The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-04


of paintings Of rare beauty and value.
1t was formed by Governor Bowdoin
during his residence in Europe, and
numbers many fine pictures, among
them a splendid portrait Of Vandyke,
for which $4,000 has been offered.
There are three originals by Rubens,
one ofwhich, st. Simeon, was an object
Of admiration in London during the
last century. 1t is the identical picture
referred to by Sir Joshua Reynolds in
his lectures before the Royal Academy
as being one Of the finest samples of the
great Flemish painter.
The other day (says NJ. Quad an
agent for a Chicago grocery house was
looking around Detroit to see where he
could pick up an order. He entered a
store on Grand River avenue, and be-
fore Introducing himself he asked:
"Well, how's trader" "Johnl Johnl"
called the grocer to the boy at the back
end of the store, chow much molasses
have you sold this week!n "S-i-x
qparts!" drawled John. "And how
much did we sell last week." give
and a half" "An increase of a pint
trade is picking right up!" said the
grocer, as he turned to the agent
A not uncommon scene occurred on
n Cincinnati street-car recently, when a
plump and rather well-dressed
Of middle age entered in company with
a little girl. No sooner were they seated
than the lady turned her attention to
the child's deporment: .'Sit up straight;
turn out your toes; don't hold your
hands so awkwardly. 1t seems as though
l never could teach you any gentility."
Finally the child settled back stifly into
her seat, and the satisfied mother, ceas-
ing her advice, pulled from her pocket
a scent bag of peanuts which she be-
gan munching ,strewing the shells about
the car with generous abandon. Cincin-
natl Commercial.
A Paris correspondent writes: "Dr.
Gerard has been cast in an action
oSaiilot LII StlIhC olOlltdIdun. IL StlG-
brated and charming actress, whom he
undertook to cure Of stoutness by sham
pooling. He operated 235 times, and
then she, finding herself no thinner, dis
missed him, having paid 600 francs on
account. He claimed 1,730 france.
She alleged that the contract was on
the 'no-cure-no-pay' principle, and her
counsel stating that if he produced her
like Phryne before the Areopagitie,
the court would see that she was as fat
as ever, the verdict went against the
Doctor"
George Mcdonald, the British novel
list, has a family of eleven children.
Girls and boys have succeeded each
other in alternate order, and the usual
regularity in the Mcdonald family has
been utilized by giving to each girl the
sole charge of the brother next in age,
and expecting her to exercise over him
maternal care.
A scheme is afoat in Belgium to pro-
vide a home for retired army officers,
bachelors or widowers without incumb-
rance, on giving up their half pay. A
gentleman has offered q desirable site
in Brussels for the building, and the in
s~titution will partake of the nature of a
club, with the difference that members
will have their bedrooms.
The Turkish naval force is at pres
ent composed of two imperial yachts,
six rron-clad frigates, nine iron-clad
corvettes, two iron-clad monitors, five
iron-clad %gunboats, four ships of the
line, four frigates, eve corvettes, ff-
teen coast-guard vessels, four cannon
sloops, and fi~fty-three other vessels-in
all 116, with 1853 guns. and 16,o3s men
Melons and cucumbers can be plant
ed in square pieces of thick sod, and
placed in some warm place in the win
dow or by the stove, and thus get a good
start by the time there is no danger of