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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
How Old iE Glass.

The Oldest specimen of pure glass
bearing anything like a date is a littl,
nodded lions head, bearing the name ol
an Egyptian king Of the eleventh dynas
ty, in the Slade collection at the British
museum. That is TO ssy, at a period
which may be moderately placed as more
than 1000 years i. c., glass was moi
only made, but made with q skill which
shows that art was nothing new
The invention Of glazing pottery with q
film or yarnish Of glass is so old that
among the fragments which bear in
scriptions of the early Egyptian monar-
chy are beads possibly of the first dy-
nasty.
o. later glass there are numerous ex.
amples, such as bead found at Thebes,
which has the name OF Queen Hatasoo,
or Hoshsp, OF the eighteenth dynasty.
OF the same period are vases and goblets
and many fragments. 1t cannot be
doubted that the story prepared by PHI.
ny, which assigns the credit of the in
vention TO the Phenicians, is so far
true that these adventurous merchants
brought specimens to other countries
from Egypt. DR.. Schliemann found
disks of glass in the excavations at Ny
cere, though Homer does not mention
it as a substance known to him.
That the modern art of the glass blow :
er was known long before is certain from
representations among the pictures on
the walls Of tomb at Benz Hassan, of
the twelfth EgyptiOn dynasty; but a
much older picture. which probably
the same manufacture, is
among the half.obliterated scenes in a
chamber of the tomb of Thy, at SaEka-
ra, and dates from the time OF the fifth
dynasty, a time so remote that it is not
possible, in spite Of the assiduous re-
searches of many Egyptologers, to give
it date in years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
Something about BuOys.

Hardly less important to the safety OF
the mariner are the buoys that mark the
channels, and point out the dangers OF
the way, than the lighthouses and light
ships which warn the sailor and serve as
his beacon. They are made Of wood or
metal, and are often hollow. They are
Of various shapes aud colors, partly to
render them conspicuous, and partly to
distinguish them one from another
Sometimes they point out the best chan
mel; sometimes they warn the mariner
away from shoals; sometimes they form
continuous double line between which
ships can pass in safety. A hollow con-
ical buoy is called can buoy;' adouble
conical buoy is called nun buoy q
floating wooden spar is called spar
buoy The different colors indicate
upon which side they must be passed.
These colors are fixed by laws of Con.
gress in the United States. Thus red
buoy must be left on the starboard hand
by vessel entering the harbor from
sea, and black buoy must be left on
the port hand; black and white horizon
tai stripes, give wide birth; black and
white vertical stripes, hug close on either
side. Nun buoys are placed on the
starboard side of q channel, and can
buoys on the port side.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
eThe Penny Ye Meant TO Gl,e.,

AhN Nhhf ~ 1aNahA w VI
There's funny tale OF stiDgy man,
Who was none too good, but might have beer
worse,
Who went 10 his church on Sunday night,
And carried along his wel-hlled purse.
When the sexton came with his begging plate
The church was but dim with the candle
light,
The stingy man fumbled all through his purse
And chose coin by touch and not sg.t.
lEs an odd thing now that guineas should be
80 like unto pennies in shape and siz,;
TN give penny, the stingy man said,
The poor must not gifts OF pennies dosIisc.
Toe penny fell down with clatter and ring
And back In his scat leaned the stiDgy man,
The world is 80 full of the poor, he thought,
Il can't help them ALL give what car.
Ha ha how the sexto smiled, to be sure,
To zee the gold 81 inca fail into his plate
Hal hA how the stingy mans heart was wrupg,
Perceiving his blunder, but just too l,ie!
IN, matter, ho fad, in the Lords account
That guinea Of gold is set down to me;
They lendt TO Him who give to the poor;
II will not so bad an Investment be-
'Na, ma, mon, the chuckling sexton CRIED out;
The Lord is na cheatod-He kens thee Soll ,
He knew it was only by accident
That out o thy fingers the guinea fell
he keeps an account, no doubt, for the puir
But in that account He'll ret down to thee
Ma mair o that golden guinea, my mon,
Than the one bare penny ye meant TO gle
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
A Comedians Bereavement.

Harry Richmond never played Grim.
wig in our Candidate better than at
the Park theOter, Brooklyn, on Satur-
day night. He entered fully into the
fun of the part and kept the audience
and even the people on the stage laugh
ing uproariously. His spirits were at
high tide, and the merest nothings in his
lines were full of wit and provocative
of laughter. There was change in
store for him, as Little Buttercup'
would say, and the buoyant spirit was
to become weeping and sorrowful one.
At s. 80 o'clock Colonel Sim received a
telegram from Philadelphia, asking him
to tell Richmond that his wife was dead.
For nearly three hours, while the hus-
band was amusing the audience, the
news of the wife's death lay unknown to
him Just behind the scenes When the
curtain fell upon the last act the actor
went into his dressing-room and, after
changing his costume, went to the box
Office, when Colonel Sim broke the sad
news TO him. Richmond was crushed by
the blow and would have fallen had he
not been caught in the arms Of Mr..
John Vile, the treasurer OF the theater.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
The Great River of this COntiner.

The dimensions and volume of the
Mississippi rivers actual head have been
rarely stated, and either the rivers lines
are changeable, or previous statements
are incorrect. Mr.. A. Il. Siegfried, of
the Louisville CO,trier-JOurfaal, has re-
Gently returned from canoe cruise of
five weeks about the head OF the Missis-
sippi, and then down its sinuous way to
Lake Pepin, more than one thousand
miles. He carefully measured the river
where it first assumes definite channel
from Itasca lake, and found its width to
be just twenty feet, its greatest depth
thirty one inches, and its current two
and one.tenth miles per hour. While
the lake is but forty miles in a direct
line from the Northern Pacific railway,
it is almost inaccessible, and can only
be reached by eight or nine days cir
cuitous travel through the wilderness.
Mr.. Siegfried and his two companions,
Mr.. Lucien Wulsin, Of Cincinnati, and
Mr., J. NJ. Barnes, of Louisville, are
the first men who have ever navigated
those wilds in wooden boats, and, save
Schoolcraft's party in 1882, are the only
white mel who have ever made the trip
down the far Upper Mississippi without
portages.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
Afraid of Newspaper Men.

The British government in India has
issued notice forbidding newspaper
correspondents to accompany the army
into Atghanistan. Regjmental officers,
however, are given permission to COM
municate with newspapers. This looks
as though the government was afraid
some disagreeable truths would be told
about the campaign, and that while 1t
was not deemed expedient to cut the
press off from the news entirely, it was
thought best to let information drip
through official selves, in which all that
might be distasteful can be kept back.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23

On the freight steamer Linhope, from
Liverpool for New York, before they
had cleared the coast, we're discovered
twenty-five stowaways in empty barrels.
They were put ashore and the steamer
made'another start, but when twenty-four
hours at sea, nineteen more stowaways
appeared from below, where they had
concealed themselves among the cargo.
The captain made them do nearly all
the work on the vessel during the voy-
age, and the crew had an easy time in
consequence.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
Disease in a Great Mining City.

A correspondent writing from Oolora .
do says; There are about thirty smelters
in Leadville and more building. Some
attribute the 1000 graves in the ceme-
terry, in great measure, to the poisonous
exhalations of these smelters. 1 watched
a man dipping with ladle liquid silver
and pouring it into molds, where it
cooled into bricks. They told me it was
certain death for that man to drink in
toxicating liquors or even tea or coffee,
or to use tobacco; and that at night all
his clothes must be washed and fresh
suit worn the next day. Even with all
these precautions these dippers--I don't
know what they call them -often get
'leaded' and die.
Pneumonia is the prevalent disease
and is sure death. Should the silver
mines give out, Leadville would disap-
pear as Aro has disappeared. Nothing
in the way OF agricultural products can
be raised in that vicinity. Everything
in the way Of provisions is sold by the
pound,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates Of advertising, 81 per fquare
first insertion, AMI 50 cents each subsequent
insertion.
Special contracts will 10 mad for eli AdVer-
tlsemenis for four Insertions OF over.
Transient Advertisements always payable
quarterly II advance.
Marriages ard obituary uotioeF, over ono
tquAro, charged for at haitregulAr Ts!es
All loosl news 10 oon.s & line for each in-
sertion.
No notices inserted for lees than ffly cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23

There can be no better help against
our own sins, than to help our neighbor
in the encounter with his, - George
Macdonald,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23

A three-montbs,ol babe at Perry,
Iowa, in full attire, weighs less than
three pounds.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-23

Young scamps in Americus, Ga,
painted tipsy vagrant a sky-blue.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
Impure Literature.


Rev. Dewitt Talmage, in his sermon
last Sabbath, had this to say of impure
literature:
bad books, unknown to father and
mother, vile as the lice of Egypt, are
creeping into some of the best families
of the community, and boys read them
while the teacher is looking the other
way, or at recess, or on the corner of
the street where the groups are gather
ed. These books are read late at night.
Satan finds them a smooth plank on
which he a slide down into the perdi-
ton some Of your sons and daughters.
The books may be buried, but there
is not enough power in all the apothe-
cary's preparations to wash out the
stain from the soul. Fathers hands,
mothers hands, and sisters hands will
not wash it out; none but the hand Of
the Lord can wash 1t out. And what
is more perilous in regard to the Tempt
alton, we may not mention them.
While God, in His Bible, from chapter
TO chapter, thunders his d~enunciations
against crimes, people expect the pulpit
and the printing press to be silent on
the subject. and just in the proportion
as the people are impure are they are fast
idious ON the theme. They are SO full of
decay y death they do not want their
sepulchres opened. But l shall o be
hindered by them, ! shall go on in the
name OF the Lord Almighty, before
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
sHERIFF's SALE.
Charles Hecht vs.. smi,h Bro,

Charles Hecht VS.. Smith Bros.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
and authority Of a writ OF execution
issued out of the district court of the
first judicial district, within and for
Laramie county, Wyoming territory, in
favor Of Charles Hecht and against the
property of Smith Bros, for the sum Of
five hundred and ten dollars and eighty
six cents (S510.86), interest and costs
additional, dated February Sd, 1879,
and to me directed, and having failed
to find any goods and chattels, l have
levied upon the following described
lands and tenements of Smith Bros,
to-wit: All the right, title and inter
ests OF Smith Bros, in and to the north
one-third (9) of lots 8 and A., in block
1854, in the city of Cheyenne, together
with the improvements on said lots,
which property 1 will offer for sale at
public auction and sell to the highest
bidder for cash, on Monday the 18th
day Of March, 1879, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
of said day, in front of the Court house
door of said county of Laramie.
f15-30t GEO. A. DRAPER,
Sheriff of Laramie County.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 10, 1879.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says the
federal officials recently appointed by
the republican state committee, as O
campaign committee, declined to serve.
Their places have been filed by other
prominent republicans. Quite an ex-
citement was created on Friday in the
corridor Of the United States circuit
court because Of ar assault by Beverly
NJ. Tucker upon Isaac Jacobs, a mer-
chant In Natchitoches. Tucker, q
bonded prisoner, followed Jacobs out
Of the court room and calling him
liar, saying jacobs was interested in
sending him (Tucker)to the penitentia-
ry, struck Jacobs two OF three blows
over the head with cane, the bystand-
ers interfered, Tucker was arrested by
the deputy marshal and on motion, the
district attorney, Judge Wood, declar-
ed fuckers bond forfeited, and sent
him to Jail.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
TIE Ruler Of France.

President Grevy dresses very modest.
ly, never having worn even the uni
form Of the national guards. He is u
man Of republican simplicity in all his
ways. In his everyday attire, even In
Paris, he has always donned a wide-a-
wake instead of a silk hat; and in sum.
mer time lie may generally be seen
scattering along the boulevards clad
all In gray, and crowned with a pana-
ma. Though a man of considerable
landed property, as estates go in
France, he never set up a brougham till
he became president of the chamber.
and he has always kept his modest,
horse vehicle, with a coachman out
Of livery, ut Versailles. In Paris lie
uses cabs and omnibuses; but it must
be a very muddy day which compels
him to ride at all. He delights in mu-
sic, but his favorite pastime is to play
billiards, and TO smoke cigars while
making his caroms. He and his close
friend, N. Paul lie ~Cassagnac, are two
Of the best billiard players known, and
constantly play together. The two do
not discuss politics, but feel a mutual
esteem for their respective powers with
the balls. NJ. Grevy is also a keen
sportsman, and an able agriculturist,
and owns many vines, cattle and fields
OF maize. He smokes much, speaks for
chilly and frankly, and never looses his
temper, and she is no feebler than an
iron bar"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
Dlphtheriu.

The following cure for the above dis
ease we publish by special request. Its
appropriateness at this time will not
be questioned:
This remedy may be safely tried, and
1t Is Worth trying. Diphtheria is be-
coming a fearful scourge, and the writ
er Of what is here said saw the work.
ing of this cure in the hands of an
English physician, a n time when the
disease was prevalent in an English
town. Speaking Of the physicians ap-
plication, the writer says:
All he took with him was powder Of
sulphur and a quill. and with these he
cured every case, without exception.
lie put a teaspoonful of the flour OF
birthstone into a wine-glass of water.
and stirred it with his finger instead Of
q spoon, as the sulphur does not readily
amalgamate with water. When the
sulphur WIS well mixed he gave il "a n
gargle, and in ten minutes the patient
was out of danger. Birthstone kills
every species of fungus in a man, beas,
or plant in u few minutes. Instead Of
splitting out the gargle, he recommends
the swallowing of it. I'm extreme case.
in which he had been called just in tn,
nick Of time. when the fungus was to,
nearly closed TO allow the gargle, h,
blew the sulphur through a quill int
the throat, and after the fungus hat
shrank to allow Of it, then the garsling,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
The Libraries ofths Warld.

A correspondent asks the New York
Tribune which are the largest three
libraries in the world and which the
largest three in his country. Bv far
the largest In the world saws that aper.
is the National Library MT Paris. which.
in 1874. contained 1000 600 printed
books and $50. 600 mannscripts. Which
the next largest is. it is diaicult to say.
for the British Museum and the I'm.
perial Library Of St. Petersburg both
had in 1874 loo. 0OO volumes After
them come the ROYAL library of Munich.
with its COG. 1000 books. The Vatican
Library at Rome is sometimes CHROME.
ously supposed to he among the largest
while in point of fact II is surpassed So
far as the number Of volumes ooes NV
more than sixty Europeap collections
"a aa,..;n. 10. ono -, ,.N,~N",
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

The attention of our readers is called
to Zell's Encyclopedia, Dictionary,
Gazetteer and Atlas of the World;
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The need of such a work in every
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the knowledge constantly desired in
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Struction.
Zell's encyclopedia received the high
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

Socrates, at an extreme old age,
learned to play on musical instru-
ments.
Cato, ut eighty years of age, began to
study the Greek language.
Plutarch, when between seventy and
eighty, commenced the study of Latin.
Boccaccio was thirty-fve years of
age when lie commenced his studies in
light literature; yet he became one of
the greatest masters of the Tuscan dia-
lect-Dante and Plutarch being the
other two.
Sir Henry Spelman neglected the
sciences in his youth, but commenced
the study of them when he was between
fifty and sixty years of age. After this
time he became "a most learned anti
quarian and lawyer.
DIR. johnson applied himself to the
Dutch language but a few years before
his death.
Ludovico Monaldesco, at the great
age Of 115 years, wrote the memories of
his W times.
Ogilby, the translator of Homer and
Virgil was unacquainted with Latin
and Greek till he was past fifty.
Franklin did not fully ommenc his
philosophical pursuits till he Ind reach
ed his fftieth year.
Dryden, in his sixty-eight year COM
menced the translation of the Iliad, his
most pleasing production.
Thousands of examples of men who
commenced a new study, either for
livelihood or amusement, at an advanc-
ed age could be cited. But every ons
familiar with the biography of distin-
guished men will recollect individual
cases enough to convince him that none
but the sick and the indolent will ever
say "I'am too old to learn
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
SHERIFF'S SALE.
James Ferris vs., Daniel Fallen and LII.
cinda Fallen, his Wife,

James Ferris vs., Daniel Fallen and Lu-
cinda Fallen, his Wife.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue
of a special writ of execution
issued out of the district court of the
First judicial district within and for
Laramie county, in favor of James Fer
ris, and against the property of Daniel
Fallen and Lucinda Fallen, his wife,
for the sum Of e~ighty-eigIt $500
dollars, 1885, So interest and costs, adj
ditional dated February 9Th, 1875, and to
me directed, l have levied upon the fol-
lowing lands and tenements of Daniel
Fallen and Lucinda Fallen, his wife,
all the right, title and interest of Daniel
Fallen and Lucinda Fallen, his wife,
in andt south twenty-five (22l feet OF
lots 3 and 4, block, 354, together with
the improvements thereon, which
property l will offer for sale ut
public auction and sell to the highest
bidder for cash on Tuesday, the 18th
day Of March, 1870, at 2 O'Clock D. M.
of said day, in front of the court house
door OF said county of Laramie.
GEO. A. DRAPER,
Sheriff Of Laramie county, Wye. t.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Ter, Feb. Is, 1879.
fl6-m16
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
II INvEsTIaATIoN

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

In the Versailles senate, on Friday,
Victor Hugo advocated full and CON-
plete amnesty. Minister Leroyer re
piled: The government is strong
enough to grant such amnesty, but viii
not allow themselves to be dragged in
to a course they did not approve" The
proposal of Victor Hugo was rejected.
The proposal made by Berenger which
was less liberal than that of the govern
ment, was also rejected. The govern.
ment bill was finally adopted, yeas, 1853
nays. SO.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

He never lost a patient from dyptheria.
If a patient cannot gargle, take a live
coal, put 1t on q shovel and sprinkle a
spoonful or two Of -four of birthstone at
a time upon it, let the sufferer inhale
it, holding the head over 1t, and the
fungus will die. If plentifully used the
whole room may be filed almost to suf-
location, the patient a walk about in
it, inhaling the fumes, with doors and
windows shut. The plan Of fumigating
a room with sulphur has often cured
most violent attacks of cold in the head
and chest.-Gospel Advocate.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02

whom YOU and | must at last com e i'll
judgment, and l shall pursue that vile
sin, and thrust it with the two-edged
sword OF Gods truth, though l find it
sheltered under the chandeliers of some
Of Your beautiful parlors God will turn
into destruction all unclean, and nc
splendors surrounding can make decent
that which he has smitten. God will
not excuse sin merely because it has
costly array, and beautiful tapestry,
and palatial residence, any more than
He will Excuse that which crawls, a
blctch of sores, through the lowest
CELLAR