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, 1888-04-04
Much Like Other pcnnle.

The latch key which opens into the cham
bers of my consciousness fits, as l have suhl-
cient reason TO believe, the private apart
ments of a good many other peoples
thoughts. The longer We live, the more we
find we are like other persons. When l
meet with any facts in my own mental ex-
perience, ] feel almost sure that / shall find
them repeated or anticipated in the writings
or the conversation of Others. This feeling
gives one n freedom in telling his own per-
sonal history he could not have enjoyed
without it.
1t gives many readers n singular pleasure
to find a writer telling them something they
have long known or felt, but which they
have never before found any one to put in
words for them. An author does not always
know when he is doing the service of the
angel who stirred the waters of the pool of
Bethesda. Blessed ure those who nave said
our good things for us.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Atlantic.
, 1888-04-04

Seeing that deformcd feet add 30 or 100
per cent. to the social and matrimonial value
of n Chinese female, one cannot help mp
plauding the enterprise of the people in this
district as compared to the apathy existing
on the same subject in others. The compar-
ative poverty of their clayey unduIations
has doubtless awakened them TO the opportu-
mites of increasing values in other direc-
tions, Hence they convert all their female
infants into golden lilies, for whom some
prospective husband will be willing to pay
500 more than if they We're possessed of
vulgar extremities as provided by nature.
The people hereabouts seem unusually
timid and alarmed at my strange appear
ance. 1t is both l%aughable and painful to
see the women hobble Off across the fields,
frightened almost out of their wits. At
times l can look about me, and within a
radius of 500 yards see twenty or thirty fe-
males all with deformed feet, scuttling off to.
ward the villages with painful efforts at
speed. One might well imagine them to be
a colony of crippled rabbits, alarmed at the
approach of a dog, endeavoring to hobble
away from his destructive presence
Thomas Stevens in Outing.
, 1888-04-04

Among the peculiar men of the news
paper fraternity of this city there is one
who has a habit of unusual eccentricity.
He has had occasion for many years to
traverse daily and nightly, up to a very
late hour, that part of the city between
the postoffice and Cooper Union, along
Chatham street and the Bowery; and he
has always made it a habit to give a sum
of money, ranging from two cents to ten,
to every beggar who accosted him along
the route. 1T must be a very expensive
custom, a friend said to him one night as
he handed a nickel to a gray beard in the
street. mot at ALL" he replied, ''you
will be surprised when 1 tell you that
after keeping count for a while, 1 found
that it cost me less than 81 a week, all
told. now put 81 of change for char
ity every Sunday in my vest pocket, and
often have to hunt up a beggar on Sat-
urday night to give him the quarter or
half dollar that is left. The newspaper
man with this eccentric habit says he has
but two regrets in his past life, and they
were impersonated in two street beggars
to whom he refused aims. 1t would be
easy to preach a sermon against such a
habit, which. however, is not so gener-
ally prevalent as to make the sermon
worth our while.-New York Sun.
, 1888-04-04

We now come to the most important part
Of cigar making-the wrapping. l suppose
that there are more than POO patents for
wrapping machines, not one device having
proved TO be of practical value. The great
est difficulty has always been found in max
ing the point of the cigar by machinery.
Strange to say, while the point of a cigar is
bitten OF or cut off he fore it is smoked, every
cigar has n neatly made point, or ought to
have; the sharper and the more regularly
made the better. Several manufacturers
have tried to introduce cigars with the point
alEeady cut off, and have failed; we seem to
inherit q desire to bite that point ofR, and we
&c on spending money to make what is of no
value, and must be destroyed before the cigar
is used.
About four years ago l went to work at n
machine for wrapping cigars, and it took me
two years to solve the problem of making
the machine do the work of the knife and the
fingers in shaping and finishing a neat point.
Some months ago l exhibited my first ma
chine, and six weeks ago l gave an exhibit
ton of what it could do to the manufacturers
who now own it. l had it worked for Sow
eral hours under the inspection of these ex-
perts, the result being that it turned out
several hundred cigars made as well as the
best hand work, and about four times us
fast as by hand work. As a final test. n girl,
who never touched n leaf of tobacco before,
after three hours teaching, turned out lOC
cigars without defects.-New York Post.
, 1888-04-04
European Residents of calcutta.

And now something Of the society Of Cal.
cutta. The Europeans live In considerable
style, own fair horses, and the ladies arc
finely dressed. All have.a large array of ser.
wants, whose demeanor toward their employ
ers is far more servile than was ever that of
the slaves Of our southern states. This, how
ever, is entirely outward, and here has char
acterized for ages the department of all in
feriors toward their superiors. The foreign
ers look in good health, but are guarded to
make but little violent bodily exertion, md
none in the sunshine. The children are
fairly ruddy up to 4 or 8 years of age. After
that it is not safe to attempt to rear them
here. They become debilitated and painfully
lacking in vital energy. All live amid too
great exposure to the sun, even at this sea
SON. We are constantly warned on this
point.-Carter Harrison in<C Chicago Mail.
, 1888-04-04
netter Glass of cslsstIals.

The coolies found in American cities
running laundries or doing lhenial work
are taken as types of the Celestial race,
whereas they are all of classes that are
not as elevated in their own country as
the lowest laborer found in Europe.
They are descended from q long line of
slave ancestors, and are favored with in
telligence that is only one remove from
the inferior animals. Go to San Fran
cisco Of New York, where you will see
Chinese merchants, and, after making
their acquaintance, you will come away
surprised. They speak a pure English
and write in a clear business hand. Their
c-ountenances are open and frank, and
their business relations are maintained
with scrupulous exactness.
The best merchants are Cantonese, who
wear silk garments Of the finest texture
and live in a style that very few Ameri-
cans can afford. They are very particu-
lar about their food, which is prepared
by Chinese cooks, whose regulations
across the sea are as famous as those of
the leading French chefs. If you have
tine good fortune to be invited to dine
with n of these merchants you will
find a display of still and sparkling wines
that would open the heart of a Vanderbilt.
They import all of their goods, and in
their residences you will find tables and
chairs Of a rose colored iron wood-so
called on account of its great weight
that are fitted together without nails,
screws or glue. The furniture is so skill
fully made that it will last to the end of
time without warping, cracking or break
ing.-Globe-D Democrat.
, 1888-04-04
TOLD BY HIS Triple.
How IA bartender Locates n Man by His
ParticuInr HeveraEs.

Particular beverage.
"Brandy smash, sire Yes, sir" said an
uptown bartender recently, and be immedi-
ately began to shovel ice into a glass, and
then crushed the mint prior to completing
the beverage.
From the south, sir, l reckon" said the
bartender, as the writer set down the empty
glass.
"Why do you ask2'
"EVell, you see, We can generally fix the
nationality and place of residence of our WIS.,
itOrs by their drinks, Americans usually
take whisky or gin cocktails in the morning,
Frenchmen imbibe iced claret, or if they are
hard on 1t, some cognac or absinthe. Ger.
mans take beer. Englishmeu drink heavily
of ale and brandy, but they seldom drink
early in the morning. There are not many
Japs in this country, but the few who are
here are very fond of lager, md Cinnamon
take brandy in their tea. Scotchmen and
Irishmen drink whisky. In this country
every state has its own particular style of
drink. New Workers want rye all the time, a
Pennsylvania calls for MOnOugahela, the
Kentuckian sticks to bourbon and it is almost
certain death to offer a man from Florida or
Georgia anything but corn whisky. Jersey
men, you know, take appleiaci npreterence
to anything else, while DelawarianS must
have peach brandy and honey. Men from
MlSsOufl, as n rue, are great WHISKY drink
ers; they want their whisky straight and
plenty of it. North Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, Tennessee and other southern
states send us great fancy drinkers The
best bartenders in the world come from the
south. Since the California wines have
been in the market those from the Pacific
slope call frequently for Catawha, but half of
them Can't tell the difference between still
Catawba and Sautcrne.p
"What fancy drinks are mostly called forE'
"Wcll, New Workers take naturally to milk
punches and whisky or gin sours. Southern
ers are very fond of sherry cobblers, mint
juleps, brandy smashes, brandy juleps and
bourbon sours. Philndclphians, when they
don't take their whisky straight, or ale or
beer, call for cocktails, whisky ~srnashes,
Roman punch and fish house punch. A fish
house punch is one of the incest drinks
Known. 1t is made of whisky, Jamaica rum
and several cordials, together with lemon
and oranges. But the same drinks go by
different names in different parts of the
'eountry New York Mail and Express.
, 1888-04-04

CTheodwinkle Brown comes into the house
Mt 10 o'clock with a bleeding nose.)
Mrs. B-Theo, what has happenedl
Mr.. B-Stumbled over n post that some
idiot left lying across the walk in the front
yard out there.
Mrs. B-A postl You are mistaken. No
one left a post there.
Mr.. B-Couldn't 1 see it7 It's moonlight
and bright as day.
Mrs, B-A post across the walk
Mr.. B-You come out and look for your
self. See that post lying therel That's what
done it.
Mrs. B-Theodwinkle Brown, that is moth
ing but the shndow of the trunk of that pine
trecl
Mr.. Bit is, hey7 Well, what if it isl
Don't you know (hicl that the shadow of a
pine tree is just as hard n thing to kick
against and fall over as the shadow of n
hickory treei Singular some women don't
know anything after moonlight. Detroit
Free Press.
, 1888-04-04
Regarding Apple Trees.

As n general rule it doesn't pay to re-
graft old trees of undesirable kinds, but
where one has n sew thrifty young trees
that have come into bearing and show n
tendency for Il large production Of fruit of
poor quality, such may be grated
throughout their tops as extensively as
you please with n good deal of propriety,
especially If they stand in locations where
they will be missed If cut down MS worth
less. To change n large tree entirely Will
require at least three years, MS 10 cut Off
the entire top at once may kill it,. The
scions should be set in limbs of about one
or two inches in diameter, and not near
the ends of the limbs, but neal the butts
of small limbs as they project out from the
larger ones. The shoots, that will now
more than ever be thrown out from the
old wood, should be kept pruued out as
they appear.
, 1888-04-04

The cost of drilling a gas we'll is usually
from $500 to $4,000. The method pursued
is the same MS for an oil well. The weight of
the drills with the attached Jars is 5000 to
1000 pounds. These rise and fall four to five
feet, and are constantly rotated, so as to
bring the bit into contact with the entire cir
conference Of the drilling. For a depth of
800 feet the hole is bored eight inches in
diameter and is cased with 8 SIS piping. Be
yond this depth the hole is continued with q
diameter of six inches until gas shall be
reached or the well abandoned. A casing of
four inch pipe is used for this lower portion.
Under ordinary circumstances about fifty
days is required for the drilling.-Chicago
Times.
, 1888-04-04

"The crop of alligators is decidedly slim in
the south, y said n man who had just returned
from Florida. sin fact, the supply is giving
out, and the alligator seems on the road to-
ward extinction as rapidly as the buffalo.
The slaughter for their hides has been waged
so fiercely that it is no wonder the stock has
been depleted. 1t is only a matter of a few
years until the last survivor of u mighty
mouthed race will be lodging the bullets of
the hunter in some lonely lagoon, and
YEARLY waiting for tho end to come.n-Chi
cage Tribune.
, 1888-04-04

DR.. Bowditch, in n recent lecture on
Composite Photography, exhibited a
composite Of sixteen naturalists, which
was said to so nearly resemble Agassiz rs
to suggest that he was an approximation
of the typical naturalist. The composite
of the Harvard class of 1887 is character
lied as dark, dignified and brilliant; that
of the composite Bowdoin student rs
sturdy, rugged and sensible. Composites
of college young men and college lnaidens
looked enough alike to seem those of
brother and sister. No reference is made
in the report of the lecture to the COM
posite of h sweet girl graduate OF
the Michigan university; but any one
who knows the quality Of the beauty of
IL fair students will not hesitate to say
that the composite is superior to the pro-
duction of the east. The young man in
search of the ideal young woman must
come west.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-04-04

The chief paper of Ekaterinburg publishes
some interesting information about the mum.
Der of persons exiled from Russia TO Siberia
for political and other ~offcnses. On Jan. !
of the present year the total of these pris-
oners Of both sexes in the provinces Of
Irkutsk, Yeneseisk and Yakutsk amounted
to 10000. OF this number $1,000 were in
fixed places OF residence, 10000 were en-
pIoyed on different works, and 5000 had
escaped. In western Siberia it appears the
number of prisoners who vad their Gus
todians was still greater, for a census taken
in the towns and villages showed that the
enormous proportion of G7 per cent. Of the
prisoners were missing. The paper throws
no light on what became of these %unfortu-
mates Boston Transcript.
, 1888-04-04

As a mirror, uncracked, the newspaper
press of the world in general, and of the
United States in particular, has never been
equnlcd, and it is difficult for me to under
stand how it can be improved, but the news
paper press MS an educator, as n director, as
n censor, as n just, impartial critic-how
about thatl There can be no two opposing
opinions in that respect. Great capital de
mands dividends. Dividends can be had only
from a prosperous business. A prosperous
business must recognize the law Of supply
and demand. and if the public demand dirt
the newspapers will furnish dirt-and don't
you forget it-Joc Howard in Boston Globe.
, 1888-04-04

The influence of the moon upon vegetation
is an interesting problem awaiting solution.
A recent writer upon the subject mentions
that wood cutters in Cape Colony and in
India insist that timber is full of sap and
unfit to be cut at full moon. Another OBJ
servation of lunar influence in Cape Colony
is the rapid spelling of meats and other pro-
visions when exposed to moonlight, though
this may be due to the fact that the Light
serves us a guide to Observation-Disclosures
Traveller.
, 1888-04-04

Legrand writes on 'ENarcolepsy' in tho
current number of The French Medicale.
This consists in sudden attacks of deep
sleep, lasting some minutes; not days like
a trance, or seconds like petit nal. More
over, the condition is one apparently of
simple sleep, from which the patient may
easily be aroused. Brain congestion, re-
sulting from deficient heart action, gastric
troubles or arrangements of the liver, and
such diseases as govt, diabetes and rheum-
atism are some of it's associations Chi
cago News.
, 1888-04-04

That the body is now more susceptible to
benefit from medicine than at any other
season. Hence the importance of taking
Hoods S~arsaparilla now, when it will do
You the most good. 1t is really wonder
fnl for purifying and enriching the blood,
creating an appetite, and giving a healthy
tone to the whole system. Be sure to get
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to
Il elf.
, 1888-04-04

A Georgia farmer y 81 find sweet
corn a most valuable crop to raise. Plant
ing very thick on fortified land it yields an
immense amount of forage, which is rel
ished by all stock. l find nothing better
for keeping up the flow of milk during
the latter part Of the summer and early
autumn / feed both stalk and ear to
milk cows.s For constant use several
paintings should be made.
, 1888-04-04

At n recent lawsuit In Texas thirteen
expert cattle branders swore that when
cattle were branded in 'the lark of the
NOON the brand will never get larger
h the first impression, no matter how
much the animal may grow. But If the
branding iron is applied in the eight of
the NOON the scar will spread, and the
lighter the loo the larger will be the
Bpread.-New York Sun.
, 1888-04-04
Chloroform for Preserving Fruit.

A simple method of preserving fresh
fruit is to place 1t in a wide mouthed,
glass stoppered bottle with n little chloro-
form. The stopper Of the bottle should
be creased with a little petroleum. to
make it air tight. A drachm of chloro-
form sufices for a quart bottle. The
chloroform oon evaporates on exposure
to the air, or is dissipated in cooking
Pharmacy Era.
, 1888-04-04

Berlin has gradually become the head
quarters of the carved wood industry,
~supplanting Switzerland. Six hundred
artists in wood carving, the same number
of turner's and 700 carpenters are engaged
In the production of such articles as cigar
cases, newspaper and picture frames,
napkin rings, etc. The value of the
annual export of these trifles is put at
: 1850, 00.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-04-04
SLEEP, SORROW, SLEEP.


Sleep, BORROW, sleep!
For I have watched thee weep
TIL all the purpose of my days is riven.
Her quest forsakcn, shall the soul be shriveuf
My VOWS are melted with unceasing woe,
Is April ~raintalls waste the winter snow.
Rest. Sorrow, rest!
For thee a curtained nest
OF faith and truth and lulling tendernesscs
Is shaped within the spirits dim recesses,
Where all the tumult OF LIES eddying stream
Sounds hollow as the rivers OF q dream.
Rest, Sorrow, restl
Upon thy heaving breast
White poppy leaves l strew so heavily scented
l deem that pulsing heart will be contented
To droop on dull oblivion awhile,
AS sinks the spent wave on a tropic isle.
Sleep, Sorrow, sleepl
Heaven send thee frances deep.
Too deep for dreams, till weary night hath ending
In rosy dawn, when Love, above thee bending,
AS sunshine floods the long enshrouded skies,
Shall kiss into a smile thy waking eyes.
Katherine Lee Bates.
, 1888-04-04

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
80 cents.
, 1888-04-04

Little Johnny after a spankingl-Aunt
Susie, are you going to heaveni
Aunt Susie-Why, yes; | hope so.
Johnny-Well, when you die n 1 die and
we both go 20 heaven and get to be angels, l
shan't fly where you Hy.-Washington Post.
, 1888-04-04

The magnetic properties of iron have
been found by NJ =. Ledeboer to be I'M
affected up to a temperature Of l 100 degs.
Fahrenheit, beyond which they are
rapidly lost, becoming scarcely percept-
ible at 300 degs. and entirely disappear
ing at 1850 dogs. They return in the
same way as the metal cools.-Arkansaw
Traveller. .
, 1888-04-04

Never mind what the world thinks about
you 1t cares little for you and thinks less
about you. Better think about and for your
self. You are your own best companion and
judge.-Philadclphin Call.
, 1888-04-04

Mamma, who is Sally ForthT' asked little
Dumley.
"I'm sure 7 don't know, child; I never
heard of herr
"Why, papa knows her, for he says every
morning, Now to Sally Forth Detroit
Free Press.
, 1888-04-04

MoNN or the good things of this
ss1 life are s~orrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Ecker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
DR.. W. n. Hunt.
, 1888-04-04

If you let others think for you you will
soon find yourself adrift on the endless shores
Of indecision.
, 1888-04-04

You viii always find 1t harder to listen
than to talk, but theAear is better than the
tongue.
, 1888-04-04

A sheet of MANILA paper six miles in
length and five feet wide was made with
out n break at an Athens Gal paper mill.
, 1888-04-04

In Italy but little credit business is
done and zone without good security be-
ing given.
, 1888-04-04

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
Whistles, choice HQueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-04-04

The wise monsis the man who knows what
TO do when the time comes.
, 1888-04-04

1t may wound your vanity, but rest as
sured that you will succeed in this world
II you deserve it.
, 1888-04-04

1t is said that the %sarcophagus con-
tanning the body of Alexander the Great
has been discovered at Saida.
, 1888-04-04

The working day in Parishas been reduced
from eleven hours to ten hours.
, 1888-04-04
Too Curious About Matters.

Little Precocity-Uucle, what paint do
you usei
Uncle-For what, dearl
ITO paint your nose. Is it the same kind
ma uses on her cheeksf'
Little precocity is hurriedly sent to bed
Texas Siftings.
, 1888-04-04

Second hand experience is like a suit of
second hand clothes-neither will ft you.
, 1888-04-04

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader office,
, 1888-04-04
p0Noe that are fretful, poevish,

Windy Collie, Teething Pains, or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby Soother.
It contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 25 cents. Sold by
DR. w. N. Hunt. =
, 1888-04-04
d. W'agaer&cp.
SPICIALIsrs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
ana attention TO this much neglected class OF
ity Is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them rom worse than death, is no less n
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plicntion eNcels IN any other branch of his pro
lcsSion. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawntng when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1888-04-04
E- MEN.

There are many men of the age of 30 to 90 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by n slight
smarting or burning sensation and n weaken
Ing of the system I'm a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits n ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen viii APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to n dark and turbid APP
peaTtLnce. There are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the zecond stage OF seminal weakness. DR..
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DR.. & co.
IIll Larimere street. Address, Box 27S3, Den
Yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-04-04

.EWSE reCeiced, "a MesO Tine
of Boys and GhUdren'S
suits, also Kill suits at
~. sWGrk:s'