The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-29

eye upon mercantile affairs reports
growing disposition among our merchants
to dispense with "drummers," and say
there is quite q flutter among the profession
Undoubtedly the travelling salesman syster
has been abused, and there is q cheape
and better way of reaching customers tina
spending the large sums in this direction
which some houses nave been accustome,
to do. A reaction, to some extent at least
is in order.
Americas wittiest poet, Holmes, wrote
many years ago a prologue, from which the
following extract will be recognized as true
o-day:
Lords of creation (whom you ladies rlc),
The worlds great masters (when you're out If
Learn the brief moral of our evenings play:
Man has his will, but woman has her wayi
All earthly powers confess your sovereign at
But that one rebel-wonan's wilful heart,
All foes you master, but n woman's wit
Lets daylight through You ere you know you're
The new king of Italy, upon whose
,ead the crown has fallen, is in his thirty
'ourth year. He proved himself a good
soldier in his early manhood. He has the
cpu'ntion of being highly educated and
latu ally intelligent. Married to his cousin
Eargarita, who is now twenty-six years old
md one Of the l~oveliest women in n land Of
,eauty, he is moral and domestic. His pa
riotism has always been a marked chnrac-
.~eristic, and its basis is what i'll a sovereign
= called determination" while in a sub.
Get it is known as E o~bstinacy.'
I.ongfellow has five children. Onslow
The eldest, is married and a man of busi.
less in Boston; Ernest is a rising young
printer studying abroad Alice, the eldes.
If the girls, is a pleasing writer, unencum-
oered by matrimonial bonds Edith is n
y~o,den-haired young lady of twenty-five,
Who has Just united her life with that OF
Ill" third son of the noted Richard H. Dana.
Jr; and Anna is another who leans to the
gel, of the authoress rather than to n pen
shaut for conjugai felicities. The mothe.
af the great poets household died long
ago.
Mark Twain" whose real name is
Samuel L. Clemens. is a man of middle
height solidly built, but not stout his
features are all of a clear, massive modelling
and the prevailing expression seems to he
resolute courage and determination. His
lpper lip is covered with a thick brown
nustache, and the broad territory Of his
'orehead is usually encroached upon by hi
brown curly hair. His eyes are small
keen, but are by no means lacking in kind
mess and humor. In his whole bearin.s
there is frank cordially which is very
winning.
The American whaling fleet of 1877 was
very successful. There Serc no special
disasters, and no changes in the busines,
wor, by of note, excepting the continued
additions to the fleet. Twelve vessels wci,
butt during the year. The present flee
consists of Is. vessels, against l12 on Jan
i, 1877. 1863 in 1876, and 1863 in 1875. III,
North and South Atlantic Oceans emplcy
eyer 100 vessels, while the more fruitful
{ rounds of the Pacific Osean, japan. AMI
New Zealand are almost deserted. IL,
North Pacific fleet lost three vessels. ana
I xtccn vessels came out with an avcrac,
J.. i,G65 barrels of oil and S.i50 pounds "a.
wiialcbone.
The London World says that when Lori
tsaaconsfield. in the House Of Lords. VA,
srunciHting his views as to the privilege, @.
(" E colleagues TO their own socns
20" from his sway, an amusing nibuto wa.
Z. i ~inyoluntarily to his character by Il ven
. thle white hairel peer who is n supp"rt,.
ri the Ministry. Tit old gentleman W.
ia hiking aloud he had been ~nccompanyiu.
tie Premier's speech with corOllaries OF h.
,wn in perfectly audible terms. When "a
cngth cane The pompous phrase as to tbf
high, ancient. and valuab!e privilege
he comment, uttered so loudly that tn
''sher Of the Black Rod pricked up hi
,srs. was, What 4 iroll blucI.guard it is
20 be sure "