The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-25
MIsCELLANEOUs

German children are said to injure
their eyesight by studying the German
alphabet, and the Cologne Gazette
strongly advocates the general adoption
Of Roman characters.
The st. Louis Post-D Dispatch says
that there is at the present time an al
most Unprecedented demand for dia-
monds. According TO u large dealer in
that city one reason for this is that peo-
pie have discovered that the depreeIa-
tion in the value Of diamonds is very
much less than in the case Of most other
gems. They do not go out of fashion.
During the campaign the windows Of
the stores in Chinatown, San Francisco,
were embellished with copies OF photo
graphs taken in China OF Gen. Grant
sitting side by side with the Chinese
~vieeroy, Ii Hung.
King Oscar, Of Sweden, gave 10000
crowns toward the expenses OF Norden-
skjold's expedition. The total cost OF
the expedition is said TO have been 49,
III crowns. Nordenskjold's account Of
the voyage is shortly TO be publ shed
in German, at Leipsic.
When Joseph Schmalzbauer was re-
Gently tried for burglary before one of
the courts of Vienna, II came out that
during his term Of service in the Aus
TRAN army he had received 10000
stripes with the military cat, and 335
lows with the five foot rattan.
The engineers wife threw down her
sewing and impatiently fastened into
the backyard to settle n noisy dispute
among the children. She selected Jack
as the offender, and u%ncoupling her
slipper with a quick movement she ran
Master Jack on n siding. and began to
mark him 'sBad order'' without re-
garding signals OF distress. BY this
time Bob, the guilty one, having run
onto the secure tui n-ta BILE Of the back
fence, so that he could run of in either
direction, screamed out {: 'sLet up
mother: Shut her on, l tell you! You've
cut out the wrong car, an you'll by
the right one IL you amt lively" The
mother coupled up and lrivd to mike
a lying switch on the culprit, but he
got out on the main line, blocked the
section against her, and was running
wild for the first siding long before the
switch engine could get out of the
yard.
The Cornhill Magazine says: The
Burmese people are an exceedingly
superstitious people and belief in good
and evil spirits and omens Of all kinds
with a tenacity that not even conversion
to Christianity will eradicate. One of
the most curious is the belief that ac-
cording to the day Of the week on which
a mar is born, will his character be.
Thus people born on Monday are jeal-
Gus; OF Tuesday, honest; Wednesday,
quick-tempered, but soon calm again;
Thursday, mild; Friday, ~talkative;
Saturday, hot-tempered and quarrel
some; while Sundays children will be
parsimonious. The matter is rendered
all the more serious, because q man
gets his name from the day he was born
on, without any reference to his fathers
appellation. He may change his name
as much as he likes so long as he does
not change the initial letter of the es-
sential portion.
What is termed the ''Lion Sermon
was preached at st. Katherine Cree
Church, London, q fortnight ago.
About go years ago, Sir John Gayer,
who afterwards became lord mayor,
was in the deserts of Arabia upon bust
ness which required his own personal
attention. By some means he became
detached from his caravan, and while
| quite alone and unarmed he IA much
alarmed ut seeing a lion approaching
him. Scarcely knowing what to do, he
| fell upon his knees he asked the Lord
to deliver him from his perilous posi-
ton. The lion looked ut him savagely,
but upon seeing him in this position,
after a few moments, walked away in
an opposite direction. The merchVnt
on rising from his knee made n solemn
vow that upon his save return home he
would commemorate this p%rovidential
deliverance by some benevolent act.
Upon reaching England he accordingly
left a sum of money to provide for this
sermon every year, in addition TO n be-
quest TO the parish church of his native
NN.. Dl,n,A,Nh