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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
WOMEN who look under the bed 70

WOMEN who look under the bed for
u man have been so successful Of late
in finding him that men will have to
hunt up some more secure hiding place.
The now well known Miss johnson
found a man and pounded his head al
most to a jelly; a young woman in
Ashland saw some masculine feet stick
ing out from under her bed and she
ran into the street and woke up the
neighborhood, while the masculine feet
escaped; in Carbon county a bankers
girl found a man under the bed and
screamed until he jumped out of the
window, and now m n case in West
Virginia where the man was captured
and turned over to the authorities. 1t
is getting to be extra hazardous to hide
under q bed now, and no really intelli-
gent robber will think Of such n thing.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
The Reward Of Gontumacy

Not long since a man, who had long
maintained the appearance of great
poverty, died in Berlin, leaving behind
him a fortune of $4,000 marks. He also
left a will in which lie directed that.
with the exception of 1900 marks, the
whole of his property should be given
to the authorities of his native place in
Bavaria. 1t was further directed that
the 1900 marks should be divided in
equal sums among nine of his relations
and one friend with whom, as he aid
in his will, he had formerly had a diff
ference. 1t was stipulated that non
of these legatees was to follow hiscofiin,
and the relatives strictly observed this
stipulation. But the friend, mindful
Of old times, quietly went to the church
ward, and, on the coffin being lowered,
threw in three handfuls of dust. This
friendly act has met with substantial
reward, for on further search a codicil
was found, directing that, in the event
Of any of the ten legatees disregarding
the injunction not to follow the coffin,
the contumacious one should receive
the bulk of the fortune otherwise left
to the town. The authorities of the
native town do not disguise their con-
yiction that the friend knew all about
the codicil. But, however that be, he
is to have the fortune.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
A cougressman,s Romance.

The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Mr.
Conger, the witty Congressman from
Michigan, has a love history which is
quite remarkable. His present wife
was his first love, but they quarreled,
and each married. Twenty years after
ward he, a widower, was in Congress,
and she, a widow, sat in the gallery and
listened to him speaking. 1t was the
first time they had met since their
lovers quarrel. She sent her card and
invited him to call on her, which he
promised to do if he might visit her as
he used in the days of their youth. Her
consent was given, the old love revived,
and they were soon married."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
A Oak,

A North Carolina paper says that
there is, in Watauga County, n. C., a
flourishing oak tree of vigorous growth,
the leaves of which, when they first
burst forth from the bud in the spring,
are of a bright, golden yellow color, and
retain this color during their whole
growth and maturity. In autumn,
when the coming frost dyes the other
forest leaves in the wavy brilliant hues
which give such wonderful beauty to
the mountain sides, the leaves IN this
remarkable tree begin Mt length to turn
green, adopting as its own the fresh
tint just departing from the others.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
SAYS the Fort Collins Express: II

SAYS the Fort Collins Express: The
Denver Pacific railroad is put to very
severe straits. 1t can neither pay the
interest on its bonds nor running ex-
penses, and yet its champions boast of
its giving the Colorado Central a
''lively turn" for the next six months.
By very sharp practice and the pur-
chase of a Kansas judge, the interest
which fell due on the first of this
month was paid by the Kansas Pacific
road, and thus the Denver Pacific has
a lease of life for six months longer.
This same game cannot be played an
other time, and the result will proba-
bly, be that the road will fall into other
hands. 1t may then he run UP the
Poudre valley, giving us another rail-
road. The north half of the road is
now of no practical USE, and does not
half pay running expenses.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
TUESDAY. NOV. 20. 1877.
THE Eureka Republican of Nover

THE Eureka Republican of Novem-
Der 10 says: 1t is rather al unusual
thing for an Indian to become weary
of life and commit suicide; yet IL of
the noble tribe of Piutes sent himself
to the happyhuntingg rounds lastnight,
at the camp below the Eureka Console
dated furnaces. His squaw had died
about a year ago from the smallpox,
and his grief since then, aided by a
violent attack of acute rheumatism, in
duced him to cuta vein on bisleft wrist
from which he bled to death before he
was discovered. The affair created
considerable stir among the members of
the tribe when his tragic death became
known, and they propose to cremate
the deceased buck with all the ancient
honors Of their race some time in the
early part of next week.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
WHAT is AN EXPLOSIVE BULLET.
How They are Made-The Disadvantages
OF Using Them.

The war now raging i'll the East has
assumed so much the charater of a war
of determination that any question as
to the kind and quality of the missiles
employed sinks into comparative insig-
nincahce; nevertheless, from time to
time each coinbatant has complained
that the other has used explosive bull
lets. These missiles seem to be pecu-
liarly Objectionable to the military au-
thorities, and it is worth while to
inquire what an explosive bullet really
is, for though the term has been freely
used, the ideas connected with it are
probably somewhat vague. The bullets
in question have been used by sports
men for many years, and their effects
on animals have been thoroughly tested.
They are, of course, made of lead, and
are EAST in Il mould of such n form hat
the bullets, instead of being solid
throughout, have n cylindrical hollow
extending from the apex nearly to the
base. The hollow is filed with gun
powder, which is capped with an eN-
plosive mixture, consisting of chlorate
of potash, oxide of anthony and sui
phur. \ plug of a fills up the oriiice
and forms the apex of the bullet, and II
little spirit varnish over the waN makes
the ''shell'' complete. This bullet is
tolerably safe to handle, though Il blow
on the apex will, us n matter of course,
produce an explosion. When projected
from a rifle, and meeting with a resist
ing substance, the bullet explodes, and
forms an irregular-shaped, more or
less jagged, piece of lead, from which
portions may fly off. If it strikes the
soft parts, say of a limb, it may pene-
trate an inch or two before it bursts,
and in that case the aperture of en-
trance differs in no respect from that
of an ordinary bullet; the aperture of
exit, however, will form a large, irregu-
lar wound, perhaps as large as a crown
piece. Such a bullet striking the thorax
or abdomen is likely to lodge, and pro-
duce very speedily fatal results, owing
to the shock and hemorrhage which it
causes. In sporting parlance, such a
bullet has great stopping" qualities,
but in a military point of view it has
certain disadvantages. 1t will not
ricochet, for it bursts on striking the
ground; it would very rarely injure
more than one man, rs its onward
movement is checked by the explosion;
it is not suitable for long ranges, its
flight not being so steady rs that of a
bullet of uniform composition; and last
", its use involves a certain amount of
danger. Why it should be objected to
on the ground of humanity is somewhat
difficult to conceive. The wounds in
ficted by fragments of shells fired from
guns of larger caliber are often much
more extensive and horrible than any
that could possibly be caused by explo-
sive rifle bullets. If II line must be
drawn somewhere, it surely would be
more logical and more humane to AZ
clude the greater missile, for the small
er one has disadvantages of its W
such as are likely to prevent it from
ever being brought into common use in
warfare.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
hiding in the leg of his boot a letter, in
which he begs his mother to bury him

hiding in the leg Of his boot u letter, in
which he begs his mother to bury him
in an old packing-box, as cheap as she
can find, because funerals are expensive,
and an old box is good enough for him
anyway. Then there is n bridegroom
in Reading, Pa, who is taken sick at
his own wedding, and is corpse before
he has been a husband twelve hours.
Then thera is a man in Montana, who
has invented an electrical automaton
dog with v~ulcanized head, n brass
spine, sheet-iron ribs, copper-toed feet,
a cast-iron tail, n guttapercha skin and
an interior where the wheels of an
eight-day machine go round to the tune
of two miles a minute. And then,
there is a woman in Newburg, n. Y,
who is called to testify in a lawsuit,
who a neither be coaxed nor intimi-
dated into opening her mouth. IT'S a
mad world, my masters!
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20

The friend of suffering humanity-the
enemy of disease, and the salration of
the patient brute, is MEXICAN Mus
TANG LINIMENT. There is no sore it
will not heal, no ache or pain it will
not Danish. For accidents in the fam
lily, such as burns, scalds, sprains, cuts,
etc., it has no rival. 1t has saved
more human lives, and restored more
horses, oxen and other cattle, to useful
ness and profit, than all other liniments
put together. may27-d3tawaw6m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-20
A Mad World.

That earthquake has shaken the
sense out of the community. Here is u
student of the Institute of Technology,
Boston, dissecting an old pin-cushion,
end finding $50 needles by count. Then
there is a Lad at Decker's Corners, in
Ulster county. who shoots himself
through the heart with a rifle, after
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
A New Care for NEenan.

The medical profession has been very
good to women. II has given them no
end OF pleasant medicines and peculiar
operations and foreign travels and hap
py deaths, and has done all il could to
provide new medical fashion often
and regularly. There is now "new
light" In the treatment Of female vale
tudinarianP, and 1t has been flashed
forth by G prominent medical man, DR..
s. Weir Mitchell, in discourse recent.
ly delivered by him before the Medical
and Chirurgical faculties Of Maryland.
The Louisville Medical News describes
this new procedure as absolute rest,
with massage, or systematic kneadlng
and inductive currents" 1t is not 10
be used in ell cases Of disease, nor In
most, but in such. as this: A woman,
psllid, feeble and exhausted at
the age Of thirty, the type of 4
class. Everything worried her-to
walk, 10 read, TO drive, to sew. She
was the woman with back, and shawl
on her shoulders, and sofa for home
and Mysteries for diversion. She had
tired out the doctors and exhausted
drugshops and spas and travel, and out
lived nurse or two. The deformlty'
man had found q spinal curvature and
put on brace; the specialist had had
his turn, the quacks had had theiI
share, and she wore blue glasses to
keep out the blessings of daylight. She
weighed ninety-four pounds, and had
as much figure as Q hat-rack. Because
everything else tired her the doctor
put her to rest in bed and madl
rest absolute, not even permitting
her TO feed herself. She was fec
with milk at brief intervals, but thil
produced disturbance Of her digestive
organs. Then the doctor began I,
knead his patient ss If he were makinI
sponge for bread, and he filled he
with electricity. The consequence wal
as be said, that her appetite and digeE
tiou returned. Her nails became plnk
and the veins in her limbs began :
show. she recovered. She went t
the doctor thin, sallOw, ugly and foe
bic. After numerous doses of th
new light enc went home fat an
we'll and vigorous and handsome.
seems that this result awakened th
interest Of dame nature, for she erie
'Fh@ coronGt opus, and gave the VIC
man q baby as . compensation for he
lost MYSTERIES. As this patient was
type ota class, women will do well /
future 10 cali upon their physician
for the prompt administration Of th
new cure"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Den Pnatt in a RalI Room.

Washington Capital
We never attended the graduating
exercises at West Point, bu; we did
years ago run down 10 BAL at Au-
nspolis, We happened, on the cars, to
sit by stout old party, possessed Of q
ruddy, motherly couule1ance. She WIS
quite communicative, aud soon told US
that she was on her wav TO Annapolis
to see her son "grad.s.Ate,' 10 use her
own expression. We took charge of
that old lady--she was go COOL, kind,
sensible and motherly. We we're pres
ent at the meeting be;W zen the mother
and boy-a handsome, manly youth,
one any mother could be proud of.
After supper we asked The old lady
IL she intended visiting the ball, and
she said she would like to look in, but
her sou said It was quite impossible" )"
as all the "tickuts" were gone. We
volunteered procuring the magic
pasledoard, ard in due time we made q
grand entree, cre'ting some sensation,
Tor the old lady got herself up regard
less of expense or appearances. The
son was revolving with beautiful girl
--one of our Washington belles--snd in
one of the pauses of the dance we saw
his fair partner looking ST US and
laughing. The eyes of the young man
sought the object OF her evident mer'
riment, and when he saw us the eX'
preston of his face was that Of frst
dismay and then wrath.
The dear old lady asked US 10 ge
her a glass Of water, As we returned
we passed the son and saw two red
spots on his cheeks, aud his brow cor
rugated in wrath. Our aged friend
stout as she was, appeared ready e
sink, and asked to be taken TO thu
hotel. We at once hAstened 10 comply
although assured that she was not Ill
But while waiting for the one availa'
BILE hack Of Annapolis, We saw two
huge tears we'll out from her dear olC
eyes and course their way down heI
then rather pale face, and noting ouI
anxious look she said:
"Dont mind me Pm foolish oh
woman and ought TO have stayed 4
home, ior ny son is ashamed OF his oil
mother"
We are justly proud OF our navy
Her gallant sons have swung the eagle
Of the republic too often in triumph
throgh the smoke Of battle not to hav
endeared them to the patriotic hear
of the nation. But would 1t not b
we'll to correct that one defect? 1t
not well to begin life in that way.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Fifth Louisville Industrial Ex.
position.

Louisville opens her Fifth Industrial
Exposition on the 4th Of September,
and continues 1t until the Goth of 0cto-
Der. We are informed that the coming
Exposition will far exceed any Of those
Of former years in variety, attraction,
and pleasure. During last year agents oi
the Louisville Exposition visited the
Centennial and secured there many con.
tributions for the coming Fall Ex-
position. The railroad and steamboat
lines leading into Louisville will ma
terially reduce their rates during the
Exposition, and thus place it within
the reach OF every one 10 visit Louis.
vile during this most delightful season
The Exposition offers a brilliant, in
structive, and ever entertaining feature
10 ell classes. All the inventions oI
master minds which have been adopted
by practical men, novelties in machinery
OF every character, vast quantities o.
rare natural products, the work o.
skilled hands in various branches Of ar
and mechanism, all combined, make {
combination that can not fail to attrac
every one.
The Art Department is said TO bt
especially rich in the works of ou
best masters, and will present fine
collection of American art than wa
exhibited at the Centennial. Constan
Mayors masterpiece, "The Song Of thr
Shirt" will alone make the Exposition
worthy Of visit, aud grouped arount
II will be found the works OF al th
greatest American artists.
The Natural History Depar'm en-
will contain this year the contribution
Of some Of the most valuable museum
in the country.
Some novel entertainments never be
fore exhibited In the United States vii
add TO the pleasure Of this grand EX
position of Art, Science, Mschiner
and Manufactures.
The natural beauty OF Louisville a
this season OF the year, the excellenc
OF her hotels, and the cheap rate O
transportation, will make trip TO ID
Exposition both desirable, pleasant,s
profitable.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
A NeM KeInper Outrage

The New York Times aud the little
Jackson Times are still attempting to
make political capital Of the Chisolm
family in Kemper county. The New
York Times Of the 10Th has the follow.
ing dispatch;
Special Dispatch to the =. Y. Times
WASHINGTON, August lc.-A letter was
received here to-day from Mrs. Chisolm,
the widow Of Judge ChisOlm, who was 80
fOully murdered by the White League Of
Mississippi. In 1t she tells with touching
simplicity Of her recent treatment BY the
Democratic outlaws who surround her,
and states that the Probate Court Of
Kemper county has refused TO settle VI
her husbands estate. She is consequent
ly prevented, for the present, at least
from leaving the scene Of the butchery o
her family. The Court does not attemp
10 Justify it's unusual action, but simply
refuses to grant Mrs. Chisolm's reques
for a settlement.
The Jackson Times copies the abov'
under sensational head lines. Intelli
gent persons will observe, at glance
that the new ground of complaint i
very ilimsy, and that it is grea
strain to make snything from it. vi
all know the Probate Court cauno' lie
gals refuse to settle the estate If tn
avs have been compiled with. W
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

Those sore-heads who think the
State Democratic Convention did not
pat a strong ticket IN the field, are sd-
Vised that they can test its strength
very easily by trying TO beat II. They
wop.d think about the 9Th OF Novem-
Der ;ha; Il was one Of the strongest
tickets ever put in the field in this
State. l; has been q wonder to US that
tae Memphis Avalanche aud the Mem
phis Herald have not sent US down a
few Dorsey Thomases for the above
purpose. Those two papers S EN- to
be yearning very much over Missis.
tippi affairs.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

GEN. How.RD.-From the day How
ward took th field against Joseph, be
has been oosting OF what he would
do. AT one ime he was about to bag
Joseph's meg at another time be was
about TO tskeJoseph in the rear; and
again he was cn the eve Of surround
ing Joseph. His brSg h.. been ridicu-
lous all alolg And Low, sfter the
defeat at Big Hole, in Montana,
we are tol, that be as arrived at
q point eighsen miles from Gibbons
camp, and Is abou' 10 pursue the
victorious Ihiaus, who, however, &C.
cording to be dispatch, have disap-
peSred 10 pr;s unknown. 1t is high
time, If the smpaign-which should
never have ,een begun-sgainst the
Nez Perces iso be carried on, that the
incompetent Howard was removed,
and an ofiicewho knows how to win
success 10 Inisn warfare was appoint
ed in his plaC. Ho has already been
responsible fr too much useless blood.
shed, and tomsny disgraceful defeats.
Il New Yor Sun.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

We have received some commune
cations advocating the clsims Of some
Of the different candidates for Office. In
the future we will admit these only on
their being paid for as advertisements.
An &ll.suflcient reason for this course
is TO be found in the fact, that the
friends OF one candidate have as much
right as the friends Of another, to the
free use Of our columns. All who wish
10 puff their favorites can do so to their
fa., satisfaction at the regular rate,
twenty cents per line, so long IS they
- not attack the opposing candidates.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

SwrMMINGNIAGARA.-The feat of
swimming aOss the Niagara River
below the fas has In 1t so many ele-
ments Of dagger that peculiar credit
has always len accorded its accom-.
plishment. Tithin q comparatively
short time, hwever, numerous persons
have successlly crossed the turbulent
stream, and zen some small boys have
demonstrate, their ability 10 accom-.
plish the perous trip. On Monday of
this week tw boys-Willie Flynn and
an adopted on OF Mr.. Sully--swam
from a poi below the gasWorks
across the rir and back with appar.
ent ease. A)ne time the boys were
enveloped i the thick foam on the
surface, and ere completely lost sight
OF Tor few Oments. The successful
accomplishmt Of the feat was loudly
.pplSuded b heir numerous comrades
wno wiinesd the affair from the
American sire Niagara Falls GG-
Le:te
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

The list OF lost Pacific steamers length
ems rapidly. The wreck OF the iron
propeller Elen on the Chill coast ap-
pears to have been one of the most
tragic disasters OF our day. How she
came to 60 on the rocks we have vet to
learn. But she did 90 on them, and
apparently, pounded to pieces st once
In the breakers. Some forty people
reached the shore twenty others seem
to have secured footholds upon the
reef against which the ship bad been
dashed. There they waited day after
day for help, which the people on shore
and the war vessels In the ofing were
unable 10 afford, until heart and hope
gave out aud all but three OF them
plunged into the sea. Out OF about
l6O known TO have been Oh the Eten
it is believed that nearly or quite two
thirds have peri'hpd.-tNsw Iorh
Sun.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
MEXICAN Annexation scheme.

Speclal 70 the NJ v, Ptcayune.
WAsHING7oN, August l3.-The New
York Worlds correspondent in the
City of Mexico, in to.day's issue, makes
public letter from Mr.. ]. B. Bowman,
at the request Of the Kentucky Univer.
sliy, to one Richards, at the City Of
Mexico, suggesting that President Diaz
send Immediately q confidential agent
to this country TO treat for the cession
to the United States Of the Northern
Provinces Of Mexico for the cum Of
S300,0O0,0O0, and stating that he (Bow.
NAM has good reason TO believe that
such q treaty could be negotiated In
ninety days. Mr.. Rlchards's reply Of.
fected good deal of indignation, but
there is evidence showing that the an.
nexation measure was at one time IA.
vorsbly entertained by the authorities
at both capitals.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

THE POWER OF LABOR.-The Chris.
tisu at Work continues to urge the de.
t-ability Of establishing legal restric.
tons TO curb the power Of moneyed
operations and IL speaks in the fol-
owing strain Of the legitimate political
fo.ce of labor: Manufactures, trade
Gnl agriculture employ more than
nineteen. twentieths of the people. And
II may be asserted that just as the 10
boring class raise themselves by habits
Of industry, sobriety and iaithfulnessr
and added to all constantly increasing
intelligence, the result of close Observa-
ton and reading--just so fer % the
working masses do this will they make
themselves q power in the country, and
50, with the help Of the ballot aud tn!
Justice Of their cause the much.needed
reforms will become grand and &C
complished facts. UnquestionSbly ther'
10 growing up in the country race o.
young sn0ba, who look upon any labo
lending to supply the private wants o.
people as degrading. But these or,
mostly the parvenus Of the city anC
suburban towns, and there Is no occasion
for fearing them, for they are withou
iorce or perceptible influence"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24

l have . claim to be the peFsOn who
carried John Stark scrOss the ferry
10 fight the battle Of Bennington, and I
should like to ride with you r0Volu-
u0nary soldiers" OF course the an.
Swer wac that they ell thought be was
. good enough revolutionary soldier
for them, ifhe was only 8 years old at
the time Of the battle. .sl