lowe, hearty
and happy as in his palmiest days, of
fered his arm to Mrs. Blair, and leav
ing the 3roung people to follow, escorted
her from her own quiet home to the
elegant new mansion. The man who
was carefully polishing the stone porch
opened the door for him, and all four
entered.
Certainly a handsomer, and yet a
more home-like house, could not have
been found in all America. Mrs. Blair
was in raptures. Roderick, looking
down at Ellla, said:
44 My dear, I wish I could give you
such a" home;" and she answered:
44 Ah, Roderick, I wish I could bring
such a home with me when I come to
you."
Mr. Lowe heard, and paused with a
smile.
"Say you so children?" he cried.
"Well, then, my dears, if you like it, I
will give it to you. Take it and enjov
it."
It seemed a witticism, at which they
all laughed, and they went home to
gether, happy and friendly, and took
tea in the widow's cottage.
After the meal was over, Mr. Lowe
once more brought up the subject of the
new house.
44 Would you really like to live there,
good Ella," he asked, "so far from town
and all its gayeties?"
44 Papa, I hate 'town,'" said Ella.
,4A country life and true, honest friends
for me."
I agree with you, child," said Mr.
Lowe. "The world is very hollow, so
ciety very unsatisfying to the soul, yet
it is not usual to teef. that while we are
young.
"We have had our experiences. I
think they are sufficient. But dear
friends, I have a confession to make.
The story of my total loss of fortune
was an exaggeration. I lost fifty thou
sand dollars, it is true, sufficient for a
foundation for the rumor. I fostered
it, and played the ruined man to per
fection. My motive was to save Ella
from a fortune-hunter, and to give her
to a good man who really loved her.
She fias found him.
44 My dears, get married as soon as
you like. The house yonder was built
for you. You, Mrs. Blair, will, of
course, live with your son, and you
must find room for me somewhere
within its walls, dear madam. I think
we will all be very heppy together.
There, no talk ajjout it now. You have
engaged yourself to a rich woman
against your will, Roderick, and will
have to put up with it."
And he took his daughter away,
wrapped .in her fur-lined cloak, and
smiling back at her lover.
Again the millionaire Lowe was a
nine days1 wonder in the city of New
York. Again the fashionable world
offered its invitations, and Evan Plant
aganet' s mother went to call on dear
Ella, and tell her how "Plantaganet
regretted the misunderstanding;" but
she found a wedding-partj assembled
in the little parlor, and discovered that
Ella ha(5 been Mrs. Blair for nearly half
an hour. She had self-possession
enough to present hercongratulations,
and retire speedily. She was not want
ed, and the late belle quite understood
what had brought her there. For her
part she was happier than she had been
in those days of adulation and flattery,
and would not have exchanged her true
and loving husband for all "her train of
admirers, for all the hollow world could
offer. And yet she was glad to bring
Roderick a fortune as well as a heart,
and he knew her too well now not to be
glad, also, if onlv for her sake. JV. Y.
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A Dog's Clever Work Every Mornimr.
The William Penn stables, on Filbert
street, below Ninth, are overrun with
i rais, and in order to, put a curve on the
: eer hungry rodents, several dogs are
kept about the stables. Of these canine
mem be s of the establishment the
favorite among the men and boys em
ployed there is a little tan and 'white
Scotch terrier called Kate, be onging
to Mr. Thomas Gannon, United States
: mail contractor, who keeps his horses
and. wagons at the stables. Kate is six
years old, and every week puts an end
to several times her weight in rats, per
forming the work with a vim and gusto
which proves that she considers it a
happy combination of business and
pleasure. On the second floor of the
stables in a feed-box, emptied for the
purpose, Kate keeps and watches with
motherly care over an interesting
family of five young puppies. Every
morning about seven o'clock a milk
man stops at the stable entrance, and
Kate, who is on the look-out. for his
coming, scampers up stairs, reappear
ing with a little tin can, which she
places at his feet, and, on its being
tilled, carefully carries it back to her
flourishing family and gives the young
sters their breakfast Philadelphia Rec
ord. m m
About Barometers.
According to Prof. Joule, the usual
method of constructing barometers is
faulty, and his experiments prove that
it is possible to use sulphuric acid on
the top of the mercurial column without
chemical action taking place. He was,
therefore, "led .to prepare a variety of
tubes, with a view to obtain the one
best adapted, all things considered, the
result being a tube which possesses the
following advantages: First, there is
the utmost facility in the movement of
the column, so that the most minute
changes of pressure are at once regis
tered without any dragging; and, sec
ond, the depression produced by capil
lary action is reduced to one-half; so
that the siphon arrangement can be sat
isfactorily used as affording an accurate
neutralization of capillary action.
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Dr. David Parsons, the old-time
pastor of the church in Amherst, was
noted for his eccentricities, and, among
other vagaries, used to have a plate set
at his table for a favorite cat. One day,
while asking a blessing at the morning
meal, he was taken with a fit of cough
ing, and before the paroxysm was over
the cat mewed. As soon- as the par
son could speak he .turned to the cat
and exclaimed: "Shut up! I can get
along without your help!" and then
struck in where he had left off and fin
ished the blessing.
When Mrs. M gave a package
of patent French Coffee to Bridget, the
cook, she said: Remember, Bridget, that
two boils are necessary to make it
right." Bridget retired to the kitchen,
but came again within a few minutes to
Mrs. M in an apparently high state
of excitement. "Sure, mum," she
said, "an' it's insulted I am! I never
had a boil in me life, and I don't intend to
have two ivry mornin,' jist beka-e yees
wants yer patent French coffeel"
A countryman stepped into a fruit
store and invested in a nickel's worth
of chestnuts. In half an hour he re
turned and hande I the proprietor one
of the nuts. " What does this mean?"
asked the dealer. "Well," remarked
the customer, "that is the only sound
chestnut 1 found in the pint, and so
thought you had put it in by mistake. I
am an honest man, and don't want to
take a mean a (vantage of a fellow."
Davy Green, of Ballard County,
Ky., an eight-year old 003, without edu
cation, can do pencil sketching worthy
of an old artist, and can copy, true to
life, anything he once sees.
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PERGONAL AM) MTERARY. . -, , ",
Senator BayardJs ranked by George
A. Sala as t he best . story-teller in ,the,
country!
Milton received 825 for his "ParaT"
diseLost," and Tennvson $.5,000 for- his -4
'Promise of May." . -
Mr. Bill Nye. of the Laramie Boom-
erang, speaks of"ElierCannoVas a four
ply J ater-iamilias.
Mme. Nilsson, speaking of. Oscar
Wilde to a Chicago reporter, said: "He
ought to have been tal'en by the cal
ami taken to the boat and driven ont of
this country."
In the opinion of the Philadelphia
Press Mrs. Langtry could haTe "got
into" her critics in the most crnel way
by saying: "How much money did you
fellows earn while I was making SG2,
000. It is now said that Governor Cleve
land is a direct lineal e'escendant of
Henry Sewell, Esq., who, in the d:rys of
Queen Elizabeth, was se.eral times
chosen mayor of Coventry.
Mrs. Charlotte Carpenter, who be
came the wife of Walter Scott, wrote
before marriage that she did nut ap
prove of reflecting, and bade adieu to
all thoughts, for she meant to have a
good time.
The London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian sa'S that Herbert
Spencer looks well, but protests that his
bronzed look is only a temporary conse
quence of the sea voyage, and that he
feels in reality the reverse of benefited
by his trip.
The prospective Mrs. Cleveland,
who is expected to preside over the ex
ecutive mansion at Albany, is Miss May ,
Burlingame, a lady residing near Utica.
The Governor elect has been about six
years making up h's mind to it, but the
question is said to have been popped at
last.
Sergeant Ballantine, though a cele
brated and eloquent speaker, is rather
awkward in manner and has an odd
way of altering his phrases like a law
yer dictating an important brief to an
amanuenss. He has spoken six hours
a day in court for three succeeding davs
without notes, but says that he is afraid
to address an American audience.
HUMOROUS.
Has any one found out how much
waterways.
Question in Natural History What
does a catamount to?
Aminadab says the balance of trade
is generally some two ounces short.
Said a loving wife to her husband
44 Do you know, my dear, that butterfly
ornaments are very fashionable?"
''Perhaps so," he gruffly replied, "but.
grub is the great desideratum."
An exchange thinks that when a
man cuts his throat a new term should be
employed in place of 4 'from ear to ear."
How would "from the knee to the
elbow" do? That would be a change.
. The verdict of the Coroner's jury at
Tunbridge Wells on the death of a
.child was: "The child was suffocated,
but there is no evidence to show- that
the suffocation was before or after
death."
"Julia, my little cherub, when does
your sister Emma return?" Julia: "I
don't know." "Didn't she say any
thing before she went away?" Julia:
"She sa;d, if you came to see her, that
she'd be gone till doomsday."
"What impudence!" exclaimed
Mrs. Shoddy. "Here is a man apptying
by letter for a situation as coachman,
who signs himself 'Your obedient ser
vant,' and I have not even thought of
hiring him yet" Philadelphia Ncivs.
Where a chap gets ahead of old
Father Time is when he dreams. He
can dream of going to England and
fooling around lor a year and returning
home again in ten seconds It also
saves expenses. Detroit Free Press.
Mr. J. J. H. G regory says that an
acre of land may contain six tons of
worms. So it may; but, if Mr. Gregory
ever tried to dig a box of bait on ten
minutes' notice of an invitation to go
fishing in a dry time he knows it don t.
Lowell Courier.
"Why, John, where have you been
all night?" was the greeting, as he
stumbled up-stairs. "Comet party, my
dear, zhat's all."- "Comet party?
Whv, it ought not to take all night to
see the comet." "If you zliee as many
comets ash 1 did, :t wfluld take you,
poor, weak woman, a whole week.
Yesh it would."
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