The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-30
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

EuLnunQ 1hteSs inc uOftllsts uhS
started an evening paper in London.
Mr.. Chen, the Chinese minister at
W ashington. Is said TO have such
strength and force in his face and such
dignity of n that ever his wo-
manish dress and ignorance Of English
can't make him awkward or ridiculous.
Queen Victoria was so struck the
other day with the rapidity and appar-
ent ease with which a lady was propell-
ing a tricycle. along the Ventnor road,
at the Isle OF Wight, that she has had
one of the same kind ordered 10 Os-
borne for tho benefit Of the princcsscs.
Mr. William Lehman Ashmead Bart
lett has the royal license of Queen Vic
toria to mako ''Burdett-C outs' a part
Il his own name, ant TO quarter the
i.rms of 'Burdctt-C outs' with those of
his own family. What would tho late
Ellis Bartlett have said II ho had been
requested to produce his coat-of-arms?
That excellont New Bedford man did
not attain 10 heraldic dignity.
Swinburno says in the last Fart
oi0hfiy Rcriew of Tennyson's ..kiz-
pah'': IF after n thousand years all
trace OF all Tennyson's poems hal van
Ished from all human record save only
these cighty-six verses of .Rizpah,"
proof positive and ample and over
flowing would DO left in the survival OF
these that in him. II ever upon earth.
a great poet had been born among
men. II this be not n great work, no
great work ever was or will ever be
done In verse by any human hand.n
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has n summer
homo In Gloucester. Mass, which Is de-
scribed as o two-story brown cottage,
with doors and windows opening upon
a piazza facing the sea. Upon the in
terror Miss Phelps has bestowed much
Of the artistic taste which distinguishes
her. The parlor Is q long, narrow
room, tinted with a delicate green
shade. In other rooms of the house the
same taste has directed that one should
be rose pink. another robin,s-egg blue.
another the native colors Of the wood.
of friends.
Whittier furnished as directions for q
tableau Of Snow Bound" Mt Cleveland
the following description of the kitchen
in the old house at Haverhill: "The
mantelpiece was at least ten feet long.
and fireplace wide enough to take in a
6ve-foot log. There was N oven with
a wooden leg on one side of 1t. The
andirons were tall, quaint, and wide
legged. A brass warming-pan shone
like q setting moon against the wall Of
the kitchen. Nearly opposite the fire
place stood the great cupboard, with its
pewter plates and platters. In one
corner was the old desk with drawers
and slanting cover let down to write
upon. Tho old bull's-eye watch hung
over the mantel."
Jay Gould. who was in st. Louis re-
Gently, Is thus described by a reporter
Of the Glo6e-D Democrat: The personal
appearance Of the renowned capitalist
Is at once pleasant and forbldding. He
is very small of stature, measuring five
feet three inches in height, and weigh
ing 1856 pounds. He wears a full black
beard and mustache, has small black
eyes, large ears. and iron-gray hair.
He was clad yesterday morning in q
pair Of tight-fitting. light colored pants,
q small blue coat and vesa1of common
texture and bad make, o heavy chin
chilla overcoat navy blue in color,
which certainly did not cost ver $16.
. bright yellow and red scarf Of anti
quated pattern, a fine dress hat, and q
new pair Of button shoes. Mr.. Gould
has the head and nose Of General Grant.
but there the comparison ends. While
engaging in conversation he does not
squarely face one. unless he is not IN
terested and desires the interview to
close. In the latter cas- he half-closes
both eyes and looks at ono SO steadily
and persistently that n is glad to es-
cape. His smiles and polite words are
full Of cordially and cyntcism. and
while he shakes hands earnestly there
Is an underlined pressure about 1t which
leads one to believe that Mr.. Gould sus.
poets him of something.