Red Cloud Chief.
PUHLISHUD WKIJKLY.
UBI) CLOUD. NKHUASlCA
Now York may yot become known
as Prizeflghtcnivllle.
The Jolly barber In always ready to
scrape an acquaintance.
The morn you think of some -ram
the leas you think of them.
The helm Is but a little thtng, yet
It governs the course of the ship.
"Whim everything else fulln a beau
tiful bunnet will turn a womun's head.
'Die indolent man knows nothing or
the enjoyment resulting from honeat
labor.
Tlley will never be able to convince
Duller that Dobs Is a great military
chlcitnln.
The American Steel and Wire com
jinny Ir not arranging for an edition
of "tlntes Ajar."
A woman never thlnkB of anything
imeelnl she wants to Hay until Home
other woman Ib tnlklng.
Down Fast n man Htole n set of har
ness and the detectives were hclplesB
binitisc he left no trace behind.
Success Ib the result of perseverance.
Many a boy who began by turning n
grlndHtone grew up and became an or
gan grinder.
If the HrltlHh would only look for
the Doers Where they don't expert to
find them they would doubtless come
upon them with greater frequency.
While It would have been gratify
ing to many friends of Senator Quay,
to havo him seated by the sennte,
they have what satisfaction Ih to be
gained from the ban- refusal of the
M'linto to seat him. The question In
volved In his case deserved an ex
pression of the senate, and a more
decisive one would have been prefer
able. A difference of two votes la too
small to give emphasis such as ought
to be given In deciding one, way or
another.
It seems quite likely that the Pn-B-byterlan
church, North, will be called
upon again to consider a revision of
the Westminster confession of faith.
From various partH of the country
come statemeiitH made by Presbyter
Ian clergymen ndvocatlng revision or
a new creed. The venerable Dr. Theo
dore L. Cuyler of New York, who has
been considered a conservative, Is one
of the latest to declare that there are
certain parts of the confession In
which he doe not believe. Notable
among the overtures from proBby
terlcs asking for revision Is a peti
tion from the presbytery of Nassau,
N. Y praying the general assembly
to formulate a short and slmplo creed
which "would unite and not divide"
and which "would be acceptable to the
church."
Heavy feeders on Bnlmnl food nre
predisposed to all kinds of Inflamma
tory disorders, and when any ntich
person finds himself getting out of
condition he may safely hedge In the
matter of flesh food, cutting down the
amount of such food or omitting It
altogether with perfect safety. A
Htrlct vegetarian diet, even, cannot be
called an experiment, since we know
that millions of people thrive on It,
and no one could ever starve on It,
With fruit, nuts, milk and eggs added,
no lack of variety need be felt. Tho
Japanese are a healthy, handeomi
race. They are plump nnd hearty, but;
little beyond simple vegetarian diet Is
the rule there. The rlklsha men walk
and trot forty miles a day with a
tented passenger and seem proof
against fatlguo and they thrive on a
diet chiefly of rice.
Not the least alarming phase of the
situation in South Africa Is tho fact
that the black natives out-number the
whites In the proportion of twelve to
one. In the case of a prolonged con
flict between the Doers nnd the Kng
llsh the attitude of the natives Is al
together uncertain. In Cape Colony
there arc 100,000 whlto residents nnd
four times that number of blacks. The
whlto population of the Transvaal it
estimated at 250,000, as compared with
850,000 natives. In Natal tho total
number of whites Ib not moro than
(30,000, while the blacks number 530,
000. In tho Orunge Free States the
blacks outnumber the whitcB In the
proportion of nearly three to one. In
Rhodesia there, aro 1,000,000 native?
nnd a whlto population which rela
tively amounts to nothing. In Hritlsh
Central Africa 850,000 blacks are op
posed to n tiny band of not more than
COO English soldiers. In fact, all
through South Africa the negro prob
lem is likely to grow in Importance
during the continuance of hostilities.
In Paris It has been customary for
cyclists to go to the nearest restau
rant and to Inflate their tires with the
help of carbonic acid apparatus, which
Is used to glvo a head to 'the beer, but
It Is found that a pneumatic tire inflat
ed with carbonic gas Boon loses Its re
siliency, and the gas escapes with re
markable rapidity.
A seat Ib the New York stock ex
change has Just sold for 141,500. It
th Increase continues, they will soon
be as high a seats In the United
f tates senate.
FARMERJROWNED
Swept From Horse While Try
ing to Cross Stream.
CUWKNT WAS TOO SWIFT FOR HIM
Body Not Vet IleniTereil Hired Man
With lllm, Hut Unahln In Kffeit
lleeuo le Leave a Wife unci
He?en Children Other News
A farmer named Ilruthomvcr, living
u short tllstaucu west of Ilnvclock,
Neb., was drowned about H o'clock
Monday evening' while attempting to
cross a swollen stream on the back of
a horse. While In the center of the
swiftly flowing current lie was carried
off the horse and downed. His body
had not been recovered at a lute hour
Monday evening'.
On Mr. Ilrcthouwer's farm the barn
is separated from the house by a long
draw. During the afternoon Monday
water came down tho draw In a tor
rent. Mr. llrcthouwcr desired to cross
over to the house. Ills hired man was
with him.
Mr. llrcthouwcr mounted a horse
ami tried to force him into the stream.
The horse was a little backward about
going into the water, but finally
plunged in and swum the stream.
When about half way across Mr.
llrcthouwcr was swept from the
horse's back and carried down stream.
The hired man saw hlni but could oiler
no aid. lie was drowned and the body
was carried away.
Mr. Ilrethouwer has a brother in
Lincoln, T. A llrcthouwcr, a clerk for
Mayer brothers, lie owns the farm
on which his brother lived. The
drowned man leaves a wife and seven
children. His father is a physician at
Hickman.
CAR INSPECTOR KILLED.
Htrui'k hy t.lRlit tilni; While nt Work la
Yurilft at Lincoln.
Paul Kobalter, a car inspector work
ing in the Durllngton yards at Lincoln,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed during the storm of the evening
of May il. When the lightning struck
him lie was at work on top of a freight
train that had just enteied the yards,
and evidence that has since come to
light indicates that he was struck
shortly after the train arrived, lie fell
on a box car which was afterwards
made up as part of the "orange e.
tra" east, and the body was carried
as far as Pacific Junction before it was
discovered. When found the lifeless
body was lying face down on the top
of the car, his hands were clutching a
small crowbar used in his work, and
his lantern was still burning under his
coat.
BIG STRIKE ON AT ST. LOUIS
Twenty-ill Hundred Htreet Car Men
to (lo Out.
A St. Louis special says: The execu
tive committee of thu street railroad
men's union have decided to recom
mend to the employes of the transit
company that u strike be decided upon
forthwith. A mass meeting of the
employes was at once called to take a
Tote on the executive committee's re
port. The St. Louis Transit company em
ploys about 3,800 men.
At B o'clock Tuesday morning the
mass meeting of employed without a
dissenting voice decided to go on a
strike immediately. Twenty-six hun
dred men participated in the meeting.
KILLED BY THE COLLAPSE
Two Women Wern Suffocated anil Seven
Other Injured.
Ity the collapse of a house at 1 130
North Blghth street. St. Louis, Mo.,
Cora BveiMm and Melviua Nelson, col
ored, were killed and seven others,
who are now at the city hospital as a
result of their injuries, narrowly es
caped death. The two women named
were suffocated, ns no marks of injury
arc to be seen on their bodies. Flic
men rescued the other Inmates of the
building, which was a two-story di
lapidated sttucture that hail been con
demned. All were asleep when the
accident occurred.
AriiIiiiiIiIo With Tlno.
A Manlla.May 7 dispatch says: Tele
grams received here from ' General
Young icport that Agulualdo has n
joined the icbel general, Tlno, In the
north, and that they have reassembled
a considerable force In the mountains.
General Yonngdcslie.s to strike them
before the rains and asks for reinforce
ments.
The tenor of the dispatches indicate.,
that General Young is conlident that
Agulualdo Ih with Tlno and it is pr. -suineil
they arc planning to resuin
fighting during the rains.
Terrllle Hall Nloriii nl Toledo.
A terrible hall storm at Toledo, ()..
broke many thousands of dollars'
worth of plate glass, damaged the city
greenhouses, stripped young fruit
trees of buds and blossoms and caused
a number of serious runaways. The
aggregate of losses will be large.
Negro limbed for Murder,
.lames Nettles, colored, who had
twice been respited, was hanged nt St.
Louis. Mo., In the jail yard at the
Four Courts. He died bravely. Nettles
was convicted of the murder of Samuel
W. Mann, a conductor of the Suburban
street car line, on duly 4, 1SU8.
Furniture Factory llurne I,
The factory of the Ware Furniture
company, at Atlanta, Do,, wbh burned.
Forty cottngcb occupied by employes
were destroyed. The total loss will be
S'-JOO.OCO, with insurance about half.
AGENTS OF FENIAN PLOT
Light mi Attempt lo lllnw tip Welluiiil
('mini l.nrk.
The evidence which will be produced
nt the trlnl of the three men charged
with attempting to blow up lock No.
S4, In the Welland canal, says a Tor
onto. (Int., dispatch, it Is understood,
will show that the prisoners weie not
the Instruments of the labor element
of llufTalo supM)Md to be autagoulstlc
to a Canadian route for grain trafllc,
but the agents of a Fenian plot.
It has been learned that the three
men concerned in the outrage arilved
at ItufTalo from a city on the Atlantic
seaboard. They were unacquainted In
llufTalo and left for Niagara Falls at
tho earliest (tosslble moment after'
their arrivnl In llufTalo.
JAPS COMING BY THE SCORE
Thirty Thotxaail Hmn to lavado IJrU
lM Oltiraltta
Ofllcers of the steamship Tacoma,
which has arrived from Yokohama,
speaking of the great number of Jap
anese flockiup to the United States and
Hritlsh Columbia, say it was current
talk in Yokohama that there would be
30,000 Japanese to leave their native
country for JJritlsli Columbia alone,
this summer, and It is lielleved that
the number coining to the United
States will be enormous. The steamer
Tosu Marn is now due on tho sound
with 1,('10 .lapnui'si; on board, and the
Dalnyvostock one of the 'J'acoma liners,
will be here in a few days with 1100
more.
SMALL SCHOONER SWAMPED
Five Mini fiiiiionil to Havo Ueeu I.wt
Xritr Sllka.
The steamer llertha. from Alaskan
poluts. -which has arrived at Seattle,
Wash.., brings news of the swamping
of the small schooner Dora It, and the
jHJssible loss of Jive men between Sitka
and Lltnyua. The schooner was in
tow of the steamer when the tow line
broke- the boat swamped and the
cargo and men were thrown Into the
water. Much of the cargo and the
body of one of the men is reported to
have washed ashore two or three dajs
later.
WHOLESALE CHICKEN THEFT
Tim Farmer loin loo Fowls lUch
u) Itrrefit Night.
Kd Young, a farmer living near I'ni
versity Ulaec, Neb., notified the Lin
coln police recently that he had lost
IIKI chickens by theft. They were
laucn iroiu ins eiiicKen house. A
neighbor of Mr. Younir, Willard Kulcf
son. also rcHirtcd the loss of KM)
chickens by theft. How the chickens
were taken could not be told, and there
was no intimation from the losers that
they suspected any particular person.
Mr. Young lost a team by theft a few
mouths ago.
Liming No Time.
Lord Roberts Is following the ad
vantage gained by the occupation of
Drandfort and his whole force is ap-'
parently moving on Winburg. The
place mentioned In Lord Roberts' dis
patch to the war olllce this morning as
"Nealwelket" cannot be found on the
maps and It fs likely that It is a cable
error for "Near Vet Kop," in which
General Ian Hamilton seems to be,
midway between Houtnek and Win
burg, and has thus got between Win
burg and General Olivler's command
from Wepener. which is occupying
Thaba Patchoa. Hetween Thnba N'Chu,
Ladybrand and Winburg the country
is rough nnd suited for Doer taeties, so
thu Hritlsh are liable to be consider
ably harrassed before they capture the
stronghold.
Tuke to lllll.
A London, May 8 dispatch says: The
Doers are everywhere retiring before
the Hritlsh. except on the Natal fron
tier and at Mafekiug. to the inner cir
cle of their defenses. They appear de
termined not to fight until the (Croon
stail hills tile reached. Lord Roberts
Is expected to do another forty or fifty
miles and then to wait for a time in
order to bring up supplies and to re
pair the railway. There are one or
two hints in the dispatches from tke
front that he may rest for a few daa
at Smaldeel.
Store Itohliitd lit Oilier.
The general merchandise store of
Lightner X Hutchinson at Dlller. Neb.,
was broken into by burglars and about
S1,'.".!) worth of dry goods taken. The
burglars broke Into the section house
and secured tools, then broke the
plate glass in front of the store and
took what goods they wanted. Tho
Fulton bloodhounds were telephoned
for and as an iweellent trail has been
kept it is thought' they will be able to
locate the robbers.
Kxtent of Mine llliiHHter.
W. G. Sharp, superintendent of the
Pleasant Valley Coal company at Seho
field, has made a report to the treas
urer of the company In regard to the
mine disaster at Scholleld, in which he
says: "Total killed. Ill!: bodies recov
ereil to date, I lift: injured, 7. Of those
In the mine 1(13 escaped alive and un
injured. There are loft widows and
270 orphans."
Find Flouter In the 1'lntte.
A floater was found In the Platte
river at Louisville, Neb., whose general
description leads to the supposition that
tho body may be that of Henry J.New
man of Omaha, the woman's tailor who
has been mysteriously missing for a
fortnight.
Hurglars entered the First National
bank of llrady, Pa., dynamited and
looted the safe. Tho bank olllclals re
fused to make any statement of the
amount taken, but the loss Is said to
range from 80,000 to 1),000. The rob
bers left no clue.
AM TTV AVfYTIlATil .W HP J
ill uiil T vai imuuu JlAJ-
LAY.
"A drink," entreated tho weak voice.
"A warm drink, nurse."
"I shall bring it to you," answered
tho trained nurse. Sho rose, placed
the bell connection within reach of tho
feeblo fingers, left tho room, her light
steps soundless on tho rich, deep car
pet. Along tho corridor, down tho
stairway, she passed, It was Into
after raldnlghL Lights had been ex
tinguished In the drawing-room, the
dining-room, tho library. Only a Bln
glc globe, opaque nnd mellow, lighted
the way. This led to the servants'
quarters. Under and boyond it tho
nurae hurried, a chasto vision. Her
blue and whlte-strlped gown and the
snowy linen at throat and' wrists and
on the colled dark hair accentuated
the pallor of the patleat, serene face.
It was still In that great houso on
Michigan boulevard. Now that tho
thaw had come, the crunching or run
ners over the frozen snow, the cheery
Jingle of nllghbellB, the softened mur
mur of gay young voices no longer
reached the ear. Not that Nurse Nor
ino had anything to do with sleighing
parties nor any other form of indi
vidual diversion. But there had been
nights out of the Inst two months
when she had been a bit bewildered nt
times by the recollections these chim
ing, irresponsible bells uwnkened. She
had caught herself standing still, with
ono hand at her heart listening to
note should they stop before this door.
Sho had dropped her hand with a little
sweeping gesture of self-scorn. And
she had resumed her duties with tho
sudden glow In her checks dying out
as the flush of embers dies under the
pall of gray ashes.
Tonight, however, there was no ex
traneous sound to divert no personal
remembrnncea to distract her. She
passed Into tho great, Immaculate, de
serted kitchen. Tho servants had gone
to bed. Sho saw nn expanse of polished
wood floor, tiled walls, sinks of marble
and metal that glittered llko silver;
gas and alcohol ranges, nnd the numer
ous minor commodities which make
tho drudgery of domestic labor com
paratively light and easy.
Hark!
What was that sound Just without?
A cautions, scraping footstep! She lis
tenedthe snucepan poised In one lift
ed hand. Silence. Pshaw! It was
nothing. It was no one. As If nn at
tempt at hurglnry would be mnde In
this neighborhood and with tho light
burning! "I am getting nervous," she
told herself. "Constant vlgllnnce, con
tinual wakefulness will tell on tho
strongest of us after awhile. I wish I
might warn all young girls who desire
to become nurses, dreaming only of
the romantic nspect of tho profession
what the real life Involves what tho
actual experience means."
She looked around the kitchen, nnd a
swift retrospect brought the rose color
to her cheek. Here It was down hero
that she and Harry ha"d stolen, after
the cook was asleep, to attempt the
compounding of ono particular, dell
clous dish. What a blunder they had
made of It! And Bho had cut her hand
In wielding a huge knlfo over a small
bunch of parsley. Harry had torn his
handkerchief Into strips, and tied up
the Injured member. He bad kissed
the palm, and said: "You have such
pretty hands, Norlne!"
Sho bad smiled back at him, saying:
"They are not afraid of work." And
he had answered, with tho pride of per
sonal possession, they are not-afraid of
anything."
Ah, well! Sho roused herself with a
sigh.
"That was nil so long ago,
And tlmo works changes, as we must
know."
The milk on the range was at boiling
point. She ndded a teaspoonful of
vinegar to the foaming mass in tho
saucepan, and quickly removing tho
same poured tho strange-scented mix
ture through a fine wire sieve. Her
remedy and refreshment were In readi
ness tho potent "whey" denr to tho
heart of trans-Atlantic physicians.
Hark! Again!
Sho set down tho bowl hurriedly.
Nearer that trend and nearer! It was
on the back porch now. He whoever
ho was had laid ono hand upon tho
window frame was trying It was
shaking It softly.
Involuntarily Nurso Norlno stepped
back. She was not one of your heroic
women. Sho could feel her heart
pounding, until It seemed to strain Its
cords ns a hound strains Its leash.
Ought sho to turn out tho light?
Should sho try to leave tho spot?
"Thank Ood!" sho pantd, "Besslo
will never learn nursing."
Although tho association of burglary
with nursing wns decidedly illogical.
There was n grating sound at tho
window.
Tho window wns lifted by a strong,
stealthy hand. A blurred, wriggling
shadow fell across the floor.
"Now!" breathed Nurse Norlne.
"Now!"
Her professional habit of self-controlthe
sense of responsibility to her
patient these sustnlned her. Just us
the clump of shoos struck tho floor, sho
advanced. A lofty, Ill-clad figure con
fronted her. A face, distinguishable
between slouch hat and chin bandage,
was near her own. A grimy hand
gripped her throat.
"Keep still!" commanded the voice
back of the swathing handkerchief.
"Keep still!"
The command waB superfluous with
the herculean grip of those strong fin
gers at her throat.
"I won't hurt you," went on the auto
eratlc voice. "Not If you don't make a
racket. He Isn't home tho master. I
aw that In the papers. I want her
Jewels phe's dying. Sho won't miss
them. Where nro they? Arc they In
the secret closet off the dressing-room
nt the head of tho prlvato Btalrcase?
That Is where my wlfo kept" Ho
broke off abruptly. "Where nre they?"
Tho grip on her throat relaxed.
"I know where you mean," she cried
In her surprise her. bewilderment. "I
know."
Why should sho not know sho to
whom this house had been n wedding
gift! She, who had once placed her
own Jewels In that same receptacle.
She who had come back as a paid servi
tor to the scene of her only full, real,
transcendent happiness!
"Quick, then! Quick!"
An encouraging oath from outsldo
'the window reached them. Again tho
man's fingers closed around the smooth
whlto throat. "You know. Drlng
them, then or, wait I'll go with you.
Dut no noise, you understand. Not a
sound, or" His right hand slid back
ward. He shook before her eyes tho
llttlo toy of metal nnd wood he drew
forth. "I can find the place alone," he
said. And then, to him without:
"Drlng tho cord, Marty!"
In that Instant of diverted attention
she wreBtcd herself free.
"Listen!" 8he gasped. "The womnn
Is dying. Any cnmomtlon will kill her
at once. And I cannot O!"
Onco more the flngcra, fierce In a
convolution born of rage, were at her
throat and tho masked face bent lower.
"Yon must! You shall or, by "
Tho fingers tangled In a chain a
mere thread of gold. Something fell,
with a mellow clatter to the floor.
The man stooped hastily. He picked
up the fallen bauble.
"Don't take that!" entreated tho
nurse. She had fallen back once more.
"It Is of no value. That Is of no In
trinsic value. It is mine only mine.
Give It to me!"
She was white as death, nnd shiver
ing, when she- held out piteous, en
treating hands. She forgot fear In dc
elre. Dut tho man was staring stupidly
upon the medallion In his palm an
Ivory medallion upon which was paint
ed a girl's face. How sweet that face
was how near, reproachful, tender,
familiar! A lifted young face, full of
love, shyness, half-fledged courage. And
tho shyness that was salntllness he
knew all these.
"Give It to me," the nurse entreated.
"Give mo my little girl's picture. Glvo
It to me. It Is all I havo of value
Bessie's picture."
The man hesitated. Ho still looked
down on the trifle In his great hand
motionless, entranced. From without
sounded a crackle of curses.
"I will go," tho man Bald, "If you
will answer these questions. Where is
this child? Where Is her father? Why.
are you here?"
She put out both hands and felt
blindly for the tablo behind her.
"She Is nt the Sacred Heart convent.
She is good. Sho is beautiful. Her
father left his home long ago In a mis
taken a jealous rage." She paused.
Something in tho poso of tho great
bulk confronting her In the echo of
tho volco that had Interrogated, mado
her nostrils rigid her lips blue. "I
am here because I must support my
child and myself. That Is all."
"Your child!" ho repeated. He was
gazing down on the bright thing in tho
hollow of his hnnd. That face! Tho
broad brow; the eyes, long-lidded and
long-lashed; tho serious sweep of hair
about the temples these wero his own.
And the mouth those squnro cut, sen
sitive lips with tho beguiling dlffldenco
that was half audacity those wero
hers.
"Nora," ho begnn. It was his old
name for her. "Nora "
"Git to work!" ndvlsed a hiiBky volco
from tho outer dnrkness. "Git to
work, you bloomln' fool."
That "bloomln' fool" moved nearer
to the nurse. Ho had cast asldo his
disguising lint and 'kerchief.
"Nora, you remember how we came
down hero to cook a post-opera supper
ono spring night, nfter we had como
back from New Orleans? I did not
recognize you at first. Dress tlmo
change many things. All these havo
caused natural alterations." It was no
longer tho' intruder who was speaking.
It was the gentleman tho scholar.
"Wo were so afraid of the cook, you
recollect? And that confounded ome
let, des herbes! Wo tried to make It
as it was served to us In dim, dark,
dear New Orleans. What dinners wo
had in that llttlo, gloomy restaurant
on tho Ruo Chartres! Whst prowling
in the French quarter! How you hated
tho lazy old mules on Tchoupltoulas
street! Then, there were th mornings
in Jackson square! And tho strolls
through the French market, and "
There was no mistaking tho fervor ot
the curse which cum through the
opened window. But the man lingered
although he had banded back the
bauble.
"Do you remember?" he insisted.
lfcx jj tffu iftm g tM t w
"Could I forget?" she counter-queried.
The bell rang.
"I nin needed." She lifted tho pitch-,
cr of wnoy. Sho opened tho door.
"Go!" she said.
"Will you tell Bessie "
"What?"
"Nothing, Nora. Never mind, dear."
"You have been gone n long tlmo,
nurse," objected tho patient, fretfully.
"I am sorry, madamc, but tho delay
was unavoidable. Drink this."
She slipped hor strong arm under tho
pillow. Sho directed tho wavering
head upon It. Sho held tho cup with
firm fingers. But her gaze strayed to a
corner where a crib used to stand a
llttlo rose-hung crib, where tho origi
nal of the portrait on the medallion
Daby Bessie had lain!
OSTHICH AS A WATCHMAN.
Hagacloui Illrd, Named Napolenn, Ueep
Unard.
An ostrich watchman Is tho latest
trained wonder In Florida. Ho can bo
seen every night making his rounds
through tho pens of an ostrich farm
near Jacksonville, says a correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Times. About
a week ago the sagacious bird, which
has been named Napoleon, proved Ids
capacity for the appointment. About
eight months ago the owners of this
herd of ostriches established the farm
at this place. Previous to this tlmo
and since 1885, when they mndo their
first importations of birds into this
country.they carried on their extensive
farm in California. Attracted by tho
salubrious climate and the shorter dis
tance to their mnrketB," they determin
ed upon this step. When they estab
lished their farm at Jacksonville, they
added as an especial attraction speci
mens of many rare birds and animals
capable of easy domestication. Among
tho former was a flock of over 200
golden and other varieties of phea
sants. In the courso of events this
fnct became known to the many color
ed gentry, nnd knowing the darky's
natural penchant for "chlckin'," tho
owners feared for their latest purchas
es. The pheasants, they know, would
be tempting, because all birds look
alike to coons, nnd these resembled
more than anything else, nice, fat
yellow-legged roosters, nnd so would
become doubly tempting. Nor wero
the fears of the owners groundless.
The "cullod" population rnpidly pass
ed through the stages of hearing, In
vestigating nnd finally seeing. At this
Btnge of tho game tho owners of tho
ostrich herd took steps to prevent tho
loss of their property, and Napoleon
was called Into requisition.
RICH PICKING FOR SAILORS.
UrltUh Tar Oftim Derive Fortune lo
I'rlie Money.
As the minister of war has Bald, wo
are now at strife with an enemy which
does not even possess a cockle-boat,
and those brave sailors who are fight
ing patriotically with their soldier
brothers have not the additional In
centives that used to be held out to
tars In tho way of treasure ships, the
capture of one of which, incredible ns
It may seem, in some cases gave each
ordinary seaman nB much as 2,000
worth then much more than now
prize money. It Is not very long since
an old sailor died In London who re
membered serving on vessels In the
royal navy that sometimes waited oft
one station for a year for a treasure
ship they had been warned of, and who
was present when our craft, the Etha
llan, captured the Thetis, with $1,700,
000 on board. About the samo time
three of our warships, after lying In
wait for months, captured tho Santa
Brlgada with a treasure of nearly $2,
000,000 In her hold. It needed Blxty
thrco artillery wagons escorted by
nrmed men nnd bands of music to
convey tho treasure to the citadel of
Plymouth, and each captain received as
prize money 40,730; each lieutenant
had 5,100 and each seaman and ma
rlnc 182.
Iteitleif Americano.
All winter long, and Into this, tho
second month of the violet-scented
springtime of Mexico, we have heard
two distinctive sounds the click of
tho kodak and the "taconeo," or tick
tack of tho llttlo heels of the American,
girl, marching through San Frnnclsco,
Profesa nnd Plateros streets. And still
they come, this flitting army ot rest
less Americanos, male and female, as
tho Lord created them, nnd Instinct
with the hereditary nomadism of our
race, for no one stays close at homo
except for financial reasons. That Is
also why many of us here In tho trop
ics will not go to tho Paris exposition.
It Ib well to bo "frnnc" about it. Bos
ton Herald's letter from City of Mexi
co. A New Mineral,
Mohnwkito is tho name given to a
new mineral discovered In tho copper
mines at Houghton, Mich. It is nn
arsenide of copper in connection with
nn arsenide of nickel, united chemical
ly, not mechanically. An alloy of cop
per and nickel is in good demand, nnd
the new ore, It Is said can be turned
Into copper, nickel, arsenic and cobalt
with less than 1 per cent of waBte.
Cobalt is the base of tho deepest blue
dye. Arsenic Is worth flvo cents a
pound, copper 17 cents nnd nickel moro
than twlco as much as copper.
HarveiU for DentUt.
If a child would eat candy once a
day and then wash out his mouth
thoroughly ho might keep up the prac
tice for fifty yeara without harm to
his teeth, but It is tho constant suck
ing of candy, alwaya having something
sweet In the mouth, that eats away tho
enamel and reapB mighty harvest tor
the dentist.
t
l-w8s50Z!Z1i
