The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

AfHO W. ~ VI NV
wanted the funeral procession TO drive
around Ivy the wayo Of the ball grounds"
-Wifc-"John, do look at that poor
waiter; what makes him so onc-sidcd?"
lIusband-"I guess IL is because he has
bcen SO frequently tipped. Inter Ocean.
IA Sunday-school Surprise. Now
you're " nicely dressed little girl II
your father independently "No, thir.
lie it'll in ail."-Brooklyn Eagle.
"A little miss had prepared TO recite
in Sabbath-school the line search the
Scriptures" When the teacher asked
for her verse. however, she h~esitatcd.
then bravcV uttered the words 'lIunt
for the prescription"
-Whcn Harry and Lucinda 90 out
rowing they love to work the same oar.
IL is 80 sociablc, you know, and then IL
reminds them of the words Of the poet.
''Two souls with but u single thwart."
-Boston Transcript.
The Sword Swallower--'I have had
notice that they don't want me any
longer In the museum" Fat Woman
We'll, who will take your placc?'
Sword Swallowcr--"Why, II girl from
BOSTON Is going To swallow her words"
Inter Ocean.
An original method of inducing tho
residents of Alsacc-Lorrainc To become
Germans has been discovered by tho
Nolk, the organ of Herr Stocckcr.
This journal proposes that the state
shall give II dowry to every native OF
Alsacc-L Lorraine who marries u German.
1T was on Friday that Columbus sct
snil from Pulos. Friday he first saw
the new world, Friday he reached Palos
ON his return. the four hundrcdth ami
vcrsary Of the discovery falls on Friday
and on Friday this country was chris
tened after Amoricus Vespucius, tho
Florcntinc d%iscovcrer.
An school of barracuda
was sporting in Monterey bay, Cali
fornia, the other day, when. with the
sudden turn, they headed straight for
the beach without diminution In their
speed, and were Don landed high and
dry upon the shore. The belief Is that
the barracuda were driven ashore by u
school of whales.
C. l.. Walker, chief clerk Of the
Central railroad mt Macon. Ga, has m
old bill In his possession. IL IL n slO
note Of the state of North Carolina.
printed In ITS. On one side il the in
scription. "Persccution the Ruin Of
Empires" On the other side appear
the words, death to Counterfeitcrs."
The idea Of manufacturing power
on n moving CIR TO run o dynamo TO OPP
crate n motor to propel a car seems to
be u roundabout way Of getting at the
result of electric traction, and yet that
IL what n western man In said to be
doing. He used gasoline To produce
steam for power; but why not use the
steam power direct?
The famous story Of the word 'sir-
loin," or, more properly, ~''surloin," Is Of
recent creation. A king Of England
the ''merry monarch" most likely
coming in hungry one day from the
chase, had served up to him a savory
loin of beef. So delighted was tho fam
ished king ut the sight Of his favorite
dish that he knighted IL on the spot,
and II Is now known rs ''sir loip'' even
TO this day.
President Harrison's most forrnida-
BILE rival for the hand of Miss Caroline
Scott, who afterward became his wife,
was u rollicking Irish boy who fell In
love with her, asdid her husband, while
they were both attending her fathers
school. He Is Thad l.. C%onant, and he
is living now In Evansville, Ind. where
he is river editor of the Standard.
One Of the model cooperative ASSOC
Citations of the country Is the Fruit
Growers union, which was organized
in 1867 and Incorporated In 1883. Its
membership is 57%, and 1t had issued
4 100 shares up to January last. Its OBJ
ject is the protection of the grower by
obtaining the highest prices for his
fruits. shipments and sales are at
tended TO, and necessary articles arc
supplied Mt the lowest rates possible.
The total mount Of last years bust
ness was sl14,36l. The net assets of the
society arc e3s, 500.
Petroleum, when stored In bulk,
either In TANK steamships or in tanks
on shore, must be provided with means
for expansion when the temperature
rises. A drawback In appliances has
been the admitting Of Dir on the con-
traction of the oil. The manager Of
large works In West Hartlepool, Eng
land, has devised an apparatus that
! will prevent the access Of air. In cylin-
|, |, drical domes on the top of the tanks he
fits pistons, the rods projecting thro Ugh
the tops and moving freely. The
! pistons rest on the surface Of the oil
: and rise and fall when it expands and
contracts. F''f
: The Independence of burmese
women is remarkable. They manage
their own affairs, lord stalls In tne
/, bazaar, with which no one interfercs,
!, marry when they choose. and divorce
! their husbands rs 500 as they please.
, No jealous wells cover their faces; no
! melancholy purdoh scclusion prevents
them from mixing with the male sex.
They first dance and laugh with al
, many admirers as they choose, and last
: of all they smoke-not dainty cigarettes
on the sly, taking a Whit while they
, read the latest French novel, as their
, European sisters do; no, but cigarsl
; Cigars longer than mon use In Europe;
z o;r. an foot lcuD ouI x,,r iruoha. L. "A.