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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-05

Of my life. ] held on to his tail with Q
d~esth-gnsp. and was dragged round and
round.
You may smile, but the taiLhold was my
best holdfnow, and my only hope Of life
and held on with 3 grim determination,
while the bull wheeled round and round,
roared, snorted and paved the ground in
his terrible rage. but could mot shake me Of
But what should I do nowf / knew /
could not hold to him long, AZ my strength
was nearly exhausted, having run SO before
l fell.
His wound was bleeding profusely, and
my hope was that he might become eI-
hausted first but he seemed far from that
now, while 1 seemed very near to it. /
knew my strength could hold out but little
longer ! and to let go was certain death.
The bull would suddenly take a freak,
and run and below with all his might drag
ging me with velocity-then he would stop.
and with a terrific snort attempt to turn on
me, and it was more than / could do, with
my failing strength, to keep out Of his way,
and several times his horns rent my cloth
ing.
This state of things could not continue /;
was growing weaker. and felt my hold re-
Taxing. ] was jerked hither and thither.
my arms nearly pulled from their sockets
worried almost to death. and about to lose
my hold-when, as the mad creature paused
an instant. the sharp crack of a rife rang
out upon the air. and the huge creature
gave one plunge. and fell upon his side in
the death-struggle.
1 was safe. but it came not a moment too
soon. /, too, fell to the ground, more dead
than alive. The sequel is soon told. 1t was
Bob who had saved me. He had been more
fortunate than /. and after a hard chase,
had killed his game. and then looked round
for me. The first thing he saw was my
horse without q rider, and then discovered
me in the distance clinging to the bulls
tail for dear life and putting spurs to his
horse. he came to my assistance. 1t was
some time before he could venture to shoot,
for fear of hitting me; but he finally sue
ceeded in planting a ball directly in the
animals breast.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-05

Wood, Coal, Hay Grain.
Wood delivered by the carload or In small
quantities, and cut 10 suit the wants of all.
Storage solicited, at moderate rates. Hay
Scales On the premises.
Ca Contracts for moving Safes and other
heavy hauling, made at any time. f12-dtf
rum. We make a specially of QUILTING
parties for The Black Hills, and keep on hand
the ~iollowing among othei goods; All kinds
of Guns, Revolvers, Ammunition, Horses
Harness, Wagons, Tents. Wagon-covers, Over
coats. Rubber Goods, Boots and Shoes, Cloth
Stoves and Tfn-ware, Camping Outfits, Fur
niture, Bedding, Carpets. Croekery, and In
holstering and Shoe Shop, covering a space
4Sxl32 feet. Call on us before purchasing
and save time and money by 1t. Free de-
livery. Sixteenth street. Sign OF the Big
Gun. Opposite McDaniel's Theatre. fl2-if
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-05

fact we deal in almost everything. Having
holstering and hoe shop, covering a space
4Sxl32 feet. Call on us before purchasing
And save time and money by Il. Free de.
Gun. Opposite McDaniers Theatre. fl2-if
Y
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATTORNEYS.
D: MCLAUGHLIN, Ferguson stree
ISAAC BAGGS, Fe7gt ,on street
=. 4. POTTER.
BANKS.
FIRST NATIONAL 1ahi .res
~BLACKSMITHING. &C.
HAAS & NEALON. Themes street
A. d. BUTLER. Bent street
BOOTS AND SHOES.
STEPHEN BON, 18th street
LEATHER & FINDINGS.
STEPHEN BON, 1911 street.
DENTIST.
j. j. CLARK, Eddy street
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
G. L. HOLT, Post-ofice Building
CLOTHING.
B. HELLMAN, 18Th street
nr DIG q afxyDD Hyy -.
Ferguson street.
APPEL & CO., Ferguson street.
REVOLUTION STORE,
COAL.
w. H.. LEE, 18th street, New Scales
DRY GOODS.
MARKS & MYERS, Eddy stree
FURNITURE.
CONVERSE e WARREN, 1871 ST
FEED & GRAIN.
J. THORMAHLEN q co. l7M
street.
GROCERIES.
PEASE & TAYLOR, Ferguson 81.
WHIPPLE & HAY, Ferguson street
LEIBEY & NICHOLS, 16M street
w. l.. FOGLESONG, 17M street
UNDERWOOD & McGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
E. NAGLE, Ferguson street.
GUNS, sc.
FREUND & BRO. Lady street
HARDWARE.
DRAPER & HAMMOND, Ferguson
street.
F. SCWEICKERT, 18Th street
HOUSE MOVERS.
]. FERRIS, Eddy Street
HOUSES TO RENT.
j. FERRIS, Eddy Street
HOTELS & RESTAURANTS.
INTER OCEAN, Sixteenth street.
OVERS HOTEL, Eddy street
EAGLE HOTEL, 17th street
ENGLISH HOUSE, 18th street
RAILROAD HOUSE u. Depot
WESTERN HOTEL, Fifteenth
METROPOLITAN, Cor. ferguson
and 18Th street
INSURANCE.
E. P. SNOW, 16th street
JEWELRY AND WATCHES.
JOSLIN & PARK, 1911 street
LIVERY STABLES.
KENT & MASON, 18Th street
TERRY & HUNTER. Sixteenth
street.
J.. ID. MAY, 1871 street.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
s. II. WOOD. Eddy street
D. B. BEEMER & co. Ferguson
Street
BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS.
S. NJ. PRESHAW. 18Th Street
j. FERRIS, Eddy street.
LIQUORS.
HANNAFIN & RYAN, Ferguson
street.
c. HOFFMAN,, l7M Street
L.. MURRIN, 18th street
BILLIARDS.
BRENNAN, 18Th street
L.. MURRIN, nh Street
MEATS AND VEGETABLES
F. LANDAU, 17M street
L.. R. ~BRESNAHEN. 10th street
PAINTERS.
OVREN & ANDERSON,
ferguson street
j.. Il. TUTTLE. Hill street.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
Burned Lives.

Boys, the most valuable and misused
portion of humanity, are too often the
victims of restless and rudderless i'm
pulses. Let any one of us who has
reached middle age look back upon his
school days and recall his schoolfellows
and how many Of them can he count
who have been of any use to the world !:
You may count dozen after dozen who
have thrown away their lives, OF not
achieved even respe liability, and have
faded when middle aged into mere
nOthingness.
When a boy gets out in life, always
difficulty with the parents, whether
of the upper, middle, or lower class,
there seem 10 be many chances to one
that he will be placed in some uncon-
genial sphere or occupation. The grief
of the young fellow whose father put
him as pupil to celebrated artist, when,
as he said with tears, he "wanted to be
a butcher" Is very real, and is repeated
every day. The wonder is, not that
boys turn out Indifferent workmen un-
der these circumstances, but that they
turn out we'll at all. There Is too little
trouble taken TO find out the impulse of
genius or to consult the fitness of the
lad something offers-an advertisement
is put in the papers, or an uncle ia found
who has some influence with somebody
else, and the round boy Is drifted away
into the square hole. The matter is not
mended when boys show q general
cleverness. They are the most puzzling
and deceptive Of creatures. They are
capable Of doing everything, and too
often doing nothing. To fix them to
any one thing is sure, like mailing a
weathercock to one quarter, to render
them useless. They, too, drift into
troubled beings-dabblers at many
things, masters Of none, and at fifty
perhaps out of place, and looking for
something to turn up. the victims of
being too clever by half
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26

The French King Louis XIV, at one
period Of his reign, in addition to his
other accomplishments, undertook to
make verses, and received from two OF
the literary men of the day instructions
As to the best method for succeeding
therein.
He made one day a little madrigal
which even he himself did not think
any too good of its kind, and then said
TO the Marechal de Gramont:
"Marechal, beg of you to be good
enough to read this little madrigal, and
see if you ever saw a more miserable
affair, because people have lately learned
that | am fond Of verses and they bring
them to me of all kinds"
The Marechal, after having read them,
said to the King, "Sire, your Majesty
judges divinely we'll Of everything, IL
is true that this is the silliest and most
ridiculous madrigal that ever read"
The King began to laugh, and said to
him, els 1t not true that the one who
made it must have been great cox
comb?'
''Sire, it is impossible to give him any
other name."
"Oh, we'll said the King, 81 am de-
lighted that you have spoken so hon.
estly to me about it, for 1 am the one
who made it."
"Ah! Sire, what treschery! let your
Majesty give 1t back to me, for 1 read it
carelessly and in hurry"
"No, NJ. lie Narchal; first sentiments
are always most natural.
The King laughed great deal at this
little joke, and every one was of the
opinion that it was one of the most cruel
things that could be done to an old
coutier.-ProriGencs Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26

The period of complete manhood Is
fixed by law at twenty-One. But physio-
logically that is certainly not universally
correct; for although development may
be regarded as accomplished in every
respect at this age in the healthy Eng
lish female, and vertical growth may
have terminated even in the male, a
mans vital power cannot be regarded as
having attained its maximum develop
ment until about the age OF thirty. For
some years after the youth has ceased to
grow, in the ordinary sense of the
word, the dimensions of his chest-the
great index of vital power-cOntinue to
expand; and numerous are Instances
derived from military experience show
ing that recruits at the age Of twenty are
unable to undergo the fatigue of active
service that is borne with impunity by
men Of more mature age. They are,
literally, not as yet we'll knit together.
Several important bones are not per-
fectly consolidated; and it may be spe-
cially mentioned that the sternum which
has to bear so great strain in labored
respiration, and which Especially taxed
by the weight of the soldiers knapsack,
is not converted into a single plate of
bone until after the thirtieth year. 1t
is not until the sixth quinquennial period
of life that our leading anatomical
authorities find that the following events
connected with the consolidation of the
skeleton. take place: l. Completion of
the vertebral column; .. Completion of
the sacrum; 3. Coalescence OF the third
and the second piece of the sternum; 4.
Completion Of the ribs; and, 5. Coales-
cence of the haunch-bones with their
crests.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
Not Prejadieed.

s'Mark Twain" found it necessary to
give a description of an acquaintance
once, and especially desired that moth
ing in his description should be under
stood as indicating prejudice against
the subject-he should confine himself
to bare facts: and this is the array of
facts: ga lOng-legged, vain, light
weight lawyer, from New Hampshire.
Ii he had brains in proportion to his
legs he would make Solomon seem q
failure; if his modesty equalled his ig-
norance he would make violet seem
stuck up; if his learning equaled his
vanity he would make Won Humboldt
seem as unlettered as the backside of a
tombstone; if his stature was as well
proportiOned as his conscience he would
be gem for the microscopes; If his
ideas were as large as his words it
would take man three months to walk
around one of them; if an audience were
to contract to listen as long as he would
talk, that audience would die of old
age: and if he were to talk until he said
something he would still be on his legs
when the last trump sounded, and he
would have cheek enough 20 wait till
the disturbance was over and go on
again.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
Adulterated . tfeles Under the Micro
ecOpa.

DR.. X. U. Piper lectured in Chicago
recently on the subject OF the adultera
ton Of articles in common use as food
or in the arts, and the use of the micro
scope in detecting the presence OF i'm
proper substances. The lecture was il
lustrated by means of the microscope
and magic lantern. We condense the
following from the Chicago Inter Ocean 5
report of the lecture.
Candies are colored with chromate of
lead and other poisonous chemicals and
drugs. Vermillion, compound Of
mercury and sulphur, is used i'm large
quantities for coloring fancy soaps, &c.
One prominent firm In this city inform
us that they sell hundreds Of pounds for
this purpose every year.
Cocoa is adulterated with lard and
starch, certainly to the extent Of more
than fifty per cent. Tea have not as
yet examined to any extent. DIR. Has
sail, in his report before the British
Parliament, before alluded to, says !:
'Tea is adulterated not only here but
still more i'm China, while as to choco-
late the processes employed in corrupt
ing, the manufacture are described as
'diabOlical.' 1t is often mixed with
brickdust to the amount of ten per cent
Ochre twelve per cent. and peroxide of
iron twenty-five per cent, and animal
fats of the worst description"
Chocolate is made up principally of
clay, starch, iron in some form, and
some kind Of hard grease; pound of
the mixture may cost about five or six
cents.
The first article of paint l show is
adulterated with potato starch. This
pigment goes under the name of Chinese
| blue. This blue, which is a form of
the so-called Prussian blue, is produced
by mixing solutions of ferrO- cyanide of
potassium and per sulphate of IRON.
The article exhibit is sold for seventy
five cents a pound in the market; the
starch is worth four cents, perhaps.
also show sugar adulterated with
starch.
million, bicromate of lead. adulterated
with corn starch, red lead and sulphate
Of barytes. l also find sulphate of lime
in many samples of sO-called English
vermiliOn (mercury vermiliOn) In
| which there was not one particle of ver-
million of any kind. This article varies
ih prices from 81 to 81 or $3.50 u pound
and indeed that used by artists costs
several times this last amount. We
should think that this last surely might
be kept pure, as it does not cost more to
manufacture it than any good article of
the kind. The only adulterarion found
in this vermilion, that is that put up
for artists use, as yet is red lead, and
this is the worst possible material for
the purpose, as it is sure to blacken in
time, and thus spoil the picture. The
other forms of adulteration would
merely weaken the color, and this
might be obviated; indeed the verrnil-
ion might be made more permanent by
mixing some OF the madden red with it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
wait.

Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with the household affairs "as your
mother did," She is doing her best
no woman can endure tina; best to be
slighted. Remember the long weary
nights she sat up with the babe that
died remember the love and care she
bestowed upon you during that long
sickness. Do you think she IL made of
cast iron? Wait-wait in silence and
forbearance, and the light will come
back to her eyes-the old light for the
old days.
Wait, wife, before you speak reproach-
fully to your husband when he comes
home late, weary and tout of Sorts"
He has worked hard for you all day,
perhaps far In the night; he has wres-
tied, head and hand with care, selfish
ness, and greed and all the demons that
follow i'm the train of money making.
Let home be another atmosphere en-
tirely. Let him feel that there is no
other place in the world where he can
find peace and quiet, and perfect love.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
How To Make Mischief.

Keep your eve on your peighbors.
Take care of them. Do not let them
stir without watching. They may do
something wrong if you do. To be sure
you never knew them to do anything
very bad, but it may be on your account
they have not. Perhaps if it had not
been for your kind care they might
have disgraced themselves long ago.
Therefore do not relax any effort
to keep them where they ought to
be Never mind your own business
that will take careOf itself. There
is a man passing alOng-he Is looking
over the fence-be suspicious of him /;
perhaps he contemplates stealing one
of these dark nights; there's no know
ing what queer fancies may have got
into his head.
If you find any symptoms of any one
passing out Of the path of duty, tell
every one else what you see, and be par
ticular to see great many.
1t is good way to circulate such
things, though it may not benefit your
self, or any one particularly. Do keep
something ag0ing-silence Is dreadful
thing; it is said there was silence In
heaven for the space of half an hour dc
not let any such thing occur on earth
1t would Be too much for this mundane
sphere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
Travelling Uemps.,ens.

Ten chances to one. if you are travel
ling alone, the places you most want to
see are crammed full of people. and you
are relegated to sixth story in q third
rate hotels clear addition to your mis-
cries. But possibly you are not travelling
alone. You have. say, the companion
ship of your wife. and very pleasant
company, too, in the right place. Let
rs have no cant, one way or the other.
wife is not. But to begin with, women
are rarely good travellers. and perhaps
wives are the worst travellers in the
world. Our friend Punch, who is nc
cynic, and strictly family man, once
made o person ask his friend, Are you
eoine to travel for pleasure, or are you
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
A Clever Text.

The Worcester Spy revives an old but
good story concerning the wife of John
Adams and the mother of John Quincy
Adams. This noble woman was Abigail
Smith, daughter of the Rev. William
Smith, Of Weymouth, Mass. At the
time of their courtship, John Adams
did not appear satisfactory to her par
ents. The story goes that they neglected
him, left his horse standing at the hitch
ing-post when he visited Abigail, and
denied him the hOspitalities of the house.
Her Oldest sister was married to a BOs-
ton merchant, and her father preached
for her "marriage Sermon" Finally,
they consented to Abigail's marriage to
John Adams. After the marriage Mr..
Smith said to her. ''Well, Abigail,
suppose must preach a marriage SER
mon for you; but you must choose the
text" Her quick-witted reply was
"very well, 1 choose this text: John
came neither eating nor drinking, and
We say he hath a devil" 1t is a good
story, snd very characteristic of the
wife of John Adams.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26
NOW
Arise. for the day is passing
yrh;,. 49,, a.. .a.

Arise. for the day Is passing su
While you lie dreaming on
Your brothers are cssed in armor
And forth to the & hit are gone;
Your place in the ranks awaits you-
Each man has part to play;
The past and the future are nothing
In the face OF the stern to-day.
Arise from the dream OF the future.
OF raining q hard-fought field,
OF storming the airy fortress.
OF bidding the giant to yield
Your future has deeds OF glory.
OF honor God grant 1t may)
But your arm will never be stronger,
Or needed as now-to-dsy.
ARISE, if the past detsin you.
The sunshine and storms forget
No chains so unworthy to hold You
As those Of vain regret
Sad or bright she is lifeless ever;
Cast her phantom arms away.
Nor look back, save to learn the lesson
OF a nobler strife to day.
Arise. for the hour Is passing;
The sound that you dimly hear
Is your enemy marching to battle
Rise! rise for the foe is near
Stay not to brighten your weapons,
Or the hour will strike at last,
And from dreams of coming battle
You will waken and find it past
Hart ford Post.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26

going to travel with your wifef 1t
sounds very dreadful when the laugh
has died away: but there is Q kernel Of
truth in the half-uupleasant satire. II
yOu-yOu. q strong. hearty man. with
no aches, pains or nerves-ind travell-
ing sometimes 90 fatiguinR. such q
WEAKNESS, such q pain of pleasure,
what think you is felt by the much
more hixhlv-strung creature who ira
vels to please you. and 10 order not To
he separated from your side 0veriOng
Where you feel badly. she stsrves !;
where you grumble, abe silently en-
dures, till perhaps she can endure no
longer. Does her fatigue increase your
enjOymentf Does it not spoil it alto
getherf Arc you not vexed beyond ut
terance when you cannot get her the
much-desired cup of tea; when the train
is full and she cannot lie down. when,
at the end CT long journey. that is the
best bedroom to be had. Then there
are places which cannot be visited save
on foot or on horseback; and while she
cannot walk. how. in the name of all
that's reasonable, can abe be expected
to ride mule on that saddle for hours
Col de Balmef She tries and succumbs.
AOu uOu iCt nCAs 0n4 ouC hCOlS ouC n0o
marred your pleasure. And both of you
inwardly confess, as night closes in.
that Madame de Stael was right wher,
IN "Corinne," she descibes travelling to
be ''un des plus tristes plaisirs de Ia rie."
Then leave your wife at home. Many
men do; many men must. The matter
of cost settles the question very fire.
Quently. What's meat for one may be
made meat for two; but what are ira
Yelling expenses for one are not and
cannot he made travelling expenses for
a second likewise more especially when
the second wants several things with
which the first can dispense. But il it
pleasant to any man to leave his wife
at home, even though she he the one to
urge him to go on q little tour, thinking
that he requires il Ii he be anything
of fellow, he feels a. though he were
acting seltishly. even though he may
not be and. in any case. he misses his
usual and best companion. aud must
often feel desperately lonely without
her. have already alluded to those
dull evenings spent in hotel bedrooms,
and at such moment he has heart of
stone if he does not feel disposed to ex-
claim, as in Maud" "Oh! that it were
possible after long absence" &c. and
discovers the truth of the latter halt of
a Latin line too well known to be quo
ted. He has travelled without her"
and he misses her unspeakably.
But why not travel with a friend Z
Certainly. as Mr.. DIsraeli observes in
one of his novels, if you want to lose
him. Better lend him q hundred
pounds at once. Addison and noble
ally travelled, quarrelled and parted.
Gray tried the same experiment and he
and his companion disputed at Mantua
over the meaning of an Italian word.
and agreed to differ to the extent of
no more.
"AlAsi ala. We wear each other out;
With -elfs disease each other we inject;
Each Is a perfect ciIcle, oroed sbout.
And II We m.re than touch. We int rect"