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, 1888-01-01
1888: Welcome to the West.
THE MOST POPULAR NOVELS.

About a month ago The LEADER re-
quested such of its readers as felt so dis
posed to send in lists OF what they consid-
cred to be the ten greatest novels in the
whole range of literature. 1t was stated
at the time that the averages of all the
lists received would be taken and pre-
sented to the public this morning.
The result will be found quite s~atisfac-
tory for. from a literary point of view, it
undoubtedly shows that taste and discrim-
nation have been exercised in the selec
ton OF the books. Some good. too, has
perhaps been accomplished. for it has
stimulated discussion over this branch Of
literature and discussion has led in many
cases to investigation. A puzzling ques-
ton to many people who are not following
up some particular branch of literature is
the question of what to read. None of
these can go much amiss by reading every
novel in the list which the people OF
Cheyenne have decided to contain the
most popular if not the very best of all
the novels.
In voting on a list of the ten best novels
it was thought that Les Miserablcswoul1
stand well up, and such has proven to be
the case. Les Miserlblcs and Iyanhoe
received precisely the same number Of
votes for first place, while David Copper
field holds u]ndisputed sway in the second
place. For third place the honor is
closely disputed by Vanity Fair, Adam
Bede, Ben Hur and John Halifax Gen.
tleman. The fourth place is occupied by
Jane Eyre. while for the fifth the same
number of votes were cast respectively
for Marble Faun, Last Days of Pompeii,
Lorna Doone and Monte Cristo. The
sixth place is occupied by Scarlet Letter
and Wilhelm Meister, while Pomona,
Romola and Moonstone dispute for the
seventh. Pere Goriot holds the eighth
place u%ndisputed, Put Yourself in His
Place the ninth, and A Tale of Two Cities
the tenth.
The original LEADER list approximatcs
as closely as any submitted to the list
whichis now awarded the palm. Ofthe sue
cessiul ones it contained Les Miserables,
David Copperield, Vanity Fair, Adam
Bede, Scarlet Letter and Wilhelm Meis,
ter.
In this connection it may be mentioned
that a similar contest has Just been
brought to a close in Denver. The result
in the order of popularity was as follows:
/. Les Miserables.
.. David Copperlield.
3. Scarlet Letter.
4. Ivanhoe.
5. Vanity Fair.
6. Romola.
I. Jane Eyre.
s. Adam Bede.
9. Ben Hur.
10. Uncle Toms Cabin.
The eleventh book on the list is A Tale
of Two Cities.
, 1888-01-01

WE NOTICE going the rounds of :he
territorial press a clipping from Wyoming
and It's Future, in which the territory is
credited with possessing twenty weekly
and four daily papers. As a
matter of fact, there are twenty-five
weekly papers, the Sheridan Post and
Sheridan Enterprise, both published in
johnson county, being inadvertently
omitted from the list.
, 1888-01-01

OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK,
VI n ~ Nnn-

CHEYENNE, Wye, Dec. 81, 1887.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office until ~ o'clock IN. Tuesday, Jan. 3,
1888, for sinking a drive well in the city
of Cheyenne not to exceed three hundred
and fifty feet in depth. Well to be of
size to receive and to be cased with ten
Q0) inch pipe at top and eight (S) inch
pipe at bottom, as per specifications. Pipe
to be furnished by city. Bids must spe-
city price per foot for each one hundred
feet or fraction thereof. Estimate of the
city engineer and specifications can be
seen by applying at this office. The sue
cessful bidder will be required to execute
a contract and bond for faithful execution
and completion of the work, the latter in
such sum as the council may direct. The
council reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. w. l. KUYKENDALL,
City Clerk.
, 1888-01-01

IT WAS a very interesting feature Of the
late Fat Stock show at Chicago when a
bunch of eight of the finest cattle, Short
horns and Polled Angus, were sandwiched
in classifcations Of 3 year olds, . year
olds, l year olds and calves. 1t was still
more interesting, and altogether unlocked
for, when the palm of superiority was
awarded to the polled cattle.
, 1888-01-01
He sun Has the Edge.

TNHIVINV TIVTHTU'T
Mr.. Sullivan appears to be extremely
unpopular with the London clergy. But
we have lately had an opportunity of see.
ing a distinguished specimen of the Lon
don clergy and the result OF our observa.
tons is that America will stand by Mr..
Sullivan.
, 1888-01-01
She HASN'T, Unfortunately.
TChIcaEo Herald

Mrs. James Brown Potter refuses to
play on Sunday. If she had as much con-
sideration for the feelings of theater
goers as she has for the feelings of church
goers she would refuse to play on any
other day.
, 1888-01-01
ReprchensIbIe Extrayagance.


A man who will spoil a ftty-cent pair
of s~uspenders to hang himself with when
a whole clothes line can be bought for fif-
teen cents, cannot expect this economic
generation to remember his other virtues
over Sunday.
, 1888-01-01
Someone should Try the scheme.

TDVIVII THU IIO9 i
If you carry five $40 gold pieces in your
pocket one day the amount of value rubbed
off is exactly two. cents. If you adopt the
newspaper way and carry a 800 bill in
your coattail pocket it's all there when
night comes.
, 1888-01-01
Damaged Goods For Sale.

My stock of goods damaged by the late
fire | will offer for sale on Friday Dec.
9th for prices to suit the customers. Look
out for good bargains. l.. LOEB.
, 1888-01-01

Are you weak and weary, overworked
and tired? Hoods ~Sarsaparilla is lust the
medicine to purify your blood and give you
strength.
, 1888-01-01

'NNG vGNSOVs E gIag5 A Siiais
IS warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, We guarantee it.
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-01
PITH IN
Equals LaramIe's UhIId-Like Faith.
TChicago NALL

When it's only 25 below zero out in
Dakota and Minnesota the natives think
it is an open winter and begin to talk OF
spring blowing.
, 1888-01-01


The reports from the mining country to
the north of us continue TO be of the
most t~lattering nature, and every one
at all acquainted with the section antic-
ipates a great re-awakeDing and min
ing excitement up there in the early
spring.
brock Springs Independently
The date of the celebration of the com
pletion of the waterworks has been post
poned for one week and will occur on
Monday, Jan. Q. This was thought ad-
visable as the works are not likely to be
sufficiently complete to afford a satisfactory
exhibition before that date.
Evanston Chieftian.l
A change is to be made in the manage
ment of the Pacific hotel at this point
about the first of the month. Mr.. w. II.
Copeland is to go to Sidney, Neb., to
take charge of the company's hotel there,
and will be succeeded here by Mr.. i. d.
jackson, of Green River.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
unlucky Wedding Days.

According to an ancient and reliable
chronicle, there are thirty-two days in
the year that are especially vlnlucky for
marriages and journeys. They are az
follows: January /, 2, 4, ), Z, 10 and
Is; February 6, z and Is; March 1, s
and 8; April and IL; May 5, 6 and Z;
June and Is; July and II; August
Is and 10; September s and z; Octo~
ber Z; November Is and 16, and De-
cember Is, Is and II. Every body
knows that Friday is the most unlucky
day for q wedding, while Wednesday
and Thursday are the luckiest. Our
grandmothers believed that it was a
most unfortunate thing if. the bride,
after finishing her toilet and leaving
her looking-glass, should turn around
again for a last glance at herself. 1t
was also bad for her to see the man she
was about to marry, after dressing,
and before the time had come for the
ceremony. Chicago Journal.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
Almost, But Not Quite.

where have you been for the psst
two weeksp' said one travelling man
to another; ''out on the road?'
NO, l took a run to New Orleans to
see q young lady down there.
'.Did you have :. pleasant time?'
'.No, not as pleasant as I expected.
Her father doesn't hold me in the
high esteem with which could honor
him.
Then you were not wined and dinsd
and feted?"
..Eo, I wasn't exactly feeted, but !
was booted on several occasions -
Ktrc,sont 7rareles.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
THE MISUNDERSTANDING.

! u; the family SOmotlIQeS lnaugurdLeS series
Of interviews with the undertaken
WHILE digging down, worl1aen recently
found ice at depth Of thirteen feet in
Maine. This is advanced as theory that
IN hot summer Maine thaws out consider
ably.
g Do YOU think of me when you are away,
! Artle, DEAR" she asked with yearning
.ook. ''Yes, indeed" he softly whispered
n reply, as he gently stroked her sanguin-
ary occiput, ;'every time awhite horse looms
lp."
| AN experienced fisherman advises those
who engage in pscatorial pursuits to drop
the hook within three feet Of the bottom it
hey wish to catch big ones. # that doesn't
fetch EN-, just drop around to some fish
market and you may have better success.
A GLASGOW woman having fallen into the
Clyde at the Green. her husband went to
iooz for her, proceeding up the stream from
where she fell in. The bystanders asked
aim if he was mad. He answered: "She
| was obstinate and ontrary in her lifetime,
and it will be the same at death.''
II SAW Mrs. B to-day, papa, and took
IF my hat and bowed to her very politely"
I'm very glad to hear that. Whern did
you learn to bow so nicely?" asked the fond
father, blissfully anticipating that he had
himself been the model. II saw the hand
,rgan monkey do it, was the prompt reply.
HAD witty repacIee
Ia waited long 10 say,
Chances I'd had, but not enough
Were round to make it pay.
AT last. the center OF a. group,
as / in talking led it,
Tho time was come for my remark
Another fellow said it'll
A HUSBAND who had incurred the of
his wife, terrible virago seeks refuge I'M
Ter his bed. "Come out OF that, you brig
and, you rascal, you assassni'' screamed
his gentle companion. s;No, nlu(larl,'' he
replied. 81 won;t come out. l am going to
show you that l shall do as please in my
OWE houseW
SOME snen there are who toll for fame
And seek its heights to scale;
Throughout their lives 1t is their airss
One wins it, twenty fail.
For fa1na DO not care a straw,
It has 10 charms for me;
Make 2le a rich mans son-in-law,
And III contenteG b..
-Nesy York Weakly.
WITH creaky shoes q stranger treads
'rDe echo haunted aisle.
ana 2It ZIG people turn titelf uedus
To see tine man the preacher drcads-
The man vino makes folks sEnilau
For straragerls he is not fit,
Nor yet for treason's role:
For he, VINO like b ghost doth fit,
And in a front pew calmy sit,
Hath music in his sole.
Two YOUNG men were discussing women
The other Gay, and one was endeayorilg TO
convince the other something Of a misogy
nist, by the way-thsat to the other sex
man owed all his comfort. ''r}ley are, III
aeed,:' he remarked, ''the pri1neyal cause
Of human happiness mo Doubt" was
the rejoinder, .;ttlay are the cause Of prime
evil themselves.
IAsKED u Usage the other dag
10 tell me, il l;e could,
When we might close all iirisons up
Aud make I'LL congicts good
Yhe old man ansN :red slew anl clear,
And slowly turned his notes:
'"Ihose things you W Il not see, l fear,
Till tho 'INaoly motor notes"
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

There is in London Masonic
lodge membership to which is limited
to men possessing either literary or
artistic qualifications. 1t is called the
hodge of the Quartnor Coronati, and
Sir Charles Warren was president and
Walter Besant treasurer from its foun-
dation, in 1854. until recently. when
Sir Charles was compelled BY the con-
=stitution TO retire. He was prcsented
on his retirement with thirty books.
al written iby mem bers Of the lnlge.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
Might Have Done Better.

mo, sir" said a po1npous little
merchant, Il can't be trihed with. l
know the world; I've been through it. "
Yes, suppose So, said the t.av-
cling man to whom these remarks
were addressed.
Tin q self-made man; entirely self
made. What no you think Of that,
SIR: y
1T strikes me that you might have
done good deal better to let out the
contract. "-1ierchant Traueler.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21
"A new book Of unusual interest

"A. new book OF unusual interest.
has been added to the Yale College
library. 1t is the history Of the class
of 81, prepared by Mr. L. Smith
Hobart, Of Springfield. 1t has two hun
dred pages of interesting facts about
half a century's usefulness OF the most
famous class Yale ever graduated.
Among it's members were Senator
Evarts, Rev, DR.. George Dufield.
Chief Justice Waite. G, neral Pierre
pont, Samuel J. Tilden, Prof Lyman,
President Chapin, of Beloit College,
and Prof. Siiinan.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

Within the last twelve months 1854
Jews became Catholics in Vienna.
The Irish standard., 1888-01-21

ll'he Old man snsN cred slow anil clear,
And slowly turned his notes:
'"Ihose things you W Il not see, fear,
Till tho 'I&aely motor notes"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
Irving the Fire Lads,

Since the completion of the Upper
Broadway engine house Chief Temple
ton has had desire to see a practical
demonstration of the workings OF the
system. AS there have been no fires
lately this desire has not been gratifed.
He determined to test it anyway, and
on Saturday night. while the boys were
all in bed asleep, he quietly slipped into
the house and struck the gong. Before
the second tap some OF the boys came
sliding down the pole ready for busi-
ness and before the alarm was COM
pleted all the boys were in their places,
the team was hitched and all was in
readiness for a start. Up to this time
the chief had kept himself hid, and the
boys supposed the alarm to be genuine
one. They did not make the run, for
the chief called to them to stop. AL
though no record was made of the time
taken to make this night start, the chief
says it was remarkably fast and he is
fully satisfied with the system and his
men.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
Thieves Get in Their Work.

Hardly day passes without the re-
ported loss of some article taken from
the barns, yards, coal houses and houses
throughout the city. Evidently the
sneak thief is getting in his work in
good shape. One man complains of the
loss of his soft coal, which disappears
steadily night after night. Another
reports that his coal shed was broken
open and quite a quantity of hard coal
and other small articles were stolen
Still another is the case of lady who
put full strip of carpet upon the back
porch to cleanse it. After an hour she
looked for it but it was gone. Some
measures should be adopted to prevent
these occurrences. The people of the
city ask, and they have right to de-
mand. protection to their property.
This is the purpose of the police system.
Possibly the force is not large enough
to effect this purpose. Whatever is
necessary to be done TO secure the de-
sired end, should be done without de-
lay. =
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13

Personal Paragraphs.
G. H. Cross, of Audubon, is at the Pa
cifc.
f. l.. Mead and wife, of Seward, Neb.,
are in the city.
Warren Hough, of Crescent, was at the
city yesterday.
Il. j. McChesney, of Iron Falls, Sum
dayed in the Bluffs.
p. H. Herbert, of Lincoln, Neb., Sun
dayed at the Ogden.
j. F.. Stone and family of Missouri
Valley, are at the Kiel.
George Hill, of Fairfield, Ia, Sun
dayed at the Kiel hotel.
II. +. Ratchford, and w. H. Casey, of
Vail, Sundayed at the Pacific.
L. Wehmeyer and wife, of Des
Moines, spent Sunday at the KEEL hotel.
w. H. HI. Colby, of Fort Dodge, the
we'll known horse man, is at the Pacific.
M. Shoemaker and d. j. Carlisle, of
Templeton, were in the Bluffs yester-
day.
F. f.. Pike and wife, of Peru, Iowa,
were among yesterdays Pacific house
guests.
/ Mrs. B. Pettibone left yesterday for a
prolonged visit with relatives in Miles
Grove, Pa.
John Powers, an extensive cattle
dealer of Blanchard, Ia, spent Sunday
in the city.
r.. B. Sinclair, of Des Moines, spent
Sunday at the Pacific, and is looking
after his trade here.
w. II. Stevens, who travels for Nc
Clurg, came in from off the road Satur-
day night, and is at the Pacific.
j. Byers, Des Moines; j. D. Warren,
ST. Louis, and George b. Jordan, Kan
sas City, registered at the Bechtele yes
terday.
The Rev. Father O'Shea is visiting
with his friend, Father McMenomy. He
preached yesterday morning at the
Catholic church and delivered very
interesting lecture in the evening.
j. B. Christian left yesterday for his
home in Hamburg, Ia. He will make a
purchasing tour Of the southwest before
he returns. He is contemplating NOV
ing his family to the Bluffs within a
short time and will make this city his
future home.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
Rate War.

st. Paul Globe: A railroad cut-rate
war is something like a bear sucking
his paw for subsistence during the win
ter season. If bruin is able to get out
at all with the opening of spring he
comes out in a terribly emaciated con-
ditiOn. A cut-rate war is of no benefit
to shippers and terribly damaging to
the railroad companies. Shippers are
not substantially benefited by the cut
rates, because there is no certainty of
their continuance, and men with busi-
ness instincts do not base their opera
tions upon uncertain conditions. The
railroads not only lose money, but they
demoralize the transportation business
to such an extent that it takes months
after the war is over to get their affairs
Strengthened out again. Why men with
the business qualifications that rail-
road managers are supposed to pos
sess should ever adopt such unbusiness-
like methods to meet competition is one
of the inexplainable mysteries OF the
railroad problem. They do it, never
theless, and it is such u frequent occur
renee that the public mind is being i'm
pressed with the belief that the opera
ton of the Interstate commerce law
will have to be extended so that in the
regulation of Interstate traffic mini
mum rate will have to be fixed as we'll
as n maximum. 1t will come to that
sooner or later. The public interest
will require it, to say nothing of the
protection it will afford to the railroad.
business of the country. The people
are only interested in securing fair
rates. 1t is not to the public interest
that the the transportation of the coun-
try shall be done on a losing scale.
While it is desirable that the public
shall be protected against extortionate
rates, it is equally desirable that the
transportation business shall be done at
compensating rates. There is always
happy medium in everything, and if the
railroads do not strike of their own ac-
cord, they will have to be legislated
into it,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
Talked With Her Dead Husband.

A special to the New York World
from North Adams, Mass, says:
''Mother is dead; come at once" was the
message telegraphed by Dexter M.
Bishop, of Readsboro, VI, few days
ago. The message had to be contra
dicted, for Mrs. Lois Nj. Bishop, aged
eighty-six, had not died. After lying
unconscious for hours, she revived and
is apparently restored to her former
health. Mrs. Bishop says that while
she was unconscious she heard voice
say, "Mother," and she recognized it as
the voice of her eldest son, Franklin
Sylvester, who died fifty years ago. She
also recognized the voice Of her hus-
band, who died thirty'five years ago.
He asked her what she wanted, and il
she was coming to him. and she replied,
"Yes, William, have been in great
affliction."
After having seen and talked with
her dead husband and son. the old lady
says she doesn't want to live any longer,
but wants To go TO them. She has no
doubt that 1t Was heaven where they
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
Peace on Earth

Awaits that countless army Of martyrs,
whose ranks are constantly recruited
from the victims of nervousness and
nervous diseases. The price of the boon is
asystematic course of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, the finest and most genial
of tonic nervines, pursued with reason
able persistence. Easier, pleasanter and
safer this than to swash the victuallins
department with pseudo-tonics, alco-
hollc or the reverse, beef extracts, nerve
foods, narcotics. sedativesand poisons in
disguise. Tired Nature 'ssweet restorer.
balmy Sleep" is the providential recu-
perant of weak nerves, and this glo-
rlous franchise being usually the conse-
quences of sound digestion and in
creased vigor, the great stomachic which
insures both, is productive also of re-
pose at the required time. Not unre-
freshed awakens the individual who
uses it, but vigorous, clear headed and
tranquil. Use the Bitters also in fever
and ague, rheumatism, kidney troubles,
constipation and billiousness.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13

the wishes OF the citizens at large in
demanding rigid enforcement Of the
law in this matter. notwithstanding
all this but little attention is paid by
either the dirt haulers or the police
On Saturday last the reporter inspected
number OF wagons that are being used
upon Eighth and Ninth avenues and
Broadway. Out of twenty-three wagons
noticed, but six OF them were con-
structed with any regard to compliance
with the ordinance. Several of them
were perfect sieves, the dirt falling
along the entire route. 1t is true there
are occasional arrests. but they are not
frequent enough to opel ate as a check
upon the practice. 1t is claimed that
the ordinance does not fully cover the
ground to be reached. That it applies
to the end boards OF the wagons and not
to the wagons themselves. If this be
the case the ordinance should be
amended. The reasons why are too
many and obvious to require detail
here. Cleanliness, health, municipal
respectability are involved. 1t is earn
estly hoped that the city council will
take such action, and that at once, as
shall etTectually stop this practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-13
THERE ARE MILLIONS IN OIL.
Vast Fortunes Made and. Lost in the
BeuusyIyauia Fields.

Oil City Letter: 1t has cost $50, 900 900
to pay the storage and carrying charges
on the stock since January !, 1881, or
very nearly twice what the entire
amount of oil on hand would bring If
sold at present prices. The annual loss
to oil spectators on the fluctuations of
the market has been S10,000,O0O, or n
fatal of $70,O00.000 since Jan. 1, 1881.
This estimate of the annual loss may
seem large, but prominent brokers say it
is not large enough. One broker said his
customers alone lost S3.000'OOO in 1882
and 81 100000 in 1884. 1t has taken
about S21 100000 to pay the brokers'
commissions since 1881, making total
of Sl41 600. 900, which loss has been car
ried by spectators in seven years. Is
it any wonder that most OF them have
lost money! If a man is going to take Il
flyer in oil he had better take 1t on the
producing side Of the business. Few
men have gone into producing oil but
have made money. provided they con-
Quoted their business in legitimate
manner and did not try to capture the
whole world.
Since 1859 there have been drilled
about 81 600 wells at total cost of $780,
100000, These wells have produced
800. 100000 barrels of oil. which have
profit of 1915 .OO0, 600. The three largest
companies engaged in the oil business
are the Forest Oil company, the An
chor, and the Union companies. All
these pay good dividends, the Forest
paying II per cent year.
OIL producers are divided into two
classes; one is the daring wildcatter,
who, going far from other fields, leases
huge tracts of land and tests them by
drilling several wells. If he is lucky
enough to strike good we'll his fortune
is made. The other class, as conser-
vative as the wildcatter is reckless, go
about the thing in business-like man
ncr and buy property where it has been
proved that oil exists in paying quanti-
ties. They have the business down so
fine that they can tell you almost to a
week how long it will take to pay for
their property with oil at certain
price.
There are any number of men who,
beginning with few hundred dollars,
have made $50, 600, $lO0,0O and 800. 900
in the last few years. The oil fields of
western Pennsylvania are the richest in
the world, and there is more money in
oil producing than there is in the
United States mint.