The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS,


which contained q large live toad.
which. on being taken out. hoped
about on deck, and seemed quite 1t
home.
At the Philadelphia zoo the other
day q monkey tore the blue tulle of a
lady's bonnet. wrapped it around his
its stomach as a sash and then posed
In the most dudesque manner imagina-
bic for the admiration of the visitors.
AT n foreign railway station:
''Guard. can l smoke in this carriage?"
mo; it is against the rules" Then
where do all these c~igar-ends on the
floor come FROM" From smokers
who have not asked permission."-
Pail Mall Gazette.
Those who give attention to the
deterioration of food find the most de-
teriOratiOn in those groceries and
canned goods which are sold with
premiums in the !orm of glassware.
teapots. etc. The quality of the food
deteriorates in proportion with the
value of the gift. The most adul;era-
ton is in spices and condiments. tea.
coffee. syrup and baking powders.
In the Southwest they do things
differently from most every other part
of the country. At PleasontOn. Atlas
cOsa County. Tex. they hanged a man.
To express their great JOY the citizens
got up a barbecue, which was largely
attended. In the adjoining county d
white man. who was on trial for kill
cause the presiding judge could find
NO laws providing for his punishment.
New York State recently enacted
a law by which criminals condemned
to death shall be put to death by
means Of electricity instead of being
hanged asformerly. A great deal Of
objection to this new method has de-
velOped and it seems somewhat doubt
full if the new law will be enforced. 1t
Is cOntended that death by electricity
is unconstitutional because a cruel and
unusual method Of punishment. but
other States and the municipal council
of Paris. France. are contemplating
adopting the electrical death penalty.
In BrOwnville. ~Schuylkill County.
Pa. the other day. some senseless
young men, in want of a lark. soaked a
lot of corn in whisky and flung it to a
flock of geese. An hour later the
woman who owned them found them
cOmatOse. and. believing them dead.
picked their feathers off and flung the
carcasses down a mine breach. During
the night the birds slept of their de-
bauch. and next morning were found
huddled at the gate in a naked and
prOdigal condition.
The great organ Of the Catholic
cathedral in Louisville was recently
out of tune for several days. The Or
ganist searched for the cause but could
not discover it. Then the organ
builder Was called in to see what was
the matter. After a short examination
he found the metallic '.D' pipe out Of
order. He had the pipe. which is ten
feet in length. removed. and found that
a sparrow lodged in the middle Of it. :
The sparrow was removed and the
pipe replaced. and the organ is now in
good order. 1t is not known how tho
bird could have got into the pipe.
"A policeman in a certain town in
New Hampshire recently at
tempted to separate two men who were
engaged in . row. when one of them
up q club and struck the officer
on the head. laying his scalp open.
The latter pluckily stuck to his man.
and finally landed his assailant i'm the
The next morning the prisoner
was arraigned before a justice. who
the policeman - and costs of
the prosecution. On being remOn-
with. the court said q. L the
prisoner had no money to pay him for
his trouble. and he didn't propose to
work for nothing.
SO this is a prohibition town."
said q drummer to the landlord If a
small local option town in Texas. ''Yes,
wedOn't allow any liquor to be sold if we
possibly prevent; but. sir. there are
L1iCu Az tuAo tO"h ~ uteCAey UCsOiO Va
honor and principle that for twenty
i've cents they will peddle out this
liquid damnatiOn. What do you think
Of such an ~unprincipled s~cOundrel?"
strikes me it is a mere matter Of
business. Where can l find hat I'M
principled scOundrel9" Il am the
nan. Follow me- When the drum
returned his mustache was moist.
Ind he was out a quarter Texas
In Paris lately a physician was ar
'ested for practicing medicine without
diploma. He had a large and lucra-
i've practice. and at the trial several
testified that they had been
by the defendant, as a cure for
heir ills, to hold acopper rod on their
lands until it fell of; to stand on ono
eg, etc. Such disclosures didn't un-
lerve the doctor in the least. and when
sked what he had to say. to the great
urprise Of all produced q diploma
howing that he a regularly gradu-
ted physician. He then explained
hat for five years after leaving college