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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

tanced the dogs. The kangaroo-dogs
nnnt by sight, like the gray-hound.
these three were all ic<s, We learned
as we met at the point agreed upon.
we next surrounded another large
tract OF fcrest-plain and meadow, this
time dividing the dogs In a few mo-
ments a hundrpd or more kangaroo
came bounding toward the party with
me. The dog with me started f.: Them,
and all the dogs and Men were at once
in pursuit. TIE kangaroos divided into
several parties-each dog selecting
one TO follow. and each man following
some n Of the dogs. Ny dog went
for a boomer. and i also. in company
with two others of the party. The
boomer stood up. took a look at Us. and
then few. We followed him amongst
the trees and branches, jumping
logs and debris all kinds, and
across plains at a fearful rate. The
horses needed no urging, their blood
was up now The dog laid to IT," but
made no sound. When he would ret
near the kangaroo. the animal would
make a jump at right angles and change
his course. whilst the dog would shoe,
on a distance before ne could turn.
After a run Of this kind for some dis
lance, the kangaroo started !of a swamp.
After reaching that and going in dis
lance: no msied his face toward US.
s'ann.ng up on his hind paws to a
height of seven feet, and prepared for
battle. The dog went for him, and the
fight commenced. The dog succeeded
in getting hold of his tail, and was car
ried in the air some distance by repeat
ed jumps. The dog then lost hi. hold,
and was seized and put under the water.
Owing to my having the best horse, /
WAS first to come to the dogs aid. I
warned by shouts not TO approach
the animal, but disregarded them, and
showed myself a good kangaroo-hunter.
The animal proved to be eight feet
long. The rest Of the party killed two
smaller ones. and later in the day. at
another chase. another large one was
killed. The females don't fight, but
run so swiftly that they are rarely over
taken.
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How Some Eccentric Young Ladies
Dress.

The girls OF the time are shrewd and
quick 10 seize an idea, and just now
there is a danger that some Of them
will owe do the Quaker or %conventnal
style. Having caught the effectiveness
of reserved styles Of dress from novel
lists descriptions or pictures, they try
il on with a persistency which destroys
the charm and freshness of the costume
altogether. Well read girls have heard
Of demure little beauties in gray, looK-
ing ..dove-like and delicious" till they
are crazed to pose for the picture
themselves, and silver gray and drab
suits appear among the brilliance of
legitimate fashions in a phenomenal
and suggestive way.
Sometimes the character is very
prettily done, as in the case of one
feminine exquisite who is remarked
wherever she appears on Fifth avenue
or at the galleries in brilliant pale-gray
silk dress made shorter than her stature
requires, she being of modest size.
with skirt in full plaits from the waist,
in the old fashioned way. and her
shoulders covered with a coachman's
cape to match. A delicious ruffie of
soft mechlin and lace tie at the throat,
a funny little gray chip cottage bonnet,
that looked as IL she had worn her lit
tie sisters bonnet by mistake. trimmed
with clustering violets and adorable
white lisse ties. enhances the quaint
ness of q face which seemed that of an
overgrown child with soft dropping
hair, fresh, downy complexion. big
gray eyes. too light for beauty. and a
general powderiness and responsibility
like that Of 4 devoted young matron
who has lately taken the world on her
conscience. Her toilet is dainty, from
the gray cloth boot to the fresh gray
kid glove and comical gown, too dainty
for a world that rides in horse cars and
goes out when the dust blows, and
allows the children at the dinner table.
Just IS the Jockey Club Affects the
square cut frock coat, big gloves, stout
walking cane and the genteel hob-nailed
style of our full favored British cousin,
there is a class of young women whose
standard is modelled on the 6owdiest
most uncompromising of English habits.
Going up Fifth avenu early mornings.
ones vision is drawn to a fast walking
young woman, in q light gray cloth
gown, of the short, killed description,
rendered rather more ungraceful by
being tied by the sash about the hips.
the skirt swung clear of a stout pair of
broad shoes, and surmounted by a
school boys jacket. with ugly side
forms and short skirts, like the ugli-
est of cheviot business suits, the vrai
English coat, worn with a hat which
looks like that of a servant mans out
of livery.
The style cannot be called adorable.
1t savor too much of the feminine
medical student, or the girl of the ate
lier, who poses in our imaginations.
with her hands in her pockets and mahl
stick sticking over her shoulder. with
a luncheon Of bread and cheese and
beer in the back ground.-N Y. Mai.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

LOWELL il received Ia Engizai With
marked oordality. The Qa~Sn has
shown srvai fnendlines. q ana
lie has received numerous calls and ~
yiia;loas from the best people. and =
the lion II the eyen!ng al several Erea;
houses
THE number q ueS works issued in
Germany Ia ls-9 amounted IN iGl.9.
as against 1919 IN The previous yvar
The greatest Increase - shown In the
Departments Of igrsprudencs. politics
and statistics the decline j. mu~i Htsi-
BILE in al departments II bellies le,trcs
CHARLOTTE BKoNrn's story. The
Professor" WIS completed osforv
Jane Eyre wAs commenced. and VA.
declined by various publishers 1t Was
not published until after the authors
death; but Jane Eyre was =; once
accepted and published by Messrs
Smith & Elder Os4s).
Mas. OlirHASr is probably the mos,
prolific Of living writer's Within the
last three years she has published i've OF
six works-seyeral Of them being three
volume novels-in addition 70 editing
the Foreign Classics for Engiish
Readers" She is now writing a new
novel with Scotch scenes and chsrac-
tiers.
BiHLIoPHiLEs will be Interested To
learn tina, the ~well-known microscopic
edition of Dante is 10 have a compan-
ion in the Rhine" IL Prtrarch. Each
page will be- iifty-hve millimc,crs long
and thirty-tiye broad Is little over two
inches by one and a half. and the whole
volume will contain COZ pages, with
t~hiriy-siS illustrations and two por-
traits.
Mr. ARTHUR SULLIVAN il q many
sided man. In addition 10 his brilliant
musical gifts. and the reputation he has
so rapid. won ~ a composer, he has
written a drama. "Glcnycih." which j.
10 be presented ~ the Adelpbi
Theater. London. Mr.. sullivan pos
sesses tine literary abilities, and. curious
~ enough. has invented a patent rail-
way brake which il said Ia bc very in-
genious and practical.
MACAULAY has pointed out that the
first English author who really made u
good paving business of literature was
Richardson, for the good reason that h.
published his own works. \ statement
has lately been made that Swift had
no pecuniary interest in his writings"
but 4 correspondent Of the dLAerartna
points u, that in a letter Ia Mr.. Putt
ney. in 1875. he SAYS; II never got a
farthing 10y anything | writ. except n
about eight years ago. and that was 10y
Mr.. Pope's prudent management for
me-" About eight years ago CORE
with the date Of publication 81
"Gulliyer,' for which one thousand
is alleged To have been paid.
Probably il has earned for the book
10y this time one hundred thou
Sand dollar
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Luxury.

LUXURY Is a very ambiguous term,
and is SO much athing of circumstance
it changes its hue in every different
aspect. In Ireland, the accompani-
ment of salt TO a potato is a luxury.
Among the Cossacks, a clean shirt is
more than a luxury-it is an efiemi-
macy. IF / were rich." said a farmer
boy, Il would eat fat pudding, and
ride all day on gate" and small as
his imaginative powers may appear.
the luxuries of many of the great are
not less strange or monotonous. dog
enes. who prided himself on cutting his
coat according to his cloth, placed his
luXuries in "idleness and sunshine"
Alexander, who had something else to
do with his time, probably thought this
basking in the sun a very luxurious ex-
travagance. Henry w., of France, had
but n coach for himself and his
Queen: whereas in happier days no
reputable couple can dispense with a
barouche, a cab, and if they be at
their ease, they must add a pony phae-
ton.
There is n point on which modern
caprice has passed the bounds of en-
joyment, and that is in the increase of
superfluities, which of late years, have
become necessaries in a wel%l-furnished
house. We, most of us. remember the
time when N table. a pier-glass a
small detachment of chairs, with two
armed cOrporals to command them, and
the curtains pulled up and down with a
cord. made a decent display in the best
apartment.
Now, a library table that might dine
a dozen of guests. with an inkstand as
as a pastry-cook's twelfth cake.
are just and lawful. An ornamental
escritoire, ormolu clocks, Chinese beak-
ers, porcelain figures, vases, flower
pots, stuffed birds, screens, albums,
caricatures, novels, souvenirs
and folios must be allowed to the re-
finement of the times. Torsos, antiqui-
ties and statues are justified in usurping
the elbow-room of living men and
women.
The general charm of knick-knackS
is unquestionable, and works of art af-
ford amusement of the highest order,
but when the Inconvenience exceeds
the utility, then the so-called luxury
becomes oppressive.-BooE Without q
Name.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06
TIE BELLS or LYNN.

WHEN ra inc eve is growing gray. and the tide Is
j sit and Ioox across the bay ,o,he bonny town
And the ashcrfolk. arc near.
But ! visthcy never hear
~ ASnss ,hc Tar bells make for mo, the bon.
ny bells OF Lynn.
The folks are chatting gay, and I hear their
But ! hook and look across the bay to the bon.
ny town OF Lynn;
Ne told me To wait here
Upon the old brown pier,
10 ~ait and watch him coming when the tide
was rolling I'm.
Oh, see him pulling strong, pulling DER tho
And | hear his jovIal song. and his merry face
And now, he's mt the pier,
My bonny love and dearl
ana pes coming up the sea-washed steps with
hands outstrctchcd to me.
o my love, your cheek is cold, and your hands
are stark and thin!
o bear you not the bells OF old, the boa:y bells
Of Lynn
have you nought 10 say
Upon our wedding dayl
Love, hear you not the wedding bells across
the bay Of Lynn
o my lover. speak to me! an. hold me fast.
For Tear the risiu~ sea, and these winds and
waves tho, moan,
But never a word he saidl
He Is dead, my love Is dead!
All me! ah me! I did but dream: and I am NIL
Alone, and old and gray: and the tide is roll
ing In:
H'' ny nesrts away, away, away, i'm the old
IF. 4. HoGtherIy, In Temple Bar.
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Royal Matrimonial Gossip.

ANOTHER blow is about to be struck
at the Royal Marriage act, if we may
trust the rumors which reach us of the
betrothal of Prince Leopold, the young.
est son of Queen Victoria. to the most
brilliant beauty and greatest heiress OF
the current season in London, Miss
Frances Evelyn Maynard, the oldest
daughter of the late Hon. Charles May.
nard, son and heir of the late Viscount
Maynard, of Essex. who ~predeceased
his father in January, 1865. Lord
Maynard, a descendant of the great
lawyer. died three months after his
son, when his titles became extinct and
his great estate passed to his eldest
granddaughter, the young lady who is
now said to be engaged to Prince Leo
pold. Miss Maynard has just entered
her nineteenth year, and on her presen-
tafion at a recent Drawing-Room held
by the Queen she seems to have taken
London by storm. not only by her ex-
traordinary beauty but by a grace and
stateliness which are not always the
leading characteristics of British debu-
tantes. The fashionable chroniclers
into ~ecstasies over the way in
which she made her "courtsey to the
Queen" an operation which is very apt
to discomfort the most self-possessed of
young women when it has to be per
formed in q robe with a sweeping train
and under the concentrated stare of 3
small regiment of her sister-women.
She is said also to be as accomplished
and amisble as she is lovely and grace
full. and as she comes into estates val
ued at $4,000 a year, the rents OF
which have been accumulatihg for her
ever since her grandfather's death in
1865, it must be admitted that Queen
Victoria might do worse for her only
bachelor son than to provide him with
such a bride.-N. Y. World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06
HUMOROUS,

DuRINo d period Of nearly two CEN
turtles the first born Of the House Of
Austria has been . giri--a curious fact
A LADY playfully struck q reperssr 81
Of the city dailies &C The cheek the
other dsv ed she now carries her arm
.E q sling. The reporter wasn't hurt
A DAKOTA girl has married q China
man. He had some difficulty in ex-
planning the state Of his heart. but she
finally got his cue.-Bosson Transcript.
ONE of the sweetest moments In this
beautiful world TO some people IL when
they a beat down the price Of q ten
cent article TO nine centa-Oi City D.r-
rick.
THOSE who deny that two feet make
\ yard have only TO examine some 81
the feet elevated in the smoking-rooms
Of our hotels 10 be convinced OF their
error.
4 MAN who offered for FIVE dollars TO
put any one On the track Of q paying
investment, seated an applicant be-
tween the rails Of the Boston & Albany
Railroad. -Boston Post.
BEFORE | give you an answer"
said Aramantha to her lover, who had
Just proposed for her hand. 81 have a
secret to impart." What is il, dear
est7' he asked, pressing his arm around
her yielding waist. She blushed and
stammered, MY teeth are false"
mo matter" he cried. ~heroically. I'm
marry you in spite of your teeth"
THE Cleveland Voice makes the fol.
lowing soleful remarks: 1.-THE Cipodes
Monomeri. mentioned by Plato. were q
race Of beings whose distinctive char
acteristic was the possession Of one foot
Of such huge dimensions that when i,
rained the fortunate c. NJ. could lie
upon his back. and by raising his ele.
phantine pedal above him, find himself
securely rooted from the storm. This
may partially account for the Chicago
woman's-but We leave that sort Of
thing to st. Louis"
A YOUNG gentleman somewhat nu-
merous in social circles took his sister,
a wee miss, to see a family the other
day in which he is a regular caller. The
little girl made herself quite at home
and exhibited great fonGness for one Of
the young ladies, hugging her heartily.
How very affectionate she is" said
the lady of the house. "Yes; just like
her brother" responded the young lady,
unthinkingly. Paterfamilias looked up
sternly owe his spectacles, the young
gentleman blushed, and there was con-
in the family circle.-M. Y.
World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

make sny reanrtioa. bat di~pp~arvd
q. soon ~ b. hsrd a the spp-osch -
The troops. and ali u~1s&e-r~s ssssa h
discover bis v~h~rcabOg;s have fasef
Meanwhile asoSk~r letter frusn The
prisoners Ia. ruzrh~d The CoasuL en-
treating him 10 suspend al kosiiissss
Against The tnxznds. IS Is ~u1d "aly
hasten ,h. writer. dezsh- Milo rvfase.
90 .st his prisoncrs frye until he has ~
csiyed the sum demanded and sncs
pass for the hand. spch. In fac. as raaT
secure their sale withdrawal frystn tbs
rcron--S. y S1s
The prisoners have sincs e.n ~
leased on the payment q 5000
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06
Tributes Of Men Of Genius to Their
Mothers.

SAYS Jean Paul Richter: Know you
what especially impels me to industry?
My mother. / shall endeavor to sweeten
a part of her life, that otherwise has
been so unfortunate, and lessen by my
help and sympathy the great sorrows
she has suffered. To her alone | owe
the foundation of my mind and heart.
George Herbert said: One good
mother is worth a hundred school,
masters. In the home she is loadstone
to all hearts and loadstar to all eyes.
De Maistre, in his writings. speaks of
his mother with immense love and rev.
erence. He described her as his sub
lime mother" "an angel, to whom
God had lent a body for a brief season."
To her he attributed the bent of his
character, and her precepts were the
ruling influence of his life.
One charming feature in the charac-
ter of Samuel johnson (notwithstand-
ing his rough exterior) was the tender
ness with which he invariably spoke of
his mother, who implanted in his mind
his first impressions of religion. In the
time of his greatest difficulties he con-
tributed out of his slender means to her
comfort.
CrOmwelrs mother was q woman of
spirit and energy, equal to her mild
ness and patience; whose pride was
honesty, and whose passion was love;
and whose only care, amidst all her
splendOr, was for the safety of her son
in his dangerous eminence.
Curran speaks with great affection of
bic no0fhnr To u-hnsn anrncal Dsafx, cd
ambition he attributed his success in
life. He used to say. IF | possess any
thing more valuable than face, or per-
son. or wealth, it is that a dear parent
gave her child a portion from the treas
ure of her mind"
1t was AIRY Scheffer's mother whose
beautiful features the painter so loved
to reproduce in his pictures, that BY
great self-denial provided him with the
means of pursuing the study of art.
Michelet writes: 81 lost my mother
thirty years ago; nevertheless she fol-
lows me from age to age. She suffered
with me in my poverty and was not
allowed to share my better fortune"
Napoleon Bonaparte was accustomed
to say that 1.-The future good or bad
conduct of a child depended entirely on
the mother" Nobody had any COM
mand over him except his mother. who
found means, by a mixture of tender
ness, severity and justice. to make him
love, respect and obey her.
Goethe owed the bias of his mind and
character to his mother, who possessed
in a high degree the art discriminating
young and active minds. .'She was
worthy of life" once said Goethe, and
when he visited Frankfort he sought
out every individual who had been kind
to her, and thanked them all.
John Randolph said: Il should have
been an atheist if it had not been for
one recollection. and that was the
memory of the time when my mother
used to take my little hand in hers, and
cause me on my knees to say, Our
who art in Heaven"
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

The Suez Canal. connecting the Med
iterranean with the Red Sea was opened
for navigation November IL, 1863; it
is ninety-two miles long. and Of varying
width, the narrow portions, which CON-
prise the greater portion Of its length.
not permitting two vessels to pass each
other. There are numerous sidings.
however. which afford room for the YES
sells to pass or cross each other. Yes
sells measuring four hundred and thirty
feet in length and drawing twenty-five
feet nine inches of water have safely
passed through the canal. The actual
cost of the canal vas fl7.5ls.7 70. ex-
clnsive of &, 360. 600 bonds issued 10
pay coupons on shares in arresr during
part Of the period Of construction. Or
In United States currency. about se4.-
OOO,O00.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

ihs following. related BIZ m officer
oi TIE sionewzli Brigade. may isierss;
zone Of our soldier mesd.:
While Jackson. corps waseau,ioa.ly
moving 10 tAe fiank and rear oi the
tnHoa army at Chznreii0rsyUle. the
o~oniedsrsis cavalry in advances besaras
ehSaeea with the enemy. Soon =
wounded and bieediny trs-5per "a. 80
emerging from the wool. in front a.
ies BOOKING around. be moved in The H.
rectDn fun whieh the infaniry wsr.
marching as II seeking thu rear. or. =
tne average grsy-jscks, would ssv. the
Soon ~Afssr~arf rapid nrinz ex-
pfainsd that the b~lss-aexet. hal eig.sd
IN behind Jackson. and 1; VS. not In,
oefofe the poor eavasryu4aa va, Zen
coming back again Nheu oos-,s;t.
TIE stoneszil.'' another cAyairyman
ifon The front also arrived. No,
=. once recognized him. and all.
Halo. Bul-woundedr'
"fss- said No. 2 .-bu, No. tad
Lets g1f 10 the r'ar."
AZ which No. ] exclaimed. ..Thi. !.
the psAguedest fight I've BIN in viz. r,
sain't god 40 Tay.--Edstorss braras
~ HzPSSsJer A9rL.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

In the Gates murder trial at Ridge
Spring. S. c.. the other day, a young
colored man said: II jes tell you, white
folks got no business gwine to black
folks parties, case darkies is not got
much n no how, and when dey gifts
a quart of mean whisky dey jes as leave
Kill dey selves a. any other pusson."
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06
A Novel Ball.

DIR. STEPHAN, the chief Of the Ger
man Postal and Telegraph Department.
gave q novel ball in Vienna lately. ALI
the servants were dressed in the o
tune of positions. In the curse Of
the festivities a p~ostwagon. fully
equipped. with harness and driver, vas
driven into the dancing saloon. The
guests danced around n telegraph-pole
adorned with m~any-colored ribbons.
Envelopes containing bon-bons were
distributed among them from letter
boxes exactly like those upon the Ber-
lin s~treet-corners. Werner Siemens.
the inventor. who is called the German
Edison, provided for the occasion a
novel electrical lighthouse. The dan
GERS were given KEYS TO the door Of the
towers. some Of which had the magic
quality of causing the lamp TO send
forth a brilliant flame. The couples
possessing the right keys waited in the
glow of the sudden illumination. but
those who could NJ made the tower
respond were obliged 10 retire from the
floor amid the amusement Of the specta-
tors. At one o'clock a fanfare Of
positions horns gave the signal for
supper.-N. ]. TrbsDs.
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WHEN buyinga COW, be sure and
draw the milk from each teat, to see
that all are in good working order.
Outside appearances can't always be re-
lied upon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

REPORTS from various parts Of the
Ottoman Empire represent the demon
alization as very great everywbere. brig
andage, famine, race bitterness and
financial bankruptcy al contributing TO
II
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

NEARLY 5000 women and girls are
employed about the coal mines Of Great
Britain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

The Partisan authorities estimate the
damage done by the floating ice in the
Paris district alone AZ 10000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

QUEEN VICTORIA is reported to have
laid away e23, coo. 900 for . rainy day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06

The Anstre-Hungzr;an Goyernnsn,
= pushing the scheme for /. r~Hxay
Through the vor Aribery. aud the Ger.
man authorities tia. for = canal 20 CON-
meet the German Ocean sud me B.ltic. -
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NB AA-
The money was not there. Mis-. Mir,
meanwhile, stood regarding her through
her spectacles in . manner tina, bo-dsd
no good 70 Patience.
"WsiiS' said she At length. and al
the judgments Of .he law seemed con-
cenirated in that word.
I've lost il, oh, I've lost ftr' said
Patience.
Don't add 20 your sin BY telling lie.
about H." said Miss MINI. .Co9fe..
what you've done with the money. q,
il will be worse for your'
AZ she spoke she ciutehed her ehx.e-
lame and Patience found he-eIf Won
dering II she intended Q cut her head
on with the great scissors attached
10 it.
IL had IL. and It's o and that.
all ! an tel about it, said r.,ienc.
almost sobbing.
VERY vel. miss. very well You NAV
90, and don't show your face here again
until you re ready TO cont.ss how wicked
you have BEEN
As Patience turned away. Mis- MINI
exclaimed. in . tone q triumph. -.
.onder whs, Mr.. Hs~iy win say
bow"
The thought THAI she should be able
10 prove 70 him that she was IN the
night IN her estimate Of Patience almo~,
compensated her for the loss Of The
mfy-nse cents, and such was her
haste To tell him the story that she
finished the dressing gown an hour
sooner than she otherwise would. and
took II over 70 him herself. Boz NJ.
MINI was much too good q diploma
tisi 70 show her triumph On the con-
trary, she related the circumstance
with . very dismal face, and wound
up oy saying. I'm sure a's dreadful
10 such deprxyify in n child. You
cant think vhas my feslipu were.