Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RED CLOUD.
NEUKASKA
A fortuno of $9,000,000 Is trying ta
cnln recognition from cx-Speakoi
Thomas D. Heed.
The Kurds nro demonstrating thai
tho milk of human kindness has soured
Again In Armenia.
Andrew Lang will mako a great mis
take It ho succeeds In drawing Kip
ling's flro In his direction.
Undo Tom may consider
Aicky that John L. Sullivan
toBB him over tho footlights.
himself,
did not
If a man could sometimes see him
self as others see him he would sotno
times run away and get drunk.
An eminent Frenchwoman ndvlsoi
tho fctnalo literary aspirant to first
bring up a family. It's a suro cure.
Venezuela has formed n very er
roneous Idea of tho Mouroo doctrine.
If alio thinks It Is a bankruptcy net.
Tho Hon. Jerry Simpson Is playing
with hit? first grandson and letting tho
ilurncd old country tako enro If itself.
ChlncBO customs aro not only odd,
hut slow. Tho funerals of the victims
of last year's massacre aro Just being
held.
New Jersoy mosqultocB nro taking
advantage of tho January thaw to or
ganize u swoll reception to I'rlnco
Henry.
Even a plutocrat has to save his
money for n few days in order to buy
a scat on tho Now York stock ex
change. Tho system thut Mr. Schwab played
at Monto Carlo suggests an easy plan
by which Mr. Carnegie could get rid
of his wealth.
Paderewskl is coming again, but ho
Is bringing his wife with him. So lot
tho hero worshipers continue in pur
suit of Kubcltk.
Each faction in tho sugar fight ac
cuses tho other of having selfish mo
tives. We aro strongly inclined to be
llevo them both.
In his effort to destroy tho sym
metry of tho bank at Monto Carlo, Mr.
Schwab sccniH to have missed tho
proper combination.
A Methodist preacher has been
found who declares that Manila is a
moral city. Hut, then, ho formerly
lived in San Francisco.
Russell Sago does not remember tho
woman who says ho owes her $76,000.
If tho account wcro tho other way his
memory would probably be better.
Diamond cutters at Tho Haguo are
on strlko. So tho man who bought
his winter supply of diamonds last
week may consider himself in luck.
It la again feared that there may bo
n revolution In Spain. Tho Spanish
revolutionists, howovcr, soldom be
come so rash as to pass the threaten
ing point.
We now know what causes gray hair.
Its name Is "plgmctophagus" and the
grayncss is due to friction caused by
tho microbe dragging its nntno rupldly
over tho scalp.
The coronet to bo worn by the
English nobility at tho coronation
looks liko a fifty-cent wedding cake.
Any man who will wear a thing like
ihnt deserves to be n peer.
If you 'want to bo at tho top notch
of American society you have got to
llvo in Newport. If you uro satisfied
with obscurity, gout and genius, old
port will do your business.
A Chicago man claims In court that
tho dentist stole Ills wife's nffectionf
while filling her teeth. A person may
lovo her dentist but how can sho do
so when ho is nUlim her teeth?
Stephen Phillips, tho author, was
probably right In refusing to allow
Mrs. James Drown Potter to play tho
great lovo scono in Calypso "with all
tho emotion and passion of which I
am capable." Tho London theater Is
not any too well provided with Ore
escapes.
No, this 1b not tho utterauco of a
Boston young lady, but is taken from
a Now York Herald editorial: "Practi
cally, howovcr, by knowing somothlng
of tho why and wherefore of systemic
disturbances, wo may be able to guard
more effectually against the countless
deleterious influences of antagonistic
conditions and tho baneful determina
tions ot misfitting environments."
There aro fifty varieties of good
cranberry in tho country. Tho fifty
first variety is bad. It is any of the
fifty varieties served wltn its tough
llttlo Jacket on. The cook who does
not "Jell" cranberry so ns to mako It
clear ns crystal, smooth ns honey, red
us ruby and just tart enough ought to
be anathema.
Attention Is called to tho fact that
tho name of Carnegie Is accented on
tho second syllablo. His gifts, how
ovcr, may be said to plnco tho accent
on the last syllable In Sroteh.
SALOON HELD UP
Robbers Caught in tho Act and
Battlo Follows.
IW0 ESCAPE AND THE THIRD CAPTURED
Una Kilted and Tlirrn Injured In Freight
CollUlou Peculiar Death of Con
ductor Alleged Murderer Ar
rented Oilier Kewi.
Tho village of Valley, Neb., was con
siderably stirred up over u burglary
which took place January 30. The
wounding of one of the burglars, the
eupturo of another and tho injury re
ceived by Matt Unkind, whoso saloon
was tho place visited, by rcccvlng a
bulletin the llu.sh of his left arm.
There are supposed to have been three
of tho thieves, but two of them escap
ed. The other, who gave his name as
George Meyers, was kept here until
nearly noon, when Siu-rlff Power ar
rived ami took him bauk to Omaha.
Harry Smith runs a restaurant ad
joining Roland's saloon, and sleeps in
the back room. He woke up about
half-past 2 on hearing' a noise in the
saloon. Upon listening lie became
convinced that burglars were at work,
and Immediately went to (get Ituland,
who lives a block away from his place
of business. The two men came back
in a half dressed condition and took
their station near the front door.
When they went to push It open they
discovered somu one was on thu inside
leaning against it.
Mr. Kiituiul found that a chisel hole
had been made In the door and he put
the barrel of his gun through it and
fired. As lie stepped back past the
window after doing so, a shot came
through from the inside and the ball
struck him In thu left arm, making a
bad flesh wound. The ball has since
been probed for, but could not be
found.
In order to escape further shots Itu
land and Smith stopped around the
corner of the building out of sight.
While they were watching there
they heard the latch being raised, ami
a moment later a man rushed out. One
of the pair Mod and hit him in tho arm.
Tho burglar started to run toward the
depot, but slipped on tho icej porch
anil fell upon his back. While his In
tending captors were getting another
shell ready, ho regained his feet and
mude tracks for the railroad, leaving a
trail of blood in his wake.
Iusldo the baloon, however, a big six
shooter, a file, a box of cartridges, a
burglar's key and some tools btolcn
from Nels Steel's blacksmith shon
were discovered lying on the Hoor. A
nmnv uuhu mm oeen oroiten and some
3 which was In the money drawer hud
been abstracted.
Hold n Truln on Warrant.
C. C. Shawyer, sheriff of Summer
county, Kan., held n freight train on
tho Kansas Southwestern railroad, a
Santa Fo holding, for several hours on
a tax warrant. The train was run
onto n siding at Caldwell and the de
pots at South Haven, tiuelph and
Caldwell were attached. For several
years the road has been delinquent in
its taxes, but the sheriff anticipating
a junction suit, has withheld action.
When the road learned of the sheriff's
intention to take action it secured an
injunction from tho probate judge pre
venting the sheriff from stopping the
train which carries mall west of Cald
well. Failure to make n S.l.Guo bond pre
vented the circuit clerk from issuing
the summons on tho injunction. The
bond was filed and the train was re
leased. The road threatens to arrest
the sheriff for stopping u train enrrv
ing mull.
Found Hurled Mold.
An om tin can containing sn:.0 in
gold coins, was unearthed In Paola,
Kan., by a neighbor, who hiiiw.iii
that money was burled there. The
property has not been occupied for
more than a year. Mrs. Hymer, who
owns tho place, and formerly occupied
it claimed the money, naming the ox
act amount contained in the can, and
it was returned to her.
Capture 1'orgcr.
Henry P. Russell, an alleged forger
was arrested at Peoria, 111. Ho was
stopping nt Hotel Fey, and left two
blank cheeks in tho writing room.
When his room was searched a grip
full of blank checks on banks all over
the country was found, as was a per
forating machine and a rubber stamp
outfit used to certify cheeks. He
passed two cheeks in Peoria.
Abandoned Iliibjr Found,
A baby was found in a basket In
one of tho passenger coaches of tho
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf south of
Anthony, Kan. The passengers cram
blcd to see who would have possession
of it, and the conductor, who was
called upon to arbitrate, awarded the
llttlo girl to a man named Allison,
who Is a business man at Paris, 111.
Not Chaied by naming Mob.
The published report in an Omaha
paper that Nelson ltriley had been run
out of Hnstings by a mob, Is without
foundation, except In the imagination
of Mr. ltriley, apparently tho result of
a disordered brnin. Ho is a quiet, in
offensive colored man, n hotel cook,
who worked at tho Kellno restaurant
until recently. Since last summer,
when ho suddenly deserted a camp of
pieknlekers' for whom ho wns cooking,
ho has labored under the hallucination
that the party was after him. Ho l
undoubtedly nnt nf bin mind.
TAP A BANK.
Mlow Open it Snfo nt Hcdgnlek ltul Se
cure Little Money.
The vault in tho Citlcn.V bank al
Sedgwick was blown open by burglar!
and 8-MO In currency taken. Later the
thieves went to tho Santa Pe depot,
broke open a tool house and taking n
handcar escaped. A man living near
Wichita Heights was awakened by
hearing a handcar pass and going out
saw tho maohluo disappear In the dis
tance. Ho did not know of the Sedg
wick robbery nt the time. The rob
bers transferred this car to the Frisco
road at Valley Center, but evidently
tho work of propelllng'lt was too hard,
as they abandoned it a short distance
from the town and it was found later
in the duy.
The night watchman at Sedgwick
first discovered tho robbery whllo on
his regulnr rounds. Ho found that a
rear window had been broken open.
The outer door of the vault hud been
blown off by dynamite, but the steel
chest within was untouched. This is
one reason why It is thought the
thieves are amateurs, because an expe
rienced cracksman would have hud no
difficulty in opening it hud lie so de
sired. Tho officers of the bank are very
thankful the steel chest was not opened
as it contained about 310,000 in cur
rency. AcciimmI Ills I'nther of Murder.
A sensation was sprung In the city
court room nt Leavenworth, Kan.,
when George Stewart mudo a sworn
statement accusing his father, W. II.
Stewart, of having murdered hi Octo
ber 1800, Albert Cuminlngs, an old
soldier, for whose murder, George Mur
phy, alias Philllpi, In now serving a
21 years' sentcneu In the state penitent
iary at Lansing.
Tho boy had just bean convicted of
petty larceny. Immediately after
Judge Moore had sentenced him to CO
duys in the county jail, young Stewart
announced that ho wanted to mako a
statement.
Stewart was arrested a few days ago
on a warrant sworn out by his father,
charging him with having stolen S2.r0
from. In his statement In the court
room the bo t said that It was the ob
ject of his father to have him in jail
so that the old man could get away
without luttlng the boy know any
thing about it.
Young Stewnrt was very deliberate
in making the statement that his fath
er had killed Cuniinings, and spoke
every word without a tremor. The
elder Cummings sat in the court room
and turned deathly pale as ho heard
the boy tell his story and left the room
shortly after the statement was made.
Young Stewart is 20 years old.
An Attempted Aimnult.
Miss Itacon has the night watch for
tho Emporia Telephone company.
Among her duties is to call up tho em
ploys of tho company. Charles Parks,
a lineman, left word to bo culled nt 0
a. in. Saturday. This was done.
Shortly after being called he made his
appearance at tho office and was ad
mitted by Miis itacon, who of courso
was alone. He immediately attempted
an assault on her, and on her scream
ing placed his hand ever her mouth.
Footsteps were heard ascending the
stairs. Parks slipped Into the ante
room and as two messenger boys en
tered the otllce he slipped out of a sldo
door. As soon ns released Miss itacon
telephoned the police, who were soon
on the ground. Later in tho day he
was captured by officer Scott Knoots,
and is now in jail.
Miss Hacon is a daughter of Frank
Ilncon, chief engineer of the city water
works, and Is an estimable young lady
above reproach.
Killed In a I'ecullnr Wny.
George Keeder, n Northern Pacific
conductor, is dead as the result of a
peculiar accident. Iteeder wat run
ning an extra to Duluth, Minn., from
the west nud discovered that a
brake shoe was frozen to one of
tho wheels. Procuring a lining bar
he leaned over on the step and struck
nt tho shoe with the rod. While in
this position ono end of tho rod hap
pened to strlko tho ground and tho
other end pointed straight at Mr.
Iteeder. Tho rush of tho train forced
the rod heavily against his stomach,
producing injuries from which hu
died.
Ouo Under Arrest.
A Charleston, S. C, special says: A
United States deputy marshal arrested
Daniel Harr on the charge of interfer
ing with the United States malls. He
Is supposed to bo ono of tho robbers
who held up the Southern railway
train near llranchvlllo and rifled the
express car. A warrant has boon sworn
out against Thomas Carson, on the
baine charge.
The Defendant Wa Armed.
Walter Marks, of Lang, Kan., de
fendant in a divorce suit in' tho dis
trict court wus searched in tho court
room by by Sheriff Costigun, who
found a loaded revolver. Marks was
charged with cruelty, and had threat
ened to shoot certain witnesses if they
testified against him.
l'ubllc Library for Httmett.
Through the efforts of the teachers
of the public schools a library of near
ly 200 books vas recently purchased
nud this week opened to tho public nt
llassett, Nob. This Is a step of pro
gress which is highly appreciated by
patrons and pupils.
Freights Collide.
In a reavend collision betweccn two
freight tnlns on tho Chicago and Mil
waukce division of tho Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railroad at Deer
Hold, Wis., ono was killed and threr
Injured.
BURGLARS
MINERS ENTOMBED
Mexicans and Chinamon Moot
Death From Explosion.
NO HOPE Of FINDING ANY ONE ALIVE
Waterbury, Conn., linn i III Illaie
Oame Law Violated Hoot lefter Kill
nrotleeman School Teacher Hai
a Narrow Kicape.
The latest Information from the Hon
do, Mexico, mine explosion shows it to
have been fully ns serious ns at first
reported. There was a total of one
hundred and six miners at work in the
mine when the explosion occurred and
all of them are dead. The majority of
the victims nro Mexicans and China
men, very few Americans having been
at work In the mine. Tho work of
clearing away the wreck in order to
get to the bodies is being rushed ns
rapidly as possible, but there Is no
hope that any of the men will bo res
cued alive. Every mule in tho mine
wns killed.
The explosion occurred in mine No.
fi uud was occasioned by striking a gns
pocket. Tho mine is the property of
tho Coahlla Company, It. M. MoKonny
being superintendent. The names of
nonoof the victims have been learned,
Loss to the owners of tho mine is very
heavy.
Chemist ToMlllrn to Cuban Kcclnrorlty.
Dr. II. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau
of chemistry, department of agricul
ture, was before the ways and means
committee in connection with the Cu
ban reciprocity question. His state
ment couered the scientific phases of
the production of sugar from beets,
cane, etc., and the development of tho
respective industries. Hy means of
chart lie showed tho comparative in
significance of the beet sugar Industry
in 18.'i.", when most of the sugar was
made from ouue. Sinco then condi
tions have reversed, until now the
greater part of sugar production is
from beets. Much the larger part of
this production wns in Europe, the
product in America being comparative
ly small. Dr. Wiley expressed the
opinion, however, that the beet sugar
would never extinguish the cane pro
duct, ns the latter had certain special
uses.
Series of Shock.
According to a report which has just
reached Port Townsend, Wash., an
earthquake and landslide occurred in
the Olympic mountains in the western
portion of Jefferson county just prior
to the big storm of last week. The
news wns brought hero by a passenger
arriving from down the straits, who
stated that Indians report that a num
ber of earthquake shocks were felt,
which were followed by a crashing
noise. The next duy Indian hunter.1
came to the coast and reported that
one of the peaks in the Olympic range
had broken off and slid into a small
valley, almost filling it with dirt and
snow. The little valley was uninhab
ited and was a favorite hunting ground
of the Indians.
Misplaced Switch Can net Wreck.
The Chicago fc Alton limited was
throw into the diech at tho interlock
ing switch plant just north of Pontine,
111., by a misplaced switch.
The train wns going rapidly when
it struck the derailing switch, swerved
sharply, ran a short distance on tho
ties nnd finally all but tho engine and
rear coach left the roadbed and rolled
into tho ditch.
Engineer Muldoon stuck to his post
while tho fireman jumped nnd was
slightly injured.
Tho interlocking plnnt has been un
dergoing repairs recently and the safe
ty devices were disconnected, includ
ing the switch which caused the wreck.
Iloer KoTemeii.
Lord Kitchner.in a dispatch from Pre
toria dated January .10, repsrts that
tho camp of Col. L. E. dn Moulin of the
Sussex regiment wns attacked by Niew
bond's command and that after severe
fighting the lioers were repulsed.
Lord Kitchener also reports that
General French captured twenty-six
men belonging to Fouche's command
in the northeastern part, of Capo Colo
ny, and thnt the command was com
pletely scattered
Violating (lame Lawn.
A warrant was issued by Justice
Hudson at Columbus, Neb., for the
arrest of Charles A. Gerrard, former
editor of the Silver Creek Times, now
employed on a Genoa paper, on com
plaint tiled by John Miller of Monroe
chnrging violation of the new game
law by having in his possession and
exhibiting for salo at Monroe a qunn
ity of carp.
floe Through an Air Hole.
Arthur J. Barrett, a prominent con
tractor and builder, wns drowned while
crossing tho Mississippi river from
Fulton, 111. Ho fell through nn air
hole in the ice.
Itural Delivery Service.
Tho postmaster general has promul
gated regulations governing the ap
pointment of carriers in the rural freo
delivery service throughout tho coun
try and appointed a central hoard of
examiners for tho service. All spoeinl
agents and route Inspectors will be
auxiliary members and they will exam
ine nil applicants. Carriers nro re
quired to possess horso and wngon or
cart, glvo 8500 bond, bo between sev
enteen and forty years of age, nnd
must bo able to read and write. The
regulations prohibit tho receiving or
considering of politic?! endorsements.
lied Clothing Allrc.
A serious conllagratlon was narrow
ly averted at the farm house of Fred
Noltlng, near Plattsmouth, Neb. Miss
Hudscll, a school teacher, who makes
her home with the Noltlng family,
was awakened about 1 o'clock n. in. by
the strong smell of burning clothing,
nnd on opening her eyes wns horrified
to find the bed covering afire and the
room filled with smoke. Sho called
loudly for help and when Mr. Noltlng
rushed to her rescue he found
which she had just left, a
flumes. Fortunately the tiro
tho
bed
mass
of
was ex
tlngulshcd before It spread to other
parts of the room, but the bedstead
and bedclothlng was destroyed. The
fire Is supposed to have started by a
spark of sulphur from a match used by
Miss Hndscll In lighting n lamp. Thu
blankets were padded with pure wodl,
and had smouldered the tire anil caus
ed It to burn slowly nroundntid under
neath the quilts. However, when Miss
Hudscll threw the blankets nslde in
her effort to escape the smouldering
muss was fanned and In a moment thu
bed clothing was hi llames.
Grazing LuniU to Ho Utilized.
The disputed question as to permit
ting the leasing of the grazing land ot
the Standing Hock Indian reservation
In tho Dakotas was settled by a decis
ion to go ahead with tho leases. The
Interior department will proceed Im
mediately with the execution of leases.
Over half of tho reservation is tin
leased and remains for the use of the
Indians themselves if they so desire.
The decision was reached at a con
ference at the the white house be
tween President Roosevelt, Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs Jones, Indian
Inspectors McLaughlin and Jenkins,
Agent itingheliner of Stanldng Hock
agency and L. P. Primcau, represent
ing the Sioux Ihulinns, who have been
protesting against the ternn of the
lease,
I'rcHlilcnt Imuc nn Order.
The president lias issued the follow
ing executive order:
"All officers and employes of the
United States of every description serv
ing In or under any of the executive
departments, and whether so serving
In or out of Washington, arc hereby
forbidden, either directly or indirectly,
individually or through associations,
to sollct an increase of pay, or to Influ
ence or attempt to Influence in their
own Interests any legislation what
ever, either before congress or Us com
mittees, or in any way, save through
the heads of departments in or under
which they serve, on penalty of dis
missal from the government service.
"TllKODOIlK RoOHKVKI.T.
"White House, January 2.1, 1002."
A S',',000,000 lllae.
Ill the hardest gale of the winter
Wnterbury, Conn., struggled with a
fire that destroyed a large area of the
business section of the city and threat
ened to wipe It out completely.
The blae started In tho upholstery
department on the third floor of Kcld
fc Hughes Dry tloods company and
thnt store and many adjoining build
ings were reduced in n few hours to
smouldering umbers.
An estimate of S'.00,00. as the
amount of the property loss on build
ings and contents was considered con
servative by insurance men .
Almost Instantly Killed.
A man by the name of Kellcy work
ing on the Armour ice house at Ash
land, Neb., fell from the runway and
was so badly Injured that he died hi a
short time. He came from Omaha and
it was his first day at work. He slip
ped on the runway and fell twenty
four feet, striking a cake of ice and re
bounding several feet In thu air. Ho
wus a single man, coming from Omaha,
but Ills relatives, if he has any, have
not been fouud, and he will be burled
in the Ashlutid cemetery.
(limrd Called Out.
Policemen James Kcdmoud was shot
and instantly killed at Jackson, Miss.,
by a negro from Canton, said to bo
Jim Frye, whom he was taking to jail.
The negro' was taken In hand by other
officers and hurried off to jail with a
inobatlils heels. Governor Longlno
hns called out the capital light guards
und they are now on duty around the
jail.
Fire at Norfolk.
Fire destroyed a house at the junc
tion at Norfolk, Neb., owned by W.
Shlppec nnd occupied by C. E. Adams,
the occupants being away at the time
the ilro occurred. The loss on tho
house wns not learned. Adams' fur
niture was Insured for 8500 in the Con.
tlncntal.
Town l'rncllcally Wiped Out.
Tho railroad town of Clancy, twenty
miles south of Helena, Mont., wns
nearly wiped out by fire recently.
Jerry Ellis, a volunteer fireman, wn
overcome by heat and may die.
Two Killed, One Dying.
The explosion of a boiler at the Dav
idson-licuedlct sawmill at Hohcnwnld,
Tenn., demolished the building, killing
two men Instantly and fatally Injured
one other.
UurgUrs Kill 1'ollceiuan.
Policeman Charles Mayer was shot
and killed by two burglars at St. Paul,
Minn., by two burglnrs whom ho ills
covered trying to break into the Uni
versity avenue butcher shop. Tho
burglars escaped.
llootleggcr Murder Officer.
W. E. S. Hawloy, a saloon and res
taurant keeper of Moweaqua, 111., shot
and instantly killed Policeman Hon
Martin. Martin was was attempting
to servo a warrant on Hawley for al
leged boo tlcffslny.
5J
I There u l'lara for the General-rat
pote HnneT
rrom i-nrmeis ucview: I propose
to discuss this quostlon from tho
standpoint and In the Intorcst ot the
email farmer of, Bay, 100 or 200 acres,
who raises a fow colts yearly primar
ily for his own ueo, and, secondarily,
to sell. And, of course, our point of
view is quite different from that ot
the dealer, the city buyer and user or
tho stallioner. I will Just give my
idea of the general purposo horse. He
should be a solid colored horse, deep
blood bay preferred, weight anywhere
from 1,100 to 1.G00; ho must bo com
pact, hevo a short back, long square
quarters, long sloping shoulders with
long neck set right on top of the
shoulders, round body, breast full and
rather broad, with good limbs under
him and a clean head indicative of a
good disposition. Ho must be a tough
and hardy follow with vim and cour
age, and all the style and action one
can get, ditto speed; but I would place
first a fast walk and an easy, friction
less trot. In short, I would have him
as near a model coacher as possible
without sacrificing anything of rugged
strength and endurance.
Now, 1b there any placo on our farm
for thiB horso? Woll, should smllol
There is no place anywhere, except tho
speedway, that ho Is not par excellence
the horse. At the heaviest farm
work ho will knock tho stuffing out ot
tho drafter, nnd for road work he will
bo good enough for any farmer, nud
ho is always Eatable. The average
horso of this class will generally sell
for a profitable prlco anywhere and e '
erywiiere. rue nuo uraiior is a nouio t. j
fellow und I love him, but wo small IP
farmers can't afford to raise him for
what our mnrkot will pay. This may
not be orthodox in theory, but I know
it will figure that way in practice.
With the marcs we havo and tho stal
lions available to most of us, we raise
so many that won't qulto pass, which
wo hardly know what to do with, that
an occasional prize, even If we get
$200 for him, won't pay the bills. The
trotter nnd the thoroughbred aro
worse. We get a motley mixture ot
misfits, which are of no use in any
place not even for bolognas.
How Is this horso most easily pro
duced? I think this horse 1b more
easily approximated in a profitable
way than any other. We may produce
him either by line breeding or by
cross-breeding. Right here I must di
gress a little. I bellovo tho Creator
holds us responsible for tho right use
of everything he entrusts to our care
our talents, our farms, and our breed
ing stock. If a farmer does not leave
his farm better than ho got It ho com
mits a sin. If I breed horses It Is my
duty to Improve my stock as much as
my circumstances will permit. This
alone would prevent me from cross
breeding, though I bellovo if skillfully'
followed very satisfactory resuKa
could be attained almost immediately;
hut fnr lireiwllne rmrnnflPR the BtOCkA
would not be worth more at tho end off J
..nn'a 1 1 t r, l,nn It nran n ttia ctort ' " 1
For tho small farmer I think the (so
called) French Coacher is tho horse.
First, more of the qualities wanted are
inherent in tho breed and can reason
ably bo expected to bo reproduced than
lu any other variety of horso known.
I consider him quito a good gonernl
purposo horse, but ho don't seem to
be prepotent in style nud action. I
know of only one family of horses
which are. Second, a fairly good stal
lion ot this breed is available in al
most every neighborhood. Wm. S.
Fchr, StephenBon County, Illinois.
In n Manelinrlan Village.
A typical scene in a Manchurlan vil
lage Is thus described by tho corre
spondent of a London paper: "That
afternoon wo pulled up near three
shanties on a woodslde, nnd a gang of
Chinese all squabbling and making
noises like dogs growling over bones
fought with one another to get on a
platform, where a boiler, made by a
Now York firm, was chained. Thero
was a scuffle. Ono Chinese was pushed
backward and fell. His head hit tho
metal and cracked like a nut. Ho
gave a wriggle and died. The Rus
sians who saw tho accident were af
fected. The Chlncso laughed. Ho lay
for an hour in the sun, until I undid
his sleeping rug and Bprend It over h
face. He was soon forgotten. A Chl
neso threw sotno hot water over a
growling dog and mado It howl. At
this thero were shrieks of mirth. Tho
cnglno puffed nnd groaned and Jerked
tho wagons into progress. Tho laBt I
saw of this spot was two Chinamen
pitching mud nt the same dog to keep
it from sniffling at tho body ot tho
dead."
A class was being examined In spell
ing tho other day at a school in Man
chester, when tho teacher questioned
a little girl as follows: "Ethel, spell
kitten." "K, double I, double t, e-n,"
raplied Ethel. "Kitten hns two i'a
then, has It?" said the teacher. "Yea,
ma'am," answered Ethel, confidently;
"ours has."
Premier Seldon of New Zealand, who
Is mentioned as probable governor ot
the Orange River Colony, wont to Aus
tralia forty years ago ns a boy of 18.
He is a mechanical engineer by profes
alon, but for years has chiefly occupied
himself with politics.
The word supercilious cornea from
tho Latin word signifying the eye
brow. The habit of lirtlng tho eye
brows in scorn suggested tho present
signification.
Cranberries aro grown In boga thai
cost from $300 to 500 an acre.
A great mind will neither glvo an
eCtont nor bear It, llrma.
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