The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-16
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A company of sea-lion hunters,
which proposes to slaughter the am.
phibians for the oil, will commence
active operations in about a month at
Cape Mendocino, Cal.
In response to the request of promi.
nent temperance men the managers
of the English leading railways, have
promised to reduce the price of tea,
coffee and other unintoxicating drinks
at the refrefreshment rooms on the
lines.
There are about 1000 0 sheep in
Colorado, worth about 3d. apiece, or,
in all, "a, 500, 900. The last years wool
clip from these sheep was about $780,
600 pounds, worth 1876, 5000, and be-
sides the wool there were 500, 900 lambs
raised, worth about $3.50, 900.
The great reading room of the Brit
ish Museum is lighted with electric
lamps, and hundreds who the
day in toll can now avail themselves of
the benefit of that magnificent collec-
tion of books. Gas has never been per-
mitted in the hall for fear of fire or ex-
plosions.
A st. Paul wife explained the fur
rows along her husbands nose by the
remark that as man and wife they gen.
orally pulled well together in the do
nestle harness, but that occasionally
he got balky, and then it became her
duty to bring him up to the scratch.
The Greeks characterized human
follies and absurdities by such phrases
as she plows the air. ''le is making
clothes for 6shers;'' She catches the
wind with a net;'' ''he roasts snow in a
furnace" she holds u looking-glass to
a mole;" she is teaching iron to SWIM
she is teaching a pig to play on a ~fiute;''
"he seeks wool on the ASST she washes
heEthiopian."
Those who propose spending the
month of August beyond the sea will
DC rejoiced to know that, according tc
the Journal du Haure, a real remedy
for sea-sickness has at last been dis
covered. The formula varies with
the state of the water, the constitution
of the individual, and the more or les:
liability to suffer from hat distressing
malady. The following is the recipe
for rough weather: Choral, three
grammes; distilled water, fifty gram
mes; currant syrup, sixty grammes
French essence of mint, two drops
Half the mixture to be taken on EN-
barking.
AS an Illustration of the cleanliness;
of Paris streets as compared with thost
of New York, the Euening Post relate:
the following: "We know an old gentle
man who boasts Of everything Ameri
can except the streets of New York,
He has the hardihood to insist that the
Paris streets are cleaner than our own,
and in proof of it he tells the following
story: As he went along the Rue de
Rivoli m morning, he bought some
grapes at a fruit shop and ate them as
he walked. When they were all gone,
he wrapped the stalks in the paper and
then hesitated as to what he should do
with the little parcel. At home in New
York it could with propriety be thrown
anywhere-inta the street, on The side
walk, or into one Of the ash-barrels or
boxes which stand before every door.
But the pavement of the Rue due
Rivoli was too scrupulously clean for
him to think of such a thing there. He
walked along a little further, he found
no ash-barrels; he turned into a side
street in the hope of finding a place
where he could, with q clear conscience,
throw his parcel; but everywhere the
streets had the appearance of well-wash-
ed floors; and at last he put his parcel
into his pocket and took it back to his
hotel"
The Wilmington DELL Commercial
calls for a prompt and vigorous protest
on the part of the people against the
enactment of a bill which has been in
troduced in the legislature to re-estab-
lish lotteries.
Instead of going to England to Dor
row money, the Canadians have recent
ly been turning their attention to the
United States. A o per cent. loan for
the province of Quebec has been sue
cessfully negotiated in New York.
The Miller, of London, Eng, says
the upward tendency in wheat has fair
prospects Of being continued SO long as
the continent of Europe can absorb
120, 900 quarters weekly; and Russia
apparently will not undersell American
or home supplies in either England OF
France.
The late Henry w. Hook, of Phila.
delphia, bequeathed to the city of Balti.
more, his native place, for a public
park, 121 acres of land, six or seven
miles from the city, and one and a half
miles from Pimlico. Part of the land
has a fine growth of timber, and the
situation is elevated and commanding.