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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-11

In the article of teeth pre~servatives.
These Frenchmen are wonderful work
men. Their fancy goods astonish, but
they have e produced the peer of
ZOZODONT as a toilet article. 1t
stands alone unapproachable. There is
no tooth preparation SO well known as
|ZDZODONT. daw
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-11

SIT holds on like ssGrim Death" has
been altered to read, "It holds like
SPAULpTNe's GLUE.u
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14
Learning to Write.

We believe that the whole OF this
method is n mistake, that there Is no
single system of mecdnique for writing,
aud that child belonging to the edu-
Gated classes would be taught much
better and more easily if, after being
once enabled to make and recognize
written letters, it were alone, and prais-
ed or chidden not for its method, but
for the result. Let the boy hold his pen
rs he likes, and make his strokes as he
likes, and write at what pace he likes
hurry, of course, being discouraged
but insist strenously and persistently
that his copy shall be legible, shall be
clean, and shall approach the good
copy set before him, namely, u we'll
written letter, not rubbishy text on II
single line, written ~ nobody but n
writing master ever did or ever will,
write till the worlds end. He will max @
II muddle at first, but he will soon
make passable imitation Of his copy,
and ultimately develop n characteristic
and strong hand, which may be good or
bad, but will not be meaningless, un-
decided or illegible. This hand will
NlleT, OF COURSE, very ITettlf no ue RIONh
older. 1t may alter at eleven, because
Mt that age the range of the eye is fixed
and short sight betrays itself; and it will
alter at seventeen because then the
system of taking notes at lecture, which
ruins most hands, will have cramEed
and temporarily spoiled the writing;
but the character will form itself again
and will never be deficient i'll clean.
ness or decision. The idea that is to
be clear will have stamped itself, and
confidence will not have been destroyed
by worrying little rules about attitude
and angle and slope, which the very
irritation Of the pupils ought to convince
the teachers are, from sorle personal
popularity, inapplicable. The lad will
write, rs he does anything else he cares
to do, as we'll as he can, and with 1
certain efficiency and speed. Amos
every letter he gets will give him some
assistance, and the masters remon
STRANGE on his illegibilty will be attend
ed TO, like other caution given III tn,
curriculum. Popular Science.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14
THE SHIP THAT WENT DOWN.
BY JULIA c. b. DOOR.


Oh, wild and dark was the winter night,
When the emigrant ship went down,
But lust outside Of her harbor bar,
In the sight OF tho startled town;
The winds howled and the sea roarcd,
And never d soul could sleep,
Save the little ones on their mothers breast,
Too young to watch ana weep.
No boat could live IN the angry eurf,
No rope could reach the land;
There were bold. brave hearts upon the shore,
There was many ready hand:
Women who prayed, and men who Strovt
When pra yers and work were In vain
For the sun rose over the awful void
And the silence OF the main
All day the watchers paced the sand
All day they scanned the deep;
All night the booming minute gun
Echoed from steep 10 steep.
solve up the dead, . cruel scar
They cried athwart the space;
But only baby's fragile form
Escaped from It's stern embrace
Only one little child, Of all
Who with the ship went down
That night, when the happy babies slept
y SO warm in tho ehe TERED town
Wrapped IN the glow Of the morning light,
IL lay on the shifting sand,
Az fair No n scnlptOr's marble dream,
With a shell In It's dlmplcd hand.
There were none 10 tell OF It's race or kin,
God kn0weth," tho pastor said,
When the sobbing children crowded to ask
The name OF the bnby dead.
And 10 when they laid II nway NJ last,
In tho chuTChynrd't hushed repose,
They raised stone ~ tb 9 baby's hoad
With the caryen words, "God knows"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14
Our DefensCs OH the Canadian Frontier
Utica Herald.

General Hancock concurs with gem
eral Sherman in the opinion that the
United States government should aband-
on certain of the forts and barracks ON
our northern frontier. Among the forts
whose maintenance is believed to be
unnecessary are Fort Porter at Buffalo.
Fort Ontario at Oswego, the Maids on
barracks at Sackett's Harbor and the
barracks at Plattsburg. The basis of
the opinion of these officers is that the
Notifications there after remaining on
the lakes will be ample for the accomo-
dation of the number Of Troops at any
time likely to I've stationed on the north
ern frontier while our present peace
establishment remains.
No doubt the government can get
along without the works in question;
bu it is another matter whether it can
afford to set along without them. 1t
can afford it, in our judgment, upon
only one theory, which is that we are
never to have another war. fit is safe
to assume that the United States has
conquered a permanent peace with all
the world II is safe 10 abandon these
frontier defenses, rs well as those OF
New York and other harbors. On any
other theory, it will have to be admit
ted that our northern frontier is too
shabbily defended at present. 1t is a
frontier extending 5000 miles directly
across the continent, ana singularly
open to attack for more than a thous-
and miles where the natural boundary
il the great inland water system Of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14
The Chinese Army and NAVY.

from inc LONDON IAlL hhll 1hNele.
Some OF the Russian newspapers, in
view of the contingency OF a war with
China, give some particulars OF the
military and naval forces Of that coun-
try. The chief portion of the Chinese
army consists Of "the first Army Corps,
composed of eight Mantchou, eight
Tartar and eight Chinese corps, and the
garrison oil Pekin. The soldiers of
the First Army Corps are seldom
drilled, and are mostly armed with
swords, bows, spears and other anti
quated weapons. Being badly paid,
they earn their living by working at all
sorts Of trades, and are of but lille use
as soldiers. Their total strength, ex.
elusive of officers, is about los, 900 men
The garrison OF Pekin, also badly
armed, consists OF II 500 strong, which
form the Emperor's body-gaurd, and a
division Of infantry of 10000 men
whose duty it is to keep order in the
capital and its suburbs. There is also
q third army, which during the present
century has been almost exclusively
employed in time of war. This is the
so called "Green Banner Army"
which is composed of eighteen army
corps, in correspondence with the eigh-
teen provinces of the Empire. Each
army corps has five divisions, and each
divisions five camps. A General COM
mands each division, and the civil Gov
ernors are the Commanders-in.C Chief of
the troops stationed in their respective
districts. The total strength of the
Green Banner Army" on paper is
about Col 900 men, with 1000 officers,
but it is probable that not more than
one-half Of this force could be brought
into the field. Barely $4,000 of them
are armed with European weapons and
drilled according to the principles of
European tactics; the remainder still
carry spears, matchlocks, and short
swords. Finally, there is kind of ir-
regular volunteer corps, which ID called
in when the regular army has proved
incapable of supervising an instruction
or putting down brigandage. This
corps il even worse armed than the
others, possesses but little training and
hardly amenable to discipline. AS for
the Chinese navy, its ships are for the
most part badly constructed and in
sufficiently manned. There are few
European officers, but the ma joriiy Of
the naval officers are Chinese, who are
very ignorant and inefficient. The
fleet is divided into three groups-4hose
of Canton, Fukien and Kiang-su. The
Canton division consists of twelve ves-
sells, three of which are screw janks,
two English gunboats and seven steam
ers, also purchased in England, and
commanded by foreign officers. The
ships of the Fukien fleet were build at
the docks of Foochoo, under the direc
ton of French Lieutenant of the navy
in the Chinese service. The ships are
provided with good engines, and are
armed with French naval guns; among
them are II corvette with thirteen guns,
six gunboats and eight transport ships.
The Kiang-su division cosists of two fri
gates, nine gunboats and few Ians-
ports, badly built and manned. IL IL
said that the Chinese Government is
now preparing to reorganize its army
and navy, and some Chinese officers
have been attached to Prussian regi-
ment with this object.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

1t was settled with hug AMI kiss.
John Marshall went home to spend
his vacation, which resolved / into a
honeymoon. When his frienS asked
him where ne found his lovely wife, he
always replies that there is /, funny
story connected with his courtsAip; but
Fanny bushes at this point, and he
never tells the story,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

Just before prominent ex-otice-
holder Of Hartford retired the other
night, he got down on his hands and
knees and peered anxiously under the
bed. "What in the world are you look
ing for, Edwards' inquired his wife.
j" Looking for woman promptly re.
piled her husband. you've been
looking for man under the bed fer fiji.
teen years, and thought I'd start 4
hunt for woman, and Ill find the
woman before you do the man '-Hart
ford Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14
The Colonel's Coffee Mill.

Yesterday old Joe Hemlock one of
the blacklist colored men in Detroit,
was promenading through the editorial
rooms of the free Press, in search of
money enough to buy new pair of
boots, and the sight of him revived an
old recollection.
In 1861, after the retreat from Bull
Run, the Third Michigan Infantry went
into camp at Hunters place, and old
Joe then middle.aged darkey, came
into camp as n runaway. Col. McCon-
mel seized upon him for cook and
after instructions Joe was given charge
of the Colonels kitchen. His first meal
was dinner, and about time for it to APP.
pear he walked in on the Colonel, made
very low bow and said
"kernel, lie not quite up to the situ-
alton jist yit. You tole me to bake
beans, didn't yon?"
"I'did."
"Werry well, sab, de beans am
baked. You tole me to fly ham didn't
you?"
"Wefry well, sab, the ham am fried.
Now, did you say war to bile de coffee
in de kernel, or, Or"
"No-no.-who ever heard Of making
coffee that way"
"Wen, dat's what l fought, but
Kernel, it am an awful slow job fol
J one Niger to crack all dat coffee
1 tween his teeth, an dinners gwine
to be halt an hour late, suah's vel
| born"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

The editor Of a newspaper that has
adopted phonetic spelling, in meas
ure, received a postal card from M
old subscriber in the country, which
read as follows; hey TUX your paper
for leven yeres, but II kant spell emmy
better than you hade been dom for the
las to munths you may les stoppit. -
Cincinnati Saturday NIGH.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

VICTOR HUGO always writes OH one
kind OF paper, large sized Holland,
made expressly for him,o which he has
an enormous stock on hand. As he
works standing before a high desk, he
is enabled to diversity his literary labors
by little muscular exercise, which
forms part Of his daily course Of by.
giene.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

They are bachelors in Mississippi,
according to law, at twenty-five years,
and must pay tax OF SIS If they cleo.
to remain in single blessedness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-14

lF it were not Boston Sunday paper,
we should not know how to believe il
but that respected journal says that a
woman sat in the boot-black' chair at
Maine depot on day last week, and had
"shine" rs undisturbed rs any man.
Why not? If a weman can put her trim
silk-clocked stocking-foot on the knee
of shoe-dealer, and be fitted for pair
of ankle boots, or step in the hand of a
groom to be put on her horse, why
shouldn't she call small Arab to
brush the boots after wading muddy
crossings before she enters an office or
q railway can And now We think oil
it, it strikes us that there was a news
paper woman in New York who used to
get her boot polished by knight of the
blacking-box and strap, in her sanctum
or behind convenient doorway down
town, preferring this to sitting half a
day with spsttered shoes, and there
never were any remarks made about
it either.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26
Courtesy Of the Tongue and Heart.

COURTESY is, perhaps, littlo affected
by conditions of time. But in all per-
sons and at all periods it may be brought
into ill.fame by hypocrisy or exaggera-
ton. II has tendency to become that
mere mouth-honor and breath which
the heart, as Macbeth says, would fain
deny; a game of words, q dress coat, a
shadow of amiability, q sesame never to
be forgotten before the doors of society,
but out of mind and repeated to no pur-
pose when one is at home. "Too polite
to be honest" is well-known Norman
provcrb, which may have affected the
expression of welcome TO Belmont given
by Portia to Antonio:
1t must appear In other ways than words,
Therefore scant this breathing courtesy
The courtesy of all times has been,
perhaps, in this sense more than half
unreal. The story of the Spaniard Off
ering his watch to q friend who admired
it is no new one. The friend promptly
accepted the hidalgo's offer, and held out
his hand to receive the golden gift.
"Where," then said the Castilan, with
extreme hauteur, replacing his watch in
his waistcoat pocket, "where, Senior,
is your politenessp That which l in
courtesy offered to you, you were bound
by that same courtesy to refuse" This
kind of civility may be called the beau
ty of the tongue, rs Volteire called true
courtesy the beauty of the heart. 1t is
pinchbeck generosity, which, however
false, has certain social value. 1t
conceals unpleasant moral deformities.
When ably assumed, it palliates selfish
ness, as paint judiciously put on palli-
ates wrinkles. 1t is the polish of our
conversational furniture. This is
the kind of courtesy which DR.. johnson,
with his accustomed moroseness of dis
position, called cant, the noxious weed
which he advised Boswell to eradicate
with all diligence, if not from his speech
at least from his understanding. Even
the term compliments, which origin
ally meant all those minor delicacies of
behavior that may be said to complete
the virtue of courtesy, now means very
little, if anything. Our ancient coarse
ness and rocky hardness of speech has
been smoothed and rounded into such
forms as these, which, tumbled to and
fro by the waves of conversation, be-
come of less and less moment, and final
ly disappear. Courtesy has been de-
graded into mere act of physical re-
spect, bending of the body and the
knees, originally belonging to both SEX
es, afterward confined to one, and now
nearly or entirely obsolete. Courtesy
may also suffer from exaggeration. By
too much courtesy we become discour-
teous, and excess of civility makes us
uncivil. A, gentleman of infinite COM
plaisance was about to take leave of an
other of like disposition. The latter in
sisted on seeing him to the door of his
house. The former refused, and after
many gracious words locked the door
on his host and ran down the staircase :;
but the host, opening his window, light
ly leapt into the street and was ready to
hand his guest into the carriage. "You
might have broken your neck," svid the
entertained. "True," replied the en-
tertainer, "but better SO than break the
canons of poiiteness. ."-London Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26
The Mexican Burro.

The little burro, or donkey, is dis
tinctively New Mexican institution,
and have watched these sagacious ami
mails with very great interest as they
plod slowly along the streets or stand
In droves in some narrow alley, waiting
for their masters TO return. In either
case they look half asleep and as stupid
as they have been mistakenly represent
ed to be in all literature. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, says that II is fortu-
nate for the human race that o mule
cannot transmit its intelligence, for IL it
know more than man and become his
master. The mule certainly inherits
much of its intelligence from its donkey
parent The fuel of this city of 1000
people ana q large proportion of its
provisions are brought to market on
the back of burros. The wood, which
is taken from the small cedars men,
toned in former letters as growing on
the mesas, is cut by the Mexicans and
Pueblo Indians into sticks about three
feet long, most of which are very
crooked. and then loaded on the backs
of the donkeys to be brought to town.
The wood is laid upon the animals
body in such a way that the load is
shaped like an inverted "U," standing
up two feet above the pack-saddle and
hanging down upon the sides. 1t is
fastened on with rope so arranged
that jerk upon one end Of it loosens
the whole load and allows it to fall to
the ground on both sides of the burro.
Sometimes Mexican or an Indian
with small capital may be seen coming
into town driving before him single
wood-loaded burro; which he punches
or strikes ut least twice with stick,
which he carries, every time the animal
takes step. Men of larger means
drive in bands of q dozen or fifteen
donkeys at time, they themselves
riding on ponies instead of walking or
straddling the haunchas of burro be-
hind the load of wood. The Jacks are
very rarely driven with a bride. If a
Mexican wishes to ride one he puts q
blanket across the pack-3addle; q rope
with q loop in each end thrown across
The donkey's back serves for stirrllps,
and stick performs the Uftice of bri-
die. If the Mexican desires to turn to
the right he strikes the burro gently
with his stick on the left side of the
head, and he understands what that
means. The burro will not submit to
imposition. l Isaw Mexican attempt,
the other day, to make one pull him up
a steep bluff by holding to the donkey's
tail The patient animal stopped sew
eral times in silent protest, but the man
refused to take the hint, and so the
burro gently raised his heels and gave
the Mexican kick in the breast which
caused him to release his hold, and then
the animal skipped up the hill as nimbly
as deer.-Santa Fe Cor. New York
Tyibjine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26

total stranger was not 10 be thrust up
on them. She felt that Mr.. Waring
would help her in all her undertakings,
and hoped that his friendship might
prove cnnobling to her husband.
The three talked together for an hour,
and then, mutually pleased with the
prospect Of spending many evenings to-
gether, they parted, Mr.. Waring to
walk home thinking over the change in
his feelings since the night before.
"This has been the happiest holiday
OF my life, and 1 mean to have many
such. Tomorrow Ill speak to Ben,
and raise his salary, and then must
begin to plan for Christmas. Thcrell
be lots of presents for all of these
young folks I've picked up. / declare,
instead of dreading my holidays shall
be getting ready for the next one all the
time. and after this shall have, as my
blessed mother advised, my own poor to
help and encourage. ."-Eraniner and
{WrOnicie
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26
[St. Louis Times.l

The best investment is in that which win
maintain health. From a letter of Mr.. C. W.
Eek, No. 12 s. 9Th St, St. Louis, Mo-, it is
learned that the clerk of the Money Order
Dept. at the post Office in Alton, Ills, Mr.. J..
b. Kuhn, suffered for some time with indi-
gestion and all Its accompanying evils-a
headache, loss Of appetite and dependency,
and was surely becoming a hypochondriac.
He commenced the use OF Hamburg Drops
and is now well and strong again.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26
The Tennessee Rugby Colony.


CUMBERLAND plateau, on which the
settlement is situated, is nearly 1000
feet above the level of the sea, and this
probably accounts for its delightful eli
mate. The town is already laid out into
streets, and many of the lots have been
sold. Houses are being built as fast as
possible, considering the difficulty of OBJ
tanning building material. A quarry and
brick field are near by, and saw-mill
is saving away as fast as it can. They
have put up capital hotel, which has
been named the Tabard by DR.. Agnew,
of this city, after the old hostelry in the
South of London, from which the Can
terbury pilgrims used to start 500 years
ago, and DR.. Agnew is to send for the
hotel some of the original banisters in
the old hotel, which he bought when it
was torn down. A few weeks ago
small beginning of library was made
with few books belonging to Mr..
Hughes and contribution made by his
fellow-passengers Oh the voyage to this
country. While on his visit to Boston he
was astonished ard delighted to lind
that the great publishers Of New York,
Boston and Philadelphia had contributed
nearly 1000 volumes to the free library
Of Rugby. A church has been built and
vestry organized, and the building
will be used by all denominations Of
Christians. A school has been organ
lied, and if they can establish rs good a
one in the new Rugby as there was at
the old Rugby in his school days, he will
be satisfied. AS to the conditions of be.
coming members of the settlement, ev-
cry person must enter into covenant
that he will sell no intoxicating liquors,
and for violation of this he must forfeit
his membership. Every man buying q
lot must build within three years house
of the value of $400. Another condition is
that all persons shall help to carry out
the different sanitary arrangements. Up
to last month the town lots varied in
price up to $50. Now nothing is sold
for less than 800. Around the town
surveys have been made, and the land
has been purchased largely by the set
tiers at from 50 to 81 an acre. The
most profitable occupations seem to be
sheep-raising, and the planting of fruit
and garden vegetables, which find q
ready market at Chattaqua. Many ol
the mechanics who went to the settle,
ment from the East have decided TO re-
main permanently, rs there seems to be
plenty of work. The extent Of land ac-
tually purchased and decided is $4,000
acres, but there is bonded to them near.
ly 100000, II they shall ever desire sc
large tract.-NetO York Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26

An enterprising person in Potters-
vile, n. Y, determined to anticipate
the November display of aerolites and
presented some time ago to the aston
ished rural gaze red hot meteor on
the border OF Schroon Lake. 1t now
turns out that the supposed aerolite, for
the possession of which lawsuit was
threatened, was merely apiece of quartz
covered with kerosene oil and sulphur
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26

ANOTHER of the popular errors to be cor.
rected is that the African Sahara is great
desert. On the contrary, 1t is now pro-
nounced q cultivated country, fruitful as the
garden of Eden. All that is now wanted is
proof that Iceland is a tropic country, and
thai the Rocky Mountains are below the
sea level, in order to convince the average
citizen that the time he spent In studying
geography " his youth was fooled away
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-26

"A recently patented German proc
ess for making rancid butter sweet is
to knead it with perfectly clear lime
water, in the proportion of five parts OF
butter to one part of lime water. After
few minutes kneading the lime water
is poured off and the butter thoroughly
washed with pure water. The rancidity
is caused by the presence of certain
free acids, which are neutralized by the
lime.