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LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Some Of the Women Who Have Presided
Over the Executive Mansion.

From the beginning of Government. the
ladies who have presided at the Execut.
i've Mansion have all been OF superior or
der. Though many visitors found what
they deemed proper reason for eriticsing
Grant and his home customs, yet none was
ever heard to breathe word against the
stately dignity and kiudhoess of his lady
during her eight years reign in the VIII tie
House. Mrs. Hayes won many admirers on
account of replacing champagne with ice
water on the Executive table, but, in doing
this, she did not ALLEVIATE the regard of those
who abominsted her diciaton of what the
Presidents guests sboud drink. Both Mrs
Grant and Mrs. Hayes, a. well as Mrs. Lin
coin, were passionately fond OF their West.
srn homes. II is related of Mrs. John
Adams that she was always longing for the
old-fashioned residence, half villa and hall
farmhouse, which she had left behind in
Massachusetts,. The charming manners and
personal elegance of Mrs. Madison are mat
ters of history When Mrs. JacksoD, in the
luiet of the HERMITAGE, heard of her bus-
bands election to the Presidency, she said
simply -" Well, for the Generals sake, ]
am glad Of it, but for my own part, never
wished IT," She was dead soon after. She
went to narrower home than the White
House, and it is told that the general was
rever the same man afterward One of his
friends said that he grew twenty years older
on the night of her death. Mrs. Lincoln
was reluctant to believe that her husband
had been nominated for the Presidency, and,
when he brought her the news on the even
ing of the event, she said that he talked az
if he had been drinking. She was very
mitch opposed to leaving their old home in
Springfield. Mrs. Tyler came by the acct
dent of death to the White House, and she
died there, leaving its domestic arrangements
somewhat at haphazard for the rest of the
official term of her husband Mrs. Pierce
arrived at Washington under the shadow of
great and recent bereavement, her only
child, fine lad of thirteen years, having
been killed by an accident on the Eastern
Railroad some few months before Mrs.
Fillmore died just after her husband went
out Of Office, and political dsappointments
and domestic grief clouded his last official
days Oh the Presidents who entered the
Executive Mansion alone there may be men
toned James Buchanan, who was never
nsrried, and Mr.. Arthur. who has been
~idoSx for some years. ALI the women
who have presided there have had something
Of 10y beneath the roof, save poor Mrs Lin
coin buf snite of the honor and homage
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PARASOL ANTS,

In the afternoon, after arriving, in search
Of the cashew nuts and fruit, found the
path leading through the thick forest in
many places actually covered with the cash
ews which had fallen from trees on either
side. 1t is . delicious fruit, sometimes of
red and sometimes of yellow color, with
the kidney shaped seed on the outside in
stead of inside, like other fruits. This latter
is roasted and is esteemed delicscy by
many people, but if not carefully prepared
is apt to cause bli-ters ON The lips. We had
no difficulty in filing our baskets with as
many cashews as we required, and were
about returning to the boat when one of Mr..
B. sons, who had been some little distance
away from us sauntering about in the bush,
called to me to come back, aud, on going to
where he was, he pointed to what seem,d a
broad band of moving leaves right across the
path, and on looking more closely, saw we
had met with one of those enormous swarms
of the ''parasol ants which are 80 destruct-
i've to plantations in the tropics They were
crossing from one side of the wood to the
other, and were travelling in column of
more than foot and a half in width; and
as each insect carried in its mouth piece of
leaf, which entirely covered the body, they
presented singular appearance, like a
Liniputian grove in motion; and, although
We watched them for some time, still they
came. their numbers seeming to be mex
haustible Nothing can turn them from
their course; and, although they may be
destroyed by the thousands. enough will
swarm upon the intruder to make him re-
pent interfering with them. On the MAIN
land Of South America have known . fruit
tree stripped in single night by swarm Of
shess suts - Loszon Field
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pERsuAs vENEss OF THE MusKEr.

Gen. Steedman tells good story which is
applicable to the manner in which the aris-
tocratic s'ixtieth Rifles recently skipped out
in front of Ramleh and gave everything up
to the Egyptians. While pear Nashville the
General had negro regiment on the picket
line, and bright young mulatto sergeant
IN command OF post got the drop ON a
rebel post and captured the whole outfit.
The rebels were crowd of high stepping
young Virginians, and some OF them were
badly wrought up by the idea of having &c
surrender to slot of niggers." Gen. Steed.
man took their commander, q fine young
fellow, into his tent, extended some little
courtesies to him, and in the course of the
conversation said: - 1t was little tough,
Lieutenant, to he taken in by colored sol
dlers, but war has strange experiences"
Well, General" said the other, setting
down his glass, "rve been in the Army now
nearly four years, and if I've learned any
thing 1t has been profound respect for the
musket. When the muzzle is showed into
my face l don't usually ask any questions as
to who's got hold of the breech."
Gen. Sherman tells nearly as good story,
III his book. He was standing ON the side
walk in st. LOUIS when Gen. Lyon went out
with his men to attack the secessionista ut
Camp jackson. A young lady of Gen.
Sherman's acquaintanee-daugh Of one
OF the most arlstocratlc families in the city
was standing on stoop nearby, wringine
her hands and crying. She said her broth.
ems, cousins, and a number of acquaintance,
were III Camp jackson, and she was certain
that they would all be killed, for they were
proud, high-spirited men, belonging to the
best families in the city, and they would die
before they would yield Gen. Sherman
tried to console her by saying that he had
noticed that sons of irst-cass families were
usually not any more willing to die than
other people. lie continued his walk. aud
IN little while met Gen. Lyon returning
with the entire force at Camp jackson.
which had surrendered without firing a gun.
He fastened back to comfort the young
lady with news of her kinsmen's safety. but
after she beard it she slammed the door in
his face. --FsVa the Toledo (Ohio) Bsads.
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HORNED RoosTERs.


The article in the Post concerning Cali
fornia 6 horned rooster" created some dis
cussion in both scientific and curious circles.
A well known resident of Washington meet
ing Post reporter last night, said to him
THAT article recalls to my mind that more
than thirty years ago, when / resided in
Winchester, Va, where my father then con-
Quoted the Winchester R.pu6licon, there
also resided an ingenious, intelligent. highly
esteemed citizen, prominent merchant
tailor, named George Aulie, brother of the
late Commodore Aulie, of the United States
Navy, who had in his possession, of his own
manufacture, bona Jide living horned roos-
ter: aud SO far from its being lusus ma
tara, it was no more or less than an artfi-
cial home production, and one that any
skillful person familiar with budding or
grating trees or plants can produce almost
ad infnitana
= Are you joking ?" inquired the Post.
Not bit of it" was the straightforward
answer. 1.-The process Is somewhat as fol-
lows; Take any healthy fowl of the chick
en- kind, from five months to one year old,
male or female, having well-developed
comb; then selecting young, growing
rooster of like conditions and age, whose
spurs are about an eighth of an inch long,
or just well and prominently enough devel-
oped to show the spur: have at hand q
suitable, keen penknife or lancet then make
a proper incision Cor slight scoop out) on
the top or on either side of the comb or car
buncle of the fowl; next skillfnlly detach
from another male fowl the bud-like spur,
taking along with it a small portion of the
fieshy part; quickly insert the bud into the
incision or scooped out place on the comb,
grease the part with lard or suet, without
wiping off the blood carefully, lightly and
properly bandage, CT cover with suitable
piece of adhesive plaster, in such a way as
to prevent the bud being detached by the
scratching of the fowl. In due time, say
three or four days, if sufficiently healed the
bandage can be taken Off when in the course
of few months fully developed and per-
manently attached spur, or so-called horn,
will be the result"
"Your explanation is Ingenious" said
the reporter, "but it certainly sounds
strange
My explanation shows nothing more or
less than the transplaating or engrafting
progress, which modern science has often
demonstrated as applicable to the human
being. And, in this connection, il is sug-
gested that n cat or dog, indeed almost any
animal, may be ornamented with an en-
grated beadpiece, and the human forehead
divine, or the olfactory appendage, be made
the garden spots for various elongated
attachments. Perhaps after awhile some
enterprising Yankee will undertake to sup
ply the future Barnums and Forepaughs
with new subjects in natural and artificial
history, whose forms and shapes will be
limited only by the imagination. ~ Wash
inqtoa ID. C.) Post.
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KEEPING A cow.

81 can remember" says Henry Ward
Beecher, when received an old COW in
payment of bad debt 1t was very bad
debt, and / came TO consider it a very bad
payment. She was a thin cow, but the
former owner said she was better than she
looked, being a cross between the Jersey
and the Durham. She looked as if she
might have been cross between an old hair
trunk and al abandoned hoCp-skirt. kept
the brute three days, aud no one, ex-
cept perhaps Lieutenant Atsell, oosld ever
appreciate the suffering / endured in that
time. The FIRST night she broke through
the fence, and reduced to pulp all the IN
der clothing belonging to my ncxt door
neRhbor. She put her horn through my
oath tub, and ate up all my geraniunis She
was to give three gallons of milk day, but
she seemed 10 be short just then, aud never
had that amount to spare while we kept her.
The second day she walked into the kitchen
and upset pan OF butter aud tub of lard.
Then she fell down a well, aud when l got
her out, at a cost of i've dollars, she took the
collie, whooping cough, or something. and
kept rs awake all night Not green thing
was left in my garden my neighbours peach
trees and the rope on which his underwear
grew were as bare Of fruit as . s.ngletree,
and be did not have twig of shrubbery
LETT. My neighbor came over TO see me, and
said:
"'N Now, / don't desire any quarrel, but
waut You TO keep your cow out of my shrub
berry"
And | want You, my friend said /,
to keep your shrubbery out Of my COW it
spoils the taste OF the milk >"
Ever afterwards there was q GOODNESS
between us, and my neighbours wife ceased
to patronize our house when she wanted to
borrow q cupiul Of yeast powder"
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POETRY.
SOME 40 no cHirRcH.

Some go to church Just for walk;
Some 10 stare, and laugh, and talk;
Some go there to meet friend;
Some their Idle time TO spend;
Some for general Observation:
Some for private speculation;
Some TO seek or find lover;
Some courtship to discover;
Some go there to use their eyes,
And newest fashions crlticise;
Some to show their own smart dress:
Some their nelghbors TO assess,
Some to scan robe or bonnet,
Some to price the trimming on It.
Some TO learn the latest news,
That friends at home they may amuse;
Some TO gossip, false and true;
Some hide within the sheltering pew;
Some go there TO please the squire:
Some his daughters to admire;
Some tue parson go to fawn;
Some to lounge and some to yawn;
Some TO claim the parish doles;
Some for bread and some for Goals
Some because it's thought genteel;
Some TO vaunt their pious zeal;
Some to show how sweet they sing;
Some how loud their voices ring.
Some the preacher go 10 hear,
His style and voice TO praise or jA,e
Some forgiveness to explore
Some their sins TO varnish DER;
Some to sit, and dose, and nod,
But few TO kneel and worship God.
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WHAr BAsIss ARE WORTH The value OF
babies has at last been fixed, and the happy
father of . numerous family may cast up
the figures representing the cash valuation
Of his progeny with as much celebrity and
ease as if they were 30 many rolls Of leather
or bushels of potatoes. A child less than
one year old is worth sl4i between one and
two years, 3d. two to three years. $2s /;
four years, &3l five years, $S5; six years,
$40; seven years, $50; eight years, $50 |;
nine years, $70 ten year, $50, and eleven
years, $I23. At least these are the valua-
tons made by baby insurance company Of
Cincinnati. The parents pay cents per
week for the insurance of their children.
The rates for coiored babies are twice -
much, owing to the darkey's two-fold
ability for contracting contagious diseases.
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portals OF the mansion out VINO threw on
her robes of official life with a feeling of
,slef far more intense than she experienced
when she took them rn.-BostOn Herald
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PHrLosoPHIc-A poor philosopher pnt
backing ON that portion Of his stocking
which showed through the hole in his boot,
and then said: ut IL the care Of very
great part of mankind TO conceal their in
dieence from the rest."--N. Y. Commercial
Adcertsser.
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A WoMAH's LoEo CHAsE-Ap English
woman chased her husband to Australia,
and thence 70 China, and finally run him
down IN this country. When . mans runs
away from Ais wife and takes her false teeth
to spite her he deserves to be run down
NieksL
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A PrcNLEn LOVER A Wisconsin, youna
man sat on barrel Of vinegar aud drnmmed
with his feet. When they hauled him out
of the broken slaves and other debris he
looked so much like pickle that his sweet
heart goured on him forthwith.
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C.. 4. Dc c.. III. SKILLMAN,
AttOrneys-at.

SOUTHEAST COR. BRIDGE AND UNION SITS
LAMBERTvILLE, n. J.
Collections aud all legal business Entrusted to
our care will receive prompt and faithful atten-
tion.
G. A. SKILLMAN, G.. II. SKILLMAN,
Co,Hseiior-af- Lar. .4aorney-dt- Ldc
July 2, 1879.
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w. r. HERR,
COunsellOr-at-Law,

SOLICITOR and MASTER IN OHANCERY,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Legal business attended to in all parts OF the
State. special attention given TO collections.
as- Office Cor. Union and toryell streets, LAM
bert lille n. j. Entrance on Union street
April, II, 1880.
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Additional reading matter on fourth
page.
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-18

A petition is being circulated among
u citizen asking the president to re-
appoint Hon. E. s. N. Morgan as sec
rotary of Wyoming territory-his term
of Office being about to expire. The
petition is, we are glad to hear, being
extensively signed. This is as it should
be, and it is to be hoped that President
Arthur will heed the request. Mr.. Nor
gan, since he came among us, has not
only transacted the business of his
office in a manner entirely satisfactory
to the people of the territory and the
general government, but has left no
stone unturned to advance the interests
OF the territory, and advertise and de-
velop its resources. He Is also Il very
pleasant, genial gentleman, and counts
friends by the hundred Boomerang
The LEADER Is in full concurrence
with the above. We could have no
more efficient officer than Mr.. Morgan,
and his departure would be not only a
blow to his personal friends, but a loss
to the territory at large.
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Abe ldelman got home last evening,
E. H. Cowles, of Miles City, is in
town.
F. Manley, of Bstte City, is In
town.
A. Lockhart, of Bitter creek, is in
the city.
H. G. Rockfellow went to Denver
last night
c. A welter came In from the ranch
yesterday.
o. D. Adamsou came in from bis
ranch yesterday.
Governor VIM. Hale and wife return
home this morning.
Mrs. Mackinness, OF Bitter creek,
came into town yesterday.
G. 8. Mason and L. Moore came In
from Antelope Springs yesterday.
John W. Payne, United States army,
and NJ. c. Jones, Omaha, registered at
the Railroad house yesterday.
Mrs. Morgan and daughter, Miss
Lilly, arrived home last evening. Miss
Morgan has been visiting friends in
Pennsylvania. Her mother met her at
Omaha.
]. K. Jeffrey got in last evening. His
SON was reported better. MIR. jeffrey
saw Mr.. Converse In New York and
found him much improved In health
and in good spirits.
Registered at Dyer's hotel -
G Flenay, Denver; E L Yorkee, Rock
creek; S A Welter. ranch; H Cowles,
Miles City; W l. Kline, 7 Coe, West
boro; B c Hensley, D @ Salady and
wife, Denver; F Manly, Butte City.
Registered at the Inter- Ocean hotel
R 81 Keyogales, Kansas City; A Lock.
hart, Mrs. Maeklnness, Bitter creek
J L johnson, Leroy, N Y; o D Adam
son, ranch; c s Mason, L Moore,
Antelope Springs; A Walker, S P
Lange, P%ittsburg; G F Gray, Denver.
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To the Editor OF THE LEADER:
In your issue of yesterday there ap-
peared an article signed III. s. Oliver. -
Mr.. Oliver, it appears, is an agent for
one or more insurance companies, and
seems to be very solicitous for the lives
of our citizens; so much 80. indeed,
that he denounces my ironclad fre
kinder as an ''infernal machine" 1
need scarcely remark that those who
know me will not for a moment believe
me so much of a demon as Mr.. Oliver
desires to picture me.
Mr.. Oliver seems to have a great hor-
ror of benZine, and states that 1 must
be ignorant of its character. Permit
me to remark that 1 am not Sc ignorant
as the gentleman would have the public
believe. The ''infernal machine" as
Mr.. Oliver calls it, is nothing but
asbestos inside an iron casing, through
which the liquid passes, which, by the
application Of a match, causes a blaze
that passes from holes in the casing,
and which can, under no circumstances,
explode. The Sun of yesterday con-
tains a long and well written article
from the pen of Prof. Bailey, who will
not be regarded as a light authority.
In spea king of asbestos the professor
says:
Asbestos is a fbrous variety Of the
mineral amphibole, the 6bres OF which
are long, flexible, and easily separated
by the fingers. The name is a Greek
word, meaning incombustible."
am authorized to offer a reward Of
800 to Mr.. Oliver or any other man
who can, by the use of benzine or any
other liquid, explode the iron clad fire
kinder, or the internal machine, 4"
as the gentleman terms it. I have sold
the kinder to a number of well informed
people In Cheyenne, among them DR..
Quinby, Mr.. Mast, DR.. Wyman, DR..
Graham, Prof. Bailey, whom l have
quoted, DR.. Maynard, l. @. whipple,
Secretary Morgan, NJ. E. Post, and
many others, including ladies whose
names 1 don't feel at liberty to men,
ton. VIII any one of ordinary intelli-
gence say that either of the above
named gentlemen would have an sin
fernal machine" in his houseP In the
above list l should have included the
editors of the LEADER and Sun, who
carfainlv know % nnob ahout avnIo
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RELIGIOUS.

Preaching at the Baptist church at IL
a. m. and 1880 p. m. by Rev. George H.
Brown. Sabbath school 1915 p. m.
Young people specially invited to the
evening service.
Presbyterian church, corner Eigh-
teenth and Ferguson streets. Rev. E.
s. Chapman, pastor. Preaching at IL
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at
1915 p. m. Seats free and all made
welcome.
There will be service in st. Marks
Episcopal church at II /. m. and 7:30
p. m, The sacrament of holy baptism
will be administered at the morning
service Anthem, "Oh, That I Had
Wings" A cordial invitation extended
to all. Seats free.
Congregational church. Rev. C. NJ.
Sanders, pastor. Services to-day as fol-
lows: At II a. M, preaching by the
pastor; theme, Luther At 12 NJ,
Sabbath school. At 8 p. M, young
peoples meeting. At 7:30 p. M, are
invited to unite with the Baptists in
their sanctuary.
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cLrrrNe.

a railroad to North Park would giys
northern Colorado a boom.
The Robinson mine is again shipping
ABOUT three cars Of ore a day.
There is not a vacant residence In
either Durango or Animas City.
The State Land Canal company M
Z waters 10000 acres of land In the
beautiful San Luis park.
The Total shipments of charcoal. lum-
Der and timber from Tennessee pass
are estimated at 400 cars per month.
Fifty-dye private residences, many of
them very fine ones, have been ersctad
IN Durango during the past season. and
several others are going on as rapidly
as the work car be done.
Delta county has already three sor-
snum mills, and the cultivation of the
cane and Its conversion into syrup
promises to become a leading and profit
able Industry In that part of the state.
Several prominent residents of Du-
range are maturing q scheme to pros-
ioi petroleum In the Animas val
~ unso. Inc oil indications
are SAID 70 be quite as promising as at
T,...
'i'orce SUIT pending In the
nm 81" ' mni'n VIII probably come
up this term, the trial OF which will
u some Oh the most startling
oh,oanp ne way OF moral
In ~ ua na'e e'ef oeen made pub
Inc New York and San Juan smeiter.
N durango, has shipped forty-ive car
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Our exchanges in the eastern portion
Of the territory have of late been de.
voting a good deal of space to the dis.
cussion of a show of fine cattle; but
they all seem to think it should be held
at Denver. Now, II We are to have a
cattle show, let us make 1t a Wyoming
affair. and hold it either at Cheyenne OF
Laramie. We car see no reason for
lacking 1t onto the tail end OF Denver's
bankrupt exhibition. If Denver wants
a cattle show we have no objection; but
II Wyoming is to have one, why not
make it a territorial affair, as it should
in all reason ber Wyoming is the great
cattle growing center of the whole
trans-Missourl region, and why should
we go down to Denver to show our fine
cattle, unless it be for the purpose OF
helping to boom Colorado .-Rawllns
Journal
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John W. Bissell, of the American
Bible society, will speak to young men
this afternoon in the Simmons house at
8 O'Clock, city time. There will be
music and good singing, but no collec-
ton taken. All young men are cor.
daily invited. Subject, rs the young
man safep"
"For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that
the world through Him might To
saved. John Ill: II.
"There is therefore now no conden-
nation to them which are in Christ
Jesus. "-Romans viii: /.