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, 1877-09-15

SINGULAR CONDUCT-Nor NortErest.
Deer Lodge: These Nez Perces have
achieved renown for interpid courage and
indonltable purpose. that goes As far as
aught in the world can do to atone their
butcheries, and ranks them among the
first w:.sriors in the world, while he Who
leads them should be called Moses instead
of Joseph. Their wsrefarc since they en-
tered Montana has been almost univer-
sally marked so far by the highest char
acteristics recognized by civilized nations /;
the only deviation being killing the
wounded or isolated parties They per
petrated no murders in MiSsOlula county,
and their slight pillaging was less than
that OF the stragglers of civilized army
III the enemys country; while succeeding
the battle Of Big Hole, they committed
no ontrases upon those they killed, but
crossed their hands and wrapped them de-
Gently in their garments or blankets.
Many people and houses they passed un-
harmed and disdained to molest band
of their heretofore natural enemies, CHI
namen, on Horse prairie, saying, "Our
hight 10 with white men not with YOU"
Even on reaching the stage road, one of
the war parties turned back an easily
overwhelmed coach and Light escort
without firing a shot, and day after
ward charged through the line of How
ards cavalry, capturing nearly every pack
horse he had Who can unravel this mys-
teryl
, 1877-09-15

MARRIAGES IN SEGyIA.-lhe fathers
of two houses concerned meet and settle
the matter together, exchanging presents
which sometimes amount to Il cOnSldera-
BILE value. Thus, by sort cf purchase,
is as useful member Of Il household as a
grown up maiden, surrendered by one 10
another. The brother IF the bride deily
ers her to the solemn procession, which
comes to conduct her t. her new abode
and there she is received by the sestee, a
sister-in- law OF the bridegroom. She dres-
ses child, touches with distaii the walls,
which are so often to see her occupied with
this implement, and carries bread, wine
and water up to the table, which il VIII
become her daily duty to prepare With
these symbolical ceremonies she enters
into the new community. Her mouth is
scaled by piece Of sugar, to denote that
she should utter little, and only what is
good. As yet she is only stranger, and
for whole year she is termed the be
trothed" BY an assumption of continu-
ed bashfulness prescribed by custom, she
keeps apart even from her husband. In
the presence .of others she scarcely con-
verses with him, much less would play
mate phrase be permitted from her lips.
1t is only when years have been passed,
and she has become the mother of grown
up children, that, she, in reality, finds her
self on an equality with the other MEM
bers of the household
, 1877-09-15

WHICH WAS RIGHT party of gram
marians in Cincinnati restaurant were
arguing Cor half an hou over the ques-
ton: "Is it right to say six and seven
is eleven, or siX and seven are eleven T.
Some were certain is was the proper term
to employ ION the principle. perhaps, that
whatever is is right while others were
equally strenuous that are was the right
word
"Do you mean to say sir, said one dis
tlngulshed grammarian, very much ex-
cited, to another distinguished gramma-
rian, "that SIX and seven are eleyenT
at are, replied the other, equally ex-
cited.
Much confusion ensued, and it was
feared that collision would ensue be-
tween the distinguished grammarianS. In
fact, after conjugating each other pretty
sharply and working themselves up to the
superlative degree of wrathful mood, they
did make few "passes' at each others
heads. In the present tense of affairs it
was agreed to leave the question 10 the
decision of the Teutonic gentleman who
brought the lager Said one of them:
Hans, which is right, To say SIX and
seven is eleven, cr six and seven are
elevens'
"Vicht is reehts''
EYES"
"Sex und seben is eleven, or sex unit
seben arr elevcnF
"les, yes-that it."
"Ny, you tam fools, sex unit seben pese
dirteen.
, 1877-09-15

ANEcdoTE OF King WnuaM.-The
Emperor William favcrite mare which he
rode at the battle Of Sahowa. died a short
time ago, and in connection with the event
this story is related: During the battle
the King, accompanied b. Prince Bis
marck, repeatedly placed himself in great
danger from the shells whizzins around.
In vain Prince Bismarck urged his King
not to expose himself 50, But" re-
lates the Prince, when his majesty had
ordered the cavalry TO advance at Lipa.
and the shells came thicker than ever. |
vertured TO expostulate afresh, and said.
IF your majesty has no pity for yourself,
at any rate have some for your minister.
for whom Your faithful people will hold
you responsible The king then gave
me his hand and replied, Well, Bis
marck, now let us ride on So saving
his majesty turnsd and eartered awav as
slowly as though riding along the Linden
That made me wild, ard riding up behind
him gave Miss Sadowa a sly kick that
considerably hurried her movements. The
King looked around surprised, and fancy
had some slight suspicion Of the truth,
but he said nothing"
, 1877-09-15

RUSSIAN Love OF TEA-The Russian
soldiers are said To live and fight almost
wholly upon tea. The Cossacks often
carry 1t about in the shape of bricks, or
rather tiles, which, before hardening, are
soaked IN Sleeps blood and boiled in milk.
with the addition of -four, butter and salt,
so as to constitute kind of soup. The
passion of the Russian for this beverage
Is simply astonishing In the depth of
winter he viii empty twenty cups in sue
ceSsion, II nearly boiling point, until he
perspires at every pore, and then in a
state OF intense excitement, rush out.
ro-l In the snow, get up and go Oh to the
next similar place Of entertainment. So
with the army. With every group or cir
ele OF tents travels the invariable tea
cauidron, suspended from a tripod and
IT would be vain to think of computing
how many times each soldiers panniken
Is tllied upon halt. 1t is his first idea.
Frequently he carries it cold in COPPER
case, as solaee upon the march.
, 1877-09-15

Hap A STKIkE,-They had strike up
at Mr.. Middlerib's last night, The baby
struck Tor six hours walking every night
instead of four, which it has been getting.
The family al first refused to aceede to
this prepostercus and unreasonable de-
mand, but the baby being a monopoly,
there beng no Others to supply the place
OF the striker, it was able TO enforce its
demands, as all sleep was shut off until a
settlement was effected. The only show
OF violence Was the threat on the part Of
the baby to make it warm for the house
hold when 1t was about four years old and
green apple time came around.
, 1877-09-15

4 lady living near Baltimore, who is very
deaf, stopped milkman as he was passing
the house the other day and asked him how
much he charged for a quart of milk, and
then put up her trumpet to catch the reply.
The man drew 4 quart Of milk and emptied
it into the trumpet, and the result has been
that he has to go three miles out of his way
to keep out of sight of the lady's son, who
sits on the front porch with shot gun wait
ing for him to pass.
, 1877-09-15

VALENTINE BAKER, formerly colonel in
the British army, now one of the Turk
ish Pashas, is proving as dangerous a man
for the Russians as the Porte has in his
employ. He is teaching the turbanned
Turk not only the arts of fortihcation,
but how to conduct himself in the field.
The advantage gained in the valley of the
Lomis owing to his brilliant leadership.
His railway experience, and his sojourn
in Jail, do not seem TO have hurt his fight
ing qualities. A man fighting for glory
with which to hide soiled reputation is
apt, at close quarters, to prove danger
Gus customer.
, 1877-09-15
Educational Methods in Europe.

The American school system Is often
proclaimed the most perfect by those VII
lage Solons who have no experience be-
yond the geographical boundaries of their
own particular township In ord"r to
show how fairly the Catholics Of Europe
treat Protestant children in the matter OF
education we condense the following from
q contemporary
The Austrian Empire has population
of about Sc, 900 900, four-ffths OF whom
are Catholics. The rest consists of Cal
vin;sts, Lutherans, and Jews The sys-
tenn of education is gratultously open TO
all, from the village school to the unrver-
sity. 1t was not compulsory In 1870, but
the laws required certificate OF school
attendance and educational proficiency,
to be gwen on leaving school, which was
necessary before learning trade; being
employed as workman, or IN the service
Of the State in any capacity, or TO be
married. Since then, direct compulsory
laws have been enacted The Catholics
have the entire control of the schools for
their own children, as have the Caivinists,
Lutherans and Jews of theirs the gov
ernment treating all alike with perfect I'M
partiality. When children Of different
creeds attend the same school those not
numerous enough to have school Of their
own are dismissed one hour before the
othe-s, morning and evening, so that the
majority may receive religious instruct
ions, but where the number of non-Cath-
olics is large enough to form school of
their own the minister of that persuasion,
whatever it may be, is charged with the
care of the school Catholics, Caivinists,
Lutherans, and Jews, have their respect
i've teachers, but they can have 10 teach
er who has not obtained certificate OF
qualification from the normal school at
which he studied. The teachers are paid
by the State, provided with residences
near the school-house, and are allowed SUI
perannuation pensions, which, If they
have served ten yers, are extended to their
widows and orphans under fourteen
, 1877-09-15
SPECIAL FEEEGHTS.

Pianos, Billiard Tables, Furniture. Glass. Glass
ware and ts contents otherwise, Que-I.s-
ware. Marble AMI Castings. taken only at owners
risk Of aaus;e, breaksye or leakage.
Aci't, T,rpeHtines, Burning Fluids, Oils and all
other liquids, In cans or other vessels at owners
risk Of leakage.
Fruits, Vegetables, and all other perisAahae prop
erty, at owners risk of frost or decay
Furniture not boxed, and all Agricultural and
Mechanical Implements, ret up or knocked down.
at owners risk of damage and chatting breakas.e
Nor will the Company lie responsible for Deficiencies
in any part unless the same is specially reeeip.ed for
, 1877-09-15

The HONE oy SALMON. 1t seems
strange to us that there should be SO many
varieties of salmon in the same general
body of water, each kind, however, sepa-
rating itself by imaginary lines from the
other, and keeping year after year within
its own bounds. For instance, the sal
mon of Muckilto are by TO means the
same as those OF the Skagit, nor are those
Of the Skakit similar to those Of the
Fraser, nor of the Fraser to those north
The Columbia river salmon are distinct
species, and differ from those of the Rogue
river or Ruimaelt, and yet Columbia river
salmon go ont In the ocean, and enter the
other rivers and come to the Sound. Our
own salmon are caught in all parts, and
seem to move freely wherever they choose,
but when it comes to running and to their
homes, as said before, they are as sepa-
rate as can be. We would naturally I'M
agine that the fish of the sea were as free
as the birds of the air, and that the sal
mon to-day on Puget Sound, like the sea
gull or crow, may be I hundred or thou
sand miles distant month hence-Seat-
tie Tribune
, 1877-09-15

BLESSED are the peacemakers- " So
thought s. practical woman at Rochdale,
England, recently, who broke up a fight
by turning scalding water down tho back
OF one OF the combatants.
, 1877-09-15

az am very particular about my bath
ing-dress, for there is everything in a
bath suit" remarked spare but beauti-
full belle to an admirer at Atlantic City.
yes, was the dry reply, "and very lit
tie sometimes" [Tableau.
, 1877-09-15
@eeklp Statesmall,
ODE on THE INDIAN WAR.

VWE VN HE kNDs1N
Iron the Portland Sentinel
John Browns my name-a soldier bold
In the U. :. Cavalry;
/ carry nv sword beneath the Tag
OF the hravcst OF the free;
fought Unit Sigel" in the fight
Between the blue and the grey,
Now I'm after Jo"-with Howard
A hundred miles drry!,
We started on Chief Joseph track,
A thousand troops or more,
With volunteers and brlgaGIers,
A regular martial corps,
We caught the Indians .. II trap,
But the redskins wouldn. stay,
They heard that our brave Howard was
Tro hnfred mites array!
Next morning early mounted
We gave the red skins chase,
Through Camas Prairie we followed
At a very lively pace,
At length We overlook them,
The Indians stood at bay,
But our gallant General Howard was
Three hundred miles array!
The redskins started toward the East
And then We started too,
We followed their trail through marsh and
swale
A martial sight TO view;
Bold Gibbons caught them on the fly,
And had a sharp aifray.
Whilst Howard's corps heard the battle
roar
-Four hRadrd mites arIyt
The redskins still retreated East
Brave Howard followed too,
A thousand troops were IN the chase
Determined to die or do,
But our teamsters struck for wages,
Just at the break of day,
And Howard, yes bold Howard, was
Fire hundred mites array!
Chief Joseph he skedadled again,
Beyond orr mortal sight,
Still on we rode determined to
Achieve bloody fight,
We kept his trail by day and night
So eager for the fray
Until We heard that Howard was
Sir hunsiy.d miles a'ray!
At last We reached Virginia
In Montana territory,
Where halt was called for everyone,
Horse, foot, and cavalry;
But Joseph he's still running
Whilst We stay here and prey
That Howard he MIGHT OELY Be
T'sn Monscnd mites G'ruy!
So when the statues Of the brave
Bedeck the shrine of fame
And none amidst the lot viii bear
Our gallant Howard's name,
If strangers ask the reason why
He has no mould in clay!
The answer hc-becauSe he was
SO many miles o'rGy.
BRowN of the Aith.
, 1877-09-15
down SPECIAL RATES.

Defirsred TO the o. s. ". Co.'S Boats at RalIula
Merchandise, Fruit and Vegetables. slme rates rs
above per ton measurement
Wool, one-hsif more than tie sbose rates per ton
weight Beef hides each 10 cents.
Noud, Sand, Stone and Live Stock al agreed on
rates up or down, by car load
Double rates On fast freight p-csages, up or
down, received from or delivered to beats
All freight rot delivered before P ~ on the day
after 1t Is received at the deiots Will be stored at
owner NpenSe and risk.
And al freight received at depots viii be at owners
risk Of fire until shipre delivered TO oonsigr es
All bills payable III gold coin before delivery Of
freight.
, 1877-09-15

A Mo-HER-IS-LAw STEAKS FOR HER
sELF.-The Chicago Tribune prints COM
munication from a lady residing in Da-
venport, Iowa, who writes to the follow
ing parport: 81 have a few words l
would like to say III resard to daughters
in-law. I have seen severalarticles in the
paper against mothers-in-law, but it is
very seldom you see one against daughters
in-law. Now, am prosecuted mother
m-law. My house was a little paradise
till my daughter-in-law was brought home.
| think where a son takes a wife to his
mothers home, if she is the right kind of
woman, it is no trouble to get along.
There are some their own parents can't
live with. They get married and go to
live with their husband S folks, and if they
live like cats and dogs it is laid to the
poor IN other-in-law, when they are the
evil ones. For my part ! have a great
deal of sympathy for mothers-in-law, and
| think you would, too, if you were In
my place. There is one advice | would
like to give to young men. Don't marry
until you have home of your own to take
a wife to. Don't give your poor mother,
who has nursed you in your infancy
idolized you-sny cause for trouble let
her go to her grave in peace. How many
families there are whose homes were lit
tie Eden till daughter-in-law was taken
into the family"
, 1877-09-15

Dialogue between lady and an Irish
servant: "Not at home! Would you IN
quirep Servant returns: ''She's not at
home, ma'am, but she says she will be In
an hour"
, 1877-09-15

"Don't show nv letters, wrote Rock
land young man 10 young lady whom he
adored- Don't be afraid was the re-
ply; I'm just as much ashamed of them
IS you are.
, 1877-09-15

A little girl was suffering from the
mumps, and declared that she "feit as
though headache had slipped down into
, 1877-09-15

The young man who boasted he could
marry any girl he pleased, found that he
couldn't please any.
, 1877-09-15

"Papa," asked boy, "what is meant
by ParadiseP' paradise, my son. re-
piled the father, :" is the latter part of
Summer, when your mother goes on a
visit TO Your grandfather.
, 1877-09-15
BEST SEWING MACHINES

Now in the market. These Machines are sod at
REDUCED RATES,
And ON the most favorable terms. UAdies "ii pc
call and examine the Model Sewing Msetiiae-
Stiff EyEgTS S ABEL, AsenIs-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09
Amos, Kicked to Death.

On Sunday evening a man employed
at Harry Conley's milk ranch, two
miles south Of town, went out to milk
the cows. Soon afterward Conley
heard a terrible rumpus in the stable.
and on rushing in to learn the cause,
was Mortified at finding the man kneel-
ing in the space between the cows stern
and the wall, while the excited bovine
was kicking him fast and furiously.
Conley secured her legs with b rope and
carried the nov insensible man into the
house, where stimulants were given and
his ugly wounds, all on the head, dress
ed, and he soon recovered. -
Conley thinks the man must have
fallen in a fit, and as he says he used to
have fits when a child, and has no recol-
lection of being kicked, this supposition
must be true. How he escaped death
is almost a miracle as every kick sent
his head against the stable wall with
terrible force. He was not seriously in
jured, and now goes about as usual,
save that his head is badly gashed and
bruised.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09

The month Of December was one Of
dreadful disasters throughout the east.
Within that month more deaths were re-
ported from catastrophes than oc-
CURED from similar causes during the
year preceding. The number is APP
proximately 410, destroyed as follows:
BY the burning of the Brooklyn theatre,
276; by the wreck Of the Ashtabula
railway train, los; by the wreck of the
ship Circassian, 90. AS if there had
been a plan upon the part of the evil one,
which was frustrated by..a benign Provi-
dence, to augment this number, the
Montreal expreis train on the night of
Dec. 29th broke through u bridge at
Pittsford, but no one of the forty pas
sengers was hurt.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09

.Naeis =. nevist~n seeAflDa4a
A special teaegzsm pnhlishsd In THE
LEADER Of Dc. 18th, told the sad sto-
ry Of how Joseph Davis persisted alone
in the mountain wilds of the Ferris
range. He was sixty years old, and was
known as "Uncle Joe" throughout that
section. On Sunday, Dec. oath, he
started from a wocdchoppers' camp, to
hunt mountain sheep, and did not in
tend to be gone many hours. On Tues
day a German who had camped with
Uncle joe and the woodchoppers, hav-
ing become alarmed by his long-absence
went into the camp and reported the
fact. On Wednesday, a party Of men
went out from Ferris to search for Joe.
The next day, Thursday, they found his
dead body. The left hip was badly
broken, and the left leg was broken
above the knee. He had evidently fall
en- over a precipice On a mountain while
hunting, and received the injuriesafore-
said.
He had dragged himself a long dis
lance, and had finally succeeded in
reaching a grove Of "quaking asps,' -
where there was considerable fallen tim.
Der. This he had set ON fire, and had
kept himself from freezing to death,
when the thermometer was twenty de-
grees below zero. He had burned all
the available wood, and had shaken
down from the trees such pieces as he
could. This was evident from marks
of his blackened fingers on trees near
where the body was found. 1t was also
seen where he had pulled himself along
the charred stumps of fallen trees, to
keep as near to the fire as possible.
Finally, in despair, and unable to
bear his sufferings longer, he took a
dose Of strychnine sufficient to put an
end to his existence. The bottle that
had contained the poison was found,
with a small quantity yet remaining in
it. He had been dead only a few hours
when the body was discovered.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09
A Novel

Del Norte. Colorado, lisa lively town,
and has some Of the gayest lads and
loveliest lassies in the state. On New
Years day a number Of the ladies kept
open house, and eighteen Of the young
men, led by Hon. Adair Wilson, made
calls mounted on burros. The names
of the party were engrossed around the
border of a card something less than a
rod square, the centre containing the
life-size portrait of a San Juan burro.
The party created great sensation and
much merriment.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09

A man was saving wood yesterday
afternoon in a back yard. He severed
two sticks which were nearly as thick
as your wrist, and then went into the
house. ''MaIy," said he to his wife,
my friends need me; there's no use
talking, we'ev just got to slaughter all
these %Injuns; no true patriot can be ex-
pected to hang round a wood pile these
days" "John." said his wife, s'if you
fight Inguns as well as you saw wood
and support your family, it would take
11s like you to capture one squaw, and
you'd have to catch her when she had
the ague and throw pepper in her eyes,"
John went back to the wood pile Won
dering who told his wife all about him.
Furs cheaper than eve at
d20-tf MARKS il MYERS.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09

DAEIAck6.
Leave of absence for one month, with
permission for an extension Of one
month has been granted Captain Frank
G. Smith, Fourth artillery.
The following changes in disposition
Of troops in this department are an
nounced: Headquarters band, companies
b, D, F, H, 1 and X, Ninth infantry,
and companies D and G. Fourth infan-
try, to Omaha barracks; companies D,
G. Fourteenth infantry to Camp Doug
las; Company X, Second cavalry, to
Fort Fred Steele; Company H, Fifth
cavalry, to Cheyenne depot; Company
L, Fifth cavalry, Sidney barracks; Bat
TALON Fourth artillery, TO report to
commander department Of California,
San Francisco; Battalion, Twenty
third infantry, to commanding general
department of the Missouri, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas; Battalion, Fourth
cavalry, has been ordered back to Rob
inson; Company A, Ninth infantry, to
Camp at North Platte; Capt, Bisbee's
company Of the Fourth infantry is al
ready at Omaha barracks. When the
companies just ordered there arrive,
which will probably be during the pre-
sent week, there will be nine companies
at the barracks.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-09

Some time since, a passenger holding
a railroad ticket from New York to
San Francisco, which vas limited as to
time, was put off the cars near Mill
City, twenty-eight miles west of Win
nemucca, the time Of the ticket having
expired. That passenger, whose name
was Thomas O'Feal, has brought suit
against the Union and Central Pacific
Railroad Companies in the Twelfth
District Court of California for $1,000
damages.