The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-08
NEWS BREv1rrEs.

Women who go out of their wits
when any startling emergency occur
seldom have far TO 60. xa
An ordinance against profanity lie
rigidly enforced in Avon. Ill. A plain
damn" brings q fine of IS, and fancy
swearing costs more.
A celery garden of forty-six acres,
believed TO be the largest in the world.
and produces annually about half q
million plants.
The public debt Of the United States
Is Sos per head; Of spain. $l54; of
France, sl36; of England, sll7; of Hol-
land. STA; OF Canada. S2s; of Mexico,
$50; of Switzerland. 81.
India rubber has a rival in the milky
sap Of the s'Bully'' tree of South Amer
lea. II becomes soft, SO as TO bear be-
ing joined piece to piece. at about 120
degrees Fahrenheit. but requires 280
degrees to melt il.
An Indian woman in n village of
British Columbia was taken with an in
ectious fever. The medicine man de-
cidcd that she must be buried alive to
prevent an epidemic. and the decree
Sas carried out literally.
A man never knows himself until he
tries to accomplish something, and 1t
frequently happens after some very
Iuecessful effort, that he feels like ask
.ng some one to introduce him to him.
ell. -SteubenriUe Herald.
A man in Portland, Oregon. who
proved that somebody had been paying
him 800 a month for ''shadowing'' the
ax, ~ tho nffx~ kuaa nauarfha1oco
convicted of vagrancy and having no
means of support.
A contributor to a Toronto paper,
plaintively asks II TO explain that he
wrote Senators" where the types
made It read "Lunatics." He can find.
sympathy in the editor Of a Pennnsyl-,
vania paper which suggested the other
day that its district needed an addition
al Jaw Judge.
A lunch basket system Is being tried
on the Boston & Albany Railroad
Lunches Of varying sorts and prices.
bu. all OF good quality. are delivered
In neat baskets at certain points to
those who have ordered them Of m
agent aboard the train.
An old soldiers overcoat vas sold At
auction, in Pennsylvania the other day.
for 1880. 1t vas worn in the war Of
1912, and during a part Of the first win
ter OF the rebellion, and is still In a
good state Of preservation. considering
It's long and severe usage.
Vandyke red is a new color; it is both
darker and softer than cardinal. Nigh
onette Is revived; so is terra-cotta and
gray-green that contrast pleasingly
with many shades; and there is u new
vivid yellow, almost rs bright as .
Marshal Neil rose. :
The smallest amount Of money ever
cent through the money order office in
New York was 8 cents, and 1t cost the
owner 10 cents to send it. Such sums
are frequently sent. An order for I
flee, a few days ago. 1t was paid to
in the city, and was from a merchant
IN Indiana.
A Minnesota family was showed in
and lived for thirteen days on frozen
apples and popcorn, and not one Of
hem lost an ounce Of flesh. Fact Is, we
are too particular about our diet. Hun
sreds Of tons Of scraps Of leather r
wasted in this country for the want Of
Tome n to show us how to eat them.
Detroit Free Press.
Tho apron dates far back. The
Greeks and Romans were famous for
their richly embroidered aprons. In
The time of Queen Charlotte Beau
Brummell showed his dislike TO them
by deliberately removing tho apron Of
! Duchess and linging Il behind q sofa
1t a ball given at the Assembly Room
It Bath. Mary. Queen of Scots. left
tesrly a hundred aprons Of various
kues and fashiopa-
Nj. z. L, White, after ten years
spent in Washington as a correspondent
says "a young man who will be content
To sweep tho streets until he can get
better employment, has twice rs many
chances Of success in life as he who en-
tiers n Government department on a sal
airy of 81. 200 \ year"
Butter is said to be the best medi-
cine for a class Of nerve diseases. being
almost chemically identical with healthy
nerve tissue. This being the case, boz
gus butter. beside being an abomina-
ton ON other grounds. might come un-
der tho head of ''adulterated drugs
Boston Herald.
The official head of all the dervishon
IN Egypt has issued an order forbid
ding devotees to cut and slash them
selves with swords and knives, to beat
themselves with great balls Of iron,
and finally. to howl themselves into ep-
ilcptic fits on fete days. He also COM
mands them not to eat snakes. swallow
burning Goals, or crunch glass.
The novel sight of q big Indian ear
rying a pappoosc was seen in Virgin,
City the other day. The spectator
were beginning to express their sur.
prise, when his squaw camo wearilS
around the corner. bending under thu
weight of two sacks of flour. that OK
planned tho situation. II was a good
illustration of Susan BIS lecture. '.Il,o
Coming Woman"
Hon. Robert NJ. Cutter. a member a
the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia.
is one of the veterans. being now In Iii
9th year. He travelled nearly 200 mile
t o reach the Legislative Chamber. Ii,
was n member of the House Of Assem-.
bly, siSty-two years ago, and has been
forty-three years q member OF the Lee.
~islaiive Council.
A good many people will be pleased
to learn from tho Alliance that '.all I'll,
men who get up early are poor and un
known. No man gets up with tho lark
unless his necessities compel him 10 d,
SO. The great, the rich, and the good
lie abed in the morning''-and theil
ncighbors don't lose their axes nn,l
kindling-wood.
Duluth, that city of the usalted seas
which furnished the only occasion 70,
Proctor Knots fame. has lapsed from
the proud state OF cityhood to a prosaic
village. In short. Duluth has foun,
ITSELF unable, as n city, to pay Its cor.
poration debts, and surrendered II.