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, 1888-09-04

People have no idea what a much
abused class of workers are the drug
clerks. They have to spend years study
ing chemistry and other branches con-
nected with the pharmaceutical profes-
sion, and after they go to work what do
they get2 The answer is-precious little.
Aside from the small compensation al
lowed us for our services, there are the
long hours and Sunday work. l rarely
work less than thirteen hours o day, and
am required to work even harder on the
seventh day of the week than the first.
Besides filling prescriptions and serving
customers with other articles in the line
carried by the trade, l am kept on the
run to the soda fountain. The drug
clerks generally have but really little
time to enjoy the good things of this life,
and, after serving many years in the
business, l can truthfully say that there
is little in it. The salaries paid years
ago were better than now, but ever then
it was not a lucrative profession. The
cause of the present low salaries is the
large accessions to the ranks of the medi-
cine mixers year after year. They are
being turned out of the colleges of phar-
macy Ill droves every year, and when
beginning do not object to working for
low wages. The consequence of this is
that the salaries of the old timers have to
come down, as the owners of the drug
stores do not care about paying more
than they can avoid.-Drug clerk in
Giobe-Democrat.
, 1888-09-04
Brief Chapter on ReIishes.

The relishes are of two classes. First,
those which depend mainly on one or
more piquant substances, such as p
mustard, ginger, horseradish, vinegar,
cinnamon and the various spices. These
are combined with some one or more
generally with several-of the following
vegetables as a base: tomatoes, usually
green; onions, cabbage, cucumbers, pears,
peaches, currants, berries, grapes.
Secondly, those which depend mainly
on sugar, combined with the Juices of
various fruits, OF with the pulp, as in
the case of marmalade.
Now the question arises, are these and
similar relishes conducive to health?
A normal, vigorous appetite needs no
such aid. It is sufficient of itself. The
lower animals need nothing of the kind.
The cows green grass, the horses dry
hay, and the dogs bone with a little
meat on it, are doubtless eaten with a
relish that our pampered stomachs know
little of.
Unfortunately, all people have not
high health. Some are in o feeble con-
dition, with little or no appetite, and yet
their recovery depends mainly on the
food they take. In such cases some sim
pie relish is not merely greatly desirable,
it is necessary.
Many persons, in this driving age,
come to their meals with little appetite.
A sensible appetite quickens and increases
the gastric secretions. In such cases,
therefore, some piquant relish is really
helpful. Probably ever the strongest is
not injurious, If used with moderation;
but relishes are greatly pernicious if used
to encourage o~vereating, or to cause one
to eat when the stomach is already ex-
hausted from previous repletion.-
Youths Companion.
, 1888-09-04
A JOLLY

Jarbeau and her company scored an
unequivocal hit at the opera house last
evening and the San Franciscans must
certainly be queer people if they are not
completely captured by Starlight as will
be presented to them in a few days. The
so-called play is a musical hodge podgc,
without much rhyme or reason to it, but
buggling over with vlvacity. It never
trenches on the vulgar and touches the
domain of house comedy. In every re-
spect it maintains a happy medium and
the large audience assembled to hear it
last night keenly relished it from begin
ming to end. Jarbeau's imitation of
Madame Theo's rendition of the song 81
Cannot Marry You My Pretty Maid" was
as delicious a bit Of work as one often has
the pleasure Of listening to. Her French
song and her soubrette characterization
were a%pplauded to the echo. The topical
song was a great GO.
The musical crank of Harry G. Clarke
developed much grotesaue humor, while
the imitation of Irving was given with
pleasant exaggeration that everybody rel
ished. Martin O'Neirs Mickey Bralli-
gan was a riproaring success and the
audience never seemed to get enough of
it.
The company throughout is well bal
anced and everybody who saw the play
last night will sincerely hope that Star
light makes a barrel of money on its
coa engagement.
, 1888-09-04
The Egyptian Heaven.

Earth was not to the Egyptians what
it is to us-a globe carried safely through
space by the laws of gravitation. Every
body in Egypt knew that it was a fiat,
oblong, ~quadrangular slab, more like the
upper board of a table than anything
they could imagine. 1t was surmounted
by a flat, iron roof stretching at some
distance from it and supported by four
strong pillars, which prevented it from
falling and crushing what was under
meath. Thus the world was like a two
storied house, the various parts of which
might be connected, as they are in our
houses, by a staircase or by a ladder.
The Egyptians supposed that there was
somewhere in the west a tall ladder
which went up straight from earth to
heaven. Gods and goddesses watched it
day and night. Nobody was allowed to
climb it unless he had the password, and.
even after giving it, those poor souls
were in danger of never reaching the
top who were not helped by the hand of
some piteous divinity. Once on the solid
floor of the armament they Travelled
northward until they came to the brink
OF the boreal ocean; there they found
the ferry boat or the ibis of Thot, the
Judge Osiris and his assessors, the island
OF the happy, where they settled forever
ana ever among the i~ndestructible stars.
as lndestructible as any of them.-Pro-
fessor NIaspero.
, 1888-09-04
The Turkish Sultan. Laundry.

The laundry where all the linen from
the Dolma Bagtche palace is washed is
under the direction of a man, but the
work is all lone by They have
no washboards and rub the garments in
their hands. They do not boil the
clothes at all, and they are white as
snow. They wash the clothes through
two waters and then pack them tightly
in baskets, covering them with towels,
which they strew thickly with wood
ashes and sliced lemons. Boiling water
is then poured over them, and the clothes
remain thus all night and in the morn
ing are rinsed and hung out.-New York
Herald.
, 1888-09-04
Fashions of Ancient Times.

Heliogabalus is said to have been the
first to wear a robe of pure silk. The
emperor, one of the most unworthy and
debauched of rulers, who made his horse
4 consul, had a senate of women, over
whom his mother presided, which pre-
scrlbed all the modes and fashions. The
Emperor Aurelian is s9il to nave refused
his wife a robe of p'.. silk, on account
of its excessive cos .ideed it was not
until more than fi,p I, INJURIES after the
Christian era that silkworms were
brought from the east and introduced
into Constantinople by some monks in
he time of Justinian.
Purple was always much admired by
the a%ncients, the dye coming from the
murex, as is well known. The color was
thought finer the darker it was. Under
Augustus violet and bright red became
fashionable colors, as well as scarlet, and
were soon worn by all who could afford to
do so, but Nero and Caesar afterward re-
served amethyst and purple for imperial
use exclusively.
Bright colors were disused in mourn
mS-when the Romans wore black, or a
dark gray, and matrons, especially, APP
peared in public in dark clothes, dishev-
eled hair and without ornaments. In the
autumn respectable ladies who were at
all religious dressed themselves upon a
certain day in robes of "murrey, " or dead
leaf color, in which they made expiatory
sacrifices, the clothing being afterward
s~crupulously destroyed, the idea being
that any evil which impended upon the
wearer might pass into her tunic and
thus be carried off in flame. The expia-
ton, if fully carried out, was most com
fortably supposed to be sufficient for a
whole year of peccadilloes.-Godey's.
, 1888-09-04

The prize of $780, 900 offered some
years ago by the French government to
any one who should invent a remedy for
that destructive disease of the vine,
~phylloxera, has not yet been awarded,
although experiments with some of the
remedies proposed have yielded encourage
ing results. The losses caused by this
disease are enormous. About one-half
of the vineyards of France have been
totally destroyed by it. Mr.. Roosevelt,
our consul at Bordeaux, reports that the
loss caused directly by the destruction of
vines is thus far S ,440, 900, 900, to which
should be added more than $500, 600, 900
expended for wine and dried grapes i'm
ported to make good the shortage, raising
the total loss 50, 900, 900, 900. The value
of wine imported into France, to be
''doctored'' in various ways for use at
home and sale abroad as the product of
French vineyards, has risen from ST.
go, 349 in 1876 to $109, 900, 900 in 1887.
New York Times.
, 1888-09-04
Life of n Ranchman.

A ranchman's life is a pleasant and
healthy one, although varied with a good
deal of hardship and anxiety. To be
successful they must be strong, able
bodied men, capable of enduring all
kinds of hardship and ~privation, and
should also be patient, shrewd and enter
prising. The fare is plain and substan-
tial, and where a ranchman keeps pigs
and chickens and has a vegetable garden
he can have it sufficiently varied. Many
of them, however, live on salt pork.
canned goods and bread, and do without
milk n butter, but this is inexcusable,
as out of a herd of cattle they can easily
get q few COWS for milking. Breakfast
is generally taken at half-past . a. M,
and as o o as this is finished, or some
times before it is commenced, one or two
of the men hunt the band of saddle horses
N drive them to corral, when each man
whose work will necessitate his riding
ropes his horse, saddles him and rides off
to his task, whatever it may be, perhaps
hunting lost horses, seeing to the fences
or driving back any stock that may have
got beyond the fences and which it is
highly desirable should be kept inside,
such, for instance, as thoroughbred bulls.
w. Lynn Wilson in Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-09-04

81 should like to make your flesh
creep" is the involuntary thought of one
who essays to describe the Indian cock
roach. Who that has been in India does
not know the flat, shining, ill savored,
coffee colored thing seen only In dimIy
lighted places, the eyes starting out of
the head, the long, ever moving feelers.
the swift, uncertain movements, the sud.
den, uncontrolled flight when he dashes.
perhaps, into your face, and for a brief
and horrible moment his clammy legs
cling to your skin2 What a life he must
lead Ever in cowardly terror of his
life, his perpetual instinct is to hide
himself. From some lark corner he
glars at you with guilty aye. As he
darts from place to place he knows you
will kill him if you can, and he knows he
deserves to be killed. Even in the houses
OF the highest in the land the cockroach
is not unknown. Boots, gloves and
books bear witness to his ravages, and a
pungent smell betrays his presence in
your wardrobe.
But the paradise Of the cockroach is a
ship. 1t is in the depths of the ships
hold, where he may hide among the
cargo undisturbed and feed on all rank
things, that he is in his glory. Happily
he seems unable to live except in trop-
ical heat, so that in the great passenger
steamers constantly returning to Europe
he is seldom seen. The home of his
heart is the hold of the ship whose course
is limited to the tropical seas. There,
among bales of rice and kegs of oil,
where darkness reigns and the air is hot
and foul and where human foot rarely
lntrudes, he roams at will from post to
post. Thence the more venturesome
spirits ascend to the upper decks and
haunt saloons and cabins, and especially
p%antries and storerooms, where corners
and crevices shelter them and there are
endless chances of 'loot." Hence comes
the chief ingredient of that sickly atmos-
phere which strikes the sense on descend
ing from the outer air and often makes a
voyage in such a vessel a penance in
deed.-Blackwood's Magazine.
, 1888-09-04

In the line of physics or natural philo-
sophy, there are errors in common ac-
ceptation to a degree that is truly aston
ishing. That is, that there is great dan
ger of Ii worlds blowing up from an
explosion of natural gas. How could
there be an explosion without combus-
tom? How could there be any combus-
ton without oxygen3 How could there
be any oxygen without air? How could
air settle in a deep boring when the
pressure of the gas is so much greater
than the air ITSELF
1t is well known that fresh powder a
be put into a cannon that contains fire
with perfect safety, if the ''thumber"
docs his duty-does not let a draft of air
pass through the chamber of the gun.
The powder cannot explode without air
oxygen. So with natural gas. 1t can
not explode so long as it is not subjected
10 both heat and air.--Edwin Waters in
St. Louis Republic.
, 1888-09-04
Traps for the erasshoppers.

There are three principal methods of
destroying these insects. Where the
land had been plowed for wheat none
Matched out, as inverting the soil de-
stroyed the eggs, and no hoppers were
found in the fields of growing wheat.
But from adjoining fields, especially
those where wheat was grown last year
and then abandoned without blowing,
they came in armies, sweeping the fields
before them. In travelling this way a
line of march is formed before which
every green thing disappears. When
DIR. Lugger left, some of the fields were
eaten into several rods. The method
adopted prior to the arrival of kerosene
and tar was to dig a ditch two feet deep
and two feet wide Just in advance of the
approaching host. A few inches of straw
is then placed in the bottom, and the
locusts are driven into it by walking
slowly along behind them. They cannot
jump u and are burned; or, if straw
Is not to be had, they are killed by draw
ing a log through the ditch. The tar is
used by placing in a shallow sheet iron
pan two feet wide and eight feet long,
with a wide board fastened to one side.
This Is drawn sidewise across the field,
the hoppers jumping against the board
and falling into the tar. where they per-
ish. But the handler, more rapid and
more complete method is to nse kerosene
ON canvas, against which the pests jump.
Strong muslin or canvas, a yard wide
and fifteen feet long. is stretched on a
frame and carried on a sled like arrange
ment pulled by a team. The canvas
slants back, and is constantly saturated
with kerosene. Every one that hops
against this and touches his body to the
oil dies instantly. One barrel of kerosene
will go over about 1870 acres and will kill
200 bushels or more. Each farmer is
given one barrel of oil. and promises to
use it only for destroying insects. Min
neapolis Exchange.
, 1888-09-04
Old Women in Canada.

Another point that has often been i'm
pressed upon me is that all the old dow
ayers in Canada look precisely like Queen
Victoria, and this resemblance is aug
mented by the ugly fashion in which
they dress their hair out of compliment
to her majesty. There is much more
Difference in the manner of those in hum
BILE walks of life toward their superiors
than with us. Polite and civil shop girls
are not an effete institution in Canada,
nor are respectful servants unknown.
The street car conductor, who touches
his hat respectfully when you signify
your stop to him, was such a surprise to
me that 1 did not recover from the shock
for days.-Edith Sessions Upper.
, 1888-09-04

SUNDAY mornings edition of THE
LEADER contained 5O4 inches of good
live reading matter and $50 inches of live
advertising matter. This we believe is
the largest and best ordinary issue ever
made by a Wyoming newspaper. Our
esteemed contemporary the San. in its
enlarged folio form, contained 336 inches
Of live reading matter and 800 inches OF
live advertising matter. We do not call
attention to this matter to make any in
vidious comparisons, but to punctuate the
vital fact that while the Sun do move
THE LEADER maintains its accustomed
place in the procession close to the band
wagon,
, 1888-09-04

The total number of stars one can see
will depend very largely upon the clear
ness of the atmosphere and the keenness
of the eye. There are in the whole ce-
lestial sphere about 5000 stars visible to
an ordinarily good eye. OF these, how
ever, we can never see more than a frac-
ton at any one time, because a half of
the sphere is always below the horizon.
Ii we could see a star in the horizon as
easily as in the zenith, a half of the
whole number, or 5000, would be visi-
bic on any clear night. But stars near
the horizon are seen through SO great a
thickness of atmosphere as greatly t o OBJ
scure their light, and only the brightest
ones al there be seen. AS a result OF
this observation, it is not likely that more
than 1000 stars can be taken in at a sin
gle view by any ordinary eye. About
1000 other stars are so neal the South
pole that they never rise in ourslatitude.
Hence, out of 5000 supposed to be visi-
bic, only 1000 ever come within range
of our vision, unless we make a journey
towards the equator.-Professor E. s.
Holden in The Century.
, 1888-09-04

THERE are no less than four systems Of
manufacturing fuel gas in use in Pitts
burg. They are no longer experiments,
but compete successfully with natural
gas, and this in a city where the natural
article is cheapest. This fact has at
tracted manufacturers from other points
that are not favored with natural gas,
and the result is that fuel gas plants are
springing up in scores of places. Petrol
eum is the basis OF the new fluid. There
is ne reason why one of these new sys-
TENS should not be proftably introduced
in the West, because if it completes sue
cessfully with natural gas in Pittsburg, it
would be equally successful against coal
here. The production by its way is as
good for illumination as for fuel. Here
is a pointer for the local gas company.
, 1888-09-04

Although the people are forever in
need of the services of the priest, they
pay him but poorly. For the highest
ceremonies he receives one or two roubles,
and for the smallest and most frequent a
few kopecks. The priest and the monk
being both poor, it is no
sight to see them bargaining for a mar
rage or a burial, and disputing the price
as they dispute only in Russia. From
that all sorts of anecdotes have sprung.
On one occasion it was a priest, who, to
be revenged on q father for his ~avarice.
gave the child a ridiculous name al bap-
tism.
On another, a peasant asked his min
lister for permission to get married in an
other parish. Every good,'' said the
priest, ''but have you calculated what
your doing SO will cost me2 Now, in
the first place 1 would have married you.
Well, that is SO many roubles. Then,
you will have children, say seven; that
would be seven baptisms. Next, several
of those children would die, say three;
that would be three burials in my pocket.
After that you would have sons or
daughters to marry, say four; that would
be four marriages 1 should lose." Eyes,
that's very well counted up" replied the
moujik; "but you are already an old
man, and you might be dead long before
all that could happen That's true"
returned the priest; ''we are all mortal,
and for that reason I forbid you to leave
the parish, and I shall only ask you ten
roubles for your marriage STANLEY
McKenna in The Cosmopolitan.
, 1888-09-04

1t is claimed to be proven, beyond all
doubt, that water which circulates or
stands in leaden pipes or vessels, not only
takes up particles of lead through me-
chanical action due to friction, but attack
the metal, the result of this being gener-
auy lead carbonate. According to the
o eminent authorities in this line,
minute quantities of lead thus introduced
into and accommodating in the system,
must rank among the causes of anemia
and defective nutrition in large towns
New York Sun.
, 1888-09-04
JNO. r.
GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY

The turning point of the hard times has
passed il this community and the season
is again ripe for the people to take a fresh
and firm grip. 1t is calculated by those
in a position to know that Cheyenne alone
will benefit 5000, 900 worth by the cattle
shipments this fall. The money has al
ready begun to come in and old scores are
being rapidly wiped out. In all branches
the outlook for the fall trade is decidedly
good and the town is destined to go into
the winter in better financial shape than
t has known for several years.
Previous to two years ago there was no
room in this town for croakers. Since
then a number have grown up and the
community has suffered by it. Their DIS
position is always to look on the dark side
of everything, to discourage public enter
prise and to dampen the ardor of those
who are inclined to do something. IF
many OF these people devoted the time
they have lately spent in growing over
their hard luck to finding new avenues for
their business the close of this year would
show quite a different result for them to
what it will probably show. No man ever
made times any better by simply growing
about them.
The territorial fair which will be held
here the latter end of the month is an in
%stitution in which a good deal of super
fuous energy may proftably be wasted.
Hundreds of strangers will be here on that
occasion, and by the intent and hberality
of the displays made they will chiefly
guage the enterprise of the town. A
rare opportunity will then be afforded to
make a ten-strike, and at the same time
more closely cement our business relations
with the surrounding country. This mat
ter should not be left until the last mo-
ment as it has heretofore been. Prepare
tons should be made at once to furnish
good displays, and every visitor who
comes here should be sent away with the
impression that this is the biggest little
town in. the Union.
We know OF no better way to emphasize
our returning prosperity han this, and
we hope the merchants of the city may
\ see the matter in the same light.
, 1888-09-04
Life of Young Lobsters.

Concerning Holsters, experts say thai
young ~crustaceans have to be put in the
sea almost as soon as hatched, and they
begin to feed voraciously. They are
born with sense enough to know that
Holsters make delicious food, and they
attack n another savagely and hun
Grily, For a few days they swim on the
surface, where they find the food suited
10 their early requirements. Here their
obstruction is enormous. In a few DAYS
the Holsters walking or crawling mem
bers are developed and he sinks to the
bottom, where he makes his home.
Chicago Herald.