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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1900)
mtjmjj:ma&i:x s&?m.2!m jg&.tu:MVL. HP. k& OUOHTOOLDBRICK Hastings Banker Invests Sum of 513,600, the A STRANGER'S VERY SMOOTH WORK TTIUInm Kerr of IlnnHm;, Nell,, He- llcvod to IIno Ilcen the Victim of n Illg Gold Ilrlck Sixlndlo Sold Interest In Mine. William Kerr, president of the Adams county bank at Hastings, Neb., and one of the wealthiest citizens of Ne braska, Is the possessor of u gold brick that has cost him 813,000 and much agony of mind. On Decoration day lie was approached by an ordinary look ing stranger who introduced himself as an old time partner of Albert Kerr a cousin to Mr. Kerr and for whom he was now looking. Mi Kerr llnully ascertained that the stranger was a miner who with an old Indian had lo cated a gold mine of untold value in Old Mexico and that they had a brick of the precious metal they had taken from the mine. The stranger was looking for the cousin, whom he ex pected to let in on the find. He said that both he and his Indian partner were Ignorant of the mining laws, and they were anxious to Inteiest some one who would look aftci their interests. The stranger's appearance and tho plausibility of his story so Impressed Mr. Kerr that he left with him that evening for a place near Leavenworth, Kan. Arriving there he was conduct ed at midnight to a cave in the woods. where they were met by the Indian. The brick was produced and some of it taken out with a gimlet by Mr. Kerr. This he took to Kansas City, where he had it assayed. The result showed a value of S-'O an ounce, making the brick at that ratio worth S18.000. Mr. Kerr drew on his bank here for $13,000, the sum the owners of the brick had fixed us their price, and returned to Leavenworth. Another visit wns made to the cave and the exchange was made. Mr. Kerr came home with the understanding that the stranger was to meet him here last Sunday with the papers to convey to Mr. Kerr o third interest in the mine. Sunday came, but no strunger, and as the days passed Mr. Kerr be came anxious. A suspicion took possession of his mind that he had been buncoed or was in possession of stolen goods, and on last Wednesday he expressed the brick to David H. Moffat, president of the First National bank of Denver to have it assayed, also with the idea of taking Btcps to clear himself should it prove to have been stolen. TROOP TRAINS MOVE foreign Soldier Sent to the Chlneio Cupltnl. The Tien Tsin News says: About 1..100 foreign troops of all arms left for Pekin by two troop trains Saturdav. Advices from London say: The ad mirals at Taint, acting in concert, are forcibly reopening the railway from Tien Tsln to Pekin. Gangs of laborers ure repairing the damaged line, which is guarded by 1,500 men, composed of detachments from the foreign fleet. One hundred Americans, under Cap tain McCalla, are among them. They have gnus and armored trains for use when the lines is repaired, which can hardly be effected before Mouday bight. Ten thousand troops of all nationali ties, according to a dispatch to the Dally Express from Shunghal, will be 6ent to Pekin to back up the demands of the ministers upon the government, or, if necessary, to suppress the boxers themselves. THREE KILLED IN A MINE An Explosion Underground ut Uloucei tcr, Ohio. A Gloucester, O., dispatch says: Txvo hundred miners xvere imprisoned by an explosion of gas in mine No. 2, and as many more xvere about to enter the mine for work. It xvas thought at first that the loss of life xvould be very large, but Mie work of the rescuers xvere carried on so energetically and successfully that all xvere rescued and Bavcd except three. Evan Joseph, John McClelland and Aurjn Sxvunson were killed and their bodies cannot probably bo recovered, as the mine Is btlll on fire. MRS FRANK MOORES KILLED Wife of Mnyor of Omaha Victim of ft Itunnxiny Acrldeut. Mrs. Frank E. Moores, xxife of the mayor of Omaha, xvas fatally injured in a. runaxvay uccldent. Her coachman xvas powerless to check the horses ns they dashed along the Tenth street viaduct. At Hickory street Mrs. Moores jumped from the carriage and xvus thrown violently, her head strik ing a curbstone, fracturing her skull. Doctors give no hope of her recovery. Mrs. Maclcay and her daughter, xvho were with Mrs. Moores in the carriage, were not seriously injured. Mrs. Moores di:d at 8:115. TENSION VERY STRONG Renewed Trouble Hetneen Japan and Korea I'robuble. More ficrlous from a Japanese point of vlexv than tho rising of the boxers in China is the sudden tension betxveen Japan and Korea as the result of the protests of Japan against the torture and execution of political prisoners by the Korean government. The Korean emperor absolutely refuses to grant un audience to tho Japanese minister, llayashi Gonbake. CAPTURE OF A DESPERADO Kilt one ALim, Shoot, rollreiiiiin inn) fls-hl. Arrrit. A Covington, Ky., dispatch says: William Hums and Thomas Kyon, alias Thomas Reynolds, are In jail here charged with the murder of an un known man, and the fatal shooting of a patrolman of the Covington police. Hums says that he himself did all the shooting and all the killing and that Lyon was only along with him. The start of the affair was near Lud low, Ky., on the Ohio river bank These two men and the unknown man happened together at that place. The two prisoners say that they gave the unknown man money to buy a keg of beer) that he came back and refused to divide, whereupon Hums shot and killed him. The police at Ludlow tel ephoned the Covington police that the murderers had jumped on a street car. They were Intercepted by Lieut. II. Schwelnfuss and Patrolman Thomas McQuery. The murderers ran onto the suspension bridge and the olllccrs gave chase, llotlt used revolvers. Pa trolman McQuery was shot through the chest and Is lying nt the point of death. William Hums was shot through the leg and n bystander, Thomas Mc Cue, received a flesh wound. Wounded as he was wltn a revolver in each hand, Hums jumped from the suspension bridge holding Ills revol vers high In the air and going down like a professional bridge jumper into the waters ninety feet below. Mean time Lieut. Schwelnfuss turned over Lyon to some patrolmen, ran down the Ohio side and boarded some coal burges towards which Hums was swimming. Hums carte to the barges with the pistols In his hands and snapped one of them at the lieutenant. but the cartridge failed to discharge and he was Immediately arrested. This story of the tragedy and thrilling in cidents is still a mystery owing to the reticence of 4hc prisoners and the in ability of the police to trace their identity. RIOTS FATAL END Hloodlett liny In the lllHtory of th St. I.ouU Strike. Sunday xvas one of the. most eventful and bloody since the strike of the St. Louis Transit company began. There xvere numerous encounters between strikers and other riotous Individuals and the authorities, resulting in four deaths and the xvounding of live or more persons, mostly strikers. One of the latter xvlll die. The dead: C. Edxvurd Thomas, striking conduc tor, shot in the breast. George Rlue, striking tnotormau, shot in the abdomen. Fred Hoehm, aged citizen, shot and instantly killed by deputy sheriff. Ed Hurkhart, striking conductor, shot in head. Wounded: Oscar Marvin, conductor, shot in the hand and arm, hcrious. August Smith, shot in the arm and breast. Charles Ludxvig, shot In the hand. Edxvard Harry, motorman, hit with brick and badly injured; James MeGuire and John MoElroy, severe scalp wounds. Cars xvere In operation during the day on all the. lines of the Transit company .except the southwestern. Cars wore run under police protection until midnight on the Park avenue, Olive btrcet, Lindell division and La Clcde avenue line. MAKE A GOOD CATCH Capture of Ounerul l'lo Del l'llar Very Importnnt. General Pio'Del Pilar, the most ag gressive unci persistent of tho Filipino leaders, xvho-xvas captured recently, as previously cabled to the Associated Press, xvas made a prisoner at Guudii loupe, six miles east of Munila, by some of the Manila native police. Up on Information received that Plo Del Pilar xvus to be at a ceitaln house, Captain Lara and txvelve policemen pioceedcd in a launch to Guarialoupc, where, aided by a detuehment of the Txventy-flrst infantry, they surrounded the house, captured tho general, and brought him to Munila, xvhere he xvas posittx-ely identified before the provost marshal. STREET PREACHER KILLED Murder n Deputy Sheriff and In Turn Shot Down. Thomas Jefferson Johnson, lenoxvn ns "Cyclone" Johnson, a street preach er, xvas shot and Instantly killed at Carmel, sixteen miles north of Indian apolis. Ind.. after he had killed Deputy Sheriff Carey, xvho xvas trying to ar rest him for assault and battery. John son has been attacking different per sons in his street talks and these at tacks hid brought htm into several light. Carey tried to arrest him xvhlle he xvas thus attacking, and xvas shot dead and an unknown person in the crowd shot Johnson. NEWS IN BRIER. The safe in tho Hurllngtou depot at Hroxvnvllle, Neb., xvas bloxvn open on Kntnrrinv nlirht. The burulurs cot 'less than ten cents in coppers for their trouble. The body of Floyd Meredith, the boy drowned at Nebraska City about txvo xveeks ago, has been recovered. Minnie, the seven-year-old daughter of Charles Spencer, of liluden, Neb., xvas instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a turget rifle in the hands of her brother Karl. Tho ball pene tratod her brain. A xvoman xvho hod pushed a baby carriage all the xvay from Denver, con taining a slxteen-mpnth-old baby and a satchel, xvas found almost exhausted near Wymore. A purse xvas made up and transportation secured to the home of her brother at Langdon, Mo. ilOllT TOO SOON England Has a Mighty Task in the Transvaal. GETS NEWS OF VERY BAD REVERSE tlnttre Iteglnient .Swallowed Up hy the, Iloer Jinny Killed or Cnitnreil I'orco Under Mulhucii Naffer Terribly Oilier News. A London, .Tunc 11 dispatch says: Lieutenant General Sir Frederick For-cstler-Walker, In command of the lines of communication in South Africa icports that in the disaster to the Ill-Utah troops June 0, at Hoodeval, where the Hoers ciit Lord Roberts' line of communications, the Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire regiment were all lilllcd, wounded or made prisoners ex cept six enlisted men. Two olllccrs and tlfteeu men were killed and live olllccrs and seventy-two men were wounded, many of them severely. The Hoers returned the wounded to the Hrltlsh. It is inferred that the Hoers cap tured over .100 men and as late a .Tune 10 held pcsltlonscuttlngoirthe Hrltlsh forces north of Kioonstad from rein Inforccmcuts. The news that the shutting off of Lord Roberts' communication with thu outer world was accompanied by such a serious loss came like a bolt front a comparatively clear sky. In London, until the news came, It was thought that the destruction of the ralltoad was accomplished by Free Sfatcrs,who weic avoiding rather than annihilating the Krltish detachments stationed at the twin t attacked. GOVERNOR SHAW IN WRECK ItccclveH Slight Injuries While the i:n- gluccr I Kilted. Monday evening at Dcs Moines, la., as the regular train on the Chicago Jit Northxvcstern xvas pulling out for Ames it came Into collision with a spe cial passenger train that xvas coming in. Engineer Thomas Smith xvas killed, but the other englnemen jumped and xvere not hurt, lloth en gines xvere demolished, but the rest of the trains remained on the track. None, of the passengers xvere hurt beyond a shaking up. Gox'crnor Shaxv xvas on the outgoing train bound for Chicago and Philadelphia and received a cut on the temple and a bruised arm, but xvas able to go home , and xvhen seen by a reporter, said he xvould be able to resume his journey Tuesday. lira ii d Arnir Staff. John Reese, department commander, and Wlnslow II. Hnrge, assistant adju tant general, hax-e issued nn order to the G. A. It., posts. The appointment of the department commander's staff Is announced as folloxvs: Assistant adjutant general, James I). Gage, post No. 1.1(5, Ftanklin; assistant quarter master general, Hrad P. Cook, post .No. 214, Lincoln; judge advocate general, Ira D. Martson, post 201), Kearney; inspector general, Harry E, Pound, post No. 80, Red Cloud; chief of stall', Charles E. Hurmestcr, post No. 110, Omaha. The assistant adjutant gen eral xvlll ussume tho duties of the olllce on June !M. Other stntf otllcers xvlll assume the duties of their oflices as boon as regularly qualified. Not Taxable 1'roperly. A Denver, June 11 dispatch says: The state court of appeals decided that a membership In or a contract with the Associated press is not a "property" which can be taxed. This Milt xvas brought by the Rocky Moun tain Nexvs on behalf of the papers in the city using the service, to prevent the assessment of the Associated press franchise of S'.M.OOO. The decision of the loxvcr court that it xvas not a tax able property is ufllrmcri. Print I'uper Will (lo Higher. xi is ucing claimed ny those in a position to forma reliable opinion, that the prices of nexvs paper are likely to be higher during the latter half of thu present year than they hux'c been here tofore. This judgment is based on the heavy demands both In this country and abroad, occasioned by the Paris Exposition, the Hrltlsh-Hoer war, and our noxv approaching presidential cam paign. Home Hilled by n Train. Albert Mlers and Peter and Fred Holcomb, of Dunlap, la., xvho ure on their xvay to Rig Horn county for a fexv xvoek's outing, xvere camped near tho railroad track half a mllu xvest of Alnsworth, Neb. They allowed their team to run lose upon the track xvhen a freight train came along running the txvo horses into a bridge, and then striking nud killing one and crippling the other. Shooting at llity Spring!, Neb. I. S, Knight, a coal dealer, of Hay Springs, Neb., shot Dick Hall, n car penter, with probably fatal effect. The ball passed through the right hand and entered the right breast just beloxv the nipple. To Go After Lyncher. A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says that when Governor Long! no learned of the lynching of tho negroes Russ and Askcxv at Mississippi City, ho intimat ed that if the facts arc ns reported ho will immediately undertake to bring the guilty parties to justice. Aliened Cattle Stealing. Alonzo Scott and Robert Gustln xvere MTCRtcd at Ronkloinen, Neb., charged with cattle stealing. The preliminary trial will bo held at St. Francis. Kan., ns the alleged theft xvus committed in that state. SITUATION STILL ACUTE Chlue Nation Mllll In IVrll -Uehelllnu Ml lit Itelclit. A London, .lime II special says: The last message out of IVkin to reach Loudon left theie Monday morning at U o'clock, going by way of the Russian telegraph through Manchuiia.the Tien Tsln being cut as follows: "(ieneral Tung, a Mohammedan, ex tremely hostile" to foreigners, nrrheri here this morning and Inula long audi ence with Prince Timiv father of the heir apparent, who Is seemingly friend ly to the Losers. Prince Tuuti haa been appointed chief of thu fo elgn otllee oxer Prime Citing, who Is more friendly toxxard the foreigners. "The dispatch of more marines xvus In i espouse to a telegram front the ministers to the consuls at Tien Tsln for ud lllional troips. Conveyances have left IVkln to meet the troops coming by the tlrst train. "The arrival of the empress doxvager has rendered the city somexvhat more quit than It had been recently. "The protestauts have erected a bar ricade before the building in which they have taken refuse, and they have a small guard. The c.ttholles are eon ocntiated north of the cathedral under the protection of a French guard of txvcnty-tlve men, xvho will hold out to the end. I tun convinced that Pekin, especially tlui Tartar city, is safe, "At Tien Tsln the viceroy llnally consented to furnish transport for a relief force of Kid under an American commander. The partial restoration of the railxxay Is i'p.vted by tumor toxv. More massacre- of Christians aiv reported." MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Dnilgo County I'liruier Alumni liielucr nlod Clothing on lire. Chris Sasse, u prominent farmer liv ing east of Dodge, Neb., met u horrible death Saturday night. He xvas struck by a bolt of lightning and his body xvas burned beyond all resemblance to that of a human being. One of Ills horses xvas also killed by the shock. The accident happened about 11:10 p. m., xvhen Mr. Sasse xvas going home from town in a gathering storm. About a mllu and a half east of town, a neighbor riding a short distance ahead of him turned us he heard a ter rific crash of thunder and saxv one of Sasse's horses dead by thu road side and the man in the xx agon "xvlth his clothing on lire. When the man went to Satcc he found that he was dead and his body from his head to his knees xvas perfectly black. His clothing xvas still burning. Aside from Ills legs from his knees to his feet there xvas hardly anything in the mass of burning llesh to be recognized as belonging to a man. Mr. Sasse's watch xvas a mass of molten metal, a roll of bills in his pocket xvas a bundle of tinder, and his clothing xvas in ashes. The second horse of the team xvas not hurt. Mr. Sassu leaves a xvldoxv and four children In fulr circumstances. ANOTHER BARN GONE Frunk Itiitvllugs l.lvery Stable Dei troyed by l'lru Tuesday Morning. The Raxvllngs burn at i:il South Thirteenth street, Lincoln, Neb,, xvas consumed by lire Tuesday morning. The lire spread from the barn to the rear part of the brick block oxvned by Mr. Raxvllngs, at ISM N street, and damaged It considerably, gutting the old portion of the building. The front part, just completed, xvas slightly damaged. The paint shop of J. J. Hutler, txvo doors south of tho barn, xvas burned but the row of frame buildings south of the barn were saved, oxving to the direction of the wind. The barn xvas tilled with horses at the time, but oxving to tho timely xvotk of the bam men and others evert horse xvas saved. College llulldlng llurned. The north Nebraska college build ing of Madison, Neb., is u total xvreck. having been struck by lightning and burned. A furious storm had been raging for hours, and nt about mid night tho 'dome of the college wns struck by lightning. Near by citizens saxv a small blnzc about the size of a candle, but nothing could bo done. Loss about 8.1,000. Alleged Thlevui Hound Over. Edxvard Hamilton, Harry Welch and Mrs. Harriet Jennings, the persons ar rested at Hrownvlllo charged xvith burglarizing the home of Mr, Strain, just above Nebraska City, and carrying the goods off in boats, had a hearing before Judge Joyce and xvas bound bx-cr to tho September term of tho dls trlct court. Killed by A Street Cur. Samuel T. Davis, xvho xvent to Sioux City, Iu., in 18.10, and from the tlrst has been a prominent lnxvyer and capital ist, xvas struck by a street car and in stantly killed. He xvas qulto deaf and did not see or hear the car. In early days he owned tho land upon which the best residence part of Sioux City noxv btands. NEWS IN BRIEF. Wheat took a drop on tho board of trade of Saturday. Edgar Hoxvard of Fapllllon xvas nominated for congress at the Omaha convention. Senator Clark has returned to Mon tana and denounces his accusers us a gang of perjurers. One of the Hoer cnx'oys told an Oma ha man that tho peace commission may make a proposition to annex tho Dutch republics to tho United States. The Epxvorth asseinby, to be held at Lincoln August 1 to 0, has secured Maud Hallington Hooth, Generals Hoxv ard and Gordon and txvo Methodist bibhops among the speakers. FOJiEOYS AND CURLS. SOME GOOD STOHIES Fon oun JUNIOR FlhADERS, ltntl)' I'nrly to Soldier Hidden lint)' l.e..nu In radiology A Honp-llnlililn Trlili The l.uul of Aiohoul A 1'oein for Young Folk. The I.nud of All) how, lleyond the Mo of What's the IIkp, Wheie Hllimhoil Point Irt now, Theio lined lo be xvhen I xvaH young, The land (if Auyhoxv. Don't Care xxn King of all this rcnlm- A etui I King was he, For those xxho served him wit li Kood lunrt lie treated Mmmcfully. When hoys and ulrts their tanks xvould KllKllt And cloud poor mother's hroxv, He'd wiy, "Don't cure! It's pood enough! lust do It atiyhoxvl" r Hut x lien In after llfo they longed To malic proud Fortune bow, lie lot them llml Hint Fatu nu'or umlles On xx oik ilont) auyhoxv. For he xxho xvould the harvest reap Mtixt learn to use tho ploxv And pitch his tents a long xxay off Fioni tho land of Anyhoxvl Selected Itell.x' I'nrly. (ny llopo O'Nell, age in. Detroit ) Hetty Hansom stood leaning against the front gate, Idly drumming on the gate post with her fingers, and gaz ing wistfully nrrosa the meadows at the town, half a tnllo distant. She watt very loncKomo, and no xvonder. This xvns her fourteenth birthday, and her father xvas far south In the xvar and her grandmother had gone only that morning to help a Rick aunt, nine miles axvay, whllo not oven a child lived near to come nnri visit xvlth her. A quaint figure she xvould have ntndo to-day. for till xvas nt the time xvhen our groat-grandfathers were lighting for liberty, and Colonel Turlo ton. with his hated Hrltlsh troops. xvas overrunning Virginia, plundering mid burning the homes of tho Colon ists. And, standing there nlone, Het ty xvns thinking of her father who had gone axvay bo long ago, when suddenly her eyes fell upon a horse man coming up tho road enveloped lit a cloud of dust. Nearer and near er ho rame, nnd ns ho passed tho Iioubo ho waved Ills arms and shouted: "Como to town! Tho redcoats nro coming!" The girl started toward tho houso. and then stopped abruptly, ns gron- nyB hist words canto to her: "Don't go nway, Hetty, and tnko good caro of tho house." What would poor granny do If anything should happen to her llttlo homo. Bho xvould surely never get over It, and at onco tho bravo girl decided to stay there nnd endeavor to persuade tho Roldlors not to harm the place After cnrefully bolting tho doors and closing tho blinds, she sat down In tho dim par lor to wait, hoping they might go .straight on to town. The sky cloud ed, and it began to rain. Perhaps It xvns tho rain's monotonous bcntlng on tho pane, or clso It xvas tho still ness of the house, that nt hist made Hetty fall asleep. Tho aftornoon xvoro sloxvly axvay, nnd finally, nhout li, phe xvus uxvukened by tho sound of horses hoofs, ond, peering through tho curtain, sho saxv a group of sol diers, with their brilliant uniforms splashed with mud and water, dis mounting nt the gnto. "Confound this rain," said ono; "xvo may ns xvell stop hero and get dry, any way. And say, captain, it looks as If no ono was home. May bo xvc can find somo supper nnd some thing to carry nxvay, too." And ho chuckled ns ho pushed open the gate Tho officer addressed dismounted, strode up the path nnd gavo a thun 'derlng rap nt the door, and, sum moning tip her courage, Dcttty opened It. "Hello!" cried tho astonished In truder, nnd then he added pleasantly, "Will you glvo us something to eat my llttlo lass?" "Grnnny Isnt home," replied Hetty timidly; "hut If you will put your horses in tho back shed and step In, maybo I can get you some supper; only pleaso wlpo your feet on tho door-mat." Tho men laughed nt this, hut not ono of them stepped Into tho trim llttlo kitchen with muddy hoots, net ty led them to the parlor, nnd then, ns she closed tho door, n bright Idea enmo to her. It xvas her birthday, so why not call this hor birthday party? Quickly putting her thought Into ac tion, sho brought out tho best da mask tabic llnrn, choicest china and ullverxvare, nnd sot on tho tablo n great howl of roses. Then out of tho well-stored pantry ennio nil kinds of hnm, and n ijrent tanknrd of chlor. When nil xvas done sho slipped up stairs nnd put n her best Ditto frock, and then called the soldiers to sup per. Great was the surprise and ad miration ns tho men caught sight of tho tablo, and whnn Hetty had ex plained tho captain gallantly escorted her to a scat at the head of tho board. Dy tho time tho merry meal xvas ended tho men had forgotton that they were going to rob tho cot tage, nnd finally, when tho captain uroso and said, ns ho held his elder mug high: "Here's to Mistress Dotty Ransom, ,tho sweetest little maid in Virginia! God bless her and bring lur father eafo homo to her. He xvau greeted with cheers. And after they had all drank her health tho captain dropped several coins Into his empty cup, crying: "Here's to a birthday gift for her." And then tho glass wont gaily around the tablo, to bo at last set do.vn before a vory happy and grateful Utile girl. Ami when, nftor firing a snluto to their llttlo hostess, they all rodo away, Hetty stood In tho doorway, lint hed In n flood of ruddy sunset light, and xvnvcd a royal good-by to her HrltlHh bit Unlay guests. Detroit Frco Pi cfs. lti.h'n I.eimoii In rntliotory. "Hnh" Is a fox terrier xvho counts as her very own that portion of tho world Immediately about her. Hho I it quick nnd reasoning animal and dls pl.TyB trnltB which nro strongly human. Recently sho hoenmo tho proud mother of two rolypoly puppies, xvhlte. with n few black spots scattered upon their tight coats. One morning Matilda enme In from tho kennel xvlth the In formation thut ono of the llttlo ones was dead and the other ono nearly so. A relief corps at onco visited the ken nel nnd tho surviving puppy was brought Into tho hoiiso. A fexv drops of stimulant wero forced betxveen his lips with great dlfflrulty. Then a small hot-xvatcr hottlo xvns placed against tho llttlo stomnch, which scorned unnaturally hard and sxvollcn. Next ho xvas placed snugly in nn old fruit lmsltet with a scrap of blanket and developments nxvnltod. Poor Hah xvas ht'iirtbrokon. Sho followed tho ministering angels Into tho house. Placing her sensitive noso under tho chin of hor sick Infant, sho walled mournfully nnd long. She wns ten derly comforted, advised to bear up, bo bravo and so forth. After a tlmo Matilda, observing that tho water wan cooling, took tho hottlo away to bo ictlllud. To this Hah objected strong ly. Hut xvhen sho saxv Matilda re turning xvlth tho bottle sho trotted nimbly toward her anil offered to tnko tho hottlo In her mouth. Matilda lot her have It, wondnrlngly. Dab at onco xvont to tho basket and axvkwardly poked tho bottle again under the small Invalid's stomach. Tho puppy rapidly recovered. Its Improved condition wns evident to Hah, for sho disap peared and returned, tenderly carry ing the dead puppy. It xvas clearly her deslro that It, too, should rccclvo treatment. Hut tho plump llttlo body xvns beyond help. After a time, much to the annoynnre of tho other nurses, Hah climbed upon n chair with the sick puppy. Hut they xvnlted to see what sho xvould do. Then sho mndo a sec ond trip to tho bitBket and brought tho water hottlo to tho chair. Tho small fruit basket had hampered her In cuddling hor baby, but upon tho chnlr sho formed a happy group mother, sick puppy nnd hot-water bot tle, In cIoho nnd comfortable conjunc tion. Elizabeth Nuhomnchor, of New Albany, Ind., In Chicago Record. A Simp Hubble Trick. It Is easy enough to blow thrca soap bubbles, ono Insldo of nnothcr. Tho Importnnt mnttcr Is to havo tho right kind of water to mnko good bub bles. Tnko somo soap containing a large amount of glycorlne, or bettor still, tnko one-third of a part of chemi cally pure glycerine nnd ono nnd one third distilled water containing n Ut ile oleic acid natron. Mako two tubes out of rolled wrapping paper, cover ing tho pnper xvlth mucllago on both sides beforo rolling It up. Let ono tubo ho nhout an Inch In dlnmetcr at tho outer end nnd tho other two inches. Whip tho water up so that It Is sonpy, and nftcr a llttlo experiment ing, If soap Ib used, tho proper con sistency will bo obtained, so that tho bubbles stand well. Do not blow tho bubbles In too warm n room, as tho evaporation bursts them. Then cover a plate with a thin layer of tho soap water. Dlow a bubble from the widest tube and lay It gently on tho plate. Soak tho other smaller tubo In tho soapy water, so that It Is wot somo distance from tho outer end. Then very gently Insert the tubo nnd blow a hubblo with It In tho largo bubblo already on the plnte. Now you havo two bubbles Insldo of ono nnothor. To make tho third, tako" a common clay plpo, wet It xvell on tho outside In the sonpy water, and thon, inserting It very gently Into tho Inner of the other two bubbles, blow a bubble, not too largo, nnd havo father fill It with smoko from his clgnr, through tho pipe, to mako It moro distinct. Rc leaso tho bubblo from the plpo end, withdraw tho plpo and you hnve threo bubbles miraculously Inside of each other, or nt least, It seems miraculous to nny ono who does not knoxv how it Is dono. A Hrlek-llenrted i:im. In Noxv Brunswick, N. J., Is an elm treo that literally has a heart of stone, If tllntllko bricks and mortar may so bo classified. A long time ago tho elm was ono of tho threo largo trees plant ed around the gruvo of a famous In dian chief, but with tho growth of tho town two of tho trees were cut down to glvo placo to a street. Tho remaining elm at onco began to dlo at tho heart, and in a few years the trunk wub hon eycombed by Insects. Then at a Fourth of July celebration tho punk llko heart caught flro una burned out Supported by a thin shell of a trunk, the treo threatened to fall In any high wind. Then it occurred to lta owner, Mrs, Elmendorf, to have the Insldo filled with brick and mortar. This was dono, and for years tho big tree has rested on its stony support, getting Us nourishment through tho bark and shading tho homo of its benefactor. A boy six years old In Iowa swal lowed several lemon seeds. They tprouted In his stomach and nearly killed him before they wero removed. h$ fcul Vil h h V ,