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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11
THE COWARDLY CYCLONE.
IL Never Tackles Any ThIng Of Its Own
S,ze aud Strength.

It Never Tackles Any Thing Of Its Own
S,ze aud Strength.
II see." said the old fellow who l.
much ACQUAINTED with the was of the
West. that the cyclone has beeata,in.
turn in the South. Do you knox that
there's nothing more cowardlv than i
cyelOne??"
"Cowardly"
'Yes. eowardly. Did You ever ksow
a cyclone to tackle any thin. % is
size? Did you ever know q cyclone
to make a dash at 4 great city? NJ.
for that's not the nature Of \ cyclone.
When is Il cyclone happiest' When
it can slip up IN some little weather.
boarded town that has just gone To
sleep. Then it dances a jig Of furious
glce. II dashes at tine courthouse and
scatters it about the public square;
seizes the Methodist church and SLIM,
its life out against the town hall;
wrenches the groaping windlas, from
the town well and kills the mayor with
it. and then enters upon the frolic Of
general destruction. Bat how does it
act when it strikes = great city? 1, is
like the cowboy who. having shot out
the lights Of a frontier saloon and
made himself master of the place. goes
to a biz town and piteously begs for =
drink. 1t gathers up dust and throws
it in the eyes of the people. bu, it does
not demOiish the chamber IF con-
merce. 1t bowls with cowardiy rage.
and then dOzes in a vacant lot. Never
mind it says to itself. Il know what l
am doing. Yonder is q c%ountrym.n
with blanket about his shoulders. He
lives in a li;tle village out in Iowa I'll
follow him out home. and. after he has
gone te sleep. I'll pick him up and
beat his life out against tho ground.
Then I'll go into the village park and
tanyle the maple trees like ocean
weeds heaped on . ~surf-bcaten shore
No. sir" the westerner continued.
''there is nothing moro cOward;y than
the cyclone. "-ATksnsGp TS0gsl6.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11
Collecting Money.

Husband (to wife) I've been out
half the day trying to collect money.
and I'm mad enough to break the fur
niture. 1t beats all how some men will
put of and put 81. A man who owes
money and won't pay it isn't dt to as
s0ciste-
Servant Opening the door)-The
butcher. sorr. is downstairs with his
bill.
Husband-Tel him to call again
Lste.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11
ARCTIC
How the Lawso Of Property Are Observed BY
the EsQuimaux.

How the Laws nj Properly Are Observed BY
No sQuimaux.
All the inhabitants of winter station
receive some share of the seals cap
.ured. Any one might fish and use the
weirs made by others. Housemates.
but not placemates. were fed by the
families best O!ffOr food ut the moment.
VIRTUALLY the surplus Of any individual
Dr. community was made over to those
who had less" But the property
essential to each individual was secured
20 him by n kind Of supernatural
sanction. resembling the ta6u. Appar-
entity i man with. say. three coats was
not supposed to have this protection
extended 10 the third coat. If we sup
pose these rules suddenly brought into
European civilization it is plain that
extensive idleness would he the first
result. Those who had no:hin. wonld
use up the property of those who had
sOmething-while it lasted. Among
the ESquimaux the community checked
this partly by exposing the idler to
satirical songs at the meetings Of place
mates. In places where. As in Danish
Vest Greenland. European influence
has been felt. the old communism
hourishes. but the old customary obi
cations to work have weakened. and
1.-The natural consequence has been I'M
poverishment." Capital punishment
is inflicted by the decision of the COM
munity ON witches and on individuals
obviously dangerous to the public.
Though the Esquimaux are generally
regarded rs chiefless. DIR. Rink in his
new book saws that each house Of sta
ton has its chief or patriarch. A pun
ishment rs severe ~ burning \ man
out of the house in midwinter has been
noticed. There is another authority
the anSakok-a kind of brehon or
authorized wizard and judge.
All this condition Of society rests on
the extreme dependence of man on man
in these very small and isolated cOmmu-
mites. To be turned out of them would
be nearly equivalent to death. or. at
least. to the condition Of the WeendiSo.
the lonely ogre Of Labrador. More
over. while the development and inn
provement of boats and harpoons is
noticed Us you pass from the western
TO the eastern tribes. 1.-THE contrary
may be said 80 far AS regards social
organization" The conditions for &C.
cumulating individual property are
favorable in the west. but there
it is checked by a habit Of making
p~rofuse gifts. A well-to-do western
Esquimaux is like y rich A;henian of
old. The gifts Of the former answer to
the ''liturgsis' Of the latter. Position
and influence are acquired by this gift
and when position is oncc
firmly secured We may doubt how long
the giving will last. There is arising
like the system of rank
which prevails among the Indians
further south. The keeping Of slaves.
''of all habits the n apparently most
at variance with Esquimaux social
is developed. Among the Ants.
a neighboring Indian people. 1.-THE per-
son who gives away most property re-
the creates, praise and in time
acquires the highest rank" not hered-
"obtainable by such means"
In fact. this generosity resembles that
IF 4 person engaged in nursing a con-
stituency. "-SaturdaU RerieE. ,
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11
OFFICIAL RED TAPE.
The Work Caused by the Return Of . Two
Cont stamp.

Cent stamp.
A letter signed with initials and
mailed at the Washington post-ofice
was received the other day at the POST
Office Department. The writer EN-
closed u twO-cent stamp. with the fol-
lowing explanatory remark for tho
benefit of the Postmaster General:
Il received . letter through your
Office yesterday; the cahccling stamp
failed to cancel the stamn. l tore the
stamp of and used it. Now my con-
science has got the best of me. You
will please find enclosed a twO-cent
stamp to 20 to the Conscience Fund.-"
As it was not money the stamp was
not sent to the Treasury Department.
where there is a special fund for the
benefit Of those who are overcome by
the pangs of conscience. The letter
was sent on the official round and rs
much ink and good paper was con-
sumed in recording its reception in the
department and its final disposition AZ
if it had been $4,000. instead Of a
sickly twO-cent stamp. 1t was first Of
all recorded in the book Of letters re.
ceived in the POstmaster-G Generals
Office. and was then sent. rs Endorsed by
the chief clerk. to the Third Assistant
POstmaster-G General. When it reached
the latter Office it was referred by the
Thrill Assistant Postmaster-G General to
the Finance Division. Another record
was made in the book Of the office Of
letters received and jacketed. Then it
found its way to the Finance Division.
The chief of that division pasted tho
stamp On the letter. drew two cross
marks through the stamp with his pen
and marked under it the word ''can-
celeb" and signed his name. This op-
Grafton was witnessed by clerk. who
affixed his name as witness. and then
the letter having reached the end Of its
red tape journey. was duly and prop.
erly deposited in the files. where it will
remain rs an evidence to future gener-
ations that this petit larceny upon the
Government was regularly and Off.
cially atOned for. In case the citizen
whose conscience was disturbed wishes
to establish the fact that he has made
restitution. he can refer to the docu.
ments in the case. which the POst-Ofice
Department will kindly preserve for
him without charge Washington Stay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11

R D. Blackmore. author OF the
''Lorna Doone." runs the biggest mar
ket garden in England.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11

AT Sullivan. on Frenchman's Bav.
opposite Bar Harbor. they dig a she'll
fish which some Of the natives declare
superior to scOllops. 1t is called razor
fish, from the fact that the shell is
shaped like handle. The shell
is of q dark blue color, anil it is quite
difficult to open it with . knife. These
fish are found in the mud. like CLANS.
They are very acute of hearing. and
disappear quickly when disturbed. 50
that anybody who wants to get . mess
of them has to dig pretty lively.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11

Tho washerwoman finds her occu.
patton almost gone through the intro
duction Of machinery. The most inter-
esting machine In the whizzer. which
dries clothes in one thousand rcv0lu-
tons . minute.
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Wonderful Lightning bugs.

The light Of the firefies OF tropical Amer
lea seems to be dependent upon the will. az
It's greatest brilliancy during activity and
flight, The color OF the light is a rich green,
cordIng to Dubois. fhis naturalist has made
extremely interesting experiments with the
nyrophorns. The eggs which he dried retained
ing when they were placed in water. He ground
the luminous organs in a mortar, after having
dried them In vacuum. and then mixed them
ing luminous.
DR.. Dubois concluded that the light OF the
alone. TO prove this, he covered one Of the
upper lights with wax. and the animal moved
IN u curve; when both spots were covered the
beetle soon stopped and then moved In an un-
certain, manner. carefully feeling the ground
with his antann The spectrum OF the light
without dark or brilliant rays.
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BEAUTY UNDER WATER,
A Corsl.hued Mermaid Disporting In the
Glare or Electric Light.

From an Unidentified Source.
One Of the features OF the Royal Aqua
under the able direction Of Prof. BBeecEWitE, 6Eims
~ 2 ts sy1 1asa sioS q y celebrity ya II days Ley zone BY.
have continued to give regular performances
IN this building: that. take q, Is proc, enough
takes place Is Wveeklii ada aas p1 BEING Hse son ahs saeT
gradually down to the swimming bath, or tank.
AZ ono end Of the tank, upon Y platform. Prof.
Beckwith, stands and Introduces the swimmers
othe audience.
Allow ms. says the Professor. ITO Introduce
oisn sdmlsblehslrs steps. forward and Stands d
Z slsai i Ions t siit t tisSts i rsse d ) T p ssl; h sSs
Of eoral-colored cashmere, half open at The
parently her numerous immersions 1--we or six
Gay agree with her wonderfully well, for she
cheeks; ana sparkling eyes, indeed. such red
ness OF cheeks made me think Of paint, and
made me regret that the first plunge must
necessarily rob this pretty girl OF such delicious
After the Professor had finished enumerat:
anae anf b yaf tSiiio snGSs}il Nile 9r; s6s had bad a ( hs;i
the air: The next second she was lar bsncat6
mermaid, silently dif"sds %c q. win ' H ss , way ) s sad casiiS
iHI, sSf that to Siii TssfV and 3i d I RiSyssfq her s%ls ss.rS
movement, After her Ave or six other Young
ladies' followed il Iuick succession, till n lriie
slri Of appeared, the Professors daughter and
marked, is out Of her depth every Wier )"
Various ieats Of fancy swimming were INDUCED
n: a. graceful and Clever. and then young
who diyed and swan, the entire length OF the
iaak under water then rssppsaI,sd' blowing
Happily for the durability OF ones faith I'm
crimson cheeks, Miss Clifton only grew roster
spd prettier the longer she stayed and splashed
10 lose its crispness, and when the water tour
lament was over she arose, like Venus, from
me sea, bright and bewitching with the snarI-
ing water rolling 0tr her lovely limbA.
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FLASHES FROM THE SLUMS.
PICTURES TAKEN IN DARK PLACES BIZ
THE LIGHTNING PROCESS.

-
ssu,e OF the Results ora Journey Threush
the city with an Instautaneous Camera
The Peer, the Idle, and the Vicious.
With their way Illuminated by spasmodic
flashes, as bright and sharp and brief az those
OF the lightning itself, q mysterious party has
lately been startling the town o. nights. Som
nolent policemen on the street, denizens Of the
dives In their dens. tramps and bummers in
their s~o-called lodgings. and all the people OF
the wild and wonderful variety OF New York
night life have in their turn marvelled at and
been frightened by tho phenomenon. What
they saw WAS three or four figures In the gloom.
. ghostly tripod, som weird and uncsnny
movements, tie binding flash, and then they
heard the patter Of retreating footsteps, and
the mysterious visitors were gone before they
could collect their scattered thoughts and try
to find out what 1t was all about. or course all
this fuss speedily became known to THE SUN
reporters. and equally as q matter OF course
they speedily found out the meaning OF the
seeming mystery. But at the request OF the
parties interested the publication OF the facts
was delayed until the purpose OF the expe-
dition was accomplished. That has now been
done. and its history may now be written.
The party consisted Of members of the 3d.
cisty OF Amateur Photographers OF New York
experimenting with the process OF taking In
and their guide and conductor. an energetic
Rentlsman. who combines In his person:
though not In practice, the two digntties OF
deacon In q Long Island church and q police
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URGLA BILLY
A Thrilling Adventure.
POLICE CAPT. EDW'D CASSIDY
OF the EIdridge Street Station.
WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE EVENING WORLD.

WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE EVENING WORLD
Burglar Billy was q thief named William
Wilson. and the thrilling adventure which
Capt. Cassidy, was supposed to describe was
ton, Notwithstanding the DISCRIMINATION of
Billy to lie down on the sidewalk, and his re.
fusal to proceed until his feet were dubbed.
Capt. Cassidy was asked last evening whether
A".%rite it?S' saiid Capt, Cassidy. II didn't
write a word OF It. But II ! had written 1t /
Cassidy. because my name Is Philip. Ayoung
mar came Into the police station q week ago
story. / refused but he pressed me SO hard
that I thought the best way out Of the CONVEX
satton was to tell him something. 80 I told
him the first thing that came into my head. Il
was true. but 1t was not worth writing. I'm
sorry, the story came out as 1t did. but 4 did the
post l could under the circumstances and hope
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he LOVED Il PRETTY PINMAKER.
A Kansas Farmer Who vsu because no
wouidn't Fake No for an Answer.

"Ouldn't Take NO for an Answer.
SHELTON, Conn.,, Feb. 1l.-Among the many
pretty girls who assist In making pins in the
Howe pin factory In this village was Miss Carrie
f. DANES. One day. several years ago. Miss
DANES. in a spirit OF mischief. Joined with other
girls In writing their names and address on the
papers upon which pins are stuck. some six
months after Miss DANES received n letter
from a farmer in Kansas, He asked Miss
DANES to correspond with him. Miss DANES
fatty refused. She was sa,iS'i / with her lot.
There were plenty OF young man in her circle Of
society, and when her time clnc. II ever it did.
she would marry some one she knew. But Mr..
mon, and soon after her re'u al TO o on r..
respondence Mr.. Piilsbury M ca""l III >le-
ton. He, brought with him Gle 'entiu!| lis 10 his
Tsspectabil,ty and standln," Ought an intro
duction to MISS DANES. and ai'era brief court
shin; he asked her to marry hin Miss DANES
liked the young man. but she w,s not in 10y,
with him. and so refused tho good u!ycr tho
Disheartened. Mr.. Pillsbury went home. In
q few, months he met another Connections, cir,
and finally married her. The marriage wa, a
happy one; but after a few months The irids
than ever to get his first love, the pretty shell
ton pinmaker. He wrote, to her again. telling
her, Of his loss. and asked her to CORRESPOND
was worded in so sympatieIic u manner taat
he became more than ever determined.
He accordingly cnme to Shelton again and.
nothing daunted. began q most persistent WOO
but his earnestness and devotion began to thaw
time. Mr.. Piilsbury's, pluck won her, consent.
tor = Of TX .6s g Bnpti sf9 es 5ne fsy united Il I'd t Rn.' neIsi tsnt
gone 10 their far Western home.
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OLileT NIL cOutln'
ually brought thejn'
v%estigators face L
face with 1.-THE growl
r.. which is tn,
highly %suggestiv,
name OF the can o.
pitcher in which bee
is brought by tn,
pint or quart from
the corner saloon
The bright y~oungstel
here pictured rs tn,
Growler Ganymed,
h q thousa n DIS o
prototypes In .thi,
city. He serves botl
the families In the
tsnomsnts and tht
gangs that congre.
gate on the corners
or In stables or somt
other shelter to worl
the growlor. In man,
cases yet younger
children are pressed
into this service, anC
girls, as well as boys
OF tender years arr
sent into saloons
OF bad character FOL
shta nnarNa
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Il, with the ,wrecke Of humanity that form its
clientape. II Ia a Pell street seven-cent lodging
house, whose cots or beds or hunks or ham
mocks, partaking rs they do OF the character-
istics OF all three. are simply stripe OF canyas
stretched between beams. six feet apart NJ.
Riis has other views Of this place at night which
are a revelation to those who were meyer mere.
rious courts and alleys OF tho lowest tenement
districts OF tho Fourth and Sixth wards are
very Interesting, and are especially relied upon
Children's AID Society and other children
helpers, because they are always swarming
long OF an unsavory reputation, and with q
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Indigestion

Is not only q distressing complaint. OF itself,
but the parent Of many others Of a much
more serious character. 1t interferes with
nutrition, impoycrishes the blood. and
weakens every function of the body. NJ
more effective remedy for Indigestion can
De procured than Ayers Pills. They give
permanent relief, by restoring TO the asslmi-
latlve organs their normal power, vitality,
and action.
henry Q, HEMINGWAY. Rockport. Mass. says;
ayers Pills have benefited me wonderfully.
FOR months ! suffered from indigestion and
neAdache. was restless al night, and had a bad
Aste IN my mouth every morning. AFTER taxing
one oox Of Ayers Pills, all these troubles
Disappeared,
my food digested well, and my sleep was regular
and refreshing
a A. Wostenholme. Utica. N. Y. writes:
.whonever ] am troubled with Indigestion. I
0ks one or two doses OF Ayers Pills and am
promptly relieved"
II have used Ayers Pills for the past 30 years.
ana am satisfied ! should not have been alive
Today II It had not been for them, They cured
mo OF dyspopsia when all other remedies failed"
It. p. Bonner. Chester. Pa.
Roland L. Iarkin, Harlem. MY, %certihes.
For q long time ] was a victim 10 indigestion.
nausea, dizziness. and lca.:bGrn, it""h
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BANDITE HUUbT.
each succeeding batch seems to BE- calculated
In appearance and character to keep up the
appropriateness Of the name. There are no
bags Of rags to indicate, even that low form Of
they are devoted to the stale beer Industry. On
each side of the alley are stale beer dives in
room after room. whore the stuff ID sold for two
the customer is entitled to a seat on the floor.
otherwise known as e "%lodging." for the night.
pose OF Mr.. Riis in behalf OF the boys is his
showing OF a touching picture Of street Arabs
in sleeping quarters. which 1t must have taken
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Constipation,

In most cases, Is occasioned by neglect, and
its cure is generally sought for in the use Of
violent purgatives. These weaken the
bowels, 50 that they are less able to perform
their proper functions, and Chronic Consti-
patton, or some disease more dangerous. is
the result. For any weakness or dersngc-
ment OF the Bowels, the safest and most
effective remedy is Ayers Cathartic Pills.
They are pleasant to take, prompt In action,
mild In effect, and everyway beneficial.
W. II. Strout, Meadyille. Pa. writes: II was
troubled with constipation for years. A few
boxes Of Ayers Fills restored me 10 health. l
have always found them prompt Ind effective in
their action"
A. j. Forster, Dauplin ST., Mobile, Ala. says:
" For several years was affected WITH ronsti.
patton and headache, Af'er trying a number Of
so-called liver inyigorators, without heneht. l
WAS at last cured by usinr Ayers Fills."
During the past two years ! was q great suf-
ferer from constipation. headache and general
debility. My skin was yellow and ! had q con-
slant pain In my side and back, Other medicines
failing, ! took three boIes OF Ayers Pills. and
am cured Herbert Elw-ll, East Saginaw. Mich.
Rev. Francis r, Harlowe, Atlanta. Ga, certi-
hes' "For several years ! WAS subject To con-
stipation. from which | suffered increasing
inconvenience, in spite nf III" use OF various
medicines. AT last / began taking Ayers
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oD0INo IN PELL STREET.
The adventures Of the picture-taking party
n other direotions were Interesting and some
faithful and CHARACTERISTIC Being mostly snap
S60ts and surprises, iP the daytime they
fno@n aG sn sdi's sssassfe a Ss the h1n m5sb th sasi 9s,eiGtt e.
they could not altogether prevent the natural
Instinct, OF fixing up for a picture from being
value as they found It, they were sometimes
unable to stop the preparation and posing
G2m almost destroying, the interest in it. Mr..
Ills has kindly, furnished . number OF his
photographs to The Suns artist. and they are
given here; An example Of the fash light plc-
lures 10 this from the lodging room OF the Thlr-
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A BAXTER STREET ALLEY.

still more unsavory name. IL now almost
wholly given up, to Italian occupancy: II is
given here. lie not without interest. It Is .
typical tenement house yard. tho clothes lines.
the hydrant. the push cart, and the children
being always to be found.
At 80 Baxter street is a similar place, an alley
leading in from the sidewalk. with tenements
on either SIZE 1t,t crowdlng 80 close ss 70 almost
brick and on the other wood. but there Is little
difference in their ricketiness and %s1ualor.
This Is also an italian colony. and the bags OF
rags and bones and paper shown are gathered
by these people. despite the laws n ordi-
nances and the 8. 200 police.
At 50 Mulberry street, In the famous Bend.
Ia another alley of this sort, except 1t IL as
much worse In character as ite name, Bandits
OF these alleys. 1t has borne this name these
many years, and though there have been many
entire changes in the occupants In that time.
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ton 81 ali that Is degrading and disrenntabIe
In the whole range OF the practice IL the ono
whose headquarters Is underline Jackson street
dump. The surroundings of these drinkers
are dirt, flying ashes, and refuse of all kinds,
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SLEEPING STREET ARABS.

a hunt to discover. These youngsters have
evidently spent their lodging money for gallery
the back stoop OF an old tenement house.
The reese erohes into the manner OF life OF the
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Woma e trampH-I kin give 70 som chops
Ns%P 3S ssisksn>-whs.t ind o shspS-w0sd chops,
TrsmY-SOSi Iwaan't brought W 70 eat with an sxs.
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Chance to Think II Over.
She latter All offcr)-You pay me the greatest
compliment a woman can hear. Mr.. raylnadyapce, bus
I must give you a refusal
lie I'm tho real estate line esgerly)-For how long
until tomorrow night
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-F~
ROBBIEG A LUSH.

HOBB1EG 4 LUBH.
II deity and quickly gone through with.
The degradation pictured In this view Of q
Thomnson street dive Is. perhaps, as low as
dive Is one OF tho places known as BLACK and
Tans."' because its frequenters are colored men
and white women OF the most degraded sort.
The mar who is lounginR on the barrel ia an
ignorant. worthless black OF q capacity equal to
orgy for such occupation can only be supplied