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nrHhkard.' Paradise in Anriea.


On the third day out the explorers
came upon the Amakwakwa tribe, of
whom Mr.. Richards says; They have
no gardens at all. They are so fire.
cuently robbed by Umzila's impis (sol-
diersj that they have become quite dis
couraged. Another reason is that the
native fruit is capable of sustaining life,
and is abundant; and, again, the palm
vino ows freely all over the country.
This palm tree is usually four OF i've
feet high, seldom ten feet. II manifests
little life, save at the top, where a few
leaves appear, looking like a hover pot
in a stump. These leaves are all cut oil,
and from the cut each tree yields daily
about a pint Of delicious Juice, but
highly intoxicating when allowed to
stand for q few hours.
There seems to he no limit to these
trees. and we were surrounded on every
hand by drunken men and women.
ven little children were staggering
about as ingloriously as their parents.
1t was di cult to avoid trouble with
these people, yet our guns were re
spected, and a hall fired carelessly at a
near tree would produce quiet for half an
hour. They were coarse, rough, drunken
fellows, often plundering, often plum
dered, and accustomed to quarrels and
fights not altogether bloodless. One
could scarce expect to find pleasure IN
passing among them.
, 1885-07-16


human nature is much tho same the
world over, and if the following anec-
dotes have Scotchmen for their heroes.
the same thing might have happened
anywhere else than in the highlands.
1t should be said that in Scotland a
deacon is the chairman of a corporation
of tradesmen, and not y church officer.
Two worthy incumbents. who fretted
their little Lour upon q stage not far
from the banks OF the Ayr, happened to
be chosen deacons on the same day.
The more youthful Of the two flew
home to tell his Young wife what an
important prop of the civic edidce he
had been allOwcdto become. and search.
ing the but and ben' in vain. ran out
to the byre, where, meeting the COW, he
could no longer contain his oy, but. in
the fullness Of his heart, clasped her
round the neck. exelaiming
oh, erummle, crummie, ye're nae
LANCER Acommon cow-ye're the dea-
con COW
The elder civic d~ignitary was a Sc
date, pious person, and felt rather
"ulate in showing to his wife that he
was upliftel above this worlds honors.
AS he thought, however, il was too
good n piece of news to allow her to re-
main any time ignorant OF, he lifted the
lat h of his own door, and stretching his
head inward
Nelly said he, in a voice that made
Nelly all ears aud eyes gif onybody
comes spierin' for the deacon, | m Just
owre the gate at John ramson's''
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In writing of that country, Mr. U. s.
McLain, a prominent real estate dealer.
30l Fifteenth street, Denver. Col. says:
II removed here from Iowa in 1874. As
a healthy country, Colorado has proved
TO be equal to my most saneuine expec-
tations. The air is clear pure and light.
The water here in Denver Is obtained
from ~artesian Sells. 600 feet deep, which
are numerous in this city. and free from
alkali. mineral faint and vegetable mat
ter, but Ia many places the water is i'm
~pregnated with alkili, and persons not
accustomed to Il are almost certain to be
taken with cramping pains in the stom-
ach, dlarrhoea or bowel complaint Of some
form; and right here | wish 10 give my
friends aud the public a BIT Of advice,
which Is based on eleveu.yearN' expert
ence. Chambcrlain's cohc. cholera and
diarrhGa remedy is a certain cure for al
kali poisoning. cramping pains and diar-
rhna. It's a remedy | would not do
without for any consideration, and [ have
heard many such expressions from per
sons who have tried il Sold BY W. N.
Hunt.
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vlsIT 10 an AFaIcAn xlna



London Truth
We determined first to go and pay
Maukoroane, the chief or king OF the
trite, a visit. whose place we found
without dihoulty-a common, large hut,
made OF mud plastered together with
brushwood and rec s, and coarsely
matched on the roof. The caves pro
ected over the walls about three feet,
so that a veranda was formed around
the hut. The entrance wa through a
yard which surrounded the hut. with a
wall OF brushwood seven feet high.
There was only one doorway. into
whi,h we entered on a smooth yard Of
red clay.
here, with their backs to the wall, sat
some men. probably the kings tody-
guard. They were all more or less
dressed, having trousers patched with
every conceivable color and material.
some with hats, others with old govern
ment helmets. The inside OF the hut was
lined with grey clay bearing quaint
figures and devices.
opposite the door and close to the in
side wal lay a man IN n couch with a
folded-up shawl under his head. He
had on a red flannel shirt, blue coat,
very old cord trousers, and boots with
cloth tops, but no socks. lie was the
king. AT his head sat another person, the
queen, sitting like a tailor, naked to the
waist. She had a quantity OF beads
round her neck, Of different colors, from
which hung charms and such useful arti-
eles as keys. The king was sound asleep,
but the queen and attendants were wide
awake. found against the wall sat his
two princesses, or daughters. Then two
men smoking. Not one of them took
the slightest notice of us.
At last | addressed the queen, and
wished her all the compliments of the
season. All then began to talk, ex-
cert the king, who was still asleep. To
keep them company | took up the
chorus of an old song. They seemed
delighted at this, so | gave it TO them
again, laughing violently all the
tire, my friend imploring me to
keep quiet lest / should wake the king
and incur his wrath but he did not
awake. We hen o cred the queen Gig
a%rettes, and the princesses and the "
men. Tho nearest princess chewed ner
cigarette. After sitting most OF an
hour we got up to go, and / nearly fell
over a black baby ! ing on the floor,
which yelled and woke the king. Up he
jumped and greeted us most warmly,
shaking hands and asking for "bacco'
and also 'shillin.
l gave him a cigarette, which he
forthwith lit up, imploring me TO give
HIM a shilling. / took out my purse
and turned it upside down. and out
dropped a piece Of money, for which the
princess, the queen and tho courtiers
5 ;ramhied. one Of the princesscs Sc
cured it and held it up, laughing. We
then left, saying, "Cood bye
, 1885-07-16

Few children like that part of the
meal which consists of meat, but pro
fer the pudding, the fruit, the vegeta-
bles, II well dressed, which unhappily is
not always the case. Many children
manifest great repugnanee to meat at
first, and are coaxed and even scolded
by anxious mothers until the habit OF
eating it is acquired. Adopting the in
sular creed, which regards beef and
mutton as necessary to health and
strength, the mother often suffers from
groundless forabodings about the future
of a child who re. eots flesh and mani
tests what's regarded as an unfortunate
Partially for bread and butter and pad
ding. Nevertheless, l am salts icd il
the children follow their own instinct in
that matter the result would be a gain
In more ways than one. Certainly, il
meat did not appear In the nursery un-
Ill the children sent for it, it would
rarely be seen there. and the young ones
would as a rule thrive on milk and eggs,
with the variel produce Of the veg
etahle kingdom
, 1885-07-16

'Ah
The electric lamp used for examining
Gen. Grants throat is manufactured by
agents OF the kdison Light company. Ii
is mounted on a hard rubber holder,
about seven inches long, having a reflec-
tor at the lamp end, iy which the light
can be thrown to any desired angle. The
holder is connected by two sIlk-coyered
wires to a small storage battery CT 'ried
in tho pocket Of the physician. The
light is turned on by simply pressing a
small button on the rubber holder, and
the quantity is governed by another
button convenient to the operator. The
lamp is inserted in the mouth almost to
tie palate. with the reflector above the
lamp, which throws the light down the
throat.
The lamp has no unpleasant heat, and
gives a light equal to half a sperm can
die. The extreme simplicity Of the
whole appliance makes ii very valuable
to the physician and dentist.
, 1885-07-16
A CHAPTER ON EYES
Animals Aad Birds Have More Beautini
Iyrs Thar DO the Human Raoe.

ANFN lhAn Ao ne ~ AAutGs
Kew Orleans Times Democrat
There is 10 be found in The Eclectic
Magazine, among other studies, an arti-
Gle on eyes, which is full OF curious in
formation AMI suggestion.
We humans, so prone TO calmly ar
rogate all beauties and projections, will
feel surprise at the assertion that we
have failed in our long ages of selection
to evolve eyes as beautiful as those of
many animals and birds. No odalisque
eyes can be as soft and liquid as those
of n gaelic, a deer, or even the OK, to
whom Hera did not disdain 10 be com
Tared-and they have never developed
but two divisions of color, dark, that is
all shades of brown, and light in all
shades Of blue; that there is some
beautiful variations between the ex-
tremes Of the two tints is not TO be
denied. One Of the variations men
toned in the article is of n family who
all had dark brown spots on blue gray
eyes, and another who had on reddish
ha IL rides fine characters resembling
creek letters, and for this reason was
called by his neightors o.os e~scritos,
written eyes.
But the splendid ruby of the chicken
hawks eye, and the chrysolite hue OF
the orbs of the pluma, tho glowing
phosphorescent sheen of cats e. es in
the dark are more beautiful than any
thing we have been able to produce in
human faces. Emerald eyes have been
greatly Iraised by the Spanish poets,
and Of them the author says:
'If they only existed, would certainly
be beautiful beyond all others, espe-
cially il set on with dark or brown
hair and that dim and pensive creamy
pallor of the skin FIRE iuently seen in
warm climates.
a celebrated man, however, consulted
on the question, says he has known one
person, n woman, whose eyes were I'M
mistakably and deeply emerald in hue
and who inspired him with irresistible
fear. lhoda Broughton speaks of Kate
1 hester having the curious combination
of red hair and green eyes-eyes like
sea water. In the writer's own expert
ence there is the memory of a woman,
a very beautiful Woman. with red hair
and eye' as yellow a gold.
Hawthorne's wife never could bear
the gaze of his eyes, and of several
eastern rulers the same story has been
told. Returning to colors of eyes he
says;
Again, in that exquisite type Of
female beauty which we see in the white
girl with a slight infusion of negro
blood, giving the graceful frizzle to the
hair, the purple-r red hue to the lips,
and the dusky terra-cotta tinge to the
skin, an eye more suitable than the
dark dull brown would have been the
intense orange brown seen in the
lemur's eye. For many very dark
skinned tribes nothing more beautiful
than the ruby-red iris could be imagined;
while sea-green eyes would ave best
suited dusky-pale olynesians.
there is a description in this article
OF the shooting Of a Magellanic eagle in
Patagonia and the magnificent fury of
his e, es, great globes Of quivering
yellow anne" which, is one OF the finest
pieces of word painting in the English
language, a scene which will be a vivid
picture in the mind OF the reader for his
whole lie.
, 1885-07-16

This sort Of man generally breaks down
by too much attention to business and not
enough attention { health. He thinks
he has a splendid constitution, and can
stand the racket. He becomes nervous,
debilitated and despondent When he
begins to take Browns Iron Bitters he
also begins to experience renewing strength
Mr.. j. Mitchell Hepp, Cpl Market street,
Wilmington, Del, says. For chronic
dyspepsia and general debility, Browns
Iron Bites is the best possible remedy.
| suffered horribly for two years. Since
using it feel as if | had new life and
blood nut In me
, 1885-07-16

The progress Of human intercourse is
well illustrated in a table printed in
Whittaker's Almanack,' which shows
that almost any town on the earth's sur
face may be reached from London in
less than a month. In only a few cases
does the time needed for travel reach
above forty days, and in only one to
fifty three. This is q journey to Samoa.
Even Congo lies only forth-three days,
and South Africa only three weeks
away.
, 1885-07-16

PrrrsBrRG, July l5,-During a quar-
rel between the Bulger and Wilbert iami-
lies Of the notorious locality, Skunk
Hollow in this city, this afternoon,
William Wilbert made an assault upon
Bulgers with a base ball bat, and after
crushing the skull Of Edward Bulger aud
beating the latter's wife iato insensibility
he disappeared.
, 1885-07-16
A sAlaY FANCY.

iMAl,ia Revio IN Courier Journsll
A dainty, tiny fairy queen
Came to me last night in a dream,
And told me Of garien fair,
Aud OF q red rose blooming there.
Tnen told / To thu fairy queen
% wset girl that | had seen.
with laughing eyes and waving hair,
And r~osy-chsekei and young and fair
why, / know" cried tho fairy queen,
1ie lovely girl that you have seen;
Ii 'r bright cheek f. my garden fair.
AZ own rsl ross IS blooming thersI'
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cowboys Killed by Indians.

WICHITA, Kas.. July l5.-The Daily
Eagles special FROM the Cheyenne agency
says: \ dispatch has been received from
Fort Supply, Of the arrival of a courier
who report the finding Of the bodies OF
two cowboys on the range ON Cherokee
strip who have been murdered and their
bodies stsked to the ground by Indians
, 1885-07-16

TERRITORY os WYOMING, q,
NnrNTY or LARAMIE ?

VOUNTf on LARAMIE,
Notice is hereby given that on the Odd
day of June, A. ID. 1885, letters of adj
ministration Of the estate Of Amasa r.
Converse, deceased, were granted TO the
undersigned by the probate court in and
for the County of Laramie, in the Terri
tory of Wyoming. All persons having
claims against the said estate are required
to exhibit them to the undersigned for
allowance within ak months after the
date Of said letters Of administration, or
they may be precluded from any benefit OF
said estate, and il said claims be not ex.
hibited within one year from the date OF
the said letters they shall be forever de-
barred. CLEARANCE w. CONVERSE.
TRUNAN u. Hicks,
Administrators.
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That the reader may fully understand
what constitutes a rood cough and lung
syrup. we will say tar and wild cherry is
the basis of the best remedies discovered
yet These ingredients with several
others equally eficaeious, enter largely
ipto DR. Bosanko's cough and lung syrup.
thus making il one of the most reliable
now on the market Price 80 cts and
Al 90. Samples free. Sold by W n.
Hunt
, 1885-07-16

Nv TTII
IL is a singular historical fact that the
elegant soft hat OF the psniard has re-
maincd the same from the earliest pc
Rod to the present day, while among all
other civilized nations a Transformation
in that article has taken place.
, 1885-07-16

Go to Rhodes and Troxell's for soda
water where you have a choice of twenty
two syrups with pure cream.
, 1885-07-16

The telescope stars, unseen by the
unaided eye on account OF their remote
ness. are classified "a high as the four
tenth magnitude. aud their number is
reckoncd MS high as 20, 900. 900.
, 1885-07-16

Our tailoring department Is now com
plete with all the late novelties in fine for
cign and domestic fabrics b. Hellman.
, 1885-07-16

CHEYENNE TRANSFER CO.
From FIVE pounds per day to a carload at
a time. Reasonable reductions 10 large
consumer
, 1885-07-16

here.
G.. p. Griffin, of Manchester, Ia, who
has large cattle interests here, arrived on
yesterday train from the east.
Judge Jefferson McAnally, Judge of
Larimicr county, Colo, and Sheriff
James Sweeny, are in the city on import
ami business.
Col. A. 7. Rabbit, manage OF the
Standard Cattle company, will go east to-
day TO visit Boston and New York. lie
will be absent about a month.
d. X. Jeffrey and 7. NJ. Fisher went
TO Denver yesterday on business connect
ed with the g. A. X. encampment in
September. They will return to-dny.
Geo. w. Jones, manager for the West
en Union Pacific Telegraph company
here, has gone with his wife for a few
days stay at their ranch on Chugwater.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. W. Seymour will learn with regret OF
their departure from Cheyenne. The
church with which Mrs. Seymour Is CON
nectcd and for whose prosperity she has
labored with such distinguished success,
will remember with gratitude her untiring
devotion and labor OF love.
Edgar McGovern, who has been the
signal officer here for six years, hps re-
ceivad an or1ar reliaving him from dutv
, 1885-07-16

The colored women OF Mobile have
Organized an art association
, 1885-07-16

One thousand FIVE hundred and fifty
FIVE new cases of cholera and 653 deaths
were reported from Spain Yesterday
, 1885-07-16

Mr.. A l.. Kerr, representing the great
Buell. wooden factories at St. Joe, Mo-, is
, 1885-07-16

Schuttler wagons. aud a full line Of hard
ware at Arp & Conway's.
, 1885-07-16

G.. z. Griffin, of Manchester, Ia, who
has large cattle interests here, arrived on
yesterdays train from the east.
, 1885-07-16

Mayor Reel is home again.
DIR. Rafter went to Denver yesterday.
Fred Bond came back alone yesterday.
Moritz Sachs returned from the east
, 1885-07-16

The THOMAS suLKY RAKE. admipedt TO Ice
the besi rak- Ia The world ali and see n
Defiance steel aud CnmhlnatiV rilpp rpiow,
South TEND .hiilsf ron. jain Deere Steei and
a9d MNed Plnsi HatriWs. uifNatnr. Sh~-
- ~erapef-. : Min. Cradles Machine oil
The on y Genuine snhaitawn steel Barb
Wire. Inn nuldinu Material Corrugated
Iron RoognE Siding. Ceiling aud China Roof.
Ing.
, 1885-07-16

Judge Jefferson McAnally, Judge Of
Larimicr county, Colo, and Sheriff
James Sweeny, are in the city on import
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-19
MOUNT McGREG0R.
Gen. Granite Forest villa In the Adri.
ondack Observation-Disclosures
Of the Location.

Many have been the inquiries that have
come to the ARGUS Office, as to the locs-
ton of Mt. McGregor, the place to which
Gen. Grant was recently removed. An
ARGUS reporter has taken considerable
pains to secure the exact location of the
spot around which SO much interest is
centered at the present time. Every
available source has been searched for
situation of the mount; maps and all
kinds of geographical and other works
have been consulted, but the summit ais
luded to seems to have been generally ig>
nored. Now that it has been brought iu>
to prominence as the temporary home of
the dying chieftain, people want to know
something about it. The ARGUS has
cleaned the following points in this com
nection:
Mount MacG-egor is one of the foot
hills of the Adirondack range, and its
crown is 200 feet above the level of
tidewater. For long time the old Mac
Gregor homestead, a plain, substantial
farmhouse, has stood there in the midst
of deep woods. A few years ago Mr.. A i.
]. Drexel. of Philadelphia, became i'm
pressed with the beauty and healthful-
ness of the spot and bought the property
He has since transformed the old building
and remodelled it completely. Early this
summer its owner turned it over to Gen.
Grant. 1t is now quite large, modern,
forest villa, having all the comforts that
wealth can procure. Surrounded by a
native forest which has never been de-
faced by man, the house cannot be seen
from a distance The oak, ash, birch
and chestnut trees almost touch the sides
of it. Inside there are ample accommo>
dations for the family and servants
The generals room is on the west side
of the ground floor, off the reception
room. 1t is large, airy and richly though
simply furnished in cherry Mrs. Grants
apartment is adjoining, and on the oppo~
site side an entrance from the generals
room leads to the watchers chamber.
where his attendants will sleep within
call. No cooking will be done in the
house. Three hundred feet away stands
the Hotel Balmoral, new summer resort,
from which meals will be served to the
jewellers at the cottage.
The atmosphere of this region is said
to be an excellent cure and preventative
of hay fever and kindred disorders. Suf-
ferers fIom throat diseases, the doctors
say, are always benefited by sojourn
there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-19
Wholesale Dealer in
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

calling that fted
Studio making only complete but decidedly
this vicinity We also wish to call attention to display
work recently produced and containing
pleasing effects of light and shadow varying
1920 inches We been assured by old mp
critics it far the finest display made in this city Our
largely due to the fact that make greater
excel unde bring aid such
gathered from II continuous service avng begun Photo
boy in 1857 since which time have
vacaon long experience enables
Photo
fitted with of consisting of stone wall
ustrds and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks pond containing
lilies ssrways and variety of back grounds posing
Chicago
equaed gallery in this vicinity butWe plainly (and
easily demonae that gallery this contains oneha of
our Instruments don't boast that they bought
and used by predecessors for 2 On
the improved makes containing others
Encope and Dmeyer Instantaneous Lenses THESE
LENSES GALLERY
pleased the best advertisement and strive
excellence order better
results patron given show of three four
different positions and all of these proofs and should
improvements suggest restngs will gladly be made free
charge Gallery 18th street and 2nd Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-19

The Union, in commenting upon the
petition of Mrs s. B. Edison for appoint
ment as postmistress here, advises repub>
licans to abstain from signing any petit
ton gotten up to Dust Maj. Halves, las his
commission does not expire until 1888.
and he will serve till then if the president
keeps his pledges" Maj. Halves should be
highly gratified and the people will nc
doubt be greatly surprised that President
Cleveland has promised Mr.. Halves thai
he should not be disturbed. But such il
not the case, and such an utterance is the
worst kind of twaddle. We believe Maj
Halves to be a sensible republican, and
we do not think he would raise dis
senting voice should he be notified at any
moment that q democrat had been ap'
pointed in his stead
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-19

The citizens of Rock Island well re-
member that some days ago Henry Mas
of Moline, was taken from his mansion
there, dumped into wagon and cons
veyed to the boat landing where he re
ceived an artistic coat of tar and feathers.
After this little pleasantly was through
with. Henry conceived the idea that it
would be a pretty good plan to get the
tar and feathers off from him, but how to
do it? That was the question which puz-
zled the dusky individual. He had never
been tarred and feathered before so he
did not know how to handle such mat :
tiers. At last another brilliant idea shot
through him. Lee Rogers was just the
man to help him out of his dilemma, and
so the sympathizing spectators put Henry
in barrel and took him TO Lees house.
1t was the bewitching hour of
a. IN. when the party arrived
at Lees domicile. and the for
mer at first was little bit alarmed, but
he was soon made to understand what
was wanted of him. Henry promised
him $40 if he would clean him, and Lee
says that he worked till daylight on Hen
ny's feathered frame To use Lees OWL
language: Use picked chickens, and
geese and turkeys, but never in my life
befoah did tackle such bird as Henry
was" In the morning Lee went to Hen
rye shanty after his pay, and Henry said,
go on; go to Massa Browning and get a
dollah" But Lee wanted what wa:
promised him, so he sued Henry for the
amount before Squire Swenssen, in Mo
line, and the case came up yesterday
Squire thought that $40 was little enough
for job like Lee performed, so he de
cided against Mr.. Mars, and now that
worthy will not only have to pay the
amount, but also liquidate the costs.