The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-28
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IA OAs NAillC lOOolCL al w lOly
N. C., makes himself useful by CATCH
ing mice, of which he is very fond.
The Pope's hair is snow-white. He
has = strong and vibrating voice, and
hears himself with great dignity.
Near Hood river, Oregon, q human
skeleton was found in the fork of o
tree, fifteen feet from the ground.
Lorillard's explorers in Mexico have
unearthed from an Indian cemetery,
copper idols, copper trinkets, vases of
graceful forms beautifully painted,
toys for children, and many jars and
pots.
When Gambetta is speaking in pub
lie he pronounces $50 to 240 words q
minute. An ordinary speaker pro-
nounces only about $50 words in the
same time. Lord Macaulay used to
pronounce $50 words in q minute.
The new mill of the Willimantic
Linen company at Willimantic, Conn,
is 800 feet long by ia wide, and IL q
one-story structure, the whole being
one great room unbroken by any par
tition, and capable of holding between
$4,000 and 10000 people.
Immense quantities of implements
belonging to the stone and bronze age
have Just been discovered near the ra-
pids Of the Dnieper. 1t is also said
that an ancient boat, dating back to
the time of Rurik, has been unearthed.
The largest lathe in the world has
been erected at the ST. Chamond steel
works in the department of tho Loire,
France, where it will be employed in
the turning Of one hundred-ton guns.
The lathe was made at the Whitworth
works, in England.
The dependencies of the British en-
Pire, according to an article in the
London Economtst, include an area of
7,sl0,66s square miles, o population of
POS, 264 900, q coast line of 5 $1,000 miles,
ports together, of 81, SIS, 100000.
A cat, carelessly shut up in Rouse
vile, N. Y, whilo the family were
away for the summer holiday, was
found alive after thirty days. In the
agonies of starvation it had torn down
the curtains and mutilated the wall
as high as it could reach.
The Prince Of Wales IL still Q little
short of pocket money. 1t will take
from two to three millions to enable
him to make his creditors entirely
happy. The Prince is doing q good
deal toward awaking vi British
friends to tho cost of royalty.
Mrs. Horace Dobell is the name OF
an English lady who has undertaken
the writing down of the authoress Of
"John Halifax, and to that end emit
ted an entire book. Mrs. Craig, 1t ap-
pears, aknows nothingswhatever about
women, or men either" This will
surprise many.
A mound near Swansea, supposed
to contain geological and antiquarian
treasures, was opened for the edifca-
tion of a large party of men of science
of the British association. A member
Of parliament supervised the ceremo-
ny, but the mound proved to be no.
thing more imposing than a gravel and
bowlder heap, Accumulated by the
centripctal action of two small springs
which met at the spot"
Lieutenant Gender has measured
the barleycorns in Syria, and finds
that, according to Maimonide's state
ment hat a cubic is equal to 48 bar
~leycorns, the length of medium cubic
is 16 inches. From this result it ap-
pears that o furlong Is 553 yards; a
Sabbathday's journey sss yards, or
half q mile; and a days journeys
S,S25 yards, or Al miles.
The yearly incomes of the heads of
the Anglican Church are as follows :
The Archbishop of Canterbury, $751;
600 the Bishop of York, $4,000; the
Bishop of London, $50, 900 the Bishop
of Durham, $4,000; tho Bishop Of
Wincester; S35 900; the Bishop of
Ely, S27,500; the Bishop of St Asaph,
S26, 900, and tho rest not less than $780,
600 and not more than $4,000 each.
Each Bishop has, moreover, o palace"
OF official residence.
The Austin Nev.) Herald says;
1--WE are sorcly in need Of q preacher,
but we don't want any cheap trash
We want o good, muscular Christian,
who can snatch sinners by the scruf of
the neck and drag them bowling up
the plane of righteousness; one who
will not drink moro than he can hold,
and who will not copy after Beecher
further than to steal his sermons. Such
a man will get a right smart lay out
here. If he can play the fiddle for the
regular weekly dance, it will augment
his salary somewhat"
A plucky Yankee woman in Pitts
field, Maine, scared a quack out of his
seven senses one day recently. He had
promised to cure her of neuralgia if
she would lay a roll of greenbacks OH
the kitchen table. She put the money
on the table as he requested. He then
asked for pen, ink and paper, and when
she went up stairs to fetch them he
disappeared with the money. In a
moment she was behind him with a
revolver at his EAR, and she kept it
there until he had crawled back into
the kitchen, put down the money and
begged for mercy.
Frankfort-on-the-Ma witha pop
ulation of about one hundred thousand,
is regarded as the richest city in the
whole world. 1t is asserted that there
are 100 Frankforters worth from ST.
100000 to $500 900 each, and $50 who
are worth 100000 and upward. The
city is one of the great banking ccnters
of the globe. Its aggregate banking
capital is estimated at 100000, 900,
moro than o%nc-fourth of which the
Rothschilds, whose original and parent
house is there, own and control.
The street car company of Geneva,
Switzerland, have decided to increase
| the pay of their conductors and dri-
vcrs by giving them a share In the re-
ceipts. This participation in the bus
| mess done will be doubled after eight
| cen months and increased again twelve
| months later. 1t is thought that the
adoption of this plan will increase the
| receipts of the company, by causing