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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1902)
. '-xiltoimfom h fc. THE CUNNING Writer Insists the Inter; Ia Q Education rvl "TLc man wno believes that the urns nulto cannot bo educated up tn the point where ho is capable of dodging nome of the artifices of humnn kind Is simply a fool," said 11 man who ban irnlylng some attention to annnh- oU'B n nd eulox, nud whose devotion has been returned with quadrupled amorousness, "and 1 know what 1 am talking about, for 1 have had occasion to observe a few things within the week, In substantiation of which I tnnke proffer of various red splotches on my face, neck and hands, .lust Piitslde of my door there Ik a cistern, one of these uncovered cisterns about which ho much hns been said and written. It Is a great mosquito breeder nnd nt night these hutntnlni; despera tes make a fierce iliiirgc into my vootn. The door, window and transom are not serened, but 1 have around my bed what Is supposed to he ample protection In a good rnnqultn bar For n while the bar was good enough Hut It did not take any print length of lime for the mosquitoes to learn a few things. One night- Just a few nights ago 1 was awakened by a liuiiiintnK K)und nud had noticed that my sleep had not been as een as usunl. At lirst I thought the sound was ninde by a street car some distance from my irroom on th line which traverses the street on which I live The truth grad ually dawned ou me that It was the $M Mt $$ J THE OLDEST STOVE J r. Richmond. Va... Claims One Which Seemingly 9k m. Should Re.nk With the Boot X fc$HnMMi According to n I'hilndt lphia news- paper the oldest stove In this country (sat present on exhibition in Minneap olis, Minn. From the description this old stove Is something after the lashlou of the one which we have here In our slate "npitol. It stands upon legs or end Fiipports, similar to thos-e of a sewing machine, only that they are about half as high and of much heavier casting. The total weight of the stoe is f.00 pounds. It is three feet long, thirty two Inches high and one foot wide, with a hearth extending in front. There Is no grate In the bottom, the m fire being built directly on the bottom of the stove, the heat passing from below the oven, back of it and over the top of the pipe. The outside has scrollH nnd designs and crowns In re lief, much after the fashion of the Moves of to-day, and on both sides rast with the metal are the words, 'Hereford Furnace, Thomas Maybury, Mfr 17C7." We are assured that the stove Is well preserved. In spite of itB age. The surface has a finish which 4 : Traveling and Wandering i Jones was in peculiarly expansive humor the other evening. He was packed up for the Mimmer, and was starting off in the morning on a cheap racket walking trip. To traverse the country districts of New England was his program, and nn unfnlllng friend liness his method of getting about cheaply anil well. "I have no use for traveling." he be gan. "That, of courpe, is why you are starting off on the morrow?" I asked. "That, dear friend, is not traveling. It Is wandering, nnd I recommend the world In general to got back to it, as the Ideal manner of getting about. Trnvellng Is a distinctly modern in vention. It alms at two things speed and the attainment of a definite locality. It Is done for a purpose, and the means nre always sacrificed to the end. The scenery through which the victims of the system may steam, 1b blurred. Cards and pajK-rs ore found necessary to slay the time, and when the travelers dismount from HIS JOKE COST HIM DEAR. An Interesting Little Story About Han nibal Hamlin. "Why don't you comb down that cowlick', said Senator Mallory, laugh ingly, to one of the pages, whose hair was standing straight. "Borne of these days your wife will take hold of It and pull your hair." t The boy glanced up at the senator s very bald pate. "Senator," he asked. Is that the way you lost your hair? There are quite a number of sena tors with bald heads. Senator Stew art 1b among the number. And Mr. Stewart says that It does not pay to make fun of a mun who hasn't any hair on the top of hlR head, In the place where the hair ought to grow, as the old song says. In proof of which he tells an Interesting story on how Hannibal Hamlin was defeat ed for the senate. "Up In Maine," salt! Mr. htewar , "there was a man who was very bald. Ono day Mr. Hamlin came along ami lapped the man'B Braooth skull. 'I Jusvfmnto tell you, he said, 'that nno of your two hairs is crossed with the other.' , ' "Thra remark was made only In fun, but thu bald-headed man never forgot It LotaE afterward he wns a member of ilu upper branch of the Maine MOSQUITO SKowlnfl R-etrmrkble. Progress drone of mosquitoes which had been In the habit of slipping out of the cistern hik Into my room nt night. They wero making n fierce attack on the bar, and I concluded that I would get up nnd make a little Investigation an after midnight study, as it wure of this winged nsdassln. I did so. "I never saw so many mosquitoes before. They were mad, too. The fact that they had encountered the bar seems to hnve made them furlong. They were buzzing like a nest of dis turbed hornets. Hut whnt surprised me more than any other thing was the fact that several do.en had managed to get through and were actually ou the Inside, and lint! really begun to chew me. On the outside of the bnr I found a perfect swarm. Some of them weie fastened In the threads of the bar. They weie trying to squeeze through the little holes of the bar. Just as the others hail done. Their long legs, or their wings, or some part of the body, nut! become tangled anil they were hopelessly tied. Now how did they know how to get through these little places by the squeezing process? How did they know this was the only possible way to reach the food they wanted? I tell you the mosquito la capable of learning a few things, and he Is being educated up to some of the uitlfices ot human kind, and that's all there Is to It." New OrleaiiB Tlmes-Oetnociat Is techiucally known as "pebbled." The fatuous Virginia stovu also stands upon legs. Is about seven feet high find is handsomely ornamented. It Is "three stories" high and of pyra midal shape, and was made In 1770 for the house of burgesses at Williams burg, whence It was removed to Rich mond when the seat of government was removed hither. The founder, one lluzuglo, whose place of business was In Knglund, wrote of the "warm ing machine" that "the elegance of workmanship does honor to Great Hritaln. It exceeds In grandeur any thing ever seen of the kind and Is a masterpiece not to be equaled In all Europe. It tins met with general ap plause and could not be sudlclently admired." So, notwithstanding Its advantages of a few years In age, the Minneapolis stove must pale Its Ineffectual fires when compared with our big, highly ornamental and aristocratically con nected (historically speaking) old warming machine. lUchmond Dis patch. the deck or platform they breathe out a thankful 'Here nt last,' as If that were the point. The ancients got about in a different spirit. They wan dered where 'sweet adventure called them.' They merely roamed, setting themselves no goal. They wero not whli led in hot compartments from point to point. Under the wide and starry sky they tented; these fine old tramps, Arabs, gypsies nnd all no mads of the Ulysses type. The peri patetic hoboes should organize a great league to prove that scenery is better than speed, and that every foot of tho open road is as good as the place named on the guide post, toward which the wanderer's face is set. "And no epitaph is more appropriate for the mundane wanderer thau this: " 'Under the wide and open sky, Where he loved to live, there let him He; Home is the sailor, home from tho sea, And the hunter Is home from the hill. legislature and Hamlin was a candi date for tho United States senate. Hamlin was defeated by one vote, and that one vote was east by tho man who was bald " Washington Tost. Februarys Without Full Moon. A correspondent corrects some er roneous statements about a month with no full moon, which appeared recently In a paragraph quoted from n Missouri paper. "As a matter of fact," he says, "tho month of Febru ary, 1886, had a full moon, which fell on the 18th, as refereuco to the al manac for that year will show. Tho month of February, 1893, however, had no full moon, nor did that of 18GG, and this Is no Infrequent occurrence, but happens every twenty or thirty years. Tho month of February hav ing, except In leap year, only twenty eight days, and the moon's phases be ing separated by an average period of twenty-nine tlays, it of necessity follows that in February frequently only three such phasim occur. The phenomena Is therefore neither rare nor of any Interest, nnd the only won der Is' who could first have started so foolish a story as that no month without a full moon hnd occurred since tho .creation of tho world, nor would recur again for two nnd a half million years." New York Tribune. William H. Forwood Named by the President as Army's Surgeon General BMBMBHHIIBBBaBaMBMBaaBaKBaBSMBaBBlMaaaBSHSBSSl IB T1 J 'lift. Sbbbb yi ., f William H. Forwoon, who wns re- cently nominated surgeon general of the army by President Roosevelt, has been a member of the military blanch since KSC1, when he was appointed from civil life. At the close of tho war he was In command of the White Deadlier Than the Fer-De-Lanee. One who hns been over the world says: "Your Martinique friend for-tlo-lanco Is not to be compared with the duklte snake of Australia. It is like the pictures you have seen of sin, a long, red snnkc, with eyes the liv ing embodiment of evil. The dukltes never go nlone. It you are unfortun ate enough to kill ono without killing its mate the latter will follow your trail remorselessly, like death, or fate, and though you camp twenty miles from the spot It will kill you as sure us you killed Its partner." A Pennsylvania Statesman. George W. Guthrie, who hns been nominated as running mate for ex Gov. l'attlson In the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, was born In Pitts burg fifty-four yenrs ago, and has been a lawyer of high standing in that city since 1869. He ran for mayor In 189G, but on the face of the roturns was declared defeated. He contestod, but ngnln lost. He was nominated for elector at large in 1890, but withdrew. Mr. Guthrie Is at present chairman of the democratic city committee of Pittsburg. Jessie Morrison, for the Third Time Convicted of the Murder of Mrs. Castle Ifex iff i After being out twelve hours tho Jury In tho case against Jesslo Morri son, charged with tho murder of Mrs. Olln Castlo, at hor home, Eldorado, Kansas, In June. 1900, returned a ver dict of guilty of murder In tho second Editor Who Made a Mistake. A southern Kansas editor Innocent ly contradicted a report that a young woman In his county was about to throw up hor Job as school teacher In order to get married. "She is not that kind of a girl," said tho editor, In tending to convey tho Idea that sho would not break a contract. Hut tho girl saw it in a different light and wroto to him hotly: "I don't know," she said, "as It is any or your busi ness, but I give you to understand thW I atn not tho kind of a girl you say. 1 can get married it I want to." Kaiibas City Journal. Hall General Hospital in Ponnsylva- nlu, but a year later Joined the legulur aimy, and has served In almost every part of the country where tho army lias a post. Or Forwood Is a native of Delaware, lie retires this year, by age limit. The Greatest Oil Well. Tho gicatesl oil spooler of the Rus sian pctiolcum district was struck a few mouths ago about eight miles southwest of llaku. The well was bored to a depth of I, SOU feet befcuo oil was reached. Then, for nearly three days It sent out oil at tho into of 180.1MKI barrels a day, and continued thorcnttcr to How at a diminishing rnte until It hnd produced over ",000, 000 barrels. The owncis lost money, for the well could not bo controlled, much udjacent property being dam aged by the oil that escaped. Trustees of Corcoran Gallery. The trustees of the Corcoran Gal lery of Art nt Washington hnve up pointed Kdmuntl Clarenco MesBer principal of the Core oi an Art school, to fill the place madu vacant by tho resignation of E. F. Antliews. Mr. Messer has chosen as his assistants R. N. Hrooke, Miss Matilde Mueden and James Henry Moser. Mr. Messrs Is one of the most widely known nnd esteemed of Washington artists. Ho is also a man of mature yeurs and known to possess fine executive ability. V degree. Tho Jury reached Its conclu sion speedily. This Is tho third trial Miss Morri son has had, the caso being twice ap pealed. It is believed tho last verdict will ho final. Czar Has Faith In Ring. Tho czar wears a ring In which ho believes Is Imbedded a pleco o: tho true cross. It was orlglnnlly ono of the treasures of tho Vatican nnd was I presented to an ancestor of tho czar. Homo years ago tho cznr was travel ing from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Ho suddenly discovered that ho had forgotten tho ring. Tho train was stopped Immediately and n speclnl messenger sent Hying back on an ex press englno for It, nor would the czar allow tho train to niovo until, several hours afterwurd, the messen ger returned with the rl"- AS THE WORLD REVOLVES ELECTRICITY IN FARMING. Used Extensively in France, Where Coal Ic Scarce. Elcctilcilt Is used In the house r the French fanner, not only for heai lug, but lor cooking of food. Now that coal is becoming scarce anil big!', ami foiests are inadequate to furnish lucl. elt'ctilclty Is furnishing the enenpest source ol energy. The cur lent fioui n generator Is let! to a cen tral dlsttlhutlug station, where It Is divided Into as many clt cults as theio nio separate inotorH and ho power Is distributed. In tho fariueis' Imrurf tills power runs root cutteiH. milk sop arattus. limning mills, etc. It can also he used for cleaning harnesses, for shurpening tools, for ventilators, piiinps. mills, etc. Yards, stables uni barns are lighted ns well as houses The water I'roin ponds or biooks or ilvcis is raised high enough lor Its distribution through farm buildings and over the tlelds of Irrigation Ele vators, hay cutters. ha presses and elder presses are also worked oy electricity Elcoti lelty. LADY DUNDONALD IS POPULAR. Wife of Canada's Military Com-m.-.ndcr Noted for Her Dcauty. All Cauatlii Is ready to fall in love with I .iidy Dundonnld, wife of tho recently appointed couimautler of the Canadian troops. Her simple man ners, lur splendid cducutlon. her love lor books and the hrilfiuney of her icteptloi.s have long been known In the dominion. Sho Is of Welsh par entage ami is no less popular than her warrior husband. She has consider able fortune and spends much of it each year In assisting charitable or ganizations. She, too, has fighting blood In her veins, for she went to war with the parish council nt Gwyreh castle In England not long ago because that body presumed to Interfere with tho pruning of her trees. Tho war was a bitter one, but her ladyship was victorious, compell ing trie council to keep Its lingers off her business. Violins Made from Clay. An old Scotch proverb says; "You cun't make n silk purse out of a sow's ear." It seems to the ordinary person that it would be quite as Impossible to make u good violin out of clay, but it has been dona. A well-known man ufacturer of the M essoin ocarinas nud porcelain organus has Invented a proc ess for tho manufacture of violins and mnntlollnB from clay. Some violins have already been completed, ami the Inventor has applied for letters patent for tho same In different countries. Under this process the violins nro cast and every violin Is guaranteed a suc cess and to be excellent for producing music. The latter qunllty constitutes precisely the chief value of this In vention. The porcelain hotly. It Is claimed, Is better able to produce sound than a wooden one, since It co operates In the production of sound, making tho notes soft and full. Long Record of Service. Edwin F. Hamlin has Just celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary as execu tive secretary at the Massachusetts state house. He has served under these governors: Alexander H. Rice (by whom he was appointed), Thomas Talbot, John D. Long, Henjnmln F. Butler, George D, Robinson, Oliver Ames, John Q. A. Hrnckett, William E. Russell, Frederick T. Grecnhalge, Roger Wolcott and W. Murray Crnne. THE THANKS OF CONGRESS. They Are Extended to Rear Admiral Kempff. The house committee ou foreign affairs unanimously reported a resolu tion giving the -thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Kempff for his conduct during the siege of Taku, China. M WEEKLY PANORAMA v.1' ' KM AN AUTHOR OF PROMISE. Critics HlCjbly Commend the Work of Harr) Leon Wilson. Hook lovlowors. east and west, hnvo given much praise to a recent novcl "The Speuileis," by Hany Leon Wil son. The following Is an extract liom tho book: "It's Just a question of blackmail, Isn't It? What did you offer?" "Well, she has a slew of letters- gettln' them is a matter ol sentiment, and ki'cpin' the thing quiet. Them she claims lo have a will inuilo last December ami duly witnessed, glvlnl her the One Girl outright, anil u mil Hon cash So you cini see sho ain't' anything ordinary. I told Coplon :o olTer hor a million cash for everything: rnther'n have any fuss I wan goln" to fix It up myseir and keep quiet about It." "Hut, tliiuin It nil, that's robbery!" "Yes--but It's hor ileal. You n member when Hilly Hrue was playln sovenup with a stranger in the Two Hump saloon over to Eden, anil Chid tile Foglo the bartender called him up front and whispered that he'd Jont seen the feller turn a Jack from tho bottom. 'Well,' says Hilly, looking kind or roprovin' at Clilddlo. 'It vv:in his deal, wasn't It?' Now, It'tt iiuro this blond pnrty's ileal, and wo bettor reckon ahead a mite before wo start any rough-house with hor. You'ro tluo' to find out If you hadn't better let her turn her Jack and trust to get tln' even on your ileal. You got u claim staked out In Now York, nud1 a scandal like this might handicap you In workln' It. And 'tnin't as If hushln' her up was something wo couldn't well afford. And think ot how It would torment your ma fo know of them doln's. and now 'twould' shume Pish In eompnny. Of course,, rob'ry Is rob'ry, but mebbo It's our play to bo sporty like Hilly Hruo was." Electricity for Rainfall. A number of prominent Japanese' scientists are at present engaged upon a scries of experiments for tho artificial production of rain by mcniiH. of electricity. Tho first trial was tnatlo in the Fukushlma prefecture, and tho results obtained were very satisfac tory. Operations weie commenced ut 11 In tho evening, but no ehnngo wuh noted until 9 the next morning, when clouds began to gather In tho vicinity of the place where the experiments--were being held. Haiti soon began to fall over an area several miles In ox tent, and continued without intermis sion for twelve; hours. FOUGHT WITH A BURGLAR. South American Beauty Shows Brav ery In a London Hotel. Marguerite Gana, the famous South American bounty, who formerly lived In Washington. D. C. hnd a thrilling- ' experience with a burglar at tho Thackeray hotel, at London, Kngland. The man wns captured, hut tho woman well nigh- lost her life Tho man entered her room and was at her Jewel safo when she awoke and discovered him. Without nn Instant's hesitation sho sprang from her bed und seized him, at the same time shouting for help. The thief struggled and succeeded' In drawing a pistol. Ho attempted to. fire It at the woman, but she succeed ed in turning it aside. Two shots wero fired, both of which lodged In the wall. Tho nolso at tracted the servants, who rushed in and subdued the man, who wns later given Into custody. Too Bucy to Learn Speeches. It has been noticed that for a year or so David H. Hill, on tho occasion of bis public appearances, has always read his speeches, doing so, however, with such a show of off-hand speak ing that It is difficult to realize the fact. Mr. Hill, it Is explained by ono of his intimates, of late baa been a busy man and cannot afford thoi time to commit his speeches to mem ory. ' M V ts V 1 te l v ,!W la i k A rjT.' ttsrw :$ i,cWr swsri