The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

| tC1tIit'I uCsSI w S<bb SAAACt StbA
nor write.
Bent wha!ebones can Be restored
and used again by simply soaking in
water a few hours. then drying them
The force Of habit is always strong.
| A Baltimore young nan who was call
ing on 4 street Car conductors daugh-.
ter says that the father wandered in at
a rather late hour; and. opening the
door. mechanically exclaimed: ''Sit
close. plcase."-BaIimore ADssricaa.
"A little h%unchback Was seized by a
detective in Berlin and relieved of a
package which he was carrying under
his cloak i'm front of the cars carriage
during the cars visit to Berlin. The
package was opened by a superior. and
was found to contain samples Of soap.
The h%unchback was let 90.
Washington Sunda.-schGol.-Teach
or Ito little girD-'Now. Angeline.
can YOU tell me what it mcans TO return
good for cvil?" Angelina Brooks
We'll. miss. Idon't exactly know dc
words. but / tink it mean If any one
s:sSes Yer, doan't yer jaw back
! Uoypcr'S Ba-ur.
"A company of eaters were cracking.
/ Jokes the other day when one of them
startled the rest by asking: ibid YOU
ever see a bun dance on the table,"
After struggling awhile they said they
hoped they always would b. able to SEQ
such a ,hing-especially when hungry.
81 Albdas (Tt.) Messenger
AT the reception.-Miss Vawze
from BawStinc)-''Which do you like
the better. Mr.. Miller. winter or spring.
Mr.. Miller from Minneapolis)-"Well.
a good hard No. l spring grinds pretty
well. and there's the most money in il;
but after all. give me the regular old
fashioned winter wheat that amt
.rowed any. and I'll guarantee you the
best -four every iime:"-Pack.
An exchange Il y that a fo!led
newspaper placed under the coat in tho
small If TIE back is IN excellent sub>ti-
tu,e for an ovcrcoat. There is con>id-
cradle warmth in a newspaper. that'sa
fact. Many Il man has become heated
by simply reading :n article in 4 news
paper; and Il. Such times he wants to
make i, hot for the editor. ton.-N0r-
riSt0rn K5rdM.
Among the 'fnwls of the air" are
three. the eagle. swan anil raven. which
live to the are of 100 years Or Or.
The paroIuet and heron attain the
goodly age of sixty years. The spar
row-hawk. duck and pelican may live
to be forty. while the peacock and lin
net reach the quarter century. and the
canary twen,y-iour years. Boston
Budget.
ANY device that will make the cars
comfortable aud do away with the
chances of fire i'm case Ut accident will
satisfy the pablic; the railways have
only to consider the question of eiii-
cheney and economy. II is even credible
that Il temperature below the sitting
height usually reached by the stoves
would be grateful to 4 great many tray
! elers.-Boston Post.
I'm 1887 2.O57.2S1 acres of land in
Dakota were newly fled on; ~1.5S6.G72
acres were acquired by final proof and
cash entry. and 1881 acres We're pur-
chased by land scrip. There was large
immigration into the DEVILS Lake dis
trict. The arsa of u~nsurvcycd land
taken up. but not filed on. during the
wear, is estimated to be about 200.0 900
acres.
Tho ship Macaulav. launched
%tlirty-two wears ago in Baltimore. has
been sold to Boston parties as \ coal
hulk. She cost in 1855 $4,000. and
although 4 sound vessel still. was sold
for Il mere son.. The Macaulay once
made tie run from Liverpool to Mel
bourne. Australia. in seventy-ei%hsdays.
and once from Southwest Pass. 4: the
mouth of the Mississippi. to Liverpool
i'll twenty-four DAYS. She was among
TIE last of the famous Baltimore clippers.
A restaurant proprietor Of Mont
martre. in France. recently opened n
curious cafe. The interior IS in the
form of Al immense tub. the illusion of
which is carried out by the circular
shape of the doors and windows. The
s.~nboard is inscribed with the word
'D~io~encs." whom the ultutorcd folk
of Mnntmartrc imagine To- be some
fellow cOuntryman of theirs who al
distinguished himself rs = cooper.
Two KernebanK. (Me.). farmers
have come tn grief recently from too
close foIlowin. of book and too little
exercise of common sense. One had
read it was best Ia dchorn = calf and
the other th,t the best and most sue
ccssful way TO fat a hog was tn cut Oft
its tail. Both followed directions. bu;
neglected to care for the animals after
warl and the result was that both calf
and hog became sick and died ut the
next cold spell of weather. -Ciicay1
LCraM.
Indications now point to the exist
cnce Of n submarine volcanic crater
between the Canary Islands and tn
coast Of Portugal. From q eablc-lay-
ing steamer in SO deg. % min. north. 6
dec. 81 min. west. the water was fOun.