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How:He, Eluded Them.

Here is little story about the English
burglar Peace. It has always been a
cause of wonderment how he contrived
successfully to elude the police, although
he was seldom absent from his we'll
known haunts. A number of his visitors
were discussing this point in the Sheffield
Jail, and Peace was greatly gratifed at
the expressed admiration of his ingenui-
ty. Said the afab.e assassin: "Do YOU
want to know how I lodged the bob
bies?" and receiving a reply IN the
affirmative, he said: "We.l, I will tell
YOU" Then he asked them to turn their
backs to him. They did so, ard we're
astonished to find that Peace completely
altered the expression of mis- face, and so
protruded his chin and curled his lips
that in ordinary circumstances it would
have been impossible to recognize him,
especially as he had, by the contortion of
the features, forced the blood into his
face until he looked like a mulatto.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30
Be Sure it's Your Wife then Go Ahead.

Last night two buggies stopped at the
Capital hotel and two gentlemen jumped
out almost simultaneously and went into
the hotel, leaving two ladies in their
respective buggies. Ono Of the men
came oat in advance of the other, and
by the uncertain light thrown from the
hotel was led aside from the actual fact
in the little matter of getting in the
right buggy In a word, Mr.. J. got in
with Mrs. F., who we're as totally unknown
to each other 80 far as aQuaintanceship
is concerned, as if one had died ten years
ago in Africa and the other hadn't been
born. As married men often do. Mr.. J.
drove some distance before speaking.
Finally he remarked:
"lve got corn on my toe-the one
you persist in putting your foot on, too
that hurts about as bad as the common
run of things generally do" -
The lady was very much surprised,
and rather haughtily replied:
you've been trying to pick a quarrel
with me all day, and now to make the
matter more exasperating, you change
your voice to an unnatural growl"
cts you, madam, who have changed.
My voice is natural. am not trying to
assume anything. You screech like an
old gate"
'You are an old fool"
'Give my teeth here; you shan't wear
them another minute"
"Teethl teeth! What In the world do
you mean2"
But just tIen driving through a food
OF light, the parties recognized that they
didn't recognize.
MADAM" said Mr.. j., stopping the
horse and Strengthening himself up. Il
hope you will excuse me but would
like to know how you come in my bug
gy, and furthermore I'd like a little in
telllgence as regards the whereabouts of
my wife. What have, you done with
her, MADAME
II don't know what you mean, sir.
Get out of my buggy"
"Your buggy Why, madam, you are
beside yourself"
eyes, and beside yourself, which fact I
deplore to such an extent that I will be
forced to call the police"
'Police! police!'' was shouted Justify
and when Officer Daily came to the spot
the woman insisted on the mans arrest.
The buggy was driven back to the
Capital just in time to meet another bug
gy, the occupants of which had similar
experience.-Art0nsas Democrat.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

and peppermint, and ginger, or anything
else his bar afforded, would relieve him,
he was welcome to partake. ne could
not accept thanks for so small favor
was only sorry he didn't have whisky and
peppermint enough to destroy all the
grasshoppers in Nebraska
The barkeeper poured two tablespoon
fuls Of the essence Of Jamaica ginger into
tumbler,. added an equal quantity of
pepper-sauce,. shook in thimbletul of
Cayenne pepper, emptied small vial Of
sulphuric acid on top, and then sprinkled
few drops of tanglefoot over the mix
ture, and handed tine tumbler to the
Nebraskian,. told him to Swallow it
quick" The grasshopper- plagued
stranger waited for no second invitation,
but poured the decoction down his throat
at one fell swallow.
"How do you: like it," asked the bar
keeper.
The grasshoppered individual made no.
reply. His eyes rolled in their sockets,
and the tears ran out of them in streams.
His mouth was open wide enough to
swallow the barkeeper and all his ocean
tiers. He placed both hands over his
stomach aud cast an imploring glance
toward the water pitcher
''Do you feel 'em crawl?" said the bar
keeper, in the anxious tone of a sick
nurse.
The stranger made no reply, but con-
tlnued to press his stomach and water
the floor with his tears.
'Take some of this horse radish," said
the barkeeper; lit will do you good.''
The stranger still made no reply, but
gradually his mouth grew smaller, and
his lips contracted, and the air rushed in
to his throat with whistling sound, like.
the winter wind through broken win
dow pane. At length the barkeeper took
compassion upon his writhing customer,
and gave him glass of ice water to cool
his throat. When the stranger was able
to speak be looked reproachfully at the.
"medicine man." and said:
See here, stranger, if ths+'s the kind
of stuff you give a man for grasshoppers,
1 like to know what in he'll you'd give a
Teller if he had a tape-worm?''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30
GRASSHOPPERS IN HIS STOMACH.
A Nebraska Relief Agent Meets with
aSympathizer.
From the Omaha Herald,

TOLL Gne Omana der8lO.
He was from the lower Platte valley.
He had eaten nothing but grasshoppers
since the 4th of July, 1874, and his stom-
ach was in an awful condition-it was
full of grasshoppers! He could feel them
jumping about and trying to find their
way out, but their toe-nails scratched his
alimentary canal, and spasmodic move
ment of the muscles of his thoraxc forced
them back into the cavity before they
reached the root of his tongue. He had
left wife and nine fam1shed children at
home and had gone to Omaha to collect
funds to save his neighbors from starva-
ton. He had not been successful perhaps
because his ''credentials" were not strong
enough. And now, if the barkeeper
would accommodate him with spoon
full of whisky-it was the only thing
that would keep the grasshoppers quiet
in his stomach, it kinder stu pefied them
and caused them to lie dormant for sever
al hours, but as soon as they sobered up
they became as lively as crickets, and
played leapfrog in the pit of his stomach.
whisky, but their eggs were all
tie time patching, and he believed there
were at least 10000 live ones occupying
the space designed by nature for the
laboratory of bread and meat and such
things. He had no money, but if the bar
keeper would trust him for a few drops
of crowfoot, he would remunerate him
out of his first collection for the sufferers.
By adding little peppermint and few
grains Of sugar to the liquor, the medicine
would be made more potent; OF if there
was no peppermint convenient, a drop Of
ginger would do as we'll.
The barkeeper deeply sympathized
with the grasshopper. stricken people of
Nebraska. He pitied any man who had
grasshoppers in his stomach. If whisky,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

the nearest to his left ear with SNOWFALL
would kick the Cat off the family hearth
stone.-DetroSt Free Press. @
In the near future the customer will
say unto the barkeeper, "Gimme cock
tail with plenty of glucose and citric acid
not too much Manipulated spirit and
having tasted will say, mot quite SO
sweet as usually take it-a little more
muriate Of tin, please"
hobbs can't for the life of him un-
derstand why so many men prefer to en-
brace an opportunity to hugging pretty
woman. For our own part we like to ar
range it so that the two are available on
one and the same OCCASION York
SIM.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

who stood near say that the only words
she utterd, and those in a choked voice,
were, my preciousP'
Five hundred gaping spectators stared
at this scene with dry eyes, but the law
yers for the prosecution, to their horror,
did not hide their emotion. The tears
ceursed down the furrowed cheeks of the
venerable counsel for the prisoner, as he
rose, and, in tremulous voice demanded
that the entire evidence be ruled out as
inadmissible. He made an eloquent
argument. but the Judges felt compelled
to rofuse.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

The ira Re notices of some of the Lon
don associations are curious. The black
smiths, for instance. have "By hammer
and hand all arts do stand :" the distlllers,
"Drop as rain, distil as dew;" the foun-
er, "Come, ye blessed; when was har-
borless ye lodged me-" the joiners, "Join
loyalty and liberty" the saddlers, "Hold
fast; sit sure;;" the weavers, "Weave truth
with trust,'' ana the needlemakers, ssthey
sewed leaves together and made them
selves aprons"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

A Seymour, Ind, man picked up
stick of cord wood, the othe: night, and
chased cat across the back yard; he
didn't catch the cat, but he caught the
clothes line with his teeth, and now when
he smiles the corners of his mouth pass
each other at the back of his neck.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

any Careless WORDS Shr1sC1e 4ueSV1Onlng
heart.
That evening Mr.. and Mrs. March were
presented to Mrs. Guy Meredith, tall
gray-eyed woman who followed hel
young husband everywhere, and after
Christie had exchanged few words with
her, she pitied the man who had once
been so much to her.
home on business, and Christie wondered
to find herself longing for his return. AS
she came down to dinner on the last day
of her husbands absence, Mrs. March
found the house in state of confusion.
Every body was either scanning news
paper or talking anxiously to his neigh
Dor. In answer to surprised look from
Christie, a lady said:
'There has been fearful railway az
cident; oyer twenty people were instant
ly killed, and the number of wounded is
not yet known"
''What train was it," asked the girl.
with trembling lips.
1.-THE noon train down ran off that high
embankmentthree miles from the station
did you have any friends on the train9''
continued the lady, kindly placing her
arm around Christie as she saw her white
face.
my husband" replied Christie; and
then she went up to her room and knelt
down by the window
Through that long afternoon such 1eve-
lations of herself came to her as she ha d
never dreamed of before. All the great
love toward her husband which had been
growing for many weeks came upon her
there, and, crushed by her great sorrow,
she knelt despairingly and motionless,
Outside, some children were playing on
the shore, and their childish laughter
foated to her ears through the open win.
dow. A bee flew in, filling the roonl
with its drowsy hum, and then all was
quiet again. On the peaceful bosom OF
the lake few boats foated idly about,
were sailing across the blue sky. Such a
perfect day when every bird that war.
bled and every flower that nodded it:
bright head was needed to complete the
picture. A sunbeam danced, for mo.
ment, on Christie's golden head, but she
moved not. The yellow light slowly
faded, the sun sank behind the gray
mountains, the birds hid their little
heads under their wings and fell asleep
and still nothing in the room moved. In
the darkness, the door was opened and
some one came across the room. A "a
miliar voice said:
''Christie, darling, you will have to be
my right hand now," and she was gath
cred close to her husbands heart.
It needed few words to tell J ohm March
that his long waiting had not been in
vain. With her heart in her eyes, Chris
tie told her husband what that night had
brought to her; and the poor sprained
arm was almost forgotten in their newly
found happiness.
"Let us go home to morrow" said
Christie; "and you shall see what CAPT.
tai nurse can be-"
So the next day they left friends, lake
and mountains for one year, and, as
Christie smiled her farewells from the
car windows, gentleman was heard to
exclaim.
:'It I could only find some woman
who would give me the love that little
Mrs. March lavishes on her husband, !
should be tempted strongly to resign the
trials of lonely old bachelor, to assume
the resDOnsibilities of q Renedict'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30

the hotels at NJ. To Christie everything
handsome ladies in their bewildering
costumes, the clear, cool lake, and the
grandly solemn mountains. With the
Seagerness OF q child she entered into the
plans which were made for unemployment
and before they had been there a week
she was looking more like herself than
she had done since her marriage:
When the ladies found that she was
married, they fell down, figuratively, and
worshiped her beautiful face. NThe
lovely Mrs. March, was in great demand,
and to say that Christie enjoyed it all
would poorly express her pleasure.
One afternoon, John March and his,wife
were walking together on the piazza,
Somehow Mrs. March was growing very
proud of her husband. She hardly dared
to own that it was anything more than
pride which brought the light to ereyes
and the flush to her sweet face whenever
she looked at the man whose goodness
had won her respect long ago. Never,
since her weddingday, had her husband
offered Christie caress, waiting with
quiet patience till the girl should know
her own heart. AS they stood still for a
moment, to watch some new arrivals, Guy
Meredith came up the steps with several
ladies. As he glanced at the two, stand
ing there together, momentary look OF
pain swept across his face, but, quickly
regaining his composure, he raised his
hat and passed into the house. As for
Christie, there was one quick heart throb,
and then she grew strangely calm; SO
calm and quiet was she that her husband
glanced down at her more than once,
after they had resumed their walking,
with curious look Of anxiety on his
face; but he was too wise to disturb by
any careless words Christie's questioning
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-21
The. Organ of Laramie CITY.

The Sun with its usual magnanimity
ont ipni' "a thn .nae nata th;n lily Is
laramie Times
What a wonderful mapnanimitv is
there between the Times and SIM on
Laramie affairsl Both are laborino for
the same epd-tbe bene6t of Laramie
CITY. You see they have things very
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-21
DANCE OF DEATH.
A Human Skull Fitting Hither and
Thither Along the Prairie.

The readers Of the LEADER will re-
member that some time ago the skull
of the road agent, brought to this city
by Boone May, was carried to the out
skirts of the town and buried. The
grinning features of the outlaw have
rested in peace since then, and the
transaction had passed from Nhe men,
DRY of the people to give place TO other
and more pleasing scene and incidents
peculiar to western life. The matter
has again been revived in a still more
CHASTITY and hideous manner Like the
ghost Of Banquo, that skull will not
down at theibidding of the grave dig
gers spade. The particulars are as fol-
lows: A gentleman by the name of
Clark, an employe at G. =. Goldacker's
establishment, while out taking a walk
on Sunday morning last, happened to
be travelling in the vicinity where the
skull was buried. Although no coward,
1t is admitted by Mr.. Clark that when
he saw the skull of that road agent
dancing along and bobbing up and
down among the cactus bushes on the
prairie, his hair stood on end, like the
quilts of a fretful porcupine. Cold
chills coursed their way from the crown
Of his head to the soles of his feet, but
he didn't bulge an inch. He stood
statue-like and gazed with amazement
upon the ghostly scene. Like Arte-
mus Ward, he was not frightened, but
simply embarrassed a little. The
skull danced around and gradually APP
preached him, nearer, nearer, nearer,
until the spectre was almost within his
reach-''close by his side, plain and
palpable." This was too much, and
Mr.. Clark retreated about twenty
steps. The skull continued its dance
Of death, Mr.. Clark looking on with
deep interest and intense amazement.
Presently the mystery was unraveled.
AS the skull danced along it neared q
small town Of prairie dogs, and sud-
denly stopped. Then emerged appar-
emily from h skull a huge prairie dog,
which set up a loud chattering, and ff-
teen or twenty lively little companions
Joined him in his noisy demonstrations.
And then the mischievous little fellows
proceeded to roll and tumble the skull
about and jowl it to the ground as if it
were the skull of Cain, that did the
first murder. The mystery was ex-
planned. The skull danced over the
prairie simply because an innocent and
u~nsuspecting prairie dog had inserted
his head in an aperture of the skull,
was unable to extricate himself, and
was jumping around, endeavoring to
free himself from his unfortunate pre-
dicament. What the next chapter will
be in the history of that road agents
skull is difficult even to imagine.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-21
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Editor Slack took a trip about TWEEN
ty-five miles into the country yester
day. He will return this morning.
Lieut.. F. H. Hardie, of the Third
cavalry, is registered at the Railroad
house.
Mrs. Harry Conley and Mrs. A. D.
Shakespeare departed yesterday fol
Denver, where they will hereafter re.
side.
Hon. Wilbur +. Stone, associate
justice of the supreme court of Color.
ado, was in the city a couple of hours
yesterday. Judge Stone is one of the
ablest men in the Centennial State.
Hon. c. N. Potter is visiting the
Denver races. He is said to have
taken 81 1000 along to risk on Rarus.
Gen. E. NJ. Lee, formerly secretary
of Wyoming, will deliver the decora-
ton Grafton, on the Both inst, at West
Point military academy.
Maj. J.. T. Thornburg, of Fort Steele,
and wife, passed over the road east
bound yesterday.
Mr.. d. D. Dare, the photographer,
has been called to Philadelphia on ac-
count of the dangerous illness of his
mother.
Moritz Meyer returned yesterday
from a tour in the western portion of
the territory.
Carr, the cutter" is back from a
professional visit to Laramie City.
Col. D.. F. Carmichael, general
freight and ticket agent for the Denver
Pacific railway, is stopping at Dyer's.
Lieut.. H. L. Lee, U. s. A., is stop
ping at Dyer's.