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Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24

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It is certainly one of the most extensive tracts. i an almost level position and suitable condition for pleasant ia, ming that we know of this side ot est farms ap arenily just as pruftably productive as whcn cleared of forests fifty or hundred years ago.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04

A correspondent wants to know why the
new Pope took the name of Leo XIII. As
the question has given rise to some discus
sion in tho papers the Professor naked q
good friend of his who would surely know
all there was to be known about 1t. To the
inquiry the Professor received the following
answer /: H..ff 4.4fev IN
1.-The Pope always takes a new name on
his election. The custom is a very ancient
one of doubtful origin. The fashion is
said to have been set, however, by a Pope
whose own name was something rather alb
surd. 1 forget what. lAaal
o H c~onsults bis own fancy in the choice
of q title. Plus TX named himself in
honor Of Plus VII, who had been very
kind to him in his youth. 1t is not known
which of the twelve previous Leos the pres
ent Pope wished to compliment but his
choice was probably governed by the fact
thnt no was elected on the feast or st. Leo,
one of the very early Popes" KS 49,
There have been over two hundred and
ifty Popes since the year 100 A.. D. Many
OF the names are familiar to us. There
we're eight Alexanders, sixteen Gregorys,
fourteen Clements and thirteen Innocents.
Plus |. assembled the throne IL the year 142
A. d. |IIiIflH aI+tAf d E.fNH.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04

TEXAN ueIu,EIs.--A Texan herder's
,arft consists of two donkeys for carrying
.ul,plics, n tent, cooking utensils, blankets
'.lntecn mado of tin and holding five gal
i.ms of water; n small Mexican pony, W.
II three dogs, and tobacco. Shepherds re-
.civc from $40 to S15 per month and board,
md oversccrs from $25 to $50. Two mon
,ad three dogs can readily take care of 1000
.;.ocl, Thousands of sheep roam ut will
ncr tho vast plains, feeding as they go.
never sleeping two nights in n place, except
'ng at the home stations. At night these
immense herds gather closely around tho
arp of the shepherds and sleep ~pcacoably,
-,.rdcd by well-trained Scotch dogs, who
.l'ii,it n wonderful sagacity and prowcss
): their midnight visils, holding at bay the
eercest wolf until by their furious bark
ns they awaken their masters. An urea
il from ten to twenty miles will be grazed
Y an ordinary herd on a single day.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04


Ia North Carolina sevn.. to Lave been en-
pertaining q volcano arL rarsing earth
quakes urAwAres. Bald MocntAin appeared
TO be in great dmtrosA. subtsrranean rum
bliugs were heard proceeding from the
mountain, and there werc thnnderings
without clonda rhc.c .oises continued at
intervals COZ about two weeks, and then
ceased Bat they Iunde . scare; the
people moved a~ay from The vicinity, and
real estate became almost worthless. The
subterraneAn thunders came again, and
with more violence. The mountain tried
to shake the forests of ltA bast, and rocks
came rolling down its sides. 1t had ops
troubled. ~rsslless night, anil IN the norm.
lug it was ,nuiet. The curious and mort
daring went 10 see whRt haI been the mat
.er. Thsy found the ,noantain literally
split in two ut the TOP. Tho chasm wa
Three hundred feet long, eight or ten II
width, and apparently bottomless. N,
traces Of lava were seen, and there wa l.,
smoke visible. But a crIter has beaI
formed, and North Carolina may soon hav,
a volcano in full blast.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04
THE DIPPER."
a Remarkable Fact about the Constellation o.
the Great Bear.

In the constellation of the Great Bear il
the "Dipper." composed of seven bright
stars. two of which are called the pointers,
for the reason that q line drawn through
them would always intersect the pole star,
which is about 2St deg, north of the upper
star (of the two called the pointers). A
writer in the Hartford Times says .s3l
There is something remarkable in the
fact that a large group OF stars in the
northern heavens, bearing no resemblance
whatever TO a bear, should yet be so called
and what is still more remarkable is, that
this great region Of stars should always
have been known by that name by oil M
tions of the northern hemisphere OF the
earth, however remotely situated from each
other, or to whatever remote period we &c
blackjack until we become lost, without
record or tradition, nnd still pwondering
that the name and place of the constellation
should yet be all agiow in that far, far,
misty past. 49, at4thtf
: Great physical changes ON the earth's
surface undoubtedly have occurred in the
ages that have one thereby separating
and isolating nations that once knew o.
{ other. : Each nation after the cataclysm
occurred probably kept its traditions,
though it became lost to its once ~neighbor-
ing people, and thus we have a probable
ASa'oa WY "a o4Ne@@ tiC A-tyBhAAh a41
the Americ IN Indian are all. at the same
time. familiar with this northern constella-
tioh and its name. ~ pr i lfb'
The Great Bear is pictured on the old
Egyptian ~hemispheres rs stately marching
westward around the poles of the heavens,
and is placed in n very high latitude, and
in fact directly over the home of the polar
bears of the earth. Was it intended to
typify the region II so then the Egyptian
was familiar with the horpe Of the animal.
Or was it some mirage, projecting n vast
image of the animal upon those misty polar
skies, that gave rise to the thought of so
placing it? ~
This constellation can be seen on any
clear night throughout the year, in this
latitude, except the stars located in the
bears paws. Thousands Of people nave
watched that part of it called the Dipper,
and noticed its handle high above the pole
star, then again sweeping around westward
1y, and then seen low on the northern hor-
lion, swinging aroun to the enst, and again
above the pole, and on to the west-au
accounted for by the earth's daily motion
on its axis-causing an apparent movement
of the constellation westwardly around the
pole of the heavens. ist.r, ss,,b "a
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04
Scratch no More-@l.ehlnr Piles"

SCRATCH no nnore-Atcnhg fheSs
symptoms Of which are moisture. like
respiration, intense itching, particu-
arly when undressing, or after getting
warm in bed, increased by scratching,
might think pin worms were crawling
In and about the rectum, oftentimes
shows itself around the private parts.
A pleasant and safe curt in every case
y YSwayne's Ointment" II allowed
to continue, very serious results may
follow. 1t also cures letter, barbers'
itch, scald head, ring worm, blotches,
all scaly, crusty, itchy skin eruptions.
sent by mail to any address on receipt
If price, so cents a box, or three boxes
Tor s Las, by DR.. Swayne & Son, Phila-
delphia. Sold by all leading druggists.
At Wholesale and retail by Addoms &
Glover, corner Of 10th and Eddy streets
Cheyenne, Wyo. marl9-dwf&su&w-ly
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04

A writer in the Educational Weekly worry
wisely says 81 am convinced that in the
Urinary school is the place to sow the seeds
not only of the thousand and one things
III ch are unblushinly demanded now-but
II the rudiments Of grammar, which Is
iothing more nor less than correct forms OF
.peech. The teacher, for instance, should
iiver allow n child to take anything from
or hand without a Thank you" and
qually with this, return the ackowledg.
ant herself. Things should not be de.
,@"dod, they should be requested, giving
:, c | tile one the unconscious feeling Of be
!. wing a favor-thus lesscning the need Of
iiforced discipline, for that is what il
'4.lly does Do You say you can't keep
school so? Try it and see."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-04
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The New York herald., 1878-09-28

and the government of Canada shall
interpose to restore Niagara, as far as possi-
BILE, to the wildness and sublimity OF its
original condition. We recollect reading,
many years ago, a letter written by Horace
Greeley from the Falls, in which he ex-
pressed wish that he could have seen
them before the hand Of man had de-
faced their forest surroundings Lord
Dufferin seems TO cherish similar
sentiment. This is indeed mere
matter of taste, but an international park
around the great cataract, as proposed by
Lord Dufferin, would create a pleasant
bond of sympathy between American and
Canadian visitors. The disposition of the
retiring Governor General to establish
cordial social relations between the two
cognate communities will endear his men,
ory to both long after he has passed to new
scenes of honor and influence in the land
of his birth
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
PERSONAL INTELLIGE NCE.

Tho President will 90 to the fair At Winchester Va,
Mr. Charles h. Lowis. N. r., OF London, 10 at the
GiIscy House.
Mr. Theodore d. woolsey, Of New Haven, Is at the
Everett House
The Right Rev. J. +. spaldlng Bishop Of Colorado,
has arrived IRON Europe.
Ex-Congrcssman IL. 4. Paine, OF Wisconsin, will be.
come Com m issoncr of Patents.
Professor julius d. Dreher. recently elected pres-
dent Rev. r. c. Holland, vice president OF Roam
oke College, have accepted and entered upon their
duties.
Tho report OF the resignation Of Sefor Zamacons,
the Mexican Minister, Is without foundation. hc has
rented a house next to tho one in which he re-
sides in Washington, to which he will soon remove.
The Spanish government has returned It's warmost
thanks through Mr. Evarts to Commodore Nicholson,
commanoant New York Navy Yard, Tor his kindness
to the wrecked crew Of the Spanish war steamer
Pizirro
Mr. William d. Bishop, president OF tho Ncw York
anu New Haven Railroad Company, VINO Is Ill Of In
termiltent fever at his resicence In Bridgeport,
Conn, Is reported by his physicians as slowly re-
covering.
Mr.. Archibald Forbes is In London preparing bis
lecture for America, where he will commence In De-
cembcr Edmund Yates prophesies for him "a warm
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
Fever Curea.

In the course of the epidemic on the
Lower Mississippi the attention of the pub
lie has been called more or less vocifer-
ously to q dozen or twenty 'infallible reme-
dies" for yellow fever. Minute descriptions
of how this terrible malady was treated by
this or that physician, who ''never lost a
case" have been so abundant that scarcely
an issue of daily paper has been without
one. Despite this plenitude of knowledge,
however, the people at Memphis and New
Orleans have died as if this fever were the
one disease that no one knew anything
about; and if there is still living any
practitioner who ''never lost case"
it may be s.fely assumed that he
was not on duty in the Southwest this
summer. In different epidemics the same
disease is seen in phases of severity so
variable that what is true in one year
frequently has no application in another.
This year the fever has been uncommonly
virulent, and plans Of treatment or specific
remedies useful in other years have been
absolutely without effect, and those who
have had the disease and recovered owe it
apparently to some peculiar vigor of the
system and not to treatment. Quinine has
especially been noted this year for it's
failure to control the development of the
disease. Perhaps this may be due to the
wholesale adulteration of this medicine,
which is part of the commercial morality of
the time, though it may be due to the diff
ferent ways in which it was used. 1t ap-
pears to have been given as for intermittent
fever, in some cases reported but the old
doctors gave it very differently. They gave
at the outset one enormous dose of thirty,
forty-five or sixty grains, and claimed the
most marvellous results An important
statement is made that is worthy OF inves-
tigation, with o view to the necessity OF
nurses. 1t is reported that the Chinese
have an absolute exemption from this dis
ease. This is possible, as diseases act very
differently on the different races of men.
If the partial exemption of the negro is bet.
tered by the total exemption of the yellow
man, this fact may be made practically i'm.
portant for the performance of many need.
full services in infected places.
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
Death OF a Great Geographer.

Doctor Petermann, on Thursday re-
ported as the victim of stroke of
apoplexy, was yesterday reported dead.
result that was naturally anticipated,
for though he was not so old as to
make apoplectic trouble necessarily fatal.
his studies and severe labors were perhaps
equivalent to IN additional burden Of years.
In Petermanns death the German world of
learning loses a man of peculiar distinction,
whose equal in attainments is not now
before the world. Geography as a science
has perhaps fewer resplendent names than
any other science cultivated to an equal
extent, but in the little city of Gotha is
on establishment that might almost
be regarded as geographical uni
versity, and in that establishment
the Doctor was without a peer for the ex-
tent of the knowledge he brought to bear
upon given geographical problems or for
his vigorous reasoning on various theories.
He was naturally deeply interested in the
geography of Cen trail Africa and in that of the
polar regions, for these presented to man
with love for studies of this nature the great
reservoirs of unsolved problems. His adj
mirable theory of the real secret Of polar
geography was recently printed in the
HERALD in the record of an interview with a
Herald correspondent. He was the first
eminent authority in geographical science
to recognize the authenticity and impor-
tance of the labors of the HERALD corre-
spondent in Central Africa, and was honestly
outspoken against the absurdity and ignor-
ance of an opinion once prevalent that
Stanley's discoveries were fictitious.
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

THE WEATHER.-The pressure is high
throughout all the districts except in the North
west, where there are evidences of the forma-
ton of another depression which may organize
storm centre during its passage over the north
,ern lake regions. The pressure is also rela-
lively low over the Gulf districts. Rain has
fallen the Middle Atlantic and the Gulf
coast districts. Elsewhere fair weather has
prevailed. The temperature has risen in the
northern lake region and the Northwest. In
the other districts it has fallen generally. The
winds have been from fresh to brisk Oh the At
1antic coast and the Gulf districts, from brisk
70 high in the Northwest and generally fresh
elsewhere. 1t is probable that another storm
like the one that has just passed will be organ
lied in the far West, but its course will be
north ofour district, SO that there is very little
chance that we will feel any of its influence.
The weather in New York and its vicinity to-
day will be cool and fair. Tomorrow the same
conditions are likely to prevail, followed by in
creasing cloudiness
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

Ir WAS DISCOVERED yesterday on the New
York Elevated Railroad that piece of scant-
ling two inches by four and thirteen feet long
can be broken by the weight of three men placed
at its centre but testing timber in such a way
ut such height from the ground and ut such
frghtful expense of human safety and comfort
would seem entirely unnecessary. But probably
the persons in charge of the operation will claim
That the stick was a scailolding slung aloft for
practical purposes, but men certainly deserve
better accommodation when at work than that
which would be barely sufficient for monkeys at
play.
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

SOME NATURALIsTs in Brazil have discovered
In alum an antidote for the deadly poison with
which some of the Indian tribes arm their
arrows, pigs and puppies having been the
animal bases of their experiments. Now let
our own naturalists discover an antidotc for the
poison of political arrows. II they will expert
ment upon some Of the grown up pigs and pup
pies that walk on two feet and infcst both par
ties the experiments, even if unsuccessful, will
not be without good results to society
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

As WE ARE Nor CANADIANS it is not disloyal
to venture the opinion that the coming race be-
tween Courtney and Hanlan is exciting more
thought and comment in the Dominion than
even The coming of Victoria's daughter and
Argyle's son. The opinions of the men about
themselves will be found in another column
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
welcome by the mos, hospi,abl. people in the world"

welcome by the hospitabls people In the world"
and also ga good time"
Among the passenger on She City OF Para. from
Brazil yesterday, Mr. 7. Wells Champney,
artist, and Mr. Herbert H. Smith. naturalist, who
have been a voyage up the Amazon River making
sketches and notes for .Scribser's Aagasine.
Secretary Schurz lett Washington for Cincinnati
yesterday morning and will return on Tuesday The
speech TO be delivered by him tonight on the hnan-
cia question 10 elaborate. prepared with much care
aud will occupy about two hours In lis delivery.
Captain Pagst, OF the English army, and his wife,
nee Stevens. narrowly escaped serious injury yester
day at Newport r. l. While driving In pneton
the horse took fright and becoming unmsnsseaple
till stopped by striking a lampposI Fortunately
tho only damage was the wrecking Of the carriage.
London Worid:-"Those left IN London seem to
have been cntertaining-or rather, not entertaining,
1 fear-an angel uuawares Bret Harte has been
staying at the Langham route 10 the Consulate at
Creield, TO which he has been appointed and nobody
seems to have been aware OF his presence among us
The author OF the 0utcasts Of Poker Flat the mas
ter OF more original humor and more genuine pithos
than has been gwen to the world tho best days
Of Dickens, merits would have received hearty
welcome had he come 10 London when any one was
there to give 1t 10 him.
Mr.. Nichols, president Of the Cincinnati Musical
College has been New YORK, and he says that Thco
dore Thomas prefers going to Cincinnati 10 staying 10
New York; IN TACT, is glad TO leave. He says that
$3O 900 would have been raised hero for Thomas il it
had not been useless to do co. Members Of the or
chestra will also bo professors IN the college. App
cations for admission to the college have been made
from Vermont 10 Texas. Mr.. S. +. Jacobsohn will be
professor Of the violin and concert mestcr Mr.. G. f.
Whiting will bs organist. Mr.. Murdock will be Offer ed
the position Of teacher of elocutiou.
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
A New Use for the Indian.

The Honorable w. +. Cody, better known
to fame under his earlier title of ''Buiialo
Bill, has introduced four genuine Indians
into the dramatic combination of which he
is the head, and though they have not yet
scalped any one it is not impossible that
they and their race may yet take lead
ing part in the great work of the eleva-
tion of the drama. There are various ways
in which the standard of the stage may be
raised, and it is not yet certain that the
scalping knife and tomahawk are to
be despised as reforming influences. Aside
from these, however, the aborigine has
some dramatic qualifications that the pro-
fession in general lacks. He is far tonder
of acting than of talking, for one thing, and
though he does not undervalue the inhu-
ences of dress and that converse which is
with poetic license denominated full dress,
he seldom regards these as the full duty OF
man. He has in marked degree the faculty
of repose, in which some artists otherwise
excellent are lamentably deficient. He is
not averse to cosmetics, though when he
paints he never attempts to make art take
the place of nature. Should he volunteer
for "beneft" performance of any sort he
is not at all likely to play Romeo or Claude
Melnotte, so the theaire-going public is
likely to be saved from many an oit-told
tale. And lastly, his philosophical mind
has not absorbed the mysteries of injunc-
tons; SO when he is billed to appear in any
thing there is reasonable chance that
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was active and strong and there was IA general
advance i'll prices Gold continues strong at
1908. Government bonds were weak, States
dull and railroads strong. Money call was
IN active demand and call loans were made at
3 per cent.
The New York herald., 1878-09-28

How MANY MORE lessons do our police need
before they can suspect an unconscious or disa-
bed man of some trouble beside drunkenness
Even although the man Tracy, who died in hos
pital yesterday, had been drinking hard, there
is something horrible in the idea Of his under
going trial and imprisonment while suffering
from fractured skull
The New York herald., 1878-09-28
THOMAS J. HALL.

DR.. Day, Sanitary superintendent, accompanied By
we'll known theatrical gentleman Of thus city. Wis.
tied the Coroners ofnce yesterday aud held whis-
pered consultation with Coroner EllingeE DR.. Day
refused 10 make known the nature OF his call, ani
his friend, who appeared to be equally my serous,
lett without leaving record the Of mis- VISIT
From subsequent Investigator u was ascertsined
the gentlemen had called 10 report the death OF
young Mr. Hail. OF East rhisty.tnird street, VINO had
dicd IRON overdose Of oxaiic aciu. Deceased was
OF tho well known General Hall lie had been
suffering from neuralgic gout aud was advised by
some irresponsible person that oxalic actd was .
specnS Tor such complaint HIS cred ulity cost nim
his liie He was a son OF General Wiliam Hall, ana
was born 10 1888 For twelve years served In the
Seventh regiment Early In the war he entered his
fathers music publishing house as a partner the
name Of the Arm being changed to William Hall \
sou. lie was Mason and popular member and
oincer OF the Lotus anu Arcadian CLUBS. In politics
he was n democrat ana at one time held the position
OF school Com sioncr He was school trustee Of
tho Twenteth ward at the ume oi his death. Mr..
Hall, twenty-five years ago, married MISS Josephine
Arcularius. VINO, with two children, survives him.