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For Five Years.


A Young woman, with weary look
on her worn face, stood before
the crowds at the central station
hearings the other morning. In her
arms. was a babe, with death on
its face. In the dock stood blear-
eyed, swollen-faced man, shaking with
the nervous twitching resulting from q
prolonged debauch. A lawyer repre-
sented the wife and mother and told
the court there was no desire to prose-
cute the drunkard if he would reform.
"Their child is dying" he said, land
its mother will forgive her husband II
he will take the pledge and 60 home to
help nurse their little one in its last mo-
ments." The man gave the name OF
William McCloskey, and expressed his
willingness to swear of.
"For how long9" asked the masis'
trate.,
"Three months" nervously answered
the prisoner. Then as the magistrate
shook his head, the prisoner pleading
ly added, "Six months"
"Make it forever" interposed the at.
torney, cor we will prosecute. 1t will
be better for all if he never takes another
drink"
McCloskcy looked frightened. Even
then his throat was parchiug for liquor,
and he seemed to be debating between his
thirst and honor and wife's affection.
For few moments the court room was
still! as the crowd watched the struggle
going on in the drunkard's mind.
At last five years was agreed upon,
and the man staggered to the stand, and
taking the Bible in trembling hand
took the oath and shamblcd away
PhiIadelphia Times.
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W8Shfn0tOns


THE President has appointed the following
of Iowa, for the southern district Of Iowa,
and Fabius H. Busbee, of North Carolina,
for the eastern district of North Carolina.
SEVEN agents for the Indians in various
sections were appointed the other day by the
President, as follows: W. l.. Powell, OF Vir-
ginia; John " Summers, Of Missouri: Mark
w. Stevens, of Michigan: Charles Hill. OF
Nebraska; Moses Veal, Of Kansas; Henry +.
Williamson, of Mississippi; Fletcher l. Cow
art, Of Alabama.
PosTMAsrERs appointed by the Presidents
B. ]. Sheridan, at Paola, Kan: Robert F.
Chiffon, at Santa Anna, CAL: Edward Van
De Casteele. at De Pere, Wis. Harry S,
Parker, at Pennington. n. H. F. II. Splnney,
Medford. Mass. Burritt B. Breed. at Lisbon,
Dakota; Fidelia kilgore at Lorgview, Texas;
L. K. Davis at Athens, Ala; Milton H.
Westbrook. at Lyons. Iowa; James B. Black
we'll. at Marietta, Ga; John Shearman, at
Monroe City, Mo. i; Thomas A. Gary, at Gal.
weston, Texas; L. E. Waggoner, at Shelby.
vile, ILL.,: John A. Collins, ut Washington,
Mo. ;E. P. Matthews, at Bowling Green, Mo-; {;
John Flynn, at Duluth, Mimi.
THERE were 6l5 patents issuel for the week
ending on the 18th, the largest number ever
issued in one week in the history OF the
patent office.
ADDITIONAL appointments by the Presi-
dent: Edward A. Stevenson, Of Boise City,
Idaho, to no governor of the territory. of
Idaho; William b. Webb, Of Billings, Mon.
tana, to Le secretary OF the territory of
Montana; James T. Healey, assist
ant treasurer at Chicago. Presidential post
masters: Walter w. McGrew at Eureka,
Kan. John C. Friend, Rawlins, Wyoming;
Isaiah Garrett, Monroe, La; Arthur u.
Glover, Olympia, Washington Territory;
James Blair, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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What The III luOr Business Is.
It is business which every merchant
and business man hates and dctcsts.
It is q business which is the standing
dread OF every mother.
It Isl business which is the constant
fear of every father.
It is business which is the terror of
every wife.
It is o business which makes ninety
pcr cent. OF the business of the criminal
courts.
It is q business which makes ninety
per cent. of the paupcrism for which the
tax. payer has to pay.
1t is a business which keeps employed
an army Of policemen in the cities.
1t is business which puts out the fire
On the hearth, and condemns wives to
hunger and rags.
Il is the business which fosters vice
for profit, and educatcs in wickedness
for gain.
Drunkenness sows the seed OF other
vices. 1t is the dictionary of vice, for il
includes every vice.
Drunkenness means peculation, theft,
arson, forgery, murder-for it leads to
all these crimes.
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A Rack Drag.

AL CuSiAon PoPS@ SSS
picture of the wagon of the site drawn
one way by twelve horses and the other
way by eight, and our temperance wagon
can show the same phenomenon.
It would be amusing, if it were not so
sad, to see excellent Christian papers and
wise secular papers and celebrated
preachers announcing with the conf
dence of inspired oracles that prohibition
of the liquor traffic is impossible. They
must gather this verdict from their inner
consciousness, for they advance no facts
or rational ground for it. The same idea
prevailed not more than hundred years
ago concerning the conversion of the
heather to Christ, and consequently no
efforts were made to evangelize them.
The present century might be called the
worker of impossibilities; and to any
common intelligence that sees the i'm
mense advances already made by the
temperance reformation, the possibility
of enshrining it In the law of the land
must appear evident. Not only is such
change possible, but, judging from
many accomplishments Of the work in
States and counties, highly probable,
nay, even we might say, certain. But
Just here comes in point which is very
unfairly, we think, taken for granted by
the opponents Of prohibition. Many
point to cases, however rare, where in
toxicating liquors are to some extent
smuggled in and secretly sold in prohi-
bition states, and they triumphartly e1-
claim, "Prohibition does not prohibit"
Just in the same way and with the same
degree of truthfulness might it be stated
that the revenue laws arc useless, for
there are always some successful snug
elers; or that laws against robbery or
murder arc useless, for there are always
thefts ard murders. Would celebrated
preachers or eminent religious journals
therefore cry down the laws against
those offenses2 To put the sale of in
toxicating drinks rs beverage on the
same footing with laws against crimes
which the liquor-traffic breeds IS all that
Prohibitlonists want and mean to have;
and when all the states and the national
government arc on this basis, it will not
be so easy to frustrate the laws as it now
is to some extent in the present prohibi-
ton States. Men and women who decry
the prohibition movement, take heed
what you do! Your responsibility in
flouting it is very heavy. But that con-
duct can only help the barroom q little
longer to destroy the peace and prosper
ity of families, and i:ic bodies and souls
of men and women.-Mew York Witness.
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FEDERAL FINANCES.
Last Monthly Statement of the
National Debt.
The Cash in the Treasury and the
Coinage Of the MINIS.

The apparent decrease in the public debt
for September is sl2.775577,965. This amount
is reduced however, by payments OF about
S7.50O,OlO due on account of interest on
bonds. Following is recapituation OF the
last statement issued:
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Total. ...S
Less cash items available for
reduction of the debt. -.
Less reserve held for redemp-
ton OF United States not,s,
SlO0. 900, 000,
, 1885-05-15
THE FARMER

In sesr-h Of q new home, where no can So
cure bcuur teturns for lhJlnpr, should re-
member that tie Wabash ~ the most direct
route TO Arkansas, Texas. Kansas, Nebraska,
md all points South, West and Northwest,
and tl.at round trip l-and-cxplorers' tickets
at very low rates are always on sale at tho
ticket orlces- Descriptive advertising mat
ter OF ArkinsRs and Texas eent free to all
npphcants BY addressing the General Pas-
arrw-r About
, 1885-05-15

Honolulu Cor. Minneapolis Trbune.l
At Kalawao, on the island of Molokai,
is a settlement of lepers, about 500 in
number. This dreadful disease, which
is considered to be incurable, is believed
to have been brought to the island by
the Chinese. II is almost entirely con-
fined to the native population. though
there are n few whites at the settle
ment. ON the first indication of lep-
rosy the victim is hurried off to Kala-
wac, from whence they are never again
permitted to return. It is one Of the
saddest sights ever beheld to see a
schooner load Of these unfortunate be-
ings taking leave Of their friends and
relatives. knowing that, although the
distance which separates them will be
but a few miles, yet they are parting
never to meet again this side of the
grave.
This course is taken by the govern
ment in hopes that, by isolating the
lepers, the dread scourge may be finally
be stamped out. The contagious charae-
ter Of this disease, however, has not
been satisfactorily determined, though
many efforts have been made to that
end. A murderer, under sentence of
death, was promised his life if he would
consent to be inc olated with leprosy,
the physicians hoping by this to settle
this important question. This was done
a few Esonths ago, but the disease has
not yet hown itself. But this signifies
nothing, AZ its appearance may be de-
layed from two to seven years.
, 1885-05-15
Dangerous Decoration.



Under certain conditions some com
mon articles Of household decorations
may be sources of danger. An insur-
ran company is reported to have
refused risks in houses in which per-
fectly spherical fish globes or water bot
ties are kept. The company claims that
during the coolest portion of the winter
three fires were started in parlors where
articles were in such a position as TO
receive the direct rays of the sun
through p~late-glass windows. 1t is said
there is no danger if the vessels are
oval or slightly fattened. A writer in
The Cincinnati Price Current says a fire
was started on his library table by the
sun shining upon his paper weight
made of four glass globes fastened to-
gether so that three rest upon the table
and n rests above the Others.
, 1885-05-15
PERSONAL

Bert Richie is in Laramie City.
j. W. Riner has gone to his ranch.
T. B. Hicks left for Omaha Yesterday.
JW Hammond has gone to Nebraska.
J. s. Pade, Of New York, is in the city.
Doc Herrick, of Powder river, is in the
city.
Hon. Teschmacher left for Denver yes
terdey morning. frrrEUT emo
A. Hitler, Of Milwaukee, is a guest at
the Inter Ocean
W. II. Seboxtian, of Denver, is booked
at the Inter Ocean.
@. T. Stewart, of Council Bluffs, has
rooms at the Inter Ocean.
r. w. Burton, of Earl Park, Ind, can
be found at the Inter Ocean. liIEl
II, H.. Marmaduke, of Chicago, is auto
graphed at the Inter Ocean.. Nfme
G. NJ. Hobbs and J. NJ. Kennedy, of
Denver. are ut the Inter Ocean.
J. T. Shayne and N. p. Williamson, of
Philadelphia, are at the Inter Ocean.
Rev. DR.. Cowhick on Monday will leave
for Cincinnati as the ministerial delegate
of the Boulder presbytery. fdA
John Hunton arrived in the city last
evening on the stage from the north, hay
ing just returned from his ranch in that
section. .r.r
, 1885-05-15
A couPLE oF R-onnERIEs.
Tramps and Thieves succeed In Making
a Haul at Rawlins. ea

M." L L
The tramps are becoming very bold
and practice their art or calling with pecu-
lar nerve and daring. Wednesday morn
ing as the train was leaving Rawlins a
tramp rushed into the rear emigrant
car and carried off n valise belonging to
one of the passengers, which contained
$l60 in money and all the clothes and
property Of which the party was possessed.
An, effort was made to capture the thief
but IL was unsuccessful. The robbery left
the man in destitute circumstances, as the
valise contained all the money and cloth
ing he had.
From a party who arrived from Raw
Inns yesterday a reporter of Tins LEADER
was informed that the building in which
the post Office Is located, was robbed
Wednesday night. The thieves succeed
ed in stealing 4 large amount of clothing,
but took nothing from the post office ex-
cept a few coppers. There was a sack of
registered mail in the office, but the
thieves missed il by some means.
Yesterday eleven men were arrested for
the crime and they will be given a trial in
a few days. A pair of the pants stolen
was taken off of a man in the depot yes
day, being identified, but he proved hat
he found them on the railroad track, some
distance from Rawlins, and was dis
CHARGED. Nv w - u.
, 1885-05-15

Unbranded News Notes Picked Up
About the City.

Fun at Keefe's rink this evening. The
city band in attendance.
The injunction contempt case of Duffey
against Bresnahen will be heard this
morning at 10 O'Clock.
We would call attention to the adycr
tisement of Craig. Davis 4 Co. in this
issue. They carry one of the largest
stocks of wall paper TO be found in the
city. JA h
Seats are now on sale at the box office
for Aimee in her favorite comedy.
Mdm'zeHe. All should witness this per-
formance. as it is considered one of the
finest plays on the road. rias
The Signal Service Office reports that
she highest temperature yesterday was
62o lowest, 40o; mean temperature, 49,;
mean humidity, 10 per cent; highest We
locity of wind % miles per hour; rain
fall, .07.
There will be a meeting at the Congre-
%gational church this evening for the pur-
pose Of making a permanent organization
of the Young Peoples Society. All who
are interested are cordially invited to be in
attendance.
Thieves tried to effect an entrance into
Jacques Browns place Wednesday night.
They tried the windows but could not
raise them. 1t is supposed they heard
some noise and were scared away. The
tracks, or footprints, were visiblet next
morning in front Of the window.
The Denver strikers are as firm as they
were ten days ago, meanwhile the D. &
R. G. r. r. company runs passenger and
freight trains as usual, but the trouble
will set in when repairs on locomotives
and cars become necessary. There are
already ten dead engines in the Denver
Yards.
, 1885-05-15
Larcenous Monkeys


The chema, or black Pavian monkey,
is a native of the cape of Good Hope.
Living in tribes and always ready to
plumber, this race of monkeys commit
fearful devastations in the vineyards
and gardens. With a sagacity almost
human they will station a guard on the
outposts to watch. A portion of them
enter the inclosure, climb the trees,
pluck the fruit and pass it to those
standing below. These hand it to others,
who form a line reaching to the rendez-
vous outside, which is generally in some
craggy mountain, and thus, all assisting
in the good work, the booty is soon
safely disposed of.
AS soon as the sentinel sees some one
approaching he gives the alarm by
uttering a loud cry, and the plunderers
all scamper of. If he neglects to warn
them in time the whole party will fall
upon him and beat him severely.
, 1885-05-15

Fun at Keefe's rink this evening. The
,;4- h.,1 80 NL-f
, 1885-05-15

~ u f. IN (nllAku AAurAl
Possibly no two corps Of either army
made their entrance on the field moro
differently than those of jackson and
who was at sue time In Longstrect ;
corps says You might be marching
along, not dreaming that you were in
five miles Of a %corporals guard OF the
enemy, and the first thing that You
knew longstreet would gallop past, get
in the shade of Il tree, ana pull out a
pocket map. lie woall look at this
FOR About five minutes, and urn to an
officer and tell him to deploy his men to
the right, or left, as the case might he.
II you happened 10 be one OF those de-
ployed men you wanted to look out;
the probabilities were that you would
be min less than ten minutes. And
If you were in the infantry, you would
want to shoot a long time before you
got the order. longstreet's men went
into action like n dress parade; they
didn't waste any ammunition; not n
shot did they iro until they got close
up. They left the long range shooting
for the artillery.
. But Jackson s men, They used 10 re-
mind me OF n parcel Of boys chasing q
rabbit. they would commence TO shoot
and yell as o o as a blue-coat got in
sight; AMI they generally kept it up I'M
til they could tell the color Of their eyes.
They would string themselves out over
thirty acres, yelling like fury, and all Of
a sudden they would get into some sort
Of form and fire a volley or two, and
then charge again in that strung out
fashion. A blind man could tell when
Jackson's men were in two miles Of
him if they were fighting. And that's
the way our men, and the others, found
out at first Cold Harbor that jackson
wasn't where a good many thought he
Was"
, 1885-05-15


When Humboldt visited the City OF
Mexico he recorded the depth of Lake
Texcoco at sixteen feet and ten inches.
To-day its greatest depth is six feet and
eight inches, and scientific observations
show that the bottom of the lake is
rising at the rate of one and one-half
inches annually. Its bottom is now but
nine feet below the level of the principal
streets of the capital, and at this rate,
unless the lake is drained, it is shown
that before many years the City of
Mexico will be permanently under
water. The sewage of the city is now
drained into the lake, which, in sum
mgr, is not more than three feet lower
than the bottom of the main sewers,
while in the rainy season the rise OF the
water in the lake causes the immediate
back3et of all sewage. II is no wonder
that Mexico's death rate is high. No
efforts are being made to drain Lake
TexcocO. .|.fu
, 1885-05-15
A million Millions.


The English billion-a million mill
ions-has set Sir Henry Bessemer TO
calculating. lie reckons that a billion
seconds have not elapsed since the world
began, as they would reckon 1868
years, II days, % hours, AS minutes
8 seconds. A chain of a billion SOW
ercigns would pass 736 times around
the globe, or, lying side by side, would
form about the earth a golden zone
twenty six feet six inches wide. This
anne chain, We're it stretched out
straight, would make a line a fraction
over IL. 3es, 455 miles in extent. For
measuring height, Sir Henry chose for a
unit a single sheet of paper of about
1-333d of an inch in thickness. A billion
of these thin sheets, pressed out fiat
and piled vertically upon each other,
would attain an altitude of AZ, 34s miles.
, 1885-05-15
-InprnrInr a olrr. onl..

lNrM tsfNtot hlrhRO journal
Here is something about a fair walker
that you may believe if you wish to. l
don't. And yet ] can't prove that it is
a lie. The shoes were there to substan-
tiate it, anyhow, and it really ism rea-
sonable that a shoemaker would go to
the trouble and expense Of constructing
a plir of good CATERS for the mere pur-
pose of decc.ving a correspondent. They
stool on his counter, and, taking them
up, | found that they we're singularly
weighted. In each toe was a slip OF
lead, like those sometimes put on trot-
ting horses to make them throw out
their feet freely, while on the inside of
the ankles were small hunks of leather,
similar TO the devices for curing horses
Of the habit OF interfering"
The shoemaker said: "The girl for
who.n | made those shoes to order ex-
poets that they will improve her gait.
She has studied the treatment of horses
IS to faults of step, and her notion is
that toe weights and interferers are
what will impart n freedom and
springiness to her walk"
, 1885-05-15

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Ture Laxative, This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had Of
Hunt & Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. Il is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system, to act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently y~etthoroughly;
to dispel Headaches. Colds and Feyers; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion ind kind
red ills. - III ILifl
, 1885-05-15
A Fortunntc Circumstances

valley Springs DAk.) Enterprise.
We are informed that Mn. Matte
johnson, who lives fourmiles west oftown
was doing her general Homework when
her little daughter Annie, . years old, got
hold Of bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and instead Of taking half a tea
spoonful as a general dose, drank the
entire bottle. 1t cured her cough and she
is doing well. mn
Mn. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and the above circumstance shows conclu-
siyely that it is perfectly harmless even to
small children in doses Of sixty times
what should be given. Remember, it
cured her, and has cured thousands OF
Others, who gladly testify to its great val
ne. All druggists.
, 1885-05-15
conse Aaulteratlsa Ia r,.rI..

IT ~ TChIcago TlntaT T-TT7 "
An official report Of the director of
the Paris municipal laboratory makes
some very interesting disclosures. Out
Of ninety-one samples Of coffee analysed
during one month in Paris, thirteen
only were pronounced pure. One
specimen packet is said TO have con
tanned the following ingredients; Red
earth, flour, cofTee-grounds, caramel,
tale, plumbago, yermicelli, semolina
powder, bean dust, carrots, bread
crusts, acorns, sawdust, red ochre,
brick-dust, ashes, mahogany s~hayings,
vegetable earth, and sand. H
, 1885-05-15

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itch
ing piles. One box has cured the worst
cases Of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer FIVE minutes after using VIII
iam's Indian Pile Ointment 1T absorbs
tumors, allays itching. acts as poultice,
gives instant relief. Prepared only for
piles, itching Of the private parts, nothing
else, Hon. j. M. Coffenbury, Of Cleve-
land, says: Il have used scores Of pile
cures. and il affords me pleasure to say
that | have never found anything which
lives such immediate and permanent re-
lief as DR.. Williams Indian Pile ONT
menLr Sold by druggists and mailed on
receipt ofprice, 81. Gray & Pearse Agents
, 1885-05-15


The lovers car leaves the barn
promptly at II p m Everybody along
the route recognizes 1t as such. Every
young girl on tho upper end of the line
knows just exactly when it will pass her
door, every young fellow who runs out
that way Of an evening knows that the
striking Of II is the signal for him to
gather up his hat and coat, and every
parent is able to mark within a second
Just when the last caller will be gone
and the house will be shut up for the
night. The last car down town, as 1t
tinkles nerrily over the rails, picks up
the young men all along the route. Sun
day nights, of course, the freight is the
largest, and it was ON a Sunday night
that the reporter stumbled aboard the
empty car, which, before it got half q
milo down, was filed, and with young
men only.
On the whole, they were a solemn
party, with their overcoat collars turned
up and their heads bent low over their
canes. Beyond a cold bow none of
them made recognition Of one another's
presence, but they all looked at the re-
porter, whose gray hairs, however, dis
armed suspicion. They all know each
other on the lovers car; they have rid
den over that route and at that hour
night after night together, and the
silent confederation is apt to regard un-
favorably any new passenger, unless
his business is known, or it is apparent
that he Ia none-on that route.
, 1885-05-15


A communication from Halifax con-
tanned the inquiry: HAS any member
of your club been fatally injured by
that iendish invention known as the
= Torpedo hickenli9
81 hasn't heard of any SIGH case" OBJ
served Brother Gardner. "De torpedo
chicken was invented about two years
ago. When it fust came out seberal
Guild men who had failed to keep posted
picked it off de roost for a pullet, an
war found dead near by, but dey war
not members of dis club. l has incl
dentally learned dat chicken pot-pie has
become a total stranger to mos of you,
an | reckon dat it am Just as well to
keep on cultivatin' your tastes for soup
bones an neck pieces. We will now
blow out de lamps, lock up de stove an
ambulate to respectable homes"