The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A man in Nebr.sk. fascinated his
hogs for cholera He expcrimcn'ed On
81. head. I'D Of which took the disease
! In a mild form and died
A thief q Dubuqus stole . hsrrei
Of eggs. bus because the yArrsns did
not; specify ,h~: they we're hcas eeSs
instead o! guOse. OF bird or alligator
eggs. he uAs turned loose and Ai!o~ed
" ~.
You did not pay very close a.
attention 4 tho sermon. ! fear. his
morning" -. yes. ! did.
We'll. what did The minister say
He s~id the picnic would starr At ssa
O'Clock Thursday morning. and. y N.
car ! gos"
A con;rivAncc has lately hcea In
tro 'uces on the railroads In Russia -
.ndicA,e the next station NJ which
train will stop. Il 10 = dial. The index
Of which poinss 10 tho station. Ous u
SGT up in every car. and tho indsces o.
ali are moved ~ one by electricity.
working from the locomotives.
-Cus,omcr-'Say. this rife you sold
me- yesterday 10 no good" iAcai-r-
''Wha, Is the matter with it, Cusso-
rner Il, Shoots. too accurately
lb-alcr-"Why. isn'; that jus, What
you WANT Cu.ton-r-.'l guess not.
I'm the proprietor OF = shco;ing GAL
lery, and give prizes Ia these who
score the hisho,, number Of puin;A'-
Yankee Blade.
Mayor J. II. S,in~. 81 Washing'on.
l. making . collection O. branches
from trees that grew on great hattie
holds 81 the var 81 the rebellion. Ito
has jus, received from n friend az Vir-
ginia cedar from Mine Run. pine from
charlottesville. cedar from Hancoss's
winter quarters in 1854. aud cedar
from Slaughter Mountain.
A fellow In the South. where traias
stop ., frequent Intervals for the en-
Gincer Ia sleep. hns lifted up . box car
~ a ihcatrr. hiichcd 10 ~ . ireigh
train. and whenever the train stop, for
IN hour or too TO unload . boz no and
hi. little troupe Of transformers give
the rustics . dramatic performance NJ
ten cents . head
Mrs. Winks-'Ho!d Tho baby .
moment. there's u dear. want ~ put
back these pictures I 80, GU, for Mrs.
Minks To look A. Such . t;rcson.
creature IN che IL. She wAs bore
for nearly halt an hour this a',srnos.a.
and did nothing buS talk about, the
baby Mr.. Winks-.'Bless his ii,slc
heart. so the ladies rom. and sit and
admire and talk about the little ch.rub.
do they Of courss they do; they can't
help loving Mira Winks -'Irs-
ciou. me-, II wasn't my baby she
talked about. 1, was her own."-Phi,s-
dclphia Record.
A man 81 the humber classes sn-
tered = public library In London aud
asked for . book. saying In reply TO .
question that he wanted "'Omer."
The mex, inquiry ~As whether hs
would have u Greek text or q transia-
ton. Ia which he gave the following
reply. Il don't know nothing about
Greek 'un; what ! wants 10 ~ Rad
wha, Mr.. Gladstone reads" After
half an hours reading with hi, aa-
g-rs stuck into hi. r 10 Insure
against i~ntcrrup,ion) b. said no
though; 10 Was "rum sort Of stun" and
wen, out lie has no, returned /, o hn-
isi, il
A little boy ia one Of the Brooklyn
public schools. encouraged by his
mothers assistance. had worked for
month 10 &c, the honor medal. which
WIS TO b. awarded on Friday last. The
lad was an invetrratc breaker OF rai~s
In the class room. and he made . great
cHori to set perfect marks. A, the
last moment. however. he received ono
bad mark. and his rival took the prize.
Reporting tho fact to his mother. he
he did not are particularly for the
medal. but IL vss the clear waste
u! goodness that he regretted. His
mother has abandoned further snbl-
lion for him for n. present