The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
i.iSCEllANEOUS.


Minister dining with the family
''This is a very nice dinner, isn't it
Bobby" Bobby enjoying it)-'i'
ought to be. Pa figured it out hat i
was going to cost him over eight col
lars."-Ihe Epoch.
Passengers forgot more than 10. 900
different articles in the cars of the New
York elevated roads last year. They
included gold watches. umbrellas. un-
dcrwear, etc, and have been sold ut
auction.
Old Mrs. Bentley-'.Janc. where
did You hang that new thermOmete-?''
Jane-..Jis: outside the winder, mum"
Old Mrs. Bentley-.'Wcll. gracious.
Jane! Bring it into the sittin-rOOm at
once. an close the blinds. Dye want
to roast us to dcath?'-7Ime.
For quickness in raising money for
business enterprises Hutchinson, Kan,
seems to Outrank some of the large
cities. They called Il meeting out there
for such Il purpose. and, after the hall
was filled. locked the door. A local
paper tells tina: work then began. and
in just one hour and fifteen minutes
the sum of S224.OOO was subscribed.
1T was at Dublin. in 1741, that the
first performance of the Messiah"
took place, DIR. Beattie. author of the
''MinstreI" and the Essay on TRUTH
records an interesting anecdote told
him by the Earl of KinnOul. Calling
on Handel a few days after the first
performance. he naturally paid him
some compliments ON the success Of
the noble entertainment which he had
given the public. My lord" said
Handel. Il should be sorry if l only
entertained them; l wish to make them
better"
1t is said that the Oldest man liv-
ing anywhere is James James. a negro
Of Santa Rosa. Mex. who was born
near Dorchester. ;. c.. in l7j2. He
was with his master in the revolution
airy war. was forty years old when
Washington was elected President,
went to Texas when one hundred and
n years old. moved into Mexico five
years later. and now. at the ripe age of
n hundred and thirty-six. lives in a
little hut. to which he is confined by
rheumatism. and is supported by con-
tributions from the citizens of Santa
Rosa.
Solicitations in Japan are something
and are thus described by
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle: 1.-The men of Japan are
excessively polite TO one an
other. They bend their backs and bow
their heads. and put their two hands
back to back between their knees and
have a great time. But the most
amusing thing is to see two old ladies
in Japan meeting one another on the
street. They catch sight Of one another
three or four blocks apart. They i'm
mediately begin to make Obeisance at
One another. and they keep bending
and bowling at short intervals until
they come together. when they make a
peculiar hiss by drawing in the breath
and keep OF saying 'OhavO' for about
two minutes"
"A fish Of the sturgeon variety,
about eighteen inches in length was re-
given to the superintendent of
IN ice factory in Parkersburg. w. Va.
It was placed in one Of the ice mOlds
md frozen in the center of a huge cube
ice. This block of ice was put in 4
place. where the citizens could
the fish. frozen hard and fast in
he center of the cake. The ice began
% melt and it dwindled until the body
If the fish was exposed to the air while
he head was still firmly Embedded in
he ice. The tail of the fish was seen
o move slightly. as the hot sun poured
IS rays upon it. Attention being called
o the fact, the head was carefully
'eleased from its icy prison and the
surgeon placed in "a tank of water. 1t
recovered completely in a few minutes.
md was apparently as sound as ver