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, 1889-05-26
A Brilliant Lecture.

The second of Mr.. Ragan's series of
lectures delivered at the opera house last
evening carried the audience up the
Rhine and through a hasty tour of Switz-
erland. The views given were all excel
lent and some of them were so superbly
presented as to evoke well merited APP
plause. The audience fairly reveled in
grand and sublime historical views, the
pictured representations of feudal castles
or the striking features OF magnificent
church architecture. In this respect there
was great variety to the entertainment,
which the lecture itself bristled with sug-
gestive bits of word painting.
The next lecture will be given Wednes-
day evening of this week. The subject
will be London. Most people are familiar
through reading or travel with the salient
features of this vast city. The opera
house should be thronged on the occasion
of the London lecture as next to visiting
the place nothing more satisfactory could
possibly be obtained. 1.-THE pleasures OF
travel without the discomforts" sums up
the situation.
, 1889-05-26
Garfield Beach.

The Union Pacific railway beg to an
nounce that they will open their bathing
and pleasure resort, Garfield beach, on
Great Salt Lake. Utah, on May Is.
Garfield beach is within a few minutes
ride of Salt Lake City, and is the only
beach on Great Salt Lake having a clean,
sandy bottom, free from mud and rocks.
Bathing suits to rent for ladies' and gen.
tlemcn, grand concert every afternoon,
restaurant and a magnificent dancing
pavilion, make this the finest pleasure
resort in the West, and is best reached
via the Union Pacific, The Overland
Route"
For genuine pleasure go to Garfield
beach. For excursion rates or descriptive
pamphlets apply to our nearest agent or
Il. l.. LOMAX,
General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb.
, 1889-05-26
Union Pacific Dining Cars.

1t is understood that the management
of the Union Pacific has now decided, in
conjunction with the Pullman Car COM
pany, to run dining cars on the trains be-
tween Ogden and Council Bluffs. The
first will probably be put on about a month
hence or as soon as the sleeping car COM
pany can build the necessary equipment.
The earnings are to be divided on an
equitable basis, and the cost OF the exper.
iment is to be equally borne. At the end
of the year the Union Pacific company
can, if it ~pleases, become a part owner of
the cars. Prior to that time, however,
a certain rate of mileage will be charged.
On a suficiency of cars being obtained the
company will extend the service to Port
land and to all other parts of the system.
The Northern Pacific has been running
dining cars between St. Paul and Port
land for several years past, and the service
has been thoroughly satisfactory.
, 1889-05-26
TOWN TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UI
Throughout the City.

There will be another class day at the
Central school next Friday.
A track is being laid from the turn
table to the Union Pacific shops here.
Sterling, Colo, will send a team to the
Firemen's Tournament July 9 and 10.
The lou of service at the Presbyterian
church will be 8 O'Clock for the summer.
Postmaster Snyder is to engage in the
real estate business in Ogden with Ed A.
Reid.
An orange special of eighteen cars
passed east over the Union Pacific last
night
Cattle cars to the number Of los were
hauled over the Cheyenne & Northern
yesterday.
District court for the May term con-
venes tomorrow morning. There are l04
civil cases on the docket.
A revised roster of the troops serving in
the department of the Platte has Just
been received at this Office.
This is from a popular city divine: Let
us turn over a new leaf and everybody at
tend church somewhere to-day.
The Capitol Base Ball club will practice
on the Rhodes & Troxell Juniors on the
Eddy street grounds this afternoon.
Jas. Woods, a Grand Island, Neb., sa-
loonkeeper, was yesterday arrested for
discharging a revolver IN Ferguson street.
A Bunch Of Keys, with Louise Sanford
as Teddy" will be presented at the opera
house next Saturday afternoon and even
ing.
Lieutenant Kendrick. of Camp Pilot
Butte. has been promoted to the cap
taincy of a company stationed at Fort
Logan.
Rev. II. Il. Field will deliver a Memoir
ial Day sermon to John +. REYNOLDS post,
G. A. R., at the Presbyterian church this
evening.
Six cars of Phillips excursionists, from
Boston. reached the city On the belated
train from Denver last avening. They
continued westward on a special.
Geo. Harris. until recently proprietor
of the Stock Exchange saloon of this city,
has just opened at Rock Springs what is
reputed to be the finest barroom IN the
territory. The fixtures were built in the
East, while Cheyenne artists did the dec
Grating.
, 1889-05-26
An Indian School.

The Lander Mountaineer says that I'M
der the efficient management OF Mrs.
Swan the school at the Shoshone agency
is rapidly recovering from the demorali-
zation which prevailed there up to a short
time ago. There are some forty pupils
now enrolled. with new arrivals daily.
Mrs. Swan formerly had charge of the
school at the Cheyenne agency and
brought it to the front after it had fallen
into a similar condition to the one that
this agency was in before her arrival.
, 1889-05-26
DO YOU WANT A SNAP +?
How to get a Position with the
Government.
Apply for a Place and Pass an Ex-
animation.
The Workings of the Famed Civil
Service Law.

L1Otub bbio hlLh IN <H-iDEh plOpOoCb
to lend ios aid to any reputable and COM
potent citizen who wishes his or her
name to be placed on the payrolls of the
great United States government. The
purpose of this story is to inform aspirants
for civil service Jobs as to the procedure
necessary to reach the desired goal. From
this list you may select the sort of posi-
ton desired:
~. Departmental service at Washing
ton. In this bfanch there are 5000 cleri
cal places and the salaries range from
500 to 81, 800 per annum.
(2). Postal service, including all post
offices employing fifty or more clerks, car
riers, messengers, etc. The number of
civil service postofices aud consequently
the number OF places are constant
ly increasing. In New York there are
2, 200 persons in the Office, and about as
many in Boston. The total number of
places in this branch is not less than TO-
600. Salaries, 5000 to 81, 400.
(3). Custom houses working fifty or
more persons. There are 5000 places
with salaries same as in the postal service.
(). Railway mail service, where there
are 5000 places paying from $500 to
: 1000.
Private secretaries, chiefs of divisions
and superior executive officers do not
come within the provisions of the civil
service act, but there are altogether in the
neighborhood of 100, 900 public servants
who do. The places are given to states
and territories in the order Of population.
New Workers fill about one in every ten
vacancies.
Want to tackle it? There is no real,
hard work connected with any of the jobs,
but some Of them are pretty wearisome.
If you wish TO enter the lists address a
polite request for application blanks to
the civil service commission at Washing
ton. Fill out and return them and
get a permit to have yourself ex-
amined any place by an a u
thorized representative of the commits
sion. The ordeal is not severe as the
questions are formulated with a view of
ascertaining the qualifications of the APP
plicant- If you want to be a copyist and
can do this work well you will not be re-
iected because you are not an expert
Mathematician. but you must write plainly
and rapidly, copy correctly, and punctu-
ate properly. All applicants are treated
fairly and those whose examination per-
centage is largest are frs. called to places.
The names of all who enter the lists are
fled at Washington and when a call is
made for an employee three names-noth-
ing else-are sent to the person who fills
the vacancies occurring.
Examiner Niver, who was here last
week, says that there has been a manifest
improvement in the service in all depart
ments within the scope of the law and that
the administration of the law is entirely
non, partisan. The foregoing data was
secured from Mr.. Niver and Is absolutely
correct.
One Wyoming man-Robt. Breckons,
formerly a LEADER compositor-occupies
a position in the dead letter office at
Washington. He passed the civil service
examination and was called to the front
within u few months.
, 1889-05-26
A RenutifuI Affair.

The high tea given at the residence OF
Mrs. f. Il. Addoms on Friday afternoon
was in every respect IN elegant affair.
Among those in attendance were Mrs.
I. B. Hicks, Mrs. ID. c. Rhodes, Mrs.
Van Tassell. Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Larsh,
Mrs. i. S N. Morgan. Mrs. j. ID.
Thomas, Mrs. BENJAMIN. Mrs. w. s.
Weaver, Mrs. Kuykendall, Mrs. r. L.
Glover, Mrs. E. Nagle, Mrs. Geo. w.
Baxter, Mrs. H. G.. Hay and Mrs. Voor-
hees. On this occasion Mrs. Addoms
sustained the reputation she has long
borne as an elegant entertainer.
, 1889-05-26
stendy Growth Better.

Prosecuting Attorney Stoll has re-
turned from a trip to Ogden and Salt
Lake. He comes back more than ever
satisfied with Cheyenne. Mr.. Stoll's
study Of booms as shown in Ogden con-
WINGED him that they are after all not very
desirable as they finally result in tying up
much money and while they make a few
wealthy always result in many losing
their money.
, 1889-05-26
MeteoroIogicaIiy Speaking.

OBSERVERS OFFICE, Cheyenne. May
&c, lSS9.-The report of rainfall for the
IL hours ending 8 p. NJ. yesterday was
as follows; Chicago, Fort Custer and
Cheyenne trace, Santa Fe IL inch, St.
Louis .0S, Bismarck 30, Huron .02, Fl.
Sill .02. Range of temperature in Chey-
enne from 460 to 74o. For to, day, iair
weather and slightly warmer.
, 1889-05-26
Died in California.

David Gilchrist. brother to Andrew
GilchrIst, died at the Brentwood. Cal,
home OF a third brother the 23rd inst, of
paralysis. The dead man had lived on a
ranch near Cheyenne since he left Scot
land, his birthplace, ten years ago last
March. He was an exemplary citizen
and had many friends here. He was
taken i'll May l. Andrew Gilchrist is in
Omaha.
, 1889-05-26
HOME INDUSTRIES.

Said Prof. f. j. Stanton at the board
of trade meeting last Wednesday: The
Cheyenne people seem loath to patronize
home industries. We have here a cream
cry which makes unexcelled butter, but
its market is in Denver. and the Chey-
cnne people use butter from a Colorado
creamery. The iron foundry here has
never received the patronage to which it
was entitled"
, 1889-05-26

VIM. G. Bierd, the popular and eff
cient Union Pacific day yardmaster here
reached his 25th birthday Friday and was
given a surprise party at the residence of
Tralnmaster Green. The callers spent
the evening pleasantly and presented Mr..
Bierd with a number of handsome me-
mentoes of the occasion.
, 1889-05-26

Senator Wolcott was the winner in the
Overland handicap race at Denver yes
terday. He covered the mile and a quar-
ter in 2:l3. The other starters were G..
w. Cook, Corrigan and Receiver.
Dellwood. an animal which performed
here last fall. landed the Overland cup,
defeating in a three-quarter dash Patrice,
Dellwood, Creole and Newsboy.
, 1889-05-26
Y ON Cannot Anord

good reliable diarrhea balsam in the
house, as cramps, collie, diarrhea and all
Inflammation Of the stomach and bowels
are exceedingly dangerous if not attended
to at once. One bottle Of Beggs' Diarrhea
Balsam will do more good in cases of this
kind than any other medicine on earth.
Sold by w. N. Hunt, druggist.
, 1889-05-26

All owners OF dolls desiring to compete
for the prizes offered by the Baptist
ladies for the handsemest, ugliest. largest,
smallest and oldest dolls are requested to
bring them to the First Baptist church
on Friday, May 81, after school and get
tickets for free admission in the evening.
Strawberries and ice cream will be
served.
, 1889-05-26

A superb painting, representing "Pha-
raoh's Horses" in Mrs. Robinson's win
dow, has been attracting considerable at
tention for the past few days. Mrs. Rob-
inson will value the picture at 500 after
il is framed.
, 1889-05-26

Complaint has often been made that
meals on dining cars are expensive. On
the Union Pacific and Northwestern solid
train from Denver to Chicago passengers
are furnished the best the market affords
for rs cents.
, 1889-05-26
Wyoming Pacific Improvement Com
many. Nnfice of Animal lIaofinu

pany. Notice of Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Wyoming Pacific Improvement
company will be held in pursuance of the
requirements of the by laws of said COM
pany at the Inter Ocean hotel. Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory, on the second
Wednesday in June, 9th prox.). at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day, for
the election of officers of said company
for the ensuing year, and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting.
Dated, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory,
May "a, 1889.
AMOS T. FRENCH.
Secretary of w. p. l. Co.
, 1889-05-26

The new dining cars on the Union
Pacific and Northwestern solid trains from
Denver to Chicago, with meals at 75cents,
render that already unsurpassed service
simply perfect.
, 1889-05-26

The original Fisk Jubilee Singers will
give a concert at the Congregational
church next Saturday evening.
, 1889-05-26

Tae largest stock OF fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice iqueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1889-05-26

Be sure and hear the Jubilee Singers
at the Congregational church next Satur-
day evening.
, 1889-05-26
Post Concert.

Here is the programme for Prof. Otto
Neske's nth infantry bands open air
concert at Fort Russell this afternoon:
March. Battle of Magenta" Mario
Overture, Fra Diavolo'. Auber
Waltz, Soldiers Songs" .Gung'I
Duet, for baritone and trombone. Donizetti
Selection, Tour Through Europe"
Kentucky Galopade".--.......Rp Resented
, 1889-05-26
simply Perfect,

Wyoming Creamery and jerks Butter
at Il. S. Johnston 4 Bro.
, 1889-05-26

Zang's draught beer at Jim Oder's
Gold Room bar. Grand lunch from 1920
to 80.
, 1889-05-26

Wyoming Creamery and jerks Butter
at L. S. Johnston & Bro.
, 1889-05-26
The PRIDE of Woman.

A clear pearly and transparent skin is
always a sign of pure blood, and all per.
SONS troubled with dark, greasy, yellow or
blotched skin can rest assured that their
blood is out of order. A few doses of
Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
will remove the cause and the skin will
become cIear and transparent. 1t is fully
warranted. Sold by W. N. Hunt, drug
, 1889-05-26
WANTED.

For good hack service call telephone No. 9.
, 1889-05-26

istorica1 Dept; Chavenne. Two.
, 1889-05-26
FOR SALE.

E0R SALE-Two stations and four
Il teen head OF mules at Great Western
stables.
, 1889-05-26

DOR RENT-Furnished rooms with or
l. without board. Rooms for light house
keeping. MRS. A. CURLEY, POOP,
Eddy street.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19

Many potatogTowcr who naturally
expected, and ought TO have. 200 bushels
per acre, write Professor Byron u. Hal
sted, 10 the New York TrHuEe. finds the
yield less than 100 bushels Of second rate
tubcrs' some Of which are dccayed AMI
many more Affected dishearteninp out
come largely due 30 excessive growth Of
fungus that first attacked the upper
leaves, and from there rapidly passed
into the stems and down 20 the tubers
This mildcw is 80 small that when seen
On quantity it appears like n frosty cover
ing on the surface Of the decayino leaf
In q short time the vines become affected
turn brown and die. after which There
can be no further growth 81 tubrre 7
lind many l9gge fields Thus prcmaturelv
dead. The soil is loaded with water
by recent heavy rains condition most
favorable for decay Of the potatoes n is
therefore evident 0he mildew being "a
lover of MOISTURE that thc tubcrs should
be removed from the soil and kept dry
end cool. II VIII De well to leave thc
potatoes on the ground long enough to
dry of completely after which they NAV
bc stored where they viii not bo covered
with any moisture. good way. until
cold weather comes, would be- to place
them BOZ an airy lott or barn. either in "a
Thin layer 0n dry 60or or m shallow
Buns. a prinkiu0 Of 1ir -siaked lime. "a
handful TO bushcl may boapplicd when
placed in tho Din ~ kill any germs that
may De on their surface The vines
should have been burned before the 10.
tatocs were dug Frequent wits should
-e made ~ the storage room and ans dc
cayinp tubers removed before they con
iaminate surrounding potatoes Pofa
toes this year orc likely tobc high priced.
and WIZ repay thc extra care here recon
mcndcd damp. warm, close cellar
would be sure To- furnish the conditions
ihai would result in decay.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
Hard TO Bear.

No one ever had more genuine de
light In the possession of land, and It's
accompanying wealth of growth and
bloom, than did Emerson in his or
chard. Some caviller said 10 him
Your pears cost you more than mine
which L buy" and tho answer wa,
ready:
Yes, they are costly, but we all
have expensive vices. You play at
billiards, az pear-trees7
A philosophical citizen, he took
pleasure in sending to the "cattle-show
exhibition" specimens of fruit from his
garden. One day, after this exhibi-
ton, party of gentlemen visited his
orchard, ard were introduced to him
by his neighbor as a committee Of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
He smiled with modest pride at having
his orchard thus honored, but the
Chairman said:
Mr.. Emerson, the committee have
called 10 see the soil which produces
such poor specimens of such fine
varieties"
1T may have been damp year. and
the pears were rusty, but, as his son
writes, I'm all years, the proprietor
saw the gold through the rust"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
rAEM ANp aAnnEN Norrs.


Barley should always be cut before it is
dead ripe.
Sweat and dust, as well as ill-fttinQ
collars, causes the horses shoulder to
gall.
In an oyerripe barley field even heavy
dew will sometimes stain the crop while
standing.
After August clover seed should not be
sown, as the young plants will be too
tender to stand the winter.
Nature should be copied as near as pos
sible in the care of fowls, and there will
be less complaint of disease.
1t is stated that the road fences are
being rapidly removed in the vicinity of
Boston, adding much to the rural beauty
Of the suburbs.
Pigs can bc reared so as TO have seven
ty-tive per cent. of lean meat i'm them by
feeding bran and middlings. Skim
milk may also be fed.
summer fallow to cleanse lands from
noXious weeds and fit them for undisputed
occupancy 10y useful crops.
A Western dairyman thinks that dairy
farmers ms class do not fully appreciate
the Importance of the speedy Withdrawal
of the animal heat from fresh milk.
Sheep eat into the ground, it is said
but that is a great merit when they are
engaged in eXterminating weeds, an of
flee in which they display great merit.
Millet seed will not retain vitality
longer than two years. If not fresh when
sown large part will not terminate and
when two years old only a small portion
will grow.
Perhaps the best remedy that can be
pulverized charcoal mixed with cooked
feed. A daily ration of it can do them
no great harm.
He is not a very cnterprising farmer
who, if naturally slow, cannot hurry his
steps little in haying, especially when
unfavorable weather has delayed the work
far beyond its season.
1t would be good for farmers if somt
of their number would write out farm
experiences and observations for publica-
ton, thereby conveying TO all interested
many useful lessons that otherwise must
be lost, except to few
In the olden time it was though
necessary to dry the entire moisture on.
of the new cut grass before it was pm
away for hay. This has been discoverel
to be an error. The best hay is tina
which has been but partially dried befor
going into the stack. The study and ex
pertinent with ensilage led to this dis
covery.
Cracked hoofs frequently result from (,
wound of the coronet and should be
treated as follows: The coronet should
be blistercd where tie crack starts, and a
V-shaped mark should be cut with a file
at the top of the crack to separate it from
the new horn. Glycerine should be
applied TO the hoof, which should be
bandaged with leather drawn tight by
means of lace.
Stale butter may be much improved
by washing it in clear water, cutting
the butter into thin slices with
the ladle. 1t is then worked over with
sweet skinned milk in a chun, by which
the acidity is neutralized to some extent.
The butter is then washed in brine to re.
move the milk, resulted and made up for
use. II cannot be kept without de,
terioratiOn longer than a few days.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
Fortune rolling by the Finger Nails

Fortune telling by means Of the finger
nails, onychomancy, as it is called, wa,
not uncommon in ancient times. The
practice was to rub the nails with oil.
and SCOT or wax, and to hold up the
nails, thus prepared, against the sun, and
upon the transparent horny substance
were supposed to appear figures or char.
acters, which gave the answer required
In more recent times, people have been
found predicting by means of the nail,
Of the hand, and telling the disposition
Of persons with certain descriptions OF
nails. However absurd it NAV appear.
we shall give examples of this super.
stition A person with broad nails is OF
gentle nature, timid and bashful. Those
whose nails grow into the flesh AZ the
points or sides are given 20 luxury. a
white mark on The nail bespeaks Of mis-.
fortune. Pcrsonswith very pale nails arc
subject 20 much in6rmity Of the flesh.
and persecution by neiQhbors and friends.
People with narrow nails are ambition,
and quarrclsOme. Lovers Of KNOWLEDGE
aud liberal sentiment have round nails.
indolcnt people have generally feshy
nails. Small nails indicate littlencss of
mind, obstinacy and conccit. Melan.
choIy persons Gre distinguished by their
pole Or lead colorcd nails and cholcric.
martial men, dclightinQ in war, have red
aud spotted nails -- Nldio0t CLq4sics.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
sALr rs NArunr,s yrnMIrunr.

All animals using vegetable food re-
quiro more or less salt TO keep them
healthy, for salt is natures vermifuge, as
1T destroys intestinal parasites As a
rule, farmers do not give their hogs salt,
but tins does not prove that they would
not be better, and be more comfortable
with 1t. About one ounce daily is suffi-
Gent for swine weighing from 100 to
200 pounds, and this should bc increased
to two ounces when they are fattened
upon corn or other raw grain. When
pigs are fed on slops from the house they
will usually obtain all the salt they need
i'm their food, but if n little more is added
it will do no harm, and may prevent
cholera and the much feared kidney
worm. Many experiments have been
tried in feeding swine salt, and all show
that in moderate quantities il is beneficial.
-Ne,o Y0rk SIN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
PROFIT IN DUCK EARNING.

A duck should lay 100 eggs year if
of good breed, and in March and April
the eggs sell for twice much as hens
eggs. If we take tho weight of the eggs
IN consideration, the duck laws as much
IN one year as the hen does in two years.
AS ducks make rapid growth and Law
large eggs 'early and often" they are.
MS consequence, very voracious, and re-
quire a large amount of food, but as they
Will cat anything that is eatable, and pre-
Ter bulky food, they are not expensive.
considering the service they perform A
good PelSin, Aylesbury. Brazilian or
Rouen duck will show excellent results
from the management given, and will
yield pront far beyond anything that
can be derived from the common duck.
a mess of cooked turnips or potatoes
makes an excellent meal for them. Grass
chopped fine and sprinkled with meal, is
another cheap food. If they have pas
ture they will seek their own food, re-
curing only "A little grain at night. In
winter, chopped, scalded hay is excellent
for them. When laying they should be
given an allowance of chopped, fresh
meat three times week. Soft food is
preferred by them TO whole grains.
Though an aquatic bird the duck loves
dry place Mt night, and should sleep on a
BOARD hoor.-FdTm and FiToside.