The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-15
ALL SORTS.

that over-production is the pane OF the iron
business He shows that the seven hun
dred and fifty furnaces in this country
would produce five million tons Of iron per
year, when there is q demand for but two
millions of tons. If this statement is 7 u
it will be a long time before the iron indus
Try ~reviyes so rs to reach its old proportions.
Two men in Perry county married each
others daughters. Now, how are they re-
lated! Well. as nearly rs we can make it,
they are each others father.in-law ; hence,
each others son-in-law, and their wives are
each others ~stepdauChter; hence. each
others stepmother. II any OF our readers
can discover any other relationship existing
between them, We should Ike to hear from
them.
Some men are completely unnerved by
the sight Of q woman's tears. and would
rather miss a baseball game than see them
weep-before they're married but after
wards, n woman may cry till the tubs float
in'the cellar. while she tugs n heavy hod Of
coal up q dark and narrow flight of stairs,
and the man remains as calm and immobile
AZ q cigarstore s!gn.-CsRciaaaR BREAKFAST
Table.
The meanest man yet. lie went to
church. The contribution box was passed.
He had one cent lie dropped it IN the
floor. The box passed on. Everybody saw
tho supposed unintcntional occurrence.
When the folks get down to pray, mean
man gets down for penny. Penny Haved.
When folks get up to sing IN. n. (mean mani
joins in loudly, "A charge to keep l have"
evidently referring to penny Now, bring
on your mean men l-Lt1HasI Pest.
THE impurities that make water inju-
rious to health are organic matters, such
rs are a~bundantly supplied by blrnyards,
drains, and GENE cries. where the decay Of
animal and vegetable suJstGnce IL going on
Some families who I've on farms, aud who
fancy they are drinking the best water, arc,
in fact, constantly imbibiug poison that
will appear, perhaps, in the dreaded form
Of diphtheria or typhoid fever.-SciHltyfc
Amtr, can.
GOLD ANT SILVER SUrPLY. Official nd
vice received OF the Treasury on the 2jd
inst. state that the yield OF the Nevada
and California mines will reach for the pres.
emit calendar year thirty.three millions OF
gold and twenty seven OF s liver. The Com.
stock lode furnishes Of silver twenty mil
lions, and of gold n millions, the
rest Of the State OF Nevada six millions ,oi
silver and one million of gold the State
Of Cal fornia, fifteen millions OF gold and
one million of silver.
DEAD.HEADs Members Of the press are
literally hunted down by all sorts of people
who have axes to grind. The managers of
apnbic meeting who do not find the report
ers at the table. suffer stings of disnppoint.
ment the Judge, who sonorously blows his
nose before reading his opinion. looks anx.
ionsly for the stenographcrs; even the bur-
giaI on dis way to State prison, covets u talk
with the newspaper men" Yet the out
aide barbarian thinks that all newspaper
men are dead-heads, and envies them the
fne times they have in the way of free din.
ncrs and free tickets to all manner of shows.
There never was q greater mistake. People
do not teem to realize that, on the part Of
the journalist, 1t is merely q matter of bust
ness; that the editor or reporter goes to
these places, 80 attractive TO the outsider,
much Us the horse goes to the plow-be.
cause he must do SO. We venture to say
that four .hfthE OF these entertainment are
to journalists mtolerRble bores. The press
Is the victim Of the public's rapacious and
unccaSing demand for services without pay.
Let US have the boot on the right foot.-N.
y. Mail.
The t~wenty-cont piece IS base deceiver.
1t is invariably given out and received for
q quarter. The consequence is n liberal
use Of adiectives and wici edness in general.
I'm tell you wat wen do, my dear i"
said Mrs. Ferguson Yesterday. displaying
on her c~ountenance the light of a new dis
covery. Wen take them hereafter md
put them in the contribution box. Per.
haps it il cheating tic church but that.
evidently, is What the twenty cent piece
was made for"
A noted miscr who felt obliged to make
o present to n lady. entered o cTocEeIy store
for the purpose of making n purchase. See
ing a statuette broken into a dozen pieces,
he asked the price. The salesman said it
was worthless, but he could have it for the
cost Of packing in n box. He sent it to the
lady with his card. c~ongratulutirg himself
that she would imagine it had become ruin.
ed while on its way home. lie dropped in
to sse the effect. The trGdesman had care.
fully wrapped each piece in i separate piece
of paper.
A new feature, and it is a good one, has
been introduced into society by q number
of bellies and beaux Of the pr circles Of
st. Louis. 1t consists in the formation OF
a club, called the Cooking Club" COM.
posed Of ladies and gentlemen who will
give o series of parties AZ the different
homes OF the lady members. Each lady
who will attend viii have TO or.u~ with LCr
some refreshments cooked by herself. The
ladies invite their own gentlemen escorts.
and the latter will not be allowed. V.drr
penalty Of being expelled, to furn si car.
rages.