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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
Rats In India,

A CAPTAIN in the army. holding an
appointment in the Bengal staff corps,
was staying with his wife and young
child in the same station. The father.
a right brave man he was. who had
been wounded not a great while before
by some hill savages, wanted 10 bring
up his son to be hardy and fearless,
like himself l should add, so the pa
rents put their little n in q room to
sleep BY itself. But they soon noticed
scratches and strange marks on the
young childs hand ), which, getting
worse, made them call in a doctor.
This gentleman's advice was encourag-
ing: .If you don't want your child to
lose his hands you had better keep him
away from the rats. for they have been
biting him."
Travelling at one time in an out-of-
the-way district, l had to put up for
the night at a ''d'ak bungalow" /. e..
travellers rest-house. asked the ma
tive in charge whether any sahibs had
been there lately, and he said no. no,
for a long time. Before living down to
rest, l took off my riding boots and
flung them on one side. When I came
to put them on in the morning / found
l should travel with much less leather
than l had the previous daT. for the
rats had made a complete wreck Of the
upper parts Of the boots hadn't an
other pair with me or I should have
worn them, for my appearance Was
somewhat novel. as l was wearing white
trousers at the time, and the holes in the
boot uppers were painfully manifest in
consequence.
An old planter in India, whose word
l readily believe, assured me that the
zinc lining Of some grain-bins was
eaten through and mended. and eaten
through again several times by rats.
and that the performance was quite
skillful. in that the bins were built on
brick pillars, and great care was taken
never to leave anything beneath for the
rats to stand upon. But, nevertheless,
they managed repeatedly in some way
to gnaw through the wood and then
through the zinc until the grain fell
out.
was living for q few months in an
isolated, swampy district, and as a
natural consequence, the place being
excessively unhealthy. l was frequently
attacked by the constant companions
of Indian jungle life. fever and ague-
The bungalow was a very rough build
ing, and had been put up in 4 great
hurry, and every time The wind blew
with any violence / anticipated il COM
ing down in . space of time even less
than that in which it was put 10.
When laid up with fever, and unable to
read, I used to watch the rats running
about the beams and rafters of the
roof. Their performances would have
put Blondin altogether 10 shame.
amused myself by waiting until the
rats got into difficult parts Of the roof.
and then clapped nv hands to startle
them But ~endeavoring 10 cause them
to lose their balance was utterly futile.
They always guc out of sight in safety.
/ sometimes had something easable lsfs
on the table, and then watched the
maneuvers of the rats to carry il away.
l was sorry afterward. because they
got impudent and Courageous. ana
frequently stole things intended for my
own consumption--BradJord (CaA)
MSerrHy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

d. The Committee on Agriculture re-
ported that all space wanted by the
Club at the coming State Fair could be
secured, and recommended that the
members bestir themselves on the mat
ter of entries. After considerable dis
cussion it was resolved to offer pre-
miums as follows in the name of the
club:
/. For the largest watermelon grown
in a cornfield eighty rods from a house,
a prize of a wheelbarrow with red
handles. Exhibitors must make affi-
davit that they did not set a watch on
the melon patch. In case no cOlored
man lived within two miles of the corn
field, the exhibit will not count.
2. For the biggest POISON grown in
the State, a prize of fifty cents in cash.
8. For the best lot of ten dogs owned
by any one colored family in the State,
a prize of a grind-stone making forty
four revolutions per minute.
4. For a dozen fowls which have
roasted each night for six months in a
hen-coop not guarded by a bear-trap.
alarm-bell, s%pring-gun. or other device
to prevent a full and fair investigation
of their manner of roOsting, a prize OF
a photograph of an ice-hOuse contain
ing fifty tons of ice.
Later on several other premiums will
probably be offered, and the Club in
tends to offer a prize for the best speci-
men of frescoing on a board fence
with a whitewash brush. competition
open to the world. Detroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
PERSONAL. typ LITERARY.

Max Tw.rx ts,he, tArrc e-ss..ad
ere ekilirsu-
W. II Sr~srElr. It The Fhilsdclphia
EnosrL has tsIlsa heir - ssoaeA
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.t>rrFaEss 10 reported - b. nos IN
better health ,haa a. Any time Tor year,
Esst
RosEasrs BEorHEEs. the publishers
4 Jean Ingeioss poems in tbs. csun-
ny. say thai they have paid her $4,000
n ryeuicea years
SALyixI ~iIi speak itzlian iuring he
toir nsxt winter Ia this coaairy. ~htip
the sa~boriina;s parts ~ skzkrsp-zcc's
Tragedies ~in DO 4 kaglish
Ma AErTuz SULLIVAN. ,hs cpm-
poser. has written aud sent % be Mar
quis of Iorne. Goyornor-Gcnerai OF the
Dominica. n Canadian SslsunA hymn-
A KrCESr Photograph Of Mrs. Al
gG<is Eyaas Wilson. A By = Mobl!o
artist. represents thai lady in the plain.
e.; of blsck dresses. with = quAiui little
white cap on her head.
Miss G~ERrKUDE GEsswntp. = nieco
% Bret Hsste. has won this year the
chief honor IN the DC chant OF
the Paris COnscrvatoirc-thc mr., IN
stance 81 its being accorded ~ an IN
g.tsh-speakins person.
rur Rev. ;. 2. Smith. who wrote
Nv Country lis 81 Thee, Is stall
living in Newton. Mas. lie SAYS he
wrote d verses on a waste scrap OF
paper one dismal day in February.
lsS2. while NJ Andover Seminary.
EDWIN Boorn is ~ &c; ~ the new
Princess Thea,cr. London The delay
in his appearance Vas caused by hls
refusal u play iago tn the Ofheil" III
Charles Warner. which would Tn a
measure subordinate him 10 n popular
English star.
WILLIAM NJ SHIFHAS, II Fair Hs
ven. Conn. the oldest printer ia the
State. who assisted in setting up the
first Websier's Dictionary. and who
could set type in Greek. Hebrew and
Arabic. died recently n, the age Of sew
enty-siN years.
Miss BoorH. the editor II HuTor's
BI.dr. who gets 5000 a year salary.
believes in women n workers. but finds
that the great majority attempt whs,
they have not fitted themselves for. and
consequently make dismal failures. re-
firing dishoartencd and ready 10 rail nj
the injustice of men.
The Princess Dora D'Istria has been
passing the ummer peacefully At
Swampsc"tt. Mass. She has diped
there with Mr.. Lnngfellow. who re
cited To her an unpublished poem, aud
with James L. Fields. who mercifully
did not Her name il now her most
romantic belonging. She is nifty aud
stout. but retains traces of personal
beauty. She j. not wen divorced. ~
reported. and her husband has been
dead fourteen years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
Sea Craft In Miniature.

An old gentleman living a short dis
lance out of Portland recently had on
exhibition two ingenious pieces Of
mechanism. One was a steam barken-
tine and one a steam bark. built on q
scale of one-eighth of an inch to the
foot. They were framed. planked and
bolted exactly like a large ship. Each
plank was bolted and riveted with bolts
made from q pin, hammered out to
about the size of a horse hair. They
had wooden blocks, rope strapped. the
rigging was twisted silk, made in exact
imitation of hemp rope, and everything
about them was made after the same
style. The gentleman who made them
said he had taken four hundred and six
ty-four working days to complete them.
(Ae.) Wing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

ANOTHER American girl who sought
distinction in q titled husband has come
to grief in the dissolution of the mar
rage between Miss Moulton. of this
city, and Count Won Hartxfeldt of Ger
many, who gives up his wife in order to
enjoy political honors. Mn. MoultOn's
mother was q Miss Metz. and her
grandmother was once fayorite
actress. Her parents several years ago
made their home In Paris, and II was
there that their daughter met the Ger
man Count whom she married in 1869.
A German resident in this city Is quot
ed by the World as saving that the law
which the Count has obeyed in discard
ing his wife ID only . social one Tho
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

U4hything but once
o! my expectations or
ven approaching them. and that was
the New York oysters l had then
lust come on from California. where
oysters are very small and unimpor-
tant, not TO say Insignificant. and ] had
often eat q hundred there 1t a time.
and had always felt that ! could eat
more IL l had them. So. when i ar-
rived nj the Metropolitan Hotel l or
dered my dinner 10 be served in my
room. and told the waiter to bring with
my dinner n strong cup Of coffee and q
hundred raw oysters. He looked 1t me
a moment. and then said:
did 1 understand You TO say q hum
dred ~oysters?'
Yes" I answered.; "raw, on the
Ealf shell, with vinegar; 10 lemons,
and as soon as you can, for l am very
hungry"
..Ahem. Miss. do you want a hun
dred?''
"Yes. / do. What are you waiting
for? Must I pay for them in advance3
| want nice large ones"
mo. NO. miss, All right. you shall
have them" and he went out. l con-
tinued nv writing and forgot all about
nv dinner till he knocked and came IN
with my dinner on a tray, but no oys-
tiers.
..How is this?' said I. There are no
oysters"
'.Dey's comm. miss. dey's COMM"
and the door opened and in filed three
'a L.rnv aon1a
each with a big tray of oysters on the
half-shell. | was staggered. but only
for a moment, for / saw the walters
were grinning. so l calmly directed
them to place one tray on a chair, n
on the wash-stand and one on the bed,
and | said:
..They are very small. aren't they?"
"Oh, no, miss, dc berry largest we'se
got"
..Very WELL" said /; "you can 60.
If ! want any more III ring"
When they got out into the hall one
said to the other: -
Fore goodness, 10, il she eats all
them oysters she's a dead woman"
| did not feel hungry any longer. l
drank NV coffee and looked at the Oys-
tiers. every one of them as big as my
hand. and they all seemed looking at
me with their horrible white faces and
out Of their one diabolical eve. until l
could not have eaten n any more than
| could have carved up a live baby.
They leered at me and seemed to dare
me to attack them. Our California
oysters are small and with no more in
diyidual character about them than
grains of rice, but these d~etestable
creatures were instinct with evil inten-
tions. and | dare not swallow one for
fear of the disturbance he might raise
i'm nv interior, so l set about getting
rid of them, for | was never going to
give up beaten before those walters. l
hung a dress over the keyhole after l
locked the door, and just outside my
window found a tin water spout that
had a small hole i'm it. carefully en-
larged it, and then slid every n of
those beastiy creatures down N by
60 hundred and two of them
they all the time cycling me with that
cod, pasty look of malignitv. When
the last one was out of sight l stopped
trembling and finished nv dinner in
peace. and then rang for the walters.
You should have seen their faces! One
of the walters asked il | would have
some more. Nav he never know the
internal pang he inflicted upon me; but
1 replied calmly:
mot now. l think too many ut once
might be hurtful. Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
Connecticut DrummerS.

In some of the small cities and towns
there are business establishments whose
travellers make journeys as extensive as
any undertaken by the drummers of
New York. Connecticut men are
among the leaders in seeking new mar
kets for their productions. Some of
the large manufacturers of tools, ma
chinery. hardware and other kinds of
goods in that State send men to South
America, Europe and elsewhere in the
anne matter of-fact name that smaller
houses might send to Syracuse or Cana
joharie. A firm of carriage manufac-
turers in New Haven send q man
around the world. They sell many car
riages in New Zealand, Australia and
South Africa On his last trip their
traveller drummed the trade up the Red
Sea and along the south shore of the
Mediterranean. He sold some carriages
in Egypt, but none in the countries to
the westward, where the British and
Continental manufacturers yet retain
command of the market. On his next
trip he win again tackle the carriage
buyers of that region. He overcamc
British opposition in South Africa, and
expects to accomplish the same result
in North Africa-Hartford CouyonG
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
HUMOROUS.

A DASBURY young man bought an
ACCORDION and took lessons. A month
later his wife presented him with an
heir. Not being able tn hold its own.
the ACCORDION is offered for sale. Dan
bHry NerS.
MES whose names are seen O~ftcnest
in the public prints are the writers who
make certificates Of what wonderful
things conservative pills or DIR. Tapes
vermifuge has done for their constitu-
,ions.-N o. RcdyHse.
WHEN n Vermont farmer came in
and said he had been hooked by the
bull, he didn't seem 90 appreciate his
wite's sympathetic inquiry: "Oh.
John. did he tear your nice new
pants?" for he replied: mo. dun yc;
| wish il was the pants that he hurt
Boston Post.
EVERY other man you meet these
mornings has a iish-pole and all other
angling accouterments, and il hurriedly
walking toward the good fishing
places. The singular thing about il ID
that you never meet n man coming
from the fishing ground. They always
sneak home by some cross road. and
yet the elastic fish story rolls easily
from their tongues the neXt day.-Hei0
Haze: Register.
..IS closin' dis meetin'," said Brother
Gardner. n The usual hour was marked
BY the clock. "let cherry one o yer
bar in mind dat BLOWN up a bladder
doan' make a bar'l. Git il As full Of
wind as you may an its muffin but .
bladder. DE Lawd made each one fur
n speshul purpose. an de chap who was
created To- use a shovel will git busted
ebery time he believes dat he was cut
out fur n statesman. w Will now be
scattcred."-Detrot Free Press.
COUSIN EMILY (whose young man sits
opposite in dreamy contemplation Of
his inamoraia)-"Do you ike your new
doll. Bertha?' Bertha" IT, tuzZin
Emily; | loves il veal lots. all but one
fingr' Cousin Emily-"Why what il
that. Bertha?" Bertha- Dolly's hair
will come of; but. tuzzin Emily, she
isn't a truly lady. 90 know. cause her
toofins wont come out all in n bunch,
like oours does, 90 know Which was
more than Emily's young man "
dreamed of.-BoStOn TrGnscript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
He Could Read Latin.

The profit to druggists from the
practice of writing prescriptions in
abbreviated Latin received a good illus
tration in Boston the other day: A
young man went into a druggists shop
and handed him \ prescription on which
a few grains of chloride of zinc in a
pint of water was ordered i'm regular
prescription form. The total cost at
retail was probably about a cent. but
the druggist unblushingly asked for
seventy-five. When demonstrated with
for charging so much for putting up a
prescription, the ingredients and cost
of which were named to him, he an
swered that he did not suppose that the
customer could read the prescription.
and. as he could, only ten cents would
be charged. In this state of affairs it
seems advisable to learn to read pre-
scriptions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

THEODORE DE BEAUvILLE says:
s'The Parisienne has created for her.
self a youth, which is the result OF will,
and which lasts thirty years. for it re-
ouires that time at least to arrive at the
completion of the charming and aston
ishing being she is. And l insist upon
it that this magic does not consist in
painting and hiding the wrinkles. in re
placing the hair that has fallen. the
flesh that has withered, but in having
nothing of that at all. The true Paris
ienne, and therein lies her strength,
knows neither the hair merchant, nor
the dentist, nor the perfumer, and
washes herself with pure water. like .
sister of religion"
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

German Court. according TO the strict
notions Of the Empress Augusta re-
CARDS either = connection with he
stage (eyen by inheritance only or =
divorce a. \ bar To social intercourse.
and the fact that the Countess grand
mother was an actress may be the oniy
reason why the Count could no; become
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs 80
long n be acknowledged his American
wife. II this is the reason for his course.
the moral lesson which il teaches OF
German Court usages is not = fi~a,tering
one.-E. y. Eueaiag Post
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
A Sluggish Country.

THERE is a story told Of = tourist
who. happening to be st Lisbon. was
present one day at a sitting Of the
Cortes. The Lower Chamber was de-
batting the clauses OF q bill for reim-
bursting . Provincial postmaster. whose
mules had been stolen BY q gang Of
gypsies- The traveller LEFT the Tsgus
and sailed TO Callao; thence he went 10
Paraguay. and some months later he
was in California He crossed the
American continent 10 New York. then
proceeded 10 England. and at the expi-
ration of about eighteen months he
turned up again at Lisbon. where he
found the Cortes still gravely deliber.t-
ing over the bill indemnifying the Post
master of Tras os Monies for the loss
of his mules; the moral Of which mani
testify is, that Portugal. although sp-
parenily sopeaceful and prosperous that
She is scarcely ever heard Of. Is an ex-
tremely sluggish and backward coun-
tv.-LonfoB Telegraph
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

AT Hillsville, Va, the Primitive Bap-
lists held q meeting for the ceremony
of feet washing. the other day. after
the example set by Christ with his dis
ciples. This strange people live only
among the mountains from West Vir-
ginia to the hills of Georgia, and the
number present on the occasion re
ferred to was about 800, from different
psrts of the South.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

The first lighthouse in America was
built at Brant Point, the entrance to
Nantucket Harbor, in 1746, and . light
was maintained there for forty-hve
years. through private subscriptions of
the merchants of the town. before it
passed. in 1871, into the hands of the
United States Lighthouse Board
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

Nf told her how her winsomc face
Comes to my thoughts unhid, the whole Gay
through:
I never asked her n there Is a place
In her young heart where I'm remembered
too.
Yet, watching her, I lean against the wall,
And tell my soul / love her best OF all.
Now halts the music for a little space;
And seated, see, she gathers daintiiy
Her gowns gay folds aside, to make a place,
A place for Briggs. BY Jove, she beckons
Ny queen, I comet Now. let what may befail,
know she knows i love her best OF all
The soft, stil dawn steals up the whitening
sky; =,
h lights arc out, the music dumb and
dead.
Beneath the stars together, she and i.
An hour ago-what was IL that We saidr
Strange Rladness thrills my neart as l recall =.
Her whispered words: Il love you best OF
-Wm. II. Mays. In Argondua.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

The willow which oversh.dows the
grave of Napoleon At ST. Helena 10 the
second planted since the intement Of
the Emperor. and is twenty-six years
old. Willows on that island rarely ex-
coed thirty years of age. and the shoots
are carefully preserved for replsnting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

The tree keeps its trunk in good
order during the winter, 50 that it
shall be ready to leave early in the
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

WHAT Is the difference between .
fxe1 star and . meteor? One Is . sun.
the other . dartef.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

81 AM sawdust when I sing" as the
board remarked to the buzz-saw,
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21
Premiums Offered by the LimekIin
Club.

London
Osage Valley banner., 1880-03-25
Alum Water.

Last Saturday, while prospecting for coal
on his land a few hundred yards south OF
Versatile, Mr.. Wm BoWlen struck vein OF
run into the shaft, and the clear, peculiar
look suggested to Ar. b. the propriely of taIt
ing il. Ha brought some Of the water totown,
ana il was pronounced TO be alum water.
There was no getting around 1.-THE taste
was there. Res'uing home, Mr.. Bowler,
following the sdYcs OF Col. Slower, boiled
three buckets Of The wster down, which made
quart OF alum. 1t Is worth lhorougb test.
eIssilles GgzF,ta.
Osage Valley banner., 1880-03-25

springs would afford winter quarters for
millions on millions Of The hnuy tribe With
out having 20 trsyil twelve hundred mile, TO
the Clolf OF Mexico and in that distance te
captured by the large lsh in the waters Of
the Mississippi.
There are many springs In Miller county
shat With bat little sxpsncs could be prepsr-
ed for the propagation OF hsh to keep them
,ill three years old before turning them out
to supply the various water courses In No
The o.sge emptying 10 The Missouri river
near the center OF the state, would be in tact
state fishery; when the whole people Of the
State would be benefited by the expenditure
Of their money 10 project for the good Of
the whole. To supply the rivers south OF
Ozark st State expence would be stocking
the waters Of the State OF Arkansas with food
that would properly belong to the people OF
Missouri. II ths Fish Commission will ave
the Palsce Sleepif cats and come to O,age
Valley, we will convince them that hh will
PROPAGATE more ptolias 10 the rural districts,
than along railroads and places OF amuie.
ment.