The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-29
FACT AND FANCY.

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An amateur poet writes us to say
that there is. no rhyme for the word
scalp. If a big, fuIl-blooded Sioux
Indian, armed with a tomahawk, should
get after him he might change his
mind.
"But this is against the decision of
the Supreme Court" expostulated a
lawyer in the disposition of a case
before a Galveston magistrate. "Well,
1 don't care if it is" replied the Justice,
''then 1 override that decisionl"
A sum in common fractions: If it
takes General Howard with his seven
companies of cavalry, five companies of
artillery, andtwo regiments of infantry,
six months to find Chief Joseph. a
common Indian, how long will it take a
commission of two men to find Sitting
Bull, who is an uncommon indiana
The Government should send out a
General and some soldiers to protect
Howard and his command from being
carried away by the Indians. The
latest news was that Howard was
pressing the Chief Joseph band so close
ly that they 1.-THE band) had only been
able to steal n few dozen pack-mules
and horses.
Rev. j.. B. NEG ufin, of Plano, in a
sermon recently, said:
when a standing army is necessary
to protect the property Of peaceful citi-
zens from the torch of a mob, then the
Goddess of Liberty should take her
fight to a land where her surroundings
are more in keeping with her charac-
ter.n
Then we advise the Goddess of Lib
erty to cut her throat, for we know of
no land this side of heaven where that
gentle state of affairs exists. Aurora
(Ir.) Daily News.
The discovery of the satellites of Mars
is owing to the fact that this planet is
many million miles nearer the earth at
present than for nearly eighty years.
Take a good look at Mars now; you will
not see him so big and bright again for
nearly a century to come.
Richard Grant White, in his Galaxy
article for September, states that he has
found the word doze, used in the sense
Of bull-doze, in the headlines of one of
the chapters of the original edition of
Walter Scott's Fortunes of Nigel"
Mr.. White says that this new Ameri-
canism is really old and of English
origin. The word bull before doze is
simply an extensive qualification.
Now put down branded peaches"
says the Chicago Journal. Yes, be-
ware of them, young man-put them
right down and go away from them.
Detroit Free Press. Is a man a joint
ed glass-snake that he can go away and
leave himself?
'tLon" Hubbell, ''the strong man of
the world" once well known in the
circus arena, is in the Poor House of
Putnam county. In his time he could
hold back two yoke of oxen, and
support a weight of 1900 pounds rest
ing on his arched hands and feet, with
his stomach upwards. New York
World.
Says the st. Louis Journal: ".Janau-
schek and Fechter will travel together
during the approaching season. We
can imagine the queen of tragedy hurl-
ing her 200 pounds of av%oirdupois into
the arms of the porpoisey Frenchman
with the words: 'Clawt, doset thou
trooly lofe me?' Then he will roll up
his eyes and sigh: Aye, Pauleen, l
lofe thee trooly and will lofe thee
afternoon Then he will turn a hand
spring and stand on his head" Not
much-unless he first drops "Pauleen!'
Mrs. Mary J. Black, sister of Colonel
%Ingersoll, died at her residence in La
porte, Ind, Friday evening. During
the last week of her life her brother,
whose heart is as tender and pure as his
lips are eloquent, was with her, and to
him she said in her last moments: 81
would like to live, but die content,
thanks to your philosophy" Colonel
Ingersoll, who is now A years of age,
is the youngest of a family of five, and
this Is the first death in it. The lady
was greatly beloved by a wide circle OF
acquaintance for her transformations
charity and exceeding loneliness of
character.