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New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
rVUIS N TO GIVE NOTICE: That IN IN
proposals
DROPOSAG.S FOR ARTILLERY HORSES
L bRrOr QUAWTERMAs1RR's OFtfCE
COWNBR HotsfuN AND GREENE SIS.
fs.y,r a I.4sl I

CoKNHR HotsFuN AND GREENE SIS.
NORK CITY, February a lSSO.
SEALED PROPOSALS.. in tr piratc addressed the IN
snc. vii be received ~ tins Office nnul o'clock p m
W.iue-iin, 10 1870, which and place they
viii he oprned presence ~ bi def suppiyns hiS
Zen rnrnt with 90 ArHeTy t0 t0 bc eelings Of
hanly In al paTtc good condition.
trotr well broken 10 ha ncss from utoen Co. sixteen haeds
than nNc than sOvtu NciTs Uld. weigh
iug moi less tlau thousan hftv .05O rDund, and
suitahle ~ every pect Tor artillery -prvico.
one con, this advciti should securely attached
each tphcate propo AL anu he mentioned therein
prisiug Iait uf T.
B for proposals be aimed m tins Office Proposals
should ed envelopes marked Proposals
Artillery Horses" amt addIcascd Col. D. g. Easnn Depot
QuaI tcrnasirr Ncw-NOrS ,ttV.
The United states the riRh o reject suy all
proposals. .. . 49,. -,
New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
Prev'ly 'rot'l for

II Will De seen from the following responses that
all bat one Of those whose first choice is General
Grant name Senator laine as their second choice.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-21

The sentiment here Is almost unanimous against tniru
term. j. Il. Gable. y. NJ.
FOR HAYES.
Burnside First, Hayes but would have been
Blaine year ago; second. Washburne james Do"'oI'
New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
Religions Notices

Association Hall. 23f 81 and 4thave ,stanon s,r.-
baptist tburrhe-S. j. KNAPP Pastor, will ,rs.X
~ ~ a. m and 1880 p M Lecture Tuesday evening In NJ
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16

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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16

THOSE who have formedt their concep-
ton of pig exclusively upon the tame
pig of the civilized sty have no
adequate idea Of the free wild pig of the
Indian Jungle. Like. the North American
Indian. the pig is debased by con-
tact with civilization. He becomes
inordinate thirst for swill. The distance
between the tame Indian OF Saratoga,
who steals chickens and wallows drunk
en- in the gutter, and the fierce
warrior of the Western plains is not
greater than that which separates the
despised pig of civilization from the
wild and fearless quarry OF the East In
dian pig-stiekcr. The latter pig. whose
spirit has never been broken with pig
yokes, and whose moral nature has
never been poisoned with swill, is one of
the bravest inhabitants of the Jungle,
and has been known TO attack and put
to rout the majestic elephant and the
ferociOus tiger.
The full name of the East Indian pig
is Sns indicus, though no n except a
punctilious scientific person ever calls
him by it. Among beginners in the art
VI DI0-StlthilS hC - OoulNlluitS IIiG-
n%iloquently described as a wild boar
though he is very often a wild
sow; but pig-stickers of reputation
uniformly call him a pig or a hog.
Sus indicus often grows to the length
Of four feet and eight or ten inches, and
reaches the height of three feet, or ever
forty inches. at the shoulder. When
full grown his strength is enormous, and
in speed he will sometimes rival the
fastest Arabian horse. He enters upon
existence in a striped state; subsequent
" he becomes brown: when in the prime
of life, he affects n dingy black color;
and when old, he is gray and grizzled.
At no period a he be honestly called
a handsome or a graceful animal. but
his courage and tenacity of life demand
our respect.
In point of teeth the tame pig has
sadly deteriorated. The wild boar If
India, which is the type of the barbaric
pig of all ages, is armed with lons-semi-
circular tusks. Those i'm the lower
jaw sometimes attain the length of
eight or nine inches. They curve out
ward and upward, and the edges are
kept sharp by the pigs constant habit
of securing them against the tusks of
the upper jaw. The swiftness and
power with which he uses those tusks
to carve an enemy are almost incred-
ible. A hunting-dog is frequently cut
nearly in two by a single stroke Of
a boar's tusks, and horses and men
are occasionally killed by boars which
have become tired of being hunted,
and which try to infuse a little variety
into the affair by hunting their enc
mics. When wounded he is an exceed
ingly dangerous beast to face on foot.
unless the hunter is a lawless ruff
fan who is capable of killing him
with a rifle. One can scarcely ina
CINE an Englishman so lost to all
sense of decency as to shoot a fox. and
next to that crime ranks, in Anglo
Indian estimation, the loafhsome out
rage of killing a pig by any process ex-
cept that of pig-sticking--W. l.. Alden,
IN Harper's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
Peasant Homes in Germany.

But, even when remembering all the
faults of the Fatherland, an American
can carce help plying the emigrants
when he sees the pretty, homc-like
houses they give up for the miserable
shanties that await them in the West.
In middle and southern Germany the
isolated farm house is the exception.
Here the traveller is seldom. if ever,
oppressed with the utter desolation. the
grinding lowliness of peasant farm life.
The owners of adjoining farms build
their houses in a group, and then go off
to cultivate their outlying land. Some
work-days may thus be lost, but many
a social evening is gained. Then the
home in itself is far pleasanter than
u ordinary farmhouse. The build
ings, with their tiled or matched
roofs, are picturesque, and they
always have an appearance of cleanli-
ness and thrift. Every window-this is
characteristic of all German homes.
high and LOWS neatly curtained and
decorated with plants and flowers. The
little door-yards are nicely, if not taste
fully, laid out and planted. A German
front yard is a miracle. 1t is exquisite
ly neat, and is fresh and cosy; but to
the extreme-Dutchy. as we would say.
BE it but ten feet square, it is laid out
in many precise little plots, and flled
to overiiowing with well-trimmed and
various gaudy flowers. has a quaint or
nament or two, and then a silver ball
usually beams its effulgence upon the
whole from its lofty pedestal. The
striking contrast that the unkempt
Western farmhouse and garden forms
with all this lone but those who have
seen both a realize. But, though the
emigrants may miss their pretty homes,
they will find the new world far ahead
of the old in many particulars. -Lnde-
pendent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
AL SORfx
A BsooxIrx infant was baptized As
CarEafl naa.AaL

A BsooxIrx infant was baptized rs
Garfield Hancock.
Two oF the bes; steel engravers in
this country are women. one living in
New York and one at Columbus. %
fTHE British ColnnbiAas are petitions
ing the Dominion Government tofbrbid3
impor'a,ioas from the United States 10
American vessels OF les dimensions
than thirty o a measurement
A MErHoD Of removing the bark from
trees. when the sap - no; lowing. b.
treating the wood with superheaied
steam. has secured for It's inventor =
prize offered by the French Agricultural
Society.
II is51 \ Syracuse man died and left
a diamond "a n II his daughters She
has had several chances TO sell Il for
one thousand dollars. bd, took Tito New
York the other day Ia find that il was
only paste, and not worth five dollars
one Of the prominent New Yort
m~illiners excluded all from her fall
opening except those who presented
cards OF admission Many firms are
following her example. Is each season
they lose = heavy SUN by having their
styies copied and initiated by lesser
lights in millinery and dress-making.
WILLIAM LUpwIG's conduct WAS 50
d~espicable that his fellow operatives in
r mill al East Dedham. Mass. treated
him to a coat OF tar and feathers. He
returned to his work next day. but he
was met with jeers and taunts After
enduring this 4 few hours he went out
and committed suicide.
An English paper says tina, there
are NJ present working at Victoria
(Pimlieo) Railway station between
thirty and forty portcrs who receive no
wages, the company allowing them 10
depend on 4 generous public for a lis-
inc, whilst at the same time they are
amenable % the bylaw, forbidding the
receiving Of gratuities under pain of
dismissal"
Miss CHEsshR, who died recently in
London of apoplexy, brought on by
overwork, had written the leading arti-
cles in the London queen for eighteen
years. She had been a member of the
London School Board. and represented
the female teacher, in the Council Of
the College Of Preceptors and in four
other colleges.
TIE Burns Monument Trustees, of
Ayr, Scott nd, have completed the pur-
chase of the cottage in which Robert
Burns was born. The building has
hitherto been used as a public house. Ii
is 10 be converted into a museum. in
which relics Of the poet will bee gathered
together. The price OF the house and
ground was so, 900.
A DUEL has just been fought at Mou-
Inns, France, between MesSrs. liadre
and Beaudoux, and nj the first pass the
latter ran on To his adyersary's sword
and fell dead at the feet of the Project
of the town, who was quietly looking
on at the sport, but. according TO the
reporter, was unable to prevent the
suicide being accomplished.
SNAKES are plentiful and very poison
ous in Zululand. The bite of the
'inhlonhlo" is fatal, and the only an-
tidote known TO the natives is To catch
the snake that inflicted the bite, eN-
tract its heart and give il 20 the per-
son bitten" AS the Zulus believe that
departed warriors take the forms Of
snakes they will not kill the reptiles
even when they invade their kraals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
DO bsimals Reason.

In the PsEh Aonts{g ~. ". Ksnxlsy
gives facts 4 show that orr rsSJr RIA
tons. the befas. are endowed with .
faculty 81 r'tsoh- A clcrgyman test
hes tbat ~ observed a fox piaying IL
an enfiossrt where there weFa swine
and their yfsx At length hs seizs.l
ba"ck - large a. ons of ths
Pi2>. and ftsssd through the fence. II
course VI out alarming the mother
SOW. finesg that the hole wzs large
enough npfthat Ne wsF ~ pur~uei.
be rsiurntd sni carried on = pig 9Th
out eSeitieg disturbance.
Bishop = lion knew of an sispika1
whore bYnf ere was saaserixsd By .
surgeon. Passing the pasDr beast 10 Ell.
but euriHf htm. By-and-by the other
eye bad be operasei ca wifs nitrate
of siiyef. bad theY feared the elephant
~V0jdnya the same dac4oF. has he re-
eslved - kindly. and sshsafDsd ;,
20 - o~gsfatoa-
Hubef sas day saw y ps~e@ % coal
fall m Ave. beosase its supports xsrs
ws9 The bees first hs~f unsfsr q
iefnpo7T supports. Then fa~lehef is
securs9 70 the sid-s II tins hive. then
cut ang the pillar. which o~ssfrucisd
their pathway. They probably sever
had 9Th an sxizeBsy before. Iasszes
would seSer have suggested blocking
up tksr road 70 the unhiled ennis. ana
thea ssere must have been soaas consul
taos 70 eniia their rhSls fosgs IA tbs
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
The Ladies' Of Cyprus.

Az American lady recently returned
from Cyprus gives some interesting
facts concerning the Cypriote
Two-thirds Of them are Greek. and the
remainder Turkish, with a sprinkling
of Europeans. Beauty is not their
strong point in fact they are fearfully
ugly. The Greek ladies are more intel
ligent than the men, and their handi-
work in lace-making. in cotton-spinning.
in the manufacture of silk, is often
splendid. but they are opposed 10 the
introduction of steam and the modern
improvements. The Turkish ladies are
inferior TO the Greeks, indolent and I'M
educated, but a cross between the Arab
ana Turk is extremely intelligent and
witty. The Greek women have a French
eye for coIors; "my Greek maid wore 4
blue cashmere skirt, a fine black velvet
jacket opened in front, with loose
sleeves gold embroidered, and under it
4 white silk chemise-a sort of gauEe
with a heavy stripe and trimmed with
white lace. cut low in the neck, and set
of with considerable jewelry," for
a Greek woman dresses to be e
while il a Turkish woman allows her
veil to fall and shows herself, her hus-
band is entitled to a divorce. The
Turkish married women wear no jewell
ry; only young ladies wear it, and they
marry often at fifteen years of age.
Greek women walk out freely in the
evening and often with masculine es-
corts, but Turkish women are never
seen in public with a man, mol after
shutdown. Though the Greek women
often talk very ~agreeably. and are ex-
tremely polished in manners, they can
not write their W names, and are UNI
able to read "A line. There are plenty
of children in Cyprus, and they are
treated rs if they were dogs. Even
when belonging to good families, their
hair often is matted, their bodies are
dirty, and beaten in a frightful manner
by the parents. Yet every father thinks
it his duty to provide a house and
garden for each of his children -es-
pecially for a daughter, and parents
frequently relinquish their W home
to a daughter who is about to be mar
ried.-N. Y. EreniaQ Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
W0olly Elephants In New York.

Two "woolly" elephants Of diminu-
tive size arrived in this city on the
steamer Oxfordshire from Singapore.
They were the property Of Captain
Jones, of that vessel. who has sold
them TO Charles Reiche. an importer of
animals. A Tribune reporter saw the
animals at No. So Chatham street yes
terday. They are the first Of their
species ever brought TO this country.
The larger Of the two is less than thirty
six inches high, while the smaller
scarcely measures six inches in height.
They are thought TO be about six year
old. The chief peculiarly of these ele-
plants is the fact that they are covered
with a thick black wool or hair. es-
pecially abou: the crown Of the head,
the back and the legs. The wool is two
or three inches long. Prince" and
"Sidney"-for thus they we're named By
the crew of the Oxfordshire-are natives
of the Malay Peninsula Although
other elephants have been caught, they
have invariably siecumbed when taken
from the bleak mountain ranges TO the
warmer plains. Hence the fact that
this species is generally unknown. and
mentioned by but few naturalists- -G.
Y. Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
A Stork a. a Meuser.

A LARGE and handsome whooping
stork, says the Council Bluffs FonpnrieL.
can be seen daily strutting around the
yard at the residence of Prof. Paige in
this city. The elongated bird vas pur-
chased by the professor during q visit
TO Mexico some months since and has
become quite tame. Among other food
that the stork relishes is a nice fat
mouse. Mrs Paige has q small wire
trap in the house. and whenever q NOUS
happens TO wander therein he becomes
a sweet morsel for his storkship. The
other day Mrs. Paige noticed the bird
standing near the barn watching in
ten.ly a. q small hole leading beneath
the building. The stork remained in
an attitude Of w~afchfnlness for nearly
half an hour. and Mrs Paige. becoming
curious, concluded TO watch and see
what followed Finally she saw .
mouse creep into sight from under the
barn. and the same instant the intsiii
gent stOrk pounced down on the mouse
and ..took him In" killing it first and
then eating it. After performing this
intelligent feat, the stork resumed hrs
vigilance at the mouse hole, and after
watching sharply for ove an hour
seemed to grow weary of his work or
get out Of patience. and marching to
the house entered the kitchen. and
picking up the m~ousetrzp. from which
he had so often been fed, he returned
to the barn and set the trap down near
the hole. evidently approaching the use
of the trap. and believing that il would
catch . mouse for him II anyone has
got . brighter bird than that we would
like to hear from il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
American Incomes.

THERE is no table of the average
duration of fortunes; but the statistics
of business failures in the country since
1866 show that the average yearly fail
ures ranged from one in l63 in the year
1871 to one in IS in 1876. How many
business men in a thousand fail, once
or more during their business lifetime.
| cannot learn. The proportion used
to be estimated for New England at 81
per cent That is probably too high a
figure for the business of to-day, con-
Quoted as it is upon much shorter cred
its than formerly. Bu: the proportion
of traders who fail is probably not lower
than Is per cent. of the whole number.
How many of our people live upon
their invested means? In 1866 our in
come-tax returns showed 771,000 in
comes of $500 per year and over, and
5000. 600 incomes Of less than $500.
But these were not incomes from cap
ital; they were mostly earnings or
wages. Probably not one in q hundred
of these smaller incomes. and not Owe
10 per cent. of the incomes over $500,
represented the interest upon invest
ments. In France, ten years later, the
census returned no less than 1000, 600
of people. renters, who live entirely
upon their invested means. In 1877
seven and a half millions Of the people
-one-ffth of the population--were en-
rolled as rentes- holders or savings
banks depositors, but it must be added
that the sayings-banks do not often fail
in France, and that sooner or later they
are apt to fail with us. Most of these
deposits are small ones. But no less
than two millions of the French can say
with Petrarch. Parra scd apea mihi.
cit is little enough, but it win do for
me-"
Thus. in spite Of the resources of the
country, in spite Of the almost univer-
sal search for wealth, and in spite of
the fact that we have 3 great many rich
men at any given time. we still do not
have large class of permanently rich
men; we do not even have, like the
French, alarge class Of persons who have
3 permanent, though mallcompetence.
The rich Americans wealth is extreme
" volatile; in nine cases out Of ten Il Is
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16

fairy gold" The old landowners
form tho chief exception To the rule;
especially incur large cities. where the
increase Of values has been great
But II our class Of permanently
wealthy people is small. so also Is
class OF destitute people We are for
tunaic In having fsw Of the very rich OF
the very poor. in having No such inn
mense and harmful Inequality OF for.
tunes Is we see IN modern Engiand.
Our i'll fortune Is this. that our class Ct
moderate completeness IL also small,
that so few of Us. in spite of a OPP
portunities and our labors. have seized
the good Of even q small assured ON
petence. The land is full Of people
who have not. on the other hand. and
who are not likely to have. any assured
competence. however moderate. but
who have nothing tn expect but labor
10 the end. That IL. indeed, the sp-
pointed human lot for the majority in
any community; bat need il be. in a
country Of resources like this. so nearly
the universal lot, Might rot many 81
US avoid it BY n greater care for n mod
crate competence, q lessened ambition
for fortunes?-T. A. Can, ia Hdrper's
M1Qdztas,
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
Dressing the Head.

In dressing the head, more rrors are
made by men than by women, although
men are very fond of INDUCING the idea
that when fashion is talked about
women only are referred to. Close
caps. mufi;ers, tippets are often the
causes of colds. Beside, the hair is
rendered unhealthy and the hearing
often interfered with. 1t is one Of the
virtues of the silk hat that it stands mp
q little from the head. Ii, as should
be, there are a few holes made
through it, there Is opportunity for
air without draught. The more open
bonnets Of women do not exposethem so
much to evils of overhead. and inure
them to exposure when not % severe
The hair is the natural covering Of the
head. 1t is somewhat doubtful whether
any other is really needed So we do
not criticise women for treating the hat
as q mere head ornament and not q
protection. Where changes of climate
or exposure require it. they only need
to have 81 hand some other protector
II Was an improvement when hat strings
were made to come behind the ears
instead of over them. Fashion rejoices
in change. and we are not disposed to
find fault with her so long as she does
not interfere with health
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16
Bright POst.Omce Clerks.

The ingenuity of Post-ofice clerks in
reading ilegible hieroglyphics, and cor-
recting blunders of direction, deserves
to rank among the wonderful feats of
human skill. An English periodical
gives an amusing instance of this inge-
nuity. The late Bishop of Oxford, Sam
uel Wilberforce, carried on so extensive
an official correspondence that he wrote
many letters in the cars to save time.
He was accustomed to date from the
place of writing. One such letter.
dated .sRail, near Reading" and
signed rs usual, s. Oxon Samuel OF
Oxford) came into the hands of q man
who was ignorant of the official rank OF
the writer. and of his habit OF using the
cars as = writing-desk. He, therefore.
interpreted date and signature in the
most literal way, and directed his reply
to as. Oxon, Esq, Rail, near Read
ing" The Post-ofRcer clerks were
sharper-witted. and read in the direc-
ton more than. he had put into it, for
the letter, after q delay of only one or
two mails. found its way to Bishop Will
berforce's London residence, 81 Eaton
Place. There was no red-tape, as in
our Post-ofhce. compelling q long jour-
ney to Washington. in order to receive
. new directi0n.- Kosth's Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-16

Mrs. BaAppox'sns novel l. saiiiiea
"Jnss - ! Am"
RnorA BRorsRrox has beea na.kinx
studies In Oxford. Ea<iAnd. tsF \ Sossl
Ut university hfa -
The number u vsuunos In thn Ss-
ticdai Llbrzy cf Pa1s - 307s.ea aad
IN the Hrtlsh Museum oaIy l.uaeo
GsosssE MACON up'. nsS; novel e
% h- c4lcd sliary Na~soa. Ani-is
Wi llassFats certain Interesting phase
Of modern Engitsh lie.
B.KrLET CaxrBELI- the Amsr3cAa
playwright. ealiei on Mr.. CArlyls IN
Scotland. and y aid b. hare foaaa the
latter distinguished gsniiemAa sngasSl
in killing s raj with = pokeE-
PEoF. TrspAtL l. announced a. de-
iiser IN atirvss h-for. the tslssxos
Sunday Society. whose oA,SS. -
secure the opraing o. mascanas. AT
galleries. hhRrses aud sRrIcns ga thc
trst DAY ofdew~ek. Prot. Iyndall ls
The President otfhe institution
ELISHA BLi~. JE. who lately dlcdai
Hartford. Coan-. made \ ior;ane BY d.
covering the fun OF Mark Tsaias "fn-
nocenis Abroad while the work wAS IL
manuscript Twain had tired In ain
10 secure = publisher. aai was about Ia
thros the matter aside in despair shca
\ journals. friend sen, him - HIS.
who was the President IL a subscription
book company
LrCr LAgCoM writes 20 the Marble
head (AfasS) Nesscss er that her poem,
Hannah Binding shoes" had no real
foundation in fat, thA, she anew many
Hannahs ia Beverly but none In Mar
blehead. and thai the poem was sug-
gesIed b. the glimpse II n womsn 81
ting At a window binding shoes which
she had IN a drive through Sgamrscott.
Marblehead and Salem.
An autobiography Of Lady Bulwer
has lately appeared in London. which.
if il be not suppressed. j. likely to make
n sensation. IL j. a long story o. al
legged buses on the par, OF the laie and
the present Lord Lyttun. and abounds
in the O violent language. IL l. said
10 contain \ very gross aud unlsdylikc
attack ON the Queen. and to be various
~ improper and not To be endured. But
all this, OF course. viii make every body
want 10 read il.
JACQUES OFFESBACu. the opera
boufe composer who died recently n,
Paris. Was born of Jewish parents n;
Cologne, Germany. on The 2ist of June.
1919. and was therefore siNty-one YEAR,
old. The bright and sparkling music of
his operas is familiar To loycrsn amusc-
nients in every city of this country and
Europe. his hest known works ngrhan
being, La Grandc Duchess" la
Belle Helene and ''Barbe Bicu."
His latest and last work, LA File du
Tambour Major" met with great sue
cess in London aud Paris. and is now
being played in New York At two thea
tiers in French and in English.