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CONSISTENCY IN LEGISLATION

Most homogeneous and decidedly in
consistent are the sentiments and the
actions of some Of our congressman.
For instance, there is Hon. VIM. d..
Kelley, better known as Pig Iron Kel-
ley,n who, for more than a quarter OF
a century, has been bowling most lusti-
ly In behalf of his Pennsylvania con-
st~ituency for higher tariff on certain
productions of the old Keystone state.
BE now places himself squarely in di-
rect antagonism to the bullion interests
OF the great silver and lead producing
commonwealth OF the great n -four
ishing west. Then, too, under his
m~arshalship, there are certain congress
men who, with one fell blow, propose
to wipe out the internal revenue sys-
tenn which goes 80 far towards sustain
ing the expenses of the national govern
ment, and, which, as a rule, bears 30
lightly upon the individual taxpayer.
BY his own figures, Kelley shows that
since the Internal revenue system went
into effect, in 1862, $1,000, 900 900 has
been derived from the tai on spirits.
and that the three items Of spirits,
beer and tobacco, have contributed 80,
300, 900, 900 towards the support of the
national government. Considering
that the entire receipts from internal
revenue for the twenty-one years have
been considerably over 49, oo, 00O, 900,
the ~abrogatiou OF the revenue law is
untimely, ~ill-advised and uncalled-for.
The people generally .acquiesce in the
payment OF this needful tax, especially
as 1t is placed where 1t Is the least bur-
densome. Though taxes generally
ought to be lessened in many directions,
this is not necessarily one of the direc-
lions which is imperative. The neces-
sarles of life should be made as cheap
as possible for the consumer, but lux
uries ought not to be lowered at the ex-
pense of the actual articles of consump-
ton of every day life. Let justice pre-
vail to this necessary end 30 that the
greatest good will be speedily and sub
stantially secured to the greatest num-
Aar
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Martyrs to the Plano.


When music, heavenly maid, was young.
did she practice many hours a day. Did she
train her fingers gymnastically, with scales
and shakes, and exercise on Ave notes every
day, for many yearsi And, OIL did abe have
next door neighSorsf
In our day there are many maidens, young
and, doubtles, heavenly, who arc perxever-
ingiy land. as to their next door n~eighbors,
remorselessly) fiattening their fngsr-dps with
aview OF becoming musical This they do, not
to crafty their own tastes, but to perform
what they are told Is a duty. Left to their
own instructive aspirations, they would havs
been as likely to wish to learn brickIaying as
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Instrumental music; but they, or their pa
rents for them. know the moral proprieties,
and therefore they set themselves to fulfill
one of the chief purposes to which nature
has destined them, and acquire the wonianly
virtue OF playing the piano.
Putting aside any recollection of personal
suffering of our own, we must needs revere
those martyrs to duty who are to be found in
every American home, and who always
swarm next door. What they do, they do
because it is right They do not know why
they ought to give a large part OF their
young lives TO a protracted attempt at mas
terinZ q craft which requires a rare and
special talent not belonging to them, they only
know that it is their vocation, and tia.
Everybody does it"
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THE sufferers by the great Ohio RI
sing have seemed to be as ripe for intel
lectual pabulum during the great Hoods,
fearful prevalence as for bodily food.
They missed their morning paper as
much as they missed their breakfast
buns. They hungered for news as we'll
as for v~ictuals. The daily journals
were o o served to many OF them from
boats and thus were their heavy hearts
made serenely happy amid their
watery woe and damp desolation.
, 1884-02-21
why Bachelors r Abundant
New York Iatterl


The announcement that another immense
apartment house Is to be planned exclusively
for the convenience of bachelors must pro-
woke a great deal Of wonder and indignation
among young women that men should find
celibacy 30 satisfactory as to be willing to
make themselves permanently comfortable
in it A bachelors flat Is little, IL any,
cheaper than one for n small family, and a
bachelors meals, taken at hotels and restau-
rant, cost more money than would supply n
family table for two or three; so why, some
reasoning girls ask, should these follows who
Seem so fond of the society OF ladies defer
marriagei
II the bachelors were to answer they would
probably explain that marriage means some
thing different from what 1t did a very few
years ago, when with as much money as a
bachelor now spends for necessities a family
could live comfortably, dress well, and be in
society. 1t should DO needles, to remind
women that marriage is no cheap luxury
nowadays. To hire a house in q good neigh
borhood now costs what used TO DO called a
comfortable living salary; dress, II the
family is in select society. costs as much
more, and so do the several entertainments
that any family of proper spirit expects to
give in the course OF a year. Besides these
expenses must be considered the cost Of
church-pew, opera-soats, n summer jaunt, and
perhaps q carriage; then there are tho com
monplace necessities known a. food and
servants.
Every marrying man should, according to
sffecdonate mammas, be able to meet all
these expenses; every bachelor with c~onjugal
tendencies would like to. but not one In fifty
Is in condition to try. Some few are so reck-
less as TO wed girls rash enough TO marry for
love, but they must live either on the brides
parents or in retirement So the bachelor
lives in solitude, works hard, and by the
time be is rather old to marry finds himself
rich enough to a q wife. The bachelor
who wants to marry young must either in
berit money. and q rich bride, or wed a
country girl and avoid coming to the city.
Hence the abundance of bachelors.
, 1884-02-21

Every one is familiar with the value OF the
yolk Of an egg as a hair wash, but perhaps
may not be aware OF its virtue in clothing
cleansing. Beaten up with alcohol, eau de
cologne, or ether, like OK gall, it keeps better
aud is more powerful; or in simpler cases, it
may be used alone, or merely mixed with
water, to be rubbed IN with flannel, for ro-
moving from colored materials the stains of
mud, or of coffee and chocolate, when pre-
pared with milk 1t is frequently applied to
velvet ollar and cuffs. ETC., and proves a
cleanser. as well as a spot extractor. When
it has done its work It Is washed Off with
soap, and the material thoroughly rinsed In
pure water. Egg has a specially good effect
on those annoying patches OF wheel grease
belonging to the compound class of stains,
as they represent a mixture of stale grease,
iron and other substances
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UNEMPLOYED WEALTH.

Idle millions are languishing in the
banks OF New York city. The latest
statement shows that their reserves
now amount to Sill ,443, 900. This is
s27, 600, 600 o than they had a year
ago, and $40, 0oo, 600 more than at the
ssme time in 1882. The rate of inter
est or call loans is the lowest in the
world being only from 1 to " rer cent
per snnu IN. The corresponding rate
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The eastern states are very, jealous
Of the growing power and Importance
o. the great west, and they are 10th to
grant our people increased representa-
tion in either house of congress, and.
especially in the senate. In connection
with this matter, a recent special dis
patch to the Chicago Inter Ocean says:
The political complexion of congress
Is such that it is not likely either Da-
kota or Montana will be admitted sep
erately into the Union this session.
The democratic house will undoubted-
ly endeavor Z pass a bill admitting
Montana, but the republicans will OPP
pose it for the same political reason
that the democrats refuse to admit Da-
kota, and the bill If it passes the house,
will fail In the senate. Since the adop-
tion of a state constitution by Mon
tana, a clamor is being made for its
rat insation by congress, and the friends
of admission are urging the claims of
the Territory. Delegate Maginnis, of
Montana, has a bill providing for the
admission of both Dakota and Montana
at the same time. This would neutral
ize the Political effect of the admission
OF either one them, and might pass
this session. The passage of Mr.. Ma
ginnis' bill will. however, depend upon
the res ult of the quarrel in Dakota over
division. This may be carried SO far
As to defeat the admission of any part
OF Dakota. and Of the bill to admit
both Territories at the same time.
The democrats in congress certainly
ought to be kindly disposed toward
Wyoming's sister territories. Let
them come in together a a pair Of
bright, lovely sisters. one a democratic
blonde and the other a republican bru-
nette. This will be a fair stand-of
and 1t should be strongly encouraged.
, 1884-02-21
New Theory in Regard to Colds
uondon Monthly Ma1azine1


When a person in the cold weather goes
into the open air, every time he draws in his
breath, the cold air passes through his
nostrils and windpipe into his lungs, and
Consequently diminishes the heat OF those
parts. As long as the person continues in
the cold air, he feels no bad effects from It;
but, as soon as he returns home, he ap-
proaches the fire to warm himself, and very
often takes some warm and comfortable
drink to keep out the cold, as it is said. The
inevitable consequence is that he will find he
has taken cold. He feels a shivering, which
makes him draw nearer the fire, hut all to no
purpose; the more he tries to heat himself,
tho more he chills. All the mischief Is here
caused by the violent actionsof the heat.
To avoid this, when you come out Of a very
cold atmosphere, you should not at first go
into a room that has a fire in 1t, or, IL you
cannot avoid that, you should keep for a
considerable time at as great a distance As
possible, and, above all, refrain from taking
warm or strong liquors when you are cold
This rule Is founded on the same principle as
the treatment of any part Of the body whom
frost bitten. II 1t were brought to the fire,
1t would soon mortify, whereas, IL rubbed
with snow, 40 bad consequences follow from
1t. Hence the frequent colds we experience
In winter would in a great measure be pre-
vented, II the following rule were strictly OBJ
served; when the whole body, or any part of
1t, Is chilled, bring it to its natural feeling
and warmth by degrees.
, 1884-02-21
Heroism OF "A Mother.

l1OosOh eACDS
No more pathetic story has come from the
scene of the wreck OF tho City of Columbus
than that told by Mr.. Tibbetts of the wife who
begged her husband to save himself IL he
could, as there was 40 chance for them both,
SO that he might care for their four children.
1t was an instance Of rare heroism, in which
the love of the wife and the mother overcame
all love of life, and all mere animal clinging
to life, which is stronger usually than the in
telligent desire to live. So, in the wild rush
Of the panic-stricken people, at a time when
calm decision is a quality most rare, She
weighed the chances and saw that life for her
husband meant a happier life for her children
than IL she were saved. But stern fate had
no pity OH her devotion and heroism. The
waves swept her of the vessel and swallowed
her up, and he, after enduring the agonies Of
cold and exertion In the rigging, also went
down to join her in her ocean grave.
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Tho Devotion OF n Son.

lSoseaeo Aeoitnl ~
Next TO the love CT her husband, nothing
80 crowns a woman's life with honor as the
devotion of a son to her. We never knew a
boy to turn out badly who began by falling
In love with his mother. Any man may fall
In love with a fresh-faced girl, and the man
who is gallant to the girl may cruelty neglect
the poor, weary wife in after years But tho
big boy who is a lover OF his mother. at mid
die age is a true knight, who will love his
wife In the sere leaf Of autumn as he did In
the daisied spring. There Is nothing SO
beautifully chivalrous as the love OF q big
boy for his mother. lH
, 1884-02-21

The Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal,
publishes a letter from Col. d. ]. Will
hanson, an army officer and ex-United
States consul, affirming that after long
years Of intense suffering OF acute
rheumatism, after using all other
known remedies, the baths Of other
countries, and spending 800, 600 with
out relief, he was cured by st. Jacobs
OIL, the conqueror Of pain, and has
thrown away bis crutches.
, 1884-02-21

p1Durandal" in Cincinnati Enquirer
I remember one Saturday afternoon some
time ago l had occasion to visit q large shirt
house in Eldridge street when the women
were presenting their checks for payment. 1t
was the end OF the week, and they had all
brought in their work There were perhaps
$50 Of them in line waiting to be
paid at the cashiers desk. They had
brought their work during the week, and had
received a check for each piece as it was re-
turned. At the end OF the week they pre-
sented all their checks for payment The
sum which each woman received was actually
pitiable, and it Is impossible to conceive how
they can live and support their families on so
little money.
As they stood in line 1 was struck by tho
extraordinary dslicacy OF the majority of the
faces. There was not a healthy looking wo-
man In the entire crowd, and the majority
had the pallid look common to those who
spend the most OF their time indoors. Most
OF them wore faded bonnets and were wrapped
tightly in old shawls. Fully three-quarters
Of the number wore gloves very much
out at the hnger-ends. Among them were a
number of faces which in former years had
undoubtedly boon those of thoroughly
attractive women. They were quiet, self
contained and reserved. There was not a
woman among them who did not look as
though she was ft for a better livelihood
than that OF making shirts. Ispoke to the
proprietor about it, and he said:
at is always a mystery to me These
women work like galley-slaves and ruin their
health because they think it is moro respect
able to do this sort of a thing than to go out
to service. More than that-and this is the
strangest part OF it all-they conceive that
this work Is very much higher toned than
that Of a ~shop-girl. They are overcome by
the idoa OF being their own mistresses, and 50
they continue at the drudgery. Probably
three-fourths of the women here in line could
get good comfortable homes, easy hours and
abundant food IL they would go out as cham
bermaids or cooks, but they leave that sort Of
thing 70 Irish immigrants, and toll on here.r
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The copartnership heretofore existing
between John B. Thomas and Edward
A. Page, under the style and Arm name
Of Thomas & Page, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent, Edward A. Page
retiring from said firm.
John B. Thomas assumes all liabili-
ties Of said arm. and is alone author
lied to sign the firm name In the settle
ment Of all accounts.
JOIN b. THOMAS,
EDWARD A. PAeA-
February 13, 1884.
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To Temper Lamp chimney..

A Leipsic journal gives a method which, it
asserts, will prevent lamp chimneys from
cracking. The treatment will not only
render lamp chimnsys. ~tumblers, and like
articles more durable, but may be applied
with advantage to orockery, stonewnre,
porcelain, etc. The chimneys, tumblers, etc,
are put into q pot filled with cold water, to
which some common table salt has been
added; the water is well boiled over a fire
and then allowed to cool slowly. When the
articles are taken out and washed they will
be found to resist, afterward, any sudden
changes Of Temperature.
, 1884-02-21

TIE immediate opening up of the
rich country to the north Of us means
a big emigration boom during the pres
ent year, and p~erchance for several
years to come. AS the rails extend,
the population will increase.
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and I never See q v~inegary-faced, fretful
woman, with a faded-out expressiou, that I
do not come to the conclusion instantly that
she has been overworked. And I do not
wonder that 30 many tired out creatures
long to pull the c~overiet Of green grass and
daisies" over them, and take their last, long
nat
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The dishgurlng eruptlons on the face,
the sunken eye, the pallid complexion,
indicate that there is something wrong
going on within. Expel the lurking
foe to health. Ayers Sarsaparilla was
devised for that purpose-and does 1t.
, 1884-02-21

Fanny Fletcher In The Household
No wonder so many bright. pretty girls de-
velop into faded, worn out, nervous women.
A woman cannot be a mother, a kitchen
drudge, laundress. seamstress, ~dairy-maid.
and ali other kinds OF maid, and retain her
good looks and happy disposition very long,
svsn II she had a good supply to start with.
, 1884-02-21

Lots ear the ground bought by the
Cheyenne, Black Hills q Montana
railway company for depot purposes.
Prices low. BAIRD 4 CAMPBRLL.
, 1884-02-21

The most popular place In town.
The best Of wines and cigars always in
stock. Free lunch served tonight.
Gentlemanly attendants and q pleasant
place to pass q leisure hour. s'
, 1884-02-21

A bottle Of painkiller for Queen v,ctoria's
knee l@s In the dead-letter ofica-
, 1884-02-21

McEwen's Oyster Ocean open day
and night.
, 1884-02-21
JOB PRINTING

OF every description at the LEADER
job Rooms.
, 1884-02-21

For nne watch repairing,
DAVID NuLER, 18th street.
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Fashions slavery.
f".- Dill

Slavery to fashion is delightful, like that
of the beauties in a Turks harem, up to the
point whore luxurious ease ends, and nc
further. One pull too much in a corset
string, one size too little In a shoe, an ounce
Of excessive strain the wrong way in hair
dressing, and tho enjoyment OF the finest
toilet is spoiled. Mind you, I am speaking
for myself, and for those Of the same manner
of thinking mot for the thousands OF foolish
virgins who are not satisfied with simply
making their lamp shaped waists trim. but
are burning for unnatural lightness OF figure.
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A Tribute to woman's Physical En-.
durance.
[st LIQUID Republican,

l6t, LOuls tSepuDncanJ
A man, big and stout, with lung power
and a spinal robustness never allotted to the
best made woman on earth, would scream to
have the torture removed in an hour or less
II he were clothed as the frailest women are.
His trousers are loose in the waist band, and
suspended from his shoulders; his shoes large
and generally low-heeled, and his hair is not
pressing on his brain, tied with a string,
stuck full Of hair pins, with a bonnet driving
them wellnigh into his brain.
The man does not live who could waddle
about in tied-back, leaden skirts, corsets
with whalebopes piercing his vitals, French
heels, hoopskirts to trip him up every few
moments and hats screwed down on a wig
or switch, his hands encased in kid gloves a
full size too small, and running a race to
catch the street car in a high gale Of wind.
He would simply fall down, roll over in the
mud, scream Thievesl Murderl and lie there
until some Samaritan dragged him up out
OF his misery. The wonder is that women
can be as handsome. graceful and supple as
they are with the disadvantages they labor
under at present. They could never endure
such a martyrdom themselves unless Injured
to 1t from the cradle. like Chinese ladies
whose tiny feet are stuck into infinitesimally
small wooden shoes at birth and kept from
growing with the freed body ever after.
, 1884-02-21

The Bread Winners; A young girls name
cannot be mentioned too seldom In the news
papers. In fact, twice In a lifetime il often
enough, and one Of them should be a funeral
, 1884-02-21

/ may say, in defense of my own constant
praise of beauty, that l do not attach half the
real Importance to it which is assumed in ordi-
nary fiction; above all, in the pages of the
periodical which best representa-, as a whole.
the public mind Of England. As a rule,
throughout the whole seventy-volume
series OF Punch--frst by Leech and then
by Du Maurier-a all nice girls are represented
as pretty nice women as both pretty and well
dressed, and II the reader will compar a suf-
fcient number Of examples extending over a
series OF years, he will find the moral lesson
more and more enforced by this most popular
authority, and all real ugliness in either sex
means some kind Of hardness of heart or
yulgarity Of education The ugliest man,
for all In all, In Punch Is Sir Gorgius Midas
the ugliest women, those who are unwilling
to be old. Generally speaking, indeed,
Punch Is cruel TO women above a certain
age; but this Is the expression OF real truth
In modern England, that the ordinary habits
OF life and modes OF education produce great
plainness Of mind In middle-aged women.
, 1884-02-21

courtesy of Wyo. Arch1vs
The Press., 1884-01-17
s ? You have heard of him. surely ?"

us You have heard of him, surely ?"
 dun 'no-yes, I've heerd that name times enough. Warner says it every day of his life, specially when things don't go to suit him. But didn't know es twas your brother he was swearin' about"
 1t was Mrs. Rents turn to be surprised. and as she gazed upon the somewhat stol. Id features of the woman before her. she mentally exclaimed, .sGreat Father. ia tbis the work which thou hast prepared for me to do? Can it be that here in christian community, within stones throw of two churches, that heathenism is more appar- ent than all India's organism" Aloud she said
 ''Sit down, Mrs. Warner, and let me tell you something about the pictures" Willingly she consented, and for an hour there was given in that upper cham Der bible lesson which beggars descrip. ton and at its close weeping woman left the house, with conscience aroused. and sins weighing upon her heart like mountain and whose only consolation was in gazing upon the pictured face which she carried with her to her home that she might show to her husband and child the beautiful Saviour who died for me, and them too"
 And if in Mrs. Rents mind there arose the query as to whose neglected duty al lowed that woman to live for thirty years ln the very shadow of the sanctuary. vet totally ignorant of the name and nature of the Messiah, who shall blame her?
 Are there no Mrs. Warmers in our own c 'mmunity waiting for the "word spoken Tn season ?" who if not wholly uuacquaint- ed with the nature of the atonement. are yet lulled into security by false teachers, who claim that their sins are but peccadil, not blood. "AN'
The Press., 1884-01-17
E Fse EMMA A. LEE.

FRITTERs.- Six eggs,s one quart sweet milk, three cups four one measure each of acid and soda Cor two. heaping teaspoonfulls acid andsohe moderately heaping teaspoonful soda) of Horsfords Bread Preparation sifted into the four while dry, and little salt. Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately. Stir the milk in with the -yolks, then add the fourlwhich has previously been mixed with the Bread Preparation, put in the salt, and finally the whites. Beat all together very hard and fry mnediateiy
The Press., 1884-01-17

BUTTER BUYERS everywhere are refusing to take white, lardy looking butter except at grease" prices Consumers want nothing but gilt-edge butter, and buyers therefore recommend their patrons to keep uniform color throughout the year by using the I'm proved Butter Color made by Wells, Richard son & Co.,, Burlington, Vt. It is the only color that can be relied upon to never iniure the butter, and to always give the perfect color. Sold by druggists and merchants
The Press., 1884-01-17

PooR BUT HONEST. T.-Charlie Sullivan is 6 poor but honest Irish lad, who, while walking down Washington street. found wallet con- taining cheeks and money to the value of sev- eral hundred dollars. Although almost desti- tute, he returned it to it's owners, Messrs A. P. Ordway & Co.,, proprietors of Sulphur Bit ters, who gave him Q liberal reword, and also gave him six bottles of Sulphur Bitters for his mother, who has been terrible sufferer with rheumatism, and who returned many blessings after being cured by their use.- WeeEj,, WorH F.. t