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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-13
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TERRITORIAL Omeer-
G0r,Th0r-Jno. NJ TnAysr.
Sscretdry-G. W. FieHcu.
ChiJ JsSdgs u SEDrsBs Court. W. Fisher
AssoeA1ks Jashoes-O-. ~. CareJ, +. A. ThsAAa
GsE-H SEases JOtseCtOr-E +. Snow. -
Surveyor GEaxr4- Sias Rssd-
Esosgtsg u Pa6a4e NOHsys-G. W. Corey.
hsglfer q 5. Ldad Ogaae-S. n h4nsou = ~
Territorial TrsasHreF-S. ". U3WLey- LII
TsrrtLOFidi AHdIOT-J. II. HaNInrd.
hFnold-
C0iAmissi0ltsr Of Ps~HitrHAdry} Charles Huttss.
n. r. PgsI.
LrfioHtaf A5rDida John slAuzhs err - AM
COgsna2 DHef on IpgaS9ruhoyt- X. Jedrey- fAa
sStgsHbdBdaht " IhG eHdss-Jokn 81 ausku.r.
DlstriGI duOTHs-E. p. Jnhnron
UHuef states EOBsIaIsSa0ner| W. Brunzr.
CLsrE or Ia .Jtsfieia DEsfrtcf-J. W. brunsr.
N~lgzkdL-QiIbert Adams. Doc sLlp
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County ome-u.

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LARAMIE COUNTY.
Geo A Draper, chaTn.s,
Co"siabcs-W. Tay.,T c. 5. Devos.
: Efl.ss o. NE Psaee-Jns. Slaughter, TN. Fisher
gkyt and RseoJrisr-Ceo. b sumpssz.
TrsasHnsr-D. c TrAey ea
ProbHe Jad9e-D. q. Tracy
Prosecuting AnOrasy-W "a. Curlett.
Sahooi sag TAt,ndsaf-F W M lard.
.C2ropsr-Ja Tlhg', 1 Tg-1l
lsssss0r-Ed. J. Morris
CHEYENNE CITY. Uas11aA
r.. 1. whippie. Pres.sI II. Mage
Johu SeAou,
= iEK Bre-u-hrn, y s~AA
Peter H4mmE
CsrL-W. Rieha d-on. er. Of. Assessor.
Ndrshdf-C. = Dryce.
Iredsarer-lsaa c Bergman.
An0raeV-T J.. Street. q
Police JaStiess = 'ohn Slaughter, T. NJ Fisher.
ceilings Of the Town Trustees. FriaaI ever
Tag In each week, at the CtrS Han. -'A'D
ALBANY COUNTY
nv. I. Hiday,
1905 bThum a. Al-Op- T.
Sher.B-J. u BrnphN,
Jvsaces or u, Psae = = II. Pes
Pr 5ts JaiqrLG w. nirter. e1-ocoio Treasure
SsSeriatsnasat Of Sehools-N. L. Andrews.
CoroHer-JHme- Vine
LAkhMIErciTI. ~
rwm. Harris. sr enes Nay
J. II Finfrock.
Board " Trsststs z. Galhrai h.
T.. J. Webster,
lJameu Wins.
Ckrk-John Mel cod. eo-occt0 Assessor
MIFehdL-M. A. HRnce. ~
Tr.dsWer-L d.. PeA-e.
AitorHsy-tl0mer Ncrrsl'.
Police J4sies-L.D ID. Pea-e.
CARBON COUNTY.
a. D. Admins, ChaI. man.
Co1inLs'oasy1 y q clay,
IL. II. Brsmmer.
SEyrrg-D ? r. nUfe.
CLERK PRIV l.. smith.
Probate y4igs Nm. l. Ash.
AsssSs0r Is. = RYAN. q
SYsnalsrisal Of SeGools-B F. ktHnsy, rtli
'swEErwATEI COUNTY. y
nv. Z. Noble. Chairman.
lJamer Calhoun.
Shsrir IN Mci-nsva- srt sfa
Cisrk-A. Mcintosh.
Prvbps J~udg.-Jas. A. Brrnnsa, s. ~. Trea-
AsssssOr-Hm A. johnson. la
UINTA COUNTY.
&c a. tmpp-,
S6S,if-wiIiam Hinton.
IIerE All. q. lee
Pro6ah Jadgt-T u. Remington ez. %. TreAs
P,ass cutting lttorHeg-H. GArbanAt.
4sSfssOr--M VI. e.. Hopkins.
Surrsyor-H. R"bi ron
Sygtri,tsaieRI Of 8 HoOks-S. X Temple.
CoroHtr-ThOIhRs street. -r.r.
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Mr.. MeCann's Answer to the Red ClOud
Commissioners.

NOmhlssluHtIh.
CMr. McCann, who has been in
Washington for some time engaged
in preparing Il reply to the Red Cloud
Z Commissioners who charged him
with fraud and arraigned him Sc
verely, has just published his side OF
the case.
1.-THE answer is based upon the 0fi.
icial records of the Treasuryuan ~ In
terror Departments. and seems to
show that in important particulars
the Commission Is seriously ut fault.
Indeed, McCann's statements help to
confirm the thery that the Red
Cloud Commission singled out n few
outside contractors as s%capegoats, and
let the members of the real Indian
Ring go free. 1t is certain that the
heaviest contractors, who for years
havebeen Considered the Indian Ring
either escaped censure or received the
commentator of this Commission.
Secretary Chandler is carefully exam
lining the report of this Commission,
and while his opinions are not fully
known, there is reason to believe that
he Is convinced of the shallowness Of
the investigation and has received
evidence showing where il contains
grave errors of conclusion and fact.
: Secretary Chandler has received
and read McCann's reply to the Com
mission. The substantial points of
that reply are these: The accounting
officers Of the Government have ex-
amined all the Government claims,
contracts, and This invol-
we'd the examination of forty-oEe ac-
= counts from August, 1871, To October,
1875, amounting in the aggregate to
~S4,522.O00, and embracing charges for
transportation of more than ten mill
bon pounds. The accounting officer
. Of Ore Treasury over his official Sig
nature under date of Oct. %, 1875,
says: 81 have carefully reviewed all
the accounts of Mr.. McCann, and find
nothing therein to demonstrate that
he has been overpaid on any of his
ACCOUNTS. or that he has been engaged
in any fraudulent transactions in con
necti0n with the same" Mr.. Mccain
replies to the charge of the Commits
sion as 10 the eighty-pound sacks by
stating fhat the Commission m~lseon-
strued the contract. The Commission
say the contract called for 100 pound
sacks. The letter of the contract, how
ever, calls for flour in double sacks,
atEthe Contractors discretion. The
Commission state that Mai. Longs
instructions were TO test the quality
ofthe -four hut not TO weigh ii. Nc
Cam quotes from the official letter of
instructions to Long to show that the
contrary is the fact. AS TO the ques-
ton of transportation Mccain shows
that the Commission is not in accord
with the record evidence in the In
dian Office or in the office of the
Second Comptroller of the Treasury.
The Commission charge Mccain with
fraud in transporting supplies from
Cheyenne to the Red Cloud Agency
in 1872. The records show that for
both those years the service was per-
formed by another contractor, and
that the distance was established by
an agent of the Government. McCann
examines in detail all the points the
Commission make against him, and
makes a very plausible defense from
THE official records.
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OF ALL SOR

New York Factory Cheese, Dupee's and Davis
Celebrated HaTns, breakfast Bacon and
Dried Baef. Jellies, Meat. Sauces,
Chocolate. Cocoa, Sage
OATMEAL, CRACKED WHEAT,
l.g-g
BUCKwHEAT. Garden Seeds, Butter Ladies'
and Prints. Ghurns, Pailr. Buckets. Gund- de-
livered free Of charge within the city limits, aud
everything Warranted.
Cheyonn Wyoming.
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Plans and specifications drawn by an ex-
peTienced lraugh'sman. on short notice We
all our Work. as we employ none
hut arsi-elsss .vcrkmeu-' Tvs diy
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CARBON COUNTY.

nv. 4. Noble. Charrnap-
Committeeman william Evans.
james Calhoun.
ShsriG "a Mci'huva-
ClsrE-A. Mcintosh.
Prv6sps Judg--Jas. A. Brrnnaa, sE. 81. Trsa-
ASssssOr-Nm IN. A. johnson. .4.
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ALBANY COUNTY


Csrk-John McI cod. eo-o17eo AsFessor
MdYShqE-M. A. Hance.
Tr. ds0rer-L u. Pea~e.
A~ltorHsB-Homer Ncrrel'.
Police Jasfce-L. ID. Pea-e.
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y - ; T1WN W~VN
Mdrshdi-C. : Dryce.
Fredsarer-Is aac bergman.
AhOrHey-T !. Street. &
SHruetOr-A j.. PnrShAsl. 90
Police Jlntiees . ,ohn Slaughter, T. NJ. Fisher.
NJ ienngr Of the Town Trustees. Friday ever
fog IN each week, at the CftS Han. L'atS
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Roman Catholic, ltey. Jas. AcGolrieh. Pastor.
Rev. Eugene Cnssan, ASH chhreh onoNsh
-tresi .abUvs Tweniieih. la-
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Frauds by Country Postmasters.

Attention has been repeatedly called
of late TO fraudulent practices by which
country postmasters have increased
their salaries, and argument has been
deduced against the new system deter
mining the rate at which postmasters
shall be paid. Officials at the post
office department say that such con-
illusions are unfair, and that the recent
exposures do not prove that greater
frauds are committed under the new
system than under the old. Formerly
the salary of a postmaster not APP
pointed by the President was deter
mined by the amount Of stamps which
he cancelled, but the department had
no means of determining whether the
amount was correctly reported or not.
Now the same postnasters salary Il
determined by the amount OF STAMPS
he purchases from the department,
and the only why in which he can
fraudulently increase this is by selling
stamps outside of his office. But if
he does this he at once cuts down the
salary of some other postmaster, unless
the stamps arc used in n Presidential
office, and the fraud il likely TO be dis
covered and stopped. For example, a
postmaster in a small Virginia town
reported under the old system an
amount ofstamps cancelled great enough
to entitle him to a salary of $3.50.
Under the new system he was detected
selling stamps in Il neighboring town
in order to increase his salary, and yet
he had been able to bring il up only
to S692.50. Under the old system he
committed greater frauds, but was not
detected. Postal officials assert that
the aggregate of fraud has been greatly
reduced by the new system.
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Painted Statuary.

A writer on the antiquities of Athens
says: "There is one circumstance of
comparatively recent discovery, and
still more recently ascertained to its
fullest extent, which gives a strange
contradiction to our cherished notions
concerning the purity of Grecian taste,
and its antipathy to all coarseness and
exaggeration. 1t should (sic) seem
that the Greeks painted their temples,
not merely in chiaroscuro, or in sub
dued tints, for the purpose of giving
relief to professions or expressiveness
to ornamental details, but with glaring
cOlors, reds and blues and yellows, with
violent contrasts, the columns one hue
and the entablatures another. Nay,
there is a shrewd suspicion that the
sculptures were painted like the figure
head of a man of war, and the pillars
were striped!-the Fittings being left of
the unstained marble, while the rest
was daubed with villainous ochre; and
unluckily, the evidence of these incred-
Utilities is most exasperatingly clear
W. cannot believe that the architects
of the best days of Greece would so
carefully select the purest materials in
the prospect of their concealment by a
mask of tawdry color-that they would
give such an anxious finish to their
carvings, knowing that their sharpness
and delicacy would be impaired by the
brush of the ornamental painter
Neither is it probable that, if this vile
practice had existed in the olden time,
no hint of it should occur in Pausanias
or Vitruvius. But that Ictinus and
Callimachus, to say nothing of Phidias
and Praxiteles, practiced these attroci-
ties, while Pericles approved and pa
tronized, can only be believed quia I'M
possible est"
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Animal Life in the Ocean Depths.

1t was for many years thought that
beyond the depth of 800 fathOms, an.
lmal life ceased to exist in the ocean.
Forbes reached this zero of life in the
Hgan sea, and the fact ascertained foI
the Mediterranean was inferred for all
other seas. The transmutation of in.
organic matter into organic matter i
only performed by vegetables, and
then only under the controlling power
of light. The distinction made by
naturalists between the lowest forms of
animal and vegetable life lies just here
vegetables convert the inorganic Gle
ments of earth, air, and water, into
organized matter; animals rearrange
this organized matter into animal
tissue. 1t was well known, as no light
penetrates the profounder oceanic
depths, that no vegetation can exist
there; an absence of animal life was
therefore inferred. Certain exceptions
to this definition of vegetable life, as
being exhaustive, are found in the
fungi, which terminate and grow in
| darkness, and it is believed are nour-
ished in a great measure by organic
matter, as well as in the curious car
nivorous plants, which have of late
attracted so much attention. This,
however, does not invalidate the truth
that all nutriment, in order to be fit for
the maintenance of animal life must
pass, at least once, through the trans
mutation effected only by vegetation.
The non-existence of life below 300
fathoms, in all the oceans of our globe,
was strongly supported by Forbes in
vestigation in the Mediterranean. The
abyssal depths of the sea were thus
determined by logic to be the universal
empire over which reigned darkness,
desolation, and death. No investi-
cations were made as to the facts of
the case. Logic and hasty general
ization from inadequate knowledge
were made, once again in the history
of science, to do duty for the more
labOrious method of patient Observ-
alton. Commerce at last gave the
impulse to deep-sea exploration which
had before been lacking. The COM
mercial world demanded a more speedy
mode of communication from con-
tinent to continent, and the response
came in the form of a submarine tele-
graph. Thousands of sounding were
made to determine the best position in
the oceans bed for its successful laying,
and thousands, again, to secure the
broken end after the first failure.
These soundings and grapplings
brought from the sea-depths unmis-
taxable proof that life in many varied
and exquisite forms existed there, far
away from life and vegetation, under
an enormous pressure of superincum-
waters; and logic retired discOm-
flied.
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II. must he deligbtful to live in Mica

It must be delightful to live IN Mica
ragua. The whole country is oyerrun with
robbers who quietly select their plunder,
place it in boats and vehicles, ana MS them
away to new fields Last month party OF
| them entered the town of San Jan Gel Norte,
perforated the governor with bullets, whipped
the poIice and broke down the jail doors
and liberated all the prisoners. If Senior
Soto intends to take Nicaragua into his new
Central American republic, there VIII have 10
be some heavy reconstruction done to make
the companionship safe
Itislmpossible for Moody and Sankey
to accept the pressing invitations that reach
them from almost every city in the United
States. The pressure upon them is tremen-
sious. Every city, east and west, thinks that
it has the most urgent necessity Tor them,
that it is the very best place for them to work
in, and is sure to reward them with signal
success.
1t is said that in Cochin China the
mems and wOmen's dresses are so much ankle
that it is almost impossible to say which is
which, and that lately several French officers
having proposed for the hand end fortune of
natives, discovered that they had proposed
for the hand of the sterner sex. For the
future, therefore, the men are to have their
hair tied with different colOred ribbon from
that of the ladies.
The impression prevails in some
parts of the country that the printing of
fractional currency has been discontinued,
especially as to the denominations OF ten
and fifty cents There has been delay in
printing new plate of the ffty-cent notes
necessary on account of counterfeits, but the
printing of all other issues, according to
Washington telegram, is proceeding as usual
DIR. Isaac j. Hayes still believes
that inthe vicinity of the pole there is an
open nRigable sea in the summer; that it
may be teaehed by ship or boat by way of
Smiths hound, and that the north pole is
within rech of any nation that will think it
worth whe to spend money enough to getit.
In ord@ to evade the Maine liquor
law an inanious continuance has been in
vented at AngOr. 1t consists of a barrel
within barel, furnished with faucet,
which, whenurned one way supplies sweet
cider, and win turned in another supplies
lager beer.
In the arhorthwest the boundary
is being mark by cast-iron pillars, eight
feet high, set i the ground four feet at
| distance of a lie from each other The
English and AFRICAN governments set the
posts alternately
The castor IAN Is now cultivated
in Kansas, and a stor oil factory has been
erected at Fort SGT.
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AMOUNTING IL BoDY.-Dr. E. G.
Angel, who isnterested in Turkish
and Russian bas, has contributed a
very interestingaper to the Medical
Record, on the hctice of amounting
the body with esrative or medicinal
oil or unguents. fter mentioning the
high antiquity 9 this practice of
Injunction, he say. But it was the
Roman baths of aracalla, of Con
stantine, of DiocleA, and Titus, and
other emperOrs, thshe art of anOint-
ing was carried to lgreatest perfect
ION as means allkef pleasure and
of health. 1t becam3f such impor-
lance that in all the 'eat Iherme a
special room, known abe uact,,ari,sna
or eteOtaesi'sn', was proved merely for
the keeping of the oilsud perfumes.
In an ancient notwithstanding the
apartments of a Rom bath, the
uractuariaun appears like aapothecary's
shop, filed with an imnnse number
of vases. So essential di the Roman
bathers consider the pross of anoint..
ing that they INDUCED lit twice in
each bath-at the beginng, when a
comparatively cheap oil unemployed,
probably without perfumeand again
at the close, when. costly asams and
fine perfumes were used wiout stint,
being rubbed over the erre body,
even to the soles of the ct. The
variety of these ointmentssas very
great-cloves, cinnamon, lis, laven-
der, myrrh, roses, and may other
fragrant substances being use in their
manufacture. 1t was even 9tomary
to apply different mguents different
parts of the body during te same
bath; oil of wild thyme beingubbed
ON the head, neck and eyebrGs, and
oil of watermint on the arm The
rich had precious ointments 4 their
own, which were carried to thIbaths
in small walls of alabaster, cryal, or
gold.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-26

JUVENILE PENETRATION were
seated in the parlor conversing in the
softest accents, and little Louie was
seated statue-like in a chair near by,
listening, and looking as well as the
chastened light allowed her. Still they
spoke only on the ordinary topics of
conversation, the Exposition, and the
weather particularly, avoiding that
which was nearest TO their hearts, and
which they ardently desired to talk
about. 1t was growing late, and before
he would take leave of his inamorata
he would, if possible, breathe few ac-
cents of love in her willing ear. But
little Louie was as immovable as when
she took her seat an hour and half
previously. He would use some de-
vice to cause her to absent herself. He
requested Louie in the gentlest tones
to bring him a certain piece Of music
from the adjoining parlor, knowing
that she would have to search for some
time before she found it, if at all, and
tostrengthen the request, as he thought,
he added, "And | will kiss you sweetly."
What was his astonishment when the
child answered, go never mind me !;
you can kiss Carrie"
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ONE YEAR.
BY MRS. II. b. STOWE.

1890 80 - SAt"As
One year ago "a ringing voice.
clear blue eye,
And clustering eurls of sunny hair,
Too fair TO die.
Only year, no voice, no smile
No glance of eye;
No clustering curls Of golden air,
Fair but to die.
One year ago, what love, what schemes
Far into life
What Joyous hopes, what high resolves,
What generous strife
The silent picture on the wall
The burial stone;
of all that, beauty, life, and joy,
Remain alone.
One year, one year, one little year.
And 80 much gone,
And yet the even flow Of life
Moves calmly on.
The grass grows green, the flowers bloom fai
Above that head
No sorrowing tint OF leaf or spray
Says he is dead.
No pause or hush of merry buds
That sing above;
Fell us how coldly sleeps below
The form we love.
Where hast thou been this year beloved2
What has thou seen7
What rising fair, what glorious life
Where thou hast been?
The veil, the veil 50 thin, so strong,
'Twixt us and thee;
The mystic veil, when shall il fall
That we may see?
Not dead, not sleeping, not even gone;
But present still,
And waiting foI the coming hour
OF Gods sweet will.
Lord Of the living and The dead,
Our Saviour dear
We lay in silence at Thy feet
This sad, sad year.
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A SUICIDES SToRY.-Lotta lont-
ford, an actress, committed suicid at
Dallas, Texas, soon after receiving he
following letter:
Hartford, CT, October, 1875
Mrs. Nichols:
DEAR MADAM: Yours receivd /:
enclosed we found 800. Have vey
little to say, only that your little girl )
well, only that she is growing blink liz
your mother. She has spasms wors
than ever, and very often speaks of you
and in her sleeps calls for her littl
mamma. l am actually afraid she vii
soon pass away. We bought the tomb
stone for your little boys grave, an,
fixed it up nicely. 1t cost $187. Mrs
- drew on your account, becaus
her husband was out at the farm
Please do not let her know that I wrot,
to you. l can't write much now, bu
thought 1 would let you know some
thing about Sadly; l know what
mothers feelings are. [ won't writ,
any more. Goodbye. From you
sympathizing friend,
ANN S. RENNEY.
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A nice boy of nine years was taken
very sick while visiting a schoolmate in
St. Paul, Mimi, few days since. His
friends mother found that he required
an emetic, and prepared one for him.
The lad was suffering terribly, but
refused to take the dose, saying that
chs mama would not like it if he did,
as she was homeopathist and did not
allow him to take allopathic' medicine"
The lady persisted, and told him that
he might not get well if he did not
take it. Finally the obstinate young
man exclaimed: "Well, I'll take the
stuff, but / tell yOn one thing-I won't
vomit!"
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Pierceville, Pa, is excited over the
finding OF five human skeletons, which
were unearthed by a party hunting
wood-chucks. They are believed to be
those of family named Searles, who
started for New York many years ago,
but were never heard from.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-26

Mr.. Torr, of AyIesbury, England,
recently sold eighty fine cattle for
$214,650, being an average of s2,525
a head. The highest priced beast,
Bright Empress, brought so, 800; the
other cows sold at $4,000, 81, 800, So,
900, two at So, 1000, and heifers at from
$4,000 to $4,000.
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One year ago "a ringing voice.
A clear blue eye,
And clustering eurls of sunny bair.
Too fair to die.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-07-13

1t will be seen that the sum OF each
line, each column and each diagonal is
81. The four corner fgures-34. The
corner figures of any square oil four hg-
ures (of which there are four in the larger
square) "a The four figures OF the
central square-94 The four figures OF
each corner of the whole square-34i-
making altogether twenty different ways
in which "a may be reckoned. The other
sums OF "a may be obtained by taking the
figure which stand next TO the corner
figure, going round from left to right,
thus, S, s, II, 9,-34. Then take the
figures which stand to the left OF the
corner figures, going the other way round
2, 8. Is, l2,-34