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$500 REWARD.

Tho above reward will be pald for the ,rrcs,
ana conviction OF any, party or parties found
guilty OF ,stoallng. killing or running on
altering brands or marks Of any i've stool
belonging to any member Of tho Nevada Ltvs
Stock Association. = F'''
Nh. A MASON, President. 'lotl
II s NIXON, soerstarr
, 1888-11-07

The fruits and vegetables in Colombia
are delicious and grow without culture or
care. The plantain is in universal use
and is always served as a vegetable. 1t is
fried and boiled when the skin is yellow,
when it is known as green plantain,
and when it is black and the fruit is con-
sidered thoroughly ripe. The banana is
never fried in the tropics, but is always
served as a fruit. There are many varie-
ties of banana. One of the most de-
licious species in flavor and fragrance is
the little fig or guinea banana, which is
scarcely a finger in length. The red ba-
mana is not Il different species, but n va
riety produced by grating at Baracoa,
Spain. All the bananas in Colombia are
yellow. The caruba, or passion flower
fruit, the custard apple, called by an en-
thusiastic traveller 1.-THE sp]iritualized
strawberry and the guava are all de-
liciOus fruits which never reach our north
ern markets in perfection.-Amy c.
Shanks in Good Housekeeping.
, 1888-11-07

An American, writing home recently
from England, says: 81 happened to be
present at the funeral of a soldier, who,
for bravery in the Zulu war, had received
the Victoria cross. The badge was fast
ened to his breast as he lay in the coffin.
His mother, bidding him farewell, touched
the precious bronze token and said: 1T
lessons my grief at losing him that he
should take that into his graver
sit was the symbol to her not only of
his heroic life, but of the gratitude of his
country. l wondered, as / heard her, if
we Americans make as much use as we
might of the influence of symbols in train
ing our uneducated classes
A singular instance Of the effect of this
kin of symbolism was once shown in the
famous rcformatory school at Lusk. One
OF the teachers had induced about twenty
of the boys to give up profane and indie
cent language, and to do extra work, for
which they were paid. But they were in
different and half hearted in the effort.
Form them into a society and give
them a badge" suggested the superin-
tendent.
The hint was carried out. In a month
the boys were eager and enthusiastic in
their work, and as proud of their prison
society &c were the old soldiers Of Napo-
leon 81 the Legion of Honor.
The man who is successful in leading
human nature to its highest endeavor
mast work upon the innocent weaknesses
as well as upon the stern love OF duty.
Imaginative men and women like to sym
bolize their work or sacrifice for the world
in some uniform or badge.-Youth's Com
paniOn
, 1888-11-07

THE odds are all with the bucket shops.
l would not lay my money in any OF
thcm,' said "A veteran gambler. 1.-The bet
you make is against the shop You lay
Your money that II certain stock will go
down. The shop bets it won't.
"That seems even, doesn't it, But it
isn't, for the shop keeps a portion of your
wager whether you win or lose-commis.
sion. it is called. | say it is odds. Ten
dollars is your bet on seven shares against
$3.50 II the commission is o~ne-uuarter;
and ! think IA man is II fool to be con-
stantly laying money against II smaller
sum 1t will break him sure. You will
seldom find an experienced gambler who
can be induced TO have anything to do
with these concerns. New York Tele.
-nnrn
, 1888-11-07

'There is one bore that l wish you
newspaper pardgraphists would pitch
into" says Mr.. NJ. q. Iusson. "You
have pretty nearly succeeded with your
jibes and filings in putting a stop to tho
fellow who used to carry his cant and his
umbrella unde his arm or over his
shoulder and prod people with it. Now,
| should like to see you take hold of the
fellow with the low, mumbling voice, who
talks to people in the cars. I have some
acquaintance whom | shrink from meet
ing on the cars simply because l cannot
hear more than half they say, and then I
have to strain my ears so that it makes
head ache. | don't like to keep ask
ing them over and over again what they
have said, so frequently pretend to hear
them when | don't, and 1 sometimes make
distressing blunders in my answers Only
last week one of these acquaintance told
me that his brothers boy had died the
night before. L only caught the words
my brother boy and last night, and,
concluding that a boy had been born to
his brother, 1 said, pleasantly: is that
SOP Well, we must max him set up the
cigars on that Now, fancy how l felt
when l learned the next day TINT the boy
was dead. l wish you would go for these
numbers, who humble in the cars or in
other noisy places. "-Chicago Times.
, 1888-11-07

There was a queer scene on the Bowery
n day or two ago, when one of the clothing
houses gave away 1000 overcoats to poor
boys, demanding n quarter from each boy,
for some wise reason not clearly eX-
planned. The little gamins who sell the
papers got most of them. Possibly you
think that was good, and hat they would
be snug and warm this winter. Well, I
don't know. They are, beyond and above
all other, the strangest part of our pOpu.
lation. They are like little rats or foxes
Their origin is easy to get at; they are tie
children of love, of paupers, of vaGa-
bonds, and of the squalid tenement dis
tricts. Thousands either have no homes
or else don't go to them, but live in lOdg-
ings, H~ewsbUys- homes; and tR-waeeHsr
garrets, cellars and the general poke holes
of the city. The bootblacks are their
brothers and chums, and live in the same
way. They all smoke-either stumps,
picked up, or cigarettes at two for a cent.
Their stoves are the gratings over boilers
under the streets; their dissipation is at
tendance of the galleries of the cheapest
variety shows; their best fun is found i'll
fighting.
They are wild beasts" salt the clerk
in the publication office of a newspaper
the other day. 'They are devoid of afTec-
ton and gratitude. They swear at you if
you speak kindly to them. run away from
you if you offer them advice, jeer at you
if you are well dressed and pass a group
of them. If we take pity on them and in
vite them into the press room in cold
weather they break the windows, hack
the woodwork and even go so far as to
take stones or weights and break the
heaviest iron work. While they wait in
the office to buy papers they dig trenches
in the counters with the steel pens and
break the holders in two. One day one of
the clerks gave one of these boys a good
derby hat hat he had tired Of. Another
clerk asked the boy why he did not say
Thank you .A-a-a-h,' the boy replied,
go chuck your mother overheard
What are you going to do with the hat?'
the clerk asked. Sell it in Baxter street
for fifteen cents, he replied, n play
cruso wild de money. Julian Ralph's
New York Letter.
, 1888-11-07

The polar flowers seldom have any per.
fume, and the few that exhibit this de-
lightful quality, however feeble, are, l
think, from that class that have crept over
the cold border marked by the Arctic
circle; or, in short, none of the fifty men
tioned-Eskimo flowers, we might call
them in n popular way-have any appre-
ciable odor. The color of these boreal
blossoms are generally of the cold tints,
as if in harmony with the chilly sur
~roundings, instead of the warm hues that
would break in upon the desOlatiOn with
double effect by sheer contrast where so
few cheering sights are TO be seen. White
and light yellow predominant, and these
with frosts and
cold weather, for it appears that these
flowers we call "everlastings, - and which
are the longest to defy the nippings of the
coming winter weather, are mostly tinted
like the northern SHOWS and yellow
northern lights.
1t is in the depths of old ocean that we
find some of the largest expressions of
plant life in the polar zone. Here, within
n short distance Of shore, are colossal
kelps and other life that grow throughout
the year; of course, negotiating the most
in the short summer months. Ian
plants, as already said, are pigmies com
pared with those of the sea, or even the
corresponding class in lower ATTITUDES,
and this dwarfed condition, n naturalist
tells us, is not due so much to the intense
cold in the arctic winter as to the fact
they do not get enough warmth in sum
mer to develop them perfectly. DIR. Joseph
Hooker mentions it as a rare property of
one of the gramine9 the grasses, Trise-
tum Subspicatum, that it is the only polar
species known which is equally an inhab-
liant of the arctic and antarctic regions.
Frederick Schwatka in Woman.
, 1888-11-07

Any n can prove the rotary motion of
the earth on its aXis by n simple expert
ment.
Take "A good sized bowl, fill it nearly
full of water, and place it upon the floor
of a room which is not exposed to shaking
or jarring from the street.
Sprinkle over the surface of the water a
coating of lycopodium powder, a white
substance, which is sometimes used for
the purposes of the toilet, and which can
be obtained at almost any apothecary's.
Then, upon the surface of this coating of
powder, make, with powdered charcoal, a
straight, black line, say an inch or two
inches in length.
Having made this little black mark
with the charcoal powder on the surface
of the contents of the bowl, lay down
upon the floor, close to the bowl, a stick
or some other straight object, so that it
shall be exactly parallsl with the mark.
If the line happens to be parallel with q
crack in the floor, or with any stationary
object in the room, this will serve as well.
Leave the bowl undisturbed for a few
hours, and then observe the position of
the black mark with reference to the OBJ
ject that it was parallel with.
1t will be found to have moved about,
and to have moved from east to west,
that is to say, in that direction opposite
to that of the movement of the earth on
its axis.
The earth, in simply revolving, has
carried the water and everything else in
the bowl around with it, but the powder
on the surface has been left behind a
little. The line will always be found to
have moved from east to west, which is
perfectly good proof that everything else
has moved the other way.-German
Journal.
, 1888-11-07

What on earth is the reason people
will not, can not, or do not see any differ
ence in nheap nostrums put up by Cheap
John houses or irresponsible parties at
enormous profits, rather THAI take a med
icine of world wide reputation and one
that is giving universal satisfaction at
equal price? No medicine in the world is
giving such unparalleled satisfaction for
purifying the blood as Beggs' Blood Pu-
rifier and Blood Maker, and every bottle
that does not do its work will cost you
nothing. For sale by w. n. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1888-11-07
A Very Curious Case.

a highly intelligent lady known to one
doctor related to him that one day she
was walking past a public institution
and observed a child, in whom she was
particularly interested, coming out
through al iron gate. She saw that he
let go the gate after opening it, and that
it seemed likely to close upon him, and
concluded that it would do so with such
force as to crush his ankle; however, this
did not happen. ut was impossible"
she said, ''by word or act to be quick
enough to>meet the supposed emergency;
and, intact, l found l could not move,
for such intense pain came on in the
ankle, corresponding to the one which /
thought the boy would have injured, that
l could only put my hand on it to lessen
its extreme painfulness. 1 am sure l did
no move SO as to strain or sprain it.
The walk home, a distance of about a
quarter of a mile, was very laborious,
and on taking off my stocking l found a
circle round the ankle, as if it had been
painted with red currant juice, with a
large spot Of the same IN the outer part.
By morning the whole foot was inflamed,
and I was a prisoner to my bed many
days."-W. II. Hawley in Boston Globe.
Study well the human BODY, the MINI
, 1888-11-07

a vessel in use in the uppe Thames
owes its Iaotive power to the explosive
force Of petroleum. The boat is started
by lighting n lamp, n the lamp must be
cNtinguished to stop the engine. The fuel
costs less 'iian coal, while the omission Of
tle boiler saves much space and the ex-
pcusc of a fireman and working engineer.
The craft is of American origin.-Frank
L~eslie's.
, 1888-11-07
Legal blanks at the Leader office
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Oct. 80, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
AagaI ~. Abrams
of cheyenne, Laramie county, Wyoming.
has filed notice of intention to make proof
on her desert land claim No. 1852 for the
sw / of NV / and NV ! of sw of sec 80
IN rno tip ~ ~ a. n,G 7 o. w, oef9 Wrt the re- register We5 and
day, the 18th day of December. 1883.
prove the complete irrigation and reclama-
ton of said land: Ralph johnson, James
Bowie, all of Chugwater. Wye.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-11-07

Study well the human body, the mind
is not far of. Carmen Sylvia.
, 1888-11-07
An AbsoIute Cure.

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put UP in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at 25 cents per box-by mail
an capts
, 1888-11-07
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
Cheyenne, Wyo, Oct. 80, 1883.
Notice is hereby given that
william w. Abrams,
of Cheyenne, Laramie county, Wyoming,
has filed notice of intention to make proof
On his desert land claim No. 2844 for the
sc and Sc of sw of section 80 in
township % north of range e. west, be-
fore register and receiver at Cheyenne.
Wyo.. on Tuesday the 18th day of De
cember, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim
alton of said land: Ralph johnson.
James Irvine, Duncan Grant and Alex
auder Bowie, all of Chugwater. Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-11-07

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child. softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrh9a. Twenty-Five
cents c bottle.
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river; thence up the stream in southwesterly
direction to Montreal. Here the rapids are
encountered, and the cargo Of the Rosedale
was transferred in lighters" to Kingston.
From Kingston she proceeded over the
length Of Lake Ontario; through the Welland
canal; thence along Lake Erie; through the
Detroit and st. Clair rivers and Lake st.
Clair; along Lake Huron. entering Lake
Michigan through the Straits Of Mackinaw.
Once on Lake Michigan it is plain sailing
straight up the lake to the mouth Of the
Chicago river, on which the city Of Chicago
is built.
The Rosedale steamed into the river, past
the system Of swinging bridges common in
cities through which small navigable rivers
pass and landed at her dock, about two
miles and half from the rivers mouth.
Here she was visited by large numbers Of
Chicagoans rho focked TO see the first
steamer that had ever cleared from Euro
pean port and come direct to Chicago.
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the money 10 tit him for what he felt % be
his vocation-the priesthood In 1859 he
entered the University OF st. Mary's, in
Chicago, and commenced the study of the
classics During the years Of lS,jO-6l he was
a fellow student OF several men who have
since Il Stinguished themselves either in the
priesthood or the secular professions He
next entered the University OF Notre Dame,
Indiana. where he taught several classes and
AT the same time completed his own course.
Upon the completion of a thorough course OF
philosophy and theology he was ordained
priest July :, 1850 He was placed in charge
OF several unimportant parishes in Chicago,
and in the fall Of 1856 he was appointed pas
tor Of ST James church. Here he found
poor church and scattered congregation,
but he Immediately set 10 work TO build up
his parish, and in IA short time he had erected
a school and placed his district upon a most
respectable footing. He was then appointed
10 a. -her parish, st Patrick's, and here
agaiL found everything in a chaotic state.
His efforts soon placed the parish in four
ishng condition, schools were soon erected,
and several institutions of charity were
founded He was made vicar general in
1882 He was spoken Of as successor OF
Bishop Foley when he died, and there was
much surprise year ago that he was not
appointed bishop OF the newly created diocese
of Springfield The last sermons which he
preached were series in opposition TO an
archy aud communism.
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ing some favor with the queen he was again
driven into exile in 1868. Then came the
revolution and the short lived republic, for
which he was minister of state Another
revolution followed, and Sagasta filled the
same Office for King Amadeus When that
monarch was dethroned and the Bourbons
restored Sagasta again retired to private life,
from which he is once more recalled with
the promise of great reforms, liberty and
progress He is but 81 years old, in firm
health and OF fine presence; SO much is hoped
from his administration. He no longer has
the Carlists to deal with in a military way,
and there is prospect that all existing issues
may be settled by peaceful discussion.
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What is IA Draft Horse,

A correspondent of the Western Rural
asks, What is a draft horse and the editor
replies: "Wm. nj. Springer says that a
draft horse is a horse that weighs from
fourteen hundred up as large as you can
get them, having sufficient weight, bone
and muscle for drawing heavy loads. He
Is either the imported draft horse brought
from Europe, or the result of a cross of the
imported full blood draft stallion upon our
native mares, which is comm only known as
grade draft horses; and we think that that
is about as good an answer as can be given.
Speaking of draft horse breeding MIR.
Springer once made good point by saying
that the draft horse is the only thing pro-
duced on the farm that the farmer Is al
lowed to price. When you have cattle,
hogs or sheep for sale the buyer prices
when you take your grain TO market the
buyer prices it but when you have draft
horse, whether 1t is for sale or not, the
buyer hunts you up and asks you what you
will take for H."
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Although we have not the elixirs Of youth
and beauty which were sold in bottles of rock
crystal, stopped with gold, the scalpel and
electricity erase the worst foes OF comeliness
with u surer touch The usliest mo!es wens
and warts are removable with safety either
by the knife or galvanic current. The
mothers marks and port wine stains re-
sumo healthy vascularity and color under
steady treatment by the battery, and care Of
the general health. There is risk however,
Of sympathetic injury to the nerves of other
parts Of the face if these operations are not
very delicatcly and intelligently done l
knew a lady who had IA delicate shading Of
hair on her upper lip removed by the usual
electric process Of piercing the root of each
hair with very fine needle through which
the current was given, killing the bulb in the
skin The operation was painful, so that it
could only be completed in several sittings.
II removed the hair perfectly, but the effect
on the fine facial nerves nearly cost the lady
her eyes, and she lost the use OF them for over
a year. Always avoid painful processes if
possible Pain means injury to the nerves,
and directly or indirectly to the whole sys-
TEN, and is far from being the insignificant
or necessary factor In our lives that amazo-
uian soul ..LAe it.--Shirley Dare's Letter.
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RECORDERS OFFICE.

SiXtythree instruments were filed for
record since July 81. Of these, twenty.
eight were deeds and nineteen mortgages.
The amount of deeds Of 81 ,009 or over was
$4,000, while the mortgages of Xix conse-
quence amounted 10 $4,000, leaving a
balance on the side Of mortgages of SIG.
900,
Among the deeds of $1,000 or over, are,
Asa Bowling to Charles F Bowling, pit of
nh of nwq, of sec 20, Norman, $1,000.
John EssingtOn to Geo and Mary Rand
lot 9 in blk 8, Homestead addition to Strea.
tor, 81 200.
Sarah A Corbus, to w B Hummer, lots 9
10 and IL, 10 blk 81, La Sale, 800.
A Bach to S r Blanchard, eh seq, SEQ
sec 81, Ottawa, 81 400.
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1t occupies ground 49, by G. feet. 1t is
built Of pressed brick, with trimmings Of
sandstone and terra Gotta, and is exactly
81 feet high. In the basement is the gym
naslum, 90 feet square and with n ceiling
height OF Is feet Then there are three
bowling alleys, swimming bath Ii by %
feet, dressing rooms, bath rooms, shower
baths and "A running track.
The concert hall, which has been so
auspiciously opened, is on the second floor
The auditorium contains 80 chairs. There
Is a stage, back of which are dressing rooms,
well lighted and ventilated On the same
floor is the main reception room and the
chapel, capable Of containing 200 persons,
On the third floor are the library, parlors,
directors room, dining room and kitchen,
besides rooms for the uSe Of persons for spe-
cial purposes, one being for the meetings Of
the Ministers alliance. The fourth and fifth
floors are for offices The building is to DO
lighted by electricity.
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American employers of labor, possessed
of greater love for gold than of country,
long ago laid the foundation of system
which is swiftly driving the republic on
to destruction. They sent abroad for cheap
men to take the place of high. priced
Observation-Disclosures, too, who loved this
land aud her institutions; who fought to
preserve them when the employer was
fighting the battles of his country by proxy,
with hired substitute as his representa-
instrumentality of the agent of the land
grant company, the agent of the steamship
company, the agent of the manufactures,
we are witnessing tide of immigration
unparalleled in the history of nations; the
tlood'gates are open and the torrent of hu-
manity sweeps In at every port. They no
longer help to develop the country; they
are held and used as club to beat to earth
the hopes and ASPIRATIONS Of the American
workingmen. Corporations, with no bo-
dies TO kick or souls to damn" are making
use of this human avalanche to crowd the
American workingmsn--native and natur'
alized-into the smallest space possible for
him 70 turn out a living for himself and
family. In our silk mills, Ia our wooden
mills, in our iron and steel mills, along our
railways, and in the mines, the poor people
who have fled from injustice In their own
lands are induced by their employers to
assist their friendsto America. | have the
testimony OF an employee of silk mill In
Patterson, New Jersey, which says; "Mr.
told me to bring my two sisters out to
America; he advanced the tickets and sent
them home. wrote TO the girls to come
out, and the passage money was stopped
from my wages. | learned aflerward that
had | sent for them myself | would have
procured the passages for less money than
the master charged me."--P0toderly, in
I" l,pericd"
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Ahandsome new building has been recently
completed in Omaha, the property and the
business place Of the Merchants National
bank. 1t is seven stories high and fire proof
The material is Massachusetts brown stone,
St. Louis pressed brick and iron. The
architecture is the ancient Flemish. The
basement story is of stone, while the super.
structure is Of brick. The girders are Of
iron and the floors of thing, so that there Is
nothing but the furniture contained in the
building to furnish food for fire.