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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF
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A. C. HOSMER, Publisher.
SED CLOUD.
NEIiHASKA.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
"It's been fully a year since I saw you. dear
boy.
Anil In all of that time, do you know.
1 haven't once heard so much us a word
or your whereabouts. Wnere did you jo?
Oh, you've been round the world in your
yacht, hav-tyuii, lad"
And you dim'tknow a word of the nows.
"Well, Just you sit there, in that big arm
chair. And then ask all the questions you choose.
EnTased to be innrricd? Not a bit of it, no;
And you heard it in Cjjypt, you say;
Well, news truve s tart, but a-, for this last.
It's old yes, nine month, if a day.
.But 111 tell jou tne truth, man, I am nut en
paired. And 1 don't mean to bo very soon.
In love with Nan Karl' A nice little pirl.
Who was married, dear lellow, hist June.
"What kind of a husband? Oh, a rather pood
sort.
He is not very rich, to 1 e sure:
He don't wn a ya'Ut. r a house and lot.
And I doubt it some iriris e uld enduro
.His quiet, his poky and hi sober old ways.
Ion mijriit votc'liiiu a t-tick. old man:
It wasn't nis art t ha' won the pirl's heart;
lie is much too p.oildiiifr to ohm.
31e loved her, he told her at least so I have
heard
And as actions speak louder than words,
J have not a doubt lie wiii it riirht out;
They're si. 1 .vinsr as any tw i birds.
i u loveii her? di, nonsense! And she drove
you uwnv?
Whv, her hutiand knows nothing of this.
She latiplifd at vour goldr i?be wouldu't be
sold?
Well, a ery raro creature, that miss!
Da I think flint her husband would inind rf
y..u'd call
Just to pav oiir respects to his wife?
Xow, how ho:Id I know Vou see, an old
lieaii
Is s apt to engender "'me trife
1 hat in most cas-s, Caupjue, Id answer you
thus:
Vou had better not piny with the tlnine:
Hut were I tu preach ami this Ij:s u teach,
V. liy. old fellow, it icoidd bea shame.
So I'll do unto you :i I'd have you to do.
And invite on to o II any day:
And II you will i:ne when am :it home.
VV liv. I m sine Nun will ak you to say.
Yes, "it-. I ulm's ihe happiest man lit the
world.
And I'm imf ensiwil. a vou see.
"Tor -he is niv w if e yes. a.l mine for life,
Now, old lellow, congratulate inr.
sliilailfUth a Cell.
A COa'.JULT.EI) ENEMY.
"Yon are to have the Coopers for
neij-hbors. I hear.' .-aid ?Irs. Pailey,
:is lie .-topped on her way "down
town"' to emit for a moment over the
fence with her cousin. .Mrs. Sunderland.
"Lo'ik out for squalls""
Mrs. Mindcrlaiid paused in her work
of snipping thewitheied blossoms from
a r nninir ro-e to turn an inquiiin'r
jjianee toward the speaker.
What i- wrong ;iout the Coopers?
They are honest, sober, industrious
folks, are. they not?"
Al of thai, with nianv other virtues
ImsiIc," Mrs. Bailey replied, latihinjr.
Nevertliele-.-', I'd rather have tliem
live next hor to you than to me."'
I)nut he so mysterious." Mrs.
Sun lerland sa:d, lier ;ond humored
face bi::fcininr to war a hnde of anxi
et7. "Lit her te 1 me all theie is to tell,
ortellinc notliini".-"
Tho-o is nothing very dreadful to
reveal, a d what there is is no secret.
You would have k::own Mrs. Cooper's
reputation as well as everybody else in
Green v lie doe if yon were not a new
eotner. She is said to be the vvor-t-tempered
m.-.n in town, anil has ucv
er lived nehbor a month to any fami
ly without jiett tt up a qua-Tdl with
them: therefore. I sav, beware of
squills."
Mrs. Sunderland liil not think that
the damrers her co.isin had warn d her
to prepare for were of a very sero.ts
chancier, but heimr a woman 'vv.se in
her generation," she deemed it prudent
to putir oil upon tlie waves before any
.sins of a .storm became visible. A ilay
or two after h-rncvv neighbors arrive.f,
seeing Mrs. CK)jer making some en
deavor to improve the condition of a
very neglected jrarden-palch. Mrs.
Mmderlatnl .-tepp d to the dividing
fenee and Ivgged her neighbor's ac
ceptance ot :i basket full ol vegetables
she had iii-t gathered from her own
thr.ving gtirdrn.
It is so Into in the season that I'm
afraid you won't he able to raise much
in your garden this year.' she said,
plea-anth . "and as I have more gar-den-truek
than I cap make use of, I
shall be glad to have you help me dis
pone of it. '
Mr-. Cooper tttrned4upon her a face
that cert-iinly was not very prcpossess-
jng. lor it vva- dark, sallow and scowl
ing, and when she spoke it was with
such a misplacing of her a-pirate hs at
onee betrayed her lo have been at no
verv d.stani date a subject of Ijueen
Vi toria.
f "ili'm much obliired to you. ma'am,
m as you've hofleied the garden sass,
I'll ae ept. it: hut as a general thing me
and my man pays our hown way, and
lont eare to be beholden to no ody."
T .e lad ( harlie shi. found it much
-easier to make friends with, he was a
freckle-faced, black-eye I youuirster of
twehe or tirrteen. with a head thickly
. -covered with elosery-coiled rins of au
bnni hair. Noticing him one morning
w heel ng away a lot of weed- and rub
bish irom his mother's garden. Mrs.
Sunderland :isked him if he would like
to -rt'orm the same service for her, of
-' urse for a rem neration. The ciler
ivas eagerly aeeepied, and after that
Charley Ciper earned many a dime
by IsttI- services per.ormed for the
widow lady.
1-rank Sunderland and he he-amo
-quite well aemi.it nt d :n the course of
these labors, and. as a general thing,
the two l.ovs got along together re
markably well" but one da someaci
tlent happened to Charlie's wheelbar
row, and lie cho-c to think Frank was
"the caue o! the d -a-ter. The evil
r temper wh eh had hitlnrto lain dor
mant sprang -u.Idenly to ife, aud Char
lie gave utterance to sticii a torrent of
proianity as utterly appalled uot only
Fnink, but Flank's mother, who wit
nessed the scene from Iter kitchen win
low. She c:ided I-rank away at once,
and after a few words of rebuke to
Charlie, spoken far more in sorrow
"V than in anger, sh sent If m home,
saing that she coal-1 not allow any
bin who swore or used had language to
be the eomj anion of her ton
Charlie de-par' ed m tears with his
a "broken wheei . arrow, and probably
g-.ve an aeeouit of the trouble from Ins
own pour o view to
ew .moments later
h's mother, for a
Mrs. Sunderland
was startled (o see, coming over her
back fence, first a cabbage, then a peck
or so of potatoes, and finally the basket
in which she had that morning sent to
Mrs. Cooper the vegetables thus uncer
emoniously returned. An explanation
of this surprising shower followed In
Mrs. Cooper's voice:
"Hi'll thank you after this to keep
yourself and heverythitig belonging to
you to yourself. Hif my boy haint lit
society for your boy, we don't none of
us waut nolhink to do with you."
Of course to such a speech" as this no
civil reply was possible, so Mrs. Sun
derland quietly withdrew from the
scene of action, leaving her neighbor in
possession of the field. The predicted
quarrel had come, irreatly to Mrs. Sun
derland's mortification, for to have it
known to the whole town that she was
at variance with her next-noor neigh
bor -as, thanks to Mrs. Cooper's un
scrupulous tongue, it speedily was
was felt by the widow to be a real dis
grace. All that she could do to smooth mat
ters she did, with no effect, however,
except that Mrj. Cooper sub-ided grad
ually from a ferocious into a Milieu
mood, but lost no optiortunity of exhib
iting her dislike and ill-will in the num
berless little ways which a near neigh
bor can always make available.
The quarrel between the boys was of
much shorter duration. In the course
of a few days Charlie's red head was
again seen bobbing over the division
fence, and ' rank being responsive, the
former intimacy was soon re-established.
When September came and
the schools re-opened the two lads be
came school-mates and class-mates.
Charlie was a bright boy, and his par
ents had kept him SV adily at school,
and were very proud of his attainments;
but thoierh he was two wars older tlmu
Frank, the latter was more than his
?ftial in school-standing. There was i
io brag about Frank, however, and I
tliere would probably have been no
ii.u ou-y on Charlie's side had it not
lr en been excited y home intluence. '
Mrs. Cooper was bitterly jealous and
envious, and her sneer and innuendoes
did much towards making her son as ,
unreasonable and suspicious as her- j
self.
A few m tilths after the school openod. I
an oani. nation was held for the pur-.'
P'jsc of promoting such of the scholars
as were litted tor the advance to higher
departments in the school. Frank .-underlain!
was the only bo" in Ids class
who was succe-sffil in pa-s nz the ex
amination, though Charlie ( ooper had
not been far 1 ehind him. and his heart,
and his mother's as well, had bseu set
upon his obtaining the promotion.
That he fail -d to do so was, in itself,
a bitter d appointment, but that I rank
should su.-ceed where Charlie failed was
a trial much hauler to endure. Mrs.
Cooper'.- undisciplin d tongue wagged
fre ly. and her opinion that the .-ehool
was conduct d unon the rankest prine:
! sof faxorit ;m was widely dissemi
nated. She would ev nhae been lool-i-h
enough to withdraw Charlie from
the school had not his father interposed
his rarely certt il authority and put a
positive veto upon any such absurd pro
ceed. ng.
As usual, Charlie's wrath soon evap
orated, and as ihrrv was now no occa
sion lor a ttial rivalry in-f.vecii tliem,
the two lads got along very harmoni
ously, ami Frank was abl to do many
a kind turn for C harlie, which the lat
ter, as a general thing, fully appreci
ated. Though very well aware of the rumor
of Mrs. Cooper's feelings toward her
and l-rank. Mrs. Sunderland was sensi
ble enough l. feel rather amused than
irritated, even when .Mrs. Cooper's con
duet, on their chance niee ings, verged
upon actual insolence. The widow w
cheerfulness and politeness continued
to be quite invincible until the events
of a certain morning proved to her that
forbearance had at last ceased to he a
virtue.
It was a cold day in January: Frank
had gone to the well to draw a bucket,
of water, but found the well bucket
half-full of ice, so that it would not
.-ink wh'-n lowered into the wate-. His
mother came to his assistance, but suc
ceeded no better than he had done.
Charlie (. ooper was at the well in their
own lot. seareeh a stone's thrown dis
tant, and he called out: "Come lid your
bucket here, Frank; our well is" all
right."
W ithout stopping to ask permission.
Frank scrambled over the fence, and
soon the two lads were laughing ami
joking together as Charlie lowered the
bucket. Just then Mrs. ooper came out
of the house and advanced towards
them: she brought another bucket to
fill, one that was already half-fuil of
water, which she was shaking around
in the bucket, preparatory to throwing it
OUL
"What are von doing In niv lot. sir.
may I ask?" she said, as she noticed
life intruder. Frank colored, and took
up his still em ty bucket. j
"Never mind, Charlie." said he-, "we
can get the ice out of our own Lneket; j
1 11 go back, now."
C harlie was provoked at his mother, ,
and his temper being as ill-governed as
her own, he turned towards her angrilv,
crying "What's the wv. of he ng so
hateiul? 3011 ought to oc ashamed of
yourself '" at which words his mother's
anger rose tc the exploding point. j
Til thank vou to mind your own
business, c harlie Cooper!" she said;
and then turning fcrociotslv upon in-oil'en-ive
Frank, "as for vou, you young
haristocrat, I want you'to get boil" mv
premi-es, and s ay holVem. We don't !
want no lavor tes round here." Then. '
throwing the contents of her bucket, '
not absolutely at Frank, but with au
utter d-sregard of what she was doing,
siie dashe.i the water in sneh a wav that '
the lad was completely drenched,
I
Mrs. Sunderland advanced to the ,
fence to help Frank, shivering and cry-
ing. to j:et over" it. Her gentle tempeV.
proof ajrainsi insults or attacks directed
upon herself, was at last aroused.
Frank was a veiy delicate child, and
the effects of such a shower-bath upon
sue a morning might be -crious. With i
1 ash'mr eves and ia-e flushed with in
dignation, she turned upon her enemy,
who did have the gra. c to look a little
ashamed of herse fT
'You are a wicked, cruel woman.
Mrs. Cooper, nmt henceforth will
have nnth ng to tl with you " Ti.en
.she hurried Frank to tne house. ;md
mingled her tears witn his as she helped
him to attire h.mself in dry gvrmenla.
The lad had a cold and a sore throat
as the result of his drenching, and his
anxious mother, during the period of
his indisposition, entertained towards
Mrs. Cooper a resentment hearty
enough to have satisfied even Dr. John
sou. Frank got well that time, how
ever, and was soon at school again
bright and merry as usual.
hut ho had several attacks of soro
throat before the winter was over, and
they left him so weak and pun" that his
mother never before welcomed spring
weather so gladly as she did that year.
Frank seemed to get quite well and
strong as the warm weather came, and
tliere "ore perhaps les3 prudent, for in
May he again caught cold and came
home sick from school.
He was severely ill from the first; in
a few days diphtheric symptoms de
veloped themselves, and twenty-four
hours later the bright young soul was
freed from its frail tenement, and Mrs.
Sunderland was a childless widow.
I will not dwell upon her desolation;
the whole community sorrowed vyith
her; everybody had liked mem' little
Frank Sunderland, and his mother was
almost an equal favorite. If friendly
sympathy could hace lightened her
grie: that solace would have been hers;
perhaps it did. even though uncon
sciously to herself, but, as she sat the
the evening before the funeral by the
side of her dead darling, she felt as
though there could never be any more
brightness or pleasure for her this side
of eternity.
She sat'thcre tearless, ?pcechlcsand
despairing, and heard not the timid
knock that came upon the door, nor
d'd she notice the Pgure that a mo
ment later entered the room, until a
voice choked with sobs said:
Tlca-e, Mrs. Sunderland, mayn't 1
see him?"
Then she turned and saw Charlie
Cooper. The boy's swollen eyes showed
that he had been crying, but Mrs. Sun- .
derland looked at him, apathetically, J
and when she had reali.ed what it was '
he wanted, turned qtiiic calmly towards .
the eotiin and withdrew the cloth that
covered the waxen face.
Charlie :a.ed for a few moments
neon his dead schoolmate, awed and
silent, though the tears chased each
other down his check. In a l.ttle
while the mother kissed the marble
brow, still w th that uirtatural calm
ness, and re-covered the face.
Charlie wa trembling from head to
foot w th rcprcs-ed agitation, and Mrs.
Sundeiland almost unconsciously laid
her hand upon his shoulder as if to
calm him. At her to ich the boy's self
control gave way: with a child's in
stinctive desire for comfort and support
in sorrow, he Hung his arms a ound
her and dropping his head upon her
bosom, burst into a violent lit of weep
lll'.i r c i i mm i -i i.t
"O MrsSunderlan.l!' he cried "I
can t bear to have h.m de; 1 can t-I
cant -he was alwavs so good to me.
The mot'nei's lips quivereik her fea
tures worked convulsively; the healing
tears came at last to her aching eyes,
ami with her face bowed upon Charlie's
curly head, she, too, wept freely and
softly, and with the blessed tears the
first bitterness of her -anguish passed
away.
Mrs. Sunderland's friends came to
her and took her away from the scene
tit her bereavem nt. AI! that affection
could do was done to cheer her, and
i?ftT" i fnw ttuiiflic ttsti Itiinltln !ifwv
ful temper began to reassert itself, and
goaded !mj effort of beneficent nature
flint hv Simtmnhpr hi felt -ilile fn rn.
HH. . - IIIUIIUIO '. tlt4ll.l V,lll,,4
turn to Crcenville ami her bov s grave.
nnl to lii'i-oine Mir;iin in n menuiire. Inr
old calm and gei'itlo s.-lf.
The schools had just reopened, and
thou-h thu remembrance of one short ,
year'ago. when her own b .y was tlier.;.
fln liritrblest ;ni. I iiiikI. Iinne.nl of fl:i
young inrong wno comm 'iiceu tne
fccnool-ycar together, brought a pang of
almost unbearable pain to the mother;
heart, she endured this mi ering as she
had endur d all the rest, uncomplain
ingly. The examination for promotion was
again held, and this tim-Charlie Coop
er ranked iir-t amonir the live of his
class who were promoted to the higher
department. Mrs. S ml -rland was"sin-
er.lv nleased when sb.- bead of the
lad's'triumpii, aud a few mornings later !
when she met him. sue stopped to shake
liamls with him, congratulating him
most cordially. 'But how does it hap
pen you are not in .-chool, this morn
ing'" she asked.
'I -1- don't go to school, just now,"
he stammered. "I've stopp-d awhile."
"Why, how does that happen? Surely
now is the very time you ought to be
most regular in attendance."
"I know -I'd like to be. but" again
he stopped, much embarrassed, and it
was not without a good deal of ques
tion ng that Mrs. Sunderland at last
drew from him the informraion that he
had ceased to attend school on account
of his father's inabditv to procure for .
him the new set of school-books his pro-I the manufactured meal, as it reap
motion had made necessary. rpea'S in the form of black particles,
"Father's ha l a felon on his hand all which to the tidy housewife appears to
summer, and it's not well yet. He be a someth ng much more uncleanly,
ba-n't been able to' work much, and . After the oats have been propcrlv
we've had to be awful economical j cleaned by sifting they are sub ected to
Mother cried like everything win n ' the operation ot drving. This is ac
father said he just couldn't spare the I eomphshed in dry kilns, with spe ial
money to buy a lot of new books; she apparatus constructed for the purpose,
was mad nt first, but she soon got over i This operation requires some care to
that, lor shu knew father couldn't help ' prevent the oats from burning. As s on
it. She's sav ing up now, and so am 1, J as sui ciently dry they are removed
and we'll raise the money between us I from the kiln while still very hot and
before Christmas, I guess, though those ' sto.ed in such a way as to have hem
kind of books do cost like smoke," he j retain the r heat; after thus remaining
eonclu led, with a rueful sigh. ' three or four days and hardening th y
Alter he hail gone Mrs. Sunderland ! are ready for the shelling operation,
went iuto her darkened parlor, and. sit- This shelling is accompl shed by pass-
iiiii: m tier rocking chair, rocked and
cried softly for a long lime. J
Tnen she went up-Mairs and opened a
tieep urawer m a bureau, from whence
issued a strong pertunic of wTRi red i
lose-ieaves. one removed the
ancn
towel that shrouded thu contents of the
drawer, and from one corner drew forth
a slate and a pile ' of school-books al
most new. S e opened the books one
by one, and in each she kissed the
name "Frank Sun erland," inscribed
in a b'g boyish hand then she laid her
cheek upon the books, fondling them as
though they were living creatures, and
cried again.
rU la-t she wiped her eyes and tied i
up the books in a neat strong package.
" t 'xvo doing just as he would want
me to t'o," sheuaid to herself. She
wrote the name ol Cha lie Cooper upon
tl.o paclage. and giving it to her little !
kitchen-maid, directed her to take it to
the hoiuu of her neighbor, Mr. Cooper. '
The evening of the same day, as Mm
Sunderland sat alone, reading over a
few verses from her Bible before retir
ing for the night, she heard a hustle of
approaching footsteps, the door opened,
a&d her little maid .-aid
'Here's Mis' Cooper wants to see
you a few minute , .Mis' Sunderland."
She ushered into the ro'm a tall,
gaunt figure, whose head and shoulders
were shrouded in a dark shawl, aud then
discreetly withdrew.
Mrs. Cooper, or she it was, advanced
toward Mrs. Sunderland as the latter
arose. " I've come to talk about them
books you sent to jny Charlie," she said,
roughly, almost fiercely.
" 1'es," replied Mrs. Sunderland, dep
recatfngly: I hope you don't feel of
fended; Charlie told me his father did
not feel able to buy him the books he
needed just now, and I thought it a
pity he should be obliged to get behind
liis class on that account."
"My Charlie says them books is the
ones you bought last year for your
Frank; is that so? '
" Yes," Mrs. Sunderland said, her
voice faltering a little, "they wore my
boy's. Charlie was fond of him I
couldn't have given him those books if
he had not been."
"You" re right:" and the fierce voice
grew suddenly husky; ' my Charlie's
been a-cr ing ho vvr them ever since he
got them, ami 1 d.in't wonder, fot the
sight of 'em has made me do what 1
never did for living creature in hall my
life afore. I've come hover to beg
your pardon for all my hugliness to
you and to him that's gone; you poor,
dear soul, you hido, hido,"' and fierce,
ev 1-tempered Mrs. Cooper ended her
sentence by burst ng into a hearty tit of
er.ing.
Mrs. Sunderland clasped in hers the
knotted, toil-worn hands outstretched
toward Iter.
" Don't cry," she said, tears rolling
down her own cheeks as she spoke. " 1
know you a-e sorry. We'll have to be
friends after this, and we will never
quarrel any more."'
And they ne.er did. M. R. House
keeper, in Yon It's Companion.
m a
Over a Collin-Lid.
"She was a good wife to me!
A good wife, Cod bless her."
The words were spoKen in trembling
accents over a colhn-hd. I he woman
1 asleep there had Lome the heat ami
burden of life's long day, and no one
had ever heard her murmur; her hand
was quick to reach oat in a helping
grasp to those who fell by the vv inside,
1 and her feet were swi.t on errands of
mercy; the heart of her husband had
trusted in her he had le t her to long
hours of solitude, while he amused hiin-
self in scenes in which she had no part.
j When boon companions deserted him.
when fickh" allect.on selfishly departed,
k p:lili;d. he went home
f I d , '. . ,.
.. ., , . c ,
Come from your lo s;r. lonjr roving;
un Hie s sea so bleak and rouiju,
Come to me tender and 'ovinjr.
And 1 sh.dl be ble-t en ugh."
That had been her love-song always
on her litis or in her heart. " Children
had been born to them. Shu had reared
them almost alone -r- they were gone!
I Her hand had led them to the utter
most edc of the morning that has no
noon. Then she had comforted him,
anil scut him out strong and whole
hearted while she staved at home and
cried. What can a woman do but cry
. an'l trust.
I N ell, sue is at rest now. but she
could not die until he had liromised to
J "hear up,
. how hapi
not to iret, but to remember
npv tnev natl oeen. inevr
Yt. !t " l-ven For -she ws blcst '
pvina and he iu receiving. It was an
QU!ll partnership after all.
"Sho-vas a good wife to
niC.
Oh, mftn man! Why not have told
her so, when her cars were not dull by
death? Why wait to say these words
over a coffin wherein lies a wasted,
weary, gray haired woman, whose eyes
have so long held that pathet.c s ory ot
loss and suffering, a patient yearning,
which so man' women's eyes reveal
to those who read. Why not have
made the wilderness in her heart blossom
Jiku ,he ro;tc wilil the prodigality ot
your love? Now you would g ve worlds
were they yours to give-to see the
u--1 of .3 your words would have
once causeit. tie oveiunr me cioseu
windows of iier soul. It is too late.
"We have careful thoughts lor the stranxer.
And smiles for the sometimes gucjt
Hut oft loro.wi
The hitter tone
Though ice (ui'c: our (urn thc7tr.it."
Detroit Free lYess.
How Oatmeal is Made.
"The first operation in the manu
facture of the meal is the removing from
tha oats all cockle, small oats and for
eign seeds of whatever kind, for if any
of these rem -in the quality of tne meal
is much injured. Bhvk oats, if even ol
irood quality, rivc a bad appearance to
ing tlie oats tnrougn millstones ot a
spccal pattern. The product that
comes from the stones is groats, or the
whole kernels, oust, seeds
these must be separated. By
etc., aud
means oi
a combination of sieves and fans the
groats arc separated from the other
material, and are then ready for grind
ing. For extra utial ty meal the groats
may be shelled and also passed through
a brush ng machine. The grinding of
them must not belong dehued, as a
few weeks" exposure renders them unfit
for mill ng. In grinding the groat, tho
great a m is to avoid pulveri ation, and
to have the grannies cut s uare ami ol
umforni si.e. Oatmeal is gen-rally
denominated by the cut as "pin-head
cut. rough cut, medium and fine cut
though these terms have different mean
ings in differentdist riots. After the grind
ing the meal is passed through sieves
and the siftings graded according tc
size." Ar. Y. nerald, j
fLEORO-PXEUMONI.
Th itlll Passes the Senate Entabilshlag a
lturrau of Animal Industry.
Wasiiinotox, May 1. As amended
knd passed by the Senate, the bill providing
tor the establishivent of a bureau of animal
industry and the extirpation of contagious
cattle diseases, provides that the Commis
sioner of Agriculture shall organize in his
department a bureau of animal industry,
with a chief who shall be a competent vet
erinary surgeon, and who shall Investigate
and report upon the condition of the do
mestic animals of the fruited States and tlie
causes of the contagious and communicable
diseases among tliem. He shall also collect
such other information on those subjects as
will be valuable to the agricultural and com
mercial interests of the United States for
the purpose of the bureau. The Commis
sioner of Agriculture is authorized to em
ploy a force not exceeding twenty persoas
at any one time. The Cominissioncr is to
appoint two competent agents, who shall be
practical .stock raisers, or men experienced
in commercial transactions affecting live
itock, who shall report the best manner of
transporting and caring for animals;
means to be adopted to suppress
pleiiro-pneiunonia aud other dangerous or
communicable diseases. The compensation
of such agents to be fixed at ten dollars a
day. The Commissioner is to prepare as
early as iossibIe such rules and regulations
ns may be necessary to extirpate the disease;
name and certify such to the executive
authority of each State and Territory, and
Invite the viMiperatioit of such executive
authority in the execution of the act of Con
gress. When the rules, etc, shall have
been accepted by such executive authority,
the Cominissioncr may expend in the State
so accepting so much money a3 may be
necessary tor the purpose of the investiga
tions contemplated by the act, ami for such
disinfection and iptanuuiue measures as
may be necessary to prevent the spread of
disease fioin one State or Territory into
another. In order to promote exportation
of live stock, special investigation will bo
made as to the existence of contagious
disease along the dividing line between' the
United States and foreign countries, and
along transportation lines from alt parts of
the United States to parts from which
the cattle are exported, and rcorts
made to the Secretary of the Treas
ury, who bhall co-operate with
State and municipal authorities,
corporations and persons engaged in the
i transiortation of cattle by land or water iu
establishing regulations for the tafe trans
fer of cattle and preventing the spread of
disease, and the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to take such stt-ps as may bu
necessary, not inconsistent, to prevent the
exportation of cattle affected with contag
ious diseases, especially plcuro-pueiuiionia.
Transportation companies are forbidden to
transport Kittle affected with any contagious
disease from one State or Teiritory to an
other. The so-called splenic or Texas fever
is excepted from the category of communi
cable diseases, so far as leganl transporta
tion of cattle to market. Violations of the
act by railroad companies or vessels is de
clared a misdemeanor .on the part of the
manager, punishable by a fine not to exceed
$.5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both. It is made the duty of tha
United States District Attorney to prosecute
the cases. The sum appropriated for the
purposes of the act is $lf)0,00f), instead of
Si'SO.UuO appropriated by the House.
BOLD BANK BOBBERS.
An Attempt to Rob tlie Hunk at Medlrina
Lodge, Kan. The President and Cashier
Shot.
Kansas Citv, May 1. A special to tho
Times of this morning, from Harper, Kas.,
says: A courier just in states that a bold
but unsuccessful attempt was made at ten
o'clock thus nioriiing to rob the Medicine
Valley Bank, at Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, in which George Geppert,
Cashier, was instantly killed, and
E. W. Payne, President, fatally wounded.
Four men, well armed with Winches
ter retieatiug rifles and revolvers, rode
up to the bank soon after it opened, two re
maining with the horses while the others
entered aud demanded the money. Both
the President and Cashier refused to com
ply, and were at once fired upon as above
stated. Just then the City Marshal
appeared, and taking iu the situation
at a glance opened fire on those
inside, which soon attracted others, and
seeing their game was up the robbers
mounted and rode away without the swag.
Within ten minutes thirty men were iu hot
pursuit and uouutiess ere tins nave eajv
tured the. bandits aud sent them to join
their victim. No clue to their identity was
had. Mr. Geppert was a promising mer
chant, while Mr. Payne was editor of tha
ruder and a wealthy and influential stock
man. Medicine Lodge is shunted about
fitty miles west of llarpcr, and being oil
any railroad or telegraph line, news has to
come by carriers. There is the greatest ex
citement heie over the bold affair, as both
Gepiert and Payne are widely known citi
zens through this portion of the State,
and have hundreds of friends among
the stockmen. It is thought the
robbers came up from the Indian Territory,
and the killing of the bank otlicer wad
brought about by what followed after the
robbers entered the bank. Officers and men
from Harper are ready to assist in the pur
suit and capture of the murderers, and if
caught they will undoubtedly be lynched.
A Struggle With n Maniar.
Tijentox, . J., April 30. Philip Hildo
hrecht was a bartender at A. Aberlee's saloon
in this city. For some days he has given
evidences of mental trouble. He slept with
Lewis PHeger, a jeweler, at Aberlee's. He
was excitable and talkative, and while
Pfleger's back was turned he struck him a
terrible blow With a pitcher. Then began a
straggle for life, as Ililiiebrucht had become
a living maniac Ptleger finally downed
Hildebtecht and ran from the room, locking
the door after him. Officers were summoned
and the door unlocked, llildebrecht was on
the floor in a pool of blood. He had tried
to kill himself by cutting deep gashes iu the
neck and arms with pieces of the broken
pitcher. He was very weak and muttered
a desire to die. His wounds were dressed
and he was removed to the asylum. He
may recover. Pfleger's wounds are not
jerious.
The Alert.
jSTew York, May 1. Contrary to expecta
tions, the Alert, which the English Gov
ernment contributed toward the Grcely Be-
lief Expedition, has turned out to be in
hardly the necessary condition for a voyage
to the Arctics,. Bepain that will cost
about 520,000 will have to be made so as to
properly equip her for the work. These
will be made as quickly as possible. Two
Arctic houses are being built, which will be
taken North upon tlie deck of the Alert.
Men are working day and night iu-u the
Thetis, which sails on Thursday. It is uow
being provisioned. The Alert w!li be the
first of the three vessels to return, leaving
ncx' fall to report what progress has been
made. 1
FOREST FIRES.
rhe Mountains of New York, rennsjl snfsv
ntl New Jersey lllazo of Firo Lot of
tlfe and Property.
Nkw Yor.K. May 3. Forest fires in tlie
"ountry round nbtnit till the atmosphere
here with smoke. Middletown, N. Y., re
ports tim mountains west and north of the
Shavvargunts and Catskills on fire. A.
strong wind was blowing. It was impossi
ble to see only a short distance. No dam
age reported yet, but tlie danger to isolated
farm houses and farms was great Clouds
of smoke and ashes filled tlie air. Fires
were raging on Storm King Mountain, near
Cornwall, and in the highlands west of
Haverstravv. The air at Newburgh was
filled with smoke and ashes of burned
leaves floating about. Much damage to
standing timber was apprehended.
A Wilkesbarre, Pa., special says forest
fires have been raging fiercely thereabout
lately. The first serious damage was re
ported yesterday aftemoou. Whitehaven
aud the neighboring hills caught fire and for
a time the town was in great danger, owing:
to a strong wind. The tire department of
Wilkesbarre, with the whole population of
the place, sulnlued the fire.
At California, a lumbering town near
Whitehaven, a tierce fire started aixl eleven
houses occupied by lumbermen were con
sumed. Two bridges on the Beaver Creek
branch of the Lehigh Valley road were de
stroyed; also the stables of Albert Lewis St
Co., lumber contractors. Eleven horses also
perished In the flames. A large quantity of
valuable timber was destroyed. The total
loss is estimated at 550,000. The fire is now
undercontrol.
Washington. N. J., 3Iay ". An exten
sive conflagration is raging iu the Blue
Mountains, twenty-live miles from here.
The wind carries the smoke in dense clouds
over this part of Warren County. At five
o'clock yesterday afternoon it became com-
J pletely dark and a smoky pall, almost sttffo
t eating, rests over this town. The inhabi
tants are alarmed, and the Aftiyor has re
quested a number of the members of the fire
. department to remain on duty. A large
tract of valuahk; woodland is burning about
three miles from Mattawany, threatening a
number of resiliences. Fanners are fighting
the flames.
Near Ashland. Pa., extensive fires are
raging, and the Ashland lire department has
been ordered in readiness for service. At
the State Miners' Hospital workmen are
now fighting the flames near the building.
The loss to timber tracts, will be large.
A heavy wind storm visited Northumber
land County,Pa.,yesterdavand fanned to in
creased fury the forest liros. The works of
Charles Woodsjand 5,000 cords of charcoal
were destroyed. The lire arso ignited
Citlnibank at Mine Hill Gap. The Colliery
mine is in danger, and :'00 men are thrown
out of employment. The towns are be
fogged by smoke from the burning moun
tains. Emporium, Pa., sends word of forest fires
raging all through that section. Thu season
is unusually dry and the wind is blowing a
perfect gale from the west, sweeping the
lire through the forest with great velocity
and destroying a large amount of property.
At Sterling Hun, nine miles from Empo
rium, several buildings belonging to the
tanner company burned yesterday, and a
large mill was also destroyed. The village
was only saved by aid from Uenova. Two
families are reported lost, and it is feared
the loss of life will le great At Swiss
mont fifteen miles west of here, two mills
with a large amount of lumber were de
stroyed. Sckanton, Pa.. May ".Tlie barrel mill,
press house and canning mill of the Moosic
I Powder Company, Col. II. M. Boise, Presi
dent, blew up. aud the soda grinding and
( pulverizing mi's were fired and burned yes
j terday. The mills were ignited from the
' forest fires. Several days ago one of the em
ployes was burned to a crisp in the wash
house. Several hundred cords of powder
wood are now burning and it is expected
that the glazing mills will go. The iron
, magazine containing several tons of pow-
uer is so tar saie. o oueuares to travel uie
road to Archibald for fear that the rest of
the mills will blow up. The loss thus far is
530,000.
Cattle Disease.
Jefferson Crrv, May 8. Governor Crit
tenden has received a letter from Governor
Glick, of Kansas, requesting him to unite
with the Governors of Iowa, Illinois, Ne
braska, Colorado and Kansas in establishing
a quarantine against the introduction of dis
eased cattle into the above States from cer
tain districts iu tlie Eastern States, where
pleuro-pneumonia exists, and the following
reply was sent to tlie latter:
Jeffekson Cm. May 2, 18S1.
To His Excellency, G. VT. Glick. Governor
or Kansas:
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter oi
tho .mil utt., inviting me to co-opcrato. with
the Governors of Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska,
Colorado and Kansas in issuing a proclama
tion quarantining1 those Several states
"ajratnst tho introduction of cattlo from tbp
infected districts of other States" I fully
appreciate the importance of such a move
ment, and would Join you if I were Invented
with the power. No law exists in this State
Kivin? the Governor the riabt to issuo such a
Sroclumation. It is an omission which will
o remedied In the future. The stock ("row
ers of this State are too largely Interested In
that industry to suffer future lesrlslmion to
longer overlook the enactment of such laws
as will more securely protect that important
part of their property rijrhtp.
Very truly yours, Tiios. T. Ckittendej.
m
Favorable to Itallroa Is.
San Francisco, May 3. The railroad
bill in the Legislature known as the "Barry'
bill, and which, in the largest measure, cov
ered the object for which the extra session
was called, was, in an amended form, passed
by the Senate by a unanimous vote. Under
tlie bill as passed by the Assembly, where it
originated, the railway companies would havi
forfeited their right to operate within the
State, first, if they sutTered discriminations
in freight over their roads; second, if they
f ailed to keep track anil structures in efficient
repair; third, if they acceded charters from
any other Government, State or sovereignty;
fourth, if they failed to comply with the
fare and freight schedules fixed by the Rail
road Commissioner. In its amended form
the first and third conditions are rendered
nugatory, the special contract system re
mains intact and the forfeiture of railroad
charters is placed beyond State laws. At
the present moment the relations of railway
companies to the State Government are as
before the call of the extra session. It is
now clearly established that no radical anti
railroad measure can pass the Senate. Ao
early adjournment is quite possible.
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Watching: for the llulldinjrto Fall.
St. Paul, Minn., May 3. The wall of
the wholesale millinery house of J. Oppen
hehn & Co., on Fourth street, cracked, and
carpenters were set to work to brace the
building while the work of removing S70,
000 worth of stock was in progress. A
large crowd collected, and considerable
money, on and against tlie building falling,
changed hands, some betting that the whole
building would fall, and others that only a
hole in the wall would result. During the
afternoon a portion of the wall fell, making
x gap twenty feet wide, from ground to
.oof, and letting a ortinn of the roof down
Into the si"coiid story, crushing a Iarxo
qiumtity of stock to the amount of S25,-
ooo.