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, 1878-02-23

A SNAKE CuakHER.-Somen new features
have lust been added 20 the attractions Of
the ROYAL Aquarium at Westminster, which
are likely to prove interesting to the general
public, and particularly so to naturalists.
One is an exhibition OF an extraordinary
power which female Abyssinian snake
charmer possesses over reptiles OF the boa
constructor class. The snake charming of
Snalla differs in some respects from that OF
the Indian snake charmers who were brought
to Europe by DIR. Lynn. In the latter case
the veuomous cobra was shown to be capa-
Bile of control; but in the present instance
the serpents belong to the non-yenomous
class, which kill their prey by compression.
Snalla has brought with her three young
anacondas and boa constructor, and Mr..
Farini. to whose enterprise We owe this re-
markable exhibition, has added a splendid
python from the southwest coast Of Africa
Snalla is apparently about twenty-elght or
thirty years of age. of light brown color,
with somewhat pleasing features, and hthe
and graceful form. Her power over the SER
pents seems to be complete. The anacondas
(which must not be conlounded with the gi-
ransic South American water snake, though
they are of the same genus) allow her TO
treat them with the utmost familiarity.
During the performance she keeps mp with
out intermissiOn a low monotonous chant,
supposed to be one of the means employed
for the charming Of the reptiles and they ap
near to be most doeile and even affectionate.
One viii coil itself round her wais. and
another rouni her arms. The immense
muscular power of these creatures Is shown
when one of them, clutching her wrist with
its tail, extends Its body horizontally and
without apparent effort sways itself to and
fro or erects itself into vertical position.
The boa is about ten feet long and is very
beautiful serpent II is remarkably tame
II curls itself round Snalla's waist, and its
forked tongue plays around her head in a
manner that would be alarming if the per-
former did not convince us by her confidence
that no evil would result The python is a
recent purchase OF Mr.. Farini's, it is, there
fore, at present only undergoing the tanning
process; vet Snalla has In a few days got It
under such control that it will submit to her
manipulations, while it will fly fercely at a
stranger.-Londoa Post
, 1878-02-23
An IaPORTaST Hoe PRODUCT.-

An IMPORTANT Hoe PRODUCT.-Russia IS
the great bristle-producing country of the
world. The best Of these, stiff bristles used
for sewing with waxed threads, are SAID TO
come from Muscovy, where the swine roam
half Wild In the interninable forests, or else
are fed on the refuse of the half wild cattle
killed for their hides and tallOw. In the
West, where vast numbers of improved
swine are yearly killed for their various meat
products, the hair and bristleS form in the
aggregate large sum annually. Not more
than handful of bristles, however, Is saved
from each hog, and these, OF course, are OF
inferior quality, for the finer the hog the
poorer and in less quantity are the bristles
furnished. So IN all warm countries the
bristles are soft and of inferior quality.
Nevertheless, bristles are among the most
important of animal fbers; said to be next
to silk and wool the most important The
average quantity exported from Russia Is
over 1000, 600 pounds annually, and OF a
value of about 5000, 900. The very best
Russian bristles are worth 81 p per pound,
and from this down to % cents France
supplies annually nearly 1000, 600 pounds
Of bristles; Germany and Belgium are also
large exporters of this product. French
Dristies, WneIheT pTouuCeu III IIdnCe Ut oniy
cleansed there. bear the highest reputation
in the market of the world. They are white,
soft, firm to the touch, yet exceedingly elias
tie, and used principally for the brushes OF
the artist, and the pencils of the painter and
decorator. The average quantity OF bristles
imported into England is about 900, 900
pounds, valued at over 100000, Russia
alone supplying, 81, 400. 900. while Siberia
furnishes over so per cent. of the latter
quantity While neither England nor the
United States furnish first-class bristles, yet
these two countries hold the monopoly OF
the trade.
, 1878-02-23

A FARMER, having been terribly annoy.
ed by drummers, put up sign, No sew
ing machines wanted here T; got one. II
was no use. The next drummer wanted
to see the machine, "and perhaps he'd
hitch trade So the farmer put up,
" Got the small pox here" That worked
well for little while, but then came
along drummer frightfully pitted with
the small po1, who smilingly said "See-
in you've got it bad here, they've put me
on this route.
, 1878-02-23
TOO LATE.
I sit and sip my sherry wine,
Beside the blazinp Are.

SIT ana sup my sherry wine,
Beside the blazing FIRE;
'Tis very old, It's Very fine,
\ vintage To inspire
Such fancies as a poet might weave,
And, weaving, strike his lyre.
sip the wine, but would You think,
To hear the glasses rythmic clink,
I'm grumbliny even while l drink!
1t comes too late, too late, muse,
This sherry rare and mellow,
Why did relentless fate refuse
To smile, when yet fellow
Was young and strong and lusty -limbed,
Before his face grew yellow
With Indigestion. All, the wine,
The envied nectar now is mine,
But gone the taste that made it fine !
know this elvet-covered chair,
Is wondrous soft and easy,
But what of comfort can l share
Grown corpulent and wheezy.
All, could thus have stretched my limbs
When life was fresh and breezy,
But now-well, now I've learned to doubt
If anybody's yet found out
a char that S easy fer the gout
Woodcock and turtle, quail on toast,
Those things of feasting SAVIOR,
And Yet the game, the fish, the roast
Have lost tor Inc the flavor.
L could have relished these things once,
Had fortune smiled with favor;
But now, with dainties spread in sight,
With all the palate can delight,
I've lost the sauce of appetite.
Because drive my coach and four,
The girls are proud to meet me-;
They come unbldIen to my door,
And with a kiss they greet me;
They throw their arms about my neck
Yes, that's the way they treat me-
But passions flames are ali unknown;
The lips to kiss are mine, l own
The nectar of the kiss has flown,
e And so l sip my sherry wine,
Beside the blazing fire,
And though It's old and very fine,
Sad thoughts it doth inspire;
For setting here, in luxury's lap,
OF fortunes smile tire;
And | would give my broad estate
For any boon bestowed by fate,
Which did not come too late, too late
, 1878-02-23

THE setting OF great hope is like the
setting of the sun. The brightness of
our life is gone, shadows of the evening
fall behind us. and the world seems but a
dim reflection of itself-a border shadow
We look forward into the lonely night
the soul withdraws itself. Then stars
arise, and the night is holy.
, 1878-02-23
A DruocR,TIc STATE CONVENTION

A DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION is
called to meet at Portland, on Wednesday
April 10, 1873, at IL clock A. NJ, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
congress, and candidates for the various
state offices to he voted for at the election TO
be held in June next. The convention
will consist of 40 delegates, apportioned
among the counties as follows:
, 1878-02-23
Srs,s, Of tic States,

The bureau Of statistics at Washington has
just compiled, from official documents, an
approximate statement of the debts of the
several States, with the following results,
the computation being made up to the close
of 1876, except where otherwire stated IN
pareMthesis:
, 1878-02-23

PERFUMEEY.-Manyp persons have a fixed
belief that 1t Is the most vulgar OF vulgar
things to have scent on the handkerchief
Others again, appear to think they cannot
use too much, saws an eastern paper. \
French author, man of evident taste and
culture, declares that he distrusts the people
who dencunce the use Of perfumes. The
opposite to bad odor is good odor, he
says, and those who have no Prediction fer
agreeable odors will not at all object to bad
odors A child, student, an austere and
grave scientific dignitary, an old man, may
be excused if they use 10 perfume but q
woman, young and beautiful, imaginative,
gay. and happy, cannot forego the luxury,
the elegance, the poetry Of perfume. Fash
ion had varied greatly in this matter. In
Paal de Rocks day peppermint was the
rage, sweetm.eats were favored with it, and
aromatic dilttions were made OF it. Ladies
carried it in their scent bottles and in Their
bon-bOn boxes, in one form or the other.
Then came the turn Of what is termed the
aromatic vinegar, speedily followed by Law
cnder water. can dc Cologne, rose water, and
patchouly And since the extreme popularity
of patchouly. the fashion of using perfumes
has somewhat SutSiuctt- III tutsc usiy . itA
laiies positively drop scent upon their hand
kerchiefs; they prefer to keep their ward
robes well stocked with lavender, or ORR:
root, or sandal wood, so that their clothe:
emit pleasant fragance rather than dis
tinct odor. a young American lady knew
in Paris had the cupboards and drawers II
which her clothes were disposed streWn with
satehels of strong smelling violet powder,
that gave nameless, delicate, fresh perfume
to everything she wore, from her hat and
veil to her handkerchief. For this mode ci
using perfume, nothing can be much better
than lavender, which is exquisitely fresh
and wholesome, and has sweet natural
scent that art can never Outdo. a young
| Englishman, whose bachelor home in Paris
saw only week or two ago, has sturdy
lunches of lavender hung to each OF the peg
for his coats IN his dressing room! And ye
people decaim about the extravasant coquet
nv OF women, as If the hanging up OF thos'
masculine coats over fragrant lavender die
not equal any of our harmless little devices.
, 1878-02-23

NEARLY all the stained glass windows in
St. James church, Birkenhead, near Liv-
erpool, were recently smashed by mob.
They finished their work before the arriy-
al of the police.
, 1878-02-23

Total NUMBER OF Delegates I4O
1t is recommended that, unless otherwise
ordered by the appropriate local commit
tees, county conventions be held on Sat
urday, March 30th, primary meetings on
Saturday, March 23d-
, 1878-02-23

Colorado is reported without debt, and
from West Virginia, Missouri and Florida
no recent reports have been received. The
debt of Georgia, after dedueting the amount
recently repudiated, is placed at SS,0O5, 800
, 1878-02-23

The radicals smuggled Hayes In and now
they would gladly smuggle him out. Ras-
calIty brings its own reward.
, 1878-02-23

LIVE WEIGHT OE CArTLE--The fol-
lowing rule for estimating, approximately
at least. the weight Of live cattle by
measurement is given by the Lire Stock
JouruaI: There are several methods In
use for aseertaining the weight by measure
ment Of the body, and wheL the measure
ment is correctly taken the result IS gen.
eraIIy pretty accurate The method is to
measure with tape-lne from top OF the
sboulder to the root Of the tail, which
eiiyes the length then measure around
the body Immediately behind the fore
les. which gives the giIth and on con-
suIting table, calculated by the cores
bonding figures of the length and girth,
the product will give the net weight.
Several rules exist. For example, sup
pose an OK is feetin length and Z feet in
girth. Multiply the square of the girth
In inches by the length In inches, and di-
vide the sum by 1888, and quotient,
multiplied BY IA, is the weight in pounds
In using the tape it should be kept stretch
ed in taking the length md grth. Ac-
crlrate results would certainly be obtain
ed were the animal always perfect in form
which it seldom is, the fore and hind
quarters being frequently unequal and
their conditions various The Judgment
is called into exercise In making allowances
for such differences. The animal should
stand IN exact profile upon level ground
while being measured.
, 1878-02-23

A GIRL HEALTHY APPETITE party
of merry girls and boys got on the train,
at some station between Atlanta and
Macon, bound for home to spend the holi-
days. They were laden with packages
containing oranges, apples and other good
things, and in evident disposition to have
pleasant time Shortly after the train
was in motion the packages were opened.
The girls were bright, rosy checked,
sparkling eyed maidens, and ranging in
age between l6 and lSyears. Their escorts
were courteous, manly youths, and, hav-
ing secured seats convenient for the group,
proceeded to enjoy themselves, utterly
oblivious tothe other passengers. One of
the young ladies' ate four large apples, and
commencing on a paper of oranges, m a
few minutes diminished the number by
five. after which she disposed of fully
pound of sponge cake, when, her appetite
becoming satiased, she settled back in her
seat very gracefully gave her attention to
munching COOLERS, ceasing operations
when about a pint of fragrant peas had
disappeared. Her friends were successful
in demolishing what remained, but, IN
the opinion Of the passengers, this blue
eyed, laughing maiden was entitled to the
champion ribbon as healthy GeorgiagrL
, 1878-02-23

BLANK MORTGAGES at this office.
, 1878-02-23

~ sals =, - a,irEeR,-Ruled NOTE PAPER, for
~ uie srArEsMAs office.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22
What Do You Want p

Dc you want to insure in the largest
and best Life Insurance company in the
world, The Mutual Life of New York;
Call at 800 Hill street.
Do you want to insure your property
in only Standard Fire Insurance com.
panies?
Call one square and a half north Of
the Inter Ocean hotel.
Do you want to see $500, 900 insur.
ance now in force among the best bust
ness men in Cheyenne?
Call one square northeast OF the post
office.
Do you want rates on Fire Insurance
as low and equitable as is consistent
with safety?
Call for information, calendars, blot
tiers, lead pencils, etc.. etc., On the wes'
side of Hill street between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth.
Do you want to see the largest stree
scales in town, 10000 TBS. larger thar
any other, Fairbanks Standard?
Remember that Burners new Office
is the place, on Hill street.
Do you want to see the neatest ant
only model Insurance Office in the ter
ritory?
Call on J.. w. Bruner at the above
mentioned place.
Office Hours: Amy hour, day Oh
night, Sundays excepted. n2S-3m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22
Butler From a Partisan Standpoint.

A Paris paper says Gen. Butler, the
great American statesman, who bonn
barded Fort Fisher and was the hero Of
the Hamburg massacre in the great re-
bellion, and has since been a senator
for Massachusetts, in the American
house Of representatives, the friend Of
Kearney and the intimate of Hayes, is
as remarkable for his wit as for his
courage. When stamping" in Cali
fornia-an expression which refers to
his wooden leg-he was asked by the
doctor in the hotel in Chicago, show
many he killed in the war;" "Not
more than you in peace,n replied the
general as he closed n eye and gazed
pensively out of the other on his bewil-
dered listeners. Our European readers,
perhaps, need to be informed that this
habit of winking has procured the gen.
eral the soubriquet of sold eye cock.n
In South Carolina, Butler, when he
''stumped,p was followed by great
crowds in red shirts, for the general
was a jealous opponent Of the s.gun
shot policy" a term applicable to the
'sKu klux," which latter words signify
in political slang men who caught "hen-
roosters'' at night. The first word was
taken from the note of alarm uttered by
aeturkey, and the second, substituting
the 'sk'' for the SC" is the cluck of a
- A. --D--- ~ -
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

THERE are no bluff presiding officers
in congress nov equal to the inimita-
BILE Ben Wade, who, by the way, was
once president Of the United States
for t%wenty-four hours, by virtue of his
being president pro tenn. of the senate.
Ben made some wonderful rulings. A
veteran correspondent relates that one
warm spring day, when he occupied
the chair, and his colleague was absent,
dinner time drew nigh, and he wanted
to leave. Carrot Davis, of Kentucky,
had the floor, and at last Wade could
stand 1t no longer. Giving a rap with
his gravel, he said: ''The senator from
Kentucky will suspend his remarks for
n moment. The senator from Ohio
moves that the senate do now adjourn.
Those in favor will say aye-contrary-
minded, no-and the senate stands adj
journed until tomorrow at twelve
o'clock" The presiding officer, be it
remembered, was the only senator from
Ohio present, and he not only put his
own motion, but cast the only vote on
it, and then announced the result.
Cromwell himself with his stake away
that bauble" was not more a law unto
himself, though the consequence were
vastly different.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage made
and executed by Naoma A. Rutledge
to E. b. Graham, and dated the 10th
day of August, A.. D. 1877, and given
to secure the payment of the sum of
eight hundred and fifty dollars (SS50),
and which said mortgage was on the
10th day Of August, AID. 1877, duly
recorded in the office of the county
clerk and ex-oficio register of deeds of
Laramie county, in Wyoming Terri
tory, in book &c" of mortgages, on
pages No. 226, 227 and 22S. And,
whereas, by virtue of the conditions in
said mortgage contained, the whole
amount of money secured by said mort
gage has been declared due by the said
mortgage, and there is claimed to be
due upon said mortgage at the date of
this notice the sum OF 81, 03S. 81, and
nc proceedings at law or in equity hav-
ing been instituted for the recovery of
the same or any part thereof; now,
therefore, by virtue of the power of
sale in said mortgage contained, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged premises, and tor
that purpose the said premises and the
equity Of redemption Of the said Naoma
A. RutledBe n her heirs n assigns
in and to the same, will be sold at pub
lie auction for cash to the highest bid
der, at the front door of the court house,
in the city of Cheyenne, county of
Laramie, on the 18th day of January,
A. ID. 1870, at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon. The premises covered by said
mortgage and to be sold as aforesaid
being described as follows, to wit: All
that piece or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in the county of Lar
annie and Territory of Wyoming, and
nor particularly known and described
as follows, to wit: Lot number eight
(S) in block number three hundred and
twenty-one 1921, in the city of Chey-
enne, said county and territory, to-
gether with the improvements thereon.
Dated November 10th, 1873.
E. b. GRAHAM,
nov17-60t Mortgagee.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

IT SETS the British lion to grinning
a%musingly to learn that a good thrash
ing is in store for the Russian bear.
The occasion Of the smile just now, is
the new from China TO the effect that
a grand army Of conquest is being or
ganized in that empire. The emperor
is ambitious, and as there are legions
of revolutionarily disposed soldiers
scattered through his realms, he will
accomplish his desires, and at the same
time secure internal peace. Already
there is considerable army on the
frontiers of the Russian possessions.
Its first move is to recover the province
of Yakoob Beg. A few massacres are
reported, and a Russian army has adj
vanced to repel the Mogolian invader.
These facts encourage the English to
believe that a gigantic conflict will be
waged between the two great empires
and the result will be that Russia must
forego Der ambitions in the south of
both Europe and Asia.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

THE Chicago Times, which cannot
by any stretch of the imagination be
called a republican paper, says: The
wholesome fear of Blaine,o of Maine, the
consciousness Of inferior leadership,
the distrust of the capacity of the con
federate brigadiers to keep their temper
the shocking stencil of the cipher dis
patches, the nightmare effect of the
Potter what-is-it, a somewhat vague
and indefinite adumbration of their
own inherent political stupidity, these
and a few other influential causes APP
PEAR to be working out a very good eff
feet upon the controlling section of the
national house of representatives,
which is manifested in the plain de-
sire Of members to get through and go
home with as little rumpus and delay
as possible. 1t is plainly a conclusion
reached. by the house majority that
there is no party capital to be made by
them at Washington this winter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

THE authorities of New York have
granted the right to Gen. Spinola, rep
resenting the Holly system of heating, to
experiment on a small scale in that
city. Gen. S yinola claims that both
heating and cooking arrangements in
dwellings and public buildings are to
be revolutionized by this process; that
all houses may be warmed at a greatly
decreased rate; that $4,000 o may be
saved the city in the heating Of public
buildings; that apparatus for extin-
gushing fires will be made vastly nor
effective, and that all the plans of his
company are thoroughly feasible and
practical. The result of this expert
ment will be looked for with interest,
since all cities and large towns are
equally interested. The system invol-
yes central reservoirs for steam, and
main pipes running underground in all
directions,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

The Georgia financier has arisen in
his majesty and ordered the new four
per cent. bonds to be made in denomin-
atoms as low as Eve dollars. 1t is
thought that they will circulate as
money. While the bonds cannot pos
sibly be made legal tender, their volun-
tary use will be perfectly legal. If the
interest on the bonds be paid promptly,
the people of Georgia will prefer them
TO greenbacks. But in the end they
will be sunk into stockings, for they
will make a most desirable commodity
for saving,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22
Sad Havoc is Created

Among the tenants of the mouth by
allowing impurities to collect upon
their surface or in their interstices.
SozoDoNT removes every vestige of tar.
tar from the teeth, and renders then
premature decay impossible. 1t not
only imparts to them whiteness and
vigor, but communicates hardness and
rosiness to the gums. The breath ac-
quires a most acceptable fragrance
from its use; it is a purely botanic
liquid, and it may be relied on to ac-
complish its identifying effects with
out injuring the enamel like a gritty
tooth paste. s16-deodtf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22
Beware of Socialists

Beware of any man who seeks to con-
vince you by arguments however as
sumingly broad and philanthropic, that
the world can reach a higher social and
moral plane through anarchy and by
s%aturating the flags Of the nations in
Their rulers blood. Beware, too, of the
man who attempts to convince you that
there r better remedies for chronic
diseases Of the stomach and liver than
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Pleasant Purgative Pellets. They
have stood the test of many years trial
by the public, and their sales are annul.
ly increasing.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-22

A WRITER in the London Times fig
ures up the loss to British capital in the
last Eve years as follows: Loss ~(actual)
on foreign loans, Peruvian, Honduras,
Turkish, Egyptian, etc., 300 millions;
shrinkage in value Of railway stock, 8
per cent, 20 millions; shrinkage in value
OF British industries from rs so per
cent, from 500 to 700 millions; in land
from 10 to 20per cent, from 400 to 600
millions-total loss on shrinkage in FIVE
years, from 100 to 1000 millions.
And in tho meantime the earnings Of
the working classes have fallen of "a
Per cent, or 100 millions annually.
These figures are alarming.