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, 1888-09-14
In a Mexican Market Square.

Passing on through the market place l
emerged suddenly from a side exit into
the market square. Just in front of me
sat four or five groups surrounding a
bunch of smoking faggots, and as l ap-
preached them a little girl or boy would
step forward and offer for sale strings of
glass beads or baskets of images made by
Indians from clay. 1 bought several of
these images and narrowly escaped being
cheated in the process, for the little rogues
who are playing merchants know when
they have a stranger to deal with, and,
although they smile at you, showing their
white, pearly teeth, they will give you
the wrong change if they can.
Just beyond these groups 1 saw other
groups seated about large, square holes,
which had been dug in the ground. AT
first l could not understand this, but
after awhile l found out that they were
engaged in roasting the century plant.
The holes in the ground were apparently
three feet deep and perhaps four feet
across the top. Inside these holes they
had placed a half dozen stalks of the plant
over smoking faggots, and from the
smoldering fire there issued a volume of
smoke and the sound of escaping pulque.
By and by a Mexican strobe up, threw
down a three cent piece, and, without a
word, one of the agile boys, jumped into
the hole, chopped off a bit of the wood
and delivered it to the purchaser, who
went away munching on it as though it
was h leg of a chicken. The juice of
the maguey is sweet and Intoxicating, and
a great many of the Mexican people are, /
regret to say, slaves of it's power.-"R.
M. T." in st. Louis Republic.
, 1888-09-14

1t is rather in others and for others that
the modern civilized man breads pain. He
finds it harder to know that other men are
suffering the pains of cold or hunger in
Kansas or Ireland or India; or that ''pris-
oners of poverty" are working for pit
tances In the great cities; or that laboring
men are driven to work sixteen hours a
day; or that criminals are tortured or mis-
treated in the chain gang; or that ''politi-
calls" are driven to insanity in the Russian
state prisons. He resents and Furnishes
cruelty to animals where his great-grand-
father, perhaps, Thought nothing of send
ing a slave to the whipping post. He re-
volts even against harshness in just
punishment, and desires to alleviate some
of the horrors of hanging. If he ignores
a case of cruelty, it is from lack of ON
niscience; let him know about it, and the
world shall know his feelings about it.
Wherefore and Copley might go on for
years telling Englishmen of the horrors
of the middle passage and of all the vii
lainies of the slave trade; and still the
slave ships sailed out from Liverpool, and
the slave trade was represented in parlia-
ment. Cruelty in more recent times lives
by stealth and bushes to find itself ia
nous in the newspaper pillory.-The
Century.
, 1888-09-14
A Chinese Opium Story.

Since the introduction of opium into
China millions and tens of millions have
given themselves up to its use, its VIC
Tins being found in all the ranks and
conditions of life, among the old, the
middle aged, the young, and even chill
dren. But a case of an infant becoming
a victim to its pernicious influence has
just come to our knowledge. A man and
his wife had been in the habit of taking
opium for years, and one of their chief de-
lights was in indulging themselves over
the pipe in each others company, each tax
ing alternate whiffs. One day the woman
gave birth to a boy, and all the household
was in an e~cstatic state of joyfulness. But
before long the baby began to show signs
of illness, and although a physician was
sent for they could not discover the cause
of its symptoms. Every effort was made
to saw the child, but he only grew worse
and worse until his parents gave him up
for lost.
In despair they ooh theiE pipe to
solace themselves, and behold as they
pulled at the pipe the smoke was waited
to h child's nostrils, and, giving q
sneeze, he instantly revived and began to
cry. Upon inhaiing more of the smoke
he changed his crying into laughing and
became exceedingly lively. After that he
was all right as long as he inhaled the
smoke at regular periods of the day.
One day, however, his parents neglected
to give him the accustomed dose of smoke
and before they were aware he died
Chicago Times.
, 1888-09-14

Careless habits of speech are among .,le
prominent faults of our young people.
even those young people who have adj
vantages of schools and intelligent home
surroundings. Recognizing this, the
professor of English literature at Welles-
ley college has prepared a list of ''words,
phrases, and expressions to be avoided"
from which the young land old) readers
will receive many serviceable hints:
Guess, for suppose or think. Fix, for
arrange or prepare. Ride and drive, in
terchangeably. (Americanism.) Real,
as an adverb, in expressions real good for
really or very good, etc. Some or any,
in IN adverbial sense; e. e., II have
studied some" for somewhat. Il have
not studied any," for at all. Some ten
days, for about ten days. Not as 1 know,
for not that l know. Storms, for it rains
or SHOWS moderately. Try an experiment,
for make an experiment. Singular sub
ject with contracted plural verb; e. e.,
''She don't skate well" Plural pronoun
with singular antecedent: Every man
or woman should do their duty;'' or, IF
you look any one straight in
the face they will finch" Ex-
pect, for suspect. First rate as an ad-
verb. Nice, Unfortunately. Real nice,
may be doubly faulty.) Had rather, for
would rather. Had better, for would
better. Right away, for Immediately.
Party, for person. Promise, for assure.
Posted, for informed. Post graduate,
for graduate. Depot, for station. Stop
ping, for staying. Try and do, for try
to do. Try and go, for try to go. Cum
ming, for small, dainty. Cute, for acute.
Funny, for odd or unusual. Above, for
foregoing, more than or beyond. Does
it look good enough, for well enough.
Somebody else's for somebody's else.
Like 1 do, for as 1 do. Not as good as,
for not SO good as. Feel badly, for feel
bad. Feel good, for feel well. Between
seven, for among seven. Seldom or ever,
for seldom if ever, or seldom or never.
Taste and smell of, when used transit
lively. Illustrations: We taste a dish
which tastes of pepper. More than you
think for, for more than you think.
These kind, for this kind. Nicely, in re-
Spouse to an inquiry for health. Healthy,
for wholesome. Just as soon, for Just
as lief. Kind of, to indicate a moderate
degree. The matter of, for the matter
with.-Boston Transcript.
, 1888-09-14

J~oHNsoN's UNIVERSAL. CYcLopRD1A
is a whole library of universal knowledge
from the pens of the ablest scholars in
America and Europe. 1t is accepted as
high authority in our leading colleges.
l. is not for the few, like, Appleton's, the
Britannica. or the International, but for
all. 1t has just been thoroughly re used
at a cost of over see. 900 and three years
labor by forty editors, and over 1000 re-
nowned contributors. 1t is in eight con-
Venlent sized volumes. No father can
give to his child at school or his son and
daughter Just entering the arena of life,
anything that will be of more permanent
benefit 1t is an education supplement
tary 20 that of the schools. JoEnson's is
now the latest by more than ten years.
Address for particulars and terms,
A. j. JOHNSON & Co.
II Great Jones Street,
New York.
, 1888-09-14
THE COLORADO DEMOCRACY

III VI 4 -
Having adopted with marked unanimi-
ty a platform which voices in clear, ex-
pressiye and unmistakable terms the SEN
timents of a vast majority of the people
of Colorado upon local issues, and very
largely their views upon topics of national
concern-a platform which embodies the
record of the commonwealth Democracy
it may be truly said that the nomina-
ton of Hon. Thomas NJ. Patterson for
the office OF governor was nothing less
than an inspiration, says the Denver
Net0s. There was no plan about it,
hardly a moments consideration. The
impulse vas born of an intense desire for
the success of the principles which the
party processes and to give to the people
Of this growing state an exceptional OPP
portunity to support at the polls what
nine-tenths of them favor in private con-
versation and in public speech-reasona-
BILE railroad legislation Gust alike to capt.
talist and customer), the proper regula-
ton of our local finances, the immediate
stoppage of legislative extravaganza for
the benefit of party followers and the pro-
motion of good government for the peo-
pie at large, in whatever direction neces-
sity may dictate or prosperity suggest.
Sufficiently broad is this platform for
all to stand upon, and while it appeals
with especial force to the Democrats of
the state, whether acting together in its
towns and cities or standing alone in the
scattered ranches and camps, it goes out
beyond party and invites courageous unity
of action at the polls in November on the
part of all citizens who profess friendship
tor the ends in view.
For the standard bearer of the party in
this contest, the foremost Democrat of
the Rocky mountain empire, no special
introduction is needed. Through good
report and through bad, invited by prob
able success or stared in the face by a
reasonable assurance of defeat, the cause
of the party and the people has at all
time received at his hands the most loyal,
intelligent and earnest support. Twice
elected to congress, q leading member in
national Democratic conventions, the rep
utation of Hon. Thomas NJ. Patterson is
much broader than his state. His nomi-
nation for the Office OF governor will
attract the attention of Democrats every.
where and concentrate upon the canvass
in Colorado a degree of attention it would
not otherwise receive.
, 1888-09-14

While returning in the evening to my
hotel 1 stopped at the beautiful park
called the Plaza de Zaragoza, which is
spread put in almost tropical beauty be-
fore the new cathedral. 1t is filled with
orange trees and pecan trees, and is sweet
with the odor of pomegranates and aca-
cia blooms. There 1 found hosts of chill
dren playing along the graveled walks.
Their chief amusement seemed to consist
in throwing twigs and pebbles slyly at
the policeman, who, however, did not
deign to notice them. The Mexican po-
liceman is usually dressed all in white,
with a blue cap, and instead of an ugly
club he carries a bright saber. He does
not walk about at night from block to
block, seeing that all is secure, as our
policemen are supposed to do, but after a
certain hour of the night he seats him
self flat upon the pavement at a street
corner, and with his saber drawn and his
lantern between his knees patiently waits
the Mexican cry of "Watchl ~ which
notifies him when he is needed. The
Mexican policeman is therefore a harm
less, good natured man, and consequently
a ~favorite with the children.-''R. NJ. Y"
in st. Louis Republic.
, 1888-09-14
indiana Hungers for 1t.

An old subscriber to THE WEEKLY
LEADER writes as follows:
COLUMBUS, Indiana, Sept. 10.-I en-
close you 50 for which send me your
paper for another year. Our farmers
love to read it. Our state papers have
too much politics, SO your paper is well
liked for general news. 1t surprised me
to hear that Fort Casper, which l helped
to build in 1866, was now the site of a
new town. That section was full of In
dams when / was a member of the 18th
United States infantry. To Judge from
what / read in your paper many wonder
full changes must have come over Wyo-
ming since l was last there. Yours truly,
EVEREST POPE.
THE WEEKLY LEADER is the largest
paper published in entire Rocky Noun
tain region. 1t never consists of less
than twelve pages and is filled to the
brim with choice reading matter. 1t costs
50 per year, invariably in advance.
, 1888-09-14

The scout Of the novel and the show is
a very picture ne, kind fellow,
thoroughly recEl"... a dead shot, the
proprietor OF a vatled selection of scalps,
and showing In his moral character that
combination of ''half angel and half
Lucifer" of which Joaquin Miller de-
lights to sing. Like Samson of old, his
strength is in hair, and his long flowing
locks are the admiration of frontier wo-
men and the envy of frontier men. He
is always clad in buckskin. fringed and
stamped with grotesque designs, while
his flowing locks are surmounted with a
sombrero that it would take three days to
walk round the brim. Such is the eastern
conception; now for southwestern reality.
The United States scout in active
service e his hair cut short, in soldier
fashion, because he has to sleep on the
ground for weeks at a time, and if he
wore long and flowing locks they would
give him considerable trouble by afford
ing a choice variety of insects a refuge
and a dwelling place. He has no col
lection of scalps. In five years ex-
perience, during which 1 met nearly
every scout Of note in New Mexico and
in Arizona, 1 never found one of them
with a single scalp except his own. Then,
again, outside of some town in which
they wanted with a pardonable vanity to
show off, l never saw one of them in a
buokskin suit. 1t is too warm in sum-
mer and not warm enough in winter.
The scout is a good shot, but that is a
virtue he shares in common with nearly
every man and boy on the frontier
Con A. Mahony in Inter Ocean.
, 1888-09-14

The Chicago Times hits off the presi.
dents tariff views very c~leverly in these
words: With the presidents position
On the tariff reduction every reader OF the
Times is familiar. He is not a free
trader. Free trade is such trade as the
states enjoy among themselves, and is not
a condition of m sought to be in
troduced by any party in the country, but
with the republic and the other nations of
the globe. Custom house taxation must
continue. The ~plethoric condition of the
treasury implies unnecessary taxation,
the president says, and any sensible citi-
zen will concur. that unnecessary taxation
is unjust taxation. Indeed, our fiscal sit.
uation is phenomenal. Ordinarily the
complaint of the taxpayer is that the tax
gather takes too much. Ordinarily the
executive power asks larger budgets than
the legislative power, representing the
people who must foot the bill, is willing
to grant. But in this instance we ha re
the executive praying the people to dimin-
in the tribute and in doubt until the
election of November decides the uues-
ton, whether or not they will accept the
advantage"
, 1888-09-14
Notice..Timber culture.
United States Land Office,

OnllSu SldICo 1Jauu OhlCCi
Cheyenne, WYo., Sept. 6, 1888.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Isaac johnson against Frank R.
Lawrence for failure to comply with law
as to timber culture entry No. 9O5, dated
July 81, 1885, upon the te ! NV and lots
3, 4 and 5. sec 6, tip IA n, r GO W, in Lar
annie county, Wyoming, with a view to
the cancellation of said entry; contestant
alleging that said entryman has failed to
pillow or cultivate, or cause to be plowed,
plant or planted or cultivated any portion
of said tract, the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this office on the
10th day of October, 1888, at 10 o'clock
a. M, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning SAID alleged failure.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-14
AN INDIAN LOVE SONG.

His winter home the bear forsaKes
The red deer swims the shining lakes,
Up foaming falls the salmon leaps,
The wild sheep halts on dizzy sleeps,
The swans are northward flying.
With laughing voice the rivers run,
Their pillows flashing in the sun
1t is the moon of s%prouting grass,
A thousand warm sweet breezes pass,
Through lofty pine tops signing.
With bounding steps the antelope
Springs lightly down the mountain slope;
To verdant plains the bison HES,
The eagle mounts the morning skies,
And all the birds are mating.
With life and joy all things are bright,
Come forth, my Lowell my souls delight,
Thy wigwam's folds throw wild apart,
For thee, oh dear and tender heart,
Thy lover true is waiting.
e. M. Allen in American Magazine
, 1888-09-14
The Pig Headed Passenger.

A correspondent wants to know why
railway companies do not arrange to have
all passengers go out at the front end and
enter at the rear end of q car. He doesn't
know the perversity of the average pas
senger or he wouldn't ask this question.
If a railway company should try to en-.
force such a rule it would meet with the
pig headed opposition of nearly half the
passengers in every car. Americans, in
dividually, are a bright people, but in a
crowd they act as though they were not.
New York Tribune.
, 1888-09-14
Tho Gothic Alphabet Going.

Those who are obliged frequently to
refer to German books are especially in
terested in the movement to introduce
the Roman in place of the Gothic alpha
bet. Since 1866 the society which is agi-
tating this matter has nearly doubled in
numbers. On it's lists are now over 4,436
names, including members of all profess
sions, teachers, physicians, booksellers
and merchants. In 1886, out of 6,918
books on artistic, scientific, mercantile
and industrial subjects, 5,316 were printed
with the Roman Ietters.-Science.
, 1888-09-14

In England the proper ratio of doctors
to population is said to be one to 1000,
but by this rule there are 1 ,943 too many
doctors in London, and while 600 6io
every year, 1890 new ones are turned
out Competition is SO great that in some
parts of the city doctors will see a patient.
prescribe and supply medicine for six
pence n visit.-New York Sun.
, 1888-09-14
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo. |
Aug. rs, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
John A. McGreRor.
of Cheyenne, Wyo., has fled notice OF
intention to make proof on his desert land
claim No. 3400, for the s ne /. Sc I NV
/, W J Sc / and J sw /, sec 80, tip "a n.
ne / NV and NV ne t, sec 5. tip % n,
r 81 W. before the register and receiver at
Cheyenne, Wyo., on Saturday, the Goth
day of Sept, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and recla-
nation of said land:
William Atchison of Chugwater, Wyo..
Cyrus n. Haskins OF Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Isaac N. Bard of Little Bear, WYo.. and
Robert E. H%ollenbeck OF Cheyenne, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-14
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.

LaHu OMce at C~Heyenne, WyO.,
Aug. 25, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
%lng-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim. and that said proof will be
made before the register and receiver at
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oh Sept 81, 1888. viz:
John a. McGregor,
ID. S. 449S, for lots 2 and 3, sec "a, tip IA
n, r 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of said land, viz: William
Farrell, Edward Francis, Alexander G..
McGregor, Thomas Castle. all of Chey-
enne, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-14

HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC
TFRRTTORJAL COMMITTEE.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. IL, 1885,
The territorial Democratic convention
will be held at Cheyenne on Friday, Oct.
5, 1888, at l o'clock p. M, for the pur-
pose OF nominating a candidate for dele
gate to congress, and for the transaction
OF suchother business as may properly
come before it.
The several counties will send delegates
as follows: Albany, I; Carbon, 6; Crook,
5; Converse, 4; Fremont, q; johnson, 5;
Laramie, 10; Sheridan, 2; Sweetwater, 4;
Uinta 6.
1t is of the utmost importance that
each county be represented In person by
its delegates.
By order of the committee.
W. H.. HOLIDAY, Chairman.
w. r. SToLL, Secretary.
, 1888-09-14

Poetry is a more mechanical art than
most people believe. Fred Latham, who
is a cousin of Lord Tennyson, has told
me than when the laureate is writing a
poem he constructs a rhyming dictionary
of his own, thus: A, b, C, d, e, f, G, h, i,
], k, l, m, n, o, p, q, T, s, t, u, V, W, x,
y, z.
Then he has written q line, say:
Where Claribel low lieth-
He starts down the alphabet hunting for
q rhyme, getting ''buyeth," "crieth,"
''dieth," '1ieth," ''sigheth," ''tieth,' -
''tryeth," ''vieth," and so on, out of
which of course it is the easiest possible
thing to get the line
The oak tree, thick ieaved, amhrcslal sigheth,
when the proper time comes to introduce
that verse into the poem. Usually Lord
~Tennyson conceals the art by which he
gets to his rhymes by putting the manu-
featured line first and letting the second
one carry the real burden of the thought.
as any one who will read "Locksley
Hall" critically will see.-Henry Dees in
Chicago News
, 1888-09-14
Approaching His Sphere.
louisville Courier-Journal.

1t is said that a man named Rutherford
B. Hayes will be one of the exhibits at
the Cincinnati exposition to-day. He is
gradually approaching his sphere as q
dime museum curiosity on the strength
of his one claim to notoriety as the only
man who ever acted as president of the
United States without being elected to the
office or succeeding to it through the
vice presidency.
, 1888-09-14

A man stops" at a hotel when he
lodges for one night; he stays" when he
is well fixed; he puts up" when he is
given a sky parlor; he is a guest of the
landlord" when he does not pay.-New
Orleans Times.
, 1888-09-14
Then he has written q line, say:
Where Clarfbel low lieth-
The Nirhtinea1e,s Song

The nightingale, it is said, has sixteen
different beginnings and closes, with
many intermediate notes, while other
birds have but four or five changes
Once q Week.
, 1888-09-14
Political Speeches by Proxy.


All that is needed now for overworked
congressman is the opportunity to vote by
proxy while taking part in the political
campaign. Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge has
succeeded in having a speech on r%etalia-
ton in the Congressional Record on the
same day that he was addressing an III
dience in Maine on the benefits of protec-
tinn
, 1888-09-14
When your skin is yellow

When your skin is full of pimples you
need a good blood medicine that can be
relied upon. Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker is warranted as a positive
cure for all of the above, so you can not
possibly run any risk when you get a bot
tie of this wonderful medicine. w. N.
Hunt druggist.
, 1888-09-14

Mr.. II. l.. Myers will conduct the
business management OF Cold Facts (Mr.
Valentine Baker, advertising paper) and
will call on the business men Of this city
should they wish TO be represented in the
columns of this widely circulated paper.
, 1888-09-14

We have Just received our fall styles of
suitings and they are heater than ever be-
fore. On account of adopting the cash
system in hat department we can make
suits from IS to $40 cheaper than before.
If you want a suit made see what we
have. B. Hellman.
, 1888-09-14

A negro farmer in Dougherty county,
Ga, has succeeded in making excellent
syrup from watermelons, and thus a new
use is devised for the surplus crop.-Chi-
Gag Herald.
, 1888-09-14

There is q respect due to mankind
which should incline even the wisest of
men to follow innocent customs.-Dr. L
Watts.
, 1888-09-14
Those silly sheep.


1t is somewhat interesting to note that
the sheep OF Vermont that voted so
unanimously for the Republican ticket on
Tuesday have diminished nearly one
half in the twenty years of a high tariff
on wool.
, 1888-09-14

patra. A few corroborative words from
Mis- Susan B. would set a great many
doubts at rest.
, 1888-09-14

NoTE-The special articles on Mining
and Metallurgy, and alto on Cattle Rails
ing, are alone worth the price OF the set.
, 1888-09-14
PITH In PARAGRAPHS.
How Congress Retaliates.
Washington Crftic.1

The principal retaliation business going
on In congress at present appears to be
the upper and lower branch retaliatipg
on each other.
, 1888-09-14
RATES OF ~ADvERTIsING.

DAILY LEADER, all Observation-Disclosures
10 cents per line each insertion, 9 consecutive
insertions s cents per line; one month D cents
Minor mention notices, among local reading
matter, Is cents per line each insertion.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Daily, delivered by carrier, Csc. per week.,
81 per month.
Daily, by mail, 81 per month, $500 for six
months, $40 per year, In advance.
Weekly, 500 per annum, sl.25 for six months,
payable in advance.
, 1888-09-14

A New York paper says that the ODE
lsk In Central Park probably witnessed
the courtship Of Marc Antony and Cleo
, 1888-09-14
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Ben Hellman is in New York and Man
ager Gus Lehman is cutting prices to beat
the d..
, 1888-09-14
For fne watch repairing,
David Miller, Idelman block

A Bal Congress or abutton shoe, 81 90.
GreenIree, Cio;hier.