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How He Got the Saloon Keeper.

A Front Street saloon keeper is great
historical scholar, and will argue for hours
on the issues, events and men of past eel.
ebrity. Old man Preston was aware of
this, and ne dropped into the place one
warm day last week and said: by
crickey, Jim. but this is warm! | haven't
been so warm since old Gen. Cass was
President of the United States" What"
said jim. Seen. Cass never was President
of the United States" "Why, yes he
was" replied Preston, with well feigned
astonishment. "I'll bet you the drinks
for the house he wasn't" said the excited
proprietor. Done," answered the old
man, and he drew forth his pOcket-book,
unfolded page of the Congressional Globe
of 1889 and proceeded to read that Presi-
dent Taylor having died on Saturday, and
Vice President Fillmore not being at
Washington, the President of the Senate,
General Cass, bee 4me President of the
United States until the following Monday
pending FilImore's Inauguration. When
the old man had finished reading he look
ed around and said: "Come up, boys
A little stoughton in mine, Jim. Must
excuse ignorance, you know" Then he
rambled out, while Jim rammed the bot
| ties back on the shelf, soused the tumblers
in the rinse, and as he wiped up the coun.
ter It marked: "I've seen good many
mean men in my time, but for a first-class
star beat old Preston can take the money
| -lMarguette Mining Journal.
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CsnseriptIon Of Horses in Russia.

The st. Petersburg Gazette says that
the Russian war ministry Is at present
considering project for the consumption
of horses for the use of the army in time
of war. According to the scheme pro-
posed, all horses suitable for military en-
ployment NAV be taken by the authori-
ties. and their owners are nO1 TO be allow
ed the option of redeeming them BY
money payments; but an indemnity will
be allowed of from forty to eigh y per
cent. upon the cost of cavalry horses. For
the purpose Of this conscription every dis
trict will be divided into ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
in each of which will be established a com
mittee composed of members OF the muni-
cipality and an officer of the local police,
who are to be nominated by the governor
of the province. 1t will be the duty of
the committee to keep the government in-
formed of the condition and exact num-
ber of horses in the ACCOMPLISHMENTS. To
this end the committee will each autumn
a. certain by personal inspection the num-
Der of horses held by each owner, and
make general census every ten years.
On their part, the owners OF horses fit for
military service will be required, should
the army at any time be called out, to
take them to the appointed depot, where
they will be handed over to the officers
appointed to receive them. The horses TO
be appropriated will then be chosen by
lots but If the conscription does not
yield the number required, recourse will
be had to horses of a superior quality, and
even to those specially exempted by the
rules. Ii the required number is not OBJ
tanned bv these means, the members of
the committee will have TO purchase
horses at their own expense, from other
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. The Gasstts, which re-
marks that the proposal is evidently bor-
rowed from the regulations which are in
force in Prussia, objects that the circum-
stances OF the countries are very different,
and that regulation which Is necessity
in Prussia would in Russia impose bur
den upon the agricultural interests be-
yond all proportion to the advantages
reaped from it by the Government. For
while, it says, The western nations, in time
of war, are compelled to buy horses from
foreign countries, Russia would never find
the least difficulty in supplying her wants
at home. rhe number of horses in
e lropean Russia is estimated at IA SS1 :
800. which would amply provide the 4O0,-
| coo horses needed for the service of the
state. Moreover, the necessity of comply
| ing with the regulation which demands
that horses should be chosen by lot would
probably, while the choice was being
made, reduce ten horses to idleness fol
every one that was chosen for service.
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Live New York Frogs for Europe.

The frog is a beautiful animal-that Is,
in gastrOnomic sense. It's white, dainty,
delicious meat is the delight of all true
epicures. What dish is there, all things
considered, comparable to first-cla frog
fry with fried potatoes and lettuce salad
Well, mankind are finding out more and
more the culinary value of the frog, and
that the Watertown frog, 80 called, is the
most valuable of all. Therefore, it is not
surprising that Tom Anthony, the eele-
brated froggist of Perch Lake. should be
requested to capture couple OF dozen live
ones to be shipped to Europe for breeding
purposes. Mr.. Anthony arrived here with
Them yesterday, and they were forwarded
in nice box, with bedding of nice grass,
to New York by express. No finer speci-
mems have been seen, as they would
weigh about a pound apiece. We hope
our European friends viii receive them
gratefully, treat them well, and succeed in
good time, thereby, in furnishing their
tables, from their own ponds and bogs,
with the genuine Watertown frog flavor.-
Watsrto1or IN. ~ TINS.
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IIvu CuPIu oUubLvd uiS Too

Jersey City is amusing itself with bit
of gossip which is very amusing to all save
one person, and that person young lady.
some time ago grocer Of Jersey CITY,
well-tO-do, young and handsome, fell Ill
love with pretty schoOl-teacher, and was
apparently loved tremendously in return.
The two became engaged and would, per-
hans, now be married, but for an accident.
The schOol-marm, in talking to young
lady friend one day, confided to her the
fact that the grocer had plenty of money,
and that as soon as they were married they
were going to live in brown stone house
on certain fashionable ST eet. The friend
told another friend in confidence, and so
the thing Travelled until it reached the ears
of the grocer. He was astOnished. He had
dreamed of pleasant little home over his
store, with wife to sympathiZe with his
objects and to aid him, not wife TO spend
his start toward fortune in mere display.
1t dawned upon him that the school-teaeh-
er might be in love with his money rather
than with him, and he consulted an old
friend, regular Major Pendennis. Major
Pendennis had suggestion. He pro-
posed tn t the lover should put on an air
of deep detection before his lady love, and
only after time explain reluctantly that
he had loaned his money without good Sc
curity, and had been ruined. The grocer,
sraceless wretch, followed the advice Of
the heartless bachelor, and was dumb
founded at the result. The school teacher
became as cold as Diana, and finally jilted
him. He got back some silveIware and
gold watch and some other things he had
given her, and that was the end Of the love
affair Eventually the truth came out and
there was woe in the sfoemaker's family.
Her mother made advances to the grocer
with view to reconciliation, but the grocer
wouldn't reconcile. And Jersey City, just
as any other city would, rolls the gossip
under its tongue and cnuckles.
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After Many Years.

In the year 1910, Mr.. Harmon Jones, a
citizen of New Orleans, caught the Cali
fornia gold fever, and embarked on a ship
for the Pacific coast. He had wife and
two children. for whom he made ample
provision till he could be heard from in
his new home. The vessel he sailed on
was never heard from after leaving port,
and after years Of waiting his family gave
him up as lost. His wife declined several
eligible offers of marriage and remained
true to her usband. The children are
grown, and they are all still living in New
Orleans. A part of Mr.. Jones' history Is
told in the following paragraph from a
letter received yesterday by our friend,
Mr.. Cornelius Young, from sister IN
New Orleans. The writer saws: "Ine
most remarkable piece of news we have
heard for long time, is that M. Harmon
Jones is alive on an island in the Paclnc
Ocean. An acquaintance of Mrs. Jones
saw an account in an English paper OF the
discovery of an unknown island by an
English vessel cruising in the Paclhc
Ocean. 1t mentioned the names o. the
persons found upon the island, and among
the number there was Harmon Jones'
from New Orleans. The number of years
he has been on the island corresponds ex-
actly with the number of years he has
been lost. They refused to leave the
island, as they said the ties binding them
70 their former homes were probably
broken, and they did not like to leave on
an uncertainty. His family have seen the
British consul, and steps are being taken
for his recovery."-Sstnsd Tunes.
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A Fine Chance for Beaux.

The want most sadly felt Is of men.
Young, unmarried men would be prefer
red, but men of any age would be accept
ed. Pretty girls wearing costly clothes,
able 10 dance gracefully. having wealthy
parents, without matrimonial engage
ments, are compelled to take other girls for
partners in waltzes and quadriiles. There
was never better chance for good-look-
ing, well-bred young men. @OlreunsPect
behavior and strict attention To business
would insure the capture of an heirt 50 be-
fore the end of the season. Why, L nave
seen with my own eyes girl OF 20, who
is plentifuly endowed with beauty, brains,
and money, rejoicing in the society OF
bow of l8-and he was cross-eyed and
freckled. In New York parlor she would
wrinkle her nose at him; bat here she IS
glad to get his companionshiP. because
she sees other girls, without even cross
eyed, freckled boys for beaux, enVylDg
her.-Long Braneh co77esPondenee Nsto
Vork 7f,ztss l2
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out on the wharf their headquarters.
Here it was that the crowd of sight-seerers
congregated. In small room, hardly
Twelve by fifteen, some two dozen or more
of the votaIies of the mysterious VouGou
sat around silently gazing, and the CEN
ler of attraction in the middle of the
room.
On the floor a sheet was spread, and on
it nougat pyramid, and at each corner a
candle, bouquet of flowers, and bottle
of aniseseed water. The ceremonies open
ed by three negro men and women starting
a low, monotonous chant, accompanied by
a swaying motion of the body. Backward
and forward they seRt. keeping mp this
unintelligible refrafSE occasionally urged
on by sedate piece of old African hu-
manity, Regina FraZie, who has been
elected to the vacated throne of Marie
LafOnt. After some ten minutes they ac-
celebrated their motions, and evidently
wa med up to their work. The discord
became greater. Their eyes rolled about
and a short barking sound was emitted by
ali those on the floor, then the song was
changed and te graslde diabLe took anise-
seed water and sprinkled the four cor
ners of the room. and then seized lighted
candle and with the ray S Pickering be-
tween his fingers went through a
series of contortions. They now became
frantic; their yells louder, their motions
more rapid. lie grande dta6Le then stag
gered about in a sort of delirium, and one
yellow woman went in respectable faint.
A garter snake was brought out to make
the affair more impressive for the ignor-
ant. and the spectators were each visited
After this, future good luck and fortune
were bestowed on candidates in the shape
of bonbons, and the reporter was told by
the queen to wear it in the right-hand
pocket tied up in blue silk. AS there was
no silk handy, the gum drop was consign-
ed to the muddy waters of the lake.
The whole affair was supremely ridicu-
louS, and is a fit specimen of what creduli-
ty and superstition can bring about.
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A Highly ColOred Bride.

AtDayton wedding party boarded tne
train with their baggage checked through
to Cincinnati. The groom was a 3ionde
African and the ride brunette. ne was
aud She reflected rays of light ike those
hat scintiIlate from theins de OF an empty
Jug Her gearing was something aston
isaing as piece of studied composiuon
and curious mechanism. The dress was
white muslin, cut dem-the train, and
o5red In the hustle. The waist was tuck
"a in longitudinal folds, and sunfowers
l0oped up the fiOunees. 1t had no sleeves
nor upper half to the waist, but in their
stead was a sack of mosquito bar material
through whose foggy texture the arms
and shoulders OF the winsone bride
CLEANED like the blue field of the star-span-
gied banner on stormy night IN June
81 sugar-seoop bonnet, with hot-houst
in tulI bloom scattered over its outside
surface. added tone to her all-oyerD2sterec
brow.-eiscisnGti Enquirer. -ea e.
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the parasites into one heap. in order to de-
.vour them more easily. At first our ma
turalis;s Thought that the latter were It's
progeny it being well known that flies
carry their progeny about with them
but he soon convinced himself that he
was mistaken. Having placed under the
microscope bit of white paper, on which
two flies had been seen intent upon eating
something, he ascertained that their meal
consisted OF the same parasites. He then
wiped the paper clean, and put it away In
a place which flies could not get TO, and
after some time put it again under the in
strumeut, when TO his surprise be found
it covered with the same animalcules.
This experiment being repeated in various
ways, it turned out that flies are the scav-
engers of vitiated air, where they fatten
on the parasites that settle upon them in
myriads; while on the contrary they grow
lean and starve in a pure atmosphere
where their fayorite game Is scarce.
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pusGENT p1R1GRAPHs.
CosT,.,y , 4 1f,,rnlture-Indlan bureaus.

COSTLY furniture-lndian bureaus.
A GxoRdrA planter boasts six daughters
each OF them six feet tall, and or course
tninks them n little above par.--
A MoseUIro, buzzing round where 9
young lady was singing "Come 20 me IN
beautiful dreams, y said he would provided
there was no bar.
ANOTHER daily ruined: The Brooklyn
Argus has been compelled to psy six cents
In libel suit Why will these ruthless
people continue 10 crush out the news
papers?
ssToM, you seem to gain fesh every
day: the grocery business must agree
with you. What did you weigh last p
| sWell, Jim, I really forget now; but IL
strikes me it was pound of butter"
A CHINESE young lady Is an applicant
for a teachers place 10 one OF the public
schools of San Francisco. She insists tha.
| she can s'snatchee small boy Dai-headed
halle same Mclean miss" sa aa4
BueGs -" Hello, Tripe, movingl"
Tripe-. Yes" Bugs What forF'
Tripe-s Well, times are little hard, and
l am moving to please my land'ady."
aYEsrxRpAY afternoon" says Ten
mes see paper, " the handsome Miss Jennie
Tayior was borne to the cemetery before
large conc0urse Of grieving men, women
and vehicles"
A BOY in the suburbs tried to ascertain
the other day the soundness OF the pro-
verb I. Birds ofa feather flock together"
He plucked the old rooster down TO a sim
Ole tail feather and it didn't flock at all,
but went and hid under the barn. Thus
is another old saw smashed,
THE superintendent of Sunday-school
! IN Washington is anundertaker, and there
is some talk of asking him to resign, not
only because he makes the children sing
~ would not live always" regular every
Sunday, but because on the back Of the
| reward cards that are given to good chill
dr n be has printed gilt coffin with list
OF his rates for funs rails. 81
A YOUNG lady teacher in Sunday
school in this city last Sunday caught a
boy smiling. She asked What are you
laughing at?'' "Nothing, num-" was
the answer. 81 know better. !" said the
tescher, severely: "nOw tell me what 1t
is.'' Johnny looked frightened, as he
mutteringly said. "I-I-s.see5 yer
n-newspaper s-sticking out, num- The
teacher sat down suddenly and arranged
I-things.-H Honkers Gasetts. ssEaE
WHEN he got to Webster City last
Thursday. the traveller didn understand
at first why all the doors were locked, the
first story shutters barred, and no signs Of
life in sight, save a few frightened eyes
looking fearfully through the half-turned
stats of the attic blinds, and an occasional
dog that peeped cautiously out from under
porch to growl and dive back again into
obscurity but, when he turned a corr er
and came suddenly upon six female book
agents trying to climb up lightning-rOd
| to an open window on the secOnd-stOry,
he took it all in, and with the speed and
silence OF unmanly terror, fed for the
woods. But they pursued him with hide
| Gus howls and talked him to death on the
run. fibishing him up in just q mile and
three-quarters. Time, l:379.-BsTtingtoE
Hat0keys.
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extends around the four walls foot

4 tAltfluS tAAS -
above the floor.
Tie women look neat and content
ed. seeming to be always busy, some
! weaving thick wooden dresses. Others
grinding grain or baking their curl
Gus. wafer-like bread, accompanying
the labor with strange, weird songs.
The grinding is done by three women,
who kneel over stone troughs sunken into
the floor, Slabs of stone of different de-
orees of roughness are placed like wash
board in the uoughs, and on these the
grinding is done by rubbing the grain
with another stone of the size and shape
of a small rolling-pin. The first reduces
the grain, which has been already cracked,
to meal. the next makes il finer, and the
third turns it out a fine flour. Ii thus
passes from one trough TO another, occu-
pying nearly an hour In the process. The
women. mostly young, and some OF them
quite pretty, work with coquettlsh mer-
riment, keeping perfect time with Their
music, throwing their bodies forward to-
gether, so as to bring nearly their whole
weight upon the mill. Their long glossy
hair. which is kept very clean, is tossed
freely about their necks, adding much to
their grace and beauty.
One room of each house is devoted to
grinding and baking, the latter process be-
ing even more curious than the former. A
smooth slab of slate two feet square is
fixed in the large fireplace and heated
by Goals. The hand is dipped into thin
dough of the consistency of cream, and
then rubbed quickly over the stone. this
being repeated four or five times, till a
cake is formed covering the entire stone.
vet no thicker than tissue-paper. Only a
few seconds are occupied in the baking,
when the bread is taken off and the opera
ton repeated, till few quarts of dough
are manufactured into perhaps thousand
tortillas, one of which would hardly make
mouUhful, but the thousand would
cover the fl ,ors of five large rooms. These
sheets are made into rolls, a dozen or more
being rolled together, and are then eaten
lite rally by the yard.
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The Fetish Worship at New Orleans.

SAYS the New Orleans Bulletin Of June
25: We know of no other city in this
country where f4tish worship is INDUCED
in except this. The many native Africans
here and their immediate descendants have
kept up the mysteries first learned in this
country, and the ignorant and supersii-
tlous even of the whites have served, by
becoming votaries. TO keep up the order.
Our readers must have been long since
familiar with the orgies enacted yearly
"a, the advent of st. Johns Eve or Night
They vary little with each recurrence.
but the general characteristics remain the
same.
Last night and the night before. these
worshipers started early for the lake, ana
some, going down the shore below Milne
burg, built fires and prepared for night 5
carousal, whilst others made oulidlng
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Freeing from Temptation.

A member Of the colored church was
the other evening conyersing earnestly
with an Acquaintance, and seeking to have
him change into better paths, but the
friend said that he was too often tempted
TO permit him TO become q Christian.
J 'sWbar's yer backbone, dat ye can rose
I'D and stand temptation p exclaimed the
good man. 81 was dat way myself once.
Right in dis yere town J had chance to
steal par o. boots-mighty nice ones,
TOO. Nobody was dar to see me, ana l
reached ont my hand and De deooh sai9
tske 'em. Den good sperit wnlsPereu
fur me to Let dem boots alone.
"An' you didn't take em -
ssNo, sab not much. i TOOK pa y
cheap shoes off de shelf an leiI ueiii O"0'S
alone r'-VIeks6s4rg Herald,
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An invention which is intended to SUI
perseae the flrrier branch of black smlti.-
ing is new detachable horse shoe. III Is
asserted that when this device is manu-
factured from malleable iron, its cost need
not be more than half that of the shoe III
ordinary use, while it is much more our,
able, there 0eills 10y e-... no "eaf'"s o"S
the rim, if that portion be formed, as u
tssily may be, of steel. The inventor sug'
gests that the article is adapted. in pecu.
liar degree, for use in the amy, ana llia'
for this purpose it may be made IN any
variety of sizes; thus issued, nothing iur
ther than rasp, in the hands OF caVairy }
soldier or artilleryman, will be necessaI'
TO fit the shoe to the horses hoof,
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MYANGEL..


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hnd t,he shosts shronSb tha hlos.Av.s...
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Tbe clirnn,er;,g ott.roofhe m
'--e
Had I'm hand t,-onoh the s,,-,,ish,
Flushed with their eager fr0lic,
Tawny with wind and sun;
Home from the sunny uplands
Where the sweet wild b rrias grow.
Eome from the tangled thickeis
Where the nuts are ripenin0 slow.
They mock nj the OWLS weird laughter
Al the tardy swallows flying
Late through the darkening sky;
And silently gliding after,
Il rough The dusk Of the shadowy street
Comes their little angel sister,
Star white from her head TO her feet
Never crossing the threshold,
esa nea Isl, =, naii.s On nes oOsOn'
r.t.s.st ~. =. :. :. ~ -. = "a - s.
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vo,ist,,. s,,,S ~. Itts
INV Nie "e"''
And spite OF me SHINING garments
Folded about her now,
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SUEr PUpDING.-1 cup Of suet. cup
rnolasses, II cups sweet milk, cups iiour,
2 spoons baking powder, / cup raisins, !
cup currants butter the pan and steam u
hours.
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"l'vE know'd that mule fur free yeahs,
an don't tink dat de animile would huri
q lam. csuse-" This blank space indi
Gates where the lecture was interrupted,
and the speaker forwarded to the other
side of the fence.
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A GEORGIA planter boasts six daughters
each or them six feet tall, and OF course
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-18
A QUARTER OF a MILLION

Of dollars, it is estimated, has been
invested in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in Cheyenne this year, aud l am sure
the Herald
REJoIcEs TO CHRONICLE THE FACT
l have no faculty for writing formal
notices, or Ishould be hhppyto name
the friends of the Herald who have
given your correspondent every at
tention and afforded him every facil-
ity in obtaining the above facts and
figures. The future of this town is
bright. If the negotiations now
pending for the opening Of the Black
Hills are successful, this city will
fairly fly in its upward and onward
career. 1t will become in reality
what its friends now claim for it
"The Magic City of the Plains"
TRAVELLER.