The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-28

into the mucilsge bottle, and a muci
lage brush that won't go into the ink
stand.
"We have struck another road, hav,
emit weP" asked a passenger of a con-
ductor on an Arkansas railway. NO.
replied the conductor, 1--WE have only
u off the track"
Gilroy, CAL, hasa dog college, pre-
sided over by Professor Thomas Hide.
brand. The tuition fees are 500 per
term. We are not Informed of the
course of study in the institution.
There was a great deal of floating
capital at the seaside resorts last sum-
mer," said a Wall street man. "Do
you mean millionaires' cashP" mo
sir, l mean the heiresses in bathing"
At the last shoot of the Lowell press
rifle club the birds in the neighbor-
hood all gathered near the target. Here
is proof that they think. They thought
t. themselves, 1.-THE target is the safest
place for u.s."
Out in Manitoba a couple Of leading
citizens had a rae on foot, about
which there was considerable betting
and excitement. The local paper in its
heading "a Foot Race got in an "a"
instead of a ct"
Two.thirds of the millionaires of
lilo ora Japiad d,o;ftoao - tba
best society,"" The social standard
has been much,elevated since convict
ships used to haul gentlemen there
from ''ten thousand miles away"
A Peori woman who married a man
TO spite her father, is now suing for a
divorce on the ground of drunkenness,
swearing, obsceuity, arson, filthy hab-
its, incompatibility, in6delity, brutal
Ity, laziness, bigamy and non-support.
A newly married lady was telling an
other how nicely her husband could
write. "Oh you should just see some
If his love letters" Eyes, 1 know"
was the freezing reply; "I've got a
oushel of them in my trunk" Tab
leaux.
When the prince OF Wales was visit
ing st. Petersburg he telegraphed his
mother to know If he could attend a
court ball on Sunday. The answer
came flashing back over the wires from
Victoria, Decidedly, mol" He didn't
attend.
A Texas paper is responsible for the
following: "a 'tender-foot' wrote the
following OIL a postal card dated Abb
lene, Texas: Il Saw with my own eyes
A dogg without a Hare OMIT And was
told by a man that i no to be all Rite
that the Dogs Hare war AL blode OF
by a siclone or a Blizzard as they Call
them here it betes Hell doesn't it will
YUM"
Thursday night as Senator and Mrs.
Tabor, of Denver, were returning from
the opera house they were suspiciously
followed, first by three men, and then
by the time they got to their home their
number had increased to seven. They
Tabor and his wife-were almost cor
raled by the time they got to their own
door; but NJ demonstrations were
made. A timely use of the telephone
put them to flight. Tabor and wife
wore that evening $4,000 worth OF
diamonds, hence the attraction.
Like many others, the late Judge
Black had, to use a comm on expires.
sion, no ear for music, but, also like
many others, he imagined that he ap.
preciated it fully. Once he heard his
daughter Becky, who is a fine pianist,
play a piece that pleased him, and in
inquired its title. She replied that it
was "Lucy Neal" and the judge ever
afterwards declared it to be his favor
lite. Whenever Becky would be play
ing for visitors the judge would say
"Now, Becky, give US my ~favorite,
Lucy Neal "and Becky, slyly wink
ing at the guests, would play "Old
Dan Tucker" or sold Hundred" AS
she concluded, the judge would tip
back in his chair and exclaim: "That
Is my favoritel" and would wonder
what the people were laughing at.
An old dial in the Temple, London
bore the curious motto, "Bsgone about
your business" The maker, wishing
to know what motto the benchers re
quired for the dial, sent his lad to as
certain it. The boy applied while tn
benchers were at dinner, ard n o
them, annoyed at the unreasonable in
terruptlon, said, shortly, "Begon
about your business" The lad
thinking that this was the desired mot
to, repoite it to his master, and th
, dial accordingly bore this novel inscriI
: : ton as long as the building upon whicl
: it was placed remained. The Unite
$ States cent, which is usually called tt
, Franklin cent, because its maxim wa
suggested ny the philosopher, bore an
other legend, "Mind your bushes.
!. This has often been misquoted and a
/ tered to "Mind your own business,
n which, OF course, has an entirely dife
emit sense.