The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-01
.ELECTED MIscELIAxY.

They are luxuriating In salt water
baths In Paris. An ingenious chemist
has invented n satchet that is filed with
a chemical preparation containing all
the properties OF sea water. IL Is at
tached 10 the faucet, and the result Is a
salt water bath at a very moderate cost.
A curious monopoly prevails In Japan.
Il seems that In the midst of a general
confagration n japanese householder
can only secure immunity for his prop
erty by promptly offering n sufficient
bride TO the iremen. When this is
done, the latter are perfectly reckless
as to the destruction OF other property
In carrying out their contract. The
Toxic Times says that in that vast
city, OF a million inhabitants, there is
not a steam engine and hardly an ell
cient hand machine.
The great fire in Atlantic county, N.
j., Is almost ont, and 95. 900 Of the 12o,-
acres composing the area Of the county
are n blackened mass. OF this, 5000
acres were composed Of wood land, oak,
cedar, pine and holly, valued at SIG 10
$40 per acre. The heaviest loss was In
cranberry boys, 5000 acres Of these
alone being destroyed, at a loss Of sl4.-
900 to $4,000 an acre About 10000
acres Of vinelands were also destroyed,
and probably 100 houses.
The following is the daily allowance
Of some Of the animals Of the Jardin
des Plantes, Paris, and the price per
day: The lion, tiger and bear receive
. kilogrammes Of fresh meat per day,
that costs 3 francs; the panther receives
8 to 4 kilogrammes Of fresh meat with
bones; the hyena fresh meat with bones;
the Wild cat Is fed on 800 grammes Of
fresh meat without bones, while the
monkeys have their daily bread, pota-
toes, salad and apples, at 4 cost Of 8
francs; the elephant contents itself
with four bundles Of hay, a decalitre of
bran, 2 kilos Of bread, a quantity OF
oates, and all this at a cost Of @ francs
per day.
One Of those Englrshmen who have
a passion for climbing mountains which
have heretofore boon viewed rs imprac-
ticable of ascent, writes to a friend in
Great Britain TO say that he has ascend
ed the South American Peaks OF Chin
borazo, Corazon, S~incholagna and An
tisana, and also passed twenty-six con-
secutive hours on the top Of C~otopaxi.
The last he reckons a great feat, as 1t
Is said that no one has ever before en-
camped at 80 great an altitude rs 49,
500 feat. He declares that practice has
enabled him to breath easily ut this
great height, but complains that he has
been cursed with such abominable bad
weather that he has not had n single
view from any Of the mountain tops.
Most people are apt to overestimate
the value Of q certain weight OF gold
when expressed in pounds avoirdupois.
A ton Of gold looks like n mass of al
most inestimable value, but it Is actu-
ally worth only about half n million.
The local reporter of a Newark paper
recently told how twotownsmen brought
home from the west 81, 900, 900 In gold,
and thus saved 81. 500 exchange. As
gold is usually put up in bags Of 5000
each, weighing twenty pounds, q mil
lion and u half would I'LL 800 bags, and
weigh three tons. In "Andre Fortier,"
a play produced at the Boston theater
some time ago, Sardou, the author,
made two thieves load up their pockets
with s300.0 0 in gold dust, leap with
their burden from n window, and easily
escape pursuit. The nature Of the feat
win DO appreciated when It is consid-
cred that this amount Of gold would
weigh some 100 pounds, or GOO to each
robber.