The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-02
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haven't q cent" said the gentleman,
II did not specify the coin," respond.
ed the mendicant.
Tanner appeals 70 people to attend
his lectures, for he must get money OF
starve to death, but folks only make
faces at him and say TOO thin"
A meddlesome old woman was sheer.
Ing at a young mothers aw~kwardness
with her infant, and said: ~ declare, .
woman never ought to have a baby un-
less she knows how TO hold it," ..Nor
a tongue either" was the quiet rejoin-
der.
A Galveston school teacher had q
great deal Of trouble making a boy un-
derstand his lesson. Finally, however,
he succeeded, and drawing a long
breath, remarked to the boy: 'If it
wasn't for me you would be the biggest
donkey on Galveston island"
Toddlekins is a very small man in
deed, but he said he never minded il at
all until his three boys grew up to be
tall. strapping young fellows, and his
wife began to cut down theiro ld clothes
and cut them over TO dc him. And
then he said he did get mad.
SPEAKER Randall said the other night
In n speech that the question OF the
tariff Is outside OF the presidential cam
paign. The truth is that in manufac-
turing towns the tariff question affects
the voting population and Is a very
strong element of which the republicans
are taking great advantage.
A duel recently took place between a
Ute Indian and a Navajo, in which the
former was killed and the latter seri-
ously wounded. This is very sad. When
the untutored child Of the forest be-
comes civilized and adopts the emo
bling pursuits Of the Christian paleface,
he can fight duels all day without any
body getting hurt.
A scene in n picture gallery sho xs a
model model" in a man who serves as
a model for an artist, and in the artists
absence explains the pictures TO a lady
visitor. "From whom did Mr.. Nc
Clip paint that headY" "From yours
obediently, madam. sit for the 'eads
OF all lis oily men, ''He must find
you a very useful person." Eyes,
madam; ! order his frames, stretch his
canvas, wash all his brushes, set his
palette and mix his %colors, All he's
got to do is to shove 'em on"
The late Judge W, on a visit TO
Niagara, when the car was in use on
the inclined plane, raised and lowered
by steam power, went into the starting
house to witness the descent, too timid
to go himself. After the car started,
started, fully impressed with the dan
ger, he turned TO the man in charge
and said: Suppose, sir, the rope
should break?" The man, with a Sc
rious countenance and a single eye to
business, replied: ooh, they all paid
before they went"
You have heard of the lady attired in
profound Grape who entered a car and
abandoned herself to melancholy. A
woman behind her with red nose,
green veil and blue spectacles leaned
forward and inquired: lost some
bodyl" A barely ~perceptible nod an
swered the question without inviting
another, but the inquisition proceeded:
Father" A shake. Brother" A
shake. "Husband?" A nod. "Church
member" A nod. life insured?'
A nod. "Then what are you moping
about2 He's all right, and 80 are
YOU"
What might have been a tragic scene
was prevented by the presence Of mind
Of a young actress at Folkestone re-
Gently during the performance of "H.
NJ. S. Pinafore, " by the Opera Comique
company. During the second act,
when Josephine Miss Ethel Pierson)
was taking leave of Jack Rackstraw,
the sky scene caught fire, and blazed up
in a most alarming manner. The large
audience rose en- masse, and were on
the point Of rushing to the door, when
Miss Pierson advanced to the footlights
and continued herduet with Rackstraw,
although both were in imminent dan
ger, while the other performers tore
down the burning scenery and succeed
ed in t%rampling out the fire. The plucky
pair received quite m ovation when the
audience found that all danger was
past.