The Red Cloud chief., 1879-03-20

could, q. one time. dispose of II hard.
boiled eggs at q sitting. He is fond OF
middle-sized front. Bosidss bis 6vOrte
drink-porter mixed Nth champagne
be strongly recommends another corn
pound, said to be the invention q Field
Marshal Molfke, consisting Of bot tea,
sherry, and champagne. He enjoys
good mutton, but be has little appetite
for fiIets of beef or beef in general.
THE Indian Territory contains q vast
extent of the best agricultural lands.
II embraces something over 41;OOO,OO
acres, 26, 100000 of which have been
surveyed and set spart as reservations
for the Five Nations, leaving more thar
Is 5000, 900 acres unsurveyed and belong
ing TO the Government. The popul2-
ton includes 46, 1876 Indians, 8, 767 white
and negro members of the tribes,
5000 negroes not members Of the Chick
asaw or Choctaw Nations, 1900 rail-
road employees, and 5000 other white
residents Of the five civilized nations,
making a total population OF 6S.7OS.
A VERY singular shooting accident
occurred in Macon, Ga. As q gentle
man was walking along the street, car
rying a double-barreled shotgun with
the muzzle down, the gun came to
pieces, the barrel falling On the ground
and the stock remaining in his hands.
As the barrel struck the bricks the caps
on the tubes exploded simultaneously
and the double charge Of buckshot took
effect in a group Of convicts working
not mere than thirty feet away, and two
Of them were severely wounded. Med
ical aid was summoned at once, and 30
great sympathy was felt for the unfor-
tunate men, that on account Of this mis-
hap, an effort will be made TO effect their
release.
A MARKED effect of the failure OF pub.
lie life insurance companies Is b In
crease in the mutual beneficial associa-
ton among secret societies. As e rule,
| the assessments per death amount only
to one dollar. Some of the older assO-
| Citations, having q considerable fund in
vested, paw stated sums at death, from
$500 upward, the average being $1,000.
A compilation of annual reports for the
year 1877 places the number of such as
sociations in the United States in that
year at 204, with q membership OF 1885,.
0s6, divided as follows: Masonic, 55,.
1853; Odd Fellows, $3.50; other SINH
lar societies, 61,64S. The total mum
Der of deaths was 5,476; the death rate
per cent, LOS; average amount paid
BY deceased members, Sl8 %; average
amount of insurance paid, S710.S4, and
average cost of insurance, $6.93 pei
$1,000. The sum paid to benefciaries
by Masonic organizations was 1885,
704. IS; by Odd Fellows, $1,45l, 40O. so,
and by others, 90, 113, 136. 74-making
the handsome total of $780,, 1892 90.
THE wife of a miner in Hopewell, Pa,
had yellow hair of wonderful length and
abundance. 1t was SO heavy as to be 8
bother, but her husband would not LET
her cut it off, even when offered a good
price by dealers in hair. Lately work
became scarce with him, and he did moi
know how to make q payment sOor
coming due on his little house. The
loss of his home seemed probable. Then
a stranger came along and offered 500
for the treasured yellow hair. That
amount of money would raise the mort
gage on the homestead, and the hus'
band reluctantly made the sale. He
could not help shedding tears when he
saw the strangers shears d~espoiling hi:
wife's head of its beauty, and she wept
when she looked at herself in the glass
but they consoled themselves with the
crisp bank notes, and the buyer went
away with the hair. A few days after
ward the miner went to pay the debt
and learned that the bills were all cOun.
terfeit.
Tue Indians of Nevada rely mainly
for food on the pine cones, or nuts, tina,
grow in great abundance in the pine
forests. The trees are small, rarely ex'
ceeding Is feet in height when full
grown, but in fruitful seasons yield
enormous quantities of cones. These
are dried and made into bread, or roast
ed whole. The Indians 60 to the har'
vest in large parties, mounted on ponies,
and make a pleasure excursion OF the
work. "Arrived at some central pOin,
where water and grass are found" says
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin, the squaws with baskets, and
the men with poles, ascend the ridges
to the laden trees, followed by the chill
dren; beating begins with loud noise
and chatter; the burrs fly right and
left, lodging against stones and sage
brushes the squaws and children gather
them with fine natural gladness; smoke
columns speedily mark the joyful scene
of their labors as the roasting fires art
kindled, and at night, assembled in cir
cles, garrulous as jays, the first grand
nut feast begins" Sufficient quantitie.
are obtained in a few weeks to last al
winter.