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, 1888-12-22

The water which browns us, a fluent
stream, can be walked upon as ice.
The bullet, which when fired from a
musket carries death, will be harmless
if ground to dust before being fired.
The crystallized part of the oil of roses,
SO grateful in its fragrance-a solid at
ordinary temperatures, though readily
volatile-is a compound substance,
containing exactly the same elements,
and in exactly the same proportions,
as the gas with which we Light our
streets. The tea which we daily drink
with great benefit and pleasure, pro-
duces p~alpitations, nervous trem-
blings, and even paralysis, if taken in
excess; yet the peculiar organic agent
called theme, to which tea owe its
qualities, may be taken by itself Gas
theme, not as tea) without any appre-
ciable effect.
The water which will allay our
burning thirst augments when con-
gealed into snow; SO that it is stated
by explorers of the Arctic regions that
the natives prefer enduring the utmost
extremity of thirst rather than attempt
to remove it by eating snow" Yet if
the snow be melted it becomes drink
able water. Nevertheless, although If
melted before it enters the mouth ii
assuages thirst like other water, when
melted in the mouth it has the opposite
effect. To render this paradox more
striking, we have only to remember
that ice, which melts more slowly in
the mouth, is very efficient in allaying
irst.-Blackwood's Magazine.
, 1888-12-22
Moman,u Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep. She
bought of us a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was so
much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night and with one bot
tie has been mirsculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz Thus write
w. G. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. G.
Get a free trial bottle at DR.. W. N.
Hunts Drug Store.
, 1888-12-22

Adrian j. Parshall and Francis E. War
reD. az assignees for benefit of creditors
OF Morton L. Post & Co., VS.. Alexan-
der Duffey.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed sheriff of the county of Laramie
and territory of Wyoming, will, by virtue
OF an execution issued out of the district
court for the first judicial district of said
territory, in favor of said plaintiffs and
against said defendant, and to him direct
ed, at 2 o'clock p. N. on the 29th day of
December, 1888, in view of the property
to be sold, at the said Duffey's ranch, one
and a half miles southeast OF Granite
Canon railroad station, in said county and
territory, offer for sale at public auction
the following goods and chatteIs and per-
sonal property, to-wit: All and singular
the fences and other improvements
situate, lying and being south of the
Union Pacific railroad track, on sections
IA. Is, Is, 20 and %, in township No. l3
north, of range No. SO west; also all of
the right, title, Interest, claim and demand
of said Alexander Duffey in and to the
fences and other Improvements on those
portions of sections Is and II in said
township and range lying south of said
railroad track; also all of the right, title,
interest. claim and demand of said Alex.
ander Duffey in and to the fences and i'm
provements on sections 10, 81 and % in
said township and range, all being taken
on said execution as the property of said
Alexander Duffey.
Dated at Cheyenne, Wyo., this 18th
day of December. 1888.
s. K. SHARPLEss,
Sheriff Laramie County.
, 1888-12-22

Not a little ability is needed to be a
dude. 1t takes considerable force of
character to be willing to pass for q
fool rather than to give up ones con-
victions. A striking Illustration of the
fact of what a dude may be is fur
nished by Prince Ferdinand of Co
burg. When he assembled the much
disputed throne Of Bulgaria the world
laughed at the idea that a fop should
for a moment think of holding that
vexed seat. Now it is dawning on the
public that Prince Ferdinand has
as good q grip of his scepter as he had
on the fashions aforetime, and that to
get him off the Bulgarian throne moth
ing short of q general European war
would suffice. He has gone quietly
and determinedly forward, and, with
the persistence and concentration he
learned as a dude, he has made him
self master of the situation. He may
be regarded as a type, and, while there
must still be those who consider the
energies of one of these elegant crea-
lures as misapplied, in the face of
facts it seems foolish to deny their ex-
istence.-Boston Courier. O.
, 1888-12-22
LENGTH OF DREAMS.
An Observer of the Subject Tells of His
Own Experience.

W. 1xPcIltnCt-
This interesting question has been
recently discussed in Germany, among
others by DR.. T. Scholz, who has given
some striking examples from his own
experience and observation. 1t Is very
certain, however, that the majority Of
dreams are only of momentary dura-
the length of q minute. In proof of
this DR.. Scholz tells the following
story from his experience;
After excessive bodily fatigue and
a day of mental strain of a not disa-
greeable kind, / betook myself to bed
after 1 had wound up my watch and
placed it on the night table. Then /
lay down beside burning lamp. Soon
1 found myself on the high sea on
board a well known ship. l was again
young, and stood on the lookout l
heard the roar of the water, and gCsden
clouds hoated around me. How long
/ so stood / did not know, but itseemed
a very long time. Then the scene
changed. I was in the country, and
my long dead parents came to greetme;
they took me to church, where the
loud organ sounded. Twas delighted,
but at the same time wondered to see
my wife and children there. The
priest mounted the pulpit and preach
ed, but l could not understand what
he said for the sound Of the organ,
which continued to play. took my
son by the hand, with him assembled
the church tower-but again the Gene
was changed. Instead of being near
my son l stood near an early known
but long dead officer- ought to ex-
plain that l was an army surgeon dur
ing the maneuvers. 1 was wondering
why the major looked SO young, when
quite close in my ears an unexpected
cannon sounded. Terrified, l was
hurrying off, when 1 woke up, and
noticed that the supposed cannon shot
had its cause in the opening of the
bedroom door through some n en-
tering. 1t was as if 1 had lived
through an eternity in my dream, but
when / looked at my watch 1 saw that
since / had fallen asleep not more
than one minute had elapsed-a much
shorter time than it takes TO relate the
occurrence.
DIR. Scholz has collected many other
examples of a similar kind--True
Flag.
, 1888-12-22

A writer in a Shanghai journal, re-
ferring to the beggars of China, says
that large donations are given to them
by the people, but these are in the ma
ture of an Insurance. In the cities the
beggars are organized into very pow
erful guilds, more powerful by. far
than any organization with which
they can have to contend, for the beg
gars have nothing to lose and nothing
to fear, in which respects they stand
alone. Tho shop keeper who should
refuse a donation to a stalwart beggar,
after the latter had waited for a rea
sonable time and has besought with
what the lawyers call due diligence"
would be liable to invasion from a
horde of famished wretches, who
would render the existence even of a
stolid Chinese a burden, and who
would utterly prevent the transaction
of any business until their continually
rising demands should be met. Both
the shop keepers and the beggars I'M
derstand this perfectly well, and it is
for this reason that the gifts flow in a
steady, if tiny, rill.-London Times
, 1888-12-22

An OK team on the streets of St.
Paul is said TO be quite an unusual
sight, but the resident of Minneapolis
who cares TO be reminded Of his old
New England farm days with the
sight Of a yoke of oxen doing yeoman
service in front of a wagon needs but
TO 90 down in the vicinity OF the city
market or over 10 the city hay yard on
LyndaIe avenue and he will be pretty
sure to find one there on almost any
pleasant day. The farmers who drive
horned steers into the metropolis are
usually of the regulation down east
pattern, typical Yankees, who Ut
slow in abandoning the customs of
their early days. Many Of the
farmers and gardeners about the shores
Of Minnetonka are old settlers from
way back. For years after their ad-
vent in the territory of Minnesota the
OK team was the old stand by in all
the various details of farm labor, and
for many a year was even the favorite
mode of locomotion. Those old farm
ers in later days have become gar
deners as well, and either out of defer
ence TO old traditions or because they
find him profitable, they still continue
to make use of the patient OK, and are
not to be deferred by any metropolitan
customs or hifalutin notions from
hauling their produce into the city be-
hind their faithful OK teams.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
, 1888-12-22

A few days ago an English actor had
occasion TO visit a well known young
physician in this city whom he had
known quite q while. He was accom-
panied by his wife, a thorough Briton,
who in her conversation dropped and
supplied her his as many dweIers on
the isle do. The physician introduced
the lady to his mother, who prides
herself on her knowledge of ancient
history ard who had also been ac-
quainted with the husband. While
the gentlemen were transacting their
business, the ladies carried on a lively
chat. The actors wife told in her own
way of an instance where her husband
had displayed great bravery, and by a
happy speech had averted q panic at
Niblo's garden, Ending her story she
said: larry his quite an 'ero."
49," replied the doctors mother,
apparently greatly astonished, 'Iknew
he played a great many parts, but I
never heard that he had played the
fiddle"
1t took several minutes before all
could appreciate the point of her re-
ply, but the doctor said that she had
recently read a great deal about Nero,
the Roman emperor.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
, 1888-12-22
a TERRIBLE ELEPHANT HUM.
A Brave Boy Meets His Fsto While Hunt
ing in Africa


ing in Africa
Sitting about the camp fire on the
banks of the Chobe river, in Africa,
Professor j. W. Edwards heard the
story of an elephant hunt that affected
him more than any experience he ever
passed through, says a writer in The
American Field Burns, a trader in
Natal, was the author of the narrative,
and told Il as follows:
Il was trading in the interior, and
on one of my visits TO Natal was inn
portuned by George Wilson, a lad of
10, the son of an old schoolmate, to &C
company me on one of my tours. I
obtained his mothers consent, and we
started. The boy was a bright, cour-
ageous lad, and was ambitious to dis
tinguish himself with his rifle. Early
one morning in Water valley we saw
a herd Of fifteen elephants grazing
about a mile from us. We started
them up, and picking out a fine bull
with good tusks, l started to cut him
off, and telling George to ride behind
while l charged them. Soon l had the
old fellow out of the pack, and gave
him a shot behind the ear hat stag
gercd him a little. Then we crossed
fired him for half an hour, but could
not get any good shots. All at once
the horse George was riding stumbled,
throwing him and falling on his leg.
l was so Mortified that l could not
move; but finally, seeing Georges at
tempts to extricate himself, l tried to
draw the elephants attention TO me.
The brute was thoroughly enraged,
however, and charged for the lad just
as he was getting on his feet. Then
followed one of the greatest fights be-
tween brute and man / ever saw. OF
went George, the elephant after him,
while l followed, firing bullet after
bullet into his hide.
"An at once l saw that Wilson was
lame. l leveled at once and, fired, and
the boy turned around and did like
wise. This checked the brute for a
moment, but seeing George running
caught up with him. Up went his
lad was dead on the ground, crushed
by the blow. Not satisfied, the brute
began goring the lad in a frightful
manner l rode up to the beast and
sent in two shots that brought him to
his knees. He tried to rise, but could
not, and, after two or three shots,
rolled over and died. The poor lad
was torn in pieces. l placed his body
across my horse, chopped Off the beasts
tusks and rode back to camp. We
buried him near the springs and piled
rocks over his grave to keep the wolves
from getting at it. l took the boys
watch and chain, with his wearing APP
parel, to his mother, and ] can tell
you, lads, l never wish TO witness such
a scene again. The poor woman died
a year afterward, but would never
touch the profits of tho trip, saying
that she would take nothing that was
the means of killing her boy"
, 1888-12-22
E~lrhty-two and stm u.. Every Tooth.

Mr.. Alfred Daniel, of Douglas coun-
ty, father of Mrs. j. @. helms, of
Newton county, is SO years old, was
sick a day in his life, was never
in bed at sun up, never lost a tooth,
has been TO six log rollings this year,
lifts mor than most men, often in
dulges in coon and 'possum hunting,
has been a deacon in the Primitive
Baptist church for fifty-eight years,
was never drunk in his life, and an
oath has never escaped his lips. He is
the father of twenty-six children, If
teen now living, has seventy grand
children and a number Of g1eat-grand-
children. Mrs. helms, his daughter,
has ofiiciated at over l, 900 births, and
has never lost mother or child in a
single case. -Covington (Ga.) Enter
urIsp
, 1888-12-22
An Old Mossback.

Goode Price came up from L~eesburg
yesterday morning and told The Re
publican about the boss turtle catch
for the season. A negro living on his
plantation in Leo was fishing for suck
ers in Kinchafoonee creek Friday
evening, when all at once he felt some
thing heavy Juggling away at his hook.
He drew his line in slowly toward the
bank, and was surprised to see that an
immense turtle had swallowed the
bait. He was drawn slowly TO the
bank, when a hoe was thrust under
him and he was drawn out of the
water and killed. His turtleship was
as large as the top of an ordinary sized
trunk and weighed 1877 pounds. Amer
icus (Ga.) Republican.
, 1888-12-22

Mr.. Charles @. Baker, of Oil City, is
the name of a pleasant gentleman who
is now making a short visit to this city.
To see him walk you would be led TO
think that one OF his knees had been
slightly injured, but the truth of the
ia2tsari is that both Of Mr.. Bakers lower
limbs are artificial. His one limb was
amputated a short distance below the
knee and the other about four inches
below the hip joint. he can easily
ascend or descend a pair Of stairs.
This is the first case ever known in
which a man could walk with artificial
limbs when one leg was amputated
above the knee joint. His appearance
is changed but little and his misfor-
tune would never be noticed. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
, 1888-12-22

''There does not appear to be any
decrease in smoking cigars and cigar
cites" said an old ~tobacconist to an
Evening Sun reporter. Here are
some figures about the manufacture of
these goods in this city. The cigars
manufactured since Jan. 1 last were
642, o3s, 749; the cigarettes, 491, $40, $40.
In October, this year, the number of
cigars manufactured here was 70, o69,-
800, and the number of cigarettes 3D.
AIS, 600, against 50, 747, 200 for the same
period in 1887.
1.-THE cigars manufactured this year
are a little stronger than in former
years" continued the speaker. "This
is of course due to the fact that the
leaves are stronger. I find that the
majority of smokers prefer a strong or
medium cigar because they contain
more flavor and produce a sweeter
smoke.n
, 1888-12-22

PARTING.

Come let Us shake hands and say good-byi
CThere Is no need to cry;
An the old wounds are healed; these are outscas)
Let the meridlans rise like iron bars
Twixt the freed captive and his prison cell
That he had almost learned to love too well
Twill give his freedom rest;
I to the cas-: VIII SC, II you go west!
Through various scenes In storm and sunny
weather,
We've been together;
Yet now we are 70 part and these things seem
Tho fragments of a dream
Which comes at dawn. vivid and warm. and still
Setting the passionate pulses all aihFl-
Such dreams the senses safe;
Let Us awake before it is too lstel
We loved. or thought We loved. It's all the anne
There's nobody to blame;
Our wasted tears but briny water were.
our sight but empty air
Al was as idle IS n twice told tale,
And Ecras Of y5yI-s or mine cannot avail
Or restitution make
II was-it ts-tyvfl still be n mistake.
-ClhnA D. Maclean In The Couno!sseur
, 1888-12-22
.'one of Us Must DE-"

A tragic occurrence took place at a
small farm called Hendre Mochtre,
near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, on
Tuesday evening. The tenant OF the
farm, a man named Abraham Morris,
with his son Edward, 25 years of age,
had been drinking together at a public
house a short distance from their
house. On their way home about IL
o'clock a quarrel arose between them,
and ON arriving at Hendre the son
challenged the father to fight. The
latter refused, w%hereupon the son said:
Zone of US must die, and Immediately
took q loaded gun which stood near at
hand, and, resting the stock on the
ground, with the barrel pointing to his
head, he pulled the trigger. A farm
servant rushed forward, but it was too
late to prevent the gun going off.
Death was instantaneous, 70 add to
the painful character of the affair the
mother and two sisters, rs we'll as the
father of the deceased, We're present.
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1888-12-22
New Idea for Young Bu.ine.. Men.

Paper safes are the latest invention
for young business men who are start
ing in the financial world without
much capital. The paper safe as now
constructed cannot be distinguished
by the eye from the genuine article.
1t can be bought in any size, and as a
receptacle for lunch baskets and odds
and ends of the Office it is unsurpassed.
While being cheap in price it possesses
an imposing appearance, and a chance
customer seeing the mighty safe in the
office is at M impressed with the
dignity and financial security of the
concern he is dealing with.-Philadel-
phia Times.
, 1888-12-22

An amiablo inventor named N.
Jules limbs is, it appears, quite SAN
guine about his new method of erial
locomotion by means of boats worked
on something like the "switchback
railway" system. These marvellous
crafts are, it is said, to transport peo-
pie from Paris to st. Petersburg in
eight hours, unless the aeronauts in
vention is making game of him. NJ
limbs is working at his wonderful in
vention in the Rue de Traktir, off the
Avenue Victor Hugo, but people will
have TO wait a little before they can
put any trust in his promises on such
unprecedented velocity of locomotion.
Paris Cor. London Daily Telegraph.
, 1888-12-22
uow French corce 1. ,Iads.

The French have the reputation of
making the best coffee. Their method
is very different from the American
method. They take a great deal of
care in making this favorite beverage,
and the result is that when French
coffee is taken one drinks the pure
flavor of the berry. They always
grind the berries just before they are
to be used, and do not let a quantity
of ground coffee stand and get stale.
The French cook then pours boiling
water on the ground coffee; then she
filters this, and, after boiling the
water again, pours it on the coffee
once more. This is repeated a third
time. She never boils the coffee and
water together, o puts the coffee in
cold water and then let it boil. The
French do not know how to make
good tea, but they give this recipe as
the proper way TO make tea: Pour boil
ing water on the leaves and then turn
it out of the pot. Then pour one-third
of the water required, and place the
pot over a steaming apparatus in order
TO let it draw without boiling. After
a while add another third, and then
the last third. In this way the full
flavor and strength of the tea is OBJ
tained.-New York Mail and Express.
, 1888-12-22
stockholders, Meeting.

FoRT COLLINS, Col, Dec. l, 1885,
The annual meeting of stockholders of the
North Platte Irrigation and Ditch COM
pany will be held at the residence of VS..
Grout in Laramie county, Wyoming, the
Office of the company, on Monday, Dec.
81, 1888, for the purpose of electing (3l
three trustees for the ensuing year and
transacting such other business as may
properly come before that body.
7. A. GLEN, Secretary.
, 1888-12-22
Making Barrel. by Machinery.

The cooper trade threatens TO be a
lost art if modern science continues its
inroads upon it A Philadelphia man
has invented a machine that, with the
help Of six men, will turn out as many
barrels in a day as sixty men can make.
The machine has been successfully
operated, and coopers are taking a good
deal of interest in it If it proves fnan-
cially successful it will probably rev
o%lutionize the cooper's trade-New
York Telegram.
, 1888-12-22

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 pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. W. n. Hunt.
, 1888-12-22

of the stockholders OF the First National
Bank of Cheyenne, will be held at their
banking rooms on Tuesday, the Sth day
of January, 1889, at 10 o'clock, n. NJ.
for the election of directors for the ensu.
ing year. j. E WILD, Cashier.
Cheyenne, Dec. I, 1888.
, 1888-12-22
Advice to N

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays
the pain. cures wind collie and is the best
remedy TOR diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle
, 1888-12-22

We are not narrow minded enough or
short-sighted enough to feel resentment
if you do not buy of US. Come in and
look us over. Truckey, the Halter and
, 1888-12-22
He Conquered Her Aneeaon.

A Georgia lover, when refused by
his adored, whipped out a razor and
sliced off one of her ear After this
little evidence of affection, she con-
cluded she would have him.
, 1888-12-22

Argument will pull a wise man
down TO the level of a fool, but it
neyer raises a fool up to tho plane of a
wise man.-Squire Hobbs.
, 1888-12-22
THE DIAMOND PALACE

Wishes Its many patrons a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Come in and examine our Holiday Stock, Six
tenth and Curtis Streets. Tabor Block. Tele-
phone No. SOS.
we have added 10 our manufacturing facili-
ties until now we have the most complete
manufactory in the West. There is nothing
you may want, from a silver spoon up to a
massive dinner set that we cannot make for
you out of pure Colorado Silver and at a price
which you cannot duplicate.
Don't put of too long selecting your pre-
sents. We have the largest and finest lines OF
Bric-z-Brac, Bronzes and Richly Cut Glass
Ware ever displayed in the West.
H. s. PORTEOUS,- Proprietor
w. ID. SMITH, : Manager.
, 1888-12-22

The Union Pacific, The Overland
Route" will sell tickets to points on its
lines in Wyoming and Idaho within a
radius of 200 miles, Dec. oath 18th 3lst,
and Jan, l. Tickets are good only on
date of sale and good returning to Jan. 3
inclusive at one fare for the round trip.
, 1888-12-22
Remnants at half their.
real rUfHe at flyers.

CHEYENNE, Wyoming,

tHEI ENNEf NyVuIIukf
December 4. 1888.
All persons having demands against the
late c~opartnership firm OF Richie Bros.
4 Pode, are requested to present their
claims duly verified to me at my Office in
Cheyenne, Wyoming, on or before the
Ist day Of March, 1889.
Z. W. WHTTcoNB, Receiver.
, 1888-12-22

The German military budget ON
tains an item of 50, 900 for the breeding
and training of carrier pigeons.
, 1888-12-22

A good organ for S75 cash at Temple
of Music, Dol West Sixteenth street.
Call and examine.
, 1888-12-22

Before purchasing pre-
se1ats for the holidays eT-
aslstfse ZehNer. BuecheHr =
Co.'s stock.