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, 1886-08-31
origin Of . spon.. Plantation.

l used to know an old FISHERMAN in
New London who had quite a museum
of sponges which he had raked up from
the bottom of the sound. They were too
small and ligneous in character to have
any commercial value, but he had a
theory that better and more useful
sponges could be planted where he had
found them, and cultivated to profit.
Being a poor man, he never made the
experiment Some one else did, though,
and there is a sponge plantation at
Stratford point, Conn, where a sub
merged reef is planted with the animals,
brought from Florida. They hourished
rapidly, I am assured, and, though ONE
what coarse in fiber, have nm extensive
commercial value. So we may expect
some day to see the stony shore from
Stamford to the Rhode Island line en-
powered in sponges, and the sturdy
lobster-catchers, who are complaining OF
the steady disappearance Of their shelly
game, finding another source of revenue
in the Holsters haunts.-New York
News "Babble."
, 1886-08-31

An intimate friend and business asso-
ciate of Mr.. Ellison, in conversation
with a reporter of electrical tendencies,
said:
1T would be premature just at present
to make public mention of what is now
being done by Mr.. Edison in the line of
original investigation. There S much
TO be learned yet in the field of electric
ity, both as to means of production and
methods Of utilization So far rs the
conversion of steam power into electric
energy is concerned there is little left to
be desired, as our present dynamos give
an efficiency Of 95 per cent. GU of a pos.
sible 100-and when the real is within
per cent. OF the ideal there is not much
to be gained in that direction. Could
makers Of steam generators and engines
approach anywhere near such perfection
in the construction Of apparatus for con
verting heat into power the mechanical
millennium would be at hand.T--New
York Star.
, 1886-08-31
What Became of the Gifts.

A little peasant girl in Italy knitted q
pair of stockings and SEM them as .
present to Queen Margherita on her fete
day. With characteristic kindness the
queen sent the girl In return another
pair of stockings, n containing gold
coin, the other b~on-bcns, and a note ask
ing her to say which of the stockings
gave her the more pleasure. Dear
Madam the queen" wrote the child in
reply, Il have had nothing but trouble
with the stockings. My father took the
one with the gold pieces and my brother
the on with the sweets. Chicago Trib-
une.
, 1886-08-31

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 Tor Consumption, and
began buying it Of me, In six months
time she walked to this town a distance of
six miles, and is 40 improved that she has
quit using It. She feels she owes her life
to it" Free trial bottles at W. N. Hunts
drug sfnrn.
, 1886-08-31
NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN FOLKS

Typical Housewife Of the Old NORTH
stats-Family Life.
The North Carolina women folks
lead very different lives from those In
the New England or middle states. A
recen visitor gives the following account
of the typical housewife in the ole
North State, which is Of interest: The
old lady and her daughters, with theil
own hands, make nearly all the clothes
the family has. There was n time when
the old woman spun the thread and
WOW the cloth, and she maintains now
that there is nc other thread 30 good to
darn with as the thread Of her own spin.
ming. So she keeps her old spinning
wheel for occasional use and for spiritual
comfort, and last year she gathered cot
with her own fingers on its long journey
from the stalk to the stocking.
The Homework and the gardening
are the only employment of the women,
but they seems always to be busy. Once
a week they boil the clothes in a pot sus-
pended from the tops of three poles,
which are placed in the front yard neal
the well. The monotony of wash-day is
often relieved by fishing for the bucket
with the pot hooks. Cooking is a very
simple thing. for the frying-pan and the
pot do their whole duty. Indeed, the
frying pan is the origin of all their all
ments, certainly of the old lady's dys-
pepsia, Of the children's thin. gristly
faces and the Oldest boys necessity for
grog. Fried bacon for early breakfast
will postpone the millennium anywhere;
add to that fried sweet potatoes, and an
active outdoor life and a perfect atmos-
phere must do their best to keep natur-
ally robust people from groans.
The frying-pan is a worse enemy of
man in all this country than whisky OF
politics. When all the ground is yell
low with mellow apples, and the odor Of
peaches and grapes is blown over every
breakfast-table. nobody eats fruit except
between meals;' sndrthe very chickens
have the pleasure OF life taken because
neither boiler nor oven awaits one Of
them. but always the frying-pan. In the
evening after supper and before early
bedtime the boys sometimes play on
their fiddles, their feet accompanying
the three tunes they know. 4The Arkan-
saw Traveller, Fishers Hornpipe," and
The Old North State" while the rest Of
the family hold their hands in silence,
and many an evening these fine intelli-
gent adults sit the livelong hours hold
ing their hands, saying now and then q
word, as il by accident. and pretending
to do nothing; yet they are happy. The
art of resting has not been so well cult
waited anywhere else. True, the old
woman does ply her knitting needles,
stopping now and then to remark, while
she rubs snuff, that her old bones feel
-streaks" of rheumatism. but that it is
hard to wear out an old leather string.
The girls sometimes have cuttings, and
there are the parties" of country soci-
ety.-Ben: Perley Poore.
, 1886-08-31
Tn abduction and entorceo abdicatior

The abduction and enforced abdication
80 far as it has been accomplished-oi
the Bulgarian prince, in the interest Of
Russia, finds a singular parallel in similar
attempt made in I'LL against the last king
Of Poland. 1t proved = fasco and led to
no immediate result. Just as the late affair
seems likely to do, yet il was but . pre-
Jude to an agreement of the same powers
Interested in Bulgarian and Servisn az
fairs, for an amicable apportionment Of
stolen territory.
, 1886-08-31
4 pAssra-sY.

EH<f
1 watohsd her pas with quiet granss -
Tho sunlight fingers IN the spot af&.
TIC gently kiss her sweet sAy fAcA ID
l wouder II she sees or not r.
The crippled Lad who calls her his, o
Whose only glimpse Of heav'n shs Is. =
my little grill" 1 wonder what
Il think somstimss with hitter smiled
my little girl" would say to thatf
Perhaps for such . little while
She would not mind-it b, you SEQ, :.
So slight to her. 70 much to mo- : !
But when 1t rains shs nsvcr comes: - 4
All me, the long dull weary day r.
The people hurry to their homes, ~
When IL never get away;
And, as l lie and watch them go, a..
Her own sweet name I whisper low. ~
II only 1 could touch her hand,
Or near her speak. or meet her eyesi
II once, just once. she would but stand
Near me. and kiss me augeLwise
Life might lie dreary a. before, 4
But hard. cold, empty-never morei x
/ know a place where breexes low >
Stir the soft grass and daisy-heads;
That is my heav'n. Some day / know
They'll find me room where no n
treads,
Where l can lie, no longer i'll.
And dream OF her. and love her still.
, 1886-08-31


THERE is an evident disposition on the
part of newspaper correspondents, to con-
tinuc the jenkins style in all their des-
eriptions of the presidents vacation, ever
u a minute daily recital Of personalities
which can concern nobody but the parties
themselves This sort of thing wns suf-
heaently overdone during the period just
before and after the presidential marriage
TO disgurt n wall regulated American
mind. The president of the United
States is the first citizen Of a great repub-
lie, but apart from the duties and digni.
ties Of his ONCE be is Lothing more, and
apings Of Court Journal reports Of the
daily tribes incident to royalty, are out Of
place in the American press.
, 1886-08-31

In the matter Of the estate Of Charles f.
Gambler deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all creditors
and Others interested in the estate OF
Charles II. Gambler, deceased, that final
settlement Of the affairs and accounts OF
said estate will be made in the Probate
Court Of Laramie county, Wyoming Ter.
ritory, on Monday, October II, 1886, in
the city Of Cheyenne. county aforesaid.
john w. COLLINS,
Administrator.
, 1886-08-31

The total number of fruit trees in
California Is estimated at 5000. 900. d.
vided as follows: Apples, {, 100, 900;
peach, 1900. 900; pear, 500, 900; plum and
prune, 600, 900; cherry, 400. 900; apricot,
800. 900; orange. 1900. 900; lime and
lemon, 800, 900; grape vines in bearing
condition. 10000 acres.-New York
Market journal.
, 1886-08-31
IN MEXICO.


rAey Have Do.s to Arouse - kx-
trsmely Co.ssrvativs People
The American railroads in MEXICO have
already done much to arouse the most
s~tubbornly conservative people on the
face OF the globe from their lethargy,
and in . manner that no other instru-
mentality probably could have effected.
When tho locomotive first appeared, 1t i
said that the people OF whole villages
fed affrighted from their ~habitations, or
organized PROFESSIONS with religious en-
blems and holy water. to exorciss and
repel them monster. During the first year
of the experience Of the Mexican Central,
armed guards also wers considered an
essential accompaniment of every train,
as had been the Gaze On the Vera Cruz
railroad since its opening in 1879. But
all this Ia now a matter Of the past, n
80 impressed Is the government with the
importance Of keeping its railroad sys-
tenn safe and intact that the Mexican
congress recently decreed instant execu-
ton. without any formal trial. to any
one caught in tho act of wrecking or
robbing a train.
That any improved methods Of inter-
communication between different peo-
pie or countries-common roads, vessels,
railroads, or vehicles, or the like-in-
crease the production and exchange of
commodities, is accepted as an economic
axiom. But there could be no more
striking and practical illustration Of this
law than a little recent experience On
h line of the Mexican National rail
road. The corn crop, which Is h main
reliance of the people living along the
present southern extension Of this road for
food. had for several years prior to 1885,
failed by reason Of drought; and, under
ordinary circumstances, great suffering
through starvation would inevitably
ave ensued. The natives, however, soon
learned that with the railroad had come
a ready market. at from Q 1-2 to 3 cents
per pound for the fiber known as ~-ixtle;"
the product Of a species Of agave, which
grows in great abundance in the noun
famous region Of that section Of coun-
try, and which has recently come into
extensive use in Europe and the United
States for the manufacture of brushes,
ladies' ~corsets, mat cordage, etc. And
80 well ave they improved their knowl-
edge and opportunities that the quantity
Of ixtle transported by the Mexican Ma
no',nds IN 1890 ~ 7on az - ,aoo -
ZOE ao7 L. 1901 .nS q 10, tnz ;~ - a.
ssvsn man,hs ~ 1908. m,S;,a -. .';,S .h~
mouav nro.saSs ~.
ahIa :, "-S 10. 80
a. 5 49, n..H'"a. 80 -
80 49, s,..a.s,,, "~a - 80 -
sdd;t;on and u.oh.h,r o. .ha a.. .,u,a
In tha;r IT, 20" - saan sa~
aa.a e. up" '"A ~e~
W.. ~. rpP~ ~;
,.rs - - -
dica,sd 70 H. Ito s"a;u~ ;a ~.
but ~ a Iohorer ~ ~. H. - T.. NJ;
con CsntraI ra;,.o.s~s LIZ as..s...aH,
, 1886-08-31

In the matter Of the estate of Nathaniel
Sweetlsnd. deceased
Notice is hereby given to all creditors
and othes int, ested in the estate OF Ma.
thaniel Swectland, deceased, that final
settlement of the affairs and accounts of
said estate will be made in the Probate
Court Of Laramie county. Wyoming Ter
ritory, on Monday, October II. 1876, in
the city Of Cheyenne. county aforesaid.
LUKE VOORHEES,,
Administrator.
, 1886-08-31

The average thickness of n OF the
hairs Of the head is about a 400th part OF
an inch, and its rate of growth about q
line and a half per week. or from ak te
seven inches a year. Surprising a mar
to have had fifty yeas' growth ut sever
inches a year, he would have produced q
crop of the splendid length of about
thirty feet.-Exchange.
, 1886-08-31

hAWLiNs. aug. w.
To the Democracy Of Wyoming-As
chosen representatives of your ~organiza-
ton, the territorial central committee take
occasion respectfully to submit for your
consideration a few suggestions which
seem opportune as bearing Immediately
upon the issues Of the coming campaign.
the material interests of the territory and
the practical wants fthe people.
The importance Of securing the best
representation in congress which the lin
tied privileges Of a territorial condition
afford is absolutely momentous in the in.
cipient but highly progressive state in
which every industrial enterprise and
every local interest stands to-day. An
earnest and %vigilant delegate, with broad
views and without local prejudice, one
who will work diligently and can work
effectively to promote the welfare of our
people, can accomplish much. A Demo-
crat, in sympathy with the party and in in
t~elligent working harmony with its %infuen-
tial leaders would be able to shape national
legislation in the interest of his c~onstitu
ents to an extent only to be measured by
the total absence of result from recent
Republican effort. The wants of Wyo-
ming have been disregarded beyond those
Of any other territory, because her dele
gate accredited to the popular branch of
congress has therein been practically ig-
nored.
In order to rebukc the growing spirit of
local Jealousy and sectional strife, it seems
proper to suggest that the standard bear
er OF the party should be a man whose
record shall identify him with the welfare
Of our whole chrysalis commonwealth,
and who shall be capable Of ignoring the
petty bias of locality in Difference to the
common wants of all. Such a man from
whatever county he may come. and with
whatever interest he may have been iden
tilted, must necessarily combine all the
elements OF success.
With regard to the local interests of
the counties it may be said that by far the
most important Offices are those Of coun-
cilmen and representatives in the terrific
rial legislature. The past is too fresh to
require comment on the glaring defects
and serious blunders which have wrought
injury to all without working benefit to
any interest, or the people of Wyoming.
Let practical mem, capable Of looking for
ward to that future of establishing pros
perity which wise legislation would assure.
be nominated in every county-men Sc
lected for the general confidence, which
their nomination would inspire.
The necessity of securing for the admin
lstration Of county affairs officers com
mended by their personal qualities, must
be apparent, and in this it is earnestly
recommended that mere individual fol-
lowing be deferred to the need of organic
ing to promote final and lasting SUCCESS.
Attention is earnestly called to the i'm
portance OF preventing, as FAR as possible,
the corrupt methods to which our oppo-
nents have shown themselves too ready to
resort The ~electlon'law is full and com
plete in providing effective safeguards
against the control of elections by undue
means. Let Democratic organization
r.r ;..o,c., a,x. H. o.cu..w..,
, 1886-08-31

The latest phase Of Mexican politics
reems to be a presidential decree in the
nature Of a proclamation exercising con-
siderable control over those very matters
sasd a short time ago to be beyond execu
live interference. 1t relates to trial Of
foreigners in Mexico for o~ffenses against
the laws of that country. but affords no
new safeguards against undue assumption
.,f r,auor
, 1886-08-31

Quick RELIEF is Just what is wanted
in every case Of cramp, collie. or diar-
rhna. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhna Remedy remedy relieves the
pain promptly and is a certain cure. A
dose or two is all that is required for any
ordinary case: recommended, guaranteed
and sold by W. N. Hunt.
, 1886-08-31

The bees have an ideal civilization, in
which IL a fellow turns idler and stands
on the corner to ogle the females they
sting him to death and drop him down
as food for the ants.-Washington Nc
Lean in an Interview.
, 1886-08-31

for all bilious disorders
St Patnck's Pills are a splendid family
medicine
st Patrick's Pills are the best physic
anyone car take
Get well and keep well by using 81
Patrick's Pills
, 1886-08-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Byrup should
always Be used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie, and il the
best remedy for diarrhcA twenty-five
cents 4 bottle.
, 1886-08-31

The territorial Democratic convention
will be held at Rawlins, Saturday, Oct. 2,
1856, Tor the purpose Of naming a candi
date for delegate to congress, and to
transact such other business ms may pro-
perly come before said convention. The
several counties win send delegates as fol
, 1886-08-31

The original meaning OF tho word
Halifax is red hair. Of Colfax black hair.
Of Fairfax blonde hair.
, 1886-08-31

A Canadian railway company has
fitted up a number Of its cars with
bathing facilities.
, 1886-08-31
NNOWsNMAs ss s.sss of Con.

lre1 every year by Acksr's celebrated
--nsllsh Rcinsdy. ID is . guaranteed prep
%arntion IL 1t does not help you Il will CO.'S
you nothing. Try IT, A single dose viii
show Its good elect. Trial bottles 10 ctR.
Pearse 4 McGil, Druggists.
, 1886-08-31

NONN tri1e with any Throat or
Lung Disease. II you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Croupor Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. II IL n positive cure
and we guarantee 1t. Price 10 and 50c
Pearse & McGill. Druggists.
, 1886-08-31

Letter heads, bill heads and note heads
at the Leadsr Office.
, 1886-08-31
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 Sundance, Buffalo. Fort Fetter
man, Fort Mckinney. Douglas. (Wyo.l,
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearish and D~eadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
twenty four hours.
The U. s. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, aud our division
agents take all pains to secure the com
fort of passengers.
F. E. LoNoHuRsr, Agent.
, 1886-08-31
THE NECESSITY
FOR the SPECIALISTS
DR.. WAGNER & co

We o1er no apology for devoting so mnch time
ana ateentionto this much neglected. class Of
diseases believing fhatno condition Of humanity
Is too wretched Ia merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession 10 wheel we belong
~ many ara. fnnocen sufferers. and that
the Physician who dey.tes himself
2 relieving the anat6tsd and saving
tnem from Torss than death, IL no less q
pniIanthrophist and 4 bonefact0r to his race
than the SURGEON ofphystcfsn who by close an
piicai0n ex sells In aIy other brunch Of his pro
Is dawnlng when the false phlsnthrophy that
condemned the victims Of folly OF crime, like
the iepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
Tor, has passed away.
, 1886-08-31

Mining location notices at Leader oGsc
, 1886-08-31
YOUNG MEN
M~IppLE.AGEp MEN.

are troubled with too frequent eyacuafions oi
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
smArting or burning sensation and u weakening
OF the system In n manner the patient camel
account for On examining the urinary deposits
\ ropy sediment will often be found, and some.
tile color wifi be Of akin or miikish hue. again
changing to a dark and torpid appearance.
There are many men who die OF this difficulty,
OF seminal weakness. d.. Wagner wnl guaran-
zee a cure In all such cases and a healthy restora.
ton OF the genito-urtnary organs, Consultation
Tree. Thorough Examination and advice. 1910.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
the Denver Daily News and Tribune Repubit-
can.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-03-23
Scr Interaana Oes ySreeon.

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ler pon Dem geitern aus Notter0am eingez
trOfienen 9ampier uY. Galano" berittet,
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mebr eineS 6abrSeugeS uno ipdter nod an
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tparen, ueldes nit ben1 Oregon" ;uIar1=
menfticB. - Sruin San Gilbert, Ser Sleeper"
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Lamb eiueu @e9enianO auf Nem 8afer um=
her tretben uno iubr in einem &uberboot
auf bic Stelle gu, no er ben 9edel etuer
Siffe, tuabrldetnIi6 pom DGregon," iaub.
2Is San Gilbert pie6er aui oas 2ootieuboot
tIettern moIlte, tpuroe our6 cine iarte gSoge
baS 0tuberbOOt 9egen oa8 GoOtienboot &C.
tdleu6ert uno San Al5ertS Sein oa3miid)eu
aeflemmt. gr erlltt eiuen Seinbru9 uno
murbe ms ySeamen's 6etreat=6Oipital" auf
StatensS Sslan6 9ebradt. - Der lIntergaug
bes ySre9on" i9eiut iibrigeu8 nidt Obne
@influB nuf bic 9ampfer @apitGne gebIieben
All lein, ionoern bieielbeu I'M @egeHtbetl 81
duBerIter SorIift 81 oeranlafeH. IllG am
Samitag bon bier abgegGusenen Dampier
ainqen 6eS oi6teu yebelS megen in Der uus
teren 8ai Dor Gnfer nit Der Abfht, 9eferH
abeno gegen 80 llbr bel 9O6ilutb in see 5u
Itedeu. @a geftern abeHo Gber uieOer bid
ter Rebel berridte, 10 bielten Die &apitdne
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Netter Qb3uparteu,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-03-23
Der QeutG6e Correspondent.
ORIGINATOR G6afftc'S scItautcnt .

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re, ift uuf @rant's 6arm in Yutnam County
aufgefunoen tpOroen. Sn benz Setament
oermad)t er ieiner Sod)ter $500, 600 uuo Uer=
i6ie6enen Sermanoten, oaruuter ieiueu 3tuei
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tluge, NiO., ;uiammen 100000. alS Eez
fGments Sollfreder tuerbeu genannt ieiH
Sdmager u. 8. gSoOb BON Gortan, 0Ridl.,
iein 8ruber 9runf Gbuffee uuO 8. 5. 0aof,
fot BON 9enper. 9a @baffee bel Dem @rant'
i6en 8anferOtt $4,000 UerlOren bat, 10
perOen pabrideinIth taum bic $500, 900 oil
Die SodJter beS grblafers beiablt peroen
t0nneu, e8 lei Oenn, OaB bic D6eHrietta Dtts
ne" in tiirjeifer 6rif eiHen beeeutenben Sc
ruiun Qbuirit.