The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-21
Wit, Fact and Continent.

life.
observation-disclosures" said apreach-
eI, includes woman for man embraces
woman"
The wise man weareth u combination
lock on his mouth, and remembers the num-
ben thereof only ut meal-time.
The Brooklyn EaOk thinks It better to
have less ponip at wedding ceremonies and
more pork and potatoes afterwards.
Sampson eoliah presented n petition for
an increase of pension in the United States
Senate. Truly q gigantic namel
The man who said he had just got out
Of . tight place had been seen n few min
utes before wiping his mouth in n drinking
saloon
Girls who are not handsome hate those
who are, while those who are handsome
hate one another. Which class has the best
time Of it'll
1t ia said that the kind mothers down
East are grown 80 Rffectiona:e that they
give their children chloroforn previous to
whipping them.
A charming ferlale writer says that
The men like to pick the ladies to pieces"
1t is certainly very pleasant sometimes to
take them apart.
1t is n well known truism that people
learn wisdom by experience. "A man."
says Mr.. Jones, "neycr wakes up his second
baby to see it laugh"
MY opinion is" SAID a philosophical old
lady of much expereac" and observance,
that any man as dies upon w~ashing-dny
does it out Of spite.
II she doesn't invite you iato the house
after having escorted her homo, 1t isn't
worth while to waste any more ice cream
on her-your case is hopeless.
Jennie June aGirms that during the past
season Anna Dickinson had an opportunity
to form two matrimonial engagements, one
with no less q parsonage than Gen. u +.
Butler.
A while ago, a party Of lynchers, down
South, postponed the hanging five minutes
to allow the victim time to finish smoking a
cigar. This proves that the use Of tobacco
prolongs life.
"HUw is it that you have never kindled
aflame in any man's heart " asked a rich
Lady of her portionlcss niece. "]Isuppose,
aunt. it is because ! am not a good mutch,"
meekly replied the poor niece
my dear" aid n husband, in startling
tones, after awakiDg his wife in the night,
81 hRve swallowed a dose Of strychDine !"
We'll, then do for goodness sake lie still,
or it may come up
1t cast a gloom .yyr an entire church
fair the other night when tho ministers
son walked up to the grabbing aud prize
cake table and demanded that the game
be explained to him before he bought his
chips.
The politest Q. all dATkies live near
N.-T WI
his own color by moonlight he says " Mr..
Sam, do you know any place in dc neigh
borhood whar a gentleman might borrow a
chicIer ?"
The Boston Common Council last Thurs.
day evening resolved, by n vote OF thirty
nix to nineteen, that no wines, cigars, lager.
cider, or mineral water should be furnished
at entertainments, ur with refreshments
paid for by the city.
Everybody thought it was = match, and
so did he, and so did she but last evening,
at n croquet party, she Lit her pet corn 4
whack with the mallet that sounded like a
torpedo, and he-he laughed. We meet
as strangers" she wrote on her clti aud
showed 1t to him. "Thinl. OF me no more"
he whispered huskily.
The phrase "to die in the last ditch"
was first employed, we believe, by William
Of Orange. "Do you not see your country
is lost" said the Duke of Buckingham. who
had been sent to negotiate ut the Hague,
when England and France leagued aga;us,
Holland. There is a sure way never to
zee It lost" replied William, land thnt is
to die in the last ditch"
Literary young man ut L rarty " Miss
Jones, have you seen Crabbe's Tales ="
Young lady, scornGully, IL was not aware
fh.N- roba hoA tatla - TtTnr-r-
covered with confusion: II beg your par.
don, ma'am; l should have said, read Crab.
be's Tales ?" Young lady, angrily-scorn.
full: And / was not aware that red crabs
had tails, either" Exit young u
Eighteen thousand men are now engaged
in the express business. Express companies
cover 60. 900 miles OF railroad, md 1t il
estimatedithat their messengers daily traye,
500 900 miles. Three thousand five hun.
dred horses are employed. and over 5000
Offices are required to transact their bust
ness in, and IN amount Of capital 10 il
vested not less than $50, 000, 900.
Under a free government, no wrons .aa
be -redressed by violent measure. The
courts and Legislatures arc the creature
Of the people. But power is ever stealing
into the hands of the few, and eternal "iyi
lance is necessary to guard the AK 81 the
peoples liberties. To wantonly iu.llmc
mems passions at o time like this is q aiime
against social order; but 70 remain passive
while m ~oligarcby of wealth is mar-lAiiiur
its forces for an assault on popular ,usgitu-
lions in q crime against American liaprr.
1t is q significant fact that in Eaaiana
the sympathies of the people are with the
republicans Of France in their struggle
against the usurping monarchic faction.
Nj. Gladstone, in q recent speech. =pOke
in warmest admiration of the moral quail
tiles displayed by the French republicans,
and his remarks were received with ap
plause. The battle which the French re
pubic Is now wnging with personal GOV
eminent Is the same which the Common
Of England had and won some hu.dreI
years ago-the war for free spcecb. Ire.
press, the responsibility Of The executive nud
the maintenance of the constitution.
A German Geological Gazette auna,.re,s
that in the caves Of Pappenheim, near So
ienhofen, Ernst Haeberlcin has discovered
a second specimen of the G~rehd1ptey- IT,.
gr1pkfcd, the first specimen Of this~e xiraor-
binary bird Of the antediluvian cru hayiuy
been found by him nearly 90 years ago. Tho
second specimen Is much more complete.
its head being very well preserved. This
curious fossil, long q subject of study 70.
naturalists, Ii half reptile, half bird. From
traces left on the stones, displayin. clearly
the wings and yertebrn, it is proved that
This animal had a genuine tail like that Of 4
mole, rs long as its body. formed by 90 din.
inishing vertebre covered with feather.