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, 1891-09-03

In making the excavations for the new
Trinity Lutheran chapel, on North Sixth
street, beyond Washington, it became
necessary to remove the remains in sew
eralpf the graves in the old cemetery.
In one of the graves, which had been
there seventy-four years, a perfect skele-
ton was found, under the head of which
was a razor, the handle of which had
rotted off. In the early days of tho
century it was customary to bury with
the body the razor which deceased had
used during life. The skeleton was in
a good state of preservation. The con-
tents of the other graves simply consist
ed of a little dust. Among the old graves
is that of General Francis Swain, who
was in the revolutionary war and who
died in lS20.-Reading Telegraph.
, 1891-09-03
Rim .SPECELATLON

Happy is the man these DAYS who has
been a close observer Of the weather and a
student Of climatic conditions. If he can
talk confidently about cloud strata and
condensation aud humidity he can find an
audience eagerly willing TO listen to him.
Interest in Melbourne's experiments has
been aroused to a remarkable pitch in
Cheyenne. Pretty nearly every man met
with has suddenly become an expert
weather prognosticator and the arbitrary
manner in which scientific weather prob
lens are oItcutimcs disposed of is the
wonder and admiration of conservative be-
holders. There are even yet a great many
unbelievers in the capability of Melbourne
but the humber who back their lack OF
faith with their money has visibly de-
creased within the past twenty-four hours.
Some will not be convinced no matter
what happens. They had made up their
minds in advance that no man could pos
sibly do what Melbourne set out to per
form and il the rain came it was a coincI-
dence and that is all. The statement of
the signal officer regarding the storm has
no effect upon these people. Some OF
them are quite willing to settle a dispute
On the subject by a resort to the tistic
arena but Others are good-natured though
quite firmly set in their views.
1t is n noticeable fact, however, that
the committee, which is composed of men
of practical ideas, treat the matter with
entire seriousness and seem disposed to
give Melbourne the benefit Of the doubt.
While they say that one experiment is
not conclusive, yet should the coming eff
fort Of Melbourne prove successful, We
believe they would all willingly enter into
a contract for his temperance here next
spring. with a stipulation, of course, that
a certain amount of rain falls during a
certain time.
Melbourne's next experiment will be
watched with even increased interest.
Should il prove successful and should the
signal officer note the same peculiarities
in the weather and his in-truments as
heretofore, there will be a very large ma
jority OF the people of this town who will
rs firmly believe in Melbourne's power as
though they were co gnizant Of his secret
processes and had a mathematical demon
stratlon OF how the r~ainfalls were brought
about.
, 1891-09-03


Inflicted by the dread Torquemada have
abomInable prototypes In the shape Of
chronic rheumatism and neuralgia. At.
tack these agonIzing complaints before
they reach the chronic stage with the su-
perb blood depurent, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. which will assuredly expel their
virus from the life stream To procrasti-
nate Is to encourage the growth of incipI-
ent rheumatism, which rapidly tightens
its grip upon the system. 1t is the very
octopus of diseases, aud painful indeed is
the clasp of its dreadful tentaclcs. BE
prompt, therefore, take time by the lore.
lock. always remembering that both rheu.
mats and govt. close relatives, are dan
gerous as well as painful. Debility, chill:
and fever. bilious remittent, dyspepsia,
constipation, liver complaint. nervousness:
and kidney diseases succumb to the Bit.
tiers. Appetite and the ability to sleor
well are improved by it
, 1891-09-03

7. II. Backus, lO5 Carlton avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
"Allcock's Porus Plasters are uudoubt-
edly the best external remedy manufac-
tured. | make this assertion to the rub.
lie from my own personal experience OF
their wonderful virtues. Suffering from
severe pains in my side and chest, con
tracted through a severe cold, | applied a
couple of Allcock's Porus Plasters upon
going to bed at night. The result was
tina; in eight hours after applying them
| could get up and walk about with very
little pain or ache, when the night previ-
Gus | could neither get up nor down with
out help, nor stoop to emove my shoes.
| have since used them in my family for
various ailments, and have never known
them fail to give almost immediate re-
lief"
, 1891-09-03
CAN TALK WITH THE MONKEYS.
A San Francisco Man Who Is Believed
TO Have Mastered lha sImIan Lingo.

A San Francisco Man Who Is Believed
to Have Mastered rhe-sImian Lingo
A mysterious individual haunts Wood
wards gardens to whom is attributed
the gift of couversing with monkeys in
their own language. He is a little old
man who has seen about three score
years and ten, but as he is always alone
and speaks to no n very little is known
o him. For nearly a year past the
old gentleman has daily visited that
former popular resort, deposited the en-
trance fee, and as quickly as his feeble
strength will allow and with eagerness
depicted on his scanned and weather
beaten countenance proceeds at once to
the monkey cage.
The monkeys recognize him and set
up a chattering and bowling that would
CRATE on a sensitive persons nerves, but
the old man does not mind it a bit. He
enjoys it, and beams on the q%uadrumana
that make every effort to reach him
through the iron bars with an expression
that would lead one to think that his
soul was wrapped up in them.
Finally, the noise subsidies and the old
man gazes into a dozen comical expect
ant faces pressed against the bars, with
twenty-four pairs of bright eyes looking
at him, and utters a few cultural sounds
that astonish and please the monkeys.
He perfectly initiates the sounds of most
of them, and all arrange themselves in a
semicircle and with great seriousness
listen to all he has to say. Sometimes
his tone is serious, when all the monkeys
put on a very abject expression and look
as sorrowful as a monkey can.
Then again, when the tones are differ
emit, the monkeys will dance about with
every evidence of delight, and all begin
to jabber at once, until the old man
points his finger at one of the largest.
All remain silent while he seemingly
carries on a conversation with one of the
older ones, initiating all the grimaces
and actions of a monkey as well as any
human being could.
Sometimes the conversation lasts an
hour or more, when the little man bids
his friends adieu until the morrow.
1t is said by some that the little man
was once a sea captain, whose crew was
murdered by the natives on the coast of
Brazil, and he made his escape to the
forests of the interior with no COM
panions but the monkeys for many
months, and subsisted entirely on the
wild fruits and other food berries that he
could gather. 1t is supposed that he OBJ
tanned some knowledge of their method
of communication during the months of
his enforced residence in the wilderness
that enables him to engage the attention
of the monkeys at Woodward's Gardens,
When accosted the old man will not
reply, and his mysterious behavior is a
source of much comment.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
, 1891-09-03

A"S hhh w ""'' W ai'f 'f'M'"
Washington and Independence squares
give illustrations of the wonderful power
of tree growth. In 1888 the commits
sioner of city property took up with the
good idea of naming the trees, 1t was
shown that the growth of the trees would
either force the labels from their staples
or else cause them to stand out in a hori-
zontal line. The commissioner at once
had the staples drawn, but for all this in
some cases the labels have been torn
from their hinges, while others stand
out from the trunks as if they were in
tended as platforms for birds to rest on.
The soft cells, as soft and tender as a
mushroom when growing, have yet
power enough with ease to lift these
metallic plates by the edge and force
them into a horizontal position. Any
one could lift one of these to such a posi-
ton if the finger could be gotten for a
half inch under the plate, but imagine
the force which a sort Of yeast like sub
stance must possess, which, getting I'M
der but perhaps the sixteenth or eighth
of an inch, a yet elevate the plate to a
perfectly horizontal line!-Thomas Nee
han in Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-09-03

1t is about time hat parties were be-
ing made up for excursions to Mount
Hood, 1t used to be a regular thing for
parties to be made up to climb that
mountain about this time of year. the
month of July being generally consid-
cred the most favorable month for max
ing the ascent. For some reason such
parties are rot so common of late. Since
parties spent the night on the mountain
and burned red fire there on the evening
of July 4, the ascent of the mountain is
not looked upon as much of a feat
Portland Oregonian.
, 1891-09-03

Isaac Dixon several months ago came
to this country from England and went
to work as n laborer in a rolling mill at
Passaic, N. J. He drank ice water to
excess Thursday and died Saturday as a
result. Since then it has come to light that
had he lived seven months longer he
would have received a large state in
England. Why he came here and hired
out as a laborer 40 one appeared to
know. He was to be married within a
few weeks to a young lady of Paterson.
Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-09-03

Y IL Hood, a citizen of Frankfort,
Ind has been subject to epileptic at
tacks, and, in consulting a young doc
tor by the name of Perkins, decided to
take his treatment, which consisted of a
small pill to be taken every night before
retiring. In a short time he began to
turn blue, and today he is as blue as in
digo, His entire body is blue, with his
face and hands a deeper hue. The doc
tors can ascribe no cause for the change,
and the best skill has failed to restore
natural color. Cor. Cleveland Leader.
, 1891-09-03

The atmosphere of the Colorado desert
is SO clear, owing to the absence of mois-
ture, that small objects at u great dis
lance seem close at hand. All sorts of
illusions deceive the eye. A man far
away ON the plain assumes gigantic
stature. Ranges of hills take on Won
derful effects of color rose, violet and
yellow. The phenomenon of the mirage
is developed on a gigantic scale. Noun
tains below the horizon rise into view,
and vast lakes of clear water invite the
traveller to turn aside for refreshment.-
Washington Star.
, 1891-09-03

A New York father, who in common
with most of the men of today settles a
great many of the trifing affairs of life
by tossing up a cent, received a rather
sharp rebuke Sunday morning. The day
was inclement, and his wife and young
daughter of the tender q of eight were
undecided on the matter of churchgoing.
"Oh," said Miss Edith, after the discus
sion had lasted two or three minutes
without a definite conclusion, ''let's do
as papa does, flip a copper and settle it,
heads we go tails we don't, and say no
more about it."-New York Times.
For a number of years | have been sui
"et to violent attacks of inflammator
rheumatism which generally lasted abou
two months. On the first of this mont
| was attacked in the knee and suffered
severely for two days, when | procured a
bottle of ~Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it
relieved me almost instantly. | thei efore
most cheerfully recommend it to those
who are similarly afflicted e~veryShere.-
r, d WHITLEY. Martindale, N. c.,
February, 1883. Mr.. Whitley Is a very
prominent man in this place and his dis.
ease was very widely known as he suffered
such severe rain. w. NJ. HoUsToN &
Co. Martindale, N. G. Fifty cent bot.
ties for sale by druggists.
, 1891-09-03

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
oorns 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. E. Roedel, Druggist
, 1891-09-03

The story started in Kate FieiFs
Washington that bachelors are taxed 81
II head IN Wyoming is being taken seri
ously by the press Of the country. 1t
should be unnecessary to DENY such a fool
ish story which originated in the some
what prolific but ]iaucilul brain of
maiden Kate herself.
, 1891-09-03
The PI.cina of an English churoh.

Often in the furthermost end of an
aisle or transcept, recessed into the wall,
or but slightly standing out of it, brack-
ct fashion, may be seen the small piscina
that was used in old times when there
was an altar there. Besides these, only
much more rarely, a piscina upon the
ground may be seen. This is a small
hole upon the floor Mt the east end of the
church, south of the altar. If there were
no piscina into which to pour the water
in which the chalice was rinsed, we
might assume this was intended to carry
it away, but in three out of four ex-
amples known there are piscine on the
walls as we'll
These ground piscin@ have been no
ticed in st. GATHERINGS chapel, in Car
isle cathedral, and in the churches at
Utterton, in Lincolnshire; Little Caster
ton, Rutlandshire and Hevingham, Nor
folk. 1t has been suggested they may
have been madet to carry away the wa
ter used in the conservation of the build
'n0,-Gentleman's Magazine.
The senior proprietor of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years, which were sure to lay him up ii
not dcctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is reliable.
1t opens the secretions, relieves the lungs
aud restores the system to a healthy con-
dltion. If freely used as soon as the cold
has been contracted. and before it has be-
come settled in the system, it greatly
lessons the attack and often cures in a
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe cold. -North,oestern Hotel
Reporter, Des Moines, la. Fifty cent
bottles for sale by druggist.
, 1891-09-03
ARE you a believer or an unbeliever?

HENRY ALTMAN claims to be working
upon a scheme to draw the sun closer 20
as to bring Wyoming within the banana
belt We suspect, however, that Mr..
Altman is talking through his hat.
, 1891-09-03

All bright, beautiful and fascinating
women are made more charming BY the
artistic use of Wisdom's famous Rober.
tine. 1t enlivens the most regular beauty
by adding freshness, purity and brilliancY
to the complexion.
, 1891-09-03
A Complete ESTABLISHMENT.

Fred Shaefer is now located in his new
quarters on Sixteenth street and has the
most complete tailoring establishment in
the state. His stock of goods is large
and will shortly be increased by the receipt
of a fine line of new goods.
His workmen are first class and any one
who wishes a handsome properly made
suit of clothes should give him a call.
, 1891-09-03

Go to Germania Hall if you van a
good, pure and undulterated 5 year old
Stonewall whiskey, 81 90 per quart.
, 1891-09-03

A scholarship in the Wyoming Normal
and Business College is a safe and paying
investment.
, 1891-09-03

IaALH LEADER, all transientRdvertisements
~ rents per line each insertion, s consecutive
insertions & cents per line; one month 3 cents
per line.
Minor mention notices. among local reading
o alter, 10 cents per line each insertion.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
LruIy delivered by carrier, CSC. per week,
1pei month.
Daily by mail. 81 per month, $500 for six
months, SIC per year, In advance.
Weekly. 500 per annum. sl.2i for six months,
pa va ole In uvauce
, 1891-09-03

Call at David's drug store for soda
water.
, 1891-09-03

Lemp's 81. Louis beer Is
pH draughk at the STOCK
ETch dngC:
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How Insects Breathe.

Ii we take any moderately large insect
say wasp or hornet-we can see,
even with the naked eye, that series OF
small spotlike marks run along the side
OF the body. These apparent spots,
which are eighteen orstwenty in mum
Der, are in fact the apertures through
which air is admitted into the system,
and are generally formed in such a man
ner that no extraneous matter can by
any possibility find entrance.
Sometimes they are furnished with a
pair of horny caps, which can be opened
and closed at the will of the insect; in
other cases they are densely fringed with
stiff interlacing bristles forming filter,
which allows air, and air alone, to pass;
but the apparatus, of whatever charac-
ter 1t may be, is so wonderfully perfect
in its actions that it has been found i'm
possible to injure the body of a dead in
sect with even SO subtle medium as
spirits of wine, although the subject was
first immersed in the fluid and then
placed beneath the receiver of an air
pump. The apertures in question COM
municate with two large breathing
tubes, which extend through the entire
length of the body.
From these main tubes are given off
innumerable branches, which run in all
directions and continually divide and
subdiyide, until wonderfully intricate
network is formed pervading every part
OF the structure and penetrating even to
the antenne.-Lutheran Observer.
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Cod and Herring.

Between 10000, ,0O0, 900 and 100, ,00O,-
100000 codfshes are taken from the sea
around the shores of Newfoundland
every year; but even that quantity
seems small when we consider that a
single cod yields something like $780,
600 eggs each year.. and that over S,OOO,-
100000 eggs have been found in the roe
of single cod. A herring of six or
seven ounces in weight is provided with
10000, 900 ova. After making all reason
able allowances for the destruction of
eggs and of the young it has been cal
culated that in three years single pair
OF herring viii produce 154. .0o0. .0O0.-St
Louis Globe Democrat
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New Ahbrexiatinn

A lady tells story of a young man
who had come from the country to the
city in which she lived, and in short
time fancied himself quite equal to any
social emergency. He never asked advice
on questions of etiquette, and in conse-
quence he made many mistakes. At one
time the lady issued cards to dancing
party, and among the invited guests she
included this rather conceited and ex-
ceedingly awkward young man.
He was to be out of town at the date
of the party, and SO was unable to ac-
cept the invitation. At the foot of the
card he read the letters r. S. V. P, and
was much perplexed as to their meaning.
However, he was nothing daunted by his
ignorance, and wrote a note declining
the invitation in as formal and stilted
terms as he could command, and after
signing his name added the letters NJ. S.
C. c.
On his return to the city after tlre
party he went to call ON the lady, and ir
the course of the conversation asked.
'By the way, Mrs. Clapp, what did yo,1
mean by R. S. V. P. at the endDf the in
vitation you sent me?"
why" replied the hostess, without a
note of surprise in her polite voice,
"they stand for the French phrase, Re
pondez, sill vous plait'-Answer, if you
please"
ooh, yes! Well, l was all right, then!'
said the young man in tone of much
satisfaction. 81 thought should hit 1t
in my answer"
"Now that you speak of it, said his
courteous hostess, 81 do wish to ask yo11
what M. S. G. c. stands for l can't
imagine, and l can't find any one who
has ever seen the abbreviation usedI'
''Oh," replied her visitor airily, 'sthat
meant Mighty sorry couldn't come. l
should think that was plain enoughl''-
Youths Companion
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Using Dirty Water

According to an Austrian journal, one
OF the most extensive velvet manufac-
tories in that country has adopted very
original and effective method in the
publication of its waste waters. Briefly,
the water, colored with analine and diff
ferent vegetable dyestuffs, and which
often looks like ink, is purified by a sys-
tenn of cleansing basins. There are three
basins employed, which communicate
with each other, SO that the water flows
easily from one to the other.
The dirty water runs at the commence
ment into the first basin, in which it col
lects during the day, remaining there
some twenty-four to thirty hours, the
greater part of the impurities being thus
deposited, and the upper layer of the
water becoming more or less clear The
sluice gate is then opened and the par
tally cleansed liquid escapes into basin
number two, while during its flow lime
water is let in to precipitate the remain
ing impurities, the contents of the basin
being allowed to remain standing for
some thirty hours, during which time
the liquid, by reason of the lime water.
becomes fairly clear.
Finally, the connecting channel be-
tween basins two and three is now opened
and mixture of sulphate of iron and sui
phate of magnesia, or bitter salt, is made
to flow into the escaping water, which,
after standing some thirty hours, is al
lowed to escape into the river or creek.
OF course, dye houses which have a
grass meadow near by can advanta-
geously make use of the irrigating sys-
tenn
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-25
Electricity Defined.

1 was standing on the back platform
of street car the other day when a
high school boy asked the conductor,
What is electricity
The conductor made some testing re-
ply, when the lad, as if to show off a
lesson he had just learned said, ''Elec-
tricity is a manifestation of energy
How delightfully."- defnitei What an
accession of knowledge the boy had re-
ceived when he memorized that defni-
toni No scientist can define electricity.
but the bootblacll who calls it juice is
more precise than the high school lad
Buffalo Express.
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When the Confederate army was pour
ing through Richmond, on its march
toward the Peninsula, the soldiers re-
ceived constant and substantial tokens of
the good win of the people Of the region.
Women and children thronged the side
walks, pressing on their defenders every
thing which the scanty Confederate lar
der could supply, while from many of
the houses gloves, socks and comforters
rained down upon the companies. Mr..
I. G. DeLeon, in 'fFour Years in Rebel
Capitals" gives an incident connected
with this march of the sort which is
calculated to move the roughest soldiers
heart.
The southern soldier was ever a cheer
full animal, with general spice of sar-
donic humor. Refreshed inwardly and
outwardly, the men would march down
the street, answering the waving hand
kerchiefs at every window with wild
cheers. Nor did they spare any amount
of chaff to those luckless stay-at-homes
encountered on the streets.
"Come out'r that black coat!" II
know ye'er conscrip'! Don't yer want
FER go for sojer?" Yere's yer chance ter
git yer substertootr'
1ACSC ceuu SIul1dT S1OuLS, I6V6l6Q at
the head of some unlucky wight, brought
roars of laughter from the soldiers and
from the victims unsympathetic friends.
At one house pale, boyish looking
youth was noted at window with a
lady. Both energetically waved hand
kerchiefs, and the men answered with a
yell, but the opportunity was too good
to lose.
"Come right along, sonny" was the
cry. "The lady'n spare yerl Here's a
little musldt fur YEP
CAN right, boysg" cheerily responded
the youth, rising from his seat. ''Have
You got leg for me too?" and Colonel
F. stuck the shortest of stumps on
the window seat.
With one impulse the battalion halted,
faced to the window, and came to "pre-
sentr' as their cheers ratified the win
dows of the block. That chord had
been touched by which the roughest sol
der is ever moved