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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

The Secretary of War says that he
has recommended to the President not
to make any more appointments in the
army from civil life until the West
Point graduating class of June next has
been commissioned. The President has
acquiesced in this suggestion, and the
hundreds of applicants who are pressed
from all quarters will have no chance
to enter the army unless the pending
bill for the increase of the retired list
passes Congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
British Bull-DoEing.

London, Feb. 12.-Wm. ii. Smith,
first Lord of the Admiralty, last night
stated that the orders which had been
sent to Admiral Hornby were clear and
distinct, and sent on government re-
sponsibility, but it would be inconsis-
tent with his duty to state their nature.
The Press Association says it is under
stood that Admiral Hornby is instruct
ed to force the Dardanelles with, if
necessary, his whole fleet of iron-clads.
The matter caused long discussion to-
day in the Cabinet council.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

Washington, Feb. 12-The galleries
were crowded this morning in antici-
patton of the ceremony of presenting
Carpenters painting of president
Lincoln reading the Emancipation
Proclamation to his Cabinet" The
painting, screened by the national flag,
was hung behind the Speakers chair.
Preparations were also made for the
accommodation of the senators. I'M
mediately after the reading of the jour-
nal a resolution was adopted granting
the privilege of the floor during the
presentation ceremonies to the families
of the members of President Lincoln's
family at the time of the proclamation.
The House then went.into committee
of the whole on the Military Academy
appropriation bill. Soon after the
committee rose, the Senate and House
met in joint convention and received
Carpenters painting of 1.-THE Signing
of the Emancipation Proclamation"
Garfield made the presentation speech.
The presentation ceremonies closed
with an eloquent speech by Stephens,
of Georgia.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
CABLEGRAMS.

Mexico is on the eve of another revo
luton.
Rev. Alexander Duffy, the Scottish
missionary, is dead.
All reports as to the Russians abusing
the armistice are absolutely false.
Admiral Hornby has been refused
permission to enter the Dardanelles.
The wigan weavers, numbering
about 1900, will resist the threatened
reduction of wages.
About ten grain firms in Belfast,
Ireland, have failed. Their total LA
bilities arc e7timated at el 100000.
The strike of Northumberland min
ers. has ended. The men have ac-
cepted reduction of 12k per cent. in
wages.
The four iron-clads comprising the
English channel squadron were direct
ed by telegraph to proceed Immediately
to Gibraltar for orders.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has tele-
graphed the Porte that the Russians
will enter Constantinople if the British
fleet enters the Bosphorus.
The latest official intelligence from
Adrianople shows thata complete under
standing has been arrived at between
the Russian headquarters and the
Turkish delegates.
If recent advices are to be credited
the accumulation Of grain in Odessa
alone amounts to something like 750,-
600 quarters, while at Nicolaeff the
stocks are said to exceed 375 1000.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

REFERRING to the Northwestern In
dians, in his address at the opening Of
the Canadian Parliament, the Governor
General said: During last summer
my commissioners made another treaty
with the Blackfeet, Blood and Piegan
Indians, Ly which the entire territory
from Lake Superior to the Rocky noun
tains, and from the boundary nearly to
the fifty-fifth degree of north latitude,
embracing about 450, 900 square miles,
has now been acquired by peaceful ne
gotiations with the native tribes,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
Indians and Road Agents.
DEApwoep, Feb. II.

OEADWOOD, ECU. IL.
On sunday last party of Is or 20
Indians surprised hay party in the
foot hills about II miles from here,
and captured the horses and oxen be-
longing to the outfit. The men escaped.
Sheriff Moulton, of Pennington Co.,
yesterday captured at Rapid City Jas.
Heffran and Tony Pastor, two notorious
horse-thieves and road agents. Heffran
made confession, stating where a
large number of stock were concealed,
and giving the names of parties con-
nected with the gang. The sheriff
hopes to be able to make other arrests
soon, and put an end to the wholesale
running off Of stock that has been
going on for the past year.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
Austrian Opinion,

Vienna, Feb. 12.-It is considered
in well-informed circles probable that
the Porte will grant firman for the
entry Of the British fleet, in view of
the Russian occupation of Constanti-
nople, which is hourly expected. Aus
tria does not object to the retrocession
Of Bessarabia, if Roumania retains the
mouth of the Danube, and does not ac-
quire Widdin as compensation.
Disturbances are reported in Syria.
Several leading inhabitants of Damas-
Gus have been exiled to Pola.
The Austrian turret-ship Kaiser Max
leaves for the Levant to-day. The iron
clad Hapsburg follows tomorrow.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
MISSOURI.


st. Louis, Feb. 12.-The Catholic
citizens to-day are holding services in
honor of the deceased Pope, and there
is an elaborate and general display Of
Grape on their public institutions and
private houses. The st. Alphonso'S
church decorations were most profuse.
Large bells tolled at intervals, and Pater
Nosters and Ave Marias are recited for
the repose of the dead Pontiff's soul.
Solemn High masses were said at 1870,
and eulogies pronounced at all the
churches.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

THE era of supernatural humbug ap-
pears to be upon us again, and old
Pennsylvania appears, just now, to be
the field of its special performances.
Among the marvellous events reported
within week or two in that State, are
man who died and rose from the dead
after having had glimpse of heaven;
a woman vino died of consumption and
was brought to life and perfect health
by a miracle performed by priest; and
witch who cures all kinds of sickness
without medicine or touch. There are
still some people in the world who are
foolish enough to believe all this sort
CT thing, which only proves that the
cloud of the dark ages has not yet COM
pletely disappeared.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

London, Feb. ia dispatch of the
Agence Russo from st. Petersburg
states that both press and public highly
approve of Prince Gortschakoff's tele-
gram of Sunday last to the Powers,
declaring that as Great Britain and
other powers had determined to send
fleets for the protection of their sub
iects in Constantinople, Russia would
be obliged to contemplate the entry of
a portion of her troops into Constanti-
nople for the protection of Christian
residents.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

Washington, Feb. 12.-The Cabinet
considered Louisiana's affairs and the
deaths of Secretaries Conrad and
Welles. Orders were issued to the de-
partments over which the secretaries
presided to be draped in mourning until
after the funeral services of ex-Secre-
taries Welles and Conrad.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
Greece Hauls in Her HONS.

Athens, Feb. 12.-All regular troops
who crossed the frontier have returned
to Greek territory. The Irregulars
continue to enter Thessaly to keep
alive the insurrection. The Greeks
seem to have acted with great modera-
tion during the short invasion.
Great Indignation has been aroused
here by dispatch stating that Bashi
Bazouks and Circassians were massa-
creing Christians at Andaro and
Domoco.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
FOREIGN.
Turkish Talk.

ConstantInople, Feb. 12.-Netik Ef-
fendi informed the Chamber to-day
that he hoped to communicate the
peace conditions four days hence. He
declared that il the British fleet passed
the Dardanelles he would protest,
and cast the responsibility for the con-
sequence upon England.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

THE Kansas Pacific railroad is evil
IDENTITY preparing for more aggressive
policy in passenger business. 1t is an
nounced that Peter B. Groat has been
appointed general passenger agent and
has entered upon his duties.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
Reported Adversely.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The sub-com-
mittee of the House Territorial COM
mittee has reported adversely the bill
for the establishment of the Territory
of Pembina
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13

A NUMBER of the principal railways
in England are following the example
of the Union Pacific and other Ameri-
can roads, in assuming control of the
express business over their lines.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
M

THE creditors demand sale of the
st. Louis bridge and the connecting
tunnel. Bonds to the amount of ST.
250,000' are due and unpaid, with the
interest thereon for two years.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-13
The Porte Yields.

Vienna, Feb. PA report has just
arrived here that the Sultan is ready to
grant the firman demanded by the
powers for the admission Of their feet.
France and Italy have rescinded the
orders to their ambassadors to obtain
firmans, because the ambassadors in
formed them that there was no appre-
hension of anything endangering life
and property. Austria has not rescind-
ed her orders.
Russia has notified Austria that
among the questions withdrawn from
the consideration of the conference are
the reorganization of Bulgaria, occu-
patton of Bulgaria by Russian troops,
and the remuneration of Bessarabia.
This note has given umbrage at Vien-
ma.
Ne,o York Money and Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 12.-Gold closed
at 1O2.
Silver-bars, l19, greenbacks; 1863,
gold.
Silver Coin-2@1 discount.
Money-495.
Governments steady; Stocks higher
Western Union, rs; Quicksilver, 16i
Pacific, 224; Mariposa, 1; Wells-Fargo,
s4.; New York Central, 104s; Erie, 8
Panama, 122; Union Pacific, 67!; U. P.
bonds, 104s; Central Pacific bonds, 1O44.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02
For the Freeman.
Dollar Ruttnr

This class of butter is fast playing out.
Much less is said and written about it now
than formerly. The idea that there could
be more than very limited demand for
butter at one dollar pound is delusion.
No class of customers could afford to use
it at that price, besides, at those figures it
would bear no sort of proportion to other
productions of the farm; and as u conse-
quence farmers would all 90 to making
butter, and the maj ket be glutted at once.
Yet AS absurd as the idea is, many Young
farmer and wife have been humbugged
into the doctrine that if they could get
some costly COWS, of some crack breed,
named " Daisy" or Blossom" and then
make u corresponding outlay for all of the
dairy fixings they would in the end realize
Il fortune by making butter at a dollar IL
pound. Probably there is just as good but
ter made and sold in quiet way as that
which has been pulled in the newspapers,
and made, too, from the milk of some old
brown or brindle COW that has no record.
This is not intended to discourage any
man or woman from seeking excellence in
their calling but as bar against the OK
travagant notions of the times. Equally
erroneous is the idea that farmer can
buy or raise up herd of from twenty to
fifty COWS that will average three hundred
or four hundred pounds of butter to COW
in a season; it never has been done and it
is fair to presume that it will never be
done. There have been instances, no
doubt, of small diaries that have averaged
three hundred pounds to a cow and have
been kept up to that point for several
years and we hear of individual cases
where five hundred and even six hundred
pounds have been made from single cow
yearly. Every experienced dairyman
knows that it is difficult thing to get
together herd of even ten or twenty cows
that will make two hundred pounds of
butter to COW and keep them up to that
point for series of years. Not more than
one-half OF the heifers we raise make COWS
that are good mixers of any breed Much
is said now about choice blood, but it is IL
matter of uncertainty, after all, whether
the care and attention bestowed upon the
old natives would not have shown better
results. The breeding and selections of
good cows is one of the most difficult
things that the farmer has to contend with.
The man who thinks he is wise enough to
tell good or poor COW at sight will often
find that he is mistaken. Science has little |
to do with it; experience alone will furnish
the test. E. w. b.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02
Jersey Cows.


We believe it is fact that there are nc
herds Of dairy COWS In New England thai
can average three hundred pounds of but
ter year per cow, except those having
Jersey blood in them. And there are nc
herds, either, whose butter is so uniformly
of good color, nor, when properly manu-
featured, of such tirmness, perfection OIL
gram, and excellence OF flavor In short
as is believed by many, IL Jersey herd will
give more, and better butter, than hero
of any other kind, with the same feed and
care.
Our own view of the subject is without
disparagement to other breeds of cattle
that the introduction of the Jersey blood
upon Vermont farms will be worth mil.
liors of dollars to our state. They will be-
and indeed already are, appreciated by all
our really God dairymen who know how
to handle dairy COWS for butter making,
The time is now passed, under Western
competition and the olcomargarine manu-
facture, when anything but the best quail
ty and the largest yield of butter can be
made to pay, The Jersey COW comes just
in time to give us both. AS the grades on
good common cows are usually about as
good for the dairy rs thoroughbreds, and Il
little tougher, and as Jersey bull calves
are rarely sold at very high prices, it will
not take more than halfn dozen years to
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02

CEYLoN CINNAMON FGELDs.-Our morn
ing was-aS usual on first arrival-takcn
up by visits; in the afternoon we drove in
Sir +. Barnes sociable through the far
famed cinnamon gardens, which covered
upwards of seventeen thousand acres of
land on the coast, the largest of which
are near Colombo. The plant thrives best
in poor, sandy soiland in damp atmos
phere; it grows wild in the woods to the
size of a large appletree, but when cult
waited is never allowed to grow more than
ten Or twelve feet high, each plant stand
ing separate.
The leaf is something like that of the
laurel in shape, but Of lighter color;
when it first shoots out it is red. and
changes gradually to green. 1t is now
out of blossom, but am told the flower is
white, and appears, when in full bloom. to
cover the whole garden, After hearing so
much of the spicy gales from this island.
| was much disappointed at not being able
to discover the scent at least from the
plants, in passing through the gardens.
there is very fragrant smelling flower
growing under them, which at first led rs
into the belief that we smelt the cinnamon,
but we were soon undeceived On pulling
off IL leaf OR twig you perceive the spicvy
odor very strongly; but was surprised to
hear that the flower had little or none.
As cinnamon forms the only considera-
bic export of Ceylon, it is, of course. nre,
served with care; by The old Dutch law.
the penalty for cutting branch was no
less than the loss of a hand at present, A
fine expiates the same offence. The
neighborhood of Colombo is particularly
favorable to its growth, being we'll shelter.
ed, with s high equable temperature, and
as showers fall frequently--though n
whole days heavy rain is uncommon-
the ground isl never parchedS as in most
other places it not unfrequently becomes.
by extreme drought.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02

We hope all onr readers are so circum.
stanced us to give these words with some.
thing more than common CUSTOM a
slereolyped phrase, and that they can give
them feeling their full force; entering
themselves on the new year joyfully, and
wishing to their neighbors and all man
kind peace and prosperity and happy
year to come.
Personally unknown to nearly all of our
readers, we have come to regard them
with kind of personal consideration, and
send cut our weekly talk, thinking they
may find something to amuse and enter
toin, and sometimes hoping there may be
that which some may be glad to know,
and which is new and instructive.
If only our readers would Oritc more; if
they would confirm such things us their
own experience has taught them we were
right in, or to correct what they believed
was erroneous (and one would be as glad
ly received as the other), our paper would
be made better, and those who wrote would
find the writing of great benefit to them
selves. Hoping more of you may make
us acquainted with your pens, we close by
heartily wishing you II Happy New Year,
and in the language of "Tiny Tim" God
bless us every one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02
Chr family Circle.
Toy Land.

In u romantic and beautiful district of
the southern Tyrol, at no great distance
from the town of Botzen, stands the flour
ishng village of st. Ulrich. 1t is, indeed,
more small town than village, and eX-
tends itself widely along the right bank of
one of those rushing STREAMS that dash
through nearly every valley, and are fed
by the melting of the snow on the lofty
mountain ranges of the neighborhood. 1t
contains several good and comfortable
inns, and boasts of two churches, one Of
which is old and small, the other new and
large, and handsomely carved and dec
GRATED outside, while in the interior, be-
sides some richly painted pictures and a
good altar piece there is great variety
of statues and small figures, all of wood
most of them very delcatcly carved, and
many of them, us well as much of the in
ternal ornamentation of the chuch, taste
fully Gilt and coIored This wood carving
is indeed the staple manufacture of the
place, and has raised it to its present con-
dition of evident prosperity. There are
no signs of poverty anywhere visible; the
people look healthy, happy, woll-fed and
weli-clad and their houses roomy and
clean. Let us see how this pleasant state
of matters has heen brought about.
Wood carving is the chief occupation Of
MANY mountain village, both in the
Tyrol and in Switzerland; but in no place
has it been carried to greater perfection,
or been entered into more thoroughly by
the inhabitants, than at St. Ulrich. One
branch of it, indeed, the manufacture of
wooden toys. particularly dolls, may be
considered almost specially of the dis
trict; for the little town of st. Ulrich is
the great storehouse from which the chief
toy traders of Europe, we might almost
say of the world, draw those rich and
inexhaustblo supplies, which brighten so
many nurseries and gladden. the hearts of
so many little ones. The art is said to
have been introduced into the valley about
the beginning of the last century, since
which time it has been the principal en-
ployment of the inhabitants, male and fe-
male, young and old alike; for ancient
grandfathers and grandmothers may be
seen steadily pursuing the vocation that
has been theirs from their earliest years /;
and AS soon rs the little boys or girls can
be safely trusted with knives, they begin
their rude endeavors to carve the form of
some animal or toy which is the peculiar
line of their family. This is one of the
odd things in connection with the trade,
that us general rule, each family or
group of families has its own special de-
partment, from which they do not deviate.
Some carve, some paint, some gid, the
painters often working only in one par
ticular color, while the carvers constantly
stick to the manufacture of one or two, or
at the most of half dozen animals, of
certain toys or certain portions of toys and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02

LARGE YIELD OF Corn AND BETS
Mr.. Curtis Wheeler, of Fairfax, Vt, sends
us a statement of two very heavy crops,
raised on his farm the past summer. The
first, a crop of Sanford corn, grown upon
sixty rods, by measure, the land being clay
mari. The corn was cultivated with a
horse hoe three times, but no hand hoeng
was done. Ten two-horse loads of stable
manure were applied to the soil and
ploughed under The rows were three
and half feet apart, and the hills eight
cen inches in the rows, three kernels in n
hill. There were harvested from these
sixty rods ninety bushels of ears, which,
allowing two bushels for ono of shelled
corn, would give forty-ive bushels of
shelled corn, equal to one hundred and
twenty bushels per acre. Some of the
neighbors estimated the fodder upon the
lot at four tons. If Mr.. Curtis and his
neighbors are not deceived in their mea-
surements and estimates, we can see no
necessity, for the sons of Vermont to en-
igrate to the West in order to raise great
crops of corn.
On another field of twentv-eight rods,
Mr.. Wheeler raised 1913 bushels of Lanes
improved sugar beets. They were MANFRED
in the drill with hen manure and ashes,
the drills being 2 l-2 feet apart. The seed
was sown with one of the Ilolbrook seed
sewers. Mr., w. claims that the beets cost
him only about three cents per bushel, put
in the cellar, probably not allowing much
for depreciation in the value of the soil in
consequence of this great growth of roots.
Nor do we know that the land is not ms
rich as it was before the beets were grown.
We give the statement us furnished bv
Mr.. Wheeler, whom we suppose to be Il
reliable man. The yield per acre was over
1000 bushels. NJ b. Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02

JUST ONCE-"OUR GARDEN ToAD."-
The story goes that when, upon time,
Mr.. Beecher was so gently chided for
interfering the occasional joke into the
pulpit service at Plymouth Church, he
drew n long sigh, and plainIively made
answer, that if the sensitive pew could
only know how many capital jokes, rising
up within the pastor, and pressing hard
for utterrance, were mercilessly choked
down every Sabbath day, he would think
he was let off very easy indeed. So if any
bucolic friend of the Tribune, of II math,
ematical turn of mind, should feel I'M
PEELED to make complaint of rhymes in
agriculture, let him, in fairness, think of
the waste-paper basket, and give us thanks
for what we havn't printed, for "babblings
of green fields that "die1 with all their
music in them" The following-from
classic Massachusetts, of course, above
the common run Of those who do worse >
its teaching is altogether wholesome, and
we are bound to put it in ifhalf our friends
stop the paper"
A squatter sovereign, with abdomen rotund
Complaisant sits, with an indifferent air,
rs one in office, guarding public fund.
With salary fixed, and he fixture there.
This toad of oars is no mean toad, not he,
He Is no toady, whom we all despise;
And if obscquous he should seem to be,
Don't use mOlasses when he catches flies.
The little gnats that fit before his vision
Are taken in, as worthy OF his care;
lie picks them up with promptness and precision
For each he makes provision, then and there.
Thou faithful Waterman OF my garden vines,
Quite glad am / to see thee waxing fat,
Nor will question good or bad designs
l leave the bugs and thee to settle that.
Yea, Stay, and eat unto thy hearts content;
Since that's thy mission, thy mission then fulfill;
No doubt Dame Nature knew inst what she meant
In making toads-and bugs for toads to kill.
Tribune.