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, 1890-10-10

Prank W4Tren. who lives in Shame.
sawa, Ore, had u little child almost
killed by n rooster the other day. TIL,
rooster is of the Leghorn variety and
very vicious. and never hesitates to at
a any one that comes within its reach.
The child, which is about n year and a
half old, was II in the yard, when the
rooster attacked her. knocking her down
and infiictiug with his spurs two deep
Gashes over tho left temple and making
an ugly wound over the right eyeball.
Had the rooster struck her n little lower
it would probably have ruined the eye
sight of the left eye. The child will re-
cover.-Chicago Times.
, 1890-10-10

Did You ever notice" said Il newspa-
per man the other day, what strange
mistakes writers viii sometimes make?
Why, a day or two ago in one paper n
column was devoted TO u discussion of
the seal fisheries question, in which Sir
Julian Pauncefote was repeatedly called
Sir John Pauncefote. Was it ignorance
or temporary alteration. or what?
Probably what. There is an cd story
Of the one perfect book eyer printed,
after almost infinite pains had been
taken to make it geographically cor
rect. When it was finished the word
book was found on the first page print
ed with three o's.'-New York Tribune.
, 1890-10-10

hiiieu by lightning In an Open Field.
William s. Smith, of A~shleyville, was
killed by lightning on Prospect Hill, in
the north part of West Springfield, some
time Saturday afternoon. He left his
house early in the afternoon TO mend the
fence of a pasture about n mile from the
house and carried an AK. He also had a
dish of salt for n colt in the pasture. As
he did not return the family became
anxious, and sent to all the neighbors to
learn if he had been seen. A party was
made up, and the roadside and the fence
lines of the pasture were searched, but
without success. Another party started,
out and the body was found between 8
and 9o'clock in IN open pasture adjoining
the Smith lot. A deep wound on the
head showed where the bolt of electricity
struck him, and passing down his body
burned it badly. His hat and one shoe
were torn to pieces. There was a small
hole several feet deep in the ground at
his feet.-Springfield Republican
, 1890-10-10

PauPers Buried for Eighty-Avo Cents.
The bids for city undertaking. which
were opened in the health office. show a
considerable anxiety on the part of the
undertakes to secure the contract. There
were only two bidders. August Leffert
and Henry Snyder. but the low figures
which they quoted leave little room for
other bids. August LeTert offered to
furnish collins and bury all paupers OF
other persons ordered to be buried by
the city at $3.50 for children under l2
years Of age and $3.50 for adults.
Henry Snyder's bid was eyen lower.
He offered to bury all paupers in the city
limits at the rate of seventy cents for
children and e~ighty-hve cents for adults.
Samples for the proposed collins to be
used were sent up for inspection. They
are Of pine. stained black, with metal
handles. These bids include taking
charge Of the bodies and digging the
graves.-Louisyille Courier Journal
, 1890-10-10

A royal commission has been appoint
ed in England to inquire and report
"what is the effect, if any, of food de-
rived from tuberculous animals Oh
human health, and, if p~rejudicial, wha:
are the circumstance and conditions
with regard to the tuberculosis in the
animal which produce that effect upon
MANI Lord Basing is chairman. The
other commissioners are Professor G.. II.
Brown, DIR. George Buchanan, Mr.. Frank
Payne and Professor Burden ~Sanderson.
New Orleans Picayune.
, 1890-10-10
Mr. Q. B. Jones. Of Snriue Hin low

Mr.. G. B. Jones, OF Spring Hill, Iowa.
says: Il have used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for severe aud painful burns with
better effect thap, anything / have ever
trico. 1t relieves the pain instantly and
cures without leaving a scar" Pain Balm
is one of the most useful medicines that any
family can be provided with. especially
for rho umatism, lame back, spraiDs,
bruises. tooth-ache, ear-ache and like all
ments- One application will relieve any
pain and a fair trial insure a cure. SO
cent bottles for sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1890-10-10

Probably there is no more -exasperat-
ing thing than paint on clothes. 1t gets
on so easily and comes off so hard. An
application of naphtha once or a few
times will in all cases sufficiently soften
paint to allow it TO be rapidly wiped off.
Chloroforn mixed with n small quantity
of spirits of ammonia is also effective
New York Journal.
, 1890-10-10

The cranberry growers of Onset and
other towns on Cape Cod do not expect
to get over half the usual crop. Insects
and drought have made fearful inroads.
The towns near Plymouth have not suf-
fgred so much, and in southwestern
Massachusetts the harvest bids fair to
be as good as usual.
, 1890-10-10

Romantic people with money to spare
may perhaps be interested to hear that
the historic chateau of Hautefort and its
surrounding lands, near Peregueux, in
old Guienne. are now in the common
market. Hautefors was the home OF
that famous bpt turbulent %troubadour
and knight of the Twelfth century
Bertrand de Born, who set King John
of England against his father Henry II.
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1890-10-10

One of the biggest Holsters on record
was recently caught at Whitby, Eng
land. 1t measures from snout TO extrem-
ity Of tail, IS inches; circumference Of
body, 10 inches; full breadth of tail, s
inches; length of crusher claw, 10
inches; weight when alive. 8 pounds 5
ounces
, 1890-10-10

a magnificent sword'of the Fifteenth
century is shortly to be placed in the
Louvre museum in Paris. 1t is orna-
mented with graceful designs from the
hand of the great sword maker Hercules
de Pesaro, who did the work for the Bar
gras. the Ganzagas and the house Of
Este. and is thought to have belonged to
Francisco de Ganzaga, who commanded
the Italian army crushed by Charles
VII in IDS.
, 1890-10-10

A war veteran in Nebraska City, Neb.,
whose application for n pension vas re-
jected because no trace Of tho bullet
wound could be discovered. died last
week, AMI physicians who made the
autopsy 70 ind the bullet imbedded in his
skull. Hi widow now intends to apply
for a pensi N.
, 1890-10-10
TWENTY DOLLAR GoLp PIECES.

Mrs. John Curtis of Peoria, ILL.,. writes:
Used one box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
for particulars. and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
w. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1890-10-10

Some statistician has Just figured that
the total number of people killed and in
jured on the railroads of the United
States during the past year is almost ex-
actly equal to the total loss of killed
and wounded Union and Confederate
forces at Gettysburg in the war of the
rebellion.
, 1890-10-10

Englishman-l say, ye knaw, what's
the bookage to Boston?
Railroad Ticket Clerk-The whatage?
Englishman-The bookage, we knaw-
the tariff. What's TIL tariff?
Ticket Clerk haven't time to talk
politics.-New York Weekly.
, 1890-10-10

Ii people would take the advice of
W. N. Hunt, the druggist they would
never start on a journey without a bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy. 1t can always be
depended upon and is pleasant to take.
, 1890-10-10

In some ninety species of plants. grow
ing both ON the coast and in the interior
of France, NJ. Pierre Lesage has found
that proximity to the sea causes n thick
ening of the leaves. Artiiciany salted
soil produces the same result
, 1890-10-10
NEW GOODS.

Hearts are all the rage
In Jescetry. Zehne5-, Buech-
saer n Co. recefUed some
Uery hsse styles ira Lace
Pfsss, Pendants, Scarf
Pins, Rings.
, 1890-10-10

Browning had a marvellous memory.
he always could tell the exact place of
any quotation or fragment of quotation
referred to him. and was vexed greatly
whenever he heard his own lines mis-
nnpfal
, 1890-10-10
Chickens, old and young; ducks, dressed
or undressed, at the @. G. G.


An Idyl of the Rail.
/.
Girl in chair car,
Railroad train,
Going eastward,
Home again.
Ill.
Little schoolm'am,
Been out west,
Teaching. hard work.
Wants a rest.
III.
Dashing drummer,
Gross the aisle,
Awfully horrid, but
Has to smile.
Nv.
Mutual mash,
Found it out,
Travelling on,
Wabash route.
, 1890-10-10

This year the French and Italian artil-
lery maneuyers took place near the
boundary of the two countries. in Savoy.
The officers met and fratcTuized. but, as
neither had leave to depart from his
country, they designed "A dinner at which
the long table stood one-half il Italy,
one-half in France, and a red cord which
run across fiie middle designated the
division They had a jolly iinr,. zach in
his own covrsrs ma arnnd dinner.
, 1890-10-10

Not only to get way up" work done.
but also to get your darnlng, patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY.
, 1890-10-10

I ne largest stock OF fine brandies, ole
WHISTLES, choice ~iiqIeurs and saperint
cigars at GEORGE Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1890-10-10
CHRONIC COMPLAINTS REQUIRE
TIMH FOR GIJRE.

Persons at a distance who wish TO be treated
by DR.. Wagner need not feel backward be
cause OF Inability to visit him. II they will
write to the Doctor he will send them a list of
questions which enables him to send medi-
cines, counsel and advice to thousands he has
never seen He has patients in every city,
station throughout Colorado, as well
as All over the United States. See his address
In his advertisement-Denver Tribune.
, 1890-10-10

Plumbing ina all its
branches promptly atfesd-
ed TO by E. LII W.LER.
Leace orders at SchtUeick-
ert's hardware store, SIR
feestth street.
, 1890-10-10

= Al y kiads OF fruit for preserving at the
, 1890-10-10

cause OF inability to visit him. If they will
questions which enables him to send medi-
cines, counsel and advice to thousands he has
never seen. He has patients in every city,
and station throughout Colorado, as well
as all over the United States. See his address
In his advertisement-Denver Tribune.
PLAIN FACTS PLAINLY SPOKEN.
At one time a discussion of the secret vice
was entirely avoided by the profession. and
hardly mention II.
To-day the physician is of a different opin-
lon; he is aware that It is his duty-disagree-
able as 1t may be-to handle this matter with
out gloves, and speak plainly about II and
intelilgent parents and guardians will thank
him for doing so.
To all those engaged in this dangerous prac-
ice l would say, FIRST OF all, stop 1t at once.
Make every possible effort to do so; but II you
nall, II your nervous system is already too
power broken, take some nerve tonic to aid
you In your effort. Having freed, yourself
to go through a regular course OF treatment,
for IL Is a great mistake to suppose that any
one may for some time-be 1t ever 50 little
give himself up TO this fascinating but dang
erous excitement without suffering from some
Of its evil consequences at some future time.
tated TO All the duties enjoined by wedlock is
alarmingly large. and in most OF such cases
this unfortunate condition OF things can be
traced to the practice OF selfabuse, which had
been abandoned years before. Indeed, a few
months practice of this habit is often sum-
Client to induce spermatorrhma in later years,
and 1 have many of such cases under treat
ment ut the present day.
YOUNG NIEN
Who may be suffering from the effects of
youthful follies or indiscretions, will do well
to avail themselves Of this the greatest boon
ever laid at the altar OF suffering h imanity.
DR. WAGNER will guarantee to forfeit I'VE
hundred dollars for every case of seminal
weakness or private disease OF any kind or
character which he undertakes and fails to
cure.
Middle AGED Mon
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ATHLETIC DRIFT.
EN MulFoUp. in.

Harry Jewett, who defeated John Owen,
Jr., for the 100 yard run at the western
championship games held recently In De
troit, Is mere boy, but he runs with great
life and strength. Owen won the 100 yard
championship Of America last September,
and holds that title until next September,
when he may compete again for IL.
George W. Bishop, well known half
mile runner Of San Francisco, is anxious
to turn his running abilities into money
making, and has openly challenged any
member Of the Olympic club OF that city
to run from 40 yards to mile for con
sideration. c. w Murray, his hacker. says
he will match Bishop in any fair race up
TO 81 600 a side.
The big grounds OF tho Montreal ANA
teur Athletic association, which wcre
opened In the fall of 1883 with the Cana
dian championship games for that year,
are said to he i'm perfect condition. The
club had quite struggle In buying the
large plot. and after securing IL took
its time in improving it. Two seasons,
however, have made great change, and
several New York athletes who have seen
the one-third Of mile track lately say
that that with also the inGeld, Is as fine az
any grounds in this country.
The recent feat of II. NJ. johnson, at
Carson, New, In doing IL Is seconds for n
125 yard dash, beating the previous pro-
fessional record, I2I6 seconds. made
twenty-five years ago, shows how an
athlete with strong constitution can re-
cuperate quickly after being very sick.
For several months last winter johnson
was sick in San Francisco with an obsti-
nate and malignant fever, but when fully
recovered he commenced to take on flesh,
and he Is now back TO his normal weight
1856 pounds in athletic clothes appar-
emily running ~ fast ms ever. During his
sickness his weight fell to 14O pounds.
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BICYCLE NOTES.

ii. T. Laurie, the celebrated English
safety bicycle record breaker, is making n
short visit in America He says he con
siders the time made in road races in
America, in proportion TO the condition Of
the roads, is considerably better than is ac-
complished in England in the same line
The New York state bicycle meet al
Syracuse ON Sept. 1 aud will, according
to the committee having it in charge, be
the biggest athletic event yet held in that
city. The Syracuse cup To be presented
To the largest visiting uniformed league
club attending the meet is an unusually
beautiful trophy, and the misor prizes for
the various races are as handsome in pro-
portion.
Charles b. Nelson, the 10 year old tour
list from Chicago, who made the distance
from his home To New York in fourteen
days, breaking the best record by over
three days, will start in to break the record
from New York to San Francisco ms soon
as he IL fully rested from the effects of his
last trip. In his ride from Chicago he
averaged over seventy-iiy miles per day.
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ONE OF THE TEMPORARY SWITCH BOARDS.
wherever, indeed, there resides
some dealer who must have quotations
in order to know the prices to pay for
grain, hides and produce.
There was a lnll in the transmission
of money by telegraph, Of financial ad-
vices and of the great mass of personal
messages important only TO senders and
receivers--in fact break of electrical
communication extremely annoying and
involving large losses simply because n
half million dollar fire took place on
lower Broadway in New York city. To
use a homely phrase, call the eggs were
in one basket" In other words, the
damaged building was the sole center Of
the Western Union system, from which
everything even electricity for the wires
thousand miles away, was supplied,
and trouble there meant trouble at each
of thousands of stations scattered over
the land.
To large extent, and az swiftly ~
energy, intelligence and money could
collect resources, the damage was re-
paired and communication re-establishcd
"ith ht" UP so"hs
and before many weeks are gone the fire
and its consequences will have become
simply memories.
The calamity, however, has served its
purpose in calling public attention to
the gigantic hold the telegraph has on
modern life. Thirty-five years ago,
when there were many companies in
stead Of few, tho destruction of
building filed with electrical apparatus
would have affected only the owners
and the residents in comparatively
small region of territory. But the last
quarter of u century has been an era of
consolidation. A few giants have swal-
lowed up many pygmies, and when ono
Of these giants has heart trouble there is
disturbance and anxiety throughout his
whole immense frame.
To Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, N. Y,
is due whatever credit attaches TO the
amalgamation of many rival lines into
the ono immense corporation known as
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Records Los. by Ner,,rence.

There has been so much throwing lately
at amateur games Of weights which did not
weigh so much as thought that consider
able discussion has taken place concerning
the surest way Of preventing such negl-
gcnce. u is well known that weights
whether made of lead or iron will weir
away with use, and IL clubs having grounds
of their own would keep one set for com
petitions closely guarded, to be used only
nt games, and let the athletes practice
every day with another set, the coincidence
of an athlete i,reaki ~ a record and havingit
disallowed on account of the fifty six pound
weight being an ounce light would be un-
usually rare. Both George X. Gray, the
shot putter Of the New York Athletic club,
and c. A. J. Queckberner, the hammer
and fifty-six pound weight thrower of the
Brooklyn Heights Athletic club, have lost
worlds records recently by the weights be-
ing a few ounces light.
secretary Tracy's Assittant.
The Office Of assistant secretary of the
navy is u new one, created not long
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i've career rs an instructor at the Annap-
oils Naval academy. In 1882 he was
transferred to Washington, and has con-
tinued in service at that place up to
date. To accept the new appointment
he resigned his position rs superintend-
ent of the naval library and records.
Professor Solely has achieved quite rep
utation rs an author, his published
works including a History of the Ma
val Academy" Foreign Systems of Ma
val Education" "The Blockade and the
Cruisers THE Rescue of Greely" and
The Bows of 1872"
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wild BILL WlpNtR.

q Popular Bai Player Recently Released
by the CoIumbxr Club.
3z privilege not to be denied he base
Enthusiasts to bestow upon the pets OF
diAmond all sorts of nicknames outland.
md absurd Thus 1t is that Will Wild.
one Of the mildest hammered of men,
been called by his constituents "Wild
For several years he has been one
- mainstays OF the Columbus club in
american association, and no more
11lAr player ever put on the Buckeye
1ofm. This may be said with all truth,
pits the fact that King Kelly, Fred Car.
and Ed Morris all once owed allegiance
Qhio's capital club. Widner is young
ueior and halls from Cumminsvlle,
OF the suburbs of Cincinnati, which
given Bob Gilks, Will Crowell, VIII
4Aney and half dozen Others of more or
proininenoe To the professional din
~ first engagement ever filed by Wild.
~ was with the Cincinnati club in 81.
4 - Reds thought they were overstocked
zkHh pitching talent ut that time. and de.
lite the fact that he won the only cham.
1onahip game in which he ofliciated while
4 zparing the red he was released The
gAthletics suffered on that memorable oc-
sEeston. New Orleans had an eye on the
1oungster and President Toby Hart tele.
E4Aphed to me, us Widner strong enough
pr the Southern leaguey'' My response
4Nured him that his faith was not i'll
placed, aid later on when the Reds made
lleir tour OF the south in the spring of 'Ss
Badner held them down TO a mere hand.
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home at San
Francisco. In 1878 he became superin-
tendent of Claus Spreckel's line, posi-
ton he held at the time of his death.
During his long career the captain encoun-
tered many perils, which he always met
with Judgment and intrepidity. Proba-
bly, his most notable exploit was in con-
'nection with the burning of the steamer
Montana about eighteen years ago off
the coast just south of san Diego. To
his coolness and ability to rule on that
occasion the $50 people comprising the
passengers and crew aboard the boat
owed their lives.
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ago by act of con-
gress, and t he
first to receive
appointment to
t he position IL
Professor james
Russell Solely, of
Massachusetts.
Professor Solely
was born at Rox-
bury Oct. I, 1850,
and graduated
from Harvard in
1870. A year later
he bppop his ugt-
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HE WAS a NOTED SAILOR.

Capt. George II. Douglass, Who Recently
Died at San Francisco.
After facing the perils Of the sea for
thirty-iive years Capt. George II. Doug
lass, one of the noted mariners Of the
Pacific ocean, died at San Francisco the
other day from injuries received in
runaway accident. He was native Of
Massachusetts, and SO years old.
Capt. Douglass began his maritime ca
reer when lad of 1S as seaman on
one Of the whalers that left New Bed
ford for the North Atlantic. In course
of time he was promoted to the position
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Silver jewel boxes are distinctly the
fashion. Theprettiest have Grecian and
Vatican tiguresin low relief, with etched
backgrounds. They are oblong. Some
times they are divided, have two covers,
and unlock ut each end
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of second mate,
and later entered
IN o employ of
the Pacific Mail
Steamship ON
pany. A quarter
of IA century ago
he was transfer
red to the west
ern branch of the
service, and from
that on made his
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PORTION OF THE DESTROYED OPERATING
ROOM.


ROOM.
the Western Union Telegraph company.
In face of great obstacles Mr.. Siblcy
achieved his purpose, and he lived to sec
the day when il required $1,000, 900 of
Western Union stock to purchase $50 900
Of the original issue BY 1869 property
originally costing S2e0, 900 had increased
in value to $is,00O,000. The capitaliza-
tion of the company at present is about
twice that sum.
"Absorb and extend have been tho
signs in which the manipulators of tho
electric wire have triumphed, but the
country in general had no idea of the
power welded by the telegraph mag
mates until the accident of fire the
other day compelled them for the mo-
ment to drop the guiding reins.
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are Ackle. The ssme crowd that cheercd
him on his entrce against tho Rochcsters
called for his retirement, and he was re-
tired despite the fact that Columbus had
earned rs many runs of Barr NJ the New
Workers had Off Widnerl
PRIV Mrs roun In
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Safety n,cxo,e Rccord.

The march Of improvement in time made
on safety bicycles still continues, and At
the recent big bicycle meet at PaddiDgton,
England, the safety bicycle records from
three to ten miles were beaten by H. H.
Laurie. This athlete covered three miles
in SIN. IL 4-5s., and the ten miles In 27m
80 3-5s., both of which are worlds records
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One Of the "O,d Rc,,ab,e.. ;.

Arthur Irwin Is one Of the "Old Rclia
bio" batsmen, having played ball for ten
seasons. He made his reputation with the
old Providence club, and added to II con
siderably while captainng the Philadei.
phia club In 1883. He played during last
season with the Philadelphia and Wash.
ington teams, taking part in 103 games
and finishing sixth in the list of short