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, 1886-08-19

Just now, il is well enough to remcmber
tina, once before ii required ten years of
diplomacy before war, not even then for.
mally declared. could be induced to break
out between the United States and Mex
leo. The fashion of the day h to decry
hat war as unjust. but the most cursory
reference to contemporaneous state cores
pondence must show that war could not
have been avoided by the United States
without 6nal forfeiture of sci. respect
The Army and Nary Register, mindful OF
the importance of research, has brought
IT'S result to bear on the present situation,
as follows
Those who are expecting an immediate
outbreak Of hostilities with Mexico, will
do well to review the history Of our preyi.
Gus difference with that country. On Feb.
., 1887. President Jackson. in a message
to congress, complained of .unaya,ing
applications for redress against Mcxico.
such as would justify in the eyes of all
nations immediate war Previous 70
this. passports had been demanded on
both sides, diplomatic intercourse was sus.
pended and renewed, and again suspended.
commissioner Al i,ointed TO adjudicate
differences, and finally a plenipotcntiary,
M. Slidell, was sent to Mexico and rc.
fused a hearing. SO dispute and discus
sion, elimination and rccriminatiou. con.
tinued for more than ten years, until, on
the Sth Of March. 1876, Gen. TAYLOR took
MP his march for Corpus Christi.
, 1886-08-19

The %croupier, the cashier, the ~servants
who, with silent step and highly respect
full demeanor, approach in their sumptu-
GUS ~liveries to supply cards, counters or
any other accessories in the worship of
Fortune, now arrive. The gas is lighted,
O bogus bank is started by some of the
small habitues, who are allowed to play
with o franc chips until a serious bank
is opened, and they have not long to
wait.
The confirmed gambler gulps his cup
of Moca and with his cigarette between
his lips wanders as il he had never seen
the game before to his place at tho green
table. Very often he holds to mi par
ticular seat, especially if he is a fetich.ur
or believer in fetiches. Then he is mis-
cradle for the whole night IL he does not
get his usual seat and curses under his
breath the usurper who has supplanted
him and the luck that is no his.
The feticheur has a thousand super
s%titions. He will wander for hours
through the QUARTER st. Antoine in
hopes of touching three humpbacks on
the shoulder. He will study the num-
bers at the morgue and calculate insane
sequences on the strength OF them. He
will borrow cat's-eyes, moonstones, bits
of a suicides rope, old coins, anything
which history, legend or ~incredulity has
consccrated as lucky. Indeed, he has
been known to induce a friend to make
love to his wife in order to verify the
proverb that those unluoky in love must
invariably prove lucky at cards.-New
York Journal. | a. INI..I |-
, 1886-08-19

Milk is generally considered a Pc
culiarly nutritive fiuid-indeed, a per
feet food-and therefore suitable fol
persons of all ages when it agrees with
their stomachs; yet no less m authority
than Sir Henry Thompson states that
"for us, who have long ago achieved our
full growth and can thrive on solid food,
it is altogether superfiuous, and mostly
mischievous us n drink He also says
That the primary object in drinking is to
satisfy thirst, and that water is more
powerful to this end when employed
free from admixture with any solid ma
terial. Chocolate, thick cocoa, or even
milk. are therefore not so efiicacious in
allaying thirst as water. rSo plentiful is
nutriment," he adds, that the very last
place where we should seek that quality
is in drink which accompanies the ordi-
nary NEAL In this respect, at any rate,
Sir Henry Thompson is at one with the
vegotarians.-Al the Year Round.
, 1886-08-19
Rrc.nsr srtr re.rs lhe u. l,....

BECAUSE forty years ago the pro slavery
element was eager to strengthen itself by
the acquisition Of territory, it is rather
illogical to contend that n similar danger
confronts the republic to-day. Annexa-
ton may, it is true, become necessary but.
if the result Of war should bring it about.
the opposition to any such measure will
be far more pronounced from the gulf
states than from any other part of the
country. The addition of the North Mex
lean states. On equal terms, would con-
tribute destructive element to u ma;
tional union, while the constitutional
right to hold them as captured provinces
cannot clearly be discerned. All that the
United States requires of Mexico, is a
guarantee that the reckless o~ffcnscs of the
past shall not he repeated in the future.
, 1886-08-19

A CAREFUL review of the character and
careers of all the great Americans who
have been distinguished in any civic capa-
city, reveals the fact that there has never
yet been a statesman who was not also a
partisan. Washington, but for the clos
ing years Of his second torn, might be
claimed as an exception, but he too, beirg
very sincere in his political views could
not refrain from carrying them into prac-
tice. If Mr.. Cleveland were-as some Of
his admirers seem to wish-wholly to ig-
more politics he would be the first. and it
is not unlikely that popular disapproval
would cause him to be the last of impair
tial theorists to hold the presidential Of
flee
, 1886-08-19

THE Territorial Democratic committee
meets at Rawlins to-day, to fix the time
and place for holding the convention and
to apportion the representation among the
several countics-composed as it is of
representative Democrats from all parts
of the territory, its action will be governed
by patriotic and wholly unsectional mo-
tiyes, and must therefore command the
hearty support OF the whole party. Boz
fore the territorial convention meets, the
county committees should take measures
for securing the fullest and ~iairest express
sion of Democratic opinion within their
respective localities, so that the party may
enter the campaign thoroughly organized
and under the leadership of candidates
who shall be really and truly. IN every
possible sense, the choice of the people.
Under such auspices, success is sure.
, 1886-08-19

THE American consul at Wonsan has
sent to the department of state what may
be taken as an accurate account Of the re-
cent gold discoveries in the peninsula OF
Corea, which indicate extensive deposits
Of precious metal, of fabulous richness
and, so far as the natives are concerned,
incapable of development for want of
utensils and machinery. These Corean
gold fields. with those of Patagonia and
the AMOR region of Sibcria-not tospcak
of the doubtful prospects of Alaska-may
yet do much TO restore the equilibrium
between the values of gold and silver by
making the former more plentiful.
, 1886-08-19
cau.e. Of ornmp. WAN. Swimming.

Bather's cramp is made the sub
ject of an article in The Popular Science
News. The conclusion is reached that,
although the intimate nature Of muscu-
lar cramps and the precise mode in which
they are established are still unknown.
sufficient data on the subject enable us
to recognize the chief conditions of their
causation, which are as follows: A pc
culiar individual susceptibility. the shock
of cold applied to the general surface of
the body; prolonged muscular exertion,
especially in the direction of the ex-
tremities. The disorder is very apt to
rise in persons of irritable temperament,
attacks persons Of middle age oftener
than the young, men oftener than
women, and the robust oftener than the
weakly, and occur oftener in hot clini-
ates than in cold. Its most powerful
and avoidable cause is the immersion Of
the body while heated in water of a rela-
lively low temperature. -~Exchange.
, 1886-08-19

The Statistics of Comparative Hygiene.
Statistics reveal a good many unsus-
pected facts, especially in the field OF com
parative hygiene. A prior, few persons
would, for instance, suppose that preach.
ing and the drudgery OF school-teaching
are pre-cminently c~onducives to longev-
ity, but the logic OF ~arithmetical proofs
shows that parsons aud school-teachers
outlive not physicians only. but farmers
and shepherds. Shepherds, in fact rank
considerably below the average OF the list.
and probably spoil their chances for sur.
yival by passing their nights in alright
cabooses tcalbnnes de berger), w~indowless
boxes on wheels, which they move from
pasture to pasture.
STRENGTHENING and chimney-sweeping,
the smuttiest of all manual occupations,
are less unhealthy thar one of the clean
liest-that OF a stone mason. But human
lungs, it'seems, can more easily rid them
selves of SCOT thar OF stone-grit, which in
the course of years proves about as deadly
as the steel-dust breathed by kn~ife-grind-
ers. Carpenters. brlck-masons, and hunt
ors, on the other hand, outlive farmers,
at least in western Europc.- Farming
should seem the healthiest, because the
most natural, OF all occupations, but
Adam was a gardener, rather than n plow-
man, and could ply mis- trade in the shade
of a model orohard.-Dr. Felix l. Oswald.
, 1886-08-19

The dispute between France and the
vatican relative to China derives its i'm
portance from the fact that the French
government has for many years main.
tanned a protectorate in behalf of all
Catholics in the Celestial empire, thus ae
quiring a representative capacity not with
out value and influence. Since the sum
mary expulsion OF the religious orders
from the French schools, the pope has
concluded 20 have the interests of the
church represented at Pekin by a nuncio
appointed by himself. To this France OBJ
jects, and will doubtless suffer loss Of pres
tige from the adoption of such a plan.
, 1886-08-19
TERRITORIAL POLITICS.

a territory is the mere creature Of con-
gress, with no constitution more funda
mental than its organic act, which may
be modified, and might even be repealed,
at the will of the national Legislature.
Its congressional representation, even, is
liable to become simply a matter of form,
a delegate having officially no greater
powers than those formerly accorded to
a colonial commissioner in the British
parliament, which cur ancestors rightly
considered as equivalent to no represent
tation at all. 1t is well, perhaps. that SO
few attributes of slfgovernment. are
conceded to the territories. because the
consequent privation Of rights stimulates
their citizens to seek the assumption Of
statehood as soon as it may legally be ac-
quired. 1t is this feature which lends to
territorial politics an almost neutral tint,
and prevents party difference from evinc-
ing the partisan bitterness universally
shown elsewhere. The citizen of a terri
tory occupies an anomalous position at best,
and has small practical concern with
merely political questions. The constitu-
ton of the United States affords his only
guaranty of rights and as to that instru-
mcnt, however widely the parties differ in
theory, in practice they coincide in main
tanning it intact. Expediency, therefore,
is of greater weight than any similar con-
si1prafinn coul1 he xyorp tho whole adj
, 1886-08-19

New Departure OF the Donkey.
A Donkey who was tired OF Drawing
his Masters Cart about went to the Cow
for Advice. saying;
"You have nothing to do all day long.
while l work like a Slave. Tell me how !
can escape his Drudgery."
"All you have to do is to run away and
Smash the Cart replied the Cow.
Thu Donkey Determined to follow the
Advice, and next morning when he set
out for the Forest with the Cart after
Faggots he suddenly Kicked up his Heels
and started off on a gallop. .fF
"Oh-hoir exclaimed the Peasant as he
put on the whip; II see what the Trouble
is with youl lam Feeding you Too Many
Oats. Hereafter YOU rations will be Re
duced o~ne-half."
Moral-There is such a thing as being
too Smart-Detroit Free Press.
, 1886-08-19

The Creole beauties OF New Orleans.
Emerging into Canal street we change
at a step into the Gull moving life At an,
American city. The street itself : 4
beautiful enc, splsndidly built up With
modern STOKES and having vida yhst
is unknown In this country outside Of
the national capital. This street is to
the Crescent City what Broadway is to
New York, or Pennsylvania avenue is to
Washington. Herr the languid Creole
beauty, the bashful country girl from
the provinces" the confident belle OF
uptown, and the hotel stranger meet
upon neutral ground for that great pur7
pose that makes every female heart throb
the faster shopping, and that other
more far reaching and powerful-show-
ing their toilets. Every bright day the
broad street is thronged with ladies and
men of every age and COLOR r
No women in America dress better
than the Creoles. In other, cities there is
perhaps greater riches, but the great ma
jority Of ladies wear what they do be-
cause some one else wear it, while the
Creoles, knowing that what would look
well on other people docs not suit them,
use that careful and perfect a~daptablity
OF color and cut to complexion and to
form. that alone insures a perfect en-
semble. At night this throng goes drift
ing to the theatres, which are Of the
very highest class. You find them every
wherejammed against the churches, in
the midst Of the fashionable quarter, in
the poorest Of the poor quarter. The
population are much like that Of Paris in
this respect. Every n goes to the
opera, and every one can talk intelli-
gently about the play. They look upon
the bright side continually. and there is
nothing, gloomy about this i~nsoucient,
elastic city. The stranger is apt to catch
this infection and look only at the gayer
pictures and the picturesque and unique
points Of the venerable and varied old
town. When he starts to investigate the
business of the city he will find it much
like those around New Orleans Cor.
Globe emocra .r M
, 1886-08-19

As to fiogging, II is a last resort. The
instrument is not n cat .o,nine-tails, but a
leather strap about two feet long and two
inches wide attached to a handle. While
It does not draw blood 1t stlngs and
smarts in a way to make q man rememb er
the event for weeks and weeks II n con
Wet becomes obstinate he is 'takcn down"
for punishment. Up to the very moment
when the first blow Is struck he can save
himself by promising to return TO duty.
Sometimes four or Ave blows are suffic-
lent; sometimes the convicts are obstinate
after twenty-five have been administered
-Ex-convict In Detroit Free Press
, 1886-08-19

The Danbury Comm News relates that
a lady OF that city recently left q bowl
of milk standing On the pantry shelf.
Out came a mouse and spied a cool
drink of the delicious beverage. Unfor-
tunntely for the little ~feaster, it fell into
the flowing bowl. In order to save itself
the mouse Immediately began to churn
the milk by swimming back and forth.
In a couple of minutes the butter came,
and hen this smart mouse stood upon it
and jumped out upon the shelf, but
with quantities Of the butter sticking to
its paws, for it tracked it all about the
clean pantry.-Exchange.
, 1886-08-19

w. n. Hunt can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the. best of
everything. but TO secure the agency for
such article as have well known merit, and
are popular with the people, thereby sus-
tanning the reputation of being always
enterprising, and ever reliable. Having
secured the agency Tor the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
will sell it on a positive guarantee. 1t
will surely cure any and every affection Of
throat, lungs, aud chest, and to show you
our confidence, VIC invite you to call and
get a trial bottle free 81 fNistif qe
, 1886-08-19

Joseph Chamberlain. chief OF the Bir-
mingham caucus and leader of the Rad
ical dissidents in the coming parliament,
has a dudish look, the dogmatic school
master manner which belongs to English
provincials, and even the eye-glass which
he perpetually carries has an an%tagonistic
air. He does not create sympathy as a
speaker. but he is close and cutting. He
is wonderfully boyish in appearance. and
though turned 50 might well pass for 81,
with his light, active figure and gay
dress. decorated invariably with a rich,
fresh orchid.-Chicago Times.
, 1886-08-19
SO MUCH PATIENCE.

20 dreary hfe,u we say. 20 dreary hfei"
And still the g~enerations of tho birds
Sing through our signing. aud b focks
and herds
sercncly live while we are keeping strife
With heavan's true purpose on US, as a
knife
Against which we nay struggle.
o thou God of oldi
Grant me some smaller grace, than comes
10 these,
But so much patience as a blade of grass
Grows by, contented through heat and
cold.
, 1886-08-19

BAYARD rciterates the declaration that
the United States car never conccde Mex
ico's claim Of jurisdiction over American
citizens for alleged o~ffenses committed on
American soil, and Whitney has availed
himself of the congressional appropria-
ton to order the construction for the navy
of what will be the most powerful cruiser
of its class in the world. Thus the cabi-
net advisers of the president show them
selves responsive to the popular wish.
, 1886-08-19


Among the follies of Bavaria's late
king not generally known was the erec-
ton of a circus on the first floor Of the
royal palace at Munich. The ceiling was
made to initiate the skies at night time.
with the o and stars, lit up from be-
hind by electric lights. On the walls
were a series OF frescoes, representing
various country scenes, including an
Italian capanna, a French auberge. and
a Swiss chalet The monarch and his
guests, twenty in number. first went to
the theatre. They then returned to the
palace and supped. About Q in the morn
ing the king ordered his favorite charger,
and mounting invited his friends TO fol-
low him. Their horses were brought up,
and as o as they were all in the sad
die, his majesty rode off into the circus.
The royal party galloped round the ring
several times. The king stopped, de-
scended, and tapped at the door of the
capanna.
Suddenly the door opened as IL by
magic, ana a crowd of persons emerged
from it. They were dressed in the differ
emit country costumes of Italy, and bore
baskets Of fruit, cakes, and wine, OF
which the guests partook. During the
repast an invisible choir sang Italian
airs, accompanied by a brass band. His
majesty again mounted his charger, and
followed by his friends. rode round the
circus once more. He now knocked at
the door of the auberge, and French
peasants came out with more wine and
eatables, which the poor guests, already
surfeited, were bound to consume rather
than offend their eccentric host. The
musicians here executed favorite French
songs. The same performance was gone
through at the chalet, and then the king,
at 5:80 in the morning, abruptly with
drew, leaving his companions more dead
than alive. Pail Mall Gazette. iH
, 1886-08-19

Quick RELIEF is Just what is wanted
in every case Of cramp, collie, or diar-
rhea. C~hamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhna Remedy remedy relieves the
pain promptly and is a certain cure. A
dose or two is all that is required for any
ordinary case: recommended, guaranteed
and sold by w. N. Hunt.
, 1886-08-19

Four moinbers OF the Democratic State
Central committee of Connecticut have
felt themselves called upon to resign on
account Of the presidents recent circular
to Office holders, two of them being col
leclors and the Others postmasters.
, 1886-08-19

One OF the safest houses for nm Garth
quake country would be a one-storied,
strongly framed timber house, with a
light flattish roof made Of shingles or
sheet-iron. the whole resting on a guam
tity OF cast-iron balls carried ON fiat plates
bedded in the foundation. The chimneys
might be made OF sheet-iron crrried
through holes free OF the roof The orna-
m%entation ought to be OF Light material
The rgonant.
, 1886-08-19

All the wood-yards in Montana on the
Missouri are now controlled by Indians,
and the price Of wood has been fixed at
SO per cord for cottonwood and ~ for
ash, and cash must be paid, Any cap
tain who attempts to get wood for less
than these figures. or who stands the
aborigines off, is reported. No white
man is allowed to cut and sell wood on
the reservation chicago Times.
, 1886-08-19

Application having been made al this onicc
Nv Charles W Nvlen1to contest the validity oi
desert land entry No on. made nj this onice on
oct Y, 1879. by Cora & HALEY. so far as Il In
ci'ric> the " = or No. Y. nv Y of Sc =. = y of nv
=. sw u ofnw a and u y 81 sw = Of sec 2 Ia tp
3,hr0 o., VEIN. laramie courty. Wyo. with u
entry. coiitcstaht alleging that said land Is MOI
desert lapd that Il il Irrigated by natural
mvaus frnn the North 1lalfe river aud from
lhdian creek. and that It il nroiu.tive Of hay
without irfihcial irrigation. tho saia parties are
MfctsS summoned u appelr Al THIS Ofnee on The
actn day 81 AUGUST. A DISC. al o O'clock n m, tn
is,.ona and furnish testimony concerning said
Entail x. WILSON, Register.
WIN NJ GARRAnD. Receiver.
, 1886-08-19

THE policy of conserving tie Indian,
whether as a relic of barbarism or as a
constituent element of a new race, is not
to be gainsaid, but it may mildly be sug-
gested that he occupies entirely too much
LAND
, 1886-08-19

Kindly offices are possible in a small
city. How much more human a place is
a small city than a large onei for at the
farthest you can not be very distant from
your friends. The h~elpfulness of friend.
ship is easier in towns than in capitals
I. Nj. Coan. .n4I N.tHttnH
, 1886-08-19

H~ydrophobia and Pasteur's operations
would seem 20 have added q point or two
TO the value Of ocean cable shares, Pas
teur now Investigates the cases Of tppli-
cants and vcrlhes their statement by
cable messages where people have crossed
the ocean The Current.
, 1886-08-19

At Ellis ice cream parlors you can get
the genuine cream and the choice OF
twenty kinds OF fruit syrups with your
odd wafer. .
, 1886-08-19

Mrs. W~inslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children tecthing. II
soothes the child, soitens the gums. al
lays the pain. cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for. diarrbGA TWENTY-FIVE
cents q bNttle.t dhM lli1 tl AIN
, 1886-08-19

NCNN trlle with any Throat or
~ Lung Disease. II you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or whooping Cough,
use Aclzcrs English Remedy and prcvvu'
further trouble. IL is a positive cure
and we guarantee 1t. Price 10 and Boz
Pearse & McGil, Druggists.
, 1886-08-19

Show me your dalntiest original though
and I viii undertake 10 show from WHOM
you borrowed it-Signor Max.
, 1886-08-19

Letter heads. bill heads and note heads
at the Leader Office.
, 1886-08-19

1t is not our beliefs that brighten us
half so much n our fancies.-O. W.
Holmes.
, 1886-08-19

for all bilious disorders
b St Patrick's Pills are a splendid family
medicine
St Patrick's Pills are the best physic
, 1886-08-19

UNITED HrsrFs ihNp orrfcF. :
CHEYENNE. WYE. June -, 1850
Charles M.Nsien
, 1886-08-19
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, 1886-08-19

Mining location notices at Leader Office
, 1886-08-19

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