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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1897)
tiripiwpwfiWsws . ( nvif!Kr it' ' IS. I ''VW' -r .1 mv 4 OV fc Vfci' ' ff ? i V A7 .r TITLES AND STRIPES. SCIONS OF EUROPEAN ARIS TOCRACY NOW IN PRISON. Nnrrj Mm of I'lifnrtuii.iK' Mttln of tlm llii'tltiillc l')iifiiiriirr f lillc AniCHlr -Tho IIiiMiiii Printed Suffer for h hliiKltliiB Murder. HE sentence of Lady Scott in Lon don for circulating tjrr- yl I IIUL'13 I'UIIll'I IIII1K I '.'IW Q RuhfgII, calls at- tcntlon to tho fnct that there nre nt present In Europe qulto a number of other people of tl- tie nnd rank undcr folng more or less lengthy terms of mprlsonment. Iady Gunning, widow of Sir Henry Gunning nnd granddaughter of the sec ond Lord Churchill, Is serving a term of several years' penal servltudo for having forged the name of her father to a number of notes, on which she subsequently raised money from Lon don note discounters and tradesmen. She might have escaped with a punish ment less severe hnd the fact not been brought to light during tho trial that her frauds had extended over a num ber of years, nnd that the financial ne cessities which had prompted her to resort to this means of obtaining mon ey had been caused by her reckless ness In betting on tho races. Another lady of high soclul standing who was recently called upon to under go Imprisonment with hard labor was tho wife of Captnln Osborne, of the crack cavalry regiment of Scots Greys. Mrs. Osborne, who belonged by birth to the aristocratic house of Elliott, and who had Inherited in her own right a little fortune of about $8,000 a year, had purloined the pearl necklace of her dearest friend, Mrs. Hargroavo, whllo Flaying at the latter's castle, and had then sold it to a London Jeweler In or der to pay some pressing liabilities. Equal severity was extended to Gwynneth Maude, granddaughter of iho Earl of Montalt, who was senten ced to a couple of years' Imprisonment nith hard labor for obtaining goody under false pretenses. Tho Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, aioro fortunate, was exempted from hard labor and convict garb during tho fix months' imprisonment that she re cently underwent. Sho was convicted of destroying, In the presence of law yers and Judges, a document which had been Impounded by the court and which was stated to contain evidence that would have doomed her to defeat in a suit against her son-in-law, the present Duke. Sho completed her term in Holloway prison, where Lady Scott is now undergoing her punish ment, and, like the latter, was per mitted many little luxuries beyond the reach of ordinary overy-day prisoners. Mrs. Montague, daughter of Lord Robert Montague, was convicted a year or two ago of the most shocking cru elty to her children, one of whom suc cumbed thereto. The popular feeling waH that she deserved hanging. But owing to tho tremendous Influence ex ercised In her behalf by all the rela tions of the ducal house of Manches ter, to which sho belongs, she was let off with a term of two years' lm prlsonmcnt without hard labor. In times gone by an English duch ess, namely, Her Grace of Kingston, underwent imprisonment for bigamy and forgery. At tho present moment there aro actually relatives of the Queen who aro "doing time." They benr the name of Count and Countess Lclningen and belong to the princely and sovereign house of that name. The first husband of Queen Victoria's moth er was a Prince of Lelnlngon. Whllo TRINCE VALLARDA. the Count is wearing stripes in An English penitentiary, the Countess Is in Jail at Vienna for a long series of crimes, Including forgery, blackmail ing and swindling. Tho Marchioness of Donegal, a peer ess of Great Britain, has time and again been sent to Jail, generally for brlof periods, following her arrest In the streets of London for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. American visitors to Baden-Baden, a couple of years ago wero brought Into contact with a Baroness von Glelssen berg and her very pretty daughter. The latter was in great demand owing to hor magnificent contralto volco. She took part In many of tho charitable entertainments during the season. Roth of these ladles nre now serving a Ecntenco of four years' Imprisonment for larceny nnd fraud, During tho course of tho trlnl It was shown that although they belong to ono of tho oldest families of Prussia, yet for four years previous to their conviction they had boen living almost exclusively on tho proceeds of crime. Among their fellow Inmates in prUon is Countess siijY jj i In! THE Wnldeck. n member of the reigning family of that nnme, and first cousin of that Princess Wnldeck who married Queen Victoria's youngest so;.. She is undergoing punishment for perjury nnd forgery of so aggravated n character that not all the Influence brought to bear by her princely relatives was nblo to exempt her from penalty. It enjoys the distinction of possess ing two convict dukes. They arc the chiefs of the grand old Sicilian princely house of Villarosa, and aro undoi going a term of penal servitude in tho great penitentiary of Maddelona, near Na ples, for the cowardly murder of a young Infantry lleutennnt named Le one, who was betrothed to their sister, the Princess Catarlnl. Tho assassina tion took place at Palermo, In the mag nificent Villarosa palace, which they own there. They hnd invited tho young offlcer to dine with them In tho most friendly manner. After dinner tho two princes took his life by stab bing him as ho was nbout to leavo tho palace. In tho same prison Is the Prince Caracclolo, sentenced to ten years' hard labor for the murder of his wife. A very beautiful woman, she notori ously deserted him, nnd when ono day she was found poisoned with arsenic purchased by him, and lenvlng a will In which her Immense property was be queathed to him, he was very natur ally arrested as her murderer. Powerful llptll rind. The Sportsmen's Review tells of the strength of the devil fish, which aro caught regulorly as a pastimo nt only ono point on the gulf. Tho fishermen of Naples on the Gulf of Mexico fish PRINCE CHARICOLA. for devil fish and get them. "Col. Dob Hnllowny," according to the Review, "wns fishing for tho monsters with a party of friends, from a naphtha launch, when they hnd a strike. The launch wns twenty-five feet long and contained ten persons. This the fish towed around for an hour, uttnlnlng a speed of six knots nt times, in spite of the fact that the propeller of tho launch was backing. Tlio whole light was in sight of the hotel guests, who had assembled to seo the battle be tween fin and propeller. When the nnlmal was finally tired out and towed nshore it required six men to drag it out. On propping Its mouth open, a. salt barrel could have been rolled Into it. It measured twenty-two feet from wing tip to wing tip." Another Naples fish story follows: "Mrs. Hugh McDonald was Ashing for sharks. She had a bite. On pulling In, the head of a shark that had been at least four feet long was found. Somo shark had bitten the first capture In two. Later the big fellow wub hooked by Mrs. McDonnld and was pulled In. The Bccond shark was more than Of ten feet long." Crnre for Striding Ilomex. One of the most peculiar prisoners in tho Georgia penal camps is Gyp South, a twelve-year-old white boy, the son of rcspcctablo parents, who has been sentenced to five years for horso stealing. It is shown that up to ten years of age he was an exemplary boy. At that period he had an attack of brain fever. After this attack ho seemed to have a mania for horses, and his father bought him a horso and buggy. Within three dayB Gyp drovo to a wagon yard, and gavo the rig away. The next day ho went down to a coal yard and stolo a mule and wagon. Strange to say ho Is normal for threo weeks, and in the fourth he Is uncontrollable. In the ponnl camp he carries this peculiarity, and each fourth week goes about stealing tho prison horses Just ns If he were free. nang'ra of (loir. How easily a fatal accident may oc cur nt golf wa3 recently shown in England. It is pretty certain that a ball driven hard will kill a man, but In this case death was caused merely by tho raising of tho club preparatory to striking. Tho report says that an Inquest was held nt the Neptune hotel, Old Hunstanton, on tho body nf Hu bert Coker Rldgers, 10, who died on tho golf links, having been accidentally struck on the back of the head by a follow caddy named Uoverley, tho de ceased being behind him when lie raised the club preparing to strlko the ball. Ho died in a few minutes from concussion df the brain. San Fran cisco Examiner. Much llf-tlnr. Nervous Prisoner "Had I better get hold of a lawyer, do you think? It's threo years If thoy convict me." Friendly Constnb!o "Humph! In that case you'd better get hold of n Juryman." Truth. Insurance companies claim that bi cycling is moro dangerous than trav eling either by rail or ship. ilf:ilSlll RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 17. THEATRICAL LETTER. SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE PLAYERFOLK. Snt Vitrk Corrmrmnilent Tll of tlm New Pin mill Plu)rr of the I'wtl Month Mnry MnnnrrlnR mill Limine Hiwilrt 'fnhti Hare AriiIm. HE new produc tions of tho month in New York in clude "Castle Som bras," by Richard Mansfield, nt tho Garden Theater; "The Rogue's Com edy," at Wallack's, by E. S. Wlllard; 'The Girl From Paris," at tho Her ald Square Theater, by Edward E. Rico's company; "An American Heauty," at tho Casino, by Lillian Rus sell; "The Seats of the Mighty," at tho Knickerbocker, by Herbert Recrbohm Tree; the opening drama of the Empire stock season; two now plays by tho Lyceum Theater Stock Company; tho production of "Tho Hobby Horse," by John Hnre; and the first New York per formances of Charles Hoyt's "A Con tented Womnn." The Now York pub lic certainly has no reason to complain of either the quality or the quantity of the mntcrlal brought to Its considera tion In the theaters. Thcro has not been a season within the writer's recollection when the stngo offerings have been so rich or so widely vnrled as they have been thus far during the MARY winter term until surprise is felt that the supply has not been exhausted. A Pronounrcil l'allurr. The most undoubted failure of tho season since the production of "The Liar" at Hoyt's Theater early In Sep tember, was "The Seats of tho Mighty," with which Mr. Tree opened his New York season at the Knickerbocker. The play was announced as a dramati zation of Gilbert Parker's novel of tho same name, but proved to possess very few if any of tho good qualities of that tale, demonstrating either that tho book was not suited to dramatiza tion as is often tho case with really interesting examples of current fiction A YVi iTTiiW " ii i f VHMJ 'I ' ' LOUISE BAUDET. or thut It was very Imperfectly treated In its transfer from the library to tho stage. Its conversations wero long drawn out, and at times there was an evident and undlsgulsable effort at epigram which proved to bo anything but diverting. The action was nlow and halting, and the' character assumed by Mr. Treo fell short of expectations. So also, wo may add, did Mr. Tree's assumption of it. The play was placed upon tho stage In an elaborate and lav ish way, and only the most completo weakness In the drama itself could havo occasioned tho failure. It was abandoned, after a single week, in fa vor of "Tho Dancing Girl," nnd other pieces in Mr. Treo's repertoire. Theso served to fill out the Now York en gagement. Mr. Tree's company this year Is not brilliant. Tho only mem bers commanding prnlso aro Koto Rorko and Lionel Brough. "Tlm ItoKue' Comedy." Tho offering mado by Mr. E. 8. Wll lard upon bis return to New York, at M. yr & m: Wallack's (formerly Palmer's) Thea ter on the evening of Dec. 7, was a new play from the pen of Henry Arthur Jones, called "Tho Rogue's Comedy." The iltunui hnd already been plnod In England with considerable success, nnd had also been presented In Boston pi lor to Mr. Wlllard's Now York engage ment. This actor first won his spurs In London an nn Interpreter of what nre known to the people of the theater ns "heavy parts" -otherwise, villains. In the melodramas produced by Wilson Barrett at the Princess" Theater, Mr. Wlllaid was for several seasons ob served In various phases of rascality, and he plncd these parts so well that ho won the cordial approbation of the critics and the corresponding nnd more vociferous hostility of tho occupants of pit and gallery. He acquired In that IIbo of acting a certain Immobility of countenance and repression of the emo tions which ho was never able to en tirely shako off In his subsequent In terpretations of moro sympathetic roles after he becamo a star. Illilinril MMtiftflelit' StieccM. Richard Matisfleld'H season nt the Garden Theater has been gratifying In every respect. He began with the re vival of a series of plays already made familiar by him -somo of them by oth er nnd older actors and the reception Hint awaited him was so cordial that It became necessary to postpono "Castlo Sombras," she play which had been prepared ns the principal novelty of his New York senson, It was finally presented during tho fourth week of his stny at the Garden, nnd will form a worthy addition to the list of stage workB controlled by him. Mr. nnd Mrs. MANNERING. Mansfield (Bcatrlco Cameron) have con tinually grown, not nlono In personal favor, but in artistic rango. Mr. Mans field Is easily at the head of the dra matic profession In America, with no apparent danger of receding in favor of other players. Tlio (llrl from I'urU. In lighter vein is tho Imported mu sical comedy called "Tho Girl from Paris," which had Its Initial American performnnco nt tho Herald Square Theater, Tuesday evening, Dec. 8. This piece has enjoyed an extended and prosperous career thiough the English provinces under tho title, "Tho Gay Farlslenne," but Its namo was changed for America owing to Its similarity to "Tho Gay Parisians," which ran tho better -part of last winter at Hoyt's Theater. Tho cast contains Josephine Hnll, Joseph Herbert, Clara Llpman, Louis Mann, and other comedy players of note. .John Hum's Iteturn. Mr. John Hare's return to American soli has not been marked by any new production of great import. His repor tolre for this season consists principally of such time-worn but always charming plas as "School," "Ours," and the other Robertson comedies. His only now piece, at the Knickerbocker Thoa ter January 4, wns "Tho Hobby Horse," by A. W. Plnero. Tho piece Is noticeable principally for Its literary merit, which is of tho high order alwuys to be expected from this nuthor. Mr. Haro as an actor grows upon his audiences. When ho first camo to this country ho did not seem llknlv tn win i success, but as his engagement prog ressed his popularity Increased, and he found a warm welcomo awaiting him upon his return the othor night. Tlm Count I.eoule. "The Courtship of Leonle," tho first play of tho regular season at tho Ly ceum Theater, was snmowhat more melodramatic in tono thnn tho pntrons of that establishment had been accus tomed to, but was received with de cided favor and ran for soveral weeks to largo attendance. In addition to its own merits, It Introduced to New York Miss Mary Mannerlng, who had not pievlously played In this city. The Itleh. Panfry Peto frowned heavily. "See here, tenderfoot," ho snld, "that brogue of yours is too rich. It'll get you Into .trouble. Our peoplo aro powerfully down on plutocracy." Detroit Journal, ARM MADE OF GLASS. A NEW YORK MAN HAS A VAL UABLE MEMBER. ItcinMin for thr I'liinnul Mntrrlut- Mitrti-loiM Mrilmiilmn In I In- Inlrrlor SiiimII Mtllehliimril with Ucitrlr Hut tun. HE uso that glass Is being put to nowadays are truly legion. Houses have even been built of that fragile ma terial, statues have been cast In it, furniture of nil kinds, from beds to tables and chairs have been fashioned from It, whllo for a long time past all sorts of surgical Instruments and appliances have been made of It, says the New York Recorder. With out glass Sir Joseph Lister's princi ples of nntlseptlcs and tho present sys tem of asteptle surgery would bo well nigh Impossible. Nothing can bo so easily kept clean as glass, and as cleanliness is tho key-note of the miuvultiiisly hiiccessful surgery of today the modern operating room Is n veritable, crystal palace. The operating tables, tho Instrument enses and often even tho cellng nnd walls of theso rooms arc all of purest polished plato glass. Glass eyes have long replaced the lost organs of vision nnd enn bo made 50 cleverly as to almost defy detection. Glass noses nre even made, nnd If we so far back In history, even to tho his tory of fairyland, wo would probably discover that tho existing Impetus to the glass Industry dates back to Cin derella's slippers of fabled famo. But theso are fin do slecle days, and the most recent nnd nt the same tlmo most innrvelous uso glass hns been put to Is In the making of artificial limbs. There Is a man In New York today a prominent downtown business man it that who, so far as his friends, or, at least, all but his most Intimate nnd :onfldcntlnl friends, know, hnB two irms ns good and ns serviceable as any jiio'b else, whoso left arm Is mado of (labs. i Tho only thing, so fnr as appearances ire concerned, that would indicate that mythlng Is tho matter with his arm Is tho fact that ho Invariably carries his left hand In his pocket. When Vtestloncd about It he settles all doubt by simply answering: "Ithcumntlsni. I'm subject to it. If I don't keep my hand warm It gots chilled and I suffer in consequence, so I keep it my pock et that's all." And tho questioner .isually goes away perfectly satisfied. But the story of this wonderful glass arm tho only ono In cxlstenco Is well worth being told. Some yours ago Mr. B y, the gentleman In question, wns out shooting. Somehow or other the muzzle of the weapon became clog ged up with nand nnd exploded when discharged, lacerating Mr. B y's left arm In tho most frightful manner. He was taken to his uptown homo nnd tho most skillful surgeons summoned, but to no avail; tho arm hnd to amputated to save tho man's llfet for symptoms of blood-poisoning speedily developed. To be maimed and nn object of pity for the rest of ono's life Is unythlng but pleasant, nnd so soon ns ho was able to be about Mr. B y sot sail Tor Eu rope, "for his health," It was said, but In reality It was In search of an arm. A lingo ulster and bandages Innumer able concealed tho fact of his loss from his fcllow-passongers until he hnd once reached his state-room and thcro ho remained until the end of the voyage. Tho only persons who nccompnnlcd him wero his young dnughtor, n beau tiful girl then 17 years old, but now one of tho pets of tho exclusive society set of Murray Hill, and ono man. This man Is an Inventor of nntlonal reputa tion nnd, so far ns the public was con cerned, went to Europo simply for a holiday. His name is as familiar to tho public as that of Edison and his marvelous laboratories arc in tho heart of New York. Ho had little to do with cither Mr. or Miss B y during the course of tho voyage, but a weok after tho ar rival of tho French liner nt Havre the trio met at Vcnico and tho most skill ful glassblowcr In that Italian city was taken into their confidence. The result was that some threo months later Mr. B y returned to New York, halo and hearty, with two arms. Tho hand of his left nrm Is never gloved unless its mate is also gloved, and tho closest Bcrutlny falls to reveal any difference between it and tho natural hand, and yot It Is nothing but glnss to within five inches of tho elbow. Some time ago It was discovered that it a small quantity of oil wero poured Into molten glass it would greatly lesben Its friability and mnko it voj-y elastic, and of this peculiar elastic glass is the arm made. It has a( dull finish, giving an exact appenrunco of natural skin, and tho coloring is the work of an artist and burned In. Tho nails nro of separate pieces of trans parent glass, fused into place, and havo to be kept clean like ordinary finder nails. The arm lUelf Is hollow nnd the hidden parts, above the wrist, are colorless, transparent glnss. It is mr.de in three pieccB tho one reaching to tho elbow, tho center piece to the yrlst, nnd tho third tho hand. 'V.HCUptlt "Aren't you Into in getting homo from Sunday school, Bobby?" "Well, I guess! Thcro was a man there who mado an all-day speech and I thought he would never get out." "Who was he?" "Aw, I forgot his name, but he was an escaped missionary." Judge, USE OF SLANd. IMIrntr Aiill ntlim of It Mmta Hlilllful Ailrptn. The really amusing fenturo of slniifc, sas a wilier In the Illustrated Ameri can, Is not the expression Itself so much as the dellenlo nnd fanciful ap plication of it niacin by skillful bauds. "Dontcher know" has been establish ed so extensively and generally that the listener's ear tnkes no moro notleo of It thnn of a punctuation murk. Nevertheless, It Is an Irritation to hear It constantly repented. "You under stand me, you tee what 1 mean?" thrown In nt tho end of every sen tence, even though the conversation may be about the simplest matter, causes a nervously Intelligent nutlltor to feel that he is being mistaken for an Imbecile. To ask a man with special rmplinslH if ho understands, when tho subject before him could bo under stood by n child of 2, borders on Insult. The good-humored, pachydermatous spenker has no appreciation of tho Ir rltatloti he Is causing nor of the keen sarcasm of the occasional reply hn elicits. Slang seems to bo tho natural mode of expression for tho boy nt school nnd college. From him It spreads to his slstcra nnd not to know the meaning of all the complicated and arbitrary terms argues one's self out of the world of youth. To bo In sym pathy with It one must hnvo at least n bowing acquaintance, with this strange nnd ephemeral InngunRC. Aniiwerrtl. ' James T. Fields, the Boston publish er, had n good memory, nnd his knowl edge of English literature was well known to be both accurate nnd exten sive. An exchange rclntcs an amusing story of a would-be wit who once tried to entrap him. The incident occurred at a dinner pnrty. Before Mr. Fields' arrival one of the gentlemen informed the other guests that he had written some lines which he Intended to sub mit to'Mr. Fields as Southcy's, and to ask In which of that author's works they could be found. At n lull in the conversation after the dinner was tn progress the would-be wit began: "Mr. Fields, I have been somewhnt puzzled of late In searching out In Southoy's poems his well-known lines running thus," repenting tho lines he hnd composed. "Can you tell me when he wrote them nnd whero they are to be found?" "I do not remember to have met with them before," replied the publish er; "nnd there were only two periods In Southey'H life when such lines could possibly havo been written by him." "When were thoso?" "Somewhere," snld Mr. Fields, "about that early period of his existence when he was having the measles or cutting his first teeth, or nenr the close of his life when his brain was softened. Tho versification belongs to the measles period, but the Ideas betray the idiotic one." The company roared, r f" i J i IliillcU Ilellrctnl by Klectrli'ltyT v At a recent ride meeting in Switzer land it was discovered, according to a Geneva Journal's report, thut the stcel Jackcted bullets of tho marksmen were swerved from their course by tho Influence of telegraph and telephone wires running alongside the range. Experiments wero then mado at Thun by plnclng four steel cables parallel with the range, nnd about 40 yards distant from It, nnd sending a cur rent of 8,000 voltB through thom. Tho effect, It is said, was to turn the bul lets so far from their courso that tho deviation amounted to 24 yards on a range of 2C0 ynrds. Tho bullets on being tnketi from the tnrgets wero found to be magnetized. Next, on an artillery rango of 3,000 yards, the electro-magnetic Influence was gen erated 200 yards in front of tho targets nnd 40 yards to ono side. Tho pro jectiles were swerved 14 degrees from a straight line. Uinta KtrmiRrly Concealed. Mr. A. H. Thayer, an artist, believes he has discovered that the light color of tho under parts of birds and small mammals serves to conceal them from their enemies. At a recent meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union ho proved by experiments that an ob ject nearly of tho color of the ground, like a potato, Is very conspicuous -when placed u few inches above tho soil und viewed from a Uttlo distance. But whon tho under side Is painted white, and gradually shaded Into tho color of the upper part, tho object disappears by blending with tho ground; tho whiteness "beneath counteracts the ef fect of the shadow of the body. White Hluvi-e of Old Kiiiclund. . Eight hundred years ago all of tbt large cities of Engln)id had regular slave markets for tho salo of white slaves from all parts of the kingdom. In the "Life of Bishop Wulfstand" tha writer says: "It was a moving sight to seo in the public market rows of young people of both sexes tied together and sold like eattlo men, unmindful of their obligations, delivering Into slav ery their relatives, and oven their own children." In another part or this work It Is noted that among these slaves wero "particularly young wom en, of flno proportions and of grca beauty." Don't Like Poorliouneg. There Is such a deop-rootcd dislike among paupers In Ireland to enter th workhouse that In tho county of An trim, for instance, there aro only 1,000 person's in six workhouses Uvit hav room for 5,000. In the Vermicular. Teacher Will some little boy kindly give a modern version of tho saying that there Is no roso without a thorn?" Flddsy Dey Is no push wldout a knocker. 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