The Red Cloud chief., 1888-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS

american Legation At PekIn. says
out Of the 900. 900. OOO inhabitants
. Chinese Empire fully $4,000. 600
Ia less than one dollar and ffty
. month fOr food
! contest over q seat in the Mary
Legislature is going on between
J men who bear the striking names
Ir-etively of Scagss and Sasscer.
Is is said tn be = man of command
ability. He recently remarked
= pungency worthy Of his high
|sta:ion for intellectual brillianfy:
-on't stand any of your Ssssce5!"'
A peculatins student at Cornell
-ersity. Ithaca. N: T.. was electri-
the other day when he wsht to OBJ
! $40 note. part of WHICH was pro-
ing from the pocket 81 = vest hang
IN an unoccupied rbom. A pro-
x had connected the vest by an
ric wire to n signal bell. The vic
made a clean breast u his deprcda-
u
Bunko man Ito ~stranssr)-"Arcn't
Mr.. Smith. Of Smithville?"
,ger-"No. sir. My npme is Pres
! Of Philadelphia. l am: forming n
company to raise funds to devel-
nc new and wonderful phenomenon
h has been unfo!ded to my friend.
1eel-" But by this time the
0 man was blocks away.-M i.
! The old Connecticut pilgrim known
be darned man" isdead. In youn.
rood his mind was unhinged by
udden death Of his afianced bride.
lbr the rest Of his long life he
ped through the State. always
ing his wedding suit The great
. Of his life was to preserve that
And the only articles he ever
ted were needles aud thread or
y to mend it.
"a Pittsburgh coroner's jury re-
returned the verdict death
delirium trcmens resulting from
entail causes" At another In
after hearing the doctor say
the subject. who killed himself
prussic acid, ''Only accelerated
.ath. which must have come from
mption in a very few weeks" the
arrived Mt this unique verdict:
p.h from consumption, accelerated
fussic acid"
0reign letters often come adj
ed in queer fashion. A newspaper
kont to Paris 10 announce the death
gentleman at New York. The
notice gave the customary al
: Tor the funeral. adding. '.Inter-
q Greenwood" To the bewil-
INT Of the postman and the con-
Eytion Of the family. letters Of con-
e were received addressed to
= Matilda Blank. SO-and-SO street.
-ront at Greenwood" The melan-
addendum had been taken for .
s1 suburban annex, such as Yon-
,n-H ::dson.
E1'he president Of one of the leading
pad corporations Of the Northwest
!h,ade the following prediction: ut
bot be long until points in Dakota
bin i've hundred miles Of Duluth
u ascending wheat from their stations
B .9al0 for fifteen cents . bushel."
Means that when raised on Da-
j., soil at . cost OF from twenty
.e % thirty cents > bushel. with an
ks.mens oi s. 80 per acre. will bring
TN lecal markekH1NAiGats-to
se1G0NX are toWsVeX-S0ihts extenG.
nst the same price that the Eastern
ner receives. raised at double the
Of production and on land repre-
lin. eight times the capital invested
"A Boston correspondent writes that
new r"ugh-back playing ca-ds. now
sOmew hat popular. were in
ted by a well-knOwn club man. Mr..
He had been playing cards
club. and after going home and to
dreamed that he was playin. poker
made y misaeal. One Of his COM
ions who had an excellent hand re-
him for making him lose the
eft of it. Very WE'LL" Endicott
in his dream; ''if you hal had
yh-back cards it wouldn't have hap
I'd. 1t lent my fault" When he
Ike in the morning he remembered
dream, and the idea of rOuyh-backed
Is seemed to him u good one. He
experimental. perfected his
rovement. patented it in three or
countries. and is now likely to
&c a fortune out of his dream.
CHANGED HIS OPINION.
In search Of ~ House Apologies to
RentinE Agent.
man who went out hOuse-huntlng
lme indignant when y real estate
mt demanded a deposit q fifty cents
each key.
do you suppose I want to
i the keys?"
U. no."
Then why do you want me to put up
,ey for them?"