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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-16
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c0GsTH CLkEKis OFFIcE,
CHEIEaHE LARAMIE Co, ME0.. y
Monday, june IA, lsso.. j
A special meeting Of the Board was
held commencing ct 10 n m
Present: Commissioners George L.
Holt and Charles Hecht; John X. JEFF
rsy, clerk.
Mr.. Geo. l. Holt was eho,fn as tenn
porary chairman
The minutes Of the meeting OF May
Sd were read and approved.
The following bills were presented,
allowed in the respective amounts des-
ignated, and warrants ordered drawn
for the amounts allowed, TO wit:
Claimant. Claim'd AlloW'd
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
4 WOman's Impressions of Salt Lake.

a letter from Utah, written by n lady,
says: There are hordes of women in
shaker or slat sun bonnets and calico
drcsses-scant in length. breadth and
thickness; whole tribes of half-grown
boys and girls, hoodlums with hardly
an exception; young men sullen and
vicious-looking; young women, care
worn and degraded; every woman with
a baby at the breast and two or three
hanging on her skirts; more halt, blind
and lame than / ever saw in all my life.
But the grave of Brigham is dilapidated
to the last degree. Not wife has
planted shrub or seemingly shed a
tear. A commonplace, fiat little granite
slab marks the spot where the great
prophet rests. His grave is distinguished
trom the others by being adorned with
the decaying and Odorous remains Of a
very dead cat and some broken pieces of
old dishes. These may strike you as
rather unique cemetery orna ments, but
| guess, on the whole, they are good
enough for old Brigham. One OF the
numerous Mrs. Young lives near us.
She is relict of the departed prophet.
II seems very strange to hear that this
Mr.. So-and SO he has three wives and
this is the home of So-and-SO; his last
wife lives here. ] notice, too, that the
IaSl ana heSl-lOOk1ng ana youngest VIE
generally lives in the best house and the
best style. The first wife has to go 10
the Endowment house and give her hus-
band away every time he.is married.
| But for all that, the poor creatures al
ways let you know with an air of some
importance when they do happen to be
the first wives. Imagine state Of
society where it is no cause of comment
to having married man paying atten-
tion TO young girl. Think of the Bit
terness and heartache oft. There were
about 1000 people in the congregation
the day we were there. | had a very
strong impression that the whole 1000
needed bath of good strong soap suds,
but doubtless that was the idea of very
carnal mind.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
Words of Wisdom,

Common sense makes no parade.
No wise man ever wished to be
younger.
Self reliance is quite distinct from self
assertion.
What maintains one vice would bring
up two children.
1t is a good thing to learn caution by
the misfortune of others.
Nothing is more dangerous than a
friend without discretion
We hand folks over to Gods mercy,
but show none ourselves.
There are calumnies against which
even innocence loses courage.
Better be upright and want, than
wicked and have superabundance.
1t is the nature of the human DISPOSE
tion to hate him whom you have in
cured.
The key to every man is his thought.
Casual thoughts are sometimes of great
value.
Those days are lost in which we
no good; those worse than lost in whido
we do CVil. ch
People seldom improve when they
have no other model but themselves to
copy after.
The mind of youth cannot remain
empty; if you do not put into it that
which is good, 1t will gather elsewhere
| that which Is evil.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
A Fatal Shirt-ButtOn.

DR.. Sander, a physician, of Elberfeld,
Germany, died recently from the effects
of a singular accident, which conveys its
own lesson: One morning in 1874, while
dressing. he cOntrived in some way to
get a shirt button between his teeth.
Unconsciously, while laughing, the but
ton slipped into the back of his mouth,
and thence into the larynx. All the ex-
ertiOns of his surgical friends to remove
it were vain. 1t was ascertained that it
sank into the right lung, which soon
became irritated. Splitting blood en-
sued, and he was himself looking for
ward to his death as not very remote.
He removed to a villa he had near
Frankfort-on-the-M Main to pass his last
days in quiet. Here he was surprised by
a fit OF coughing, accompanied by spit
ting of blood, in a paroxysm of which
the button was elected His health
rapidly improved, and in few months,
regarding himself as quite cured, he re
sumed his professional work, and
endeavored to gather up the threads OF
his former practice. But last year un-
mistakable symptoms manifested them
selves that the lung had not fully re-
covered from the presence in its sub
stance of a foreign body for several
months. He spent the winter in the
south of Europe, but returned almost
verse than he went. He gradually
wasted away, and sank few days ago
London Times,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
A PrecOciOUS ROy.

Robert Harris, little fve-year old
hoy, whose parents lived near Senatobia,
Mississippi, has given evidence of re-
markahle intellectual powers. He can
read and converse fluently, using choice
words and in pat way. Before he
had reached his third year he had read
the second and third readers, and had
made some progress in arithmetic,
showing a remarkable aptitude during
the time in spelling and other branches
of knowledge. While in his fourth
year he read the fourth and fifth
readers, learned good part of the null
tiplication table and spelled from Web
ster's common school dictionary almost
any word given him. He reads news
papers, and has considerable knowledge
in general information and current
events,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
ImmenSitY of the Stars,

1t is known that the stars are true
suns, that some of them are larger than
our own sun, and that around these
enormous centers of heat and light re-
volve planets on which life certainly
exists. Our sun is distant from us 36,-
600, 900 leagues, but these stars arc dis
tant ut least 100000 times as far-a dis
t..nce that, in fact, is incommensurable
and u'imaginable for us. Viewed with
the unaided eye, the stars and the planets
look alike; that is, appear to have the
same diameter. But, viewed through
telescope, while the planets are seen to
possess clearly appreciable diameters,
the stars are still only mere luminous
points The most power full of existing
telescopes, that OF Melbourne, which
magnifies s 600 times, gives us an image
OF one of our planets possessing an APP
Iarent diameter of several degrees.
Jupiter, for instance, which seen with
the naked eye, appears rs n star of the
first J. agnitude, with diameter of
forty five degrees ut the most, will in
the telescope have its diameter multi
piled 5000 times, and will be seen as if
it occupied in the heavens an angle Of
100 degrees. Meanwhile n star along
side of Jupiter. and which 20 the eye
is rs bright as that planet, will still be
simple dimensiOnless point. Neverthe-
less, that star is thousands of times more
voluminous than the planet. Divide
the distance between us and that planet
by 5000, and you have for result a dis
tance relatively very small; but divide
by 5000 the enormous number of leagues
which represents the distance of star,
and there remain number of leagues
too great to permit of the stars being
seen by us in perceptible form. In
considering Jupiter or any of the planets,
we are filled with wonder at the thought
that this little luminous point mi ght
hide not only all the visible stars, but a
number 5000 fold greater-for of stars
visible to our eyes there are only about
5000. All the stars of these many con-
stellations, MS the Great Bear, CASH
opeia, Orion, Andromeda, al the stars
of the zodiac, even all the stars which
are visible only from the earth's south
ern hemisphere might be set in one
plane, side by side, with no one over
tapping another, even without the
slightest contact between star and star
and yet they would occupy so small q
space that, were it to be multiplied by
5000 fold, that space would be entirely
covered by the disk of Jupiter albeit
that disk to us seems to be an inappre,
ciable point,-PrOf. j. N1Ot,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
Along the Way.

Though tangled hard life's knot may be,
And wearily we rue it,
The silent touch OF father time
Some day will sure undue it.
Then, darling, wait;
Nothing is late
In the light that shines forever.
We laint at heart, friend is gone;
We chafe at the worlds harsh drilling;
We tremble at sorrows on every side,
At the myriad ways OF killing
Yet, say we all,
II Il sparrow fall,
The Lord keepeth count forever.
He'keepeth count. We come, we go,
We speculate, toll and ialter;
But the measure to each of veal or woe,
God only can give or alter,
He sendeth light
He sendeth night.
And change goes on forever.
Why not take life with cheartul trust
With faith in the strength OF weaknessi 7
The slenderest daisy rears its head
With courage, yet with meekness.
A sunny face
Hath holy grace,
To WOO the sun forever.
Forever and ever, my darling, yes
Goodness and love arc undying;
Only the troubles and cares of earth
Are winged from the fiyst for flying.
Our way we plow
In tho firrow now"
But after the tillng and growing, the sheaf-
Soil tor the root, but the sun for the leaf
And God keepeth watch forever.
Mary .MapeS Dodge.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
NO. 46.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Courtship is a draw game-marriage
is tie.-Chicdgo Journal.
The United States produced during
1879 $3S, 100000 in gold and S40,9l2, 600
in silver
When thief snatches watch and
transfers it to confederate. he does so
merely to pass away time.-NeW York
NctOs.
The exports from the United States to
Great Britain for the last year exceed
those of the previous year by over S55
100000.
During the past year 121 persons COM
mitted suicide in New York city. Forty
three were drowned and l,0l5 met their
death by violence.
q think the turkey has the advan-
tage of you," said the landlady to the
inexpert boarder who was carving.
"Guess it has, mum-in age"
At Gateshead, England, a case has
come to light of female Fagin, wife of
a clerk, who compelled her children, by
dreadful threats, to pick pockets.
Cheap eating houses, where one can
get substantial meal, including coffee,
for fifteen cents, may be looked upon as
one of the best economic features of
Cincinnati.
Augustus and Nelly were walking
Through the meadow, one bright summer
day;
Ard merrily laughing and talking,
When some toadstools they saw by the way.
"Do the toads really use these to sit on?"
Said Nelly" now don't make pun, Gus,
Ii you do, like the subject we've hit on,
I'll deem it the meanest of iun-Gus."
Boston Journal Of Commerce.
A page of the Czar's diary, if we may
believe the San Francisco Ne1CS Letter,
runs as follows: "Got up at A. NJ,
and ordered my bath. Found four gal
Ions of vitrol in it, and did not take it.
Went to breakfast. The Nihilists had
placed two torpedoes on the stairs, but
| did not step on them. The coffee
smelt so strongly OF prussic acid that l
was afraid to drink it. Found scorpion
in my left slipper, but luckily shook it
out before putting it on. just before
stepping into the carriage to go for my
morning drive, it was blown into the
air, killing the coachman and the horse s
instantly. l did not drive. Took light
lunch off hermeticaliy sealed American
canned goods. They can't fool me
there. Found a poisoned dagger in my
favorite chair, with the point sticking
out. pid not sit down on it. Had din
ner at 6 p. NJ, and made Baron Lrischou-
nowonski taste every dish. He died be-
! fore the soup was cleared away. Con-
sumcd some Baltimore oysters and some
London stout that | have had locked up
for five years. Went to the theater, ar d
was shot at three times in the first act.
Had the entire audience hanged. Went
home to bed, and slept I'LL night on the
roof of the palace
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
A New York Fireman's Brave Deed.

In September, 1868. the residence of
James Gordon Bennett, founder of the
New York Herald, was on fire. The ac-
tion of the New York fire department, on
that occasion prompted Mr. Bennett to
place in the hands of three trustees, on
April l3, 1869, 81 800, the income of which
they were directed to use in procuring
annually gold medal, to be struck from
a die, and conferred on the fireman who
may be best entitled 10 that reward. Al
though but ten years have elapsed since
Mr.. Bennett placed this trust in the
keeping of the trustees they have had
made and presented fourteen medals.
Daniel j. Meagher, foreman of hook
and ladder company, was the last re-
cipient of the medal; the story of the
him being told rs follows:
At midnight on the second day OF
May, 1878, fire was discovered on the
upper floors of % East Fourteenth street
The alarm was sounded for station 339
Foreman Meagher, of Hook and Ladder
Company 3, with his command, was in
front of the burning building in less than
two minutes from the time the alarm
was sounded, and on his arrival he saw
a woman partly hanging out of the
fourth story window. lie ordered n
forty-two feet ladder placed against the
building. This was done, but it proved
to be about ten feet short. He ordered
that it be placed on the highest step of
the front stoop. Fireman Flood assembled
the ladder, which was still too short to
reach the woman. AT this point Fire
man Flood unfortunately seriously in
jured his loot. Severe pain for a mo-
ment paralyzed his efforts. Foreman
Mcagher, taking in the situation at a
glance, ordered that the ladder be held
erect and away from the building, SO as
to get all the length possible. He then
ascended until he stood on next to uhe
top round of the ladder, fifty-two feet
from the sidewalk. His head was Just
even with the feet of the woman. He
uttered some words of encouragement
and in a calm but decided manner di.
rected her to hold her limbs and body
as rigid as possible. Then, all being
ready, he told her to drop. She did SO
He caught her in one arm. steadying
himself by the power Of his legs and ont
hand on the top OF the ladder. IL
passed her to his comrade, Fireman
! Flood, who. notwithstanding the intense
pain he was suffering, carried the fright
ened woman to the sidewalk in safety
For this act of cool, well-planned anC
determined bravery the trustees decideC
that the Bennett medal for 1878 should
be awarded to Foreman Daniel j
Meagher.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
Nrlgin OIL Plants.

Madder came from the East. Celery
originated in Germany. The chestnu
came from Italy. The onion originated
in Egypt. Tobacco is a native of Vir'
gina. The nettle is native of Europe.
The citron is native of Greece. The
pine is Il native of America. The poppy
originated in the East. Oats originated
in North Africa. Rye came originally
from Siberia. Barley was found in the
mountains OF Himalaya. Wheat is sup
posed to have come and to have grown
simultaneous y in Tartary, north OF the
Himalaya mountains. Parsley was first
known in Sardinia. Sunlower was
brought from Pelu. The parsnip is
native of Arabia. The potato is a native
of Peru. Cabbage grows wild in ST.
IBERIA. BuckWheat came from Siberia.
Millet was first known in India. The
apple and pear are from Europe. Spin
ach was first cultivated in Arabia.
The mulberry tree originated in Persia.
The horse-chestnut is native of Thibet.
The cucumber came from the East In
dies. The ounce came from the island
of Crete. The radish is native of
China and Japan. Peas are supposed
to be of Egyptian origin. The garden
cress is from Egypt and the East.
Horse radish came from the south of
Europe. The Zealand flax shows it's
origin by its name. The coriander
grows wild near the Mediterranean
The Jerusalem artichoke is Brazilian
production. Hemp is native of Persia
and the East indies. The tomato origi-
mated in South America, but Was known
in England as early as 1887. Dodoens,
a Holland agriculturist, mentions tie
tomato in 1888 as - "A vegetable to be
eaten with pepper, salt and OIL The
bean is native of Persia. The beet
originated in Africa and Asia. The
cabbage came from England Cayenne
pepper came from the tropicsi the & 5Sse
varieties from the West lndiss. Inc
sweet potato came from tropieAl Anne rica
and was early introduced into Europe
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08
The Dumb Creatures.

The IS 900 dogs OF ST. Petersburg
bring to the city treasury Sl30,0O0 per
year, 81 being the tax upon each dog.
A dog washed from passing schooner
recently swan ashore, distance o
nearly four miles, near Watch Hill
r. 1.
A setter dog in Lee county. Ala, at
tackled large hawk in barnyard and
whipped it in a fair fight.
A Bath (Me., ) cat after several I'M
successful attempts to catch a pigeon,
put corn kennels on the sidewalk before
post, behind which she hid, and soon
had material enough for supper.
An aged dog committed suicide at
Manchester, N. H., by walking into the
water and laying down till the tide
came in and drowned him, notwith-
standing all his masters efforts to get
him out.
Mr.. Upper, a farmer who lives above
Columbus, Ga, has given us the follow
ing rat story: He was going out to his
corn crib the other morning, he says,
when he saw large rat, with head
erect, carrying full-sized car Of corn in
his mouth, while at the same time his
tail was wrapped around another large
ear which he was dragging behind him.
Friday, gentleman living in Lection,
Ga, had his eyeglasses yanked from his
nose and devoured by a mule. A wit
ness of this remarkable spectacle says
the mule seemed to know of the defect
i've vision of the gentleman, and waited
deliberately for his approach, taking off
the glasses and gulping them down as if
they had been delicious morsel of hay.
At New Philadelphia, Ohio, huge
dog in attempting to scale u high fence
into a yard, missed his calculations and
landed at the bottom of the well, sixty
feet deep. The family thought the
water rather riley" next morning, but
could not account for it. About noon
the hired girl upon looking into the
well discovered apair of cleaning eyes
staring ut her from the bottom. Help
was obtained and the dog drawn up. He
was in the well about fifteen hours, and
kept alive by swimming all the time.
A cockatoo who has seen half CEN
tury of shine and shade was presented
by his master three years ago to the zou-
logical gardens, Philadelphia. Upon his
return from Europe recently the gentle
man went to the gardens, and standing
where the bird could see him, called
him by name. The cockatoo at once
recognized his voice, and flew about the
cage in Il state of intense excitement.
When the former master went up to the
cage the bird became almost frantic
with joy The door of the cage was
opened and the bird mt once perched
upon the visitors shouldec and per-
formed many tricks which he had
| learned in the old daVs
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

"Do animals have funP" asks some
unobserving individual. Ofcourse they
do. When a cow switches her tail
across the face of man who is milking
her, steps along just two yards and
turns to see him pick up his stool and
follow, she has the most amused expires
sion on her face possible, and if she car
kick over the milkpail she grows posi-,
lively hilarious.-NeW Haven Register.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

The gentlemen who essayed to serenade
Miss l.. a few evenings since should have had
" clear" throats and their efforts would have
b EN- better appreciated. DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup lie the best remedy extant for thick "
OF congested condition of the throat and bron-
chial tubes, giving instant reliet,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

Ifyou marry Grace" exclaimed an
irate father to his son, will cut you
off without a cent, and you won't have
so much as piece of meat to boil in
the pot" "Well, replied the young
man, Grace before meat" and lie inn
mediately went in search of minister.
Saturday Night
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

There has come up discussion in the
press the world over, on the system OF
bridging large spaces of water in SINH
lar manner to the FIRTH of Tay, in Scot
land, the scene of the dreadful railroad
disaster, and no doubt most learned
opinions will be expressed on the sub
ject. The bridge where the awful ac-
cide7t happened is built on precisely
analogous plan to the Victoria bridge
across the ST. Lawrence and the bridge
across the Menai straits, running be-
tween Wales and the isle of Man.
These bridges have stood many years,
whereas the Tay bridge is only two
years old. But, says New York paper,
we must not forget that the Sixth Ave
nue. elevated roadi is merely an elongated
Tay bridge, built on the same plan and
made of iron us that was. ] any part
of that structure gave way we should
have another just such an accident. The
only difference is that in place of falling
into the water the unfortunate victims
would fall on land. We cannot contem-
plate without shudder the possibility
of such an accident at such spot as
10th street and Eighth avenue, where
the road curves at the height of 100 feet
from the ground, that is to say twenty
feet higher than the bridge over the
Tay We trust calamity of this sort
may not happen, but the fearful expert
ence in Scotland should prove lesson
to the directors of the Metropolitan
road. Not a day should be allowed to
pass without testing the entire track
from one end to the other.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

The vital statistics of New York city
for 1879 present some instructive results.
The mortality OF the city keeps pace
with, if it does not advance faster than,
the city's growth in population. More
than one-half the entire number of
deaths are recorded from tenement
houses. While more than half the
people of the city are Of American birth,
the marriage records of The year show
only 3,S72 native grooms out of Il total
Of S,4O2, though the native-born brides
turn the scale on the other side with the
number Of 4,722. According to the
State census of 1875. the German en-
pire furnished sixteen per cent. of the
inhabitants of the citr; according TO
the bureau of vital statistics, men of
German birth represent twenty five per
cent. Of those married during the past
year. The Irish, though representing
nineteen per cent. of the city population,
furnished only nine and one-half per
cent. Of the men and ten per cent. of the
women who got married. An analysis
of the birth record would. local paper
thinks, tend to emphasize the facts
which point to the gradual Tcutonizing
of New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

THAT boys worth his weight in
gold," said Colonel Annesley, as, few
hours later, he listened to fsmail's ac-
count of how he had dived under the
boat and kept it between himself and
the Sepoys, that they might think him
drowned. Hes the pluckiest little
fellow I've ever seen, and, although he
belongs to the major, I'm going to take
my share of helping him on, by Jove!n
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-08

When Mr. Gladstone was making his
great speeches in the British parlia-
ment on tie toI eign policy of the gov
ernment, he used TO furnish much inno
cent merriment to the members about
him by the production of what looked
like a pomatum-pot, the contents of
which he from time to time absorbed.
Night after night he brought this
Gro ckery with him, formally produced
it from his coat-tail pocket, and placed
it within reach on the table. Then
everyone knew that he was going to
make Il great speech. After much dis
cussion and an agony of curiosity, one
of his parliamentary brothers ventured
to ask what the mysterious mixture
might be. Mr.. Gladstone very frankly
told him that it was simply an egg
beaten up in glass of sherry, though
why it should have been carried about
in pomatum-pot remains unexplained
to this day.