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The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

The comforts of home are apprekat-
ed at.this season more than any other,
and they are fortunate who have COM
Portable homes, as most people can have
if they take time by the forelook in
pleasant weather. and do not neglect
necessary precautions against the rigors
of a winter in this high latitude.
Neglect in any particular is q fruitful
cource of regret, and those who suffer
thereby a derive a valuable lesson
for the future. A cold dwelling, with
inefficient stoves, scarcity of feul and
!, warm. clothing, with "a larder lean,"
= make up a sum of discomfort that is APP
/, paling to the hardest, and is the fruit
full source of unnumbered ills to all
inmates. -
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Jurors. He favors radical change in the fee
bill, the adoption Of q system by which at.
torneys and marshals of the United State.
should he compensated solely by salaries,
ana tie erection by the government Of q
penitentiary for the confinement of offend,
ers against it's laws.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

The increased use of the bicycle has
stimulated the ingenuity of inventors
to contrive a road motor, a light car
riage- for common roads, driven by q
small steam engine. 1t ought not to be
q very troublesome problem to con-
struct such a vehicle, with an engine
easily managed, safe and consuming but
little fuel, and to make it so cheap that
it would cost less than the price of Q
good horse and buggy. A reporter Of
the Boston Traveller found the other
day a mechanic who told him that sey-
eral persons were working upon this
problem with excellent prospects of
success, and would probably bring the
Inventions upon the market next spring.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06

Business failures IN Great Britain
continue to show a remarkable decrease
compared with last year and the year
before, although complaints Of dull
trade and industrial depression are COM
mon and as loud as ever in England.
The talk of business men, the world
over, is apt to be more dismal than
che statistics of commerce.
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE.

The attorney general renews the recon-
mendsaen contained in his report of last
year, touching the fees Of Witnesses and
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
INC
THE sEcRErAnY's REPORT.

d S6ChE1Ah4 . hEROhI.
The condition of our finances and the
operations of the various branches OF the
public service which are connected with the
treasury department are very fully dis
cussed in the report of the secretary. It ap-
pears that the ordinary revenue for the fiscal
From customs. 76
From internal revenue. ........ 121,5S6.O72 81
From all other sources. ......,. 81, S66, 3O7 IS
Total ordinary revenues .$S348, 519,869 90
Thu public expenditures during the sam
period. were: -
For civil expenses. $22, 312, 907 II
For foreign intercourse. ....... 1890, 766 81
For Indians. 6.475, 999 %
For the military establishments,
including river and harbor inn
-proyements and %arsenals. ........ 80, ~, eos SO
For The naval establishments, in.
Guiding vessels, machinery and "
improvements at navy yards. 1892, COL 46
For miscellaneous expenditures, in
Guiding public buildings, light
houses and collecting the revenue 1899, TO 90
For expenditures on account of the {.
District of Columbia. 3,4O7, 049 50
For interest on,the public debt.... t~4,57s.s78 4s
For the sinking und.............. 1890, 229 so
Leaving a surplus Of 57, sos, 1896. IS. As con.
pared with the preceding fiscal year there
was a net decrease of over $4,000, 900 in
the amount OF expenditures. The aggregate
receipts were less than those of the year
previous by about$74, 600, 900. The failing
of of revenue from customs mad up nearly
$4,000, 900 of the deficiency, and about
2 600, 900 of the remainder was due to
the diminished receipts from internal taxa
tion. The secretary estimates the total re-
ceipts for the fiscal year, which will end June
80, 1885, at $3.50. DOC. 600, and the total
expenditures at $3.50, 62O,2O1, in which are
included the interest on debt and amount
payable to the sinking fund. This would
leave a surplus for the entire year of about
500 .OOO,O 600. The value of exports from
the United States to foreign countries during
the year ending June 80, 1854, was as
follows:
Foreign merchandise 1~5.54s.757
Total merchandise. .......... $sdo,553,s 500
Specle.......... ................ @ot,1oo,ooo
Total exports of merchandise and
HE cotton and cotton manufactures in
Guided in this statement were valued at
$2OS ,9OO,415. the breadstuffs at $l62, 544.-
us. the provisions at $114, 416, SAT andthe
minerals at $$47, 1O3 ,24S. During the same
period the imports were as follows:
Merchandise 69a' 693
M : than IS; per cent Of the s Entire va las
Of imported merchandise consisted of the
following articles:
Sugar and molasses. ....... ..... S1os, ss4, 274
Wool and wooden manufactures. ...... 1884, 1872
Silk and its manufactures. ........ As, 800, 128
Coffee 1856. 705
Iron and steel and manufactures
thereof. Il se, 500
Chemicals S8.484,e66
Flax, hemp, jute and like substances
and manufactures thereof....... 81, 463, $50
Cotton and manufactures Of cotton. 3l,454, 476
Hides and skins other than fur kin q, $780, 06
SILVER DOLLARS.
Iconcur with the secretary of the treasury
The Dickinson press., 1884-12-06
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

4ue CeuLIal lna SCUM American commits
sion, a;pgpeinted by authority of the act Of
has been furnished with instructions which
Will be laid before you They contain a
statement of the general policy of the gov
eminent for enlarging it's commercial inter
course with American states The commits
sioners have been actively preparing for
ences In the principal cities with merchants
and others Interested in the Central and
South American trade. The International
Meridian conference, lately convened in
Washington, upon the Invitation Of the
government of the United States, was COM
posed of representatives Of twenty-five ma
tons: The conference concluded its labors
on the LIST of November, having with sub
stantial unapimity agreed upon the meridian
OF Greenwich as the starting point whence
degrees eastward end westward. and upon
the adoption, for all purposes for which it
may be found convenient, of a universal
day, which shall begin at midnight on the
initial meridian, and whose hours shall be
counted The from for zssG p report to Of swen sBs
transactions Of this conference viii
be hereafter transmitted to congress
This government is in frequent receipt of in
vitations from foreign states to participate
in international exhibitions, often of great
interest and Importance. Occupying as we
do an advanced position in the worlds pro-
duction, n aiming to secure a profitable
share for our industries in the general COM
petitfve markets, it is q matter Of serious
concern that the want of means of partici-
patton in these exhibits should so often ex-
Guide our producers from the advantages
enjoyed by those of other countries During
the past year the attention of congress ", 9
drawn to the formal invitations in this re-
gard rendered by the governments of En-
gland. Holland, Belgium, Germany and
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
Camels' wrestling Matches.


lpiODt- btIlOGTuIl
Wrestling matches between camels Is an
amnsemeht in which tho Turks take
great delight, although they sometimes
get u fine animal MANNED In the
sport The camels are trained to wrestle
when quite young, and take much
pleasure In the fray. A correspondent
writes: We had a young one on board, and
as he was born under the flag he was
christened Uncle Sam One of the Turks
amused himself on the voyage making a
''pehlovan" OF him, and when he was six
weeks old he was more than a match for his
master, using his legs, neck. and mouth with
such dexterity. and displaying such wonder
full strength In 30 young a thing, that he
became a very rough playmate, and often
hurt the mon by throwing them down. This
feature seems to be natural to the camel, for
when two strange ones come together where
there are any females they nave a wrestling
match for the supremacy, and the conquered
one ever after acknowledge, his inferiority by
noe so much rs daring 10 glance at a female.
Well-trened animals seldom injure each
other, being taught to throw their antago-
mist by getting his neck unde their fore leg
tho right one-and then throwing the
whole weight of their hody on him, aud
bringing him to the ground.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
ARTIFICIAL EGGS.
The Story as It Appears IN a Respect
ablo English journal

Popular Science News
"This Is a wonderful age!r exclaimed a
gentleman as he put aside the newspaper be
was reading in the cars. "At last they are
manufacturing eggs so exactly like the hen
product that no one can tell the artificial
from the natural. have just read all about
the new industry in the paper. Dear me,
what nextF Unquestionably a very large
number OF reac ~ were led to believe the
story 50 adroitiy put by a facetious writer
IN b Detroit Frea Press, regarding the
manufacture of hens eggs. The Joke has
gone the round Of the English press: and but
fewdoubters have come to the front TO dis
pute the statement The English, as a rule,
are incapable OF appreciAting, or even under
standing, American jokes They gobblo
down all our crude, absurd, Improbable
newspaper stories, and look at each other in
wonder.
This egg story is published in so highly re-
spectacle a Journal as The London Farmer,
and this Is the way 1t is described:
"The manufacture OF artificial eggs across
the Atlantic Is largely Increasing; and ono
establishment alone turns out upwards OF
1000 every hour. The yelks are formed Of a
paste composed of corn-fiour, starch, and
other materials. The whites are made of
albumen, and are chemically Identical with
the whites OF real eggs. The inner skin is a
film Of gelatine; and the shell is of plastor-of-
Paris, and is somewhat thicker than tho
original The yelk is first rolled into a ball,
and frozen hard; then 1t Is enclosed in the
albumen, and submitted to a rapid rotatory
motion, which makes 1t a proper ovoid form,
and again II Is frozen. IL is then dipped into
the gslatine, and after that into the plaster,
which, while drying rapidly, retains the form
after the contents have melted. 1t Is said,
that, in point OF taste, the eggs cannot be dis
tinguished from the real article; While they
will keep good for years, and are not SO easily
broken They can DO lavored to resemble
ducks eggs; but up to the present 1t is stated
that even the most assiduous hen had failed
TO produce chicks from these compounds"
The western joker will be encouraged to
try his band again in the "delusion' line
and his next venture We shall look for with
interest.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
Engraving In all its branches is done
at ZEHHER, JACKSON q BUECHNER's.
Advice to Mothers,

Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child suf-
fering and crying with pain OF cutting
teethp If 30, send at once and get a
bottle Of Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup
for children teething. It's value is in
calculRble. 1t will relieve the poo
little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon II, mothers, there is no mistake
about 1t. 1t cures d~ysentery and diar-
rhea, regulates the stomach and bow
els, cures wind collie, softens the gums,
reduces Inflammation, and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. Mrs.
Winslow's soothing syrup for children
teething is pleasant to the taste, and is
the prescription of one OF the Oldest
and best female physicians and nurses
In the United States, and is for sale by
all druggists throughout the world.
Price 26 cents a bottle.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
FiaxeiIation SIN PraotIced.

lllItI OCehn.l
The Church of the Penitentes, in Santc
Domingo, Mexico, q correspondent Of Tn
Buffalo Courier writes, Is $50 years old, and
In 1t 1agellation is still practiced by the rem.
nant Of the AEtecs that worship there. The
day OF ingellation is Good Friday. Although
the ponitentss are all Catholics, all the Catho-
lies are by no means p~enitentes. Indeed, It'll
said they are discouraged by the priesthood.
They strip their bodies to the waist, and hav.
ing provided themselves with scourges, they
beat themselves and each other over the
Shoulder and back with them until the fesh
Is terribly lacerated. This is done walking
In procession, one Of their number voluntarily
leading and bearing a heavy wooden cross
bound to his neck, undsr which he staggers
nearly bent double, his flesh laceratod by the
scourgcs Of his followers. Many have died OF
exhaustion under this penance. II the victim
lives to reach the church, the cross ia sus.
pended therein, with the bleeding sufferer
still bound TO 1t, where he remains until he
faints under loss Of blood. The penitente often
pays the penalty OF his life in this vicarious
atonement for his sins,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

IIVHUVH INIVTINTHI
How startling, is the thought that in 1882
nearly 1900 children under 10 years Of age
and about 1000 adults are reported to the
police as lost or missing II is reassuring To
read hat out OF this vnst army Of lost waits
and strays all were recovered or accounted
for except l74 adults and twelve children,
who were never traced. These figures natur.
ally lead us to ask ourselves whether there
may not be many others, both children and
adults, In whom no one takes sufficient In.
terost to report their loss or absence to the
police. Many thrilling descriptions have
been written OF hunters, travellers, and others
who lost themselves and got turned round
in the voicelsss solitudes OF the Australian
bush or upon the vast plains OF North
America; but the words Lost in London
carry even greater terrors with them.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
Keeping Flowers In a Bed-Room.

IUPuIHT ocIence MonITIy.I
DIR. Reklam OF Berlin, has expressed the
opinion that tho indispositions, in the shape
of uneasy sleep, headache, etc, which are
sometimes found to result from keeping
bowers all night in a bedroom, do not arise
from any special properties Of the flowers.
The effect, he thinks, is analogous TO that
produced on the eyes and ears by excessive
light and by loud sounds, being, in fact,
caused by a continual strain on the olfactory
nerves More or less similar consequence
arise, 1t is remarked, from a bright light
being kept burning in n bedroom, OF from
the noise OF the wind, or OF vehicles passing
by; the brain being disturbed from its wonted
rest by these external influences. The
moderate uso Of perfumes, it is argued, can.
not be regarded as ininrious.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

The Journal has said but very little
In reference to the organization OF the
two houses of the eighth legislative as
sembly. However, as tho democrats
are in the ascendant in both houses,
they will undoubtedly be organized in
the interest of that party. For presi-
dent of the council we should like to
see that energetic, liberal and progress
sive business man, and sterling demo-
crat, OF Albany county, Hon. W. H.
Holiday, chosen, and for speaker OF
the house, either Hon. N. N. Craig or
John Coad, OF Laramie county Eth
or of these gentlemen would make ex-
cellent presiding officers and perform
their duties with credit to themselves
and honor to their counties and the
territory.-Rawlins Journal.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

THE New York Times, which Is lead
ing the ''bear" campaign against
stocks Of every sort, ventures the pre-.
diction that Jay Gould will collapse
during the coming year as Willard has
done. 1t couples this statement, how
ever, with the charge that Mr.. Gould
has hitherto sold all his stocks while
they were at tip-top prices, and left
the receding tide to swamp those who
bought them from him. As both
these charges appear in the same sur
yey of the business situation, it be-
comes an interesting query how, IL the
second charge be true, the irst can be
otherwise than false.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

PosTMAsrER GENERAL GRESHAM is
still making himself unpopular with the
postmasters of the country by compel
ling them to live within the letter of
the law. His latest order forbids them
to use the ordinary postal funds TO pay
for extra help in the money order ser
vice. 1t Is probable that some of the
ofacials who have violated the law in
this regard will be called upon to re-
fund. II Mr.. Gresham ever becomes
president 1t will be in spite of the
opposition of the postmasters of the
country,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
Iowa CITY has a legend that a

Iowa CITY has a legend that a con-
tractor, who defrauded the govern
ment of 100000 in gold, buried his
money near an old lime kiln during the
war, and, after a short residence, went
back east and died in a hospital in
Washington before he could remove his
treasure. The land on which the treas
ure is said to have been buried has
changed owners several times, each
successive holder trying to find it; but
their efforts 30 far have been fruitless.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

THE editor of the Corsicana (Texas)
Observer had a baby girl born unto
him, and this is how 1t affected him:
''rhe beautiful gates were left ajar last
Sabbath, and a little angel girl came
down On a falling star" This must be
his nrst. After he has had two or three
of EN- he will probably couch his Ian
guage in a style more appropriate to the
constituency Of a Texas newspaper.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

KANSAS CITY papers publish ar elsb-
crate review of the events of the year
The 6rst local event noted on New
Years day, 1888, was a dog fight, and
the closing event of the year was a
church fair with an oyster stew. Kan
sas City is growing more pious every
ranr
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

TIE annual sale of articles u
lated in the dead letter office at Wash
ington will begin on January 10, and
will continue until the entire collection
IS disposed of. The printed catalogue
o Domains a list OF about 4 900 articles.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

GENERAL NEAL Dow says that a
gentleman told hun in st. Louis, hat
he remembered the time when Alton.
ILL.,, tweuty-one miles away, IA a more
important place, and letters were some
times addressed to st. Louis, near Al
ton Ill
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

INT hHII7HN ITuFUItTsI
see here, said an editorial writer, calling
the editor.in-chief, THAT fellow on Tie Wolf.
vile Scalp has produced an argument that
/ can not answer. What shall | do with
himf'
LET me see,r mused the editor, looking
over tho argument 81 rsckin you had bet
ter call him a liar and drop the contro-
versy."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

Poor Willard Only two months ago
the envied hundred millionaire, the
railway magnate Of the g Now,
shattered in body and mind, he sees his
glory and his fortune fade from him
like a dream.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1884.

THE postmaster general is preparing
n bill for congress excluding papers
publishing lottery advertisements from
the pound-rate postage.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

Burlington HRwkeye: Bulwer was cor
rect; there IL 10 such word as fail; Il IL
Modified down into assignment.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

4 L, hne watch repairing,
4 DAVID MILLER, 18th street.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06

Every smoker should try little
kerr"
The National tribune., 1884-12-25
Big money-steady employment. Address
Hale Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich


DIR. GRATTAN. Novel. BY VIM. A. Ham.
mond, MD. Published by ID. Appleton & Co..
New York.
DIR, Hammond, formerly Surgeon General OF
the Army, is very brilliant man, who, sated
with fame in his own profession, now seeks il
in other lines of intellectual effort and seems
to be in a fair way of acquiring share of it,
His first novel, Lal," which appeared last
Spring produced sensation, and was exten-
sively read. After the first feeling of curiosity
as TO what sort of a book a popular and emi-
nent physician would write, and people began
10 examine the work as to its real merits it
was found to have much worth, and it has
passed the current literature of the day as one
OF the books quite desirable to read. The pres
ent volume is likely to prove even more sue
cessful. DIR. Hammond gains in skill in literary
bandiwork with practice and many of the tech
meal defects of his first effort are absent in
this The scene of ''Dr. Grattan " is laid in a
village at the foot of the Adirondacks, of which
DR.. Grattan is the only physician. He is a
The National tribune., 1884-12-25
Senator Ingalls,.

To THE EDITOR: 1t is reasonably certain
that the Legislature Of Kansas will re-elect to
the U. S. Senate Mr. j. J. ingalls,. Not so much
for his recognized ability as for the advocacy
of measures affecting the veteran soldiers in
terests, do we rejoice in Senator Ingalls, sue
cess. 1t is cardinal conviction of the old SOL
dier to "help those who help him." and, with
rare exceptions, all members of either branch
of Congress, who became known as the SOL
dier's friends, were supported by our veteran
comrades. This is as it should be, and our
friends in Congress may rely upon our help in
time of need, who aid us in the same trying
hour.-BRooKLYN.
The National tribune., 1884-12-25
Tie Charge at Knnesan.

To THE EDITOR: As / have not seen any
thing of the charge at KenesaW, | thought
would see if / Could get some of my comrades
to reply to me. 1t would be consOling to me
to hear from you something about the narrow
escapes we underwent during that charge, in
which l was a member Of Co. G, 125th H.,
Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth
Corps, Col. Dan McCool1 commanding Third
Brigade. When the orders were issued, as my
Colonel was the ranking Colonel of the brigade,
we took the front line, supported by the 22d
Ind, 66th ILL.,, 65th III. and sd Ohio. We
marched in line Of battle TO the foot of the hill
or ridge. We were ordered to raise the yell
and charge up the hill through a rye field.
After reaching the works we found them so
strong we could not take them and fell back,
when Gen. McCool1 seized the coIors, mounted
the rebel works, and yelled, Come on, boys,
the day is ours" He at that moment was
shot, falling outside of the works, still holding
the colors. Turning to Col. Harmon, of the
125th H., he said: " Colonel take command" !"
AT that instant the Colonel was killed, when
the brigade fell back some 20 PAGES and threw
up works, and held them till the rebs evacH-
ated.-H. MCKINsAY, Havensyille, Kan.
We have seen the Cartridge Whistle adver-
tised in this issue by J. A. Ross & Co., and con-
slider it fully worth the price asked.-ED.
The National tribune., 1884-12-25
DRAWING OF July Is. 1854.

Bank of Commerce, Memphis, Tenn...........
y. NJ. Sewell, Spring Creek, Tenn, collected
through First National Bank of jackson,
Tenn
Z. Il. Comstocll, 295 Ninth ST., Milwaukee,
w. Loud, West Oakland, Cal.....................
Chris. Hettinger, Memphis, collected
through German National Bank, Mem
phis
Mrs. Emma J. Hoggard, Norfolk. 'Va..........
Philip Roth, cor. Locust and Caliope sts.,
New Orleans La...........-...........