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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

CABLE adyice> from A>pinwall re-
rcivcd hy Postmaster Pearson IT New
York. reported serious loss Of mail
matter in the destruction of that city
by fire on the the SIS, ul, The entire
mail from the South Pacific. dispatched
from New York the 2l>t ul,. bv the
steamer Colon. WAS DESTROYED. and also
thc registered mail and ordinary paper
mail for A>pinwall sent hy the same
steamer. The letter mail WAS nearly
all delivered before the TIRE broke out.
As accurately aS could h. stated. The
mail for Central America and the Paci-
iic Coast of South America burned CON
sisted of one hundred and fifty pack
ages Of registered mail. ten sacks a.
ordinary letters. and tfty-ihrce sacks
of papers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

THE Commissioner of the General
Land Office has ordered tina, final
action in the Land Office upon all en-
tries of the public lands except private
cash entries and such script locations
as are no, ap, 10 be dependent upon
acts of settlement and cultivation. be
suspended in the following localities:
All lands west of the tir>, guide merii-
IAN. Kansas: AL west of range seven
teen west in Nebraska; the whole Of
Colorado. except lands in the tie res
erya,ion: all lands II New MEXICO,
Wyoming and Nevada. and that por-
eion of Minnesota north Of the in
slcmni,y limits, north of the Pacific
Railroad. and east Of the indemnity
limits of the Chicago. Milwaukee x
Minnesota Railroad final action in
the Land Office is ordered 10 oe su>-
pended upon all timber culture entries
which have not already been examined
also in all cases Of desert land entries
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
TUr American CopyriCht =,

THE American Copyright League has
issued an address Ia the public. cN-
planning the injustice done Ia nativ,
and foreign authors by the want of an
intrrnaiional copyright. and calling
np"n the people 10 all in demanding
favorable action on this subject hy the
Foriy-ninth Congress. Among the
eignerS Of this address are Bishop Pot
Ter. f.. 4. Stcdman. Parke Goodwin. Ed.
ward Eg.lc>ton. Thorndykc Rice. IN,
Erv. Robert Collycr. Charles Dudley
Warner and John Rigelow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
sppiT;G> Ei>rNTCuCS.

THF condition 0f General Grant. on ne
morniu~ of Jhr I'h. was not sTlrsC.a:is
changed. Ex-senator Cua:Tre Thought
him somcw ha; s;gun- cv. Iut had u" hopes
o. l.> hsc.
Tn Chinese legation has for,,ar..ei 70
thc Chinese agent e; Fari> renewed Ienc.
Pr, >'!s. N" bases II which are that the
blockade %; ratcl.li and Furuls>a >hail t.,
raIs.'I at once, that Touqu,m shall b. ,ied
10 China and rha: up indemnity sa.I lie
cxa,;-d ~ France.
o>E y,Un., laly was k..'ei and another
horribly MAJ l.i hy the fall of heavy
si-n frouI the rot Of Muir, hy's book store
nj Pittsburgh. Pa. recently. An old man
was also injured.
COMMANDO. X hNSEr.ypr:.-L matters guic.
nt tspIuwal on Tho i:h. The interior was
ii DISORDER ami anarchy. Secretary Whit
ncy decide! :" forward -" more men 10
Panama.
IT was 'ei-~Taph~i - Washington on
The I:h tha; karr,5>. the Dictator Of Cen
tral America. had bs.n Killed IN battle
n" ECa;cTlS.an ,Iul,a s>aiu7 AMI Others.
however. believed The telegram "a l.. ia,sc.
'N -" ie:.a: Il III French a; Lang
Son. General E!erh.nrer tarew tie artillery
and stores into ;he river.
GOVERNOR N,EG,nvsr and ConSrcsf-
man Bland have :-,e-rap&.i sh- Hon
Norman j. ColHan. CoI=ml>sIJo~r of bcTi-
culture :; Washington. calling hiS a,;-u-
'.on {. - existence 81 T!su-o- -pu-gmo-.a
II Galloway CoGut-. No. AMI a>EIa- h.n
Tor The prompt ant vigorous Ese ot a. "a.
power be has under ac.s ~ Congress T..
IN suppression u the discuss.
{. TUE Cam;e de Par, ami tie Duc l.
Caa-ty,s. pr.raa'>: prince, vrr-e II consul
tA.-on recently a. Na..ss Ts-s--,.4l- affairs
- E-zncc- Ta~ Gr-..i.. = !s.>. t--l..ye-i
,Aa; ;ae approaching election. v's-i -;
IL ;a- r~s uti.- and tat 10 people ,!-s4T-,l
4 re.vru a. IL monarchy.
TIE ,,-ezs,- Nz..apopl f7Uni~--i r.
Gently IN tie Sca of At.y. .A-rgy Lives
ve-e lo>t.
AT,A~ Mormon general coafsreace 4;
Sa!; lake. oa the -. general e!-s'l,
from Presidents Tayior sad Gamma, o1n-
Iemnin- Federal interference W.ia Nor
mon p~cGliarl;ieS Was r~si- !; spoke y
severe terms OF uouo-sEay. which = - a.
cy.>-i Q: Introducing a. rlA-a- - scc-s.
VICES into Utah
THIETT thousand coal miners E~-~ o. 4
strike IN YORKSHIRE, Eagl4zi. 7; ~as
;hcu-h; - strike would extend - Derby
shire and take II rwsaty JhoCsa=i more
TIE strike wss oaass-. by 81 A,:eEzr; - re-
dace wages zen r.-r evAt-
Fora yogth:aI prt oue-s recently escaped
oui ot the coGa,y l.! ~ Chicago
EJ-SECEETAhY IEsLTSGHUTSES vzs rp-
ported danS--oGsiS sick on the an =, Is
rcsliSnce II NeS-7 NJ.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

II recent number of .iboH NGd'idrd.
the Arab newspaper printed in Paris.
NJ. Sanua states that he SAW the Mahdi
in ls6s. The latter WAS then on his
way to Mecca. and attracted universal
attention a> a Mu>>ulman dcvotcc. In
conversation h. proved himself an ac-
Compli>hcd Arab scholar and thcolo-
Eian. NJ. Sanua denies that the Mahdi
was ever a slayc-dralcr. He i "f the
ordinary Arab type. and has not the
flat nose of the Soudanc>r
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

SECRETARY LAMAR was much dis
ircS>cd by the death If A>>i>tant-Sccrr-
tar, Clark "IIr WAS the nohlc>t Young
man ever knew" said the Secretary
land if hr had been spared his useful
ness in TN" Interior Department would
have elected In" admiration of the
whole country. His death has given
me- the greatest shock of my life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

THE iug Arctic" arrived At Grand
Haven. Mich. on the Sd. after bring
ice bound for twenty days. Provisions
were taken To the boat across the ice.
This WAS the last of the boats from
Grand Haven I" get out Of the ice.
which was breaking mp fast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

M,E>HAL IIUGHES, of Richmond,
Va. was arrested recently for dcialca-
tion. He declared that from various
causes he had a, Marshal become in
fchicd 10 the United States in sum
greater than h. could Immediately
pay, and would if he had not been ar
rested been able To- meet the deficiency
by loans from friends
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

Rr.rSIry "A largc number # ''-cabhy
sheep arrived AZ the 'hica@" stock
yard,. One flock. that had Ia be- shorn
before il lift the West, 80 bad was tn"
outbreak. was under surveillance oil
the .anltarv in>prrtnr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

MECHANIC employed in the shop,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has perfected "A. new brake. which. IN
stead Of clanping the wheels. operate
on the track. a model of the inrcn-
lion i, SAID to work well.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

DAVID X SI>I"N has given $1,000"
more 1" The city Of Cincinnati toward
the removal of the old po-i-officc build
iny 10 the art museum grounds, hiS lat
gift being for ih" purpose OF maxim"
The structure iirc-pronf.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

THE steamboat X. X. Springer. with
sixteen hundred tons "f produce. ran
int" the bank near Waterproof, Louis
lana. and soon sunk. Nincty-seven
passengers were taken of safely. The
boat was valued at 81. ZOO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

RESAN j. -a,d 10 have been accepted
bv th. Coil"g" of France IN pit" "i
his sweeping hcr"-i"r. h"cau-" OF his
perfection in the French language, f"r
the ~, ,erva'ion Of which The college.
chicnr2Ai.i-
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

WHILE Rev. George II. de waS
preaching ia Milwauk"" the other sun
day. "A confidence man gained en'ranc"
10 hi house and stole two hundred dol
Par worth pf property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

The buck"t-shop bill prohibiting
speculation in grain stock and other
fuiurcs passed the Texas Legislature
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

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htF. ET~ concerning II" peach crop Hr~
favorable from a.! part CO.; t.~ >;h'", aut
an abundant Weld - expected II" WHEAT
crop ! reported DONG "N'".'"Ht.N. am n..-
Cort.n1 :" al iuit,a;l'us u" NI"id " -. To-
large
=. -. SMITH. ac'I about slyty-tiv- wears.
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heard o: rim uu,,i tho f...nv.a- SUNDAY
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"A ~" prairie some seven miles from L..
H.iI. on TIA" highest U.Gs IN that country.
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were Nc'';"rr'! oyer ~" rTa'.'" "F iHHh-
"af team Recently "" "i ID" 'hiir'n
had les broken ann al "''" '-'er'!E
shaken NJ.
Mas. WEST. of Weeping Water, recently
took her TWO children and skipped "ut WIKI
Lon Williams an oil lover.
Tuc Nebraska S,a,. University hn. boon
admitted into -. Inter State ura.or!cal
,..ori,,iop. Tn. STATES of ,h. s.sa,.in-.nr,
,ra oti, Indiana Wt.c,,sin. miu,..
Io,y,. Mime, and Nchroskn.
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remain un"''" "pi"' ana ar" Shnhh'' hN 'h'
N''''i' ~ ''' "''~ '''"'N
whom ar" leaving for homes 81 less CHASTITY
surroundings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

Az explosion of iir. damp in mine
NJ Marcincllc. France, killed eighteen
person. recently.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10

JrFrER-"s DAVIS vas reported suf-
fcring from rheumatism and from An
unhcalcd MEXICAN War wound
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25
LADY OPERATORS.
A Prediction that They will Soon Handls
the Key to the Exclusion of the Men,.

A Prediction that They will Soon Hand.
the Key TO the Exclusion of the Men.
The telegraphic profession will, we
predict, says the current number Of
the Telegraphers' Advocate, in the
course Of a few years, be composed OF
female member entirely s=e-y
large Office in the United States, the
proportion of male and female em-
ployes is undergoing a slow but posi-
tive change. Ten years ago the ratio
was about 80 males to one female
operator; five years ago the ratio was
reduced to about 15 mSsles to / female,
while to-day it is less than 9 toll At
this same rate of growth, in thefuture,
but ten years will be required to bal
ance the scales. Fifteen years from to-
day will find thefemale members In the
majority, andtwenty years henceit will
bedificultfo r male operators to pro-
cure work at the key, atany price, The
days of male operators r numbered.
Thetalk thatlady operators arephysi-
cally unequal to the task of working
heavy circuits, incompetent co receive
press, etc., ismere bosh. They can be,
| and arerapidly being educatedto meet
| the requirements Of the profession.
They are reliable, which at once gives
them an advantage e the male
members. The Western Unions
heaviest circuits in the main Office for
years have been handled by
| Gradually the handful of women con-
fined to a few city wires in a remote
corner of the great operating roomhss
grown to an army, spreading its use.
fitness to every section and de-
partment of the company. Five
years ago 90 women were employed at
195, today there are over 275. In the
city of New York, the Western Union
force, five years ago. consisted of about
$50 men and 100 women; to-day, not
withstanding the natural increase OF
business, it stands about sooner and
$50 women. While the force has been
increased to the extent OF 100 operat-
ors, the male portion thereof has de-
creased to the extent of about $50.
These figures also apply to other sec
lions to a greater or less degree. For
instance, the heavy New York circuits
in Albany Ire now in the hands OF
women, who receive $50 and $40 a
month less than the men whose places
they SO recently filled. OF course the
saving to the Western Union company
is sufficient recompense for any incon-
venience to which they may be sub
iected. while they persistently dwell
upon the reliability of the women as
compared withth men as areasonfor
making the changes.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

made men weary of religious restraint.
The treaty of peace had not been
signed, the enemy was still in the land,
when delegates to the general court of
Massachusetts boldly said the sab
bath was too long. Country members
demanded a sabbath of thirty-six
hours; town members would give but
eighteen, and had their way. The eff
feet was soon apparent. Levity, pro-
faneness, idle amusements, and sab
bath-breaking increased in the
towns with fearful r~apidity. What,
the sober. minded cried out, is to
become of this nation?. Be
fore the war nobody swore, nobody
used cards. Now every lad is pro-
ficient in swearing and knows much of
cards. Then apprentices and young
folks kept the sabbath, and, till after
shutdown, never left their homes but to
90 to meeting. Now they go out on
the sabbath more than any other day
in the week. Now the barber-shops
are open, and men of fashion must
needs be shaved on the Lords day.
They ride on horseback; they take
their pleasures in chaises and hacks.
How much better, they say, is this
than sitting for two hours in a church
hearing about hell? Who would not
rather ride with a fine young woman
in a hack than hear about the devil
from Adams's fall? Equally interest
ing passages might be multiplied in
definitely from these pages, but enough
have already been given to show how
different is the conception of Mr.. Nc
Masters work from that of ordinary
histories and to convince our hearers
that the book is well worth reading
from first to last. Beginning about
where the work of Bancroft leaves off,
it carries on the narrative of our for
tunes well into the national period,
and has the fascination of a romance
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

IS apart, and / drew the bodies TO-
gether with my finger and put a wire
around them. You can just see a seam
in the bark where it has joined. The
trunk must be about nine inches
throughat the bottom, Ireckon. just
beyond is a three-year-old bud / am
raising on catfish, and those little nur-
sery trees are fed on chowder made OF
all kinds-shad, mullet, catfish, bass,
perch, sinners, trout, and everything.
/ don't guess the kind of fish has any
thing to do with the flavor ofthefruit.
No; the shad trees fruit don't have
any of the flavor of a shaddock."
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

"Ill tell you a sight I saw in Hin
doostan," said a truthful traveller. ut
sounds wild, but it's ais true as that I
exist. The railroad from Bombay to
Calcutta is only second in length to
that crossing the American continent,
and stretches in a line across q level
plain 1920 miles long. The train
hands are all Englishmen. One day I
was riding on the engine when far
ahead there seemed something on the
track like low, brown, undulating
waves. The engineer looked through
his field glass and said it was snakes.
This was Sheir migrating and breed
ing season, when they were peculiarly
vicious. He had seen them twice In
fifteen years out there. They were the
cobra de capella, a poisonous reptile
when excited. They are four or five
feet long when full grown. Down their
side is a folded fin that projects half
an inch when they are angry. We
were running 25 miles an hour, and
raised the speed to 40 and dashed In
to the mass. They were crawling four
or FIVE feet deep on each other, and
covered the track for half a mile.
Ughl 1t sickens me yet when | recall
their crunching under the wheels. We
ran over them in patches for an hour.
The wheels got so covered with grease
and blood they slid alongtherails and
we just had TO stop ina clear place and
wait for those ahead to pass. They
clogged the wheels, and pretty soon
began crawling up the train. We had
to shut ourselves into theengine room
and wait for them to crawl of. Not q
brakeman or passenger dared stir.
And there we waited four hours.
WhenI say there must have been q
million it is with no idea how many
there were"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

"A recent visitor to Whittier's home
at Amesbury says thata general APP
pearance Whittier has changed but
little last tenyears. Heisslight-
ly deaf, but his full, dark eyes is as
bright as@syer, the tall form is as
straight, and the minds as alert. He
does not impress one as an old man,
for his interest in affairs is as great as
in past years, and his conversation Is
an entertaining.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25

An English mastiff, the largest dog
Of the kind ever exhibited, sold not
long ago for the sum of 81 500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
The Station Agents Backing.

From the Comet.
81 was station AGENT" he said, cat
! a little place on the line between Kan.
sas and Missouri. There were about
twenty houses scattered through the
fields, and the main reason for the
train stopping there was to get water.
| had a little shanty near the tracks
where | slept and worked the telegraph
| instrument.
''The night express went through at
about 1920 and | was half doing in
my chair one night when three men
came in and asked what time the train
passed. | saw at once that they were
border roughs Of the worst stripe.
They all wore belts holding couple
OF six shooters apiece, and had been
drinking Just enough to put them in
that dangerous stage when man can
change from funny to ugly in a second.
'Wel, ! pretended to pay no atten-
tion to them and presently got out my
blacking kit and began to polish my
boots. One Of the fellows strolled up
while | was doing it and stuck a pistol
against my head. Black my boots,
he said. IwOuld have liked to black
both his eyes, but | swallowed my
wrath and gaveh his boots fine polish.
He kept the pistol to my head all the
time and when it was done stuck it in
his belt and walked off laughing.
Il was boiling over. In my desk
was a big Colt revolver. / secured
that and waited for him. Meantime
all three had gone OUTSIDE. Presently
my man came in again and began to
look at map on the wall. When he
turned around ne was gazing into my
revolver.
Throw up your hands, ! said.
He did so instantly.
i" Pay me for blackina your boots
How can H. he asked, with my
hands in the air?'
"'Tell me where your money is I
said, and III get it.
:" In my vest pocket, ,-youn he
finally replied.
81 felt in his vest pocket and took
ont a roll OF bills. | selected a twenty
and put the rest back. Then / dis
covered that | had an elephant on my
hands. didn't dare to let him lower
his hands and | couldn't stand there
and hold him for his companions
We're liable to come in at any moment.
Finally ! backed him into a heavy
closet and slammed the door. Then /
jumped out the window and made
tracks through the Cornheld.
Il didn't return until after the train
lett, and by that time they were gone
However, / got my full revenge by tele-
graphing TO the next station, which
was a place OF considerable size, to ar
rest the three. They proved to be
fugltives from justice and I think they
eventually got into the penitentiary. y
Mr.. BURGESS, designer OF the Purit an
has orders for a dozen yachts.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
\ Camp Yarn.

From the New York World.
Harry Durant, OF Company |, has a
great black crow. The crow has only
one leg, and hops about in a funny
sort of social way. All about the
camp there are egreat numbers of crows,
who fly down whenever Durant's pet
is fed and watch the fearless way the
bird takes food from his masters
hand. 1t seems a never-failing source
of wonder to the other crows, who
seem to associate his fearlessness with
his broken leg. To-day the bird was
a long time in coming for his dinner.
Finally, after Durant had whistled
three times, the crow stepped out
from the black crowd ofvisiting crows,
hoped on one leg to the soldier, swal-
lowed a hasty dinner, and then, hop
ping back about twenty feet let down
his other leg, which had been hidden
under his wing, gave a derisive crow,
winked with his left eye and flew away
o his companions. The other crows
set up a perfect yell OF triumph Just as
the real pet crow, with his broken leg,
came hopping painfully along in an
other direction.
Durant looked at the pet for a mo-
ment, then back at the crow that had
pretended to be lame, took in the sit
uatiOn, and sOlemnly said
" played for a sucker by acontidence
orc,U
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07

A New York correspondent writes:
One of the curious features in a large
city is found in the vagaries OF crime.
Here, for instance, is the case of
Edward Condor, aged IA, who was
indicted for larceny, having stolen an
envelope and a sheet of paper, valued
at ] cent. This seems like very small
business for a court Of Justice, and in
deed it is the first time so small a sum
was made the basis OF criminal pro-
cedure. The explanation was found
in the fact that this was the only way
to reach an ingenious fraud. The
young culprit had been employed as a
messenger by telegraph company,
but was discharged. He then stole
several blanks and envelopes, which
he used to manufacture messages.
His method was to learn by the
papers the arrival of men of
note, whose hotel he would visit with
a fraudulent telegram. The trick was
certainly very ingenious, but it was
soon detected, and now we have the
1-cent Indictment for larceny as a
warning against future telegraph dep
relations.