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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
HARD ON THE EYES.
Why Pittsburgh IRON Heaters Are Almost
All Near sighted.

All Near Sighted.
1t is a fact that q large percentage Of
the men employed rs heaters in the iron
mills Of Pittsburgh are more or less
troubled with defective vision. the ma
ture Of their work cOmpellin: them to
gaze for prOtracted periods upon the
intensely dazzling light Of metal at
white heat. which they must be able to
distinguish from the flames of burning
gas which surround it. Secretary Will
lam Martin. of the AmalSamatcd As
! sOciatiOn of Iron and Steel Workers in
Pittsburgh. says that among men who
have worked for u few years in the icon
mills near-sightedness or weakness If
the eyes is almost universal. and adj
vi>ed the reporter to interview a ::ew Of
the employees of any mill in the city to
test this statement.
This was done. resulting in confirm
alton from half a dozen heaters in one
IF the largest rOllinG-nilis in the city.
The men seen had worked in the iron
mills from periods ranging from three
tn twenty years. and with very slight
differences their powers of vision had
Ill been affected in the same manner.
They are unable to distinguish small
objects at any considerable distance.
One was entirely unable to read the
print in an ordinary newspaper; an
other pointed out a clock with a dial q
foot in diameter and said he could not
see the hands ten feet away. With one
the trouble was permanent and unvary-
ing. while another's eyes were restored
to their normal condition if he stopped
a month. None of them experience
pain. and it does not seem to have &C.
cured n any one that a physicians
services were needed. They regard the
change that takes place in their eyes
rs a sort of process of getting used''
to necessary requirements of their trade.
The reporter on looking into one If
their blazing heaters could distinguish
only a binding glare. scarcely inferior
to the dazzlin. light of the sun itself
Ye: these men must be able to see
the white-hot masses Of metal
through the flames of the gas that is
all around them. The diff
Guilty of doing this may be compared to
which would be experienced in
to perceive one bright light
another. Yet the experienced
does it with Us much ease rs IL
the hot iron were SO much wood float
ing in water. They say tina: no degree
IF proficiency can be acquired in less
han three months time. and that since
he employment of natural gas in The
furnaces the difficulty has become much
and the effect upon the eve
pronounced. - Ps1S1uryh Le:!sr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
How to Manage Manure.

Mr.: Waldo F. Brown. a noted Ohio
farmer. says it is a common practice to-
throw the manure from the stable ONT
OF a window and allow it to accumulate.
in a heap against the barn. wh,,r. s,
rots the building and often con,amin.
ates the air of the stable. Fresh manure
should y be left in a conicai heap-
Probably the best way to anage If !.
to spread it evenly in an ADJOINING
s"eu IN winch stock is kept loose To-
tramp It, II. however. it is put out of
ooorS 1t should ALWAYS be wheeled
away from the building and mixed with
'ae COW manure and waste from the
straw-staeks. ~. Y. Wusess
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
POINT FOR LADIES.

Latest Dress Novelties.
French percale remains a popular
material for serviccablc wear in
wOmen's uI,dergarmeEts.
French nainsook is the material from
which imported French gowns arc
made.
Imperial lawn, n goods finished like
a linen cambria. is used for matinee
sacques and gowns.
The materials used for trimming in
handmade French underwear are real
Valenciennes lace and French laces in
same patterns.
Small black mantles of Bengalinc.
silk or embroidered cashmere. trimmed
with metallic cord passementeries, are
worn with dresses of all kinds.
Corset covers are cut high at the
back. with Pompadour front or pointed
front. the pointed styles being Il feature
Of the season in all undersarments.
Gloves having wide bands Of stitch
ing. in self or contrasting colors. are
still in vogue. nevertheless the plain
styles are quite as desirable AS ever.
For little girls. from three to ten
years of age. white muslin frOcks are
made up Of open embroidery in all
over designs to be worn with guimpcs.
Short skirts and walking skirts arc
shown in lawn and nainsOok. with
trimmings of fine quarter-inch tucks
and insertion and borders of embroidery
and lace.
Babies Just in short clothes wear tiny
shoes Of embroidered cashmere. white.
blue or pink. with bows and two rows
Of ribbon up the front and tassels on
the sides.
Matinees are of surah. nainsOOks and
various other materials.
Scotch ginghams for frocks for Y
the tiniest girls are chosen in large
plaids and wide irregular stripes.
Plain colors are also made up for their
use.
The new French shapes in gowns arc
in most instances considerable higher
in the neck than last season. The
features of the Directoirc styles are re-
produced in many of the new shapes.
Many ~polonaise costumes are noted
among the spring impOrtations. The
.polOnaise is usually of fine wool. and
the skirt of Bengaline or other repped
silk.
The first choice in embrOideries
are those from the French manufac-
turcrs. which copy faithfully the pat
terns and style Of needlework.
A novelty in footwear is a house shoe
of Russian leather. which may be OBJ
in both the crimson and tan
Some neat examples had small
studs of cut steel or bronze on the in.
step.-N y. World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15

| Naturalist auckland Describes How q Py.
thOn Takes HIS Dinner.
1t is not every one who has seen a
, python take q meal. 1t is usually averse
| to dead food; but it is partial to u live
rabbit or a chicken, or u guinea-pig.
or by preference q rat. The python
seems to know that the rat will try b
escape and he gives it no time or
quarter. With arapidity that can hardly
be conceived he scizes the rat with his
mouth and the fatal coil passes around
the creature. squeezing all the life out
Of it and reducing the body to the form
OF an elongated sausage. which the
ssake lubricates with its own slime
and swallows entire. If a fowl is put
into a python's cage the snake some
times seems to take no notice. and the
frightened bird. finding that NO harm
comes to il. begins to ruffie its feathers
and to peck about occasionally trying
its beak on the snakes skin. But after
awhile the end of the pytaon's tail NAV
be see to quiyer with a strange emo
ton. whilst the small. black. beady
eve is fixed upon the fowl Suddenly
there is a eonvulsiOn. The snake has
moved and the fowl has disappeared.
and can only be discovered by the end
of feather or two protruding from
the coils in the pythOn's neck which
have crushed the birds life out. In its
natural state the python will catch a
deer or q wild pig and crush it in the
powerful coils Of its neck. There il a
well-authsnticated story Of a large py-
thon having caught two wild sucking
pigs simultaneously. crushing both with
the same coil of its neck. In the case
of the python mentioned above. which
was killed by the horns of the buck tina.
II had swallowed. the snake must have
been able to break all the bones of the
body. but the stays horns ERE proba- |
bly, too sharp and pointed to be easily
crushed. and the snake rashly took the
ofdigesting them in its stomach.
No stories of a python killing a man ever
came to my knowledge. but one of the !
keepers at the Calcutta Geological
Gardens had his arm much injured ono
morning by a python coiling itself on i,
sad squeezing it severely before the
nan could DO rescued-Loagmen's
Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15

Some Of Those Who Cut Quite . Figure
In European Politics.
The two most powerful republican
statesmen in France are married 10
American women. Waddington was
married to an American woman in En-
gland. and Clemenceau was married to
a Yankee girl on her native heath.
Waddington is the son of English
parents. but q native of France and q
thorough Frenchman i'm tastes and in
stincts. Clemenceau. when he was
eXiled from his country in the time Of
the Little Napoleon. settled for awhile
in the United States and taught school
in Connecticut.
There was a bevy Of manageable
young girls in his set. and all were en-
gagged to wed but one. He persuaded
the to accept him. and the last en-
gagged was the first to be married.
Clemenceau fastened home a: the
breaking out of the Franco-Prussian
war. fought for his country, and when
peace came. he took an active part in
politics. He is called an extreme
radical in France. but in this eountrv
he would pass for a conservative. He
is . thorough republican, and is m
bilious to plant the main stems of the
United States Constitution in France.
Mrs. Clemenceau is the head of the
house. and mas the pleasure of know
ing that her husband is one of the most
domestic and best regulated men NOR
ally in French public life.
Some eminent British politicians. too.
are welded to Americans. Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, Glads,one's first lien-
tenant in command of the Liberal party.
is married to the daughter If John
Lathrop Motley. at one time Minister to
England. Harcourt bears the rcputa-
ton IF being gracious to his wife oniy.
He has the u"liest disposition IF anv
man in English public life. He ran
seldom say = kind word of .,vbody
but his wife when u gruf WORT will an.
swer rs well. In this country he would
stand no chance in politics. bu: in En-
gland members Of Parliament and pub
lie men generally seldom come in con.
tact with the great body of the people.
= noun: q platform and
larrup the Tories for hours 1T a time.
and that satisfies his Liberal coastitu-
entS.
The wife Of Thomas Power O'Conner.
Mr.. ParnelTs ables. lieutenant, is also
an American. the daughter Of the late
Judge Paschall. of Texas.-S.. Louis
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
MEMORIAL DAY..

Far down midst Southern mountains
Where lonely pine-trees stand.
And where the silvery mist-like moss
Has laid its soft gray hand.
Where through the silent forest
No voice e'er echoes, save
The sweet wild song Of binds that thEong
There lies . soldiers grave.
And NO stone tells the story.
And no wofds tell his name,
And in the list Of battles fought
He bears no share OF fame.
His was the soldiers spirit
To do and dare and die,
But not for him in the forest dim
Thu shout Of victory.
sDied on the march. ~ the saddest \.
Words that Q comrade writes;
As brave a soldier. though. As no
Who in the front rank fights;
For him no drums are mufiied,
Nor pomp, nor funeral signs
But comrades tried who marched beside
aid hiLa beneath the pines
When We. through all the country.
Honor the soldier dead.
And wreaths OF choicest flowers are brought
And words Of praise are said
Far OF amid the mountains
Who marks the grave SO lone:
Will NO one make for soldiers sake
A wreath-s prayer-not onef
All. yes for tender Nature
Loves well to mark the spot.
And over all that lonely mound
She strows ~forget-me-n0t-
She knew with what true courage
His fresh young life he gave.
And flowers whose eyes reflect the skies
Each year sends to his grave.
What matter II that soldier
Did wear the Blue or Gray,
For brave and strong must be the heart
That gives its life away.
Not theirs alone the glory
Who share the battles din,
A hero he who valiantly
Meets death though others win.
While We with martial music
Honor the soldiers name,
Cnfurl the flag and deck the graves
OF those who earned its fame,
On many lonely hill-sides.
BY forest, vale and sea,
There Nature brings her offerings
That none unmarked may be.
ada Steudrt Shelton, in Springfield, (Idsa.)
Republican.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
HUNTING
| How the Young Are Caught by h Agents
Of Menagerte froPrietOrA.

How the Young Are Caught BY the Agents
Of MensGerse fropriesors.
81 have counted a many as twenty
hippopotamus heads in one pool" said
MIR. Lohse. land the river is full ol
them. OF course. it wOuld be impossi-
bic to catch the old ones. but they have
to be got out of the way, and the only
way to do is to shoot them. l have sho,
six in one pool in an afternoon. As
soon as all the old ones are killed. the
hunters-and they are very brave ones
who go after hippOpotami-harpoon
the young through the neck. The neck
is very thick and fat. and il the har-
pOon is skillfully thrown there is no
danger Of killing the young ~hippopot-
anus. A float is fastened to the har-
pOon by . rope. and when the animal
becomes compl e.ely exhausted in lis
efforts to free itself it is drawn gently
to the shore by this rope. and secured.
It is put into - pen and kept there and
fed upon goats milk until its wound
is healed. when it is driven to the
serbia.
LAS I said. the hippopotamus hunters
r very courageous and can swim
and dive like seals. l lost one
of my best men the last trip 1
made on a hippopotamus hunt. Early
n morning We saw ayOung hippo
pOtamus in the water Rear the
opposite bank of the river. Before I
could stop him. Elbibo. the chief of my
hunters. was in the river and SWIM
ming rapidly across to harpoon the
animal. He got close to it and had
raised his arm to throw the harpoon
when he sudden My gave a yell and sank
out of sight. A ripple near where ha
had been told us that he had been dag
ged under by a crocodile. We had
given him up as lost. when he reap-
peared and made his way to the bank.
where he lay do wn exhausted. His
left arm was torn off ut the shoulder.
l did what l could for the poor fellow
but he bled to death that night. He
never made a cry. but asked ME quiet
ly just before he died to see that his
two wives did not suffer from poverty.
Mr.. Lohse has also had exciting
times hunting the ~rhinOceros. As with
the elephants the young are run down
by hOrsemen until they are exhausted.
The baby rhinoccros is her lasSoed
to a tree until its spirit is broken suf-
fic;ently to permit of its being driven
to the camp. As in hunting the other
animals there is a particular class Of
trained men who go after the rhinoc-
eros. They must be expert riders. and
fully acquainted with the habits of tho
huge. dangerous beasts they attack.
IAN Infatuated r~hinocerOs." said Mr..
Lohse. SIS literally blind with rage"
He puts his head down. and runs in y
bee line. knocking down every thin.
his way. If there was \ stone wall
front of him he would smash right
up against it. Some of my Homrahn
wounded y female r~l,inoceros
day, when the brute ran off. The
men were securing her young when
he suddenly stopped and rushed to-
ward them. 1t was such an u~nbeard-of
hing for one of the animals to do. that
he hunters were taken completely by
One Of them was caught by
Ter horn and thrown high in the air.
He dropped to t he ground a corpse. for
he rhinocerOs had disembOweled him.
N. y. Ereniug San.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15

the next issue of the McCooix Democrat, and
the reunited couple began the new year TO-
gsther, at Akron, COlOrado.-FrOxG ". Col
siH, H. Yankee Blade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15

will women be such foolsy-proceeded to fall
head and ears in love with him without SO
much as trying to find out any thing about
his past life. Her father, also, rather en-
couraged the intimacy, taking it for granted
that a young nan whose fellow citizens re-
spected him enough to elect him to the
legislature must be all right. This goes to
prove, by the way, that men are not always
as acute as they ought to be, either.)
No mutual agreement as to the state of
their hearts was arrived at in 50 MANY
words, but each knew the others feelings
intuitively. The only reference made to
the subject was in parting. Then, as Ash
ley held her hand and noted her look of re-
greet at the separation. he said earnestly:
"Much Is I have enjoyed your society, I
trust we may never meet again"
"Whyr" she asked, opening her eyes wide
in panied surprise.
stand whya I've been q fool-aye, worse
than thati"
a don't understand, ~ she said huskily, Is
. feeling Of foreboding crept yer her heart
~Iesn't explain it now. Icould not face
you and acknowledge my v villainy."
Just then others entered the room and they
parted without further explanation. . When
he came homo again he va more than evcr
with his wife. and seriously
thought AZ committing suicide to end his
misery-neser dreaming that he was one Of
the most favored mortals on whom the sun
shoue il he had only been sensible enough to
realize it. He considered that he owed
an explanation, besides he longed to
to her and perhaps receive a reply,
anyway; SO he wrote a long account Of his
former courtship. his unhappy marriage,
present miserable state increased by his
ardent affection for h-Eself. and ended by
describing the obstacle 10 their union as q |
0eing utterly devoid Of tho finer sensibi.i-
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15

you knew AL. you WOul0 pity ana forgive.
Believe me, Lucy, 1 Learned too late. what a
jewel you were in comparison with any
other woman l ever saw"
'How about Louise!' questioned Mrs.
Ashley.
didn't youever hear. She led me a mis-
erablo life, and we quarrcled, and she used
to fly at me like q mad creature. She finally
ran away with q bank cashier. l wasn's
sorry that b went, either. I had been
drinking and my credit was gone, and l ras
50 down in the world that I didn't carS for
the disgrace. I've hunted for you ever since,
but l had given up all hopes Of finding you.
I think Providence must have directed me
here. was over by Culbertso1 looking at
q piece Of land to-day, and / tried to make it
back to McCOok, but the blizzard overlook
me, and the horses wouldn't face it, so We
drifted here. Ny money. friends aud repu-
tation are gone, and I'm going to take . claim
and settle down and try again. You must
help me to redeem myself, Lucy. I've been
. terrible ~scouudrel. but I've paid dearly for
all my misdeeds."
To repeat all that was said by this man
and woman, who had once been husband
and wife, would AL q volume. The main
subject dwelt upon by Ashley Winthrop
was . plea for forgiveness and a remarriage.
Had he returned in the full tide Of pros
perity, it is doubtful whether any arguments
could have prevailed with Lucy; as it was,
however, pity for his misfortune and fallen
condition. the knowledge that he NEEDED her
to help him in his new start, belief in the
sincerity Of his repentance. and the Thought
Of her children having a legal guardian in
of her death, whereas, before they
would have been left to strangers, all
worked in his favor. .
The notice Of final proof to be made on
Mrs. Ashley's homestead entry appeared in
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-06

ANYTHING of that character. [ would
do no such thing to still further brand
our name in our home. You, at least,
shall suffer no further through me.
The all-powerful God preserve me
from doing such thing. But how
could / give you the information in
any other way? l sent you dispatches
as rapidly as possible in order to re-
ceive money, as needed it badly. l
ask no money from my uncle until l
am "a years old. But you have my
fathers money, and Of this / wish you
would send me whenever / write for
it. Send me at once $50. l had
hoped to have received $3.50 before
this. The rest can he given me when
| am returned to life once more:
| swear solemnly that | have God
before my eyes and in my heart al
ways. l have written to no one but
you and Anna, and do not propose
doing it. You can rest easy on this
score, and can keep my matters as
secret as you wish. l will consult my
attorneys and see il it cannot be ar
ranged 80 as not to trouble you. l
believe the court here has attended to
this; but if you are asked by the court
there to corroborate my statements, l
wish you would do 80, as it will be
strictly incognito. that means, no one
will learn what answer you will make.
You will probably receive further
notice. See that l receive the money
/ ask for through mail very soon."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-06
THE SPL LENDID.
How the Immense HOstelry Is
Progressing.

HOW the immense hOStelTy H
Progressing.
The progress in the construction OF
the Hotel Splendid is quite notice
able, now that the brick work is being
laid. Already a line Of brick stretches
half way around the huge excavation,
and in short time it will be up to
the level of the ground. This vicinity
presents very lively appearance. At
one side of the exca walton is the rock
crushing machine, from which teams
are continuously hauling broken stone
into the middle of the hole, where a
big pile is already located. On the
other side by the railroad track, which
joins the Southern Pacific Railroad at
San Pedro street, are immense piles
OF lumber already sawed and ready to
90 into the building. On the
east is located steam saw
mill and carpenter shop, where half a
hundred men are busily engaged in
making window frames. door frames
and in cutting the timbers for the
building. Enough lumber is on the
ground now to stock large sized
lumber yard. In the rear Of the saw
mill a number OF men are at work
boring an artesian well with improved
machinery. They are making good
progress and are now down about a
hundred feet. 1t Is expected that a
good flow OF water will be reached at
about two hundred feet. All these
operations going on in one immediate
neigbborhood give the visitor an idea
of the enormity Of the undertaking,
which, when completed, will be the
finest hotel ia Southern California.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-06
THE WEST END.
improvements Considered at the
Last Meeting.

LuSt NAeeAlhSs
The West End Property Owners
Union met in regular session at
Bethany Chapel, Temple street, on
Wednesday night The Street Com
mittee reported that Mr.. Ellsworth
represented that 81 per front foot
would cover the expenses of widening
Temple street. Recommendations
were also presented by which num-
ber Of large buildings might be saved
from the expense of removal. 1t was
the sense of the body that meeting
of the property holders On Temple
street be called. 1t being the time
for the regular election of officers, the
following were elected to the respec-
tive offices: J. Lyons, President; M.
Saunders and Jesse Yarnell, Vice
Presidents; a. NJ. Ellsworth, Secre-
tary; G. A. Tuckenbach, Assistant
Secretary. Mr.. f. w. Wood was
elected member Of tie Union. The
following persons were elected mem
bers of the Executive Committee
Messrs. f. w. Wood, James Merwin,
E. G. Burlingame, j. s. Luckenbach
and J. w. Nimmick.
Upon motion an invitation was ex-
tended to all property owners on Tenn
pie street, west Of Pearl, for the pur-
pose of considering the advisability
Of widening Temple street. The time
for the meeting was set as Wednesday
night next week.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-06
POSTOFFICE. BUSINESS.
Report for March Showing
Com mparisOns.

Comparisons.
The following report of the business
OF the postoffice has been prepared
Receipts first quarter 1886, $13, 1908
receipts first quarter 1887, $40, $500
receipts first quarter 1888, $33,67S 81;
making the annual receipts over $780,
coo. Carriers report March, 1888:
Delivery trips daily, business portion,
A; carriers employed, 25; delivery
trips daily, residence portion, 2; col
lection trips daily, business portion,
4; registered letters delivered, ass
letters delivered, 22S, 1858; postal ca DIS
delivered, 2t,501; newspapers, cir
culars and all printed matter deliy-
cred, 1850; local letters collected,
21;9l5; mail letters collected, 222, ,203
local postal cards collected, 1896
mail postal cards collected, 24,752
newspapers and all printed matter
collected, 29, ,264; number of pieces Of
mail delivered by carrier March
1888, 800, 1892; number of pieces, ,ot
mail delivered by carrier March; 1887
240. OPS; increase over 1887, l50, 1854
or an annual ipcrease of over 1,800,-
900; number of pieces of mail col
lected by carriers March, 1888, 314,
GAO; number OF pieces of mail col
lected by carrier March, 1887, 149, 1886
increase over 1887, 84,755; or al
annual increase Of nearly 100000
ri .Ces,