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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1902)
I i0 ' zz DECORATION DAY EPISODE. Simple but Patriotic Exercises in Western Frontier Town. "For genuine patriotism olio must go to tlio country, or, butter still, to tho frontier or mountain towns. Awn from tho maddening rush lor weitltn the pooplo live closer to nntuio and also got opportunities to form social acquaintances whicl- ileveloii into tho closest friendships. Holidays to this ?lass are something out of tho ordi nary." Having thus dollveied hinihelf tho old-time newspaper man pondered i while and then resumed iotnewhnt as follows: "Away hack In lSbll 1 was stranded in a little mountain hamlet In Colorado called Georgetown. '.t was Decoration day. My (ash had run out, the two weeklies had a full romplcmoiu of help and 1 was up against it. "Going along the main street, I ran across a local correspondent for ono of the weeklies, whom I had mot In Denver. He gave me the glad hand and asked if 1 had Muick any aurifer ous oie. Having told him of tho de pleted condition of tho treasury, he stated that a committee appointed by the (. A. It. post had met with hard luck in lassoolng a speaker for the program at the peuictory. Then nn Idea t truck him. " 'Say, pard, wlty can't you give us a lift? There's a live dollar gold piece in it!' "Did 1 tako It? Well, I delivered the best speech ever made in tho Itockies. Hut j mi should nnvo seen that procession. .Miners wearing their red or blue shirts, with threat leather belts to hold their trousers In place, pans coat ami vest, but shod in high top hoots and on their heads wuro slouch hats or sombreros adorned with rattlers. Hero and there was a real veteran, whoso empty sleevo r llinp demonstrated that ho hail helped (A end tho stars and stripes. Alto ( ,ther there wore lower than UOO men ' n line. Hut patriotism, pure and in adulterated, beat In every breast. I was accorded n position of honor at the head of the lino alongside my Mend, who was past commander of tho post and measured about 5 foot 4. The commander was G .cot '1, nnu wo made up a great hunch. Tho lino of march took in tho main street of tho town and then over two miles of rocky road to the cemetery. Onto there I delivered my little talk and then tho veterans tenderly plnced flags and llowers on tho graves of their beloved dead. Many a teardrop fell upon the blossoms as tho old boyB passed them around and recalled their gallant comrades of years ngono. Thoro wns no work in Georgetown that day, for it was a holiday devoted to tho memory of tho bravo men who fought to preserve tho nation's honor. (Jivo mo tho frontier for tho real ar ticle in patriotism." Let No Soldier Be Forgotten. Tho hignlllranco of tho day should Inspire every veteran soldier and sail or to pay homago to tho vnloroii3 deeds of their comrades of 1898. Tho annals of our country havo been mado glorious by the noblo and heroic sac rifices of her sons. It 1b our duty to keep ever present in our memories tho historic deeds of the patriotic dead our country's dead. -3r J"- ' WS Air, '-CT ? m WW i "On cuerp soldier's grawc loue to lap a lilp 3arat$ Wbltcomt lillcp. V , tftere," M 1 l i i t Wi wJLsr ft Y ) I TOO MUCH FOR HIS FIIILOSOPHY rouliU't riruro lion lh ' Ttirnuch lh Alter Hots A Vlrelnla member of ronsrem h a ml many years aco to tell a story which may havo been Intended us a pnrahle for nollllclnua who approach questions from lufwmnrj side It Is still cap able of performing that ono. not only for polltlolaus, but for othe-s. The proprietor of a tunyard built n r'at'd on one of the main street of n Virginia town for tho purpose of sell ing leather and buying raw hides. When he had completed the building he considered for a long time what sort of sign to put up to attract atten tion to the new establishment. Final ly n happy thought struck him. lit bored kii auger hole through the door port and stuck it calf's tall into It with the tufted end outside. After a while he mvv a solemn-faced man standing near the door looking at the sign, his eyes In a round, medita tive state behind his spectacles., Tho tanner watihed him a minute." then stepped out and addressed lilm. "Good morning, sir," he said. "Morning!" said the other, without taking his eyes off the sign. "Want to buy leather?" asked the tanner. "No." "Got any hides to sell?" "No." "Are you a fanner?" "No." "Merchant?" "No." "Lawjor?" "No." "Doctor?" "No." "What are you then?" "I'm a philosopher. I've been standing hero for an hour trying to llgure out how that calf got thiotmh that auger hole." Youth's Compan ion. TO BRIDGE THE GREAT SALT LAKE out hern l'arlllr l Atiout to llulltl u l.onc Trmtlii Acrnn It One ol the most remarkable tasks of railroad eiiginooilng undertaken in the went In recent years is about to be begun by the Southern Pacific in I'tnh. snjs the New York Hun. For the sake of saving four and n half miles the railroad Is about to build a new line I OS miles long, and for part of the way the road will run on a tim ber trestle across the Great Salt Lake. It now inns around the northern end of the lake over a route botheied by many shaip curves nnd heavy grades. The work will take three yenrs to complete. It calls lor an expcndltiiro ol $Siiii.oo(i a year. The most formid able part will be the building of tho trestle across the main body of the lake, at a point where it Is seven miles across. The lake bed Is comprised llrst of n layer of llnd sand fiom six to thirty inches in depth. Then comes a hard stratum of soda formation from a foot to eighteen Inches thick and after that snnd and blue day alternately for an indefinite depth. Tho road will bo built on pllon drivon Into this mnss. The trestle will bo built high enough to allow for a rise of the water which at this point is now about thirty feet deep. It hns been tho experience on tho lake hitherto that sand tends to ac cumulate around driven idles. If this should bo repeated here tho result will be a shallowing of tho water and In creased security along the road. Hesldes saving time on tho South ern Pacific the construction of tho lino will hi Ing Immense deposits of guano on Islands in Salt Lake within easy reach of a market. InrrliiB HI" Memory. A married lady living out at Lake side has been having the greatest dif ficulty of late in inducing her husband to remember to order certain things for the household whllo downtown. Every day thero was something for gotten nnd tho meals were growing more scanty aa a result. A few days ago she handed her Iiub band a letter as he made a run for his car, saying that It was not to ho open ed until tho afternoon. Ho romomber ed It Just as he finished his luncheon that day and opening it he read: "I am forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, hut have thought of it for some time. 1 feel that It Is my duty to do so. My mother has been taken into tho secret and she, too, John, declares that It is best that you should know. I cannot keep this to myself any longer." Hubble's face grow ashen and his hair was taking an upright position when he turned over tho page and read: "Wo have not a poound of butter In this house. Send mo some this after noon." The request was compiled with. Duluth News-Tribuno. Number of Ilrltlili Intra. Of Scotland's area of nearly 31,000 square miles no less than C31 aro water and 485 barren fore-shore. Sev en hundred and eighty-seven lslamlH Ho around the Scottish coast; hut of these only sixty-two exceed three square miles in nrea. The biggest Is Lewis and Harris 859 square miles and Skyc comes second. Ireland pos sesses over U00 Ihlunds, most of thorn along the western coasts, and England Just under 100. There aro thus just about 1,200 nrltlsh Isles. KMIifirmm Nrnutnr. Senators Proctor and Fryo are fa mous fishermen. For thirty years Senator Proctor hns been In Vermont on tho last night of April with fishing tncklo ready, and for thirty years at sun-up on tho llrst of May ho has be gun easting for speckled trout. Ho was there this year. A WARRIOR BOLD. ny st. tu:own: iSAritnnnsi:, Aulfiorof "little itiu lfi'r.UM ' "ll.e Sptiltr't Web,"' !r Jaci't IWimt , "U,a Caprice," etc. Ccpjttgtit tVOl. Street uinlMiiiili, N'cw York. CIIAI'TCIt I. Captain llrand. of the Hespasla. The .voiing girl heaul her companion make tills declaration with an Intel est she did not attempt to conceal. "Many times th.it thought lias come to me, but I dismissed It as unworthy. He brought sovorul things my father had with him when he went away, and he resembled the only picture I had of my father that Is, In a general way. You could not expect ur much after his cruel yeaiu of hardship in the desert, llosldes, he knew all about our family matters, the quatrol with, mamma's people on account of her marriage, and many little things con nected with the past." "I shall devote myself to the task of discovering the truth Heaven alone knows who he Is. or how he c.iiue Into posset-Sinn of the facts he him used to such advantage; but I Intend to sat isfy my curiosity in that respect, at any cost." "Something tells me ou will suc ceed," she said eagerly, so that Char lie Hushed with pleasure. "Thanks for your faith In me. It will go a great way toward assisting me. Of ionise, you would be gratified should I llnd the means to expose him as an impostor''" "So long as I still believe him to he what he claims. I c.iuuot llnd It In my heart to turn against him. He lias told me so many awful stories of the cruelties practiced upon them that I tonietlnies feel as though possibly his mind had been a little affected, and that he could hardly be held account able f.ir his actions." Charlie solved upon a slender cue, quick as a Hash to discover a vulner able point. "Ah!" ho said, eagerly; "you speak of their suffering among the Arabs! Then he had a companion in exile, I imagine." "Oh, oh three at first; but later on there was only one left." "And the name- do you remember "os. It wns his mate, Hen llaxoii." "Ah! that is a substantial point from which to wotk. Our friend, If an Impostor, mny be very cunning, but 1 doubt If he has been able to cover his tracks so that we may not learn hornethlng of Hen Hazen's past: Ship ping books nml shipping masters may tell tho story of Identification If all else falls, lly the way, what does lie say heeniuo of lien llazen?" "Ho was shot while defending a wretched woman slave against her In human master, nud died of his wounds." "Well, the Incident may bo true enough; but tho chances aro that It was your own father who gave up his life In this chivalrous iashlou, ami that what papers ho had hidden on his person ho confided to his follow prisoner In tho hope that at soino day he might escape and carry the news to those liu loved In old England." Arllnc heard him with both wonder and delight. Her confidence had apparently gone out to him in the start, and now she felt it growing he was so earnest, so positive that his logic seemed to have tho faculty of convincing others. "Thero Is one thing I meant to ask; you gave mo the wrong card by n singular neeldent, hut at the same time intimated that you were known by an other name than Arlino llrand at the hotel." "Yes; I should havo explained. When my mint adopted mo I assumed her name of Wallls; and as her title was hereditary, and could descend to the next of kin after her demise, I be came Iady Arllnc Wallls. As such I bnvo been sometimes known." Charllo cringed somehow, nt this. It seemed to raise a wall between them wealth and title. What few or dinary young Englishmen daro nsplro to win a bride from behind such ram parts? Never before had Charlio Stuart wished for fame and fortuno as now; nothing could bo too grand to lay nt tho feet of such a royal princess. And while ho wns thus battling with his thoughts', she suddenly caught his arm. "Ho Is out yonder! I heard his laugh! Now, come to tho door, Mr. Stuart, and tako your first look at Captain llrand of tho Hespasla, be fore you moot him fHco to face." Nothing loth Charllo followed her to tho door, whence they could look into tho office of tho hotel. Several men wero in sight; but al most instinctively his gnzo settled upon ono who seemed to commnnd general attention; and no sooner had Charllo clapped his eyes on this rc markablo individual than ho uttered n llttlo ejaculation of surprise and pleasure Possibly he had seen this same lo quacious Captain llrand of tho Hespa ela under other and moro exciting cir cumstances. "Tell me," ho said quietly, to tho girl who was hovering over his shoul dor, "have you given him any particu lars as to how you chanced to escapo from tho Steen dungeons?" "Only that just In tho nick of tlmo I was discovered by somo tourists who had come down to sco tho awful place for themselves," "My nnmo waa not mentioned?" "To tho best of my recollection, not at all." "Good! Then, If I meet tho ogro. you can lntroduco mo as one of your friends." "I trust such Is only the truth." shy '.v "An old, old friend, hi us say, for whom oti have always entei tallied feelings of profound respeit." "It shall be as you say. 1 am sure you havo some motive In this action." "1 certainly have Truth to toll, I believe I havo seen this gentleman be fore, under other i-.indltlons. I shall know to a eeitnlnly after I have been In his society a while. At any rate, there Is reason to hope for the best." "Khali wo go out and meet him?" asked Aillno. "Yes. Indeed. Tho Fates have decid ed that Captain llrand and I shall come together for a trial of strength, and It might Just as well take place now iih later. I am ready." So thoy went out. The o-sallor quickly sighted them and "bore down with all sails set," iih he would have unutlonlly expressed It. Charlie played his part well. He met tho captain In a blurt, fi loudly manner. JuM as it young man might wish to receive the father of a lovol.v girl he admlreil. Plainly Captain lli-.ind found no es pecial reason for alarm. He set out to be oven more Jovial and debonair than u.-tual. with the Idea of creating a good Impression on bin daughter's old friend, whom he wished to study at close range. When he set out to entertain, Cap tain llrand of the Hespasla was a howling success, iclatlng the most as tonlbhlng Incidents connected with his long captivity In the desert, his perils 011 tho sea, and the deep fountain of love for wife and child that had sus tained him through all his trials. Charllo was no mean actor himself, thanks to the splendid control which he was able to exetiise over his facial miiM-les. Although ho now had not the least doubt as to the fellow being a fraud of the first water. Charlie felt that he owed It to Arllno's respect for filial a r fcctlon to prove this fact. This was tho task ho cut out for himself. Ho laid his little trap. Captain llraml was so much engag id with his How of oratory and the charming of this filend of the family that he did not noliw tho pit so dertly dug. Thus, almost without nu effort, Charlie had him admit that he know considerable about Valparaiso. In Chill, and had been there, In the course of his wanderings, many years ago. In Charlie's mind this settled the matter. If was confident ho knew with whom he had to deal, and when tho lime eanio he would be ready to daie all In dcfjlng the adventurer. While they sat thus, speaking of the sights of Antwerp, there came a messenger f 10:11 tho hotel olllco Inquir ing for Mr. Charlie Stunt t, whom a gentleman outside desired to see. As he went, directed by the clerk, to tho spot where ho would find the gentleman who had asked for an Im mediate Interview on serious business, ho was making up his mind to tell Pctorhoff the whole story and enlist lib. favorable consideration for Arllne, no that when the ilenouinent came the doughty captain could bo taken care of. Judge of his surpilso, then, when, upon coming upon the party who wished to see him, ho found It was no other than Artemus Uaruaby, with his honest face clouded with an air of the darkest myHtery. It did not require much prophetic skill on Charlie's part to toll that his erratic friend had news of some im portance for him. He pressed a forefinger on his lips to Indicate dead silence, when he found that Charlie had recognized him, Charllo Mood there waiting while the other crept on his tiptoes to tho corner, in tho regular orthodox stngo fashion, nnd looked this way and that, to assure himself that there could be no eavesdroppers near. Then ho approached his friend, his wnrnlng finger still on his lips. Reaching the other, he phieed his lips close to Churlle's ear, and solemn ly said: "The coast is clear!" "1 see it Is," said Charllo, aloud. "What I am about to disclose to you, will give you a cruel shock, my boy." "Shock away then, only make haste." "I am about to make n disclosure that will, I regret to say, knock away tho foundations of your belief In hu manity." "Ah! that's a serious thing Indeed. Does this disclosure concern tho world at largo or ono Individual specimen of mankind?" "One shining light." "Then lire away, and bo hanged to you," Artemus assumed 11 look of extreme gravity, although Charlie was sure he henrd a chuckle. "You havo met tho father of the young lady of tho Steen dungeons. The hotel clerk has been entertaining me with a wonderful story of his return to llfo and civilization. It reads like a romance, and would find a worthy niche in my notebook, only, my dear boy, it Is so very ancient, a veritable btnge chestnut, as It were. "nut let that pass. I imagine this Captain llrand Is a character worth knowing, something unique. I could hear him out yonder, and the dulcet tones of his volco wero soothing enough to conjure with." "Yes," remarked Charllo, "ho Is a wonderful man, and could charm most peoplo by tho quaint manner of his speech." Artemus ngaln bont forward. "IJcwaro of Captain Brand!" he whispered, and then sprnng back to note tho stunning effect of hiB announcement. Hut Chnrlle. though Interested, re fiiRcd to be stunned. "Why. what has he done?" "He Is a bold, bad mnnl" Charlie was Inclined to say "Amen!" lo Hint, but he kept his own counsel as yet. seeking more light. "See here' You have known this wonderful modern Union Munchausen nt some parti date?" H. Hi,i,, Artemus nodded. "It would he Impossible Hint two such men inuld ever exist. Yes, I knew him." "Wheto?" "In New York." I "When?" "Iot mo see," iterate lilng his bend, its a comedian must always do when (IcslroiiH of arousing memory. "Alii' yes, Just a little moro than two ycnrB; ago." "Htii at that tlmo ho swears ho wim In tho heart of Africa, n "prisoner at Dahomey." "Well he lies," coolly. Charlie liked that. It was so flesh and original, at tlur same time so very emphatic. "Who was ho when you knew him?" ho asked, determined to get down to the facts now. "A fourth-rate nctor, on his uppcrn half of the time. One of these howl ing barnstormers, it heavy villain of the piece, at homo In 'I'mio Tom'n Cabin' or 'Ten Nights in u Harroom.' Ho was the Joke of the season on the Itlnlto, in Gotham. I oven thought se riously of utilizing him in my great play an the seedy actor who carries, tho mysterious secret with him through five acts, but when hu found, there was a chance of hint being Im mortalized, his price for sittings went away up. ami 1 discovered something better than Hamfattcr." "Good Heavens! was that his name?" "Certainly not. 'Hint's what they call all heavy tragedians of t hu barn storming variety. Let me see," plac ing a linger alongside his nose, a la living, "now I have It bend your head lower, for that fellow luu. keeiti ears It wan Frederick Davenport Mtt cauley." "Indeed! Very suggestive, consider ing his occupation In life. What n, man he is, to bo sure, capablo of hav ing so many names, and filling such various stations In life. Why, when 1 knew him, four or five years ago, ho was called Captain Nathaniel Kedge." "What! you know him, then?" "I saw him-that Is. I am almost dead certain it Is the same man; nnd. I expect to move It presently." "Whoie was this?" "hi South America." "In Valparaiso?" "Come, what makes you ask that?'" In surprise. "1 leuiomber hlm talking of being concerned in a llttlo war scare that oc curred down thoicho has always been the same hoaMcr, you know." "Well, that seems to prove the Iden tity. I never In nil my life heard of co stupendous a rascal." "Say what was ho doing down in Santiago, or was It Valparaiso?" "Tho latter, on the coast, tho most enterprising city along thn Pacific, south of San Francisco. What was ho doing? Well, about the last I saw oC r hlm, ho was (laming a Scottish horn pipe." "Yes. ho has his merry momenta when the liquor Is In." "Hut this was a unique affair beforo an audience that must have numbered thousands." "God! that would spur oven so poor an actor to do his best." "And Cnptaln Nathaniel did his very best. If. as you say, ho has been an actor, as well as a miner, sea captain, coffee planter, speculator, and Heaven knows what not, ho certainly had tho chance of his life to bring out bravos. However, 1 don't think he took hnlt as much interest In the affair as some of the rest of us did." "Ho didn't, p:? I never knew ho wns acquainted with modesty. How wns that?" asked Artemus, eagerly. "Well," said Charlie, dryly, "you boo, he was- being hung!" (To bo continued.) UNIQUE FISHING DONE IN JAPAN' lllnck formornnti Tliera Tako the ric- of KimI unit I.lne. "At the farmhouse, commodious and' hosplLable, llkcwlso clean and charm ing, after tho fashion of Japan, wo send for the boy who brings our fish ing tackle. "They eamo waddling into the yard, tho three birds with which wo nro to do our fishing. Ulack cormorants they are, each with a white spot be hind Its oye, and a hoarse voice, como of standing in tho water, with which It says y'eagh whenever a stranger makes a friendly overture. Tho cor morants answer to tho namo of Ou, which In Japaneso is something liko tho only word tho cormorants can say. Tho boy puts thorn In n box together and wo set off across tho drifted grav ol to tho Taraagavva. Arrived at tho stream, the boy takes the threo cor morants out of tho box and adjusts their fishing harness. This consists of a tight ring about tho bottom of tho neck, of a loop under each wing, and a directing line. "Two other boys tako a low net They drag It down tho stream, driving tho llttlo fishes and nil tho rest beforo it. Tho boy with tho cormorants goes In advance. Tho threo birds nro eager as pointer dogs, nnd apparently full of perfect enjoyment. To tho right and left they plunge with lightning strokes, each dip bringing up a shin ing fish. When tho bird's neck Is full of fishes down to the lovel of the- shoulders tho boy draws htm in, grabir him by tho leg ami shnkes him uncere moniously over a bosket until all tho fishes havo flopped out. Outing. 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