The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-10

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The hay crop Of 1882, is estlmat-
at the value of 1912, 600, 600.
Five hundred Chinese in New
York attend school regularly.
King Humbert, Of Italy, drives
himself about in a T cart, like any
other quiet gentleman, in Rome.
A Potosi (Mo.) lady recently
opened a pincushion that has been
in use for twenty years. She took
from it 547 needles.
St. Louis people say they can
distinguish Chicago men from all
others, because they r nervy and
fresh.
"Pupils nowadays study so
much that they don't know any
thing" says a member of the Mas
sachusetts Board of Education.
A boy, in Mobile, Ala, burned
down two buildings to win two
bets, sggrcgating 81, that there
would be two fires in the city be-
fore certain specified dates.
A Londoner advertiscs a powder
which will prevent cats running
around and making a noise at
night. 1t is black and is put into
a gun and makes noise itself.
All Wong Ching Foo, the editor
Of the new Chinese newspaper in
New York, turns States evidence,
and says that the trouble with his
people in this country is that they
have no brains. The Chinese who
are gifted remain at home, and
about the only employment open
to those who are here is that of
laundrymen.
Lord Tenderton, at one time
chancellor of England, expired
with these words on his lips, Seen
tlemen of the jury, you will now
consider your verdict" Lord Her
mand, the Scotch Judge, said on
his death bed, Guilty, but re-
commended to the mercy of the
court"
1t takes some men snd material
to build a railroad. The New
York, West Shore and Buffalo
Railroad Company employs 1850
men, 11S steam and compressed
air drills, fourteen steam excava-
tors, three dredging machines, q
963 horses and carts, three locomo-
tives, 995 cars, nineteen spike driv-
ers, sixty-nine steam derricks. nine
steam pumps and twenty-nine tugs,
scOws and canal boats.
Red Cloud has had the pleasure
of seeing a negro hung, and ex-
presses his opinion of the execu-
ton to the effect that it was "lIeap
good; kill him quick" Mr.. Cloud
is getting some valuable ideas from
his civilized white brethren, and
will no doubt adapt many of them
TO the uses Of his people when he
returns TO the sunset land. He has
already applied to Secretary Teller
for a supply Of scatfoids.
Some Wisconsin people were as
tonished to see their dog come in
to the house with a piece Of paper
tied to his tail. They paid no fur
ther attention to it, except to laugh
at his comical appearance, until he
began going atound to different
members of the family, always tail
first, and sticking it at them.
This ludicrous action at last made
them see that there was writing on
the paper, which proved to be as
follows: "My legs are broke.
Please help me-" They carefully
examined his legs, but found them
all right, when somebody recogniz-
ed the writing of a woman who
lived half a mile away. They
went TO her house and found her
helpless from a fall which broke
her legs. She could not stir, nor
attract anybody's attention, and
sho might have starved or frozen
to death, but luckily the dog came
in, and crawling to a table she
managed to write the note and fas-
fen II 10 his tail