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GENERAL GRANT.
Our Natinn.s Dead.

Written for the RECoRD-USIoS.l
Calm in death our noble chieftain
Lies 50 silent, mute and cold.
He who led men on to battle,
In death ranks is now enrolled.
Never more on earth Wen greet him
As we Journey o er LIES way.
SWeetly sleep our nations hero
And nation mouTnS to-day.
He vino in the strife of battle
Faltered not where duty led
He who countless thousands honOred,
Rests now with the silent dead
Dying, dying, slowly dying.
Lingering on from day to day
Waiting, watching for the summons
That should call him hence away.
Dear to kindred. home and country,
He was ever leal and true;
Winning laurels for his bravery
Winning love from those he knew
But the silence that enShrOUdS him
Speaks of sadness. pain and death.
Yet we know twas God who called him
10 that higher. heavenly rest.
Gone is he, that noble veteran
Gone is ne, the nations pride;
But his glorious deeds of Val0r
Fill the country far and wide.
And brave hearts with pride are swelling
Ger the victories he has won
And from eyes sad tears are yelling
For the chleitain who is gone.
MRS NELLIE BLOOM.
August = IoS5.
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1.-THE following poem upon General Grant W
rltten Tor the New York Tribune
o, what sore campaign.
(Which men long shall tell,
Ended when ne was slain
When this our greatest fell
For him no mold had cast
a bullet surely sped;
No falChiOn. welded fast,
His iron blood had shed.
Death on the hundredth field
Had failed TO bring him low
He was not born to yield
To might of mortal foe.
Even to himself unknown,
He bore the fated sword
Forged somewhere near His throne
or battles still the Lord.
That weapon when he drew,
Back rolled the wrath OF meu-
Their onset feeble- grew,
The Nation rose again.
The splendor and the fame
Whisper of these alone
Nor say that round his name
\ moment : shade was thrown;
Count not each satellite
'TWiXt him and glory sun,
The CiTCling things of night
Number his battles won.
Where then to choose his grave
From mountain unto sea.
The Land he fought 20 save
His scpuichre shall he.
Yet to its fruitful earth,
His quickeniug ashes lend
That chiettains may have birth,
And patriots without end.
His caryen scroll shall read
Here rests the valiant heart
Whose duty was his creed
Whose voice, the warrior part.
Who, when the fight was done,
That grim last foe deted.
Naught knew save victory won
Surrendered not-but died
Edmund c. Stedman.
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A poem by Chief Justice Noah Davis, of Ne'
York, written when he heard that Grant wa
dying
The truce is Ger. The foe at length.
Assails the inmost citadel Of strength
Where kept aloft by dauntiess will
The flag of life floats family still.
But neither skill nor love hath power
Long to repel the inevitable hour
Betrayed and wronged without q stain
death-marCh trod through fiery pain
With heart unmoved how these Uuroll
Heroic grandeurs of the soul
In victories whose lessons stand
light and promise to the land.
There is no death for such as he
When slow transition endeth agony,
His battles fought his duties done
His cOuutry'S life by vaior won,
The change is but a soldiers reveilc
To greet the morn of immortality.
When in the notes of muIlled drums
Or tOlliug bells the requiem comes
With pallid lips of him we speak.
Relief OF tears our hearts may seek
But for ourselves, no selfish zeal
May rob his glory OF its seal.
Ills sword CLEANS brightest on the page
That writes the story OF his age:
But all its cOnqUests pale beneath
Its mercy when it sought the sheath.
Now peace and faith, by mercy blessed
Make his last foe his welcome guest.
TarrytoWn flights, July -, 1850 y. D.
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NATURAL SOAP.-Thc discovery of min
eral substances which answer quite well for
many Of the purposes to which soap is az
Piled are becoming quite common so
much so that the discovery of a soap
mine Is not now considered quite so much
of myth rs formerly The latest discov-
cry Of this character IS described as fol-
lows There is said TO be a vast deposit of
natural soap near Corning. Ohio. As the
story runs, party of hunters in the Big
Woods built a fire against a precipice OF
rocks for the purpose of preparing q meal
The heat split OIL 4 large fragment of solid
stone, and TO their surprise slippery sub
stance of dirty yeliowish color began TO
run from little perforations on the face of
the rock. This substance had q consistency
similar to that Of molasses in cold weather.
Alter gathering quantity OF the stuff the
discoveries managed to stop the overflow.
Samples are said to have been sent to lead
ing chemists throughout the country. who,
with one accord, pronounce it nearly a
pure article of soap. Scientists suggest that
this deposit is owing to q combination of
lakes of potash and rivers of essential oils
within the subterranean caverns underly-
ing the great coal measures of Southern
Ohio The story sounds like one of Mum
chausen's tales, yet it is said that a COM
pany with a capital Of 100000 is being
formed to work this natural soap mine.
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Frl6htful Case Of a COIOred Man.

| contracted a fearful case Of blood poison in
lSoj was treated by some of the best phvsi-
Clans in Atlanta. They used the old remedies
OF Mercury and Potash, which brought on
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He commenced to give me the medicine strictly
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were the most frightful he had ever seen, began
to heal, and by the lst OF October 1881, | was a
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LEM MCCLENDON.
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MARRYING FOR MONEY! had a CONVEX
sation recently with very clever and
attractive New York lady. who. among
other misfortunes, was afflicted with two
million dollars. She said she never would
marry, because she would not believe that
any man wanted her for any other reason
than her gold And what, l asked, " do
you lose thereby? If a gentleman takes
you because you are so pretty, the small
pox, fall from a horse, any accident may
destroy your beauty, and where will his
love be if it is for that reason only he took
you? If another one falls in love with
you because you are so fresh, so young, so
lively time is safe TO destroy all that, and
your hold on him is lost. Buff he takes you
for your money, you need only beware of
dangerous speculations, and you viii al
ways keep the charm that brought him to
your feet, and you have nothing to fear"
That IS one way of looking at it, she
SAID; and so completely did she embrace
my opinion that barely year after | re-
ceived an invitation to her wedding with
an English nobleman.-[Temple Bar.
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EDUCATIONAL.
LlTTON SPRINGS COLLEGE
Sonoma County, Cal.

THIS IS THE ONLY BOARDING-S SCHOOL
i IN the state that has the advantage of being
entirely in the country. 1t is well equipped
with all educational appliances. 1t prepares
young men for every branch of business, for the
Colleges of Law and Medicine, and for the Uni
verStles. The highest distinctions gained by
California students at the great Universities of
the East have been won by pupils of this School.
\ letter just received from the Registrar of
Princeton College, appIisIng ME of the success
OF three OF my boys at the last entrance exam
nation, states THAI all the boys did " extremely
we'll and that the papers of one of them
- we're the best the Examiners received this
year JOHN GAMBLE, II. A.. Principal.
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MANTEI.S.

T HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE EAST
L ern Factories large shipment of elegant
Slate and Iron Mantels, together with Tile
Hearths, Marble Monuments and Tablets
Scotch and Eastern Granite Monuments which
am prepared to sell at reduced prices
iyl6-ipim A. AITKEN, cir X street
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OCEANIC STEAMSHIP CO
FOR HONOLULU.

TJIHE SPLENDID NEW 5000
i Ton Steamships will leave the 1S
Company's Wharf corner Steuart 
tt5siff w.
and Harrison streets at P NJ: -TaS~sss@e-7s
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&s-Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates. For
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SPRECkELS IL BROS, Agents, ST Market street,
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CANDY FACTORY.

MRS Z. II. WIEDMANN, NOS. AIS J STREET
M and 4l9 X street metropolitan Theater
Manufacturer and Wholesale and
Retail Dealer in all kinds Of Candies and Nuts.
ml2Sptf
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The Victory.

IA poem by Chief Justice Noah Davis, of New
York, written when he heard that Grant was
, 1885-05-12
A PALATIAL BARN.


The Gorgeous Establishment Owned by
the Standard oil Magnats-
New York Cor. Chicago Tnbune.l
Mr.. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
man, has purchased good horses in
abundance, and now has as fine a col
lection of roadsters with fast records as
there is in the country, while his barn
in New York city is not surpassed for
completeness and elegance by any SINH.
lar establishment of the kind in the
world. 1t is situated on Fifty-ffth
street, having a frontage Of fifty feet
on the street, and being a three-story
building, constructed in the most sub
stantial and elegant manner of brick
and stone.
On the ground floor the entire front
OF the building is occupied by a harness
room. which is a lofty apartment 5sx35
feet and fitted up in the most luxurious
style imaginable. The floor Of Geor-
gia pine is kept so clean that one might
eat from it, and the walls are finished in
ash and other woods, the decorations
Of the room being in n similar style.
Plate glass windowslet in an abundance
of light during the daytime, and when
service is required of the horses or men
after nightfall thore is an elaborate sys-
TEN Of lighting by gas all the different
portions Of the barn, this being regu-
lated by electricity, 30 that the gas may
be used in or turned OF from any de-
sired portion OF the building.
As one enters the carriage he
sees on his left three or four carriages,
they being a portion OF a dozen vehicles
which the Rockefeller family use on
state occasions, and alongside OF these
elaborate affairs are four road wagons
with spidery wheels, all finished in the
most substantial manner and built 10
carry weight with safety at n high rate
of speed. Then there is n coach, a
village cart for tho children, etc. ON
n side of the room is a large harness
and bit case, in which also are kept a
number Of saddles. Three coach har-
nesses, three double harnesses, and four
single one were in the case when a re-
porter visited the barn not long ago,
and the display was certainly an at
tractive one. The back of the case be-
ing Of black velvet, caused the harness
to show off to the best advantage, and
interpreted with them were over forty
bits Of various designs, all polished 10
the highest degree.
The harnesses of the oil-millionaire
are hung on gold plated brackets which
cost $40 each, being manufactured to
his order, and the saddles are disposed
Of in a similar manner. In fact every
thing about the barn denotes the pres
nee Of great wealth and an evident de-
termination on the part Of its owner
that his barn should be bigger, and bet
ter, and more costly than anybody else's.
The Wheelq Of fhe carriages rest on afrina
OF carpet that would adorn any draw
ing-room, and tho robes that protect the
millionaire and his children when they
60 out for a family drive On a day that
is cold are made Of the most expensive
furs. There are sealskin robes that cost
500 or $500 apiece, otter robes that do
not come much cheaper, and afghans on
which months of high priced labor have
been spent, but not a buffalo robe in
the place. Buffalo robes are not expen-
siye,
, 1885-05-12

Our readers will bear us witness that
The LEADER seldom quotes notices from
subscribers or exchanges complimentary to
itself, bat the following letter from one of
its friends, Mr.. J. +. Crawford, a leading
citizen Of Carbon county, and formerly a
member of the legislature. Is too good to
he kent from the public:
To the Editor Of THE LEADER
SARATOGA. Wyo.. May s, lss5.-In
your issue Of the 9Th inst. is an editorial
entitled Facts and Fancy Regarding
Labor which met my views on that sub
iect exactly. 1t is terse and forcible
enough 10 suit any one. 1t is just such
sound logical opinions as the one men
toned that will mould public sympathy in
the right channel There was also an
editorial in a March number that warmed
every drop Of my blood. 1t was concern
ing Gen. Grant and his heroic suffering.
/ have always been an admircr Of Gen.
Grant and my faith in his integrity and
honesty has never been shaken. So you
can understand how l appreciate TnE
LEADERS editorials. These two select
as worthy Of special mention. But THE
LEADER is the most attractive daily in my
, 1885-05-12

There are great advantages in the
public schools, but tho risks of injury
to health and tho i%n1exibility of the
system initiate gravely against their
use by those who can do better. II IS
not worth while 10 permanently disable
our children in the race of life in order
that they may be put through the
present educational machine. 1t does
not pay. The present system disables
the bright pupils at the start, and leaves
them TO be the servants of the slow
ones, who keep their health for a strong
grip on the facts of life when they
come Ia them.
What u schools need-not simply
Boston schools. but the schools in the
great centers all over the country-can
be named under three heads. There
should DO inspectors of the sanitary con
dition Of the schools, and this duty
should be combined, as far as possible,
with the work of superintendent and
supervision. There should be greater
hexibility in the provisions for meeting
tho individual requirements of pupils,
SO that boys and girls can pursue, il
necessary, partial courses Of study in
the higher departments, and have their
work properly accounted for in the roll
of honor. There should also be a
gradual revision Of methods, so that
work in the school-room may be simpli-
fled, and the strIin of outside study
may be lessened.
, 1885-05-12


The population of London is sheltered
by $50, 900 dwelling houses, and the
area Of streets and squares embraces
ia2 square miles. Every day sees an
average of 1O,0 0 strangers enter the
city, and 1873 persons added TO the pop
u%lation; while each year 2s miles OF
new streets are laid out, and 1000 new
houses erected. There are 1919, 900 pau
pers, upon whom 10. zoo police
keep n close eye. The popula-
ton includes 100, 900 foreigners,
more Roman Catholics than there
are in Rome, and more Jews than
there are in Palestine. Two thousand
olergymen preside over $50 churches
and 423 chapels, OF which latter build
ings the Independents have i21, the
Baptists 100, the Wesleyans n, tho
Catholics 90, the Calyinists 10, the
/ rcsbyterians 10, the Quakers II and
the Jews 10. The number of cats kept
by the people is so large 200, 000l that
cats meat is daily delivered at tho
majority of houses. The 5000 horses
which die each week are utilized to
meet this demand.
, 1885-05-12

lChronicit Oudertoucs.
But it is curious TO note how some
people live. l suppose there is mn i'm
mense amour of misery in some lives.
There is some in all. The other day,
early in the morning, a friend Of mino
went into the reading room of the free
library TO look at n paper. 1t was en-
gagged. He went back to work and
worked on until lunch time, when he
walked into the library once more. The
same man sat there reading the same
paper. He thought il was curious, but
he did not disturb him. He went in
again at . o'clock. The same man sat
in the same place reading the same pa
per. lIe walked up behind him and
took a look The paper was upside
down.
Who is 10 say what misery this man
who sat for seven hours with the paper
upside down was enduring3 Who aan
say what he was thinking about-how
many accusations he wa making against
himsclf-how grateful he was even for
the convenience that reading-room at
forded him to be quiet and hidden
, 1885-05-12


In AN interview with an agent Of the
Associated Press. Sunday night, John
MeLane, of Bismarck, OAK. just returned
from Winnipeg, where he had delivered
a large number Of horses, leans and sup
plies to the Canadian government re-
ports that the government has advices to
the effect that men from Chicago, New
York aud Boston are with Riel and that
a master mind, not Riel's is directing the
movements Of half breeds. Old timers
regard Middleton's success at Batouche
absolutely necessary to prevent an Indian
uprising, which would be disastrous. All
supplies are short and about all must come
from tiis side Of the line. North Dakota
is now being drained Of horses, hay. oats,
etc. 1t is believed that about 1900 half
breeds are in the field; 5000 Indians are
ready to take the war path aud there are
but 1000 troops to oppose them.
, 1885-05-12

ufshes NJ gaz nel
In 404 Honorius was emperor. At
hat time, in the remote deserts of
Libya, there dwelt an obscure monk
named Telemachus. lie had heard of
these awful Genes in the sar-on coli
at Rome. Depend upon it, they
lost nothing by their transit across the
Mediterranean in the hands of Cre.k
and Roman sailors. In the baths and
market-places of Alexandria. in the
Jewries Of Cyrene, in the mouth Of
every itinerans eastern story-teller, the
festive massacres of the coliseum would
doubtless be clothed in colors truly very
appalling, yet scarcely more appalling
than the truth.
Telemachus brooded over these hor-
rors until his mission dawned upon him.
He was ordained 10y heaven to put an
end to the slaughter Of human beings
in the coliseum. lie made his way to
Rome. He entered the coliseum with
the throng, at the time the gladiators
were parading in front Of the emperor
with uplifted swords and the wild mock
cry of homage-"Morituri te salutant. F."
tlbowing his way to the barrier, he
leaped over at the moment when the
complaints rushed at each other, threw
himself between them, and bidding them
in the namosof Christ to desist. To
blank astonishment succeeded imperial
contempt and popular fury. Telemachus
fell, slain by the swords of the gladia-
tors.
Legend may adorn tho tale and fancy
fill out the picture, but the solid fact re-
mains-there never was another gladia-
torial fight in the coliseum. One heroic
soul had caught the flow of popular feel
ing that had already begun to set in the
direction of humanity and turned it
He had embodied by his act and oonse-
Grated by his death the sentiment that
already lay timidly in the hearts Of
thousands in that great city of Rome.
, 1885-05-12
Ghost Hunting Parties.

An hilarious kind of amusement lately
introduced in Philadelphia, is what is
known as q ghost hunting party. The
invitations are printed on coffin shaped
paper and adorned with cross bones,
dungeon chains and other cheerful de
vices. Tho party repair to some house
popularity supposed to be haunted, and
the entertainment consists in trying to
scarce everybody into Mysteries Blue
lights, mysterious footsteps, clanking
chains and other adjuncts to every we'll
bred ghost are provided by the hostess,
and the guests amuse themselves by
firing pistols at imaginary apparitions
and in unearthing hypothetical spooks.
, 1885-05-12

A distillery has lately been put in
operation in Charleston, S. G., for
manufacturing oil from pine wood. The
material is subjected to intense heat in
sealed r~etorts, and one cord of it is said
to yield 10 gallons of turpentine, so gal
Ions of pine wood oil, so bushels of
charcoal, 100 gallons of wood vinegar,
and n quantity of inflammable gas and
vegetable asphaltum. The oil alone is
worth about 20 cents n gallon, and is
used by painters and shipbuilders.
Apart from its commercial value, the
process is interesting as showing how
modern chemistry is able to supplant
those old destructive chemical processes
by which a single article was produced
from a given material, and all the rest
wasted or ruined.