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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1904)
immKS. ?wn 1FY .rSBBSWWp fvpr "Vt SUBMARINE FOR THE ARMY UXeiiiMJIbH . cmo soon In .ML j ft. -!H.'V HE TOLD THE TRUTH. Reluctant Singer Very Properly De scribed His Voice. Onco a number of kindred spirits were enjoying a supper In the land of Burns. When tho cloth was removed and tho tisual 'toasts were proposed some ono suggested a song. Tho ef forts of the llrst Scotchman met with fciich a hearty reception that others were Induced to follow his example. In tho end it was found that every one had contributed to the evening's entertainment but tho medical gentle man who occupied tho vice chair. "Come, come, Dr. Macdonald," said the chairman, "we cannot let you es cape." The doctor protested ho could not sing. "As-a matter of fact," he explained, "my volco Is altogether unmusical, and resembles tho sound caused by the act of rubbing a brick along the panels of a door." Tho company attributed this to tho doctor's modesty. Good singers, ho was reminded, always needed a lot of pressing. "Very well," said tho doctor, "If you can stand It, I will sing." Long before ho bad finished his au dience was uneasy. Tho unwilling singer had faithfully described his voice. Thero was a painful silence as tho doctor sat down, broken at length by the volco of a braw Scot at the end of the table. "Mon," ho exclaimed, "your slngin's no up to much, but your veracity's just awfu'! Yo'ro rlcht aboot that brick." Tit Bits. Profitable Anger. My old medical preceptor told me that when ho was a boy his father took him to a doctor who told him that bo could not livo long, but it mado him angry and ho went homo with his father. Hied up some nails and took tho iron dust as medieinc, then ho went to tho sap-bush and built him a luu and lived thero during tho run, making maplo sugar. Ho got well and is living to-day, so far as I know, while thnt must hnvo been a half-century ago. Somo peoplo may prefer calling it determination in place of hngor. Earl M. Pratt. Many Passed A talo Is told of a rich gold mine in Idaho, with a iedgo of oro which once extended nbovo tho surfaco of tho ground in a clear, solid ridge sev eral feet high and entirely distinct from tho surrounding formation. This ledgo was long and unbroken, and lay directly across tho courso which hun dreds of prospectors took every yenr to reach other gold fields. This ob struction of rock tho great value of which was long unknown was too high to bo surmounted by pack ani mals, so tho prospectors cut a trail Jlrectly through It. For several years fitheso eagor gold seekers passed back ward and forward over this tiNl in search of gold mines, Ono night a prospector camping near this ledgo of rock picked up a bit of it and, from force of lmblt, took it to a creek $& 'gyw FY A' A NECKLACE WORTH $125,000. What the Jewelers Circular describes as of tho most elnborate and expensive? necklaces tho trade for Hcimo tl mo was tnkon to Europe ro- rontly by :i Nov,- York dealer In diamonds and pearls. The ac- rnmnniivlnir I11iilr.illnn rmirntllined from the Circular SHOWS tllO actual sle of tho ornament, which Is composed of diamonds nnd pent Is of ex tremely large t.l0 uml excellent quality, mounted In gold anil platinum, and an ried alternately with n pearl and n diamond. In tho entire neck lace there were 700 diamonds, weighing In all 375 carats, nnd 1 47 pearl, weighing 1 loo grains. Two of the largest diamonds weighed 110 carats each, while the otl'trs grade downward in weight to 15 carats. Tho largest pearl weighs HSVj grains. Each of tho largo pearls and each of tho large dia monds are set in a cluster of 11 smaller diamonds, interact with 10 still fetnallcr diamonds. Tho peails are likewise mounted. Among the diamonds are several widely known stones. Including tho Ahln Joslln gems, the Maximilian diamonds, two otner diamonds which once formed the chief stones in a pair of. link cuff buttons that belonged to 'ilnss" Tweed, and two of tho Hope diamonds. Tho two Tweed diamonds weigh 15 carats, and ho two Joslln diamonds 10 carats. The pen dant attached consists of a peail. mounted in of a chibtcr ot dlamomK with three pear ncarl drops. It can bo used as a corsage piece or brooch pin. W kAvV &Ar Jlhil A JAPANESE ROYAL WEDDING. Cortege Mutt Have Presented an Im posing Appearance. "Tho royal wedding of tho Crown Princo of Japan, somo four years ngo, was celebrated with national rejoic ings," writes Florcnco Eldrldge In her article on Yoshlhito, Crown Princo of Jnpan, in tho March Pearson's. "Tho city of Toklo was transformed Into a verltnblo fair ground with arches of flowers, festival;), numerous proces sions and congratulatory emblems. A now postage stamp was Issued to commemorate tho happy day. Thou sands of peoplo thronged tho streets and gathered to seo tho imperial pro cession pass, standing respectfully with heads reverently bowed when the cortego appeared. "Tho costumes worn by tho Impe rial brido and bridegroom during tho ceremony were fashioned niter tho court dresses of centuries ago. Tho dress of tho Crown Pilnco was a flow ing robo of satin seven feet In length, that trailed on tho ground behind him as ho walked, silken breeches, an outer coat of crepe, embroidered on sleeves, back and breast with his crest. With this ho wore a cap of black, varnished material, bound by a fillet of gold, with a long streamer of stllT wlro ribnon hanging from the back; this cap was kept In place by a llght-coloicd silk cord which, pass ing once over the top of tho head, was brought down nnd tied under tho chin. Holidays. The holiest of nil holidn)-s are those Kept ly ourselves In hIIoiico iiinl apart; Tliu secret anniversaries of (he hemt. When tho full ilver of fenllng overflows; Tho happy days unclouded to their close; Tho MJddun Joys that out of duikm-ss start As Humes from ashes; swift desires that dart Llko swallows singing down ouch wlad that blows, Whlto us tho gleam of n receding sutl. Whlto n h tho cloud that floats and fades In air. White ns tho whitest Illy on a stream. These tender memories an; a fairy tale Of some, enchanted land, u leuow not where, Hut lovely as n landscape. In a dream. Itongfelluw Gold Mine near by and washed it. Then ho ex nminod tho stone, nnd, to his great astonishment, ho found "colors" In II bits of sparkling gold. Tho pros pector does not mlstako gold when he sees it. Ho is not deluded by iron crystals or bits of mica, as tho "ten derfoot" frequently Is. Tho gold spar klo Is cloaror and brighter thnn that ot any other mlnorat, and it Is tho samo In sunshlno and shadow. Tho prospector, tremendously ex cited, broko off moro pieces of tho ledgo and found moro of It bearing freo gold. Then he locnted his claim, and that was tho beginning of a rich mine. Yot for yours tho sagest of prospectors had passed over this trail through tho cut In this ledgo, never Buspoctlng its value, although by Its very prominence it Boomed to Invite inspection. Leslie's Weokly. Fyr""!! rmvmsi7i& - 3ifl tno center - shaped BABY ON A BATTLEFIELD. Suddenly Found One Day In the Thick of the Fight. Perhaps the strangest Incident of the Chlno-Jnpaneso wnr was tho ap pearance of the famous Wei-linl-wcl baby. It Is discussed to this day In ovory Japanese barracks and the story is told to tho tourist who foregathers with the soldiers.- Burlng the lull of the land attack on one of the forts a Chinese woman sud denly mado'her appearance on tho fir ing lino of tho sixth division. She was hurriedly ordered to tho rear and disappeared. A few minutes after ward a lusty baby boy was found on the ground besido a gun. Capt. Hlgu cnl Selznburo. who Is u man of family, picked up tho baby. The bugle rang out for the ndvanco of a storming, party on the fort. The captain tried to hand his tiny captive over to a Chinese pilsoncr, but the youngster jelled as If ho would go Into convulsions. Ho did not want to lenvo his friend tho enemy. The bugle rang out agujn.and, with tno bnby on one arm and bis' sworn in tho other, tho captain led the chargo and captured the fort. Tho baby nestled to his breast, untroubled by tho roar of battle, and passed safely through tho fight. After It was all over a homo was found for him In a Chinese village. Senator Hoar Remembered. Senator Bailey has strayed from trotting horses to restricting tho gov ernment depnitments, nnd said casu ally: "One of the brightest as well as one of tho most bitter things over spoken by ono of tho wittiest mem bers who over served in tho House of Representatives was said to a mem ber who was known as 'the watch dog oi tho treasury.' Tho watch dog was silent when an appropriation was com ing very near to his home, and this member exclaimed: 'A watch 'dog never barks at home folks.' " "Excuse me," broke In Senator Hoar, "that was said In 1809 or 1870, wnen I first entered tho House." "Well," replied Mr. Balloy, "it was also said under tho circumstances I relate. I did not say It was origi nal." Whereupon Mr. Hoar told at length to whom the romark was originally mado and by whom, "in tho interests of history," and what Mr. Balloy said under bis breath can only bo guessed at. Gret Engineering Feat. Two young men, twenty-three years of ago and house movers by trade, have just accomplished an extraordi nary feat of engineering. Thoy havo successfully moved a 300,000-pound steel oil tank down a steep hill to tho Allegheny river, transported it a mllo down tho river on bnrges and placed It on a bank 200 feet high. Tho monster tank was sunk soven feet In tho ground and had to bo raised boforo It could ho moved forward an Inch. Tho llvo tracks of tho Pennsyl vania railroad had to bo crossed, and tho railroad company gave tho movers only, forty minutes' tlmo to got from ono Bldo to tho other. This is said by tho Scientific Ameri can to hnvo been ono of tho greatest tasks over accomplished by nny Iioubo mover. Tho work wns dono by twenty four mon and two horses In elx wcoks. r' nrri"-'.?-?li!Fr'pr The submarine for the army Is the latest ptoposed adjunct to our mili tary coast defenses. Anomalous as tills may seem, still, from the view point of an especially appointed board of experts, there aie many of the roundest reasons for this novel propo rtion. JiiRt whether or not the navy will take kindly to this apparent tres pass upon lt hereditary prerogatives Is not for present discussion, but the fuel lemalns thnt the army cpoits hnvo been cunning enough lo grasp the significant possibilities of u good thing and to place to their credit the nlllelal record of pi lor lecognltlon. For mouths tho Lake Torpedo lloat "ompany has been hecklng recognition I mm the navy department, and on Inn 11! the naval board of Inspection 7flsswteSrTT$! Inboard Profile of "Protector." , 1. Oinnlscope. 2. Armored sighting-hood. ;i. Hatches. -I. Smokestack of gas engines. 5. Ventilators. C. Con nlngtowcr. 7. Torpedo tubes. 8. Anchor weights In their wells, t). Hiding wheels housed. 10. Ono of tho gas engines. 11. Pantry. 12. Folding bunks nnd transoms. III. Air-cock. 14. Diving chamber. 15. Diving door. 10. Submerging tanks. 17. Storngo batteries. 18. Emetgeney drop keel. 19. Air flasks and gasoline tnnka. 20. Line of spindle-formed main hull. TO BE DECIDED LATER. When the Boy Would Know if He Had Had Enough. The boy, who was visiting his indul gent aunt, had eaten heartily of the preserves. "Don't yoirthink jou've had enough, Willlu?" she asked. "Don't know," be replied. "Don't know!" "Nope. Can't tell yet." he snld. "But what do you think?" "Ain't any use thinking at all. 1 got to know. Thinking don't help nny If you think wrong." "Well, you're the most remaikablo boy 1 ever saw," said his aunt. "When will you know?" "In half an hour." "And how will you know?" "Well, that's easy," replied the wlso hoy. "If I ain't sick In half an hour I'll be sorry I didn't take more, nnd If I am sick I'll be sorry I took so much. That's the only way to tell that I know." His aunt admitted that it left no room for doubt, but she tried to point out that It was rather unsatisfactory, to which tho boy merely replied thnt ho wished thero was a better way, but he dldh't know of nny. Berlin University Students. The number of students at the Uni versity of Berlin Is higher Just now than at any time since its foundation in 1810. Thero are 7,5011 matriculated students, of whom :i31 belong to the theological, 2,505 to the juridical, 3, 411 to tho philosophical and 1,193 to tho medical faculties, respectively. Of foreigners, no fewer thnn 1,184 nro registered, being nenrly one-sixth of the students. TORPEDO BOAT of 1S61 Illustrations from the New York Writing to tho Richmond (Vn.) Times-Dispatch, Col. Richard L. Mau ry, a son of Commodore Matthew Fon tnlne Maury of tho Confederate navy, describes tho 'manufacture by his father of torpedoes, which, ho snys, had their origin In Virginia, wero de signed In Richmond, and wero first successfully used In the water of tho James river. , Commodoio Maury's trial experi ments to explodo under water wero mado with minute charges of powdor nnd submerged in nn ordinary wash tub In his chamber at tho huuso of his cousin, Robert H. Maury, on Clay street. Richmond, nnd tho tank for actual use, with tho triggers for ex plosion and other mechanical appll- ya"fttf-' ' t.-' p .1. I AN EARLY r)T STORREDO BOAT. TOKFEIO HINC.rgw WAR PKRIOD ffi&mjgWfflWLW . sJsWsmlc... isS nnd survey visited Newport, whom tho Protector has been since tho mid dle of November Inst, to put the craft through nu Inspired schedule of com petition with nu "Imaglnnry" sub mnilno of a rival order. ice In tho bay, on that date, pre vented speed trials over tho measur ed mllo course, nnd the board, being a much engaged body, decided to abandon the tests until weeks later. The next day the bay wns clear and so remained for llvo days following, hut the board nnd tinned southwurd. The in my, however, was nllvo to the occasion, and Just a week later, with the thermometer below zero and the bay again full of Ice, arrived at New pott and actually put tho boat thiottgh a most convincing series of MADE JIMMIE WALK HOME. "Cumpie" Sherman Resented Disloy alty to the Flag. When (Jon. Sherman was a small boy ono of his intimate playfellows was James O. Blaine. Tliu two boys, together with Iloyt, a younger brother of the general, were out driving ono day, when, as they passed a ling wuv-' lug In tho breeze, "Jlmmle" Blaine placed a thumb on the tip of his noso and mntlo a very disrespectful gesturo toward the banner. "Did ou mean to do that at tho flag?" demanded "Cumpie" Sherman, his loyalty outraged. "Ys, I did," declared Jlmmle stout ly. "Well, If you do It again I'll put you out." Nothing more was said, and tho drive proceeded enJoably. On tho way homo the ling was passed again and again Jlmmle Blaine put bin thumb to the tip of bis nose, anil so forth. Cumplo reined In the horse, took the struggling Jiinmie and gently but firmly lifted him out of tho wagon. Then, in spite of Hoyt's remonstrance that that was not the proper way to ttcat n guest, ho drove off, leaving Jlmmlo to tramp the ten miles home ns best he might. l.lpplncott's Maga zine. Fine Sables for Bride. Ono of tho most unique gifts ever received by n bride-to-be, says tho I.ondon Express, is tho sables which Baron de Forest has given Miss Ethel Gerard. They arc of wonderful soft ness nnd nro black as coal, without nny suggestion of brown. Thoy aro said to bo the finest In England. MODERN WHITE HEAD. TOWER) World. ances for service was mado by Talbott & Son, on Cary Strcot. "In the enrly summor of 1801," says Col. Maury, "the Secretary of tho Navy and tho Chairman of tho Naval Committee of Congress and others wero Invited to witness an explosion In Jnmes river at Rockotts. Tho tor pedo was a small keg of powder, weighted to sink, fitted with a trigger to explodo by percussion to bo flrdd, when In plnco, by a lanynrd. Tho Pat rick Honry gig was borrowed; Capt. Mnury (as ho then was) nnd tho writer got aboard with tho torpedo, nnd wero rowed to tho mlddlo of tho channel Just opposite where the wharf of tho James Jtlver Stenmboat $ ....,. tests. Tho result of that day's work was a report tnat tecommonds tho im mediate purchase of five eubmnrlncfl ot tho Lnko pattern; and this recom mendation Is now receiving tho fieri oils consideration ot tho military gen Oral staff. Standing as the last bulwark agnlnsl a possible foe are tho suhmnrlno de fenses of our seaports. Theso nro In tended to effectually Btop such of tho enemy's craft as mny ho nblo to es cape destruction by our git nil re. They urn planted In tho Ileitis, so to npeak, 1. e., In symmetrically disposed groups, and so anaugeil that It would be well nigh Impossible for a hostile ship to pass them If tho mines vveie In proper working order.- -Robert O. Skorrctl In Hoslou Hctnld. SIMPLICITY OF THE POPE. How He Once Prepared Coffee for a Guest with His Own Hands. Ono morning early, n friend of mlno, a Venetian nobleman, called on him. Mgr. Sarto had snld mass and (tettlod down to work. His sisters had gono out to mass, or for tho household mar keting, which they wero doing at tho Kinlto on Aug. 4, 1903, tho day of won ders In their simple life. "Has tho count tnken coffee?" asked the bishop. "Well, to tell the truth, no, becauso the business was urgent, and I havo come straight from tho railway sta tion," the guest replied. No excuse availed, and Mgr. Sarto rose and went Into tho kitchen. So tho bishop of ducal Mantua and his guest might hnvo boon aeon thero talking nnd laughing, while monslgnor coaxed tho charcoal with a black kitchen fan, tto coffoo fizzed in a tin pot on (ho range, nnd tho count got out cups and saucers, in order to save his distinguished host what menial service ho could. Then thoy had cof fee together at the kitchen tabic From William J. D. Croko's "Anec dotes of the New I'opo" in tho Cen tury. Electrical Manufactures. During 1903 tho United States pro duced $234,500,000 worth of electrical apparatus and mnchlnes used in con nection with electric plants and work ings. Soo Tonnage Exceeds Suez. Through tho "Soo" In 1903 passed 35,000,000 tons of freight three times as much nu wns cnrrled on tho Suci canal. company now Is, whereon tho specta tors Btood; tho torpedo was carefully lowered to tho bottom, taking great caro uot to strain upon tho trigger, which was at full cock, tho lanyard loosely hold on board. Tho boat pull, od clear and tho writer pullod tho lan yard. Tho explosion was Instan taneous; up weut a column of water fifteen or twenty feet; many stunned or dend fish floated around; tho of ficials on tho whnrf applaudod and wero convinced, and shortly after a navnl bureau of "coast, harbor and liver dofonso" was created, and Capt. Maury plncod at Its hoad, with abund ant funds for tho work and tho very best of Intelligent, ablo and zealous vounuer novai officers for assistants. ?" -I.i.'' . 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