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DISTRICT SCHOOL MEETING.

Laramie. Wyo., April 90, 1896.
Notice is hereby sison that the
ANIMAL meeting of school district No.
l Albany county, Wyoming, will be
held at the brick school house, Lara,
mic. on Monday, the 4th day Of May, A.
D. 1896, at 1880 p. m, for the purpose
Of electing two trustees to fill the va,
cancies caused by the expiration of the
terms Of Charles E. Golden and Nels
Thobro, and to transact such other
business as may properly come before
the meeting.
CHARLES E. GOLDEN,
214t10 Clerk.
DeWitt's sarsaparilla is prepared
for cleansing the blood. 1t builds up
and strengthens the constitutions i'm
paired by disease. Chas. N. Settele.
Parks Tea clears the complexion.
Sold by Eggleston & Desmond.
It's all the same. a slight cold. con-
geated lungs or severe cough. One
Minute Cough Cure banishes them.
Chas. N. SetteIe.
UNEQUALED SERVICE.
Denver to Chicago via Kansas City
II given via the Union Pacific and Chi
cago and Alton railways.
Through Pullman sleepers, Pullman
dining cars and free reclining chair
carr leave Denver daily. The Union
Pacific il the great through car line of
the west. Ask your nearest agent for
tickets via this line.
3. L. LOMAX,
Gen. Pass. and Tiki. ACT,
Omaha, Neb.
A little Ill. then . little Fill. The
III has gone the pill has won. DeWitt's
L9ttis Early Rissss. tie little pills that
curo great ills. Chas. N. SettoJ.
oh payers in any quantity at this
o0ess = onts pr hundred.
, 1896-04-27

B. NJ. A~USHERMAN,
Secretary,
, 1896-04-27
SERVICE.

A little Ill. then = little Fill. The
III has gone the pill has won. DeWitt's
I4tts Early Rissrs. tie little pills that
uro great ills. ChAs. N. SsttsJs.
, 1896-04-27

Oh pagers in any quantity at this
o0es. = ents pr hundred.
The sun., 1896-02-02

to stop and look at twice. Now nobody pays
tho least attention. The use began among
saw the men keeping warm and con!fortabe
in cold bitter days by the aid Of their big
the girls tried it. They attracted some atten.
ton, hut 1t was Of IA respectful sort. and they
didn't mind. The most uncomfortabl" part OF
wOman's wear.
;, Bat that wasn't a serious drawback because
part Of the woman. Women who sailed in
yachts quickly caught tie use of the new
fangled garment. nnd occasionally one "a" a
the hurricane deck Of n liner for after break.
fast exercise properly bnnGied up against the
But when the women took to the bicycle the
sweater, sweater makers spent some time on on designs
made ,woman's swentcr almost exactly us
they made "A mans except that II was shO!ter
in the waist: There was u very little conces.
times q sweater couid, be laced NJ over the
thought % have been made for the wcarer.
But that wasn't Il success. ana the manu-
facturers made further Improvement. They
knit the garment loose ard free nj the bottom.
so rs to cover the hips well and easily. then
broneht II in sharply at th" waist and let it
out again literally over the bust.
That was decided betterment on The first
pattern. but still il wasn't complete success.
The solid collar which had replaced the lGcci-up
affair Of the first dc>i ign soon got ont of shape
and n dainty. particular wCmln wouldn't stand
tlnl Il nlnNt" even II she would nut lip with
the disarrangcnnnt Of her hair made almost
certain hv pulling the sw cater over hcr he ad
So now womcn's sweaters are made open on the
shoulders with II little row Of buttons on each
side. You unhuttOn the thing at the shuul
dcrs, slide in gracefully and easily with no dis
arrangement Of hair or curls, button It up, and
there You are.
I il" sweaters made for women are of greater
variety III texture and weight than those for
men; The iir~i ones had straight NAL sleeves
w lth the first imDrOTcm ntS bishop sleeves
cam" in. Now tlI"y Lave hi. puf sleeves. For
golf play"s skaters. riders, tennis players. and
bicycle riders they are ma lc of fine wool heavy
aId Scrrircab.c. liut timer quality, more
closely woven, and in two or more COl0rS. so knit
~ t. give il II mixed or striped effect. Is much
worn In :hc mornings By women who are stay
ing at home.
It's very handy. and one may GO in to lunch
con in IL. and nf.rrward even go shopping If a
proper coat enpc is worn over il. A
sweater OF that sort Is very handy thing for Il
woman making long journey by rail.
Next summer will see IL larger usn OF sweaters
And 4 larger development If hc garment itself.
40 dealer would make II prediction TO the
sale or AZ to the next use to which II Is possible
to b" put For anything that takes the wcarcr
iato the open air the sweater is IL useful gar
met. That isn't very specific, but it covers
the whole ground.
The sun., 1896-02-02
OUR FRIEND, ,THESW EATER.
THE THOUsdSD AND ONE USES TO
WHICH II rs PUT.

E,ormoua snie OF Sweaters In This Coun-
try Every fear-Doubt as TO tho Origin
of the Garment-Kindo and Qualities
How the Women Wear tho swrntcrs.
The manager of that department Of ono OF the
biggest sporting goods houses In New York
which handles the sweaters says that his firm
alone in its several store In this city, Philadei.
plia. and chicago. sells annually about $4,000
dozen sweaters. This mans estimate of the
whole trade of The United States in all kinds of
sweaters. cotton, wool, and mixed, light and
heavy weight, for summer and winter wear.was
900, 900 dozen annually. That is, more than
seven million sweaters are bought and used UP
every year in tho United States. one for every
ten persons. Seems like n liberal estimate.
doesn't It? But 1t doesn't mean that every
tenth person uses up one sweater. There are
lots of able. bodied young fellows in schools and
colleges who go through so many of these ex-
tremely useful garments every athletic season
that they do a great deal toward bringing up the
general average. Besides, the sweater las ceased
70 be an article OF mems wear exclusively. 1t
is O common garment tor women, and with both
sexes 1t has ceased to be an athletic badge. Men
wear 1t for every conceivable purpose. and you
don't fully get n conception OF its possibilities
for woman until you have talked with the sales.
woman who handles 1t for large house. A
Sun man saw a very nattily dressed young wo-
man on Twenty third street evidently out shop.
ping. Her coat was open, and the lapcls. thrown
back like revcrs. showed II neat sweater, woven
In two colors. which she was wearing as a waist.
The sun., 1896-02-02
A LONG DISTANCE RUNWAY.
1t Travelled More Thau Forty-avc MiIeI
In Five Hours.

LINCoLEvIILE, Pa. Feb.l. ON Tuesday Alex
andcr Smith Of Bloomfield drove to this place
with a horse and cutter. lie left the horse
standing in the street whilo he stepped into n
shop. The horse ran away. Smith hired
another horse and followed the runaway's trnil.
He followed it all day and part Of the night.
hearing tidings of the runaway at intervals
from persons W hO had seen it. and the news
was invariably that the horse was " Just n hu IN
min" smith drove into Blooming Valley about
- O'Clock at night. Blooming Valley Is forty
Ave miles from l.incolnvillc. and the runaway's s
trail had led him there by devious Mays He
found the horse there. it having run to the
right. So wa the cutter. a good many per-
sons had tried 10 top the horse on the way. hut
IL wouldn't br stopped The horse left LINCOLN
Vile at 10 IN the morning and drew up at
blooming Valley tavern nj 3 in the Afternoon.
This undoubtedly breaks the record for time
and distance for runaways.
The sun., 1896-02-02
MANUEL CTURE ARETTES.
An Average of 300 for Ench Male Adult
Made In Th!s Country Every Year.

About the only fabulous figures" tor figures
thought to br fabulous by many of American
products or manu- fac, ure used to he those of he
corn crop OF the United States, exceeding
10000 900 bushels year. and touching in
1851 the euorn0us total of 2,06O. 100000 But
these mammoth figures the production ofcorn
III the United states are totally cclipscd by the
figures o: cigarette manufacture. the t tai num-
bcr of cigarettes made in this country last year
being 3.G"O. .OUO. COO The total number Of male
persons in the tnitcd States between the ages
OF IL and "a was returned by the last census rs
$50. 600: hut adding tn 81 above II years of
age and making allowance for the increase in
poi uat ION nee go it Is s&f" To sny that there
are lS.OCO.O0O men n"d Toys Of "cgarcite-
smoking axe in the United states. and this
would Civ" m average uf -Oo cigarettes for
each 'nan aud boy in Ihc rrpnhic every year.
prov. .dcG. of course, that cigarette smoking was
general instead Of tcing rs it is. restricted to a
very small fraction ,r the whole popUlat ion.
mostly ia tine c.ti", md large towns.
Auayrragr Of 200 Ci"arc,t tCs apiece a year for
the whc,c male puiGiati"u ~ Tia" c0untry above
the age @! $ ,.Nrs n far dca not only of tie
consumption ot c.rnYr't"-. which IS row almost
stationary In yD,"w". hut tiso Of the rnauu'nC-
iurc OF cignrcit, "hLil IT, practically limited
10 three States. NJ ia" irad "t MI others comes
Ncv ors. wh.ch iu"1I;hriugr- IL 81 year iuet
all MT one. halt Of MI TIA" cigarette, CON 'r"rI
l.sO0Ouu'n'. Hhrn comes Virginia, VITA !,
record last YEA" uf N'tuE 1000, huh 'hlrtl,
Nur,h ,nru',ru uiuronfor'lbiy near III" loot in
Oihrr ini,trf-. of UaGVisrtl'"rr. with 80 .Inb-
I've the rCiEarftc-lnnn iHL hi.sHrN- -nr Hii"F rem
come, uuI,r "a tan" behind. Louisiana WitA
l5n. 900 .uOU, aud Mars land with "i.u0n,D0H
Nrw YORK --tnt" enjoys tie Glstl "i;ou mo, only
ut making, hat "i sin"E,n nIprr cigarettes
tNnn Nny "' i,rr tat" - th" nlnn, "!mr'a, it.
can hc -ald IN "y' .hnnt!uu ot \orth Carol ma
mud Nirr "a 'l.,it ls.ry ma" cigarettes for con-
The sun., 1896-02-02

letc uses to which the sweater is put. In
winter 1t keeps a bicycle rider warm on n cold
athletic sport it plays AN important part. But
the fact which explains the great sale OF sweat
ers is that the garment has got beyond the
point where it is worn By athletes ONLY. Now
everybody who has TO work in the cold uses n
sweater. You see half dozen sweaters in
crossing City Hall square once if you so in the
morning or evening.
The man selling peanuts from pushcart
has one on under his coat The EewsbOy who
trots along ahead of you iammrg an extra into
Tour eyes wears one. The bnotblack who stands
Sn the corner has very heavy one. to keep
gripman on the cable car. aud the conductor
too. under he waistcCat Of his uniform; even
Col. Naring wn.tc uuck-Clad street sweeper
wears one. ina sitting on the hi:. tiagstonc
side Ealk. Chipping il lull of grooves to keep
the FOOTING good. wears Il sweater to keep him
warm. Part OF the padding under the hi. blue
coat OF the policeman is II heavy sweater. Mail
The sun., 1896-02-02
HE PIckrrsI Through the Ice

SALAMAScA. Jan. 3l.--Fshiug through the
ice for pickerel on the Allegheny River amounts
to something The Allegheny River lckerel
are the largest caught anywhere. and the reser-
yRtion Indians the most expert fishermen. A
fre-ponnd Allegheny pickercl is called a small
one. King Tandy, an Indian, fshed near JIM
pckerel. but he hai n back load. The smallest
one weish he'd ten pounds, the largest one sixteen
and half pounds.
The sun., 1896-02-02

able BY American worklncn in American shops
The largest shops are in BrooklNn. and there
are probably more sweater knitters there than
In all the Others combined. One factory alone
employs 800 hands and the machines are kept
constantly Nusy.
The schools and colleges having introduced
the sweater. have gone on now and devised W..
riations. one firm in this town supplies more
than 100 schools and colleges with distinctive
sweaters. M ade especially for the boys or men
at en- Ii school or college. They are knit usu-
ally in stripes of the college CoOrs as the orange
and black of Princeton. or in II sol Id color with
the cnegc name in a different shade. They
range in weight from light. about n pound, to
three pounds, nnd in price from So to 81.
The sweaters worn for business and not nth-
lctic reasons are Just rs distinctive, In sum.
sweaters. pushcnrt pcddlers sell them on the
streets for from - to - cents. In the winter
they get hit;, heavy ones, mostly black. because
they do rot show dirt quickly. Even the guides
II the Adirondacks and Maine W, cd, wear
them. and the man who hasn't one will work
his level best to caiolc the sport" he is guild
ing into promising to send him big swcatcr
from the city. They are likely to be much
lower i'll price at the dry goods or clothing
hou .cs than in the sporting goods stores. But
they are also likely to be cotton or cotton mixed
and not to wear nearly well as the more eX
pcnsive ones. They are cheaper in worth as
well rs in price.
The growth of the use of sweaters among
women is due almost wholly to the rapidly
and constantly incrc ising use of bicNClCs. Five
years ago woman in II sweater las II person
The sun., 1896-02-02

It Is difficult to tell Just whore the sweater
originated. The Sun reporter has made dill
gent inquiry among tho large dealers in New
York and has not found one who would venture
q positive statement. They as bad as the
naked soul of Tomlinson. whimperin- before
the gates of hell. They had read and thought.
and heard" but not one of them knew. Most
of them said that sweaters were first used in
England. They are n development. two or
three thought, from the big heavy guernsey that
sailormen wear. One man, he who made the
innate as to the number sold in this country.
eaid they came from Germany. where they were
commonly used Us wraps in cold weather.
But wherever they came from. 1t was gen
orally agreed that they developed from the old
jersey. Tho jersey is II mighty serviceable
made Of woven goods. whereas sweaters are
knitted. It was but step from the one to the
other. and the man who first took it must
have made very great fortune II he had had
any suspicon Of the popnlar,N Of his device.
Primarily. Of course. the sweater is an ath-
letic garment. Its main service, is to prevent
taking cold. When n man has done stunts"
on the track until he is in a lively perspira-
tton there is nothing so handy as n sweater for
his cooling off. 1t takes up the perspirati'
and 1t prevents him from getting cool too
quickly. rybody who has ever seen IL foot
ball game knows how il works. The use 1t
Ects on football field is a type of the ath-
The sun., 1896-02-02

for cruise. the imports grew until Il began to
be profitable TO manufacture them here. At
first they loud be imported for less tnan 1t cost
to make n tccm here.
But with the growing demand new machin-
cry was devised for knitting them, and now
there "a almost no Importation. They can DO
made cheaper. more s'rvi"cablu, and more suit
The sun., 1896-02-02
Walking on Suits.

II wonder why 1t is" said the middle aged
man. It tha, more "Oys Ia the city don't walk on
-tiltsi Mnyhr ITS bcrAuso the smooth, paved
walks, and the paved streets don't afford so sure
looiho!d, 81 70 speak. for the ends OF the
sticks, as ihe dirt roads Of smaller places do.
Where lived when | WAS "a boy il was a COM
mon thing at certain seasons u see boys walks
ing on stills; here the sight Is quite unusual
The sun., 1896-02-02

cart drivers, truckmcn, plumbers. gas and
tteam filters. CArpcnt US. inasOu-. hOIISc-Iniths
beggars, and organ grinders ali wear sweaters.
A man found by pDlir.mu living dead drunk
wore u big dark blue sweater over his vest.
This general use OF sweaters is II thing of re-
cent growth. Just as ii took n long time for
athletes to appreciate the availability OF the
garment for their purposes. so II took longer
time Tor the common run 10 understand that n
its sportin value. $wenty Years ago sweaters
were unknown almost in this country. They
came in gradually. and the stocks imported by
the big sporting goods houses We're sold to the
larger COLLEGES, Then the price was high, and
college men spread their use. and the yachting
yAon found out what u good thing sweater is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
Oldest Man in the World,

According to statistics collected in
Germany the oldest man known to be
living anywhere on the earth Is Bruno
Cotrim, negro born in Africa, but now
living in Rio Janeiro. Upon the same
authority is based the seemingly incred-
ible statement that there are 1883 per-
sons living in Bulgaria, each of whom
has reached, or passed, the age of 100
years, making one centenarian to every
1000 inhabitants of that country! Ger
many, with population of $4,000
claims only IS centenarlans, and
France, with a poulation of 10000, 1000,
2l3 centenarians, while Ireland, whose
population numbers only 100000, has
SIS centenarlans.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23

James Shields was elected to the Sen
ate in 1913, defeating his predecessor,
Senator Breese. Shields had distin-
guished himself in the Mexican War.
and at the Battle of Cerro Gordo he
was shot through the lungs, the ball
passing out at his back. His recovery
was one of the marvels of the day.
Shields war record Is believed to have
secured to him mis- triumph over Breese.
When the news of Shields election
was received, lawyer named Butter.
field was speaking of 1t to a group
Of friends, when one OF them remark.
ed: "It was that Mexican bullet that
did the business" YES" retorted But.
terfeld, that was great shot. The
ball went clear through Shields with.
out hurting him, and killed Breese one
thousand miles away"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
A Phosphorescent PARTY.

Monsieur Henry, of the Paris Acad-
emy Of Sciences, has invented a phos-
phorescent starch with which surpris-
ing effects can be produced. Used as
face-powder, it makes the countenance
glow in a dark room with mysterious
radiance. Recently "5-o'clock tea"
was given in Paris after dark, no light
being employed except that supplied by
phosphorescent starch sprinkled over
everything in the room. The carpet,
the ceiling, the pictures on the walls,
the furniture, the teacups, the flowers,
the faces, shoulders and dresses Of the
ladies all glowed and cleaned, making
spectacle that was at once startling
and beautiful.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
Will Not Submit TO Dictate,

The subject Of renewing the /
leges Of the Bank Of France will
ly come up for discussion in the d
Der, after having been In abgt
since 1892, when the senate app
a bill for the purpose.
The bill has not since been mod
and the provisions included in It |
1t Is thought, be adopted without
terial alteration. One of them, u
was to empower the bank to Inc,
Its note issue from 3,500,000,0OO th
to 4,00O,0O0,O0O, was passed as fG |
as 1893. The charter expires on
81, 1897, and the proposal is to eII
1t for a period Of twenty years
that date, in consideration of the
making certain concessions to
state.
Among these concessions Is ON
which the bank is to forego all q
interest on the government debt
100000 francs, and not to demaHl
payment Of the capital so long q
charter is in force. The bank
undertake the service of the mad
debt and transact other bushes
the treasury, both at the head Ofie
branches, free of charge, and mai
annual payment to the latter for
600 francs during the first year q
currency of the new charter and2
600 francs per annum subseQus
1t is to open several new bran
and make advances to agriculturi
operative societies.
1t is not improbable that an
Will be made to convert the bank
a state institution, but such a pr
does not command support elth'
nnancial.or ministerial circles, 81
not in the least degree likely to
with success.-Edinburgh Scotsn
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23

Prof. Marsh, of Yale, has recently an
nOunced his opinion that the remarka-
bic remains Of skull, teeth and other
FOSSIL bones found by DR.. Dubois in
Java belonged to an animal that was
not human, but represented form
intermediate between man and the high
er apes" This opinion confirms the be-
lief Of the discovertr of the bones, who
called the animal ithecanthrOpos, or
"ape-man." The bones were found in
ancient volcanic deposits, and belong,
Prof. Marsh thinks, to the age known
as the Pliocene.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
Does Woman Earn Harp

thousands of women Work I
mines Of Belgium, England anil
wall. In the first-named counts /
formerly worked from twelva
teen hours a day, with no Sund,,
The linen-thread spinners of M,
sey, according to the renort =,
Labor Commissioner, are 4,I
branch of the industry cOmDsrl |
stand on a stone floor in wafer N
round, most of the time barefOm
a spray of water from a reyolvh.
inder flying constantly agalnv
breast; and the coolest night 1,
ter, as well as the warmest IN
mer, these poor creatures mnS
their homes with water drippD,
their underclOthing along Their
because there could not be SDaSl
few moments allowed them whp,|
change their clothing" Yet VI
are exempted" from labor aps
by hardship!
Despite these washerwomeD nj
and linen-thread spinners, we Al.
lit Is woman's privilege genenB
be exempted from the care Of "a,
her livelihood and that of he,
spring"
1t would seem to be time ths
libel upon woman should be w
by fair minded men. From all AM
ty the majority of women hay.
faithful workers, rendering
equivalent in labor for their y
share of the worlds goods. The,
of every industry bears TESTING
this. In our own era, while vi
were still homekeepers, did thg
earn their livelihood? What va
weaving, the sewing, the cOokInl
doctoring, the nursing, the child
"the work that was never done
was not earning a subsistence?
in these days, when woman goes
and receives the reward of her
as publicly as man, she is no
worthy Of her hire. Her ancest
sweet and sanity soul!-did not
of recompense. But was 1t no
due, and shall we refuse to en-
because man was then a self.sut
iSnoramus who deemed himself
only one fit to acquire property,
ular Science Monthly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
DeatroJlnR Erictinn

After calling attention to the fact that
man was content with the use of oil to
keep machinery in running order until
he began to ride the bicycle, when he
demanded some better labor-sayer and
invented ball-bearings, the Scientific
American proceeds to illustrate and de.
scribe some recent applications of such
bearings. They are employed for wap.
on and carriage wheels, for the carrier.
wheels Of cable roads, and for the
shafts Of swift-running machinery,
They practically dispense with the use
Of the oil can and greatly reduce the
amount Of friction to be overcome, thus
adding to the effective power of all ma =.
chimes In which they are used. The
singular fact Is noted that Prof. Bows
of London, showed experimentally that
oan-bearings, when properly construct.
ed, are practically proof aginst wear
He demonstrated this fact by welghino
the balls of blcycle-bearing when thev
were new, and again after they had
been subjected to long service. They
showed no loss of weight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-23
Fiery DraRona-

In the statistical Account of Scot.
land" published at Edinburgh in 17e3
there Is an account of the rare appear
ance' of fiery dragons, which sailed
through the rarihed atmosphere of the
Scottish highlands in the latter part OF
November and the first few days Of
September, 1892. According to the ac.
count, they had fiery red color" and
made their appearance in the north
flying rapidly in an easterly direction
The account adds that many peonle
regarded the phenomenon with mncb
terror because It was indeed n
strange and startling sight to behold