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One OF the Storage passengers died a
few days after we left New York, and we
expected to witness a sea funeral. but the
matter was kept as quiet as possible and
no one seemed disposed to talk about It.
The captain said it would have a depress-
ing effect onthe passengers to see the man
buried, so he would not name the time
when the funeral would take place.
About 10 O'Clock the mex night one of
Inc passengers vas walking aft and saw
some OF the sailors placing the body in
a plain wooden box, and rushed forward
with the intelligence. Going to the stern,
we saw them mailing on tho lid, but they
concluded not to put him overheard until
we were all asleep; so we had TO repress
our curiosity for the time being. At
midnight, however, the steamer stopped
for a few minutes, and those passengers
who wcrc not asleep inquired the cause.
No reason was given, but those who were
on tho after deck enjoying the moonlight
on the sea, saw some sturdy sailors attach
n hawser to the box and heave it over
board. There was n splash, then q bell
was rung, the engine started and the
emigrant's funeral was over.-Cor. Balti-
more Sun.
, 1888-01-10

In February, 1862, his fond father " as
visited by II sorrOwful bereavement. The
executive mansion was turned into u
hous of mourning, Death had chosen II
shining mark and the beloved Willie, tho
apple Of his fathers eye, the brightest
and most promising of his children, was
torn from his embrace. The dreadful
stroke well nigh broke the presidents
heart, and certainly an nfliction more
crushing never fell to the lot of man. In
the lonely grave OF the little one lay
buried Mr.. LinColn's fOndcst hopes and,
strong us he was in the matter of self
control, he gave way to an overmastering
grief, which became at length n serious
menace to himself.
Never was there witnessed in an Amer
can household q scene of distress more
touching than that in which the president
and Mrs, Lincoln mingled their tears
over the coffin that inclosed the ~lifeless
form Of their beloved child. a deep and
settled dependency took possession of
Mr.. Lincoln, and when 1t is remembered
that this calamity-for such it surely was
-befel him at n critical period of the war,
just when the of his mighty in
tellect were most in demand, it will be
understood how his afliction became n
matter of the gravest concern to the whole
country, and especially to those who stood
in close personal and official relations with
him. The measures taken by his friends
to break the force Of his great grief, and
to restore him to something like his old
time c~heerfulness, seemed for n while un-
availIng.-Ward II. Lamon.
, 1888-01-10

We wish to invite the attention of
the legislators, for the purpose of
strongly impressinG the gravity Of
the responsibility which now rests
upon them. Glass legislation and all
that is vicious in existing general laws
should be wiped out and whatever new
legislation is enacted should be broad
guagcd in its character SO as to meet the
exigencies of the new situation which is
nov upon us. If nothing is done to en-
courage emigration and foreign capital,
nothing at least should be done to rctard
or discourage them.
The situation is one that demands tact,
discretion and practical foresight. Haste
should be made slowly, and the broadcast,
ircest and most thoughtful discussion of
every measure should prevail.
We sincerely hope hat the tenth bicn-
NAL session of the legislature which opens
to-day will be productive of unmixcd good
to all the people of Wyoming.
, 1888-01-10
a MOMENTOUs MEETING.

The tenth session Of WyOming's lcgisla-
turc will formally convene at noon to, day.
No similar body hat has ever met in the
territory has within its power the same
opportunities for accomplishing results
which will so intimately and acutely affect
the public welfare. The occasion rises
above the heads of mere local partisans
and demands the earnest and thoughtful
consideration of b~roadguaged men who
will legislate with a view of the greatest
good to the greatest number.
As we have before tried to indicate
Wyoming is passing through n new form
alive period. The old landmarks are
being wiped out. a new day has already
dawned for the territory and we are on
the threshold of a growth which must
sweep aside all barriers to progress and
place our lusty young commonwealth well
along in the prosperous procession of
American statehood. Legislators, 20 be
of public benefit, must adapt themselves
to the new order of things. Hitherto
repressiyc measures have been cheer(ully
sanctioned; now, we must not only invite
emigration and capital to our borders, but
we should welcome them and give the
freest rein to ambitious enterprise.
Within five years the conception of even
the oldest inhabitants regarding the
future possibilities of Wyoming have
changed radically. We have here a
climate which, taken throughout the
year, is, all in all, the most glorious in
the world. Our so called barren plains,
under the formulating influences of irri-
cation, change their characteristics as if
bv magic and put to shame the boasted
fertility of the oldest and best settled re-
gions. Where can cattle, horses and
sheep be raised more successfully and
cheaply than in Wyoming? The coming
season will be one Of tremendous enter
prise IN railroad building, and nowhere
will the work be pushed with more zeal
than in this territory. Here We have the
touchstone of Wyoming's development,
growth and impending prosperity. We
AZ INV lA0olus lllOukh Nht IIliDA -
calm which precedes the storm. The
railroads are the open sesame" to our
hidden resources, and like Aladdin wand
will cause our riches to spring forth as if
by magic.
Hitherto the people of Wyoming have
been entirely too modest in speaking of
the territory. Strangers have been slow
to believe this a country of such vast re-
sources, chiefly because the residents
spoke of our claims with half
hearted difidence. But now what
we have here to offer is becom-
ing known to everybody, and eyes are di-
rcctcd toward Wyoming from all quarters
of this great country. In five years Wyo-
ming will tell to the world a wonderful
story Of progress and prosperity.
1t is to these facts, which arc unfortu-
nately too generally overlooked, that
, 1888-01-10

a depressing intimation comes to us
from over the ocean that Scotch pipers
will soon be the rage with fashionable
New York society. If such is the case,
the rage will extend generally through
out the community, and very few pipers
will escape it alive. Mr.. W. X. Wander
bilt has employed a family piper, and it
is predicted that the example thus set
will be followed by many. Fuel will DO
added to the fire for pipers when the
wealthy Anglomaniacs discover, what
most people have known for q long time,
that the Prince of Wales has at least n
piper, and perhaps more. As a curiosity,
a Scotch piper may be for q short time
tolerated in the haunts of civilization.
But he belongs to the mountain and the
moor and the past, and leaves them, if
he comes to this country, at his peril
New York World.
, 1888-01-10
A SAMPLE CASE.

Pretty nearly everybody agrees with
The LEADER in its demand that tie
present system of rewards for escaped
criminals be placed on a radically new
basis. As an illustration in point We will
simply cite the Patterson case. This indi-
vidual was wanted for a murder commit
ted at Rawhide. He was located in Mon
tana. Sheriff Sharpless sem his deputy
from here with a requisition for the al
legged murderer. The deputy is paid a
regular salary of 500 a month, but from
the moment he started in pursuit Of the
criminal until the moment the prisoner
was safely lodged in Laramie county Jail
he received in addition to his regular sal
airy the sum OF S. a day. besides all of his
expenses. At the next regular meeting
of the board of commissioners a bill for
$572 was presented to cover the extra
salary and expenses of the deputy sheriff.
The commissioners were perfectly willing
to allow the bill for expenses, but as the
deputy was already paid 3d. 3 a day by
the county they could not see the Justice
of increasing the wages to $685. a day
Just simply because the deputy in the
strict line of his duty had gone out Of
town to secure a prisoner. They soon
discovered, however, hat this was the
law on the subject, and as they had no
further discretion in the matter, paid the
bill.
The commissioners iondly believed that
this disposed of the whole matter, but
they were disappointed. Sheriff Sharp
less next comes forward with a bill for
$500, the amount of the reward which
had been offered for the arrest of Patter-
son. The commissioners quite promptly
declined to pay the bill, in order to make
a public protest against this sort Of thing,
but in the end will probably be forced to
turn over the amount Of the reward.
Rank injustice of this sort demands eff
iectual and immediate remedy.
, 1888-01-10

Who has not been annoyed at u lecture
by that intolerable nuisance, n coughing
neighbour One man or woman can de-
stroy the pleasure of a houseful of people
by a constant hacking, which is largely
habit, after all. John L. Stoddard was
so much annoyed ono evening at the
Academy by q chorus of coughs all over
the auditorium hat he stopped in the
middle of his lecture and suggested that
80 much of it was certainly unnecessary,
but if people must cough they would
oblige him and the audience by coughing
in their ha~ndkerchiefs. The result
proved that the habit could be, controlled,
for there was hardly a cough heard dur
ing the rest of the evening.-Philadel-
phia Times.
, 1888-01-10
uma

IL Is an established fact that Hoods Sar-
saparill3 has proven NJ invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect.
ing remarkable cures by Its powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood, which
is tho cause OF the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
H Is certainly fair to assume that what
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla has done for others 1t
will do for you. Therefore, II you suffer
tho pains and aches Of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy a fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
Il was troubled very much with rheumn-
tlsm in my hips, ankles, and wrists. ]
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed n good deal OF the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, 1
took four bottles and an perfectly well.
/ cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
rs ono Of the best blood purifiers In the
world."4 w. F. WooD, Bloomington, I'll.
For Twenty Years
1have been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 1 found no relief, but grew worse. then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparllla, and 1t did
me more good than all tho other medicine I
ever had" II. T. FALCON, Shirley. Mass.
~ suffered from what tho doctors called
muscular rheumatism. 1 took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j.. v. A.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, Ill.
We shall be glad to send, free Of charge.
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Hoods Sarsapariila
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only by c. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1888-01-10

TNIOnN TlTIS TTtSS.
The coming enforcement of the local
option law in Dakota brings out some
funny incidents. An Aberdeen saloon
has posted the following notice: Selling
TO take advantage Of our misfortunes.
Goods at prohibition prices. Bring on
your Jugs.
, 1888-01-10

Robert Louis Stevenson is an admirer
of Wagner's music. lie says it calls
your soul to your ears, and fills you with
a kind of desperate foreboding, half pain,
half 10y According to this it begets
the same sensations which affect a man
who is about to take n cold shower bath.
, 1888-01-10
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

Are born Into the world every day with some &C.
Zcmatnus affection. such as milk crust, scaIl
head, scurf. or uandruff, sure to develop into an
agonizing eczema, the itching, burning, aud dis
nguration OF which make life n prolonged tor
hlTc unless properly treated.
a warm bath with CUTICURA A RI eX-
qulSite skin Beautiiier. and II single application
OF C~UrICuRA. the Great skin Cure. with II little
CUTlCuRA R~EsoLHEST, the New Blood Purl-
her, are often sufficient to arrest the progress of
nent cure.
Hence. no mother who loves her children, who
take pride In their beauty ipurity, and health,
and In bestOwing upon them u child's greatest
lnheritnncc,-a skin without u blemlsh, anu II
body nourtshed by pure blood ,-shouId fail to
make trial OF the CuTICU3A REMEDIES.
Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticurn, soc Soap,
25c leSolyent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co, Boston, Mass.
ES-Send for Glow TO Cure skin Diseases
CT pages, 81 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
, 1888-01-10
INFANTILE
SKIN DISEASES.

Our,oldeSt child, now six years of age, when
an Infant six months old was attacked with n
yirulent, malignant skin disease. All ordinary
remedies failing, we called our family physician,
who attempted to cure IL bnt 1t spread with
almost Incredible raDidity, until the lower rOr-
OF his back down to his knees, was one solid
rash. ugly, painful, blOtched. and malicious We
had no rest ut night, no peace by day. Finally
we were advised to try the CUTICUHN RFME-
DIES. The effect was simply marvellous. In
three or four weeks a complete cure was
wrought, leaving the little fellows person ms
white and healthy as though he had never been
attacked. In my opinion your valuable remedies
saved his life, and to-day he is a strong, healthy
child, perfectly well no repetition Of the disease
having ever occurred.
GEO. b. SMITH.
ATTY at Law and EN-PrOs Atty, Ashland O.
~IEFERENCE jig. Weist Druggist, Ashland.O o.
, 1888-01-10

T7EWTVTF |VTFTHNT1F
That hydrant in front of the Bishop
block on River street, which the iremen
reported frozen up, vas put in working
order this morning by Ed. Phillips.
, 1888-01-10
TO CLOSE.

Men'S and boys Winter
caps at Zoe. lCOTLh s5c,SGt
M. MGrkS' SeceNt zenith
and Eddy streets.
, 1888-01-10
PITH IN


Nebraska State Journal
The suffering in Kansas is still cxcru-
eating. All the liquor joints at Wichita
have been closed.
, 1888-01-10

lbuHllO ENpfCSn.l
New Year thought for congress: Ring
out, wild bills.
, 1888-01-10

Impurities ofthe blood often cause great
annoyance at this season; Hoods S~arsapa-
rilla p%urifies the blood, and cures all such
affections.
, 1888-01-10

RARV,S skin and Scalp preserved and beau
DfAO1 titled by CUTGCURA INDICATED
SOAR.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01
NOTES AND GOSSIP.


JAY GoULD's YOUNGEST SON is seriously
sick with fever ia Egypt.
HoT-HoUsE cUcUMBERs are a rarity in
New York and cost 40 cents each
THE WIDOW OF THE LATE Mayne Reid
the widely-known and popular novelist
is engaged in writing his life.
THE STEAMSHIP agents report that the
spring and summer exodus to Europe
will be the largest in ten years.
VIcE-PREsIDENT john p. GREEN of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, predicts that 1888
will be another great year for railroad
earnings.
GENERAL GEORGE A. SHERIDAN delivered
his lecture on Grant last Sunday after
noon to a large audience, at the Cincin-
natl Grand Opera-House.
THE CATHOLIC Total Abstinence Union
of Brooklyn has adopted resolutions
thanking the President "for his generous
token ofgood will to the Holy Father"
IT WAS so COLD DOWN in Maine last
week that Uncle Hannibal Hamlin had
to put on an overcoat. This indicates
unprecedented frigidity.-[ Boston Her.
aid.
Mr.. BLAINE was fifty.eight years old
yesterday; and the first American friends
to congratulate him from this country
were Murat Halstead and Stephen B..
Elkins. He is now i'll Rome.
MADAME GERsTER, Notwithstanding her
recent voice-trouble proposes to try it
again, and will appear at Steinway Hall,
New York, February 10, with Campanini' 5
Operatic-Concert Company.
The New York Star says that John
Kelly, the S-year-old son of the late leader
of Tammany Hall, is a promising lad.
He is the image of his father, and he al
ready shows the possession of many OF
his traits.
MEAT SALAD.--Chop fine one or two
pounds of corned beef, then take two
thirds of cup ofvinegar, one tablespoon
ful of sugar and one egg Beat all to.
gether and pour into the frying-pan and
| let boil, then pour into dish TO mold,
Serve i'm slices when cold.
GILMORE Is ARRANGING to give a grand
jubilee concert at the exposition building
| in Atlanta the last week in April. He
will have with him his entire band, so
loists, artillery, anvils electricians and
altogether about 800 people. 1t will be
his first visit South and he proposes to
| make an event of il.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01
Al the Charity Rall.

Thus writes Jacques" about the late
Charity Ball in his last letter to the Bos-
ton Epeniag Gazette:
If Publius Virgil had been present, think
IL must have prompted him to write another
of those society and sporting epics for which
he has already become justly noted; and
think II must have begun thus:
Arms and the men sing, the dancing men
and the armlets
Armlets plumpsh and slim-oh shadows of
Anthony Comstock
Dancing men of all ages and grades of agility
graceful;
Men with boards tremendous, Eolan zithers
for zephyrs;
Whskers cut In point in the style Of the
goat of the mountain;
Or with faces as glossy as pates of most of the
elders.
Chappies in rented clawhammers and doeskins
and pumps, for aught know;
Dudes and diplomats dull, and at very rare
intervals, very,
Talking TO elegant danes, to chaperones
dreary and massive;
Statesmen sagacious and slick, who plead for
reform In the Senate;
Sing Of faille and moire, that clothe the
figures seraphic,
Clothe to n certain extent the figures of sac
charine maidens.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01
AT THE PIANO.

Perhaps a titml chord
Faint echo of some half-forgotten air,
With fingers wandering idly here and there,
Like daisies scattered DER a summer swarl.
Some dreamy waltz anon,
Rhythming Itself In pensive rise and fall
Which 10 the memory sadly doth recall
The music of sweet hours that now are gone.
Again the mlsiC's beat;
Some stately march thrills through my eager
ear,
And In the distance once again hear
The roll OF drums, the tramp Of martial feet !
And then some simple air,
Some wel.remembered ballad, soft and low;
Some poets offering from his full hearts flow;
Some world-siok mortals last despairing
prayer.
No matter what the theme
When that soft touch falls on the willing
keys,
Or sad, or Joyous, II Is sure 10 please,
And-Ah too brleily-soothe liie's feyered
dream.
Washington, Jan. 81, W. Z. N.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

Mrs. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS doesn't
ask it, nor does she need il, but she
feels as if som better recognition of
her husbands services to his country
might have been rendered her than
the amount of his salary as Vice
President for one year. It was the
duty Of the Democratic party, she
thinks, to see that she was given the
full salary Of the term for which he
mas elected. we are not 10 sure but
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

Missouri AND KANSAS are specially
interested in zinc. Congressman
Stone Of Missouri said to the Kansas
City Times correspondent the other
day that two-thirds of all the zinc
mined in the United States is pro-
duced in Southwestern Missouri and
Southeastern Kansas. But the Mis-
souri, delegation that came on to see
about it was laughed at for travelling
all the way to Washington in the in
terest of product on which there is
no tax to be reduced. The fact of the
matter is that while there is no duty
on zinc ores, there is duty of one
and a-half cents a pound on zinc in
pigs and two and one-half cents on
zinc in sheets. There is consequently
a large manufacturing interest to be
consulted in this matter, or, as the
Missouri free-traders put it, an infant
industry to be protected. The tariff
is indeed a 'local issue"
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01
CRITICULAR.
nm Virrinin Town.

I'm Virginia Town
Philanthropist to Editor: sent bartel
of potatoes and sack of flour to the poor
woman and children you called attention
to in your last weeks paper.
Editor-with tears in his eyes: And they
were very gratefully received too, ] as.
sure you.
Phiantbropist; Pm very glad to hear
it, and called to see ifthere was anything
else could do for them.
Editor. Yes, sir, there is. My wife
wants dress and the boy and girl need
shoes badly.
In Minneapolis:
Lover: Ali, dearest, where will we be u
hundred years from now?
Sweetheart - "born and raised in
Florida: Well, ] hope IL will be in some
warmer place than this.
Down town:
Citizen to Coal Dealers Say, want
ton of coal.
Coal Dealer: All right Shall we send
It up right away?
Citizen: Oh, no. If it's anything like
the last, III just call for it on my way
home and carry 1t up in my overcoat
pocket.
The tobacconist should wear fine cut
clothes and plug hat
First Citizen--in bed, groanng | went
hunting Sunday and broke my leg and
my arm, and filled my side full of bird
shot
Second Citizen-with pious cXultation ;
] staid home and my wife presented me
with twins.
First Citizen-brightening Well, Pm
darned glad went hunting.
If Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania
will call at this Office we will inform him
what he dropped ON slippery place at
the Ebbitt House corner yesterday.
In the Domestic Circle:
Husbands Have you heard the pretty
little superstition regarding visits paid by
young ladies to Mrs. Cleveland at the
White House?
Wife What is il?
Husband 1t brings them luck.
Wife How?
Husband They always get married
Wife; Ugh You call that luck, do
you?
Only:
Only n white horse on the street,
So lonesome without its brother;
Only a maiden passing along
They smiled and winked at each other.
This comes from Bachelor in the
Treasury Department.
Hope springs eternal in the woman's
breast,
And Leap Year never has chance to
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

If THE PRESIDENTS jubilee gift to
the Pope was, as has been stated, a
bid for the Catholic vote, there is none
to say il was not in accordance with
the American Constitution.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

COLONEL DAN. LAMONT looks beyond
the governorship Of New York to
something greater, and if he ever gets
there he knows he will handle the
reins as an expert.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

We HAVE STUCK pictures Of Mr..
Dana and Mr.. Pulitzer side by side on
our office wall, and they don't seem
10 be doing each other any more harm
than the originals are.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

THE PoPE HAS RECEIVED something
like 1900, 900 worth of jubilee gifts.
A big auction, with the results to go
TO the poor, doesn't appear to be inn
minent.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

4 NEW NoRK JOURNAL, referring TO
n paragraph in TIE Critic detailing
an interview between Senator Noor-
hees and the Postmaster-Ge General,
goes out of its way in the first place
to suggest that the story is not true,
and still further out of its way, in the
second place, to say that if the story is
true 'it is necessary to believe that
the Postmaster.General is law
breaker" 1t then goes on, keeping
further and further ont of the way, to
quote the Civil-Service law to prove
that the recommendation by Senator
Voorhees, of an applicant for posi-
ton could not be received or consid-
cred by the General with
out violation Of the statute. What
needless waste of time and labor
our esteemed contemporary INDUCES
in. The story, as told by The
CRITIC, is true one to begin
with. Again, there was nothing
improper on the part of the Senator
in making the application nor on the
part of the Postmaster-General in re-
ceiTing and considering it. 1t is ex-
pressly stated in the paragraph that
Mr.. Voorhees, applied for "subordi.
nate position" and there are many
subordinate positions in the Depart
ments over which the Civil Service
Commission has no jurisdiction, and
where the head of a Department
makes appointments wholly at his
own discretion. This he has n per-
feet right TO do, and it is simply silly
to intimate that he is a "law-breaker"
for doing that in regard TO which he
is a law unto himself. What in the
world" is the matter with our es-
teemed contemporary this morning? =?
l.. A..
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

she is right on this point; yet we can
not help rcgretting that she has TO be
her own spokesman on so delicate a
matter.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

The ErUDLcBuILDING business at the
Capitol seems to be enjoying quite a
boom.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-01

If CLEVELAND is not solid with his
party he is pretty solid with himself.
Avoirdupois, 325.