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, 1886-01-07

An official report upon the fuel used
on Russian railways has Just been pub
lished by the minister Of ways and COM
munication. 1t appears from this re-
port, which is concerned with the year
1884, that Of the f%srty-nine railway
companies existing in the empire only
four were using wood exclusively for
their locomotives. The lines we're all
short ones. running through forest
tracts abundantly supplied with wood
and far away from coal supplies. The
bulk OF the lines used coal, and during
the year the aggregate consumption OF
all the railways was 563, 029 cubic Rus
sian fathoms of wood and upward of
1880, 900 tons of coal. The quantity of
nglish coal used was only $50, 400 tons,
most Of which was urnt on the Baltic
and the southwestern lines. The report
notices a general tendency toward a
larger consumption of Russian and n
diminished n of foreign coal. The in
crease in the use of Russian coal is given
at %, 900 tons, or s per cent, within the
year. Only 30, 900 toni of German coal
were burnt, and these wero used on lines
near the German border. The use Of pc
troleum as an engine fuel has become al
most general oil the lines near the eau
casus.
, 1886-01-07
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Installation. Speeches. Songs and Dane
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wlcksR-woRk MATERIALS


Native American Bssketry Bamboo and
R~attAn--ssdge. and Straw.
lHarper's Bazir.l
The close resemblance between the
native American basketry and that of
foreign lands Except in the prevalence
of bamboo as q material abroad will
excite remark; and the practice OF car
rying basket ~panniers over the forehead,
and of making water tight Jars and
even boats of wicker-worx, can le
traced all round the globe. Thus it is
stated in Marsden's History of umatra
hat the number of baskets seen hang
ing in a natives house is a token of the
owner wealth; for in them his har-
and anei1 brought home on1 p'p RFhey y' are t made Of
slips of bamboo connected by means of
split r~attans; and are carried, chiefly ly
the women. on the back, supported by
a string or band across the forehead"
The bamboo furnishes a natural bas-
ket-making material, and by means of
it the ingenious Crientals produce work
of unriyalled beauty and finish. The
bamboo wicker work with which the
japanese inclose their delicate egg-shell
porcelain is a marvellous exam 10 of
manipulation, and they and the Chinese
g eel in the application of bamboo wick.
ell work to furniture" Some extraordi-
narily Delicate baskets made by Siamese
artisans are to be seen in the museum
collection, those intended for ladies use
being as fine as lace work in their deco
ration.
Scarcely less important than the BAN
loo are the canes" or rattans of com
merce, stems or species of calamus and
and dI monorops. In India, Cajan bask-
cts arc extensively made from the
fronds of the Palmyra palm. and this
manufacture has recently been cstab-
lished in Germany. Among the mate
rails may be enumerated the .odorous
roots of the khus-khus gruss and the
leaves of various species of the screw
pine, used in India and tee cast gener-
orally. The fronds of the palm of
Seychelles islands are used for very deli
cate basket-work in those islands.
Strips of the New Zealand fax plant
are mnde into baskets in New Zealand
Esparto fiber is used in Spain and Al
geria for rude fruit baskets. Various
species of Maranta yield basket mate
rails in the West ludies and South
America; and the ~tirite, a species of
Calathea is also similarly employed in
Trinidad. Baskets are also frequently
made from straw, from various sedges
and from shavings and splints OF many
kinds of wood.
, 1886-01-07
FLASHES.

Michael Dsyitt has promised to visit
Wales in February next for the purpose
Of assisting in an agrarian agitation and
of aiding in the formation of a Welsh
land league,
The irvn masters of Lancashire have
notified their employees OF a proposed re-
duetion in 2 The announcement has
caused much excitement and indignation
among the workmen.
II is reported that an opera singer Of
Milan named Borghi is about to bring
suit against the executors Of the late King
Alfonso on behalf of an Legitimate child,
alleging that Alfonso was its father.
A severe snow storm has prevailed
throughout England during the past
thirty hours. Railroad traffic is greatly
impedcd and many telegraph wires are
broken. The snow greatly interferes
with travel in London.
The London nmos correspondent at
MAudalay te~legraphs taat ten thousand
rebels are securing the county within a
radius Of twenty miles Of the capital and
they threaten TO attack the towns. Fears
of an emeute are felt, owing to the great
reduction Of the British force at Manda-
lay by the withdrawal Of troops for the
expedition TO Bhamo.
, 1886-01-07
InhospitabIe. Dssolats Labrador.


When Jacques Cartier first saw the
coast of Labrador-a desert of rock and
pine, with n gray sky frowning above
and a gray sea beating on its shores-he
is said to have exclaimed, This, indeed,
is the land given to Cain" Since then
it has changed little-an outcrop of
wretched novels has sprung up on its
shores, n dingy fleet Of fishing and seal
ing boats rock in its bays, a haggard
race OF half-fed, ~half-savage creatures
struggle with its encompassing seas for
a livelihood, but with these exceptions
it is as bleak, as cold, as utterly inhos,
pitable and desolate as when the French
explorer first skirted its coast. Its his
tory is a record of the terrors of the
sea, of pirates, of hurricanes, Of shin
wreck. On the sunken rocks on its
shores, ships have foundered by hun.
dreds; from Its villages, fathers, hus.
bands, and brothers have sailed forth
never to return.
, 1886-01-07

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
of want Of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidneys or n~eighboring organs. At
times, symptoms ofindigestion are present
latulency, uneasiness Of the stomach, etc,
A moisture like p%erspira,ion, producing q
very disagrceable itching, after getting
warm, is a common attendant. Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once TO
the application Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, allayng
the intense itching, and effecting a per
manent cure. Price 50 cent?. Address
The DR.. Bosanko Medicine TO-. Piqua,
o. Sold by W. N. Hunt
, 1886-01-07


Tlaxoala, which in Aztec signifies 1.-The
land of Bread, is that famous Indian
'epublic in the heart of the Sierra
Madres which, as early as 1I40, shut
,ut despotism by a wall as insurmount-
lble as that of the Chinese. In the
lays of the first Montezuma Monte
luna ~Ilhuicamina) this plucky little
province had isolated itself so com
pletely as to allow no dealings with sur
rounding nations, and for more than a
century its citizens lived without cotton,
salt, or any foreign product. Their
only food was the fruit and corn they
cultivated and game caught among the
s~now-capped Tlaxcalan mountains;
Their clothing was made of braided
%osiers, woven hbres of the century
plant, and the skins Of animals slain in
the chase.
their government was Il primitive
sort of republic, composed Of a senate,
or council of elders, presided over by
an hereditary chief, and the simple dig
nifty OF their political institutions has
since been tho admiration of the learned
OF many lands. Cortez founl in the
Tlaxcalans the most terrible and IN
daunted of all his enemies, AMI never
could his march to the capital have
been accomplished had he not o them
to his cause by promising to deliver
into their hands their more ancient
enemies OF T%enochtitlan. On that mo
mentous day, Nov. <, 1919, when the
first Europeans entered the capital OF
the western world. the entire company
of invaders numbered not more than
1000, OF whom less than ADO were Span
iards, all the rest being dark-sNinned
~Ilaxcalan warriors; and to those feroc-
ious allies was mostly due the victory
on that day of butchery.
, 1886-01-07
RusslA's ENGINEERING UNDERTAKING

Draining the Great Plnsk Dfarsies-Four
Million Acres Reclaimed.
London Engineering.l
Few people are probably aware OF tho
great engineering Undertaking in which
ltussia has been engaged for years,
draining the Pinsk marshes. These are
so extensive as to secure special desig-
nation on the ordinary map OF Europe,
being, w believe, the only case of the
kind, and in point Of the area are very
much larger than Ireland. Situated on
the Russo Polish con mes they have be.
come famous in Russian history and
have remained an irreclaimable wilder
ness in the midst of a prosperous, corn
growing region mp to within the last
few years
In 1870 the Russian government first
took in hand seriously this wild expanse,
which, owing to being perpetually more
or less submerged and covered with a
Jungle growth Of forest, prevented not
only communication between the Russian
districts on either side, but also between
Russia and Austro. Germany. Conse-
quently a large staff Of engineering Off
GERS and several thousand troops were
drafted into the region and these have
Otbu tnkdktu Ou LILO uuuCIlthl Jug oluCt.
Up to the present moment about i,O00,-
900 acres have been reclaimed, thanks
to the construction OF several thousand
miles of bitches and of canals so broad
as to be nayigable for barges OF several
hundred tons burden. Just now the
engineers are drawing up the pro-
grsmme for rext year, which comprises
the drainage of $50, 900 acres by means
of the construction of 800 miles of
bitches and canals.
OF the 1000, 900 acres already re-
claimed, 900, 900 acres consisted Of sheer
bog, which have been converted into
good meadow land, 900, 900 acres of
forest tangle," which have been pre-
pared for timber purposes by cutting
down all the underwood and timing
the trees, 500, 900 acres of good forest
land-forest GASES in the midst of the
marshes hitherto inaccessible, but
which have been connected more or less
with navigable canals and thereby with
the distant markets. and finally 2,000,-
900 acres have been thrown open to cul-
tivation. although only 10, 900 acres
have been actually occupied up to now
Besides making the canal and bitches
the engineers have built 40 bridges,
bored 152 VOLS from forty feet 10
eighty feet deep, and 425 from twenty
feet to forty feet, and have made a sur.
vey of 20, 900 square miles of country
hitherto %unmapped. When their task
is finished Russia will have effaced from
the map of Europe one of the oldest
and toughest bits of savage nature of
tho continent, and a few years will suf-
ice to render the Pinsk marshes indis
tinguishable from the rest OF tho Guilt
iated region of the sources Of the
DneIper.
, 1886-01-07
A Covering for Wall. aud Ceilings.

Nv u YUM
Pulverized steatite is coming into use,
quite satisfactorily, as a finish or GOV.
ering for walls and ceilings. 1t is sim
ply soapstone; it takes a high polish,
Is pearl gray in tint, presents the best
possible surface for painting, either in
oil or water color, and will neither
crack nor chip. 1t is claimed for it hat
il is a n-on-conductor and non absorb
emit, that it car DO washed without in
Jury; nails can be driven into it without
damage; when subject to heat, moist
ure, and chemical fumes, it gives no
smell. and it does not turn yellow with
age. 1t is thought to be specially
adapted for hospitals, factories, cellars,
markets, etc.
, 1886-01-07

Gustave Dore, according to his me-
moiIs, between 1880 and 1870, earned
81. 400, 900 by his illustrations. A morn
ing's work has been known to realize
1900. But it wa the number OF his
works, quito as much as the unprece-
dented high rate of remuneration which
he commanded, that made his earnings
so large. Everything brought grist to
his mill, from Dante to an almanac.
lie was not actuated by a greed of gain,
but by the desire to establish a monop-
oily Of talent in his own person. About
the age OF 23 he conceived the idea Of
illustrating some forty OF the great mas
terpieces of literature, from Homer
downward, and by 1855 he had exc
cuted seven.
, 1886-01-07

The widow of the unfortunate Maxi
milan resides at Lacken, hear Brussels,
and her mental condition, though the
doctors say it is somewhat improving,
is still most pitiable. Cne of her pc
culiarities is to search for and pick up
things from the ground, and she derives
such pleasure from this innocent pur-
suit that her attendants purposely scat
ter things about the paths in tho beau
tiful grounds of the chateau which her
sister. tho queen of Relgium, has placed
at her disposal. She paints landscapes
with great success and another Of her
occupations is to prepare the daily
menu for the table.
, 1886-01-07
order the Marshall Coal
from Riaer n J0itHs0S's.
Telephone zoe.


Notice is hereby given to all persons,
that on the 18th day Of Dec, A. d. 1855.
letters testamentary with the will annexed.
were granted and issued by the Judge OF
probate Of Laramie county. Wyoming
Territory, to the undersigned as recutor
Of the estate Of Samuel NJ. M~ontgomerv.
deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified and
required TO exhibit the same TO INC for al
lowance, within six months after the date
of said letters; or they may be precluded
from any benefit Of said estate, and il
such claims be not exhibited within one
year from said date, they shall be forever
declared.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. %. 1885.
WI KuYKENpALL,
Executor.
, 1886-01-07

VTWtuVTVFIVH gVuIH"TT
About 40, 900 individuals are en-
ployed In Switzerland in the watch and
clock trade, the canton of Neufchatel
having ~, 700 who turn out annually
/ 1000, 900 watches, OF the value of So
O0O, 900 francs. In the NRudois there
are 1900, some OF whom make musical
boxes; in Berne there are 1, 800, produc-
Ing to the amount OF 20, 600, 900 francs.
The total annual production of watches
in Switzerland averages l, 900, 900, of
the value OF Ss, 900, 900 francs The
export of 1882 was to the amount Of
49,, 800 kilogrsmmes of watches, 25, 800
in excess OF the previous year. The i'm
port was 50, 400 k!logrammes, consist
ing Of watches In the rough brought
into the country to DO finished.
, 1886-01-07

You are allowed a free trial Of thirty
days Of the use Of DIR. Dyes Celebrated
Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Ap-
%pliances for the speedy relief and perma
neut cure Of nervous debility, loss of vi
tality and manhood, and all kindred
troubles, Also, for many other diseases.
Complete restoration TO health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred
Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa-
ton, terms, etc mailed free by addressing
Voltaic Belt Co, Marshall. Mich.
, 1886-01-07

OPrIcE OF Cry CLERK,

OFIlAE vi VII RlsEhht
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 81, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that there will
be an election held in the several wards in
the city Of Cheyenne, on Tuesday, the
18th day Of January, A. d. 1886, for the
purpose of e%lecting the following named
officers. to.wit.
One member for the city council from
the First ward. tor the term of three (3)
years.
One member for the city council from
the Second ward, for the term of three (3)
years.
One member for the city council from
the Third ward, for the term OF three (3)
years.
The places Of holding election in the
several wards LAS designated by the city
counciD, are as follows. to-wit:
First ward-Metropolitan hotel.
Second ward-Alert Hose house.
Third ward-City hall.
W. A. RICHARDS,
LsEALl City Clerk.
, 1886-01-07

Attention, q. A. H.

The comrades of Reynolds post are re-
quested to meet at the county court house
at 1870 O'Clock this evening. in uniform.
All ex-soldiers and sailors. who served
the late war, both Union and
Confederate, and sons OF veterans are in
vited to meet with the post, and they and
their wives are invited to attend the camp
FIRE to be held this evening at Keefe's
hall. Tickets may be obtained from the
a i%iutant. By order p. G.
THos. NJ. FISHER.
Adjutant.
, 1886-01-07
EVE.


w. ]. Henderson IN Tho CenfuvJ
lone Ia the sunri,e OF primsval day,
More lovely than the virgin world atounJ.
with fingers pressed on lips that mhde nc
souLd,
Hhe stood and sazsd- Spread out before hcr
lay
The future and the clouds were rolled
away.
The war OF kings in empires still unfound,
Tne crash of cannon that should yet r.
sound.
She heard, an saw the great world rock
an sway.
Aero $ the Grim on sky above her read
There came n cry OF Gull rem asking food
A wall OF women for the nation deaf
Went upward r. the stars. so pale. she
st ed,
Then n some secret place in Elem fed,
And wept In pre- aye OF her motherhood.
, 1886-01-07

While money is close, wages and prices
low, expenses should be cut down in every
household. Economy the watchword for
mothers. head of doctor bills BY always
keeping in the house. a bottle Of DR.. Bo-
sanko's cough and lung syrup. Stops q
cough. relieves consumption. cures Group
and pain in the chest in one night. Il IL
Just the remedy for hard times. Price
80 cent and 81. Samples free. Sold by
W. N. Hunt.
, 1886-01-07
labor in the Cotton kfilIs-
fphiladeIphln R.cord1

The relative efficiency of labor
in the cotton mills throughout tn,
world can DO seen by reference to the
amount Of cotton which different work.
men will consume per year. In India
the average is 5,46i pounds per opera
tive, in England e,914 pounds, in Ger
many l, 200 to 1900 pounds, and in the
United States 4, 1850 pounds. The cost
of gathering and planting the cotton
crop is computed to be t1lS, $50, 900, or
80 per cent. of its gross value at 0 cents
per pound.
, 1886-01-07

Can anyone bring US a case Of kidney
or liver complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure2 We say they can
not, as thousands of cases already per
manently cured and who are daily recon-
mending Electric Bittens, will prove.
Bright's disease, diabetes, weak bach, or
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify 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. N. Hunt.
, 1886-01-07

Speaking Of children being troubled
with Group, Mr.. o. B. Hayden. druggist,
Psnora, Ia, says: Il have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
Of Group in my family for tue past three
or four years ant have invariably had sat
isfactory results from its administration.
| consider il a certain and speedy cure Tor
this dangerous disease" Sold by W. N.
Hunt
, 1886-01-07

The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by ". n. Hunt.
, 1886-01-07

CHEYENNE. Dec. IL. 1885.
Tho annual meeting ofthe stockholders
of the First National bank. of Cheyenne,
will be held at the banking room on Tues
day. the 18th day Of January, A. d. 1886,
at 10 O'Clock a. m, for the election Of
directors for the ensuing year.
J. L. WILD,
Cashier.
, 1886-01-07

And arc you glad to see me, my lit
tie man" asked the bishop of Bobby.
"Yes, sir, replied Bobby.
And why are you glad TO see met
Because it's only when you come
that We have anything for dinner worth
eating"
, 1886-01-07
Rem niber thar RtneT' n
johnson handle the Mar
sh all Coal, the besf mined
fn Colorado.


CHEYENNE, Dec. Is, 1885.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Cheyenne National bank, will be
held at the banking room on Tuesday, the
18th day of January, A. d. 1886. at IL
O'Clock a. m, for the election of directors
for the ensuing year.
j. w. COLLINS,
Nnshier-
, 1886-01-07

Eucalyptus trees in Alameda, Cal.
have inserted their roots into the sewers,
and the trustees think OF passing an ord
nance prohibiting any eucalyptus trees
within 100 feet OF any sewer.
, 1886-01-07

Let US draw their mAntles DER US
Which bavs falie 1 in our way;
Let usdo the work before us,
Cherry. bravely while we may.
Re- the long night-,ilence cnmeth, and with
Us IL is not dayl
rNVhsttl..
, 1886-01-07

Coal is produced in forty-nine coun-
ties in Illinois, and the annual product
is 10, 900, 600 tons. The 10, 683 miners
averaged IA days for the year, and
thirty nine miners were killed and 17G
disabled.
, 1886-01-07

We may roam through this world like q
child at a feast,
Who but sips of q sweet, and then flies t.
the rest,
AMI when plea'urs begins to grow dull in
ne east.
We may ordsr our wings and b. of t,th,
wet. Moore.
, 1886-01-07

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice houeurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, oorner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1886-01-07

FoR REM. THREE nice front rooms
over Cowhick 4 Whitcomb's store, cheap.
Inquire over store or at our office.
Cowhick 4 Whitcomb.
, 1886-01-07

The c~ityeouncil has passed an ordinance
that all houses in Cheyenne shall be mum
bered. Leave your orders at the Chey-
enne foundry.
, 1886-01-07

Shaw gives fine prizes on billiards and
pool this month. Corner Seventeenth
and Eddy streets.
, 1886-01-07

The sum OF duty let two wori' contain.
On may they craven Ia thy heart remain
Re humble and be Just -fPrior.
, 1886-01-07
TO CLOSE OUT.
Lined DOg-skrtn GIOUes
to0rfh $500 for 500.
~. .M.4RKS',
Eddy and 1,fh streets.

IS, 100000 in First National bank, Den
yer, says the S, NJ s., is the best nickel
cigar in Colorado. q. c. Peabody has
them.
, 1886-01-07
brentwood.

To breed UP the son TO common ssnsv.
Is ever more the parentsy east expen-e.
-mrydar
, 1886-01-07

Dealer in imported cigars and tobacco
Cigars made ofimported tobacco.
g. NJ. KEPLER,
Manager.
, 1886-01-07

FREE 5 sssss. s.si Il es Ssu,s Of
and physical veal ness, loa manhood, nervous
proztrztton, result OF indiscrrfion. excuses or
any other cause. cured by ~Arrvtts, stIonE
faith that II will cure every case prompts me
postage. etc. On. A.0 DIN. Box 20, Chicago
, 1886-01-07

NEUROPAIN -ror-
NEURALGIA, HEAD ACHE, NERVOUS
NNEss. tooth and earache doctors and drug
gists cOmm i'll
, 1886-01-07

Northwestern Kindliugwood yards
moved TO Sixteenth street, between O'Neil
and Themes.
, 1886-01-07

Fine display of ball programmes at the
Lender office.
, 1886-01-07
FOR Il HOLIDAYS.

1T Geo. II. Drapey's. The
largest stock OF frsf-cfass
groceries la Cheyenne.
Come and see Ms schether
y0M bMy or NOT.
, 1886-01-07
How Photography Aid. the Painter.

i"Uncle BIl's' New York Letter.l
A trick OF the painters is likely to get
an exposure in the courts. IL is an af-
fectation o. artists, as the reader may
know, despise photographs aid but a
certain portrait painter, whose name Is
famously familiar, has been caught at
coloring a photograph in lieu of doing
absolutely original WORK. His charge is
never less than $500, and sometimes
when the customer is very wealthy, as
in the present instance, he exacts twice
as much. IL il a custom with artists to
never let the sitter see the un nished
likeness, He simply posed in the studio
before the painter, whose easel Is so
placed that the canvas il not visible,
and at the conclusion OF the sitting the
incomplete picture is turned face u the
wall at once.
This usage was honored with so much
evident solicitude this time that the
curiosity OF the customer vas aroused,
and he took a sly opportunity to peep at
the reversed portraiture. There g saw
an un~mistakeable photograph OF him
self, partially overlaid with paint, The
distinguished artist had at the outset
managed TO aim a concealed camera ut
his postured patron, and from this sur
reptitious negative had made a bigger
M on the prepared canvas. THUS he
got a mechanical guide for his ant, and
undertook to cheat the man by compell
ing him to pay for mere manual skill
the price Of genius
, 1886-01-07

Neat assortmen, Of visiting cards at the
Leader Office.