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, 1889-12-24
The Metric System Spreading.

Although the metric system of
weights and measurements has made
no Roadway in this country outside of
school arithmetics, it is stated to be
steadily spreading. 1t is now legally
recognized in countries having a
population of almost 500, 600, 900
more than half the population
of the world. 1t is compulsory
in countries which contain more
than one-quarter of the entire pop
ulation of the world. The strange
part of the spread of this superior sys-
tenn of weights and measurements is
that such half civilized countries as
Russia, Turkey and British India seem
to be more alert to realize and take ad-
vantage of its admitted superiority than
England or America, with all their
boosted genius for adopting the best
methods and systems. Shall the
turbaned Turk nimbly reckon up his
accounts and meters, simply arranged
on the decimal scale, while the highly
civilized American laboriously figures
owe the irregular proportions of
ounces and pounds, feet and yards,
gallons, bushels and barrels7 How
much easier is it to say, 10 mills make
a cent, 10 cents a dime, 10 dimes or
100 cents make 81, than to struggle
with grains, ounces and pounds. Why
don't the American people adopt the
same simplicity in weights and meas
IN that is followed in money!
Omaha World Herald.
, 1889-12-24
Rushing His Work.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-In three
weeks, ended Saturday. the president
sent to the senate 1926 messages con-
tanning the nominations G~ncluding army
and navy appolntments) of about LOGO
persons. When the senate adjourned
Saturday there had been made public the
combinations of about 1000 of these
nominations. The great majority of
them were postmasters. OF the diplo-
matte combinations the following have
been confirmed: George Nancy to be
minister to Paraguay and Uruguay; j. G..
X. Pitzin. to be minister of the Argen-
tine Republic; Clark e. Carr, to be min
lister of Denmark. Other important
nominations that went over until after re-
cess are those Of Roosevelt and Thomp
son, to be civil service commissioners;
Taylor. railroad commissioner; Holiday,
commissioner of customs; Bates. COM
missioner of navigation; Morgan, COM
missioner of Indian affairs, and Dor
chester, superintendent of Indian schools.
, 1889-12-24
rr.e That Yields MIX.


The COW tree, that botanical curios
ity of South America, grows on the
broad, barren plateaus of Venezuela,
where it would be next to impossible
to find fluid sufficient to slack ones
thirst were it not for this wise provis.
ion OF nature.
The sap of the COW tree, as its name
implies, resembles milk, both in looks
and taste. A slight balsamic taste has
been reported by some aturalists who
have drank of the strange liquid; other.
wise it was said to ''have the flavor OF
rich cream and to be very wholesome
and nourishing.".
The tree itself frequently attains a
height of 100 to 125 feet, it being not
unusual to see a trunk of this species
seventy to eighty feet perfectly
smooth and without a limb. A hole
bored into or a wound made in the
bark of this wonderful tree is almost
Immediately filed with a tactical like
fluid, which continues to flow for
some days, or until it coagulates at the
mouth Of the wound and forms a waxy
mass, which stops further flow.
Humboldt, the first to give a scien-
tfc description of the baobad tree of
Africa, was the first to tell of the won-
ders of the COW tree, as it was called
IN his time.-St Louis Republic.
, 1889-12-24
Something for the new Year.

The world renowned success of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. and their con-
tInued popularity for over a third of a
century as a stomachic, is scarcely more
wonderful than the welcome that greets
the annual appearance of Hostetter's Ala
mac. This valuable medical treatise is
published by the Hostetter company,
Pittsburg, Pa, under their own immed-
late supervision. employing sixty hands in
that department. They are running
about eleven months in the year on this
work. and the issue of same for 1890 will
not be less than tenn million. printed in
the English, German, French, Welsh,
Norwegian. Swedish, Holland, Bohe-
milan and Spanish languages. Reirr to a
copy of it for valuable and interesting
reading containing health and numerous
testimonials as to the efficacy of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. amusement, "a
ried information, astronomical calcula-
tons and chronological items, &c, which
can be depended on for correctness. The
Almanac for 1890 can be obtained free OF
cost, from druggists and general country
dealers in all parts of the country.
, 1889-12-24
THE NEW MANAGER.
A Biographical sketch OF Charles r.
Ressiguie.

The Omaha Railway Reporter prints
this biography of c. 4. Ressiguie, the
successor of G.. NJ. Cumming as general
manager of the mountain division of the
Union Pacific. which includes all Of the
line west of Cheyenne:
Mr.. Ressiguie was born November 10,
lS47, in Green county, Wisconsin. At
the age of Is he began his railway career
as a messenger boy in the service OF the
Chicago & Northwestern railway at james
vile, Wis. A year later he had mastered
the mysteries of the telegrapher's key
and was promoted to the position Of agent
and operator. He continued to fill that
position until 1871, when he was made
chief clerk in the superintendent office
on the same line. In 1876 he resigned to
accept a similar position with the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy. where for four
years he remained virtually at the head of
that Office. At the end of that time he
was promoted to similar duties in the
general managers Office, where he con-
tinued until 1885 when he was appointed
superintendent OF the Illinois division of
the @. b. & Q. His reputation as a
first-class railroader won him the conf
dence OF the late Thomas j.. Potter, and
when that gentleman accepted the man
agement of the Union Pacific in 1887,
one of his first official acts was to secure
the services OF Mr.. Ressiguie. In October
Of that year he was appointed superin-
tendent of the Idaho division of the
Union Pacific railway. His ~administra.
ton OF that division was most successful,
and when he was transferred to the Ne
braska division a year later, be left many
warm friends in the far West who will
warmly welcome his return. His appoint
ment to the position of general manager
is one of the best that has been made by
the present management and it meets the
hearty approval OF every man IN the ser
vice. The employees of the Western di-
vision and the citizens of Salt Lake are to
be congratulated on securing such an able
officer and worthy citizen.
, 1889-12-24
ENR GRADY DEAD.

But a brief week ago Henry W. Grady,
the Georgian journalist, was in the full
flush Of his superb manhood. Yesterday
he lay stark and cold in death at his home
in Atlanta.
For years Grady has been one of the
editors of the Atlanta Consultation, n
paper which had at least three men on its
staff whose reputation was national. To
mastertul ability as an editorial writer he
united that extremely rare journalistic
quality-eloquence as a public speaker.
Grady had long enjoyed n reputation
throughout the South, but one speech in
New York made his name famous
throughout the nation. The occasion
was the New England dinner given in
New York three years ago. Grady was
then a mar of IS. AS he stood before
the audience chat memorable evening his
broad, boyish face beamed with eloquent
emotion. His opening sentences thrilled
his hearers to the core. The words leaped
from his lips, sometimes in tempestuous
torrents Of ~eloquence or again In smooth,
sweet cadences that reached the very
heart, electrifying and e~xalting bis audi
ence. The speech was of superb literary
finish and has taken a prominent place
among the great oratorical efforts of the
country.
Since the delivery of his New England
speech Grady has filled a unique niche in
the South. He has been at once leader
and teacher. He typi6ed the progressive
spirit of the New South and to his master
touch is due much of the material pros
perity of the region.
The death of Mr.. Grady is not simply
a disticnt loss to journalism but a loss to
the whole country for he seemed destined
to fill a wide sphere of usefulness such as
is vouchsafed to few mortals.
, 1889-12-24
The saurertie, Failures.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 23.-The liza
bilities of ]. B. Sheffield & Son, the
Sangerties Blank Book company, and j.
Q Preble l. Co.. the firms which failed
Saturday, aggregate nearly 50, 900, 900,
but the liabilities Of each company cannot
yet be stated accurately. The assets of
Sheffield & Son amount to about 81, l00.-
900, but there is a mortgage Of 1868 900
on their mill property. The assets of the
Saugerties company amounts to about
$40O, 900.
, 1889-12-24

Two hundred miles of railroad building
is the limit set for the Union Pacific next
season by President Adams in an inter.
view yesterday. The Utah Central will
be extended to Phoebe, New, l45 miles.
the Cheyenne & Northern to a connection
with the Northwestern, IS miles, aud a
few miles OF branch road will be com
pleted in Kansas. This being the case
there is all the more reason why work
should be commenced at the earliest pos.
sible moment on the Cheyenne & North.
ern SO as to complete the Union Pacific,
through southern route from the Gulf Of
Mexico to the Black Hills.
, 1889-12-24

For all closes of travel from California,
Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Utah. Wyoming and Colorado points to
Sioux City, St. Paul and points east is
the Lake Superior. st. Paul & Union
Pacific line. Passenger trains are equipped
with Pullman palace sleepers, Pullman
c~olonist ~sleepers and modern day coaches.
Pullman palace sleepers run through from
Salt Lake City to st. Paul without change.
Only one change of cars from San
Francisco or Portland to st. Paul.
Especial care and attention is given to
all freight shipments, and patrons will
" both time and money by taking this
line.
, 1889-12-24
Reduced Rates for the Holidays.

The Union Pacific The Overland
Route" will sell tickets at stations in
Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming least of
Green River for the holidays to points on
its line within a distance of 200 miles, at
one fare for the round trip. Tickets will
be on sale Dec. "a. 25 and 81. 1889, and
Jan. /. 1890, good going on date of sale
and good TOR return passage up to and
including Jaa. 3, 1890.
Take advantage of this reduced rate
and spend Christmas and New Years
with your relatives or friends.
For any information as regards time of
trains, rates, &c, apply to the nearest
Union Pacific agent or
K. L. LoMAx,
General Passenger Agent, Omaha.
, 1889-12-24
1T PROVES OUR CASE.

As to the ca5al being organized " to
secure the political destruction of the
delegate In congress" it is merely the in
veution of the enemy. The fact that
other Republicans in Wyoming desire
recognition does not initiate against the
services of the gentleman referred to-
Sundays San.
Certainly not. And yet this very
statement is tantamount to an acknowl.
edgement that there is more truth than
poetry in THE LEADERS, charge that a
cabal had been organized to secure the
political destruction OF the delegate in
congress. There Is no use to attempt TO
disguise the fact that the failure of Mr..
Carey to appoint certain men to office
has aroused the bitterest animosity against
him. To the disappointment OF failure
was added in many cases a want of even
verbal recognition of the services rem
dered by disappointed applicants for
place. In some instances party workers
were treated with scant ceremony and
even denied admission on frivolous pre-.
text to the presence OF the dispenser Of
patronage. Some appointments were
made not in recognition of party services
performed in the territory but because Of
influences brought to bear upon the dele
gate by Republican officials living in the
states. Some were made from personal
motives. In one instance an appoint
ment was made directly through the in.
tiuence OF an ALLEGED Democrat who has
always been a supporter of me and +.
F." These facts are so well known that
they scarcely require recapitulation but
that they apply to both the Republican
candidates for United States senators
from Wyoming is clearly shown by the
unenthusiastic receptions rendered the
governor during his recent Northern trips.
To show that THE LEADER charge OF
n conspiracy to pluck the soaring ambi.
ton Of the delegate is not IAN invention
Of the enemy we quote the following
from a communication published in the
Suns Sunday edition:
The vicious attack on Judge Carey,
VI Oah W uOtuiuk eiSc, Wuicu hpptareu
in your columns yesterday signed by
'Fairplay' is as uRtimely as undeserved.
Judge Carey's services to the territory
demand, and should receive, recognition
at the hands of his constituents, and the
underhand method Of attempting to rele-
gate him to private life when his present
term of office expires deserves asd will re.
ceive the condemnation not only of 'Chey.
enne and vicinity, but of other parts OF
the territory as we'll"
Tho TACT of the matter is there are loud
murmurings not only against the
delegate, but against his political
twin brother, the governor. because the
rank and file have begun to realize that in
the selfish game of politics the so called
leaders get the cream while the p~rivates
in the ranks get what is yulgarly termed
the soup.
, 1889-12-24

Language is hardly strong enough to
express my admiration for the merits OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t is
the best remedy for Group and whooping
cough l have ever used. During the
past eighteen years l have tried nearly all
the prominent cough remedies on the
market but say, and with pleasure too,
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
best Of all. Thomas Rhodes. Bakers
field, Gal. For sale by B. B. DAVID,
druggist.
, 1889-12-24
Shielded for Love.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 23.-Yesterday
afternoon j. |. Kevan, a wealthy English
man from Liverpool, suicided by shooting
because the daughter of Capt. S~toniforth,
q retired English officer who resides 4 few
miles from town, refused to marry him.
He has a brother a wealthy banker in
LIVERPOOL.
, 1889-12-24

For the benefit of the editor of the new
Republican paper Just started at Rawlins
we wish to remark that the name of Wy
oming's governor is Warren and not
Warner.
, 1889-12-24

This season shoes some of
the most antique n0ceifteS
ina the lime of sterling siIUer
goods erer brought Osst.
ZehNer. BMechMer, r. Co.
hare a remarkable display
Of all the gerry latest and
finest designs.
, 1889-12-24

Z. Clarke. taxidermist and furrier, SIT
W 10th street. If you contemplate pre-
sentinR your friends with something rare,
call and see my stock Of animals heads and
furs. l will give great bargains from now
on. Leave orders now at the above ad.
dress and avoid the rush at the holidays.
Visitors will find an efficient staff OF
obliging clerks to conduct them through
the various departments of interest in my
vast establishment.
N. B.-I pay market price for raw furs
and don't you forget to say 1 told you.
, 1889-12-24

Dtang0ndshaCe adraNced
20 per cent since spring,
bat ace are sciitfng TO giUe
p1IrCh e. e9-S of holiday
goods the advantage Of II.
ZehHe1-, BMechne1. = Co.
, 1889-12-24

Ask your nearest ticket agent in regard
to the rates, accommodations, ETC., offered
BY the Lake Superior, St. Paul h Union
Pacific line.
, 1889-12-24

Tle largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueisrs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1889-12-24

Genuine alligator all c%olors, handsome
MORON goat owe calf. all %colors; beauti-
full patterns in embroidered plush and
velvet slippers at
s. BoN's Shoe Store.
, 1889-12-24

Your Christmas present will not be
complete without a box Of Towslee's fine
candies.
, 1889-12-24

Hellman's grand free ball and bean
takes place at Keeie hall Dec. 80.
You are invited.
, 1889-12-24
Boys,

Buy your girl a trunk for Christmas
Hellman has a dandy line.
, 1889-12-24

Practical Christmas presents at Hell
mans.
, 1889-12-24
Dr.. &c.
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Su ~ LII, " Us nnaa hSsie viass
seases,oeLeNi my Ina SonuiLion oi nuIn l
~ = ~ ornra.ns ~ niPasny any
long. as many are Innocent sufferers. and that
the physician who deyotes himself
To relIeyIn0 the afaicted and SAYING
them from Worse than death, is no less a
~PF san nth rapasnn and db a 6snsta SSah to o bis race
plication excels IN any other b anch OF hispro-
fession. And, fortunately fol humanity the day
nonaan,nas, w NE ~ nis :, rnlin nr troRns IIha
, 1889-12-24
Girls,

Girls, O
Buy your best fellow a pair of those
silk suspenders. Hellman is selling them
very cheap and you get a guess on the
beans.
, 1889-12-24
For good hack service call telephone No. Is


Boys overcoats regardless of cost at
Hellman's.
, 1889-12-24

For a fine pair of shoes or slippers go
8. Bon's. 3l5 West Sixteenth street.
, 1889-12-24

For SALE-Od papers. LEADER office,
, 1889-12-24
What SCOTS Emulsion Has Done!
Over pc Pounds Gain In Ten Weeks
Experience of Prominent either
TIE CALIFORNIA socurx ron rHKl
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
San TRAscrsoo, July It'll, 1851

VI NlCk%
San TRAscrsoo. July It'll. 1885,
/ took q severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give 1t proper attention 5
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall of the same
year / was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or
dePed me to q more congent-
al climate, and 1 came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival / commenced taking
Scott's Emulsion ofCod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphttes reg
ularly three times a day. In
ten weeks my avotrdupOis
went from165 to 100 pounds
and over; the cough mean
time ceased. G. r. BENNETT.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
Bridge 0,sr the Iudus.

The Sukkur or Lansdowne bridge,
recently erected over the River Indus,
has main span made uD OF two can
tilevers OF 80 feet each and "a sus-
pended truss OF 200 feet making a total
span OF $40 feet, the longest of its char
acter in the world. The Indian En- =
gineer says that in this long span,
weighing $500 tons. the expansion be-
tween the abutments amounts TO near
ly 8 inches, and the nose OF the can't
lever moves horizontally up and do wn
stream about 2 inches in the course OF
each day as the one side or the other
OF the bridge is exposed TO the direct
rays of the sun. This bridge has. be.
side the great span. three others of Z7s
feet, 238 feet, and 94l feet respectively,
OF ordinary girders resting on piers
founded or the rock. Work was com
menced in 1884. and all except the
main span was finished in March, 1885.
The staging for the main span was
started January Is, 1889 and was fin
ished January 80; erection was com
menced February B. The engineer
was Sir A. M. Rendel, and the build
ers wore Westwood IL Baltic, OF Pop
lar, London. The total cost OF the
wnole bridge was 81, 52S, 800. 1t car.
ries the Indian State RailwJy over
the Indus River.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
Clark & AndersOn's Luck.
aha (Neb.l bee. Aupust is;

Omaha (Neb) Bee, August Is:
''There is luck in odd numbers, said RORY
O'More, and Rory might have added tha
occasionally an even number strikes it rich
Clark & Anderson, proprietors of tn.
Monitor Restaurant GOA South Thir
teenth street. think so at least; fol-
they held one fourth Of ticket No. Is, 1876 in
the July drawing of the Louisiana State
Lottery, and when the wheel stopped il
was found that IL, 1866 had drawn $50, 600
hence their share WAS $4,000
at happened this way" said Mr.. Ander-
son TO a reporter, "Clark and | were not
very well fixed and | remarked one even
ing let us invest - in the Louisiana State
Lottery. | was in favor of buying five
twentieths, but he said No; let us buy a
fourth, and if we win we will get some
thing. So we purchased. / looked anx-
iously for the list, and when il came and
found we had won was actually paralyzed.
We collected the money through the Pacific
express, and it came TO hand as promptly
as if it had been one of Jay Gould's checks
we were getting cashed. No, we are not
going TO Europe; we will stay right here,
put little more money into our business and
see If we cannot increase our gains. AS a
matter of fact the cash will help us out
amazingly"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
Slams King.

Siam, little sparsely populated
country in the distant south, long re-
fused allegiance TO our great land, like
a praying mantis pushing back an ad-
van cling chariot with his little claws.
But now for 200 years she has been
submissive TO the behests of him who
sits on the dragon Throne. In the
eighth moon of this year new ruler
will be crowned as King and take to
consort Queen, with dazzling pomp.
A merchant of Ch'ao-chow Fu,
Kuangtung. long n resident in Siam
and loaded with favors by the King,
was lately commissioned to proceed 70
Canton to buy rosewood cabinets. silk
embroideries, etc, 10 the value OF TO-.
900 taels. This Chinese merchant has
presented the King with couple OF
boards, containing each fourteen char
acters beautifully carved, praising the
King as one OF those virtuous prince.
whom the Son OF Heaven views with
special favor. - HUI Pao.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
SmokeIess Powder.

The trial OF smokeless powder by
the field artillery OF the Twelfth Saxon
corps recently in its maneuvers before
the king of Saxony at Northumberland
was perhaps the most conclusive yet
attempted. After several hours OF
cannonading the air over the battle
ground was perfectly clear. Not even
n puff of smoke showed itself. The
Berliner Volkszeitung. by the way,
says that the new powder requires
bronze cannon and that all the steel
guns will have to 90.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
Bachelor Buttons.

Before you lay the button on the
cloth, put the thread through so that
the knot will be on the right side
That leaves it under the button, and
prevents it from being worn or ironed
away, and thus b eginning the loosen
ing process. Then, before you begin
sewing. Ivy large pin across the but
ton so that all your threads will go over
the pin. After you have finished filling
the holes with thread draw out the pin
and wind your thread round and round
beneath the button. That makes a
compact stem, TO sustain the possible
pulling and wear of the buttonhole.
1t is no evaporation to say that my
buttons never come off, and I'm sure
yours won't IL you use my method Of
sewing. Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-11
SPORTS OF STATESMEN.
How the Peoples Lawmakers Be-
guile their Leisure Hours.
SUPREME COURT WHIST CLUB.
1he Senate Poker Team Frye Without
Bait The Triangle, Kenna, Edmunds
and Hampton Garland Makes
Cartridge and Palmer.
Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON. Work consumes most
of the statesman's time and he has con-
sequently few recreations and no sports
properly so called. He is too busy to
play. To men who have had to attain
and hold their places, life is "A dread
fully earnest thing and the hard wor k
which each day entails fills it full.
Neither President Harrison nor Sec
rotary Blaine nor Secretary Window, l
believe, indulge habitually in any
sport. The same is true OF Senators
Hiscock, Hawley, Chandler. Hoar,
Sherman and Ingalls,. with the excep-
ton that Senator Hawley plays bill
lizards worse than he sings. Whenever
Mr.. Ingalls, has an hour he can devote
TO amusements, and it is seldom, he
possesses himself Of one of the rare
books of the world which he never
found time 10 read and plunges into
it.
Probably majority of our lawmak-
ers and law-interpreters play cards,
but few of them are expert or devoted
to any game.
The supreme court has n select whist
club TO which seven members belong
and which meets around" the house
oftenest chosen being that OF Mr.. JUS
tice Blatchford near Franklin square.
The club knows all about Hoyle and
Pole and the other high muckamucks
OF pasteboard and inclines to hold to
'.the rigors of the game" like Thack-
eray's heroine, but it possesses a back
set in Mr.. Justice Lamar, who being a
brilliant raconteur and having had ex
ceptionally interesting personal expert :
ence, is often drawn out in converse
ton by the rear couple in such way
as TO carry CONSERVATION into the
ranks of the enemy.
The senate poker quartette are I'M
derstood to be hard men to tackle
Don Cameron, Hale, Butler and Far
we'll. They are said TO enjoy them
selves and to make about as much as
they lose in the course Of winter.