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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1897)
mmm&ssr7iSA mmmz$mz'm?Tv zaam&a . 2Jffl&l uv THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, APRIL 23 JK97. ) 1 M & V w Iff I i if tto ' "-Tf LAST BATTLE POBLD. C3w- " - c' "t J Nf'-3 -J&jJLAjjLi iLL.iji'Ai.i.jl "l PEECY W HABT F IN THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN. (An edltoilHl crltlelMii on the Hignlflciint Mory luiiRirnuon.) The render of Mr. Percy Hart's pro photic dream, entitled "The Last Unt ie," will doubtless put his first com ments In the form of two queries: Could the extinction of wnr be com passed In such n fashion? And could ft dcath-grapplo of the world's fleets result In such absolute annihilation? On account of the Importance of the theme, both the story and the Illustra tion have been submitted to export criticism, ortkers of high rank In the naval service have passed detailed Judgment on both. Indeed, It Is only fair to say that the remarkable double-page picture of the battle which is published In this Issue of tho IlliiBtiated American was drawn by our artist while aboard tho llagBhlp New "York, during the recent Charles ton maneuvers, and under the frequent scrutiny and criticism of tho ofllccrs of tho fleet. , Article 23C of the United States Navy Regulations forbids tho quoting of these opinions, but tho general tenor of them may be given In n few para graphs. Whatever the reply to the second query, there can bo little doubt ns to tho first. Already pence principles arc In tho ascendant, and quarrels which n generation back would havo burst out with blood and fire ore now smoothed down by arbitration. In view of tho appalling destructtveness of modern war, a death-grapple of tho nations would result in such stupendous catas trophes that tho world would surely bo allocked into lasting peace. This end might bo gained by such a battlo as Mr. Hart describes, whother tho re ultlng annihilation wero complete or only partial. As to tho second query, experts dif fered. The majority held that annihi lation, mutual and utter, would bo but a logical result of tho collision ot such vast destructive forces. A flghtlng-machlno like the 'United States ship Indiana explodes about for ty thousand pounds of powder every five minutes, under conditions produc tive of tho most deadly effect. Sho can throw over two hundred ahotB a min ute. Somo of theso shots, from her 13 jjich and 8-lnch guns, are each ono ca pable of sinking an opponent miles away, If lucky enough to reach a vital port. At close quarters two such an tagonists would bo like two duelists kneo to kneo, each with hla pistol at the other's heart. . A high naval authority suggested that there would surely bo survivors from "the last battle," but thnt thoy would probably be bo crippled that they could never make port. I At tho opposite extreme was tho view of an experienced offlcor, who Jield that tho difference between an cient and modern war is much exag gerated, Between big guns at long range and bludgeons band-to-hand there would be about the difference which Individual courago always iinakes. There would be some to fight tnd somo to run away, now as In tho ibrave days of old. And thoro would Vo no more approach to annihilation nan in any other ot tho world's great battles. The middle view, and perhaps the most plausible one, was supported by many who wore very competent to peak. The gist ot it 1b as follows: Urhe ships in each llne-of-battle would about eight humdred yardi apart. Hja VHlLR K T iTtfarf Ji 4MCaP"flftBBBarvViBWk "KmVfe&ii!!!jtt r'n "!. -IvrTj ("iii JfjBfc m aaBBBBBBBBiN. h J j fl?lljlBrT"Hittr- ifiini fcMil'"-'JtJ jH i ''LBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflh-XsTi'lvVIII" , "-- JZL.-. ttfuiiri m 3 4 1 y .7 ej? . '- -' tt AC4.itjLAjA.'.Lll,A.4u o( "Tho Lnit Ilattla' nnd Its suggcfttlvo As the two lines came within range tho battle would begin, and each chip steer for Its chosen opponent. As tho two lines actually mot and passed through each other tho tcrrlflc bout bnrdment at close quarters would doubtless send many ships to tho bot tom. Tho Btcel turrets arc capable of de flecting the heaviest shots that strlko them at an angle; but there Is always chance of one of theso gigantic 13-Inch shells coming aboard with a down ward rake that no nrmor over Invented could withstand and literally ripping out tho victim's vitals or firing her magazine. Moreover, here nml there n torpedo, sent stealthily under tho waves, would reach Its aim, and a fiist-clnss battleship would go down before this unseen but Irresistible op ponent. And the blind crunching of tho relentless rum would account for others. The icmalndcr would pnss on. Tho majority of these would turn to repeat tho maneuver from the opposite di rection. Uut some, though still able to float, would bo too much shattered to fight. Their steering-gear might be so damaged that they could not turn nbout. Or they might have to drift off helplessly out of the maelstrom of ruin, tho sport of wind and current few days' tinkering would rcpnlr some of these so far that they would bo nblo to reach port. And tho world would not be left in utter ignorance of the details of "the last battle." Mr. Russell's drawing shows what might take place In the second melee, when tho ship's, having once passed through, have turned nnd rushod agnln to the encounter. In the left-hand cor ner of tho picture a white ship has been rammed by her black opponent. Dut she has received the blow so far aft that her floating power may con ceivably survive. Her adversary, how ever, Is Inevitably doomed, for Bhe is taking the fire of tho white ship's 13 Inch turret-guns directly Into hor vitals. Nothing afloat could meet that buffet and live. In the right-hand corner Is n ship still fighting her guns, but stationary and ruinously crippled. Tho white ship with a huge hole In her sldo has been pierced by a shell which haB exploded after entering. The ship with tho bat tered nose has been struck by sholl and afterward rammed In tho samo spot. The long, black ship on the left, In the middle distance, Is one of tho reserve line. She has crept In unobserved nnd unopposed, and every gun Is dealing out destruction. Every ship which baa lived through the first molco 1b, of course, riddled like a tin can, so far as her unarmorcd por-) tlons are concerned. Smoke-stacks, superstructure, military masts, the framework of bow and stern all that makes her look like a ship may be shot away; but while her armored vi tals are not pierced sho ;tvill float, and while her turrets 16 Inches of tem pered steeV aro not shattered she pan fight. Thus It comes that certain ships In the picture, which look as If they should be foundering, are still doing deadly work in the battle. The picture, as a whole, may be tak en as a refutation of the views of those critics who would make little ot the difference between ancient and modern war. ruin, tho sport of wind and current, for n little tlmo Into a novel or a nevvs A few days' tinkering would ropnlr paper, a gamo or music, will often some of these so far that they would bo mnko all tho difference between n bad ablo to reach port. And tho world nnd n good night's rest. Position We nic Justified In regarding this na a faithful representation of what might take place. No ancient battle would show nny such wholesale destruction. Hero arc hugo ships plunging to the bottom or blown In fiugmcnts to the Bklcs. Each contains more souls than nn nvcrngo vlllngo. Upsides the fight ing men, who have the madness of bat tlo to nerve them for their fate, thero are swarms of workers, who havo no such delirium to help them endure tho terror nnd tho suspense ns they tend the vast machinery in the roaring hell of the ship's bowels. For them, when tho blow falls, thero Is no escape. They go down In their Iron dungeons with out even n last look at tho light of heaven. There Is a daunting horror nbout all this which none- of tho most vivid tnles of ancient war can match. It would not bo dlfllcult to show that In a land engagement the destructlveness of the modern mnchlne-guns would provide a fair parallel, mowing down battalions and annihilating wholo di visions In a way that would make Wa terloo and Gettysburg seem like piny. Oai cannot doubt that only a few episodes of even a fiftieth part the hor ror of tho one described would bo need ed to mnko tho world rise up and cry, "There shall bo no more war!" Sirup. Tho composure of mind which It Is dcslrablo to secure as a harbinger of sleep Is promoted by allowing tlmo, before retiring to lest, for tho subsi dence of nil enforced mental activity. Thero should bo at least nn hour's Interval between work, no matter what It may be, and sleep, for If work bo pushed up to tho last moment, sleep will be driven nwny, or will bo, in Its first and most precious stages, broken and unrcfroshlng. To turn resolute ly from work at a fixed hour and plunge for n little tlmo Into a novel or a news paper, n gamo or music, will often make nil tho difference between n bad nnd n good night's rest. Position when in bed Is a very Important fac tor in the production ot sleep. Eng lishmen traveling on the continent are somotlmes puzzled and distressed by Insomnia, until they discover that their bodies, propped by enormous, squaro pillows, are at a much greater angle to tho plane of tho bed than that in which they aro accustomed to ro poso nt homo. Tho substitution or a small pillow for tho large one soon disposes of their wakefulness. And so with children. Tho position In which thoy aro placed when put to bed should bo carefully attended to, as nightly variations In this mny at lenst postpone tho advent of sleep, which Is so essential to tho welfare of tho grow ing brains. Very little things servo sometimes to Induce sleep. Thus, the mere turning of a pillow and tho appli cation of Its cold surfaco to tho head and face will, on occasion, provo the turning point In a Btrugglo with sleeplessness. list! Looked for Safety. A Waterbury (Conn.) genius has had his hat stolen or "exchanged" bo often that he set his wits at work and has evolved a hat rack for hotels or other eoml-publlc places which effectively prevents theft. It consists of an oak cabinet, with, brass mountings, simi lar to the hat-rack used in largo ho tels, except that there is a separato compartment for each hat. 'When a person comes Into the hotel he places hla hat in one ot tlio compartments and pulls down in front of It a slide similar to that of a rollor-top desk. This releases the koy, which is other wise fastened In the lock, and he puts it in his pocket. On leaving tho hotel ho unlockB his hat, tho slldo springs up to its place again and "thoro you are." Greece is a little larger than one-half of Pennsylvania, DOQ OREAKS UP A HOME. Woiiiuti Mu lie Trimlilt- tit OHllug Hid of it llmiM'Imlit I'd. There Is great trouble In an Ann Ar bor family over a dog a miserable cur of no pedigree or usefulness, says tho Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tho head of tho household has always been a great lover of dogs of all kinds and sizes and nbout two weeks ngo he came homo from work ono night with ti mongrel under his arm that was hnlt blnrk-and-tan and half plain dog. Ho showed gront love for the brute from the In stnnt his eyes (list lighted on Its lop-rolls-looking form, but, ns might bo Imagined, Hint love was not shared by tho other membeiB of the man's family that Is, by a daughter, n son and a wife. Tho father would have It that tho dog should sleep In tho house, tho wlfo dlsagiced with him and n ruction Immediately followed. However, for two weeks tlm woman put up with the Innocent animal but could htand It no longer. One day, when the father and master of tho house was out of town, tho woman gave tho brute- Into the hnnds of a neighboring butcher, who ngrecd to put the animal out of tho way for a nominal price. This ho did, but what had been n happy home beg gars description. When tho father re turned ft om work thnt fatal night ho wanted his dog, and when his dog was not foithcomlng he set up a mighty howl, saying he would exterminate tho entire family If l'ldo did not put In nn appeal ancp beforo bte.ikfast. Hut Kldo didn't whereupon tho man waxed more wroth and bwoic that such things could not be In his house. Ho gicvv angrier and angrier as the following day wore on and when night came he was In condition bordering on insanity. His wife became frightened and his son and daughter, In older to avoid tho prospective trouble, said thoy would not live In a homo that fosteied such n father. Uut tho father would not bo nppeascd, and, his temper Anally get ting tho better of him, he oidcrcd his son nnd daughter out of tho house slm- ply because they did not agree with blm that tholr mother was a termagant for having made away with tho dog. Now the young man is living away from home nnd tho daughter Is doing house work In nn Ann Arbor family. Tho wlfo continues to benr the burden of her husband's temper, but with hor there Is talk of a divorce. And during nil this tho dog sleeps on under a mound' In tho butcher's back yard. Vtln In I'nper. The biggest Item of Incidental loss in ocean traffic during tho stormy sea sons of tho yenr is thut of breakage In tho wine stores. No matter how se curely tho bottles aro fixed In the bins a particularly heavy sea striking the ship In a certain spot or continued roll Ing and pitching will cause great loss in coBtly wines that wore novcr In tended to wash the floor or tho walls. A French firm Is going to do away with this old-timo source ot annoyance and complaint, After years ot experiment ing it has succeeded in manufacturing a paper bottle which will not break and which has tho advantages of tho ordin ary glass bottle. In tho homo, too, such lottlcs would bo highly appreciated. Pittsburg Dispatch. Lifted Ijr Kite. Military officers are interested in tho experiments of Lieutenant Wise, at Governor's Island in Now York harbor, to determine the value ot kites as a means of getting an elevated point of view from which to observo tho oper ations of an enemy In tho field. By em ploying four large kites of a peculiar pattern, the united pulling power of which was 400 pounds, when tho wind blow 15 miles an hour, Lieutenant WIsd recently had himself lifted, with a ring and tackle attached to tho klto rope, to a height of about 40 feet from tho ground, and there he remained tor somo time, leisurely examining the surround Ins country with a field-glass. . REV. GEO. R. CROOKS. HE WAS A PREACHER OF THE GOOD OLD SCHOOL. AU a Writer o' (lrr.it At.llltj lly ltd Drill It Mrtlimlltiti Hit I.oul Out) nf II (Irriitmt Aiotlr In tho United HtatPt. HE Drew Theolog ical seminary at MadlRon, Now Jer sey, tho Methodist Episcopal church, nnd nil roprescntn tlvcB of higher cul ture havo sustained loss through the decenso of Itov. (Icorgo H. Crooks, U.I).. L.UI). Horn lit Philadelphia In 1822, matriculated nt Dickinson college In 183C, and graduat ing therefrom In 1840, ho began his itinerant ministry In Illinois whoro ho had spoilt ono of tho Intermediate yearn In 1841. nccnllcd In nutumn of tho samo year to his alma nuitor, ho icn dered excellent service as tutor, prin cipal of tho grammar school, nnd ad junct professor of Latin nnd Greek foi seven yenrs. Practlco In tho Inst men tioned relation suggested preparation In connection with Dr. John McClln took of nn Ollendoiflan Berles of grammars and renders In 184G; nnd In nssoclntlon with Professor A. J. Schom,' tho publication of a Lutln-Engllsh school lexicon, on the basis of C. F. In gorslov's Germnn-Latln lexicon. Fol lowing theso volumes was nn annotat ed edition, with skillful analysis, ot Hutlor's Analogy, loft unfinished by President Robert Emory of Dickinson. Admitted to tho Philadelphia confer ence lit 1813, transferred to tho Now York east conference In '18G7, and to tho Now York conference In 187G, ho filled mnny pulpits of rural and urban churches In succession, Literary work and ministerial work went hand In hand. In 187G ho compiled the Life nnd Letters of tho Rev. John McCllntock, REV GEO. R. CROOKS. D.D., his friend nnd collaborator, and nftcr that tho Lire of Ulshop Matthow Simpson, whoso eloquent Sormons ho subsequently edited. Elected to tho chair of Historical Theology at Madi son In 1880, he filled it, savo for a brlot Interval, with acceptability and ofil elency to tho day of his death. Labor therein was punctuated by frequent contributions in which Christian eth ics were applied to currant affairs to tho Harpor Urother's publications, tho Now York Tribune, tho rollgtous press and ohurchly libraries. These libraries profited by IiIh production In conuoc tlon with Ulshop John F. Hurst of a portly nnd valuable volume on Theo logical Encyclopedia and Methodology. For tho nuthorfihlp ot his History of Christian Doctrlno Professor Crooks was excellently qualified by wldo and varied reading, critical acumen, rlpo and raro scholarship, and philosophic appreciation of tho Interplay of relig ious and political forces. Not less prac tical than projective, Dr. Crooks orig inated the Idea and observance ot Chil dren's duy In tho Methodist Episcopal church; and also tho creation of tho Sunday school children's fund "to as sist meritorious Sunday school scholars who would, without such aid, bo unablo to obtain a completo education." This fund now amounts to about a quarter million dollars. Hearers of the Gospel seeking sense rather than sound, and preferring puro ethical spirituality to mere rhetoric, forgot the peculiarities ot pulpit education in enjoymont of the delicious and wholesomo repasts elaborated for them, adds a writer in Harpers' Weekly. Depth nnd forco of conviction, intensity of eloquent ap peal, and utter fearlessness character ized alt deliverances on most quoatlons In tho polity of his own brnnch of the ono church of God. Naturally and pur posefully ho assumed leadership in ocdleslnstlcal affairs. That portentous modification of the Methodist Episco pal constitution by which laymen were admitted to membership In tho general conference tho supremo legislative and Judicial ass'ombly of the church effected at Brooklyn, New York, In 1872, was largely of hla dovlslng. To give the device effect ho accepted In I860, and hold for fifteen years, editor ial chargo of tho Mothodist, an able and excellent newspaper devoted to the oroposed reform. Tho Height of Clouds. The average height of clouds above tho earth Is between one and two miles, but highly electrified ones ure much lower. Lightning clouds are frequent ly not more than 700 yards from the ground, and often they are much closer. Some clouds aro about twenty Square miles In surfaco, and about n mile in thickness, while others ure only a fow yards or feet. The film- Kyo Trade. Moro oyes must be damaged or I3t than most people suppose. Over 2,000, 000 glass eyes are manufactured overy vear is Germany and Switzerland ARE WOMEN LOVELY? A (Irrmoii Huron sjr llmt They Aro Not. A Gorman baron has taken It upon himself to reply to n book recently pub-, llshcd with tho title of "Tho Dctorloi ration of Manly Uoauty." This worM was written by a woman, and tho baroq replies with a savage onslaught on iTOt vailing Idetiln ot tcmala loveliness, any! nn oxchange. He calls his work "De fects of Woman's Ueauty; an Anthropo motrlcal and Aesthetic Study." This dignified tltlo hardly prepares tho road era for tho strong, unvarnished man nor in which tho baron treats his sub ject. Ho agrees with Schopenhauer In his denunciation of thoso misguided millions who And comeliness In tho "undorgrown, small-Mhoiildorcd, big hipped nnd short-legged box." How much more grntoful to tho clear eye ot art should bo tho noblo proportions of tho properly developed man, argues tho baron, fly numerous mcasuro incuts, which It Is not necessary to glvo hero, ho proves to his own satisfaction that geometrically tho fcmnlo Is a fall- mo nnd thnt tho malo form Is a ruow cess. Women themselves hnve shownl Blnco tho dnys of Evo In tho garden,4 tho baron snyB, that thoy appreciate, tholr Inferiority In this rospoct. They, havo concealed their limbs In flowing garments, reaching Bometlmos to tha knee, sometimes to tho nnklcs, some times to tho feet, but nlways far enough to hide tho defects In tholr pro portions. They now not only conconl tholr proportions to n largo extont, ho says, but thoy nlwnys seek to alter them, moving their waist up or down with slays, squeezing In tholr natural figures hero ami building them out thoro, and not Bcomtng hoopsktrts bustles nnd crlnoltno in order to mnko themselves look as llttlo na pnaalblo like nature mndo them. Tho ballot girl would Hccni to confound part of tho baron's argument, but ho docs not yield to this apparent defiance of his logic. Tho baron seems to fcol that, after ha has put forth his most forclblo nrgu motita and has exhausted his most dis criminating criticisms, he Is still en llBtcd In a losing fight, for ho adds plaintively: "Uut most of tho men ot our times have ceased to perceive tho defects of female beauty. Woman has deceived and misled her admirers so many gncrntlons with hor smooth, Ions gowns that only a few, educated by re search and by constant practlco in measuring the proportions of tho fo malo form, fully clothed, havo gained, that clenr, unbiased view which en ables thorn to appreclato how skillful ly woman has carried out tho delusion ns to her fluuro." Tlio lllliul I'lmtlnt, Slgnor Arturo Nutlnl, tho blind plan iBt, whoso concerts nro n feature ot tho current musical season, Is n notable exemplification ct that equitable law ofi nature by which tho power withhold) from ono senna Is transferred in double mcasuro to nnothcr faculty In tho same individual. The result Is what wo gen-j orally term gonitis. A gonitis among musicians Slgnor Nutlnl certainly Isi Uorn In Florence, Italy, somo thirty thrco years ngo, nnd having become to-, tally blind at tho ago ot nlno months, this young man has not spent his life! In darkness, Idleness, nor dreariness. At a very early ago ho evinced &uoh! talent that soon ho was boyond his mastors. His study and his playing aro accomplished on a puroly scientific, nild technical basis. Though totally bUnd, ho plays tho most dlffloult rhap-j Bodies ot Liszt, sonatas of Ueethoven; nnd later classical compositions of modern masters with caso, accuracy, and wonderful expression. Tho mar velous part Is that ho learns all these compositions from tho notes. Pader ewakl and hla contemporaries play, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. li one of the most difficult of all compo sitions to execute, in a transposed keyj generally thnt of ono flat. This blind musician plays it in the original key, six sharps. Slgnor Nutlnl has a HUH ARTURO NUTINI. machine, consisting of a flat metal board in which thoro are tiny grooves, over which ho fits a sheet of thick paper, and by tho aid of a llttlo ruler and awl, perforates all his music In a manner peculiar to himself, as his In terpreter sits bealdo him and reads it from tho regular staff, Thoro Is no mu sic too difficult, no time too Intricate, for blm to copy In this manner. To an ordinary observer this music looks no more than a few raised pin-heads on paper. His memory is eo retentive that often after, once copying a composition he can sit down and play it without' first running his sensitive fingers oyer the perforations. Treasure Trore. While plowing In a field which hu been under constant cultivation until last year, a negro farmer of Hogaai vlllo, Ga., uncovered a Jar, burled bw, neath two big stones and an Iron plattv containing f 16,000 In gold. Apparently) tho money had been stolon. The burlax place was marked by a circle of sbuUi field atones. J 1 i 1 u t I h r 1 1 fS . ji 4 i) V, J Vji . ft OS WSM t VI iV. .&&!& 'f' -Jt.