THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, MARCH 2fi 1897.
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CAT IS A TRAVELER.
TRYING TO COVER 1,000,000
MILES ON SEA.
Thlrlren Vrarn Ajroltn Came Aboard tho
Alameda, nml linn Ileen "at Horns"
There Ker since Acted n Mm Kit
Rlneer'n Sentinel.
(San Francisco letter.)
I1II5V Knglnccr A.
D. Little of tho
Htcnmo r Alameda,
of tho Oceanic line,
owns tho most
widely traveled cat
In the world. Up
to the present time
Tom haB covered a
dlstnnco of 675,000
miles during his
wanderings, nnd
both he and his master are living In
tho hope that ho will bo ablo to reach
tho million mark. Tom hnB done most
of his Joiirncylngs on tho Alameda, on
board of whleh Mr. Llttlo has sailed as
chief engineer for over thirteen years.
The Alameda piles between San Fran
cIhco, Hawaii, New Zealand nnd Aus
tralia, and at every port where the ves
sel touches Tom Is as well known aB
the oldest salt In tho service. Thore
aro dozens of pontons Interested In him
nnd many of them keep a record of tho
miles he travels, adding to tho score
whenever tho famous old fellno reaches
port. Tom originally belonged to tho
crow of the bnrk Alden Hosalo. Ho was
then qulto a kitten. This was about
thirteen years ago. One day ho
crawled up tho gangway of the Ala
meda and started to run around tho
deck as If ho was anxious to start a
record for traveling. Several of the
nllorB tried to catch him. but Tom
ENGINEER LITTLE AND TOM.
would not bo caught. Ho secreted him
self In various parts of the ship until
alio went to sen, and from that day to
this he has boon on board the Alameda.
As he grow older Tom began to settle
down to business nnd It waa not long
before the uppr pnrt of the ship and
tho 'tweon deckB wore perfectly clear
of rata. One day ho was hunting the
vermin and happoncd to chaso a mon
ster rat Into tho gnlley. In his anxie
ty to cntch tho foo Tom Jumped unto
the stove. His feet wore badly burned,
and with a howl of pain ho rushed
out of tho galley and stowed himself
away In the 'twoon decks. Englneor
Little, who has always been very fond
of Tom, started for hlm.groplng among
tho cargo for soveral hours, at last
finding him writhing In pain between
iwo barrels. Llttlo picked up tho cat
ind took him to his room, dressed his
eot with vaseline every day until they
ero cured, and from that tlmo Tom
ius been friendly to tho chief englneor.
Of Into years Tom has acted as sontl
nel nt tho door of Englnoer Little's
Uateroom, but thero Is something par
idoxlcal about his methods. Ho will
k1I every rat that dares to mako an
ippearance, but If he ends tho life of
)no nnywhero elso on the ship tho first
hlng he does la to deposit tho carcass
it Mr. Llttlo'8 door. But this wonder
ful traveling cat Is sagacious In other
vayn. He knows tho sound of a Hy
ing fish, and novor ono falls ou tho
ieck that doos not find Its way to tho
:nt: engineer's door. When Tom had
InlMrd his first 600.000 mllo3 of travel
Ills American admirers In San Fran
rlsco presented him with a silver col
lar marked with tho Inscription, "Old
Tom, S. S. Alameda. Presented by
tits American Admirers, July .t 1S96."
There waa considerable fun at the pro
tentatlon. A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
(loir Ono Man Mukr u MUiir ,y lluy
Ins Canadian .Money.
All through that part of tho country
northern Ohio) fhero Is a discount of
20 cents on every Canadian dollar. Of
liourso Canadian money is not ns much
in circulation as Is tho legal tender
ot tho United States, but thero is
enough for his purposo, says the Buf
falo Express. A tnau advertised la all
surrounding country towns that lu
would redeem Canadian money for 90
cents on tho dollar. It was somo time
before ho had any results from this ad
vertising. It was llko tho man who
stood ou London bridgo nt midnight
and offered to give away sovereigns.
Peoplo laughed at him. Tho farmers
wero shy. They thought it was a swin
dling gamo of some kind, and loft him
levorcly alone. Ono day a man came In
with $10 Canadlnn monoy. it was ot
all shapca and sizes from the C-cont
piece that looks llko a dime to a dollar
bill drawn on the Bank of Montreal.
If ho had spcut It he could have se
cured $8 worth of goods for It. My
man gavo him nlno big silver dollars
In United States monoy for it. Bcforo
tho week was out ho had exchanged
Uulted States dollars for ?2G0 worth of
Canadian money. This would glvo him
i profit ot $25 wherever Canadian mon-
cy is ns good ns ours. From that tlmt
on tho business gradually increased,
until to-day ho averages about $160 a
wcok. Instead of having tho farmori
coaio to him ho gooe to them and buyi
their accumulated savings ot Canwlit
coin. They aro nil his customers, itnd
know him well In tho flvd years thoy
havo done business together. "Aro you
not afraid of competition In your busl.
ncss In caso It becomes generally
known 7" I asked. "No," said ho, "you
soo It requires a comparatively largo
amount of monoy aB a starting capital.
Then I hnvd to havo men in tho fron
tier cities who will give mo United
States monoy for my Canada curren
cy. I generally tako a trip twice a
year to Detroit, Cloveland, Chicago and
Buffalo, where I mako those exchanges.
All this requires years of preparation,
and no outsider could step In nnd mako
exchanges with my patrons, as thoy
havo nil tho money they can handle
now, even at a 2 per cent commission
on the dollar."
A PLAQUE OF PARIS.
Tho Willi IB of the Ilayi ' '
llelgn of Terror.
So many startling events happened
from day to day during tho reign of
terror that tho apparition of wild dogs
In Paris 1b commonly overlooked, says
Pearson's Weekly. But It was qulto
natural. Tho greater part of thoso
grandees who lied or went Into hiding
kept dog, nnd very few of them were
able to mako arrangements for tho
poor beastH when thoy loft home.
The dogs, abandoned, took to the
streets, of courso, nnd shortly they be
gan to oongrcgnto In two packs, one
occupying tho Champs Elysees and one
the Uo!s de Boulogne. Soon thoy be
camo n public danger. Carlyle pokes
fun nt Santorrc, tho brewer, who pro
posed a law that nil dogs should be
hanged; ho had not noticed tho para
graphs In tho nowspnpers telling how
people had been attacked In tho
Champs Elysees. At length tho situa
tion became really grave, as la easily
understood when thousands of starv
ing animals havo to find subslstnnce
In a sturvlng city. Many of them were
wolf hounds and of powerful fighting
breeda. So In September, 1793, drastic
measures wero tnkon against tho
Champs Elysees pack. Two batalllonB
ot tho national guard surrounded tho
nron, leaving a gap toward tho Ruo
Hoyalo, whllo multitudes of ragamuf
fins beat tho eovor. The gatno was
driven up tho Hue Roynlo to tho Place
Itoyale, where troops made a battue of
It, firing volleys. Three days consecu
tively this operation was repeated, and
more thnn 3,000 dead dogs lay In tho
place. A certain Gospardln received
ordorB to cjenr them awny, and he,
short of means, applied for tho royal
equipages. It was n timely Jest, greet
ed with applause. So M. Qaspardln
packed tho dead dogs neck and heels
In glided coaches ns full as thoy would
hold nnd mndo a stato procession
through delighted Paris.
SIX FEET SEVEN.
Cyrn Hollowuy tho Tullcxt jMm In Con
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Cyrus A. Sullow'ay of New Hamp
shire Is the tallest man in congress.
Ho Is 6 feet 7 Inches high, with a volco
to match. Ho Is a lawyer, and one of
the brightest of tho lawyers in his
part ot tho country. Ho manages
pretty woll In splto of his immense size.
Tho only disagreeable feature of his
lifo Is tho almost perfect unanimity
among nil sorts of peoplo with all sorts
ot opinions ho finds his prcsenco In
spires. Peoplo novor dispute his word,
and few, If any, can bo found who do
not Indorso his vlows on nil matters
whenever ho Ib present. Mr. Sullo
way Is fond of Joking, nnd Is always
sure of having his Jokes laughed at.
No ono darca interrupt him when he
tells an undent talc. This Brobdtng
nag ot tho house onco defonded a band
ot Salvation nrmy people who woro
prosecuted for disturbing tho peace, and
tell In love with n llttlo lieutenant, who
had n very bright pair ot eyes under a
very ugly poko hat. Ho proposed nnd
was accepted. Tho lady never oven
dreamed of rejecting him, because ho
could huvo carried her awny in his
pocket. Mr. Sullowny takes luncheon
C. A. SULLOWAY.
In tho sandwich-room ot tho houso,
nnd prefers u stool at the counter to a
chair at a tabic His reason for this
plan ot eating Involves tho fact that
he cannot get his logs under the table.
Whon scnted on tho atool, so ho says,
"ho can sec what they give him to eat."
Ho Is an eloquent spenkor, a wit of tho
first order, and a popular man in Wasfi.
ington.
Vamoua Criminal Kiplrei.
Chauncey Johnson, whoso career ns
a bank nnd sneak thief began In 1852,
has been continued over since, except
during the- intervals of his imprison
ment, died in Sing Sing Tuesday. It
has been said of him that his steal
ings aggregated a greater sum than
thoso ot any othor criminal In his lino.
An nrtlclo detailing his crimes recently
appeared in tho World.
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THE GREAT BATTLE.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CORBETT
FITZSIMMONS FIGHT.
The Winner Will find lllm.eir Head
and Shoulder A bo ire Alt Comer
Tom Hharkejr Will Challenge the Vic
tor Jiul llefore the llattte.
1TZ waa askod the
other day whom he
would meet next,
In case ot his de
feating Corbott.
This put the Kan
garoo into some
thing of a revery.
"I can't think ot
anybody Just now,"
he replied. "Who
Is there that would
draw a purse against me? I'm In tho
gamo to tho end, If thoy can stir up
anybody, but I am not going to deal
In dubs or fighters whom I outclass or
havo already defeated." Really there
appears no one in the range of the pu
gilistic horizon today worthy of being
thought of its a future opponent ot the
winner between Fltz and Corbett. If
their contest should prove long and
exciting and somewhat evenly contest
ed a return match between them would
doubtless bo worked up wlthtu a year;
otherwise It looks as though a consld
ablo tlmo must clapso before another
big championship mill. A short ttme
ago I thought Tom Sharkey must bo
considered a worthy opponent for the
best going, but Tom seems to have
CHAMPION' CORBETT.
From His Latest Photo.
fallen back in general estimation of
lato. Those on the coast who aro con
versant with tho sailor's manner of
milling think ho can never glvo the
championship any Bort ot brush under
Qucensbcrry rules, though under the
old stylo rules ho would probably stand
an even or better chnnco with any of
thorn. However a finish meeting bo
tweon Sharkey and Pctor Mahcr should
point out tho next best man to Corbett
nnd Fltzslmmons.
Standerla Nevada.
It's all well enough for tho etay-at-homeB
to roast Nevada, but how about
Bomo ot tho poor war scribes who will
bo set adrift out In that country pres
ently? Some of them will bo lucky
if thoy can get back with whole necks.
In this connection it affords the writer
considerable pleasure to chronicle that
Nevndans, so far a ho enn Judge from
reading and labored cogitation upon tho
subject, aro as handsomo, elegant and
refined a sot ot gentlemen as one
could wish to meet. This Is no bou
quet hanging on a contingency of the
writer's liability to wander out that
way, but a simple piece of Justice that
he has had In mind to say for the last
couplo of years.
Comment on I.alRce-McI'artland I'lclit
In downlns Kid McPartland In 25
rounds (on points), which perform
ance Qeorgo (Kid) Lavlgne did In Now
York, the latter probably picked off the
host ot tho now light weight brood. It
amounted possibly to the longest and
hardost scrap Lavlgne has had since
he graduated from the featherwolghts,
which was on the occasion of his meet
ing with Andy Bowen nt New Orleans,
Decomber, 1894. McPartland did woll
In staying without a knockout for tho
full sot of rounds, in which ho seems
to havo shown himself a grade better
than Jack Evcrhart, who, it will be
rocalled, was too groggy tor further
consideration after stepping off twenty-
four rounds with the Saginaw young
ster. It might bo said that Evorhart
battled on tho offensive moro than did
McPartland in trying his luck against
Lavlgne, but this Is offset by the fact
that McPartland waa less In weight
than Everhart had been. Tho battle
with "" -Portland marks tho first tlmo
Lavtg has had an opponent como to
his weight 133 pounds since his rat
tling fftteen round dofeat of Joo Wal
cott, December, 1895, and the Saginaw
boxer's meeting men at a weight be
yond tho class limit led a majority ot
the suspicious scribes throughout tho
country to bollovo Lavlgne was no long
er a lightweight. Manager Sam Fltz
ipatrlck, who backs and handler La-
vlgno, wrote me a short tlmo ago con
cerning tho quick grown hallucination
as to tho champion lightweight's avoir
dupois, bidding those who were credu
lous to keep an eye on his boxer and
seo whether he was strong or not at
the lightweight limit. I hope they
havo been convinced,
How the II I (t Men Train.
Next to hard sparring and bag punch
ing handball is no doubt the best requi
site, reliable oxorclso In the repertory
ot a man In training for n glove con
test. Jim Corbett has figured it that
way. He has since thu earliest in
timation of u go with Fltzslmmons
hunted up handball courts in whatever
part of the country ho has found him
self and there peeled his shirt and test
ed his bellows against skilled oppon
ents In one of the most wind harrowing
exercises over Invented, Handball Is
a game ot two handed quickness, of
foot agility, of accuracy of eyo all of
which characterize It of the same cate
gory as ring fighting. The game Is
anti-fat and paunch destroying nnd no
man who will mix up with handball
an hour ovary other day need fear auy
Increaso in that direction.
Fltzslmmous goes more on bag
punching, relieved by runs across coun
try, nnd bag punching, when put to
what It ought to be, Is. I believe, In
ferior to nothing known as n prepara
tory exercise to hard ring work. It
Is, however, an Irksome task to most
boxers, too much limited In space and
movement nnd very hard work too.
To overcome the wearisome routine of
sphere thumping Fltz likes to have a
crowd of admirers of his skill stand
round, sandwiching In plaudits to tho
merry rat-a-tat. and Young Grlffo,
never much of a bag exerciser or train
er under any conditions, used to avow
ho would rather go to Jail than rap
tho sphcro ten minutes without a lot
of awe-stricken rubbernecks. In hand
ball this tediousness is pretty well done
awny with; you are always struggling
with an opponent, and talk and Jest
put time quickly by.
I'ltz Under u Dcltmlon.
Speaking ot hammering the sphere
reminds me ot a now wrinkle in this
lino, Introduced by Fltz first la his pre
paration for that contest with Corbett
which fell through. This Is fighting
the bag with llttlo dumbbells in each
hand, which Fitz is said to have dono
formerly for about ten minutes at a
stretch, after having first gone through
the usual exercise at It with the
gloves. Now, this sort of work Ib
without doubt a mistake on the Kan
garoo's part, and I bellevo any trainer
well-skilled in his craft will agree that
it is. Fitz' theory is that it he can
BOB FITZSIMMONS,
From His Latest Photo.
pound the bag rapidly with weighted
hands ho can make them spin all tho
faster when they have nothing but
four-ounco gloves on them, supposing
that ho has grown extra muscle by vir
tue of the weights. Laboring under
this same delusion, the writer has seen
sprint racers put lead in the soles of
their practice shoes and oven carry
weights strapped to the shoulders, and
also shot-putters, who argued that n
man training for his utmost endeavor
with, for Instance, a fourteen-pound
shot, ought to handle a much heavier
ono in advance. Those aro all delu
sions nnd snare3 and have bcon proved
so long ago. Fltz can do himself noth
ing but Injury by weighting his hands;
which, It has been reported, he is again
practicing at his training quarters
dally.
Corhette'n Dally Ituutlne.
Corbett Is passing his days of train
ing in this manner: Soon after he rises
In the morning he will take n cup of
coffee and a dish of oatmeal. Then ho
will knock about, stroll ovor the hills
and in u loafing way pass the time un
til his first meal of the day, to be taken
at 10 o'clock. Then a llttlo light work
wrist machine, bag, pulleys and
dumbclls. About 12 o'clock ho will strip
for tho work of the day. This will con
sist of runnlng.hand ball.wrestllng.box
lng and bag-punching. While being
rubbed down Corbett thinks his blood
will bo cooled sufficiently for his din
ner, which will follow ns soon as he Is
dressed. Then more loafing, followed
by sleep. This routine began as soon
as ho reached Nevada.
An Unpardonable Act.
The other day in Philadelphia two
lightweights sparred six rounds before
a large Quaker audience Leslie Pearce
and Billy Payne and at tho conclu
sion, Pearce having been biffed smartly
nnd falling to operate as successfully
ou his opponent as he had thought to
do, refused .o shake hands at the wind
up. For this Pearce was roundly hissed
and a Philadelphia paper stamped it n
most disgraceful act. Mr. Pearce abso
lutely got mad and had tho hardihood
to show it, because ho had been hit In
the Jaw a fow times.
Concerning this unpardonable breach
of ring etiquette a western referee once
expressed himself very forcibly to tho
writer. "What would you do," I asked,
"it a principal should so far forget him
self as to refuse to shake hands nt tho
wind-up?"
"I can't tell Just what I would do
but I know what I would like to do."
"And what Is that?"
"Hang him."
Sharkey to Challenge Winner.
Tom Sharkey says that he will be
In tho front row when Corbett nnd
Fltzslmmons step into the ring nt Car
son and that he will challenge the win
ner to fight for any amount up to $20,
000. He does not care where tho fight
comes off and will be ready at any tlmo
within three weeks after the fight takes
place. Ho does not supposo either of
tho two men has any particular love
for him, but that will make no differ
ence, nor does he care which man wins,
ns he will be equally well pleased to
meet one man or tho other.
Tho Saddle Question.
"It n solution to the nll-pervnslVb
saddle question cannot be found this
year," says a man in tho trade, "the
problem might as well bo classed with
the squaring ot the circle and thrown
aside as unsolvable. To bay that every
conceivable form ot bicycle saddle Is
shown might be setting limits to tho
powers ot human imagination, which
nro understood to be infinite, but only
those who have devoted the closest at
tention and tho hardest thought to
saddles would believe them capable
of so many vnrled forms as aro. now
exhibited. There aro saddles hard and
soft, saddles which look like bologna
sausages' doubled together, and others
which resemble loaves of French
bread. Every kind of leather Is found
In tho coverings calf, 'kip,' seal, 'ga
tor, snake nnd even monkey skin."
It would be a queer turn If any year
should pass away without Umpire
Hurst having some suggestions to
mako on the playing rules. Tim bobs
up each winter with something new.
PEARLS.
Why There Are Very Ancient Specimen)
Not? In KiUtence.
According to M. Berthelot, tho cele
brated scientist historian, thero aro nu
very ancient pearls lu existence, for
which a sufficient reason is lound In
the fact that pearls, unlike precloua
stones, are destructible. They discolor
nnd disintegrate. Tho peurl Is nol
mentioned' by Homer or Herodotus, he
states. It begins to appear lu the
tlmo of Alexander that Is, ot tho con
quest of the cast, and It Is about this
tlmo that the name Margarita that Is
to say, Pearl Is first given to women.
Not a great deal Is known about the
valuo attributed by the anclcntB to par
ticular pearls. The one that Cleopatra
drank was valued at $200,000 modorn
money. Mention Is made by Pliny of
a practice of Clodlus1, son of tho actor
Aesop, who gavo his guests dissolved
pearls to drink, says the San Francis
co Argonaut.
Tho Romans appreciated the pearl
and after tho growth of luxury began
to have Its usual effect in diminishing
tho blrth-rato one of the laws against
celibacy provided that no childless
woman or spinster should wear pearls
under tho age ot Gt. Pearls arc prom
inent In the royal toilets of Europe
Catherine do Medlcls was said to have
the finest pearls In Europe. When she
mnrrled Henri, due d'Orleans, Francis
I. presented her two great pearls weigh
ing five grams each. She afterward
presented these to Mario Stuart, who
whllo queen of Franco, had them sel
In the pnrurcs familiar In her por
traits. At that queen's full tho pearls
wero captured by Morton and soul
to London. Catherine Instructed hei
ambassador to buy them, but thc
wero bought by Elizabeth for 12.00C
crowns. At that time pearls cut a
leading figure in woman's dress. The
great Bleeves were decorated with
them. The favorite ornament, how
ever, was the paternoster embracing
tho waist, then hanging down In front
to the bottom of the skirt. Tho deco
ration was completed by a bertha de
fining the breaBt, joining in front anc"
descending in two rows to Join the
paternoster, giving the effect of an
opening in tho corsage. Pearls and
precious stones wero bought as a con
venient Investment and acceptable col
lateral. Elizabeth lent 20,000 on a
pletlgo of jewels by the prince of Con
de, Jeanne d'Albret, Henry of Nnvarrt
and Coligny. The jewels were novei
redeemed and now figure among th
crown Jewols.
Tho Illhlo U the Itoot.
It is related in tho Christian Leadei
that a son of one of tho priests ol
Mysore, In the Orlont, was aroused tc
deep anxiety for the salvation of his
soul by reading a tract. He traveled
200 miles to visit a missionary in order
to learn the way of God more perfectly.
On one occasion ho was very much In
terested in reading Bunyan's "Pilgrim's
Progress." He said several times tc
tho missionary who had taught him
end given him the book that it was
better than tho Bible. The missionary
pointed him to tho scene before him
nnd said:
"Do you see that beautiful mango
tree there?"
"Yes," was the reply.
"Don't you eat the fruit and enjoy
Its sweetness?"
"Yes."
"And where would that tree be i
thero were no roots to It?"
"Oh," Bald the man, "now I see whai
you mean; tho Bible la the root, and all
other good boons In the world are pro
duced from It."
Tho lesson 'earned by the convert ol
Mysore mny bo needed by many ncarei
home. Thoso who put anything In the
placo of the Church of tho Lord Jesus
Christ, and read other books In place
of tho Bible, aro as far astray as was
he. Wo must not forgot that the Bible
Is tho root, and that nothing can take
its place.
How to Stop Crying Ilahlrs.
Though tho sound of a baby's cry
ing is never agreeable muBlc, oven tc.
tho most dovoted mother, It has bcon
held for centuries that this was ac
affliction from which there was nc
escape. It has remained for tho trainee"
nurBo to discover a method by which
babies are Induced to hold their peaco
As soon as a child begins to cry th
nurse catches It up, holds It gently
and places hor hand over Its nose and
mouth bo that It cannot breathe. Tin
crying ceases directly and tho child li
allowed to breathe freoly again. Shoulc
It a second tlmo attempt to scream
the samo simple and effectual method
is applied. This Is repeated till tin
baby Imagines that the painful stop
pages of tho breath are caused by Its
own efforts to scream, and so is careful
to keep quiet.
It is claimed that this plan works tc
a charm, and that tho solf-control ex
hibited by infants threo months old,
oven when In actual pain and distress
Is something remarkable.
Argentina' Queer Marrlago Law.
The government of Argentina has re
cently passed an extraordinary law
to make marriages compulsory for all
eligible persons. After Jan. 1, 1897,
every unmarried male between 20 and'
80 years of ago will bo obliged to pay
a monthly tax to tho state. Tho law
also provides that should any celibates
of cither sex refuse an offer of mar
riage wiwioui goou reason they must
pay 5500 to the person refused.
Street NatueH In Canton.
In Canton, China, they name streets
after the virtues, us hore thev aro
named after persona. Thus there is a
street called Unbleiuluhed Rectitude, a
Pure Pearl street, a street of Benevo
lence, and another of Lovo.
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