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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1901)
sMri.-ie. ,iiw(, "-K-' L1VES0N COARSE JfAKE ELIEVES FLESH WAS NOT MADE FOR FOOD. Tie I a Trscher of Muolranil ninronnra on rhll(rtopiy IV uiUr Oliaractrr of Cincinnati Bar tlir Whole WorM t. Set to Mnlc. (Clnclnnntl Lcttor.) A man lives here who Ih known to bis neighbors and acquaintances n8 a crank on the matter of flesh diet. Peter Cnssldy cannot be Induced to eat meat, and winter and summer goes barefoot about the streets. "I feel the cold to a certain extent," hu aid the other day. "but from my hib Ita of living I can stand It, while a man who lives on meat would soon be a fit subject for an undertaker. "But, aside from this, I refuse to place tho hide of an animal about my ieet. There Is nothing In nature en- PBTK OAK3IDY T (lowed with sentient life framed to fill an empty canton. All are hie for a purpose and not to bo destroyed by another; so that I regard tho eating of meat not only as unheulthful, but The Siberian Cossacks, espoctally those of Nerohln.sk and Trans-Balkalla. are distinguished by their tall mature, strong bodies and serious cast of fea tures. The eyes of tho Cossack look out sternly from beneath shaggy eye brows, but they gleam with decision and cunning. It la Indeed a hanl task Jill AMI mWK ' 1111 iilli I 11111 if iP'l IIiM TIIE STURDY SIBERIAN (OSSACKS A PARING EXPLORER. W. Stamp Cherry Ittitiirn from Ilia VTIIdn of Africa. Explorer W. Stamps Cherry has re turned to his home In Chlcngo after a three yearn' exploring expedition In Africa. Unaccompanied by any other H- white man, Mr. Cherry penetrated Into regions along the Upper Molnngul river never visited, by Livingstone or Stanley. Here among tho tribes of the Dar Band, Dar Fertl and Dar Rungaa he adopted tho native modo of life and lived an the subject of the great chlofs or those countries. He learned the native lnnguage. and as he wan re garded as a superior sort of- brtng b came an advisor of the leaders. While he had many thrilling adventures and his life was sometimes endnngered by the caprices of the people among whom he traveled, they were generally very 1 kind when they loarned thnt his mis sion was a peaceable one. "The customs of the natives are strange," said Mr. Cherry, "but their Intelligence and Justice In many ra- spects would suprlse people who have gained their Idea of the African neg o of this Interior from tho statement of many so-called explorers, who wore only trying to throw a glamour around tholr own achievements. As a rule, the people are as geuorous aud tender hearted as we am, anil love Justice as well. There are barbarous and cruel peoplo among tbom. but I do not think there Is a larger class of that kind T than among any other race or nation ality." When he first reached tho country of the Jcnkkaa, as one of the tribes or the unexplored region Is known, he was at first regarded timidly and thsn with curiosity. The natives had nevor Hecn n white ninn. The people gath ered around him and with wide open mouths Inspected tholr strange visitor, commenting quietly on his peculiar characteristics. Tho-y were exceeding ly anxious to know all about him and whence he had como, but refrained from any Impertlence. Thoy folt euro t the whlto man must be a great chief of some far off trlbo, and were will ing to accord him tho respect duo ono or high rank. "Tho Jenkkaa wenV no clothes and have no such Ideas or the convention alities of life ns we do," said Mr. Chorry, "but they are a moral raee. Tho rVnughters nre sold to the men as trlves, but the obligations of matri mony are very strict. One peculiarity of theirs thnt seems atrnuge to iib Ih the ract that the men are the guar- a ln against the God of nn'urc .to not ovou wear woolen cioth.ug. and the ery buttons upon my rot are of wood, not of the bone of a murdcrtd anJmul," Cnealdy call himself "Manlhot." H teaches music and talks philosophy. This Is his discourse "Nature Is not to be accused. She lias dono her part, and our whole duty Is to put ourselves In harmony with her. She Is my library. With Hryant I say, 'Go forth under the open sky and list to nature's teachings,' She never betrayed the heart that ti listed her. "You may wonder that a man after my stature should be content to live thus, on the co.it sest food, plain cloth ing and rude dwelling, but It la the de lights of sweet philosophy thut sus tain me. With what a scope of Wild amazement and admiration It caught the soul of Newton nnd Socrates. It 'caches me that alt Is as musical us Apollo's lute. "See! see! my young friend, this chart. On the musical scale there are notes, beginning with 'do' and ending with 'do.' So with the very weak, be ginning with Sunday and endlnc with Sunday. The whole world Is set to music." nrarll tavarirri hf T.lton. "(iermati) In llrnxll" Is a topic rare ly discussed In the prew. and yet the Herman settlements In South America are the most tloui lulling of which the fatherland can boast. Since the begin ning of tiie present century German emigrants have struggled ugulnst fear ful odds to establish themselves In southern Brazil, with the result that today It Is claimed that a quarter of a million Inhabitants or German ex traction find a comfortable home there. Large German colonies exist in Rio dc .lanelro, Hahla and other purely Bra zilian placet), but the Germans almost call their own the Brazilian provinces of t'arnna, Santa Caterlna and ltlo Orande de Sul. The Germans in Bra zil may not at present huve cither the Intention or the wish to constitute themselves an Independent political body, but the Increase of GermanlBtn In that port of the world Is a factor that will no doubt one day be felt. Alnnka'n Utah Copper DrpmlK. The rich coppor deposits or Alaska are beginning to he developed, the first shipment from the White Horse belt having been dispatched to Tacotna al ready This belt, traversing a trlbu j tary of the Yukon, Is twenty-live miles long and four mile wide. The ore Is said to range from 25 to 7f per cent copper and carries $0 to $10 per tou gold. to deceive a Cossack. "With such uu army," said Count Muravleff-Aniiii-sky, In alluding to the Cossacks, "1 will an nex not only the Amur territory, hut also the whole of China." Recent events confirm this utterance or tho count with regard to the value of the lighting qualities of the Cossacks. dlann of public morality and are alone the ones who are held res,Knslblo for a breach of the matrimonial relation. In tho event of a chuige of misconduct there Is no Ignominy attaching to the woman, but If the charge can be proved the man who Is a party to the offense may be made to surfer the death penalty or may be condemned to servo the person offended for tho rest or his life ns a slave." Among the Dar Band, Bar Kertl and Dar Rungaa trlbea the explorer fared us well as among the Jenkkas. He supplied them with game, which, with their crude weapons, wn dlflicult to secure, aud entered high Into the counsels of the chirrs. During the time he wus with these people he ac commodated hlmseir to their mode or lire and lived on the same rood as they ate. One or the articles or diet he missed was salt, but ho Anally man aged to overcome his taste so that he could get along very well without It. The mauloe tuber, which somewhat resembles the sweet potato, was a staple article of food among the na tives. Tho manioc when baked Is a little like bread and Is a good substi tute. To prepare the rood the tuber Is soaked a rew days In water, until It is decomposed and looks like dough. It Is then wrapped In banana leaves and boiled. When cooked It is called by the natives "chlquonga." It has a sour, gritty taste, but Is easily di gested. Mr. Cherry does not consider tho prospects ror the discovery or precious minerals In the Interior or Africa par ticularly piomlslug. There are large deposlsts or Iron ore, but theso will not, or course, prove vory valuable at least not for a long time to come. So far no gold discoveries or any partic ular Importances have been made. A Story or tlia HnttlefleM. Dr. Conan Doyle tells this story or a Boer and an Kngllsh soldier who lay wounded side by side on the field of battle: "They had a personal en counter In which tho Boldler received a bullet wound nnd the burgher a bay onet thrust beforo they both roll ex hausted on tho field. The BMlsher gave tho Boer u drink out or his flask, and the burgher, not to be outdone In courtesy, handed a pleco or biltong In exchange. In the evening, when the respective abmulances came to carry them off to tho hospital, they ex changed rrlendly greetings. 'Goodby, mntn,' said the soldlor, 'what a bless ing it Is we have mot each other!'" Ice Carvrvot j GitI1IFoppx f . v . J for Big Lak Stop It.. 5 Baik.. (St. Petersburg Letter.) The most temarkablo ferry-boat In the world was placed In service re cently on Lake Baikal In Slboila, nnd If It succeed in Its purpose It will go t.iv toward solving the problem or winter navigation on Inland waters all over the world. The lake Is almost 400 miles long nnd extends In n near ly north and south direction nemsa the route or the ttans-Slborlan railway. Its width varies rrom twenty to sev enty miles. It would have been a comparatively easy task to evnde this obstacle were It not Tor the situation or Irkutsk. The topography or the country ad Jacent has erected a strong bnrrler agntnst the completion or tho railway. It In exceedingly mountainous and the engineeis estimate that at least two VgSBaHg Bi mmfi a aiT'" ft Bjnr a . , -" ! a I TIIE BAIKAL KKRRY. years will he required to complete the link or 200 mile which Is to connect the eastern and western lines already complete. While thl work Is In pro gress a steam retry will be employed to convey cars across lake Balkn-l, and to keep a channel clear or Ice the boat In question hat been constructed. Tlia float a Marrel. Railroad ferries are no novelty, at least in America. Boats to entry rail way tralus across a river or lake, have long been in service In this country. Lake Baikal, however, Is very much farther north than any part or the United States except Alaska. The place where the tranh-Slbeiian route crosbea ll Is fully live degices of lati tude, or 350 miles, nearer the pole than the Strait of Mackinaw nnd 700 miles nearer .than New York city. Lake Bai kal Is frozen over for five mouths In the year. It closes about the middle of December and generally opens In May. If the line Is kept open during the winter, therefore, the ferry boat must bo uu Ice-broaker and It must be capable of performing thnt runctlon In a rushlou unknown In the United States. The ferry boat which main tains connection between tipper and lower Michigan, across the Straits of Mackinac, occasionally achieve great triumphs In the winter time, but It ANIMAL SENTRIES Wlioie Only II l to Wnli-li Willi the Other Peril. A writer who has made a study or the habits or anlmal6, particularly or thobf habits that resemble our own, says the use of sentries, duly relieved at regular Intervals. Is the rule rather tluiu the exception with many or the gregarious quadrupeds and the larger birds. Wild geese, ror example, act In so organized and cautious a manner when reeding or roosting, that they seem to defy all danger. When a (lock has fixed on a newly-sown grain field to reed In, they make weveral circling flights before alighting, aud the least suspicious object will drive them away. If everything be all right. howeVor, aud they alight, the whole flock will remain motionless ror a minute or two, with bead and neck erect, looking over the country round about. This, supplementary reconnolterlng proving satlsractory, they begin their feeding;, leaving one sentry on guard. Hn either stands on some elevated part of the Hold or walks slowly with tho rest, but he never ventures to pick up a single grain while he la on duty. When tho sentry thinks that he tina dono hlo share of the watching, he gives tho nearest blid to him a sharp peck, which moans that this bird must take up the sentry duty, u he does not re spond promptly the first bird will peck again, and more vigorously, sometimes pulling out a bunch of feathors In the act, and at the same time uttering a complaining cry. Tho signal of dan ger among wild geoee and awans Is a sort or bugle-call, which they all at once understand. Wild ducks have n low, cautious, quack. All animals seem to huve their pecullnr signals. Prairie dogs bark, Ibex, marmots and mountain sheep whistle; elephnnts trumpet: rabbits and lowland sheep stamp on the ground. Ilrlluln It Alarmatl. Close following on the British alarm over our successful competition In the Iron and steel trade, In bridges, loco motives, rails, electrical plants, and tho like, comes the note of alarm from Germany over the painful discovery that we are furnishing the Gorman people with better shoes than thoy can get at home, and for less money. The German view or tho situation Is that this now competition threatens tho emplomont or somo 50,000 or 100, 000 workers In tho shoo trade whose "9 would not be equal to the emergencies' which Lake Baikal la likely to present after three months or freezing weather. The Ice-breaker or the Saiilt Slo. Marie Is regarded us n wonder. Its best work Is forcing lis wny through two nnd a half or three feet of Ice. but It "can't hold a candle" to the latest Russian Ice bleaker, How II Work. The boats constructed nftcr the pat tern of the one refoned to do not rely solely on engine power to force their wny through obstruction. The bow Is of peculiar construction Its stem has a long overhnng mid the lower part Is Inclined only twenty drgreis from a horizontal. This gentle slope ennblcs the forward part of the boat to mount the Ice If the latter Is particu larly firm and bring the weight of the vessol Into play. The downward prrs- sure thus exerted Is tremendous. Alaiut twenty-tlve reet back or the extremity or the prow the boat hns our pinpeller. There are two others astern or the Baikal. The Krmaek. the best known or the crushers, has three. It Is not believed thnt I he stem would of ten mount the Ice ror a sultlclent distance to bring the forward screw In contact with It. Still, the propeller Is strong ly protected. Kuulta the Wilier. The object of this mecbanlsni Is not to propel the boat, but to suck out tho water from under the Ice Immediately In front. Deprived of It support the crust yields more readily to the weight simultaneously Imposed upon ll. The engines employed upon the new boat are among the most powerful ever constructed. They will be capube of developing nt least 12,000 horse power. The displacement or the boat without her load was to be 4,000 tons. The Krmack's stern was so shaped as to ac rommodate the bow or a sicoiid bout, which might volunteer as a pusher. Obviously the way being once opened by the Ice breaker, another steam ves sel could easily serve In this manner. But no Account or the Baikal Intimates that such a plan Is contemplated In connection with the Siberian rerry ser vice. average earnings are less than f4 a week. Now, the remarkable circumstance about tills competition Is thnt while tho German workman earns less than 14 a week, the wages In the boot and shoe Industry or this country, accord ing lo the Massachusetts bureau or statistics or labor, range rrom $11 to ?15 a week, even the female machluo hands earning $10 a week; and yet with this great handicap and disparity against us It Is not necessary to sub sidize our shoemaklng Industry to en able us to compete with Germany. New York World. low AnlnntU Uoclnr Tltamialvra. Many animals doctor themselves, and among our domestic nnlmnls, the dog nnd cat probably claim first pluce. Uoth at times eat medicine plunts us emet ics, the dog Holoctlng apear grass and the cat showing a preference ror vale rian, murum and catmint. Thoy vary their treatment with nn occasional close or ushes nnd cinders, Just us the croco dile, llrard and some birds (.wallow gravel and stones to counteract a fit or Indigestion. Both practice personal cleanllnesa as a preventive, nnd their unfailing habit or licking brulsea, outa und woundB to keep thorn In tho condi tion moat favorable to healing is a familiar characteristic. Tho elephant uses his trunk cleverly In dressing wounds and by this means applies water, mud or dust to the Injury. Fierce carnivorous animals, when trapped, frequently act a surgeons, nnd bite through a limb to free them selves, nnd tho Bait licks aro regularly re-sorted to by the deer und other herb ivorous animals to keep themselves In health. Cheap War of Storking n filnr. Some weeks ago there appeared In several Paris papers nn advertisement of an obscure fruit denier, In which ho offered to give a trlzo of flvo francs for tho largest apple eont to him. The Jisti caught at the bait with marvel ous rupldlty, and In less than a fort night the ndvortlsor hnd received enough fruit to stock JiIr store for tho season. Naturally, ho was glad to pay five francs for tho largest of tho lot, and, Just a naturally, ho kept all tho unsuccessful specimens for salo from his shop. Besides, tho advertising ro sulted in a largo Increase In his busi ness. White of egg brushed ovor morocco leather freshens It. LED BY A SQUAW. TEN THOUSAND INDIANS IN 8TRANQE MIGRATION. Ihry Aro luttmmt Willi u llallar of Tlialr t-'iitiir (Irralnrmt Ari Moving Month lo th Uruulille of .Mrilio Molllo tile Ilnffalo. (Special Letter.) Slowly moving through California toward the. Mexican border Is one of the strangest processions ever seen In this or any other lund. It Is composed of Indians belonging to the Chicka saw, Chciokev, Delawarv aud Creek tribes, nnd altogether ll numbers close lo, lr not quite, 10.000 men. women und children or the red-sktnued luce. The leader or this remarkable exodus Is Mollle Big Buffalo, a full-blooded I'onca squaw, who for years has bcon a source, of anxloty (o Indian agents In various parts of the went. She claims to be a graduate of the Carlisle school, but In her recent life she has Hhown no sign or favor to the wnya or civilization. Instead she bos moved rrom place to place, wearing a plrturesquo form of Indian garb and stirring hitherto peaceful braves to discontent nnd rebellion. The result has been numerous morn or less seri ous outbreaks among the red men, nearly every visitation of this rurlous woman having resulted In trouble of some klud. Therefore ll Is that white men of the far west look with undis guised satlsrnctlon on the continual stream or dusky emigrants ns move over mountain and plain toward the Mexican Hun. The Indians now on the mow south ward hall from all parts of the Pacific coast, even Alaska furnishing Its quota to the throng. Their land or promise Is a tract of territory embracing G.OOO, 000 acres, located far from the restraint which white men's civilization puts on the children of the plains Mollle Big Once King of Minstrels The. man who sung Just Watch My tiasy Step or the old familiar Much of, I'm as Happy as a Big Sunflower, has (ouie lo the wratir.csn and burden of old age nnd falllug, fortune., "JJIIIy" Knicfnon I now ifvtng In Cincinnati, hrfrlf ndeil by Anriy Gllllguu and a rew other old-time acquaintances, but men tally lnukeii and financially n pauper, though his voice and ability to Imper sonate remain remarkably strong, nnd tie slugs much as he used to sing when he was a favorite of fortune. Ills danc ing days are ended because his legs aro crippled. Ills lust public uppearanco wus In Cincinnati four years ago. Hu then nppcared at the People's Theater with Weber and Fields. His salary was then 1300 a week, but there were many years In which he nevur received less than ?,"00 a week. Twenty years ago and later "Billy" F.mcrsou was the star of all leading minstrel performances. Ho wns a natural born winger, a perfect dancer, capital Imitator of the dandified col- YOUTHrUL DEAR HUNTER. runiirltanla llor Hlmt Tlir In (hit Irf'. Three wild bears lit one day by n 13-yent-old boy Is something out or tho common. This, however. Is the record or Gorge Manly or lock Haven, Pa. Ono morning whllo George was wan dering aimlessly near Hammorsley's park, he discovered three bears. Going home quickly he got bin rat tier's gun, returned to the scene and shot one or the animals, afterward dragging It home. The Mnhly household wns great ly astonished. ABer dinner the lad made another trip to the scene or his ad vendue. As he uw no bears then be hid In a thicket and watched. In a little while ho saw the head or an other bear tin list through u fence not ten feet away. Ho fired, hitting tho bear In the lofl shoulder. After whirl ing around u few times bruin dropped deud. Then Mnhly ran home again, loaded his gun, while his mother stood speechless with astonishment. Ho merely said, "More bears," and bounced out of the house. As he got Into the front yard he saw the third bear slowly crossing the road quite close to tho house. One shot ended tho career of tills ono. Dragging It to tho house, he wiped his brow and merely said: "There! If anybody wants the othor one, he's got to haul It In." A TcU of Mill Pimer. At ono or the clubs the other day two members were arguing ubout will power. The conceited man, who was lu the hnblt or boring all present with his pointless tales, said that his will was stronger than Ills friends. "You are wrong there," sakl tho quiet mnn. "nnd I will prove It In this way: Yiu go ar.d stand in thnt cor ner and I will will you to come out or It. You will ugalnst mo, nnd I bot you that I will have you from that cor ner before I have communded you a second time." The smart one took the hot and put himself In tho corner. Tho quiet mun Bald, In a commanding volco: "Como out of that cornorl" Tho othor grinned and shook his head. Tho Q.M. sat down and lookod nt him steadily. Flvo minutes passed, and, then tho man of will said, with a sneer, "Hadn't you bettor give It up? I don't feel nny Influonce nt all, and I can't stand horo all tho evening." "There Is no hurry," said the Q, M., "and I hnvo n very comrortuble sent. Thoro Is no tlme-llmlt except that Buffalo, to whoso efforts Is due ni' huge exodun, In an sloquont woman, full of what alio regards as tho wrong of her race. In a clear ringing voice she has told the listening Indians how Ihuy were bolng oppressed by tho gov ernment, when they should ho allowed! lo hunt and fish nnd live the free life of Indians belonging ta the Ohlckn of their forefathers. In the bent stylo or Indian orntory she told them that the white man's hand In on the throat or the children or the nun: thnt tho pulefaco hnd made war until there la but a handful of red men left. Prcnoh- MOLLIB BIG IIUVFAIJO. Ing this doctrine hero nnd thorn for years, she finally aroused tho Indians until they accepted a proposition Uva they occupy Ihr- tract of Mexican kind, anil thither thoy arc now bound, lod br the woman whom thoy regard ns tha Havlor of her race. Following with the faith or children, they nilly believe, her passlonnte and oft-mndo declaru-i lion thnt the Indian will ouo day ba mote powerful than tho pnlnfaco and that when that tlmo arrlvcB the former will once more reclaim tbo land of but forefathers. Billy" Emerson Now Live a Life of De pendence In Cincin nati. nred man, witty, graceful, successful., He appeared on the stage whore fin pleased. Engagements were always at hln command. He Journeyed from, the AAJantlc t tfl Pnrlflc and frptn tbe Gulf io "Manitoba, ami never lacked tot reward, such as has como to few min strel men, He deP'wUod. In a, B'n Francisco bank $lu0,o06 made from his stage performances. He marrlo'd hnpplly, ah It Hccncd to his friends, and hln future seemed certain to bo cloudless, Itobson, Crane, Khlo Allen, the one-time exploiter of Sitting Bull; "Billy" Florence, Couldock, Gilbert and Mrs. John Drew wcro numbered nmong his acquaintances and frlonds. H over there was a man of brilliant abilities, good fellowship and real manliness, who appeared to be neaf the summit of earthly happiness, It was Kmerson. In an evil hour he bo gan to speculnto tu stocks. The stocks got the best of him. Then he played took the last or his fortune And then came thj worst or all the drink luiblL yoil are tO COmo OUt hsfnro I nalr vmi twice, and I don't Intend to oak you ngaln until this day week. I think vnu wljl reel tho Influence before then." i nr smnrt one came out looking very foolish. IVlmncy or Ilia Anlo-faun. In tho tlmo of Chorion I., Buys Johij Flske In the Atlantic, there wore about C.000,000 peoplo In the world speuklng the language of Shakeepeare; at the tlmo or our first natlonul census there were ubout 12,000,000. one-third of them In the United States; to-day there are more than 120,000,000. three fifths of thorn In the United States and there nre children now going to school who will Jive to see this vast number trebled. The task of organ izing society politically, so that suoh Immense communities might grow up pencefully, preserving tholr llbortloa and affording ample opportunity ror tho vurled exercise or the human Ac uities, Is a task which buffled th splendid talents or ancient Greece, and In which the success or the' Romans was but pnrtlnl and short-Ilyod. We believe thnt tbo mon who Usod tho mingled speech or Alrred and of Will iam tho Norman have aolvod the great political problem better thau others hnvo solved It. If wo oxcopt tho prov inces or the Netherlands, tho Hwls cantoiiB, and such tiny clty-statos as Monaco and Ban Marino, which retain their ancient Institutions, thoro "la, not n nation on earth, making any protenso to freedom and civilization, which has not a constitution In great measure copied, within the present contury, cither from England, or from tho Unit ed States. Thus, whether willingly or not. docs tho civilized world confess the prlmaey of tho English race . In mailers political. - ,r fie Knew llctter. . Walking through tho ground of the aaylum, they came upon a party of workmen who were repairing a wall. Ono of the harmless patients, apparent ly aaalBtlng In the work, was pushing a wheelbnrrow nlong upside down "My fileml," said a kjnd-heartod trustee gently, "you should turn your wheelbarrow ovor." "Not on your life." rrrnlldil Din lintlnnt ! ... a .. ovor yoBtordny and thoy put bricks In ' ii ! Francis Rawle of Philadelphia has. been elected presldont of tho Halifax & Yarmouth railway to succood Thoim as Robertson. V 1 a I '4 vj if .fc