The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-06
FACT AND FANCY.

Same way with all the rest of our
clothes.
1t is n wise dollar that knows its own
daddy. Chicago Times.
What is the difference between n
taller and n jeweler? One watches the
cells and the other sells watches.
''Cousin Fred, you're not at all nice,
now you are married. Why, you
haven't paid me n compliment for
ages. Have you forgotten how to
compliment" my dear Clara, I've
been married two years, and of course
I'm awfully out of practice. >" Harper's
Bazaar.
"Why, my dear Mrs. Smith, how can
you afford to dress so cxtravagantly in
these hard times?'' Hard times!
Why, your husband must have remained
in business, didn't heyn certainly;
he has kept going on as usual, and
worked hard, as he says, TO keep his
head above tide; but am sorry to say
he has not made much money lately
II thought so. There is where he made
a great mistake. Now my husband, rs
soon rs he saw the financial breakers
ahead, went into bankruptcy, and
retired from business to wait for better
times" "Ah!" said Mrs. Jones.
A number of elegant writers send us
word about things that have been
''donated'' to the charities they rep
resent. II these true people expect to
he "salvatedn or to escape being Soon
demnated''. they should stop saying
donated when it is quite as easy to
say the things were ''given. :" Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Republican papers are denounc-
ing ''carpet-baggers," since Conover
and Patterson kicked out of the party
traces the other day. 1t makes Il
difference If your own OK is gored.
"They (the Republican leaders, must
now begin to see where they stand, for
the present crisis is only the beginning
OF the end. ''INew York Herald.
Devastations by the famine continue
throughout the northern provinces of
Japan.
The day of paper imitation and undis-
guised reputation is pretty well over
New York Times.
An Albany lawyer who wanted II
postponement, appealed to the judge to
''let the broad aXe of justice be swung
by the hand Of mercy" 1t was swung.
General Howard, who has been
among the Indians, and chasing them
through the woods, opposes the policy
of the Government in recognizing the
Indian tribes as independent nations,
making treaties withthem, then feeding
and clothing them, and then fighting
them. General Towards view is that
there is but one honest solution of IL
Indian troubles, and that is to remove
the barbarian out of the path of advance
ing civilization without treaty, but
with all the humanity and parental care
that the helpless should receive from
the abundance and magnanimity Of the
strong.
The Elmira Advertiser says that u
gentleman from that city travelling en-
tensively in the west sends an encourag-
ing report of business prospects as com
ing under his observation. The
improvement is of Il general character,
and seems to be participated in byevery
branch of trade and manufacture.
The assessed valuation o real estate
in Philadelphia this year is S5I7, 5iS,-
32S, II falling off of Slf 7G5, POI from
last year, and the tota. valuation of
property subject to municipal tax is
1886, 9ss, 0S7, which is SlG,0S0,435 less
than last year.
In August last, there were 9S Demo-
Gratis and 8 Republicans who voted in
favor of n repeal of the resumption
law; yesterday 105 Democrats and IS
Republicans so voted. Had the pro-
portion of last year been strictly main
tanned, we should have found, on the
basis of the larger aggregate vote, 123
Democrats and 10 Republicans voting
in favor of repeal. But the actual vote
shows a loss to the repudiationists of Is
Democrats and n gain to them of Is
Republicans. New York Times.