The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 12, 1904, Image 7
iSJlJS '& ' . u.. w rrf A' r ft&CBCe& w M The Song Jut (i hills Mi f ft-athrr Aiul llfo ntul jtnnp nil held tor. tbrr H heirt .tlitnm tuo xinnll to bint. Ami n.lnwh ln-s .iikI H..nklliiK foot. Wl.i re In it boil) .11 unali us this. Hoi In- store tl.o .iJ.lon of Joy it ml hll-x, or iir,' in a utmmt ecstasy. Which his 1 1 1 1 1 o tlinut pour's out to me? N'n shadow or fear Ills heart cnn kn.iw, Dl that perfect iniixlf fiuilil not How So sweet, so clear, so rMiltiMKly. As llht as the wind, uiul u wild ami free Hi' Is surely the heart of the summer Wl'lthlT Life Ju uml song In n hit of fi-nther. - Ninette M Luwiiti-r. p vU ft 8 r &&&&?m! CAPEHORIN Copyright. 189?, h The Shottstorj There Is a little taxidermist's shop on Fourth avenue which Is a curious place. It Is very dusty anil very full of strange fowl, tucked In, one behind the other, on shelves that cover all of one side of the room, and on the other a widened little old man sits all day long beside n pile of most evil binelllng skins and dispenses words of wisdom to whoever cares to listen. One day when Marriott ran Into the shop before dinner he found the old man In ecstacles over n new blrdskln that has Just been brought in. It was large and dirty and exceedingly ugly and it had a particularly evil Etuell; but it was rare, and Marriott looked It over respectfully. "Where did you say this bird cumo from?" ho asked. The old man stopped washing tho bird's legs and began to recount its history. The skin had been brought to him by a sea-captain, ho said Cap tain Tourjee, of the Mary Ann Sailers from South America. Yes. ho wes sure he was still in town; would Mr. Marriott like his uddress? Mr. Mar riott, It appeared, would like it very much Indeed. He took It down .cure fully, wrapped the lump of dirt In his hnndkerchlef and walked swiftly away down the street, leaving tho little tax idermist staring after him with won dering eyes. Reginald Ernest Marriott, not long since graduated as a mining engineer from the College of Applied Science, had his own way to make. In the world and nothing to make it with but brains. It Is i. t that he camo of nn ancient family, whose name had survived its prosperity, and that tills connection let him Into as much New York society us was good for him; but nobody felt called upon to assist him In any more practical way than by Inviting him to dinner, and this, as It happened, was a very serious matter, for there was a woman in the case. II was Edith Whyunl. the only daughter of Mr. G. C. Whyard, who lived on Madison avenue and had an office on Broadway and was report ed to be a multi-millionaire. Though no one seemed to know exactly tho source of his Income, his stylo of liv ing bore out the assertion, and on .the strength of It Mrs. Whyard was making an attack upon the portals of Foclety. Naturally, when It becamo npparent to her mntornnl eyo that her daughter wus allowing her uffec tlons to drift In thut unprofitable- di rection, sho looked with extreme dis approbation upon young Marriott, and her husband had for him tho pro found contempt of tho practical man for tho man of schools nnd theories. Matters were In this stnto whea tho young man paid his visit to tho taxidermist's shop and saw tho bird with tho muddy feet. That night ho worked hard In the small laboratory he had fitted up In his room, wrote n letter to Kdlth. packed his possessions - and paid his bills, and tho next morn ing at daybreak ho sailed out of New York harbor In a south-bound steam er, with hope In his heart, a wisp of blonde hnlr In his watch-case and a lump of black mud In his coat pocket. It was a year after this and tho grass wns green again on Madison square before- news was heard of him. rn mSm Mm ! mw '' !Jj y "Where did you say this bird came from7" Vp Then, one April morning, he present- -d himself at Mr. Whyard's office on yfcroadway. Marriott osked after Mrs. Whyard. "And Miss Kdlth?" ho said eagorly. "You remember, Mr. Whyard, that I -u ilavo her, that I hopo to marry her Uorae day. Last year I was poor, but of a Bird. I V Pub. Co. (All ilshts re.eieil.) now I can support her as you would desire. I have property worth eight hundred thousand dollars," he added, modestly, "and I have n practical cer tainty of more than ten times as much." Whyard wheeled his swivel chair and looked the young man In the faco with very evident amazement. "Ten times eight hundred thousand dollars!" ho cried, Incredulously. "What Is this property of yours?" "Platinum," s?.ld Marriott. "You see, sir," he went on quietly, "I ran across a sample of dust from South America last winter; nobody else knew about It, so I went down at once and discovered the place. 1 only brought up a few thousand dollars' worth, but I have half a ton In dust nnd nuggets all ready down there, and the rivers are full of It. Hut what's the matter, sir?" Whyard had turned pale, and sank back In his chair. He roused him self, however, nnd questioned the young mnn quietly enough. "In what part of South America is that?" sain ho "Southern Patagonia, not far from Mngellnn Strnlts and near the coast. Wheeled In his swivel chair and look ed the young man In the face. But will It be all right about Edith, sir?" "Well, I guess I might as well givo In, Mr. Marriott," he said. "As you sny, things have changed. Call on Kdlth If you like. As soon as you show your mlno is as rich as you say It Is, sho can do as she likes about marrying you, but not before." He held out his hand anil Marriott grasped It gratefully. The throe weeks he was obliged to spend turning his pounds of platinum Into ready money and negotiating for n coasting steamer for tho return to his treusuro passed like n pleasant drenm. He spent part of every day with tho Whyards, and although ho saw no more of tho father, who, ho wus told, had been suddenly called away from town, he always saw Kdlth, und he was more than content. When, after the tltreo weeks wcro over, ho sailed away ugaln In tho tramp steam er Montevideo, which ho had char tered and manned especially for tho voynge, ho was already counting tho days before he could return for her. Ho carried a picked crew of twenty men, and In vlow of tho wild region to which they wore bound nnd tho valu able return cargo, shipped a few Win chester rllleB and plenty of ammuni tion. As the Inner bay camo In sight thero was a cry of surprlso, for there, anchored close Inshore, lay a small, gray-painted steamer. Marriott exam ined her carefully through a power ful binocular. Her decks seemed de serted, but natives could bo seen swarming nround tho vessel, canvas tents pitched on the beach and men moving about among tho rocky hil locks where tho platinum was con cealed. If not already discovered, it was In great danger. Marriott stood on tho bridge, anx ious but determined. Thero was evi dently a good deal of hurry and bustlo on shore, but tho stranger's deck re mained empty and tho Montevideo's salute remained unanswered. Appar ently sho hnd been left nt anchor and her crew disembarked for work on shore. Marriott thought ho had best Inquire first on board for somo one in authority, and ho had a boat lowered and manned. As It approached tho Strange steamer a faco appearod at a forward port hole. "Throw us a line!" cried Marriott, and a rope was presontly thrown from the deck, by menns of which tho young man scrambled aboard, leaving tho sailors in the boat with ready rifles. There was no one visible but the man who hud thrown the line, and to nn inquiry for the captnln he replied by 1 Jirklng his thumb toward the after dick-house. Marriott knocked on tho closed tlcor, nnd then pushed It open. Two men were eated at the cntilu tuble. One was evidently the cap tain; the other was Mr (.5 C. Wh , nrd of New York! "What does this mean, young man, boarding a peaceable ship In an armed boat? It's an net of plrac I" roared the captain. Then Whyard stopped Mm. "This gentleman's nil right, captain. If you don't mind I'd like to talk with him a few minutes." And tho shipmaster sulkily retired. "Well, my boy," he resumed at length. In as parentnl a manner as ho c ulil command, "I didn't look for ou quite so soon. Perhaps 1 ought to hnve told on nt once In New York that I am the American representa tive of a combination that practical' control's the world's supply of plati num. The tons of It you talked or put ting on the market would ruin tha price, you see." "Thanks for the hint." replied Mnn rlott. dryly. "It really hadn't occurred to me. I think you need not fear that our own stock will depreciate that Is, not very much. But I shnll have to trouble you to see that your men do not load my property Into tho wrong vessel." When Morrlott wns married to Kdlth, some three months later, ho was president of the Magellan Platlt mini Mining company, and tho bride, as her father beamed upon them, won; dered thnt his dislike for tho groom, hnd been so quickly overcome, but she will never know anything of thd little drama, so Intimately concerning her, played In thnt lonely Patagoniau bay. Dissatisfied With the Times. They were talking about the feel ing of unrest and dissatisfaction that pervades certain sections of the count try up nt the Yale commencement. Frank F. Dole, who is famed as the owner of the Kdgewood Kennel of bull terrier dogs, listened attentively and suddenly broke up the whole con ference with his remurk: "Krnest Seton-Thompson, or Thomp- son-Seton or whutever his name hap pens to be this month, wns up look ing over my kennels the other day. Yon know ho Is strong on this now fnd of nnlnre study, and he wns re marking on this snme spirit of unrest In the nuimnl kingdom. Says dogs nro Just ns dlssntlsfled as men nnd skunks. Claimed he could understand their complnlnts nnd while chatting cnielessly flung a bit of dog biscuit nt Kdgewood Monarch. The dog snap ped It up, spat it out, and then growled. "There!" exclaimed Seton-Thompson, or whoever ho may be, 'what did I tell you? Tliat dog said plainly, '"Tnln't half so good biscuit ns my mother used to give me.'"" New York Times. The Train Waited. "I was traveling up In Canada, Just over the border of New York State, this last summer," said tho broker, "when, just ns the train was about ready to pull out of tho station, a negro ran up excitedly. " 'Hey, .there!' lie shouted to tho conductor, who wns singing out 'All aboard,' 'Mr. Martin says would you hold tho train till ho kin change his clothes, nnd he'll be along in a few minutes?' " 'For sure.' snld the conductor, In a mntter-of-fact way. And wo waited for live minutes before Mr. Martin turned up In his Sunday raiment." All In Hour of inlilulKht, I'oKi-r gnmi. Quarter limit Itiitlnr tunic Klret mnn nil ten. Second ytuys. Denier inomiilly Names it rnlso. Aki- i-oiiHlilerc, Then makes Roml Hi-eoml trull us niivor choiihl; Ace iltiiws throo I'arilK to pair, Keeoml hohlx up Klrktr there. Dealer pla funic Iic'h ilmlt Waltp until his Pulse Is felt, Man who drew two CanlB tn three the Game. Makes the hot with Quiet Kloe. Hot Is niisoil Quarter more Keen then raised Hunin ns hefore. Dealer stubborn. First man drops, Heroml hand Just ; Calls uml stops. Put hit ml? Cnesnr! What a bluff! Pair of queens to Win tho stuff. Twn-cnnl draw Hakes In tho pile Sevens uy wcro Worth his while. First man silent Not n frown Threu Kiit deuces Me threw down. New York Tlmns. Height of Comradeship. It Is part of my business to keep apace with current slang," said Oscar Hammerstein, "and 1 don't think much that Is new gets by me. The other day I was In a rural part of Connecti cut looking nfter somo property. Tho farmer's daughter said her mother wns In tho parlor talking to Mrs. Barnes. '"Whntever you hnvo to sny to ma,' explained tho girl, 'you might as well tell before her. Thcy'ro never apart all day long, them two.' " 'What,' I exclaimed, 'arc they so thick as all that?' "Thick!" repeated the girl; 'why, thoy'ro so thick they both eat out of one egg.' "New York Times. Illumination. Dark was tho night my soul knew tl you enroe A shackled thlntr, Imprisoned and prone, A toncui-less bell that nmdo not nny tone, A heart nil bare of love's Illumine flame. And then your klinlllnt; kiss! thut swift did claim My life us very fuel for Its own, My llttlo iIiij'h but us tho fitKots .itrown To feed tha tires Barred to love's niimii, And now tho daikllnj,' ember and tha ash Of that great hour nro left to mo alone; Upon my life tho vilmlrops dash, Uy tho chill breuth of wanlnu autumn blown; Yft, heart nf me! tho shining nnd tho lUht Of thin first kiss are with mo still to- I nik-nt. Jcssio Storm Ferris In (Jtcrary World war - - Z"Jx :r,2 End of the Week, ft hinp.-tiH ,.,r K.itunluN w'-eti nil tt' l-.i.H ,f,. Atl the ii i 1 In" ruin. .It's tin tin' t ir fs h.iMn' run A-t v. Ii-klnr .in .i .'.iiii-in ititiifilo.n .iml illsl.int ski JO (hi- MUltl, ,,f (I,,, ,"Kll In-lit if thf . " .l-jlliRlltr h i' hiio tfiulftl in iiiii l.iltoi. nil tho wvk m iltiiu- our ln-t. A'l ,- r,.,. thill f-f rtitlttt'il to " nulii oi hciiuM n-t: An m.u li.i-. tt.txiif.t tin ilhi. .in' tli" lut.-il m.ui'ji i,., Hi,, fiiin-k Mtit tii- w..fk-4 W(Iit aln t uulti- llnl-ihi'il u-itr liiiiu'ii.iw uitiiio iii- flui K. Tltoro'i no on- ol. ia't tmii-li It. Viiiio II t.ikri .i iiui'tor h.itiil Atf ..u mi nk-i, hi f. ik it If you ill In I uiul. im.iiuI: An wh.'ii t in w-inhi mi nslii with . . lui rim; .in .i h!77 1 iiIIiih hni- thnl I'll mow up n. smut I Ml KIllll'llllU If An" thin tli- linn,- v-lt-i nuli't. 'i.iUki tin- lolki tilt no to lii-il An' iluTf .tin t tin iioli fvi-opt the lir.im-h-H (-iiiiit' .i -i hi'. ill Wo'm- ilniihoii up ituoihoi wook. an" Tim lin Io.iiih-,1 ihf look lh.it ihuti it out .in' iturt iii fioh hi-ti Ei.ui'iuw wIihIk tho rloi k Waiililnston Htar. Odd Way to Lift a Glass. You can MirpriM people very much by laying our hand, with apparent carelessness, on a tumbler or wine glass neatly full nf water and then lifting the glass, water and all. by raising our baud, with the lingers outstretched In order to prove that vou do not take hold of the glass In any way. Probably there will lie some people whom you will not sur prlso. These will say. "Oh. that's easy," tr to do the trick themselves and fall. The ecret of success Is this: Though oitr lingers are straight when you lift the glass, they must be bent downward sharpy when ou place your palm upon It. You must press your hand down rather firmly in or der to make an airtight Joint between It nnd tho rim of the glass, which should be wet to make the Joint tight er. Now suddenly .straighten your lingers and lift your hand. This mo tion of the fingers causes the llesh of the palm to move In such a wuy as to cause a partial vacuum, n suc tion which you can feel distinctly. Tho space between the water and your hnnd in madu a little larger, and therefore tho ulr In that space Is rare fled or made thinner and exerts less pressure. Thetefore, the greater nlr pressure outside, acting on the bot tom and sides of the glass, forces It upward ngalnst your hand strongly enough to lift both glass and water when you ruise your hand. This trick requires some prnctlco before It can be done with certnlnty nnd had better not be attempted with n very thin oi valuable glass or In u plnco where spilled water will do harm. Above all, do not use a very thin MW-l. ' ". '. J1 'I1 .' '.' .:- : M-.'V'I'i' ; .'.".C-.,.".. i'.-. Lifting a Glass of Water. glnss, for even If it does not drop you may break It by mere pressuro and cut your hnnd. Besides, thin glnsses are very npt to have little nlckn In tho edge which will both cut you nnd spoil tho trick by letting In nlr. Tho glass must bo a small one, ns It has to bo well covered by tho palm of your hand. An egg cup or a wlno glass with n stem Is best. If you use u tumbler which, being small In diameter, will probably lie not very tall you will have to hold it in tho other hnnd or set It on an Inverted tumbler or a. block of wood in order to get room to bend your fingers down properly. Tho trick seems especially dlfllcult because the hand Is Hat and the glass nearly full of water, but theso aro tho very things thnt make It possible. You cannot lift tho glass with your fingers bent unless, of course, you nctually tako hold of It as It Is the straight ening of the fingers thut causes tho suction. You cannot lift nn empty glnss un less It Is a very smnll one. Tho longer tho spaco under your hnnd is, tho greater change In the nlr pressuro you can make by tho motion of your fingers. A Hen With a Collar. Ono of our renders who lives In tho city received a fluffy little yellow chick for nn Kaster present. Ho kept it about tho house for somo time, and It grew so fnut that ono could almost seo It get larger. At last It quite lost all its dnlntlncBB nnd becamo a scrawny, coarse-voiced, stubby-fenth-ercd nuisance, but Its little owner thought as much of it as over. It was too big to have about tho house und was. tnui l sent to tlu count r mil its owner did not sfi- it tor a JOar ! Moii'lu titter tlie little fellow Mslt i' I blx graiidpaients at tlu'lr country idneo an 1 found Ksther. his pet. grown to ii full Hedged lien. Stiauge to say, while she eldeatly remembered Mm, she was shy for Miiue time, anil It was M'ernl days heforo the two weie on their former friendly terms. Now came a complication. As It was garden time and ncMi. tender, gieen things were sptlnglng up on eery Mil the chickens were all shut up In a gicat wire chicken yard Hoy did not cato to go there every time he wanted to see Ksther, and It would neer do to give her liberty, for sho 1 Esther and Her Collar, would be sure to destroy a lot of gar den things. Hoy's grandfather solved ( tho problem. He took an old umbrella rib. bent It till It formed n circle, lashed the ends firmly together, and covered the hoop so formed with some strong mus lin. In the center of this a holt; was cut Just large enough to go over Ks ther's head. When leather's head wns popped through this hole she was u very much surprised and Indignant hen, and sho made an awful fuss about It. Still, she had to submit, for she could not get out of her strange collar, so after a time sho became resigned to It. It kept Ksther from going nbout picking the gnrdens. anil sho would not scratch because she could not seo what she wus scratching, und so her liberty did no harm. Royal Prince or Prlncesc. Let nil the children sit down In n ting for this game. One child begins by saying to tier lighlhuud neighbor: "(nod evening, loyal pilncess (or prince). I, a royal princess, come from a royal princess to say that I have u monkey with purple eyes." The right-hand neighbor then snys to his right-hand neighbor: "(lood evening, royal princess (or prlncei. I. a royal prince, come from a toyul princess to sny thnt 1 have u monkey with purple eyes and three scwn-mllo tails." So each player must do. repenting the c.:act words of his predecessor, anil adding some new bit of descrip tion of his own but saying "prin cess" or "prince," according to wheth er he Is talking to u boy or girl. If anyone makes a mistake he must be crowned with a iluucu cap and dubbed the "One-Horned Prince, or Princess." The boy or girl who gets through the game without a mistake captures the prize. This Game Is Lively. Some years ago "duck and a rock" was one of the popular games among the younger hoys, but of late It seems to have been forgotten. Any number of boys can participate. Select a large stone for the "rock" and each boy must have n cobblestone or half a brick for his "duck." . The boy who last finds his "duel.." or cobblestone. Is "It." A lino Is THE FUNNY Perhaps you have read In books of nnturnl history about spiders which do not mako webs, as moBt senslblo spiders nro supposed to do, but Ho In wait for their prey and do other un-Bplder-llke things. Tho Bplder which I nm going to tell about does unspldor llko things, too, nnd I am quite euro that you can never Induce ono to make a web. Of course It Is not a real spider, but you can have even moro fun with it thnn you could with n real one, pro vided you could persuado It to como out of Hh web and piny with you. Get nn old cork of a smnll Blzo and somo toothpicks. Stick tho toothpicks, two li each end of tho cork, and drawn twelve or fifteen feet nwro from the boulder, upon which the boy who Is it" plnces a tin can or his duck.'' He Is guardian of the rock. Tho other Ixi) s, pitching their "ducks" nt the one on the nick, try to knock It off When a "duck" Is pitched tho player must try to recover It nnd get hack to the pitching Hue without be ing lagged by tho guardlnn of tbo duck" on the rock. Oenemlly tho plnxcrx hover around waiting for n luek pitch to knock tho "duck" ofT. when they grab their own "ducliB" and run to tho Hue. Tho guardian of tho rock must replace his "duck" before be can tug anyone. Tho hoy who Is tngged of course titles his place as guardian of the rock and tho game proceeds. Caterpillar's Coat. The fur or hair on the caterpillar was given by nature us a protection from other living crentttres, particu larly birds, who consider most smnll crawlers as food delicacies Intended especially to gratify birdie's appetite. But there nro, not many birds who could swallow a crawler thnt yrear.s a fur overcoat. It would stick In Ills throat, and If he did get It down, probably It wouldn't digest. Most caterpillars nro brown or green, but some nro dressed up In the grandest kind of way In many colors and ornamental knobs, or, to use u big word, protuberances. A strnnge method of protection t that given to the caterpillar thnt nft erward turns Into a "swallow-tull" liulterlly. This caterpillar has nil opening In I ho skin back of the bend that emits a imwcrful odor, probably not powerful enough to "knock n man down." but certnlnly strong enough to l.eel over a bird unless, maybe. It . would have such a hnd cold thnt It couldn't smell anything. A favorite way caterpillars have to resist an attack Is to hurl their bodlerf I mm side to side, nnd some try to look llerce. Certain caterpillars es cape (he enemy by their resemblnnco to the color or their surroundings. One nrlety not only uses the color cTicct. but Is uhlo to attach his bind cud to n branch nnd stretch himself out so that he looks llko a twig. This fellow can stay rigid that way for u t long lime. , . it "y Game of Bouquet. " ' This Is a Jolly game for n number of children to play. Sit down in a circle around your leader. Let the leader give ruch ono u flower for his name violet, dnlsy, sweet William, hlnck-eyed Susan, etc. Then let her tell you a story "made up out or her own head," In which sho brings in every ono of tho (lower names. When evet a child hears his llower name mentioned ho must get up. turn around, and sit down. Whom ver the leader uses the word bouquet" all the children must Jump up and change plnces, nt which tlmo the leader tries to capture n seat. Whoever gets "left" must then be come leader. -crpj The Wonderful "Egress." .Sometimes the great P. T. Dm mini aihcitltu'il his circus so well thnt more people camo to see It that Ills fouls would bold. Then tho difficulty was to get those who came In to move out so that ho could get the money others wanted to pay him. Knowing that ho had roused the curi osity of the public fo u high pitch ho finally hit upon a plan to make room for everyone. Ho ordered great signs painted announcing "This Is tho way to Hie Kgress!" Many following tho directions of the signs, sntlsfled their curiosity and so made room for oth eis. Do you know what tho "Kgress" Is? CORK SPIDER. then bend thorn In tho middle until thoy crack. Do not break thorn clear through, but on ono sldo only, so that thoy will bend nnd form your Hpldor'H Jointed legs uh tho picture shows. Placo your spider on Stable top and you will seo that ho looks qulto life like. Now got somo water In a teaspoon and shako a drop of water on each of Ma log Joints. Thoy will immediately begin to movo and your spider will appear to havo suddenly como to life. Of course It will, not raco madly across tho tnblo or dnnco, but If tho toothpicks bo of tough woods und tho top of tho tablo Bmooth, It will wlgglo a good deal and astonish all your friends who boo -tho trick. nva ;a & M "A " HI . i N si ! fa .tA esMK& mJL-jm. .M j -r ; '-" mtammatamkammgkmtgmmggmm iSjSfcSSSM " " 1 'J lSrtSLl TSWSSSSSBWWSBBPWlrJBiBBMsSMSMBBM