The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-03

and long. continued cOnVulsi0ns, 81. De-
launey believes, take place when two
large planets pass by the eOsmie groups
at the same time. OF this character
were the earthquakes Of 1855, 1888, 1929
and Is4l.
N. larry is reported to have recently
made a discovery Of much interest in
the Algerian Sahara. Having noticed
a mound of sand in the neighborhood
of Wargia, he caused an excavation
to be made, when, to his surprise,
a spherical dome was unearthed. The
digging wal continued, and a complete
mosque was at length revealed, while
several houses have since been disin-
TERED. together with a subterranean
water-course of great size. 1t is well
known that the Sahara was atone time
much more populous than now, but no
one seems to have supposed that cities
had been buried under its sand SO re-
Gently as since the introduction of Mo-
hammedism, as the discovery of the
mosque proves to be the case.
The handling of petroleum in any
considerable quantity is, as is well
known, attended by much danger on
account of its e~xplosiyeness and the
rapldity with which fire is spread there
by. NJ. Ichlumberger. whose mind has
for some time been occupied with this
subject, has finally proposed a plan by
which he believes that all fire following
an explosion may be prevented. His
method is the placing of a moderately
large bottle of aqua ammonia upon
every barrel or keg of petroleum.
Should an explosion occur, the shock
will shatter the bottle, spread the fumes
of the ammonia in the atmosphere, and
produce an automatic and infallible ex-
tinction of the flames. NJ. Ichlumber-
ger is very confident of the efficacy of
this plan, and believes it would also
prove valuable for extinguishing the
fire caused by explosions in mines.
Probably no man has more thorough
ly explored or more carefully studied
the ancient caves of Great Britain and
their contents than Prof. W. Boyd
Dawkins, +. II. s., who recently lectur-
ed in London upon the early inhabi-
tants whose traces are found in these
caverns. Among the interesting re-
suits of his investigations he mentioned
that the horse was used for food by
these primitive people, and probably
also the dog. The dog of those times
appears to have been a much larger
animal than the average dog of the
present day. Fire was obtained by
striking a light from the familiar min
eral, iron pyrites. The potter's wheel
does not seem to have been known, hit
pottery was made by hand. The cave
implements show that the prehistoric
inhabitants ground corn, and engaged
to some extent in mining operations.
Discord has unfurled her banner in
the camp of the party Of the amenities.
The argus-eyed Washington scribes
have been on the scent of Conkling's
sayings and doings since the unpalata-
BILE dish of crow was served out by
Garfield. The senior senator from
New York, who rode the whirlwind
and directed the storm of democratic
opposition last week, never opened his
mouth against the filibusters. The
burden and heat of the battle has been
put upon the lady-like Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, who raises a shrill treble
against the treason Of the brigadiers.
Conkling, it is inferred, having his
own ends to serve. is now turning bis
placative side to the democrats.