The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-19
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VI hen the Pilgrims first landed they
fell on their knees. after v hich they
fell on the aborigines.
The Wilmington On. CO. Star claims
that the forest acreage Of that Stale Is
greater than that ofthree or four of the
Northwestern States combined.
DJsentery Is incre .~ing TO an alarm
ing extent in the German army, and
many regiments are compelled To dis
continue taking part in the maneuyers.
Small coaches for four persons have
been put on the streets of Boston by a
new company. The fare 10 any point
within the city limits is rs cents per
passenger.
An Ohio man named Jacob Cater,
who was on q visit to his friends in In
diana. lost 20 cents in the grass. and
became so excited in looking for 1t that
he burst = blood vessel and died.
A Tennessee girl went out for stsail
with q man who was painting 10 die for
her. A squall upset the boat and he
painted for shore aud let 8 negro rescue
her.
John B. Raymond. Of Fargo. Dakota,
says that he has harvested this season
$4,000 worth Of wheat from a farm
thar cost him only $50, 900 two years
go.
1t is the Australian and New Zealand
markets which take much of the sur
plus hops of the Pacific coast. The
amount reaching New York is not be-
lieved to be large.
Over 1000, 600 sheep have been
sheared this year in the state of Michi-
gan. and the clip Of wool amounts. by
official figures, 10 1924, 1853 pounds, or
nearly st pounds per head.
1t is said that Sitting Bull has be-
come sad and Respondent, so much SO
that a vague hope prevails that he may
commit suicide. This is about the only
ssnguinary act he has not committed
in his illustrious career.
Three methods are practised inFrance
to protect the vines from phylloxera,
according to Mr.. Peroival; First sub
mersion of the vineyard. when practi-
cable; second, employment Of i~nsecti-
cides. and third (where tho vineyards
have been d~estroyed). the planting Of
the more hardy American vines.
p. L. Quinn, who has tried fifteen
different mixtures for the cabbage
worm, prefers twenty parts gypsum,
three or four Of quick-lime, and one Of
earbolic acid. sprinkled thinly over the
leaves when wet with dew or rain, re-
peating the application as often as ne
cessary. which may be a number Of
times.
Thore are two distinct coal fields i'd
Kentucky-the eastern and the western,
the combined area of which is said by
biologists to be moro than IS. 900 square
miles in extent. Tho western coal
Geld, which has an area Of about 1000
square miles, contains vast deposits OF
bltuminous coal and a large area Of
camel coal of great purity and rich
ness. In this region and near tho
town Of Owingsville is what Is said to
b one of the largest beds of iron ore In
the world. Exposures and workings in
this bank show thickness Of from twelve
TO twenty feet.
The late NJ. Blanc once paid for &
psrasol for his wife the usual sum Of
t16. 200. The pair started from Wies-
baden one Summer morning to spend
b day at Hamburg, and upon their
arrival at that paradise Of the green
table Madame Blanc discovered that
she had left her parasol ut home She
insisted that her husband should buy
her a new one. and reluctantly enough
he invested SIS in = psrasol Of great
fashion and beauty. He determined to
recoup himself for this extravagance At
the tables, and walked into the room
devoted trento-et-quarante. where half
. dozen chairs were obsequiously prof
fsrsd by the officials. He declined them
all eA the ground that v he only In
tended to remain at the table Tor .
minute or tive. It would not be wortI,
while to sit down. He hen addressed
himself 10 the enterprise OF recovering
the price Of his wiie's now parasol BY
setting two louis on the black. Without
following the courses Of lossss il 10
soough TO record the fact that his wifs's
forxeaulnsss cost III. Blanc the thou.