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, 1886-11-20

Apropos of Munich, one picture of
daily life that used to amuse me there
was the tipsy dogs. The art students
and young military officers, who con
stitute the two great classes of society,
are devoted fanciers. Every other one
travels with Il dog at his heels. Bull
dogs, blood-hounds and Danes are the
SWEETEST breeds, and the brutes all drink
beer like their masters. 1t gets into
their heads and %dog-fights are as com
mon in the course of an evening at the
hcc- 9hops 10 shillelah duels used to be
at Donnybrook. In the, rp9re conserva-
tive resorts and clu6s tp dogs have to
be left tied up in the halls, and you
make your entry through a gauntlet of
red-eyed w%arders, all painting for their
f%avorite posset. Now and then a con-
siderate master carries a foaming pot
out to his pet, and then the neglected
brutcs set up such n melancholy howl
ing and gnashing OF teeth so as to give
you an idea of what an American dog
pound is when business is brisk
Alfred Tumble in New York News.
, 1886-11-20

There was n crisis in the book bind
ing business Mt the early years of the
war. when the new manufacture Of pho
tograph albums anne as n special provi-
dence to start up idle factories. The
Appletons. in New York, and the Lip
p~incotts and Mr.. Altemus, in Philadel-
phia, were the first manufacturers of
these goods in this country. The APP
pletons' attention was called to them
through Baron RRotthschild, who had
brought over a half dozen of French
manufacture as presents to friends, and
who put an order in the hands of Mr..
Matthews for half a dozen more like
them.
About the same time Mr.. Gottschalk,
n Philadelphia merchant, had been
given one by some Paris friends as a
present to a daughter, and some years
ago. when the suit over the alleged
patent was going on, he took the book
out of his trunk in his state-room Just
before landing in preparing for custom
examination. and, having forgotten its
purpose, wondered what on earth it
could be for. While he was doing this
the pilot came on deck with the news
that Abraham Lincoln was nominated
for president, and the first question of
every one, Mr.. Gottschalk said,
was: who is Abraham Lincoln p
Mr.. Gottschalk afterward imported
a few albums, and samples were
brought by two different Philadelphia
photographers TO Mr.. Altemus with the
query whether he could make them. On
his saying that he could, one of the pho
tographers offered to place an order for
l,OOO copies, or as many as he could
make. and from this sprang the business
in which this house is now so prominent.
The desire at the beginning of the wal
for some means for keeping together the
pictures OF the boys in the field" or
"the dear ones Mt home" came just in
time to saw a business which was fast
going to pieces in the general stagna-
ton. The Appletons and %Lippincotts
have both frequently acknowledged that
albums turned the tide in both their
cases also. The A%rgonaut.
, 1886-11-20
THE NEGRo's BLAcKNESs.

Reasons onered for the Color of the Ar.
rican's skin-A Puzzling Question
This question has puzzled all the phys
biologists who have given it any amount
of thought. Not only are human beings
black or dark in hot climates, but other
resembling animals vary in like man
ner. Pigs are $50 far as | have seem in
varlably black in hot climates. Blumen-
bach included this variation among the
resemblance of pigs to ourselves. II
we expose two surfaces similar in all re
spects but color to the glare of the SUM-,
the black becomes the hotter II other
colors graduate according to their de
grees Of darkness on to white, which is
the least heated. f'ranklin's celebrated
experiment of placing pieces of different
colored cloth ON the snow while the sun
was shining and observing the depth to
which they respectively sunk in the
snow illustrates this very strikingly.
According to this a black skin should be
specially unfit for enduring the fierce ra-
diation of the tropical sun. Many specu-
lahons, some rather far-fetched and
pedantic, have been offered to ccount
for this apparent paradox; but the only
,AAl a o. NV 80 80
suggested lately by a correspondent to
Nature. lie states good reasons for be
lieving that the penetration of light
through the skin to the internal organs
of the body is in furious, and he further
suggests that such penetration may oc-
cur to considerable extent unless special
provision is made against it. One of my
schoolboy experiments was to shut my
self up in "A windowless storeroom. the
side of which was freely exposed to the
sun, and then place my hand over the
keyhole or crevice of the door. Suni-
cient light passed through to illuminate
my hand, especially the fingers, and show
therein the position Of the bones. | have
not repeated it since my hand has be
come full grown and therefore can not
say whether it is still rs translucent as
then.
1t has lately been proposed to examine
the stomach by causing the patient to
swallow an electric lamp, which will
illuminate it sufficiently to show some
thing of its condition through the in
teguments. l say proposed, but suspect
that the lamp is too hot. The carbon
layer in the rete mucosum of the negro,
b'ihb pphlht IKE OllltI lOTlllo VI idIDOll,
must form an eifectual veil and thus
protect that most important organ be
low, the cuts vera, or true skin, n
bodily envelope of vascular tissue. pre-
senting a vast surface of circulating
blood, which is certainly subject to
brilliant illumination when only pro-
tected from sunlight by the thin translu-
cent cuticle.
We know that sunlight has consider
able chemical energy and also that sun
stroke, to which light complexioned peo-
pie are especially liable, is more de
pendent on light thar on mere tcmpera-
ture; and, such being the case, the value
of an effective veil or screen extending
over the whole of the body may be very
great, even though accompanied with
considerable absorption of heat and
roasting of the cuticle, which is itself
insensible. The shading effect of the
%blackness is. in fact, due to the CONVEX
sion of light into heat.-Matticu VIII
liams in Gentleman's Magazine.
, 1886-11-20

AcconDING to Il Republican exchange
the Cleveland Leadcr Mr., Carlisle =
chances for the speakership are not aTec-
ted by the merely formal contest i%nstitu.
ted Tor his seat. That journal says.
1t is said by some congressman. and
with reason, we think, hat the Contest
for Carlisle seat will not prevent him
from running for speaker or stand in the
way Of his party voting for him. The
speaker. ordinarily, appoints all the com
mittccs, but in the case of a contest over
the member occupying the speaker
char, the committee before which the con
test L. madc would be appointed by the
house. There is no probability that any
house would appoint a committee which
w0nlI Gust lis " speaker from his scnt.
, 1886-11-20

To a person who has a moderately
well supplied pocketbook and athought-
full turn of mind, there can be no moro
fruitful theme for meditation han to 90
into our large halls, theatres, churches,
and other places of public resort, and,
securing a seat in the gallery or in the
rear part of the room, look at the heads
of the audience, for no other purpose
han to ascertain by actual count how
many show signs of badness. Unless
the experimental has been in the habit
of counting for this object, he will be
surprised to learn that, in most of the
eastern cities, fully 30 per cent. of the
men over 30 years of age show unmis-
taxable signs of badness, while nearly
20 per cent. have spots on their heads
hat are not only bald, but actually pol
ished with the gloss that is supposed to
belong to extreme old age alone. |
have been in the majority of the
churches and theatres in all the large
eastern cities, as well as in Chicago. st.
Louis, and other places of the west. and
have verified my assertion by actual
count. From my observation | find that
baldheaded men are most plentiful in
New York and Boston. After these
come Philadelphia, Washington and the
western towns. l say men" for two
reasons; first, because women usually
wear their hats or bonnets on such oc-
c%asions, thus covering their crowns;
second, in case their hats are removed,
the hair is combed up so rs to cover
any possible bald spot, or else there is an
artificial switch to hide the defects of
nature. SO, without i~ndulging in any
speculations regarding what may be, |
will confine myself to what is to be seen.
Here are a few observations taken in
Boston: Trinity church-243 men; II
actually bald, 30 indications of badness.
Kings chapel-S6 men; 80 actually bald,
II indications of badness. Hollis Street
theatre, orchestra, at performance of the
"Mikado"-63 men; ~ actually bald, 10
indications. Boston theatre, Judic-126
men; 81 actually bald, 43 indications.
Popular Science Monthly.
, 1886-11-20

Federal aid for public schools IN the
Southern states, amply provided Tor by
the Blair educational bill, has been the
fruitful subject of debate for two success
sive terms of congress. Now the cat has
been prematurely been let out of the bag
by the report OF n committee appointed
by a national convention held at Topeka,
looking to the universal application of the
principle that federal aid should be given
to common schools, every state. This
explains the readiness of MIR. Blair and
his followers to accord what was pretcn-
ded to be a concession On account of pc
culiar circumstances, but what was really
meant to be a precedent for general appli-
cation Fortunately the measure was de-
feated. The constitution, fairly construed,
does not confer upon congress any power
to appropriate money for educational pur-
poses in the states. With reference to
the territories and to the federal district.
the case might be different. The states
are judges of their own wants and levy
their own taxes according to their needs. in
the territories Il state Of pupilagc prevents
the exercise OF absolute power, while, at
the same time, on account of the inchoate
condition of taxable resources and the
sparse population, it Is impossible to pro-
vide means for the establishment of sys-
tenn which hal be adequate To future
wants. There is one fact which must gen
orally be recognized outside of Cheyenne,
Laramie, liawlins and perhaps Evanston,
there is a dcarth of such educational iacil-
tiles as may enable a pupil to prepare for
the territorial university, and either the
local schools must be strengthened or the
university must itself become a mere pre-
paratory school. There should bel every
county at least one school of grade high
enough to enable any boy or girl in that
county to take advantage of the opportu-
nifty afforded by the university for acquir-
ing a thorough education. This subject
is worthy of careful consideration and is
commended to local school authorities as
well as to our congressional delegate.
, 1886-11-20

James Mitchell, who died in or about
1888. in the county of Marin, in Scot
land, and was born blind, ON Nov. IL.
1875, recognized, says the World of
Wonders" different persons by smell
ing. The famous Mr.. Moylc. mentions
n blind nan at Utrecht who could dis.
tinguish different metals by the different
odors; and Martials records the
case OF n person named Ma
murra, who could tell by smelling
whether copper was true Corinthian or
not. Indian travellers have recorded that
certain natives who habitually abstained
from animal food have a sense OF smell
ing which is so exquisitely delicate that
they can tell from which well n vessel Of
water has been obtained. 1t has been
related hat by smell alone the negroes
OF the Antilles will detect the footsteps
OF n frenchman from those Of a negro.
Marco Marci has left an account of a
monk in Prague who could tell hy smell
ing anything given to him who had last
handled il.
The guides who accompany travellers
in the route from Aleppo to Babylon will
tell by smelling the desert sand how
near they are to the latter place. Ma
thaniel Wanley. in his Wonders of the
Little World, "A famous old, old book,
gives a particularly full account Of a
man, called John Of Liege, who, when a
boy. flying in terror OF soldiers in time
of war, passed many years alone in the
depth of the forest of Ardennes. where
he lived upon the roots and wild fruits,
the presence of which he could at least
detect from agreat distance by the smell
alone. In the same way he detected the
presence of men long before they came
in ght.-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1886-11-20
IIMnEN AND sInNE.

Instead of restricting the operation of
the public land laws now in force in this
territory, their scope should be extended
until the same privileges now accorded in
other states aud territories shall also be
availshle under the same liberal terms to
citizens OF Wyoming. For instance, it is
well known that there are many tracts of
great value On account of the timber
growing thereon. which are utterly worth.
less for any other purpose and which, the
moment they become denuded of their
natural forest growth, become an arid and
worthless waste. Further. according TO
newspaper accounts from all parts of the
territory, there have been in nearly every
county important discoveries of a~uarries
OF building stone Of superior quality and
commercial value. Under the present
laws, the timber lands cannot be entered
at all, and with reference TO stone. slate
and all other minerals not rated As pre
clous, there must be rccourse to
some law providing for entry as arrieul.
raj lands with the alternative of entry
under the mineral laws at an ex,rayagant
price. There is a law, applicable to Cali
fornia, Oregon and Nevada, and to Wash.
ington Territory, which provides that
lands unfit for cultivation and valuable
chiefly for the timber ON them, or for the
stone they contain. may be entered upon
liberal terms at s.. 50 an acre. 1t cannot
be doubted that Wyoming contains more
valuable deposits OF stone than Washing
ton. or, perhaps. than any other territory,
aud there is no valid reasons why the
same facilities should not be afforded for
the development of valuable resources.
otherwise the entryman is debarred from
timber lands altogether, and, should he
wish to utilize a deposit Of stone, is driven
either to evasion or extravagant outlay.
Common justice demands that the timber
and stone laws should be made applicable
Ia this territory. also. la no other way
can the territorial resources known 10
exist be developed nn fair terms.
, 1886-11-20

Baileo blancos-whitc balls-are ONE
times given by the clubs. These are,
like the white balls of Spain and France,
balls to which all the ladies must come
dressed in white only, with white rib
BON and white flowers. Dancing at the
club balls, and. indeed, at all times. the
Cubans talk in n slow, comfortable,
dreamy way, most suitable To the eli
mate. There is none of that wild, rapid
jumping and dashing up and down the
room which we see at the United States
watering places, even in midsummer.
generally terminating in a nice lttl,
Russian bath. That is toe much exer-
ton here. The Cuban dancers are as
cool when they stop dancing as when
they begin. At no time are the Spanish
great advocates for dancing, ami even
in Spain "tertulias" are more populat
than balls. Cor. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
, 1886-11-20

Is a case brought to test the right ofthe
Salvation Army to establish its claim to
make a riotous noisc in the name of wor
ship, the Supreme Court of New IIamp-
shire has held that the provision of the
constitution of that stale which declares
that every individual has a natural and
unalienablc right to worship God accord
Ing To the dictates of his own conscience
and reason. does not protect n lot of
people in beating drums or any other
noisy demonstration aud calling it wur-
ship. There appears 10 be considerable
common scn-c at the bottom of this de
rlslou. Mere nuisc l. not worship, and
nobody has IL night In worship in II way
that lnterfercs with the w%orslnpof olhcrs.
, 1886-11-20

The best examples of the c,.rr. ci
bore, the phenomenon in which the tide
moves all at once. are said Ia hc fur
nished by the mouths Of the River.
Amazon, IIoogly and Tsicntang. In tn,
case Of the last mentioned river, in
China, the wave plunges on like an ad.
vancing cataract, four or five miles in
breadth and thirty feet high, and thus
passes up the stream to n distance of
eighty miles at the rate of twenty-five
miles an hour. The change from ebb
to flood tide is almost instantaneous. In
the Amazon the whole tide passes up
the stream in five or six waves follow
ing each other in rapid succession. and
each twelve to fifteen feet high.-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1886-11-20

Is CoNNEcTIcrT, the constitution re-
pnlres that a governor shall he elected by
a majority vote. At the rec, nj election
the Democratic candidate rec wed a pll-
rality Of 1000 o,er his republican cumpll-
M. NJ The election dcvolvcS upon the
legislature under IL, law nj mr.
Loundsberryt the Republican, will probably
be chosen Many Democratic newspa-
pers are crying out against the result As
subycrivc of the vii OF the pcoplc, but
it is not so The methods provided by
organic law must lie observed. to what
ever consequence they may lead Other
wise, the election Of president by the
honNc If representatives might he i'm
pugucd. unless the choice should fall upon
the candidate receiving the highest pol
ulnr vote. In 1874 the house elected
John Quincy Adams oycr Andrew Jack
son whom the returns showed te have
been the choice Of the people Connect
cut has an awkward constitutional proyis
ION, but there is neither dishonesty nor
iraui in carrying it out. The vote cast.
however. may bc taken as cheering assur-
ancr ot Democratic success IN lSSs.
, 1886-11-20

SrREcKLEs, the sugar king Of the
Sandwich islands. has returned all his
decorations to King Kalakaua, because
that brcvci monarch has done something
of which the %monopolist disapproves.
There is nothing said of his having sur
rendered any of the valuable ira lchiscs
which enable HIM largely to control the
markets not only of the island kingdom
but of the United States.
, 1886-11-20
BLACK HILLS STAGE
ANDEXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Union depot, Cheyenne,
at $50 a. m, daily, Except Sundays);
touch Chugwater, Fort Laramie. Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for S%undance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter-
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.)
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearfish 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.
+. +. LoNGHURST, Agent.
, 1886-11-20

COLORADO, though "A young state,
seems already TO have surfei;cd herself
with railroad supervision. That grangers'
hol is declared by competent authority
to be productive of no good effect. Rail
roads ought to be rigidly supervised and
legitimate limitations imposed upon all
corporate m%onopolics of a public nature.
but congress alone can accomplish, in this
direction, any beneficial result.
, 1886-11-20

AMERICAN railroad interests on the
isthmus of Panama have lately been scri-
ously interfcred with by the local authori-
ties, even TO the stoppage Of traffic. This
affords the administration another oppor-
tunity eff showing that the rights of clti-
zens abroad are entitled to, and must
accordingly receive the fullest nroteclion.
, 1886-11-20

A DICTATORSHIP in Mexico is probably
only idle talk on the part of the church
party, but the general discomfort on ac-
count Of federal interference with the re-
cent state elections, il not curbed by force,
is likely to produce serious dissension if
not actual revolt.
, 1886-11-20

WV. Reed, druggist, of Winchester,
Ind, writes "One OF my customers,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia, Randolph
county, Ind, was a long sufferer with
consumption. and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
began buying it of me. In six months
time she walked to this town a distance OF
six miles, and is so improved that she has
quit using it. She feels she YES her life
to it, Free trial bottles at w. n. Hunts
drug store.
, 1886-11-20

YouNa Mr.. Blaine has informed a re-
porter of the Cincinnati Enquirer that
his father, the elder Mr.. Blaine will be re-
nominated and will be re. elected in 1855.
This may be regarded as official and does
way with the necessity of any further
, 1886-11-20

R~oyALTY-and a very poor article of
it-costs the impoverished kingdom of
the Sandwich Islands at least $3.50, 900 a
year. 1t would seem that the Indian
title might be oxtinguishcd at a smaller
exnense.
, 1886-11-20

SENATOR EpMuNDs has explained the
eau of his failure to take an active part
in the last presidential campaign. Wheth
er his reasons prove satisfactory or not,
they are undoubtedly founded on truth.
, 1886-11-20

THE official count of the vcte for mayor
of New York city gives Hewitt, Demo-
crat, POSSE; George received only 6S,-
ll0s while the Republican, Roosevelt,
came in last with 60,435.
, 1886-11-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothcs the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhea. twenty-five
cents a bottle.
, 1886-11-20

The Rev. DIR. Deems thinks that one
reason why so many ministers break
down early in their work is because they
are constant sabbath breakers. The
earnest clergymen never lets up from
Monday morning until Sunday night,
while the laws of nature demand n sew
cnth-day rest.-New York Sun.
, 1886-11-20

Isr,n1 IAIANO (Esta Bueno) Wine OF
SiN"I w of Mountain Sage. Promotes
Digestion, prevents and cures Dyspepsia
a pure, healthful, sparkling beverage.
NONALCOHOLIC
Try n glass or n bottle and you will con
tinue its use. Walker, Broicn, d. Mcy
ring, Manufactures, 327, Holiday street,
DENVER.
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, 1886-11-20

Did it ever occur to you what a funny
thing a postage stamp is? Even the de
partment can't sell it after they cancel
it Exchange.
, 1886-11-20
DENVER DIRECTORY. a al t'? sssns. H sa ssss ' 9 Correspondence: s.: ,Hs%

II H. BLOOD, Mgr Agent Bar and
III. and Saloon Fixtures, Mirrors, Bill
lard and Pool Tables, Beer Pump Eau
Gets, Beer Coolers, Show Cases, etc. All
kinds Saloon Glassware. 335 Larimer st.
Denver.
, 1886-11-20

CMEDLEY & REALS, DENTISTS.
) Room :, Skinner Block, cor 10th and
Lawrence SITS, Denver. Telephone No.
300. Gas administered.
FURNISHED ROOMS, 2SG 10th ST.,
Denver. Pleasant and central; Mrs.
7. X. Facet, room -, or room :, 3S4
Lawrence
r l.. WEATHERHEAD, estab. 1875.
y. Dealer in Hats and Caps. Hats
cleaned, colored, pressed. Mail orders
solicited. 3iS Larimcr.
TIE Gilchrist Iron and Scrap Metal Co.
Highest price for Scrap Iron, Old
Metals, etc. Special attention to car lois,
subject to sight draft of Z mount. 32nd
and Blake, Denver.
, 1886-11-20

%. q. BAIRD and A. G. CAMpBELL), At
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Chey-
second floor, Stsbbins & Post S bank block.
, 1886-11-20
YOUNG ME
MEN

There are many men of the age OF 80 to 20 whc
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by "A slight
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OF the system In a manner the patient cannCi
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
q ropy sediment will often he found, and some.
times small particles Of albuinen will appear, OF
t.lc color VIII be OF akin or milkish hue, again
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die of this difficulty
Ignorant Of the cause, which is the second stage
OF seminal weakness. DIR. Wagner will guaran-
tee Il cure In all such cases and IA healthy rastora.
ton OF the genito-urinary organs, Consultation
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See the Doctors additional advertisement ia
the Denver Daily News and Tribune Reputli-
can.