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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

thing to earn II living. Only yesterday
where ! was looking for work by the
janitorS.
"A MOTHERS TNHEEDED WARNING.
'lOuS soc me rs / am Yet | haven t
lost all yelf-respect, | haven't any
chum. and never We: went on the to-
matO can Racket, as they call it. / shun
the main streets. and am ashamed to
meet the gaze of n gentleman. The
memory of my vie haunts me like u
dream. and the affection she cnce felt
for me keeps. me from the lowest
hauntS of vice. All the curse of rum.
The first glass of wine | eve took was
handed me by the daughter of Il Justice
of the United States Supreme Court
who was u Presidential candidate. The
lady husband was GOye nor and after
wards 4 United Stated Senator. That
N glass of wine has been nv ruin. A
Sainted mother warned me when / was
a child never to touch it. She died OF a
broken heart for she had felt the curse
of rum. L have a brother. \ thousand
miles from here. who ills the pulpit of
n leading church. and they tell me he is
one of the most eloquent of men. /
ave sisters who are all well Off. and
who are doubtless now thinking of INV
accur>ed fate. But | am too proud tn
let them know the truth. 1 hs~e
asked bread of some whose flesh is akin
to mine. and they have given me a
stone. The dark river MAY yet be nv
refuge. and if the fishes don't eat nv
flesh possibly from tn. Morgue I'll be
taken to 4 Potter'S Field.
All but I'm a coward. I've talked
too much. l deserve no sympathy. L
ask for none. GOodbv."
The reporter forced the man to accept
q little ch nge.
Il thank yOu, sir but | would not have
asked H. said the tramp. Il feel thers
is no hope for me in this world or the
but Is YOU bid me hope. | viii
and he turned aside to brush away
4 tear.
The miserable drunkard went one
way. the reporter another. Did he
directly for 4 beer saloon? No.
The reporter saw the poor fellow enter
a ten-cent lodging house. He had slept
III the docks the night before.-N. y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
HUMOROUS.

"A dandy, wishing to be witty, &C.
cOSted an old ragman as follows: ..You
take all sorts OF trumpery in your cart,
don't youg" Eyes; jump in! jump inr'
"A young girl began to sing 'Listen
t 0 the hooking Bird" and every body
in the room rushed hastily out to find a
hooking bird to listen to. -Phladeiphia
. Cal.
-He-''In what respect does billiards
change my usual disposition" She
(Daively)-''Does it change your dispo-
%sitiOn?" He-'Yes; in billiards l new
er kiss when 1 can help it; whereas. Or
dinarily-' She-''You never kiss if
anybody else can help it"
Mary" said a mother to her daugh-
ter. has Henry proposed yet:" mot
yet. ma; but L think he will before
many days" ''What makes you think
SOP" Because he asked me If you ex-
pected to live with me if l married, and
l told HIM nO."-Paiadeiphia Herald.
The father of five marriagable daush-
tiers was in town a few days ago trying
to buy some four-leaf clover seed to
plant in his back yard. He said he had
read that when a young girl finds q
f~Our-leaf clover it is a sign that she will
be married within a year.-NorriStoWn
Herald.
Part of the name of the Queen Of
Hanover is Alexandria Maria Theresa
H~enriette Louisa Paulina Elizabeth
FREDERICK Georgina. She has more
phenOminal handles, but these are all
the King uses when he calls her to sew
q button on his trousers Jersey CITY
Journal.
-"It isn't possible that you swim,
Mr.. Jones?" "Yes, madam, l do.
Why do you think it so stranger" '.Be-
cause. Mr.. Jones, the idea of your tax.
ing to water is very funny" Jones
thinks some widows are entirely too
sharp. and now is looking for some one
else to love. -Riladelphia Chronicle.
"A lunatic captured a butcher shop
the other night, and with knife and
cleaver held three hundred men at bay.
In a moment of weakness. however, he
attempted to carve a pOrter-hOuse steak,
cut rear the horns, and vas a van
pushed man in five minutes. That a
man should be so foolish when life and
liberty were at steak. - Burlington
HaWkeye.
"A young lady from the lower coun-
try. who has been visiting in Alturas,
Cal. said just before she left there re-
Gently. that the people of Modoc Coun-
ty were the most generous she had ever
met. ID ring her short stay there she
had been offered a half interest in q
saw-mill, a barber-shOp. a printing
Office, a gentleman horse. and q livery
stable. respectively. to say nothing Of
the offer of Two or three saloons, ranch
es and bands of cattle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
How lie Came to "Swear Of.o

NO. / won't drink with You to-day.
boys said Il drummer 10 several com
panions. As they settled down in the
Smokins-car and passed the bottle.
The fact IS, Rows. / have quit drink
ing-Tve swore Off" He was greeted
with shouts of laughter by the oily
crowd around him; they put the bottle
under his nose. and INDUCED in many
Jokes at his expense, but he refused to
drink, and was rather serious about it.
What's the matter with YOU. old boy?"
sang out one. IF you've quit drink
ing. something's up tell us what it is"
We'll. BOYS. | will, though / know
you'll laugh al me. But I'll tell YOU.
I'll the same. have been a drinking
man all nv life, ever since L was mar
ried. As YOU all know, | love whisky
IT 5 rs sweet in my mouth As sugar
and God only knows how I'll quit it.
For years not 4 day has passed
over my head that | didn't have At
leaS, one drink. But ! am done Yes
terdav was in Chicago. Down on
South Clark street = customer of mine
keeps Il pawn shop in connection with
his other business. / called on him,
Nv iii va % N'tib0 LiaH "
not more than Twenty-Five. wearing
threadbare clothes, and looking rs hard
rs if he hadn't seen i sober day for .
month. came in with Il little package
in his hand. Tremblingly he unwrapped
it and handed the article to the pawn
broker. saving: Give me ten cents
And, boys. what ito you suppose II was,
A pair of baby shoes. little things with
only the buttons 4 trifie soiled, As II
they had been only worn once or twice.
Where did you get thcse?:' asked the
pawnbroker. Got EN- at home, re-
piled the man. who had Ill intelligent
and the of n gentleman,
d spite his sad condition. .My-my
wife bought them for our baby. Give
me ten cents for 'em-l want Il drink
y III had letter take the shoes back to
wife: the baby will need them.'
the ~pawnbroker. No. s-she won't.
becaHse-becauSe she's dead. She's
living AT home hOw-died last night
As he said his the Door fellow broke
down, bowed his head on the showcase,
and cried like Il child. Bows" said the
drummer, '.you can laugh if YOU Please.
but II have u baby of my own az
home, and | swea. I'll never drink an
drop Then he GOT up and
into another cal. Hs companions
glanced ut each other in silence: no ona
the bottle disappeared. and
,oon each was sitting in 4 seat by
reading 4 newspaper.-Irrsh
Horid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A Church of England divine has just
published a biography of Judas Iscariot.
intended as an apology for the famous
traitor.
Henry Wheeler, of Hickory Flat,
Ga, has never seen a city. and is nine
ty-four years old. He has 122 grand
children and great-grandchildren. He
never used rum or tobacco.
Mr.. John B. Tolman, a veteran
printer of Lynn. Mass, has given the
Young Mems Christian Association, OF
that city. an estate valued at $50, 900,
STIMULATING that the income shall be
used in promoting the aus of temper
nee.
Prof. Gilbert E. Bailey, the we'll
known g~eologist, has been reappointed
Territorial GeO!ogist of Wyoming Ter
ritory. Prof. Bailey is M of the early
pioneers. and has done much to develop
the mineral of the Territory
and of the Black Hills of Dakota.
Mrs. Bolton writes in the Inde-
pendent: Great numbers of post
offices in England are managed by
women. l said to one in London:
You manage this as well as q man"
1--WE are said to do it BETTER" she re-
piled. because people say, we are
quicker and more patient.
Miss Constance Bell, a handsome
twelve-year-old girl of BoykiD. S. c.,
came home from boarding-school and
found DIR. Jasper Benson. an eighty.
year-Old stranger, sick in her fathers
house. She nursed the old gentleman.
and. at the end of two weeks. as soon
as he was able to walk. they were mar
ried. the girls parents giving full con-
sent.
OF the members of the Twenty-sev-
eEth Congress it is said the following
are the only survivors: John r. Red
ing. of New Hampshire: Robert C. VIM
thrOp. of Massachusetts,; Hiland Hall,
of Vermont; Richard w. Thompson, of
Indiana; David l.. Tulee. of Florida;
William NJ. Gwinn, of Mississippi (now
of California): Harvey NJ. Watterson.
of Tennessee; Robert NJ. L. Hunter and
Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia
Ericsson. the inventor. has lived
for twenty years or more in the same
house in the lower part of New York
city. His life is regular and methods.
cal. Rising early. before six, he walks
for an hour. and after a light breakfast.
goes to work on his Inventions; from
eleven o'clock until four is spent in
reading. during which he also INDUCES
in a luncheon; and after an hours re-
turn to work he ends his days labor
with another walk through the lower
part of the city-generally along the
wharves.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Temperance Items.

LET moderate drinkers know that
light wines pave the way for whisky
aud rum; and moderate drinking iof
drunkenness, disease and death.
WHAT is my opinion OF intemperancef
1t is 4 fire we kindle in ourselves. with
out 4 dollars worth of insurance on the
premises.-WrS. BroUn, IN Nsrca1,k
1rdceier.
GOVERNOR ROBINs"N. of Massachu-
sets. denounces fashionable drink
ing and hopes to see the time when
it will be abolished at all social enter
tainments.
A FASHION OF speech in some quar-.
tiers, when referring TO the workman
who dos not appear on 4 Monday
morning is: He ) got the Monday
blight" That is the correct tern-the
bligLt-and pity of pities is it that SC
often it is not merely the MONDAY
blight" but the blight of a whole life.
Good friends. what are you doing to
dispel this blight? Blight of body,
bl ght Of brain, blight OF the sp nit
which is to live forever. Union Sig
nal.
The New York Retailer, an organ Of
the whiskey-sellers. gives it, idea of the
strength of the Temperance army.
1--WE call Your attention to the fact sirat
not less han one million votes are ar
rayed against you in the so-called Tenn
perance societ e. and almost the entire
force o. pulpit orators OF the country.
Add to this lob newspapers and period
icals especially devoted to the cause, to
say nothing Of the lay dailies and week
lies which truckle more or less to the
morbid and bigoted public sentiment
that tolerates Sumptuary legislation"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
The Chances.

The New Orleans Picayune has not
as much faith as a Louisiana Democrat
ic paper should have in a prospective
Democratic victory. 1t SAYS, with ex-
traordinary intelligence:
The following Electoral votes are
absolutely certain to be cast for Blaine
and Logan in any event whatever, no
matter who the Democratic nominees,
what the Democratic platform may
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

Gratis, and then the State, and was will
ing to rescue the Nation from tho
wicked Republicans. Lo. if the Lord
had only found a man like me instead
OF Lot. Sodom itself might have been
spared ."-Detroit Post and Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

There is a fortune in so small q
thing as a device for fastening a neck
tie. One of the patents in that line has
just been sold to a company for Sl,OoO.-
900 in cash, and royalties that may
amount to as much more Chicago
Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

"A Morrilton (Ark.) lady is "a
widow of eleven husbands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

SThe Democracy is evidently in a
tight place. The Louisville Courier
Journal SAYS: Before us the enemy is
drawn up in line of battle across the
road; behind. a morass; on either side
a precipice. Retreat is impossible"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

@rCarl Schurz. sitting in the Chi
cago Convention at the time of Blaine's
nomination, took his watch from his
pocket, and. turning to General Francis
Z. Barlow. who sat beside him, said:
LET us note the time when the Repub-
lican party died" This same Repub-
lican party will be showing a lawn
mower W. Mr.. Schurz's political grave
long after the ivies and MOSES have OBJ
scured the epitaph on his tombstone
Philadelphia Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04

Our design in setting forth the mat
ter in this form is to show clearly how
the Democratic party has it in its pow
ell to elect Blaine and Logan"
1t might 90 on and say that if the
Logan would have a certain majority,
and the probabilities are that any
action the Democratic Convention will
take will increase the chances of a Re-
publican victory. ChicaQO Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
Would Have His Joke.

It is told of the son of an Ohio
farmer. who had been reading with a
view of becoming a homeopathic physi-
clan, that he was seen tying a numberof
sacks, containing about a teaspoonfuro
something, to the fence stalks on the
windward side of the wheat field.
"What are you doing, Tom ?" said a
neighbor who happened along.
II am homepathically fertilizing this
wheat field. These little sacks each
contain one drachm of fertilizer, the vital
element of which will be broadly dissem-
mated over the fields by the summer
winds, which is much better than scat
tering the sinking stuff with a shovel"
"WelI, you may be right, but if
amt much mlsta ken you'll eat Homo
pathic biscuits this winter" observed
the fogy farmer.-PHtsbu0a Dispatch.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
ACROSS TIE ISTHMUS.
How Il Ii Proposed to Take the Great
Ship over Land. .s

The great problem OF the proposed
ship railway ACROSS the Tehnantepec was
the raising of the ship nom the water.
The question Of transporting it across
the country was not so difficult, as it
was a we'll known fact that three modern
railway engines could easily haul the
the largest vessel extant over the Union
Pacific Railway. But the removal of .
ship from water ha. always produced
more or less damage. Several years
since some one conceived the idea Of ex-
hibiting a monster right whale over the
country. One was consequently cap
tured, killed and draggedinto the barber.
Some bright mind devised = pontoon to
raise the animal from the water to q car
and then the problem of transportation
was easy. I take it that some London
engineers got an invention Of the Yam
kee Snowman, for . short time since.
they suggested to Eads the ~advisabilitJ
of raising his ships from the water by
pontoons, and the idea notes q great ad.
vance in modern ship handling and
building. I have the technical explana-
ton and sketch of the s12, 600 model Of
this wonderful pontoon, but the Yankee
showman's elevation of the whale forms
q simpler means to account for the same
thing.
The whale was foated into o drydock
over a frame chained down to the
bottom. Then the. water was slowly
drawn off until the animal was lowered
and exactly fitted into the frame. The
chains were loosened, the water let in
and the frame and whale rose to the
level of the dock, where the derricks
soon hoisted it without damage to the
fiat car. Now the Eads pontoon is q
repetition of the same thing minus the
derrick. In its place substitute the end
of the railway. The frame on top OF
tie pontoon is really a great car, which
run off the pontoon on to the railway
with the ship perfectly upheld, just as
any railway car runs from the transfer
ship of the Detroit River on to the rail.
way. What does it matter whether the
ship is five tons OR five thousand? Hun
dreds of car wheels, rolling on a half
dozen tracks, easily bear the ship away
upheld on its carriage by q complete
system Of .truss.bracing, supported by
heavy steel springs which give it an
easy, dreamy motion, if you please,
with not SO much damage as the pound
ing Of a single great wave of the ocean.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
OPIUM AND WHISKY HABIT CURED.

OPIUM AND WHISKY HABIT CURED.
What joyful news this Is, to know that
those who are slaves to these fearful
habits can be permanently cured and be
made new men. There Is not q particle
OF doubt ab u: it Whatever. Dr.. B. N.
Woolley, Of Atlanta, Ga, is the very
gentleman that car accomplish Il. Some
may say he Is a quack, whoever say:s -
does not know what he is taking about.
This gentleman is a distinguished phyi-
clan and citizen of that go-ahead city,
having the confidence and esteen of her
people. The physicians of Atlanta say
that his remedy is q good one, and the
State chemist approves OF his ingredients.
Should there be an unfortunate or I'M
tortunates among our readers, and no
doubt there must be some, don's say to
your friends, "can l trust this man ?.
but write Immediately to him, and de-
scribe your case, when he will prescribe
for YOU The representative of , this
paper found the doctor q NEST polite.
courteous and accomplished gentleman.
Delays are dangerous, SO remember to
consult him at once.-From the Ney
Orleans Weekly Picayuae, July 10, 'S4.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
"Jerry" MAnley Dead.


Jeremiah Mckinley, the missionary,
died at the Cremoine Mission, in New
York. He has been III with
ton for the last six years, and severe
hemorrEagc from the lungs set in. DR..
lIalleck, lis family physician, vas sent
for, and did all that he could to afford
relief, but without avail. Mr.. McAuley
died peacefully in the presence of his
wife, Maria, and II few friends. His LAST
words we're: "Its ali right UP there"
pointing upward. His vife sad - hun
Just as he died: Is Jesus with Won,
lively and brcathed his last. IL opened
Crcmdrne Mission on January 10, 1882.
and has lone H. roic work ii retaining
dtpraved wonlen. His whole aim in life
for the last few years has been to i'm
prove their condition. He started a
newspaper Called "Jerry- Mc.Alley's
Paper" which las a large circulation
III over the world, and the proceeds OF
lis sale he intended to use in establish.
ing a "Home for F,.llen Women" He
was a persuasive speaker and few could
resist his touching appeals to lead a
better life.
Jerry" McAuley came to this city
from Ireland when he was thirteen years
old. His father had been a counter.
feiter, and the son promised for many
years to follow IN his footsteps. He
became a river thief, priz. fighter and
everything but q murderer. He was
finally arrested for highway robbery and
sent to Sing Sing for fifteen years. In
prison he became converted through the
efforts Of awful" Gardner, a reformed
convict. Jerry was rardoaed after
serving one-half of his ter m, and on his
return ton Y. city he opened, in Novem-
Der, 1872, al No. $40 Water St, a place
which he called The Helping Hand
for Men" The neighborhood was one
et the lowliest, squalidest. and toughest
il New York. But for many years
Jerry preached the Gospel every
night in his humble institution. The
good he did was incalculable. Gradually
rs the morals of the neighborLood i'm
proved, Jerry" looked around him for
other places Of sin and degradation
where he could do good.-Tyitune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29

In thirty years successful experience in the
manufacture OF $780, 900 instruments the
Mason & Hamlin company have accumulated
facilities for manufacture without which they
could neither produce as good organs as they
now make, nor with as great economy. Said
an experienced manufacturer in witnessing
the operation of a single machine in their fac
tory recently: Gone boy with that machine
does as much work as ten skilled worknen
could do without it, and does it better at
that"
These accumulated facilities, including ex-
perienced and skilled workmen, are the secret
of their producing organs which are unques-
tionably the best, yet can be sold at prices
which are little more than those Of the poor
eSt. -BOSt0n Ira reNer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
HOW BILL SYKES DIED.
The ViIiainous Character in "OliveI
Twist, who Murdered Nancy sykes
How the wretch 0let n Justly Deserved
Tragic Death.

Bill Sykes is a villainous character in
OLIVER Twist" After the murder OF
Nancy Sykes, Bill and his dog travel to-
gether, and he seems to be unable to
place any distance between himself and
the scene Of the murder. The scene ID
the public house at Hatfield will be re-
membered. During his stay a peddler
OF nnuntebank enters who tries to sell
a composition which, as he says, will re-
move all stains. BE takes Sykes's hat,
remarking: "GentIemen, all observe the
dark stain upon this gentleman's bat,
no wider han a shilling but thicker
than a half crown. Whether it is a wine
stain, fruit stain, beer stain, water stain,
paint stain, pitch stain, mud stain OF
blood stain" -
At this Sykes, with a horrible curse,
oyerthrew the table, tore his hat from
the peddler's grasp and rushed from the
Loase. He travelled thence but every
where could he see the shadow Of his
unfortunate victim. As Dickens says:
"He could hear Its garments rustling in
the leaves, and every breath came laden
with that last low cry" at last he
reaches the ncighborhood beyond Dock
head, in the Borough Of Southwark,
where stands Jacobs Island. On this
island is a number OF old, rooless, ware
houses. To the upper room of n of
these he goes, in which are Toby
Crackit, Mr.. Chitling and another rob
Der. Here he is pursued by an infuri-
ated mob, who clamor for his life. He
asks for a rope, by means Of which he
intends to drop into Folly Ditch which
surrounds part Of Jacobs Island, and
not, as your correspondent says, to the
floor below. He sees that escape is al.
most impossible, but determines to en-
deavor to creep away, should he succeed
III dropping to the ditch, in the darkness
and confusion. He ties one end around
a stack of chimneys, and makes a moose
with the other. After this, says the
author, sat the very instant when he
brought the loop over his head previous
to slipping it beneath his arm pits
y At that very instant the muir
derer, looking behind him on the roof,
threw his arms above his head, and ut
tered a yell Of terror.
"'The eyes again 7 he cried in an un-
earthly screech. Staggering as if struck
by lightning he lost his balance and
tumbled over the parapet. The moose
was on his neck. 1t ran mp with his
weight tight az bow string and swift
as the arrow it speeds. he fell for five
aud thirty feet. There was a sudden
jerk, a terrific CONFUSION of the limbs
and there he hung with the opened
knife clenched i'll his stiffening hand?"
CAND1DUs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-11-29
"Isn't that Mrs.. Holmes. / thought the

"Isn't that Mrs. Holmes! / thought the
doctors gave her up. She looks we'll now"
"She is we'll. After the doctors gave up
her case she tried DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and began to get better right away
l heard her say not long G that she hadn't
felt SO we'll in twenty years. She does her
own work and says that life seems worth liv-
ing, ct last. Why said she, L feel as if l
had been raised from the dead, almost !"
Thus do thousands attest the marvellous eff
cacy Of this God given remedy for female
weakness, %prolapsus, liberation, leucorrhoea,
morning sickness, weakness of stomach, ten
dency to cancerous disease, nervous prostra-
ton, general debility and kindred affections.