The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-17

for?" What did l come down so
qnick for? Did you see anything up in
the air for me to hold on TOP" he said
grimly.
The count is leaving the salon of a
charming lady friend. "Going so early
my dear COUNT" 81 am, madam
muslin fact, 1 have an engagement
that cannot be avoided. l go to regret
elsewhere not being here" Bows pro
foundly and exit.)-ParisIan Wit.
Coy. Plaisted having notified Tommy
Bates, the Sheffield boxer, and young
Jim Hurst, of Montreal, who intended
to engage in a prize fight near Bangor,
Maine, that arrests would follow the
pitching of the ring, the fight will not
take place in that state.
The Springfield Republican does not
approve of prohibiting ex-Confederates
from entering the army. The opportu-
nifty, it says, of standing up to be shot
at by the Indians, is not a privilege to
be withheld from any class of citizens
on account Of civil disability.
Let the boys who are collecting pos
tage STAINS read this and persevere: An
eminent queens counsel, who has found
time in the midst of his work to amass
one of the finest collections of postage
stamps in England, has just decided to
sell them to a French collector for S40,.
600.
1t strikes us that the following, from
the Boston Star may not be wholly in
applicable in this city. ''SOme young
men to be seen on the streets of Boston
seem to be afraid that they will be mis-
taken for native born Americans, if
their cockney coats, n and CANNES
indicate anything"
Our navy is the boss of all that
sweeps the seas. 1t has not lost a sin
gle naval battle in many years. The
American flag has been frequently
trailed in the dust by cranky foreigners,
but what's the odds, so long rs our
navy has never been licked.-Bloom-
ington Eye.
The Scranton penn Republican re-
lates that as a Wilkesbarre man took
his seat in the barber's chair, he asked
the barber if he had the same razor he
had used two days before. Being
answered afirmatively, the patient mar
said: 'Then give me chloroform."
Street letter boxes in some parts of
England are painted around the apert-
ure with luminous paint, so that people
may see where to post their letters at
night. Tue idea is II good one, especi-
ally in cities where tht letter b xes are
on lamp posts, and the gas burner is too
economical to show where the lamp is
on n dark night. -Plcayune.
Anew York mar went into a crowd
ed car and asked if he could have the
seat which was then occupied by a hat,
whose owner was sitting in the next
seat. The man, angrily grasping his
hat, answered: Yes, take it, if you're
a hog" 81 am so near one that l
guess I'll take it," said the lother.-
Salt Lake Tribune.
~ don't care so much about the loss
of my thumb, as a thumb" said the
grocer, whose horse had amputated the
member, "but as a source of profit l
shall miss it. I've measured that thumb
in the shape of beans, meal and molas-
ses nigh OF to a thousand times. Well,
my wife can't afford a new parlor car
pet this pring.-New Haven Register.
"Why is that cup of tea like truth?"
asked the head of the family, pointing
to the cup by the side of his plate.
"Te-hee," giggled his wife, ~ don't
know, why is itr" Because it's my
tea and will prevail" Then the wife
looked sorrowfuLand asked him what
he had been drinking Oil City Der
rick.
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