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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-05-06

0oIOluOu OCo ouJOuIu uul UICu
distancee par la profondeur du
jugement que Went de montrer un
magistrat metis de l'Arkansas.
Un juge de paix de couleur,
nous ecrit,on, Went de juger une
affaire de sorcellerie des plus
emouvantes. Une jolie quate.
rome, tres coufante dams les pro.
messes de son amant, les await
prises trop serieux ct await lieu de
Sc repentir, car rin6dele Ia delais-
salt apres beaucoup de bellies pa
roles ct au moment precis Oh ellie
await le plus de raison d'exiger
quill fut fdele a ses promesses.-
Ellie raconta sor affaire a sa
grand mere, sorciere sans pareille
ct grace a une instruction de celle.
ci, il lui sufit dun pied de lapin,
de critics d'oiseaux ct dun sabot
de cheval, deposes sur l'escalier de
!'in6dele, pour lie rendre tout per.
clus.
Son Houneur, apres avoir mure.
ment pese la gravite du cas-, a con.
damn6 les plaideurs a Sc marier ct
les unit seance tenante. LIE sorti.
lege a etc enleve ct tout est ren.
tire dams Pordre normal des chooses.
Un avocat plaidait en- mousta.
ches, devant lie tribunal dune Pc
tite vile bourguigonne.
Maitre K. :, pourquoi plai-
devious en- monstache :?
Monsieur le president, j'arrive
de la campagne ct pendant mon
absence $500.
Vos moustaches ont cru. go.
--Oui, monsieur lie president,
elles ont cru que vous les laisse.
riez pousser .....
A propos de la reunion des mar.
chands de win.
Un client s'apercoit avec stupe-
faction que lie litre qu'on Went de
lui servir est compose settlement
blonde pure"
Comment, de peau, s'ecrie-t-
il!
--Tiebs, c'est vrai, dit tranquil
lement le troquet j'ai oublie d'y
METRE du vim
Des plomb;ers sont en- train de
TRAVELLER sur IN toit.
LIE contre-maitre les helant den
bas
-Combien etes.vous la-haut ?
-Trois.
Que la moitiG descende!
Textuel.
ST nous lemons de la nature nos
bons ct nos mauvais pendants,
nous lemons de l'6ducation nos
bonnes GU nos mauvaises habi-
tudes.
Nous voulons qu'on nous ap.
prene a aller au bonheur par lie
plaisir, mais non par la vertu.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
Animal Reasoning.

A lady, q friend of mine, was at one tins
matron of a hospital for poor women and
children which was maintained by sub
scription. One of the inmates was n blind
girl who was not there as n patient, but
temporarily, till n home could be found
for her. She had learned to feed herself,
and at meal times a tray containing her
dinner was placed on her knees rs she sat
in a comfortable chair for her special con-
v~enience in feeding herself. One day while
she was eating, the pet cat ofthe establish
ment placed herself before the girl and
looked long and earnestly at her, SO earn
estly that the matron, fearing the animal
meditated some mischief TO the girl, took
her ont ofthe room. Again the next day,
Mt the same hour, the cat entered the room,
but this time walked quietly to the girls
side, reared herself on her hind legs, and
noiselessly, stealthily reached out her paw
to the plate, selected and seized a morsel
that pleased her, and, silently rs she .amc,
departed to enjoy her stolen meal. The
girl never noticed her loss, and when told
of it by her companions laughed very
heartily. 1t is evident that the cat, from
observation, had entirely satisfied herself
that the girl could not see, and by a pro-
cess of reasoning decided she could steal a
good dinner by this practical use of her
knowledge.-Ndture.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

The first female clerks in the national
treasury were appointed in 1862 by Secre-
tary Chase, who placed them in the office
Of the controller of the currency at 5000 a
year. They cut and trimmed the United
States notes issued in sheets, and did their
work very well. AS soon as they had been
appointed there were many other appli-
cants, and their number steadily increased,
many of them securing places through the
peculiar energy and perseverance, which
will refuse to take no for an answer. There
are now more than 1900 women in the de-
partments at Washington, the majority
employed in the bureau of engraving and
printing and in the government printing
der, sensitive fingers turning notes with
great rapidity and exactness. They detect
counterfeits, it is said, quicker than men,
though they do not succeed SO well with
accounts, as the average feminine mind has
little natural love of figures. Counters
and copyists receive 5000 a year, other wo-
men 1920 to 1,400 several of them 81 GOO
and one in the internal revenue $500.
Most of the clerks are well educated and
refined, and many have seen more prosper
Gus days. A number are widows and daugh-
tiers of army and naval officers who lost
their lives in the civil war. Very few OF
the young women or widows marry or re-
Jign, and consequently the hundreds who
are constantly seeking places in Washing
ton ave very slender prospects of success.
The most untiring obstinate place-seekeT5
at the federal capital are women.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
A True Incident.

On board the Inflated steamer Seawan-
haka was one of the Fisk University sing
ers. Before leaving the burning steamer
and committing himself to the merciless
waves, he carefully fastened upon himself
and wife life-preservers. Some N cruelty
dragged away that of the wife, leaving her
without hope, except as she could cling TO
her husband. This she did, placing her
hands firmly on his shoulders and resting
there until her strength becoming exhaust
ed, she said: 81 can hold on no %longerr'
''Try q little longer" was the response of
the weary and agonized husband, "let us
sing " Rock of Ages" and as those sweet
strains 1oated over those troubled waters.
reaching the ears of the sinking and dying,
little did they know, those sweet singers
of Israel, whom they comforted."
But 10 as they sang, one after another
of those exhausted ones were seen raising
their heads above the overwhelming waves
joining with u last effort in this sweet, dy-
ing prayer:
Rock of Ages, Glen for me.
Let me hide myself in thee.
With the song seemed to come strength
another and yet another was encouraged &c
renewed effort. Soon in the distance a boat
was seen approachingl Singing still, they
tried, and soon with supernatural strength
laid hold of the life boat, upon which they
were borne in safety to land. This is nc
fiction it was related by the singer him
self, who said he believed Toplady's sweet
Rock of Ages saved many another be
sides himself and wife, Western.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17


A writer in a New York journal doubts
die effect of education in the United States
IS a factor in preserving our popular in
fitutions. He says that since June 10 he
.sked one hundred intelligent men and
leaders of public opinion-lawyers, doc
tors, professors, teachers-if they had ever
cad the constitution. Ninety-one answered
hat they probably had, but that they did
aot remember its provisions; six had read
It and had a general but not particular
knowledge; two could quote the preamble,
but nothing else; and one, n teacher could
quote quite freely. But not one knew
how many amendments there were; not
ono understood how electors were chosen,
or whom they represented not one could
answer the question Which is the higher
~, the present treaty with China or an
act of Congress forbidding its cnforcement?"
The writer then asks, "If not one in a hun
ired college men know or care for the con-
fitution, in what esteem is it among the
Aasses2D This is a pertinent question,
and should serve to direct public attention
% the need of general study of our organic
aw. 1t is only too true that politics are
aot understood or studied by the masses
Of the people as much as they were twenty
fears ago. The remedy for this is to be
ound in making the constitution of the
United States n part of the curriculum of
mr. common SCHOOL,.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
Where wilkes Booth is Buried.

1t was only after some patient inquiry
that / could ascertain the facts, which are
Interesting, and, so far as l know, are yet
unpublished. Booth died, rs will he re-
~uembered, in a barn in Maryland from a
Gound received from the musket OF Bos-
con Corbett. His body was brought to
Washington, and, after having been identi-
ded by the court-martial before which his
ellow-conspirators were tried, was dissect-
ed by the Surgeon General of the army.
The brain and heart and some other parts
Of the body were preserved in alcohol, and
are now on exhibition in the medical mu-
seum of the Surgeon Generals Office. The
Ouildingin which the assassination occurr-
ed was Ford's Theatre. The Government
sonfscated it but afterward Ford was
paid its full value, and it has since been
lsed as the headquarters of the medical
corps of the army. The brain and heart
Of Booth are in jars, standing in q case that
g situated very neal the actual scene of
die assassination.
After the surgeon had done with Booths
body it was buried in a grave in the arsen-
d grounds. Only half a dozen persons
knew the exact spot, which was unmarked.
IN 1867 Edwin Booth, the actor, sent Mr.
Weaver, the sexton of Christ's Church
Baltimore, to Washington, with the re-
quest that the remains of his brother
might be taken up and remoyed to the
amily burial place. After some delay the
equest was granted by President johnson
Gho was finally appealed to, and Mr.. Weav'
or took the body to the cemetery in Balti-
more and buried it beside the elder Booth
and others of the family. The removal
was conducted with great secrecy, and was
concealed from Secretary Stanton, who had
efused to give his consent Washington
/ Taff.-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
Curious Facts,

Bees are geometricians. Their cells are
so constructed as, with the least quantity
of material, to have the largest sized spaces
and the least possible loss of interstice.
The mole is q meterorologist. The bird
called the nine-killer is an arithmetician /;
as also the crow, the wild turkey and some
other birds. The torpedo, the ray, and the
electric eel are electricians. The nautilus
is a navigator. He raises and lowers his
sails, casts and weighs anchor, and per-
forms other nautical acts. Whole tribes
of birds are musicians. The beaver is an
architect, builder and wood cutter. He
cuts down trees and erects houses and
dams. The marmot is a civil engineer.
He does not only build houses but con-
structs aqueducts to keep them dry. The
white ants maintain = regular army of
soldiers. Wasps are paper manufacturers.
C~aterpillars are silk spinners. The squirrel
is n ferryman. With n chip or n piece of
bark for a boat, and his tail for a sail, he
crosses a stream. Dogs, wolves, jackals
and many others are hunters. The white
bear and the heron are fishermen. The
ants are regular day laborers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT TooLs.-When
we study the construction of u most inn
portant implements, we discover, to our
astonishment, hat the latter are true cop
les of some part of our bodies, and simply
a further completion of Them. In the first
stone hammer, man has unknowingly i'm
itated his fore arm and closed fist in the
shovel and the spoon we see the fore arm
and followed hand in the saw we find the
reproduction of II row of teeth; tongs rep
resent the closing together of he thumb
and finger; in the hook is reproduced the
bent finger; the pencil is simply n prolong-
alton of the fore finger. So we see, in all
instruments, from the simplest to the most
complex, only IN improvement and COM
pletion of the human organs; and thus we
find tina all intentional thoughts of men
are directed towards the same aim rs that
towards which organic development tends
Scientific american.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
lint locks-a miser's hair.

Flint locks-a miser's hair.
Dead locEs-false hair.
If a ship arrives in port n second late,
they dock it.
The man who exploded with laughter
didn't know it was loaded.
A fellow can't dig clans without moving
q mussel.
A copyright is something that works
against the right to -copy.-[New Orleans
Picayune.
There is now and then a thing which the
more it is cut the longer it grows. A ditch,
for instance.
Detroit has gum socials. r-[Boston Post.
You needn't go unless you chews.-[Phil-
adelphia Bulletin.
What I'd like to know" said n school
boy, sis how The mouths Of rivers can be
so much larger han their heads"
To parties who are unable to express
their feelings, we we would suggesl the
matter of sending them by nndght.-[Keo-
kuk Constitution.
Senator Davis, of Virginia, a millionaire,
used to be a railroad brakeman. He made
his money by not slamming the doors of
the cars.
Little Lottie to her friend: 81 have SO
many cares. Yesterday a little baby sister
arrived, and papa is on q journey. 1t was
but a piece of luck that mamma was at
home to take care of it.n
A young lady slipped on the ice and lay
there, recklessly waiting to be rescued. A
clerk in a hosiery store, who was standing
near the scene of the disaster, viewed the
spectacle with professional curiosity a mo.
ment or two, and then exclaimed Pretty
very pretty, but they only cost SO cents q
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
A Few Reasons

Why you should try the celebrated DR.. e.
Wagner's methods OF cure:
]. DR.. Ii. Wagner lie a natural physician"
O.S. FOWLER,
The greatest Living P~hrenologist.
2. Few can excel you as a doctor"
DR.. J. SIMMS,
The Worlds Greatest Physiognomist.
" on are wonderfully proficient in YOU
knowledge of disease aud media ines"
DIR. j. MATHEWS.
4 The AFFLICTED ind ready relief in your
presence DIR. j. SIMMS.
I. ID; b. Wagner is a regular graduate
from Bellevue Hospital. New ! ork City; has
had very extensiv- hospital practice, and is
thoroughly plsted on all branches OF his be-
Low ed science. especially on chronic dis
eases" DRS BRoWNELL q EWING.
6"Dr. II. Wagner has immortalized him
self by his wonderful discovery OF specific
remedies for private and sexual diseases.'-
Virginia City Chronicle.
z. Thousands OF invalids flock to see him. -
= San Francisco Chronicle.
The doctors long experience as a spe-
cialist should render him very SUCCESSFUL
Rocky Mountain News.
DIR. H. Wagner has had entire charge ofthe
Medical and Surgical Institute for the past
year heretofore known as DIR. Spinney &Co.
3i3 Larimer ST., Denver, Colorado.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

In Josh Billings Cookbook and Pix
torial Receipts" the following interesting
letter is found:
EDoNIA, December, Year two.
Dear Eve: | have been on the rampage
now one month, prospecting for our new
home, and have seen some ranches that will
do pretty well, but none of them just the
ticket. The old garden is a hard place to
beat, but we have lost that, and are turned
out now to root, hog, or die. We will fight
it out now, on this line, if it takes all sum
mer. Eating that apple wa a great blum
Der, but, my dear girl, let bygones be by
cones; there is a hope for us yet. Just as
soon as I strike a good claim 1 will come
back to you. Watch over Cain closely, he
is a brick. The weather is raw and cold
/ feel that I am too thinly clad. No more
now, from your loving ADAM.
p. S.-Has Cain cut another tooth YETI
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
Nervous Debility.


DIR. +. G. VESTS Nerve and Brain Treat.
ment a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness. Cor.
v~ulEions, Nervous Headache, Mental De-
preston, Loss OF Memory, Spermatorrh@a,
Impotency, Involuntary Emissions, Prema-
ture Old Age, caused by over exertion, self
abuse, or observation-disclosures, which leads 10
misery, decay and death. One box Will cure
recent cases. Each box contains one months
treatment. One dollar a box, or six boxes
for nve dollars; sent by mail prepaid on re-
ceint OF prices. We guarantee six boxes ia
cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied with five dol
lars, we Will send the purchaser our writ
ten guarantee 10 return the money II the
treatment does not effect n cure. Guar intees
Issued by ORG W. HoYT, Druggist 307
10 st. Cheyenne. Wyo. Ter. Orders by mail
ut regular price. ngdawly
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

A prize was offered at an Odd Fellows
picnic in San Francisco the other day of a
chair for the latest baby, and when the
award was made it was discovered that the
chair was so narrow that the winner could
not sit in it. The proud but ~exasperated
mother declared that the blunder was Jus
like these men,"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, I'm
potence, Sexual Debility, cured by
wells Health Remover" 81. Depot
Dare & Collins.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

Pain, Irritation, Retention, Incon-
Thence, Deposits, Gravel, &C., cured
by "Buchupaiba." 81. Depot Dare
& Collins.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17
DIR. SPINNEY & 90.
Or DR.. H. Wagner. M. D.
MEDICAL and SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
343 Larimer street, Denver.
s4a Larimer street, Denver.

Chronic diseases OF men and women sue
cessfully treated. Surgical OF erations of all
kinds performed. Piles, Fistula, Varicocele,
and Hernia, cured without knife or caustic.
Diseases of Eye and Ear q speciality, by one
member OF this firm.
THE SUFFERER
From Spermatorrhoa becomes thin and pale;
In some instances has a hectic flush upon
tired and exhausted; has impaired vision,
and a sickly languid look; suffers pain In
the head and back a little extra exertion
produces palpitatiod OF tine heart; the liver,
affected. The urine is sometimes thick,
milky. hocky. and high-colored, and more
or less d appears at the bottom at err
II has stoSd a while. He is melancholy,
detected, untitled for active mental or ply
steal occupation; has constipated bowels.
spells of fainting or rush OF blood 10 the head
Is tired OF life, dislikes company; Is nervous
and irritable; sleep Is sometimes broken or
restless; has lack OF confidence In himself ms
well as others; blotches, pimples, and vart-
Gus other eruptions appear upod the skin
especially upon the face. shoulders and
DR. WAoNER'S METHOD OF CURE
Tones up and invigorates the entire system,
dispels gloom and d~espondency. purides and
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No matter though your condition be ever
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats,
mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out
by"Rough on Rats" 15c.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

Tho q. 8. Mail carried We
nave Fifst-Clas Eating Stations, and
tho division agents take all pains to
secure u comfort Of p-assengcu. Ths
route y veil protected, having three
military posts IN tho road, leaving
only % odlss between military campo
msor1ne safety ovor the onttrs rouss.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

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INT Etvens feeling ~ofimmunity from their
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-17

Courtesy of Wyo. Archives 8 Historical
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-12-02
Locked His POcket-BOok Out Doors.

There is a man in this city who is
considerably given to speculation; goes
out into the country and bays a few
carloads of potatoes or anything else
that he thinks he can turn to advantage.
The other day he gathered together
every cash dollar he had, and borrowed
all the spare cash that merchant friend
OF his had. the whole aggregating quite
large sum of money. with a view to a
speculative trip with plenty. That
night he was very careful to see that
all the doors and windows in the house
were securely fastened. When he arose
in the morning he threw up the window
to see if the milk-man had got around.
when, much to his horror, his eye lit
upon his pocket book ia the grass near
the garden walk. The first idea WIS
that it had been stolen, rified and
thrown there. He rushed down stairs,
and much to his JOY found the pocket
book all safe, with contents intact. 1t
seems that he had stepped into the gar
den the previous evening to get a plant,
and in STOPPING the wallet slipped from
his pocket. Portland (ne.) Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-12-02
A Desperate Fight Between Two Men
Armed with Club and an AK.
RocKHILL, N. c., November "a.

RoCKHILL, N. c., November "a.
Lewis Pettigrew and Sandy Workman, two
young men living near here, were in love with
the same woman. She seemed to smile with
favor upon Pettigrew, and this inccnsed
Workman very much and some time since the
two men, CHANGING to meet at the house of the
young lady, first grew sarcastic to each other
and then insulting, and finally Pettigrew left
the house in order to prevent his temper from
getting the better of him and forcing him TO a
fight in the presence of his inamorata. II is
understood that Workman chuckled over
this, and claimed to have driven his rival from
the field, and Dragged that he had out-sat Pet
tigrew. Hostile messages passed between the
two men more than once, and IL was feared
that there would be serious trouble when they
met Mutual friends endeavored In vain TO
effect a reconciliation. All they could do was
10 keep an eye on the two men, with a view
of preventing them from harmng each other
This morning. however, whether by accident
or design, Pettigrew and Workman met
face TO face on the public road Pettigrew
ing but heavy stick They began to
assault each other at once. Workman was
smaller man than his antagonist and man
aged 10 dodge the sweeping blows made at
him with the AK. but at the same time he sue
ceeded In severely woundlng Pettigrew in the
head with his club. Finally the latter by a
desperate effort knocked the club from Work
could recover II the sharp blade of Pttigrew's
az literally tore open his entire left side pro-
ducing horribly rent and causing death in
stantly. few minutes after this the MUIR
derer was found, himself In a painful condi-
ton, and was lodged In isil.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-12-02

Bank up young trees with earth.
1t serves the double purpose of keeping
mice away and steadying the trees
so that they will not sway back and
forth ~ Y. Herald