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, 1886-03-23

Il often think wrote Olive Wendell
Holmes, in his letter declining an invita-
ton TO dine with the New York Odonto-
logical society, -of the forlorn condition
Of some OF the great personages OF history
in the days when there were no dentists,
or none who would be recognized as such
by the dental artists Of to-day. Think OF
poor King David, a worn-out mar Of 70,
probably without teeth, and certainly
without spectacles. Think OF poor
George Washington, his teeth always
ready to drop like a p~ortcullis, and cut a
sentence In two. See him in Stewards
admirable portrait, his thoughts evidently
divided between the cares of empire and
the maintenance Of the status quo Of his
terrific dental arrangements.
Think Of Walter Savage Landor's
melancholy complaint that he did not
mind losing his intellectual faculties, but
the loss Of his teeth he felt a very great
calamity. ] venture { 0 propose, then,
the dental profession and their a~ssocia-
ton as its worthy representative. II has
established and prolonged the reign Of
beauty; il has added to the charms Of
social intercourse and lent perfection 10
the accents OF ~eloquence; 1t has taken
from old age its most unwelcome feature
and has heightened enjoyable human
life far beyond the limit Of years when
the toothless and purblind patriarch
might well exclaim, Il nave no pleasure
in them. Exchange.
, 1886-03-23

We were discussing superstitions the
other night. The m%ercurial De Vivo was
telling us about the Italians and their
superstitions. Brignoli, the tenor, was
a child Of superstition. In Italy sheep
are always supposed to bring bad luck,
and De Vivo says he has seen Brignoli
run away like the wind from a flock Of
sheep. On the other hand, he would
walk clean into a herd Of pigs and al
most embrace them. Humpbacked peo-
pie are always supposed to be good luck,
and Brignoli would rush across a street
and put his arms around a humpbacked
man, IL being necessary to touch the
hump 10 get the full benefit OF the good
fortune. All the great singers nearly
are superstitious. Parepa-Rosa was ex-
cessively weak on this point, and al
ways carried as an amulet a coral horn,
which she Immediately touched when
ever she came across anything unlucky.
Cross-eyed people are always looked
upon as unlucky; why, nobody knows.
Most cross-eyed people that l know are
rather lucky than otherwise. There are
several very widespread superstitions,
which take different shapes with differ
ent people. Perhaps the most uni
versal one is the thirteen one. In
theatres for instance, o N salary day when
a man comes up to sign the payroll
that is. in the theatres where they pay sal
aries-he always counts the number ahead
of him, and il he is the thirteenth he will
not sign. If you go to a theatre with a
pass and you are the first man there they
viii not allow you to go in until some
body has gone in on a paid ticket.-San
Francisco Chronicle "Undertones.-
, 1886-03-23

Picking the ears" is a most mischiev-
GUS practice; in attempting to do this
with hard substances an unlucky mo-
ton has many a time pierced the drum
and made it as useless as a bursted rub
Der life-preserver; nothing sharper or
harder than the end Of the little finger,
with the nail pared, ought ever to be in
troduced into the ear, unless by a ply
stefan.
Persons are often seen endeavoring to
remove the -wax" Of the ear with the
head Of a pin; this ought never to be
done; first, because it not only endangers
the rupture Of the ear by being pushed
too far in, but If not so for, it may CRATE
against the drum, excite inflammation,
produce an ulcer which may finally eat
all the parts away; second, hard sub
stances have. often slipped in, and caused
the necessity of painful, dangerous, and
expensive operations; third, the wax is
manufactured by nature to guard the
entrance from dust, insects, and unmod-
fled cold air, and when it has sub
served its purpose it becomes dry, scaly
and light, and in this condition is easily
pushed outside by new formations OF
wax within.-Boston Transcript.
, 1886-03-23

Yes, my son, it is possible for you to
live to the end Of your days, performing
successfully every day the are feat Of
keeping your mouth shut at the right
time, OF never uttering a sentence until
you have first weighed it carefully in
-FOUR mind. revised it, and adjusted it
accurately to existing conditions Of
things. Yes, you can do that. But then,
you won't do anything else. No, my
boy, if you do that, always, you won't
do one other lingering, solitary. lone
some thing in all your life. You will
have time to do nothing except to think
what you are going to say and how you
are going to say it, and then by the time
you are all ready, and open your mouth,
the man you were going to say it to will
have grown weary Of waiting and gone
away.-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1886-03-23
The OIL Fields of Western wyoming.
Special correspondence of THE LEADER

LANDER, Wyo.. March 20.-Thc dis
coverers and proprietors of the Bonanza
Oil spring and the formers OF the Bo
nanza Oil district. Big Horn bpsiu, Messrs.
Conant 4 Auten, have succeeded in for
cling their way through the heavy drifts Of
the Owl Mountain range and ere now in
Lander. More oil marvels have ben ad.
ded this winter to the record Of the Bo-
nanza district. In a hole ON the bonanza
four feet wide. eight feet long, and four
and-a- half feet deep, oil gathered on the
surface OF the water to a depth three
quarters Of an inch in twenty four hours.
This oil was pure-so pure, indeed, that
it is regularly burned in the lamps Of a
%neighboring cattle ranch, giving a first
rate light. Great quantities Of gas escape
as the digging goes on, making a noise
than can be heard to a distance of fifty
yards, while from the interior of the
earth there comes to the ears of the dig.
ger a kissing. frying noise. Bedrock is
struck at a distance OF three and a half
feet and slopes slightly to the north. The
bedrock is a shay sandstone.
Thirty miles southeast Of the Bonanza
a spring-a new flowing spring-is re-
ported, from which spurts a stream Of
pure oil an inch in diameter. The spring
is said to be very large and the quantity
Of oil daily carried Of by the water enor-
nous. Just before Messrs. Conant 4
Auten left the district their camp was
visited by an old hunter who said that he
knew Of several just such springs as the
Bonanza. Three more flowing springs
have been discovered near the Bonanza
this winter, two on an adjoining section
and one some distance off. The quality
of oil is about the same.
When the bonanza was discovered last
October some oil was gathered from a
COW track and brought to Lander. This
oil has just been analysed by Walter II.
Kent, p. Ii. d. chemist of the Brooklyn,
New York, Board of health. 1t yields
43 per cent of mineral sperm oil, 81 kero-
sene and 20 risidium, with small percent
ages Of gasoline, benzine and naptha.
From tae most southern oil discoveries
in the territory, near Evanston. to the
Bonanza, the most northern, is a distance
of 300 miles on a northeast and south,
west line. This line crosses the Shoshont
Oil basin near its center. passing through
the Dallas, or George b. Graf, district
The anticlinal folds cross this line at righI
angles, and about it cluster IN more OIL
less degree all Of the surface oil indica
tons in the territory. On the Bonanzi
claim the anticlinal fold come to thu
surface and lies open for a distance Of
three miles with a constant oil ooze. The
Bonanza Oil district is eighty miles Ions
forty wide. 1t lies in both johnson and
Fremont counties. Messrs. Conant &
Auten have placed on the Bonanza claim
a large quantity of building and shafting
timbers. They will erect a large hotel il
the spring.
, 1886-03-23

Specimens Of a peculiar grain grown
by a Machias, Me-, man from five kernels
received by him from a friend, who said
they had been taken from the crop of a
wild goose, have been sent to several ex-
perts, including members Of the marine
board Of agriculture, all of whom say
that the grain is wholly unlike any
American cereal. 1t is understood a
sample will be tried in the agricultural
department at Washington. The gentle
man referred to has succeeded in raising
about five bushels of the nondescript
grain.-Chicago Herald.
, 1886-03-23

"One Of NJ. de Dessep's strong points, 3"
says the London Times Paris correspond
emit, ~is never deferring for a minute
what he thinks it necessary to do. l
have several times been present at on
versations with friends or advisers who
would recommend him to see a particular
minister to ask for something. The ex-
" of the step would be discussed,
ana 40 sooner had this been settled than
NJ. de Lesseps would ring for a cab to be
fetched, and would start at onc to make
the application. ~ the end OF the day
nothing of what had to be done is left
undone. He is unique in this respect and
never violates his rule. r-Exchnnge.
, 1886-03-23
INoIANs sLIoINe Down AILL.
A streak of Copper Lightning-squaw
Mothers and Pappooses-Fun.

A streak of Copper Lightning-squaw-
Mother and Pappooses-Fun.
twenty-five years ago, in Minnesota, l
used to watch the Sioux boys and girls
in their winter village up the Minnesota
river. Their Arrangements were simple.
First, a strip of bark from four to six
feet long, and not over twelve inches
wide, was peeled from a living tree.
One end was cut to a point. a small hole
bored through, and a string tied in. Then
the little Indian, taking his piece Of bark
TO the top of a hill, placed it on the
crusted snow smooth side down, bent up
the pointed front by pulling at the string.
and, placing N foot about in the mid
die of this crude sled, gave a hard push
with the other, and went scooting like
a streak of copper lightning. He stood
erect, and sometimes with both feet on
the bark-one behind the other, but usu-
ally the hind leg was struck out as a sort
OF balance and rudder combined.
The dash down the hill was all right,
and 30 was the arrival at the foot if the
crust of the snow wasn't broken; but the
fun for the spectators began when use
wore out the hard surface, and the
striking of a toboggan into a soft spot
sent the bark's nose into the snow and
the Indian flying in somersets. His
proboscis might plow the snow too, but
usually not until he had taken a header
of about fifteen feet; and he didn't stop
at that, but usually did two or three flip
flaps before coming TO a rest. Hurt 'em?
Bless your heart, no. Why, 1 have seen
squaws of sixteen TO eighteen hthe.
graceful young ~things-take the ride and
the tumble shrieking with glee; and, if
one happened to have her papoose along,
didn't bother about the baby a bit. You
know, they carry them on their backs,
held in place by a blanket, which is
belted around the waist.
To see a girlish squaw-mother shoot
through the air head foremost, while her
babe went rolling end over end, would
have stirred a Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to children; but the pappoose
seemed always TO come out all right,
being SO swaddled in rabbit-fur, thistle
down, and blanket that it hadn't the
remotest idea of the mercury dropping to
20 degrees below. Now, for real, solid
fun hat kind OF sliding down hill beats
the luxurious toboganning that has come
into New York fashion, out and out
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
, 1886-03-23

The best blood purifier and system reg
ulator ever placed within reach of suffer
ing humanity, truly is Electric Filters.
Inactivity of the liver, biliousness, jaun-
dice, constipation, weak kidneys, or any
disease Of the urinary organs, or whoever
requires an appetizer, tonic. or mild slim
ulant viii always find Electric Bitters the
best and only certain cure known. They
act surely and quickly, every bottle guar
anteed to give entire satisfaction or none
refunded. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by
w n HINT
, 1886-03-23

A first class feeding farm in Iowa for
sale or exchange Tor ranch and cattle in
terest This farm is situated u miles
from the town of Spencer. on the Chicago
Milwaukee x st. Paul railroad and con
sists Of 1900 acres in all, 500 of which
are fenced and improved as under, 400
acres enclosed pasture with creek. 230
corn land, 1853 hay land, A acres shade
trees, 3 acres ornamental lawn and garden,
two very gooddwelling houses, first class
barn and cattle sheds. 3 big corrals with
windmill waterpower. scales, etc. Apply to
+. SHIvEs, Spencer, Iowa.
, 1886-03-23

No Boon That science Has Conferred
Has been fraught with greater blessings
than that which has accrued to the inhab
itants Of malarial ridden portions Of the
United States snd the tropics from the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The
experiences Of many years has but too
clearly demons,rated the inef6ciency Of
q~uinine and other drugs 70 effectualiy
combat the progress Of intermittent, con-
gestive and bilious remittent %fevers, while
on the other hand il has been no less
clearly shown that the use of the bitters, a
medicine congenial to the frailest consti-
tuition, and derived from purely botanic
sources, affords reliable safeguard against
malarial disease, aud arrest il when de-
veloped For disorders Of the stomach,
liver and bowels, for general debility and
renal inactivity, it is also a most efficient
remedy. Appetite and sleep neimproved
BY il II expels rheumatic hunors from
the blood. and enriches a circulation i'm
poverished by NAL assimilation.
, 1886-03-23

Prof Henry's Big Magnet and Battery.
Among the many valuable and historic
pieces of apparatus about the college are
several instruments which were invented
and used by the late Professor Henry
in his experiments IN electricity. In
one of the laboratories of the school Of
science may be found his ~big magnet
as it is called. mounted on a large frame,
which, when charged with electricity
by means Of his "big battery of one
cell, was capable of lifting $500 pounds.
He afterward made one of nearly the
same size and capacity for Yale, which
has been in constant use there until
within a few years, when it was laid
aside, and is now preserved among other
relics of the college. Professor Henry's
large magnetic globe, made partly of
wood, constructed so as to show the
electric current Of the earth and the
dipping of the needle, together with his
galvanometers, coils, electromagnetic,
and recorders, are of special interest and
Of peculiar historical value.-Prince-
tOnian.
, 1886-03-23
IN The SWING.

Back add forth in the swing. with rhyth
mical flow and motion,
They sweep in the evening breeze, swift a
a swallows wing,
Soft, as in moonlight dreams, smooth as the
roll OF ocean,
Back and forth in the swing.
This is the festal strain they breathe on 1eph-
yrs arnbrosian.
we have drunken OF Lethes stream, lost
In n wandering dream,
We have eaten Of lotus, love hath smote Us
with shafts OF a golden CLEAN,
And our souls vibrate between.p
, 1886-03-23

Georgia's latest oddly is a spider as
big as a hickory-nut, the long, curved
back whereof shows the human face in
profile. The face is like that Of a man
of'the Malay type, the brow, the eyes,
the nose. the mouth, and the chin being
initiated with a precision quite startling
In its way.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1886-03-23

That the reader may fully understand
what constitutes a good cough and lung
syrup, We will say tar and wild cherry Is
the basis Of the best remedies discovered
yet These ingredients with several
others equally ~eticacious, enter largely
into DR.. B~osanko's cough and lung syrup.
thus making il one OF the most reliable
now on the market Price 50 cts and
tl.oo. Samples free sold by w. N.
Hunt.
, 1886-03-23
F. E. Warren Mercantile Co.
Hill and Sixteenth Streets. Cheyenne.
PSORIASIS
And all Itching and Scaly Skin and
Scalp Diseases Cured BY
Cuticura.

PSORIASIS, eczema. letter. ringworm, llchen.
1 pruritus, scald head. milk crust, dandruf.
barbers'. bakers, ErOcers' and washerwnmansi
itch, and every species o itching, burning, scly,
plmply humors OF the scalp and skin, with loss
Of hair, are positively cured by Cuticura, the
great skin cure. and Cuticura Soap. an exquisite
skin beauti1er, externally. and luficura Res
clyent. the new blood purifier. internally, when
physicians and all other remedies fall.
, 1886-03-23

cRicK IN THE BACK. stitch in the
kyA side, cramps. shooting aud sharp
lp-ins. rheumatic. neuralgic, and
scia lc pains, sad every external
d pain and ache cured by ihe cutIcura
Anti-f Pain Plaster. new and per
feet antidCte % pain. 25c.
, 1886-03-23

Lady visitor-I suppose, Mr.. Swipe,
you will soon go abroad to study the old
masters r.m an--
Mr.. Swipe-Well. really, 1 am afraid
that in the study Of the old masters l
should forget my own individuality, and
come to paint like one Of them. -Harper's
Baznr.
, 1886-03-23

Grain, stocks and provisions boughtsnd
sold on marein every day at our Office,
Checks for differences made promptly at
O'Clock .Ned, Prentice 4 Co, 6 and 8.
Commercial block. Telephoua No. 81.
, 1886-03-23

lean beetsteak and hot water for sew
enteen weeks" is the latest diet that such
OF fhe worlds fat people who wish to
get thin are trying.
, 1886-03-23
CMEOPATHIC
S p e @ YFIC S .


TnE LEADER Office will pay the above
reward for the arrest and conviction OF
anyone guilty Of stealing copies Of Tux
LEADEn from the premises Of sub,cnbsrs.
, 1886-03-23

1, John j. Case, d. ID. &, having practised
dentistry In this county for thlrfy-nve Years Hnd
being well-known to thousands hereabouts,
with a View to help any who are AFFLICTED as 1
have been for the last Twelve years, testify that
the q ticura Remedies cured me OF psoriasis.
or scaly skin, In eight days, after the doctors
with whom l had consulted gave me no help or
encouragement. JoHN J. CASH, ID. d T.,
, 1886-03-23

II. f Carpenter. Henderson. N. Y, cured Of
psoriasis. or leprosy OF twenty yean' standing,
by Cuiicura Remedies. The most wonderful
cure on record A dustpanful of scales fell
from him daily. Physicians and his friends
thought he must die. Cure sworn to before a
Justice ~ tine peace and Henderson, most
prominent citizens.
, 1886-03-23

The Riel rebellion cost Canada ove
t4,0)0,o00.
, 1886-03-23

Your Cuticura Remedies performed a wonder
ful cure last summer on one OF our customers,
an old geLueman OF 20 years OF age. who suffered
with a ~fearfully distressing eruption on the
head and face, snd who had tried all doctors
and remedies 10 no purpose.
J. T. SMITH & Co,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-25
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DOES 1T PAY?

Three fourths of our people are
troubled with Dyspepsia or Liver
Complaint in some form or other,
which by nature Of the disease has a
depressing influence on the mind or
body, preventing them from think
Ing or acting clearly in any matter
Of Importance. Indigestion, coming
up Of food after eating, dyspepsia,
sick headache, acidity Of the stom-
Ach or any arrangement OF the
stomach or liver upon which the
whole action Of our system depends)
are speedily and effectually over
come by the use Of Green's August
TOuer. The most stubborn cases
have yielded to its influence, as
thousands OF letters received will
testify. The immense sale OF this
medicine is another guarantee OF its
merits, cover IA million and half
bottles sold last year, So we ask,
will it pay you to suffer from any Of
the above diseases when you can
have immediate relief In the august
FlOUer. Three doses will prove its
worth. It is sold by all druggists and
general dealers in all parts OF the
world. 4eOwm3
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-25

just on the eve OF election the
Worth county Index published as
the opinion of the official head OF
the Knights Of Labor a protective
tariff statement which was a base
forgery. 1t may now, il it desires
TO, copy what Grandmaster Powder
~ says OF its little god, j. G.,
Blaine:
THE tariff is not the only issue In
this country, as some politicians
would have us to believe. IcoEsid-
or James q. Blaine the greatest
fraud on earth. In his Maine cam
paign he tried with sweep Of his
hand to wave away all the declara-
tions Of labor in favor OF his tariff
hobby.'-From the Philadelphia
Record Of Monday, Nov. 8.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-25

On Monday orr principal streets
We're the scene OF one or those ~a1i
and revolving speefacles, not infre-
qucntly met wiih,-a case OF female
intoxicafion. She seemed 10 be ii
total stranger. and nobody was with
| her. although il WAS learned that she
had q son accompanying har,bnf was
not in the city III that time. She
male herself obnnxions generally
during the day, and towards evening
she was escorted 10 jail hy Night
watch Wilson. On "Wednesday she
was given Il hearing before Justice
Toye. and the fact Of her case DE-
yeloped. She gave her nam. as Mrs
Mary Mahar and when 1T home she
lives in New Hampshire and il III
habitual drunkard. Hearing that
the prohibition law was enforced IN
Iowa. she came TO this state. think.
ing that ii she couli pot obtain wills
ky she would soon get over tie
habit. She stopped first ut Cresco
and was in the town int a shoi,
time before she became intoxicated
She then came here. but found il
was NJ better She is probably
over 80 years cfage Of good persona
appearance and looks rs though sh,
had seen better days. Judge Toy.
gave her her choice OF thirty day.
in Jail or leave the county Sh.
said she could not leave until he
son came, and went 10 jail till hi:
arrival on Thursday, when she wa.
released, and they took I'll.
train for parts unknown.-Decoral
Journal
II there is place in Iowa wher'
a person cannot obtain all the whis
ky he can drink We should like Il
have some person WHO knows, tel
where it is. We have prohibition
in Iowa, except. that our pharmae.
law provides way to get il withou
difficulty; in states where a licens,
law prevails, the attempt is made t
tell who may sell 1t and To what
classes. Exceptions provide tn
means to crafty the appetite.
The cavalier piety of CROMWELL
time and the temperance reform
under the methods Of Neal Dow an
hi, followers in the work OF prohi
bitinn, present to the student O
history ard philosophy about tn
same phase Of sham. cant an
hypocrisy. Moral. social and reii
gious reforms which rest upon lay
alone are like deal sea apples turn
to ashes on the lips.