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CHEYENNE. wYoM1Na WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 2s 1875

with his nose close to the floor, and
quickly wearied of that, yawned, sighed
forgot the beetle entirely, and sat
down on it! Then there was wild
yelpof agony, and the poodle went sail
ing up the aisle;the yelps continued, and
so did the dog; he crossed before the
house in front of the altar;he flew down
the other aisle; he crossed before the
doors; he clamored up the home stretch;
his anguish grew with his progress, till
presently he was a woolly comet, moy-
ing with the gleam and speed of light.
At last the frantic sufferer sheered
from its course, and sprang into its
masters lap: he flung it out of the win
dow, and the voice of distress quickly
thinned away and died in the distance
Tom Sawyer went home quite cheer
full, thinking to himself that there was
some satisfaction about divine service
when there was a bit of variety in it.
He had but one marring thought; he
was willing that the dog should play
with his pinch-bug, but he did not think
it was upright to carry it off.
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Toms Happy Hot Sunday.

From Mark Twain's Adventures of
Tom Sawyer
The minister gave out his text, and
droned along monotonously through an
argument which was SO prosy that many
head, by and by, began to nod.
Tom Sawyer lapsed into suffering as
the dry argument was continued. He
bethought himself of treasure he had
and got it out. 1t was a large black
beetle with formidable jaws, spinch
bugn he called it. 1t was in percus-
sion cap box. The first thing the beetle
did was to take him by the finger. A
natural flip followed, the beetle went
fioundering into the aisle and it lit on
its back, and the hurt finger went into
the boy's mouth. The beetle lay there
working its helpless legs, unable to turn
over. Tom eyed it and longed for it,
but it was safe out of his reach. Other
people uninterested in the sermon, found
relief in the beetle, and they eyed it too.
Presently a vagrant poodle dog came
idling along, sad at heart, lazy with the
summer softness and the quiet, weary
of captivity, signing for change He
spied the beetle; the dropping tail lifted
and wagged. He surveyed the prize;
walked round it; smelt Of it from safe
distance; walked around it again; grew
bolder and took a closer smell; then
lifted his lip, and made gingerly snatch
at it, just missing it; made another and
another; began to enjoy the diversion;
subsidized to his stomach with the beetle
between his paws, and continued the
experiments; grew weary at last, and
then Indifferent and absent-minded.
His head nodded, and little by little his
cein descended and touched the enemy,
who seized it. There was sharp yelp,
flirt of the poodle's head, and the
beetle fell couple Of yards away, and
lit on its back once more. The neigh
boring spectators shook with a gentle
inward joy, several faces went behind
fans and handkerchiefs, and Tom was
entirely happy.
The dog looked foolish, and probably
felt so; but there was resentment in his
heart, too, and craving for revenge.
So he went to the beetle, and began a
wary attack on it again; jumping at it
from every point of circle, lighting
with his fore paws within an inch of the
creature, making even closer snatches
at it with his teeth, and jerking his
head till his ears tapped again. But he
grew tired once more, after while;
tried to amuse himself with fly, but
found no relief; followed an ant around
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SITTING BULLS EARLY LIFE. !

This article is already long, but Twill
add line about the early history of
Sitting Bull. He is a Sioux or Dako-
ia Indian. For several years he lived
at Fort Rice, ON the Missouri river, and
was known as a "Blanket Indian. ~
This is term of scorn or derision
among the Indians, and is applied to
Indians who chang around'' the mill
tary posts and wear the the white
mans blanket instead of the Indians
buffalo robe, for you must know that
the robe is the Indians badge of man
hood. One day, for what reason is not
known, soldier struck Sitting Bull a
blow. That blow in whose train has
followed long list of heroic deeds, and
which has shaped the Indian policy of
the United States, and to which the
death of Custer and HE ~~---.,..4Iiu Aiay
be Immediately traced. Ihat plow
s..o..sea tlao spirit of a great soul which
until then had lain dormant. He at
once flew to the desert, where he organ
tribes andfmade unrelenting war ON the
whites; and from that period, about ten
years ago, to this he has been the terror
of the country, from the Falls of the
Missouri to Fort Randall, and from the
borders of Montana to DEVILS lake. On
the 18th of May, 1868, Sitting Bull at
tackled the village of Muscle Shell, one
of the tributaries of the upper Missouri.
1 was at the time encamped with de-
tachment of troops near the town, and
but for the aid 1 offered he would have
taken the place. He renewed his at
tack on the oath and captured nineteen
herd of cattle, after killing two of my
men, who were at the time guarding the
herd. recaptured the herd All
accounts agree that he is brave man
and an enterprising warrior, and recent
events indicate that he is possessed of
some, at least, of the higher qualities of
generalship. [Col. Nugent, in Little Rock
Star.
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PERSONAL.
no more.

Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson has accepted an
invitation address the literary societies OF the Unyer
sty OF Virginia on the 29th OF June
Ex-Governor FentOn, who is still staying In
Florida left Jacksonville for Tampa last Friday, where
he expects to remain about two weeks.
he Archbishop of Paris has received from
the Archbishop of Beyrou II large panks OF cedar cut
from a tree Mount Lebanon that had recently blown
down few Yet remain, supposed TO be AS Did
the time " hon Solomon built the Temple
A letter from Cairo, Egypt, dated Dec. 81,
says: "Feasting has been the order OF the day, and
breakfasts have been given at the Palace OF Abdn the
Kh6dyes residence, TO foreign ambassadors their
travels, to the American ambassadors, Mr.. Bancroft
Davis from Berlin, and Mr.. Washburne, from Paris
Combining personal relief with the amusement Of his
foreign guests the Khedyc always politely sends them
up the Milo In one OF his steamers Mr.. Davis he de-
Mr.. G.. Detring and Mr.. +. B. Drew have
been appointed by the Government OF China Comms
soners TO prepare q collection for China to lie repre-
sented at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Both
gentlemen represented their Government at the Vienna
Exhibition. The proposed collection viii consist mostly
OF brOnzes, silks cmbf0decs, lacquefs pOcenln IVORY
and santalwood carvings and articles OF that kind.
large part collection Will he sold. Mr.. j. j.. Ham,
mOnd. Commissioner Of Customs OF China, 10 TO have
charge OF the collection IN Philadelphia.
The Rev. DR.. Cumming of London stated
In recent sermon that time ago he preached at
Balmora the subject OF the Communion Of Saints In
Heaven" He dwelt In his the doctrine that
all souls In a better world would recognize those whom
thsy had known ON earth and would md pleasure In
tho events which had happened 10 them on
earth At the close OF the sermon the Queen. who was
one OF his hearers thanked him for the comfort which
the subject OF HIS discourse had afforded her. Dr. Cum
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
nE1E 1AU hUNSTIH.

The death last week of the great patriot
statesman of Hungary, Francis Deak, naturally
suggests comparisons between his career and
that of his fellow leader in the revolution OF
1913, Louis KOssuth. After the short lived
Magyar Republic had been crushed by Rus
sian invasion, both continued to labor for the
liberation of their country from the tyranny
of Austrian rule but by different methods
Kossuth remained in exile, holding fast to his
faith in the possibility of the establishment of
a democratic form of government in Hungary,
and from asylums on foreign soil continued to
agitate for q new revolution. Deak returned
gathered around him in the form of a COM
pact and determined political organization the
intelligence and patriotism of the Magyar
population, and while preserving the form of
allegiance to the Hapsburg Government, man
aged to make Hungary constant thorn in its
side. Thus weakened, Austria fought with
France in 1859 and lost LOmbardy, fought
with Prussia in 1866, and was again defeated
and crowded out of the German Bund. Deak,
who had patiently bided his time, keeping
alive the ardent desire of his cOuntrymen for
independence, while repressing the dan
gerOus zeal Of his followers. now saw
that the hour for action had come, and
in the midst Of the prostration and despair
which followed the battle Of Sadowa, he and
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
CONKLING At THE FOREFRONT"

II was a great day for Utca-last Friday.
That il to say, to be more exact, last Friday
night was a great day for Utica. 1t was
fearful night. Tempestuous weather. Fog.
The wayfaring man staggered hOmeward under
the storm, punching before him with ging-
ham umbrella spiral opening in the fog,
through which he wearily wiggled. The
lights of the street-cars twinkled dim, and the
voice of the driver fell waterlogged on the
whfiletree "a he put his helm a-port and
"clssed" the saturated passenger at whose
order he "hovc to" at the crossing. On the
tow path, mule answered unto mule through the
darkness, and the stanch AL copper-fastened
canal boat bent to the bufleting of the lusty
winds, till running on her side so low she
drank water, and her keel plowed air. 1t
was on such night they formed the
Conklng Club at Utica. Fit weather for fit
deed Who that has heard the Fayorite Son
of Utica unfurl himself upon the stump can
fail to discern his symbols in the varying
phases of the weather on that eventful night.
How fluent it was! How windy mt times !
How foggy! Through all this inclemency and
pOrtentOusncss. the citizens of Utica. rcmem-
bering only that eternal vigilance and forty
cents n pair is the present price of India
rubber OvershOes, to the number of over one
hundred waded into Association Hall to form
the Utica Conkling Club. OF this one hundred
we regret to record that not all were members
of the club. 1t is remarked by one of the
local chronclers of the event that there
"wero in the room some of the bitterest enc
"mies of the C0nkling movement" who "came
"to hear what was said and see what was
"done" Over these one hundred hurried citi-
zens of Utica wandering in with drilling
umbrellas to Association Hall from the dark
ness and the fog and the nights Plutonian
shore, d. c. Stoddard presided. Presided
ably, stated the objects of the club distinctly,
and invited signatures to the Constitution cor
daily. Much in the manner Of the American
Tar ~ represented in early song g-bOoks nail
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
ming added that he felt bonored BY the recognition q -
excellent sovereign, and be was assured Of the truth

s1cslsns .cvsrsisn and be Va: assured q tho ssA
his doctrine.
The memorial meeting to the late DR.. Sam.
ue G. Howe will be hold in Music Hall. Boston, Feb,
Gov Rice will preside and number Of addresses win M
made Gov Bullock viii speak Of The distnguiships
of the In their relation TO the sata
exPresident Caswe OF Brown University will spesk AZ
DIR. Howes college life and its relation to the colleen
the Hon. f. w. Bird will refer particularly to hin
private life Dr. f. NJ Gallaudet OF the National De.s
Mute College at Washington will make Laura Brdgmsn
the topic OF his discourse In connection with Dr Howe
life aboTs enGOy william s. Gaston sssS.S win % Pay his tea:
ward Everett Hale will speak Of him as the represents
tive Bostonan Dr; 0IveS Wendell HI Holmes, i t sI:
Of the Perkins Institution OF the Blind and Mr. Thomas
Reeves and Miss Freda Black will preside at the organ
both of whom are blind teachers and the gng will h.
by the choir Of blind pupils connected with the instu
tion
The impending performance of NJ. Dumass
drama, "LEtrangere," the scene Of which u laid IN
America sxcites much interest IN Paris He Ia an In
deatgable searcher after facts as the following from
correspondent of The London Eers will show: Pre-.
paratory to writing his 'Etrangere' NJ. Dumas con.
suited works Of all modern authors who have treated
OF the United States fro De TocQueville to Mr. Hep
worth Dixon and he believes that he has produced
tolerably picture OF American character and
manners He shows the chivarous regard Of Americana
for women, their adyenturousness, courage freeand-
easy customs. The play contains some startling incl
dents 1.-THE hero kills three mem, but all these incidents
are based on proven facts II has been humorousy re-
marked that NJ Alexandra Dumas's father would have
reasoned that since IL requires three months TO wads
through all the American literature which the author of
'LEran0ere' undertook whereas 1t takes but month
10 90 to NewYork spend ten days there return ne
would have crossed the Atlantic and on coming back
have written a work teemng with that OF knOwl.
edge which be acquired OF people after ten days
mountaineering with their manne s."
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The Weekly World SAYS
that Prof John Tyndal will shortly marry tho daughter
OF the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The World says, in conse-
guence of the bereavement OF Dion B0ucicault he will
POSTPONE bis American engagements. He will not ~
turn there until late in the Summer.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
PUBLIC OPINION.

Everybody will be Republicans by the nr~ I',,Is
F,i election IL only the Democrats Keep AT IT i'''
longcr.-l Philadelphia Press tRepD .,
Whether Mr.. Kerr favors this or tllat Ii,". .us.
yldual for the highest Office In the nation s his o~ wa
ness hut his attitude Is In contrast with whst wv
before he was elected speakcr.-irroy Press lpem''
That tho South will come grandly up 10 to,,Ss nSs
duty and privilege In the proper AZ
deeds Of our forefathers and the nation MACON
the " Centennial we DO not III the ioSs' uo"'"
Telegraph QDem.)
We would much prefer, so far as VIZ r,,dsa. an
concerned have the nomination given 70 o COY Hen.
but N The Democracy will insist upon runnlns n mru
dricks all our Republican friends have TO do !" "
In and defeat him. Albany Express tRepI
Ohio and Indiana form at present an irrsSS.SS r1r,SsS
ciable op oson both to Tidens views anu a@aned ~ -
ssryaton that the Democrats sre rapidly scecp rldS
hsrlnoney vic n Of the currency question: sna
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
EISUIDN IN HDI SEN

The country, as our readers know, has gone
mad in the nj. tier Of house decoration. Books
are issued by the score to instruct the unlearned
ON tho subjects of chairs, bric-a-brac, or
pottery. Old clocks, cracked teapots, dingy
rugs, command fabulous prices ; every
magazine and newspaper has its household art
department. to which women turn more
eagerly than to the fashion column. No doubt
there il ground for congratuation on this re-
form, as it is called. 1t is new idea to the
great majority of Americans that the houses
they live in are objects for the exercise
of art or taste. Provided mans house was
comfortable and built /" in the style" he was,
az a rule, content this new vocabulary of
tnts and effects of medieval ideas and pre-
Raphaelite reform carried into his walls and
bedstcads, is an unknown tongue to him. The
horse hair parlor suit in which the family de-
lighted as an advance in gcntilty he hears de-
cred as q hide0us barbarism, while the old
settle that was sent years ago to the garret is
brought out, sketched fought for by fine Ia
dies, and Landed as specimen of high art
Now all this camor is enough to bewilder
the ordinary man and woman. The clamor
doubtless marks certain progress in taste
among few of the people who make it; we
are reaching toward higher ideas in art, and
bringing art into our daily life as never be-
fore. But there is also no doubt that this
matter of house decoration to the majority is
n fashion, which they ignorantly follow IA
they do other fashions. Without any wish to
dsparage the aesthetic taste of the nation, we
only call attention to the fact of tho myriad
of pastebOard villas and two-stOried brick
houses built after the st0re-box pat
tern which cover the continent and
ask how they testify to the percep-
tion of the average American, either in
form or color Into these remote dwellings a
IumOr has penetrated Of Eastlake designs,
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02
Nesu.11ork Daily Gribaaa1e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.
The NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORE GN.-The Russians in Turkestan called for
rsgnforcemepts. - Gen. Martinez Campos was
advancing into the heart Of the Balzan Valley.
I'M Gambetta was opposed by the Radicals III
Paris.
Do,rsIIc-ln Congress yesterday the Senate
8ebated District finances Mr. Sargents Sl5, 100000
limit for 3 60 bonds was adopted in the House, an
American register for the Hawaiian bark Arctic was
voted. == The Boston Mere suspended IN conse-
suence of Winslows forgeues. - Fifteen OF the
Whisky Ring in indianapolis were sentenced to
prison for terms of from six months to three years
- An attempt by Mr. Orton, Mr.. Cornell, and
othars to reconcile Senator Conklng and Mr. Blaine
was unsuecessful. e. In the State Legislature,
the New-York Improvement and Financial bills
were discussed a long while in the House and re-
committed ; in the Senate Mr. Schoonmaker offered
q bill to create a special Prison Commission the
extension of the time for paying taxes to March 10
was voted by both Houses. - The State Home
opathic Society ut Albany resolved to ask for law
upon mortuary reports. - The Southern Life
Insurance Company is bankrupt. - The Ma
tional debt was reduced 81 5000 during January
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-Messrs. Baxter and Tai
sott ex-directors of Pacific Mail, testified to the
transactions under the Stoekwen administration.
- The annual Charity Ball given at the
Academy of Music - The letter-mssive for the
Plymouth Church Advisory Council has been sent
TO III churches and 20 prominent clergymen with
out pastoral charges. - William Butler Duncan
In an affidavit explained the clearinghouse transfer
and the condition of bis firm just previous to Its
bankruptcy - 1t has been discovered that
Fuchs the Greenpoint murderer, fled from Alsace on
account of crime, and committed bigamy. -
The Kings County Democratic General Committee
organized with S. I. Freeman as Chairman =-
Gold, 113, 1875, 113ls Gold value OF the legal
tender dollar at the close, IS 40 cents.
TIE WEATHER.-The Government report predicts
snow. followed by cold weather. 80 In this city
yesterday the day was raw and cold with rain at
night thermometer, 34o 800, 40.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02

Morris wallpaper, Persian rugs house decora-
ton, they learn, IL the style in tho East"
and to work they 20 to decorate, often without
any knowledge of the simplest rules OF art,
material to work with, or money to pay for 1t.
There are plenty of enthusiastic authorities TO
instruct them how to proceed without any OF
these things. Cheap and fine limitations are to
be made, they learn, at home without money
and without skill.
We have but word Of advice to suggest
and that is-dOnt Wait until your eye Is
trained to tell you what to do, and until you
have money to do it properly. If you go to
work without either, from bearsay or fashion,
able gossip, the result will be disastrous
Leave the old rep-covered chairs and the solid
bedsteads in their places until you have some
thing as comfortable and as pleasing to your
own eve to serve as substitutes. DO not be In
too great haste to take your doors from their
hinges, and to hang, as certain zealOts advise,
yellow muslin barred with red calico, in their
places, nor to turn your snug closets
into open cabinets with the edges of the
shelves trimmed with gilt lace and forest
leaves. Make haste slowly to destroy the SOLID
comfort and privacy OF your home, 10 convert
it into a show place full of glitter and tawdry
fipery. Distrust all cheap limitations OF better
things. Your cheap stuifs fade and hang IN
thin and seazy folds nobody mistakes your
black varnish for ebony or believes that your
gliding is gold You may be sure that great
advance has been made by the beautifying OF
our homes in the enrichment of our daily
lives but you can only contribute to that adj
vance by patient study, not imitation, and by
tho service of Art not Fashion.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-02

Despite the efforts to turn it aside for party
benefit, the debate i'm the Senate on the
finances of the District of Columbia reveals
some part of the extravaganza and waste that
have piled up heavy debt II nothing else
results, there is at least o prospect that the
power of the District to incur new Liabilities
will receive permanent check. The United
States can scarcely afford to fill continually'a
nurse from which the Commissioners take out
handfuls at time to support party newspa-
pers and idle officials.