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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
Very Long Lives.

Mrs. A. w. Fountain, of Florence
township, Wabash county, Indiana,
celebrated her Tooth birthday on the
18th.
A special act gives Simpson Harris,
of North Carolina, pension of $50 a
month for services rendered in 1914.
He is lO4 years old.
Although 0S years OF age, James
Caldwell, of Eastman, Ga, was an ex-
pert shot with II sporting rifle and
frequently went squirrel shooting last
fall. He died few days ago.
A soldier named Pradier, who died
recently at AurouX, France, was cen
tury old before he married, and he
lived with his wife for eight years.
The widow of Peter Finegan, Of
West Chester, Pa, is "a years old. Hel
husband died AT the age Of 9S.
Mrs. Elizabeth Samser, of Orange,
Va, is 104 years old.
After living ITO years, James Nc
Cabe, of Mars Hill, Me-, ended his days
in the poor-house.
The Oldest active Freemason in Ohio
is L. s. Kendrick, of Chillicothe, who
is in his 95th year.
Mrs, Thankful Donncll died in West
Bath, Me-, recently, aged 100 years
and four months.
AT recent wedding in Russia the
parents Of the groom, who were both
present, were aged respectively 1OS
and 90 years.
Mrs. Mary smith, colored, died
recently in Philadelphia, aged l01
years. Her youngest brother, who ID
still living, Is 30 years old.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
Have Il Smoke?

GLOW is the cigar tradc?' was asked
Il leading wholesale dealer yesterday.
"Good. Prices are, if anything,
stronger than they were say six
months ago. This is due to the ad-
vance in seed leaf tobacco Of the better
grades, There has been no material
advance in imported leaf
"Ilow is the stock in packers
handS?'
There is none left of the old crop;
that is, none of the fine and most de-
,irablc grades. There is n fair supply
of the 81 crop ON hand. Manufacturers
don't commence on that until the cold
weather sets in. All leaf tobacco is
kept from Il year To a year and Il hall
before being manufactured. The
cigar most largely sold here, II seed
and Havana, such as rctailS AT three
for Il quarter, have imported Havana
filling and Il Connecticut wrapper.
"llOw about cigarcttcs?"
The demand for them is constantly
increasing. but prices are 50 cut that
there is little profit in them for the
iobbcrS and retailers. The manufac-
turrrS, however, get about as much
for them as they ever did. As you
know, no doubt, NAM leading brands
of cigarettes that used TO retail at ~
cents per bunch are now sold for just
half that price. Strangely enough the
enormous demand for cigarettes does
not materially affect the demand for
cigars. This is no doubt due to the
fact that cigarctts are smoked largely
by those who would not in any event
smoke cigars: boys, girls and weak
minded men. - Boston GiObc.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
A Black Prince In st. Louis.

There is now residing at No. 1902
Morgan street an African prince, who is
the object of many curious gaze when
ever he appears at door or window.
He dresses in not very new American
clothing, wears paper collar and a
tie, and might pass unnoticed If it
were not known that royal blood flows
in his veins. The prince is of the
house Of Alice, the ruling family of
the tribe of Timmanee. His cousin is
the sovereign, and he divided the title
of prince with eighteen others, there
being twenty-five princesses in the
family. Tho tribe numbers about
twenty-five people, and forms about
half Of the population Of Sierra Leone.
He is known as James G. Hazeley, the
surname being that adopted by his
grandfather when the tribe became
civilized, Isl. Losis Globe. Democrat,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
Rats and Cats.

In one Of our trips to the country re-
Gently we learned, says the Michigan
Farmer man, that rats were unusually
plenty this summer. They are abroad
by the thousand in some sections.
Perhaps they have learned that there
Is good wheat crop and the price is
.ow, and putting this and that togcth-
cr, and knowing the disposition Of
some farmers to hold on to the crop
when the price don't suit, they have
come together to reap the spoils,
They will have II long fcastng time no
doubt, and in many granarics will de-
plctc the store so us to more than cOun-
tcr-balanCc whatever advance there
may be in price. But speaking Of
rats and their dcprcdations reminds us
Of Il little chapter on wlts, clipped
from the Cleveland LcmiCr, and pre-
scntcd below with our hearty endorse
mcnt:
Cats ouhgt to have IN honorcd place
on the farm, but too often they have
no place ut all. This is because they
nrc kept at the house, fOndlcd by the
pct-lOving children and fed by the
kind-hcartcd women until they be-
come lazy and worthless. The farmer
cstccms cats less highly than dogs. but
the former are sometimes Of the great
er value TO him. Barn cats should
rarely he allowed to come TO the house,
and never he fed there. All they need
is plenty of milk; comprl them to ret
the rest of their living, and they will
find if about the barn, rrunarics cribs.
sheds. and in fine fields. A GOOD
mouser is worth Ten cents per day
,hou, , gr,n,rv rrib mr. harm Ninr
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

filled with tears that seemed full Of
pity.
As was going she held up the little
one and said in Il soft tone, "Will
you not say goodbye to our childP"
| took him up hastily; he began to cry,
and resisted my embrace, | put him
down and FASTENED away.
| iourncyed through the world at
random; and, strangely after the first
day my travelling companion, Dcprcs-
sion, was joined by Il comradc who
Immediately announced to me, "You
are Il foolr' First Whispering, then
louder and louder, and always mock
ingly. Truly was Il fool. | read it
in the journals that lay before me, 1t
was written on the blue hills, and
yelled in the shrek of the locomotive.
Yes, | believe it now. Enough,
cnough Why did | not return at
once? The fool must exhaust himself
e'cr he can be cured.
With Il beating heart | entered my
home once more. What Il solemn
stiffness within. What strange whis-
pcrings! My wife met me with eyes
red from weeping. "Oh, 1T is i'll
very ill., she cried; at will surely
dic!' | tried to rcassurc her. Her
fears, however, were too well founded.
A short, anxious period without hope
passed.
On the last night we sat by his little
bed; she on one side, | on the other,
each holding one of his hands. How
his little heart pulsed and beat, Quick,
sharp fever strokes, and each like n
moniton Love! Love! Love!
We were mutely conscious Of this
pulSatiOn and Of its monitiOn, and
through our tears our eyes met, full
and deep like first vow.
At that moment words would have
been dasccraton.
Then we put at" 10 sleep in Il bed
out in the sweet spring sunshine
As we sat at our next meal, after
leaving him there, there aS again Il
silence between us, but diff rent from
that the little stranger had disturbed
with his lisping papa BY the wall
stood his high chair, and on the side
board lay his spoon and sccptrc.
Ibid you not also have little love
for 'lt?'" my wife said, softly, as She
reached out to me her delicate white
hand across the table. Her voice
trcmblcd as she spoke.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
Nrwspapcr ENTERPRISE,

1t is claimed that the journalistic
productions of Paris constitute one
tenth of all those in the world. If all
the stories told of the Partisan news
papers are correct it would undoubtcd-
~ be better if the papers were fewer
and better. As illustrative of French
newspaper enterprise, Il story is told
of the way in which one of the dailieS
reported Il railroad accident, a score
of miles away The accident occurred
on Monday morning. On Tuesday
night the paper stated that it was
rumorcd that IN accident had Oc-
cured, and that reporter would he
dispatched forthwith. On Wednesday
it announced that reporter had been
sent and would soon be heard from.
On Thursday there was Il letter from
the reporter announcing his safe ar
rival at the nearest village and that
he would start next morning for the
scene of the accident, On Friday
came the news that the reporter had
been there and would soon be able TO
report in person and on Saturday the
report was published.
Doubtless this account is cxaggerat-
ed, but it illustrates the European
ideas of newspaper enterprise. The
English papers are gradually but very
slowly copying after the American
papers and are getting our more wide
awake notions, but the Continental
European press is still in the dark ages
of journalism.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
SUNSET.

The far of hills, that rise, and mount aud rise
Until they reach the dark woods on the wcsi,
Have deep meaning and a namccss rest,
That have seen in palc-brOwed evening Skies
And in an infants tired half closed eyes
While sleeping on the mothers peaceful
breast,
The long red sunset, with golden crest
Now caps the distant forest, and there lies
A low, rich radiance, that nrstlcs DER
The whole scene, Of this dying of the day,
That tells us, Ills dream of that bright shore
Beyond. Thus, in this all-mystcriOus way,
God speaks, without voice or word, yet
All tired hcsrts may know il is--sunsct.
Alan BIiSford, IN The Current
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
Social BEINGS.

To be able to entertain gracefully
and well is an accomplishment which
every lady should seek to acquire.
We arc, pre-cminently, social beings,
and as such our happiness depends too
greatly upon the cultivation of our
social natures to allow us to neglect
society altogether. Those who ex-
clude themselves from social life are
sure to become mentally warped and
distorted. No mind is capable Of
maintaining its equilibrium II left en-
tirely to itself An idea is not worth
much until it has been submitted 10
another's Judgment Saturday EUe''-
ing Mail.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

The American Historical association,
which is to be organized this year in
connection with the Social Science as
s,ciation, will hold its first meeting at
Saratoga, Sept. 0. Communications
are expected from Profs. Charles Ken
dali Adams, of Michigan university,
and Moses Colt Tyler, of Cornell, and
from representatives of Harvard, Yale,
and John Hopkins. President Andrew
d. White, of Cornell university, will
be present, and has been invited to
rive an address. DR.. Frank Austin
Scott, professor of history in Rutgers
college, and for long time associated
with George Bancroft, will present a
paper upon ''The Law Of Constitu-
tional development in the United
states"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

THREE cents an hour for each Jab-
lochkoil candle having been found in
sufficient to meet the running expenses
after trial lasting over five and n half
years, the company supplying that
method of electric lighting have dis
continued to employ it on the Thames
(Victoria) cmbankmcnt, London.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

SITUATED one and half miles north
of Poundridgc is pretty little sheet of
water called Trinity lake. 1t is the
source Of supply for Stamford, Conn,
fourteen miles away. There is a sim
gulal phenomenon connected with this
lake which is not generally known, cx-
cept to few residents of this locality.
1t is what is called floating island, a
good-sized body of land, which has for
several years appeared at regular in
teryals near the center of the lake,
and, after remaining upon tho surface
of the water for several days, sinking
again to the bottom, about forty-live
feet. No one has yet taken the
trouble to investigate the phenome-
non, and the country people have be-
conc so accustomed to it that they
think little about it.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

VICTOR HUGO VoGEL, German
barber, swan the Niagara river above
the falls the other day in five minutes
and eighteen seconds, and Immediate
ly swan back again in five minutes
and eight seconds. In 1876 he won
the championship Of Germany for Il
distance of mile. In 1882 he swan
from pier No. 1, North river, New
York city, to Rockaway beach, twen-
ty.thrcc miles, in eight hours and nine
minutes.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

WASHINGTON WELLS, Il man of 20,
born of colorcd parents in Warren
county, Virginia, visited Hagcrstown,
Nd, recently, and was an object of in
tcrcst, from the fact that his skin has
changed to that of white man. The
change commenced sixteen years ago,
ami has now progressed so far that the
color has disappeared from ninc-tenths
of his person. His case has puzzled
the medical fraternity.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

GERMAN physicians are claimed by
many to be the most skillful in the
world. They study thirteen years, in
an ordinary college for live years, then
attend medical school six years, and
end up with two years in Il hospital.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11
CURRENT TOPICS.
TnF learned Prof. Tyndall does not
know the year of his birth.

HANsELL estimates the quantity of
ANIMATED springs at present required
on the English, Scotch and Welsh rail-
ways at 231 ,920 tons, and of the 1000
tons annually used Sheffield gives
about 10000 tons.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

swamp or Il low-lying field into u lake
ut the expense of the Gulf of Mexico
and to the relief of the flood sufferers, "
he builds for II future generation,
which will rise up and bless him. The
current
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

STATISTICS of the Philadelphia board
of health show that over three thou.
sand human bodies are buried every
year within the thickly-scttlcd portions
of the city. The large cemeteries,
which receive the bulk of the bodies,
are located upon hillsidcs overlooking
the Schuykill river, from which the
city gets its water supply.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

PAUL EUDEL, the French cXposcr Of
art frauds, assures amateurs that it is
no shame to them if they are now and
then taken in, for there is no cabinet
of curiositics without its false pieces.
The provincial museums Of France,
and even those of the capital, contain
them. The grand cabinet of medals
of the national library holds certain
number of notorious frauds.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

WHEN pure, platinum is as soft as
silver, but by the addition OF iridium,
it becomes the hardest of metals. The
great difficulty in manipulating plati-
mum is its excessive resistance to heat.
A temperature that will make steel
run like water and melt down fire.
clay has absolutely no effect upon it.
You may put piece of platinum wire
not thicker than Il human hair into Il
blast furnace where ingOts of steel are
melting down all around it, and the
bit of wire will come out us absolutely
unchanged as if it had been in an ice
box all the time.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

All the managing mammas among the Eng
lIsh nobility arc arranging to bring out their
ebuds'' simultaneously with Wales two daugh-
ters, respectively seventeen and sixteen, who
will be launched on the sea Of English society
in the coming season.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

GEN. DAVIS, of the British army,
who was famous insect collector,
once picked up wheel-bug in the
West India islands, and received q
blow that paralyAcd his arm for some
time. As he shook the insect of he no.
ticed where it had stood on his hand
six red marks, the impression of its
feet. Kirby and Spence also refer to
this popularity of the insect, and other
naturalists have received shocks from
certain luminous beetles. Capt. Blake
ney took up an unknown caterpillar
and Immediately received such a shock
that his entire right side became para
lyzed, and for long time he was dan
gerously i'll.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

EX-Gov. JouN w. STEVENSON, of
kentucky, is still practcing law ut
Covington, that state. For more than
half century the name of the cx-gov-
ernor has been connected with nation
al politics. He has repeatedly repre-
scnted his district in congress, and
was at one time United States scna-
tor, He was also president of the con-
vcntion at Cincinnati that nominated
Mr.. Buchanan, and also the one that
nominated Hancock. He was elected
governor of Kentucky by majority OF
$4,000. For several years he has been
cut of politics.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-11

Immense quantities Of sweet potatoes arc
being shipped from the eastern shore Of viz
ginis'
, 1884-11-15
Signing FoR love.
A T~enderfoot W no Has Had a Marrow
Escape.

A
WANTED-The correspondence Of a
young lady. Address II. +. SCOTT.
The above came addressed to The
LEADER yesterday but for apparent reas-
ons the address given is omitted at this
time. The writer Of the note evidently
labors under an enormous load of carefully
compiled transformation and enervated
errors
THE LEADER is not an eleemosynary
institution run for the benefit of invalid
| dudes. Neither is it a benevolent bureau
for the issuance Of second handed mashes
and cold hunks Of affection to professional
tramp lovers.
There are dozens and dozens of
young ladies in Cheyenne who are
chuck full of affection, and some of them
may be frantically looking for a spingle-
shanked dude who wears a number eight
boot and a number six hat, upon whom to
lavish the concentrated love they now
bestow on pet pups and voiceless canary
birds, but up to the hour of going to press
nobody has been able to find them. There
may be young ladies in Cheyenne who
bang their hair with a butcher knife and
sit down and howl for some consumptive
tenderfoot to come along and let them
rest their head on his concave breast, but
the canvassing board has failed to report
them.
When a big cared tenderfoot cannot
live on his mother any longer, he
thinks he can come West,
marry u cattle kings daughter within
three days after his arrival in Wyoming,
be elected to the Legislature, and, inside
of a year, go back East with a cowboy hat
and a big bank account. In about five or
six years he finds out that the half-civil-
lied denizens of these wind swept plains
don't turn out with a brass band and a
torchlight procession to greet every
emigrant from the East who wears a
stewed shirt and a high collar. If he has
any brains at all he then settles down to
washing dishes in a restaurant or cleaning
the iron pots in a COW camp and becomes
a useful member of the community.
There are plenty Of young men IN this
city who are able, and willing, too, if the
exigencies of the times demand it. to
round up all the unclaimed affections hat
the market and the populaei6h affords.
At present the importation of impecuni-
GUS imbeciles upon whom to work off the
surplus love that is now running wild over
the rolling prairies is not one of the cry
ing needs of this desperate community,
but, on the contrary, about FIVE hundred
able bodied outlaws and road agents here
daily parade the streets looking for some
sap-headed tenderfoot who wants to make
diluted love to the ~untutored maidens of
the tribe. When they find one we all go
out and have a scalp dance, while the dim
moonlight's fitfull rays reveal something
that didn't grow there, s~waying to the
limb of a sycamore tree.
, 1884-11-15

Hugh Madden came into Justice
Fishers Court yesterday l response to
an invitation which he did not feel at lib
erty to decline. Judge Fisher wa pre-
pared to hold a soiree and entertained
Madden for a few moments. At the con-
clusion of the interview the visitor con
fessed the error of his ways and mended
the injury he had inflicted on the body of
the municipal bylaws by donating $40.
The entry of drunk, fine paid, gives q
condensed history of his appearance in
court.
Some time since a man named Dallager
had an informal knocking-out match with
a colored man known as JEFF Thompson.
Dallager escaped, for a time, the penal
ties which his ofense had made his due,
but yesterday he fell a victim to police
warchfulness. Justice Lee said that $13,
ornamented with the costs, would settle
the matter satisfactorily. and when last
seen Dallager was rustling for the money,
while Officer Sullivan accompanied him as
a sort Of purely ornamental Sancho Panza.
, 1884-11-15

Sam johnson is over from Rawlins.
A. H. Reel is back from a trip to his
ranch.
A. D. Chamberlain is in from his
ranch.
Mrs, D. H. Reed, of Laramie City, is
in town.
Judge F. W. Foss, of Chugwnter, is in
the city.
J. NJ. uenenger, of Buffalo, wyo., is
in town.
C. G. Thayer came in from his ranch
yesterday.
John Wallace came in from Laramie
yesterday.
H. Donzelmann has returned from
Laramie City.
G. Mayfeld cam in from Fort Robin
son yesterday.
John NJ. Brown came over from Lara
lnie City yesterday.
Judge c. F. Milter lett for the East
yesterday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. S. Snow, Of Laramie,
were in the city yesterday.
Messrs. P. Bergensen, George East
and Clarence CHANNEL went to Nebraska
yesterday on a hunting trip.
Mr.. Harry 7. Bowman arrived from
st. Louis yesterday, and is interviewing
his business friends in the city.
At the Railroad Hotel: f W Hahn,
San Francisco; H w Wheeler, U s A;
Walter Chearnley, Sidney; J G Blackman,
Fremont.
AT Dyer's Hotel: + Ettinger, Phila-
delphia; James Carroll, Little Horse
creek; Andrew mckinley, La Porte; Rev
Samuel Num-, Devils Lake; Free Tho
man, Fort Collins.
AT the Inter Ocean: Rose Shafer,
Buffalo. Wyo; w G Rogers, Boston; L P
Fruy, Boston; w W Palmer, Chicago; H
I Bowman, St Louis; NJ N Meyer, Grand
Rapids; E Cohen, New York.
At the Metropolitan: J L Fitzpatrick,
Wyoming; James Sullivan. New York;
James Foster, Denver; D NJ Jones and
wife, Ohio; Casper Regain and wife,
Omaha; W H Schultz, q T Roberts,
b Wilson, Rhodes, Iowa.
, 1884-11-15

The application of two attorneys, made
to the District Court to be admitted as
members Of the Wyoming bar, we're yes
terday reported adversely. 1t is not nee
essary to give the names of the attorneys
whose applications were rejected. but it
may be appropriate tostate that the mem
bers fthe legal profession in good profess
sional and social standing have decided to
protect the honor Of the profession, and
to the end that it be not brought into i'll
repute by the admission of Objectionable
persons, have, through a committee of the
bar, advised the Court upon the applica-
tons of those wishing to be admitted to
practice. Some apparent hardships may
be worked, but the effect will be of great
benefit 10 the Courts, the profession, and
the people.
, 1884-11-15

The returns from Sun Dance arrived
here yesterday. With the exception of
the returns from Inyan Kara, all of the
Laramie county returns are now in, and
upon the arrival of the records of the
Inyan Kara vote, the official canvass will
at once be made. Justice Foss, of Chug-
water, is now here and will assist in the
official canvass. The law provides that a
representative of each political party shall
participate in the canvass and Justice
Foss will represent the Democracy at the
time of the official count.