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, 1891-02-27

The parent of insomnia or wakefulness
is in nine cases out Of ten a dyspeptic
stomach. Good digestion gives sound
sleep, indigestion interferes with it. The
brain and stomach sympathizes. One OF
the prominent symptoms OF a weak state
Of the gastric organs is a disturbance OF
the great nerve entrepot the brain. In
vigorate the stomach and you restore
equilibrium to the great centre. A most
reliable medicine for the purpose is Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters, which is far
preferable to mineral sedatives and pow,
erful narcotics which, though they may
for a time exert n soporifo influence upon
the brain, soon cease to act, and invariably
injure the zone of the stomach. The Bit.
tiers, Of the contrary, restore activity &c
the operations of that all important or
gan, and their bene6cent influence is re,
f1ected in sound sleep and a tranquil state
OF the nervous system. A wholesome
impetus is likewise given to the action Of
the liver aud bowels by its use.
, 1891-02-27
DOUGLAS NEWS.

Special Correspondence.
DOUGLAS, Feb. % Business here is
rather quiet Just nOw, but a big improve
ment is looked for in the spring. The
numerous irrigation projects which are on
foot and which will be carried out as soon
as the weather permits, cannot but help
Douglas aud make it the banner town OF
the state.
During the past week Mr.. A. X. Mer-
rift bought. the Charley Clay property in
Douglas for 81, $50. Mr.. Mckay, a New
York banker, who already owns consider
able property here, purchased the Fuhr-
man business flock, consideration uu-
known.
George Powell, one of the most enter
prising ranchmen on the La Prele, has
bought the water right Of the La Prele
Ditch company. aud will commence at
once on the work of building a ditch
which will cover 1000 acres of fine land.
Mr.. Burns, a ranchmAn living near
NSlens on the Platte. was unfortunate in
having his arm broken yesterday. The
injured member was set by Doctor Will
son.
Trains on the Elkhorn railroad are
snowbound lis miles east Of here and we
have had no trains in today. Twenty five
passengers for the west are waiting al
the Valley house for the delayed train.
, 1891-02-27

DR.. Van Dykes told this story: l am
reminded Of a preacher who preached
from the text. And Enoch was not"
He went on to explain hat this text was
incomplete. "Now, brethren" said he,
you may not know in what way Encch
was not. To fnd this ont, we must ex-
anime the teAt carefully in the light of
the context. Firstly, Enoch was not an
Episcopalian, because he walked with
God and did not dance. He was not n
Baptist, because he walked with God
and did not swim. He was not a Pres
byterian, because the context tells us
that he walked with God at all, and he
was not n Methodist, because we are
plainly told that God took him. New
NOrl Sun
, 1891-02-27

Juues Hogg. a Scotch poet known as
Tie Ettrick Shepherd, was a close OBJ
server Of life under many different forms
and coalitions. A conversation with a
follow shepherd upon the habits Of the
salmon Is reported, in which shrewd
native reasoning is shown. 1t brings ont
the Scotch love Of metaphysics.
Shepherd maintain that ilka sau-
mo comes aye back again frae the sea
tli pawn in its ain water.
i1iend-Toots. toots, Jamiei Hoo can
it manage till do that? Hoo, in the name
q wonder, can a fish, travelling up a
turbid water fra the sea, know when it
reaches the entrance to its birthplace. or
that it has arrived at the tributary that
was its CRADLE
Shepherd-Nan, the great wonder TO
me ia no hoo the fish get back, but hoo
they find their way till the sea first ava,
seein' that they've never been there
afore!-Youth's Companion.
, 1891-02-27

1t is an interesting fact that the first
use to which petroleum was put in Eng,
land was not that of n luminant. Its
chemical composition rendered it a most
useful medium for preserving substances
which have n strong affinity for oxygen.
Chemists employed it in preserving po-
tassium and metals possessed of kindred
qualities. Hot naphtha, it was discov-
cred, dissolved phosphorus and sulphur,
and deposited them OIL cooling. 1t was
found to be, too, an excellent solvent for
gutta perchs, ca~outchouc, camphor,
fatty and resinous bodies generally, and
hence it was extensively used in the arts
for these purposes. Its great use, how
ever, is as a source of artificial light, and
Notwithstanding the present use of coal
gas and electric lighting the employ
ment of petroleum for this purpose still
increases.-Chambers' Journal.
, 1891-02-27

The engineers on the Fairhaven and
Southern railroad in Oregon nave struck
another natural phenomenon only sec
ond to the DEVILS Breadpan." The
gap of five miles in the track two miles
beyond the boundary is a low, swampy
place, which it was found necessary to
pile. A forty foot pile was driven right
into the swamp. and then another was
driven over it. But the second pile
would not stay down. AS soon as the
driver stopped pounding the pile began
to rise again. Pound as they would the
workmen could not make that pile stay
down, for at every blow it seemed to
cry ''resurgam, +" and rose again as soon
as the pounding eased.-Singleton Gal
COnrier.
, 1891-02-27

One the seventh floor of the St. Cathe-
rine flats, at Fifty-third street and Madi-
son avenue, a particularly pretty NAL
tese ktteI has the good fortune to live.
Her favorite %snoozing place is on the
e a Of n of the windows overlooking
the court yard. This window happened
to be open for a few minutes the other
morning, and the kitten, quite carried
away by the novelty of the idea, stepped
out upon the window ledge to take a
cats eye view of the yard below and the
surrounding country generally.
An instant later her paws slippAa
from under her upon n piece of ice and
over she went. She fell a trihe of some
six stories and then landed feet fore
most just upon the extreme edge of the
roof of one Of the outbuildings. But so
terrific was the force with which she
landed there that she bounced from off
the roof like a rubber ball, and after
this instant's respite continued on her
headlong journey toward the ground.
She landed on her feet again, shook
herself for a moment just to see that
she was all there, and her giving vent
to a faint yowl Of triumph, as one would
say, "How's hat for high2' picked her
way toward the house again with a de-
lightful air of nonchalance and totally
oblivious to the fact that she has only
eight lives left to her credit.-New York
Evening Sun.
, 1891-02-27

What is termed telpherage, or the con.
veyance of parcels by electricity along
lines Of wires placed overhead, is little
known in this country beyond the stage
of experiment We have little real need
Of this device to assist commercial bust,
ness. In South America, however, tel.
pherage schemes appear to be propitious
TO the speculator, and a line has been
constructed 1856 miles long, which places
Buenos Ayres and Montevideo in com
munication. Across the La Plata there
is a swing for the wires of nineteen
miles, and the initial start for this jour
ney is afforded by two towers go feet in
height, 1t is intended to dispatch letter
boxes between the two cities at intervals
of two hours. New York Journal.
, 1891-02-27

The principal elevator builders in New
York are adopting the multipolRr low
speed motor for the operation Of the
pumps Of hydraulic elevators. Some OF
these low speed machines are being con-
nected direct to the screw shaft of pas
senger elevators, while some are belted to
power elevators in the ordinary manner
The motors are equipped with self oiling
bearings and with self feeding carbon
brushes, by which all the trouble some
times experienced by attendants unfa-
miliar with motors is obviated.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
, 1891-02-27
Tom Jones, Rabbi RANCH.

Tom Jones, a worthy colored man,
living near the Northeastern depot in
Athens, has domesticated a large colony
Of the old field gray rabbits. Tom has
about twenty-five breeders, and says
that rabbits are raised as easily as chick
ems They run at large in the yard, and
become as tame rs house cats. They in
crease very fast, and sell readily at ten
cents each for pets or cooking purposes.
There are always orders ahead for them.
They grow very fast, and from one pair
he can raise more rabbits in year than
the best hen will raise chickens.-Atlan-
ia Journal.
, 1891-02-27

'Rnst, little stsEsr," her sisters said
Violet purple And Wild rose red
Rest dear. yet till the sun comes out,
TIL the hedges bud, and the grass blades sprouL
We are safe in the kindly earth. and warm
In the upper world, there are sleet and storm
oh, wait for the robins true clear note,
For the sound OF a drifting wing ahOat;
For the laughter bright OF an April shower
To call and wake you, sweet Crocus flower"
But brave heart Crocus said never a word.
Nor paused TO listen for note Cf bird
Or laugh of rain drop. In rough green vest
And golden bonnet herself she dressed,
By the light of a gloWworm's friendly spark.
And softly crePt up the stairway dark,
Out through the portal Of frozen mold
Into the wide world, bleak and cold
But somehow n sunbeam found the place
Where the snow made room for her lifted face.
Madeline S Bridges in Ladies' Home Journal
, 1891-02-27

The great drawback, - said Mr.. RicL.-
ard, one of the agents of the Hamburg
American Packet company. ito crossing
n ocean quicker han we do at present
is the expense of coal. More powerful
engines could be built which would in
crease the speed, but these engines would
require 50 much more coal. The steam
ers of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Packet
company now consume about go to $50
tons Of coal a day; IL $50 tons were
needed daily, these steamers would be
run at a loss, for, besides the cost of and
the valuable space required for the addi-
tonal 100 or SO tons of coal, more n
gineers, more stokers, etc. would be
needed. But if we went t o an unlimited
expense for the most powerful engines
in the world the gain Of time in crossing
the ocean would not be more than eight
or ten hours, so long as coal is used.
II have great faith, however, in cleo
tricity some day or other taking the
place of coal for the propulsion Of ocean
steamers, and when that is brought
about they will be run much cheaper.
The weight of the coal does not make
the steamer slower; that has nothing to
do with it. Sometimes a weighted
steamer goes faster than one that is not
weighted, all depending upon the wind
and weather.
steamers can never go as quick as
locomotives, because they have TO con-
tend against water and air, whereas the
railroad airs have only air as a resist
ance-Assuming the maximum speed of
a locomotive to be about sixty miles an
our oyer short distances, it may be said
that it goes three times as rapidly as a
steamer, although the average time made
by the fastest limited express train is
only twice the average time made by a
fast steamer Epoch
, 1891-02-27
Their Only Medicine Chest.
William ~ II Mlllnr nnnrlndrn Mn

- IAthANAhe
William W. b. Miller, Deerlodge, Mon
tana, writes:
Il have been using Brandreth's Pills
for the last thirteen years. and though |
have had nine children, l have never bad
a doctor in the house except three times,
when we had au epidemic OF scarlet fever,
which we soon banished by a vigorous use
of Brandreth's Pills. 1 have used them
for myself two or three q night for a
month, for liver complaint, dyspepsia aud
constipation. In diArrhGl, cramps, wind
collie, indigestion, one or two BrAndreth's
Pills fixed the children at once. A box
OF pills is all the medicine chest we re-
quire in the house. We use them for
rheumatism, colds, catarrh, billiousness
and impure blood. They never have
failed to cure all the above complaints 10 a
very few days"
, 1891-02-27

Dudley C~anesucker went into a res.
taurant on Broadway and gave an order
for some fried calls brains. After he
bad waited almost half an hour. DUDLEY
said to the waiter:
well what about the calls brains2H
The waiter shook his head and init
mated that the outlook was gloomy.
Whats the matter with my brainsT'
There amt any, that's all " replied the
waiter, looking at Dudley sadly.-TeIas
Siftinps.
, 1891-02-27

Beware OF the electric light. This is
a warning sounded by a correspondent,
and a warning that should be needed.
The use of the -incandescent lamp IL apt
70 be highly injurious to the eyes if pre-
cautions are not taken with regard to
shades or globes. Plain or cut glass is
particularly noKious. In all cases the
little illuminatnr should be shaded with
a green or thick white shade, and the
glass should be frosted. 1t is said that a
number of men in the clubs are suffer-
ing with sore Eyes, entirely due to the
improper shading of the club lights. -
London Letter.
, 1891-02-27

THE figures Of the first census
bulletin from the division oil
pauperism and crime when com.
pared with the report Of the census
of 1880, show an actual increase of 1906
in the numoer of penitentiary conyicts.
The population OF the country in 1880
was 50,l55, 1888, The number of con.
victs in penitentiaries at that date was 30
$50, or, including the leased prisoners,
1885, The rate of convicts to the pop.
ulation was 100 10 zach million. The
eleventh census shows the population to
be 60, go, $50 and the number OF c%onvicts
IS. 233, the ratio of conyicts to the popu
lauon being 100. en- increase of only
thirteen TO the million,
, 1891-02-27

"Ah, l like this snowl"
g.g--EHH

"Ah, 1 like this snowr'
"Yes!"
Yes, indeed"
Good day for umbrellasg'
"On the contrary, a good day for snow
shovels. The trade thus far in snow
shovels has been backward for two sea-
sons. As a large wholesale grocer, my
cellar has been stored with several tons
of snow shovels for the past two seasons.
Now it begins to look as though we
could raise the wind and the snow with
EN-"
But suppose the present blizzard
doesn't hold outy'
What then? Why, sir, nothing on
earth, especially in Michigan, can beat
the ingenuity of n wholesaler. Why
why-hem-why, we'd just get out those
forty gross Of fly screens we nave in the
cellar and rush 'em at half OF. "-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1891-02-27

A p~ostofice clerk of sixty years ago
tells us that in those days it was a com.
mon circumstance for men in the log.
ging swamps in winter to wr1te letters
to their friends on birch bark. They
took a small quantity of copperas with
them, and by sleeping maple bark with
1t made a very good quality of ink, and
used the quilts of the partridge or crow
for pens.-Brunswick (Me.) Telegraph.
, 1891-02-27

Recent statistics show that French
railways annually kill one person out Of
each 1000, 900 carried, while in England
81, 000, 900 are carried before one meets a
violent death in a railway accident.
French railways annually wound one
passenger out Of each 500, 900 carried;
English, one in each $50, 900; Belgium,
one in each 1850, 900, and Prussia only
one in each 1000, O00.-St. Louis Repub-
iir
, 1891-02-27

Machine for Shaping and Boring Post Arm.
An ingenious machine is used in Eng.
land for preparing telegraph post arms.
These arms are usually made from the
best selected English oak, and vary in
length from two feet to four feet. They
are in the first case planned on the four
sides by means of n special planning ma
chine, and then sawed to the exact
length required by means of a double
cross cut saving machine made specially
for the purpose. The arms are then
passed on to the shaping machine, which
rapidly and effectively does its work.
The machine is quite self contained, and
has the driving shaft placed overhead and
supported upon standards fixed to the
main bed The arrangements for deal
ing with the various lengths Of arms
have been carefully worked out. At the
official test of the machine the wooden
arms were finished ut the rate of three
per minute. New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
, 1891-02-27

George Perry, convicted of grand lar
ceny at the November term 1889. OF the
Court of the First judicial District in and
for Laramie county, Wyoming, and SEN
sentence beginning on the 5th of Decem
Der. 1889, will apply to the governor Of
the state Of Wyoming for pardon on the
10th day OF March, 1891.
Mas. MARY JANE PERRY.
Cheyenne, Wyo., 18th day OF Febru
airy, 1891.
Subscribe for The Leader
, 1891-02-27

Every Italian in the service of the pope
has been dismissed. and the duties of the
domestics in the papal apartments, both
in the antechamber and the interior, are
transferred to foreigners. An inquiry
had shown that Crispi had several secret
agents in the Vntican.
, 1891-02-27

Grow fewer yearly. By the recent ex-
tension of the Union Pacific, the old trail
from Cheyenne, north to Douglas aud
the Black Hills country is now occupied
by well equipped trains. This new line
makes easy OF access the rich mineral
lands of Wyoming. Fast trains, good
service. and low rates.
, 1891-02-27

Mr.. Caminetti, who has been awarded
a sea in the next congress, is of Italian
parentage, but a native born Californian,
and he is said to be the first man from
California in either house who was born
in the state.
, 1891-02-27
HAVE YOU A COMPENDIUM OF
CO0K FRY9

If not go to Underwood Bros. and Sc
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 10 the city. Ali goods warranted.
A. UNDERWOOD & BRo.,
3l4 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-02-27

Little Dot feeling of baby's skuIl-
Mamma, was bsby's head this way
when you bought himY
Mamma-Yes, my dear.
Little Dot-One Of the clerks must a
dropped him.-Eew York Weekly.
, 1891-02-27

The Wyoming Ice Company has been
succeeded by Ellis, Sluas l. Shaver, sue
cessors to Ellis, Over & Sloan.
Give your orders for ice to Ellis bread
wagon, or 10 Sloan d Shavef's milk
wagon. n. II. ELLIS,
SrnAN & SuAyFp
, 1891-02-27

The interest bearing part of the nation
al debt amounted to about 1913, 000, 900
at the beginning of last month. This is
the only part of the debt which is burden
some -ENchanne
, 1891-02-27

Dolley-Did she say you nay, old man;
Goslin-She wasn't so considerate rs
that. She used a plain and emphatic
''nn."-Munsey's Weekly.
, 1891-02-27

JAILY LEADEE, all trnnsfentRdvertisements
40 cents PEI line each insertion, 8 consecutive
Insertions 5 cents per line, one month S cents
ner line. ~
Minor mention notices. among local reading
matter, Is cents per line each insertion.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
usdIy, delivered by carrier, sc. per week,
lpeI month
Daily by mail. 81 per month, 500 for stu
months, elO per year, in advance.
Weekly, 500 per annum sl.25 for six months,
payable 10 advance.
, 1891-02-27

Picture framing at Turn
bHLI's---dH neiU nnOHIdfngS
--fae patterns.
, 1891-02-27

Subscribe for The Leader.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05

West Tenn. Wing: The Wing fa>
vors the coinage of silver to that
point which will supply all the ne
cessities of trade. We wish to see
silver enough in circulation to pre-
vent the contraction Of the currency,
but not enough to cause initiation.
Any legislation, by any party, that
turns loose upon the country a de-
preciated dollar is ruinous to the best
interests of the people. Backed by a
magnificent credit, the government
might make liberal increase in its
coinage of silver before the point OF
depreciation was reached, and hence
the Wing favors going that far. AS
to the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, it is platitude about on a
par with the old exploded greenback
idea.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05
More Trouble at the East Tennessee
Mines.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. L.
There is more trouble in the mining
region at Oliver Springs. There has
been another reign of terror there
during the last three or tour days. 1t
started Friday night, when the free
miners got on a drunk, shouldered
their Winchesters and marched on
the houses where the negro miners
were employed.
A number of negroes fled in terror.
Others more bold called on the Presi-
dent of the company for protection,
He secured the names of 10 of the
leaders of the mob and took out war
rants for their arrest. The men fled
to the mountains, though the officers
succeeded in capturing two. They
postponed their trials, and Saturday
the white miners struck because theil
demand that the warrants against
the ten men be dismissed was refus'
ed. There are now no men at work
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05
Horrible Fall.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 1,-Satur-
day the west span of the Great North
ern bridge, over the north fork of the
Columbia river, six miles from CO.
lumbia Falls, fell, carrying with it
nine men, three Of whom are dead,
three thought to be fatally injured
and another wounded so badly that
his recovery is improbable. -Four
immense guy rods fell from the top
and struck the support of the false
work, causing it to give way. All of
the framing was nearly completed
and only the last span was to be bolt
ed. The span was sixty feet long,
and the men fell in an awful crash of
timber and iron, a distance of eighty
feet, two being pinned under several
feet of water.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05

Leaf-Chronicle, penned just after
eating his thanksgiving dinner:
blessed is he that has rheuma-
tism, for he wants no more, and will
never have anything else. He never
gets lonesome, and takes no trouble
for his pains. He is never without an
excuse for staying at home when he
don't feel like going to church, and
may with impunity take something
for his stOmach's sake when cold
chills are chasing each other up and
down his spinal column and shooting
electric darts all through his anat>
omy. He is constantly reminded
that he is a living being with an
acute sense of feeling that the disease
never kills, and nothing else can
tackle him while that is on. And
then the most comforting thing OF
all, he feels certain that the angels
will come when the rheumatics
leave"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05
Guards for Convicts.
Nashville Herald.

Nashville Herald.
Superintendent Wade is here to-
day, and is endeavoring to secure
guards for convicts to be taken to
Briceville, Big Mountain and Coal
Creek.
He has been authorized to secure
100 men for each place. They will
be paid for by the lessees, and the
question will hereafter be determined
whether the State will bear a part OF
the expense. The convicts will be
sent to East Tennessee as soon as the
guards are obtained.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05

We do not publish anonymous commu'
nicatons under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub
lish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as a guarantee of good faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib
utes Of respect ETC., are charged for as ad
vertising matter. Simple announcements OF
deaths, marriages, etc, will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-05

NOTHING particularly new has de-
vel0ped in the Speakership contest at
Washington during the last week.
Each candidate and their friends are
prosecuting a vigorous canvass. Eff
forts are being made to induce some
Of the weaker candidates to with
draw, and their efforts may prove
successful before the caucus convenes
today. Tennesseans are still hopeful
Of the final triumph of McMilhn.
The latest news from Washington
gives Crisp the lead, but it is general
ly admitted that no nomination Will
be- made on first ballot.