The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-02
ALL SORTS.

The elephant WA put upon the coins
OF Cesar because that animal was called
Cezar in Mauritauria,
A Connecticut woman his given her
% a large comforter made Of hair cut
from her owl head during ten years.
According to the official statisticA
not q oma over 80 years of age was
married in Philadelphia during the year
of grace 1880.
'.Alwnys pay as you CO." said an old
man to his nephew. '.But uncle, sup
pose 1 have nothing to pay with
Then don't CO."
Secretary Blaine's face is unchanged
in its expression of force and acuteness,
but bis hair and whiskers have whitened
so rapidly during the past Summer that
he looks much older.
A willow tree in Bristol, N, II. meas
ures twenty-five feet eight inches in
circumference. one foot from.the ground
aud is eighteen feet three inches nine
feet from the ground. ;
There Is a weekly sale In Paris of
toads. which are brought in casks filled
with damp moss. One hundred good
toads are worth from S15 to S17. These
are bought for gardens.
The Term Quaker was first applied to
the sect in derision. When George
Fox. the founder. was brought before
the magistrate he told him to quake
before the word of The Lord.
Zone of the first duties of acommun-
ity," says Mayor Means, of Cincinnati,
in an interview, sis to protect its
Touth-protect the boys first and they
will protect the girls"
A chap in Oregon married four wives
within ten miles of each other, and
wasn't found out until the four happen-
ed to meet Mt Il picnic and showed the
same kind of dollar-store earrings.
A somewhat ancient beau rehearsing
bis conquests to a youth: my last
flame was a blonde; her name was
Angela ''Wlat a memory you have"
says the young fellow. ss
The Winter Palace at st. Peters,
ourg is closed; visitors cannot enter it,
and it will not be occupied for two
years or more. This is because Of the
Nihilistic attempts in that part of the
city.
L. Cornelius, of Pike county, Pa. ia
laid to have been the largest man in
America. He was six feet high, eight
teet W inches about the waist, arms
above elbows, two feet two inches.
about the wrists one foot two inches.
weight 700 pounds.
A New York letter writer saws.
Book reading is giving way to the
newspapers. Everybody reads the
latter, and hence editors are making
great efforts to increase their attractions.
Tn best writers have found books less
profitable than newspaper work"
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century the English language was
Ipoken by less than 5000. 900 people;
at the beginning of the nineteenth by
less than 20. 900, 900, and now with one
fifth OF the century yet before 1t i'll
which to spread, it is the mother tongu
Of 80. 900, 900.
The southern States possess a chicken
tyndicate. Sax firms virtually control
the poultry market. The combined
,apital is $50, 900. Their agents receive
i've per cent. for purchases, not only of
poultry, out eggs, butter and sausages.
The quarters are at New Orleans,
Savannah, Charleston and three places
in Tennessee.
The total number of cabin pas
Iengers taken to Europe during the
past summer by the principal steamship
lines from Il Eastern ports was
IS. 245. against 1896 in 1880, and tbs
army of excursionists was carried over
she Atlantic without the loss OF a single
life. This showing is remarkable and
very creditable to the carrying COM
panies.
Massachusetts pays higher than the
average to male school-teachers, giving
them over S67 for the month; but the
female teachers are cut down to $50. SO
The average paid to women in New
Hampshire is S22. SO a month; in Nevada
II is $83. Tho male teachers receive from
an average of $25. 81 in South Carolina to
SS+ 46 in Nevada, aud SIS. Al in the
District Of Columbia 10 Maryland the
W sexes have The same average pay
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