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, 1892-03-04
Some Of His Characrerlsucs.

Whatever else may be said of him Col
Inns was a very strange man. He found
no recreation or delight in the usual ways
or associations of men in the prime of
life. He neither smoked nor drank. For
the theaters he cared absolutely nothing,
and during his eight or nine years resi-
dence in Cheyenne he was probably never
within the doors of the opera house. He
certainly had no scruples on the score of
theatricals, but plays were annoying
rather than amusing to him, and he sim
ply staid away from them. He cared
nothing whatever for books and it is very
doubtful if he ever read one after he left
school. 1t was much thesame with news
papers. he was positively ignorant of
current events. Such local news as he
heard usually came second hand through
conversation, and the same was true as to
general news. He kept himself posted in
a general way on financial matters and
probably read more or less from some
publications devoted exclusively to bank
ing, but that was all.
He was an attendant more or less regu-
lar at the Presbyterian church while he
lived here, though it is veiy doubtful if
he ever concerned himself over theologl-
cal distinctions of any sort. His mania
for business may have influenced him
ever in this direction.
His main recreation particularly since
the establishment of the Cheyenne
national bank seemed to be found with
his family and in conversation with his
friends or acquaintance. HIS compan-
ionship was made VI to a very great de-
gree on a sort of business basis. For
society and society people he had an ill
concealed contempt. The man whom he
most highly respected and whose friend
ship he courted was the financially solid
man. He was gifted with a good deal of
tact and was a close student of human
nature and loans which he oftentimes
made were based not so much on the
security offered as the character
and quality of the individual as he
judged them. When ne is judged by
the hard and fast rules and the conserva-
tive limitations Of a banker-of a man
who is the custodian of other peoples
money-he will be found to be perhaps
less of a banker In a literal sense than a
speculative fnancier. One of his most
remarkable qualities was the ability with
which he r~ecouped himself after making
a bad deal. He dabbled in real estate,
ranches, mining property-some of them
strictly speaking, rather risky in their
character-but the way he would finesse
and twist and turn to get himself out in
good shape was little less than marvellous.
Blu. considering his life long training
and the absolute necessity for accuracy in
the banking business, the most extraordi-
nary feature of his strange character
was the phenomenally careless way he
managed his own private affairs. He
seemed to trust mainly to or
loose memoranda or even chance.
Through sheer carelessness his real estate
has been several times sold for delinquent
taxes and his counts with individuals
have oftentimes been at odds and ends.
He was never known to dabble in stocks.
As to Collins as a man there will be
many different opinions. He had many
bitter enemies here but he also had warm
be shaken.
, 1892-03-04

Receiver Foster of the Cheyenne ma
tional was seen last night and asked what
effect the suicide of John w. Collins
would have in the settlement of the busl-
ness which he is effecting.
None whatever" was the reply. Il
have not counted on recovering anything
which Collins may owe this bank. l have
considered him a financially ruined man,
hence his death will make no difference
whatever in the amount which we have
counted on realizing.
, 1892-03-04
Certificate of Publication.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,0
STATE OF WYOMING.
CHEYENNE, Wyo, Feb. Is, 1892.
1t is hereby certified that the Queen insur-
ance eompan OF America, in the state of
laws OF this state and Is authorized to transact
the business of fire insurance in this state for
the current year.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the day
and year last above written.
Seal Q. W.
Auditor and eX-Onicio Insurance Commis-
sioner. RINEK & JOHNSON, Agts.
, 1892-03-04

james Nicholson, John McNish and
John McGinnis of LaBarge, Uinta
county, have five cars of verv fine hay
fed cattle feeding here, en- route for the
Chicago market. They report a very
mild and favorable winter for stock of all
kinds.
, 1892-03-04
Jack Frost is the best in the market.

Ives VanSchsack, for the past three
years with B. B. David, is going to open
a first class drug store next to the post
office March l and will be pleased to see
all his friends and make things pleasant
for them.
, 1892-03-04
Fred Bohnstead, Manager.

A new establishment for the sale OF
new furnishing and second hand goods
has been started on the corner of Eigh-
leenih and Eddy streets with Fred Bonn
stead as manager.
, 1892-03-04

Notice is hereby given that from and
after the LIST of March, 1892, / will moi
be responsible for any debts contracted by
my wife, Nora Vandyke; and | warn all
persons who deal with her that they will
do so at their peril.
BEN A. VANDYKE.
, 1892-03-04
Ask your grocer for''Jack Frost" flour.

Through passenger trains, through
freight trains, via the Chicago, Union
Pacific & Northwestern line to the
principal cities east of the Missouri river
via Omaha.
, 1892-03-04

JOB Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1892-03-04

Don't fail to try Jack Frost
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
RUSSIAN EXiLES.
The Dull Monotoncrs Round of Life in
 Siberia.

 The Dull Monotoncrs Round of Life in
 Siberia.
 A Russian exile writing to the publi- cation, Free Russia, from the polar re- giops. describing the wretehedness of that life, came to speak of the diversion the exiles get from an occasional ar rival of the mail. and says: Our intel lectual life is no better. Fortunately we have books i7, various languages. Almost all of US read good deal; many spend whole months in reading; some even study seriously. Bnt there is no life, no encouragement, no freshness in it all; nothing 10 animate the dull, me chanical 'cramning up of English words or solving the mathematical problems. The real interest Of our in- tellectual life gathers round quite an other center. For us the first of all things is the arrival Of news from the outer world. Once in three CT four months the district post brings us a bundle or two. Some of the letters are lost, the packages are broken open, many thinGs are missing, the books are torn and soilcd, at least third of the parcs arc zone from the newspapers and plar,lzines; but what does that mattcr! The post brings at least a few numbers cf periodicals with ''fresh" news, or Q few new books; it brings to each of ITS halfa dozen letters from otr,relativcs aad if ndS If you people in Europe could only know with what agitation VIC vc t'e coming
 
 of the post-hoU a3raiT inpatient we grow during the last month of eX- pectation-wlth what nervous anxiety we count the hours-the minutes!
 'sThe arrival of the post is a positive epoch in our life. It is q piteous sight when some unfortunate gets nothing; the way his lips will begin to quiver, and the convulsive efforts he will make to force a smile and not break down. There is a great deal of difference in the way people read their letters. Some rush up, seize upon their prey, and hurriedly escape, as though afraid some one would snatch it from them; others collect all their letters, examine the en- velopes and seem afraid to open them; others, again, are regular epicures; they open their letters, look at the handwriting, run through passage here and there, then finally hide their letters until they can get alone in their own rooms, and in the meantime try to pick up scraps of other peoples news.
 ''There, there, that will do! Only write as often as you can, and don't worry about me. If only my health doesn't go to pieces can stana all the rest.''
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
TIE GIRL BACHELOR.
How She Secures tho Luxury of an Inde-
 pendent Home.

How She Secures tho Luxury of an Inde-
 pendent Home.
 It is getting to be much the fashion for unmarried women now to have homes. rather than to live in hotels or boarding houses, says Boston corre- spondent of the New Orleans Time Democrat. Apartments of all kinds and at all prices are to be found, from the two rooms and bath to the house. keeping suite, but it develops the home feeling to have ones own suite, ones own furniture and arrangements. Near ly all the new apartment hotels provide small suits for one or two persons, where steam heat and hot water go with the rooms. The tenant pays for his own gas and provides for himself tor herself) furniture, service and food. The expense, of course, varies with the locality. For instance, in one of these hotels, located on Copley square, the finest part of the city, T lady has suite of two rooms and bath, with private nall and two very large closets for trunks, etc.. of which the rent is five hundred dollars year.
 Having her own books, pictures, bric- 2-brac, bookcases, mirror and writing desk, she required only furniture for the bedroom ard Q rug, sofa and chairs for the little salon. Window draperies and portiers were got up out of the pretty and inexpensive ''scrim' tweuty-fve cents 8 yard and the entire cost Of furnishing was within one hun dre6 dollars. The hotel had a dining room on the European plan, and sine also had a gas stove, on which it was easy to make tea or coffee in the morn ing, and with cream, rolls and fruit the dainty breakfast is very easily ar ranged. Her rooms are tasteful and charming, and the entire cost of living does not exceed eighteen dollars a week, while. such a suite in hotel on the American plan would not be less than fifty dollars a week.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
AN OLD TITLE.
It Dates Back to 1864 and Is Transmissi-
 ble in the Female Line.

It Dates Back to 1864 and Is Transmissi-
 ble in the Female Line.
 By the death of the Dowager Lady Falmouth her eldest son, the present Lord Falmouth, succeeds to one of the most venerable titles in the English peerage, says the Pall Mail Budget. The barony of Le Despencer was created by writ of summons in 1261, and the name of Hugh Le Despencer was of historic note in the reigns of Edward IT. and Edward III. The barony being a barony by writ was transmissiblc. where male heirs failed, in the female line, and a succession of heiresses carried the title of Le De- spencer in the families of Beauchamp, Neville, Fanes and Suspicion. After three centuries of abeyance, 1t was re- vived in favor of Sir Thomas Stapleton, who became Lord Le Despencer in 17SS. The eldest son died in his fathers life time, leaving an only daughter, Mary Frances Staplcton, who, on her grand fathers death, became Baroness Le Despencer in her own right. The little heiress was then only nine years old, and she was the only young lady who ever made her debut in society already a peeress in her own right. Lady Le Despencer soon bestowed her hand, her heart and her beautiful place, Mere dith, near Maidstone, on a young bar rister = Mir. Evelyn Boscawen - who shortly afterward became Lord Fal- mouth and lived to be so well known in the racing world. The venerable title of Le Despenccr thus became merged in the superior though much more modest dignity of Viscount Falmouth, and there it must remain unless some future Lord Falmouth shall have daughters only. In that case the wis count of Falmouth, being like the com mon run of modern peerages, transmits sible only in the male line, will pass to the nearest male heir. If there are more daughters than one the barony of Le Despencer will fall into abeyance among them. and if there is only one she will blossom out as Baroness Le Despenccr, and if she nlarries will carry away the title into her husbands fam fly.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
kALAKAuA,S NAVY.
He Had to Pawn the Guns in Order to
 Get Food for the Soldiers.

He Had to Pawn the Guns in Order to
 Get Food for the Soldiers.
 "Reminiscences of life in the southern seas were being told by a number of ac- quaintances, says the Seattle Press Times. They were all commercial travellers, and two of them had been to the islands.
 ''Old King Kalakaua's ambition to own navy" said one, tended in one of the best bits of international comedy I ever heard of. I think the story, which is perfectly true, is not generally known, and 1 have never seen it in print.
 "For years the genial old barbarian had gazed upon the greatness of the navies of other nations and cherished the desire to be represented and have the dignity of his kingdom sustained by a real armed cruiser.
 ''The more he saw of the warships of other nations lying in his own harbor the more it preyed on his mind. It last the happy day came when he had saved enough notwithstanding the eff forts of his cabinet officers, who tried to tempt him to play freeze-out and other games of hazard, to buy & navy for his beloved government. He had already selected the vessel he was to buy.
 "It was the American ship Ethan Allen, a serviceable craft bought of Americans and armed with four ten pounders.
 ''T'hen Kalalzaua conceived an idea of reciprocity with Samoa, the nearest neighboring group whose dignity ap- proached that of Hawaii.
 ''Onc fine day the Hawaiian navy sailed off on it's mission, and in time reached the harbor of Apia. The flag of the sugar islands was a pretty sight to the commander of the vessel, and the gorgeous 'man-of-war' drove the Sa- moans nearly wild with envy.
 ''A brass band, made up of Kanalsas, played the national anthem every night for lights out,' and every day the dusl1y crew strutted along the beach and looked disdainfully at the poor na- tives of Apia.
 After awhile the stores ran low, and the Hawaiian navy was still two thou sand miles from home. The command CT went to the merchants of Apia and ordered store of salt-horsc and sea- bread. They wanted their pay in ad- vance. The naval officer told them with considerable dignity to charge it.
 "'TO whom? they asked.
 "'To King Kalalzaua,' was the reply.
 "'Who is hep came next.
 "The officer pitied their ignorance, but he couldn't enlighten them enough to get any stores on tick. He finally pawned the beautiful ten-pounders for enough to last during the homcward passage.
 ''Fhe navy is now anchored in the harbor of Honolulu, serving as quar- antine station. It is said that the last days of the king were shortened by this setback in his life's ambition, and that, frequently, when he looked up from an ace-high hand, there was a pearly tear on the side of his nose. Ob- servers thought it was because he couldn't win that he wept, but his cabi- net officials, who sat at the game, knew differently"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
Indian Artists.

All our North American Indians paint, and the patterns vary with the individ- ual, with the family and with the occa- sion. From notes made upon Sacs and Foxes painted for the dance we will give but one or two cases. One mans face was painted black, except around the eyes and mouth, which were scarlet Upon his forehead was a neat check cred pattern of yellow on the black background. Another face was divided by vertical line in two parts. one of which was bright yellow. the other an equally bright green.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
SHAVING WITH vAsELINE.
It Doesn't Always Do to Believe in New
 Schemes.


 Schemes.
 As nurses are often called upon to provide shaving materials, we recom- mend the following: "A friend of mine a few months ago told me how to shave easily and painlessly. The plan is to use oil or grease, instead of soap, to prepare the chin and soften the beard. Vaseline is the most convenient, aud it should be rubbed in quite freely. Then, with keen razor. shaving can be done quickly and without the suspicion of pain. At first I couldn't reconcile my self to doing without the orthodox father, and used soap after the vaseline had been applied. But the soap is really unnecessary, and shaving with oil or vaseline is cleaner as well as pleas anter, and, what is more to the point, there is no irritation whatever to the skin"
 Such was the theory published in a New York weekly journal. Had it re- mained confined within the limits of the paper that gave it birth. says the National Barber. no harm might have been done, but, unfortunately, several journals of repute and standing. ever ready to grasp a progressive innovation, boldly announced that vaseline was the only article with which a man could remove his beard. Perhaps the author of it tried it on Q very cold morning, or perhaps his razor was blunt, or per. haps-and very much more likely he was playing little trick on an unsus- pecting editor. Doubtless he never sus- pected that powerful and influential -dailies would proclaim the method an infallible one without investigation. As a result. thousands of old men. middle aged men and youths are vowing ven- geanee against the man who recom- mended such a Painfrl operation.
 Having sound tooth drawn is trife coInpared to shaving with yaseline.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
His Heart MES True.

Twenty-eight years ago a young Irish girl of Downpatrick refused to marry and accompany her fance to New Zea- land, for the reason that she could not leave her mother. The old woman en- tered the almshouse, where her daugh- ter cared for her until she died short time ago. The former lover, who had become rich in New Zealand, heard of 1t and sent a ticket to his sweetheart. who is now, at the age of fifty, on her way to New Zealand. and the first time be- yond the limits of her native town.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06

Immigration Agent, 4,, T. dt s F R. R.
 623 Rialto Building, Chicago, IL This railway passes through twelve states and territories and having no lands of it's own o sell has no object in advancing the interests of any special locality, or in giving any other than ab- solutely reliable information. 1t realizes that thc prosperity of the farmers of the great south west means prosperity to itself also and is thus naturally willing to aid the immigrant as much as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
HOW TO BE PASSIVE.
A Delsartian Suggestion for the Benefit
 of Tes chcrSOf Little Folks.

4 Delsartian Suggestion for the Benefit
 of Tes chcr3of Little Folks. The most successful kindergartner has her times of perplcxity and dis couragemeut, says the Kindergarten Margarine. Sometimes for days her work i5 more or lcos tinged with disap- pointino1lt, though to outward appear anee she is the same wise, cheerful leader.
 Sometimes the depression comes sud- denly, but intensely, until she feels like Q ship in Q fog.
 For these states Delsarte has a beauti- ful message:
 ''A body cannot be perfectly active until it cl be perfectly passive" How shaIl the passiyeness be ac- quired?
 First, by wanting it.
 Ne often t.-ia,s we want it when we do ret: as $ s,soFyn by our being dis tr2ctcd 3sT .ic5t and slightest test. 1t i5 c,-..y tC' be passive when there is Eot,s: ;~o:s.: 1otling to rouse our ir1 1.te..v-i .,-, t..s,;-.,.siaction. Iti eo be passive when it is our part |.
 Bet when it is our part to lead s4Ge, to fill with energy an,'Y
 invite passiveness or
 out every thing which
 opposed to it.
 $ opposed to it. pgosed to it. E-.5s,-.si.a f,-,.-.Nsa.., Tn if
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-06
Apply for Information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

Where Sst yGsT @ PSf netgd S92 and 6e i can be duplicated today for 50 per acre. Where on Ts 9ns %6s 2 sroMn a o hf ng f5h a P pdP % which can be bought for SIS per acre. Where %any Bano 9shs5 RT9dges gG9 1 y xegs sgsst bles netted large and larger profits than fruit. tkFE,o q the summers are cool. the winters ssIso' warm, cyclones unknown and mala- ria uaheaTd of.
 lEjhoro there is the best openingin the world ssH|i c for honest industry.
 To ". F. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager A, T. & S F. R, R.
 Or HENRY F. GARRISON,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-02
RnilderI, Contracts.

Thomas Mcdonald with Michael C. Lynch all
carpenter work. etc, FOR building NV corner OF
Post street and 0phir ALLEYS Sl4,5OO.
7. J. Iorhaim with j. Schuler, to erect two
story frame building w tine OF Beaver street,
100 feet w from Castro; $1,000.
Joseph Hyman with Samuel Ickelhemer x
Bros, gas-fttIng and plumbing line of Califor-
MIA street. l25 feet from Cough; Sl4S0
Same with Fl. SEettin, concrete work on same:
1855.
Same with D. S. Mcnamara plastering on same
Sl027.E
George F. Hooper with John T. Grant, alterations
ana additions on line OF Bush street, 2O6:3 feet
W OF Montgomery; 1929.
c. NJ. (. Church with wilton Harvard, carpen-
ter work. ETC., ~ OF 50-vars lot in block 1853 OF
Western Addition, S73Ss; bonds. S738e; c. X.
I johnson surety.
Hibernia Savings aad Loan Society with o. +.
Brady, granite fence, wall and steps ON y w corner
OF MeAlister and Jones streets: $1,000.
Same with San Francisco Novelty and Plating
Works. ali grille work, gates, posts for counters OF
same; $3.50
Same with Fink SCHNEIDER. counter for bank
ing-ro0m of same: S43l5.
Same with Fenton Metallic Manufacturing Com
pany. metallic furniture for vaults; $2l75 05.
Mary barney with Rush Barrett alterations
and additions iGe OF Harrison street. los feet
NE of Fourth. $227O; bonds, $500; George L. Ben
nett
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-02
M. j. SIMMONS, AUCTIONEER,

VIII SELL THIS DAY.
MONDAY, May 2, 1892 at II O'Clock A. N. at 1857
MARKET ST., bet. Sixth and Seventh,
All Of the rich Parlor Bed Ind Dining Room Furni-
ture. Grand Upright Piano, Large French Plate
Mantel Mirrors, Etehlngs and EngravinRs' Fine
odd Parlor Upholstery Wilton Body Brussels Car
pets and Rugs removed from the elegantly fur
nIshed residence OF G. w. Coman, Esq, FrultVale,
for convenience Of sale, consisting IN part OF Grand
7-0etave Upright Piano; handsome Parlor Sets In
Satin Brocateile and SILK Plush OF the latest
shades; Elegant ParlOr Sofas Diy2nS, Easy -chairs
and Fancy Rockers; Eastern Walnut Oak and
Cherry Bedroom Sets, with Large French Dressers;
Fine Hair Mattresses; Pillows, Blankets and other
Bedding; Walnut Plate Mirror Door WardrObes;
Chltouiers; Upright Folding beds: Bookcases;
Massive Sideboard, Palace Pedestal Extension
table and Chairs to match; Body Brussels Carpets:
Hall and Stair Carpets, and large line OF other
Household Goods.
NJ J. SIMMONS Auctioneer
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-02
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.
The Adoption of Its Name by New Town
site Creates Confusion.

site Creates Confusion.
AT the meeting of the South San Fran
cisco Improvement Club on Saturday night
Il was announced that the Market-street
Railway Company promise to run cable or
electric road through their district before
long
Delegates from the Federated Improve
ment Clubs reported that that body would
give its assistance in opposing the location
of the PeSthouse in Sonth San Francisco.
II. c. Birbe, DR.. Mclaughlin and s. Gil
more were appointed a committee to bring
the attention of the Postoffiee authorities
TO the confusion arising from giving the new
town at Baden the name of South San Fran
cisco-a name by which the southern sec
ton of this county has been known for 40
years. 1t was shown that under the pres
ent arrangement letters addressed to South
San Francisco are now carried to the San
Mateo town, where they are opened or
otherwise damaged before being returned to
the old town of that name. The committee
were instructed to request that the San
Mateo County suburb be designated by
some other name.