davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1886-03-03

a rumor, which on investigation APP
peared to be pretty well founded, was
prevalent yesterday. TO the effect that a
reduction is 10 be made at once in the
wages Of certain classes of Union Pacific
employees Just whar the reduction is to
be or how extensive, could not well be as
ccrtaincd, for those who had the facilities
for knowing did not care to disclose. 1t
was ascertained, however, that
brakemen on passenger trains are to be cut
down in their wages to the extent Of five
dollars per month, while the same class of
employees on freight trains are to be paid by
the mile, so small an amount, however,
that il will make a most serious and ma
terial difference in their pay. There vas
some talk among railroad employees and
Others who are interested, that the reduc.
ton which is to go into effect Immediately
will not be submitted to without trouble,
and some of the knowing ones and
those who have an opportunity to
know, predict that it will lead to a strike.
, 1886-03-03

A curious and complicated clock,
which its owner, a mild little German,
terms the Great World Clock, was the
work of Christian Martin, a Bavarian,
who spent twenty years in constructing
its mechanical devices. 1t is in the form
of a house ten feet in height and width,
on the roof of which stands a stuffed
rooster, who crows Justify at @ and 10
o'clock as the twelve apostles pass in
review beneath him. Into the front of
the house are set a number of dials,
showing measurements of time, and
eighteen recesses holding 1872 figures, six
inches in height.
The figures represent, among other
things, Christ and the twelve apostles,
the four generations, death, the guardian
angel, the bell ringer and the old man,
the seven images OF heather gods, the
signs OF the zodiac and the four seasons.
Each figure has a part to play in the rev
olutions of time. Christ blesses the NOV
ing apostles, the old man sinks 10 his
knees in prayer when the bell-ringer
strikes the hour Of devotion, death APP
pears as the old man %retires, q sign Of
the zodiac shows itself every month, the
four generations present themselves in
turn on the quarters of hours, and the
seasons change four times a year. Every
year and leap year is marked in order,
and the mechanism is arranged for a
record of 10000 years. The clock has
265 wheels and is worked by n pendu-
lum and twelve weights.-New York
Times.
, 1886-03-03

II is ~well-known fact that water in the
act Of freezing expands considerably,
and with a force that is irresistible. 1t
is the freezing of water in their crevices
and the pores that causes the rocks to be
gradually worn down, and ~wcatliered, y
MS it is called, into soil. 1t is this also
which is continually reducing the soil TO
finer fragments, and which breaks up
the hard clogs and mellows the ground.
Pail blowing or spading ASSISTS this eff
feet by breaking up the compact soil into
Jumps, which are further broken into
small particles. ~ water and air can
only act upon the surface Of these parti-
Giles, II is clear hat the smaller they are,
the more surface is exposed to the
weather and the soil is made mora solu-
BILE.
II a block OF hard soil Of twelve inches
cube is exposed 10 the weather. there arc
1854 square inches only OF It affected; If il
IL broken up in cubes Of one inch, TO-
3Gs square inches are exposed to these
beneficial influences; and the amount af-
fected increases as the soil is further
broken up.
This fact shows how greatly the ef-
feet Of frost benefits the soil, and there
fore how necessary II Is that the land
should be fall ploughed, and opportunity
given for this beneficial action OF the
weather American Agriculturist.
, 1886-03-03

Those who read The Atlantic Monthly
in 1859 viii remember that the INSTALL
ment Of the story which describes the
death of Elsie Venner began with the
tolling OF n bell. This number Of the
monthly had been looked for in the fam
lily with nervous anxiety.
When 1t came, the mother and the
daughters dropped everything else and
seated themselves TO listen to the reading
by one OF the boys. The author repre-
sented the church bell tolling or striking
the age OF some person who had just
died, and the villagers as counting the
strokes, with comments as to all the per-
sons sick in the neighborhood. As the
strokes go on to fifteen, sixteen, seven
teen, there are breaks in the narrative.
At each one Of these strokes the mother
became more and more excited, and at
last, when the bell struck the age of the
heroine Of the story, she said, without
waiting for the reader, ~Elsie Venner is
dead; l am going TO FAINT and faint she
did. She was sick some days, and the
doctor ruled that no more OF the story
should be read to her; but she insisted
that she should hear it to the end, and,
strange as it may seem, the reflections
following the nouncemen OF the
death of Elsie Venner gave her great
comfort and cleared her mind of the
vague superstitions that had haunted her
for years.-Inter Ocean.
, 1886-03-03

Dickens was a genius, and like the
most Of that order, was nervous, sensi-
tive, occasionally irritable, sometimes
peevish, always wrapped up largely
in himself and his work, and,
OF course, a very difficult hus-
band 10 manage. II his wife
had been a~ppreciative, loving, devoted
and enthusiastic, she would doubtless
have found the way to make the home
pleasant and tolerable to both, in spite
Of his infrmities. But she was the very
reverse of what a woman should have
been to make such a man happy and con
tented in his family relation. When the
whole world was crying over David
Copperfield," or at least thrilled to its
hearts core with the story, good,
plodding Mrs. Dickens had not even read
it.-New York Journal of Commerce.
, 1886-03-03

A museum has been erected in Pom
pei, in which are preserved plaster casts
OF some of the people who persisted in
the eruption. These people were covered
up by the fine ashes just where they fell,
and in the position in which they died.
These ashes hardened, and although the
bodies, with the exception OF a few
bones, entirely disappeared in the course
of ages, the hollow places left in the
ashes were exactly the shape of the
forms and fec lures Of the persons who
had been there.
An ingenious Italian conceived the idea
Of boring into these hollow molds and
filing them up with liquid plaster of
paris. When this became dry and hard,
the ashes were removed, and there were
the plaster images OF the persons who
had been overtaken and destroyed be-
fore they could escape from that terrible
storm Of hot ashes, which came down in
quantities sufficient 10 cover a whole
city from sight. In some Of these
figures the features are very distinct,
and we can eve distinguish the texture
Of their clothes and the rings upon their
fngers.-Frank X. Stockton in st. Mich
olas,
, 1886-03-03

Some Curious Relics Of Victor Hugo.
Apropos Of Victor Hugo, there has
been installed in the foyer Of the Theatre
des Nations, a curious collection OF relics
of the defunct poet. including not only
the pen that he wa accustomed TO use,
but also n tin lantern that he was wont
to light his steps with at night during
his sojourn at Guernsey. The great Gu
riosity of the exhibition is a series of
the poets drawings. They are
wild, fantastic and original, full
OF imagination, and showing a
sort Of tempestuous ardor in the execu-
ton. Had not Victor Hugo been born. n
great writer he would have rivaled Gus
taye Dore on his own ground. But he
was destined to write lies Miserables,"
moi TO illustrate Dante.
There are a number of portraits shown,
representing the poet from his earliest
days TO the close OF his career. They
look for the most part strangely unfamil-
lar to those who have only known tho
old man eloquent in these latter years.
The massive head, sublimely picturesque
with its snowy framework Of profuse
locks and ample beard, is hardly to be
recognized in the smooth-faced young
man with the dome-lke brow that wrote
-Hernanir and Marion Delorme.r He
did not let his beard grow until he was
65. The letters and autographs shown
in glass cases are especially interesting.
One OF these is the dedication OF Les
M~iserables- to the child actress, little
Daubray, who played Cosette in a dra-
matte version of the work.-Paris Cor.
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.
, 1886-03-03
A ReMlNlscENce OF AeAsslz.

An Interesting Account of the Workings
Of the Mind During sleep.
The editor of Herald and Health, in
discussing the subject Of Memory and
Nutrition, gives an interesting reminis-
cence Of Agassiz. He says:
Memory is also, to a large extent, de
pendent upon a perfect circulation of the
blood in the brain. The following case
illustrates the effects Of impeded circula-
ton of blood on the memory and is also
a very interesting account of the work
ings Of the mind in sleep, as given by
Mrs. Agassiz in the life Of her husband.
HE Agassiz) had been for two weeks
trying TO decipher the somewhat obscure
impression OF a fossil fish on the stone
in which it n preserved. Weary and
perplexed he put his work aside at last,
and tried to dismiss IL from his mind.
Shortly after, he one night awoke,
persuaded that while asleep he had seen
his fish with all the missing features per-
fectly restored. But when he tried to
hold and make fast the image, it escaped
him. Nevertheless, he went early to the
Jardin des Plantes, thinking that ON
looking anew at the impression he should
see something that would put him on the
track of his vision In vain; the blurred
record was as blank AS ever.
"The next night he saw the fish again,
but with no satisfactory result. When
he awoke it disappeared from his mem
DRY as before. Hoping that the same ex-
perience might be repeated on the third
night, he placed a pencil and paper be
side his bed before going to sleep. Ac-
cordingly, toward morning, the fish re-
appeared in his dream, ~confusedly at
first, but, at last, with such ~distinctness
that he had no longer any doubt as to
its geological character. Still half
dreaming, in perfect darkness, he traced
these characters on the sheet OF paper at
the bedside.
"In the morning he was surprised to
see in his nocturnal sketch features
which he thought it impossible the fossil
itself should reveal. He hasten 10 the
Jardin DIES Plantes, and, with his draw
ing as a guide, succeeded in chiselins
away the surface Of the stone under
which portions of the fish proved TO be
hidden. When wholly exposed, it cor
responded with his dream and his draw
ing, and he succeeded in classifying it
with ease. He often spoke Of this rs a
good illustration Of the well-known fact
that when the body is at rest the tired
brain will do the work it refused before"
Exchange.
, 1886-03-03
PROPOSALS. ron BEEF.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OrPIcE oF INDIAN ArFAIRs.

VI VIA hfEAlAot
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1886
Sealed proposals, ipdorsed Proposals
for Beef and directed to the commits
slouer Of Indian affairs, Washington, d.
o., will be received at this Office, until |
O'Clock of Monday, March %, 1886. for
the delivery at the Grew agency, Montana.
during the current fiscal year, Of about
100000 pounds of gross beef, the first de-
livery to be made not later than April "a,
lsSS. go,
The contract will be made for good,
understandable beef, and will be subject to
rigid inSpection before accepted.
The cattle are to be furnished on the
hooi, and must be steers and cows (no
bulls or stags) not over 7 years Of age and
must average not less than $50 pounds
gross at each delivery.
No animal will be accepted that weighs
less than 700 pounds or that nets less than
50 per cent of its gross weight. The price
must DC figured gross. but for all cows de-
lvered under any contract a discount of
20 per eut from the proposed price will
be made. Bids must specify whether the
cattle to be offered were wintcred north or
south OF the south line of Kansas. The
right is reserved to reject any or all bids
or any part of any bid if deemed best for
the interest Of the service; the further
right is also reserved to increase or dimin-
ish the amount of beef specified in any
contract to the extent of 25 per cent.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check or draft on some United
States depository, made payable 10 the
undersigned, for at least s per cent of the
amount of the proposal, which check or
draft will be forfeited TO the United
States in case any bidder or bidders re-
ceiving an award, shall fail to promptly
execute a contract with good and sufficient
sureties, otherwise to be Returned to the
bidder. j. d. G. ATKINS.
Commissioner.
, 1886-03-03

There is scarcely an article OF human
attire that has not beep made in lace for
the old nobility OF France and England.
Stockings and carriers, underwear, petit
coats, waistcoats and c~ravats, shirts,
collars, cuffs and %rufies, hoods, masks
and boot-tops, aprons, lappels, wells,
handkerchiefs, caps and bouquet-holdors.
Even the church had its banners Of rare
lace, and It's ~dignitaries monopolized a
large share Of the finest products of the
needle and bobbin, while the a~ristocratic
Dutch smothered their warming pans
and door-knockers in Flemish point
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
, 1886-03-03

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 o. being always
enterprislpg and ever reliable. Having
secured the aeeaqs ioT the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
will sell II on a positive guarantee. II
will surely cure any and every affection Of
throat, lungs and chest, and 70 show you
our conhdenqp VT invite yonto call and
get n trial bottle fnx, FN D
, 1886-03-03
Funeral of j. K. McGuire.

The funeral Of the late j. X. McGuire
occurred yesterday and was quite largely
attended. The services, which we're very
brief, were held at the late residence Of
the deceased at Camp Carlin. The flu
neral procession then moved toward the
Catholic cemetery, but in so doing came
through the edge of the city, and when
near the West End school the FIRE de
partmont, led by NJ. p. Hannifan, chief,
and the John +. Reynolds post, G. A. r.,
headed by Commander Goddard. Joined
tho procession and formed a part of il
from thence to the cemetery.
, 1886-03-03
sPRINQ

The Time hath laid his mantle by,
OF wind and rain and icy chill,
And dons a rich embroidery
OF sunlight poured on lake and hill
No beast OF bird in earth or sky,
Whose voice doth not with gladness thrill
For Time hath laid his mantle by
OF wind and rain and icy chill.
River and fountain, brook and rill;
Bespangled DER with livery gay
OF silver ~droplets, wind their way.
All in their now apparel vie,
For Time hath laid his mantle by.
Charles Of Orleans.
, 1886-03-03

To be relieved at all, Of such an abom.
Unable pest as neuralgia, is gratifying, but
imagine the great delight OF Mr.. George
Hiea, ef No. AZ Bank street, Newark,
N. u, who writes, after suffering
eight years with neuralgia ip the head
II have used one bottle OF Browns Iron
Biiiers. which gave me immediate relief.
aud am ngaining my health daily. No
wonder ha adds, ." cherfully recommend
to all" An similar ills are cured by
, 1886-03-03

The leading medical journals have
taken up the popular superstition that
alcoholic beverages have cure-all proper
ties and are tearing IL to tatters. They
say that actual experiment has demon
strated that the best results in the treat
ment Of most Of those diseases which
have hitherto been generally treated
with alcoholic liquors are reached with
out the use Of such stimulants. The
London temperance hospital is said
TO have given alcohol in only three cases
pst ~ 5000. and in the Last twelve ear
has saved the lives OF 95 per cent. OF Its
m-psdspfs,+chicago News.
, 1886-03-03

For enterprise, push and a desire to get
such goods as will give the trade satisfac-
ton, W. N. Hunt leads all competition.
lie sells DR.. Bosanko's Couch and Lung
Syrup, because H. the bcs rseaissns on
the market, Tor coughs. colds, Group and
primary consumption. Pine so as. and
tlO0 Samples free.
, 1886-03-03
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. I, 1886.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Com
tract Office of this Department until 4 p.
m, of April II, 1886. for carrying the
mails ofthe United States upon the routes,
and according to the schedule of arrival
and departure specified by the Department
in the Territory of Wyoming, from July
l, 1856, to June 30. 1890.
Lists of routes, with schedules of ar
rivals and departures, instructions to bid
ders. with forms for contracts and bonds
and all other necessary information, will
be furnished upon application to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
WILLIAM +. Villas,
Postmaster General .
, 1886-03-03

Items OF Interest Concerning Prominent
People.


I. w. Rutledgc came in from Horse
creek yesterday.
Judge NJ. Q. Brown came down to
Cheyenne from Laramie yesterday.
Samuel Green will go east to-day on an
extended visit
G.. G.. Masten, who has been very sick
with rheumatic fever. is now convalescent
and will depart for an extended sojourn
at the Hot Springs, of Arkansas.
Avery prominent member of the Rose
bud Club it is said, will soon return
from the country and form a life partner.
ship with-well, her name need not be
mentioned at this time, but may be some
other day."
, 1886-03-03

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcen, salt rheum, fever,
sorcs, tetteL chappcd hands. chilblains.
ccrns aqd all stfn sfnptipns. and positively
cures piles, or no pay required is
guaranteed to give perfect Satisfaction, og
money refunded. Price 25 cents per bog.
For sale by W N. Hunt.
, 1886-03-03

The extensive collection Of m~eteoritea
at Vienna now contains specimens rep
resenting $50 meteoric falls. Other val
liable collections are at London, Paria
and Calcutta .-Exchange.
, 1886-03-03

The mammoth dry goods establishment
of NJ. j. McNamara n Co, Denver, arc
having a boom. This house Is the mosl
enterprising in Denver, and are coatinn-
ally offering Inducements TO their custo-
mers which are appreciated. They are
now selling 5000 ladies suits for $500.
Misses suits from % IS for s-yaar-old to
II. IS for l6-yoar old. Gents rs. 80 over.
shirts, made Of best material Cor 500.
Mail orders solicited.
, 1886-03-03
q NECESSITY
For tho SPccia11sts
DR.. WAGNER & co

We offer 10 apology for d~eyotlng so much time
and attention To THIS much neglected class OF
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession to which We belong
as many are INNOCENT sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
70 relieving the AFFLICTED and saving
them from worse than death, Is no less a
philanthrophist and n benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
p~lication excels IN any other branch OF his pro-
lesion, And. fortunately for humanity, the day
Is dawning when the false phiisnthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. 10 die uncared
for. has passed away.
, 1886-03-03

The largest stnak pf hne brandies. old
whiskies, choice hqsesTs and supcrfne
cigars at George Masters seIl known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
straeta
, 1886-03-03

Shaw gives foe prizes on billiards and
pool this month. Corner Seventeenth
and Eddy streets.
, 1886-03-03
PRIZE $50. 600

" We do hereby CERTIFY Udf zoe supervise all the
arrangements for the Monthly and QUARTERLY
drdiutl0s Of The Louisiana State Lottery Com
Pditg, ana IN person manage and control the
Drawings Themselves, and thai the SAN G are con-
dicted Nth honesty, Jairness, and IN good Jafh
fotrdrd all parties, and tce diahorfse he Cbm-
pdny 20 use his certificate, Nth acsimfIes Of our
, 1886-03-03

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety At tn lsrAder Office.
, 1886-03-03
YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from the effects 81 youth
fnl follies or indiscretions. will do well 10 avail
themselves OF this the greatest boon ever laid
Mt the alter Of suffering humanity. DIR NAG
NEk Will guarantee to forfeit 1--WE hundred dol
lars for every ease Of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease OF any kiud or character which he
undertakes and falls to cure,
, 1886-03-03

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Historic
, 1886-03-03
MEN.

There are many men OF the age OF 30 to 10 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
sinarting or burning sensation and a weakening
OF the system In a manner the patient cannot
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
a ropy sediment will often be found, and some
times small particles OF albninen will appear, OF
tile color will be OF akin or milkish hue, again
changing 10 a dark and torpid appearance.
There are many men who die Of this dinicnlty,
Ignorant OF the cause, which Is the second stage
OF seminal weakness DIR. Wagner will guaran-
tee a cure m all such cases and a healthy restora-
ton OF the genito-urinary organs, Consultation
free Thorough examination and advice. 300.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
the Denver Daily News and Tribune-liepubl
can.
All communication should be addressed
, 1886-03-03

7. W. Rutedsc came in from Horse
, 1886-03-03
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
v Over Half a Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Comply


Extraordinary Quarterly Drawing
In the Academy Of Music. New Orleans, Tues
day, March 10, 1886,
the personal supervision and manage
ment of General q +. BEAuREGARD, Of
Louisiana, and General JUBAI a.
EARLY, OF Virginia.
, 1886-11-07
General Strike in Chicago.

h,--- ~
ori'.teI . =. n c executive com
nilt'eg oi inc I OF LABOR nave Just
.ssueu an order directing all the men EN-
ployed IN the packing establishments at
.he mon STOCK yards IN Dotl the beet
and pork packirg departments, to stop
WI az . y eIoch 'hlS afternoon. ms
y" moo IN, ne sum EeneL"i' ana throws luly
v yo, wba l /, o ,% .. morNi II Is NOT known
" to III naw o.dnr WI" i'Spo'u p'ohp'-
> Tho mnn ommInuod II ,hroo II la
noct;nc house. PM uorL Ill Ih u ~ Nv =
clocp tn n,on au NJ Nrma 1.9,',s 80 =
at VOL ond !, " was ,bn,,,I, md ,pll''n nat
ston worL Ills afar,anN 'V''' "0'
Tbis eyonino tbaro noon,s :, bo inGo.
tions thar tho str;Ie,s oT uncl ;nr ,own :
-wenkeninc carctnl review II ,b" a;tn.
alton To- nicbt reveals that The contract
mentioned in these disnotcLcs her weon
Nelson Morris and tho eyccntivc commit
tee of the cattle butchers thoucb NOT
signed by the parties of The second mart
was t%acitlv accented bv thcm and went
into cffect Nond,v moTn;nr Th;s ;s od'
mitted bv two memncrs If tbc hoard
while another to-nigLt denied anv tnnwI..
edge Of The contract and said No. order to
strike had hcen issued Lv The General
executive hoard and claimed ,bot NOT
more than LOCO mon were ant
IL is learned from the Cbiraro Times
thar fullv IOO00 mon arc ont among
them being the emnloves If overy noclinS
house at the Yards Very few of Ar.
mour's men are ont however thc strik-
ers being mostly emnloves If Fowler
Bros. Silberhorn and the CHICAGO Pack
~
, 1886-11-07

a competitive examination for those
desiring the appointment as cadet to the
United States military academy, from the
territory Of Wyoming, will be held at
Cheyenne on the 10Th day of December,
1856. The following are the qualiicl-
tons:
/. The person appointed must be an
actual resident of the territory Of Wyom-
ing, between II and % years of age, un-
married and at least five feet in height.
>. He must be free from any infectious
or immoral disorder, and, generally, from
any deformity, disease or inirmity which
may render him unfit for military service.
,. He must be well versed in reading,
including photography, in arithmetic, and
have a knowledge of the clements of
English grammar, of descriptive geogra-
ply particularly of our W country,
and Of the history of the United States.
The successful candidate will be re
CURED to report at West Point on the 10th
day Of June, 1851.
The following named gentlemen have
been requested to act as the board of ex
aminers; Judge John W. Lacey, Chey-
enne; Prof J. b. Blazer, Rawlins; Hon.
George w. Baxter, Cheyenne; DIR. j. H..
Finfroek, Laramie City; Prof. j.. O..
Churchill. Cheyenne.
Office OF Joseph NJ. Carey, Cheyenne,
Wyo., Nov. 6, 1856.
Wyoming papers please copy.