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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
fERU.


New York, Dec. 24.-Advices from
Peru represent all quiet. The effort to
trace the plot of the late assassination
is going on without much success.
The trial of the assassin Montoya, is
proceeding rapidly: he will no doubt be
shot. Business is improving,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
Ship Head Lights.

New York, Dec. -2iLThe World
says the locomotive shops in Paterson,
New Jersey. have received orders for
seven immense electric lanterns from
the Russian government. These lam
terms are to be placed at the bows of
seven OF the largest Russian men-of-
war. .79Y'A
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
CANADA.
Another Boiler Heard From.

Another Boiler Heard From,
Montreal, Dec. 24.-A boiler in the
Dominion company's paper mills at
Kingsey exploded to-day, almost de-
stroying the building. A number Of
persons were injured. Two men are
missing. E7n-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

The associated press agents were
evidently busily engaged last night in
laying in toys for to day, judging from
the meagre reports they sent last night.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
IOWA.


Sioux City, Dec. e4.-The thermome-
ter, twenty five miles west OF here, is
q, low rs 30o below z.ro. The cold
snap is universal in the northwestern
states.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

If THE winter was slow in coming it
is making up for tardiness by intensity.
Reports from all over the country In
dictate severe cold spell.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
FRANCE.
O -oa Repub.ic.n Outlook.

Q7o1 kepub lean outiook.
Paris, Dec. 2i.-Gambetta, speaking
at the banquet to night, anticipated a
republican maturity of 25 in the senate,
and said the duty of the republic would
be to solidify its own party and govern
the others.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

W. D. cAnIrIz.
BATES 4 cARLILE;,

A TTORNEYs and counselors at Law. once
~ "a t.arimer street, rooms IL and IL, sec
ond floor. VIII practice in all the courts or
colornsio and Wyoming. special attention
70 mining litigation: the sexsmination and.
oerttncation OF mininRl titlea; collecsiona
and tnvsstmmt OF money. 5slld8m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

RESUMPTION is practically accom-
plished when bondholders ask for green
backs to pay the interest due on their
gold bearing interest bonds.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

TIE ameer Of Afghanistan and a
portiun Of the Russian mission are
nearing Tashkrnd Ia thu ir flight.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

THE charitable folk of England will
have all they can attend to in prevent
ing starvation in the populous districts
this winter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

THE commission which las charge Of
the entertainment of the Chicago visit
ors to Mexico has included bull fight
In the programme.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

THEIR royal hlgl.nesses. the clerks in
the government departments ut WASH
ington, laid of duty yesterday,at noon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

If TIN s do not improve in England,
the generosity of the United States
may he called upon to sustain the needy
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
Qui:k Work.
sS7Ey

Washington, Dec. "a. = The house
appropriation committee expect to have
all the appropriation bills passed and
sent to the senate by February goth, at
the furthest. "
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

As THERE is no political capital to
be made out Of the presenrcongress for
the democracy, they will attend strict
ly to business.
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The Pacific roads have so far gotten
along without any troubls from snow
storms or drifts. But the roads in the
mid western states are blockaded,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
ARKANS SAS.

Horse Thieves Lynched.
Little Rock, Dec. 24.-It is reported
that four horse thieves were lynched at
Corning, Clay county, last night.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

THERE have been many schemes to
cloud Secretary Sherman, but they all
end In miserable failures.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

HoN. E. L. PIERCE, Of Boston, has
been elevated to the dignity of assistant
treasurer Of the United states.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25

Coz. MosBY is ailing with pneumo-
MIA. He still draws salary IS consul to
Hong Kong.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-25
NooNx has yet been determined on
for the Berlin mission.
LrNDEKMANN's friends think he is
'.soIid'' for reappointnent.

THE German fishery society proposes
holding an international exhibition
next April.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF TIE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

Of Chege"ne at Cheyenne, Ia the Territory
Of Wyoming, az the close If btsi-
mess, December 6h, 1878.
RES0IRCEs
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JOSLIN & PARK,
=The jewelers.

We invite Attention MAGNIFICENT NovELTIEs specially
selected or Manufactured for "HOLiDAY GFT5 The Largest
neut displayed in Wyoming
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IN o T E.
Our Purchases made largely from FIRST bands for taking
te benefit of the Lowest
by Solicited Attention Given - ds
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es & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Wyo,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11
Home and Farm.

THE CHUFA. A.-The st. louis journal
Of agriculture gives the following ip-
teresting history Of plant which, at
this time, claims much attention Ia ag-
riculturaI circles:
The chufa or earth almond (cnperus
esculentus) which is now attracting the
attention of farmers in this country to
a considerable extent, is q small tuber-
Gus esculent indigenous TO the Southern
parts Of Europe, where it has long oeen
cultivated, and is represented as grow
ing there in the form of rush, 10 the
height of about three feet, producing
small tubers about the size of an ordi-
nary bean, which are known TO the
Yalencians by the name OF ''chuias. y
The tubers resemble in taste delicious
chestnut or cocoanut, and, like them,
may be eaten raw er cooked. They are
chiefly employed in Spain for making
an orgeat (orehata de ehgfas), a delight
full, refreshing drink, much used in
Madrid, Valencia, Cuba and other hot
climates where il is known. We do
not learn that they are used in Europe
10 any extent as food for stock, for
which purpose alone have they been
cultivated in the United States.
The chuia was first introduced here
through the Agricultural Department
Al Washington, il 1853, aud extensive
Iy disseminated, In small parcels for
trial, throughout the Middle and
Southern Slstes. The first notice % il
Is 10 found in tbe agriculiufal portion
Of the Patent Office Report for 1854, IN
which are given its history, habits,
uses and mode of culture 10 Europe.
In the Agricultural report Of the fol-
lowing year 1855 Is another article on
the cbufs, in which are gwen the re-
suits OF experiments during the preyi-
Gus year, with numerous favorable tes-
timOnials as 10 its productiveness and
value as food for stock. The follow
ing extract IS here presented:
'sTbe eartK almond, or chufs, q
snail tuberous esculent from the south
OF Spain, has nafuralized itself TO ouf
climate and soil, and has proved very
prolific in It's yield when cultivated IN
the light, sandy soils Of the Middle
and Southern States, As we'll Is those
which are rich, and bids fair % become
8 valuable crop for cattle and swine.
Il belong 20 the same genus as the no.
torions nnt7grAs.s lsgPsrss T.PeN.) but
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11
MAJOR SAVERS.

To relieve the apprehensions of few
gentlemen who are not well acquainted
with the personal character of Major
ISayers, and who seem II think that he
proposes to ride into office upon the
lcoat-tsi of another, we assert, without
fear of successful contradiction. that
he will GO before the convention upon
his own merits, be they great or small.
So far he has made his way through
the world by his own efforts. He has
helped others more than others have
helped him. He has ever been and will
continue to be loyal and true to his
friends, as we'll in adversely as in pros
perity. He would scorn to accept, as
has been done by so many, official
position upon any such terms. In his
candidacy he reserves the right, as it is
his privilege and duty, to entertain and
express his opinion in all matters as be-
comes fearless, honest American citi-
zen, and we very much mistake his
character if he would consent to walk
muzzled into any position, however ex-
allied. He has heretofore been and
now is regarded most frank, sincere
and unselfish, and we would greatly
regret a change in his character or
conduct made in order to secure the
nomination for the office of Lieutenant
Governor. Being chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee
he will do nothing of which any can
didate for any position can complain.
Everybody VINO knows Major Sayers
will ever be confident of this fact.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11
now TEXAS GUARDS THE We
MEN AND CBILDRFN--W WHAT A

An Illinois stonecutter, working in
the quarries near the capital, yester-
day said that mis- creditors were pur-
suing him; that contraction and hard
times and want of employment had
beggared him; and that he was here
toiling 70 send money enough to Illi-
nois tc feed and clothe his wife and
six children. "But my creditors" he
said, shave pursued me-they have
taken nv last chair in Illinois, my lit
tie home is levied on for debt made by
the government policy of contraction,
and now 1 must march again." His
employer insisted: "You need not be
alarmed, your wages cannot be at
tached or garnisheed-Texas laws pro-
tect the workingman's wife and chill
dren, and proceeds of his labor must
be primarily applied to their use. No
creditor can intervene as sgainst the
poor mans wife and children. You
can therefore save bali your wages and
soon buy little farm and home, and
then pay your debts, for Texas law ex-
empts the farm and home, as well as
wages, from loss for debt" els all this
truesn asked the quArner. "Then, "
he continued, 81 will live and die in
Texas Texas. of truth, is the poor
mans proper home and the welded
woman's empire and the paradise of
those overwhelmed By fire or life in
surance companies. or savings
banks, or Shsrman's thumbscrew- The
Constitution Of Texss. n ils best as
poets. and this Is one Of them. Is in
6niisly wiser than they who made 1t.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

OUR readers will remember that on
the twenty-second ultimo there ep-
peared in the STATESMAN an account
of the discovery of the bodies of two
unknown men suspended to tree near
Elgin. Nobody could tell who did the
foul work. A herd of cattle had passed
Elgin on the nineteenth and two Ger
mans, from Bexar county, followed on
the twentieth, ipquiring for these cat
tie. Later in the day third person,
an American, came on the same errand.
He inquired when the two Germans
passed and followed on their track.
This man has never since been heard
from and his body has not been found.
The facts all go to show that the three,
when they overlook the thieves, were
murdered by them. Strangely enough,
though fourteen days have elapsed
since these tragedies were enacted, no
inquiries for missing citizens of Bexar
or adjacent counties have reached E.
gin, where a horse, two saddles and
siddlebsgs and two shirts Of the mur-
dered are retained for those who wo1ld
identify the slain.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

IT is time that Mr.. Schleicher, who
has charge of the Hispano-Amerlcan
Department of Foreign Affairs at
Washington, had gwen us a treaty
with Diaz. We should expel France,
England and Germany, as mercantile
facts, from Mexico. Proximity gives
us such infinite advantage over these
European powers that nothing but un'
wise and red-tape governmental action
at Washington can account for the
profitable intercourse of distant peoples
with those of Mexico, while the riches
of a country at our very doors avail III
nothing. Mr.. Schleicher is wise anc
Just, but awfully slow.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

HARD BRICK, relying upon tue proph
cts, declares that England will attack
Russia before the twenty-seventh in
slant. Nothing seems more probable.
And then is not Disrseli a Jew, and
would he suffer the sayings of the Old
Testament to be unfulfilled Bent on
war as be is, do we not see peacefully
disposed members of his cabinet re-
signing their places But will some
one tell us what we of America, the
land of ''unwalled cities" have to do
with this Oriental rowl And how can
Russia send across the sea such forces
as are contemplated by those who ap-
ply to rs these vague prophecies . But
We are grateful to Hard Brick that We
Are to clean them out, horse, foot, dra-
goons and the Greek Church We
have no doubt about its all coming
just as our translator of the prophets
prophesies.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

THE use of the Mnffatt bell punch
and register, it is thought, would not
be practicable in Fort Worth. The
demand for drinks is too rapid. 1t
would overcrowd the machine and it
would cork uo and quit counting.
When the machine was put in opera
ton in Virginia blacks and whites uni
ted, the New York Herald says, IN rid
iculing it and predicting its farcical
failure:
1t has lived down strorg opposition
and is now popular with the dealers,
and, of. course, with the people in
view of the amount of revenue 1t Sc
cures. Here all respectable liquor sell
lers would cheerfully obey the law and
the money it would realize to the city
would be acceptable to the taxpayers.
The registration Of drinks is found by
proprietors to be check on the bar
tenders. If the latter are disposed to
be dishonest toward their employers,
under the bell punch system they must
risk going to Jail for defrauding the
government, for they cannot cheat the
one without cheating the other. There
would be no practical difficulty in the
way of enforcing the law. The tax
would be paid cheerfully by licensed
houses; 1t would be most valuable
check on the unlicensed sale of liquor
as no unlicensed house could have {
register, and it's character would thu
be at once evident, and the amount re
ceIved by the city treasury would be
most important relief to the taxpayers
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11
Pleading for H,s Former slave.

The Constitution tells OF the case
of the State against Oliver james,
charged with murder, just tried at At
lanta, Georgia, resulting in verdict
of voluntary manslaughter, with re-'
commendation to the mercy Of the
court. The prisoner was an old negro
about sixty years Of age, and widely
known in his neighborhood, where.
previous to the difficulty, he mad al
ways borne the reputation Of peacea-
BILE, industrious and inOtfensive man.
In an encounter with Luke Dorsey, q
negro of desperate character, Who, ft-
seems, had offered some insult TO his
wife, Dorsey was killed. At the
close of the trial, the venerable David
James, the father OF the Hon. John
II. James, arose. Upon permission
from the court he proceeded in volce
tremulous with emotion to speak OF
the early life OF the prisoner. He had
been his master, and had raised him
and watched over him in bis boyhooo.
He had been the nurse and companion
of his children, and the most obedienf,
sffectionafe and hard working slave he
had ever owned. The -old-eentleanB.
proceeded In a touching appeal TO the
court, but his voice failed and be could
continue no further. The tears rushed
from his eyes, and, kneeling at the
railing near the prisoner, lie bowed
his face in his hands and gave vent q
his feelings. In consideration Of the
circumstances in his favor the Judge
imposed light sentence Of three years
in the peDitentiaIy..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

Mr.. ALEX. SrEPHENs has under.
taken wisely conceived task when
he would reform our awkward metric
system and substitute one nearly akin
TO that of France. But the scheme
is wholly impracticable, or seems
impossible of accomplish
ment. People have had the old
tables of Pixies arithmetic so thor
oughly drilled into them that no force
of law can eyiscerate it. The old win
never unlearn it and the young can
never be freed from the despoasm Of
parental habits Of thinking and ex-
preston. To the latest generation
Ainsricans viii repeat it, from child
hood 70 the grave, that three barley
corns make one inch, and two Pints
make one quart. and four quarts one
drunk Mr. Stephens may turn the
tables" On his political enemies, but
win never succeed. m putting up the
Job upon the children OF grsndchil-
dren Of his sandhill constituency away
down in the midst Of pine thickets
and blackberry bushes in oslclhorpe,
Greene and Ebert
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The homestead law compels t6, ado

The homestead law compels tbs ado
ton of the cash system, and appeals
honor, instead of courts and juri,
He who does not pay has no cred
simply because his wife aud cbiliH
have homestead. Property does n,
take the place of truth, and ones cred
is matter of morals, rather than
dirt, and the healthful cash system o
tains among strangers, and econou
in daily life supplants speculation a.
wastefulness. Litigation is suppress,
and when costly courts for the col
ton of debts are thus practically d
wholly abolished, nobody will wee.
The Illinois quarter, in a governne
whose finances are managed in the
terest of bankers of Europe andf
Wall street, would be helpless
hopelessly beggared, and his wife d
children starving outcasts, werit
not for the intervention of the beh'
cent code of Texas. The Feoal
government robs the poor to pery
and enriches the rich to splendid1u-
lence, and when it places mopt De-
yond the reach of the poor itlzes
the little gains and accumulafis OF
years of patient, stee-ay ini+css nils
the land with wretched,ss and
tramps. Texas, on the contrH gives
each stranger who builds and icupies
a cabin so acres and each man d wife
100 acres, and then exempts th this
and the proceeds of indust from
forced sale. The world knows. No
body Is wronged by 1t and credit
given on the faith of it. On e con-
trary, there are relatively fewemen in
Texas who do not pay what thtprom-
Use than in States where laws lace 1t
in the power of creditors to revent
accumulations by an insolvent ebtor.
Now and then the law is used Icked-
ly by knaves, but then the ult is
with those whose eagerness sell
makes them credit property mead of
honor. But such is the effectof the
law upon families and their aection
for the State which secures them
their homes, that robberies and ,rones
now and then perpetrated uncr this
code signify nothing. The opration
and effect of the homestead lg enter
into every contract affecting th future
in Texas. 1t operates as f-ad upon
no creditor and only protects tie poor
and helpless and enables item to pay
at last when they never coun or would
if forever hunted down, as he Illinois
quarter supposed he must 'e, by raw
enous creditors and constabes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11

The papers are for it and there issno
reason why a good editor, who tolls
faithfully and intelligently, would not
take as god Governor as blather
skiting stump-speaker; and therefore
the popular approval of the proposition
the next Governor of that common
wealth. The great danger is that in
making commonplace Governor out
Watterson a marvellous, proper editor
would be spoiled. The country at
large would gladly crafty the man,
but can't spare the editor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-11
RAILROAD managers have discovere

RAILROAD managers have discovered
that color blindness is very common
and very dangerous defect of vision
when 1t affects engineers and conduc-
tors. When these cannot distinguish
results. A train may be hurled for
ward to destruction when it should be
sent backward for safety. Opticians
have been testing the capacity of the
eyes of men in this respect, and it re-
suits that one in ten cannot distinguish
colors. Very many cannot discrimi-
nate between green and blue, and half
the husbands never know, when wives
dress IN yellow or orange, and now
and then an awful sinner comes along
who cannot detect any difference be-
tween yellow and white. Everybody has
learned that on election days the law
and all officeseekers are color-blind. We
haye often imagined, too, that their
sense of smell was even more defec-
tive. But it was only our purpose to
suggest that railway managers have
found it necessary to apply proper tests
to each engineer and conductor, and
no man will be employed in such ca
pacities who cannot distinguish green
from red lights.