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, 1889-04-11

Afew evenings since n lady who was
giving n little private party wa saying
all of severe things about tho
proposed lottery. In the midst of her
pious indignation an old gentleman, sit
ting On the opposite side of the table,
said quietly:
MADAME, did you not once sell mo
two tickets in a church %raffle?"
The woman hesitated, and finally said:
Perhaps 1 did"
Fancy cake basket, wasn't it?'
She colored up, and, after an embar-
raised cough, said feebly: 81 believe So"
"Did the drawing ever come off, and,
If SO, what was the winning number"
The lady made n strong effort and said
she had forgotten.
1.-The reason l recalled the circum.
stance" continued the old gentleman
blandly, twas that 1 noticed the cake
basket on the table" And he looked at
the aforesaid piece of silver in a smiling
way.
There was q dead silence all around
the table, for several of the guests re.
membered having purchased those same
tickets. and they couldn't remember,
either, just when that drawing took
place.-Carson (Nev.) Appeal.
, 1889-04-11

As n horseman, from beginning to end
Of his vigorous life, Washington had no
peer. Like all Virginia boys no took to
the saddle rs n duck takes TO water.
Once astride his steed, it was all but
impossible to dislodge him. From the
day when as a lad he first rode to hounds
after old Lord Fairfax, of Greenway
Court, across the county named for that
worthy nobleman, he was n skilled and
dashing fox hunter. In the army, when
on horseback, riding down the line,
cheered TO the echo by the soldiers, who
believed, with n superstition worthy of
the a%ncients, that here was n being BORN
to lead them, he was physically the most
imposing figure present In person,
Washington showed in maturity the
fruits of the lifetime he had given to
what athletes nowadays call training"
His habits at all times were those exact
ed of n 'crew" or team" of modern
days before the occasions when those
heroes appear in public to fill with de
spair or cxultation the bosoms of their
friends. From the Indians of the Shenan-
doah wilderness, among whom he spent
weeks during his first surveying tour, he
learned the swift, elastic tread that dis
tinguished him in walking. His powers
of endurance were worthy of his ex-
~traordinary physical strength, though it
must DO said he had few illnesses to test
his constitution, and, indeed, was rarely
ailing.-St. Nicholas for March.
, 1889-04-11
A Card in the Pocket.

Several young married ladies in n GER
tain private boarding house in st. Paul
are just now having oceans of fun at the
expense of one of their sex in Rochester,
N. Y. The husband of one of the ladies
recently purchased n spring overcoat.
With true womanly instinct his better
half, the first time the coat was left at
home, proceeded to explore the various
pockets, and hidden in the little side
pocket she found a caro- on which the
name and address of a young lady at
Rochester, N. V, was written. OF course
the husband was asked to explain, but
could not, as he had not been aware of
the presence of the card. The idea that
it had been placed there by a young tail
Dress who had handled the coat last at
the factory struck the spouse in a forcible
manner.
His wife was loath to believe such a
story, but followed the advice of her
husband and wrote to the address given,
pretending that she was n young man
who had bought the coat. In the mean
time she told the other ladies at the
house of the affair and all waited impa-
tiently for an answer. 1t came, and of
course it was as the husband suspected.
The writer was willing to continue the
correspondence il the gentleman was
sincere, etc. Another letter is now being
written. l wonder 10Y the girl will feel
when she discovers that her address fell
into the hands of q female instead of
some gay deceiver?-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
, 1889-04-11
Industrial Insurance.

Industrial insurance brings an indem-
nifty against loss by death to those who
most need it. Among the working
classes a mans labor is his only source
of income and gives his life its only value
| N an insurable sense to his dependents.
The necessity of providing against loss
by death is greater among the poor than
with those who have wealth, much or
little, to leave to their families.
The fact has been recognized in Ger
many, where insurance has been made
compulsory. Small sums, reckoned ac-
cording to the weekly wage, are taken
from the pay of the worker by the en-
ployer and paid to the government.
These sums provide for n sick benefit and
IN insurance against old age and in
trinity. In case of illness thirteen weeks
of free medical attendance and n money
allowance equal to one-half the wages
are allowed. At death an amount equal
to twenty times the local daily wages of
an ordinary day laborer is paid to the
survivors. In old age and inflrmity a
yearly stipend is paid. The employers
contribute equally to an accident fund,
which provides for total or part disability
or death. The state, the employers and
the employed contribute equally TO the
old age and iniirm pension fund. The
sick fund is maintained by the employees.
Chicago News.
, 1889-04-11

Time well employed produces money
or an equivalent gain of some kind. Time
idled away or wasted away upon some
unnecessary or useless labors not only
yields no return, but represents a loss of
opportunity that canno be replaced. One
may regain any other thing that is squan-
dered saw time. Once gone, it is gone
for all eternity. No more important les
son n be given 10 the young than that
on the value of time. 1t may be passed
by unheeded, for on this subject more
than any other mon seem determined TO
learn by experience; but warnings should
nevertheless be given, that there may be
as early an awakening as may be to the
~iTTopGrablc loss of wasted time.
Even the best of men arrived al mid
die age are sure TO have regrets for lost
opportunities, for wasted time. Looking
back with the knowledge gained by ex-
pericnce, they can see how much better
they might have ordered their lives if
they had made the best possible use of
their time. Such knowledge cannot be
expected in younger men. The time will
come when they, too, will look back with
regret; but they should be given early
warning from the experience of others,
and he taught rs well as may DO that
time is money, not in the Vulgar sense,
but in that higher which represents
money rs merely a symbol Of things that
are good to have.-Baltimore Sun.
, 1889-04-11

Benjamin West, the famous American
painter, was born of Quaker parents in
Springfield, Pa, Oct. 10, 1888. When a
child he drew q picture of the baby in the
cradle, and for his first painting obtained
his colors from leaves and berries. He
taught himself, and at the age of 10
painted pictures in Philadelphia and
neighboring villages. 1t was at this time
that he produced his painting of the
Death of Socrates. In 1760 the generos-
ity of friends enabled West to go to Italy
to pursue his studies. Soon after he set
tied in England he obtained tho favor of
George III, and in thirty years painted
over 400 pictures. He died in London
on March 10, 1s2o.-Philadelphia Times.
, 1889-04-11

1t is in Paris that the art of begging
has produced its most remarkable ex-
amples of unconscious e~ffrontery. A
wealthy man in that city was told by his
servants recently that a man was wait
ing in the hall below who had sent him
up n letter.
The letter contained the following np-
plication:
"REsPECTED SR-Your well known
and exemplary generosity has led me to
hope that you will magnanimously take
pity on the situation of an unfortunate
widower, who has been cruelty deprived
of his mean of subsistence by the death
of his wife. l am, sir, yours in distress,
Y. Y."-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-04-11
A restnI Gard Wei Enleh.

When some antiquarian of the future
reports that n citizen of Belfast wrote
on a postal card the whole of one of the
annual messages of President Cleveland
the inference will be that President
Cleveland was a man of few words, but
the inference will be wrong. The mes
sage contained $4,000 words, yet Mr..
Ria Kittredge got it all on the card with
a steel pen and ink, each letter, us seen
through n microscope, being beautifully
formed. Moreover, n border three
eighths Of an inch wide is placed around
the card, representing a string of beads,
hfty-two in number, each three-six-
teenths II an inch in diameter, and most
of them containing the Lords prayer;
1000 words are put into this border.
Mr.. kittredgc is n years old, and n V
he could get $1,000 words on n postal
card 1t took him forty-fve days to
write this one.-Lewiston Me.) Journal.
, 1889-04-11

Swells come in great variety In Bos-
ton. There are all sorts and conditions
of them, but the swell that interests an
unsynpathetic anti-swell more thar any
other is he who blunders in the dark
some paths of etiquette. a iendish joy
is not unnatural when n swell commits n
betise without knowing it. not many
evenings since n leading light, n swell,
who is so afraid of being seen in the
wrong drawing rooms he refuses to go
anywhere, ventured out into the radiance
of n select circle. He is n handsome
swell, big, well groomed, of literary hab-
its, and, were he not much married,
would belong to the rank and file of
Washers. At all events, one fair stran-
ger present was much overcome by his
many charms and gracefully submitted
to being mashed on this particular oc-
cnsion.
Everything was progressing favorably.
The swell wa swelling with content at
his conquest, the lady was enjoying n
view of the immaculate splcndor of his
shirt front and the perfect fit of the low
cut moire w~aistcoat, when refreshments
were passed, and conversation for n mo-
ment gave way to leo cream. Presently
n wicked little fell from the
lady's plate to the floor. The swell gal
lantly stooped-to brush it aside? Not n
bit. He carefully picked it UP and de-
posted it IN his companions plate.
Alack-a-dayi How the magnetic cur
rent, which had flowed so fast and
strong before, chilled in that fair lady's
breast at this solecism, can only be APP
preciated by the author of a book of eti-
quette. In her eyes and in the wander
ing eyes of others, this swell's reputation
had gone. To her, at least, he is no
longer n swell, and If lie stays away from
her parties forevermore, she win never
reinstate him in the upper tier of the
four hundred.-Boston Herald.
, 1889-04-11
Singular Case. of 1ntouIoation.

A prominent military man, who had
drunk moderately during the war and
had abstained from that time on, while
attending a dinner with his old comrades,
where most of them were intoxicated,
suddenly became hilarious, made a fool
ish speech, and settled back in his chair
in q drunken state, and was finally taken
home quite stupid
He had not drunk any spirits and had
only used coffee and water, and yet he
had all the symptoms of the others, only
his was intoxication from contagion-the
favoring soil had been prepared long ago
in the army.
Another case was that of a man who
had been an inebriate years ago, but had
reformed, says The Popular Science
Monthly. He was recently elected to
office and gave a dinner to some friends.
Among them was a physician who has
been greatly interested In these studies.
He sent me a long report, the substance
of which was this:
On the occasion referred to many OF
the company became partially intoxi-
Gated, n the host, who drank nothing
but water, became hilarious and finally
stupid with them. He was put to bed
with every sign of ~intoxication, but re-
covered, and mex morning had only a
confused notion of these events.
The third case occurred four years ago.
A reformed man, of twelve years sobri-
ETY., wen on a military excursion with
a drinking company, and, although he
drank nothing but lemonade, became as
much intoxicated as the others.
This event was the subject of much
comment and loss to him, socially and
otherwise, although he protested, and
others confirmed his statements, that he
did not take any spirits at this time
New York Journal.
, 1889-04-11


have just returned from Springfield,
Mo-, where, in the shops of the st. Louis
and San Francisco road, 1 saw a furnace
in operation that at nee solved the prob
lem of smoke consumption and the re-
duction of coal consumption to the mini
mum. 1t is bound to revolutionize the
entire system of steam making. 1t is
the invention of Carney, the master me-
chanic of the road, has beer in operation
for nearly a year, and is a complete sue
cess. To put it briefly, by Carney's
process the highest degree of heat is Sc
cured by burning with every pound of
coal two pounds of water. In fact, water
gas is made, and l wonder that no one
aver thought of it before. The slack
coal is mixed with water In the proper
ton of one part to two, and the result
is the formation of the gas. Every part
of the coal is consumed.
At the end of Neutrality-suspicious. there
were but three wheelbarrow loads of fine
ashes carried away. Had the furnace
been fed dry there would have been from
eighteen to twenty barrowfuls of ashes
and cinders. There was actually no
smoke escaping from tho smoke stack,
which was but twelve feet high. / was
struck by the shortness of the stack, and
remarked it to the engineer, who replied:
"Why have it any higher? Nothing goes
through It," At my request the water
was cut off, and the furnace was fed dry
for two hours, with the result that the
furnace was unable to make sufficient
steam to run the machinery in the shop.
This water burning furnace is to my
mind the greatest invention of the past
twenty-five years. - Boiler Maker in
Globe-D Democrat.
, 1889-04-11

like to listen to people talking on the
cars. Tho loudness of tone which some
bumptious folks adopt invariably gener-
ally goes with aggressive ignorance. 1t
is the couple whispering in the corner
who are particularly interesting, but you
can't heal what they say. But some
times one catches an amusing bit. The
other day a man stepped onto the dummy
and greeted another already there.
"Hallo, Tom"
GLOW are your
Getting homer"
Eyes. Where have you been?"
been t q Chinese funeral-looking
at it, l mean. I couldn't help think
ing
"Whatg'
"All those Cinnamon, and only one
dead.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1889-04-11
snowbarllnE Georgia. Governor.

The boys in Atlanta, Ca, gave Cover
nor Gordon q very severe snowballing
as he was going to the capitol one morn
ing last winter. The governor begged
hard to be let off, but the boys said no.
One boy said to him: I'VE can't let you
off, governor. AS you haven't donehny
running since "a, you will have to
hustle" And the general hustled, while
dozens of balls took him in the back of
the neck. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1889-04-11

The proper length of time to stay at a
tea has never been defined. Elderly So
ciety women who are past the rush and
activity of their prime and only go to one
tea In an afternoon, sometimes settle
themselves comfortably in an easy chair
and stay two or three hours chatting
with their friends as they come and go.
Busy society leaders fly into the house,
sip a cup of tea, stay five minutes and
dart out again, only to be driven rapidly
to another place, thus going to three or
four teas in an afternoon.-New York
Sun
, 1889-04-11

All sorts of vessels and utensils may be
purified FROM long retained smells of any
kind, in the easiest and mos perfect
manner, by rinsing them out well with
charcoal powder after the grosser impur-
tiles have been secured off with sand and
water
, 1889-04-11

A whale lives 300 years. A sheep lives
ten years. A cat lives fifteen years. A
tortoise lives 100 years. A lion lives
twenty years. A camel lives forty years.
A bear lives twenty years. A dog lives
fourteen years A squirrel lives eight
years. An elephant lives 400 years. An
Ok lives twenty-five years A guinea pig
lives seven years. Ahorse lives twenty
five years.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-04-11

lie largest stock OF fine brAndies, old
whiskics, choice hiqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, eorner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1889-04-11

Mr.. Henry Valerius of Harper, Keokuk
county, Ia, has found what he regards as
a sure cure for rheumatism. He says
In regard to Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
l am pleased to say that | can recommend
it. with confidence, and that it has done
more for me than any other medicine fol
rheumatism. of which | have been a great
sufferer" Sold by B. B. David, drug.
pist.
, 1889-04-11

Wien a person tells you they never had
such a cold in their Lille take their word for
it and advise them to use Chamberlain s
Cough Rem. edy and cure it. For coughs,
colds aud hoarseDcss it has no equal.
Sold by B. 3. David, druggist.
, 1889-04-11

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say: "Oh! it is only a little cold." and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup? 1t has no superior. and
few equals, For sale by W. n. Hunt.
druggist. }
, 1889-04-11

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
:orns and all skin e%ruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price IS cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1889-04-11

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the
fountain of health, by using DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a
fair skin, buoyant spirits, and bodily health
and vigor will he established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimplc, blotch, or eruption,
to the worst ScrOfula, or bl~ood-poison. Es-
pecially has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt = rheum or letter, Eczema, Erysipelas,
Fever = sores, Hin joint Disease. Scrofulous
Sores and Swcllings, Enlarged Glands, Col
tire or Thick Neck, and Eating Sores or
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula OF the LunRsl, by its
wonderful blood = purifying, ~invigorating,
For Weak Lungs. Splitting of Blood. Short
ness of Breath, Catarrh in the Head. Dron-
chitis, Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred
affections, it is a sovereign remedy. 1t
mi cures the severest Cough
For Torpid Liver, bilionsness, or LIVER
an ~unequaled remedy. Sold by druggists.
Price Sl.0O. or six bottles for $500.
, 1889-04-11

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
, 1889-04-11

Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1889-04-11

New goods arriving daily at L. S.
Johnston & Bro.
, 1889-04-11
sFGCIALIsTs-


We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to thlsm much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition OF human
ity is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less q
phtlanthrophist and "A benefactor to his race
plication excels IN any other b anch OF his pro-
tesston. And, fortunately fol humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
FOR, has passed away.
YOUNG M EN
Who may besuffering rom the effectso of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves OF this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
III will guarantee to forfeit five hundredd dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and falls to cure.
MIDDLE-AG EDM EN.
There are many men of the age OF 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system In n manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
poslts a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will an
pear, or the color will be OF akin or miikish
hue, again changing to "A dark and turbid ap-
pearance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant OF the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
l4li Larimere street. Address, Box 27Sa Den.
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1889-04-11

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & His+ori i
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
How She Looks.

Grace Greenwood is one Of the few women
who look like their pictures. Anybody who
has ever seen counterfeit presentment Of
the high. rather pointed forehead, the prop,i-
nent nose, the strong, kindly mouth. the
friendly eyes and the heavy black hair drawn
down almost 10 cover the tips OF the ears, in
the Old fashion, would recognize the rather
short figure aud matronly proportions of the
brilliant writer whose pen has not by any
means lost its point and sparkle. Mrs Lip
pincott has one grace rare among women or
men-she knows when there has been enough
after dinner speaking, end she can win more
admiration By setting a clever remark in a
frame ot twelve words than often repeys the
most brilliant orator for a twenty minutes
peroration.-Kansas City Journal
The forssn adviser CT the state department.
at Toxic Is Mr. Henry Deuisou, young New
Highlander os about IS He has fine houss
furnished 20 him by the Mikado, and has re
ceived rank from the emperor. He has
more influence than any other American n
Japan, and he is constantly dealing with mat
tiers coEnected with America
The Prince OF Wales has warmly congrat,-
lated toe Duke Of Portland upon bis betrothsl
70 handsome Miss Dallas Yorke, and has in
rimated his intention 10 be present with tho
princess at the wedding. London society is
full Of rumors OF the spleador which is 10
mark the marriage OF one OF the richest pesry
OF England to the most beautiful woman in
ia United Kinsaaa
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

not Vim his country's service, for 6hirty
wears. The old house stands just as 1t stood
seyentY-ffye years ago. Though stripped Of
its antique furniture and invaluable relics OF
Washington Its precious memories still cling
to it-mernories which all the fortunes of war
and tragedies of fate cannot take away from
IT A year or two ago its outer walls had
become much faded, but have recently been
PAINTED their old yellow color.
The servants quarters, the detached kltch-
en- and other outbuildings are preserved In
tact. In part of the house now lives the
family of the officer In charge OF the cene-
terry, and the hall and southern parlors are
given up to the use of the public. A register
is kept, in which 40, 900 visitors record their
names each year, and on the walls hang maps
of the cemetery, the diagram showing every
grave and the names Of all the known dead.
All this is very interesting, but one catches
himself wishing these cid walls could speak;
and from thoughts of the great Christian sol
dier who left so fine a home to battle IN
losing cause, one can hardly repress the second
wish that the victorious government had not
thought it necessary to confiscate the home
stead of so noble hero If the soul of Ar
lington has any voice it speaks for love for
all the brave Americans who died doing their
duty.
A magnificent estate was this of Gen. Lee.
Step out on the portico and behold the pam
Drama. In the foreground sharp deciivityi at
its brow, but few yards from the house, the
grave and new monument of Sheridan. Then