The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-05
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-QuotiAE tho vital statistics OF .
certain town. . newspaper said: 'Of
the births. seven thousand three hum
dred and e~ighty.6ve wsre children"
"A South African chief sold q gold
mine % N English speculator for .
hAnd.organ and . rug. 1t was . pretty
ecar approach to - kingdom for a
horse"
1t 10 written OF voltaire tina; when.
In his painful effort to learn English.
he discovered that the letters a-g-u-e
spelled ''agu."a word OF two sy!!ab!es.
but IL you Increased the length By add
Ing two more letters. aud SO got
~pl-a-g.u-e. tho word became one syl-
labls and Was pronounced ''plag.' no
threw the book across tho room and
fairly danced in rase
There isa German Newspaper pub
lished at Jerusalem. and IL says that
the city 10 growing in size and popula-
ton 1t . remarkable rate. which is
surprising. because neither its situa-
ton nor its trade is favorable to q
rapid increase. The Jews take the
lead In building. followed by the Rus
sians and Germans. The Greeks and
Armenians arc also busy building
cafes. baxaars and shops.
They vere hunting up old school
teachers in Vermont lately. and found.
that tho oldest in active service vas lit
tie short Of dity years At the desk.
This veteran Is A. u. Searles. who b.
gan teaching in 1871 1t the age Of nine
teen. He obtained his first certificate
from tho poet John G. Sake He Is
now In control Of the school which the
lase Sir Curtis II. Lamson gave to the
village Of New Haven Mills. Vt
An amusing m~isadventure hap
pened tho other day to . we'll known
artist in Paris. He had purchased an
old helmet in . bric-a-brac shop. and
when he got homo tho idea occurred to
him to try it on. 1t won't on easily
enough. but when he wanted to take II
on he found it impossible to do %.
Finally he vas forced to 60 to q neigh.
boring gunsmith's to have il removed.
His appearance on the street wearing
this medieval relic produced a decided
sensation.
"A resident OF New York City sent
to Scottsburg. Ind. recently. to pur-
chase . large white oak tree. which
measured twenty-seven feet in cir
cumierence. He paid So for it. and
s& once set to work to got out as largo
q board ~ possible. Tho tree was
ripped up by means Of a cross-cut saw.
and made . board ten inches thick. 5
feet u inches wide at butt. and S feet
wide At top. and 80 feet long. It re-
quired two yoke Of oxen and eight
horses . whole day to move il n and
one-half miles on . broad tread wagon.
Why do the ster goers prefer seats
on tho right Of the house,? When you
are on the street on which side Of the
walk do you keep? On tho right, don't
you: OF course you do. And yet
look to tho left, Ell? II you DIP MT you
arc different from every n else.
Well. you walk to tho right and you
look to the left Twenty-Five or thirty
years Of this sort Of thing naturally
gets ono accustomed to it. Now. when
| you sit for two hours and a half or
three hours in n position. II you
have to keep your eyes to tho right.
you will find that it tires tho muscles
Of the eyes quite perceptibly. Albany
Argus
An uncommon incident occurred
| At q church near Louisville recently. A
revival Wa in progress. and among
those who went up TO confess his sins
was Q young man whose life had not
been noted for Christian-like deeds.
| He had been connected with the dro
| department and wss . most energetic
worker 1t fires. Several members OF
| tho church were around tho young sim
ner, giving him words Of comfort and
encouraging him In the step he was
| about 70 take. Al that moment . fire
alarm struck. The young man sprang
suddenly from his knceling posture.
rushed from tho house IT tho top OF
| his speed and hurried 70 the scene OF
the Ore. He has not been 70 church