The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-11
some excuse for the builder, rs they bad
held together for 200 years.

held together for 700 years.
Railroad travelling in France is very
safe. Between 1872 and 1875 but n
person was killed out OF 1j,25S, 270, and
one injured in 1,024,360, while in Eng
land during the same period n was
KILLED in 1900 and injured in 336. 900.
An exchange remarks that a great
many people find amusement in study
ing bill boards. And it may be added,
saws the Worcester Press, that their
number is greatly in excess of those
who find any amusement in studying
board bills.
Decorated candles aIe the fancy of
the hour, and the trade in them has as
sumed enormous proportions. They are
chiefly used forornament, the cost being
too great to admit of their babitual
burning. They cost from 80 cents to So
apiece.
\ new bracelet has Il tiny music-boX
concealed in the clasp. This will assist
vain young ladies in quitting on airs"
The Worcester Press says the beauty of
such u trinket is that Il fellow must
have il pretty close to his ear in order
to hear it. But who wants n box on the
ear?
Don't bring ont the Photograph al
bum to show yonr beau the FIRST time
he calls to see you. Authorities say it
is stupid as well us vordant. You
might scare him of ut the first start by
letting him see your grandmother's
picture, with its hint of what you will
look like when you get old.
An English traveller writes; sit is a
mistake to suppose that Americans are
~loquacious and inquisitive. They do
not kick their heels ut Il railway sta
ton; they often go through Il meal
without saying n word; a buzz of con-
versation is seldom heard; their silence
is really oppressive; they are the quiet
est and most orderly people on the face
of the earth"
Four little boys in Sacramento, Cal,
have built n little cabin close to the old
c%hain-gang yard, and there they live by
themselves, scorning the homes which
their fathers offer them. They have no
stove, but do their scanty cooking on n
brick Fireplace, while n plentiful supply
of blankets keeps them comfortable at
night. They earn Il few pennies by
running on errands and doing odd
jobs.
On the corner of Church ard Bar
clay streets, says the New York Even
ing Mail, is II model of a steamship,
which, the inventor claims, will bepro-
PEELED by the motion of the sea. The
pitching of the vessel is to be utilized
by IN iron platform extending from the
keelat the stern. of the ship, the pressure
of the water giving it Il vibratory
motion; a hinged keel the whole length
of the ship is expected 10 communicate
power to the machinery when the vessel
rolls.
From Texas comes the story of n
pretty German girl, Barbara Felehan,
who has become crazed through faith in
a fortune-teller. About nine months
ago one of these prophets told her that
she would meet her future husband in
Dallas, Tex, and gave her his photo
graph. She accordingly left her home,
and on arriving in Dallas, without any
means, obtained u place rs cook in n
private family. Then she began to
search for her husband, and found n
gentleman resembling the photograph
in the person of n leading merchant.
She claimed him ut once, but he did not
accede to her demand, and this 50
upon her mind that she became
The Louisville Courier-,Journal,
is published in a State where
ought to be good il anywhere,
confirms the statement that probably
300 gallons out of every 1000 that are
sold as brandy are made from a vile
compound of whisky swill, distilled
and chemical denominations, and
adds: "And as it is also equally true
Of whisky, what in the name of good
ness are we all to do for something to
1t looks as if we are to be
driven to the pump in spite of us. If
The world ut large knew of what
1illainous stuffs brandy and whisky and
wines are made of, the present crop of
lrunkards would be about the last, or,
1t any rate, all future crops would be
small. Nearly, or quite all the liquors
hat are retailed nowadays are N
loubtedly a slow but sure poison, and
% drink them habitually is simply a
,oundabout way of committing suicide,
md unless you guard yourself care
July the way is not roundabout