The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS

"A CYNICAL Englishman who has
been spendin" some time in New York
CITY, saws that hall the citizens are hon.
est and reputable people. aud the other
half are politicians.
A BROOKLYN Young onia has q
beautiful and most curious table cover
in stripes Of white and golden brown.
It is woven of the shOrn hair Of her st.
Bernard dog.
Tho man WHO ran make s2o.OO u
rear rs \ general Tin. can't save y
cent. while TIE man who is thrifty and
wise is seldom SO gifted that he can
earn any thing ut all.
A stick VI timber 1J1 feet long ard
twenty inchrs square. believed tn b:
the largest piece ever turned out from
anv sawmil.. has been sem from Puget
Sound to an exhibition in San Fran
cisco.
The highest recorded balloon ascent
was by GlaiSher and Coxwe!l from
Wolverhamptnn. England. on Scptsm-
Der ). 1867. They rose to the height Of
seven miles. According to Glaisher. in
$500 balloon ascen>iOnS only fifteen
deaths have occurred.
Animal food occasionally. for
yOun. or old fowls seems Indispensable.
Beef crackiin.S are excellent and some
thing that most every q a obtain.
Cracklinss and corn meal made into .
dough and baked. IS good feed for both
old and young birds.
"A negro couple Of Atlanta, who
desired n very private wedding. called
up the justice ut midnight and had the
ceremony performed then. They de-
clared they were too bashful to go
through the ceremony when everybody
WAS around to spe or hear.
-Citizen-'.rm surprised that you
have become such y careful driver.
Jake. You used to be the most reck-
less teamster on the streets. You ran
into half a dozen different carriages to
my certain knowledge" TeAmster-
I'm drivin' a mighty light wagon.
now. an it's mo Own."-OmGta World.
MIR. Brown. you have charged me
two dollars for cleaning my gloves.
and Miss Jones says she only paid you
Fifty cents" ''Truc. Miss. but your
gloves are so small that 1 was obliged
to take extra trouble to prevent them
being los through the spout of nv
stcaming kettle" She paid. Of course.
Visitor Ito conviet)-'.I s'pose they
treat You well here. my friend?" Con-
sir: 1 have no complaints
to make; but there is one thing / don't
Every Sunday mornin' in the
they set me e. to one of these
ere shOutin' Methodists. an faint
pleasant for n man what was born an
brought up y 'Piscopalian."-Life.
ELS it true. Mr.. Featherlv." in
Bobby. 'that the hOmeliest men
get the handsOmest wives:9' Il be-
there is an old saying to that eff
Fect. Bobby. Why2' Il heard ma
% to sister Clara last night. and
said that you ought to marry
Of the lOveliest women in the
world. "-H0rper's Eazar.
Editor Ito intellectual looking
Touns msn). NO poetry this morning.
ny friend. We're full of it," Young
nan (handing him manuscript)-..Its
lot poetry. sirs: it's prose."-Elitor
ut the manuscript)-"H-m-
;es-gaS. one month. s~.ven-ffty. Just
it. please. and I'll read it ut NV
eisure. It'd Bits.
1t is reported that the once unpro-
Eastern Shore Of MARYLAND.
Northampton and Accomac
>ounties. has been rendered 50 fertile
y the use Of ''pine shatters"-thc
caves and cones Of pine trees-that
he farmers of the section are growing
ich. A farmer who has made non
ut Of pine Skaters" says: ..They are
ich in carbon. and when the fermenta-
or oxidation takes place. motion
humic and other acids are
Drmed. mineral matter is acted upon.
hemical changes take place. and the
and is changed from a dead mass of
and and clay to al active. fertile soil.
in motion the latent elements
mt are often there"