The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-15
ALI SORTS.

The surf at Newport Is now full Of
diving bellies.
Lets strip the light fantastic toe"
said the chiropodist to his patient. :
Why is a rosebud like . promissory
notef Because it natures by falling
dew. :
A noble man that ought to be able
to give . good blow-out-the earl of
1t is q mistake to assume that q rose
by any other name would smell as
wheat.
The medal offered for the biggest Lie
told this year has been awarded to the
author OF . circus poster. I:
Inc man who went to see the board
fence retired when he heard the fence
rail and saw the plank walk
The colleges are busy lettering great
men. so that they can be identified il
they 60 astray in the hereafter.
China has only fifteen miles of tele-
graph. The facilities for circulating
lies In that country are limited.
Eleven thousand dogs have been
killed in the dog-pound of Baltimore
in the two years Of its existence.
Gracious! wife," said . father. as
he looked as his SON Williams torn
trousers, ''get that little Bill reseated.'
And she replied. Sew I will" :
There is going to be another comet
hold on. don't dodge yet; it's the
comet Of 1744. and 1t IS only expected
around once every 122, 1888 years.
The only Ohio man who died sud-
denly last week was q chap who was
trying to occupy two seats in . passen-
ger coach while four women were
standing up.
JIMMY Hope, the bank burglar.
has been arrested. His front nance
Is appropriate to his profession. and It
y TO be hoped that Hope for q season
bids the world farewell.,'
Hi! where did you get them trous-
ers!' asked an Irishman Of . man who
happened to be passing with . remark
ably short pair of trousers. II got
them where they grew" was the indig-
nant reply. Then. by my Conscience
said Pat, you've. pulled them q year
too soonT' .
Mr.. Timelytopic and Mr.. v~erybusy
met on the street. and after . few min
utes' conversation on business matters,
Mr.. Timelytopic asked Mr.. Verybusy
II he had seen the comet yet, and was
surprised when the latter replied that
be had not. as he had been out of town
a couple of weeks.
A French gentleman. who supposed
he had mastered the English language.
was suddenly puzzled one day when .
friend looked ut him and said: How
do you do?" do vat?' II mean how
do you find yourselfP' sSair. I never
loses myself" "But how do you feele"
-'Smooth-you Just feel me-"
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ton is a painting by . Dutch artist, rep
contents of q porringer. When John
Commissioners ct Client in 1871, this
picture was won by the latter from the
former at a game Of cards. 4
The tricycle. has been adopted BY the
Birmingham police force for the pur-'
pose Of facilitating the work Of
summoning the officers. to whom Its
use will for the present be exclusively
confined. Should the experiment prove
a success, it is expected the use Of the
machine will be further extended. :
1t is asserted that ut one Of the large
hotels Of Boston, of Wanted rectitude,
the astonished traveller Is confronted In
his room by q placard which bids him
''beware Of thievesr' and advises
him before retiring to look under tho
bed, search the wardrobe and all places
where q villain bent on robbery might
lurk.
A man vas found lying unconscious
under 8 tree the other day, with three,
ribs broken and a severe cash in his
left cheek. In his pocket was found q
little book entitled '.How to Avoid Ac-,
cidents. add What to Do when They
Occur" The injured man evidently
forgot that he had the timely little vol
ume about him.
A few years ago, when DR.. Dio Lewis.
was the rage. he said that people who
ate tomatoes would lose their teeth.
There are many people who are fond
OF q raw tomato. but who cannot eat
one with oil and vinegar. The acid Of.
the tomato mingles very nicely with
fine sugar and q little salt, and is said
not to be disagreeable in small guam
titles to people who suffer from indi-.
gestion. !,
In some parts Of New York the time
OF ono servant is pretty well occupied
In answering the door-bell for pedlers.
beggars and rag-buyers. In vain arc
ragmen requested never to call again.
They impudently answer that they are
upon their own business. and that they
viii ring as frequently as they please.
Men and women with door-mats, dust
ers and buttons, whom told that they
need never again call with their
wares, will return in half an hour to
ask tho servant whether the people
Of the house have not changed their
minds. (;
A good many people wonder how Il
Is that they see sticky hy-paper. in drug
store windows, covered so completely:
with dead flies that there does not seem
to be roo for another fly. and II they
buy the paper and take 1t home whore
dies are as thick as three in . bed, they
can't get q dozen flies on the sheet Of
paper In a week. The fact is that the
druggists land We have this from one Of
them in person. employ boys to catch
flies and stick them on the paper.
Some boys make as high as $1.50 q day
catching dies for druggists. and In
some localities these boys have almost
taken the last fly in the houses. MI
scaukee Sun.
A man whose first wife was remark
ably neat married q sloven. On one
occasion she mustered resolution to rub
down the old mahogany table. Her
good man sat .quietly regarding her un-
til she had done. when no burst into
tears. She desired to know what had
affected him in 80 unusual a manner.
THE sight Of that table," said he;
f'for / 10Y recognize an old acquain-
lance, and it awakens "reminiscences Of
days that are gone. for it always looked
thus when my poor wife a living
1t is unnecessary to say that the insult
ed lady bounced out Of the room. and
declared, as she slammed the door be-
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