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, 1886-10-09

In all, or nearly all the countries of
Europe there Is a very numerous class,
entirely or almost separate from the rest
of the community, which derives its en-
tire support from the revenues of public
Offices. This o~ficeholling class is gener
ally exceedingly obnoxious to the bocy OF
the people. and becomes domineering and
overbearing in its dcmeanor toward the
rest OF mankind. Its arrogance is as
odious as that Of any nobility, and it i,
quite as firmly seated in power. The
Offices are held for life and transmitted
from father to son, the same lucrative
position sometimes remaining in the same
family for generations. 1t must be con
fessed that the offices administered in this
manner are generally filled by competent
and qualified persons, 50 that the only OBJ
lection lies on the score of the exclusion
of all other competent and qualified per-
sons from an equal chance. This obiec-
ton seems to exist with no less force
whether Offices are conferred once for life,
or are possessed so entirely and 80 nearly
become private property that the formal
election is turned into a farce. In this
country, so long as its people are true to
themselves, no bureaucracy or official
class can come to exist, but instances of
the same disposition are not rare. Here
every man i. supposed to have an equal
chance, but 1t is not always the case.
Men sometimes associate together for
selfish ends until their influence becomes
recognized ms a constituted power. Men
by management resort to any means
that may promise the most effective result,
a cotrrie of politicians get the control and
distribution of public offices. When this
happens, the official class begins to form
itself, men learn TO look upon Office as a
possession, and spectacles are presented
such as Jeffrey and Bergman afford to
the people Of this county to day For
%tunately, in a country where there is ac
tive political life and consequently more
than one party, such an aping of the
means and measures of oppression must
sooner or later terminate. The dominion
must be exerted wholly within the lines Of
one party and the offices secured and
kept by means of it, vete. After a time.
men grow tired of being forever hewers
of wood and drawers of water for others.
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, 1886-10-09
coRpoR.TE

Wyoming is the creature of corporate
enterprise. But for railway construction
the desert would still be a waste and the
sa, age and the buffalo would still hold
u%ndisputed possession. Not only in open
ing the coun ry to settlement, but in pro-
noting its subsequent growth and devel'
opment. corporations have exercised a
mighty influence for good. Nor is their
mission at an end, for in all branches of
industry, associated energy and capital
and brains are still az work. In most
parts of the country the difficulties are
too great for the individual, and other
co operation is Of little good. There is
probably no country in the world with
the same population where the agency OF
incorporation is so numerously sought
and used for such II variety Of beneficial
ends as in this territory-nor it might be
added, where so many of the enterprises
of this character assume proportions OF
great magnitude. This state of things
must not ouly continue, but for many
years to come exhibit rather an increase
than a falling off either in the number or
the importance Of these business organi-
cations. In addition to the numerous
associations for other pun poses, railway
companies are seeking this promising
field. for their own gain it is true, but
nevertheless to the great advantage of
the country. Under these circumstances
the powers, privileges and immunities OF
corporations become an important and
constantly recurring subject Of legislation,
which must be liberal to all concerned,
fair enoug to encourage enterprise yet
jealous of the reserved rights Of the peo-
pie. Railroads, for instance. in many
states haue provoked violent hostility,
which has gone to ridiculous and suicidal
extremes, never to become possible here.
While such enterprises seldom necd spec
ial or inordinate favor, they always merit
lair and liberal treatment, and the tenor
Of our territorial legislation should be
such as to assure them OF the permanent
continuance of the reign of common
sense. At the same time, while incorpo-
rations are entitled to fully as much re
spcct in their rights as individuals, care
must be taken lest by uuwariness some
public right be sacrificed, some giant an |
overw helming powers conlcrred-that is,
so far as the comforting of such power
may still remain under the recent act of
congress, to the legislature. With this
vigilance, which the people must exercise
by choosing representatives of their own.
not of any corporations nor of the entire
class, they can well aifort to adopt and
maintain an exceedingly liberal attitude
toward corporate enterprise of every
kind,
, 1886-10-09

In MAKING its nominations the Demo
cratic convention wisely kept in view the
TACT Thai III every community there is Il
large number of independent voters, with
no special ties to either party, but ex.
ceedingly liable to be governed in
their choice by the respective quail
iications of the can lldates. OF
course, We do not claim a monopoly of
qualifications Tor our candidates, but taken
name by name, the Democratic ticket will
compare iavorAbly with the Republican,
and for several of the places the difference
Is consplcuously in favor Of the Democratic
nominee. Yet most of the gentlemen
named by the Republicans are
capable, several of them em%iuently so,
and but ono VIGOROUSLY deficient. Upon
the whole. the aggregate of both tickets
presents an array OF intelligence fairly
representative Of progressive PEOPLE and
which would be creditaLle to any commu.
nifty in the United States.
, 1886-10-09
IRANslToaY.


She stood in n garden by the sea,
And watched the white gulls hicksr by.
There were tall, white lilies at ner knee,
And a dull, rel sunset in the sky,
And the gulls sail by on the wind,
Leaving the shore behind.
One by one thy follow the sun
Or the wing, OF tns salt sea wind.
She leaned on the terrace wall and
sighed,
Glove stays n little while ut best,
Leaves like the surely ebbing tide.
Flies like the wild birds To the west"
And the gulls sail by on the wind,
Leaving the shore behind
One by one they follow the sun
On the wings OF the salt sea wind.
Pale grows the sunset sky and gray,
Chill sweeps the wind across the lea;
Gone is the & DRY of the day;
Sad ia the story OF the sea.
And the gulls sail by on the wind,
Leaving the shore behind.
One by one they follow the sun
On the wings Of the salt sci wind.
London Society.
, 1886-10-09

THE assertion that this journal holds
MIR. Cushlnberry up to scoril because he
is a %workingmau" is quite ms fair a charge
as was to be expected, perhaps, but it i.
certainly too ridiculous to merit reply.
Tue LEADER opposes the election OF
every legislative nominee Of the Republi
can convention. because they are Repub j.
cans, and with no special hostility to
C~ushinbe.ry or any other individual.
All Democrats will vote against him be.
cause Of his politics; his Republican pre-
tended friends will scratch" his name
from the ticket on account of his color.
This is the difference, as the election re-
turns will show, As far as his be-
ing a workinpmm is concerned, if
the Republicans choose to select him
ms a representative OF the ranks of labor,
it is none of our concern
, 1886-10-09

IuE San has triumphantly proved what
has never been doubted aud is matter of
public record, that Judge Carey said in
the course Of a speech in congress. There
Is IN my terri Org alone, about 100 900
acres OF the public lands in the Fort Fet
terman and Fort Sanders reservations
These lands have been settled upon. and
the rights OF the settler. cannot be adjus-
tel until the lands have been surveyed.
ltba great wrong to the people
who have settled upon the lands not tc
give a sufficient sum of money for survey,
so that their rights may ~bcrecognizcd anc
their claims settled"
What TnE LEADER advises the pcopl,
OF that section to ASCERTAIN. is whether
the judge has ever cxcrtcd himscifto hav,
the resei walton thrown open to settlement,
rot whether he may or may not feel d
sympathy Tor those who already have un,
adjusted cllimsY This opening to settle
ment alone can afford room for the home
seeking settler TO locate himself in the
assurance of remaining u%ndisturbed, and
congress has little to do with it. The res
t~orltion Of reserved lands to the area open
to settlement is effected by a simple exec
utive order of the president. Therefore
what the people interested should ask the
delegate is whether he has ever made an
effort - secure such action. in case he
may have been asked to do 80. We still
think they would do well to ascertain his
exact course on the subject. before aban-
doning themselves to a iervid enthusiasm
on his behalf.
, 1886-10-09

LARAMIE county has no citizen more
widely known Thar Col Luke Murrin.
the Democratic candidate for sheriff, and
none with whom personal acquaintance
more surely leads to kind regard. Pub
lie spirited and generous, he is always
ready 10 promote ENTERPRISE, and foremost
in the furiherance Of every charitable
purpose. His long residence and uni
versal acquaintance peculiarly ft him for
the office, for which he is fully qualified
in all respects. The colonel was here be-
fore the woods were burned, and is a
Democrat from way back.
, 1886-10-09

IL MANY of the states a decent respect
for public opinion has operated to invest a
custom with all the force of unwritten
law. and the rule is universally established
hat an officer who proves efficient is
reasonably entitled to receive the endorse
ment of his party for a second term. Fur
Their than this, no degree of popularity or
excellence enables any man to presume.
The tendency Of law in all free countries is
against perpetuating estates in land, and.
though to u less exteut, even in personal
nropertg. Still stronger is the reason
against allowing any man or set of men to
acquire a life lease on office.
, 1886-10-09

THE Republican candidate for sheriff is
in one respect an object of pity, as the
victim of a remor>e which will 90 with
him to his grave. Alter serving two
terus-four years at the public crib-in a
momen OF forgetfLln,ss he let 20. For
this rash act he has never forgiven him
self, and has ever since been seeking to
regain his lost hold. Perhaps he thought
people would not appreciate too much ad-
hesiveness, but since he sees his wiser as
sociates still sucking away and not likely
to be satiated for many a year to come, he
has done the best a man could do to repair
his fault, and determined to get back in
his I'D place again. In this Mr.. Sharp
less IL wise; but il the people are, he will
not succeed.
, 1886-10-09
BLACK HILLS STAGE
~ANDEXPRESs COMPANY

Coaches leave Union depot, Cheyenne,
at 6;3o a. M, daily, Except Sundays;
touch Chugwater, Fort Laramie. Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago x Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo. Fort Fctter
man, Fort Mckinney. Douglas. (Wyo.l J.,
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska.
and Rapid City, Spearfsh and Deadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
twenty four hours.
The U. s. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the com
fort OF passengers.
F. f. LoNGHuRsr, Agent.
, 1886-10-09

IT Is well to bear in mind the fact that
the Republicans have no aim more deh
nirely or earnestly in view than that OF
securing a majority in the council in order
to hold a check upon or to be able to OBJ
struct the measures of a Democratic gov
ernor. Therefore let no Democrat suffer
himself to be turned from his purpose by
a delusive idea that there is no special
need Of using every honest effort to elect
the whole ticket.
, 1886-10-09

Can anyone bring us a case of kidney
or liver complaint that Electric Buffers
will not speedily cure2 We say they ran
not. as thousands of cases already per-
manenily cured and who are daily recon
mendlng Electric Bittcrs. will prove.
Bright disease, diahetcs, weak bach, OF
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purity the blood, regulate the bow.
els, and act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at SO
cents a bottle by W. y. Hunt
, 1886-10-09

The recent discovery that only 20 per
cent of the inmates of the insane asylums
in the Distric; of Columbia had been our
mitted according to the forms Of law
which require examination and certificate,
and the order of a judge, is significant OF
g,eat laxiiy in procedure and small re-
gard for personal liberty. So wide a door
is open for fragrant abuses that it almost
amounts to a temptation to cruelty and
reed.
, 1886-10-09
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., 1856.

President CLEVELAND. according to a
dispatch to the New York Post, intends
to make an example of somebody in order
to show that he really intends to carry out
his order concerning federal officers taking
active part in politics. He proposes, 1t
is said. to decapitate a few leading officials
tor the encouragement of the rest.
, 1886-10-09

for all bilious disorders
- Patrick Pills are a splendid family
medicine
st patrick's Fills are the best rhysic
any one can take
Get well and keep well by using 81
Pntrick's Pills
, 1886-10-09

spa" said a Young hopeful. II know
what a man who has seen better days is"
"Well. my son. what is he'"
"He's n man who makes you tired talk
ing about himself."-New Orleans Plea
yuns-
, 1886-10-09

The Romans sifted their flour through
two kinds Of sleeves. called respectively
ercussoria and pollenaria, the latter of
which gave the finest flour. termed pol
len. Sleeves of horsehair were first made
by the Gauls, those OF linen by the Span
iards. and of pnpyrus by the Egyptians.
Boston Bndget.
, 1886-10-09

Mr.. b. "a prominent poliIician)-Uncle
Rastus. ! want you TO come up to my
house aud vindicate the kitchen ceiling.
Uncle Rastus-W-wha' dat, ~sah-vindl-
cate de ceilin'i
Mr.. B.-No. no, ! don't mean vindicafe.
] mean whitewash tho ceiling New
York Times.
, 1886-10-09
Advice e, oth-r-

Mrs. Win-low's Soothing Syrup should
always be USED for children teething. 1t
suoihes the child, soitens the gums. al-
lays the pain, cures wind colo. aud is the
h. st remedy for diarrh@a. Twenty-f five
C, nts a bottle.
, 1886-10-09

Letter heads. bill heads and note heads
at the Leader office.
, 1886-10-09

Mining Location Notices at leader Office
, 1886-10-09

FURNISHED ROOMS, 2S6 10th ST.,
Denver. Pleasant and central; Mrs
7. X. Facett, room %, or room Z, 1874
Lawrence
, 1886-10-09

r Il WEATHERHEAD, estab. 1875
y. Dealer in Hats and Caps. Hats
cleaned, colored, pressed. Mail orders
solicited. 34S Larimcr.
, 1886-10-09

DENVER IRON FENCE co Flower
u Stands for huuse use. " ire Guods.
Railing, etc, to order. Write or call; pa
18th street. Denver
, 1886-10-09
DENVER DIRECTORY.

CMEDLEY 4 REALS, DENTISTS,
} Room I, Skinner Block. cor 10th and
Lawrence SIS, Denver Telephone No.
.6y. Gas administered.
, 1886-10-09

All advertisers in these columns are thoro-
ughly reliable. Business or correspondence
lutte safety.
, 1886-10-09

ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS.
Z Wedding Invitations, etc. Fine Sta
tionery. Send for Samples ELGIN K
OWEN. $50 l6Ih street. Denver.
, 1886-10-09

Use GORMAN'S EXPhESS WA
v CONS. Delivery Wagons and Grocer
Wagons. Factory, 10Th and Holiday
streets, Denver.
, 1886-10-09

The THOMAS SULKY RAKE, admitted to be
the best rak IN the world. , all and see IL.
Defiance steel and CombinatIo, Ulirp. r Pillow,
South Bend chilled Plow. John Deere Steei and
and hilled Plow, Han ,ulnvatOrs. slus-
str Scraptfs, train Cradles, Machine Oil.
The ony Genuine MhrShalltown steel Barb
Nire; Iron Building Material Corrugated
iron Roofing, Siding. ceiling and China Roof
lug.
, 1886-10-09

ii. Q. BAIRD and A. g. CAMPBELL), A
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Gle,
second floor, ST. bbins x Post 8 bank blocl
, 1886-10-09

Tenders his professional services to the cit
liens of Cheyenne and vicinity. Office
Hams. Telephone No. AZ.
, 1886-10-09

Ii ". MICHAEL, Colorado Hot Air
II. Furnace Works, 1865 Fifteenth st.,
Denver. Estimates furnished on applica-
tion.
, 1886-10-09

MRS. f. NJ. MEDINA. HAIR
wi GOODS. All the latest styles. Send
for catalogue. 2S9 10th ST.. DENVER.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-30
A Compromise.

When parents cannot agree on any
one name for Il child. they can com
promise on several names. This com
pound name sometimes has n rather
bulky effect. The specimen of one
here given illustrates parental intelii-
gencc a, well AS libcrality:
And SO you've named your baby,
have you?" said one woman to an
other.
''Oh yes
''What is il YOU call him?'
Thomas Muscoyey Martin Luther
Benson
The poor little toad, Why did you
load il down with SO much name?'
We'll, it ,eemed rs though couldn't
slight my W brother, and ! insisted
on Muscoycy on his account
But how aboIt Martin LutherP You
wasn't under any special obligations to
him"
NO, but my husband was deter
mined that he should be named after
one of the apostles, and Martin was my
choice of the lot"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-30
Not ACQUAINTED.

Youths companion: Many men are
50 rushed and driven by business G@fluirs
that they often say, lnughingly, that
they have no time t. ''gct acquainted
with their families" The Boston Post
tells IN amusing incident regarding
one OF these very busy men:
lie usually left home before his chill
drcn were UP in the morning. and did
not return until after they had gone 10
bed.
He was hurrying away one morning
when he found that his little boy had
arisen earlier than usual and was
playing on the sidewalk.
900 into the house
The little fellow refused, The father
ssizcd him and punished him.
The child went into the house cry
ing. and the mother asked:
whats the matter?"
MAN hit met cried the child.
What man."
why, the mar that stays here sun
DAYS
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-30
ABSENCE OF Mind.

Chambers Journal: In his ..Voy.
age autour de ma Chambre," De Mails
tire discusses the very curious phenom-
enon Of the independence of the mind
and the body. He tells us how. in "A
fit OF Observation-Disclosures, he often drew
on his stockings wrong side out. and
had to be reminded by his invaluable
servant Joannctti of his mistake. Many
readers will call TO mind experiences
of their wv of II similar nature. II
seems quite common to put ones
watch key TO ones car 10 ascertain if
il is going, and many people are il
the habit of windNg their watches,
and three minutes after pausing to
wonder whether they have done so or
not.
Who has not heard Of the philoso-
pher who boiled his watch while he
calmly held the egg in his hand to note
me time. Or OF the equally erudite
man Of science who, having peeled the
apple. threw the apple itself over a
cliff. and then discovered THAI the rind
alone remained.
Another individual had the habit
not such IA very uncommon one-of
forgetting his own name ut awkward
moments. One day he presented him
self ut the p~ostotiice for letters, when,
much TO his disgust. he could not think
of his name. He turned sadly home
ward, racking his brains in the vain
cndeayor to discover ;,ho he was. Sud-
denly a friend accosted him: How are
you, Mr.. Brown?' Brown. Brown, /
have it, cried the absent-minded one;
and, leaving his astonished friend, he
rushed back to the postoflice and got
his letters.
Sometimes absence of mind produces
very ludicroIs effects Harry Lore
quer's appearance on parade in the
character OF Othcllo is well known. A
somewhat similar occurrence in real
life happened not long ago. A student,
tf itttNIh- IIN looill olt dittl IlDOi W
take a stroll in the fashionable street
in a university town, suddenly remem-
bered that his fire needed Goals, and
returned to %replenish it. On issuing
from his lodging the second time be
was surprised to see people looking at
him with an amused smile. Presently
some ~ragamuilins at a street corner
began to make audible remarks. On
looking down, he discovered, to his
horror, that he was %serenely carrying
the fire tongs IN place Of his UNI
brella!
One day an English servant wrote
two letters, one TO a business house in
London, the other to a friend in Paris.
On stamping them at the postofiice, he
placed the penny stamp on the letter
for Paris and the other on the business
letter, remarking to the p~ostoflice
clerk that he would correct the error,
he changed the addresses! 1t was not
till afte" he had posted the letters that
he understood why the clerk had not
been more impressed with his brilliant
idea.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-30
Women as Listeners.

san Francisco Report: Good listen
ers among women are scarcer than
fresh eggs at Il corner grocery. Wo-
men can talk. as a rule, but they can
not listen. And yet listening atten-
lively is the first rule of agreeable con
versation. If women could only real
ize this. talks between them would not
be the tiresomc, trivial efforts they al
ways IRE. Personal subjects. their
standard stock in hand of interest TO
the one, bore the other; and she, not
being trained in the second rule Of
conversation, answering exactly, lets
what she pleases to call her mind run
riot. In consequence. the listening air
is pierced by jagged ends Of You
don't tell metz and II am surprised"
and just what we might have cx-
pected.' until the exclamation and in
terrogation iiend himself, on whom
they have drawn so freely, sinks from
exhaustion.
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a persiap Ouacg.


Youths Companion: A Persian con-
suits Il doctor whenever he meets with
one. An English physician, living a.
Shiraz, met at a Persian dinner party
a Khan, a general of cavalry, who had,
he said, a needle in his back. He gave
the English doctor Il list of AL his ills
from birth He was then "a sufferer
from lumbago. and obtained relief by
a~cupuncture. Every morning his valet
inserted al ordinary sewing needle for
more than an inch in the seat of pain,
and IN that morning the needle had
been inserted, and then had disap-
peared.
The doctor made an examination of
the generals back, and found there in
Vulnerable sears of acupuncture, hut
no reedle. The needle was probably
lost 1t is not in your body said the
doctor.
''Ah, you Europeans will never be-
I;eve!' answered the Persian. indig-
nantly. 'Why, Agha Ali, the jerreh
[%surgeon], says it is there, and it must
be there. Besides, he is going to cx-
tract Il by the mouse"
''By the whatp' asked the astonished
Englishman.
The mouse. Don't you understand
thatp"
ono. What mousep"
"Ah. science! All, Europeans! He
doesn't understand the action of the
mousse
A chorus of explanations told the
Englishman that Il live mouse bound on
the generals back would cause the
needle to leave the generals body and
enter the animals, where il would be
found.
In IA few minutes the native ncgrous
appeared, and humbly seated himself
in the lowest corner of the room.
please God" said he, on being or
dcrcd by the general to examine his
back, ''by my science and by the help
of the saiuted martyrs, Houssein and
llcssan, | shall remove the needle,
which is deeply seated"
The surgeon took a small, fiat tin
box from his pocket, opened it eau
tiously, and showed Il poor little mouse,
with Il silken ligature affixed &c each
foot. When taken up he gave a squeak
of pain.
That squeak enlightened the En-
glish doctor.
ado you mean to tell me- he said,
''that you are able to extract the nee
die from the KLAUS back, and make
il enter the body of the mousc?"
"Assuredly, with heavens blessing
and the blessed prophets help, shall
certainly do So" he answered.
.'Ah, thi. is indeed a wonderful
thing" answered the Englishman.
'.Agha Ali. the surgeons of Persia have
in you "A burning and shining light;
but your trick is old here the Persian
turned pale]. Observe, my friends.
Hey. presto, pass. Khan, the needle
has left YOU, and is now in the poor
mouse's body
The Persian sprang to his feet, clos
ed the box and exclaimed, What is
his the sahib says: If the sahib can
cure the Khan's pain. why send for
me? am insulted. Let me go"
The box was aiken from him. A
needle was already there. slipped I'M
der the loose skin of the mousc's
back.