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, 1891-08-12
In n Den of Copperhead..

John Saley, n deaf and dumb boy of
Pittsburg, went out with the intention Of
picking raspberries. He had about filed
his pail, when his attention was attract
ed by an unusual motion in the bushes
near him. A moment later a monster
c%opperhead snake appeared from under
a bush. Before the lad could move the
snake had coiled itself and leaped at him.
The stroke vas short, but some of the
green poison from its fangs fell on Saley's
trousers. The boy became paralyzed
with terror. A moment later the reptile
had formed its deadly coil again, and
once more leaped forward to strike. 1t
measured the distance with fatal accur-
acy, for the deadly fangs were buried
deep into Saley's right leg. The pain
aroused the boy from his terror and he
jumped back. The snake strove to hold
on to theleg. Then the boy tainted from
fright.
Neighbors RAJ to the spot just in time
to prevent the copperhead from striking
again. One of the men seized n club and
with a blow broke the snakes back as
it was %recoiling. The reptile measured
eleven feet A physician cauterized the
wound, but the poison had penetrated
the boys system. Investigation showed
that young Saley had wandered into D.
den of copperheads.-Cor. Philadelphia
pr0aak ADJ Ta ssrl
, 1891-08-12
The Edelweiss in London,

1t may be interesting to some to hear
that the Edelweiss can be cultivated in
London. Last August a friend who
lives near Belfast gave me a small plant
with n bloom, raised by himself from
seed. The directions given with it were:
Leave it in the corner of your garden;
it requires no special care"
Unhappily, London gardens are the
hunting grounds for innumerable cats.
30 l placed my treasure, for such
deemed it, on the sill of my Drawing
room window, aspect southAsalst, and
there, through the dismal spqJess win
dow, now buried deep n NOW, now
frozen hard, the Alpine stranger re-
manned, always imported dead by all
who sawsit, ,bnt towara t1e ead of March
life showed, itself, and NOW It is a large
healthy plant, with ave lovely blooms,
the aamiration-of all who see it.
SurelynH this fair flower from the
lovely MOUNTAIN air of Switzerland can
thrive ih1the smoky, sooty atmosphere
London, u climate is not so bad as
nome would say.-Cor. London Stand
ard.
, 1891-08-12

The hen of a farmer who lives near
Tionesta and II wild pheasant have both
been laying eggs in the same nest. After
the nest was full with about an equal
number of both kinds OF eggs both fowls
began to set. They occupied the nest ut
the same time and there was a constant
struggle going on. The farmer conclud-
ed that neither could accomplish any
thing at the rate they Were quarreling,
and he thought to solve the difficulty by
removing the hens eggs from the nest.
This only served to make matters worse,
and now both fowls are trying to hatch
young pheasants. Philadelphia Times.
, 1891-08-12

NJ. p. Holland, Postmaster, Rockaway
Beach. Long Island, N. Y, was entirely
cured of dyspepsia and rheumatism ofsix-
teen years. standing by taking two Brand
reth's Pills every night for a month. Dur,
ing the month he took them he gained
eight pounds in weight.
Brandreth's Pills are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe to take at
any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store.
either plain or sugar-coated.
, 1891-08-12

Some people never take books to the
country with them. They either feel no
need for the strength or relaxation they
might gain from reading, or they rely
upon chance for their mental pabulum.
Few are the readers ~whoNcarry with
them anything but the lightest of sum
mer novels-books that can be thrown
away without regret when finished.
Perhaps it is too much to ask that any
one not a student should expend much
energy in hot weather upon mental i'm
proYement. Yet it does seem as though
something better might be read than the
merely ephemeral novelette,. How many
of the rising generation are really famil-
lar with the novels of Scott, of Dickens,
of Thackeray. of Cooper, of George
Eliot, of Miss Mulock, or with the
charming long and short stories by our
own American authors?
There was a time when the heavy
binding and high cost Of standards rem
dered them undesirable books to read in
a hammock, but the recent issue of the
works of many of the best English and
American writers in paper covers does
away with this objection. Good books,
in good type, on good paper, at a price
that practically puts them within the
of every one, are to be had on
every hand.
In purchasing an outfit for the sum-
mer vacation the hammock books should
no more be overlooked than the ham
mock itself, but let both be of a kind
that will stand wear. Trashy reading
provokes a mental dyspepsia akin to the
physical malaise produced by a diet of
sweetmeats unaccompanied by substan-
tials. Such a course of treatment units
either mind or body to do the winters
work, for which strength should be ac-
cumulated during a summer vacation
Harper's Bazar.
, 1891-08-12

The Chinese of this city and New York,
it is said, Will hereafter bury their dead
in Cypress Hills yinshesd of in
the cemetery of the Evergrsens, as has
been their CUSTOM ~ This motion is said
to be taken because the Evergreens
cemetery officials have increased the
price of graves from ten to twenty dol
lars each. They have purchased an acre
Of ground in Cypress Hill cemetery for
81, 200 and will nave cheaper rates in the
future. The Chinese allege that twenty
dollars is too much to pay for n grave
which is tenanted for only five or six
years, rs every Chinaman makes a con
tract with the company that employs
him under which the company agrees to
send his body back to China. This
transmigration of bodies takes place once
every five years, the skeletons being
packed in tin cases when the proper time
comes. The last shipment was made
only n short time ago. The skeletons
then came from some of the old graves
in the cemetery of the Evergreens.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1891-08-12

The English Thenter rs IA Chinese Sees II.
When an actor first appears On the
stage he must remove his cap and in
cline himself toward the seated audience
as n mark of courtesy. The audience
then drum upon their hands to signify
their approval. An actor who has gone
off the stage must appear again, and by
bowling toward the audience express his
thanks.
Their plays, like ours, are divided into
civil" and military; the civil plays
consist either of music solely-when the
sound is of a boo=hoO-Or solely of
mimicry. The majority are taken from
the history of the country. The scenery
is marvellous. When one scene is finished
the curtain is dropped and the scenery
changed. Below the stage music is played
during the interludes. In the case of
these old romauces several cenes are
brought together to form "A play, and il
this play is acted today it will be acted
again tomorrow, so as to give every n
an opportunity Of seeing it.
When no more visitors come to see, M
other play is substituted, or the troupe
removes to another theater. Military
plays are those in which acrobats are
engaged; the theaters in this case are
somewhat larger and are known as
camps (circusesl-Temple Bar.
, 1891-08-12

T~hirty-six freight cars passed over five
year-old Eddie Quinther at East Buffalo,
but, strange to say, his only injury is a
slight cut on the head. He was standing
on the track and was struck by the train,
which was drawn by Il switch engine. 1t
having no cowcatcher, he WAS pushed he
meath the standing board and lay in the
enter of the track while the entire train
passed over him.-Buffalo Times.
, 1891-08-12

John Loh4lan, the tallest man in the
state, died in Tazewell county recently
after a brief sickness, aged s~eventy-five
years. Mr.. Lehman was raised in North
Carolina, and had to stand on his toes
to see the sun shine over the great hills
there in the morning." This is what he
used TO tell inquisitive people who-asked
what made him so tall, he being G #. Gin.
in his stockings, Carthage dis Record.
, 1891-08-12

The Greeks were genuine lovers of
horses. 1t was claimed that Posideon
struck the earth and produced the horse
"a poetic way of saying that horses
were first imported into Greece from be-
yond the sea. Homer's favorite appella-
ton for the Greek heroes is "'tamer of
horses" And almost every page of the
Iliad shows that Homer's admiration for
the chieftains is almost matched by his
enthusiasm for the firm footed coursers,
the fiery steedz. the horses famed in war.
No common animals were these Of the
Greeks and Troispa
Theb<~sUL Azneas were of the stock
wulch Zeus the thunderer gave to Tros.
The horses Of Rhers were as glorious as
the sun; the snow was not SO white, the
wind not 80 swift rs they. The horses
of Dromed seemed to be in the air as
they flew along, but OF all the horses
that proudly distinguished themselves
in that famous war, the wooden horse
took the lead for efficiency. 1t was the
wooden horse hat gave Troy to the
Greeks. -Caroline X. Sherman in Chi
cago Herald.
, 1891-08-12

A bright little fellow, hearing his
grandfather talk of the almshouse, pom
dered in his youthful and inquisitive
mind what that might be. Aunt Alice,
n young lady of the household, was the
other day made the confidant of his con-
illusions. II know" said he, 1.-The arms
house S where all the girls wears dwesses
'thout any sleeves in ZEN. "-Hartford
Post
, 1891-08-12
A IN HEAVEN.

| paced the plattorm-body and mind and brain
Dulled by thedeadly ~cold-what time the train,
Too tardy, came not.
Twas a darkening noon
In bleak December. Low T. the east red Mars
Rose large and lurid; and a slender moon
Lay. like a finger, on the lip Of Night,
Commanding silence.
Meath the silent stars
Pcrched on a bench, with wistful face and
white.
with limbs a-tremble, bare legs red and raw,
And hands blue nipu a tiny child | saw.
Who. thinly clad. sat blithu and brave and
bright
Grooming some baby lay.
What song size sang.
That little maid. the while her wee voice rang
So shy and low
Whether some childish chime,
Olden and quaint,
OF fairy and fay: a snatch OF nursery rhyme.
Or hymn, or prayer-l knew not nor shall
know;
But long ago
One spake this word;
"No sparrow falls, its dying cry unheard.
Though feeble and FAINT
And | am sure that he who hears the bird
Heard that sweet plant
Leisure Hour.
, 1891-08-12
TIE WABASH ROUTE

10 ttS W ~ fsOe-
Runs free reclining chair cars.
Runs the most elegant stateroom cars
on night trains and the most sumptuous
drawing room cars on day trains of any
line between Colorado and New York.
The WABASH makes direct connec-
tons at all points comprising its Western
termini. for all points south, east, south-
east and northeast.
The WABASH Is the only line having
ITS own track from the Missouri river to
Detroit and Toledo.
The WABASH is the only line having
its own steamer plying on Lake Erie.
The WABASH owns and operates the
Niagra Falls Short Line, the only route
giving a satisfactory view OF the Falls b.
daylight, and the trains leave at a conven
lent hour fol business men and tourists.
Ask any hotel clerk or ticket agent 70
time cards or maps of the WABASH, OF
address @. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent. 1927, Seventeenth
Street. Denver, Colo.
, 1891-08-12
The Emperor's AdmIrers.
dorchester ~Pos.-Express.

Poultnev Bigelow is a gentleman who
has come into sudden notoriety because
he was a schoolmate of the young emperor
of Germany. Certainly Mr.. Bigelow is a
great admirer OF the emperor, although
the emperor has not spoken to the world
at any great length in praise OF Mr.. Bige-
Low.
, 1891-08-12
Soda water at David's drug store.
Bucxien.s Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
sorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by A. L. Roedel, Druggist
, 1891-08-12

An attempt was recently made at San
Francisco to smuggle $4,000 worth of
opium through the custom house, con-
cealed inside of bananas. A custom
house officer saw a particularly fine look
ing bunch and thought he would try
one, when he discovered, at the first
bite, the trick that put $25 900 into his
nocket. formal do Concrete.
, 1891-08-12

Four boys of Birdseye, Ind, found an
old o a near the railroad and began
tossing it about and beating each other
with it A bank note slipped from be-
meath n of the patches. The boys
ripped the O to pieces and it PANIED
out 81 I'll.
, 1891-08-12

y Dutchman went about selling a
preparation for poisoning n certain kind
Of troublesome insect.
you take de insec nit de finger an
de dumb Of Won handt," said the ped
dler, ian den init de odder handt you
put de pizem in his mout."
But, said the farmer, "If you've got
to catch and hold them that way, why
can't you smash an and lone with ity"
well" said the Dutchman, dots n
good way, tooI"-Youth's Companion
, 1891-08-12

The other morning while making re-
pairs to a r~esidencein Moulton township,
o., carpenters came upon n nest of bats
in a window casing. They killed $50 of
the animals, which ranged in size from
mn inch to seven inches in length.
, 1891-08-12
OUR COMPLETE
Home Treatment

for the permanent and perfect cure OF all
Female and Womb Diseases is producing the
best results, as many ladies in this vicinity
testify, viz:
Miss Annie %Flickiner, Thorn $ street, Chcy-
enne.
Elizabeth Rutch, 1914 Sixteenth street, Dem
yer.
Mrs. f. L. Shock, 522 South Weber street,
Colorado Springs.
, 1891-08-12

Last year the total receipts of the New
York postoffice were SO, 3s6, $50. "a and
the total expenditures 2,476, 35S.6 81, in
Guiding $l,l2l ,034.29 expended for free
delivery service, giving a lei revenue Of
1910, l6l. SO, and exhibiting an increase
in the total receipts of the office over the
previous year of 1859, 53s. 10.
, 1891-08-12

THE CHEYENNE LEADER keeps aVl-
tating the stock stealing question. If a
calf disappears in the northern part of the
state it is good for a half column editorial
in The LEADER. Laramie Boomerang.
Which, by the way. is at least as much
notice as the disappearance of some Lara.
m,e editorial calf would merit.
, 1891-08-12

kansas City start

A female tramp at Parsons became in
tensely abusive the other day, and in
dulged in highly offensive language be-
cause she was offered a last years bonnet
by a benevolent Christian lady.
, 1891-08-12
An Echo From ConkIiug's Home.

If Roscoe Copkling were alive now the
complete surrender of the administrator
in this state to Me-Too Plat would have
intensified his eloquent silence in behalf
of the Grand Old Partyl
, 1891-08-12

Don't persist in repeating "Phew! how
hot it isr Everybody, including your
self, is aware of the fact, and you should
avoid trite utterances which are inevita-
bly, boresome, besides being indications
1T n narrow range of intellect,
, 1891-08-12
our New Coast Defense.

If some of the ideas proposed for bath,
ing dress styles are put in practice at As
bury park and elsewhere this coun,ry
wouldn't need any coast defense. The
suits would scare off any civilized man of
wal in the world.
, 1891-08-12
Editor.
ON ITS FEET 4G4JN

ON ITS FEET AGAIN.
The following article from the New
York World of Saturday will prove mighty
interesting reading in this section whose
interests are so deeply affected by Union
Pacific prosperity or the reverse: Union
Pacific has just passed through another
exciting experience. Two days ago it was
pronounced bankrupt, its loans were be-
ing called, it's bonds and collaterals were
un~marketable, and even the degradation
OF a receivership was threatened. Its
stock was hammered down on the market
until it touched a point that the widest
bear never expected it to reach.
Yesterday all was changed. From
S5g its stock bounded up to 80. and lifted
the entire stock market with it. IL was
all brought about by a promise to paw on
the part of half u dozen rich men. They
formed a syndicate and agreed to stand
together for a period OF three years to
protect Union Pacific interests and to I'M
derwrite the loans that constitute the com
pany's heavy floating debt.
The syndicate was the result of the in
formal meeting of the directors Thursday,
at the Western Union building. The
directors could not and did not ignore the
conditions surrounding the company, and
they knew it could net long continue with
its credit impaired and its name in the
dust They followed a precedent
established by Mr. Gould years ago.
when Missouri Pacific was troubled with
a floating debt. lie formed Il syndicate
composed of himself, Russell Sage and
ii. G. Marquand. and took the debt until
such time as Missouri Pacific could pay
il without embarrassment
'ln this instance a larger and still more
powerful syndicate was formed, consisting
of Jay Gould, Russell SAGE, Gen, Dodge,
J. Pierpont MORGAN, Sidney Dillon and
Messrs- Dexter, Ames and Atkins of
Boston, and Kuhn. Loeb & Co. The
Chemical bank, the Bank of Commerce
and the Mercantile Trust company are
also named as members. THIS syndicate
has guaranteed to furnish all the money
the Union Pacific may need to take care
OF it's floating debt, which aggregates over
50, 200. 900. A bank or trust company
will be appointed as the agent OF the com
pany and the syndicate. Loans out
standing will be allowed to remain until
called.
This bank or trust company will be
empowered ~toraegotiatc new loarvfsr the
union Pacific company 70 ease OF fhl-
nfe 1T wil-eaf upon the syndicate for the
money All collateral to secure advances
from the syndicate win be held by the
agent.
sf'Mr. Could, who is now IN the West,
where he will remain until about Scptcm-
Der !, teleRraphed his approval OF the
syndicate scheme, and offered to put in
$1,000. 600 il SO much should be needed.
Mr.. Sage contributed 81, 900, 900, and the
other gentlemen will all be allowed a pro-
portionate interest in the syndicate. it
had an opportunity to try its new-fledged
gold wings yesterday, for one small loan
was called which she syndicate had to
take up. Altogether loans to the amount
of 81 SOC, 200 have been called on the
company this week"
, 1891-08-12

Go to Germania Hall if you want a
good. pure and undulterated year old
Stonewall whiskey. s LOO per quart.
, 1891-08-12
pIrm IN PARAGRAPHS.
Good Advice.

II want TO be an angel
Sang the preacher son and solemn,
The editors deep bass rang:
put an nd in our Want column
, 1891-08-12

Something entirely new is Alex Turn
bulls Furniture club. $50 worth for 81 a
week. Join it.
, 1891-08-12

VISIONS Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects Of severe
weather.
, 1891-08-12

A scholarship in the Wyoming Normal
and Business College is a safe and paying
Investment.
, 1891-08-12

Thus remark ed MISS JULIA SOLAMON,
9l7 Twenty-nrst street, Cheyenne. This soung
lady has had severe catarrhal affections for
years, resulting In Deafness. Her hearing is
now perfect.
, 1891-08-12

Join Alex Turubull's Household Furnr
club $50 worth for 81 per week.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-05
DETESTED BARBARIANS.
CHINESE SHOW THEIR HATRED FOR
WHITE PEOPLE.
Europeans Stoned When They Appear in
Public-Foreign Consuls at the Port of
Pekin Apply for Naval Protection.
France Protecting Her Citizens.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Times this
morning publishes dispatch from
Singapore, stating that the foreign con-
suls stationed at Tein, in the province
of Peh-Chee-Zee, about seventy-fye
miles from Pekin, of which city it is the
port, have become so alarmed at the
threatening aspect of affairs that they
have applied for naval protection. The
British gunboat Firebrand and Japan
ese warship are lying at Tein. The
Firebrand, however, is but small yes
sci. The dispatch ADDS that the feeling
of animosity entertained for foreigners
has spread to the capital, and the ma
tives do not hesitate to show their de-
testation for the "barbarians," as they
term all white people. Every day they
are becoming more hostile. 1t is
common practice for them to stone Eu-
ropeans as they pass beneath the city
wall.
PARIS, Dec. 4.-The Chinese minister
to France today informed Ribot, minis
ter of foreign affairs, that the govern
ment of China was confident that it
would be able to suppress the rebellion
now prevailing, The French govern
ment has taken measures to protect it's
interests and citizens in China, and the
minister of marine has ordered gunboats
to Tien-Tsin, prepared to take what
ever action may be necessary.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-05
WEST COAST NEWS.
Female Prisoners Attempt
Jail-Breaking.
State immigration Association
Disbanded.
Banker Baird Arrested on Fresh
Charge of Felony.
Two More Old Pioneers Gone-A Family
Rendered Homeless by Flames.
Red Bluff Murder Cases.
other Items.
Associated Press Dispatches.

AssOclateu fTess DleDatcnee.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE discovery
was made at the county Jail today that
two female prisoners, Jennie Hastings,
who was awaiting trial for grand lar
ceny, and Hazel Corbett, who ia serv-
ing four months for petty larceny, had
been engaged in an attempt to break
Jail. Deputy Sheriff McCarthy's atten.
ton was drawn to strange noise in the
prison early this morning, and when
two suspicious characters were seen
prowling about the Jail later in the
morning, search of the cells was or
dered, with the result that
hole about eighteen inches square
was found in the walls of
the cell occupied by the prisoners above
named. Only the outer layer of cement
remained, and this could easily have
been pushed out, leaving nothing
between the prisoners and freedom save
fall into the adjacent alley of twenty
five feet. In the cell was found sharp
ened spoon. the handle of another spoon,
and small iron bar that had been used
in the Jail kitchen as a poker. The
women acknowledged that they had
worked the hole throCgh the wall with
these implements, and said it took them
only about twenty-four hours. Some of
the bricks had been placed under the
bed, while most of the debris had been
rolled up in an old skirt and covered
with clothing.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-05
CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
Representation at, and Scope of, Il
Convention of 1898.

Representation at, and Scope of, the
Convention of 1898.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.-The report of the
committee having in charge the pro-
posed work of the Catholic congress of
1898, provides that the congress shall
consist of ten general delegates from
every diocese, and additional delegates
in the proportion of one to every twen
ty-five OF the Catholic population,
these delegates to be appointed by
bishop OF the diocese. Each
Catholic university, college and semi
nary is entitled to delegates, and the
committee have the right to invite dis
tinguished laymen.
The main feature Of the congress will
be the discussion of the social and eco
nomic questions embraced in the recent
encyclical of the pope, the questions to
be considered being: The rights of labor
and the duties of capital; pauperis m,
and remedy of public and private char
ity; beneficial workingmen's societies
and societies for young men; life insur-
ance and pension funds for workingmen;
trade combinations and strikes; coloni
zation; the evils of drink and the i'm
portance of minimizing the plaques.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-05

A very refreshing shower, the first oi
the season, came down Thursday night,
and besides settling the dust has fresh
ened up everything considerably.
A strong west wind blew all day yes
terday, but the vessels in port did not
seem to mind it, and the only differ
ence was a little more surf and few
white caps, which made pleasant
change from the usually peaceful char
acter of the ocean here.
The amount of freight forwarded and
received at the Redondo wharf during
the month of November, as given by
our local paper and summed up from
reports, is 8.SS5, ,227 pounds and 2,62S,-
420 feet OF lumber.
Capt. Geo. j. Ainsworth was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Troup, of Port
land, Ores, are guests at the Redondo
hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Higgins, of South
Riverside, are registered at the big
hotel.
Mrs. R. w. Nuttall, of Santa Monica,
Cal, is spending some time at the Re-
dondo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Martin, of
Sandusky, o.. will remain here a
couple OF weeks.