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h Latest Neutrality-suspicious. Clucs.
fChicano Herald1

A clock on the twenty-four hour prin-
ciple, possessing probably the simplest
method yet introduced for indicating
time upon the new enumeration, is Civ
ing satisfaction in London. 1t has only
one hand, the long minute hand, and
the figures around are placed as hereto
fore; instead, hageyer of indicating
the hours, they indicate the minutes
only, which are marked from five to
sixty. The hours are shown on a sunk
dial revolving under the upper dial, a
space being left in the upper dial in
which the next hour figure comes for
ward simultaneously upon the minute
hand completing rs circuit of sixty min
utes. In short, the solitary hand marks
the minutes and the sunk space shows
the hour.
, 1885-05-09
Mexican Floating Gardens.


The floating gardens in certain parts
of Mexico are among the greatest
~curiosities to be found in that country.
Says a recent visitor: ''When a tract Of
vegetation composed of reeds, water
plants and bushes, interviewer and
laced together, becomes so dense that
it will bear a s~uperstructure, strips of
turf twenty to thirty yards long by two
yards wide are cut from some suitable
firm place, floated to it down the canal
and laid upon it; this is repeated several
times, and thus an island is securely
raised two or three feet above the level
of the water; a little soil is spread over
it, and it becomes a chinampa, or foat-
ing garden, on which Indian corn,
vegetables and flowers are grown.
The gardens vary in size from 100 to
200 feet in length, and from twenty to
100 in width, according to the nature of
the vegetation which supports them. To
secure these gardens in their proper
places, long willow poles are driven
through them into the ground below,
where they soon take root. The poles
also throw out roots into the beds Of the
floating gardens, and so hold them
Steady.'
, 1885-05-09

Valley Springs DAk.) Enterprise.
We are informed that Mrs. Matte
johnson, who lives fourmiles west o ftown
was doing her general Homework when
her little daughter Annie. . years old, got
hold of a 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.
Mrs. johnson was fortunate in having
procured Chamborlain's Cough Remedy,
and the above circumstance shows concur
sively that it Is perfectly harmless even to
small children in doses of sixty times
what. should be given Remember, 1t
cured her, and has cured thousands of
Others, who gladly testify to its great val
ne. All druggists.
, 1885-05-09
C MAVERICKS.
Unbranded News Notes picked Tip
About the CITY.

the lawns in the city are being greatly
improved this spring.
Mechanics say there is plenty Of work
to be done in the city the coming season.
The Iowa editors will pass through the
city June 9 on their way to Portland,
Oregon.
The weather changed yesterday and is
now as pleasant as can be desired at this
time of year.
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Z. Talbot
was largely attended from the Catholic
church yesterday.
Work was commenced yesterday on
Swan'sne new stable on Seventeenth street. 1t
will be one of the finest in the city when
completed.
DR. Hopkins says there is nothing new
in regard to pleuro- pneumonia, and that
all stock duarantined are looking remark
ably healthy.
John Sparks, the cattle king of Texas,
while in the city purchased an elk and
mountain sheep head, elegantly mounted,
which he ordered shipped to his home in
Texas.
Moulton 4 Nichols, of Greeley, arrived
in the city last evening with their entire
outfit, including forty span Of mules, and
will start tomorrow to commence work on
e
the Sabille ditch.
A Cheyenne youth says: II held her
tiny hand in mine, and clasped her fairy
form, and told my tale of ardent love, in
language sweet and warm. And when |
paused for want Of breath, she raised her
dimpled chin, and whispered low, L don't
catch on please sing your song again. ~
There is considerable doubt whether or
not the man reported to have been held
up night before last and robbed of $40,
was entirely correct. The officers are of
the opinion hat he was on a drunk and
some thief or thieves quietly robbed him.
The party claims to be $40 short, how
ever.
-Four mountain lion cubs that we're
caught recently at the head Of the Big
Thompson, in Estes park, Colo, were on
exhibition at Jackson's opera house,
Greeley, several days last week, together
with a wildcat belonging to Randolph Il
jacobs They attracted quite a crowd.
The mountain lions were taken to Chey-
enne.
The decision of the agents of the Iowa
roads not to allow stoppages in Iowa for
the purpsse of feeding cattle in transit.
will do away with the practice Of taking
feeders to Iowa, hereafter, to be fat
tened on corn Stock owners cannot
afford to pay the local rates for shipping
cattle to these feeding stations, and thence
to Chicago.
, 1885-05-09
MENTION.


John ApperSon is at home again.
Rev hldrldge has returned to Chey-
enne'
DICK frewen arrived nom the east last
evening
Mrs- hecht returned from the east last
evening
EDWIN McChntocS' OF Horse creek is
IN the city
T. q. Adams, Of Kentucky, is at the
Inter Ocean
John Mullen. of the Laramie river, is
m the city
Lon Meyer is in from his ranch on
Horse creek. ~ 'llLs
w. F. Ellis, of Denver, is booked at
the Inter Ocean.
w. II. Forrest. of Chicago. is n guest
Mt the Inter Ocean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce returned from
Denver last evening
William G. Bixby, a prominent banker
of Colorado. is in the CITY.
w w Rbosds az oroh.
eraphed at the Inter Ocean.
s,evor, 81 IVA. L.
c,rnd a, H. L. o.
G.. w. Crook and G. HIM, If Ros,ou
arc a,,oororbed ~ ~ Tn,or o. ~
n ,
N" aaa n'erSon' oi
oS'u'no' Sr.e" anu Iaugn'er
iei' yesterday 10 VISIT friends IN Laramie
City.
7. Morgan Stewart and William II.
Stewart, Jr.. of Philadelphia. are at the
Inter Ocean.
A., o-.r
, 1885-05-09

In the heart of Wyoming territory is
a mountain of solid hematite iron, with
900 feets Of it above the
ground, more than a mile wide
and over two miles in length;
n bed OF Ignite coal big enough to warm
the world for centuries. eight lakes of
solid soda, one of them over 900 acres
in extent and not less than thirty feet
in depth, and a petroleum basin which
contains more oil than Pennsylvania
md West Virginia combined, from
which in places the oil is oozing in nat
ural wells at the rate of two barrels a
day.
, 1885-05-09

The waters of Utah furnish irriga-
ton for 1900. 900 acres of land, esti-
mating n cubic foot of water per second
to each acre The capacity for irriga-
ton is capable Of further increase by a
,ystem of reservoirs and by artesian
wells. There are also considerable
tracts which do not require irrigation,
and the possible farming lands of the
territory are thus not far from 2 $500, 900
acres.
, 1885-05-09

Picnic acid, which has been men
toned as a medical agent in connection
with the illness of Gen. Grant, is chem
ically pure carbolic acid. The latter can
not DO preserved chemically pure for
any length of time, but will decompose
into a substance containing other pos
onous acids. In its pure state it is
mover met in commerce, because of its
cos and the difficulty of production,
and it will not remain pure unless COM
bined with other i%noffensive substances
that will prevent the deleterious effects
of the light.
, 1885-05-09

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. 1t is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse the system. 10 act on the Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels gently yet thoronghly;
to dispel Headaches. Colds and Fevers; TO
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red ills.
, 1885-05-09

iEh cheering ana ohnink JourIllI
II appears that the Washington mon.
ument is, after all. founded on quick
sand. Since this assertion is based upon
the report of Col. casey, the engineer
who has recently received such exagger-
ated praise for strengthening tho foun-
dations. there can be no doubt of its
truth. What must be thought of such a
pieco OF engineering, 1t appears that
nothing but the weight Of the soil over
laying this two feet thick bed OF quick
sand prevents the monument from
squeezing the sand out from under IT,;
and should it do this n little more on
one side than the other, the monument
might fall. This is certainly a serious
matter, and should receive prompt at
tention if the facts be as represented by
Col. Casey. Would not this be a suit
able condition for the use of the Poetsch
freezing process for sinking through
Quicksandi
, 1885-05-09

Frazier's Root Bitters are not a dram
shop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon
the Liver and Kidneys, keep the bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
cleanse the blood and system from every
inquiry. Sold by druggists. $l.OO.
, 1885-05-09

One of the most interesting relics
possessed by the late Comte A. de
Liesville was an accurate model Of the
Bastile, carved out of one of the stones
Of that ediice. He had 10000 books
and papers, and coins, medals, arms,
etc, in~numerable, connected with that
re, %olution and with those of 1890, 1s4s
and 1870.
, 1885-05-09
For 6ne watch repairing,
DAVID MILLER. Idelman block.


All Travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street. The location is agreea-
bic and convenient rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market. walters who UNI
derstand their business. the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room are among the
many attractions of this popular house.
HERMAN kIMAE. proprietor.
, 1885-05-09

In the Gazette de T~herapeutique DIR.
Valiant claims to have cured two cases
of hydrophobia, which had reached the
convulsive stage, with an alkaloid taken
from the seeds of a tree indigenous in
South America. After complete tests
are made, the full details will be given
to the public.
, 1885-05-09

The stages for Rawhide Buttes, Fort
Laramie and intermediate points until
further notice leave Cheyenne at 4 o'clock
a. IN. and arrive from the north daily at
$50 p. IN. II. S. Oliver,
Agent c. & B. II. Stage Line.
, 1885-05-09

When you feel that you had been born
tired and never got fully rested, take a
dose of st. Patrlck's Pills. They vii
cleanse your system and regulate your
liver. Then you will realize the vigor of
health and enjoy using your latent energy.
Sold by w. N. Hunt,
, 1885-05-09

A sure cure for little grubs in the skin,
roughness from the hands and face and
make you beautiful. Price SOC. Sent
by mai, Gray & Pearse, Sole Agents
, 1885-05-09

Lawn tennis is said to have brought
in, like roller skating, new and pecul-
lar disease 1t is a rupture of a muscle
in tho arm. The ailment has already
been digniied by n name.
, 1885-05-09

A. G. McGregor sells coal from the
Fox x Paterson mines, which is con-
sidered the best Colorado coal in the
market.
, 1885-05-09

Try Ellis's fresh homemade taffy.
Only 30 cents a pound.
, 1885-05-09

Five dozen ranch eggs for $I.OO. -Four
pounds choice roll butter for $l.00. Best
ham and breakfast bacon in the market,
ut Underwood Bros.
, 1885-05-09

Persons desiring pure Lake Mrhapaluta
ice should leave orders at Christ. Mauss',
baker, 3l7 Ferguson street, or with the
undersigned. SLOAN & Co.
, 1885-05-09

Hardware, stoves and tnware. at Arp
& Conway's.
, 1885-05-09

Everybody ought to try ST. Louis Book
Beer ut the Germania Hall.
, 1885-05-09

The largest stock OF fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hiqueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1885-05-09

The Cheyenne Foundry will now receive
orders for iron fencing and all kinds Of
castings. All orders filled promptly and
carefully.
, 1885-05-09

All the latest news and periodicals al
Hollis. tir
, 1885-05-09
stoclsmen rnke NOTICE.

Riner & johnson have soldiers addi-
tional and other land scrips, which they
are selling cheaper than any firm in the
West. Call at 30S Carey block, and get
figures.
, 1885-05-09

Engraving in al its branches is dons a
zKHNER. JACKSON Il BUEuHsER's.
, 1885-05-09

When YOU want something to read go
to Hollis.
, 1885-05-09

A first class meal for % cents at Sachs
$40 Sixteenth street.
, 1885-05-09

Remember that you will save money by
your books and stationery at
, 1885-05-09
TILE FARMER

In search Of a new home, whore be can SO.
cure better itturns for tl@ labor, shouil re-
member that 10 Wabnsh - the most direct
routc to Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska,
rnd all points So 9Th, West uni Northwest,
and that round-trip lnui-cxrlorers' tickets
ticket 0ilces-- Descriptive ad,ertising mnt
ter OF Arkansas and Texas sent free 10 all
applicants by addressing the general Pas-
, 1885-05-09

Boston Contributor: History finds
no solitary record of a really trusting
soul left desolate.
, 1885-05-09
THE TOURIST

Has long since chosen the Wabash as the
favorite route to all the summer resorts OF
the East, North and West, and winter 70
sorts OF The South. as the Company has foi
years provided Lrtter accommodationa an4
more attracuohatlan any OF rs cnmi.etitora
for THU class OF tfayel 1ourisf Tickets caa
lie h al az rcdu ID rates at nl principA
, 1885-05-09

Canary bird lost. Its return well re-
warded by +. j. Stanton.
, 1885-05-09

Schuttler wagons, and a full line Of hard
ware at Arp & Conway's.
, 1885-05-09

Ferris raises and nOUes
houses.
, 1885-05-09

For fine stationery go to Hollis.
, 1885-05-09
THE

VIII On The Wabnsh the most convenient
roate - all the noted heaith resorts ol
Illinois, Missouri. Arkansas and Texas, and
that tho extensive though car system and
r ute. Pamphlet descriptive of the many
celebrated mineral s4-incs OF tho West and
oocth sent free on nuDiicatiun.
, 1885-05-09
BEAR SPRINGS RANCH.
JOHN NEWMAN, Prop.

This well-known road ranch on the
Fort Laramie and Black Hills stage line, .
has rect .dy been re-ausned, and the
proprietor is prepares TO furnish god
Accommodations for man and beast
Meals 50 cents. Horses to hay rs cents
per span. Hay sold by the bale. Large
corrals and barn for 40 horses. Broken
horses for sale.
, 1885-05-09

Everybody ought to try ST. Louis Bool
Beer at the Germania Hall.
, 1885-05-09
OHIO MICHIGAN
4 0UTE!
RusINEss A

be Comfortable, wants 10 arrsvc Mt desunA-
ton on time, IN fact, wants a strictly -husi.
ness trip, and consequently takes the
popular Wabash Route, feeling that he Is
sure 10 meet his engagements and continue
TO roener and be hhnnY.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08
A Grow That COuld Talk.
J.R. RS Washington Letter

J.R. RS Washington Letter
Gen Hampton tells me that
while on his Mississippi planta-
toin, he saw lame crow that
conld laugh and talk. The bird
would say "Hello!' "iow are
you?' and several other things Of
like import. 1t was the most
wonderful raven since the days Of
Barnaby Rudge and Edgar Poe.
One morning..a vast number of
crows assembled in tree on the
plantation and prepared for a
pow-wow. The tame bird flew
among them and, rearing up, salu-
ted the congregation with brisk
"Hellol How are you?' His as
tonishea brethren scattered in
alarm as if they had been fired
upon from a mountain howitizer.
This marvellous fowl of the air
was to have been sent to the New
Orleans Exposition, but its sud-
den disappearance prevented,
Gen. Hampton surmises that
some negro shot him by mistake.
The owners could easily..have sold
him for 81 900 in New York.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

They talk about a woman's
sphere as though it had limit;
there's not place on earth or in
heaven, there's not a task of man
kind given, there's not a blessing
or woe, there's not whisper, yes,
or no, there's not a life, or death,
or birth, that has a feathers
weight Of worth without a woman
init.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

A maiden lady of Philadelphia
was witness in court the other
day, and when sworn was request
ed to kiss the Bible. She refused,
saying that it was SO long since
she had kissed anything that she
had forgotten how it was done.
This is strange and interesting
case.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08


juicy with q most fascinating
sweetness.
On various shelves smiled com
placently huge pumkin pies, cor
pulent cakes, and succulent pud-
dings.
Here and there were cans of
vi.rious delicacies, pans of genuine
milk, platters of chitterlings, and
various other preventatives of..un-
due disintegration of the human
tissues.
In the midst of all this, for one
whole week, Isaac, son Of jimmy,
sat famished. His allowance per
meal was two slices of bread, with
water and libitum from the horse
trough.
Sometimes, with a refinement
of cruelty, I would hold before
his ravenous eyes a rasher of de-
liciously broiled bacon, SO that
the aroma would penetrate his
tapping nostrils.
l confess with sorrow that I
even creased his upper lip, giving
him the shadow of a feast, as it
were.
On the seventh day he broke
down. Throwing himself on his
knees, the chain, perforce, of
many fastenings accompanying
him, he said:
''For Gor-a-mighty's sake, boss,
doan' keep me yere any more.
Whip me all you wants, but gim-
me sumfn' ter eat. / done mos
dead"
AS long as he stayed with me
he never backslid; the cure seem
ed perfect.
[ have said that Aunt Jimmy
was deeply religious. As | write
this [ see again the good old soul
sitting at the entrance to her
kingdom, the cook room.
1t is Sunday. The lake lies
near, a placid sheet Of silver.
The air quivers with the droning
sound of insect life. A hawk
that cynic of the air--swoops
from his leafy covert and has
chicken rare for his MONDAY
lunch.
Neat as the tall elm near her is
Aunt jimmy, a dark print empha-
sizing her many angles. Her
hands are folded in her lap, al d
as she sways gently back and
forth she sings in quiverine
voice
ooh, you better hab religion when yor
come,
Oh, you, better hab religion when yol
come,
Oh. you better hab religion when yol
come, my Lord,
For you better hab religion when yot
come.
Poor Aunt Jinnyl Poor, yet
rich; for when her last sickness
came. and the shadow on the diaI
crossed the line, there was a smile
on the worn, dusky face, and
pointing upward, she said to hei
mistress, who stood by the bed
waiting for this corruption to put
on interruption, 'Der'll be neidel
black er white up dere, missy, fol
my Jesus say we am all OBJ one
blood, all de nations OBJ de yerth. .
Perhaps that smile was one OF
infnity. Can saint or sinner tell
HAMILTON JAY.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

A California widow lately went
for youth who had wooed and
won her, but was disposed to CO.
quett, with pistol and a mar
rage license. She took clergy
man with her who was ready to
preach a funeral sermon or per-
form marriage ceremony at the
same price. The young man
chose the latter.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

An Alabama negro was heard
to soliloquize philosophically;
"Da sun am so hot, de cotton am
40 rassy,,de work am so hard,
dat dis darky feel called upon to
nreach."
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

A man went fishing in the Min
nesota river recently, and hooked
a large wall-eyed pike. He began
to play him, when the fish, run
nlng under the boat, capsized it,
got in himself, and putting on the
mans owe coat, started for New
Orleans. This shows the danger
OF going fishing in State whe
the whiskey is stronger than the
VeTaclty of the inhabitants.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

Daniel Lockwood, who made the
speeches that placed Cleveland in
nomination for mayor, governor and
President, is worth $2,000,O00 and
would like to represent the gov
ernment abroad.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

John Smallwool, Of Vince nnes
Ind, will sue $50 persons for S5UO
each, because they said he ought
to be tarred and feathered when
he married his fourth wife.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

Partisan shoemaker advertis-
os his ability to give expression
70 the foot. A good many men
am do that, and some of them can
,,;;vp It a very severe expression,
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

The close of the year found trade
circles with a bright prospect for
renewed activity in all manufact-
ing interests throughout the coun-
try. Plenty of work at renumer-
ative wages is what makes the
Door mans Christmas most enjoy
able.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

Mr.. HENDRICKS kissed forty
s;r Young women at St.l Mary's,
O,;e. last week. The Indiana
statesman still imagines he is the
baad of the ticket. And the
month as we'll.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

Don't hurry off to the North
Georgia gold fields, young man,
until you have'4aid by" your next
wears crops. There's more gold
for the faithful digger in almost
any other part of Georgia than in
Murray county.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

A Boston man has invented q
method of generating steam from
water and alcohol at half the ex-
pense and with twice the power
of the usual process. Many a
man has raised too much steam
with alcohol and water.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

A man in Downey, Los Angeles
county, Cal, has disposed of his
walnut crop, picked from seven
teen acres, for the neat little sum
Of $2,7O0.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08
COMMENT AND NEWS.

T. is said by exchange that kiss
cures freckles. We know
,,attar-and sodoes every red
headed girl.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

Ayoung man in California tried
TO punch a rabit out of a hollow
ios with gun the other day. The
Faolt came out and so did the gun
some of it. And that young man
VIII never make his sister mad
0y blowing his nose with his fin
gers any more, because he has no
numb to catch hold of his nose
*l'h' and if he had, he has no
hose to catch hold of.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

!. ."E Arizona merchant is a ju-
\ S''lo0s " advertiser, as will be seen
~, =; 'ae following from a paper in
a' aaen'sFfoot City, "We have the
sprndest ss'. lot of AL goods ever
b.l .eu IN this divide, and we can
n~s ~S' any snoozer who tries to dis
snS pa1s 1t Hitch up the old boss
p,' ' come and see us, The best
st,,,', iS ! IN our town are within a
W. ' throw of our establishments.
= !, Nave ransacked the world to
6on' 'ue hnest goods, and we are
una to please"
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08

, Thirty years ago a trip across
'ne plains to California was the
event OF a life time and few cared to
'epeSt the feat, A day or two
since a young woman, Ida Lawson,
,0oe In Dubuke, Iowa, on horse
01ck, having ridden alone all the
way from California, which State
9'e lett In May. Nothing more
9,,'iKlngly illustrates the vast
vTa''ge w which has swept over the
vest during one generation.
The Dawson journal., 1885-01-08
TAME SNAKES.
DemOnstrative Caperishness of Pet
Pythons and Boa Constructors.

While bookings at some small
pictures hanging crooked on the
wall, | noticed, what struck me as
being very odd, red blanket pro-
trudlng from a hole in the vain
scotlng, the mantelpiece. In re-
ply to my inquiry as to what this
meant, my host said, ooh! that is
where we keep our snakes; are
you afraid Of snakes?" Before [
could stammer out a reply, and
while | was trying to steady my
nerves, he thrust in his arm, and
pulled out with the blanket a"lot
of serpents, which tumbled on to
the ground and the table. An
other dive brought out .the restTof
the blanket, and with it two large
snakes, which he informed sme
were special favorites a python
and boa constructor. These at
once coiled themselves all round
my hosts body, in and out of his
arms, and about his neck.
Dazed with Tastonishment and
shaking with fear, I tried to re-
treat, but he assured me, in win
ming accents and soft words, that
the dear things" were quite tame:
and for some minutes we stood, [
close to the window-which |
thought might afford means of
escape-and he between me and
the door. Suddenly my eccentric
host, who had very large, exciting
eyes, called out that he must real
ly fetch down his wife, and SHOW
ing off the two monsters on to the
floor (Which he did not do with
out some difficulty, he darted
from the room, closing the door
behind him. [ leave you, kind
readers, to imagine my feelings.
| experienced