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COL0RADO'S
Excursion to Texas via the Pan
handle Route.

The Denver, Texas x Fort Worth rail-
road have announced an excursion to
Texas leaving Denver in the morning and
Pueblo at noon, on Saturday, May ~, to
join in the grand celebration and dedica-
ton of their magnificent State Capitol
and attend the grand military encamp-
ment at Austin during the week May IA
to 70.
Austin, the capital city of the Lone
Star State, is a beautiful city OF twenty
seven thousand inhabitants, and is laid
out resembling Washington City in its
general plan and characteristics, while for
beauty of location and natural surround
ings it far surpasses the National Capital
City.
The new Capitol building is said to be
the most imposing granite edifice in the
United States of this character, and was
erected at the enormous cost of nearly
ten millions of dollars. The grandeur of
this occasion and the event which it cele-
brates will mark an era that will pass into
the historic annals of the state.
The State of Texas, in the month of
May, is clothed in her most luxuriant
garb, and a trip from Colorado through
the Panhandle promises a pleasure to res
idents of the mountain region quite as
unique and enjoyable as our grand scenery
will be to the host of our Southern friends
whom we expect to visit US this coming
summer.
The attractions promised during the
week at Austin are of the most brilliant
and interesting character. In addition to
the dedication exercises and grand parade
there will be a grand military encamp-
ment, comprising all of the sixty regi,
ments of the Texas Volunteer State
Guard, which will be augmented by at
least twenty-five more from other states.
Gilmore's world renowned band OF
eighty pieces have been specially engaged
and will be accompanied by famous vocal
lists and present the distinguishing fea-
lures of the Boston jubilee, viz: the
cannon and anvil accompaniment to the
national airs. There Will also be a series
of base ball games by eminent profession.
al clubs and an attractive regatta ON the
Colorado river in full view of the en-.
campment grounds. There will be grand
full dress balls given in the House Of
Representatives and Senate Chamber OF
the new Capitol, while the entire week
will be devoted to fetes, festivals, fire
works and brilliant e-xtravagances that
will ever be remembered by those who
participate.
A most cordial welcome is rendered to
residents of Colorado by the Texans, who
lately joined us in celebrating the open.
ing of the line hat now offers a return
excursion to all who desire to avail them.
selves OF a low rate of fare for the rOlnd
trip.
For further particulars call on or ad.
dress George Ady, general passenger and
ticket agent Panhandle Route" Den.
yer, Colorado.
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DELAYED at Granite Canon.

The train due here at $40 O'Clock last
evening, did not arrive until . this morn
ing. Near Granite Canon some portion
of the trucks of one of the coaches was
broken and the train halted in conse-
quence. One locomotive and a fruit car
were detached and brought to this city.
So soon as possible a new set of trucks
was taken to the scene of the accident
and the damage repaired at once. The
passengers were "ioltcd' somewhat, but
no one was injured.
The night Denver train waited here
until the belated train arrived.
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A THOUGHT.

Down where the shores of Tomorrow Land
Are washed by the River of Time,
A Daydream fair reared into the air
A castle of height sublime;
And working he sang this rhyme:
''There are none who weep, there is naught of
sorrow
In this, the joyous Land of Tomorrow"
Higher and higher the castle tall
Uplifted its battlementss strong,
And cleaning bright, he placed on the height
The Star OF Hope; then long
And loud he sang his song:
"There arr none who weep, there is naught Of
sorrow
In this, the joyous Land of Tomorrow
All! But a whirlwind OF Fate all dark,
Came over that region so blest.
The cleaning star fell down from afar
TN shattered, his Hope lay pressed
Down, down on the Daydream's breast.
But, did no one weep nor feel in sorrow
A dream lay dead in the Land of Tomorrow.
Florence Converse in New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
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Back from the Presbytery.

Rev. R. Field returned yesterday from
the Presbyterian convention at Fort Nor.
gan, Col, a new town on the Burlington &
Missouri near Julesburg Mr.. Field re-
ports that section developing wonder
fully.
The popular pastor leaves for the East
next week to enjoy a two months vacation.
While absent from Cheyenne Mr.. Field
will attend as a delegate the annual Pres.
bytery at Philadelphia next month.
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At First Congregational church on Tues
day evening, April II. A musical and
literary entertainment will be given. In
strumental music, cornet and piano Choir
uses, giles by a male quartette and recita
tons. An express office will be opened,
refreshments served and a general good
time may be had, all for % cents.
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Notice

j. NJ. Newman has again got back to
his old business and taken possession of
the feed and sale stables on Seventeenth
street and Themes where, he will be
pleased to see all of his old friends and
customers.
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SOMo the Children. They are 1s-
oNNS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Kennedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of nxiou watching. Sold by
Or. W. N. Hunt.
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.8Rh eCSeF' = ksHSCh ROCk
Beer on drGn az Kabis'
fO-HUy.

Chinese ANA Japanese Goods.
Lok Don, on Central avenue, rear of
the Inter Ocean, has on sale Il lot of
Chinese and Japanese fancy goods. crock
cry, teas and SILK. The opening will
take place next Monday, April 10th.
Everything cheap and good. Everybody
welcome.
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FO AALE,
Colorado Nursery stock.

The finest Cottonwood, Maple. Elm
shade trees, hardy out door Roses, Lilacs
and other climbing vines, Ampelopsis
Veitchii, Woodbine Climatis, Trumpet
Creeper, etc.
Sales yard at Mrs. Masten's, opposite
Opera House. q. ID. SHIELDS.
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Lost.

From carriage, front of Abney's stable,
a double wooden shawl, gray and white,
fringed, Suitable reward will be paid if
shawl is left with j.. G. Abney.
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.4nheHSer Busch BOcK
Beer On draft at KGbis'
to-day.
, 1888-04-14

The additions to the United States pen,
itentiarY at Rawlins are to be constructed
at once. Elsewhere in this issue appears
an advertisement soliciting bids for fur
nishing the material to be used in making
the improvements. This announcement
will be received with Joy by the residents
of Laramie in particular and the inhabi.
tants of the territory in general.
The tumble down old concern over the
hill has long been a disgrace to the gov
eminent and Wyoming. Within its walls
have been confined some of the most des
perate criminals ever jailed in the West.
While very few have escaped from the
building, it has for years been considered
an unsafe prison.
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BOy'S Shirt waists 25C
and stplONrtS at W. Marks
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The Cheyenne Creamery Company
Has been organized with a capital stock
of $4,000, Geo. A. Draper. president,
and will be ready to transact business by
the middle of April. All parties desiring
to furnish cream should address as above.
GEO. A. DRAPER, President.
, 1888-04-14

The annual meeting of the Inter Ocean
Hereford Association will be held at the
Inter Ocean hotel, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sat-
urday, April 81, 1883, at = o'clock in the
afternoon. JOHN CHASE,
Secretary.
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NOVELTIES.

Amongst the novelties which deserve especial notice are Swiss and
Nainsook Skrhngs Panels, Pyramids and Matched Sets, and Zephyr
and Badste CoIored Embroiderics in Matched Widths and Plain
Goods to correspond.
| shall offer this week a lot of Swiss and Batfc Robe Patterns at
ACTUAL CosT, and a fresh lot of Remnants at % and 80 cents.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
A MARINE roBoGaAN SLIDE.


The artificial slope rises from high water
mark to the height Of thirty-two feet above
It, where there is suitable platform that is
reached by fight of steps. The chute it.
self is but twenty inches wide, and contains
rs wheels for the sleds to run on. 1t is the
inventors intention this season to replace
these wheels by series of brass rollers each
sixteen inches long. Almost any common
toboggan will answer the purpose; but the
patented ''star oval board" will encounter
less friction than fiat surface, and will meet
with less resistance on striking the water.
The slide is open to all at certain stages OF
the tide, but at high water none are admitted
but good swimmers. The chute is IT'S feet
long The toboggan starts at the signal given
by a bell, only one being allowed to
go at time, and on being projected
from the lower eud. they ricochet across the
waters of the sound for a distance varying
from Is to rs feet, skipping along like fiat
pebble, till the force acquired in the descent
is lost, after which the bather swims ashore,
pulling his sled after him. The facial express
sion Of novices taking their first adventurous
slide is quite remarkable, and the sensations
felt are correspondingly novel and peculiar.
The popularity Of this new form of summer
sport is proved by the fact that, during the
month of August, 1887, II 900 slides were paid
for at two cents slide. Crowds of spectators
were daily assembled to witness the exciting
scene.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
A HUMAN FOOTPRINT,

The footprint represented in the illustra-
ton is about ten inches long and from three
to four and a half inches wide; the excessive
width in proportion to the length is doubtless
due, explains Popular Science News, in
which the illustration originally appeared,
to the soft earth spreading under the weight.
The great toe is large and prominent, and is
longer than the second one This popularity
is considered by some arch@ologists to be a
sign of inferiority of race. The fore part of
the foot has made the deepest impression,
showing it to be made by a vigorous and
strong gated person.
The age of these footprints is very un-
certain. Certain fossils accompanying the
footprints have been referred to the quarter
nary era, and the bones of mastodon were
found in a layer of earth above the foot
prints. The country surrounding the Lake
Nicaragua is rich in relics of prehistoric in
habitants, who were evidently distinct race
from those inhabiting the country at the
time of the Spanish conquest; and although
it is at present impossible to set date for
these literal footprints on the sands of
time,n there can be no doubt that they are of
great antiquity, and may even date back to
that remote period when the northern part
of the country was covered with the snow
and ice of the glacial epoch.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Inhalation Of Ipecao In Lung Dises,
VnRayiea nj tho vNs,etite.

Inhalation of Ipccao In Lung Disease.
vagartes OF tho Appetite.
A writer in Medical Press advocates the
inhalation OF ipecac for various diseases Of
the lungs and air passages He reports six
cases greatly benefited by inhalations Of
wine OF ipecac in spray. Greatest benefit
was obtained from this in cases of chronic
bronchitis and bronchial catarrh. In
phthisis there was marked amelioration. A
single inhalation will sometimes restore the
voice In cases due to congestion Of the vocal
cords. The spray should be given warm, and
the patient should remain indoors for some
time after the inhalation. Care should be
taken to be sure that the spray enters the
chest and is not stopped by the arching Of
the tongue against the wall Of the mouth.
Ten minutes spraying three times day will
suffice.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

California Trees-Father and Mother OF
the F0rest-DimensiOns.
The large trees In California are specified
by Haswell as follows; The Keystone State,
In Calavera Grove, is 1875 feet In height.
The Father Of the Forest felled, is 1856 feet In
length, and man ON horseback can ride
erect ninety feet inside Of its trunk. The
Mother of the Forest Is 3l5 feet In height,
"a feet In circumference C26.76 in d.
ameter) inside Of It's bark, and Is CON-
puted tn contain 1877 900 feet OF sound
one inch lumber. These measurements
appear to be exceeded by some trees
In Australia, MS is set forth in the report OF
the Intercolonial exhibition of 1870 page
$500, published from the government print
ing office at Sydney in 1871. Here is the
statements The average height to which the
Eucalipts attain in this colony may be stated
at 100 to 100 feet, with stem Of from three
and half to five feet in diameter. All above
these dimensions must be regarded as excep
tional. In jungle forests they have been
known to reach height Of 200 feet or more.
But these heights sink into insignifcance
compared to those given Of some allied spe-
cies of the same genus indigenous to Victoria,
Tasmania and western Australia. The las
mania "blue gum" eucalyptus globules
is said to reach to height of 800 feet, and
Dr. Won Mueller states in the official record
Of the Melbourne Intercolonial exhibition
that "karri tree" Ecolossa) of western Aus
tralia was measured by Mr.. Pemberton Wal
cot, which reached 400 feet in height; and
Mr.. Boyle measured fallen tree Of Eamyg-
dalina in the deep recesses Of Daudanong,
nearlMelbourne. 40 feet in length: further
that a Mr.. Klein took the measurement Of O
eucalyptus, ten miles from Thalesville, 4sO
feet high, and that a Mr.. G. w. Robinson
ascertained the circumference Of tree Of the
Eamygdalina to be eighty-one feet.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
In the Fruit Garden,

Plant the strawberry on perfect level
with the surface of the ground, or little
below, never on ridge or hill, says Mark
w. Johnson, the practical horticulturist
and well known fruit grower. The plant
has tendency to rise up out Of the
ground. He advises planting eighteen
inches apart each way for small patch.
For field culture plant in rows three feet
apart and twelve inches apart in the
rows. Following are the distances apart
for planting the various small fruits,
recommended by Mr.. johnson.
Plant grape vines eight to sixteen feet
apart.
Raspberries should be four feet apart
in mellow soil and protected from the
southwestern sun.
Blackberries should be planted four feet
apart.
Gooseberries three feet apart.
Currants three feet apart.
Use no fresh manure around the roots
of vines; apply it on the surface.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
Weevil in Grain.

Weevil may be almost if not wholly
prevented by thorough cleanliness of the
premises where the grain is stored and by
occasionally stirring it and exposing it to
the light. When possible avoid storing
grain in bins that have been infested.
When it is inconvenient to change the
place of storage, fumigate the granary
thoroughly with burning sulphur, or use
hot water in places where it can be ap-
piled. until the pests are destroyed. If
such bins must be used stir the wheat
occasionally and expose it to the light.
For places where fumigation or hot water
cannot be used, dissolve half pound
of insect powder in alcohol and stir
it into six gallons of water, and apply
in fine spray. No danger need be appre-
hended, as it is not poisonous. except to
insects.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07

In various localities, notably upon the
rocks of the Connecticut valley, there have
been found the footprints Of various animals
belonging to former geological periods, which
have been preserved by the hardening of the
soft sand or mud into solid rock.
There have lately been discovered in Mica
ragua certain human footprints which have
been preserved in the same manner. although
of much later date than those referred to
above. They have been described at length by
DR.. Daniel Brinton. and four of them have
been removed to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology at Cambridge, Mass, where they
are now on exhibition.
These footprints occur on the borders Of a
lake near the town of Manague at depth Of
twenty-on feet below the surface. Several
different strata of limestone, calcareous tufa,
sand, clay and volcanic ashes were found
above them, indicating an unusual activity
of geological forces. The whole region is of
q volcanic nature, and in former years erup-
lions and changes of level were much more
frequent than at present
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
First American Bible,

The first Bible printed in this country was
Eliots Indian Bible whose title was ''Mamus-
see Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God
naneswe Nukkone Testament kah wunk Wus-
ku Testament. Ne queshkinnu nuk nashpe
Wulhneumoh Christ noh oscu wesit John
Eliot" This was printed in 1868. The In
dian language it was made in is extinct, and
it is said that only one man was living as
late as 1871 who could read it. The next
Bible printed in this country was Saur's, in
German, in 1743. The first English Bible
printed here was in Boston, in small uuarto.
in 1859. Before 1860 there had been printed
in the United States 1857 different editions
of the Bible or parts of it.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
Slavery Among the English.
Ss....l.z. l.. L "A

slavery among the Engl16ns
Samuel Smiles, in his book called Thrift"
says:
Slavery long existed among ourselves. It
existed when Caesar landed. It existed in
Saxon times when the household work was
done by slaves. The Saxons were notorious
slave dealers, and the Irish were their best
customers. The principal mart was at Bris-
tol, from whence the Saxons exported large
numbers of slaves into Ireland, SO that, &C
cording to Irish historians, there was scarcely
a house in Ireland without British slave in
it. When the Normans took possession Of
England they continued slavery. From that
time slavery continued in various forms. It
is recorded of the ''good old times' that it
was not till the reign Of Henry Nv Q300-1413
that villeins, farmers and mechanics were
permitted by law to put their children to
school, and long after that they dared not
educate a son for the church without q
license from the lord. The kings Of En-
gland, in their contests with the feudal aris-
tocracy, gradually relaxed the slave laws.
They granted charters founding royal burghs,
and when the slaves fed into them and were
able to conceal themselves for year and
day, they then became freemen of the
burgh and were declared by law to be free.
The last serfs in England were emancipated
in the reign Of Queen Elizabeth, but the last
serfs in Scotland were not emancipated until
the reign of George III, at the end of the
last century. Before then the golfers and
salters belonged to the soil, and were bought
and sold with it, They had no power to de-
termiDe what their wages should be.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
Tho NIysterIes Of Taste.

Medical Register pronounces the vagaries
OF the appetite as far beyond the explana-
tory science Of physiology It affirIns that
what we call tolerance in medicine is in itself
q mystery. We cannot tell why this thing
agrees with this individual and at the same
time utterly destroys his brother The trite
old saying that one mans meat is another
mans poison must be accepted empirically.
Still less can we account for the variations
OF taste Why one mans gustatory nerve
should respond agreeably to salt, while an
others repels 1t with violence we cannot
understand. Doubtless education has most
to do with 1t, and yet the man.
ner in which education operates continues q
mystery. The preference Of the Chinese for
food that seems to our appetites absolutely
disgusting is well known. In Canton rats
sell for fifty cents dozen, and dogs hind
quarters command higher price than lamb
or mutton. Fancy eating birds nests worth
$50 pound! This is what a mandarin revels
in. The French have beguiled us into eating
frogs legs, which were once tabooed in this
country, and we have even come to esteem
diseased goose liver in the form of pate de
foie gras
In the West Indies baked snake is COM
mon dish, as the reptiles abound, and it is a
good way of getting rid of them But when
it comes to frying palm worms in fat, one
would think the stomach would rebel. 1t is
not SO. however, though, by strange incon-
sistency, stewed rabbit is looked upon with
disgust. On the Pacific coast the Digger In
dams eat dried locusts, and in the Argentine
Republic skunk flesh is dainty. Our own
favorite bivalve the oyster, is very disgust
ing to Turk, while the devil fish, eaten in
Corsica, is equally SO to us. We cannot I'M
derstand, either, how the inhabitants of the
West Indies and the Pacific coast can eat
lizards eggs with a relish; still less, how the
eggs Of the turtle and alligator can become q
favorite article Of diet. The Brazilians eat
ants, probably to get rid of them, for they
literally infest the country, and are Of an
enormous size.
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of sufficient size to hold the cord. and E
is q crank from farming mill. A piece
of wood is sometimes used in place of the
gas pipe.
In employing this device, the sharp
pointed rod is stuck straight through the
Shock, the cord is carried around the
shock above the point Of the rod and
caught over the hook, the crank is turned,
winding the surplus cord between he
hook and the crank. The cord is drawn
taut from both ends, and a few turns of
the crank suffice Thrust small stick
into the shock to hold the crank while
Irvine is tied round the shock, and the
work is done. Turn the crank backward,
remove the cord from the hook, pull out
the rod and proceed to the next shock.
In Rural New Yorker correspondent
tells how to use the tie shown in Fig. 2,
which is employed in some sections for
binding fodder corn at shucking time.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-09-07
''The Youth Who Fired"

The incendiary who set fire to the temple
of Diana at Ephesus, 1856 B. c., in order that
his name might be perpetuated, was Erostra-
tus. An edict was published, prohibiting
any mention of his name, but it was ineffect-
i've. Shakespeare says:
The aspiring youth who fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives in memory the pious fool who reared 1t.
But in this he erred, as the name of the
''pious fool" was Ctesiphon, who was the
chief architect of the temple.
Wilkes Booth quoted the above words of
Shakespeare to a friend before disseminating
President Lincoln.