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The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
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free.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
sprlngaeld.s Manufacturing Interests.

WASHINGTON, Dec. la.-The census
bureau has issued a bulletin giving
statistics Of the manufacturing industries
of the city of Springfield, Mo, in 1890.
From the fact that In 1880 the data for
this city was included with those Of the
county in which it is located no COM
PARSONS are practicable. The essential
features Of the bulletin are given rs fol-
lows; Number of establishments re-
ported, a75; number OF industries report
ed, 1926; capital invested, IL, is0, 403;
hands employed, 1880; wages paid, $3.50
els; cost Of material used, sl,6i9, 32Si
value Of products, 5000, sos.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

How often has the cry been uttered In
vain! But there IL help for sufferers from
liver complaint nnd constipation, those ex-
coedinGly prevalent disorders. A course OF
Hostetter's stomach Bitters will completely
remove them. The malarious, the rheu-
matte, the d%yspeptic md the nervous also
derive unspeakablc benefit from the great
remedy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth-
ing effect OF Syrup of Figs. when In need of
q laxat We, aud II the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratifying re-
suits follow its use; 80 that It is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have % bottle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

CLEANLINESS, exercise, AID diet are the
c~artinal virtues Of good health. Take care
Of tie first w and II you know what and
hoN1t to eat you need yer be III. II il
claimed that Garfield Tea, u simHle herb
IlvinR
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
ROYAL
Best Baking Powder
The Official Government Report

The Official Government Reports:
The United States Government, after elaborate
tests, reports the ROYAL BAKING POWDER to be of
greater leavening strength than any other. (Buk
hhn 10, Ag. Dep, p. 5oo.)
The Canadian Official Tests, recently made, show
the ROYAL BAKING POWDER highest of all in leaven-
ing strength. Bulletin 10, +. 10, Inland Rep. Deb.)
In practical use, therefore, the ROYAL BAKING
POWDER goes further, makes purer and more perfect
food, than any other.
Government Chemists Certify:
"The Royal Baking Powder is composed of pure and
wholesome ingredients. 1t does not contain either alum or phos-
pilates, or other injurious substances.
EDWARD G. LOVE, PHI. d."
"The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purcst
and most reliable baking powder offered to the public.
"HENRy A. MORT, M. d, PHI. D."
"The Royal Baking Powder is purest in quality and high
est in strength of any baking powder of which / have knowledge
"WM. McMURrRIE, PHI. d."
The Government Report shows all other baking
boWderS tested 10 contain alum. lime
or snLbhnric acid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

"SrPPosr | gave YOU fivc rabbits and
then another rabbit-how many rabbits
would you have," Seven" 'Seveui How
rabbit o. ma ain ut home. The Million.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

~ WISH YOU would not take advantage Of
the relationship seemingly implied IN your
name 10 he so familiar said the hen To The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

THAT'S Why He Was Hard Hearted -
Kind Old Man-'Hnrd hearted man, did
you ever have a YOUTH" Stranger Yes;
l have several OF them. n-Yankec Blade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

TnE scarecrow has It's uses, though it
doesn't aid the avs any ,-Elmira Gazette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

Maud-Pa, what's ''blood-money"?
Papa-It's the money an heiress pays
TO u foreign nobleman.-Puck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

TnE days Of chivalry are spoken Of n, the
dark ages, probably because they were tho
Knight time. -Dlnghnnton lender.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

DoN'r fool with indigestion nor with q
Tor immediate relief. 25 cents q box.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

BoLsroN-'I will take you down 10 my
own tailor: ! know o can trsst him."
Hubbnrd-"That's not IL. What l want In
to find some one who will trust me ."-lnter
Ocean.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat,
than "BroTn's bronchial TroeheS." Price %
cents. Sold Oniv IN boxes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

THE manager OF an opera IL justified IN
"putting on airs.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

"Do o make nm exhibition Of your rude.
ness, my son, It Is u foolish s%hopkeepeI
who places his poorest goods in his show
Window
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

TALK about your transformations We
have seen asquare man turn round.-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothuche Drops Cure in one minute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

WHEN some men see how some people
get along IN the world they sometimes re-
greet their own hone ty.-Life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

"PApA, did / hear you say TINT money
talksi" Eyes. Willich as that why they
have parrots on the backs OF tho silver dol
larsi'
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

DUDE-"What Is the latest thing In swell
hatsf" Hatter-"A swelled head."-Life
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

WHEN the Judge pronounced sentence the
criminal is apt not TO think much Of his pro-
uunciution,
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

THE tramp's prayer confines itself TO:
"Give US this day daily loaf. Phila-
delphia Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

IT is seldom that q tinsmith wears u stove.
pipe Int.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
FAITH IN THE NORTH STAR.
As Long rs That Remained Fixed No Dan
ger Was to Be Feared.

As Long rs That Remained Fixed No Dan
ger Was to Be Feared.
The star showers of 1888 were very
alarming to all classes of people, for at that
time the causes of the phenomenon were
little, If at all, understood, and most per-
sons who witnessed the display felt sure
the world was coming to an end, says q
writer in the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
One old man in Georgia, not far from the
present city of Atlanta, owned large num-
Der of slaves, and the night of the most
gorgeous display was awakened by their
screams and prayers On looking out, he
was almost as greatly frightened as they
were, for he thought the stars were really
falling. Determined, however, to get at
the truth, he fixed his eye on the North
Star, and through the showers of meteors
watched it intently.
AS long as it remained in its place" he
said, 81 was hopeful, but if it had gone
would have believed that the end had
come. A great many devoutly believed
that the day of judgment had arrived, and
the amount of praying done that night by
both white and blacks in the South was un-
precedented. The scare lasted for some
time and took peculiar phases In one
town in Virginia the stock of Bibles held
by local bookseller was all sold out before
9 o'clock the next day, while revival SER
vices began in hundreds of towns aud were
kept up for weeks. Men who had not for
years paid the preachers a cent came up
and subscribed literally to the parsons
salary, and all the churches had large in
crease in membership.
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of music, and the shouts of dancers, and the
noisy and perpetual clink and clatter oi
glasses, and the not infrequent yeIls OF
drunken bushwhackers in free and pro-
miscuous rough-and-tumble, the berry pick
ers keep busily at their work in the blaz-
ing, scorching rays Of the sun, the heat in
tensifed and cast back in the faces of the
sweating toilers by the dry, stony soil, the
cleaning fronds of l 200, 900 brakes and the
glistening foliage of acres of heat-conduct-
ing bushes. 1t is doubtful if anywhere else
in this broad land may be found another
such camp as this
Many times day from among the huckle-
berry pickers, especially the female portion,
loud, shrill shrek of terror will arise,
and berry picker, white-faced and with
frightened eyes, will be seen fleeing away
from the spot where he or she had been
picking. Everyone within hearing knows
what that cry means, and from a dozen
mouths the anxious cry comes:
care you bit?"
The answer is usually "No; but there's
one therep'
Then someone gets club and goes over
"therei and smaShes that 'tone's'' head,
and the picking is resumed as if nothing
had occurred to interrupt it. Only one
picker has been reported bitten by rattle
snake on Huckleberry Hill this season.
woman, name unknown, who was hurried
down to Galeton, four miles away, to a
doctors. Her home was 20 miles away, and
she was sent thither. 1t is not known on
the hill whether the bite was fatal or not.
Between 5000 and 1000 bushels of huckle-
berries will be picked on this lone, wild,
barren plantation this season. Those who
pick them to sell get 10 cents quart for
Ill they can supply without taking them off
he ground. One man and his wife have
picked and sold 100 quarts every day thus
ar this season. Ed MOTT.
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WORK FOR YOUNG EXPLORERS.
Vast Field Yet Undiscovered in the Amer
lean Continent.

a vast t1elu ct Undiscovered IN tho Am er-
lean Continent.
Youths Companion.i
People are accustomed to think that all
the world has now been explored except
Central Africa and the polar regions As
a matter of fact, there are portions of the
American continent which are as COM
pletely unknown to science as any part of
equatorial Africa. Within the last ten
years young American naturalist has won
renown by his explorations in the basin of
the Amazon in Brazil, and vacation expe-
dition of college students in Labrador has
resulted in important additions to geo.
graphical knowledge. .
Lieutenant Schwatka's explorations in
Alaska and his visit to hitherto unknown
tribes of cave-dwellers in Northern Mex
leo, revealed the fact that fields are still
open on this continent in which young men
with serious purpose, o scientific educa-
tion and strong body may distinguish
themselves in geographical and chronological
research.
In 1890 two large rivers, hitherto un-
known, tributaries OF the Amazon, we're
discovered by naturalists. A great part OF
Guiana, and a still greater part of the vast
region Immediately to the eastward of the
Andes, extending from the frontier Of Ven-
ezuela to the Argentine Republic, remain
unknown lands, SO far as certain knowledge
is concerned.
Should it all be gone over and accurately
there would still remain to be
learned many facts about it, as well as
about the regions already known, which
are OF the highest scientific interest, and in
the study of which distinction might be
gained
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
Wide Columns and the Eyesiph..

Eye experts insist that people who wish
to preserve their eyesight will do well to
confine their reading as far as possible to
round, fat-faced type, and to avoid that
which is tall and thin. 1t was the shape of
the type of the tiny edition of Dante pro-
duced at the French Exposition almost as
much as its minuteness which blinded some
OF the persons engaged in correcting the
sheets. Another important point is to
avoid too wide a column, or the eye Is
strained The only way to neutralize the
tendency to such strain is to turn the head
from side to side, after the manner OF short
sighted people. The width of column of
reading matter ought not to exceed at the
outside two inches, because that is about
the natural range of the eye when the head
is kept motionlessL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

An admirable method of simplifying the
practice of micrography has been devised by
Dr. Henry G. Piffard, the eminent scientist
and electro-therapeutist. DR.. Piffard inven-
tion involves the adaptation of the princi-
Piles employed in ordinary projection, as
used in connection with the optical lantern,
the projection microscope, photo-microg-
raphy, ETC., and consists in rejecting the
projected image onto piece of drawing
paper fixed in some convenient position.
A right-angled rejecting prism is mounted
with short tube extending from one of its
square faces, the tube being of such cali
Der that it can be inserted into the micro
scope in the place Of the eye-piece. From
the other square face a similar short
tube extends, capable of receiving the ocu-
lar aad holding it firmly. By. the use of
this device, after the object is placed on the
stage and duly focused and the light is
suitably disposed, If piece of drawing pa
per be placed beneath the ocular and the
room darkened, brilliant image will be .
projected on the paper, and its reproduc-
tion with pencil can be accomplished with
q maximum of rapidity and minimum of
discomfort. In guiding the pencil the
draughtsrnan uses both eyes, and his Spec
tacles, If needed, and sits in whateyer posi-
tion he finds most comfortable.
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History of the Great Explorer and How He Found America
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
DISPATCH
BY l. H. WEEKS AND PAUL LATZKE.
Copyrighted, 1892. by the Authors

nearly grown to manhood Among his play
mates he was always a'leader. Whether it
was playing ball, fishing, idling on the
beach, marching in a church procession. or
getting into mischief, you could count upon
his being foremost When all the boys of
the neighborhood were suddenly missing on
pleasant holiday afternoon, as indeed often
happened, the folks would declare, "Tbey
have gone off again with that Christoforo
ColumboW And SO it would generally
prove to ee.
On the whole Christopher was very good
boy. He ruled his young followers gently.
He kept them loyal by his winsome ways,
his activity and his generous disposition If
he had lived in the nineteenth century in
some town of the United States, he would
have been captain of the local baseball nine,
the sailing master of yacht or fishing boat
belonging to boys club, or at the head of
the restless spirits who begin to celebrate
the Fourth of July at midnight with fish
horns and fire crackers
He and his companions had plenty of fun.
Their schooling was not as extensive as that
which boys now eujoy. But it was thor
ough. They learned reading, writing, gram
mar, arithmetic, Latin, drawing and design
ing. Columbus was bright student, learn
ing quickly, and often puzzling his teachers
Win questions tnat tney IounQ IL Ql1ncult to
answer. He had natural talent for draw
ing and at one time in his life he made his
living by this talent
Out of school he had to help his father
sorting over wool and twisting threads to
make cloth. The need of the family com-
PEELED that, but the desire of the bov for a
seafaring life was looked upon with favor
by his parents. Besides Christopher there
were three other boys in the family. Bar
tholomew, who afterward was with his
brother in this country, Giovanni, who
died young, and Giacomo or Diego.
There was also one sister, BianchemetIa,
and altogether it was a very happy, even
though humble family.
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"I'u sail all over the world and see
strange sights I'll discover new lands and
I'll bring riches home with me. Genoa is
very beautiful and 1 love it," he added
teulerIy, but I'd die if L could not be a
master Of the sea
In passionate abandon he rushed into the
water and, with strong, sweeping stroke,
swan tar ont, as though he would begin his
first voyage then and there. The other
boys followed their leader into the water,
and for a few moments there was a great
splashing and merry shouting. After a
time they all came back to land again and
stretched themselves on the sand, so that
the hot sun might dry their dripping gar
ments. Then it was plain to see, from the
way in which they gathered about their
companion that they had great deal of ad-
miration for him and recognized him as a
master spirit.
There was as vet, however, little to in
dicate the great career that lay before this
boy. No one guessed at that time that he
was to find a new world. But that was his
future, for the sturdy lad was Christopher
Columbus. the discoverer Of America.
Young Christopher came of a family once
rich and noble. But now his people were
poor. The exact date of his birth is not
known. He was probably born some time
between March, 1446, and March, 1447, al
though it is asserted by some writers that
he was born ten years earlier than that.
His father, Dominica Columbus, was a
wool comber; and his mother, who, be-
fore her marriage, was Susanna Fona-
tanarOssa, was a good woman of the
lawlv class The father owned house in
Genoa, and there Christopher was born.
You can see the house to this dav if you 60
to Gonoa 1t is a tall, narrow stone build
inE. with an inscription over the door tell
Ing OF the event that made it famous. And
the guide who takes you about the city will
show you the very room where the baby
boy first opened his eyes, a small cherries
Ri artmcnt, with cold, brick floor, big oak
door aud a little window, through which
scanty beams oflight struggle.
lie was named ChristoforO Columbo, as 1t
is written in italian. Later in life he
Latinized the name into Columbus. When
in Spain he adopted the original Roman
name Of the family, Colonus, condensed to
Colon. So in Spanish he is known as
Christoval Colon. His name Christopher
is derived from Christo-ferens, or Christ
bearer This significance always impressed
Itself strongly upon Columbus, who
throughout his life considered that he was a
bearer Of Christ's word TO the unknown
world.
TIE 5oyhood of Columbus was not differ
en-, from that Of other boys of his time and
class. He went to school, he studied his
lessons at home, he plared with the other |
boys OF the town, he helped his father at |
work, and ne was faithful in attending |
church. That made up his life until he was |
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A New Artificial STONE.

The production of artificial stone, especial
ly for pavements, is largely on the increase.
The basis of this product is crushed granite,
which is incorporated with Portland cement,
the water in the process being automatical-
ly gauged. After these materials are we'll
blended the concrete is laid in slab molds
lined with zinc. When the slabs are set
they are turned out of the molds and
stepped for about ten days in solution of
silicate of soda, by which process they be-
come indurated. The silicate of soda solu-
tion is made by boiling special kind of
stone with 20 per cent caustic soda, previ-
ously made into solution with water; the
silica of the stone dissolves and the solution
is diluted for use to the required strength.
The slabs are taken out of the solution,
secured with water and stacked in Yards
where they are kept for months before be.
ing sent away from the works.
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CHAPTER l.

AT PLAY WITH YOUNG CHRISTOPHER
Ii You and 1 had been walking on the
sandy beach at Genoa, Italy, one hot sum-
mer afternoon nearly 45O years ago, we
might have seen half dozen brown-faced
bows idlv lounging there. Overhead was
the beautiful blue Italian sky. Drawn up
on the beach we're several fishing boats.
Our in the harbor were MANY vessels whose
build and rig would make them strange
craft in these modern days Behind them
were the walls Of the city with its splendid
churches and palaces Terraced and hang
ing gardens covered the sides of the hills
that overlooked it.
The BOYS were having a very good time
building forts, and throwing handfuls of
sand over each other. Now and again, re-
gardless OF their clothes they would plunge
into the water and swim and dive like
fishes. At last when they were tired out
with play, they began to talk about what
knew would do when they should grow up
to be men. You see the boys of those days
were very much like those of the present
time
when I'm man I'll be a great mer-
chant" said one. 'I'll trade and be rich
and have a fine house and jewels, silks and
good things to eat. :"
"I'll be a Doge of Genoa, and live in the
great palace and make everybody do just as
[ want them, said an imperious looking
fellow.
n pretty little farm for me,'' exclaimed
q third boy
I'D rather be a writer like Horace or
Virgil whom we read of in school," said
another
And so they ran on, planning. dreaming,
hoping.
\ little arart from his companions stood
one Of the group digging hole in the sand
with his bare toes. Despite his plain and
seanty dress there was an air of gentility
about him. In his eyes was a far-away
look, and, boy though he was, his face and
his figure were marked by something of
tnoUghtfulness and determination that dis
IllZuished him from his fellows
And you," called one to him, ''what
viii you be, Christoforo? A wool-weaver,
like your father? Or perhaps a drawing
master, since the teacher praises you for
your skill with the pencil
NO, no.' exclaimed he who was
thus addressed. "Some day I'll own
ship like that" pointing to a
vessel that was Just leaving the bay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

Some singular facts concerning the dam
ger of infection by paper money have been
educed by psychological analysis of the
bank notes of the Spanish bank of Havana
in general circulation. Attention was
drawn to the subject by the fact that circu-
lation increased the weight of the notes in
consequence of their acquiring foreign mat
ter The examination made showed on tina,
notes in use for some time considerable
number of microbes, and On some notes as
many as 10000 microbes we're detected.
Eight pathogenic species were encountered,
including those of diphtheria and tubercu-
losis. The result of the examination was
that general warning was issued to the
public against this active source of danger.
The use of bank notes is at all times at
tended with a certain degree of risk, and
in Havana, where children have
the habit of carrying paper money in their
and are thus very liable to swallow
the germs of some mortal disease.
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Action of Cheese on Nfck,l,

A singulaf fact with regard to an un-
suspected property Of cheese, which has been
accidentally discovered, is interesting to
chemists aside from its hygienic bearings.
1t appears that nickel-plated ware, whichis
deservedly in favor with housekeepers on
account of its durability, its handsome ap-
pearance and the ease with which it is
cleaned, is attacked more energetioally by
cheese than even BY vinegar or Tactic acid.
All kinds of cheese are found to produce
this effect in the same degree; even when
dry, any of them will eat into a nickel
plated salver in less than II hours Since
ordinary cheese shows decidedly neutral
reaction when treated with litmus paper, it
was supposed that the trifing amount of
baldrianic acid which it contains would be
insufficient to account for the phenomenon.
This assumption, however, turns out to be
erroneous, for as the result of direct expert
ment it is found that nickel is speedily
corroded by baldrianic acid.