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, 1891-03-25


Rev. T. De Witt Talmage is fond Of any
story that will illustrate a sermon or
~beautify IA moral. Here is one that he tells
now and then in his own original way:
A German family emigrated from the
fatherlund TO this country and settled in
Milwaukee. The Oldest boy. in his teens,
concluded he would start out for himself.
Finally he brought up ~ New York city
and soon spent all the money the old man
had given him. Then he wrote his father
this kim Of an appeal:
"Dear Fa+her-I am sick and lonely,
without one single cent. Send me some
money quick. Your son, JOHS."
Now the father was illiterate and could
not read, so he went to Il great strappiug
butcher and asked him 10 read the letter.
The butcher had "A grun way Of reading
and a loud voice. When he finished read
ing Johns letter the father was furious
and declared he would not send Il penny,
even II the boy starved 20 death. He had
never heard Of such An impudent demand
for money.
On his way home the father thought the
butcher might awe made a mistake In
reading, aud IA desire to hear the letter
read again overcame him. a consumptive
baker, with a low, falling infection, was
next asked to read the sOu's letter. When
he concluded the father said, with tears in
his eyes, MY poor boy, III send him all
the money he wants. The baker had
read word for word the letter rs IL was
read by the butcher
Nou see my dear friends, hat there Is "A
great dead Ia tho human voice New York
World
, 1891-03-25

An entertaining house game called the
Ssa uuI Her CHilarru is TINS described 10
Good housekeeping. The players. with the
exception OF one sent from the room, must
On seated 10 "a circle The person having
l-ft will reprrseut the sea. All Others
must now decide on an assume name,
which is alsD the name Of q fish. for exam
pie, trout, red snapper, picSerel This
done, tue sea returns aud walks slowly
around the outside ni tine ring, calling her
cAilrlrcl one after another by the different
name, they have selected until all have
risen and followed her Thea the sea must
run with q varied motion, sometime
rapid. sometimes slow. ryclBiming. The
sen d. troubled the sea b. troubled sud.
denly she s-fts herself. and her example J.,
fYIIn,vcI by her children. The unfortunate
n agidHHl d Is unable 10 secure a cLHiI
.gUs the sen. AMI the game h. continued
as #..HHTp
, 1891-03-25

At a table crowded with journalistic
lights and literary ~fellers" | saw a dark
eyed man, his face ornnmented with very
black whiskers, who some one behind me
told some one else was Washington Ma.
than, You all remember the famous Ma,
than murder. over which there was so
much excitement and such a long trial a
good many years ago" this somebody ex-
planned in a discreetly lowered tone. well,
sir, Washington Nathan is the son Of that
rich old man who was killed in his bed
There were ugly i%nsinuations cast about at
the time Of the trial, but nothing was
proved. and when the great Twenty-third
street family mansion had been shut up q
sufficient length OF time the heirs tried to
rent It.
The house wore a plhcsrd for n number
OF years, but even the toughest skinned
man or woman had a Gravity feeling when
they went into It and as it lay n dead weight
on the owners hands they put it up for
sale. A big express company bought it,
tore down the old house and built its up
town depot on the first floor and turned
the upper stories into business Offices,
where the ghost Of mysteriously murdered
old Nathan dare not penetrate. New
York Cor. Chicago News.
, 1891-03-25

In 1889, 44,OO2 vessels passed in AMI out Of
Liverpool. OF these 3s,Ol5 used the Queens
channel, passing tho Crosby lightship and
Askew spit, while 1893 went through the
narrow Rock channel, Thus the full aver,
age traffic in and out OF the Mersey was
100 steam and sailing vessels a day. Any,
thing which stands in the way of such
trade, which renders the navigation dan
gerous or only a little more dinlcult, which
causes the loss OF time, should be done
away with.
There are in Liverpool sixty lines OF
stenmers trading foreign sixty differ
ent house flags can be counted in the docks
on any day Of the year which belong to the
port, and these lines include at least 900
steamers, without saying anything Of the
coasting trade or those boats which run to
Ireland. In this same year, 1889, the Gus,
toms returns for Liverpool were inward, +"
sr5s6,9sl tons OF shippings, and outward
s,307, AZ. This was an increase of nearly
100000 tons IN the previous year.-Mur,
rny'H Magazine.
, 1891-03-25

IT EXCITES THEM


We learn from the Genng, Neo.'
IoHrlT that the refusal OF the wyoming
authorities to permit the appropriation oil
water IRON the North Platte IN this state
Tor use 10 Nebraska has caused a good
deal oil excitement In that vicinity. An
immense Glitch company was projected to
tap the North Platte ahout seven miles
inside Inc boundary OF wyoming ana
oonduct "ater IN an enormous dlt,h
over one hundred miles. The amount OF
water which woull be thus taken would
almost dram the Platte. 1t was decided
on the application that the ditch com
panv would be permitted to take what
ever wafer they could use In Wyoming
For lrrigating purposes tins would not
exceed a quantity sufficient to iFHgate
1000 acres. The amount was therefore
restricted to that quantity and the pro
Jectors oi INC ditch were VefV much eAer
cised over tins decision.
One feature oil the late developments
Is the position IN which the Mitchell canal
Is supposed to be placed says the Ger
ing paper lho'r Appropriation accord
ing 10 Tue wyoming law Is good only Tor
the niue land covered IN that state OF
mounts to about I've cubic feet OF
water Tor each seventy acres The
Mitchell canal however, has enough
grade and Is oil such short length 10 that
'tate that II Is considered possible to make a
ne" n'au GOWN tue riSer IN TINS state ana
regain WITHIN snort distance the line a.
now constructed II this were not posi-
Ole ana wyoming should enforce her Ia"
1t would be a disaster to the Mitchell
'anal oeyonu estimation
lhls case wiz undouDteuI' give a prac
'ca' Illustration Ola comparatively ne"
que''on' Cnuer our laws the COMPANY
can Ret oily such wafer as II can prohtably
, 1891-03-25

There has always been a tradition q say
always, because no scholar, no odds how
profound. has ever been able to trace IL to
las original s~ource) among the Africans
that the first man God created was a black
man, and that the scare he and his consort
received when God called upon them to
know why they were in hiding after they
had eaten Of the forbidden fruit caused
them to turn pale with sheer fright. How
much Of a basis Of truth there is for this
curious beliefit would be hard to tell, an
tiquarian research having during the last
decade added to rather than taken from
the original tradition. The earliest me
mortal tablets found by the late George
Smith in Palestine and other parts OF the
orient give the tradition high credit.
One Of Mr.. Smiths inscriptions, or tab
lets, which has been deposited in the Brit
ish museum In class *" No. 1894, gives
an account Of the creation Of man by the
god Nir-ku. or Noble Crown" and runs
as follows: To fear them the gods he
made man; the breath Of life was in him.
May he the god Mir-ku) be established,
and may his will not fail in the mouths OF
the dark races which his hand has made"
The words in parentheses are by Moncure
d. Conway, who has made a close exam.
ination Of the inscriptions. The above is
said to be the earliest allusion In existence
TO the Biblical account OF creation, and II
distinctly points to the first race as being
dark, and confirms what Sir Henry Raw
llnson said long ago-that is, that the word
Adam ADAM means dark race" in
distinction from 'Sarku, ~ meaning light
race"
Mr.. Smith during his life put forth many
ingenious arguments to prove that the nc,
count OF the SON Of God marrying the
daughters Of men Gen. VII simply meant
that the Sarku were intermarryiug with
the Adamu people, To sum the whole mat.
ter up, WAS Adam a negro4-St. Louis Re,
nmhlln-
, 1891-03-25
PLAYING STREET CARS IN SCHOOL
A Boston School Teachers Clever Method
Of InI-lIeatInE PoIlteness.

OF lnt1lcatinE Pollteness.
There is one woman in Boston who is de-
termined that her sex shall not debar her
from putting a heavy mark on the next
generation. She is a school teacher, and
one of the few who do not undervalue
their position and its influence. She has
suffered a deal in her time for the bad
n prevalent in public places, and
every year she has about fifty boys and
girls between the ages Of Z and Q in her
powe between five and six hours five days
out OF seven, and she thinks that IL will go
hard II she does not do something toward
intoxicating manners into them, and at
the same time hitting the parents a side
slap which may not be without its result.
This is one Of her methods: Once a week
half an afternoon is given to recreation,
and she inyents games for the amusement,
and instruction Of her class, so that while
they think they are playing they are really
learning something. One Of these games
the one, in fact, which the youngsters en-
joy most-is called street car" The cen.
trail aisle Of the class room. with its row Of
seats on either side, becomes the electric
car.
A boy is chosen for the motor man. This
post is given to a boy who has been very
good for the week, and in a simple way
the teacher makes the class understand
how the electricity runs the car. Another
boy Is the conductor, and they have paper
checks for fares. The other children are
all passengers They are supposed to be
business men returning home to dinner
and it Is impressed upon them that they
are very tired and very anxious to read
their pupers-and women who have been
shopping OF to the matinee.
One by one the children signal the car,
and the conductor rings his bell, the motor
man turns his crank, the passenger enters,
walks down the aisle and takes a seat. Fl
nally all seats are taken, and TO point the
play the better most Of the boys enter first
and take the chairs. Then the girls board
the improvised car. The boys, being i'm
pressed that they are very tired, politely
rise one by one and civilly offer the girls
the seats until every one is up but one boy,
who is known in the game as the pig"
Then the teacher enters. She plays her
own part, and the children are supposed to
be her old pupils, who are glad to see her,
and all the girls, even, are anxious that she
should take their seats, and still the pig
glanced at with surprise by all the chill
dren, sticks to his sent. Now this game
is very popular with the class, but no one
enjoys being the pig"
The teacher says that she already notes
the great improvement which her pupils
show in manners They are most anx-
ious to do civil things for one another,
and, - remarks the teacher, do YOU not
think that they tell this story at home2
Do you not think that the pig gets shown
up by those little ones in his true colors2
/ do not know If the papas and older broth
ers are shamed by 1t, but | am sure hat /
hope they are, and | mean them to be-
Boston Home Journal
, 1891-03-25

Mrs. Custer says men have taught her to
think little Of and worry less about trining
physical discomforts and disabilities, and
she added with a most winsome smile that
would have made any one OF the master
pieces OF creation expand with pleasure:
"Ive learned a great many helpful things
from man. OF course when with the gen
eral, although | was among gallant fel.
lows, l had to adapt myself to the exigen-
cies of military life, especially of our
military life. and be ready for almost any
thing. Thoroughly manly men worry so
little about triies and take such a broad,
comprehensive view of life that one cannot
be among them without learning to look
at things somewhat from their point Of
view
When it is rather the fad of the hour to
say very pessimistic and cynical things OF
men and women, it is as refreshing as a
Whit Of "A wildrose or breath of new mown
hay, after smiling a faded dollhouse tube
rose. to hear wholesome, healthy, appreci
alive mark about one another from men
and women OF experience.-New York Her
aid.
, 1891-03-25

The Denver Ne0s, in commenting
upon the recent silver differences of Sena-
tor Carey, says: There is not a paper
published today either in the state OF
Wyoming or Montana that is not an ad.
yocate OF free coinage" In this the
N7of is very much mistaken so far as
as Wyoming is concerned. With one eI-
oepion there is not a Republican news
paper 10 Wyoming that is in favor of free
coinage. We haven't yet seen any Of them
give a good reason why they are not III
favor of the tree coinage OF silver. Most
of them seem willing to rest the case
with Carey and Warren. II these men
vote against silver then their s~ubservient
newspaper echoes seem to believe there
must be something wrong about silver and
they chirp with t~ireless iteration such few
stock arguments Of the goldites as they
have come across. This is not a hattering
condition of affairs, but it is a true state
ment lust the same.
, 1891-03-25
4 GREA7 WOPE.

To give a water right an absolutely fixed
title is in substance the object Of the lrri-
CATION law recently passed by the logis.
lature and the purpose OF the state board
OF control The. Law is in some respects a
distinct advance upon all other irrigation
laws. The waters of the state arc placed
entirely under the control Of the state
board. The board IS invested with
judicial powers in the adjudication OF
conflicting claims. No one is permitted
to take a ditch from any stream without
first making his application to the board.
The question is then passed upon and the
amount Of water allowed to the claimant
is specifically limited. Not only that but
his ditch or bitches must be- taken out 10
the time specified or his claim is Of no
account. BY a system of g~auging the
amount Of water which each stream
carries during the irngating system is
learned and when this limit has beer
reached no further claims are acceptr
under any circumstances From a strict
adherence to this will come one of the
greatest elements Of value III a water right.
A complete record of every water
claim will be kept in the Office OF the
state engineer so hat every title to water
rights will be as well defined as a title to
real estate. 1t will therefore be seen that
this will be a work Of the very first i'm
portAnce to the state. It's accomplish
ment will necessarily be slow owing to
the great number Of cases requiring
adjudication. This is slow and tedious
work, requiring extreme care to protect
the rights Of all concerned, but with
these cases all settled Wyoming will have
a permanent and substantial fouuda.
ton for its scheme OF irrig
CATION which we believe will be a model
Tor all the states in the arid belt.
, 1891-03-25

~
l had arrived at Kane ia an evil houi
in the midst Of the festivities Of the 18th Of
the fourth moon. when the people rom fi
ami near eongreEnte there and the chief
review their men. and when drinking and
fighting are the order Of the day In Thibei
nearly every crime Is punished los the i'm
position Of a line. and murder Is by NJ
naIusI an expensive luxury. The tnt
varies according TO the social standing oi
the victim-lIJ bricks oftrp worth IA rupeJ
a brick for one Of the upper ten. " eighty
bricks for "a person Of the middle classes
forty bricks for n woman, and 80 on d0wr
To- we or three for pauIrru rn wandering
foreigner. us Lieut. La Ming yang kindly
informed me. He said that there wa
tuFdiy % grown mp man 10 the country
who bad not q mUuIpr or two TO his credit
and lHtrr on Mgr. Bipf, the bishop Of Thibct
carruhurHted this Hiutrnlrut-L.yut Rock
hin tu Century.
, 1891-03-25

The origin Of the word sterling" il very
curious. Among the early mintcrs Of coin
In northern Europe were the dwullers OF
eastern Germany. They were so skillful
in their calling hat numbers Of them wert
invited to England TO manufacture the
metal money Of the kingdom. The stran
gers were known IA "Easterlings," After a
time the word became sterling" and il
this abbreviated form IL has come to imply
what is genuine in money, plate or char
Acter.
, 1891-03-25

Daughter-Mamma, Mr.. Bank proposed
TO me last night.
Mother-Did you accept himS
Yes, mamma
Has he any money, daughter"
"Only Sl,SOO a year, mamma"
you must get rid Of him, That is no
money at ALL"
But he ia a city official.
That's u different thing entirely. He
will be very rich within a few years. III
stst on the marriage coming oil next
week. Texas Siftings.
, 1891-03-25

A certain Presbyterian brother had 6
stereotyped expression which sometime
applied rather innppropriately. Once
while preaching a funeral sermon. while
the corpse lay before him, he exclaimed
Here, brethren, we ave before MS a living
witness and n standing monument Of tn,
fraflty OF human hopea.n
, 1891-03-25

1t seems hopeless to expect that Euro.
pean spiders will ever live together with
out falling upon one another, aud so the
Idea Of turning their product to profitable
account must be abandoned. II only this
was not the case no doubt a lucrative busi
ness could be lone In rearing them for the
purpose Of making use OF their silk.
, 1891-03-25

or the sixty odd millions Of people in this
country probably five millions have re-
marked, Pleasant day-overhead;'' and
five other millions responded, YES, but
we're not going that way" What would
life be worth to us without these ancient
iests'-SprinEield CMass) Homestead.
, 1891-03-25
Buexl.n ArIga p.aIv.,

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter ohspped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded Price IS cents per box.
For sale by B. 3. David, Druggist
, 1891-03-25

An egg was a few years ago given to tn,
infanta of Spain which cost the sum Of
1900. On the inside Of the shell was writ
ten the gospel for Easter day. It also hell
a miniature bird Of enamel which when Z
secret spring was touched would sweetly
sing twelve different operate selections.
, 1891-03-25

Elihu Burritt was often called the
Learned Blacksmith. He was learned in
several directions, but especially in Ian
guages, aud he acquired much Of his learn
ing while working at his trade Of black
-ra,sN
, 1891-03-25
Cheapest Ice in CHEYENNE.

The Cheyenne Ice company has an IN
limited supply of good clear ice, which it
will sell cheaper than it eau possibly be
bought elsewhere. Leave orders at Rlner
4 Johnson's. or telephone "a
MURRAY & DYER.
, 1891-03-25

Commencing Sunday, Feb. /, 1891, a
through Pullman Palace Sleeper will be
run from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St.
Louis via Denver and Kansas City over
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
RAILWAYS
, 1891-03-25
HAVE YOU A COMPENDIUM OF
COOKERY7

If not go to Underwood Bros. and se-
cure one before they are gone. They cost
you nothing, and remember they will sell
you Just as many goods for a dollar as any
house in the CITY. All goods warranted.
A. UNDERWOOD & BRo.,
3l4 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-03-25
ARNIcArEn EuREkA CREAM

Is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapped hands, rough and sore skin, es-
p~eciallY prepared for this climate and
pleasos everybody, Try it. Twenty five
cent bottles. Druggists,
, 1891-03-25

You can't get something for nothing,
neither can you get a good article for the
price of a moor one. Take coal. for IN
stance. You know what YOU have been
accustomed to pay; don't let anyone make
YOU believe you can G t Rock Springs or
Colorado coal as good as ours for the
same or less money. Yours truly.
RINER & JOHNSON,
, 1891-03-25

Rudyard Kipling set up the type, print
ed and published his first book himself ii
India. and as it had a sale Of over so
comics IL paid all his eHpanscs.
, 1891-03-25

Blank books, writing papers, envelopes
and stationery, agent for Leon. Isaac 4
CO.. celebrated "Glucinum" pens,
!. X. JEFFREY.
90 West Sixteenth Street.
, 1891-03-25

The finest line OF fresh and dried fruits
you ever sAw. Also, a lot of large Goldfish
at A. Underwood 4 Bros.
, 1891-03-25

VISIONS Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of severe
weather.
, 1891-03-25

Ii you want to please your housekeepei
try Jack Frost -four
, 1891-03-25

The T%urnverein will give a gymnas,ic
exhibition aud ball on the 23rd of April.
, 1891-03-25

II you prefer the best Rock Springs
coal, leave orders at Union Mercantile
company and @. @. c~ompany's store.
Telephone CT. VIM. Murphy, agent.
, 1891-03-25

Easter and birthday cards. CHEYENNE
News depot.
, 1891-03-25

Gods blessing to mankind, say thous.
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea.
, 1891-03-25

Wisdom's Robortiue is the only thins
now used by fashionable women to per
petuate a beautiful complexion,
, 1891-03-25
HATES or ADvEHrIsING.

DAILY LEADER, all TRANSIENT advertisements
IuCents per line each Insertion, D consecutive
insertions 5 cents per line, one month 5 cents
per line.
Minor mention notices. among local reading
matter, IS cents per line each insertion.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DRiIy, deIiverta by carrier, 25c. per week.
pei month.
Daily by mail, II per month, 500 for sil
months, sO per year. In advance.
Weekly 500 per anuum sL.Z for ak months,
pa yAble 10 auvhnce-
, 1891-03-25

A full line of school books at Postofhce
book store.
, 1891-03-25

IuTnllds who may yet doubt the ability OF the
Gun Wa Herb Remedy Co. to cure the In
durable ID are hereby directed to write TO any of
the following ladies or gentlemen. each and All
% whom have been benefited or cured by Gun
Wa. Notwithstanding that a large number OF
them had been pronounced incurable, and several
Of them were given up TO die by dozens OF the
most eminent American physicians. We again
say; Write TO any or ALI OF them II you are stin In
, 1891-03-25
w. B. O'BRIEN N,
GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

Construction of Grease Traps. Water and
Sewer Connections a specially. Plumbing in
all Its branches. Prepared to do brick work.
Estimates furnished ON application
once. METROPOLITAN HOTEL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-16
VISITING BALLARD.
Sunday Sightseers Enjoy the Scenes Of
the suburb.

Never since the opening of the electric
line to Ballard were there as many passen-
gers carried in single day as those who
were transported yesterday. From s
O'Clock in the morning until nightfall,
every car was crowded with people coming
and going.
Every one of the churches had service in
the morning and their congregations were
larger than usual. many people from Seat
tie having attended the services.
The streets of the city presented lively
appearance all day as the visitors scattered
throughout the limits of the town or Wis
tied the mills and shipyards along the wa
ter front.
Broadway was particularly patronized
by the promenaders who enjoyed pleas
ant stroll along the broad pianking OF the
avenues sidewalks. The new school house
site was inspected by many and the pros
poets of the city in general, discussed.
Some of the people who are old residents
of Seattle expressed their surprise at the
rapid growth of Ballard and particularly
OF her prosperous looking streets.
The advent of the Great Northern rail-
road was considered the coming fortune of
the city. The location of the car shops
within the city limits was thought to be
one of the best, things the city has In view
and one of the principal sources of building
up the financial condition Of the munich
pality.
BY the time night came on the cars run
ming back TO the city were crowded to their
utmost and the people all in good humor.