, 1889-07-21
MARINE NEWS.

but does not seem to be very successful in
his peculiar vocation.
Ra- About l o'clock every morning the
marine man HES to an all night house
with a lunch counter attachment and dis
sects a neat but not gaudy sandwich. An
addition to the working force Of this es-
tablishment is a green Russian whose
knowledge of English is very limited. A
week ago he could speak only his mother
tongue, but now he can swear beautifully
and make remarks about the weather.
In six months that foreigner will be a
good English scholar and in a year he'll
be in business for himself.
Ha5- Heaps of funny things happen
on the street cars" said an observing
driver the other day. Every ranchman
who comes to town takes a ride. They
make all sorts of ODD blunders, principally
in paying fare. Tie most amusing thing
is the ill-concealed effort of the greenhorn
to convey the impression that he has been
accustomed to riding in street cars all his
life. The other day a lady well known in
town made a healthy protest because |
couldn't. cash a $50 check for her."
pS-When Mrs. Delegate Carey is in
Washington she is oftImes interviewed
on the woman suffrage question. Some
of the questioners believe the right divine
and Wyoming an elysian commonwealth,
while others think the equal rights law an
,1..o W.. ,ro,Na. ,o.o ~
said one sotlthe opponents, 'menl must
perforce be exceeding uugallant. I'll
wager they wont give a seat to a lady in
a horse car Il can truthfully say"
responded the delegates wife, that no
lady was ever compelled to stand in a
street car in Cheyenne" This conversa-
ton took place several months before the
establishment of a rapid transit line in
Wyomin's capitol, but subsequent events,
if any were required have proven that
nearly all the males in the territory are
gentlemen
BasA In a Cheyenne boarding house a
talkative Swede is the star. In his mind
he knows everything. Problems which
have puzzled philosophers for ages are
simple to this marvel of erudItion
and he recklessly ~assails all ordinary
topics. He tackled base ball the other
day. His experience on the diamond is
limited to a game at a Sunday picnic, but
he can give league managers pointers.
During the struggle in which he p%artici-
pated he lowered in the neighborhood of
third base. He said: Der first base
man, he trow awful hard. Once he fire
de ball at me. l lett go past and it take
bark off a tree 500 yards away. l bat
harder dan anybody else. Once l get a
square hit and bring in four men be-
sides make a score myself" Now,
now" interposed a listener, give it to us
light. How in the world could you bring
in four menu Unabashed the Swede
replied: why, dere was two tellers on
one corner"
as5~ A yarn swapping crowd gathered
at Rhodes & Troxell's corner the other
evening included Joe Fisher and Dave
Miller. Quoth the assessor: "When
Jim McDaniels ran a museum here he was
once pretty nearly bankrupted by a boa
constructor he bought from a stranded
side show. The big snake was hungry
one day and swallowed all the curiosities,
including a monkey, a lot of birds, two
manufactured mermaids. an antelope, a
black tailed deer and a sacred COW. MIR.
Miller took a fresh grip on his cigar and
relieved himself thusly: Il had a little
experience with a fish built something
like that boa constructor once. The first
day out OF Queenstown we were trolling
for sharks for fun. l leaned too far
over the railing and my gold repeater
fell between the jaws of a big man eater.
The sailors set to work and soon hauled
| the shark on deck. He was cut open but
instead of my watch a fine eight-day
clock with an alarm on top rolled out of
the fsh's interior. OF course l took it"
At this iuncture the electric light at
Posts corner went out and there was a
pretty long ring in the telephone Office up
stairs.
pa Col. Henry X. Miner was major
of the 18th regiment in 1867 and was in
command of Fort Sanders, her being
built near Laramie City. Some of the
civilians out here at that time caused
no end of trouble by selling whisky to the
soldiers. Mai. Miner issued an order
suspending the traffic. threatening TO
confiscate the property of anyone who vi
olated the edict and imprison the offender
as well. At hat time all this section was
a portion of Dakota and arrest meant a
journey to Yankton. One of the men
u here then was our respected towns
man Jimmie Ferris, who even at that
early day had his eye on the main chance.
Interference by the commandant riled
him and he told Judge Kuykendall that
he'd go cunning after Maj Miner if the
latter became too officious. Judge Kuy,