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The true northerner., 1886-02-25

THE agent of n New Mexico ranch
man paid his semi-annual visit to a dis
tant grazing ground, only to find the
sheep-herder dead and the sheep quiet
ly feeding in a fertile canyon near by,
jealously guarded by his dog. In the
rear of the corral. into which the sheep
were driven every night, lay the bleach
ing skeletons of dozen or more sheep.
Astonished at the sagacity OF the dog,
the ranchman secreted himself and
waited until night. AS the sun began
to sink the sheep came trooping in,
with the dog in the rear. They crowded
into the corral through narrow open
ing, and as the last one pushed forward
the dog seized and killed him, and then
dragged the lifeless body to the rear OF
the corral, where he made n comfort
able supper off portion of the carcass,
leaving the balance for future meals.
He had been doing this ever since the
death of his master, and would prob
ably have continued his guardianship
over the flock until he died.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

The ripened corn tossed I'm the air
It's looks OF amber SILK,
When Betty. trim and rosy fair.
Brought home the pals OF milk;
And oh. how gayly did she sing
Unto the trembling stars
heard the silver echoes ring
Down at the meadow bars.
Barefooted was the little lass,
AS she came through the field:
To her small feet II seemed the grass
Carsssingly must yield;
And oh. how sweetly rose the notes
Unto the trembling stars
Like music slipped from robins throats-
heard IL ut the bars.
watched her as her way she went
Beneath the 3 immer sky;
With every breeze was softly blent
"A-comin' through the Ryel"
And oh. thought |, amid the grain,
Beneath the silent stars.
What bliss 'twould be To prove the strain,
And kiss her at the bars
Outing.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25


There is story told of George
Washington's boyhood-unfortunately
there are not many stories which is to
the point His father had taken a great
deal of pride in his blooded ho SEES,
and his mother afterward took great
pains to keep the stock pure. She had
several young horses that had not vet
been broken, and ONE of them in par
ticular, sorrel, was extremely spirited.
No one had been able TO do ANYTHING
with it, and it was pronounced thor
oughly vicious, as people are apt to
pronounce horses which they have not
learned to master. George was de-
termined to ride this colt, and told his
companions that If they would help
him catch it he would ride and tame it.
Early in the morning they set out for
the pasture, where the bows managed
to surround the sorrel and then to put
a bit into its mouth. Washington
sprang on its back, the boys dropped
the bride, and away flew the angry
animal. Its rider at once began to
command; the horse resisted, backing
about the field, rearing and plunging.
The boys became thoroughly alarmed,
but Washington kept his seat, never
once losing his self-control or his mas
terry of the colt. The struggle was a
sharp one; when suddenly, as il de-
termined to rid itself of its rider, the
creature leaped into the air with q tre-
mendous bound. 1t was its last. The
violence burst n blood-vessel, and the
noble horse fell dead.
Before the bows could sufficiently re-
cover to cons der how they shOnld ex-
tricate themselves from the scrape,
they were called to breakfast, and the
mistress of the house knowing that they
had been in the fields, began to ask
after her stock.
"Pray, young gentlemen said she,
shave you seen my bloOded colts in
your rambles? 1 hope they are well
taken care of. My favorite, / am told
is as large as his sire"
The BOYS looked at one another, and
no one liked to speak. OF course the
mother repeated her question.
~The sorrel is dead, madam" said
her son. Il killed him"
And then he told the whole story.
They say that his mother flushed with
anger, as her son often used to, and
then, like him, controlled herself, and
presently said quietly:
at is we'll; but while i regret the
loss of my favorite, rejoice in my sor
who always speaks the truth. ."-Heze
kidh Butter,rorth, in 50. Nicholas.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

The war which has been raging at De-
troit between the newspapers and the rail-
roads over the matter of the publication OF
the time-carls or the company has finally
got into court. A coal-dealer offered an
advertisement to the Free Press which con-
tanned, with his own announcements, the
time-card of the Michigan Central Railroad.
The Free Press refused to accept the ad-
vertisement unless the Central's time card
was omitted, and the coal-dealer imnedi-
ately employed er-Attorney General Otto
Kirchner to begin action against the papes
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

After three weeks OF this kind OF suffer
ing her husband dug up the buried
member and found that bandage re-
mained bound tightly around the toes,
on one of which was the'corn. He re-
moved the bandage, buried he member
in an easy and comfortable position,
and since then Mrs. Goodliff has had
no trouble with that foot or corn.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
Not by Victor Hugo.

He sat in the rarlor.
She was similarly indulging.
They had been doing this similarly
for four mortal hours.
1t was l0:30 p. m
He was happy.
She was tired.
He asked if he might sing.
She said that the patrol wagon did
not come out after ii O'Clock.
Then he tuned up his voice and
started.
"Ever Of thee, I'm fondly dreaming,
he wirbled.
why don't you wake up and &c
homer" she queried querulously.
He walked up.
He went home.
He never came back.
But another young man took his
place.
They burn the paternal coal and gas
seven nights per week.
Possibly it is better thus.
Who knows. Merchant Traveller.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
How to Kill the Blues.

Generally speaking, if you are troub-
led with "the blues, and cannot tell
why, you may be certain that it springs
from physical weakness. Instead of
lying on sofa and courting painful
ideas. if you are despairing lover, q
hypochondriac or a valetudenarian, you
should be up and stirring yourself. The
blood of a melancholy man is thick
and slow, creeping sluggishly through
his veins, like muddy waters in canal: /:
the blood of your merry, chirping phi
losopher is clear and quick, brisk as
newly broached champagne. Try,
therefore, TO set your blood in motion.
Try, rather, what smart walk will do
for you; set your pegs i'll motion on
rough, rocky ground, or hurry them up
n steep, cragged hill build a stone wall;
swing an ak over pile of hickory or
rock maple; turn a grindstone; dig
bitches; practice ground and lofty
tumbling;" pour water into sieves with
the Danaides, or, with the Sisyphus,
sup the high hill heave n hugo round
stone;" in snort, do anything that will
start the perspiration, and you will
soon cease to have your brains lined
with black. as Burton expresses it, or
to rise in the morning, as Cowper did,
@like an Internal frog out of Acheron,
crowned with the oozc and mud of mel
ancholy. PROT. MdtheiCs.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

The portico fight between Mr.. Rob
ert Garrett and Mr.. Henry Jones, of
Baltimore, is now in the Maryland
State Court of Appeals, whore a big
plaster cast OF Mr.. Garrett's new house
occupies good deal of attention. Mr..
Garrett thinks that he has the right by
law to erect portico steps on Mount Yer
non place. appurtenant to his house.
to the distance of nine feet from the
dwelling line. Mr.. Jones, his neigh
Dor. holds that the portico is NUS
ance, Notwithstanding that it has elab-
crate stone carvings and ornaments,
and cost great deal of money. Mr..
Jones has threatened that if the courts
decide against him he will turn his
residence into a negro orphan asylum.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

WASHINGTON TERRITORY thinks treat
ing is bad custom, and an anti-treat
ing bill has passed one branch of the
Territorial Legislature. 1t prohibits
any person from treating or enterta n
ing "gratuitously any other person or
persons to or with spirituous or malt
liquors, wine or cider, or any other
beverage whatever, in any public bar
room, saloon, beer hall, or grocery in
this Territory, or in any other public
place of resort or amusement" If the
bill passes it will cost man from So to
$25 to treat a friend there, not including
the price of the drinks. Nothing is said
about cigars.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

PARIS has planned particularly sci
entific baby show. Each exhibitor will
have to fill up list of questions tend
ing to throw light upon the influence
of consanguineous marriages, the he
reditary principle, climate, and different
methods of nursing, and will be asked
to send in with the exhibit photographs
of ancestors, or ancestral pictures, and
of near relatives. The ages of the ex-
hibits will range from one to five years.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

A VERY singular society exists in Los
Angeles County, California, the mem
bers of which call themselves Faithists.
1t claims to be founded on some kind
of occult theology; but whnt they be.
lieve it is impossible to determine.
What thcy do, or fail to do, is plain
enough. They will not cat any kind Of
animal food; they will take no medi
cine; they will hold no intercourse with
tho world. Recently. Alice Hinde. the
young daughter of Faithist, died, and
an inquest on the body showed that she
had perished from lack of proper nu
triment and attention. She had beer
III for several months, and in oil thai
time had had no milk, broth, eggs, OF
mcat; no physician either, no company
rave that OF her peculiar family.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

Miss ANNIE WHITNEY is much talked
of in Boston now as sculptor of mark
ed power. She used to fancy herself a
poet. One day, however, having over
turned pot of sand in the greenhouse,
which, from its dampness, readily took
impressions, she began to model it,
keeping at the work for hours, and re-
turning to it next day with zest, till she
had wrought out her idea. Her
thought had taken visible form, and il
gave her such satisfaction that she then
and there decided to make sculpture
the pursuit of her life, and began to
work Immediately and in earnest.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

A COMPOSER of music whose halo did
not fit on that particular day said to a
friend: "Yo compose piece of music
is serious affair. If musical idea
comes into your head, you won't hap
pen to have any paper handy, and if
you have any paper you will find it
hard work to find publisher, and
even if you secure publisher he may
fail to pay you anything for your
trouble, and besides, very few will buy
your piece, and if anyone should buy
it he would not know how TO play it,
and in all probability if he played it he
would not like it.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

Few men have left more substantial
traces of their existence, says the ST.
James Gazette. than Christopher Co.
lumbus; yet it is not krown for GER
tain where he was born. nor even
where he was buried, for both San
Domingo and Havana claim the pos
session of rs bones. The Abbe Cas-.
anova has, however, made out a very
strong case in favor of the right oi
Calvi, in Corsica, to be regarded as
the natal place of tho great discoverer;
and the people Of Calvi are accordingly
making arrangements to celebrate the
fourth centenary of their illustrious
townsman on n grand scale.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

AMEsBURY, Massachusetts,, is the
home of the poet Whittier; Salisbury,
its seashore neighbor, is the home of
the salisbury Point dory." The
towns propose to unite, but fail to
agree as to which name shall stand, the
Salisbury fishermen fearing injury to
the trade in their Point" boats if that
name is given up, and the Amesbury
farmers holding that, even if this hap
pens, to become fellow-townsmen OF
the poet and people of old Amesbury
is compensation enough.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

ANOTHER story Of feeling in an am
puta.ed limb comes from Byron, N. Y.
DIR. Townsend amputated Mrs. William
Goodliff's leg just below the knee. The
leg was buried, and the patient was get
ting we'll all right except that she con-
stantly complained that corn on her
departed foot panied hcr excessively.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

To THE President of Brooklyn Irish
society who had sent him an invitation
to a charity ball, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher recently wrote; Il never
learned to dance, and am too old to
learn new tricks of that kind. But il
there are younger feet which can beat
out dollars with dancing for the or
phans, shall be glad to have some
good nimble dancer work out one
tickets worth for me-"
The true northerner., 1886-02-25
The Way with Her.

Miss Miggs-I hope, my dear, that
you don't go to the theater alone
Estelle-No, indeed. | never think
of going unless am chaperoned.
Miss Miggs- Unless you are whate
Estelle-Chaperoned.
Miss Miggs-That's the waywith me.
1 always like to have chap around.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

A botanist has attempted to estimate
the number of seeds found upon single
specimens of some of the most obnox-
ious weeds of this country. For shep-
herds purse he makes the number 81
500 per plant; dandelion, IL, 10s; wild
pepper grass. lS, 400; wheats thief. 900 (;
common thistle, 1886; chamomile,
i5,s 20; butter weed, 1851; rag weed,
1896; common purslane, 38s, 500; com
mon plantain, AZ. 200; burdock. 3s.06s.
The true northerner., 1886-02-25

MAMMA. why is papa, ,balde' "I am
his fourth wife, darling
, 1886-02-13

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Laramie City sewarge bill was re-
turned from the committee with the
recommendation that section 5 be stricken
out and that the bill pass as otherwise
amended. 1t was referred to the commit
tee on printing.
The irrigation bill was again taken up
in committee of the whole and still further
amended. When it was completed the
amendments counted up thirty-two and
there are two new sections. A large part
Of the afternoon was occupied in consid-
Grafton of the amendments proposed.
One which came from Albany county,
and which would have practically nullifed
the bill. was rejected. The committee
finally reported the bill for passage.
The bill for changing the boundaries
of certain wards in Cheyenne and also for
further improvement OF the streets and
sewerage, was discussed in committee of
the whole. Mr.. Tompkins opposed it.
Mr.. O'Brien favored it. It was finally
recommended for passage.
The bill providing an amendment to
the maverick law was discussed quite
fully. Mr.. Summers offered an amend
ment that the money obtained from the
sale of mavericks be turned into the
school fund. Lost. The bill was finally
recommended for passage.
Both houses adjourned until 10 a. III.
to- day.
, 1886-02-13

The preliminary examination in the
case of the Territory of Wyoming VS..
John Mortimer, charged with grand
larceny, occurred before Judge Lee yes
terday afternoon. Mortimer was charged
with having stolen a saddle from George
Benton at his livery stable on Hill street.
Indirectly he was also charged with steal
ing a suit of clothes, but as this was not
charged against him in the complaint no
evidence was offered ugon the matter.
So far as the stealing Of the saddle was
concerned the evidence was quite conclu-
sive, including an admission which Nor
timer is said to have made. The court
held the defendant to bail in the sum of
5000, bat as he was unable TO give bail,
he was committed to the county jail until
the next term of court.
, 1886-02-13
Legislative Matters.


MILLENNIUM SESSlbN.
The substitute for the house joint reso-
luton and memorial regarding the open
ing of the Fort Bridger military reserya
ton passed. 1t will now be sent back to
the house.
The bill making it obligatory upon per
sons driving cattle through the territory
10 brand their own stock and cut out
stock not bearing that brand, with 800
fine penalty, passed.
The game law amendment bill, provid-
ing hat ducks, brant and geese cannot be
shot before May !, was killed.
Mr.. Cashin gave notice of a bill to au-
thorize the county commissioners of the
several counties to appoint special deputy
sheriffs.
The Sunday bill was reported with a
recommendation that it pass. 1t prohibits
all business on Sunday except by hotels,
restaurants, drug stores, telegraph and
railway Offices, milk or bread peddlers,
but provides that these places must not
sell liquors, cigars, tobacco or cigarettes.
1t applies only to towns of more than 200
people.
The bill changing the name of one
Warshawkie to Chase was passed.
, 1886-02-13

The Denver T7J,uc-R Republican has
the following editorial on u new agri-
cultural and live stock association:
''The citizens of Wyoming yesterday
determined to hold a territorial exposition
in Cheyenne next summer, and we are
pleased to be able to take this early OPP
portunity to congratulate them upon hav-
ing. undertakings worthy an enterprise.
Wyoming is, in its natural resources, a
very rich territory, but it has heretofore
suffered from a lack of advertising. The
exposition which the Wyoming people
propose to hold will, in a great measure,
remove this objection, and it will show to
the people of the United States how rich
and valuable a part of the national do
main our neighbor is"
, 1886-02-13

For a long time there has existed an in
stitution in the Grow creek bottom which
has been one of the most disreputab.e
places in the city. The place has had for
a proprietor a young man named Joseph
Coffee. The police finally determined to
make a raid on the place, which they did
night before last, and among the curious
results of the raid was the arraignment of
Coffee before Judge Lee Yesterday, to-
gether with four young men whose names
will not at this time be mentioned. The
result of the arraignment of these parties
was the payment of a fine of SIS. includ-
ing costs, by Joseph Coffee, while the
Others, in view of i large AMOUNT oil
weeping, wailiug aud gnashiug OF
teeth" were permitted to depart in peace.
sadder yet wiser young men. Coffee paid
his fine and was also released from Gus.
tody.
, 1886-02-13
4 SUNDAY senooL SOCIETY,"
Which is About to be Organized In
Cheyenne.

An effort is being made to organize a
Sunday school society which is to be com
posed of members irrespective OF any
particular church. Among those who are
interested matter and will lend their aid
to the work are |. G. Whipple. Chief JUS
tico Lacey and others leading citizens,
and as the plan is a good one and such as
commends itself to the good wishes of
all, there is no doubt but that it will
prove Il success.
The idea upon which the society is to
be founded will be to engage the services of
some active church man Ia preacher, per
haps), who Is to visit distant parts of the
county and territory where no regular
church services are held, and to not only
organize Sunday schools in these places,
but also, aud At frequent intervals there
after, visit them and render such SER
vices as the interests of the work demand.
, 1886-02-13
Personal POINTERS.
Items Of Interest Concerning Prominent
People.

|
Max Idelman is absent in Colorado.
Chief Justice Lacey Is in Laramie
City.
William Dolan has gone back to his
ranch.
N. X. Boswell came over to Cheyenne
Yesterday.
R. Bishop returned home to Greeley
yesterday.
w. Wasserman has gone west on a
business trip.
Geo. G. Masten is still confined to his
bed with rheumatism.
w. G. Sampson returned on Thursday
from an eastern trip.
Mrs. T. A.. Kent gave a progressive
euchre party last evening to forty invited
friends.
j. Webber, Omaha; Miss Robinson,
New York; w. r. Salb, Omaha; aud j..
Monahan, ofDenver, are at the Pacific.
Hon. James G. Fair, United States
senator from Nevada, passed through the
city yesterday on the way to Washington
City.
p. j. Barnes, p. Chapman, st. Joseph;
&. o. Enright, II. b. Mcdonald, r. p.
Pen, Fort Collins; II. II. Morgue,
Omaha; and d. W. Baird, Of Laramie,
are at Fishers.
p. Allen, Plum creek; S. G. Summers,
Omaha; b. f. Johnston. Chicago; c. II.
Coleman, st. Louis; Il. Robing, New
York, and C. A. Mona, of Kansas City,
are at the Inter Ocean.
, 1886-02-13
MISS oLCoTT.
The Bright and Winsome Actress at the
Opera House This Afternoon and
Evening.

Miss 0lcott and her company arrived in
the city this morning ona special train from
the south in order to be here in time for
the matinee. This afternoons perform
ances will be Bulwer's matchless play.
the LAZY Of Lyons. OF Miss Olcott's
Pauline the New York Daily Nelcs
says: Miss Olcott's Pauline is a char
acter as nearly perfect as talent, training
and exceptional histrionic ability can pro
duce.
Tonight will be presented the popular
Union Square theater success, Lynieood.
The indications now are that both per
formances will be greeted by large audi
ences. Prices for the matinee have been
reduced to twenty-five and fifty cents; in
the evening usual prices will prevail.
, 1886-02-13

j. A. Bean, special officer for the Union
Pacific, appeared before Judge Lee yes
terday and made complaint against Henry
Frost and Annie Clark, charging them
with stealing a quantity of coal from the
Union Pacific coal yards. A warrant was
issued for their arrest and the cases will
be iudieialIy INVESTIGATED today.
, 1886-02-13

Grain, stocks and provisions bought aud
sold on margin every day ut our Office.
Checks for differences made promptly at
3 o'clock. Nef, Prentice & Co. 6 and s.,
Commercial block. Telephone No. 81.
, 1886-02-13

Miss Allcott has a good stage presence,
a pleasing expression of countenancc, and
is quite composed and at ease before her
audience. Her reading in Pauline, as
in Juliet and "Parthenia, was fault
ess. She showed a thorough conscient-
tiousncss in all she did. She is certainly
destined to SUCCESS. Republican.
, 1886-02-13

The following instruments were filed
for record in the Office of the county clerk
yesterday: A warranty deed from Charles
w. lsenbcry to Michael Powell for lots Z
and s in block SOB. in the city of Chey-
enne. the consideration being $500. Also
a warranty deed from Luke Voorhees, to
Valentine Baker for lot 6 in block SOB, in
the city Of Cheyenne; consideration
81 hOn-
, 1886-02-13

Call in and look at the Chicago markets.
o and &, Commercial block. Tel No. g..
, 1886-02-13

The Brotherhood of locomotive Fire
men will give their third annual ball at
Library hall, on the evening of Washing
tons birthday, Feb. 22. The entertain
ments Of the brotherhood are distin-
guished for brightness, sociability and the
good order maintained, and are therefore
always extensively %patronized.
, 1886-02-13

Matinee at > p. NJ. Prices, % and so
cents.
, 1886-02-13

Call in and look at the Chicago markets
6 and 8 Commercial block. Tel No. CT.
, 1886-02-13

Nice s,1eef, juicy beef, ceaf,
pork, mutton and the rery
finest cOrned beer and pick
ted pork in the U'esf, at j.
-. T0yIOr's.
, 1886-02-13

Superior coal aud Muddy Creek
hay. Order office with Stock Journal
Telephone l5l, yard SO4 Twentieth street.
, 1886-02-13

One hundred cases of claret wine Tor
sale, $3.75 per case, at Masten's.
, 1886-02-13

Fresh Iard rendered daily
iH 3, D and ten ID. pals, 20,
and 10 10. cans and ia bHih-,
at y. y. TayiOr'S.
, 1886-02-13

tor1ca1 Deptj Cheyenne, Kyo.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-09
TIE GAzETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY DECEMBER
Inc the aull railrOAding months Of ,hs

Inc the duh railroading months Of he
summer?n '''S
swell, you might ask some OF these ola
men In Dallas, who have been in the coal
Dnsipess and have quit Il 10 20 az some.
thing else--many Of them in manulactur-
log establishments, where they use large
amounts OF coal, and are experiencing
famine inconVeniences the same as other
people, only 70 a greater extent. They
can tell you whether 1t Is possible
Tor q coal dealer TO do that or
not IL one attempts II the experiment will
bankrupt HIM. Ask the Dallas bankers n
II Is possibility Tor dealer to store up
winters supply in the summer.
kecollect coal dealers have to pay for
their coal on short tine. They don't Gel
Indefinite periods Ia which to settle. II
takes an enormous amount OF money to
pay Tor say 10000 tons OF coal az a
stored supply put In during the summer
Tor use in Dallas during the following
winter. The item Of Interest on the
money necessary TO pay for that amount
OF coal would make much larger
sum than people who talk about storing
winters supply dnriag summer realize
without figuring on II. Tneu, again, the
the loss by slack to the dealer would be
sufficient to almost counterhal iuce
his profits and he would be do
Ing business for nothing.'