The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-22

Kansas has a population of 995 1886, ao-
sording to the census of 1880.
Affliction is a school or academy wherein
the best scholars are prepared for the com
mencement day of the Deity.
A bashful young man, while out driving
with his girl, had to get out to buckle the
erupper, and hesitatingly explained that
the animals hustle had got unfastenod."
- Boston nan has invented a new word,
Astronometerology," and already there
are six men in the country who can readily
pronounce il.
There ate some thirty-fve thousand more
females than males in Philadelphia, and
yet some people wonder why some girls
marry bow-legged men.
"Why Does Papa Sleep So Cold?" asks n
sentimental song. Probably because NAM
ma ties herself up in the bed-clothes, and
then rolls over to the wall with them
Chicago Tribune.
A fashion paper says: Gathered waists
arc still very much in favor with young
ladies'" They are with the young gentle.
ucn also.
Il swear,p said a gentleman to his lady,
love, "you are very handsome" Pooh n
said the lady, 80 you would say if you did
not think So" And so you would think
answered he, though l should not say 3d.
The combined force of the steam engines
of the world is estimated at oy er 49, 0 ,00O
horse power. This is considered equal to
about twice the available working power
of the human population of the globe.
Man is master neither of his life moi OF
his death. He can only offer his fellow
citizens his efforts to diminish human suf-
fering, N show his ~unshakable belief in
the extension of Victor Hugo.
The first railroad was laid in England
from Darlington to Stockton. The first
railroad in France was laid in 1882, from
st. Etienne to Lyons. In 1885, after inves-
tigating the subject, M. Theirs said that
Railroads offer some advantages for the
transportation of travellers, so far as the
use of them is limited to very short lines
terminating in cities like Paris"
Common Sense" says Prof. Huxley, "is
science exactly so far as it fulflls the idea
of Common sense, that is, sees facts as they
are, or at any rate without the distortion
of prejudice, and reasons from them in ac
cordance with the dictates of sound judg'
ment. And science is, simply common
sense Mt its best; that is rigidly accurate
in observation, and merciiess to fal,aey in
sspic."
The Lire Stock Journal v "A modef
ate quantity of cayenne pepper, mustard
or ginger can, with great benefit, be added
to the food of fowls to increase their Wig
or and to stimulate egg production. Thii
diet, although apparently artificial, is real
ly natural; for wild birds of the gallina
cean family have access to very many
highly-spiced berries and ~buds-article,
that give the game lavor" to their flesh.
The railroad between Vera Cruz and tn
city of Mexico is said to be n marvel of en-
gineering. 1t ascenls 1000 feet-4,700 il
twenty-five miles. 1t passes from hot t.
temperate, and from temperate to a COLI
country. 1t spans ~ravines, scales preci
pices, and plunges into the bowels of tn
mountains below, then up into the cloud
again. To construct this line took thirty
six years, forty Presidents and one Emper
or. 1t is a dizzy" road.
Henry Ward Beecher, in a sermon On
"A Day of Rest" said: Sunday ought Il
be the pleasantest day of the week to tn
children. 1t wasn't to me. / was livel,
and mcrcurial, laughing at everything.
went to church and heard a sermon L die
not understand, was walked up with a snal
on the head when 1 went to sleep, an,
when l got home l was set down to lear
the catechism. My heart sank within me
for l never could memorize sentences, ant
NllAAOuI 1 l L W lhNS lo bilC L AAhN
given many hard knocks at Calvinism ant
catechism since, and the origin of them nj
was the deprivation of those Sunday din
ners'
An ingenious trenchman mas devised .
game for facilitating the study of geogra
ply. by children. 1t consists of a larg,
planisphere map OF the globe, accompa
MED by numerous objects representing an
finals, plants, flags, costumes, towns anc
landscapes. These objects of printed card
board, stand upright when the small in
scription accompanying them is folded
back and each one bears, moreover, {
number corresponding to one on the map
Placing each in its proper position, tn,
child quickly becomes familiar with tn,
subject illustrated if it be a plant, h,
knows the place that produces it, and it
population, position, etc.
human nature is n curious study. III
other night at the Union depot one of tn
depot hands, while sweeping out, though
he saw n twenty-tive-cent bit under one Of
he benches. He went down on his knee
Immediately and covered the piece witt
his hand. While he was in that position
II well-dressed lady tapped him On tn
shoulder and said
Il Just dropped that"
"What is it, madam ~ was the gentle
l.anly interrOgatory.
az think it is q quarter
He placed it, without further parleyinp
in her hand, and she, tightly holding il
ven away. What was her dismay T.
discover that it was a peppermint loz
n
Are You Troubled,