The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-28
PERSONS AND THINGS.

will be given the church.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
There are said to be s~eventy-nine
American composers at work on comic
operas.
A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horseradish to the part af-
fected.
The best dish cloths are made of cor
sets with the whalebones all out and
only the cords left In.
A woman who has four sons, all sail
ors, compares herself with a year, be-
cause she has four seasons.
There is young lady in Keokuk,
Iowa, who is six feet four inches tall,
and she is engaged to be married.
A milk dealer is said to be akin to
the pump, but it doesn't make him a
pumpkin-until he's caught at it.
Rice buildings are greatly improved
by the addition of stale bread crumbs,
one-third being the proper proportion.
A Toronto family has a cat with two
tails. Many families with obstreperous
children in this city have each a CATO
nine-tails.
L. w. Boynton, of Hartford, Conn,
now owns the flag Of the confederate
cruiser Alabama. The bunting is in
sured for $4,000.
There are only one hundred Modocs
left. They are farmers. The squaws
split wood for the kitchen fire with the
ancestral tomahawk.
Washington hotel keepers put up
play-cards Of Beware of Hotel Thiev-
es." and guests fail to catch the idea
until they come to settle at the office.
isn't your husband a little bald?''
asked nj lady of another in a store re-
Gently. There isn't a bald hair in his
head" was the hasty reply of the wife.
The latest invention reported by a
Japanese journal is that of Otsuka Nina
kichi. who after extensive experiments,
is said to have succeeded in making
rifles of silk. They are described "as
rigid as iron gans, while they are easy
Of carriage and have.a very long range"
Two old ladies, evidently from out of
town, were walking along the street one
day last week, when one Of them dis
covered q bunch Of bananas. Stopping
to look at them, she adjusted her glass
es and exclaimed: swell, 1 do declare,
IL them amt bigger string beans than i
ever saw in my life."
What would you do If you were me
and l were you?" tenderly inquired a
young swell of his lady friend, as he es-
cortei her home from church. "well,"
said she, 'if / were you l would throw
away that vile cigarette, cut up my
cane for Arewood, wear my watch chain
underneath my coat, and stay at home
nights and pray for brains"
Mohammed TewAk, the khedive Of
Egypt, has regular features and is not
at all bad looking. He is only 30 years
old, but looks older, and Is rather port
ly. While his bearing is digniHed he is
shy in the presence Of strangers, but a
keen observer. His tastes are simple,
he hates ell parade, loves his home and
is an excellent husband and father.
"HansP Did l understand you to
say that your wife was laxy?" "Mebbe
you untershtood idt dot 1 saidt so,
Shudge, but my moudt wasn't made for
der Enklish lankwage, unit dot was der
reason. Vot 1 didt saidt, Shudge, vas
dot my vrow vas de kindt Of a woman
dot voudt radther put auf dill yesh-
dertay der work. dot mebbe some you
don'dt want 80 helb her done tomorrow
yedt."
Mrs. Garfield desires that Eve Of the
flags which decorated the interior Of the
Pavilion wherein her husband lay at
Cleveland should be given to her child
rem. OF the remaining three one is to
be given to the elder and another to the
younger Mrs. Garfield. Mrs. Garfield
has also informed Colonel Rockwell
that she wishes an account of the life
and an appropriate collection of the
literary remains Of the late president
published at the earliest practicable
time and after careful preparation.
Its related Of George Clark, the cele-
brated negro minstrel, that being ex-
amined as a witness, he was severely
Intercepted by the attorney who wish
ed to break down his evidence. "You
are in the negro minstrel business, 1 be-
lievep" inquired the lawyer. "Yes,
sir" wa the prompt reply. .Isn't that
rather a low callingp" demanded the
lawyer. 81 don't know but what it is,
sir" replied the minstrel, s'but 1t is SO
much better than my fathers that / am
proud Of it," .What was your fathers
callingP" HE was a lawyer, replied
Clark, in a tone Of regret that put the
audience in a roar. The lawyer let
him alone.