The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-28
D APRIL %, 1882.
CAPER SAUCE.

Everybody must eat his peck Of dirt
before he dies,n said a meek waiter, in
answer to a remonstrance about a dirty
edged soup plate. Eyes, you dog" re
torted the customer, ''but not on one
pl.te."
English doctors say that plants in
sleeping rooms are unhealthy. French
doctors say they produce sweet slum-
bers. American doctors don't say any
thing about 1t, but charge it in the bill.
-[Detroit Free Press.
Marie Prescott has signed a contract
to support Salvini in his next seasons
tour in this country. An offer has also
been made her to support Salvini and
Irving in London during the summer
months, which she will probably accept.
Lowell alone remains in iull vigor,"
says the New York Mail and Express,
''of the great group of New Englal d
authors whose work and fame will FL =
dure longer than that of the Lab Q
poets of England, who were once Il e
talk Of all the English reading world"
Mr.. Tennyson's new patriotic sons,
Hands all Round" rs sung at u
London ballad concert, although e>-
cellently sung by Mr.. Stanley, receiv d
sever criticism firm the London presr,
besides giving offense to the ultra ten =
perance people.
"Why, Mr.. Ingersoll, amt yu
ashamed to be seen coming out OF a
salounP" ''Great heavens, ladies! y u
would not have a man stay In there II
day, would your" Was the pagah's
crushing reply.
Rev. 5. y. Mcmahon, of Rising Sun,
Indiana, was the only nan in the pla' e
who refused TO sign n petition for he
pardon of Sergeant Macon, and public
sentiment is so strongly against Inn
that he may have to give up his church.
At the performance of the Mascot"
at Tony PASTORS on Monday nigh,
Maggie Duggan, the Fiametta, during
the dance in the last act, kicked htI
slipper into the gallery and made a
hero of the god who caught it. Tie
swift return of the slipper came ntar
scalping a fiddler, however.
Wisconsin expended 81, 3O2, 900 FIR
public schools last year, or over $685..
QUO more thun in 1880.
Not a dog was lost in the Mississippi
foods. A western man may let hls
family drown, but be sure he'll savt
his dog Boston Post.
Only one woman in fifty can carry an
umbrella SO as to protect her back. II
she has it over her ears she is perfect
ly satisfied .-Free Press.
James Gordon Benefits new yacht,
the Namouna, built ut Newburg, is the
most magnificent steam yacht ever con.
structed. The cost of building has be, n
s20O, 600. Her speed is ID knots an
hour, on a consumption of about a ton
of coal per hour She is lighted by 15I
electric lights, and is htted in the Orr
entail style.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley, whose sister,
Ida Greeley Smith, died on Tuesday
last, is now the sole remaining member
Of the family Of the ''white coated
philosopher" Miss Greeley was en-
gagged to the late Harry Montague, and
since his death has gone but little into
society, her only appearance at a place
Of amusement since being on the orca-
sion Of the advent Of Oscar Wilde,
whom she had known in England.
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser states that the venerable publisher,
Nj. Geo. R Graham, lies in a Newark
hospital suffering from nervous prostra-
tion. He IA well known more than
forty years ago as the founder and con-
ductor Of Graham's Magazine, in Phil
adelphia, and WAS noted for his enter
prise and his liberality towards his con-
tributors-among whom were FenIm, re
Cooper, G. P. r. james, Longfellow,
Lowell, Poe aud Bryant. Mr.. Graham
Is now in his 10th year.
Princess Victoria, the 10-year old
daughter of the crown princess of Ger
many, was confirmed a fortnight ago,
with her cousin Leopold, the son OF
Prince Frederick Charles. The service
was celebrated in a magnificent state
apartment arranged as a chapel, and
the crown princess If Germany herself
brought in her young daughter dressed
In a plain gown of white silk, with her
fair nair drawn back from her round,
babyish face. One curious part of The
ceremony WAS the reading aloud by the
prince and princess Of their confession
Of faith, a document which, according
to IN old tradition of the house of Ho
henzollern, had been drawn up by the
candidates for confirmation themselves.
In the cure of severe coughs, weak
lungs, splitting of blood, and the early
stages Of Consumption. ID. Pierce's
a.G.Idap Madicu1 niscovarvfi has no