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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1900)
fi 1 M i"-' I.M I Hi II A.f (fiv.-C C" ?.. yvQL'i-l'C-4Ffc'k' VV -- jptar'- 9W V fc " B B P pTfc w i '"' 6 2 HIS MILLIONS A; Loss Ihnn ton yonrs ago, known ns tho richest man In Somorvlllo, Mann., nnd worth nt loast f8.O0O.O0O, Charles II. North Is today rcforrod to as tho vegetable poddlnr, who never woars a hnt. From tho nppor wlndowB of tho family mnnslon on Prospect Hill, In that city, whero ho now occuplos two roomR, can bo booh a largo pork pack ing establishment In tho valley, with IiIh nnmo In great letters, that every body enn read. This whitu-linlrod man, now In his G8th year, Is no longer connected with tho business. In striking contrast, his uaiuo ap pears In mnall letters on tho Hldo of Ills peddler's cart, and after them the word "Agent." He still hopes to ro Kaln bis lost fortune and, although cut oft from family and friends, Is remark Hbly cheerful nnd energetic, showing (he ennio energy which characterized him when, as a young man, ho came from Vermont to Dostou and laid the foundation of tho fortune which has been swept away, Ho was born In Ver mont of poor parents, who, while he wnB quite young, moved to Georgln. nnd lator to Covington, Ky Ills fath er was killed In tho battle of Shlloh WOMEN DENTISTS. t'rolmlriy llutwrn-n 400 nnd .'Oil of Thi-iu In Tin Country. Now that women have Ion boon rec ognized as successful practitioners In tho medical world. It la not surprising to (hid that many of Iheiu are turning tholr attention to tho closely allied profession of dentistry. Tho New York Evening Pout states that tho New York Dental School hai for eight years boon admitting women students on an equality with men, and contains at present five women lu its frt'Hhmau class. The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, which opened its doors much carllor, can show a longer list of women craduntc.i, and at Michigan University nnd schools in Washington nnd other cities women aru entering ns 8ttidcntH of this profession wher ever thoy can gain admission. There uro probably already between 100 and r.00 women dentists In tho country. Many a woman has llrst been nttractcd to tho profession from her position n3 helper In a dentist's ofllce when a girl; others aro led Into It through the study of medicine. Tho first woman who en tered this profession wai a Prussian, rrau Dr. Hlrschfoldt-Tlburtlus, who began -to prr.otlco In 180'J. No other Is Known until 1871, when tho first woman was graduated from the Penn sylvania College of Doutnl Surgery. Two more, a German nnd an Ameri can, wore graduated In New York lu 18S0, and after that the number In crpUBod very rapidly. As tho begin ning was first made In Germany, tho lirofesslon has slnco mot with favor uniong Gorman women, but In that 'country their course Is gonorally through tho study of medlcluo and then gonoral practice In a dontlst'n offlco. All through Franca ami ling land thoro Is probably not ono woman In dentistry; In Russia women uro lurnlijfi to this profession perhaps - . d ., i. k tf a B ah. . m -v ft j Y 9 a , VN V t X d ARE GONE C When 18 yenrn of ago ho struck out for himself, earning cnntinh In n Wnl tham bakery to onablo him to npond a year In French's Academy. It wns with John P. Squire that ho learned the pork packing business, and Inside of a year ho waH able to open n ntnll of his own In Qulney market In Ronton. Ho was snccessful from tho atari. nnd, opening a storo In the markot dis trict, rapidly gained prominence. In 18(V7 ho opened tho pork pncklng establishment In Somervllle. Familiar with every detail of tho business, ho gave It his personal attention, nnd gradually added to his plant nnd ex tended the business, until tho name of Charles II. North became known all over tho country. Ho bad associated with him J. M. Merrlam, S. II. Skll- ton nnd Newman Conant. As the years went by tho business continued to In crease, and In 1890 thoro wero 1,300 hands employed. All this tlino Mr. North wns actlvo In tho affairs of Soniorvlllo. When churches weie to be built ho was al ways counted upon as ono of tho larg est contributors. Tho North homo- moro than to any other except that of medicine, and many Jewish women aro there (hiding an opening. It Is re markublc that theso conservative coun tries should be taking the load In whnt Is still regarded as an Innovation In our own country. Nnmltliii; Iron by Klm-trlvlty. A new development lu eloctro-mo-tallurgy comes from Switzerland. While that country has taken an ad vanced position In engineering and miumfuctiiro, especially in electrical work, It has been uerlously hampered by the fact that no coal Is found In Its territory, nnd that on this account all tho Iron employed In Its workshops moro than ten million dollars' worth annually has had to bo Imported, mainly from Germany. At tho same tlmo much Iron ore of good quality ex ists In tho country. A now schema for smelting these ores by means of tho electric furnace has recently been de vised, and a concession has been ob tained for tho working of a bed of ho matlto ores in tho Herneso Oborland nenr Meinlnsen. An aerial ropeway will transport tho ore to tho village NOW IT'S Objection having been made to tho automobile on tho ground that It has nothing In front of It to "steady" It, and' therefore docs not look right, an ingenious man has Invented nnd pat ented a automobile horse. This horso is not to bo placed in front cf an nuto mobtlo carrlago, but Is to bo "hitched up" to any carriage. He has tho work of locomotion "in his midst," and will draw tho carriage after him Just as tho ordinary unpatented horso wjuld. Tho motor mechanism In tho horse con sists of two electric motors, supported upon cross bars, nnd driving, through qbalns and bolts, tho ahaf ts of the drlv- Vi Wra(ryfcltnjfrflSlfti!t iTJat-i EMfiKvYXv&r visions. Every morning ho Is up wlt'j Z2 (IQR.TH FAMILY - - 6anEKviLLa Chas, H North To-day is a Provision Peddler, ntcad on tho top of Prospect Hill, was then ono of tho show places of Somor vlllo. It vma pointed out as the homo of tho richest man In tho place, and tho furnishings of tho big, square house wero most elaborate It was hero that his family wero born and grow to bo men and women. Ono daughter married n professor of the University of Vermont; another mar- Hod a Chicago man; six sons aro liv ing In and nround lloston, and ono of them Is employed In tho ofllce of the pork packing company established and once owned by tho father. Mrs. North Is now living with hor sons, but tho head of the family pre fers to go It ulono, living In tho big houso on tho hill, nnd spending his days on tho peddler's cart nnd his nights in tho big room, oure his back pnrlor, but no filled with hugo account bookB and other relics of his former greatness. Tho change lu his condition enmo when tho Charles II. North Packing & Provision Company was formed nnd the Swifts beenmo Interested in the business. Then followed schemes in which money went rapidly, such as of Inncrt Klrchen, below the mountain ledges on which it 13 found. Tho water power of tho river Aar In the Imme diate vicinity will bo used, tho con cession allowing the development of 00,000 horso power. It Is to be hoped that tho electric procciB will be en tirely successful as it promises to be, for Switzerland is a country of mag nificent powers nnd this new outlet affords an admirable opportunity to put them to the best uao. Anti niolillcn In Wnr. At the recent Germnn military ma neuvers four-wheeled automobiles con taining an olllcer and driver were used, for tho most part, for tho speedy con veynnco of tho elderly staff olllcors.and euiuu of them ran at a speed as great us twenty or forty miles n'n hour. In tho Franco-Prussian war u hard duy's march of twenty-four hours for trans port wugonB was fifty miles. At tho end of ench march tho horses wore useless. In tho rccont maneuvers mo tor wagons traveled at tho rato of sev en miles an hour and a day's work of ten hours was sevonty miles. Wnr au thorities consider that tho dny Is not AN AUTOMOBILE HORSE. 9 9 9 gold mines In Nova Scotia nnd the purclmso of a pork packing plant in Omaha. Mr. North still mnlntalnu that theso wero not losing ventures, but that ho found his money tied up and others reaped tho reward of his la bors. However that mny be, tho fact re mains that Charles II. North Is now earning his living na a peddler of pro- the sun, caring for his horse and n great dog. In overalls and jumper nnt wcnrlng about tho yard n long whlt dustor, and never n hnt on his brown bend and whlto hair, he Is n pictur esque character. A amnll and talka tlvo boy Is his companion, and they aro apparently happy with their work. Mr. North buys his stock and then Starting out early lu tho morning, goes from street to street and from door to door. Everybody In Somor vlllo knows him, and now In tho days of his ndversity they are familiar. They call him "Charley." Style I'nlim Wlctiltu .Mini. James Allison, a Wichita man, who Is serving ns Kansas commissioner a", the Paris exposition, writes to n friend at homo complaining that his ofllcial position demanded unwonted compli ance with fashion's decree. "Instead of going about in ono-gallus style," says Mr. Allison, "I have to wear a plug hat, a Prince Albert coat, patent leather shoes and gloves white glovy at that." far distant when train horses will be replaced to a considerable extent by petroleum motora. Snlitliur tlie Moriiiilto'ii Foe. One of our readers Informs us that, having seen n statement In somo Eng lish medical journal to tho effect that sulphur, taken internally, would pro tect a person ngalnst (lea bites, It oc curred to htm to try it ns n preventa tive of mosquito bites. Accordlnglj ho began taking effervescing tnblets ol tartar-llthlne nnd sulphur, four dally Ho provided himself with several live ly mosquitoes, nnd having put them Into n wldc-mouthed bottle, Inverted tho bottle and pressed Its mouth upon his bare arm. Tho mosquitoes settled on his skin, but showed no Inclination to blto him. If this gentleman's ex perience should he homo out by fur ther trials It might bo well for person! who are particularly sensitive to mos quito bltos to tako a course of sulphur during tho mdsqulto season, especially In view of the growing opinion thai tho mosquito Is tho common vehlclo ol tho Plasmodium malnrlae. Medico) Journul. Ing wheels mounted on the homo's hind legs. Tho steering Is effected by reins held by tho driver, the neck of the horso for this purpose being Intor-r sected and mounted upon ball bcari lugs, and tho reina attached to a cross-i head mounted on a vertical spindle. This spludlo goes down Into tho horse' forelogs, and by It the legj can bq twisted In any direction. The automo bile horso can be ridden as well as. driven to harness. When ho Is used, as n saddle horse he can bo steered by turning tho crobahcad with ono hnnd." Tho animal Is wnrrantcd 60iud and kind. PIUSONER IN CHINA. THIS MAN LEARNED MEANS. WHAT IT Awful Torture Indicted on lUron T-octi Who Died ltccently In London Chained to Ucatn OTrh ni UtuU Hearted Chinese Seldom Keen. Tho recent death In London of Henry Drotigham, first Daron Loch, recalls his thrilling experience In China In 1859 when the attltudo of the Chinese toward foreigners was similar to that now existing. Tho baron, with sov nral companions and a small forco of Sikh troopers, was taken prisoner by tho Chinese. Their treatment was awful. They wero dragged from their horses and their faces ground In tho dirt. They wero bound with hemp ropes as tightly ascthelr captors could draw tho ropes, which wero then wot. Under tho shrlnkngo the flesh of the captives was terribly lacerated. Thus bound they wero thrown Into a rough cart and taken to Pekln, where thoy wero Imprisoned with a gang of mur derers and other criminals. What klndne83cs they recelvod were from theso criminals, who chared DARON LOCH, their food with tho foreigners. Their Jailers treated them Inhumanly, chain ing them to overhead beams. For nine days they wero there. At night their chains were tightened so that thoy could not lie down or sit. One night tho baron was kept suspended by tho neck nnd ankles and would havo strangled but for the aid of tho other prisoners, who took turn In supporting Ills weight. One by ono tho prisoners sickened nnd died under this treatment. Lieut. Urnbazon and Mr. Howlby died of their injuries and of weakness. Lieut. And erson went mad and died raving. Nearly all tho Sikh troops perished, some of them from starvation, as they got almost no food. Daron Loch and Sir Henry Parkcs boro the strain bet ter thnn tho rest. They wero put Into bamboo cages for a tlmo and exhibited to the populace, who reviled them and threw missiles nt them. When the news came of tho overwhelming defeat of tho Chinese forces, tho treatment of tho surviving prisoners changed for tho better. First they were taken to a prison where thoy were by themselves. Then Loch and Parkes wero taken to a Joss houso where they wero fed on tho best that tho city could afford, and Boon afterward were permitted to go about within tho walls of tho city. Medical treatment, such a3 it was, was allowed them nnd they began to havo hopes of getting back to their fellow countrymen alive. Had they known nt that time, they were In greater peril of their lives than at any tlmo before, for their death warrants, signed by the Emperor was already on tho way In the hands of couriers. Rut Prince Kung, a pow erful leader, had been bestirring hlm boU on behalf of tho prisoners nnd had finally Issued his orders for their re leaso and sent them by tho swltta3t messenger he could And. The orders reached their destination 15 minutes before tho Imperial couriers wero In the city. Tho prisoners wero put Into a covered cart and smuggled out of the city. They reached tho Drltlsh army In safety. ChlnrM) Act In Mot nnd IIr!n. One knowing tho condition of things In China wonders neither at tho fre quency of riots nor at tho rapidity with which vast crowds can asseinblo under fanatical nnd bigoted leaders. Peaceable and law-abiding citizens are suddenly transformed into yolliugand Infui lated monsters of destruction. Tho nverngo Chlnamnn lacks tho pow er of thinking ns an Individual. Ho nets It mobs and hordes. Ignorant of tho commonest fncts of science, such as our children uro familiar Ith, ho la credulous to an extent which it Is hard for us to conceive Doing as credulous as thoy nro Ignorant, tho populnco need only a few shrewd fel lows to play upon tholr fears and to arouso their superstition and fanati cism. To Wed Parisian. Chicago social circles are In a flutter over tho announcement of tho engage ment of Miss Margaret Abbott of that city to Pierre Deschamps of Paris. Miss Abbott was a debutante of two seasons ago. She Is a blondo of commanding flguro and she hns been a marked fa vorite over since sho enme out. Miss Abbott's Chicago homo was with hor mother and brother at tho Churlovolx on Rush street. Tho mother, Mrs. Mary Abbott, Is woll known as a writ er. Ono of tho striking scenes In Chi cago streets was that of tho mother and daughter walking downtown, while following wero a Scotch collie and nn English bull terrier holding in their teeth tho trains of tholr mis tresses' robes. ' , NO HUHflY IN MEXICO. I'lace for Keitlng nnd MUiIng Trnln IVIluout 1'niiR-. "Speaking of tho high tension of modern life," said a Now Orleans man of nffnlrs to a Now Orleans Times Democrat man, "I am reminded of u llttlo incident that occurred during a visit I paid to Mexico City several years ago. I had planned to tako n trip to n neighboring town, nnd was vory careful to bo nt tho depot consid erably boforo tho tlmo advertised -for tho train to leave, so as to take no chances on missing It. As It happened, however, It was half an hour late in starting, and just befpro It fin ally pulled out, a gentleman, who was evidently an American, camo slowly sauntering up, smoking a cigarette. Without hurrying in tho slightest de grco ho reached the platform exactly In tlmo to step on tho moving car. It wns as closo a connection as I ever saw In my life, and tho amazing Im perturbability of tho chap piqued my curiosity. 'Pardon me,' said I, aftor making somo pretoxt for conversation, 'but wero you nwaro that this train wns duo to lcavo half an hour ago?' . 'Certainly,' ho replied. 'Then how In tho world,' I nsked, 'did you happen to strike such a leisurely gait In coming to tho depot?' 'Well, I'vo quit hurry ing slnco I camo hero,' ho answered smilingly. "I choso California, and wns Just be ginning to And out what a good thing ilfo really was when somo fool friends tempted mo to go Into a railroad scheme, and In two months I was on my back again. Thnt tlmo the doctor used language. Ho drew n llttlo plc turo of mental nnd physical wreckage thai made my hair brlstlo on my head, and then nnd there I sworo off on all forms of hurry. Naturally I camo to Mexico, which Is tho ono placo whoro n man can keep such nn 02th without seeming eccentric, nnd nt present I am engaged exclusively In taking things easy. You have no Idei how delightful It Is. My plans never miscarry, because I never make any, and no consideration on earth could Induco me to get n move on myself.' 'Dut suppose you had missed tho train today,' I suggested. 'I would have gono tomorrow, ho replied calmly, 'or per haps not ut nil. Why, my dear sir,' ho said earnestly, 'missing trains without a pang Is an exquisite pleasure to a man who hn3 chased 'em for eighteen solid years! Trains aro emblematic of all that Is headlong and breathless In modern life, and to grin nt tho rear plntform ns It moves nwny and say, "G'long with you; I don't care a cuss!" Is ono of the sweetest joys I know. I love to miss trains.' I often think of thnt happy exile," said tho speaker, sighing. "I believe ho has solved tho problem of life." A FILIPINO DnUG CLERK. Omaha, Neb., has tho distinction of having tho only Filipino drug clerk in tho United States. Ills name Is Ray mou Rives and for ono of his years ho has had an Interesting enrccr. Ho was born in Dorongan, a small city on tho Island of Samnr. His father is a merchant nnd young Rives received a good Spanish education. Ho was not content with llfo in his native city , and ran away from home. Ho went to Hollo and for a time worked In n fac tory. Later ho enlisted In the Span ish nrmy and was at Manila when Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet. Ho was twice wounded In battle, once In tho chest by u fragment from a burst ing shell and later by a riflo ball through tho right hand. Tho American soldiers took him prisoner and aftor his release he camo to this country on a transport. Ho Is very Intelligent and although ho has been In this country but n short tlmo can speak tho Eng lish quite readily. Ho has no dcslro to return to his native homo ns ho likes tho United States nnd declare !$sk. RAYMON RIVES, thnt ho is ready to fight for the stars and Btrlpcs should tho opportunity offer. Jnpnii'R Crown I'rliii'n. Ten years ago, when tho crown princo was In his 13th year, his high ness spent a summer at Futamlgaura, Iso. While out gamboling In tho water ono day tho princo noticed a fisher man's boy of about tho samo age as himself, whoso consummate skill in swimming drew forth his admiration. Tho lowly youth, whoso name was Yol, had tho honor of being presented to the princo, and there sprang up a boy ish friendship botweon tho two. A dec ado had elapsed since then, and bio, highness wns once more back at Ise, tho other dny, on his wedding tour. Tho memories of tho past camo back and tho princo thought of Yel. Ho wanted to aee his old friend, and, nftor a good deal of trouble, the order was conveyed to Yel, now grown a sturdy young man, but still poor nnd lowly. Yel approached tho Imperial presence." In high delight the princo talked freo ly of tho past and then allowed Yol to tako leavo of him loaded with various I prosonts. s JpBli' gfMMK''a lifT' , 1 ri !N 1 r .Mt iwui ) -"" Kjyjwvy -, .-.,.. IWA- i "" atKiwi"M" """ .. v 'il. . J'AUiA ritSAtm- ."-C .