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, 1888-09-28

After being taken in the luckless four
footed prisoner is conveyed to headquar-
ters, where he is put in a pen with a lot
of other yelping u~nfortunates and kept
until 2 o'clock the same afternoon and no
longer. If a cur he is promptly executed
at that hour; if a valuable animal his
owner, who is always notified, invariably
calls in time to save the poor creatures
bacon. The process by which the victims
are eventually disposed of is adopted for
such purposes nowhere else than in Bos-
tor. In point of refinement-as might be
expected in this highly civilized metropo-
list is far ahead of the systems prac-
ticed elsewhere. For instance, in Phila-
delphia the stray dogs are s~uffocated with
charcoal fumes, walking about in sitting
agonies for two or three minutes before
they finally succumb. In New York they
are lowered by the cageful into the river
and drowned. In Cincinnati their brains
are dashed out with an ak, save only the
puppies and other little fellows, which
are seized by their hind legs and smashed
against q post.
Shooting and various unpleasant styles
of inflicting the capital penalty are in
vogue here and there, but only in the
modern Athens is this sort of thing per-
formed on a scientifically merciful basis.
A poison of so deadly a nature that a few
BFdllS WOulu XIII u human DehB as
quickly as a rife bullet through the heart,
is the sole destructive agent administered.
Each cur as it's turn comes, is held firmly
between the operators knees, it's jaws
forced open, and between them is poured
down the beasts throat q t~easpoonful or
less of a white powder. The condemned
gives but one gasp and is dead as $door
nail. In this manner no less than 750
good for nothing brates were disposed of
as the dentists say, without pain-last
month in this city.-Boston Cor. Chicago
b
, 1888-09-28

l became interested in the conversation
of the young Boston man and the haugh-
ty Englishwoman who sat beside him.
The Boston man had grown p~laintive.
what always strikes me-" he said,
thoughtfully, as he turned his handsome
and boyish face toward the stalwart girl
beside him, ''is the coldness and apathy
of English ladies'"
Really" said the girl, looking into the
Bostonian's big eyes with a stony stare,
in which there was just a trace of admit
ration.
L forgot to say that the youngster is a
tremendous masher on both sides of the
water, and-what is more important-a
thoroughly good fellow at that.
Yes" he said, 'it takes years and
years for an American to find out whether
an Englishwoman likes him or not. You,
for instance, though l have known you
for a year, met you twenty or thirty
times, stopped at your house, and all
that, you still talk to me about the
weather, and look at me with the air of a
countess examining the points of n fox
terrier for whom she has no sort of admi-
ration"
Its such a CHASTITY thing" said the
girl, with just q trace of a caressing look
in k2r eyes, ito show ones feelings"
Then she blusLcd.
We'll. if EIglishwomen," said the
youngstcr, bca:ling back at her happily,
were q little more CHASTITY, they would
be a thousand times more lovable." Then
he blushed, too. They glanced up,
caught me in the act of eavesdropping,
and l joined in.-Blakely Hall in The Ar
ponaut
, 1888-09-28

Professor Joseph LIE Conte declares that
for every grade Of culture, whether of the
individual or of the race, there is a cor
responding grade of handwork necessary
for the best brain culture. In the child
of pre-school age and in the savage and
in palnolithic man, it is tho simple use of
the hand. or assisted by rude implements;
next higher grade of races, it is by the
use of those finer instruments which we
call tools; and in the university, as in the
most civilized races, it is by the use of
scientific instruments and machines
Boston Budget.
, 1888-09-28

The uses for sawdust are steadily null
tiplying. and it is in ever increasing de
mand 1t is used very extensively ii
packing goods for shipment. For stabtng
purposes it is used quite largely. being
cheaper and cleaner than straw. Many
thousands of cords are used yearly in tie
manufacture of terra Gotta. 1t also Ell
ters largely into the constructions Of
apartment houses. for filling walls nad
doors to deaden sound. These are but a
few of the uses for which sawdust is in
demand Shingle excelsior. when r,cio
of cedar, is an excellent moth external
nator. and is much used in packing
Planer shavings are used for all kinds of
packing. and also for bedding in stables,
stock cars and stockyards .-Bangor (Me.)
Industrial Journal.
, 1888-09-28
Never Give Up.

II you suffer with asthma, bronchitis,
or any other disease OF the throat or
lungs, nothing can surprise you more
than the rapid improvement that will
follow the use Of Santa Able, If you are
troubled with catarrh and have tried other
medicines, you will be unable to express
your amazement at the marvellous and in
Simultaneous curative powers of California
Cat-R-Cure. These remedies are not Sc.
cret compounds, but natural productions
OF California. Sold at 81 a package;
three for 81. 50 and guaranteed by DR.. W.
y. Hunt.
, 1888-09-28
Among People of Port of Spain.

Ashore, through a great sable swarm
ing and a tempest of creole chatter, into
warm, narrow, yellow streets.
White faces have begun to look almost
unearthly; and one feels, in q totally
novel way, the dignity of q white skin.
When q white face does show itself it
usually appears under the shadow of an
Indian helmet; it is formidably bearded,
austere-the countenance of one accus-
toned to command. Against the black
""eer little worlds, this calm, strong,
1rded, aquiline English face takes
'roio outline, grandiose relief; you in
voluntarily murmur to yourself, with
pride of race: II also am of such blood as
these!"-Lafcadio Hearn in Harper's
Magazine.
, 1888-09-28
Growth OF tho FLORISTS, Trade.

At the florists convention in New York
one of the addresses was on the wonder
full growth of the florists trade in this
country. In 1910 Isaac McIrenna was one
of the few florists in New York. He
worked like a slave, standing all day long
on Wall street with a basket of flowers
on his arm. shouting his wares and con.
graduating himself when fortune smiled
on him to the extent of So per day. Now
some 30, 200 buds a year are sold in New
York alone, and thousands of stores are
devoted to the sale of howers.-Chicago
Herald.
, 1888-09-28

The average reader will be hardly pre-
pared to learn that in the Argentine Re
idly hat it is proposed to introduce legis-
lation against ''paralleling." Competing
and unnecessary railways are being pro-
jected in large numbers. and the country
is fairly wild over railways. The repub-
lie has already a very creditable system,
but needs some additional lines and some
extensions. But the projects are coming
up in astonishing numbers, far beyond
the needs of the country, their promoters
being stimulated by the concessions and
guarantees which the government has
been making.-Public Opinion.
, 1888-09-28
POINTS.


T. H. Swan is in the city.
J. Bennett is up from McCook, Neb.
s. E. Smith of Greeley is in the CITY,
NJ. OueaIey, Carbon, is an Inter Ocean
guest.
Auditor Grant clme down to Cheyenne
yesterday.
Judge Lacey and Marshal Carr are back
from the West.
H. NJ. Wilson Of Douglas returned
home yesterday.
w. \. Comlcy, the Laramie dry goods
dealer, is in town.
A. Q. Beckwith aud Judge Rucker left
for Denver this morning.
N. Wheeler of Meadow Springs de-
parted for home yesterday.
F. w. OFT, publisher of the Laramie
Times, is over to attend the fair.
F. H. Jones, the Egbert surveyor IS IN
CHEYENNE taking in tie sights of the city
VIM. Lindenmier and W. G. Hart OF
Fort Collins are in the city attending the
fair.
T. J. Montgomery of Douglas and W..
J. LYON of the same place are in the
city.
DR.. j. II. Hayford editor of the Lara
ME Sentinel, came down TO the capital
yesterday.
Judge Pease, who was speaker of the
last house Of representatives, came down
to Cheyenne yesterday.
, 1888-09-28
Dreadful Accident.
douglas Republican.

A sad accident occurred in the rear of
the Republican Office yesterday afternoon.
The cover to a barrel which is placed
under Mr.. McGurk's ice house to catch
the water from the melted ice, had been
removed and a poor little pig of the mas
culine persuasion tunbled therein, head
foremost, and there remained until he
was pulled out by the hind legs by a man
whom we know only as Doc" The
owner has the sympathy of the entire
community for the loss Of his winters
nork.
, 1888-09-28

A dictionary ian unabridged one if the
means of the family permit) should nave
a place in every household; it should be
kept in full sight, not shut away IN a
bookcase or closet. If there are children
they should be taught the proper use of
it, and encouraged to turn to it whenever
they hear in conversation or find in read
ing a word the meaning of which they do
not understand. In writing also, if in
the least uncertain as to the correct spell
ing of a word. or as to the propriety of
using it in that place, o u should be
had to the dictionary.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
, 1888-09-28

lesson. for Allah's heart is open to those
who are charitable and considerate of the
misfortunes of others
when Kaddour lifted his head again,
bowed upon his breast in shame for du.
ties SO long neglected, the genie had
gone, and the floor of his boutique had
literally disappeared under a thick carpet
of diamonds, pearls and precious stones.
while Kaddour lived, and through
the lesson taught him by 'Hagar's Tear,
misery was banished from Algiers, and
when he died, as he did without issue,
he left his wealth to be divided among
the poor and needy.
"'Thrice blessed are the children and
the children's children OF the truly
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
, 1888-09-28

The St. Paul Globe, in speaking of
Madam Blanch, the great mind reader
and fortune teller, (who is now at the
Arlington house,, says she foretold the
Republican nominee at Chicago a week in
advance.
The San Francisco Call says: Many of
our real estate men and stock spectators
bought and sold on her advice.
The Kansas City Star says: She is an
intelligent and pleasant lady to transact
business with This lady has given more
lucky numbers IN the lottery than all
others.
The madam has a suite of parlors at the
Arlington. Nos. | and >. She will only
remain a day or two.
, 1888-09-28

The man who claims to be the youngest
war veteran in the country is Charles L.
Stone, of PHILADELPHIA He was IA years
of age when he carrie a gun at the battle
of Gettysburg. At that battle he was
wounded in the left arm by a rifle ball.
Part of the funny bone" had to be cut
away, n he says that his appreciation of
a joke is not as vivid as 1t should be.
But he still has the humerus of his RIGHT
arm. That ought to help him a goo,
in keeping up with American wit.
York World.
, 1888-09-28
TUE RACERS IN MOTION.
Kirkland, the Photographer, is AGAIN to
the Front.

After toilsome and expensive expert
ments he has secured instantaneous pho
tographs of a number of the racers now
on the track. He has caught them in
every conceivable position. AS the ex-
posures are only about a tw~o-hundredth
part of a second it is plain TO be seen that
the very best instruments must be ell
ployed. Several Of his very best are run
ners and trotters in rapid motion, showing
distinctly every leg and spoke OF wheels.
A full set is on exhibition at his studio,
where all are invited to call and examine
them
, 1888-09-28

A party quite well known in Cheyenne
received in exchange for a couple Of bills
about $50 too much at the fair grounds
Yesterday. The mistake was soon dis
covered and the party alluded to, though
not with lightning like rapidity, handed
back the extra change and nothing was
said about it-cxcept the demand which
resulted in the repayment.
, 1888-09-28

lOlnalla Bec.l
\ local railroad man who holds some
what close relations with the head men OF
the Union Pacific. says that the manage
ment has Just received the proposition to
build extensive construction and repair
machine shops at a central point on the
system. 1t will be remembered that
General Manager Galloway favored such a
scheme some months since, but for vari-
Gus reasons it was abandoned. There is
considerable speculation as 70 what point
will be selected for the location of the
general shops, but it is thought that
Cheyenne will be decided upon. The lat
ter point is midway between Omaha and
Ogden, and less than a hundred miles
north of Denver. and in fact is in a loca-
ton to which all the lines of the Union
Pacific are tributary. Nothing will be
done towards the construction of the plant
until next spring.
, 1888-09-28

The constant jar of walking on city
pavements can be prevented by initiating
nature. The human heel is covered with
an elastic pad. Now, as to walk barefoot
would be u of the question, it is sug-
gested that we replace the hard boot heel
with one made of elastic rubber. 1t would
cost but a few cents q month to keep In
repair and would have the additional ad-
vantage of lessening the noise of hurry
ing feet and preventing, to an extent,
broken bones in the winter.-Home Jour.
nal.
, 1888-09-28
THE FOND FAITHFUL HEART.

Deep down meath the bosom of ocean
Unsounded by plummet or line,
At peace from the storm and commotion.
That rage DER its pillows of brine,
There are secrets that time shall not fathom.
There are jewels unknown to earth's mart;
AS deep, as true, and as precious
Is the voice OF the fond, faithful heart.
Jessie Bartlett Davis
, 1888-09-28
Post Office Wanted.

A. H. Branch, United States post
Office inspector, adyertises for bids for the
rental Of a post office building for this
city for five years commencing Nov. 10,
1888. The lessor of the building is re
quired to furnish lock boxes, distributing
cases, and all the necessary furniture used
in the transaction of the postal business.
, 1888-09-28

Elwood Mead, territorial hydraulic en-
gineer, has invented a machine by which
a correct record can be kept of the
amount of sunshine we are blest with
each cloudless day. 1t is a very ingenious
contrivance and having been tested by
s~cientists it has been found to- work sat
isfactOrily.
, 1888-09-28

Visitor Ito convict)EWhat are you in
for, friend7
Convict-I'm N ex-pollceman, sir; I'm
in for stealing.
Visitor-That's bad. Can I do anything
for your
Convict-If you could send me in a pint
of peanuts, sir, you would save my life.
l was on the force so long, l can't live
without 'em.-Ths Epoch.
, 1888-09-28
Go to Greentree's for a nobby suit.


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 IS cents per box by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-09-28

A series of earthquakes in Russian
Turkestan last year destroyed 1900 stone
buildings without seriously injuring o
wooden structure. ~-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1888-09-28
Buckien Arnica saive.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no paw required. 1t is
guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Dr.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1888-09-28

Ben Hellman is in New York and Man
ager Gus Lehman is cutting prices to beat
the d.
, 1888-09-28

For bargains tn child
3.e1s's clothing call or M.
.Marks, SeUent ee1sfh ana
Eddy streets.
, 1888-09-28

Special sale of boys and childrens suits
at Hellman's
, 1888-09-28

Go 10 Grecntrco's for a trunk.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25

An expression of pain began to spread over his face. "Mary," said he, "what about shaving a pig?"
 "I don't believe I remember, colo nell"
 "But hang it, you must remember. Call the children and tell them to bring that outrageous pamphlet here."
 She went out. The colonel tossed upon the bed, and from time to time, cast anxious glances at the door. When Mrs. Piggleford re-entered the room, the colonel stretched out his arms to- ward her while in his eyes there shone light of intense eagerness.
 "I can't find them," she said.
 "But you must find them" he ex- claimed. "Think Pm going to be left this wayP" He began to groan and toss, and seemed to be suffering great pain.
 "Wait, I have it?" said his wife. "'Barber, barber, shave pig,
 How many hairs to make wig.
 Four and twenty, that's enough.
 Give the poor barber pinch of snu1.'
 The expression of pain faded away from his face as he repeated the lines, and addressing me he said: "Man ii but child of grotesque fancies and foolish whims simple Si- mons, met pieman going to the fair. He knows not at what moment he may become a freak of tangled thought.
 "'Daffer Down billy
 Has come up to town,
 In green
 Mary, how does that heathenish thing go?"
 "I declare don't know, colonel"
 Here I took my leave, and after the door had been closed I heard the colo nel loudly demanding the book, and then heard his wife calling the chill dren.-Opie ?. Read.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
A MODEL.

"The Art of Conducting Answers to Correspondents" is the title of a little mole- colored volume just issued from the press of Cackleton & Co.,, Philadelphia. In two hundred and twenty-six pages the author, Mir. P. H. Delmore, tells how the answer to correspondents department of story paper should be conducted. Although his work is praiseworthy, yet we think that he could have disposed of the subject in few carefully chosen words, and then devoted his energies to some other undertaking. We have given some little thought to this sub- ject, and, as a labor saving measure, we submit the following model:
 "Q) You should consult your mother. @ Dark brown hair. Your writing could be improved by prac- tice. (S) It is hardly proper, when calling, to ask for a biscuit, even if you are hungry, and we do not think that it is altogether proper for a young lady of good complexion and moderate means, to receive callers who have thumped her father. It is not mark of good breeding for gen. tieman to take of his muddy over shoes in the parlor and place them in a plush rocking chair. (4) Drink sas- safras tea for grubs and black-heads. (5) America was discovered on Fri- day. (6) Ask your father. CD The following lines are suitable for the album of 6 friend:
 ''The bee may forget to gather the honey,
 The miser may forget to connt his money;
 The birds may forget to sing in the trees.
 The dog may forget to scratch at the asas, The rose may forget to swallow the dew,
 But you may bet your old clothes that I'll not
 forget you.'
 "D Red Headed George, or, the Cross-Eyed Girl Who Snapped at a Fly was begun in October. (s.) You are not too young to get married. In the summer . small family can live on ten dollars per week, if the neighbors are liberal. (O We do not know the name of the author who wrote the gem The world is round, the sky is blue, sugars sweet and so are you p
 It will be seen that by giving this model little study, almost any young lady may answer her own questions.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
ILL, ROCK ARK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Dad couldn't 'splain 1t no other way 80 hc lowed that the edycation had dun went to his brain. Hc laid thar an shuck an shuck without stoppin' a tall. Dad hated ter sec anybody Idle, 80 he made Bill sift tho meal. Jos put CT sitter in his hans an he Jos nach- ully shuck 1t. Wall, suh, that poro feller jes nachully shuck his life out, Wy, he got sich a start that he shuck fur some time alter he died. Since then I have 'lowcti that edyoatlon won't do In our family"
 "You are A strange man, l must say"
 "No, you needn't gay 1t less'n you wanter. Thar ain't no must about It."
 "lt Is strange that you prefer to live In this miserable place."
 "Is it2 Wall, 1 don't know about that. See that log contrapshun over yander5" inc added, pointing.
 "Yes."
 "Wall, that's stlll-house,"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25

Its high standard2 Ez you air mar ried now 1t strikes me that you mout let yore complexion rest awhile. lt's we'll enough to look putty, but 1t seems to me that A married woman that keeps on tinkerin' with her skin Is wastin' her time. It strikes me that sine ain't altogether satisfied with her husbands love but wants the public ginerally to admire her.
 "She didn't say nothin', but kep' on tinkerin' with her skin. She could rake up mo- curps smellin' grease than any woman l ever seed. One night 1t would smell like mashed dog fennel, and the next night jimpson weed would prevail, an about the time would think she had reached the eend fQ' her row, she would spring some other smell on me. On top uv all this, gentlemen, she put on gloves when she went to milk the COW. This wuz little too much, an told her so, but she lowed that she had to save her hands. The next night come home late an wuz hungry. got me hunk uv bread, spread some butter on 1t an sot down by the fire. Look here,' s'I 'w'ut sorter blamed fool butter Is this? It tastes wus'n CT dog smells.' Wy, that's my grease says she. Then l told her that the next time her mothor's wagin come over she'd better go home. l Icould, on 8 pinch, stand the smell of her grease, but It's taste want exactly suited to my appetite. l studied over it, did. axed her cf she thought her grease wuz likely to ! improve in taste, but she couldn't make no promises, so, gontlemcn, l decided to give her up. l ain't got no objections to looks, as a general thing, but she's too putty fur me-"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-25
SAW THE LILY.

Colonel George Sabberly, who vis- tied Chicago recently and who saw Mrs. Langtry, thus writes to \ friend
 "Thc other night went with a feller to see show, sort of school exhibition It seemed to me, and while there l saw Mrs. Langtry, woman whose looks have been extremely suo- cesstul. It is said by fcllcrs an news papers that appear to know that she Is the best-looking woman in the world, and she is right putty wo- man, shore enough. But have seed puttier ones. Do you recolleck Jane Stovall, that married ono of the Scott boysf She could throw Mrs. Lang try In the shade. Jane was, without doubt, the puttiest woman l ever seen, an when she'd put on new coat an let her hair hang down sorter keer- less like, she jest couldn't be beat mo- where. rccolleck ono time there was colt show over at Doyle's. A good many fc!ks come rum fur sn' near, an some of tho mon actually turned away from the colts and gazed at Jane. Want that compiiment2 Mrs. Langtry ain't a little woman, and 1t struck me that she had most too much of her drcss on the floor an not quite enough up about her shoul- ders. do believe that If 1 wuster dress that way I'd ketch cold. At first I lowed that mebbe she was called out in hurry an didn't have time to finish putting on her clothes, but teller that set next to mo said that the habit of wearing dresses with the top cut off was putty nigh like second nature to her. There was an- ether woman with her that dressed the same way, but she was much thin ner, and consequently want so much of success. In one part Of the exhi- bition 1t seemed to be necessary for the thin woman to make her bosom heave with indignation, and although she tried with commendable effort, 1t wouldn't hcayc, but Mrs. LaBgtry Is one of the most successful beavers l ever saw. 1 sm an admirer Of putty women, but don't think that looks compensates for lack of good head furniture. Sense Is the greatest help beauty can have. It ss the light that shows of the pictur. A face may be beautiful, but ef there aiHt enough sense behind 1t to change the expres- sion occasionally 1t gifts tiresome. Now, there's my wife. She hasn't got much beauty, but when 1t comes to expression, wy, she can knock the socks of'n any woman l ever mE.n@