The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-20

plague has increased the evil, there
being in many villages not one beast left
alive.
The French ambassador to Ger
many had n long private conversation
with Emperor William at Baden-Baden.
The circumstance is much remarked
upon and j. regarded a. special and
striking evidence Of the good relations
existing between France and Germany.
A young Nihilist girl, named Gobie-
slawska, made her escape from the po-
lice Of Moscow In a novel way. The Of
ficers had discovered the house in which
she was concealed. and were about 10
MAKE the arrest, when t0 their surprise
they saw a balloon rising from the gar
den. Ii was - ascertained that il
contained the object Of their search and
two men, who rapidly disappeared,
leaving the officers Ia gaze helplessly and
disconsolately after them.
An English newspaper, the Liver
pool DAILY EcUS. has for a year past
used four type-sctting and seven distrib-
uting machines, nj a saving Of about
5000 per annum, a. compared with
the ,arlc amount Of work by hand. The
compositors working the machine earn
better wages than their fellows ut the
case, while the saving To the establish
ment is over 30 per cent. The machines
are used for every kind Of composition
except tabulated and displayed work,
the matter being set, spaced and justi-
fled with greater accuracy than by hand
labor. Each machine cost $50. and
the average speed is 5000 ems per hour.
Odds and Ends.
A brass band-Adollar-store brace
let,
This world is but a fleeting show
and il is the same way with the circus.
-" Alas, this is "A drop too much"
said the fellow who wa about to be
hanged.
Between n thick set hedge of bones
\ small red dog now baTks, now means.
'Jn5uOl uVmnQ Y
Yum ISMsuU 5qL
Here lies a girl whose brief, brief
days were briefer still from wearing
stays.-SyracuSe Times. Here lies n
girl as one forgotten, who lost her shape
with the rise of cotton.-OsUego Record.
The trouble with Il young fellow i'm
love is that he imagines that every body
else is in love with his girl too, while If
the truth were known, As likely as not no
n but himself ever looks at her.-Sa-
lem Sunbeam.
Two members of the Irish bar,
Doyle and Ielverton, quarreled one day
50 violently that from words they came
To blows. Doyle, the more powerful
man Of the two, knocked down his adj
versarN, cNclaiming most yehemently,
lyon scoundrel, I'll make you behave
yourself" To which Yelverton, rising,
answered with equal Indignation, mo,
sir, never; | defy you! | defy you!
You cant do it."
Many a man sits up nights 1--we
weeks at a stretch, Sundays included,
composing a communication for the
press on a slate, and then having spent
another week copying il until il might
be mistaken for Il piece of engraving,
he walks into the editor'- Office and re-
marks, with very badly assumed care
lcssness that wouldn't deceive a wooden
sign Indian: "Thcrc's something
| just scratched off that | thought YOU
might usc."-AUaRy EUening Journal.
The following is a copy of the letter
Ia his client in Colorado of a prominent |
attorney who has just succeeded in pro-
curing for him Il divorce: 1.-The Judge
has removed all disabilities, and You can
now marry "A squaw, clope with an
heiress, WOO a widow, sue and be sued
for breach of promise, send bouquets to
iamask-cheeked school-marms, write
to the cook and make "A fool of
Yourself generally, without regarr, 10 !
color II previous condition of
,ervitude. Very truly yours" etc
81. Louts Republican.
THE EARLY BIRD AND THE WORN.
Come, little pet" the old bird said.
In most cndcarin9 term.
You must hr early out of bed
IL You would catch the wcrni,'
The smallest ot the fcathcry herd
\ ,Iiny little thing
~DutSprang that tender baby bird
To grub for WORMS and sing.
And, To- she found an early worm
IL WAS a monster, too
She chirped. "Oh, you may writic and
>quirln. I
But ] viii gobhle YOU"
That bindings chirp. the rest affirm.
Was never after heard,
And II = SurmiScd il waSthe worm
That caught the early bird.