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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1898)
J -,JiNN .,- rv 1 ft ii: v IU i THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. A FEW WORDS ABOUT HER ROYAL HIGHNESS. Aliier tlrr Wlilouhtioil Him llm lleen FlRhlliiR l.lkt' it Tlgrrot Thill Sim Might Soo llrr Ilenrljr llr-lim-il Son I'rorlnlnieil KIiir of Hi" .SmiilnnU. A1UA CHRIS TINA, (UPi'ii le gem of Spain, was thrust Into her po rtion by tho death jJLj of her husband. To linve strenuous du ties, huge cares, t r e in c n d ous re- h p o n s I b 1 1 1 1 les hrapctl upon one, with no question of Srt training or nntural ability would be a fate from which uny woman might Hhrlnk. Perhaps today sho Ik the most wretched and harassed woman In all Europe. Danger threatens her on all BldOB. No ninttcr what happens thero is menace to her and hers. She Is fighting as the lioness fights for her cub. More than her own safety and life nro at stake. The daughter of an Austrian archduke, horn In the faith of royalty, educated In traditions of the divine right of kings, wedded to a monarch who believed all this, and mother of a boy proclaimed a king from the Instant of his birth how could she look on and sec the throne totter under the weight of the boy king, her boy, llesh of her flesh and foul of her soul, nnd not light? For nearly twelve years the queen regent has lived, studied, worked, ruled, thought nnd prayed-for her son. Americans may feel that the time for doing away with royal jiymbols has rm QUEEN OF SPAIN, come, but to her, nurtured as she has been, and with the blood of kings in her veins, she cannot see this, but only the bitterness and necessity of her po nltlon, the rigors and hardships, and the great and awful neeil of struggle to i'ecp for her boy that which tli mother and the queen both believe to be his by all rights human and divine. The queen wanted him called after Tils father, but many prophesied that an Alfonso XIII. would be unlucky (to which Incident sonic of them probably point now, after the wont of croakers). Hut the pope said that he himself was n thirteenth, and so the queen had her way. and the tiny king was baptized Alfonso Leon Fernnndo Santiago Ma ria Isldro Pascual Antonio. At first the queen regent was not much liked, because to the hot-blooded Spaniards her Austrian ways seemed cold and hard. Undoubtedly she Is an immense, ly proud woman. A well-known writ er thus describes the queen regent: "Neither tall nor short, nor stout nor thin, Queen Maria Christina looked to bo a woman who had had her full hare of trouble In this world, nnd hail been obliged to light for her own hand. That, Indeed, has been her history. A foreigner In n nation of people proud by nature and suspicious by rea son of the events of their history, thu new queen could seek In her troubles but llttlo consolntlon or guidance from her husband, but she set herself reso lutely to the task of gaining the ie spect and confidence of the people and the affection of the brllllnnt but un steady Alfonso XII. in Ma drid Itself there Is very little ieal fervor for royalty, but the Irrceonell ablo republicans arc few. The oppor tunists and the moderate republicans are In thu nscendant, and they recog nize, that perhaps tho best form of government of Spnln Is a llbcrnl regime (luring tho minority of a king, and with a queen as regent who has made her self respected for her private char acter, and who does not unduly Inter fere with matters of state." This Is the mother who is flghtlii" for tho rights of her boy as a tigress lights for her cub. "Ilghtlns; llol" ami III t. Some of the newspapers picture Rob ley I). Evans, coinmandor of tho bat tleship Iowa, us If he were a sl'ck apple-cheeked boy. In fact ho is a stocky, robust-built man of Gf years; his fuce is seamed by heavy lines; he walks with n limp, caused by a wound received in battle. Ho looks his age every day of It, and ho al3o looks thb typical sea-dog. Ho would be tho very man to follow or lead In such a ventu- ns Farragut mnde when he ran the shoro bntterlcs nt Mobile bay Cool, but still full of enthusiasm; hardy and stout, but alert In every fiber. His ship is tho lnrgcst of tho battleships In commission. She dis places 11,110 tons, has 11,000 horse power; speed sixteen knots. Her main battery consists of four 12-Inch breech loading rlll03 and eight 8-Inch ureech loadlng rifles. Her broadshlo would throw nearly two tons of shot. Sho Is a fighting machine of which a fighter like Evans would naturally bo proud. -Chuttanoogu Times. M Bi P .1 h '.. KrS SP' Wm t .VrJ' sj-" r F DAD NEWS FOR BIRDS. F'unlilon tit Apt to lln Ton Much for tho Ifutiinnltitrliiti. Unwelcome Intelligence for the Sel borne society and othors who concern themselves with thu protection of birds comes from Paris, says tho London Globe. The last word of fashion theio Is the feather blouse. This Is usually composed of the green and bluo plum age of thu lophophore bird, but thu flamingo and the peacock are also re quisitioned; and the undeniable beauty of tho body plumage of many other birds will drag them, too, into the net, of ruthless fushlon. Tho hope Is ex pressed, Indeed, that because feather blouses "are expensive and easly got out of order," tho fashion will not last long; but human nature Is so consti tuted that these manifest defects In a material for clothes are often ac counted Its greatest merits. The main reason why the popularity of tho silk hut cannot be shaken Is that It Is ex pensive compared with other hats nnd easily gets out of order. It has, too, this fascinating fault, In addition to those which it shares with thu feather blouso. that comparatively slight changes niter Its character so com pletely that no man who aspires to bo fashionably dressed can wear the same hat two years running, no matter how little It may have been used, Whnt Is the suhtlo charm In these obvious de fects of an artelu of clothing, qua clothing? Simply this: that the fash ionably dressed person Is thereby dis tinguishable at sight from tho cheap Imitation, and when a fashion has been Inaugurated which delles color able Imitation on a cheap scale, and yet appears tasteful, It has gencrnlly come to stay. This Is too likely to be the case with the feather blouse, what ever our humaultniians may say. SENSIBLE WOMAN. iiim Shopping llml 11,1)4 utiil ho AvoMi the Crowd. ,lt was n disagreeable day to wulk or bicycle or play golf, hut It was tin Ideal day to be waited upon in the shops, says the New York Advertiser. "I always shop on rainy or snowy days," ?ald one woman to another when they mot. with mutual exclama tions of surprise, In one of the shops in the forenoon. "I don't suppose It is ideal weather for matching r.Ibbons, but then I don't wear out my life matching ribbons. I would rather send my sample by post anil trust to young er eyes. For all ordinary shopping a bud day Is better than a flue one. Un less at Christmas holiday t lines tho shops are almost deserted and It Is a positive relief to the girls to have home one to wait upon. Then In lino weather I much prefer to be out of doors -or at home sewing and reading in my sunshiny rooms to poking about In gas-IIghtod shops. Yes. you will always And me busy buying In bad weather. I keep a list of things that I wish to buy, and on the first stormy day I sally forth early In the morning and sometimes spend nearly the entire day shopping. Of course I cat a good luncheon or ih amount of strength 1 save by not being In the crowds would he soon exhausted. This is my rainy day dress. I wear a cape, because It Is easily removed in the warm shops and so l avoid taking cold." The suit was a rnugh-?uifaced cloth, the skirt faced with leather and falling to wilh ing two Indies of the ground. A golf cape of darl: blue, with a hood lined with gay plaid silk, dogskin gloves, cork-holed botrt and a neat little tur ban, trimmed wu!: damp-proof straw, net and stiff quills coniiXs'ed this com-mon-honse bad-weather suit. PRODIGY WAS MADE, NOT BORN Over In England a new violinist lias Just made his appearance- Master Ver non Warner, aged 10. He seems to be a unique creature among youthful musicians, because his VERNON WARNER. AflED 10. genius, which seems to bo undoubted, is attributed rather to hard work than to a freakish gift of nature. Tho little fellow Is tho son of Mr. Harry E. Warner, tho organist of tho royal church, nt Kow. Tho boy has been trained by a very exacting sys tem, and the result the critics declaro io be wonderful. IllMimrrk'A Hon. There Is a rumor In llorlln that Count Herbert Ulsmarck may return to public life, probably as ambassador to St. Pe teraburg. It appears that tho emperor offored tho count an appointment, but ho docllned because ho did not deslro to hold public office In Germany whllo his fathor was living. Tho vino nttalns a great age, contin uing fruitful for at least 400 years, it Is supposed to be equal to the oak as regards lougovlty. W3C3C jC3C3EJE3C3CJCC3C3C3E3E3E3E3C3C3R3C3C jC3C3Cw Roosevelt's Rongli Riders. They arc Going to Meet the Spaniards on Cuban Soil. s WWW "Itlta used by Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt In thu Spanish-American war, 1898." Perhaps somo day among tho relics of tho present engagement there may bo a tag bearing the ahove Inscription affixed to a fifty foot coll of raw hide, says Now York Journal of May 1. It Is not Improbable that the denizen of North Dakota, where Lieutenant-Colonel Hoosevelt learned to throw the lasso when he was breaking his own mustangs, may stand with uncovered head and wcavo stories around tho dusty rope, and say ktr.d things about tho man who throw It with so much skill. For since Mr. Hoosevelt re signed ns assistant secretary of tho navy to take up arms In the Held, he has been assigned to a commission and his soldiers nro to be picked from tho cowboys of the wild west, every one of whom will have to give evidence of his ability to cast the terrible coll and ropo tho oneiny before ho can enlist. There Is no fiction about the formation of this dangerous regiment. It Is to bo one of tho most serviceable arms of the lighting contingent, and the prldo of Spain's best men will bo turned up side down when tho cow puncher bri gade begins hostilities. The men are now being carefully selected and Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt is giving the matter his personal attention. The lariat will not be the only Implement of warfare by any means. Every cow boy will be provided with a cavalry rifle and a brace of six shooters, thoso hnndy weapons whose sharp bark means death. Those men will not go Into the Held for pastime, although the art of picking off the enemy will have certain elements of pleasuro to the cowboy, whoso life has been spent on the plains and whose hands' prefer to fondle tho butt of a revolver lather than tho hilt of a sword. The horses to be picked for these cowboy regi ments, of which thero will bo three, will have seen service before. They will be animals that have hoofed the ranges of the westeiiand and forded tho rivers that run riot in the spring. They will bo inured to the assault of tho pesky mosquito, that is said to abound In vast numbers In Cuba. The horse and the man will understand eacli oilier, operate as one denture, i plunge without fear Into the thickest i of the trouble and come snorting and blowing into the open with a Spanlaul In tow. At the first shot these men of the plains will lean forward In their saddles, draw their weapons and follow their leader Into the jaws of death, and Spanish steel and machete v. Ill not repulse them until tho last man has toppled from his stlrrua and gone crashing to the earth, wlcd out. There will bo somo historic aiming done by these rangers, nnd the Bcenes that were part of the life of Custer, Jack Crawford and Utiffnlo Dili will be again enacted, but with better weapons and with some of tho comforts and con veniences of civilization. In the early days tho cowboys wore clothing made from the skins of thu beasts of tho field and the grasses of the plains. Hut Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt's soldiers will wear canvas uniforms of a gray tint and trimmed with brass buttons; canvas loggings, canvas shoes and slouch hats. Thero will bo no unnecessary trappings to Impede their movements, and when tho order to charge Is given a tornado of men and horseflesh will pour into the rank3 of tho enemy. In after years the pages of history will glow with the story of how Roosevelt's regiment of cowboys swept Into Matanzas, or Ha vana or Cardenas and engaged tho Spaniards In hand-to-hand conflict nnd roped those who escaped tho bullets. Nothing could be more picturesque In warfaio than n crack regiment of cow boy cavalrymen fully equipped for service. They are all men who bavo learned the nrt of combat, and whoso trigger fingers aro like unto tho elec tric button for rapidity and action. Plrture a hollow squaro of sharpshoot ers delivering the contents of u thou sand six-shooters Into an advancing enemy In less than threo seconds. Then tho nervous swoop of carbines swiftly emptying their magazines into tho torn and shattered ranks around tho square. In tho midst of tho ro pulso the Spanish begin to retreat; then tho lurlats, colling and clrcllas overhead, entwine tho fleeing rem nant of the enemy, and Spaniards by tho score ure Jerked headlong Into the dust and Hying horses are brought up with a standstill on their haunches. No class of men can endure the hard ships of a rough life and the toils of the saddle like cowboys. From morn ing until night they do nothing but ride and keep their eyes open for trouble. At dusk a cowboy throws his saddle on the earth, turns his faithful horse loose to graze, knowing that the animal will not leave his muster, and covorlng himself with only a saddle blnnkct lies down and sleeps with ono eyo open for Intruders. Inside of thirty days the first regiment will be ready for the march, under the command of Colonel C. It. Wood, with "Fighting Tetldy" as lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt Is of tho plains himself, having spent many years among the cowboys, hundreds of whom nrc employed on his cattlo tangos In North Dakota. He Is an ex cellent pistol and rlllu shot, having written a big volume on wild game, and on the pommel of his saddle will be thonged the regulation lariat. When occasion presents Itself he will swing It with the rest of his soldiers, and if he docs not rope the man or horse at which it Is thrown, then ho has forgotten a trick for which he was famous out on tho range. A particular advuntage of being able to throw the lariat will be evident when the cowboy leglment wants to replenish Its horse flesh. There will be no play of bul lets, no cracking of rifles nnd no hlood I shed. Rut tho silent coll will fly from I floft flfiimrq ntitl anttln ilriii'n with m Spa'njsh. horse struggling In the noose. In camp tho llfo of tho cowboy regi ment will be nothing more than lux urious domesticity and home. comfort, for most of them will bo' uncomfort able .under any other circumstances. They will go to Cuba for business and will suruly engage In plenty of It. A CHARGE BY LIEUT. ROOSEVELT AND HIS ROUGH RIDERS. Artlttlc Dinner (ilvrn. Tiio Ideal dinner company Is never large; six has been said to be the mag ic number, but eight, und even ten, are perfectly manageable, both In the mat ter of smooth service and In the higher harmonies. Do not confine your cholcn to intimate friends, but add to their pleasuro and your own the fresh expe rience of meeting new spirits whose congeniality you have divined. A really urtistlc dinner, It Is tho wi Iter's conviction, should never ex- i ceed four courses including tho coffee. I The scheme of the dinner Is that each I dish shall be perfect; worthy of tho ! palato and of the appetite -enjoyed to the full for Its merits, and not to ho trilled with and Instantly forgotten. The second point In Importance Is that a dish shall be as attractive In nppenr anco as It Is perfect In flavor; that It should bo placed upon tho table uh an added enjoyment rind hospitably served by the host or hostess. The third point, also of importance, Is that a dinner should bo seasonable not an anticipa tion of seasons for every chosen arti cle should bo at Its very best. A lean, half-shriveled January tomato, which has lll-borno Its travels, is but a for lorn apology for tho plump nnd luelous summer product certnlnly not fitted for an "artistic" appearance. Tllltt I llll CUT lit Chilli. Shop Assistant Shall I send this for you, madam? IaidyNo, thank you; I'm driving. Lady's Llttlo fllrl (In ee BtiiBy) Oh, mummy, aro we goln' buck In tho yollow 'bus? Tlt-Hllii. Personal magnetism enable a man to make others believe he Is right when they know ho Is wrona, v t iffii i ilrtT) ii 'TTOfTOMffHrft rraJntT sb 7 i'XirXv V1'-vTi7Pt- lrrPMiyi ih4 fi m FAvkHKMUflHTAiBB'YiHHLKSHikW iT BSW2tM "V i.i MftHMwJJR-aiLMmL. xrA-- vv i M ffia A HERMIT AND PATRIOT. (Jnrcr Olil Oottllob I.cltnof, Comtltu cut of ConRrcmiinitn llltt. Congressman Robert R. llltt, chair man of tho house committee on for eign nffnlrs, and who represents tho Ninth Illinois district, occasionally re ceives a letter from a queer old constit uent who resides on an Island In tho Mississippi river. Tho lnnd Is In Il linois, though It is cut off from tho mainland by a slough which tho swift current has cut through the soil of Jo Daviess county. This old man, now In his 73d year, hns resided on the Island twenty-sovcn years. He Is a hermit of the most ec centric character, Jiving entirely alono and away from sight or sound of any other human being. He Is completely Isolated, bis rude hut being hidden In n network of willow brush and wild grapevines. Ills hut can not be reuch ed without the aid of a boat and a guide, who must And his way through a maze of sloughs which wind around In a thousand acres of lowlands. The old man Is disturbed only by high wa ter, which has three times Invaded his abode and washed him off the Island. He would like to have Mr. llltt Induce Uncle Sam to build a dam across the lowland to protect his llttlo farm on the Island. The old man Is named Gottlieb Iclt sof. He was born In the province of Pomeranla, Prussia, seventy-three years ago. He comes from a family of warriors. Two of his sons distinguish ed themselves In the war with Austria In IStiG and again In the Franco-Prussian conflict In 1870. He nays he has written his congressman that If any help Is needed to whip tho Dons he will emerge from his home In the brush and take a willing hand. Leltsof cooks, eats and sleeps In a little room ten feet square. It Is a part of a hut which he built with bis own hands. He hns a flock of chick ens, a cow and two catB. He farms the land without the aid of man or beast. He hns constructed a queer plow after his own odd Idens. It is mnde from the forked branch of a tree. The forks serve as handles and thills. The odd feature about the contrivance Is that the sluue points backward. The aged Prussian harnesses his own body and hitches himself to this plow. His har ness fits over his back and around his waist. He couples onto tho share by means of a wire, renehlng from his harness. Then ho stands between the thills, with which be takes hold with his hands. He walks backward like a horse in Its breeching. Tho share takes hold In the soft soil and plows n furrow four Inches deep. This Is all that Is necessary In such rlrfi Jpud. In this manner he has broken up" many acres. He raises enough stuff to support him nnd keep his stock. His tn.tes are nlwnys promptly paid. In his old ago he perforins nil kinds of hard work without experiencing any deleterous results. He takes a turn nt hunting nnd fishing, Is a good shot and a lucky angler. Philadelphia Press. l'alrlotlr SiuIkk" Mr. Smlggs has been very loud foi war. Ho lias laid aside tho Newgatu Calendar, which wns his favorlto read ing, and has bent of Into over accounts of campaigns by land and by sea. Ilrnn tome's old French has not deterred him from tackling "Rodomontades Espaig nolles," and ho has gono so far as to Investignto tho oilgln of the phrase, "to walk Spnnlsh." Mrs. Smlggs nnd the llttlo Sinlggses have wondered why tho master of tho household did not wear epaulots and a sword. Tuesday night so wo nro informed by Mrs. Smlggs a charming woman wo know her before sho was married they wero all sitting nt dinner In their luxurious flat near the Charlesgate. Mr. Smlggs was explaining the fortifications of Boston. "My dear," ho shouted-and hu banged the table with his fist "you need not have the slightest uneasiness; thero Is no possible danger of bombard ment." There wiih ii strango, disturb ing, sinister whistle. It caino from tho Charles. Nothing like it had been heard before. Mr. Smlggs' face wns a death-mnHk. "Pa," said young Angus tus; "pa do you suppose that is a Span ish torpedo destroyer boat?" "Maria " whispered Mr. Smlggs, "I think I'll go down u mliiuto to tho cellar to soo if your bicycle Ih safo."-Hoaton Journal. Tim (JiilrkufM of Thought. To Illustrate tho rapidity of thought, u distinguished scientist says that If tho skill ho touched repeatedly with light blows from n small hammer tho brain will distinguish tho fact thut tho blows nro separate, and not continued preiuurtt, even when they follow otv another iu rupldly us 1,000 a second UNNECESSARY FEARS. riie Hon Was Merely Tlpty, Not lt vengeful Some tlmo ago a welUUnown Cleve land man had a slight altercation wltti a prominent local ofnclnl, In the count of which he mnde a remark that at th tlmo must have seemed extrcmoly of fensive to the other party. He rather regretted making It after ho walked awny, but It was too late to recall It, says the Plulndealcr of that city. What was his surprise, therefore, when not long after tho squabble ho rccMved an Invitation from tho aggrieved man to attend a select dinner at a promin ent hotel. Ho was quite teady to bury the hatchet and promptly accepted what be considered a peuce offering. I was a dinner party for men only und a number of well-known cltlzons sat around tho festal board. The host wus directly opposlto the man who had hurt his feelings nnd tho latter was rather startled to notice that the entertainer regarded him with a decid edly malevolent glare. Then he thought ho saw It all. Instead of desiring to bury the hatchet tho host had Invited him there to denounce and humiliate him. Every tlmo ho looked up thut cold-blooded staro met him. Tho guests talked and ato and drank, and made little speeches, but the host con tinued to keep his stony gaze on his uncomfortable victim. Sevoral times the latter thought the moment of de nunciation had come. The entertainer appeared to point nt him and to ges ticulate In a menacing way, but each time something occurred to turn him from his purpose. Finally he gained his feet. "My time has come," mur mured tho unhappy guest. With a steady stare the host raised his arm and with linger outstretched, pointed directly across the table. Ho opened his lips, but no sound came from them. Then ho slipped back In his chair and by gentle degrees slipped to the floor, where he lay In peaceful slumber for an hour or more, his guests meanwhile cheerfully singing his praises. Then the man who tells the story understood It all. Tiio host had evidently como to tho banquet board heavily loaded and what the guest had mistaken for a malevolent stare was merely a des perate effort on the entertainer's part to fix and hold his rapidly scattering senses to 'something tangible. "Fro wns just holding qnibv my eyelids,'.' says the man who tells the story. ' COSTA RICA BANANAS. IH'lli'loim Trull ('unit-it from tho We Imlltiu Nl.iml. "The best bananas grown In the world come from Port Llmon, Ctoata Rica," said n New Orleans man Io a Washington Post reporter. They art shipped from Port Llmon, and Ilia country grower gets' about 30 icuta per bunch in gold. He Is notlilou by wire from the seaport when to cut, and has two days In which to gather and deliver at the railway. Trjlus composed of well-vent Hated cars taku the fruit to a fast steamer, wUlch is waiting to convey it abroad. Tho bunches will average about fourteen hands each and each hand hns from seventeen to eighteen bananas. Wlicu the bunch gets to New Orleans or New I York they are worth about $1 each, a I tremendous advance- over the price I paid the Costa Rlean producer. Tho planter, however. Is surer of a safo prom tnan any other person Handling the fruit. Jamaica negroes do nil the labor attendant on the planting, cul ture and cutting, being better ndnpted to tho work than tho native peon. Ja maica bananas often make a finer ap pearance, but aro not so prolific ns the Port Llmon product. The best plantations of Costa Rica aro subject to overflow and the waters deposit a silt that greatly enriches the soil. Crops are icady for cutting the whole year lound." ii a. UN I.iinI diiiirttiuliy. Mr. Kidder "Johnny, the angola brought you a baby brother last night." Little Johnny (whose nose Is out of Joint) "Huh! Wish I'd been awake. I'd have pounded thu stuflln' out of them angels." Puck. FOIBLES OF THE FAIR SEX. The sad fate of the president of an Iowa "Don't Worry Club" has Just boon learned. Business difficulties caused her suicide. In Fiance It Is proper for a girl to pray for a husband; for n youth, first to decide to marry and then look around for his Ideal. Rumor has It that ex-EmpressvEu-genle will leave a handsonio fortuno to Queen Victoria's favorlto daughter, the Princess Uatlenberg. Gum chewing women will bo glad to lcnfr.i that, In tho opinion of a promi nent New York dent'st, tho habit Is a healthful one for tho teeth. It Is said of Ming Jung, the profes sional footbinder of California, that sho has nn Income of ? 18,000 and pays tnxes on $!)0,000 worth of property. Item containing food for thought: Tho American women of today who nro distinguished for their literary attain ments are not college graduates. Tho evils attending tho emancipa tion of women thicken and Increase. Here Is a man Inventing condensed food tnldets that do uway with the ne cessity of cooking! A sister of IJuffnlo Jones, the Kan sas and Nobraska celebrity, says on exchange, has become Insano In Lon don, whoro, under tho nom-do-plumo of Ilda Ormo, sho has won recognition as a song writer. Uppor clnss Italian women nro re ported as being ns Ignorant of tho needs of tho poor as was unfortunate Mario Antoinette, who onco exclaimed: "Why do tho pooplo cry for bread when they can got ny cakes?" 1 - ,. L. "JSW'm .-': ..iw3r'wT'''- .U7? ' 7.-. '