The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-08
MISCELLANY.

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Germany is very strongly in favor of
free trade.
Gerster has been the guest of Mrs.
Gen. Sherman at the Ebbitt house,
Washington. a48t
An Idaho town, having but one girl,
is called Onegirlia. How far is this
from Boise City?
London Truth gravely asserts that
smoking in moderation, even by boys,
never hurt any one.
1t is said that the queen of England
will this spring visit a considerable
while at Coburg.
Mr.. Card says that hereafter Eng
lish farming to be profitable will be-
come market gardening.
Some one recently described caviare
AS tasting like very far-gone fish soaked
in bad cod liver oil.
When Wilhelmj gets poetical nobody
knows whether he is talking about a
blue l or a blue j.
The husband is twenty three, the
wife thirteen, and there are now three
of them-all of New Haven.
Aptommas has been playing his harp
privately for Mrs. Hayes and a select
company at the White house.
AtN'Cinderella dances" the guests
arrive at eight and leave at twelve.
Lemonade is the only refreshment.
The London World says hat genius
like, always finds its own level; and
that, like murder, it is SURE to be out.
An English financial writer thinks
that bankruptcy should be made more
disagreeable to the bankrupt than 1t is.
There is said to be a submarine vol
cano off the Florida coast. We hope
that Florida Will not be counted in.
Irving, the famous English actor, is
said to be very fond of his old friends,
even though they happen to be ont at
elbows.
1t is commended in England that ore
nation would prevent inquests, make
poisoning easy and facilitate cases of
false personation.
San Francisco people are too high
toned to admit the five cent nickel into
trade. Some of the people, however,
are very hungry.
The London World believes that
there never was a time When the spirit
of c~aricature in aping ancestors was so
frivolous and contemplate rs it is now.
1t is not everybody who can afford to
go to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, or
even to a Turkish bath. Most men can
get into hot water right at home.
A young Hungarian lady of noble
family thought she was running away
to Paris with a nobleman, butsdiscoyer-
ed after a while that lie was only Il
valet.
The Atlanta (Ga.l Constitution calls
Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, 1.-THE Wis
consin galoot,n because he gave them
a little more grape and denied any right
to the loot.
At italian frontier towns, custom Of
ficers, according to law, take from the
lunch baskets of the travellers all fruits
and nuts, and then they eat them, ac
cording to. appetite.
When an Afghan in the market place
asks a price for an article he will never
take less, and the most innocent child
may buy as cheaply as the slrewdest
grown peason.
The Berwick (Scottish) Adrertiser
says that the story Of the poor woman
being from a Berwickshire farm house
so that she froze with her newborn
children is untrue.
The London Truth, speaking of Lord
Beaconsfield, says that old men are, as
a rule, thoroughly selfish, and that the
aspiration of most aged statesmen is
':After me the deluge."
A man at South Bend, Ind, buried
his wife in nice style, but after the
crowd had dispersed from the grave he
sold the silver handles of the coffin back
to the undertaken at reduced rates.
The brick manufacturers along the
Hudson river say that too many bricks
are now in the market, and they have
agreed not to make many more. This
will be bad for democratic professions.
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