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STORE ROOM FOR RENT.

The store room OF the 1. o. o. F. in
Rock Springs, WYo.. 10Y occupied by
Gates & Whiperman as drug store and
jewelry store, also postofice. will be
rented to the highest responsible bidder;
can bee possession on the l4th day oil
May 1892. Said store room is 25xIOC
feet. on South Front street, a good loca.
ton for any kind of business. Apply Ia
Thomas Lemsrr, Thos Castle. John Ire.
dale. trustees, Rock SPRINGS, Wyo.. Feb.
%. 1892.
, 1892-03-31

New York. March 3O.-The stock
market is still professional, but there are
two parties IN speculation and under their
influence the market was feverish and un-
settled. The final changes were almost
invariably slight gains.
Governments steady.
Petroleum-Closed at SIS.
Copper-Quiet. Lake $l1 65 bid.
Lead-Dull. Domestic, 81. Is bid.
Tin-Steady. Straits. 19. so bid.
Money on call easy; closed offered at 2.
Following are closing prices OF stocks;
U. s. As registered, 1I5i. coupon, 1l63;
bid; Atchison, 81; Canada Pacific. 50;
Canada Southern, 6Oa. Central Pa
ci6o. 3Us; Burlington, l075, Delaware
Lackawanna L. Western. 1881: Denver 4
Rio Grande. preferred. SGT; Erie. 300;
Kansas 4 Texas. l5a; Lake Shore. 1888;
Louisville 4 Nashville. 72s, Michigan
Central. 1921; Missouri Pacific. so; Nor
thern Pacific. %, preferred, 81;
Northwestern, 1871; preferred. l4I bid;
New York Central, 1l4t; Oregon
improvement, %; Oregon Naviga-
ton. IS; Pacific Mail, 35; Reading.
57s; Rio Grande Western, 81; pre-
ferrej. 70; firsts. IT; Terminal, IL;
Rock Island. s53; Milwaukee 4 st.
Paul, 1911; St. Paul & Omaha, Att:
Texas Pacific, lOt; Union Pacific, 44s;
Oregon Short Line, 253; U. s. Express,
46; Fargo Express. AZ; Western Union,
S74; American cotton oil. 363; Lead
Trust l9t.
CHICAGO, March 30. Observation-Disclosures,
$4,000. Market steady to strong. Good
to choice steers. 80. 1904. 823; others,
So 25(93.80; stockers, 81. 0O(93. IS;
Texans, 50. 40(93.9 90.
Sheep-ReceIpts. 5000. Market slow,
weak to lower. Ewes. "a. 0O94. rs;
mixed, IS. 50@5 81; westerns, IS. 50@
6.l5.
, 1892-03-31

Nothing varies 80 much in value as
pearls. With them fashion affects the
market constantly. Sometimes white
ones are sought, while other tints at in
teryals are in demand. For some years
past black pearls have been the rage. A
fine specimen, worth $500, will fetch
81, 900 perhaps if another can be got to
match it perfectly.-Ksnsas City Times.
, 1892-03-31

Through PASSENGER trains. through
freight trains, via the Chicago, Union
Pacific q Northwestern line to the
principal cities east of the Missouri river
via Omaha.
, 1892-03-31
Don't fail to try Jack Frost.

The latest styles of fas hionable station
cry have lust been received at Van
Schaack's drug store pharmacy. Call
and see them.
, 1892-03-31

A customer with tender feet should be
fitted with shoes late in the afternoon.
The feet are then at their utmost size,
for activity enlarges them.-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
, 1892-03-31

Call at The Leader Office and examine
the specimens of wedding invitations, Wis
itlng cards, dance programs and fine sta
tionerv.
, 1892-03-31

Advertise in The Leader.
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rhe rauper labor CORN.

If the Republican party-that is, the
protected manufacturers want
to legislate to protect American work
men against the pauper labor of Europe,
it viii ask its president to continue in
definitely the twenty days quarantine
now placed ON passengers from Europe.
The immigrants have nothing to sell
when they land here but labor, and the
continual stream of this commodity
pouring into this country tends to keep
wages down to the European level, Just
as certain as several connected bodies
Of water will tend to common level.
Break the connection aud it is possible
for one body of water to become and re-
main higher than the others. Stop i'm
migration and it is possible for wages
piece wages-to become and remain
higher here than in Europe. There is
some doubt, however, if this is the in
tention of the manufacturers. The last
thing they would think of doing would
be to put up barriers between their mills
and the cheap labor of Europe. If
European labor is cheaper than Amer
ican they want free access to it, and
they have it and nsa it IN disnlaca Amer
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livered the same day to the baron, and
in a month afterward, while he was
seated in the counting house, man
entered and asked for the second pay
ment of the promised income.
But the man was young, scarcely
thirty years of age, of a vigorous con
stitution and great muscular develop
ment, and looked as if lie would live
for hundred years
But you are not the man." ex-
claimed the astonished banker.
Excuse me, baron, said he, 81 am
indeed the man"
But you appeared at least eighty
yea1s old, y id the baron.
But, sir, am only thirty, > said the
man.
I'm fact, continued the baron. s.I
thought your venerable appearance
did not belic your assertion. F."
Il have wonderfully recovered - an
swered the man, thanks to your gen.
erosity"
The baron laughed heartily and gave
orders for the payment of the money,
exelniming:
.Ai, you are an excellent comedian
and have taken me in thoroughly
II am probably the first who has
done so. " replied the Jew, politely bow
ing to the millionaire.
For several years NJ de Rothschild
paid the monthly allowance; but then
this porcelain service is so exquisite
that lie saw no reason to complain
Boston Globe.
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The rights of the average baby do
not seem to enter into the calculations
of economic and social writer's. and the
champions of the abused innocent rare
ly appear in public print to do battle
for the little sovereign of the domestic
kingdom.
In the first place, no intelligent mind
can comprehend why the little creature.
who hates with a hatred no less deep
that it is expressed in shrIeks and walls
the yards of lace, linen and other fun
merry in which it appears in public like
perambulating dry goods shop, should
be compelled to suffer the indi1nfties
thus heaped upon It Clothes must.
like the other evils of life, be borne.
but that twenty times the amount
necessary should be swathed around
the tender body that should have only
the lightest and warmest covering. Is
adding insult to injury, and, speaking
seriously, the injury IS very great
Chicago Graphic.
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chIIdren ana rraae.

Don't the children bother usr, said
a Felix street merchant in response TO a
question. '.oh, little, of course; but
it pays to have patience with them.
Once enlist the chiidren's trade and
you have that Of their parents. You
remember that schoolmaster who said
that he ruled his village because he
ruled the children, arguing that they
ruled their mothers, who in turn ruled
their husbands7 Wen, there Is a great
deal of truth in that a great many
good retail businesses have been built
up by attention to what you might call
the children trade.
They make free with everything
about the store, to be sure, and get in
your way, or romp, but tell you It
pays to hunor them. If you treat them
roughly you can reconcile yourself to
the fact that you lose that family's
trade The youngsters never forget
that sort of thing. II you want to ruin
a good business the safest way Is to let
the boys understand that they are toll
Grated only when they have business
and no longer. More than one house
has queered itself in that way. Give
me store where the children come ia
and just act as II they owned It, and
III bet that place is making money. .
st. Joseph (do.) News
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s.Say, boyi" he called to lad who
was passing the doorway to a dentists
Office ON Woodward avenue.
t'Yes, SIR"
I'D like you to go upstairs and seeif
the dentist is i'm
''Yes, sir. Got the toothacheF,
s.Just little-nothing Of any conse-
quence. Didn't really have to come
down, you know, but thought would. .
s.See if he's in, chr
Yes He won't be in at this hour.
don't suppose, but youcan see. Aches
just trifle, and suppose I'm foolish
enough to pay any attention toit. Just
look in and see II he's there, and here's
n quarter for YOU
The Lad ran mp and took look. and
the man faced the street and began
whistIing In a couple of minutes the
messenger clattered down stairs.
HE isn't in, of course, observed the
man, s'and might as well go home.
didn't exp
.-oh, but he's inr interrupted the
'sThe deuce he isl'' shouted the suf-
fering man, and bracing his hand
against his Jaw he began climbing the
weary stairs TO the chamber of fhorrors.
Detroit Free Press.
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coMPAssEs ARE PROHIBITED.
No Guides to Direction Can BE Carried
within the Mammoth Cave.

No Guides to Direction Can BE Carried
Within the Mammoth Cave.
II suppose that people will laugh at
my remark, but it is true, nevertheless,
that there is one place in Kentucky
where a man is not allowed to carry or
wear a compass said Colonel Sam
Mattorn, of Covington, who twirled a
peculiar watch charm in the corridors
of the Grand Pacific hotel.
..Yes, it might even be a dangerous
proceeding to attempt to conceal one
of these magnetic guides about your
person, for If some one of the human
lynxes that are about should tumble
there might be trouble
Maybe you mean that compasses
arenot allowed in distilleries, " suggested
little dried up man, who could not
resist joining in.
'iNo, sir. have reference, sir, to
the grand and unexcelled Mammoth
Cave, sir, the pride of all Kentucky,
sir. You never heard of man outside
of the paid guides, who are about as
uncommunicative to outsiders as so
many telegraph poles, carrying com
pass into that cavern, unless he con-
cealed it very carefully. A compass Is
a thing feared by the managers of the
cave as much as miners fear coal damp. -
Cant see why7" interrupted the lit
tie man. Suppose fellow were to 90
in there and get lost. He'd want a
compass to find his way out. I"
s.Sir, you ought to crawl into staIae-
mite and crystallize. Can't you under
stand that the syndicate that controls
the cave does not want lot of people
competing with them7 Another ap-
proachable entrance or two would
be very likely to spoil their mo-
nopoly. Were man able to take a
compass with him and book to record
declinations, offsets and distances, he
could start at the mouth and survey his
route on paper.
Then to obtain the height of the va
rious caverns would be another task
which a few assistants and some light
and geometry would make easy. Then
knowing the angles, distances, depth
and offsets, a man might start at the
mouth Of the cave ON the exterior oI
the earth and lay out his entire route.
When he reached the spot where
the crust was thinnest he might set a
stake and say, Here III Just blast an
entrance into the great subterranean
chainbers.'
"a few elevators and devices for saw.
ing climbing would suffice to attract q
number of sightseers, especially If the
new entrance were more convenient
than the present one. That is why the
guides watch you so closely, and that
is why was forced, but not before ]
had demanded an explanation, to casi
aside this miniature compass which ]
wear upon my watch chain as a charm.
Some ingenious Yankee win bob along
some day and he will elude the vigi
lance OF the guides Result, the perfo
ration of the crust of the earth witt
numerous entrances to our great cave.
Sir. have you tumbled by this timer
Chicago News.
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RoTHscHILo TAKEN lN.
A cleverly Disguised Fellow seeufes =
Life Annuity from the Baron.


A cieverIy Disguised Fellow seeufes =
Life Annuity from the Baron.
Among the various admirable pro-
ductions of taste which the guests of
Baron Rothschild never fail to admire
is a magnificent service of porcelain
of singular beauty, elegance of shape
and finish and remarkable for the ar
tistic richness OF its paintings.
The way in which the baron became
possessed of it is worth relating.
One day an old man, careworn.
wrinkled, feeble and apparently totter-
ing on the verge of the grave, presented
himself before III. de RothschiId. so
Letting the honor of an interview with
the famous banker.
The old man was so aged, so poor
and had altogether so detected an
aspect that the baron was Immediately
impressed with a compassionate feeling
toward him, which feeling became one
of lively interest on learning that he
was a Jew.
1t is well known that the Israelites
are very charitably disposed toward
all their brethren. The aged visitor
took from his bag rich and beautiful
plate, so splendidly wrought that the
baron admired it exceedingly and be
came greatly delighted with it.
Sir" said the patriarch, s.will you
buy this of met have the whole set,
and it has struck me that service Sc
beautiful cannot find a more fitting
place than in the mansion of the prince
of financiers." /"
1T is indeed very fine,p said the
baron How much do you want 70,
the serviceY'
Look you, said the old man. 81
am bowed down with many years and
have not long to live. I am poor. and
wish to end my days In comparative
comfort VIII you, in exchange fol
this valuable set of porcelain, give me
an income for life of 100 francs a
month"; 1t is not much money for you,
and I am so old. y
The baron looked at the poor man,
examined the plate again, and after a
few minutes reflection said:
We'll, be it SO. Here is the first
payment Send me the service and
give me your name, that may have il
entered in my treasurer's books.n
The splendid set of porcelain was de
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pIreet PreaehInr.

Uncle Isaac was a well known char
acter in Connecticut town. He was
a butcher, and a very blunt and out
spoken man. Although member of
the Baptist church, his pastor was
greatly tried by some of his business
habits. and finally resorted to what
would seem heroic measures to correct
them His text on the Sabbath in
question was, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.
Now" said he, '.if a friend Of a
certain man had just 500 and gave
that man 5000 Of it, and the man
stole the seventh hundred, what would
you do to the mang'
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Like many of its pictures this indicates
the evils rather than the benefits of .spro-
lection" Canada, like the low wage
countries of Europe, has s.protection.
Its duties may not average as high as
ours, but because it has small popula-
ton and limited variety of products,
the pinch of protection is much more
severe than in our vast country-the
greatest free trade country ON the globe,
because the productions of the tropical
south can be exchanged freely for those
OF the north and there is no custom
house from Maine to California.
If Texas had remained outside of the
United States it would now be un-Amer-
ican to propose free trade with her pau
per labor products. If Canada should
be annexed the Mckinley wall would
come down, trade would certainly be
advantageous to all and wages would
climb a few points higher. But it is
wicked to think or talk of such things.
Look at the picture againf
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FoH PRESIDENT.
GROVER cLEvELAND. OF New York.
FOR vIcE-PRKsrDEST,
ADLAI Z. STEVENSON. OF illinois,
Fon ELECTORS At LARGE,
SAMUEL s. NINsON, or Wayne
C. WOOD DAILY, OF Marshal
ron DISTRICT ELEcToRs-
1st--M. B. POST. or Harrison.
2d--b. l. BUTCHER, OF Randolph,
su--5yttn a. PRESTON, or GreenbrIer-
4th--JOHN G. MccLUER, OF Wood
STATE EDElIoCKATIc TICKET.
FOR oovERSoR,
WM- A. MAccORKLE, or Kanawha.
FOR AUDITOR,
I. Y. Johnson. OF Barbour.
FOR TREAsURER,
J. NJ ROWAN, OF Monroe.
FOR 4TroRS Ev-GESERAL,
T. s. RILEY, OF Ohio
STATE sUrHnIHTRSDESr or FREE SCHOOLS
vIRGA A. LEWIS. OF Mason.
FOR JUDGES srfREME COURT or APPEALS.
uong tcrm.)
II. II DENT, OF Taylor.
(sliort ferm.)
1l0NEl- A. HOLT. OF 0reenbrIer.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET
FOR coSGREss-FoURrn DISTRICT.
JAMES cAPEHART, OF Mason.
STATE sESAToR-FIFrIr DISTRICT.
& HARDMAN, OF Roane County.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR sIrERIFF,
f. L. NEALE, OF cIendcnin.
FOR PROSECUTING ArroRSEy,
JOHN f. BELLER, OF Lewis.
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
CHARLES $. CHAPMAN, OF Graham.
CALVIN j. EcKARD. Of Arbuckle.
FOR couSTY connIssroNEn.
JOHN HUTTON, OF CIendenin,
FOR assEssoR-FIRsr DISTRICT
HART DiLLARD, OF Cooper,
Second District.
JOHN W. RIMMEY, of clendenin.
FOR SURVEYOR,
W F. MusGRAvls. OF Robinson.
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Tho Mother simpson Proph.a,.s-
Were Mother Shipton,s prophesie.

- ~---- A--~t--
We're Mother ShIpton,s prophesies
genuines
Ursula Seathiely, or Mother Ship
ton, was an English woman who lived
near Knaresboro about 800 years ago,
and in her own time had a aconsiderable
reputation as a witch or prophecies,
but which people were not certain.
She uttered great many prophesies.
which are. in the main, meaningless
jumbles of words and can be made to
take almost any shade of construction
desired. The British museum has a
number of collections of her so called
prophesies. some OF the chap books
containing them dating back $50 years.
But little was thought of them or her
till 1862, when Mr. Charles Hfndley
issued what he claimed was a reprint OF
her sayings, and in this edition are
found the prophesies about railroads,
balloons, iron steamships and gold in
Californian Australia The case was
investigated by correspondents of the
newspapers, and, none of these pre-
dictions being found in the old versions,
the matter was declared TO bea forgery.
In 1873. Mr.. Hindley admitted that he
had forged the special predictions men,
toned, as well as number of others,
in order to enhance public interest in
the book--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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DUTY less amount OF bill....... S2.o05
Proprietor 0biting his lip)-Blast Mr..
McKinley's billi Are you certain there
is no mistake?
Salesinan-The duties are complicated.
but the bookkeepers verified every item
by means of the last United States
senate report on rates of duty.
Proprietor-It's an outrage for a rich
nation like the United States to collect
its taxes over here. We We're poor
enough on this side of the water before
McKinley's bill reached out after our
last few crumbs. If this trade keeps up
must lower your salaries against the
end of the year, for it all comes out Of
the laborers in the end. It is no wonder
all Europe is groaning since 1890.
Salesman-But surely you are not go
ing to pay this duty? Itwould be better
to burn your goods rather than to pay
this merchant 50 900 to take them.
Proprietor-Yes, yes; know. But
we dare not do or say anything against
American protection Just now. If we did
the Americans would be told that British
gold was being used to compel them to
adopt free trace, and that would only
convince the foolish voters there that
they were benefited by protection and
make them cling to it all the longer
Here is my check for $2 ,9O5. Give it to
him and tell him we will always be glad
to have his patronage, but would prefer
of course that he take goods that will
leave a balance in our favor after we
have settled with Mckinley.
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Hang hint" rang out Uncle Isaac's
voice in emphatic response
Uncle Isaac, you're the man. said
the preacher The Lord gave you six
days to sell meat in and you stole the
seventh"
Il won't do it any more, came the
prompt answer, and the sermon pro-
ceeded- And Uncle Isaac kept his
word. d.-Housekeeper.
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lean labor. Don't stop immigration, ("
says Andrew Carnegie; "there is room
here and work for all immigrants" !"
And the laborers have been thirty years
IN getting their eyes open so that they
could see this big humburl
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Tari9 Picture..

The New York Press is still educating
its readers by means of tariff pictures.
On Sept. 81 it said:
.Oficial statistics prove that in Can
ada the average yearly earnings of fac
tory employees are $272.
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MkINLEY INDICATED.

An Actual Transaction In which the
Foreigner Paid n Heavy Tax
Proprietor Ito salesman in large whole
sale house in London)-Did that New
York merchant call this morning?
salesman Yes; and left a big order
with us He will call again tomorrow
to get his bill, and to settle his account
after we have deducted the duty which
he will have to pay to get his goods
through the custom house. He says you
always pay this tax for him.
Proprietor-Oh, yes: we must keep
his trade. Have you made out his bill
yet?
Salesman-Yes; two bookkeepers have
been at work on it. Here is the ac-
count:
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Antiquarians have discovered that
the house occupied by Sir Harry Yans
while he lived In Boston In 1867 &
still standing. in good condition and oc-
cupied, but not in Boston. It waa
taken down, removed to Canton early
IN this century, and may continue to
stand there and shelter the common
people for another two and a half cent
uries- Nobody knows how long q
wooden house win last, but here Is
chance to test the matter. Perhaps Il
may continue by judicious renewals
as long as the dwellings of Pompeii-
1t was built. perhaps, for the Rev. John
Cotton, who was a friend Of the youngeE
Vane, and took him to his own HOUSE
when be came to Massachusetts, to share
the fortunes Of the young colony
Frank Sanbom IN Boston Advertiser.
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"And you VIII not marry me. Miss
HicksT"
'Never. Mr.. Small. 1 do not love
you"
VERY well, am content. Is-@
your younger sister at home. Miss
Hieksz7-Harper's Bazaar.
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1000 yds. alpaca ca in sride5
At S1<c-: duty at &C. per "a.
I'D and 20 per cent $50 ees5
1900 yds- corduroy 27 in
wide) Mt i65<c.. duty at Ifc.
per 50. yd- and 20 per cent. $500 e70o
10000 yds- astrakhan f54 in.
widel at 5fc.: duty az fg1fc
per u. t2s to yd.l and 30
1000 yds- cotton velvet C22 in.
wide) af l3c-: duty l4c. per
50. yd. and 20 per cent-...... $50 a8s2
36,0o0 yds. silk striped cotton
utalian. 40 in. widel at 16,<c.;
duty at l0c- per 50. I'D. and IS
Per cent..-...-. 5.ot0 6.0so
$4,000 sea.5as
20.6o0
Duty less amount OF biIl....... s2.oo5
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A Duty of Twelve Cents Pound Inn
posed Upon Article the Commercial
value of which Is but Two Cents-A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-07

An will shortly retire from the Diplomatic Service.
- suencer St John has thoroughly earned promotion
= na has done much valuable work during his eight
~.rs residence IN Mexico.
GRAND DUKES SKILL AS AN OcULlST.
INA eve cures Of the Doctor Grand Duke Charles
- .ore are attracting crowds OF sufferers TO Meran.
,ral hundred patients seek assistance daily and the
800 Duke is aided in bis charitable labors by his
,ijs end children
HIS HEBREW CLERKS COULD NOT GO.
"a e reported In Berlin that the Russian Finance
rster recently requested Baron Blechroder to send
member OF the firm to ST. Petersburg to confer with
,,s Excellency OH important business, whecupon the
At Jew banker wrote saying that, all the partners
IA employees profess the Hebrew faith, be had no
s,Av TO send for whom passport for Russia could
s. attained. Under the new regulations all travellers
mo enter Russia must formally declare themselves
raisns crossing the frontier and the creed must
~ notified upon the passports.
LORD wOLsELEYs MARLBOROUGH Memoirs
hear that Lord wolseley has finished the first two
,rn,mes Of his memoirs OF the Duke OF Marlborough
rh it is probable that they will be published In the
sutumn. The work is being written on hree scale,
ana these two volumes bring the narrative down only
IN the death OF William III. EDMUND YATES