The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-03
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ne press OF the country appear 70 nave
no particular way of spelling that which
indicates q dry spell.
A sample of water from the Sacred
Well of Mecca has been analysed and
found to be polluted by sewage Il an
extraordinary degree of disease-breed-
ing filthiness.
A Wall street broker. who was caught
in a corner, Acknowledges a loss of some
S23. 900. and adds: Il ~al-l-Lways
p-p-prefer to ack-k-knowledge a loss
than a g.g-gain. for it d-d-discourages
p-p-people from t-t-trying to b-b-borrow
m-m-money from me.r
When Mrs. Samuel Slater, of Paw
tucket r l.. was spinning some cotton
into yarn about 100 years ago. she ex-
perimented to see if it couldn't be made
into thread. and it was TO this thought
of hers that the world is indebted for
cotton thread.
A volume containing the seer..t cor-
respondence of Napoleon Ill. and Mime.
Cornu. the foster sister of NJ. Ernest
Renan. will be published by the latter
in 1885. The manuscript is SO valuable
that 1t Is carefully preserved in the
strong roo Of the National library
Richard Thayer. the inmate of the
poor-house at Stoughton, MISS, WHO
committed suicide. was, -four years ago.
an influential minister OF the gospel ut
Easton. and was estimated to be worth
10000. He lost his money in spernla-
ton. and his mind became affected.
Since the marriage Of the princess of
Belgium n the arehduke OF Austria,
70 per CENT OF the boys born at Brussels
have been christened Rudolph. while
the girls have been named ~Stephanie in
like proportion. 1t is said that the
same statistics apply to Prague and
Vienna.
A beautiful elm tree has been planted
IN the park at Sayre, Pa, in memory Of
the dead president The work was done
amid touching ceremonies. and several
earnest addresses concerning Garfield
were listened to with the deepest inter
est and FEELING by the large crowd who
surrounded the tree.
Moorish women dress very gaily IN
their homes. but when they appear in
the pubic streets they are enyeloped
IN white muslin or calico from head TO
loot, and glide along Like ghosts, thick.
white wells covering their faces. In
private LIE they are fond OF gorgeous
color1ng.
The Elmira Advertiser iaments tho
Tact that while school children ara
drilled week after week on the geogra-
ply OF foreign countries, NOT one IN =
dozen a the least idea about the gem
erai location OF towns and cities In the
state OF New York n the railroads 1t
o be necessary TO take In going
from n point to another.
An old Connecticut copper coin made
In 100 mas peen iouna IN overhauling
an ancient mouse a. MIDDLE
y was IN . rsI , nest petwsen ,ne walls;
~mantlepiece and fallen inside the cas-
ing. The old house was once a tavern
In which Gen. Lafayette stayed over
night on his way to New London from
Hartford.
There seems but little chance of the
esthetic mania which now abstracts
England ever taking much effect in San
Frsncisco-that is to say, II we may
Judge from the following conversation.
One Of our society bellies has Just re-
turned from Europe, and though not
quite "asthetized." yet she still has
that sort of regard for 1t which people
who praise Tennyson, but cannot under
stand him, have for the Incompetent.
sible. Young lady from Europe-.You
may laugh dear, as much as YOU like at
the esthetic school, but after all there
Is something spirituells in sitting up I'll
night with o lily" San Francisco
who has not made the. "U.ropian !.
-.It NAV be very hne and wha. 49,
you-call-it, but I'd considerably sooner
III up with q too awfully utter nice!
Young man." The travelled one leftl
he room in silence, and pity for the,
ansophisticated one sank deeplv into
Ter heart
f-'frssor Harris. a Boston scientific
.shn = -: "Therc is a coming of the
mn, ' into the microcosm." Well.
what Ii the microcosm is larger
than Ia acrocosm. and the macro-
.cosm wants to go in. and has got q
ticket. we don't see what IS to prevent
It. Giy us something new.
At q Newport dance. the other night,
he was introduced to q very mode
and bewitching girl. and SO. OF course.
was doing his very best to merit his
good luck. Feeling q sudden indis-
position, he excused himself Tor q
minute, and on returning was IN the
act OF renewing few kernels OF coffee
from his vest pocket. when the damsel
nstonished him Ivy saying: Don't chew
that; I'd rather smell the new rum"
Sarah 4, Ihorp Springs; Where
should 1 wear an engagement ringF..
wear IT on the econu niger OF the len
hana; u everything Is open aoovepoafa
put II you 90 not want the OLD people
Z know OF the engagement we would
advise you to wear 1t N the rigit-hano
corner OF an old striped stocking at the
bottom OF the bureau drawer.
experiments by German IN
| a~sccrtaininQ the peculiaritieS OF the