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, 1884-04-17
v STOCK NOTES.

Shepard & Scherrer, of Colorado, are
about to drive up from Texas 1000 year
lings and 900 2-year-olds.
The first fence ordered down in Colo
RADIO by the Interior Department is hat
of Benton Canyon, in Huertano county,
General Sanborn issuing the order.
The grass on the ranges is becoming
long enough to afford excellent grazing.
In about ten days cattle will be able to OBJ
tain all Of the nourishment desired. q
The action Of the Kansas stockmen in
Recommending the passage Of a law clos
ing the trail through their State against
Texas cattle, is most selfish and unjust in
the extreme. = Grand Junction Yeirs. 3
Following fast upon the issue of the
Texas Freehold Land Colonization and
Cattle Company's prospectus comes that
of the Constituted I4md and Cattle Com
pany, This company is formed to pur-
chase and consolidate the well known
Wren, Hittson, Millsap, and Milliken,
Mann, Jackson and Elixir cattle herds
and ranches, consisting of 100000 ACRES
of freehold lands, 800 head of branded
cattle and the calf crop of 1884, estimated
to humber 10000 to %, 600 head, also
LOCO horses G2oe1 hogs, ranch, nipple
ments, ~equipage, Improvements, etc, all
in the State of Texas, and to carry on the
business of raising cattle and other live
stock. The directors have obtained the
option 70 acquire all 9r any of the said
ranches an they may see fit. The pur-
chase MONEY + put ~ s2oa9, 500.
Interviews with representative cattle
men of the Upper Platte. Medicine Bow,
Sweetwater aud Bitter Greek indicate that
stock in these locations have wintered
well. The losses have been trifing and
stock is in good condition. On the Big
Horn and Belle Fourche ranges stock
wintered fairly well. On the North Platte,
Rawhide Greek and Sheep Greek, while
the losses were not large, the stock il not
in quite as good condition as on the ranges
further west and north. There is a gen
eralsopinibn among ~stoekmsD that prob
ably there will be an increased shipment
of beef during the coming season, which
commences in August. Chicago seems to
be the natural rnarket FOR beef from this
s~ectiqpT epa ptoba bly, will get . large pro.
NJ * CA v
, 1884-04-17

To THOSE who, with a cheerful disre-
gard for truth, have been Aippantly
speaking of the delicate physical condi-
ton of Samuel }, Tilden, his letter, read
before the Iroquois club, will come with
the force of an inspiration. Whatever
his physical condition may be, he CON
tinues Intellectually to be what he ever
was, a giant.
, 1884-04-17

portion of the shipments. About 100, 900
head we're shipped last year over the
Union Pacifc and Northern Pacific roads.
Probably 200, 600 will be shipped the
present summer Stock on the Colorado
ranges passed the winter with insignificant
loss. Colorado will increase her last years
shipments. Rocky Mountain Ne1cs.
, 1884-04-17
wha, Literary worker. Are Doing.


Among the interesting literary news afioat
are the statements that Robert B~rowninS's
new poem will appear in April; that Justin
Mccarthy isat work on n political novel; that
Victor Hugo Is about to publish a new volume
of poems that the author OF "Ginx's Baby, !"
is giving the finishing touches to a novel;
that Susan b. Anthony is writing a book on
the condition Of Eer sex In Europe; that
Crawford's move T Leeward,h has reached
a sale of 5000 copies; that tho empress Of
Austria is printing herself tho sonhets which
she has written; that Julian Hawthorne Ia
writing a novel for The Boston Sunday Globe;
TINT / the Blackwoods will soon publish
Anthony Trollopc's last completed novel,
AN Old Mans Love-" that Prof. Whitney
will contribute the article on philology to the
Forthcoming volume of the Encyelopedia
Britannica; hat Walter Besant Is writing a
story to be called "Julia;". that the new edi-
ton Of Edwin rnold' Light OF Asia,r wfl
be 10 snmptuous that copies will cost several
hundred pounds, that Bancroft, the historian,
70 at work In Mexico that the Brazilian srp-
peror has just headed o subscription to the
Longfellow memorial fund
Little Joker is the best smoking
h'iaNpb 49, Ill
, 1884-04-17
The Democratic Leader.
THURSDAY, APRIL Ii, 1884.

The brisk remarks of George H. Pen
dleton, ON Civil Service Reform, at the
Iroquois banquet, will find an echo in the
mind of every honest taxpayer throughout
the land , - = III '
, 1884-04-17

DAKoTAis still greatly exercised over
its admission to the Union as a State.
The required population is within its
bounds but for hat matter the same may
be said of Utah. There seems, however,
to be considerable opposition to Dakota's
admission on the ground, probably, that
it Is so large that it should be further
d;yi1ad
, 1884-04-17

As A MERE name CGur d'Alene is as
poetical as any that could be selected at a
moments warning AS a place whore
chunks Of virgin gold are scattered about
recklessiy it does not appear yet to be
that glittering success which was conf
IDENTIFY predicted Mg4 M
, 1884-04-17

WHEN asked once what he thought of
the American system of interviewing
Charles Reade, the lately deceased Eng
lish novelist, expressed himself strongly in
favor of the system. Just think, : he
said, what a fine thing an interview with
Shakespeare would have. Notwithstand
ing this expression ofopinion from a high
authority there is no doubt that interview
ing is frequently carried to an extravagant
extreme. The utility of the system, Kept
within proper bounds, is apparent, but it
is unfortunately, frequently made the
vehicle Of vulgar and impairment curl
neity " ~ IT
, 1884-04-17
-A Scent Cigars,
The best made, al Rhodes 4 Troxell's q.

4 Aver Ca.hartic Pills are, suited to
every age. Being sugarlcoated, they are
easy to take, and though mild and pleas.
ant in action are thorough and searching
N effect. Their efficacy in all disorders q
the stomach and bogelsi certified to by
EN- nent physicians, prominent clerglmen
and many prominent citizens IR'
, 1884-04-17

The Geographic dispatches indicate the
most diverse and oftentimes raneorous
differences of opinion in the Republican
ranks over the choice of a presidential
candidate, In many places open brawls and
vulgar ~isticuffs have been resorted to in or
der to settle the differences. Meanwhile the
Democrats are marching on in close ranks
to the victory which they can attain, de-
spite party patronage, next November.
, 1884-04-17
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Courtesy of Hyo. Archives &
, 1884-04-17

Little Joker is the best smoking
tobacco @
, 1884-04-17

Fine walking sticr-.
AT Rhodes K Troxell's.
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
Did Not Want to be Insulted,

1t is almost incredible that so green a
person should exist as a man-evident-
ly from Maine-who entered cheap
eating house in this city few days ago
in quest of dinner. He seated himself
at table and suspiciously reviewed in
detail the appearance of every person
present, after. which. evidently con-
vinced that there were no bunko men or
other sharpers about. he tilted his hat
on the back of his head and awaited de-
velOpments. The walters were hurry
ing about, slamming down dishes and
yelling out orders to the kitchen, and
presently one of them came up to the
stranger. '.RoaS' beef, rOas' pork,
boil dinner. ham an eggs, an pork n
BEANS" said the waiter with the speed
of lightning and the expression of
phonOgraph. The Maine man looked az
him and grinned. ''Oh, go way" said
he; what do yer take ME for?' The
waiter stared and went away according.
ly. Presently another came around,
and ran through the same formula.
.'Get eaout!" rOared the guest, IAN
lemme alone. won't yer!' and this serv-
ing man also retired. A third and q
fourth tried conclusions with him with
equal success, and when the last one
went away baffled the Maine man was
seen to be mad clean through. He
arose and marched up to the counter
and said to the proprietor at the desk:
..Loc ker here! l come in here to get
some dinner. an ! can pay for it, too.
an don't yer forget it. But l don't
mean to be insulted. If you've got any
grub here why don't your walters trot
it out, an what do they mean by yellin'
off lot of heather gibberish in mans
ear? DO they think I'm blamed fool!
You may go to thunder with your old
hash-house: there's places in Boston
where man can come in an be treated
like gentleman. guess!" and be
strobe out and slammed the door after
him. And to this time the restaurant
keeper and his walters haven't found
out what the row was all about.
ton Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
An AriStOcratic COme.DOWn.

l had the other evening a personal ex.
perience of an ariStOcratic cOme-dOWp
which surprised me. Twas dining with
a friend at one of the most noted res
taurants in London. We had a most
attentive waiter whose face seemed very
familiar to ME, and all through the din
ner l was puzzling my brains as to
where l had seen the man before.
Fritz said (all German walters in
London answer to the name Of
'.Fritz'). '.your face is very familiar to
me; where have l seen you beforee
were You at the Criterion?'' No,
SIR" he replied very quietly; 81 met
you in Berlin at dinner, when you and
Mr.. B. dined with Herr Engel." Il
flashed across me in a moment who the
man was. I said, why. you're the
Baron Won c." The same" he
replied. half sadly, half comically, 1.-The
same. minus the moustache." re-
marked that was glad to congratulate
him upon the genius which he displayed
in his new avOcation. for, l added, Il
might have known there was good blood
in YOU. for / was never waited upon
better in my life, and am one of those
who believe that no one can do a,,y-
thing better than gentleman if he
really gave his mind to it." The Baron
was flattered. and said that no one who
had not dined could properly know how
to wait. Il, said he. ..have 50 often
noticed and sworn at the shortcomings
OF walters that it is strange thing if 1
did not know how TO wait decentiy nv
eh.'-London Cor. Piladelphia 7tie-
graph.
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
NOse.OlOgy i'm q Sleeper.

Did YOU ever notice what a variety OF
notes the snorers have in a sleeping car?
If YOU cannot sleep, and will but seek
amusement instead of discomfort. you
will find an analysis OF this tonc-lan-
guage very entertaining. 1t has more
variations of time. tone. melody and
harmony than sonata or symphony. 1
amused myself very satisfactorily in
taking to pieces and indlviduaiizng the
discordant harmOnies which issued from
the noses of our uncUGSci0uS fellow
travellers during some of the stops VIXEN
the noise of the train ceased, and the
pattering staccatO of the rain accom-
panied. without drowning, the nasal
chorus.
An upper berth passenger. who must
have been a person Of spare habit, with
q high, sharp nose; gave whistling and
cheerful little cricket-on-the-hearth
notes. like peep! peep! peep! From
the under berth, and probably more
expansive and bclligerent organ, came
vicious, syncOpated. slow accompanl-
ment of ..snorl. >nork! snorkr A
deep, mellow, long-drawn ''whoome-
whoomcv' from the next section Ear-
monizcd and consolidated the peep
and snOrk, and was in turn punctuatcd
in the upper berth by nervous
and quick ''ex-y-jy. ex-ij-jy. ex,y-jy:'
repeated with pertnacious and dis
concerting energy. Somewhere near.
and combining with these, came u
laborious, long drawn, struggling.
force pump note, calculated to awaken
the liveliest apprehensions of premature
suffOcation, like ''un-mce-ec-ze! un-
mee-ee-zer' indefinitely repeated.
mingled with obligato passages of fugi-
tive clutching after the departing
breath, still further viviiicd to the hor-
ritied sense of the listener by another
performer in the nasal overture, who,
ut frequent intervals. interjectcd dcs-
pairing catches Of ''spip-pip-pip-un IN
M m-mop-buzzzZh!' interspcrsed with
..sfit-stit-siit - boom, boom - beeze.
bceze. scatter-whucky.
AT longer pause than usual-proba-
bly, at Dayton, as heard them testing
the car wheelS-thc cessation of all
ordinary motion and the substitution Of
the pounding Of the wheels seemed to
awaken the desire for original and start
ling effects among the orchestra. Among
the more feeble efforts of the performers
already mentioned there arose the
mighty diapaSon of u snorer of the larg-
est tonnage and bottom, whom | had
seen mot without apprehension stored
in an upper berth through the united
exertions of himself, the conductor and
the porter. with the assistance of a step
ladder, which creaked and tremblcd
under the burden. l had been listening
in an excited state for the note of that
laundering pedal bass, and now it burst
forth in all its grandeur, scattering the
elements and silencing the whole Or
chestra rs if a Javan earthquake had
lit among them, The upheaval was be-
yOnd the power of language or letters,
but this may give some faint idea of the
event: ..Whoome. um-mee-ee-eeze!
Osh-osh-osh-kosh-kOsh! tubble-gubble-
gubble! rip! snip-pip! szysbss--
SNORK!'-Generdt Comfy, in Toledo
TIlcQranl
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
Personal AND IMPERSONAI.

-Sallie McCollum, of Allentown.
Pa. claims TO be the nandsomcst woman
in the State.-Paisburgh Post.
-George l.. Perkins. venerable
citizen of Norwich. Conn, has carried,
in his pocket for sevcn;y-eight wears
the same silver half-doilar-a little feat
not often done in this world -Nart,oy.!
Post.
: 1t is said that the death of Harry f.
Packer. the late President of the Lchigh
Valley Railroad Company, leaves his
sister, Miss Packer. with the largest
income of any unmarried lady in
America.
s. f. Henderson, a leading business
man OF Cleveland. is said to have lost
his entire fortune of SlcJ. $50 in sp,,i!-
latiOn in the last six months AMI .:n..c
TO California - poor AS the r|st uf It's
CicrCiaud LeGCLCr.
George Ehret is one cf TIE wc;.lGhi,-t I
brewers in New York. lis prop, rty he
ing variouSly estimated 1t from ~. lG-i.-
900 to S3,G0n.G00. I'll made since he
landed on these shores from Germany,
twenty-five years ago.-N. !. Sam.
Sergeant Ballcntine, the iistin-
guiShed English lawyer vino visited this
country last summer, has writrcn an
account of his tour in the United state:
He speaks in tone of kindly appreci;:-
ton of the American reception whiri.
was accorded him.-CIi ago HcruM
Francis Badoux. ninctv-four wears
old, whose later years hav. been spent
in Portland. Me, WAS u lieutenant I'M
der Napoleon Bonaparte. His second
wife was an aunt of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. He taught dancing. and among
his pupils were Longfellow and Cover
nor Washburn.
Mn Gatling, of Gatling gun fame.
is a benevolent looking old gentleman.
with snowy hair and whiskers. He is
slightly deaf. wears gold-rimmed spec
tacleS, and talks about his wholesale
slaughtering machine rs unconcerncdly
as though it were merely an improved
hay rake.-N. Y. Graphic.
-Kcely, the motor man, wears Il
magnificent solitaire diamond stud and
Il solitaire diamond on his left little
finger, drives fast horse to Il handsome
top buggy, has jet black whiskerS and
hair, bright black eyes. handsome phys
ique, and dresses iauliles>ly. 1t is not
stated how his stockholders dress.
Chicago TiTjuuc.
MIR. Charles Barrett, of AShburn-
ham. Mass, is ninety six Years old. In
1916, when he wa, iifty-ci ght years old.
he was insured f"r : 900 in one of the
bcst-known life Insurance companies.
The policy WAS payable at death only.
but within feN days Mr.. Barrett has
received from the company a check for
he full amount Of tie policy, together
with the dividend for the current year
In transmitting the check the President
of the company writes that MIR. Barrett
is the only member Of that company
who ever outlivcd the mortality table,
and that there has net been Il similar
instance of longevit, in any other com
pany in this country. Boston Post.
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
Spelling Reform.

Mr.. William Houston read a paper on
Spelling Reform" a few days ago at 4
meeting of the Canadian Institute at
Toronto. He said that he read between
5000 and 1000 letters a sear. and finds
that hardly more than three in oAe hun
dred are correctly spelled, and as rule
the uneducated spell more correctly
than the educated. Modern spelling.
he thought. is a tyrannical superstition
inherited from the eighteenth century.
and Milton's spelling was much more
correct. both etymologically and pho
netically. 1t will be news to many that
Edmund Spencer did not use the u Ia
such words rs honor, for omitting which
Americans have been SO severely criti-
cized by the English. Doubtless re-
form in spelling is desirable. but the
practical difficulties in the way of accom-
plishing it aregreat.-M I. Trsbnse.
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
''MOuce Traps and Other Sweetmetes. :"

The following advertisement is copied
from the Fairfield gazette Of September
q, 1886, or ninety-seven years ago.
which paper was printed in Fairfield
by w. Miller and F. Fogrue, at their
printing office near the meeting house.
Boards taken. taken of, and Re-
gisturd by
ISAAC FAC-TOTUM,
Barber, Peri-wig maker. Surgeon,
Parish Clerk, School Master,
Blacksmith and Man-midwife
SLAVES for q penne, cuts hair for
two pense. and oyld and powdird into
the bargin. Young ladys genteeely
Edicated; lamps lifted by the year or
quarter. Young gentleman also taut
their Grammer language in the nestest
manner, and great care takin of morcis
and spelin. Also Saline singing and
horse Showing by the real maker!-
Likewice makes and MeRds. All Sorts
of Butes and Shoes, techcs to Ho! boy
and Jewsharp. cuts corns, bleeds On the
loves sTerm-Glisters and Pur is, at
a apeny a piece. Cow-tiliions and other
dances taut at hoam and abrode. Also
deals holesale and retale-Pirfumerry
in all its branchis. Sells all sorts of
stationary wair, together with blacking
balls, red herrins, gingerbread and
coles, scrubbing brushes, trycle. Mouce
traps. and other sweetemetes, Likewise.
Red nuts, TatoeS. sassages and other
gadin stuff.
P. I. teches Joggrefy, and them
outlandish kind of thingg--A bawl
on Wednesday and Friday. All pir-
formed by Me.
ISAAC FAC-TOTUM.
Rridnc.nnrk S{nfnnra
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30

AT its home in Siam the white ele-
phant is treated like q baby all the
time. 1t is fed from bowls of solid eold
its food being the same ~ that at ths
royal table. Six attendants are con.
stantly posed around it, ready and anx-
ious to render any service possible.
Every morning it is carefully washed
with tamarind water and brushed with
the sOftest of brushes. A prince. efiici
ally known rs ''the lord sf ths "A.
phant," is assigned to e.aA sasnkank
which he considers . special H1ef d
lo4er.-N = Herald
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30
ISAAC FAC-TOTUM.
.BridgcpOrt Standard.

The young Marylander who was
putting off his wedding day till the law
reducing the charge of marriage Ii
censes from 81. SO to so cents was passed
must raise the extra So. 80. as the unrO-
mantle Governor Of Maryland has vetoed
1he Chicago JOurssaL
The Columbus journal., 1884-07-30

oSad thepipe in place below, two slight
raps, and 10. it was done.
Sec what q woman can do. This
story is true, with the exception of the
names and a few other unimpOrtant
items. l say, and will maintain it. that
as a general thing a woman has more
brains and patience and less stupidity
than a man. l challenge any one to
prove the contrary.-N E. Homestead.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-13

Once more Mr.. Tilden has deluged
che country with the pronoun- a." and
again he has retired finally from public
life. The letter published in our tele-
graphic columns yesterday. is character.
istic Of the man and Of the party which
Is still clineing 10 his skirts, and gu-g.
ling fraud. as the waters OF an as-
sured Republican tidal wave rise 10 en-
gull ID. Mr.. Tilden Is a reminisoence. In
fancy We behold the Cronin nose
whence beamed etfulgent light. redden.
ing the dull gray Of the sage brush land
scape. and tinsing with pink fiashss the
alkali and salt beds Of the Great Basin
Is he was vhirled expeetant and self
satisfied toward the National Capital in
1876. Anon the cipher monologues Of
nephew Pelton, whose cahalistie char.
acters, like the famous IS. I. 1850. x.''
were piastered far and wide over the
country, attract the curiosity Of multi
tadss. The Democratic party hangs TO
cadaver buried eight years ago. II
was not embalmed and ssinksth.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-13
piscRInrSArIss.

A correspondent inquired Of the
yorfAacsst the land organ Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company puplished
at Sc. Paul. Minn.-as to the prices of
Northern Pacific lands. which can be
bought with the preferred stock of that
company. To this query the organ in
its June number replies
The lands for which the preferred
stock can be exchanged are only those
east o. the Missouri river, and are con-
sequentiy in the older settled portion
of North Dakota. The very best sec
tons lying near a railroad liue are
held at p, and from this hgure the
price grades down 70 = and 50. With
the stock worth about $50, these figures
represent about one-haif of the actual
cost of the land to purchasers.
In Washington Territory the very
best agricultural lands claimed by this
company can not be purchased at all.
Nor can the coal and timber lands Gov
cred by It's grant. Such lands as are
offered for sale are rated far above
those east of the Missouri river, and
must be paid for in gold coin or its
equivalent. Thus, for lands, held by
this company at an equal price per acre
witk those east of the Missouri river,
the purchasing settler is compelled to
pay more than double the price. And
vet il ia asserted that this benevolent
monopoly does not discriminate against
persons and places. Ii is wonderful
that under such conditions the popula-
tior Of the Territory increases 10 any
appreciable extent, and can only be
accounted for by our superior climate,
location and natural resources. What
would ID be were the withdrawal cloud
lifted from the public domain within
oar borders, and the price of lands re-
stored TO the original price of $l.25 per
acre, free TO every person who sought
to settle thereon and build himself q
homer This Territory has increased in
wealth and population despite this in
cuDus upou ITO pioSPoAhy ooSsaoS
both to the government. whose lands are
sought TO be obtained by this railroad
under false pretenses, and TO the PEG
pie who want to homestead or purchase
the lands, or obtain thereto an unin-
numbered title, demands prompt rsstor-
alton to the public domain of every acre
illegally claimed by the company with
in our Territorial limits. Why should
all tenderness be extended to corpora
tions while the homestead and pre-emp-
ton settler must, to obtain his title COM
ply strictly with the provisions of the
laws prescribing methods for their ac-
QUESTION. Why should there continue
TO be, as now. one law for the industri-
GUS lsborer and another for the rich
mendioant?