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The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
That's All Right"

I II occurred IN the winter of 1882,
Al Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming.
lie was Il member Of the Territorial
Legislature. represented u western
country, and his name was Smith. lie
hal been in attendance on the daily srs.
sionso of that august body all through
the term, and, like most vi his worthy
colleagues, had spent some money dur
ing the time. He hadn't spent any
great amount of cash either, for that
matter. but had used his cheek So often
Gfati IL had become rs tough Us u heard
lighthouse Hapiack. He put up with u
landlord Jones, who ran the Railroad
House nj that time. and bought most of
hls H~ayanas and cofin-varnish at Luke
niurrin's. Murrin always kept the
sSbcst,' and Smith was a connoisscur
.fheN il came TO cold poison. Singular
~ enough. too. his bill at Murrin's was
about u hundred dollars more than
ae owed for board at Jones', but either
~ them would buy Senator Tabor three
buckles.
A day or two before the final al ,ourn-
Ment smith called for his bill ut Muir
gins, aud after glancing carelessly over
sne formidable array Of figures told
Murrin that Jones, mine host of the
Nrdroad Hotel. owned him a little more
Lnan what the bill amounted To, lie
you'd tell Jones TO make IL right with
MIN VI course Murrin knew that
Jones was good for the amount, and
WIN "That's all right, whatrl you
bays'' the subject was dropped.
That evening Smith told Jones to
TOOK over his books and see how much
~ had set down opposite his name.
This lone. Smith said Murrin owed him
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

n kw hundred on n s'ocl deal: would
he Just IS licyc col &c the amount due
himp
"That's all right said Jones, .Mur.
rims good for any amount
Well, the day of parting came.
and. Of course. all the ''boys'' gathered
at the depot, which was really the Rail-
road Hotel, to bid the lawmakers
goodbye. Smith was there, and,
catching hold of Murrin's arm, he
said, pleasantly:
I'VE might just as well go in now
and fix that matter up with Jones,
ehp'
"Oh. that's all right" said Murrin.
We'll, but ! want it understood, you
know"
Come in," and Smith hauled Muir.
rim through the crowd of worshipcrs
who thronged about the shrine OF
Bacchus to where Jones stood.
You remember that matter | smoke
to you about the other day-whcn |
referred You to Murrin here, ch?"
asked Smith.
"Oh, yes" said Jones. ''That's all
right
And you.' said Smith. turning to
Murrin, "you understand it, don't
you?"
Certainly answered Murrin 4;
|" that's all right
well, I'm glad its fixed, Let's
They bowed their heads rs the pre-.
siding deacon passed the fluid. Then
the conductor shouted: An aboard"
and everybody made a rush for the
cars. As the train left the depot Smith
stood on the rear platform waving %
soiled napkin at his friends.
Murrin and Jones walked into the
bar-room together. and, lighting n
cigar, began u conversation which last
ed a full hour. Finally it began to
drag. and at last Jones said;
81 suppose that little matter OF
Smiths can be fixed up any timcp"
mo hurry--no hurry, my bov.' re.
piled Mnrrin. That's all right
Jones looked up inquiringly, but sail
nothing. They talked stock for fifteen
minutes. and then Murrin abruptly re
marked:
Good fellow. that Smith"
Yes; jolly good boy. Funny he
didn't have the cash to settle his bills
when he left. Must have had u rustic
with King Pharaoh"
but the arrangement made was
satisfactorily
"Oh, YES; that's all right. Whatll
you takcp'
After they had touched glasses over
the walnut slab and threw their heads
back to inspect the f~rcscoeS on the cell
ing, Mlurrin turned TO leave, saying, rs
he put his handkerchief back in his
pocket, ~"
Just send the check for the amount
OF Smiths hill up to the house N
time. No hurry. my boy-no hurry
"Ehe" almost shouted Jones.
why. you understand: yon owe
Smith and he yves me; YOU agreed to
pay mo instead Of him."
Agreed. the dickens! Why. Colonel,
the man owes me. and you agreed to
pay 1t. Didn't you say il was all ri2htp:'
And didn't you say you'd pay me;
that II was all right?"
A flood of light began to pour in on
the subject, illuminating their craniums
as a tallow candle lights up the interior
Of n h~allow-e'cn pumpkin. Jones
handed out the same bottle once agatu,
and the only sound heard for several
seconds was that of some liquid cours-
ing it. way along II narrow and tortvoUs
channel.-Ldrdmie boomerang.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

gocs 1--we, and hey arrive IN time
be !o,s.hcd at bythr passengers who's
them wiping theierspisatio from their
heated brows. knew u Georgia
preacher who was holding forth in an
asylum to a congregation Of the insdneI.
He described a man on a scaffold aboa
to be hung. while in the distance comes =
a messenger on horseback bringing
pardon. But tic liour of fate wss jus, Il
at hand; a Minute or Two and II would
be toe late. The preaHhcr drew out tho
agony. by talking and talking, till a
hurry up a littleP They'll hang that
man if YOU don't.'F And when I see
pc 'ple dill,y-dAllyin& wasting precious
time in doing iiotilhg. I long to tell
them to hnrryup, for life, soul. saliva
ton may be ljst IL they are only u little
bchindhand. 1t il 50 in every relation,
calling and duty in life. 1t is the one
principle on VII oh che prize OF success
in this world depends, and immortal
glory beyond. Now is the accepted
time.
:, There, chillren dear. YOU have haH
the the scrmen /, promiscd. The New
Year begins 30 morrow, and the resoiu-
tion | want yoi to make is this. with
Gods good he p, Nr which I will daily
pray. | will always be on hand. ut tho
moment. reafy for every du Y. and
Will ITO with my might what lam called
to do"
While the sermon was in progress.
the child who gave the conundrum had
quietly clipbsa tito her srandiathcr's
lap. She wa. one Of the irrcprcsSibH
sort OF children, and could hardly WIZ
for him ton Ike IN end. when she cN
claimel: NJ nndpa, it's just the other
way. n'titb la man nercr gois a lit
tic behindh; nd, he has three harxls or 4
four, and does more work and better :
than the lazy follow who is aiwayS be-
hindhanA.'' ~
That's so," said the old man. and,
''if you liad said init at the bcginningH
you might have been spared the SER
mon." eIm
''ies," said John. the oldcs, boy,
''but thst would have been n great loss
to MS, ALL for one | promise no, to be u
little bshindhand, Ii I can help 1t. as
long asI i've"
''Go1h- light. ALL" sail the grand.
father. God bless you all with u hap
py NcW)car!"
''Hapr, New Year to you. grqndpa."
they cfc in chorus. and went oil 10
bed. 1'Ircngas." IN y. J. OGScrccr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
A Qneer Street.Car Passenger.

"a big, burly. good naturedly agrees
sc man entered n CharlcsiOwn
Qiass.) horse-car oyes'erday. ac-
Rmpanied by II huge turkey, and, hav-
z seated himself, he placed his turkey
n sitting position on the seat beside
PIN. The car filed rapidly. and. al
(lough several ladies' were compelled
o stand, the TURKEY kept it, seat.
guarded by its burly owner. When the
conductor came through the car he
|hoticed the turkey, and, addressing the
rnan, said; you will have to lake that
turkey up"
"What for?"
$40 LEI some Of those people sit
down. You can't keep him on that
seat
"What's the reason | can't"
"Bccaise these people arr rs much
entitled To a seat rs is your turkey."H
'.Well, who said they WEREN'T This
turkey amt bothering any II aud ID
like TO see any one bother him."
"fou'll have to take him up. any.
how; he ism a passenger" ~
No, he isn't. He's o dcuced sight
better than the average passenger you
carry. He's clean, he amt telling all
In knows, he isn't drunk. he don't
smell OF tobacco, and he don't spit all
over the floor"
BY this time all the passengers were
laughing and the peculiar appearance
OF the turkey, rs he sat bolt upright
with his legs spread ont on the seat.
added to the mcrriment. The conduct
or, annoyed at the laughter, cycitcdly
said; Every seat in this ear that's oc-
cipicd ha' to be paid for; now you take
hat turkey up, or get out
:" won't do II. Here's a ticket for
him, AMI see that you punch it. l
guess it don't make much difference to
n railroad company what kind OF m an
mal,occupicsCa seat so long AS it's paid
for So the turkey kept his IS nj to
the great enjoyment of the passengers.
~ J. Commercial advertiser.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
4 swarm Or neteOrs.

--a
a rmarkab'c oi ~srryation was made
by Prof. Brooks. an Industrious astron.
omcr q: Western New York, on Wednes-
day evening. While searching with his
telescope Tor comets, he saw what he
describes AS q shour,r Of telescope
mc.coro ''ncar the SUM- This. III
course, means that they were neal the
apparent place of the sun in the sky.
and not literally neal to that body, for
the sun had already set ut The time, AMI
it what Prof. Brooks saw was really %
meteor swarm. the mctcOrs must have
been in the upper regions of II atmos-
phcrc. Supposed flights Of mcteors
seen through telescopes have OCCASION
ally turned out to be ilocks of birds. but
AN observer n careful and experienced
rs Prof. Brooks seems to BE- would
not be likely to make such u mistake
rs that. Assuming then, that he real
~ did see IN extraordinary swarm of
mcteors, and remembering that mctr-
ors large enough To be- visible without
telescopes, and some of great size and
blilliancy. have recently been unusually
numerous. the suggestion that the red
light seen in the sky for several even
ings past long after sunset may c
caused by reflection from clouds al
mctcoric dust in the upper portion ot
the atmosphere Is not unn?turll.
There are several reasons for tn nkns
that the strange light is the rcsut of
some such cause as the prcscnch of
mctcoric dust rather than of differences
of density in the atmosphere leading to
extraordinary reflection. In the first
place. the phenomenon has not only
been visible over an immense extent Of
territory. but ii has lasted several days.
and has been seer in the east before
sunrise rs well ~ in the west after sun
set, So that any abnormal rrfrnction in
the atmosphere would have to be of
most incredible persistence in order to
account for the observed appearances
Besides. during tnis time there have
been considerable atmospheric changes,
especially in respect to temperature.
These remarkable sunset displays have
also been ACCOMPANIED by Il notably
hazy appearance Of the sky.
II is well known that the earth is
daily and nightly pcitcd with millions
of mctcors. the vast majority Of which
are almost instantly consumed by the
intense heat developed rs they dash
into our atmosphere The products Of
the combustion of these mcteOrs filter
slowly down through the air. and have
been found in the shape of metallic dust
on the snow-iicldS In the Arctic regions.
on mountain peaks in Europe, and in
other similar localities, being recognized
10y their peculiar chemical composition.
1t is also we'll known that the solar sys-
tenn abomhds with swarms of meteors
revolving around the sun, and that the
earth crosses the paths of a number of
these, occasionally encountcring the
swarms themselves. The vast ma ority
Of thee, metcOrs are very small. those
that M seen weighing on an average
probably only = few grains: and since
the telescope reveals millions which
ESCAPE the naked eye. it is reasonable to
conclude that millions more are too
small to be- seen v with telescopes
mere metcOric dust. There are historic
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
Our Young Readers.
THE GLAD NEW YEAR.

Little children. don't you hear
Some m knocking mt your door,
Don't you know the glad New Year
Comes to you and me once more
Comes with treasures ever new
Spread out nj our waiting fect2
High resolves and purpose true
Round n lives to music sweet.
Ours to choose the thorns or flowers,
II we but mind our duty;
Spend Alright the priceless hours,
And life will glow with beauty.
Let us, then. the portals Hing,
Heapinq high the liberal cheer;
Let us laugh, AMI shout and sinp--
Welcomed Welcome, GLAD new year!
-kiizdbtM 4. DdUf5.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

"A recent university football match
in England resulted in a broken leg. dis
located ankle. smashed nose. brain con-
cussion. and minor casualties too M
Gus to mention. a..
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E,ssogiajqsO Women.

I have never believed there was any
difference ia the gossipy tendencies Of
the sexes. writes Howard to the PhiIa-
deIphia 7Smes. Hen jabber quite as
much IS women chatter. The broad
mantle Of human nature covers them
both The late Queen Esther was q
model 10 her sex. She stood up for
1Iordecai, ard turned the scaffoId on
Hannah SO completely that not alone he
but his ten sons went the way Of the
hempen swine. In public station women
almost always do Well Victoria has
weakness, 7 dare say, but she has done
remarkably we'll for a human being.
The Queen Of Madagascar is an orna-
ment TO her sex. Look at the women
Of the stage. They work day and night.
They support themselves, and nine
Times in sen whole families beside.
They sul2aait to physical strains which
would exhaust their lords and masters.
Did you ever happen to think Of that =?
These women have to rise early because
rehearsals are called at II and often at
10 o'clock. Rehearsals last from one to
five hours, and sometimes longer. There
may be matinee What time is there
TO rest? What for lunch? 4 hurried
dinner brings them to Z o'clock, and
they must be In the theater at 7 so
There they remain long after the cur
tain is down and the audience gone.
Fun, isn't it To play Queen and be
IN trouble: to play a happy wife and
expect beating as home; to play high
Life and live in drudgery; to wear dia-
mond5 on the stage and pawn cloak Tor
rent; to mingfe with the great and good
for an hour IL mimic life; to be tied to
drunken, careless, rufianly brute for
ever. Is makes me- sick to see it, but
there il is. Newspaper men, like priests,
don't tell all they know. If they did,
the very stones in the streets would cry
ont for shame-and the latest edition
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Why L Hate % lHG7b -1riJIiasoy.

There ought to be no men miIIiners.
One Of my reasons is that, IN common
fairness, q few lines Of business ought
to be left to women. Another and more
important one is that men shouldn't be
let into the mysteries of the female
toilet It is enough for them to see and
admire the results, without knowing
the processes. We ell know that the
potency of effects is often impaired by
81 disclosure Of the means. IF we know
that certain beauty spot in picture
was produced by two or three common
place scratches with q stub OF brush,
or by q bold splash Of paint, it would
lose half its charms for US. Thus it is
with bonnets. Intricate creations in
millinery are dazzling and puzzling to
male eyes. Would they be so if the
observer knew exactly how they were
made? Therefore, / hold that the put
ting together of women's wear should
be as secret as Freemasonry, so far as
the admission Of men to any knowledge
Of the business Is concerned. That is
why I hate man-milliner, and cannot
mourn when he died. Speaking of
men in connection with women's clothes,
tailors are being encouraged to meddle
with those affairs. There is a notion
that they can make q waist fit better
than an ordinary dressmal1er can; but
the real superiority of their work lies
in the pressing and finish. Tailor
made suits Of cloth have a distinctive
look, and are extremely popular. OBJ
lection is sometimes made by sensitive
women to being measured by men. a
male dressmaker has introduced ma
chine to obviate this difficulty. It con-
sists of a sectional jacket, with moro
tabs, hooks and eyes, numbered tapes,
slotted openings and other adjustable
devices than [ could undertake to de-
scribe. He puts it on you, lets it out
here, takes it in there, and finally gets
1t fastened quite snugly all over. Then
he consults the figures on the tapes, re-
cords them in his book, and you have
been thoroughly measured for the waist
of your dress. l took friend with me
on the occasion when this machine was
applied to me, just as though / was go
ing to dentist or some other disagree
able operator. But there was nothing
unpleasant about my experience. l
was sent into dressing-room to re-
move my dress-waist and put on the
patent one. Then I emerged fully in
cased in the latter, and had to submit
to no handling whatever Clara Belle,
in Cincinnati Enquirer
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Getting EVcn.

On a Lake Shore train coming into
Detroit wag newly-married couple,
the bride appearing to be about 25
years old, and the groom being dapper
little chap year or two younger. A
lady who camo aboard at Wyandotte
took seat just ahead, and after q few
minutes she heard the pair criticising
her bonnet and cloak and general style.
Without showing the least resentment
ii her oountenance she turned around
- her seal and said:
Madam, will you have your son close
the window behind you?"
The ZION" closed his mouth instead,
and tho madam" didn't giggle again
for six ooa nailes. Detroit Free Press.
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A LARGE Siberian bloodhound, the proper
ty of Eiwood Bros, of Dodgeville, died re-
Gently He was the largest dog in the coun-
try and weighed 215 pounds
A WAUKEsHA dispatch says: It is expected
that Chester A. Blodget5, assignee for the
Boorman estate, will file his bond and begin
at once the execution of the duties os his
Office. Mr.. Cook, attorney for the creditors,
stated, in answer to an inquiry, that the
bond would not be less than the estimated
assets, which are about $500 The sus-
pected failure of Henry ". Kent has de-
veloped into bona-fide affair, and the store
effects are now in the hands Of Sheriff
Nickel, Smith, Mendel & Co., of Milwaukee,
and Clifton Hine, of Waukesha, have served
attachments for $500 and 500 respectively.
1t is said by those who have examined the
stock III It it wiz net aggregate mere than
5000
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charge, and she played with him in st.
Louis, and from there she went to New
Orleans. Her wardrobe was so inferior
to her beauty and form at New Orleans
that little purse was privately col
lected of $500 and presented to her
She then began to star, and IS now per
haps the most eminent star in America
There may be two or three who make
as much money as she does, but not
more than that. She is Catholic girl,
domestic, affectionate, kind to her par
ents. Indeed, she needs no eulogy.
She speaks for herself"
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IN IGNORANT RICH MIN.

Some curious comments are made
upon ignorant mon who become rich.
The other day some railroad men were
talking about man who twenty years
ago was working on the streets, but
who has made fortune and can draw
his check for 100000. yes" said a
conductor who had been listening, che
may draw his check for 100000, but
I'll bet he can't sign his name to it
without running out his tongue"
Those who have seen an old man run
out his tongue when he writes his name,
can appreciate the remark best.-Pech'S
Sam.
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w OMAN GOSSIP.
Daae1S FJjrt gCith O. FEjrt.

A modern phase Of the story
Told ever since Rden's time.
This dream Of wasted summer
Thas am repeating in rhyme,
Leaving behind it no sorrow;
Twas purely an idle game
His heart had no touch of feeling,
Ny feelings are surely the same,
he had the face OF an angel,
And the heart Of an awful f1irts
While was artfully artless
My feelings to assert.
He paid me trifiing attentions;
I took them for what they were worth,
And know that he smiled att my batteries
Or wEi9sa he suffered no dsarth.
We vowed cur pIatonic friendship
Should never be more or less
Although at the time Of speaking
We wcTe neither deceived, ] guess;
And OF course we oorresponded,
With friendly caution filed.
Until, by sOsne trifie parted,
The friendship soon was killed.
And now we're not boart-broken.
Although we each know well
That one az both were surely false.
Though which wo win not tell.
And now, to give you moral.
I'll say before l go,
To make your flirting effective,
Don t tint with fiirt, you know.
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gSissq Plain La2lqssaae.

Bronson Alcott may talk wisely as all
members of the Concord Society do,
about the Thingness Of the Here and
the why Of every wherefore, but his
daughter, staid, sensible Louisa Alcott,
who owns up to having wintered and
summered in this vale of tears for fifty
odd years, is much more natural in her
methods of expression, according to
he account of her intimate friend and
confdant Mrs. Liyermore. The famous
lecturer was entertained at lunch by a
party Of ladies in New York, and the
most respectful attention was paid TO
her conversation, the ladies eating
their salads and ices with one eve on
the refreshments and the other on Mrs.
Livermore. She talked fuently in that
easy, conversational style that is so
charming AID of course her theme was
the East-that is, the East eff Bunker
Hill, and the women who make it
colt, all the spoons were suspended;
she told of Bronson A1cott's reverence
for his talented daughter, of her per-
sonal appearance, and her domestic
life, and added that Mr. Alcott made
Louisa his CONSTANT theme of CONVERSE
ton, and Miss Alcott dishked this pa
tornal tra& excessively.
"Oa one occasion" pursued Mrs.
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The best fielding and pitching nine
among League players would be made
up as follows: Brouthers, frst-base;
Burdock, second-base; Williamson,
third-base; Force, short-stop; Hor-
nung, 1eft-feld; Evans, right-feld;
Hanlon, center-feld; Corcoran, pitcher;
Bennett, catcher. The best batting
nine would comprise Arson, frst-basei
Dunlap, second-base; Williamson, third.
base; Glasscock, short-stop; Dalrym-
pie, left-feld; Kelly, right-feld: Gore,
center-feld; Whitney, pitcher; Ben.
nett, catcher.
THERE are four Sullivans, three Man
nings, three Dolans, two Says, two
Householders, three Mansells, two
Lathams, two GIeasons, two Deasleys,
three McCormicks 1.-TWO of them pitch.
ers), two Dorgans, three Browns, two
Wises, three Corcorans 1.-TWO pitchers),
two Sweeneys, two Kennedys, two Kel,
lys, three Farrels, two Joneses, tee
McLaughlins, two Fergusons, four
Smiths, two ILLNESSES, two Richmonds,
two Snyders, three Whites, two Caskina
and two Lynches now engaged as play
ers in professional clubs, and in a ma
io1ity OF instances the similarity of the
names does not indicate even distant
relationship.