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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02

There is'something, says Hazlitt, in being
near the sen Xix the confines Of eternity. 1t
Is q new'.eloment, a pure abstraction. The
mind loves TO hover OIL hat which Is endless
and forever the III People wonder at 4
steamboat, the invention Of man, managed
by man, that makes its limpid path like an
iron railway through the sea. wonder at
the sea itself, the vast leviathan, smiling in
its deep, walked into fury, fathomless, bound
less, q huge world OF water drops. Whence
is it? where goes it7 Is it of eternity, or Of
nothing Strange, pondrous riddle, that We
can neither penstrate nor grasp in our COM
prehension obbing and flowing like human
ike, and swallowing it up in thy remorseless
womb art thour What is there in
common with thy life and ours who gaze
At theei Blind, deaf and old, thou seest
not, nearest not, understands not; neither
do we understand who behold and listen to
thee. Great as thou art, unconscious of thy
greatness, unwieldy, enormous, preposterous
twin-birth Of matter! rest i'll thy dark, un-
fathomed cavo of mystery, mocking human
pride and weakness. Still is it given to the
mind Of man to wonder at thee, to confess its
Ignorance, and to stand in awe of the STU
pendous might and majesty, and of its own
bling, that can question thine!
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unreasouable stipend. The departmept of

unreasonable stipend. The department OF
the Lord Chamberlain, presided over by
the Marquis of Hartford, with n salary of
$40, 900, has another long list of treasnrers
and ~disbursing officers, comptrollers, gentle
men-at- arms, yeomanry, masters of oere-
monies, grooms in waiting. extra grooms in
waiting, gentlemen ushers, daily, quarterly
and extra "'waitefs all honorable "
gentlemen-at salaries ranging from s., OOO
to $4,000 apiece. The Black Rod "
(Admiral Clifford), Lord High Almoner,
Dean of the Royal Chapel, Sub-Dean, Clerk
of the Closet, get no salaries. The occnpa-
ton of the last-named gentleman, the
Bishop of Worcester. is necessarily OF n
gloomy description, not unmixed with fer
vent devotion. The Duchess of Wellington
gets &, 500 a year for n hypothetical Gus
tody of the robes. The eight Ladies of
the B~edchamber" get $4,000 each. The
"~Bedchamber Women " get 81, 500 apiece.
The Poet Laureate, Tennyson, gets a sti-
pend Of $500. Mr.. Pigott, the Examiner
of Plays" gets 1900 a year. The stable
department costs, in salaries alone, over
so, 0OO.
The salaries and expenses of this distin
guished household cost last year, exclusive
of the Queens privy purse of $500, 900, the
somewhat extensive amount of 81 ,5lS, 800,
and Her Majesty was allowed also for
ulinh anu hptclul heINiCes uluEIneI SUN
of $3.50 900. Thu Queens W allowance is
81, 910, 900, and the royal children receive
annuities amounting TO $7S5 ,000.
This is a rather. expensive pageant to
keep up year after year, but there is not
likely to be any cutting down in salaries
unless Gladstone and the radical Liberals
spring into full fledged power and apply
their threatened knife of reform and re-
trenchment. The majority of Englishmen
delight in paying for the magnificent show.
-L0uisciHe Courier.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
EDISON THE MAGICIAN.

Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
Yesterday / went out to Menlo Park, New
Jersey, and spent the afternoon in the
workshop of Thomas A. Edison, the magi.
clan, who is making machines that talk.
His laboratory is rs interesting as Monte
Cristo's cave, and his achievements make
the tales of Arabian sorcery seem credible.
| saw the talking machine, talked to il, and
it talked back. You nave heard about it,
of course, but the story canno be an old one
for years to come, and although the phone.
graph is as simple rs n jack knife, it ex-
cites the awe of the beholder as a telegraph
wire stirs up an Indians superstition.
Edison is q tremendous worker. Work is
n dissipation with him-his only habit.
For the last ten years he has averaged cigh-
teen hours u day at the desk. His house is
within fifteen rods. but when he is in the
crisis of an invention he does not go home
for days, either to eat or sleep. He never
went to school but a month in his life, but
has taken out 151 Inventions and filed sew
enty-seven caveats, and is now only Thirty.
one. Twenty-Five men are employed in his
laboratory merely to materializc his ideas.
He is worth 1850, 0O0, and now has an in.
come of nearly that every year. He dresses
plainly, hates sham, doesn't like to have a
fuss made over him, and doesn't believe in
guess-work about anything. He is rather
above the medium height; unshaven and
unshorn, slightly shabby, with a pair of
bright, aggressive gray eyes, Illuminating
nm otherwise unintcresting face. He is an
Ohio man, you know. and is only thirty-o one,
having been born in Milan, Erie County, in
February, 1917. His conversation has a
strong Ohio flavor. Indeed, in some re-
spects. he is provincial, for, if puzzled
about a thing, he resolutely exolaims, I'm
git il Wit ="
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
AN FAMILY.

The household of Queen Victoria is M
extensive one. Nearly one thousand per,
sons are attached to it, and the salaries Of
the leading officials amount to the t%riiing
sum of $269. O70.
The hereditary Earl Marshal, the Duke
of Norfolk, heads the list and gets no paw,
as that is IN honorary position and the
duties are probably not onerous. Earl
B~eauchamp, the Lord Steward, enjoys a
salary of $40, 000. The Treasurer, Lord
Henry Thyme, receives $4,000 for his ser.
vices; the Comptroller, Lord Somerset,
gets the same salary. Then there is the
Master of the Household, Col. Cowell,
necessarily a very important official, who
gets about SO, 600. Z. NJ. Browell, ESQ.,,
occupies the position Of Secretary of the
board of Green Cloth, at a salary of 81, 500.
me name "green cloth " in this country
mas a sinister meaning, but Mr.. Browell
does not indulge, of course. Mr.. L. G..
Marsh gets 81, 800 as paymaster. which,
considering the sum disbursed, is not an
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
The Legend Of the Cedar Of Lebanon.

tbs ancient lsgsnd-the dream, perhaps,
of a Syrian hermii-shows that the Cedar of
Lebanon, tbs timhertree of the Temple built
On Zion. WAS held in the highest estimation,
II d exercised the fan y. The story proceeds
ih = Ssth rec lived from the angels three
s Us Of that tee which he b~eheliastll
standing upon the spot where sin had been
FIST committed. but sta' dug there blasted
AID dead. lie carried the seeds home,
placed them in the mouth Of the dead Adam
and then buried them. Their future
history = curious. THROWING on the grave
of Adam in Hebron; they were afterwards
most carefully protected by Abraham, Mo-
ses, and David. After their removal to
Jerusalem, tie Psalms were composed be-
meath them: and in due time, when they
had grown together and united in one giant
tree, they. o. it-for it was now one tree,
a Cedar of Lebanon-vas fclled by solomon
for the rurpo e of being preserved for ever
ms q beam in tie Temple. BIT the design
IA led the kings carpenters found them
sslves Utterly unable to manage the
mighty beam. They raised it h its intended
position, nnd found il too long. They sawed
It, and II then proved too short. They splic-
CT il. aud ag1in found it wrong. II was evil
IDENTIFY int .uded for another. perhaps n more
sacred office. and they laid Il aide in the
Temple to bido It's time. While awaiting for
its appointed hour, The b am was on one
occasion improperly made use of by n
Woma manned MaTimeln, who tool the
liberty of sitting on it, md presently
found her garments on fire. Instantly
she raised a cry. and feeling the flames
severely, she invoked the aid Of Christ, and
was Immediately driven from the city and
stoned, becoming in her death a pro-Chris-
tan martyr. In the course of m c~ventful
history the predestined beam became q
bridge over Cedron, and being then thrown
into the Pool OF Bethesda, it proved the
cause of its healing virtues. Finally, 1t
became the Gross, was buried in Calvary, ex-
humed by the Empress Helena, chopped up
by a corrupt Church. and distributed
Cardensrs CaroHiek.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
BATTLES OF THE sPARRows.

One might suppose the seemingly harm
less little English sparrows introduced into
Baltimore, n few years ago, now numbering
almost millions, were wholly free from
belligerent characteristics. 1t is not so,
however, as they become terribly comba.
tive, particularly when nesting and hatch
ing, as ut present. They go in clans or
bodies, and are often hostile to an extreme,
fighting, when brought in contact, unto the
very death. A few days ago q number of
persons were attracted to n fight going on
between parties of these pets in North
Calvert Street, between Madison and Centre
Streets. They fought on the ground, then
in the air, subsequently continuing the bat
tie on limbs of trees. Each following the
other, coming into close, wing-to-wing con-
flict, keeping up the fight for over twenty
minutes, until both seemed exhausted.
While the combat was in progress numer.
Gus others of the sparrows were likewise in
earnest conflict, determined upon victory
or death. Under the caves of n house near
by, and on the top of a large bay window,
were many convenient recesses where the
birds, it appeared, had built nests and were
Matching their young. Hundreds of them
were excitedly iluttering within and around
that vicinity. They seemed acting in self
defense of domiciliary rights. The invad-
ing army was Doubtless ~endeavoring to dis
lodge those in original possession. Therein
was the apparent cause of so furious n bat
tie OF the sparrows. Eventually, after n
desperate conflict, in which several dead
and Wounded were left on the field, the
insurgents were driven off, and those in
presumed rightful possession appeared,
from their chattering, chirruping, and re-
joicing, happy in having so triumphantly
defended their home rights,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
Tbs Ring~F Finger.

How often are we asked the reason for the
ring being usually placed upon the fourth
finger. The ring-inger is more or less pro-
tected by the other fingers, and it owes TO this
circumstance a comparative immunity from
injury, as well, probably, as the privilege of
being selected to bear the ring in matrimony.
The left hand is chosen for a similar reason;
a ring placed upon it being less likely to be
damaged than it would be upon the right
hand. The ancients, however, are said to
have selected it from q notion that the ring
finger is connected with the heart by means
of some particular nerve or vessel, which
renders it more favorable for the reception
and transmission of sympathetic impress
Eions, the left hand being selected because
It lies nearer the heart but of course the
antagonist finds no structure to account for
this impression.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
DR.. PierCe'S FaYOrite Prescription.

The term, however, is but a feeble expression
Oh my nigh appreciation of its value, based upon
server, l have, while Witnessing its positive re-
suits In the few special diseases incident TO the
Tie climax or crOwming gem OF my
imedlcni career. On its merits, rs n posi-
of diseases, and one that will, at ali times and
uhuer an circumstances. act kindly and in har-
mony with tho laws which govern the female
physician. Nay, even more, so confident am 1
that It will not disappoin: the most sanguine
for any Of the ailments fo- which 1 recommend it,
that i offer and sell it under A POSITIVE
expcrienccd BY the time two-thir1is Of The con.
tents OF the bottle Grc used, l will, on return of
been taken according to directions, and the case
p en- one Tor which recommend il, promptly
most perfect confidence in lis virtues, / could moi
G ins T. as l % under these conditions; but hav-
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perfectly safe II riskIng both my
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The follow -ng are among those diseases in
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Pcnde nes' N Thrsasen DsdPrSMiii senirr Resilit Glhr DsS,
Congestion, Inflammation and liberation of the
olerus, impotency, Barrenness, or Sterility, Fc-
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IN all affections of this nature, my Fayoriie
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Those who desire further information nm
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02

A direct steam line has been established
between New Orleans and the port of Belize
IN For several years there has
been a regular line of English steamers in
this trade connecting Honduras and the Bay
Islands with Jamaica and st. Thomas
BRUSH Honduras and the Bay islands pro-
cUce large quantities of sugar, coffee, fruit,
mahogany, cedar and dye-woods. for which
thcy gladly take in exchange our flour, corn
zeal, wooden and iron ware, cotton goods.
machinery and agricultural implements
'eiling cheap and buying at remunerative
prices.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
A COMPLICATED CASE,

Gentiemen.-My case Is briefly as follows /; Ihavs
Ing severity For nine years Thad not breathed
through one nostril. Ihad droppings in the throat,
avery bad cough, asthma so bad az To be obligedto
take aremedy for 1t at night before being able TO lie
down and sleep. aud n constant dull pain in my
matter as to injurc my sense, al hearing and compel
me 20 get up several times IN the night 70 clear y
these distressing symptoms has disappeared under
the use OF not quite three bottles OF SASFoRD's
RADICAL CrHE- My hearing IL fully restored. 1
have no asthmatic symptoms, no cough, no drop
better than / have been for years. j could feel tho
Effects ofthe CURE on my appetite. on my kidneys,
been done In my ,cass Is wholly the effect OF the
sIrcnranSn o., IL ' u a LAMRENcE
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
NEW ELEVATOR FOR ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis attempts to secure Il greater
share of the grain traffic are about TO take
u more practical shape. A company having
a capital of n quarter of n million dollars is
being organized and will Immediately con-
struct a large new grain elevator. This will
be operated in connection with the floating
elevator at New Orleans for direct shin.
ment to Liverpool, where it is said there are
parties interested in the enterprise. BY this
means it is expected to considerably reduce
expenses between the grower and European
sur
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There is no word that is more lightly used
than the word friend - and there is no
sphere SO difficult to fill as that of friendship.
For the most part, friendship is regarded
either as q matter of sentiment or as a matter
of s~elfshness. In youth we regard it senti-
mentally or romantically. Voc be to the
young woman or young man who hns not
some poetic thought of the greatness. the
beauty, and the disturbances of true friend
shiPl And, alas for men when life hns salts
Ned them by its strivings and its attritions
That there is no such thing as friendship I.
Alas Tor them when Ley have worn off the
GIT and found nothing but brass in the coin
winch In youth passed with them for gold
-~->---
-! Nhat narrow creatures we are, after
MI How distinctly We can see the stmoto"
nCeher eyes, SO imperceptible in our own.
ROW easily we can settle the question of dutv
Tor Q tired, tempted, discouraged fellow
creature, and what q large margin we allow
tor our own weaknesses and follies. How
seldom do We reflect that, plnced in tba
same ciroumstances we might be even more
rePrehensible than they whom we so un.
eharitably condemn. God help us-what IL
Hsshould so unsparingly and un~relentinpiy
measure our motives and liyesI What II
our unvorthiness were the measure OF His
aaily favor and recognition 2 NAV the
thought stife on our lips the harsh iudg-
penf, and prompt the extended hand Of
succor to The tainted and discouraged
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02
IT A Be CURED,

1T can be cured. There Is no doubt about Il. Tho
i immediate relief afforded by SxsFoKp's RApI-
CAL CURE ToK CAT AERH IL but d slight evidence q
What may, follow Q PERSISTENT nse Of this remedy.
Ine hard: inesqsted matt ma has Lodged N the
the. liberation and Inflammation subdued and
healed: the entire memDranous Innings OF the head
are cleansed and purified. Constitutional Its &C.
ton is that OF n powerful purifying agent, destroy.
na5ao1 fhe destructiya AGENT in csYsrrhaI disesses
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-02

is IT DURABLE?

THosR Who havo suffered from the various and
tarrh. and have tried many physicians and reme-
question with consid erable anxiety. And well they
may for no disease that can be mentioned IL 50 unf.
yersally prevalent and so destructive to health as
CatArrh. Bronchitis. Asthma, Coughs, and serious
and frequently fatal affections of the iungs follow,
catsrrh. Other sympathetic affections such As
deafness, impaired eyesight, and loss OF sense Of
Inel NAV be referredto a minor buf neyerfheless
serious results OF neglected Catarrh. bad enough
In themselves. but AS nothing compared with the
dangerous affections OF the throat and lungs likely
The New York herald., 1878-12-16
HORSE NOTES.

II. Ii. Corey, of Menlo Park. CAL. during recent
visit to Lexington. Ky. made tho following pur-
chases OF thoroughbred brood mares for Governor
Leland Stanford, who will send the mares to his
ranch at Palo Alto, about thirty miles from San
Francisco
Rivulet br. M, by Rivilo, dam Bosio, by Eclipse. 5
years old, in foal to vigil.
Frolic. g. m, by Thunder dam imp. Siskin. by
SIuscovitc years old, in foal to Lever.
Hepmate b. M, by Planet, dam Full Cry, by Van,
dal, years old. in foal to Vigil.
Bay mare, by Versailles, dam Florac (wariieds
damn. by imp. Mickey Free. in foal to Lever. years
old
Lizzie Whips. Dr. T.. by Enquirer. dam The Grand.
Dutch S. by vanda ycarsold, bred to Tom Bowling.
Cuba. ch. f., by Australian, dam Bette Ward by
Lexington, years old, in foal to Lever.
Bonnie Lightfoot. br. m, by Bonnie Scotland, dam
Young Miss Lghtfoot, By Lexington, years old.
in foal to Administration.
Dame Winnie. ch M. by Planet. dam Lis Mardis.
by Glencoe, years old, in foal to smusglor
Chestnut mare. by Asterisk. dam Lucille Western,
by Lexington. in foal to smuggler.
Bay mare by imp. knight of 81. George, dam
Sally Wallace. by Star Davis. years old in foa to
Springbok.
Florence Anderson. by Enquirer. dam Sally Ansler-
son, by Glencoe. years old, in foa TO Foster.
Planatcs. ch. IN. by Planet. dam La Henderson. by
Lexington years old. in foal to Foster
Blarney. b. m by Blarncystone. dam Gcnuera, by
Lexington, years old. in foa to Monarchist.
Miss Campbell, ch. M. by Endorscr. dam Cynthia,
Sue, by Jo Stoner years old, in foal to Longfcow.
Robin Girl, b. m, by Enquirer, dam Cynthia Sue,
years old in foal to Germantown.
Pinoy Lewis by Endorser, dam Lou Lewis, by En-
dorscr. years old. In foal TO imported Ashstead
Lizzie A.. b. f., by Longfcllow. dam CYNTHIA Sue
years old
Hattie Hawthorn by Enquirer, dam Little Girl, by
Endorscr, years old.
The. above finely bred mares will be great acquSi-
tion to tho thoroughbred stock OF California.
Mr.. ID. Swigcrt, Stockwood Farm, Spring Station.
ky states that he has refused bona fds offer of
$4,000 tor his chestnut colt Spendthrift, years.
old by Australian, dam Erolitc. by Lexington, and.
that he will not sell him for less than $4,000.
Daniel will be likely to have him hand for some
time
Mr.. Eastman, of this city, has purchased the bay
gclding Glendale, seven years Old by Mambrino
Wagner, dam Roscdalc, by Edwin Forrest Glendale
has record Of 2:27ia lie Is represented as one OF
the highest styled aud handsomest roadsters that
ever lott Kentucky.
The New York herald., 1878-12-16
MIR. VANDERBILT AND HIS HORSES.

While looking after the men and horses that 60
the road the writer met Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt Sat-
urday afternoon, when, in conversation about fast
horses and the numbers to be the road at the
present time he remarked Mr. Vanderbilt that 'it
looked il Mr.. Bonner would next season endeavor
to make up for lost time in trials of speed and that
he (Mr. vanderbilt would have to look out for his
laurels." To this Mr.. Vanderbilt replied
II have seen elaborate article copied in tho differ
ent papers of this morning and comments have been
made suggestive of rivalry between Mr.. Bonner
and myself. and I desire to say that I am
not candidate for such honor; that keep horses
for my own amusement and health. and in my daily
drives it is my habit and pleasure to speed my horses
This speeding seems to add to the excitement of the
road and is enjoyed with much zest and pleasure
by my friends as it is by myself It is true" added
Mr.. Vanderbilt. something year ago. in Of
these drives, used the Fleetwood Park track as was
frequently my custom to do. and did what con-
sidered by the lookers-on wonderful thing-drove
my horses mile in 2:23-but I never
looked upon 1t as such, simply because it
was done by my horses in their usual road con-
dtion. and without any extra effort. Horses like
men; what is easy job for is a very difficult
task for Others" Continuing in this strain. Mr..
Vanderbilt said 81 have not had in the past. and do
not intend in the future to have any Of my horses
put in training to accomplish any predetermined feat
and it amuses me when think, after other people
have expended several hundred thousands of dollars
on horses that have not beaten that time picked
up pair in week, within tho last three months.
that have no doubt can beat it handily."
Mr.. Vanderbilt was then asked what no intended to
do with Maud S. He rcplied:-
.she is merely play thing rthe present. do not
intend to match her for speed any than any of
my Others but will have hcr education finished and
then will drive her on the road"
Mr.. Vanderbilt finally said that he wanted it to be
distinctly understood that issue. under any cir
cumstances. could be made between himself and Mr..
Bonner any other gentleman the subject Of
horses. "becausc." no remarked, Il merely keep
horses for my own health and recreation"
The New York herald., 1878-12-16

THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE QUESTION AS SEEN
Dy MAJOR GENERAL SIR HENRY RAwLrNsoN-
AN IMPERATIVE NECESSITY THAT RUSSIA
SHOULD DE cHEcKED-BENrFrcENc or RUS
SIAN RULE IN CENTRAL ASIA.
Under the above title Sir Henry Il. Rawlinson con-
tributes paper to the December number of the N,nc
tcenh Century. from which the following extracts
taken :--Regarding with the Afghan Amccr as
the inevitable result Of 1.-TWO distinct elements of
mischief" at work on our Indian frontiers, one of
these "the intractable character of the ruler of
Afghanistan. the other the persistent advance
of Russia toward the Indian border lands"
the writer proceeds to trace in outline the scope
aud tendency OF each Of these factors and to