The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-22

Do what good thou canst unknown;
and be not vain of what ought rather
to be felt than seen.-W William Penn.
The virtue of a man ought TO be
measured not by his extraordinary ex-
e~rtions, but by bis every day conduct
Pascal
Too much facility in ~pardoning is a
mark of weakness rather than great
ness of soul; those who feel strongly
resent long.
The moralists have said TO man:
abase, repress, smother thy pride. !
say to him, justify it. That is-the
secret of all great lives.
The difference between what is called
in this world happiness or unhappiness
is 81 little that we ought never to envy
or pity anybody.
Opinion is the main thing which does
good or harm in the world. II is our
false opinions of things which ruin us.
Marcus Antonius.
An ostentatious man will rather re.
late a blnnder or an absurdity he has
committed, than he debarred of talking
OF his own dear PRONUNCIATION.
The wise nan has life long vigilance,
but not n mornings serious trouble.
To nourish the mind, there is nothing
better than 10 make the desires few
Mencius.
Ulysses. thrown upon the shores of
Ithaca, does not recognize them, and
weeps for his country. So man, in
happiness possessed, does not recognize
his dream and signs still.
If you want knowledge you must toll
for it; If food, you must toll for it; and
if pleasure, you must toll for it. Toll
is the law. Pleasure comes through
toll, and not by self indulgence and in
dolence. When one gets to love work
his life is a happy one.-Ruskin.
What is headed now is n nice shower
to cool the atmosphere.-Pock's MI
,raukee San.
That fellow is just like a telescope
said 4 dashing New Yorh girl; ''you
can draw him out, see through him,
and shut him up again.
The race is not always to the swift.
The slowest boy in the school room will
lilnlv annttnIt 1a fha fleet 80 .,t.I. ..
clicking"
The butchers of Brooklyn have Just
started for sociability the "Lcg of Nut
ton club" Their motto should be, ein
ewc-nion there is strength. "-Boston
Transcript.
THAT man is u coward" excitedly
remarks the Kingston Freeman, .'who
attacks the dead" This is IA warning
we take it, to the too numerous per-
sons who are all the time pitching into
old Mr.. lscariot.-Free Press.
In the counting room of a Galveston
store the following notice is stuck up in
a conspicuous place: "Persons having
no business in this Office will please get
through with it as soon as possible and
leave.
A friend of George Elliot, in speak
ing of the deep tinge of melancholy in
her books, says that zone of her most
constant thoughts turned on the waste
of force in the world" We suspect
that George once saw a 200-pound man
kick n 120-pound lightning rod agent
of the front stoop.
"J'u'nalism,' lie observed, as he
rested unsteadily with his back braced
against the wall, while the pale moon
beams toyed coldly.with his flushed but
intellectual countenance, "j'u'nalism's
gram an gorg'us rainbow (hic), wi-wi
wiz one foot in err gin mill an tuzzer
foot i-i-in er poor'ouse.
Mime. D., a mature Partisan beauty.
happened to take n swallow of very hot
tea while dining out the other day.
Her contortions and grimances drew
the attention of the whole table, and
judge of the astonishment-she had no
eyebrowsl The steam of the tea had
warmed the artificial substitutes. They
had fallen into her cup, and-she had
swallowed them.
us your programme full, Miss Bee
tlecrusherp" asked a young mar of a
western damsel, who had just struggled
out of the refreshment room, with dis
appointment in her eye, and an "order
of dance" in her hand. "%Programme
full?' said the daughter of the setting
sum-" ''waal, l guess not; 1 hain't had
nothing but a piece of cake and an ice
cream, an that don't go far towards
filling my programme, 1 can tell you.n
A French peasant saw in the river a
floating egg. He thought that he could
catch it with his hand, but in the
attempt fell into the water, and the egg
escaped him." Tho water was deep
and he could not swim. In terror, he
believed that God was thus Furnishing
his greediness. To propitiate his fate
he vowed that if he escaped he would
never eat another egg. Instantly u
branch of a tree presented itself to
him, by means Of which he gained the
banks OF the stream. Shaking himself
he said: 81 suppose, o Lord, that you
of course understood me to say raw
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