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, 1889-01-19

The Scotch miner has many ways of
amusing himself. Quoits Is a favorite
game of his; 30 Is q game called round
ers"-a sort of cricket-and cricket itself
is popular among the younger men, but
with them football is the favorite pas
time. Leaping, running, throwing the
hammer and tossing the caber are all
practiced, and In some parts n game
called bullet playing" is In high favor.
We have never seen this played except
In the Lothians and Stirlingshire, and
there 1t WINS at one time crack nmuse-
ment. Rather q peculiar amusement,
too. 1t Is played in this manner A GER
tain distance, say n mile out and q mile
In, Is fixed upon as the ground to DO COW
cred by tho players, and the man who
does so in the fewest number of throws
Is declared the winner. The bullet Is q
polished ball of hard whinstone, and
weighs from ten to fourteen ounces, and
this ball the player takes into his hand
and running to q line drawn on the road
way, he swings his arm md throws with
all his might. This Is termed "hainch-
ing the bullet" and q good player can
h mile in five or six throws. The
game is n mainly of strength, but a
good deal of skill can be shown In it.
Each player has q man In front to
show where tho bullets should be landed,
and his business is to see that, II his d.
rections are followed, tho bullet of his
player will have the best part of the
road to run on. The game is always
played on the best highway In the neigh
borhood, and the authorities object t 1t
Us being dangerous. although we never
have heard of any accident arising there
from A bullet match Is to the Scotch
miner what a dog fight Is to his North
umbrian or Staffordshire congener, or q
prize fight to an East End Londoner.
The TACT that 1t is forbidden by law adds
to its attractiveness, and 1t affords ample
opportunities for betting. Bets arc made
on the throw, on tho distance out and
on tho complete match, and when the
two "dons" are playing excitement runs
high.-Scottish World. r
, 1889-01-19
That Most ssrinns Prnhlsn.

Too many young mothers, in their
effort to make heir first child perfect
go to great extremes In noticing every
fault and laying too great stress upon gov
ernment. This Is dom before every me,
even the passing caller. l think It has
the tendency to harden n child, and the
e~xpostulation loses It's effect. 1t Is pro
verbal that children always act their
worst when there is company in tho
house. / had one child who seemed to
take advantage every time n one
called. / grew perfectly discouraged,
and felt as IL there was no remedy for it.
He would slide down the banisters, go
whooplng through the house, slam doors
and do the most unexpected things, till /
was mortified beyond expression.
/ finally made 1t n point to take him
by the hand, and ask my caller to OK
cuso us q moment-take him to another
part of the house, set him In a chair and
say that / would send for him when he
was wanted. He would remain there
quietly waiting. When the caller was
gone / would go and release him. 1t
seemed the only way to do. The more
he was punished and admonished before
people the worse he became. So 1 tried
hiding his faults and praising him for
the good he did. 1t had a much better
effect, and is still as effective. To some
children's natures it is even ~humiliating
to be reproved before other children. l
do not think humiliation the proper way
TO reform.
Self respect Is a much better trait to
develop. Let your child begin to feel
early that you expect only the best
things of it, and you will start it in a
much better way. Do not rIIlow it to
argue with you from the beg Ting, and
never laugh at cute things 1t may do or
say, and repeat them to your friends In
h presence of the child. If it is a wide
awake child it will do and say many
things that will be intensely amusing,
and, If you wish, keep n book and put
them down for future enjoyment-but
new let the child know it.-Philadel-
Dhia Call
, 1889-01-19
Quartz Dirt Consumption.

A local physician says the providence
here of coughs, hoarseness and phlegm
expectoration is not produced from tax
ing cold, but from inhaling fne par
ticles of quartz dust, with which the air
has been filled for several months. These
particles are carried into the lungs and
throat and cause irritation, and the fire.
quent coughing Is the Intellectual effort
of nature to rid the system of the foreign
particles. The physician further stated
that constant inhaling of this fine quartz
dust will produce symptoms almost iden-
teal with and more speedily fatal than
hereditary consumption. He cited the
we'll known fact that the fatality among
miners employed in the Crown Point and
Belcher is due to the upper levels Of
these mines being constantly filled with
quartz dust, which has played havoc
with the young men employed there dur
ing the past five years. The doctor re-
ferred to christened the disease quartz
dust consumption" and says the only
remedy for 1t is to emigrate to moister
climates like Oregon or Washington ter
dtory or locate ION sands thSt are salt
from the kiss of the sea-" The prevent
i've is to keep the streets thoroughly wet
down and to cease ballasting them with
quartz.-Virginh Nev.) Chronicle.
, 1889-01-19
a rrea.ant Sort Of Interview.

Mrs Alice j. Shaw, whose success as
a whistler has made a ripple of excite
ment In two continents, Is very pleas
antly established at the Burnet house.
A Commercial Gazette representative
had he pleasure of a half hours chat
with her. Mrs. Shaw Is pleasantly at
home in the prima donna suite of rooms
on the parlor floor, and in q pretty
neglige gown of striped blue and red
wool, the front a la Directoire. with
revers of vivid red India silk, filed in
with creamy lace, she was not only
worth looking at, but worth studying
carefully, for she Is q brunette of the
Juno type, and a glorious a bit of ply
steal perfection as the reportorial eye
often rests upon. After the preliminary
civilities were over, the question was put:
Now, Mrs. Shaw, tell me how one
small throat can hold whistle enough to
fill our big Music hallT'
at isn't a small throat, to begin with,
and 1t sometimes seems to me, when I
get O particularly delicious note between
my lips, l can hold on to it forever; but
/ know where the breath comes from to
make 1t. Look herel"
Mrs. Shaw united the ribbon girdle Of
her gown and drew back the lace of her
bodice, disclosing the superb column of
her throat and q chest of extraordinary
breadth, white as alabaster and firm as a
rock. The length of her figure from
chin to belt is unusual, and slowed away
under her black satin corsets Is the ma
chinery that has whistled her into fame
and fortune-a splendid pair of lungs.
Here Mrs. Shaw just curved
her red lips a little, suppressed u couple
of dimples, and whistled q bar or two as
sweet and clear as q blackbird, ending
with n roulade, that vanished note by
note into silence. The listener thought
old Chaucer knew what he was about
when he wrote:
= So was his Jolly whistal well y-wes.
Cincinnati Commercial.
, 1889-01-19
A Remarkable Volcano.

Tho city of San Salvador, tho capital
of the smallest and most populous Cen
trail American republic, was Founded In
1923. 1t has been three times almost en-
tirely and eleven times partially de-
stroyed by earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. 1t Is eighteen miles from the
sea coast, has an elevation of $500 feet,
and is surrounded by n group of volca-
noes, two of which are active, San Miguel
and 1zalco, and present q magnificent
display to the passengers of steamers
sailing along the coast, constantly dis
charging masses of lava which flow
down their sides in blazing torrents.
1zalco is as regular as q clock, tho
eruption occurring like the beating of q
mighty pulse, every even minutes. 1t
Is impossible to conceive of o grander
spectacle than this monster, rising 1000
feet almost directly from the sea, an i'm
mense volume of smoke, like q plume,
continually pouring out of its summit
and broken with such regularity by
masses of flame rising 1000 feet, that 1t
has been named FL Faro del Salvador
the Lighthouse of Salvador. 1t is In
many respects the most remarkable vol
cano In the world, because its discharges
have continued SO long and with such
the earth's bowels is always to be heard.
Its explosions are constant, and are aud
bile n hundred miles off. 1t Is tho only
volcano that has originated on this con-
tinent since the discovery by Columbus.
1t arose from the plain in the spring of
ITO In the midst of what had been for
nearly q hundred years a magnificent
coffee and indigo plantation.-Guate-
mala Star
, 1889-01-19

NIGKINNON OFFICE

4 spcciIl telegram from Boston To the
Omaha Bee gives the following interest.
ing interview: Government Director
Marcus Hanna of Cleveland, o., who is
stopping al the Ncndomc, was waited on
by the Be correspondent TO ascertain II
he knew the cause of the rumor that
Vice President llulcomb intends abol.
ishiug the Office now held by General
Superintendent H. Dickinson. Mr.. Han.
ma said hc did not know that Mr.. HDl,
comb was responsible for the rumor,
which he claims originated in an Omaha
newspaper Office. Al he knew Of the
rumyr was that ii might be possible that
the company would adopt the Northern
Pacific plan OF dong away with the office
of general superintendent, which was
always overburdencd with work, aud
establish two assistant general managers
at either end of the line, say Omaha and
Ogden, who, 10y tins means, could easily
divide up the work. The territory ccv-
cred ty the road is so great, and the dis
tancc so lon1, that it was most difficult for
an official to do Justice to his work.
"IIe wanted it distinctly understood,
however. that he had not talked with
Holcomb on the subject. In referring
to The present. condition Of the company,
Mr.. Hanna denied that the policy Of the
government was hostile To the company
or its existing management, and did not
believe hat a change of national adj
miuistratiun would have any appreciablo
effect. lie said that the policy Of the
national government was necessarily that
OF congress. The government directors
for the past two years, agreed with the
railroad officials, in f%avorinE the funding
bill, aud the opposition to it was not the
government but the members of congress,
whom he lutimatcd seemed to consider
the Union Pacific question an excellent
opportunity to gain a local reputation on.
Mr.. llolcomb is stopping at Young 5
hotel lie denied that he ever gave any
one authority to say that he intended to
abolish Mr.. Dickinson Office The latter
gentleman had grown up in the company's
service, was most efficient, and gave gen
cral satisfaction. What the Bee CORE
spondcnt drew from the remarks was to
the effect that even if the office was abol-
ishei he would be looked after
, 1889-01-19

During the past spring and summer our
Southern brethren have throngcd into
Colorado, and after climbing our peaks.
cxrlorIn. our canyons and snowballing In
midsummer to their hearts content. re-
turned delighted with our scenic attrac-
tons, and charmed by the spirit of hearty
hospitality with which they were wei
coined. Now it should be our duty. and
a pleasant one, to return these visits.
The Fort Worth railroad has given us the
opportunity. Their advertising depart.
ment has Just issued a pamphlet entitled
Winter Tourist Routes and Rates from
the Summit to the Sea-, giving reduced
excursion rates fer this winter season and
a number Of different routes through the
South.
Coloradoans cannot Justly plead the
necessity Of escaping from a severe winter.
but many of them would be pleased with
the change to a semi-tropical climate
where the flowers pcrpetually bloom, and
a visit to places Of such historic interest
rs Houston, Austin, Galveston, San An
tonic or New Orleans. Or, if they should
wish stranger or more tropical chimes,
these routes include a trip to such interest
ing old places rs Monterey, Saltillo and
the City of Mexico. Full particulars NAV
be obtained by addressing Geo. Ady, gem
eral passenger snd ticket agent of the
Denver, Texas h Forth Worth railroad
or the Union Pacific ticket agent at
Cheyenne.
, 1889-01-19
The Way to Wash Windows.

There is a right and wrong way to
wash windows, and as this operation Is
usually dreaded, tho following method
will doubtless be appreciated, as 1t saves
both time and labor: Choose a dull dny,
or at least n time when the sun is not
shining on the window, for when the
sun shines on the window it causes it TO be
dry streaked, no matter how much it is
rubbed. Take q painter's.brush and dust
them inside and out, washing all tho
wood work inside before touching the
glass. The latter must be washed sim
ply in warm water diluted with ammo
nia-do not use soap. Use q small cloth
with a pointed stick to get the dust out
of the corners; wipe dry with a soft
piece of cotton cloth-do not use linen,
as it makes the glass Unity when dry.
Polish with tissue paper or old news
paper. You will find this can be done
in half the time taken where soar Is
used, and the result will be brighter
MISUNDERSTANDING Reporter.
, 1889-01-19

1t is seldom in these days that you hear
of a person being leeohed or cupped. 1t
Is rapidly becoming n lost art. Not o
great many years back 1t was a very i'm
portant business in connection with q
tonsorial establishment. In fact 1t was
almost a profession of It's own. Cupping
and leeching were very popular among
the Germans, and, whether weak or
strong, they followed the use. Not a
great many years ago an apprentice bar
Der invariably had TO become as prof.
Gent in the application of the ,eech us he
did in the shaving line. BARRIERS also
did a good deal of tooth jerking, but that
part of he business is also no more,
SINCE dentists are SO numerous.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1889-01-19
The InraIId.. yiew Of rhInu.


The invalid, like the poet, and like
all acute sensitive beings, is remark
able not for seeing differently, but for
seeing moro than do the rest of the
world. He endows everything about
him with personality. Cold, hard sub
stances are his avowed enemies. The
soft the yielding, the woolly, fill him
with gratitude and delight. The arm
chair invites and embraces him. The
tiny teapot and ever are eager 10 do
him service and the cruel bowl dis
plays n fairly maternal solicitude.
His cane is n Fidus Achates, his
pet pillow n Nancy or whatever
his childhood's nurse was named.
AS TO the bottles arranged on his table
only the doctors who prescribed them
can surpass their marked and individ-
ual interest in their charge. A glow
of genuine affection fills me when I
glance at Tonic, so many times has he
proved worthy of the confidence re-
posed in him when the clamp of life
burned low" Liniment's unctuous
sides are nearly bursting with omcious
good nature. Fine Old Bourbon has
an irresistible bacchanalian leer.
Stout Camphor needs only spectaclcs
and n bag TO make an old fogy of him.
Sly little Morphine, hiding behind tho
rest has n sinister, suggestive, Mephis-
tophclian look, which Mt once attracts
and repels. -Harpcr's Magazine.
, 1889-01-19

THE people of Dakota want no new
names for the states into which the terri
tory is 10 be divided, saws the Chicago
HsruM. They rrpuiiatc WIuona, Ia
coma, Takoda aud all other names that
have been proposed, and want the states
to b. called North Dakota and South
Dakota. They should be allowed to
have heir own way about it.
These titles would preserve for
both state the original name, which all
Dakotans are anxious to retain, and no
reasonable objection can be made to them.
Probably the naming of the two Catolinas
in this manner had no little to do with
establishing the extremely friendly and
genial relations which exist between the
governors Of these states, and il the
wishes OF the territory arc respected in
tfis matter the same pleasing relations
may be established between the governors
Of the two Dakotas.
, 1889-01-19

Tho clovcrly devised machines that
cut into checks the numerals repro
senting the amount for which these
checks are drawn, do their work well,
and so prevent any tampering with
the figures by tho bold, bad draiser"
of checks. But the cut out figures
como in the way of tho Endorsement.
This could be avoided if the amount
of a check, in all cases, appeared in
numerals placed TO the right in.
stead of tho left of the useful
and desirable bit of paper. Then
the trio of important facts = tho
signer's name, tho date and the
amount OF the check-would all APP
pear Mt the same end of tho check,
and the work of the bank clerk and
accountant be simplihed and facili-
tated. As it is, he must turn TO the
left end of the check to note the
amount, and if the figures are cut out
by the check protector, the openings
Interfere with n proper writing of tho
Endorsement. Tho labor saving check
appears occasionally, but only often
enough TO stimulate n desire for n gen
cral reform. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1889-01-19
Educated Horses.

Doubtless most of you think when you
SEQ the performances of trained horses In
tho circuses of today that q great ad-
vance has been made In educating the
animals over what was done In ancient
times. But you are mistaken, for ever tho
most wonderful exploits of the horses of
the present day are repetitions of what
was done with them several hundred
years ago. In those days horses not only
danced upon their hind legs, but fought
mock battles, striking at their enemies
with their fore feet, and showing what
appeared to be remarkable intelligence.
Perhaps the most surprising feat ever
performed by n horse was in the olden
time. A large three sided braided rope
was stretched several feet from the
ground, and upon this the horse walked,
preserving Its balance perfectly. In an
old print a picture of the act Is shown,
while another cut represents n horse
striking the shield of a soldier with its
hoofs. Even the elephant, generally
considered the most ungainly of animals,
was trained in those days to walk tho
tight rope, not only near the ground, but,
If we may believe the old writers, it
traversed ropes swung above the heads
of the audience, and not only preserved
its balance, but bore q man upon its
ck.-Philadelphia Times.
, 1889-01-19

You cnnuot afford to waste time in OK
porImcntinH when your lungs are in dan
ger. Consumption always seems. at first:
only a c'li. DO not permit any dealer to
impose upon you with some cheap imita.
ton Of iir. Kings New Discovery foi
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be
sure You get the genuine. Because he
can make more profit he may tell You he
has something lust MS good, or Just the
same. Don't be deceived. but insist upon
getting DIR. Kings New Discovery, which
is guara teed to give relief in all Turoat,
Lung and Chest affections. Trial bottles
free at pr. W. N. Hunts drug store.
Large bottles 81.
, 1889-01-19
Gnus,' Invention Of Tho rclerrnph.


81 don't remember" writes Gauss to
Oilers on tho Goth of November of the
year 1888, my having made any pre-
vious mention to you of an astonishing
piece of mechanism that we have de
vtsed. 1t consists of a g~alvanio circuit
conducted through wires stretched
through tho mir over tho houses up to the
steeple of st. John and down again, and
connecting the observatory with the
physical laboratory, which is under the
direction of Weber. The entire length
OF wire may be computed at about 5000
feet. Both endsof the wire are connected
with n multiplication, the one at my end
consisting of ITO, that in Weber's labo-
ratory of 90 coils of wire, each wound
around n n pound magnet suspended
according to a method which 1 have de-
vised. By n simple contrivance-which
l have named n commutator-I can re-
verso the current instantaneoqsly. Care
fully operating my voltaic pile, / can
cause so violent n motion of the needle In
the laboratory to take place that it
strikes a bell, the sound of which Is audi
BILE in the adjoining room. This serves
merely as an amusement. Our aim Is to
display the movements with the utmost
accuracy. We have already made use
of this apparatus for telegraphic expert
ments, which have resulted successfully
In the transmission of entire words and
small phrases. This method of telegraph
ing has the advantage of being quite In
dependent of either daytime or weather;
tho one who gives the signal and the one
who receives 1t remain In their rooms,
with, If they desire 1t, the shutters
drawn, The employment of sufficiently
stout wires, l feel convinced, would en-
able us to telegraph with but q single
tap from Gottingen to Hanover, or from
Hanover to Bremen ."-"Gauss and the
Electric Telegraph" in Popular Science
Monthly.
, 1889-01-19
HherIT sale.


- '"AAN'f 81,
COUNTY Oh LARAMIE, "
Mark NJ. Coad, plaintiff,
Oscar f. Cowhick, ct al. defendants.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue
of an order OF sale issued out of the dis
trict court OF the first Judicial district in
the above entitled case on the Sth day of
January, 1889, and to me directed as
sheriff of Laramie county. | have levied
upon aud will on Saturday the 10th day
OF February, 1889. Mt the hour of .
o'clock y. III. of said day, at the front
door of the court house in Cheyenne,
Laramie county, Wyoming Territory,
offer Tor sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash, the following real estate in Lara
mic county, in the territory of Wyoming,
to-Wit: Lots No. ; aud T., in block No.
l43, as said lots and block are laid down
on the plat of the city of cheyenne on
file in the Office Of the county clerk and
ex-otkclo register of deeds for Laramie
county.
Dated Cheyenne. Jan. IL, 1889.
JoHN A. MARTIN,
Sheriff of Laramie county.
, 1889-01-19

IuE directors of the Union Pacific did
nothing regarding the Cheyenne shop
contract at their meeting yesterday but 1t
WI scarcely expected that they would
because of the many other important
matters which claimed their attention
some news may reach US this evening.
, 1889-01-19

pected. The Bee candidates usually are
elected. Mr.. Wnlcott is a Young man
who, with proper guardianship. it is
likely will make a scrviceablc senator.
The guardian should be a mother in law.
, 1889-01-19

\ DsNvER telegram says that only
forty Or dity cases OF small pox exist in
that city nova not unusual number at
this season OF the wear. It's a rather
DOOR year for small pox too, it might have
uHlrH-
, 1889-01-19

Throw a club anywhere in town and
you viii b. sure to hit the plug hat Of a
rca, o-ta'e man. Business is warming up
with a vengeance.
, 1889-01-19

GLEN HACKNEY has been appointed
SUPERINTENDENT OF motive power by the
Missouri Pacific.
, 1889-01-19

\ NEW vein Of solid coal nine feet thick
Ia, been discovered by boring at Amy.
, 1889-01-19

! ne largest stock OF fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice HYueurS and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corncr Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1889-01-19
rtrH IS PARAGRAPHS.

Latte Ben as a Railway ..Ad."
st. Louis Pos~t-Dispatch.l
No Republican tickets are genuine with
out s;op-over privileges ut Indian
apUlis.
, 1889-01-19

NOW YORK GrnpIlc-l
In Italy there are eight American born
prlncesses, seven marchiOnesscs, twelve
cOuntcs>es and a harnesses.
, 1889-01-19
Reaching the ratings.
Boston HernldJ

They have got down a. far ~ Steve Ell
us for the cabinet. This looks as if the
llst were getting pretty nearly exhausted.
, 1889-01-19
Win or

Passenger (at Union depot: Please
give me a ticket to Philadelphia. Sta
ton agent: Yes; with or without In.
dianapolis stop over coupon"
, 1889-01-19
a Frlendiy BIT Of ADVICE.

lh'HFcT queen bce-l
Il. q. Wuicott Was elected to the
United States scnlturship Just as We ex-