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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24
Adjourned until Monday.
woman sunrngists-star Route-Pe

Woman Suffrngists-Star Route-Peru
Washington, Jan. 23.-Mrs. Wallace,
of Indiana; Lucinda, B. Chandler,
Pennsylvania; Susan B. Anthony, and
other delegates to the woman's suffrage
association, made arguments to-day
before the senate committee in favor of
sixteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition to enfranchise women.
The investigation of the Star route
service was continued this morning.
Gen. Early was further examined rela-
tive to the Santa Fe and Prescott route
and was followed by McDoneagh, con-
tractor, and Gleason, one of the sur
cites.
A communication from Christaincy,
U. S. minister to Peru, was also
brought to the attention of the cabinet.
Christaincy has been requested, as the
representative of the United States, to
recognize the present government of
Peru, and not desiring to act without
first consulting the administration,
asked for instructions. 1t was decided
to authorize Christaincy to use his own
discretion in the matter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. GA bur
glar was killed by woman at farm
house near here on Tuesday night. He
put his head through window pane,
and she took n chair and struck him a
powerful blow and broke his neck. He
hung all night, and she and her neigh
bors cared for the body in the morn
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24
GEN. Murray to be Confirmed.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The nomina-
tion of Gen. Murray, to be governor of
Utah, was acted on favorably in
committee, and he will be confirmed on
Monday. Murray's presence is request
ed by the president Immediately on
confirmation, as the affairs in Utah re-
Quire his prompt presence there.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24

Alton, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-The wholesale
drug house of Robt. B. Smith burned
yesterday morning, with the Alton
Telegraph and job printing office, of
Beal s. Danvers. Smiths loss is about
one hundred and ten thousand dollars
insurance eighty-nine thousand. The
printing office was only partially in
sured.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24

Washington, Jan. 23.-A member of
the ways and means committee says
that the failure of Wood to submit his
letters from the leading bankers, ex-
pressing the opinion that a 81 per cent,
bond would float at par, is fatal to the
meaSLre
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
LEGISLATION AT THE CAPITAL
Epitaph for sam Cox. who
Fails to Reply.
HOUSE.

| Washington, Jan. % After some
miscellaneous business, the commit.
tees were called for reports of private
| nature.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on state of the union for
the purpose of listening to Horr's re-
ply to Cox's speech yesterday.
Horr was exceedingly humorous, and
ELECTED roars of laughter from the
members on the floor and from the
large crowd of spectators in the gal
leries.
Cox made no reply, and the house re-
sumed the consideration of public bus
iness.
When-the house arose the scene was
as dramatic and exciting as when an
important political debate impends.
The galleries were crowded with people
whilo the members gathered around
Horr. who spoke from the space in
front of the speakers desk. He stated
that before he commenced his reply to
the eloquent and able speech of the dis
tinguished and weighty gentleman from
New York (Cox) he would ask the clerk
to read the speech, or that portion of it
which he (Horr) had delivered a few
days ago, and which had occasioned
that fearful effort which the house had
introduced yesterday. The clerk read
as folio US:
''Genial little FRIEND" loud laugh
ter.) Horr justified himself for using
the words ''genial little fraud,'' by ex-
planning that that they were spoken in
the heat of debate. (Laughter.l He
said he had spent his boyhood in man
ual labor and hard work, and was con-
sequently sometimes embarrassed, and
in his extreme diffidence dropped the
words which he was sorry for after
wards; nothing had been further from
his mind than the idea of beliItleing
the gentleman from New York before
this assembly; he knew the gentleman's
weight and accomplishments, and far
be it from him to want to contest with
him."
After quite lengthy speech, during
which the house was kept in almost a
constant roar of laughter, Horr said he
was not poet, but friend had writ
ten for him an epitaph upon the gen.
tleman from New York, which he
thought just covered the case:
Beneath this slab lies the great Sam Cox.
Who was as wise as owl and brave as an
OK;
Think 1t not strange, his turning to dust.
For he swelled and he swelled Till he finally
bust;
Just where he has gone, or just how he fares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares;
But wherever he is. be he angel or elf,
Be sure, dear reader, he's pnffing himself
Cox making no reply, the committee
arose and the house Immediately went
into committee of the whole on private
calendar, Cox in the chair.
After some time the committee arose
and number of private bills were
passed.
Adjourned until Monday.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK
And Other Eastern Points.

And Other Eastern Points
Insist that the Ticket Agent sells you
tickets by the North Western Road.
Examine your Tickets and refuse to buy
if they do not read over this Road.
All Agents sell them and Check the
usual baggage Free by this Line.
Through Tickets via this Route to all
Eastern Points can be procured at all
Coupon Ticket Offices of Union Pacific
and all Western Railroads.
New York Office, No. 415 Broadway.
Boston Office, No. 8 State Street. Oma-
ha Offices, No. 513 Fourteenth Street
and U. P. Depot. Council Bluffs Off
ces at Union Pacific and Chicago and
Northwestern Depots. San Francisco
Office, New Montgomery Street. Chi
cago Ticket Offices, 81 Clark Street, un-
der Sherman House; 75 Canal, corner
Madison Street; Kinzie Street Depot,
corner West Kinzie and Canal Streets;
Wells Street Depot, corner Wells and
Kinzie Streets.
For rates or information not attaina-
BILE from your home ticket agents, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to
MARVIN HUGHITT,
Gen'l Mang'r, Chicago.
w. H. STENNETT,
Gen'l Pass. Ag't, Chicago.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-24

r1ca1 Dept; Cheyenne, Nyo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16

brought by fearful young girls; BY sor-
rowful old maids; BY Populations Of pa
thetic widows; py shoals Of impressive
orphans. But no the governor for once
would not yield.
Now George Benton experienced rellg-
ion. The glad news flew all around.
From that time forth his cell was always
full Of girls and women and fresh flowers;
all the day long there was prayer and
hymn-singing and Thanksgiving, and hom-
lilies, and tears with never an Interruption,
except an occasional five minutes inter
mission for refreshments. 2
This sort of thing continued up TO the
very gallows, and George Benton went
proudly home in his black cap before a
waiting audience Of the sweetest and best
that the region could produce. His
grave had fresh flowers on it every day,
tor while, and the headstone bore these
words, under hand pointed aloft: ssHe
has fought the good fight l.
The brave cashiers headstone has this
inscription: "Be pure, honest, sober, in
dustrious, considerate, and you will new
en- -
Nobody knows who gave the order to
leave it that way, but it was so given.
The cashiers family are in stringent
circumstances now, it is said ; but no mat
ter; lot of appreciative people, who
were not willing that an act so brave and
true as his should go unrewarded, have
collected 81, 900 and built church.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16

her soft wrinkled fingers in his strong
palm, bent lew and kissed them. Then
he turned toward the door, but in a mo-
ment he had come back.
Smother father!" he said, 81 cannot
go, for I know you have forgiven mel"
And the next instant the strong man
was kneeling with his head on his moth
er's knee.
latter long years, mother he said,
as she stroked his temples with fond fin
gers. l am but twenty-eight years old,
but sorrow for my early faults has brought
some gray hairs about my temples
And you are not Mr.. Faxon. after all.
Recs' said the father, with puzzled
smile.
Eyes, I am, dear father. Five wears
ago had the good fortune to Gain the
goodwill Of one of the wealthiest Aner-
lean shipping merchants then in Lon
don. He gave me a good position. and
decided to return home with him. and
served faithfully in his employ, until
just before his death, when, having
formed an engagement with his only
daughter, he gave his consent to our mar
rage, with the proviso that would take
his name and carry on his interests en-
actly as they had been. To this I con-
scented, for in spite of settled habits and
Ideas, felt as an alien and alone: but.
mother, / have good wife and the best
OF sons-a little fellow two years old
named Derby: Does that please yous,
All, indeed! What loving old woman
IS not pleased with her grandchilde
Soon the house was graced BY the pres
ence OF Violet Faxon and her lovely bow.
| whom grandfather could not praise
enough and grandmother con,d not fon-
dle enough; yet it was sweeter, perhaps,
to Roscoe Faxon TO hear his mother s
voice whisper: ..
81 Like your wife; and 10 you know.
dear, l think she is very like Annie9:'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16

room, but no bed in it. "Where is the
bed?'' There Behind a little screen
in q corner was small bed, very narrow,
with curtains Of green silk; this was his.
The carpet on which he steps when he
gets out of bed is very coarse. And there
are three or four tables covered with
books and papers. Frederick was told
one day that some one had spoken Ill Of
him. He asked if the person had 100,-
900 men2 He was answered no. s'Very
well, . said the King, ~ can do nothing;
if he had 100000 men I could declare
war against him. = SherzocA;'s Letters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16
. Frederick the Great.

Plutarch and Shakespeare have shown
great men in their n1ghtcaps ana slip
pers. I cannot show you his Prussian
Majesty in his nightcap,for he never wears
one; he acquired the habit in youth OF
sleeping bareheaded, in order to harden
himself. Nor has he any slippers, for as
soon IS he leaves his bed he puts on his
boots. 1t is known that he rises at four,
that he goes to bed at nine, that he pro-
scrastinates nothing, that he is fond Of
jesting, that he eats great deal of fruit,
that: he plays on the flute every evening,
that he passes most OF his time at Sans
Souci in his old boots, and that he gov
ems Europe. I asked the Swiss, (which
was the Kings chambera'
s s.This.'' I expected magnificent bed.
There was fine alcove at the end of the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16
HOPE.
I'm with keen delight

Men speak and dream with keen delight
OF some sure. coming better day;
To gain the happy golden height
All madly press the crowded way
The world grows old and young by turns,
But human hope unchanging burns.
Hope leads the infant forth to life
And gay}y plumes the boyish head,
Her spell lures youth to manly strife,
Nor leaves the veterans dying bed;
And when LIES DER, cen from the tomb
Hope springs TO shed her brightest bloom
AIlis not illusion-no-
Mere fancy sprung from errors brain,
Too well proclaims the life we know
A higher life shall man attain,
And what those inward voices say
Shall meier the hopeful soul betray.
r lg -Froza the German of Schiller.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16
TO A PLATE OF HASH.

Inscrutable! Though subtler than the sphinx
Thou hast no inspiration for the hind;
The dullard deals with thee, nor ever thinks
To ask the for thee food that feeds the mind.
But Tor the poet seeking truth, thou art
A wonder, delight, thing apart,
The changeful fringe of an Elusive dream.
The soul that is attuned to ideal things,
Beholding the, a fairy grotto sees.
Thou dost uplift imagination's wings,
And fancy reveleth in thy mysteries. III
o hash! thou hidest from thy votary's sight
More secrets than are wrapped in death and
night. -,
David L. Pyoudtse in Neso York G.saphc:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-16

5 NEVER Jump at q conclusion. It's as
bad as jumping ont of bed and landing
on the little end Of tack.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
a Printers Funeral sermon.

This was read over the grave of Ar
mirius Kerns, printer at San Jose
Old friend, here's one for remembrance.
Think you not that as we of the craft
ha We this day borne you from our midst
to the silent, lonely city of the dead we
recognize that we have laid away one Of
the purest, truest, warmest hearted
friends that ever travelled with us down
the 'aisle" of lifel Think you not that
with the moisture of the heavens over
US, we too are shedding silent tears that
the ''chase of our companionship is bro
ken; that the ''lines" of our being must
henceforth run apart; that your presence
is no longer "copy" among us; that your
thoughtful though pleasant 'face" no
longer Eliminates or cheers our midst ?
And think you not that in this parting
tribute, we who have known you longest
and best do not temper our grief with
the reflection that in the eternity to
which you have gone, the pains, the sor-
rows, the disappointments which were
yours-not earned, but heritage-are
over, and that though the ''space" be
tween US be ever slight, it encompasses
freedom and joy that was never
yoursl Old friend, rest on There is
no more 'night work." Day has dawn
ed The sod above your grave will be
no greener than the memories you have
left behind you. The birds that carol
in these tree tops can make no sweeter,
purer melody than will be the "impres-
sions" you have left behind The ros"
and violet that will bloom beside the
"stone" that marks your resting plac"
will give no sweeter perfume than the
fragrant place you held in the columns"
of our affectionate regard The clouds
that mus. never hide you from our gaze
but hint the bourne from whence no
traveller yet returned, and to which the
best of us must soon bear you company.
Kerns, we shall miss you-the slight" of
other days Keep the 'form" open. We
are ell soon 'dead"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Paper From Grass.

Linen (hax) has heretofore been re-
garded as the best material for the mana-
facturc of paper, as chemical analysis
shows it to contain the smallest percent
age of ash. An examination of common
grasses proves them to approach more
nearly to flax than other material, but
on drying, the fiber is not so strong as
that of flax. When the grasses are
turned green the fiber is very fine, tlexi-
BILE and strong, and the specimens pro
duced from it approach very nearly in
quality to the finest linen paper, possess
ing, if anything, more transparent,
soft and silky texture. The waste grass
of salt marshes can in this way be con-
verted into fine quality of paper. The
grass is crushed green under rollers, the
sap is preserved as fertilizer, and the
washed pulp is boiled in solution of
caustic soda and lime, and bleached in
various ways. The novelty of the sug-
gestion is the taking Of green grass in
stead of the dry hay.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Hints About Sleeping Rooms.

Many persons complain of always get
ting up tired in the morning This is
very often due to defective ventilation
Of the bedroom or from using an undue
amount Of warm bed clothes and bed
ding. Feather beds are too soft and
yielding, and partially envelop the
sleeper, thus producing profuse perspir-
alton The habit of lying too much
under blankets is also very pernicious
by reason of the carbonic acid thrown
off by the sleeper being respired. Again
it is common error to suppose that by
simply opening window little at the
top a room can be ventilated. People
forget that for proper ventilation there
must be an inlet and an outlet for tho
air. In bed rooms there is often neither,
and if there is fireplace it is common
error to suppose that foul air goes to the
top OF the room. Certainly the heated
air goes to the top, but the chief impur-
ity, the carbonic acid, falls to the bottom.
There is nothing so eflicacious in re
moving the lower strata Of air as tho
ordinary open fireplace, especially if
there is fire burning No method of
ventilation has yet been discovered half
SO ef6cacious.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Suicide with a TourniQuet

In Cincinnati an old man named
James Gibner determined on suicide, and
accomplished his purpose with delibera-
ton which is wonderful, even in this
age of marvels. He went to the cellar,
seated himself on an upturned tub, tied
red silk handkerchief around his neck,
inserted it in piece of broomstick
about Is inches long, and proceeded to
employ this improvised tourniquet to
choke himself to death. AS the process
of sufocation proceeded he fell over
backward, and his head striking against
the partition behind him, the stick
caught against it, and thus prevented
the handkerchief from untwisting, as it
would have done, if unobstructed, the
moment the man grew SO weak to be
unable to hold it.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Love Meeting.

A curious affair has just come before
the Court d'assises at Versailles, an af-
fair vraiment and romanseque. During
many weeks the newspapers of Paris
gave information Of repeated fires III
the commune of Auvers They were
evidently the work of incendiaries, and
the police were set diligently to work to
find the criminals. Their search resulted
finally in the arrest of Il young girl of
sixteen, Clemence Blossler, Il sewing
girl of Auvers.
The motive which led her to this
wanton destruction of property is one
that every one will recognize as a par
ticularlv infammable one - love. 1t
seems that this girl of sixteen was madly
in love with youth of her own age
named Albert Romaru, laborer in a
neighboring village The girls parents
had forbidden her to see her lover, and
the two had great difficulty in man
aging a clandestlne correspondence. 1t
was this obstruction to the course OF
owe that gave the girl an extraordinary
idea of setting fire to farm houses and
haystacks The alarm was given, bells
rang, neighbors ran to the scene. AL
bert Romaru ran too, met the Young
girl in the throng and fed away with
her to neigbboring forest, where they
passed a few hours together, while the
fire worked its ravages. Six times in
six weeks there were mysterious conha-
grations in Auvers. Six times in six
weeks the lovers fled to the little woods,
and the farmers of the commune paid
for lighting their love making sum of
10000 francs. But finally, one fine
night, just as Clemence was thrusting
lighted matches into the haystack of one
of the neighbors, a strong hand was laid
upon her shoulder, and she was led away
a prisoner. She confessed all immedi-
ately, and has been condemned to ten
years hard labor.
Verify Cupid carries torch Meg
Merriles.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
Amusing Mistakes OF Church
Cholrs.

Hymn singing is not always appro-
PIRATE to occasions, and leaders often
make singular selections. \ minister
preached Il solemn sermon on the judg
ment, and gave out at the close
"Thl, awful day viii surely come"
which the choir sang to the lively mir Of
Coronation. "Brothev," said the
preacher to the caorister ia the vcsti-
bulc, "why didn'C You sing Yankee Doc
die 2" At an immersion baptism on the
banl, of II river, as each candidate, male
Or female, emerged dripping from the
water, the people interiected the famous
re.ivalist chorus,
"rhcy look like men in uniform,
They look Ike m.n OF war
At protracted meeting one Of the
hardest families in the neighborhood, by
name Ransom, were persuaded to 20 to
the front as subjects for prayer. The
rejoicing people shouted Justify in pros
pect of half a dozen much needed con-
versions:
The year of jubilee il come,
Return We ransomed sinners home
This made old ransom mad. He took
it as a personal insult, got up from his
knees and took his bedraggled better
half by the arm, saying aloud "Come
on, old woman they don't want the like
of us here come on, boys and gals"
and led the whole tribe out of church in
flaming dudgeon An English leader
set the advent hymn Christ, 'he Lord,
is risen to-day hallelujah :" to the
Tyrolese waltz, and southern camp
meeting Christian sung, "When | can
read my title clear" to the minstrel
melody, "Wait for the wagon and we'll
all take a ride. Troy Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-29
How Paris Streets Are Lighted.

The lighting of the public thorough
fares in Paris costs round sum of
4,240,000 francs annually. The num-
Der of gas jets is 3S,400, of which
1000 are extinguished at midnight, leav
400 burning for the rest of the night,
for length of time which varies with
the season. The lamps illuminate the
the streets for the greatest number of
hours during three consecutive nights
between the 23d and Goth of December,
when they are lighted at 4:45 P. NJ,
and turned down at 7:l5 A. NJ, thus
burning continuously for AZ hours. 1t
is between the 10Th and Goth of June,
on the contrary, that they are a-light
nightly for the shortest time. They are
then set burning at the termination of
twilight, at 9:05 P. NJ and put out at
$50 A. NJ, merely dispelling the gloom
of the Summer nights for about fl, and
a half hours The municipal budget for
1880 includes a demand for an addition
al sum of 405, 100 francs, intended for
improving the system of public lighting.
According to the proposal put forward,
the normal nightly illumination of the
city would be extended one hour by
leaving all the burners 'on" until l A.
NJ. Another sum of 100000 francs is
also asked for to establish, in the course
Of next year, number Of "candelabra"
each with several jets-at certain
points now inetiiciently lighted. AS
pendant to the foregoing facts the ensu-
ing extract from an article on "Lan-
terms, in the ''Dictionnaire de Hartant,"
published in 1879 may possess some
interest. The article from which we
quote says "The streets of Paris were
first illuminated in 1866 by means of
lanterns containing candles, which were
regularly in use during nine months of
the year, the only times at which they
were not lighted being eight days in
every month, when the moon is at its
fullest. In 1923 these lanterns num-
bered 5,772, and in the same year were
established those which commence at the
Porte de la Conference Others were
subsequently erected on the exterior
parts of the faubourgs in the new roads
which were being formed there. NJ. De
Sartine, Lieutenant General Of Police,
always occupied with endeavors to en-
belliah this illustrious capital, few
years since offered reward to the in
ventor of the best methods Of lighting
Paris the Academy Of Sciences being
made the judges Of the value of the
plan. The result of the order was that
III seven years time new system Of il
Illumination was introduced according to
which the requisite amount OF light was
obtained by means Of lanterns with re-
Electors. 1t is much to he desired that
a way could be found, by these means, OF
lighting Paris uninterruptedly during
the whole year-the eight days of the
fullest moon occurring every month not
excepted" At the present day no less
a quantity than lS5, 262,064 cubic me-
ters eff gas is consumed in lighting the
streets and private houses at an annual
cost, in round numbers, of 50,600,O00
francs Gahgnani's Messenger