The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-28

A Brooklyn policeman rescued sir
children from a burning dwelling. He
t,ad been only two weeks on the force.
- the time he has been there two years
Ia will learn to C ,me out of a burning
house with O ne v overcoat on and the
rpoons in his pocket.
Two Yankees were once describing
t,c character of a third. One defended
hum, and the other disparaged his hon
rsty. ''Well,n said the first, ''you must
~ nit that he has lots of moral princi.
pie" He orter to have" retorted the
second. ''for he never used any"
The boy who smeared the seat of his
trousers with dynamite when he expect
I'd an interview with his father, takes
comfort in the reflection that the old
Gian can measure out a drink of only
two fingers with his right hand. but 9TH
rwise thinks he'd have done better to
IN the dynamite's working in both d.
r~ections.
When Farmer Bulge read that a bull
tainted by Rosa Bonheur sold for $5,-
100 he remarked t. his wife that he
lidn't SEQ how a coat of paint could so
greatly enhance the value Of the ami
NAL, but if Rosa wouldn't charge more
han $40 he would get her to paint his
bull in the spring. And his economi-
cal wife replied that she thought he
might paint it himself and save his $40.
The indications are now that the bull
will be painted.
There are now twenty-eight steamers
plying on the st. Johns river. Florida.
Eight years ago only $780, 900 were in
vested in steamers on that river, and
now there is INT steamer that cost
double that sum. Constant additions
are making to this fleet, and the Indian
river and South Florida lakes and inlets
are now dotted with ~sail-boats carrying
freight to and fro. In a very short time
hese will be supplemented with steam
srs, and then a new region will be open
I'd of surprising fertility and beauty.
Mr.. ]. II. Pillsburg, of Springfield.
Mass, has the following letter in The
Science: "A friend of mine, who is a re-
liable observer, relates an incident which
forcibly illustrates the power of parent
al affection to overcome fear. The gen
tleman found a nest of mice. and remov-
ed them to the ground neal by. The
mother mouse made her appearance
and carried away one of her young, and
while she was gone, the gentleman took
the remaining mice in his hand. When
the mouse again appeared and could
not find her young, she seemed to hest
tate a moment, and then ran up the
gentleman's clothes, took one of the
young, and carried it away. This was
repeated until all the young were re-
moved to a place of safety"
The evil of d~cadheadism on railroads
has been turned to personal profit by
some of the western conductors. The
passes are sometimes lent by the per-
sons to whom there are issued. The
conductor may take advantage Of this
in the manner described by one of them
as follows: "a man handed me a sena-'
tors pass. Now said /, you are not
Senator - 1 could see that he
wouldn't have the thing get out for a
500. He tried to smile, but l looked
determined. Then he began to enter
into a long explanation of how Senator
- had pressed the pass upon him,
and wound up by handing me a S20-bill
to pay his fare. When l told him that
l wound have trouble to get the note
changed, he smiled and said: Never
mind" SO 1 kept the whole bill" A,
detective has caught several conductors
vt this trick.