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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-18
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NyOrIeE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ART.
~ Giles : Incorporation have heen fled In the
proper Offices. The nane of said corporation +
T he Nebraska Lumber Company. Its principS
place Of tranSacfing business. Red Cloud. Nc
brAska. Organized for the purpose Of transact.
ING a general lumber business. and N buying and
selling all kinds Of goods and merchandise PER.
,aininr thereto, including coai. nj the town Of
Red Cloud, with branch yards and Ofsces at Such
other towns as tire hoard Of directors R,ay dies
jgnate. With a capital stock Of one hundred
Thousand dollars, to he paid in n directed ty
the board Of directors. within thirty days from
date az subscribing same and power Ia increase
said capital stock ~ two hundred thousand dol
lars. HE business Of said corporation to COM
mence ON the Isl day Of February. iSs4. and ccn-
sinue until the Isl day Of February, lSa. The
h iyhest amount Of Indebtedness OF liability Ia
which said corporation is at any time to subject
titSclf shall be Que Eah the amount a capital
stuck paid In. ThebusfneSs Of said corporation
shall be conducted ny . board ~ seven directors
Feoru1rylS. 1854.
r. II. JoNR. Presidenk
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Fire was discovered at half past
9 O'Clock last night in the rear end ol
the old stable aud sheds adjoining the
Cetton PortssExchange" where some
parties were camping for the night. II
seems as though they put their stock
away for the night and had built fire
IN little room, which was part of
said building and which was built for
the accommodation of customers, some
two or three years ago, and after eating
supper and warming, left their stock,
together with several loads oflcotion in
the yard and pitched out for Monroe.
The fare was under full headway when
fifst discovered and attracted a large
crowd from Monroe and Trenton, with
whose timily assistance the flames we
held in check preventing it from reach.
Ing the old Exchange which was but
q few feet from the burning building.
We desire to say that we are under
obligations to all. those who came to
our relief in this our time of need.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
Maurice McKinna.

AT 1880 o'clock this morning, the
mortal remains of Maurice McKenua.
good citizen, a faithful friend and
withal an upright man, were consigned
to their final resting place in the Catho.
lie Cemetery, delegations from st.
Mathews Branch, Catholic Knights of
America and Of Ouachita Fire Com.
pany No. L., of both Of which organi-
cations he was an honored member.
paying their last sad tribute of respect
TO worthy man. To the widowed
mother and fartherless children we
extend our sincerest sympathy, but for
consolation they must turn TO Him.
who does all things we'll.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
WEST MONROE DOTS.

FROM OUR REGULAR REPORTER
There is to be a wagon yard estab-
lished and sheds erected here for the
accommodation Of customers, who may
prefer doing their trading in our prom.
ising little town. Work will be COM
menced next week.
Business upon our streets was unu.
sually brisk yesterday and we dare saw
that there Is not a town in North
Louisiana doing an equal amount of
business as West Monroe iq, compare.
lively speaking Of course.
w. L. Morris, new sign, will be the
admiration of our town for a few days
1t is perfect beauty.
Our old friend Maj. Thos. Mcclure
was In town to-day.
MI. j. D. Heron, late of Trenton.
who has been at New Orleans for the
past few weeks for treatment of his
eyes, returned on yesterdays train and
will become resident of West Monroe.
Work upon Mr.. ]. H. Tlournoys
new storehouse will commence next
Monday, and he proposes to have his
goods within Its walls and ready for
business within the next thirty days,
provided, the weather remains clear.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Monroe, this year, can boast of the
largest and finest assortment of Holi-
day Goods ever before seen here, and
this reminds US that our popular Book.
store man, p II. RIlIs, is now opening
a very extensive stock of this class of
Goods and invites an inspection by the
public.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Mr.. E. II. Rills will have on exhibi.
lion this week, a magnificent lot of
Pearl and Ebony Gold Pens and Hold.
ers, Magic Pencils, Tooth and Ear
Picks, and many other beautiful 18
Karat gold articles for presents. These
goods are just as represented.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
Social Club Attention.

The executive committee of the
Monroe Social Club, will, will meet at
IS. Blocks at Up. M, tonight, TO per.
feet arrangements for the Grand Ball
to be held on the evening of the 3lst.,
inst. By order of
J. d. Oakley, President.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Drs. Calderwood & Layton are open.
ing large assortment of Christmas
Goods, such as Toys and Fireworks of
all kinds, which will be enumerated
within the next few days. Remember,
when in search Of Holiday Goods 10
give them a call.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Messrs. NJ. We'll & Bro,
invite all gentlemen in search
of Fine Clothing and Gents
Furnishing Goods, to give them
a call. Satisfaction both as to
price and quality is guaranteed.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

We would say to all, go to E. H.
Rills' Bookstore for the cheapest and
handsomest Vases, Toilet Sets, Desks,
Work Boxes, Dressing Cases, Albums
and Toys Of all kinds, for the Holi.
days.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Business to-day is quite brisk and the
receipts Of cotton promise 10 be large.
We are always pleased to report such
a condition OF affairs.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Mr.. Chris Chaffe of New Orleans.
denI. VIM. Oliver, of Wesson, Miss,
and Capt. John Young of Homer, are
in the city.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

Mr.. G. A. Downey is erecting a store.
mousse on Grand street near his saw
mill and will, we learn, 60 into bust.
ness.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

90 and hear Prof. Irving's Free Leo
ture on Music, at the Methodist
Church at o'clock this evening.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

The tramp nuisance has struck Baton
Rouge as well as Monroe. This gentry.
who flock south every winter, had
better avoid Monroe.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
CENTRAL. HOUSE.
/ Gw MEAT MARKET.

JUST OPENED ON GRAND STREET
next door to VIM. Harris's Saddlery Shop.
Fresh Beef, Pork, venison and Sausage
at 7 to s cents per pound.
j. c. TILLMAN. Proprietor.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
TO sUBsCRIBERs.

Parties not receiving their paper regular
~ viii confer q favor by fling their com.
plants with the business manager.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

The freight train from the west,
yesterday, had upwards Of 40 loaded
box cars.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

The John II. Hanna had on her last
trip 1867 bales cotton; 1913 sacks cotton
and suadfy other items of freight.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
OUACHITA HOUSE.

HOTEL ARRIVALS.
OUACHITA HOUSE.
d. W. Faulk, City; J. F. Jones,
Ark; r. @. Judge, Louisville, Ky;
DR.. j. l.. Bengue, La; g. L. Brooks,
townsville; Robt. Maxwell, ]. A. Mil.
Ter, New York. VIM. Oliver, Wesson.
Miss; A. G. McGee, Rayville; John
Young, Homer; F. Kempt, Texas:
Chris Chat, New Orleans; Gen. Grey,
La.
VERANDA HOTEL.
Mrs. Baker, g. e. Jate, Farmer.
Vile; H. H. Levy, J. Jacob, Chicago:
8. Wolf, Shreveport; ]. Bealy, A. N.
Bealey, Vicksburg; 8. r. Alexander.
Boston; W. N. Moer, st. Louis; s. "a
Marius, do.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
J. D. Price, v. 8. &P. r. r: Mr.
Whithead, City; Prof. c. L. Irving,
Washington d. G; w. 1t. Hendricks
Bastrop; Mrs. Mayes, La.
q.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
Great Gift Enterprise.

or One Thousand Dollars in Cash.
Sales commence Saturday, December
l2th., at the Opera House building.
Gall and examine into the great
scneme. w. H. LEVY,
Proprietor.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11
CHEAP coLuMN-PAY LOCALS.

w anted-A good cook. Good wages to
such one. Apply at the residence Of
NJ. L. MEREDITH.
The Daily telegraph., 1885-12-11

1rayege-Fred Hiberyan runs q draw
~ and cart for public convan;ecc. ussy Icy
Sersonaily tends to all business civen him
special attention to the delivery Of bacca0e
iaoa; from anu to railroad depot and steam 6ost
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men will be found, as COMPANY has
organized to secure them, as. when cut
and polished, they make fine table tops
1t is said that house in Washington
is to have pillars at the door made of
two of these giants of former age,
that, when polished. showing the rich
coloring. will make something entirely
new in the way of decoration.
Last summer" continued the peol-
ogist, Il took a run up the valley of
the east fork of the Yellowstone. There
is country for you, and, fortunately.
in the National Park and to be saved
from destruction. In going ND he
valley you have the beautiful Yellow
stone Mountains to the north and to the
south the famous Amethyst Mountain.
that for its fossil or stone forests is ex-
tremely remarkable. Directly opposite
the valley of the Soda Butte Creek rises
the mountain, with an exposed strata at
least two thousand feet high. The
summit is about nine thousand feet up.
As you follow up the trail you will at
once be struck with the curious surface
OF the mountain. and there in one section
you can count distinctly at least twenty
flve forest levels formed in this way.
The first forest, perhaps million years
ago, grew and died down; soil accumu-
lated and then anotter forest grew on
that, until finally the twenty-five have
grown. In the meantime strata to the
depth OF two thousand feet has been de.
posited-that is, the distance from the
present trees growing on top to the first
one below is two thousand feet. You
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

A new county in Dakota. Brown BY
name, has 109 schools and ninety-seveI
school houses.
General Eaton estimated that there
are now 1901 young women student:
in the colleges of the United States. -
Chicago Journal.
The first Protestant Episcopal ordi
nation in America was held by Bishop
Seabury, in Christ Church. Middletown
Conn, on August 3, 1785.-Harttore
Post.
The Law Department of the Univer
sity of irginia has ninety-one student.
the present session. Last year there
were thirty-one graduates.
During the last nine years France
has spent nearly forty-five millions O
dollars in increasing and reorganizins
her university institutions.
The pupils of the Sandwich Mass J
High School recently dedicated two elm
trees of their own planting to the honor
of DIR. Oliver w. Holmes and John &
Whittier.
"A New Testament. of 1913, con.
tanning notes in Bakers handwriting
was lately presented to the corporation
of Kidderminster, England, whers
Richard Baxter was settled in 164O.
Despite the approaching publication
OF the Revised Version. the British Bible
Society last year issued no less than T..
l61, 032 Bibles, Testaments and portions.
Chicago Current.
In late sermon, Sam Jones, the
Southern wonder, said: "a man needn'i
burn down churches and curse preach.
ers in order to stay out of Heaven. AL
he has to do is to refuse to 90 on the
gospel train"
The benediction of the Hospital Of
st. Barnabas. and the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the State of New JERSEY,
took place recently. The Bishop anc
large numbers of the clergy and laity
were in attendance.
The University of New Mexico has
for one of its departments an Indian In
dustrial School. The American Mis-
siOnary Association has voted it an an.
nual appropriation of $4,000 for the
support of teachers. Congress has voted
$4,000 for the erection of buildings
Considerable amounts have been given
by private persons.
In an article in the Journal of Edu.
cation it is stated that the City of Mexi.
co has a system of municipal schools fol-
both sexes, with course of study ex.
tending to preparation for professional
study. The schools occupy in great part
old converts and other ecclesiastical
edifices which have been secularized.
The salaries of teachers range from five
hundred to two thousand dollars year.
In the highest institution there are
eleven hundred pupils.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

The log drives on the Mattawaum.
keag River, in Maine. aggregate TO-
100000 feet.
The private path of elopemeni
generally leads to the public highway
OF the divorce court.-N. Y. Journal.
The Dark Ages:
In those old days when wrangling men
Flung down their changing cages
There were so many knights. since then,
They have been called dark ages.
-Judge-How old are YOU, madam.
Witness-I have no personal knowledge
OF my age. and hearsay testimony, ]
understand, is not accepted in this
court.Boston Beacon.
"A successful dentist in Western
city is named Leggo. When he began
to pull, the other day, the owner of the
tooth which had been hunted down
cried out Hold on! &c Chicago Cur
rent.
A Bridgeport druggist claims to
have discovered compound which. ap-
piled to a base bah, will make it lumin-
Gus. Such compound will fill long
felt want, for with its help base-ballists
can play all night long.-Boston Globe.
"A Burlington boy, who can initiate
cat to the life, has secured quite a
number of boots and shoes, besides other
bric-a-brac, by the exercise of his talents
under peoples windows after dark. He
supplies the whole family with footwear.
Burlington Free Press.
AT the Museum of Fine Arts. FASH
ionable Young Woman: 'Is that good
picture?" Fashionable Young Man:
I'm sure don't know. If they had
any sense they would mark 'em, at least
in the catalogue. G might stand for
good, B for bad. and so on, you know.
Would help visitors immensely. IN
Y. Sun.
Gone to the Bad Place. Good
mornin', Mrs.. Murphy" Good
mornin', Mrs. Gilhooly." "Hev yer
heard the news. Mrs. Murphyp" ..Phat
news, Mrs. Gilhooly." 1.-The O'Lanni-
hans has gone ter Chicago" "Ter
Chicago?" YES" "Och hone. och
honel l always thought that family
wud come to some bad ind "-Toronto
Mail.
w. F. Andross, of Hartford, Conn,
believes that potato bugs do a service
for the farmer in pruning the vines, if
they are not allowed to go too far.
That's just our opinion exactly, but
when the bugs get into our potato field
we consider that they are going too far.
So long as they confine their operations
to our neighbours premises we haven't
word to say against them.-Boston
Trnnscrig[
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
VACATION.

Vacation! fancy, if you were child
And rules and examples had driven you wild,
You'd Just be as joyful as am to-day
AT the thought OF vacation and freedom and
play.
Not lesson to look at for ever so long,
Not dull, puzzling sum, with the answer all
wrong,
No dreadful dictation to write on your slate,
NO teacher to frown If q second you re late;
But fun in the morning and frolic at night,
And the hours between full of mirth and de-
light.
Such races and chases, such laughter and
glee,
You'd know if you only were little, like me.
There's only one trouble: you look very kind
Perhaps you'll tell mother you're sure you
won't mindD,
If she wouldn't insist so on bedtime at eight,
Shed make it more jolly for Freddie and Kate.
Vacation! We're of with the birds and the
bees,
Wen picnic in woods and have swings on the
trees,
Wen fish in the brock and wen ride ON the
And weeks upon weeks Wen do nothing but
play.
Perhaps you are right-it dom. seem SO to me:
But we may by and by, having had so much
glee,
Be pleased to return to the teachers kind rule,
And willingly answer the summons to school
-Mdr0dret Il. Sangster, In Hdrpe.'s Young
People.
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Composing Under Difficulties.

In October 1887, after his return to
Vienna, Mozart produced his greatest
opera, "Don Giovanni" As late as the
night before the performance the over
ture had not been copied Mozart
wrote on until late into the night, and
his wife could only keep him awake by
telling him the old fairy tales, such as
he loved when a child; at times he
would break from laughter to tears, I'M
til. growing more and more weary. he
fell asleep. At seven the next morning,
he arose and finished the score, the ink
in some parts being scarcely dry when
the copies were placed on the musicians
desks. The musicians had to play the
overture at sight, but its beauties
aroused the greatest enthusiasm both in
the players and the audience. Mozart
superintendent all the rehearsals, and
inspired the singers with his own ideas
and feeling. He taught the hero to
dance minuet, and when one of the sing
ers failed to conquer his score, Mozart
altered it on the spot. At last the
Emperor bestowed court position on
Mozart, but the salary was so meager--
it was less than $500-that it was of
little help to him, while his duty, to
compose dance music for the court, was
humiliating. Well could he reply,
when asked his income by the tax
gatherer, TOO much for what do" too
little for what l could do."-Aqatha
Iunis, in st. Nicholas.
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profane and vulgar language, and but
little be said about it. But such acts IN
girl must not be tolerated. This
should not be so. The purity of boys
character should be considered of just
as much Importance in home as that
of a girls, and any habit that boy
would think a disgrace to his sister
should be summed by himself.
have heard it said, that if boy can
be kept free from all evil habits until
he is twenty. he will be apt to abstain
from them through life. He will by that
time have seen enough to know the
great injury done to both body and mind
by evil indulgences. and his strength of
will for resisting temptation is stronger
than when younger. So you see it Isl
while boys are young, so young that
but few of them have the strength of
will to say no, when tempted, that the
purity of their characters is destroyed.
The good character of many boy
has been ruined by the infiuance of bad
companions. 1t is strange what fasci-
nation a bad boy has for his associates.
We once heard man. in speaking of a.
bad boy, say: That boy has done more
harm among the boys of this community
than the good influence of the whole
neighborhood can counterfeit He
makes his evil ways appear smart and
manly to the boys; and many of them,
good and pure in character, have fallen
into bad habits just through his in
flueuce." Boys, beware of such COM
panions. Do not be afraid to say no,
when they tempt you to do wrong. The
boy who can withstand the temptations
offered by his boy associates and
abstains from bad habits, has in him
far more true manhood than the boy
who yields, however much the appear
ance of man his indulgences may
give im.-Nellie Burns in Country
Gentleman.
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A Queer Superstition.

Abram Reed, a farmer living in
Beaver township. Pa, cut down large
oak tree on his farm, and in cutting il
up he found, imbedded in the trunk.
seven or eight feet from the ground, a
small glass bottle and what had the
appearance of lock of hair The
bottle had been inserted in hole in the
tree made by an auger. then a pine
plug was driven into the hole over the
bottle, the hair also being held in the
hole by the plug. The bottle was
corked and contained colorless liquid.
Over the plug had grown six solid rings
of wood, besides a thick bark. There
was superstition among the early
settlers. and it is held by many OF their
descendants, that asthma and other
affections could be cured by the victim
standing against the tree and having a
lock of his hair plugged in it while the
hair was still attached to his head. II
must then be cut off close to his head.
and the afflicted person walk away
without looking at it or ever passing by
the tree again. While the use of
bottle was not included in this treat.
ment, it is believed that the one with
the hair discovered in the heart of the
oak tree was put there in the early days
OF the settlement by some believer in
the superstition to cure an ailment OF
some kind. Lumber World.
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NEBULOUS PHILOSOPHY.

She came from Concord's classic shades, or
Reasons throne she sat,
And wove intricate arguments 10 prove, In
language pat,
The Whichness of the wherefore, ana the
Thusness of the That.
She scorned ignoble subjects grovel-
ing household care
But turned her lofty soul to prove the Airi.
ness of Air,
And twisted skeins of logic round the What
ness of the Where.
To lower natures leaving the dollars. and the
sense,
She scared above the level of commonplace
And moulded treatises which prove the That
ness of the Thence.
Her glorious purpose to reveal the Think
fulness of Thought
To trace each line by Somewhat on the Some
bow's surface wrought,
To picture forms of Whynot's from the
Whatnots meaning caught;
To cultivate our spirits with the whyfore's
classic flow,
of the How.
To food the dark with radiance from the
Thisness of the Now.
never doubt her thus!
1t must be useful to reveal the Plusness of
the Plus,
To illustrate with corkscrew words the
Whichness of the Us.
Mock not, poor common mortal, when
thoughts like these appear,
Illuminating our labor with the Howness of
the Here,
And blazing like q comet through the Now
ness of the Near.
Some day in Realms Eternal such grand
mist-haunted souls
Inscribe their words of Wilderness on Where
fore antic scroll.
In that great world of Muchness which
through the May be rolls.
Then shall we each acknowledge the Why
ness of the whence
Each understand completely with Senseful-
ness of Sense
The Thusness of the Therefore, the Thatness
of the Thence.
Il. Edgar Jones, IN Chicago Current.
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DIDN'T KNOW HER.

Reasons Why an Arkansaw Negro Couldn's
Swear That He Was Well Acquainted
With His Wife.
'Do you know this womanP" asked a
lawyer of negro who had been sum-
moned to testify before court.
''Yas, sab, knows her."
DO you know here very Intimately"
mo, sab, KANT say dat do
''How long have you known herp"
wall. l got err 'quainted wild her er
short time before married her,
She's your wife, thenP"
''Yas, sab, sorter."
Thought you did not know her init
matelyp"
Oats whut jackerlated."
Il don't understand, then, how she
can be your wife. :"
"Wall. yer see. sab, she longs ter de
church, de singin' s'ciety. de Sisters o. de
Sacred Broom, de Daughters o. Ham
an two or three little side shows. Err
oman whut is KEEP 10 busy, sab. amt
got no time ter fool er roup' home. ~
.4rkansaw Trareter,