The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-27
FROM n LANDS.

FRANCE raises less mutton than other
meat, and il ')rts more. Of ocef she has
rather = surplus than a shortage.
AMONG the multitude of presents received
by the Popo this ycar re q Ow-bOat, .
boot-blacking machine and a bicycle.
ONLY w meals q day are served in Cuban
hotels. They hive much Us people do in
some parts Of Franco and Switzerland.
II has just been discovered in Austria
that one of the four sta;c.-xecutioners is .
woman. She is large and muscular, has a
heavy voice, and has adjusted the moose for
twenty-siX victims.
A DOCTOR in Algeria stood before q gull
lotine AMI caught the he'll of criminal as
1t fell from the axe ana spcnhe 10 it. 1t is
said tia: movement Of tine eyes and mouth
showed that he was understood.
WIEN a future Chinesc belle is about
three days old she is for-2l!ly bctrothed to
the scion of Some acceptable neiShbOr, and
when she is about fifteen she is carried to
his house and left there, and that ends it.
TIE reign OF Kaiser FrI!A has been marked
with this abolition Of tae cavalryman's
cuirass. This is ,he last cUirass in Europe,
and England is now CALM for its abolition
in her army. in the German army the re-
voivGr has also been discarded II v OF
the c1rbinc.
JAPAN is becoming Tx. Western nations.
Even it's custom OF housekeeping will be
modified when the new "~caoei for foreign
domestic affairs" is opcnc,. Japanese girls
will ere long b. taug-, practical home life
Us it is CEder5tn! 2:l1.- Western nations,
SO that they MY be 40; -p adopt the social
customs of the West is readily rs japanese
mel have d1sc.
The Is 10 cit; III Che world III which SO
much b!ac..I il worn rs n Paris. writes .
correspondent. 1t is = :i4S iii II !arge eS-
Establishments ,h,It 10 ~Ss..sGc,1cn Should
be cla.i II Dla:,. Da..: .o.'s' ara made tne
badge of rcsrNct,,- = 10. he .:ctNer
Of u family Lcs:;i.Cs - c1gsse \ teacher or
g0verncss VINO ~ az APPEARANCE in
a Il thing that - ACt 80, Dlsc-1 o. orOwn.
IL. splendid E~l0aa.l".-t .J.t&'GThereSa,
latciy dcGirltci - s..:rl. ~ ty far the
fines; ard most costly work. Of the kind In
the Austrian empire. The ilinstrioUs Ell-
press IS represented IN "A sitting posture.
her right arm O.. ended aad ner LETT hand
.grasriag the scep.e:. y tho four corners
are cQ-c5' In tigurS5 oi her four great
scne-ai5-E2ul. LlIGun. Tram, and khc-
v~cnluetlcr. Inc inScrG..o ns are simple
on the 'front.' 'Iisyia I.crcs3." and on the
beck, "Lrc,:cj ~ F,anc;s Joseph l.. ISIS"
INDIAN slavery is sail - ha~c replaced
negro slavery in Brazil. Mr. Wells, a great
Brazilian Traveller, says thai d" il the wild
est regions Of the tributaries of the ANA
IONS bands OF India rubber g.fnercrs carry
or an injurious trIaic with many Indian
tribes, from whom thcy acquire captivcS
from oti,er tribes. The lavlcssnesS of their
proceedings is fully admitted by the Brazil
ian Government, bat oven tae vast areas il
the distant regions through which they
roam 1t is absolutely Impossible to maintain
any check over then.
Russia has practically abolished her sy5-
tenn Of exile to Siberia Tn Island Of Sag
halien is to De designated as Il small penal
settlement for criminals not political pris-
Oners-brt with this exception there will be
no further bauishmcnts TO Siberia Com
munes are to BIO deprived Of the privilege OF
issuing docrees Of perpetual exile. ard tho
costly system Of transporting prIc0.ers to
the mines and guarding them there is to be-
abandoned. Criminals and political prison.
ers are to be confined hereafter in fOrtresseS
and penal institutions, and not to be sou
tenOed TO Siberia to drag opt there the rem
naut ot their degraded and ba0aed lives.